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  • History Happy Hour: Medieval Stories of Temptation (Zoom) NEW!

  • Dates: 2/12/2025 - 2/12/2025

    Day of the Week: W
    Number of Sessions: 1
    Time: 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
    Fee: $22.00
    Instructor: Christine Axen
    Building: Zoom
    Address: , NY

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    In this season of love, join us as we explore various aspects of temptation in medieval culture—both as a concept and a practice. Beginning with a closer look at the fruit that tempted Eve in the Garden of Eden, we’ll also get acquainted with some medieval celebrity couples and lovers who threw caution to the wind.

    Please be sure to register by the day before the class at the latest. You will receive an invitation email with a link to join the Zoom meeting.


    PLEASE NOTE:

    • If you have not received the Zoom link by the morning of the class, please email us at adultschool@bronxvilleschool.org

    • A recording of this lecture will be available. Registered students who miss the lecture should email the office to receive the recording.

 

  • A Walking Tour of the Old Farley Post Office and the New Moynihan Hall

  • Dates: 2/25/2025 - 2/25/2025

    Day of the Week: Tu
    Number of Sessions: 1
    Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
    Fee: $50.00
    Instructor: Ginny Poleman
    Building: Walking Tours
    Address: , NY

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    The old Farley Post Office is one of the last vestiges of McKim, Mead, & White’s architectural designs in the old Penn Station neighborhood. See how this Beaux Arts beauty is being painstakingly conserved to its former glory, and how the rest of the building was repurposed as the new, modern train hall, honoring the original Penn Station. 


    PLEASE NOTE:

    • The tour covers approximately 1.4 miles, flat with no stairs.
    • Students must make their own arrangements to get to the meeting place, which will be emailed to registered students in advance of the tour.
    • Rain or shine.
 

  • The Soul of Nature: Friedrich and Romanticism NEW!

  • Dates: 2/25/2025 - 2/25/2025

    Day of the Week: Tu
    Number of Sessions: 1
    Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
    Fee: $30.00
    Instructor: Serdar Arat
    Building: The Bronxville School
    Address: Midland Ave. Parking Lot and Entrance Bronxville, NY 10708

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    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, states: “Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840) reimagined European landscape painting by portraying nature as a setting for profound spiritual and emotional encounters.” Organized to honor the 250th anniversary of Friedrich’s birth, the Met’s exhibition, Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature (Feb. 8-May 11, 2025), is the first comprehensive exhibition of the artist held in the United States. This presentation will also include works by Friedrich’s contemporaries to create a comparative experience of Friedrich’s work and the extremely influential movement of Romanticism that swept across Europe in the 19th century.

 

  • Vietnam and the Road to Watergate: Lessons from the Johnson and Nixon Tapes NEW!

  • Dates: 3/3/2025 - 3/10/2025

    Day of the Week: M
    Number of Sessions: 2
    Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
    Fee: $55.00
    Instructor: Jess Velona
    Building: The Bronxville School
    Address: Midland Ave. Parking Lot and Entrance Bronxville, NY 10708

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    The Vietnam War is unique because the key decisions were made in a single room where most of the conversations were recorded. In this 2-session class, mixing public events with excerpts from tapes most Americans have never heard before, Jess Velona explores this window into history, through such turning points as the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, Johnson's tortured decision to escalate the war, his dismissal of antiwar protesters as "mentally diseased," and his belated recognition that his presidency had been destroyed by the war. Then, listen as Johnson discovers, at the end of the 1968 campaign, that his new bid for peace is being sabotaged by candidate Nixon himself. Once Nixon takes office, explore his struggle to contain the wave of protests set off by the invasion of Cambodia, culminating in Kent State. Finally, listen as Nixon responds to the shock of the Pentagon Papers leak by ordering illegal acts and forming the Plumbers, setting the stage for the Watergate scandal that would consume his presidency.

 

  • Remember the Ladies: A History of Women in Song NEW!

