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HUTTON HOUSE

LECTURES

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Spring 2016

THE HUTTON HOUSE MONDAY
LECTURES
207. AMERICAN PAINTERS OF THE
These classes in the arts, humanities, and sciences have GILDED AGE
been widely respected for more than three decades. Noted
for their dynamic faculty from both Long Island University Marc Kopman
and the surrounding area, The Hutton House Lectures The second half of the nineteenth century was a period
are stimulating and thought-provoking. Tests are not of great change and prosperity in America. We will be
given in this non-credit program. looking at the careers of eight artists whose works reflected
this exciting time. Included will be painters of the local
LOCATION: Unless otherwise noted, all classes are held scene like Winslow Homer, Martin Johnson Head, the
in Lorber Hall (formerly known as Hutton House) on ex patriots, as well as Whistler, Sargent and Cassatt, who
LIU Post’s south campus. Use the east gate entrance off absorbed the latest developments in European art.
Route 25A. Follow the Lorber Hall signs which read
School of Professional Accountancy. The Hutton House 10 a.m. – noon 8 sessions
Lectures are held in this beautifully restored mansion, March 28 – May 16 Fee: $180
extensively renovated on the first floor where our classes
meet. 208. LET’S EAT: FAMILY, FRIENDS AND
FOOD IN FILM, PART II
REGISTRATION: Please use the form inside the back
cover or call with MC, Visa, or Discover to charge: Val Franco
516-299-2580. Join Professor Val Franco for the second part of her
cinematic exploration of culture and society through food
REFUNDS: We reserve the right to cancel any series or in these interesting and varied films. From American
special event with full refund guaranteed. Refunds are independent and Hollywood classics to Italian comedy/
not granted once a course has begun. Another course may dramas, these movies use food as the magnifying glass to
be substituted where space is available. examine specific family structure and gender relations, as
well as socio-political topics and business dynamics. We
NOTIFICATION: Unless you hear from us (before your will also discuss the important role that food plays in
class is scheduled to begin), you may be confident you contemporary society. Films include Facing Windows,
have a place in the course(s) you signed up to take. Swingers, His Secret Life, Supersize Me, and Soylent Green.
All films in English, or with English subtitles.
SHARING/SUBSTITUTION: Two people may split the
cost of a course and divide the lectures. You may send a 12:30 – 3:30 p.m. 5 sessions
friend if you have to miss a class, or you may sit in on March 28 – April 25 Fee: $120
another course, space permitting. Our office will accept
one payment per shared registration, whether a check or a 209. TWO BY DICKENS:
charge number. GREAT EXPECTATIONS AND
LITTLE DORRIT
DINING ON CAMPUS: Hillwood Food Court, located
in Hillwood Commons, provides hot and cold lunches. John Lutz
Containing some of Dickens’s most memorable characters,
THE HUTTON HOUSE LIBRARY: Please take a Great Expectations and Little Dorrit both treat his concern
moment to browse our collection in Room 104. All books with poverty and wealth by satirizing the failures of
and audiotapes are specifically chosen to compliment our government and society. In addition, both novels contain
liberal arts and sciences curriculum; this collection should many of the most memorable scenes from his collective
prove interesting to those who wish to do further reading. works. We will use the Penguin editions of both works.
To check-out materials on the honor system for up to one
month, simply make your selection, complete the card in 1 – 3 p.m. 9 sessions
back of your book, and drop it into the box on the shelf March 28 – May 23 Fee: $180
to the far right of the bay window.

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210. BE PART OF THE PARTY! A VERY 212. FINDING ALBERTINE:
SPECIAL HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY AN EXPLORATION OF PROUST’S
ON FILM SHORT STORIES

Sal St. George Nicole Cosentino
Sal St. George presents the stories of four legendary stars, Falling under the domain of “Neglected Books of the
each of whom is celebrating a 100th birthday this year. Twentieth Century,” Marcel Proust’s Pleasures and Regrets, a
Learn their stories and see them at their finest in this book of short stories, is certainly one of his lesser-known
informative and entertaining review of careers, both on works. This two-part lecture will explore selected short
and off stage. The following stars and films will be featured: stories from this collection and draw parallels to his most
Olivia De Havilland in The Heiress (w/Montgomery Clift; notable work, In Search of Lost Time. Our exploration of
Best Actress of the Year, De Havilland); Gregory Peck in short stories like “A Young Girl’s Confession” and “Fragments
Gentleman’s Agreement (Best Picture of the Year); Glen Ford from an Italian Comedy” will provide an entry point for
in Pocketful of Miracles (w/Bette Davis; Golden Globe winner, analysis of key characters from In Search of Lost Time (e.g.,
Ford); Jackie Gleason, The Laugh Maker, an extremely rare Albertine, the narrator, and the Baron de Charlus).
episode of Studio One, originally aired in 1953 during
television’s Golden Age (many consider this crude and 10 a.m. – noon 2 sessions
loathsome character a thinly veiled representation of Gleason’s May 16 and May 23 Fee: $60
true self.) Also to be featured will be memorable clips to
demonstrate why Gleason was dubbed, The Great One! TUESDAY

10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 4 sessions 213. WHAT CAN YOU DO WHEN THE BAD
April 4 – April 25 Fee: $125 NEWS IS THE NEWS?

211. INGRID BERGMAN: Peter Kohler
A BIRTHDAY CENTENNIAL These lectures will explore how “bad news”—inaccurate,
slanderous, and occasionally malicious reports—have affected
Irene Porco Eckert American history, undermining presidential elections,
Join Professor Eckert for a short series featuring four of damaging and defaming individuals, often leading to libel
Ingrid’s best: cases and court battles while occasionally prompting
1) Intermezzo (Her first movie in the U.S. with Leslie legislative efforts to muzzle, censor, and punish editors and
publishers despite Constitutional guarantees of press
Howard) A young pianist is in love with her freedom.
teacher/mentor.
2) Gaslight (Her first Academy Award for Best Actress; 1 – 3 p.m. 8 sessions
with Charles Boyer) Husband tries to drive his young March 8 – April 26 Fee: $160
wife mad in order to find her famous jewels.
3) Adam Had Four Sons (with Warner Baxter) A young 214. LIVING LANGUAGE: THE ART AND
woman cares for the four sons of a recent widower. ANATOMY OF WRITING, PART I
4) Either a) A Voyage to Italy (directed by R. Rossellini;
Katie Winkelstein-Duveneck
with George Sanders) An unusual combination Whether you are writing fiction, creative non-fiction,
for this type of story, Ingrid and George must memoir, or journalism, a strong and consistent narrative
face a marriage with problems! voice attracts and holds the reader. This course is designed
b) Saratoga Trunk (with Gary Cooper) to sharpen your writing voice. We will read fiction and
An unusual role for Ingrid in that she plays a memoir by great stylists like Charles Portis, Shirley Jackson,
“flirt”/aggressive female. and Ntozake Shange and analyze what makes them
distinctive. Using experimental writing exercises including
1 – 3:30 p.m. 4 sessions imitation, transcription, and stylistic collage, we will focus
May 2 – May 23 Fee: $125 on pulling the rich, messy, idiosyncratic grandeur of the
language we live into the language we write, condensing it
HUTTON HOUSE LECTURES into a dynamic voice that is recognizably yours. Write and
liu.edu/huttonhouse revise your work with weekly workshops focusing on
positive, helpful feedback.
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10 a.m. – noon 8 sessions
April 5 – May 24 Fee: $140

