Program List

 

Intellectual Programs for Seniors


Travel and History

1940s In the News

1950s Summer Songs

1960s A Decade of Change

1970s A Brief History

Alaska the Beautiful

Amazing 1950s: A Travel through Time

America’s Founding Fathers

Baby Boomers 1946-1964: A Generation Defined

Brinks Job, Boston: Crime of the Century 1/17/50

Boston's Historic Sites

Boston Mobsters

Comedy through the Years

English High Tea: A Social Event

Great Love Stories

History of Lighthouses

Ice Cream Soda Memories

Ireland: Galway, Clare, Mayo, Dublin

Ireland: Sites, History, Food, and Music

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist

Islands of Hawaii

Knock Shrine, Ireland: The Apparition of 1879

Newport Vanderbilt Mansions: The Breakers & Marble House

Northern California Wine Country

Norman Rockwell and His Museum

Old Saying and Their Meaning Parts I, II, III

Only in New England: The Uniqueness of Us

Prohibition and Al Capone

Radio City Music Hall, New York

Red Sox: A History

Remembering John F. Kennedy

Silent Generation: Who Are You? Born 1928-1945

Superbowl: A History

Superstitions and Their Origins

Thomas Jefferson & Monticello

United States National Parks

VJ Day: End of WWII August 15, 1945

Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Museums

Woodstock August 15-18 1969


Music and Film

The Beatles & the British Invasion

1950s Songs to Remember

Academy Awards: A History

Best Movie Musicals

Bing Crosby: Popular Entertainer of All Time

Bogie and Bacall: A Hollywood Love Story

Cary Grant: Hollywood’s Leading Man

Dean Martin: Singer, Actor and Comedian

Dolly Parton: Singer, Songwriter, Actress, and Philanthropist

Elizabeth Taylor: Hollywood Icon & Humanitarian

Frank Sinatra: Best-Selling Music Artist of All Time

Astaire & Rodgers: The Dance Masters of Movies

James Bond: 007 through the Years

Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis: A Love Story?

Jerry Lewis: Comedian and Humanitarian

John Wayne: Legendary Actor of Westerns

Julie Andrews: Actress, Singer and Author

Lucille Ball: The Queen of Comedy

Nashville & the Evolution of Country Music

Paul Newman & Robert Redford: The Dynamic Duo

Sean Connery: A Biography

Westerns and the Old West

WWII Songs and Artists


Holidays and Seasons

with 2023 Dates

A Nostalgic Christmas: 1950s & 60s Variety Shows

Autumn in New England 9/23/23

Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples’ Day 10/9/23

Enchanting Winter Villages of New England

Famous Mothers 5/14/23

Flag Day 6/14/23

Holiday Traditions

Holy Week and Easter Sunday 4/2-9/23

Independence Day 7/4/22

Martin Luther King Jr. 1/16/23

Memorial Day 5/29/23

New England Haunts 10/31/23

New England Holiday Traditions

Patriot Day: September 11, 2001: A Remembrance

Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941: USA Enters WWII

President's Day 2/20/23

Springtime in New England

St Patrick’s Day 3/17/23

The Epiphany: 12 Days of Christmas 1/6/23

Thanksgiving Yesterday and Today 11/23/23

Veterans Day 11/11/23