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Seabury Retirement Community
200 Seabury Drive
Bloomfield, CT 06002
Office: 85 Lawler Road, West Hartford, CT 06117
Coordinator: Bertina Williams
860 570 9079
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Spring 2010 Single Session Events |  | |
SSS1 POEMS YOU CAN TALK TO
Alexandrina Sergio, Presenter. Mon., Feb. 15, 1-3.
Poet Alexandrina Sergio will read from her recently published collection /My Daughter is Drummer in the Rock n Roll Band/ (Antrim House, 2009), accompanied by pianist David Sergio.
SSS3 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN EDUCATION IN CONNECTICUT
Cancelled.
SSS4 DIGGING THROUGH THE BIBLE: WHAT ARCHEOLOGY REVEALS ABOUT ANCIENT PEOPLES AND PLACESS
Richard A. Freund, Ph.D., Presenter. Tues., Feb. 23, 10 am-noon.
Dr. Freund s new book, Digging Through the Bible, was nominated for a Book of the Year Award for biblical archeology. Here he illustrates and discusses some discoveries, controversies, and mysteries of biblical archeology.
SSS5 NOAH WEBSTER S MANY FACES
Christopher Dobbs, Executive Director, Noah Webster House. presenter. Tues., Mar. 2, 1-3 pm.
This presentation highlights Noah Webster s role in helping to create a national identity. Best remembered as the author of his great dictionary, he was also an educator, political commentator, Federalist, abolitionist, statesman, co-founder of Amherst College, and father of America s copyright laws. We will also hear about the Noah Webster House in West Hartford.
SSS6 LASCAUX, THE SISTINE OF PREHISTORY
Joyce Carleton, Presenter. Mon., Mar. 8, 1-3 pm.
A look at artwork on cave walls at Lascaux, France, done some 17,000 years ago by prehistoric man during the last Ice Age. An effort will be made to show that the animal figures represented show that man had already begun to express his environment in symbolic terms, and had probably begun to mythologize.
SSS2 NEANDERTHAL MAN: THEM OR US?
Michael Park, Presenter. Tues., March 9, 10-12 noon.
A major debate in anthropology is the question of whether Homo Sapiens is a young species, separate from so-called archaic humans such as the Neanderthals, or is the latest manifestation of a single ancient species. This talk will examine the arguments for both points of view and propose a new model.
SSS7 HIDDEN CONNECTICUT:NATIVE TREASURES, HISTORICAL SITES, WATERFALLS AND OVERLOOKS ACROSS THE STATE
Peter Marteka, Presenter. Mon., Mar. 15, 1-3.
Ever want to peer into mine opening at a place where colonists mined lead that helped the Continental Army defeat the British? Or visit a hill in Stonington where tar barrels were once burned warning the harbor below that the British were coming? Join Peter Marteka and his exploration of hidden Connecticut.
SSS8 MENTAL DISORDERS IN THE AGED
Karen Blank, M.D., Presenter. Mon., Mar. 22,
1-3 pm.
Dr. Blank, the Medical Director of the Institute of Living s Braceland Center for Mental Health and Aging, will discuss memory disorders, dementia, depression, and anxiety among the aging.
SSS9 CONNECTICUT YOUTH FORUM
Pat Rossiter, Presenter. Mon., Mar. 29, 1-3 pm.
The speaker will describe how the Connecticut Forum works with young people in the area to give them a means of expression and experience in dealing with public issues.
SSS10 WHERE DID KISMET COME FROM?
Jack Brin, Presenter. Wed., Apr. 28, 1-3 pm.
This lecture with musical examples wil concentrate on the original source material by Alexander Borodin and the adaptation by Robert Wright and George Forrest for the 1953 production of Kismet, hoping that interest will be kindled in both the musical sources and the musical play itself.
SSS11 ASPECIAL PROGRAM ON THE HARTFORD SYMPHONY.
Wed., May 5, 1-3 pm
Details to be announced.
SSS12 HISTORY AND TOUR OF ELIZABETH PARK ROSE GARDEN
Marcie Martin, Rosarian, Tour Leader. Tuesday, June 8, noon at the Gazebo, Elizabeth Park. Rain dates, June 10, 15, 17.
The leader will speak for about three-quarters of an hour, so you may wish to bring a folding chair, which you may leave while you tour the garden. A hat, sun screen, and sun glasses are also useful.
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