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215. LIVING LANGUAGE: THE ART AND WEDNESDAY
ANATOMY OF WRITING, PART V
218. SHAKESPEARE ON FILM, PART II
Katie Winkelstein-Duveneck
As we continue to develop our unique writing voices, we Peter Josyph
will read a variety of fiction and creative nonfiction by Celebrating the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death
authors including George Saunders and Chimamanda in 1616, this series examines the challenge for actors and
Ngozi Adichie. Pairing these creative works with essays on directors adapting Shakespeare for the screen, as well as
the craft of writing by writers such as Anne Lamott and the varied critical reaction to their endeavors. The course
Charles Baxter, we will take concrete lessons from the features dynamic pairings of actors and actresses: Marlon
critical pieces and apply them to our own work. We will Brando and James Mason in Julius Caesar; Richard Burton
also explore works written in unconventional forms such as and Elizabeth Taylor in The Taming of the Shrew; John
a piece of gossip or advice, a letter of love or complaint, an Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands in Paul Mazursky’s loose
apology, eulogy, or set of instructions. Weekly readings will interpretation of The Tempest; and a comparison of very
inspire experimental writing exercises. Workshops will different star-crossed lovers for Shakespeare’s most
focus on positive, helpful feedback. Open to all. performed masterwork, Romeo and Juliet. Our exploration
of how Shakespeare the man is represented on screen
1 – 3 p.m. 8 sessions includes Shakespeare in Love; and as for how the actor
April 5 – May 24 Fee: $140 approaches the challenge of Shakespeare, we will look at
episodes of the BBC’s Shakespeare Uncovered, featuring
216. THE CHARMING ELEGANCE OF THE Jeremy Irons and Ethan Hawke. And the April 20th class is
GREAT GATSBY ERA ESTATES close enough to Shakespeare’s birthday (April 23) to justify
a live performance of “Hamlet’s Advice to the Players.”
Orin Finkle Come and enjoy.
This historical and informative lecture and DVD series will
feature Long Island’s bygone era, 1895 – 1940. Presented 1 – 3:30 p.m. 8 sessions
from Professor Finkle’s private archive will be long lost March 9 – April 27 Fee: $160
period photos of Gold Coast estates, their wealthy families
and scenes of Country Clubs, high society parties and galas. 219. WORLD POLITICS: THE AGE OF
See the Guggenheims, Kahns, Whitneys, Phipps, Mackays INSECURITY
and other prominent people of that period in time. The
“Roaring Twenties” will come vividly to life once again. Ralph Buultjens
This is a rare treat not to be missed. Handouts of Professor Recent terrorist strikes, especially in the Middle East and
Finkle’s published articles, along with a weekly Q & A Europe, together with expanding conflicts in Asia and
session, will add to the experience. Africa, suggest that we have entered a time of increasing
turbulence in world affairs. Other forms of insecurity,
10 a.m. – noon 6 sessions political instability, and economic uncertainty also appear
April 19 – May 24 Fee: $120 to be increasing. What causes these developments and why
are many younger people involved? Is this a passing spasm
217. CURRENT EVENTS or is it a longer-term trend– perhaps signs of a new period
in world history? How will it affect major nations like
Adrian Peracchio America, Russia, China, and India? Will the Middle East,
Each week Mr. Peracchio will discuss international and Israel and its neighbors, be subject to major pressures that
national stories vividly and accurately. The recipient of will further destabilize the region? Can nations join
several national journalism awards, including a Pulitzer together to combat the sources of unrest? Are groups, like
Prize for general news reporting, Mr. Peracchio has also ISIS and Al Queda, expanding their reach and can they
served as a member of the Round Table Council for be defeated? How will the global hierarchy of power be
Foreign Affairs at Newsday. affected? Who will be the winners and losers? This course
focuses on these and other critical issues in the context of
4 – 5:30 p.m. 8 sessions current world affairs.
April 19 – June 7 Fee: $160

10:30 a.m. – noon 3 sessions
March 30 – April 13 Fee: $120

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220. WORLD POLITICS: THE AGE OF 225. SOME HISTORY YOU OUGHT TO
INSECURITY KNOW

Ralph Buultjens Marc Greenberg
Same as above, but in the afternoon. Join Professor Greenberg for a lively discussion of what he
has selected as some of the “history you ought to know,” on
1 – 2:30 p.m. 3 sessions four dates in May as follows:
March 30 – April 13 Fee: $120

5/4/2016 Famous Trials—ABSCAM Trials (1980 and
1981), Gloria Vanderbilt Custody Trial
221. UNIVERSE OF MYSELF: (1934)
WALT WHITMAN’S SPECULATIVE
PHYSICS AND PHILOSOPHY 5/11/2016 Landmark Supreme Court Cases Everybody
Should Know—Hamdan v. Rumsfield
Kempton Van Hoff (2006), Kelo et al. v. City of New London
Walt Whitman finds the universe in a blade of grass and et al. (2005)
all of existence in his soul, often taking us from the single
entity to the totality of matter and back in just several 5/18/2016 Rudyard Kipling said, “All people like us are
lines. An understanding of the relatedness of all things is we, and everyone else is they.” How does
inherent in Whitman’s work, especially as it pertains to our tendency to see “us” as unique but
concepts of self, soul, and humanity. This course will focus “them” as members of groups, affect our
on “Song of Myself” and several of Whitman’s shorter behavior as well as our attitudes?
works to further develop the “speculative physics” and
metaphysics of the United States’ most revered poet.

10 a.m. – noon 4 sessions 5/25/2016 The Most Influential People of the 20th
April 6 – April 27 Fee: $100 Century?—The Series: Betty Friedan and
Bob Dylan
222. WORLD POLITICS: THE AGE OF
INSECURITY 1 – 3 p.m. 4 sessions
May 4 – May 25 Fee: $120
Ralph Buultjens
Same as above, but on May mornings.

10:30 – noon 3 sessions THURSDAY
May 18 – June 1 Fee: $120

223. WORLD POLITICS: THE AGE OF 226. MAKING SENSE OF AMERICAN
INSECURITY POLITICS

Ralph Buultjens David Sprintzen
Same as above, but on May afternoons. As we approach what appears to be a watershed election,
which may crucially determine the fate of our state and
1 – 2:30 p.m. 3 sessions nation and probably the world for years to come, it is
May 18 – June 1 Fee: $120 important to understand how we have come to where we
are and what we can do about it. This course will try to
224. LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA help us do that, by drawing upon theoretical studies of
BY GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ American character and institutions, and using specific
examples of practical experience in effecting social and
Marc Greenberg political change.
The best of readers sometimes discover books that are
either too long or too difficult to get through. It may be 10 a.m. – noon 3 sessions
the subject matter, language, pacing, plot, or vocabulary. March 17 – March 31 Fee: $90
Don’t be discouraged, you’re not alone. Join us to read
and analyze just such a book: Love In the Time of Cholera IMPORTANT SPRING 2016
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Vintage International-ISBN REGISTRATION INFORMATION
978-0-307-38973-2). For each class meeting, please read YOU MAY REGISTER BY MAIL ONLY THROUGH
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227. SOPHOCLES’ THEBAN PLAYS, PART III: 229. A HISTORY OF THREE DRUGS AS
ANTIGONE TOLD THROUGH THE STORIES OF
Alex Priou THREE LIVES

Long deemed the greatest of the Greek tragedians, Charles Levinthal
Sophocles’ poetic prowess is most vividly on display in In this three-week course, the history of three major types
his Theban plays. In these works, Sophocles juggles the of drugs—pharmaceuticals, opioids, and marijuana—will
competing themes of fate and free will, pious obedience be examined through the stories of a heroine, a hero, and a
and rational self-reliance, the common good and private political scoundrel. The heroine is Dr. Frances Kelsey,
allegiances, outward appearance and inner longing. The medical officer at the FDA, who refused in 1961 to approve
results are his renowned Oedipus Tyrannus, Oedipus at the commercial distribution of thalidomide, a new drug
Colonus, and Antigone, plays that detail the infamous story of that would later be found to have devastating birth-
Oedipus’ rise to power, self-discovery, downfall, death, and deforming properties, holding out against intense pressure
legacy. Discussing each of these plays in turn, we will ask from the pharmaceutical company that wanted it on the
how far our lives are under our control, how to navigate market as soon as possible. Kelsey’s distinguished career at
our competing allegiances, and whether resignation to our the FDA will be explored in the context of a century-long
fate is necessary or even possible—we will, in short, history of governmental efforts to protect the American
consider the urgent and enduring question of man’s place public from the harmful effects of unsafe drugs. The hero is
in the world. Having encountered the life of self-reliant, Chinese Imperial Commissioner Lin Zexu. In a simple act
political ambition and that of blind, pious obedience, we of protest in 1839 against the importation of unwanted
meet in the Antigone the human longing these ways of life British opium into China, Commissioner Lin ignited the
purport to satisfy, but nevertheless fail to answer— so-called Opium Wars, which ultimately opened the gates
Sophocles’ final stroke on his masterful portrait of the of China to the world, but also produced a nation that
human soul. until the mid-twentieth century would not be able to refuse
to serve the economic interests of Western governments.
1 – 3 p.m. 6 sessions The aftermath of the Opium Wars would have a significant
March 17 – April 21 Fee: $140 impact on East-West geopolitical relations for more than
a century. The political scoundrel is Harry Anslinger who
228. NATIONALISM IN MUSIC served as commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics
for an unprecedented 32 years, from 1930 to 1962. The
David Holzman cornerstone of his tenure was the creation of a widely
In this course David Holzman will describe how Classical publicized anti-marijuana propaganda campaign. It has become
music gradually broadened to include first folk tunes and clear that Commissioner Anslinger had little regard for the
rhythms and, later, the entire culture of the people—folk truth, relying instead on generational anxieties, racial
tales, political revolution, and eventually musical styles prejudices, and ethnic fears of the nation at the time. Yet
from around the world. Starting with Haydn, Mozart, and the Anslinger agenda would be successful in forming the
Beethoven, Holzman will show how gypsy and folk song basis for federal regulatory policies toward marijuana as
and dance gradually crept into their greatest music. In the well as other psychoactive drugs for decades to come.
early 19th century and especially in the second half of the
century, entire works were written based upon dances 10 a.m. – noon 3 sessions
(Chopin), modes and rhythms (Liszt and Dvorak), and folk April 7 – April 21 Fee: $60
tales (Tschaikovsky, Smetana, and others). By the 20th
century, all composers made use of folk, jazz, and political THE HUTTON HOUSE LECTURES
material to color and even be the basis for their artistic
works. As always, Holzman will describe this colorful PLEASE NOTE:
history with his words, recordings and, of course, his Due to the unprecedented growth of Hutton House Lectures
performances at the piano. over the past several years, we are now serving over 8,400
students per year, six times the number of students served
1 – 3 p.m. 3 sessions ten years ago. For this reason, you may have noticed that
March 31 – April 14 Fee: $60 while we do have many more course offerings than ever
before, we also have a number of courses that immediately
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230. WRITING THE STORIES OF YOUR 234. THE MOZART SYMPHONY
LIFE, PART II
Peter Borst
Marcia Byalick Mozart’s life lasted only 36 years, but he started writing
Through a combination of informal lectures, discussion, symphonies at age 8 and went on to write a total of 41, the
in-class writing exercises, and weekly assignments, you will last three of which were written a year before his death.
be encouraged to uncover the wonderful stories hidden We will look at some of the more mature works, starting
within your life experience. Assignments are designed to with his first G Minor Symphony, Number 25, written
trigger memories, providing a record of people, places, events, when he was 17. Don’t wait for the summer “Mostly Mozart”
and emotions that might otherwise by lost. Studies show at Lincoln Center. Enjoy “All Mozart” this spring!
that writing slows you down, clarifies emotions, dispels
demons…and heals. The process can take you from self- 10 a.m. – noon 5 sessions
expression to self-discovery. Join author, editor, and May 5 – June 2 Fee: $125
16-time Long Island Press Club award-winning columnist
Marcia Byalick, in exploring the times of your life. Only 235. THE U.S. ON THE BRINK:
those who have taken the previous class should enroll in THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND
this intermediate course. WORLD WAR II, 1933-45