  • Dates: 3/4/2025 - 3/4/2025

    Day of the Week: Tu
    Number of Sessions: 1
    Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    Fee: $30.00
    Instructor: Linda Russell
    Building: The Bronxville School
    Address: Midland Ave. Parking Lot and Entrance Bronxville, NY 10708

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    The role of women’s lives in society from the 18th century to the 19th Amendment is highlighted in popular song. Playing mountain and hammered dulcimers and guitar, Linda sings broadsides, laments, love songs, work songs, parlor melodies, and suffrage anthems. The songs reflect the changing status of women in society. Interspersed with the music are excerpts from women’s diaries and letters. Among the stories included will be those of Deborah Samson, who fought as a soldier in the Patriot army in the Revolutionary War battles in White Plains and Tarrytown, and the New York and New Jersey women who led the fight for Women’s Suffrage.

 

 

  • History Happy Hour: Unruly Women in the Middle Ages (Zoom) NEW!

  • Dates: 3/12/2025 - 3/12/2025

    Day of the Week: W
    Number of Sessions: 1
    Time: 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
    Fee: $22.00
    Instructor: Christine Axen
    Building: Zoom
    Address: , NY

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    Tavern-goers, “scolds,” and women who pushed back against the status quo hold a special place in medieval history for disrupting the “cultural script” of a patriarchal society and advocating for themselves. Using advice manuals, bawdy tales, and archeological artifacts, this lecture will examine the role of “unruly” women as both a challenge and a touchstone for gender dynamics in the Middle Ages.

    Please be sure to register by the day before the class at the latest. You will receive an invitation email with a link to join the Zoom meeting.


    PLEASE NOTE:

    • If you have not received the Zoom link by the morning of the class, please email us at adultschool@bronxvilleschool.org
    • A recording of this lecture will be available. Registered students who miss the lecture should email the office to receive the recording.
 

  • Caravaggio NEW!

  • Dates: 3/18/2025 - 3/18/2025

    Day of the Week: Tu
    Number of Sessions: 1
    Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
    Fee: $30.00
    Instructor: Serdar Arat
    Building: The Bronxville School
    Address: Midland Ave. Parking Lot and Entrance Bronxville, NY 10708

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    His work is often described as revolutionary, cinematic, soulful, dark... His personality, as difficult, violent, and unstable... His life was marred with fights, a murder, prison, and running for his life. All the while, he was also receiving patronage, major commissions, and creating masterpieces during a life cut short, ending in mysterious circumstances. He was profoundly influential in his day, as well as for centuries to come. This presentation will follow Caravaggio’s trail across Italy, visiting his major works in their original sites.

 

  • NYC Art Tour: Exploring Chelsea’s Art Galleries NEW!

  • Dates: 3/18/2025 - 3/18/2025

    Day of the Week: Tu
    Number of Sessions: 1
    Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
    Fee: $50.00
    Instructor: Ginny Poleman
    Building: Walking Tours
    Address: , NY

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    Join Ginny, art museum docent, as she curates a two-hour tour of the best art exhibitions featured at the international Chelsea galleries. While touring, Ginny will provide insight on historical context, the art techniques used, and the importance to the current art market. Past tours looked at works by Picasso, Frank Stella, Mark Bradford, and Richard Avedon.

    PLEASE NOTE:

    • Transportation is not provided for this tour.
    • Tour starts in Chelsea, around 10th Avenue and 26th Street. Precise meeting location will be shared a few days before the tour.
    • Walk covers approximately 1 mile, flat, there may be some stairs within galleries. 
 

  • Hitchcock Film Series with The Picture House NEW!

  • Dates: 1/14/2025 - 3/11/2025

    Days of the Week: Tu
    Number of Sessions: 3
    Time: 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
    Fee: $95.00
    Instructor: Spencer Sapienza
    Building: The Bronxville School
    Address: Midland Ave. Parking Lot and Entrance Bronxville, NY 10708
    REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session; please contact the office if you would like to register.
 

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