10 a.m. – noon 4 sessions Richard Walsh
April 7 – April 28 Fee: $120 The roaring 1920s were followed by the economic collapse
of the Great Depression and the greatest external threat
231. CURRENT EVENTS in our history, World War II. Join a journey into these
harrowing years, when the country appeared on the verge
Adrian Peracchio of dissolution, only to be rallied by our longest serving
Each week Mr. Peracchio will discuss international and president, who not only kept the nation together, but
national stories vividly and accurately. The recipient of prepared it for a titanic struggle against fascism.
several national journalism awards, including a Pulitzer
Prize for general news reporting, Mr. Peracchio has also 10 a.m. – noon 3 sessions
served as a member of the Round Table Council for May 12 – May 26 Fee: $90
Foreign Affairs at Newsday.

1 – 2:30 p.m. 8 sessions FRIDAY
April 21 – June 9 Fee: $160
236. SHAKESPEARE AND OPERA
232. CURRENT EVENTS
Marc Courtade
Adrian Peracchio The works of William Shakespeare have been fodder for
Same as above, but later in the afternoon. over 200 operas. Of these, a handful have attained standard
repertoire status. This course will give a broad overview,
3 – 4:30 p.m. 8 sessions then briefly examine several works, including Giuseppe
April 21 – June 9 Fee: $160 Verdi’s Macbeth, Otello, and Falstaff, Charles Gounod’s
Romeo et Juliette, Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s
233. WE’LL RALLY ROUND THE FLAG: Dream, and Thomas Ades’ The Tempest.
GENERALS OF THE CIVIL WAR
10 a.m. – noon 2 sessions
Richard Walsh April 1 and April 8 Fee: $80
From Ulysses Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman, to
Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, we’ll analyze the 285. AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL ODYSSEY
most prominent, along with other lesser known, military
leaders of our greatest conflict. What made the successful Denise Gold
ones great? How did some fall short? Join the lively and The world, vast and beautiful, has so much to see. For
interesting discussion and debate. this course, your instructor, who has excavated at many
archaeological sites, will discuss ancient cities and sites
10 a.m. – noon 2 sessions throughout Europe. Materials in her slide/lecture will
April 28 and May 5 Fee: $60 include information about archaelogical finds in Italy,
France, Portugal, Greece, and England.

HUTTON HOUSE LECTURES 1 – 3:30 p.m. 3 sessions
liu.edu/huttonhouse April 8 – April 29 Fee: $100
(No class on April 22)
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237. THE BOOK GROUP 239. OLIVIER’S SHAKESPEARE

Margaret Hallissy Philip Harwood
Now in its 18th year, the Book Group meets monthly to Sir Laurence Olivier, the legendary award-winning actor/
discuss literary fiction. This session’s selections take us on a director, demonstrated great passion in transporting
literary journey to Italy. Geoff Dyer’s Jeff in Venice, Death in Shakespeare on the big screen. He allowed Elizabethan
Varanasi pairs two stories, one a Venetian romance and the verse to break free of its stage-bound origins. During his
other a spiritual pilgrimage to India, both (possibly) sixty-year career, Olivier starred in, and directed three
featuring the same protagonist, Jeff Altman. Martin Amis’ Shakespeare adaptations, which we will discuss and view in
The Pregnant Widow, set in the 1970s, features a summer their entirety to commemorate the 400th anniversary of
romance in an equally romantic setting, a mountainside in the death of William Shakespeare. In his thrilling directorial
Italy, involving twenty-year-old Keith Nearing and his debut of Henry V (1944), Olivier filmed an adaptation of
girlfriend Lily – plus her friend, Scheherazade. In contrast Shakespeare’s history. Embroiled in World War II, Britons
to these two comic novels is Iain Pears’ The Dream of Scipio, took courage from this tale of a king who surmounts
which explores three disastrous periods in Italian history: overwhelming odds and emerges victorious. This sumptuous
the collapse of the Roman Empire, the plague years of the Technicolor rendering features a thrilling re-creation of the
fourteenth century, and World War II. battle of Agincourt. In Hamlet (1948), winner of four
Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor,
April 1: Geoff Dyer, Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi Olivier presents William Shakespeare’s tale of tragedy,
ISBN 978-0-307-39030-1 murder, and revenge in the royal halls of medieval Denmark,
with Olivier playing the melancholy Dane. In Richard III,
May 13: Martin Amis, The Pregnant Widow director, producer, and star Laurence Olivier brings
ISBN 978-1-4000-9598-8 Shakespeare’s masterpiece of Machiavellian villainy to
ravishing cinematic life. Olivier is diabolically captivating
June 10: Iain Pears, The Dream of Scipio as Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who, through a series of
ISBN 978-1-57322-986-9 murderous machinations, steals the crown from his brother
Edward. In this film, he surrounds himself with a royal
10 a.m. – noon 3 sessions supporting cast which includes Ralph Richardson,
April 1 – June 10 Fee: $100 John Gielgud, and Claire Bloom.

238. THE BOOK GROUP 1 – 3:30 p.m. 3 sessions
April 1 – April 15 Fee: $90
Margaret Hallissy
Same as above, but in the afternoon. 3 sessions 240. CHINESE POETRY:
Fee: $100 READINGS ON “MOON”
1 – 3 p.m.
April 1 – June 10 Leslie Bai
“Moon,” as one of the most popular themes appearing in
IF YOU ENJOY HUTTON HOUSE COURSES, THEN many art works, always attracts artists to express their
YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS OR FAMILY MAY ENJOY sentimental notions. Different from the scorching sun
SOME OF THE FOLLOWING AS WELL: which detaches people because of its almighty power and
energy, the moon accompanies people quietly through each
267. INTRODUCTION TO WATERCOLOR long night and makes them easily fall in love with it. In
Chris Ann Ambery Chinese culture, many customs, traditions, and even
agricultural seasons follow the lunar calendar, which is
This is a technique-based course in which students will be based on the cycles of moon; therefore, the importance of
introduced to various watercolor techniques and how to “moon” in Chinese culture makes it the favorite image
implement them. Students will be introduced to color theory appearing in poetry to describe the ebb and flow in nature
and basic composition and will learn about traditional and and poets’ moods. This lecture will be composed of two
alternative watercolor mediums. Work will be done from both sessions, with the reading of the translations of ancient
photographs and still lives and students will be encouraged to Chinese moon poems and appreciation of traditional
express their own creative voices. culture and customs related to “moon,” including tasting
“moon cakes” in one session.
10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 3 sessions
April 8 – April 22 Fee: $80

(PLEASE NOTE – You may register for THIS COURSE ONLY 10 a.m. – noon 2 sessions
by calling 516-299-4003 and leaving a message; someone from April 22 and April 29 Fee: $50
that department will get back to you as soon as possible).

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241. GREGORY PECK AND JENNIFER JONES 243. A NEW WORLD: THE POLITICS OF
CHANGING BORDERS
Philip Harwood
In this two-part film discussion series, we commemorate Ralph Buultjens
the centennial of the birth of Academy Award-winning In recent years, there are many efforts to change the shape
actor Gregory Peck. King Vidor’s Duel In The Sun (1946), of nations through re-defining their local, national, or
is a western story about a half-native American girl named international borders–generally, to reflect some ethnic,
Pearl, who is sent to live with her relatives (Lillian Gish and tribal, religious, or cultural differences. These demands for
Lionel Barrymore) and their two sons (Joseph Cotton and separation are rarely resolved peacefully and often result in
Gregory Peck); Pearl becomes involved in prejudice and long and fierce conflicts. Right now, the map of the Middle
forbidden love. Ten years later, Peck and Jones reunited East is being re-drawn as violence unfolds in several nations—
for Nunnally Johnson’s The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit –Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Lebanon, etc. Creation of a
(1956). Based on a novel by Sloan Wilson, Peck is Tom Palestinian state will require adjustment of Israeli borders.
Rath, a World War II veteran who tries to balance his In Europe, there are movements for independence of
family and marriage with the demands of his work in the Scotland, Catalonia, parts of Italy, etc. Will the European
corporate world; Jennifer Jones portrays his wife, who faces Union survive? In Eastern Europe, the borders of the
many challenges. Ukraine and other countries are under Russian pressure .In
Africa, many national boundaries are contested. In Asia,
1 – 3:30 p.m. 2 sessions India and China have border disputes within/between
May 27 and June 3 Fee: $60 them. Elsewhere, similar developments are underway. Is
separatism a new challenge to world order? Will this cause
SPECIAL EVENTS new wars and more refugees? Why is this happening now?
How will this cartographic revolution impact on the global
242. A NEW WORLD: THE POLITICS OF power structure? How will powerful countries like America
CHANGING BORDERS respond? Will birth of many new countries bring chaos or
stability? Professor Ralph Buultjens, well-known scholar
Ralph Buultjens and analyst of international affairs, will discuss these
In recent years, there are many efforts to change the shape questions in the context of the current world situation.
of nations through re-defining their local, national, or
international borders–generally, to reflect some ethnic, 1 – 2:30 p.m. 1 session
tribal, religious, or cultural differences. These demands for Friday, March 18 Fee: $30
separation are rarely resolved peacefully and often result in
long and fierce conflicts. Right now, the map of the Middle (Please note that this lecture will take place in the Tilles Atrium; call our
East is being re-drawn as violence unfolds in several nations— offices for a printed map if you are unfamiliar with that location).
–Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Lebanon, etc. Creation of a
Palestinian state will require adjustment of Israeli borders. 244. PRINCESS DIANA:
In Europe, there are movements for independence of QUEEN OF HEARTS
Scotland, Catalonia, parts of Italy, etc. Will the European
Union survive? In Eastern Europe, the borders of the Marilyn Carminio
Ukraine and other countries are under Russian pressure. In Princess Diana is one of the most enduring icons of the
Africa, many national boundaries are contested. In Asia, 20th century and continues to hold a place in the hearts of
India and China have border disputes within/between people around the world. Although her story has been told
them. Elsewhere, similar developments are underway. Is many times, much of it comes from sensationalized — and
separatism a new challenge to world order? Will this cause often fictitious — tabloid reports ranging from the somewhat
new wars and more refugees? Why is this happening now? credible to the ridiculous. Since her death in 1997, more
How will this cartographic revolution impact on the global reliable sources enable us to take a fresh look at Diana’s life
power structure? How will powerful countries like America to create a balanced portrait of this complex and enigmatic
respond? Will birth of many new countries bring chaos or woman. In addition to her biography, we will evaluate her
stability? Professor Ralph Buultjens, well-known scholar continuing impact on the Royal Family and assess the pros
and analyst of international affairs, will discuss these and cons of monarchy in the modern world.
questions in the context of the current world situation.
10 a.m. – noon 1 session
Tuesday, March 22 Fee: $30

10:30 a.m. – noon 1 session
Friday, March 18 Fee: $30

(Please note that this lecture will take place in the Tilles Atrium; call our HUTTON HOUSE LECTURES
offices for a printed map if you are unfamiliar with that location). liu.edu/huttonhouse

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245. NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY GARDEN 247. SOME AMAZING NEW YORK CITY
GUIDE: A LECTURE/BOOKSIGNING HISTORY: A PERSONAL MEMOIR

Vincent Simeone Cary Diamond
Even beginner gardeners can select plants to create a stunning Cary Diamond is a retired New York City social studies
garden as unique as the Empire or Garden State—with expert teacher with 34 years experience. At a young age, he
help to ensure success! New York & New Jersey Getting developed a love and eventually a passion for history. These
Started Garden Guide is a plant selection guide, perfect for feelings were intensified when he wrote an extensive memoir
when you’re choosing plants and starting a garden in a climate about his life entitled Preserving My Past: The Memoirs of
that can be as challenging as it is beautiful. Choose the right Cary L. Diamond. In this session, he will share with his
plants and care for them properly, with help from an expert. audience some interesting facts and ideas he incorporated
Vincent Simeone, one of the area’s most highly respected in his memoir as they relate to the local history of New
and experienced gardeners, shares his deep knowledge of the York City, personal genealogy, and American History. He
region, gardens, and plants in a lively, upbeat style. The will also review some of the very interesting and unique
author’s top picks for plants that will thrive in this area’s news stories he collected throughout the years he taught.
winter cold, soils, coastal conditions, urban living, and
other unique growing conditions guarantee success for 10:30 a.m. – noon 1 session
area gardeners and home landscapers. Plants are divided Tuesday, April 5 Fee: N/C
into easy-to-browse chapters such as Annuals, Bulbs,
Groundcovers, Ornamental Grasses, Perennials, Shrubs, 248. COGNITIVE BIASES: DEFICIENCIES IN
Trees, Lawns, and Vines. Each plant is highlighted in its HUMAN THINKING THAT LEAD TO
respective chapter with a large full-color photograph and IRRATIONAL DECISIONS
tips on how, when, and where to plant. New York & New
Jersey Getting Started Garden Guide doesn’t stop at plant Michele Dornisch and Nancy Frye
selection. Methods for preparing soil, watering, fertilizer Why do we make questionable decisions even though our
application, and pest management are also covered in brains are able to process so much information at the same
detail. Along with the “nitty-gritty” of tending your time? Cognitive biases are the result of flaws in judgment
garden, Vincent shares his inspiration for garden design, that actually arise from adaptations in human thinking.
offers ways to incorporate your plants into the landscape, These adaptations are designed to help us deal with
and names some favorite cultivars or species. His sound, limitations of memory, and they typically help us make
practical advice is clothed in beautiful descriptions of each decisions on the fly that are usually “good enough.” However,
plant that will inspire you to get your hands dirty! our reliance on these adaptations can lead to errors in
judgment regarding areas such as: (a) the perceived likelihood
10:30 a.m. – noon 1 session of events; (b) planning for the future; (c) feelings of regret;
Tuesday, March 29 Fee: $30 and (d) perceptions of others. This lecture will specify
what these cognitive biases and mental shortcuts are, and
246. CLEMATIS: THE SOCIABLE CLIMBERS address research on both how they can be adaptive and
maladaptive as we make our way through the world.
Maura Brush
The genus clematis includes approximately 250 species. 10 a.m. – noon 1 session
Often considered somewhat finicky, clematis are actually Tuesday, April 12 Fee: $30
very easy to grow if the right species is selected for your
site. This lecture will focus on plant selection but also the
proper cultural care of these climbing beauties.

1 – 2:30 p.m. 1 session FILMS
Tuesday, March 29 Fee: $30
Please be advised that we do not have stadium seating available
IMPORTANT SPRING 2016 for any of our films; therefore we do not offer such courses on a
REGISTRATION INFORMATION regular basis. When we do, however, it is incumbent upon the
student to arrive well in advance of the screening so that he/she
YOU MAY REGISTER BY MAIL ONLY THROUGH may select a proper seat for the viewing. Should you be unable
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25; THEREAFTER, PHONE, to do this, it is not within the scope of our duties to move people
IN PERSON, AND MAIL REGISTRATIONS ARE from seats in front of you or to otherwise deprive students in the
ALL ACCEPTED. class of sitting wherever they please. Your alternative, therefore,
is, as always, to drop the course if you are in any way dissatisfied.
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249. EBOLA 2014: AN INSIDER SHEDS LIGHT 250. REIMAGINING ALICE IN
ON THE SIERRA LEONE EPIDEMIC WONDERLAND: LECTURE/
BOOKSIGNING
Nina Yamanis
The Ebola virus disease epidemic of 2014-2015 in West Adrienne Leslie
Africa was an unprecedented outbreak that has claimed Adrienne Leslie’s Alice Again could be described as the
over 11,000 lives. Sierra Leone was one of the three countries story of how a suburban housewife swallowed a handful of
most affected by Ebola. Recent research suggests that Ebola magic seeds, entered an alternate universe where she was
killed more people in Sierra Leone in 2014 than the second young, beautiful, and pursued by a Korean Prince, and then
(lower respiratory infections) and third (HIV/AIDS) leading came home again. Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in
causes of death, and may have killed more people than the Wonderland tells of a child’s discomfort with her changing
leading cause of death (malaria). In response to the outbreak, physicality. Alice is at first too big to enter the garden, and
international partners and the Sierra Leonean Ministry of then too small. Radical fluctuations in her growing body
Health set up a country-wide response system to rapidly echo childhood’s characteristic frustration with puberty.
detect and isolate persons infected with Ebola. Contact In Leslie’s Alice Again (Flynn & Park Street Press, 2014),
tracing and burial teams were deployed, and leaders from grown up Alice Pleasance contends with the loss of youth,
local communities went door to door to spread public health as she, too, finds herself out of place in a changed world.
messages regarding prevention and treatment. Public health Through excerpts from both of these works, we shall
messages included isolating infected individuals to limit consider the universal themes of innocence and loss as
others’ contacts with their body fluids and avoiding unsafe depicted by Carroll and Leslie.
burials in the event of death. Households of infected persons
were required to be sprayed with bleach. Despite a massive 10:30 a.m. – noon 1 session
public health effort, officials hypothesized that some Sierra Wednesday, April 20 Fee: N/C
Leoneans resisted their Ebola-related messages. Delays in
care-seeking may have increased Ebola exposure in 251. BEETHOVEN’S MISSA SOLEMNIS:
communities and perpetuated the epidemic. Dr. Yamanis ONE CONDUCTOR’S VIEW OF
will present results from her collaborative research conducted BEETHOVEN’S TOWERING
in January 2015 on the ground in Sierra Leone, on ordinary MASTERPIECE
people’s perceptions of the Ebola response system. Her
results suggest that some people’s fears and misperceptions Mark Shapiro
may have delayed them from seeking care. This presentation When Mark Shapiro first conducted Beethoven’s Missa
will discuss the many challenges faced by Sierra Leoneans Solemnis, a critic wrote, “Under his baton there was no
during the outbreak and the potential benefits of working problem that did not have a solution.” Peek behind the
with local, culturally knowledgeable responders to prevent curtain as Dr. Shapiro, an LIU Post associate professor
Ebola spread. of Music, takes listeners through the ins and outs of
Beethoven’s amazing text and shares his thoughts about
10:30 a.m. – noon 1 session the challenges and rewards of conducting such a
Friday, April 15 Fee: N/C monumental and taxing score. Deploying his always
humorous and highly interactive approach, Dr. Shapiro
Dr. Thespina (Nina) Yamanis is an Assistant Professor at American will engage listeners in a collaborative and close
University’s School of International Service in Washington, DC. investigation of this ennobling music that will lead to an
She is a public health researcher (Ph.D., University of North Carolina ever-deepening appreciation of the timeless relevance and
at Chapel Hill) who focuses on behavioral aspects of HIV prevention beauty of a very great work of art.
among vulnerable populations in Tanzania and Washington DC.
Her professional interests are in identifying the mechanisms that 2 – 4 p.m. 1 session
link social and economic conditions to global health disparities and Wednesday, April 20 Fee: $30
in designing community-based interventions to improve health
among the most vulnerable groups. She has conducted qualitative INCLEMENT WEATHER AND OTHER
and quantitative field research for the past nine years on the social CONDITIONS WHICH REQUIRE
and sexual networks of young, urban men in Tanzania and their CANCELLATION OF CLASSES
influence on the men’s HIV risk behavior and perpetration of
intimate partner violence. She is Co-Investigator on a grant from Be certain to check the LIU website (www.liu.edu), call the
the National Institute of Mental Health to conduct a combined main phone number 516-299-3637 (516-299-EMER), or check
health promotion/microfinance intervention for young Tanzanian with your radio and television stations. You may also try our
men. She is also leading a study on HIV risk among immigrant main Hutton House number at 516-299-2580, which will have
Latino/a sexual minorities in Washington DC. In addition to her a message if our voice recording capability remains operational.
HIV-related research, she has conducted research on violence
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migration and mental health with colleagues at the Instituto
Nacional de Salud Pública in Mexico, and research on local
perceptions of the Ebola response system in Sierra Leone.

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252. D.W. GRIFFITH’S INTOLERANCE: 255. SHIRLEY JONES AND HOWARD KEEL
A CENTENNIAL APPRECIATION
Richard Knox
Philip Harwood Two of the greatest talents that enthralled audiences of
Director D.W. Griffith’s epic Intolerance, released in 1916, film musicals in the 1950s were Shirley Jones and Howard
is a silent masterpiece steeped in cinematic history and a Keel. Prior to her outstanding dramatic work in films such
spectacle to behold. The film presents four narratives as Elmer Gantry (for which she won a supporting actress
stretching from biblical to modern times, held together by Oscar) and her beloved television role as the matriarch of
themes of intolerance, man’s inhumanity to man, hypocrisy, The Partridge Family, Shirley appeared as the female lead in
bigotry, religious hatred, persecution, discrimination, and the film version of two of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s
injustice. Griffith regarded this as a response to those who greatest shows, Oklahoma and Carousel. Meanwhile,
criticized him for The Birth of A Nation, the year before we Howard was starring in such outstanding film musicals as
commemorate the centennial of that film’s release. We will Annie Get Your Gun, Showboat, Seven Brides for Seven
discuss and view the film in its entirety (class time is extended Brothers, and Kiss Me Kate.
by one additional hour). Cinematography by Billy Bitzer,
with stars Mae Marsh, Bessie Love, Elmo Lincoln, Erich Using a variety of video and audio clips, Professor Knox
von Stroheim, Lillian Gish, and Tod Browning. will give participants an opportunity to experience these
two outstanding artists singing glorious melodies by
1 – 4:30 p.m. 1 session composers such as Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin,
Friday, April 29 Fee: $30 Jule Styne, and Meredith Wilson.

253. SELLING THE PRESIDENT 10 a.m. – noon 1 session
Friday, May 13 Fee: $30
James Coll
The use of the media by those who run for president has 256. SILENT SHAKESPEARE
transformed the way we learn about our candidates for
Chief Executive. In this non-partisan lecture, we will Philip Harwood
discuss some of the ways candidates have sought to define One must wonder, since the language of a Shakespeare play
themselves and their opponents through television and is beautiful and poetic, how can a silent film be made of his
other advertisements. plays? In addition to screenplays, many plays were adapted
for the silent screen. Because of the brevity of early silent
11 a.m. – noon 1 session films, a Shakespeare adaptation originally could be
Monday, May 2 Fee: $25 anywhere from a reel (ten minutes) to three reels (thirty
minutes). In this session, to commemorate the 400th
254. “I HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE” AND anniversary of the passing of William Shakespeare, we will
OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL MYTHS see examples of how the Bard was adapted to the silent
screen in films made as early as 1899, and on through the
James Coll later years of the silent era. We will view such films as King
What we think the Constitution says and what it actually John (1899), The Tempest (1908), A Midsummer Night’s
says can sometimes be two different things. In this Dream (1909), King Lear (1910), Twelfth Night (1910-
discussion dealing with the presidency, free speech, gun Fragment), The Merchant of Venice (1910-hand colored),
rights, privacy, the police, religion, and others we will and the two-reel Richard III (1911). We certainly will brush
explore selected texts of the supreme law of the land that up on our Shakespeare, silently in this session!
may contradict what we always thought to be true.

12:30 – 2:30 p.m. 1 session 12 – 2:30 p.m. 1 session
Wednesday, May 4 Fee: $30 Friday, May 13 Fee: $30

INCLEMENT WEATHER AND OTHER HUTTON HOUSE LECTURES
CONDITIONS WHICH REQUIRE ADVISORY BOARD
CANCELLATION OF CLASSES
Mr. Robert Riedy, Chairman Mrs. Dede Cline
Be certain to check the LIU website (www.liu.edu), call the Mrs. Barbara Adelhardt Mr. George Haralampoudis
main phone number 516-299-3637 (516-299-EMER), or check Mr. O. John Betz Mrs. Anne Stokvis
with your radio and television stations. You may also try our Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman, Jr. Ms. Anita Trost
main Hutton House number at 516-299-2580, which will have
a message if our voice recording capability remains operational. Emerita Mrs. Martha Ulman
Mrs. Dennis Kluesner
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257. DIAZ MEMORIAL LECTURE 260. AMERICA AT THE POLLS: THE NEW
“Four Theories of Human Nature” POLITICAL WORLD OF 2016

Michael Soupios Ralph Buultjens
The question of basic human identity is certainly not new. In six months, America will elect its 45th president—a
Indeed, it has been an object of formal consideration at position defined by over 200 years of tradition and continuity.
least since the time of Plato. The relevance of this issue But 2016 is an election year with a difference. New kinds of
cannot be denied in the sense that virtually all of our social candidates, different from the usual contenders, have emerged.
doctrines and societal institutions tend to mirror some tacit The organization of traditional political parties is being
notion of human identity. Significally, this fundamental eroded by new groups. Social media is transforming political
matter remains the perennial question—the subject of communications. More money than ever before is flowing
heated and highly divergent conception. This lecture will into politics, courtesy of Supreme Court decisions. Big
examine a menu of positions as proposed by Plato, Augustine, demographic changes are reshaping the electorate in
Marx, and Skinner. The lecturer will not presume to offer unprecedented ways. Are these signs of a new political
any solution to this venerable question! world or the decay and collapse of traditional politics? Is
this good for America or not? Does it suggest the coming
3 – 4 p.m. (Reception to follow) Fee: N/C of a different type of presidency? How will it affect the
Friday, May 13 1 session election of governors, senators, and congressmen? Is the
original concept of the American polity being replaced
258. GREAT FEMALE VOCALISTS PAST and, if so, by what?
AND PRESENT
1 – 2:30 p.m. 1 session
Richard Knox Friday, May 20 Fee: $30
This presentation will focus on some of the outstanding
singers of popular music during the 20th century, and (Please note that this lecture will take place in room 119, Humanities Hall;
continuing into the present day. Through a variety of video call our offices for a printed map if you are unfamiliar with that location).
and audio clips, we will have a great opportunity to watch
and listen to such talented performers as Judy Garland, 262. FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT:
Rosemary Clooney, Barbra Streisand, Kelli O’Hara, Rebecca AN AMERICAN ORIGINAL
Luker, and Patti LuPone as they sing many of the memorable
numbers from the “Great American Songbook.” Yehuda Rosenfeld
No one architect contributed more to defining an
10 a.m. – noon 1 session American style of architecture than Frank Lloyd Wright.
Friday, May 20 Fee: $30 His unique combinations of materials, singular decisions
about site planning, holistic design of interiors and
259. AMERICA AT THE POLLS: THE NEW exteriors, and his reputation for forging ahead with his
POLITICAL WORLD OF 2016 vision over his clients’ objections, all contributed to a style
that is definitively that of Frank Lloyd Wright. Examine
Ralph Buultjens Wright’s projects for homes in California, Pennsylvania,
In six months, America will elect its 45th president—a and Upstate and Downstate New York and discover what is
position defined by over 200 years of tradition and continuity. uniquely American about his work, and why no other
But 2016 is an election year with a difference. New kinds architect has been able to replicate his individualistic style.
of candidates, different from the usual contenders, have
emerged. The organization of traditional political parties 1 – 3 p.m. 1 session
is being eroded by new groups. Social media is transforming Friday, May 20 Fee: $30
political communications. More money than ever before is
flowing into politics, courtesy of Supreme Court decisions. HUTTON HOUSE LECTURES
Big demographic changes are reshaping the electorate in ADVISORY BOARD
unprecedented ways. Are these signs of a new political world
or the decay and collapse of traditional politics? Is this good Mr. Robert Riedy, Chairman Mrs. Dede Cline
for America or not? Does it suggest the coming of a different Mrs. Barbara Adelhardt Mr. George Haralampoudis
type of presidency? How will it affect the election of governors, Mr. O. John Betz Mrs. Anne Stokvis
senators, and congressmen? Is the original concept of the Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman, Jr. Ms. Anita Trost
American polity being replaced and, if so, by what?

10:30 a.m. – noon 1 session Emerita
Friday, May 20 Fee: $30 Mrs. Dennis Kluesner

(Please note that this lecture will take place in room 119, Humanities Hall; Mrs. Martha Ulman
call our offices for a printed map if you are unfamiliar with that location).

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263. WRITING THE MODERN SHORT STORY: 265. “YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS”:
A WORKSHOP ON CREATING A TRIBUTE TO CASABLANCA
LITERARY POWER IN
COMPRESSED SPACE Richard Knox
Among the two or three greatest films ever made,
Charles Kovich Casablanca has established its reputation as an enduring
Short stories are like literary dynamite, concentrating masterpiece. Under the leadership of producer Howard
explosive creativity in a smaller form. In this hands-on Koch and director Michael Curtiz, the Warner Brothers
workshop learn how to get started by plotting exciting studio made the serendipitous choice to cast Humphrey
story concepts, how to catch the reader’s immediate Bogart and Ingrid Bergman as the ultimate star-crossed
attention, how to develop real-life characters, how to lovers with World War II descending upon Europe. Their
create dynamic conflict to energize your story, and how to reuniting at Rick’s “Café Americain” along with an
fashion authentic dialogue that drives your plot forward to amazing cast of supporting actors such as Claude Rains,
an essential climax. New fiction techniques like “Flash Sydney Greenstreet, and Peter Lorre is the stuff of movie
Fiction” will also be examined as part of the present legends. We will have an opportunity to experience the
dynamic world of short story writing. entire film with commentary by the late great film critic
Roger Ebert and also view a documentary about the
1 – 3:30 p.m. 1 session making of the film narrated by Lauren Bacall. Come join
Friday, May 20 Fee: $30 us to revisit a film classic that only gets better “As Time
Goes By.”

264. MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV: 9:30 a.m. – noon 1 session
CLASSICAL MALE DANCER Friday, May 27 Fee: $30

Marilyn Carminio 266. THE OTHER AMENDMENTS
Mikhail Baryshnikov is known to the public as the greatest
classical male dancer of the late 20th century. Dazzling James Coll
audiences with his athleticism and grace, he reached Ask the average American about the amendments to the
celebrity status attracting new audiences to the world of U.S. Constitution and they will no doubt discuss the first
dance. “Metamorphosis” is a word often used to describe ten, know collectively as the Bill of Rights. In this lecture,
his career, which goes far beyond the dance world. A however, we will discuss some of the other amendments
prolific and diverse artist, he has performed on stage, in that, in spite of providing structural and fundamental
film, theater, and television. This biography takes us from changes, have received far less attention.
his boyhood in Soviet occupied Latvia to his life in the
West and will chart his course to the present day. The 12 – 2 p.m. 1 session
presentation contains many videoclips including “The Tuesday, May 31 Fee: $30
Sinatra Suite” with music by Frank Sinatra and choreography
by Twyla Tharp. Whether or not you have ever seen a ROYAL FAVORITE, OR, REGIME CHANGE
ballet, are an avid balletomane, or somewhere in between,
the joy of watching Baryshnikov in his many incarnations A staged reading 2 – 4 p.m. Friday, March 25
is something you will not soon forget. An original play in the language and style of Jacobean
romance
10 a.m. – noon 1 session
Monday, May 23 Fee: $30 by Edmund Miller
Directed by Dulcie Stoepker
HUTTON HOUSE LECTURES
ADVISORY BOARD At the court of English King James I, Elizabeth Howard Countess
of Essex so passionately loves the royal favorite Robert Ker that,
Mr. Robert Riedy, Chairman Mrs. Dede Cline in the process of marrying him, she inadvertently brings about the
Mrs. Barbara Adelhardt Mr. George Haralampoudis death of the very friend Overbury who has made him what he is.
Mr. O. John Betz Mrs. Anne Stokvis In the process she turns her belovèd from glittering courtier to
Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman, Jr. Ms. Anita Trost chastened country gentleman, supplanted by a new favorite,
George Villiers.
Emerita Mrs. Martha Ulman
Mrs. Dennis Kluesner The play, based on a series of sensational scandals including a
shocking divorce case and several murder trials, provides a novel
resolution of the notorious events.

YOU DO NOT NEED TO REGISTER WITH HUTTON
HOUSE FOR THIS LECTURE, WHICH WILL BE HELD AT A
LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED BY PROFESSOR MILLER.
CALL 516-299-2959 FOR MORE INFORMATION.

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FACULTY Frye, Nancy – Graduate director, Professor of Psychology; focuses on social
cognition in the context of relationships; researches the possibility that
Unless otherwise noted, from Long Island University’s Post campus partners may cope with their relationship problems, in part, by perceiving
the problems as improving over time; also addresses spouses’ use of physical
Bai, Leslie – Holds P.h.D. in Linguistics and teaches English Writing and psychological aggression in their relationships, which deals with the
courses as adjunct professor, Department of English, LIU Post; published possibility that partners may be particularly likely to engage in aggression at
Deviation in Advertising Language: a Functional Analysis (2009), three English times when experiencing high levels of stress; widely published in her field.
textbooks, and 10 academic articles related to Chinese classical poems;
published a booklet on Du Fu’s poem Watching Gong-sun’s Student Dancing Gold, Denise – Archaeologist with 30 years field experience; senior officer
Jian Qi (2010), and another booklet Three Neglected Chinese Women, Three of Archaeological Institute of America, LI Society; American Schools of
Deserted Tang Poets (2011), together with John Digby; guest lecturer. Oriental Resource; guest lecturer.

Borst, Peter – Retired music teacher with 40 years experience; currently Greenberg, Marc – Social studies instructor, New York City; experience
serves as adjunct professor of music and music appreciation at LIU Post. includes teaching American History and participating in Government on
college level; also serves as facilitator for leisure reading classes at 92nd
Brush, Maura – Director of horticulture, Old Westbury Gardens; majored Street Y; holds two Masters Degrees; has participated extensively in the
in Horticulture at University of Maine and began working at the Gardens Facing History and Ourselves: Genocide and Human Behavior Program;
upon graduation 16 years ago; has served as director for 9 years and is guest lecturer.
recognized as an expert in her field; guest lecturer.
Hallissy, Margaret – Professor of English with specialty in medieval
Buultjens, Ralph – Senior professor at NYU and former Nehru professor at literature; author of numerous scholarly articles and books.
Cambridge University (UK); author of books on international politics/
history, and regular commentator on television; has received several awards Harwood, Philip – Film historian, graduate of Hofstra University; has lectured
(including the Toynbee Prize) and international honors for excellence in at Queens College, the New School for Social Research, and Hofstra University;
teaching and scholarship; guest lecturer. also lectures all over Long Island and is a published author; guest lecturer.

Byalick, Marcia – Freelance writer with articles published in Family Circle, Holzman, David - Master pianist, acclaimed for both his recitals and his
Newsday, and The New York Times; former editor-in-chief of The Women’s recordings; has been awarded recording grants from the National
Record; adjunct professor of writing at Hofstra University; guest lecturer. Endowment for the Humanities, the Alice B. Ditson Fund, and the Aaron
Copland Foundation; focuses much of his attention upon the masterworks
Carminio, Marilyn – Earned a B.A. from Hunter College; worked in of the 20th century and has been described as “the Horowitz of modern
publishing and later in a large law firm where she developed and presented music” (Jerry Kuderna, San Francisco Classical Voice); guest lecturer.
adult training programs; has presented numerous special programs such as
“Jackie O” at local libraries and educational institutions; guest lecturer. Josyph, Peter – Author, actor-director, painter, and filmmaker whose films
include Liberty Street: Alive at Ground Zero; Acting McCarthy: The Making of
Coll, James – Holds BA in History from Hofstra University and M.A. in Billy Bob Thornton’s All the Pretty Horses; No Standing In St. Petersburg; and a
History from Hunter College with a minor in Political Science; Adjunct series of jazz films featuring trumpeter/composer Tim Hagans, and sax legend
professor of American and Constitutional History at Nassau Community Lee Konitz. He is currently shooting Shakespeare in New York: The Sonnets,
College and Hofstra University; founder of ChangeNYS.org, a not-for-profit as well as a film about the early work of painter Jean-Michel Basquiat and a
organization formed to educate New Yorkers about the need for non- film about poet John Berryman. His books include Liberty Street: Encounters
partisan civic understanding and political reform in our state; NYPD at Ground Zero; Adventures in Reading Cormac McCarthy; Cormac McCarthy’s
detective; guest lecturer. House: Reading McCarthy Without Walls; The Wrong Reader’s Guide to
Cormac McCarthy Vol 1: All the Pretty Horses; The Way of the Trumpet; What
Cosentino, Nicole – Received Master’s Degree in English from LIU Post One Man Said to Another: Talks With Richard Selzer; and The Wounded River,
after studying under Drs. John Lutz and Deborah Lutz, who supervised her which was a New York Times Notable Book of 1993; guest lecturer.
Master’s Thesis; has taught extensively in the English Department here at
LIU Post; is currently teaching and pursing a P.h.D. in English, as well as Knox, Richard – Holds M.S. from Baruch College and BA from Brooklyn
submitting articles for publication in her area of specialization; guest lecturer. College; has developed and presented numerous multimedia programs on
the arts; guest lecturer.
Courtade, Marc – Executive director, Huntington Arts Council; frequent
lecturer for the Hutton House Lectures, specializing in musicals and opera Kohler, Peter - Holds BA from Yale and M.S. with honors in Journalism
courses, and adjunct professor in the arts management curriculum; avid from Columbia University; served as VP of editorial services for Cablevision
performer who has appeared in numerous productions throughout Long Island. Systems Corp. until his retirement in early 2015; produced and presented
editorials on News 12 network, directed editorial operations in
Diamond, Cary – Retired New York City social studies teacher; graduate of Connecticut, New Jersey and New York City; recipient of many awards,
LIU Post; has written memoirs chronicling his life and times growing up in including the Emmy from New York Television Academy; guest lecturer.
NYC, as well as teaching for years in the public schools there; guest lecturer.
Kopman, Marc – Adjunct professor of Art History at LIU Post; holds an
Dornisch, Michele – Completed P.h.D. in Instructional Systems at The M.A. in Art History from Brooklyn College; formerly vice president of
Pennsylvania State University; teaches in the LIU Post School of Education Learning and Development for Time Warner Cable of NYC; conducted
in the new interdisciplinary education doctoral program; widely published numerous workshops on Leadership Development; Adult Education
in her field. Instructor (Art Appreciation) for Bellmore-Merrick Central High School
District; guest lecturer.
Eckert, Irene Porco – Former social studies teacher who served at Northport
under the chairmanship of Dr. Michael Romano (one of our favorite Hutton Kovich, Charles – Ph.D. from St. Louis Univeristy, ’81; chair of the English
House history professors); lectures regularly at community centers and Department at Rockhurst University, Kansas City; specialist in rhetoric and
libraries on her favorite topic, Italian film, ranging from the neo-realists of the continental renaissance; author of the forthcoming A Reader’s Guide to
post World War II to commedia all’italiana of the 1950s; guest lecturer. Beowulf and the textbook First Things First; co-authored The Case of
Ockham’s Razor, The Case of the Muse of Madness, and other Father Shrader
Finkle, Orin – House historian; has written more than 150 published mysteries; guest lecturer.
articles devoted to mansions, gardens, owners, and architects during the
“Gatsby Era”; has appeared in The New York Times, Town & Country, Gold Leslie, Adrienne - Novelist, lecturer; author of Bird and Fish (named
Coast News, North Shore, and Goodliving; has also appeared on national Koreandramas.net cult classic of 2007), Sea and Sky, Alice Again; “a writer
television, as a historian on America’s Castles and on cable news programs to who has captured the hearts of both Asian and American readers” (The
discuss various estates; guest lecturer. Korea Times- September 9, 2014); recipient of The Korean American-
Association of Greater New York, Korean American Youth Foundation and
Franco, Valerie – Brings her extensive film industry experience to her NY Korean American Parent Association awards; served as New York
academic work in the field of film and media; her research on gender and Educational Envoy to Korea (2003); popular Daily News Impact Panel
ethnicity in film appears in entertainment and academic publications, as contributor; guest lecturer at The Korea Society, The Korean Broadcasting
well as on her blog, profvalfranco.wordpress.com; continues to work in film System and Korean Cultural Services NY; holds B.S. and M.S. from
while teaching and lecturing extensively; guest lecturer. LIU Post.

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Levinthal, Charles F. – Professor emeritus of Psychology at Hofstra Please circle course selections and make checks payable to Long Island University
University; former chairman of the Department of Psychology; author of
seventeen books, including Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society (8th PHOTO-COPIES ACCEPTED
edition), Drugs, Society, and Criminal Justice (4th edition), Messengers of
Paradise: Opiates and the Brain, and Point/Counterpoint: Opposing Perspectives XHTH 7
on Issues of Drug Policy; recipient of the Distinguished Teacher of the Year
Award from Hofstra University; fellow, American Psychological Association; 207. American Painters of the Gilded Age ....................................................................$180
guest lecturer.
208. Let’s Eat: Family, Friends and Food in Film ...........................................................$120
Lutz, John – Chairman, Department of English, LIU Post; University leader
of initiatives such as College 101, Learning Communities, Freshman 209. Two by Dickens: Great Expectations and Little Dorrit ..............................................$180
Orientation, Strategic Planning, and Outcomes Assessment, plus numerous
others (too many to name); winner of the Newton Award for Outstanding 210. Be Part of the Party: A Very Special Happy 100th.................................................$125
Teaching; author of many articles and works concerning philosophy as well
as literature. 211. Ingrid Bergman: A Birthday Centennial ................................................................$125

Peracchio, Adrian – Former Newsday editorial board member; Pulitzer 212. Finding Albertine: An Exploration of Proust ...........................................................$60
Prize-winning journalist; guest lecturer.
213. What Can You Do When the Bad News is the News? ...........................................$160
Priou, Alex – M.A. in Liberal Arts from St. John’s College in Maryland and
holds P.h.D. in Philosophy from Tulane University’s Department of 214. Living Language: The Art and Anatomy of Writing, Part I...................................$140
Philosophy; wrote dissertation entitled, “The Genesis of Political
Philosophy: On Plato’s Parmenides”; recipient of a fellowship from the Free 215. Living Language: The Art and Anatomy of Writing, Part V .................................$140
University of Berlin in 2011-2012 and served as co-editor of Leo Strauss’s
“1959 Seminar on Nietzsche’s ‘Thus Spake Zarathustra’ for University of 216. The Charming Elegance of the Great Gatsby Era Estates ......................................$120
Chicago Press; guest lecturer.
217. Current Events ........................................................................................................$160
Rosenfeld, Yehuda – Expert in the areas of Religious History and Israel;
Hebrew and Judaics educator at LIU Post and elsewhere; guest lecturer. 218. Shakespeare on Film, Part II ...................................................................................$160

Shapiro, Mark – Associate professor of Music at LIU Post and five-time 219. World Politics: The Age of Insecurity (April A.M.) ..............................................$120
winner of adventurous programming awards from ASCAP; versatile
conductor who is equally at home with orchestras, choruses, and opera; 220. World Politics: The Age of Insecurity (April P.M.) ...............................................$120
Music director of the Prince Edward Island Symphony and The Cecilia
Chorus of New York, and Artistic Director of Cantori New York; has 221. Universe of Myself: Walt Whitman’s Philosophy...................................................$100
conducted opera for American Opera Projects, the Center for Contemporary
Opera, Underworld Opera, and Juiliard Vocal Arts, where most recent 222. World Politics: The Age of Insecurity (May A.M.) ...............................................$120
collaboration was praised by New York Times chief music critic Anthony
Tommasini for “insightful” work with Juilliard Orchestra and singers. 223. World Politics: The Age of Insecurity (May P.M.).................................................$120

Simeone, Vincent – Director of Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic 224. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez ..........................................$120
Park; experienced lecturer, instructor, horticultural consultant, and author
of books and magazine articles; educated and trained in the field of 225. Some History You Ought to Know .........................................................................$120
ornamental horticulture, which he studied under world-famous professors
Dr. Allan Armitage and Dr. Michael Dirr at University of Georgia; received 226. Making Sense of American Politics..........................................................................$90
a master’s in public administration from LIU Post; guest lecturer.
227. Sophocles’ Theban Plays, Part III: Antigone ...........................................................$140
Sprintzen, David – Professor emeritus of Philosophy at LIU Post. Founder
and officer of the Long Island Progressive Coalition, and an officer with LI 228. Nationalism in Music................................................................................................$60
Jobs with Justice and Citizen Action of New York; author of books on
Albert Camus and American Philosophy; author of numerous articles on 229. A History of Three Drugs as Told Through…Three Lives.......................................$60
contemporary society.
230. Writing the Stories of Your Life, Part II..................................................................$120
St. George, Sal – Professional producer, writer, and director of historic
dramas for the past 20 years; has also worked with large theme parks, such as 231. Current Events (1 p.m.) ..........................................................................................$160
Disney, as a history consultant, and has recently been involved in producing
several historically important dramas about famous women in history such 232. Current Events (3 p.m.) ..........................................................................................$160
as Amelia Earhart, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Emily Post; guest lecturer.
233. We’ll Rally Round the Flag: Generals of the Civil War ...........................................$60
Van Hoff, Kempton – Adjunct professor of literature, composition, technical
and professional writing, Farmingdale State (SUNY) and Hofstra; published 234. The Mozart Symphony............................................................................................$125
in various anthologies, print, electronic magazines, and as live readings on
poetry websites; holds B.F.A in Creative Writing, Green Mountain College 235. The U.S. on the Brink: The Great Depression and WWII ......................................$90
and M.S. in Interdisciplinary Studies, LIU Post; guest lecturer.
236. Shakespeare and Opera .............................................................................................$80
Walsh, Richard – Holds an M.S. in History Education from LIU and a B.A.
in Economics/History from Siena College; has taught history at the college 285. An Archaeological Odyssey....................................................................................$100
and secondary level, and is the author of several books, including one on
the presidents entitled Profiles in Presidential Leadership: Washington to 237. The Book Group (A.M.).........................................................................................$100
Lincoln to FDR; guest lecturer.
238. The Book Group (P.M.) ..........................................................................................$100
Winkelstein-Duveneck, Katie – Holds M.A. in Creative Writing from
Emerson College, Boston, as well as a B.A. in Theology and Creative 239. Olivier’s Shakespeare ................................................................................................$90
Writing from Bard; has taught Writing at Westchester Community College,
the College of New Rochelle, and the Bowery Residents’ Committee; has 240. Chinese Poetry: Readings on “Moon” ......................................................................$50
authored a number of publications as well as created innovative in-person
and online curricula for creative writing; guest lecturer. 241. Gregory Peck and Jennifer Jones...............................................................................$60

Yamanis, Nina – Assistant professor, School of International Service at 242. A New World: The Politics of Changing Borders (A.M.) .......................................$30
American University in Washington, DC; public health researcher with
P.h.D. from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; focuses on 243. A New World: The Politics of Changing Borders (P.M.).........................................$30
behavioral aspect of HIV prevention and more in that and other related
fields of study; widely published and internationally recognized as a scholar; 244. Princess Diana: Queen of Hearts ..............................................................................$30
guest lecturer brought to us through the courtesy of Dr. Thomas Fahy, full
professor, Department of English, LIU Post. 245. New York and New Jersey Garden Guide.................................................................$30

246. Clematis: The Sociable Climbers .............................................................................$30

247. Some Amazing New York City History: A…Memoir .............................................N/C

248. Cognitive Biases: Deficiencies in Human Thinking ................................................$30

249. Ebola 2014: An Insider Sheds Light ........................................................................N/C

250. Reimagining Alice in Wonderland: Lecture/Booksigning ......................................N/C

251. Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis: One Conductor’s View ................................................$30

252. D.W. Griffith’s Intolerance: A Centennial Appreciation..........................................$30

253. Selling the President .................................................................................................$25

254. “I Have the Right to Vote” and Other…Myths........................................................$30

255. Shirley Jones and Howard Keel.................................................................................$30

256. Silent Shakespeare ....................................................................................................$30

257. Diaz Memorial Lecture.............................................................................................N/C

258. Great Female Vocalists Past and Present ..................................................................$30

259. America at the Polls: The New Political World (A.M.) ..........................................$30

260. America at the Polls: The New Political World (P.M.) ...........................................$30

262. Frank Lloyd Wright: An American Original............................................................$30

263. Writing the Modern Short Story: A Workshop .......................................................$30

264. Mikhail Baryshnikov: Classical Male Dancer...........................................................$30

265. “You Must Remember This”: A Tribute to Casablanca.............................................$30

266. The Other Amendments ..........................................................................................$30

267. Introduction to Watercolor.......................................................................................$80

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