S13C1 I Bought an iPad: Now What Do I Do? (Limited to 10, selected by lottery)
CLASS FULL Day/Time: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Tuesday, Thursday, 1:30-3:30 pm (note different start time)
Dates: May 13, 15, 17, 21, 23
Location: JMU IT Training Lab, 1015 Harrison St., Harrisonburg
Participants for this class will be chosen by lottery. Do not enclose payment with registration form. Payment will be requested at the time of notification.
Description: Now that you have an iPad, have you set up or confirmed basic settings or downloaded apps from the App Store? Do you have difficulty opening and closing apps? What about locking and unlocking your iPad or creating folders? Can you rename folders on your iPad? Let us show you how to add a calendar, delete apps, and so much more. Bring your iPad and we’ll work our way through your questions. There will be an additional fee of $5, payable to the instructor, for an iPad tri-fold study guide.
Instructor: Carol Miller recently retired after training JMU faculty and staff on computer software for over 15 years. She uses everyday analogies to explain computing concepts. |
S13C2 Golf Made Easier! Part 2 (Limited to 10, selected by lottery) CANCELLED
Day/Time: Tuesdays, 9:00-11:00 am
Dates: May 14, 21, 28, June 4, 11
Location: Sandy Bottom Golf Course, 201 Green St., Bridgewater
Participants for this class will be chosen by lottery. Do not enclose payment with registration form. Payment will be requested at the time of notification.
Description: Golf can be a challenging game, but by honing the various strokes—putts, chips, pitches, full swings—to their essentials, we enhance the possibilities for solid ball striking and consistency, pleasure, and satisfaction. We will begin with the shortest and simplest stroke, the putt, and move progressively to the putt-chip, chip, “chitch,” pitch, and full swing. You will need a putter, a 7- or 8-iron, and a short iron (pitching wedge or 9-iron) of any type or vintage. This course will cover the same general material as the fall 2012 class (Part 1) but will put more emphasis on longer distance strokes such as long pitching and full swing.
Instructors: Bob Bersson is a JMU Professor Emeritus of Art and Art History who has taught recent courses on golf and the Israeli/Palestinian conflict for LLI. LLI member Tina Updike is a JMU Emeritus Visual Resources Curator and an avid golfer who plays in various leagues and tournaments. |
S13C3 Founding Principles, Founding Fathers (and Mothers): The Concept of America
Day/Time: Tuesdays, 9:00-11:00 am
Dates: May 14, 21, 28, June 4, 11
Location: Hiner Room, Memorial Hall, 395 S. High St., Harrisonburg
Description: Unlike most nations, the United States was not founded on the basis of geography, religion, or ethnicity, but rather upon new, revolutionary ideals. The revolutionary generation debated and discussed the fundamental nature of government and the essential principles of humanity and developed what has become known as the American creed. This creed is expressed in three essential documents—the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. We will look at the people most responsible for defining the American experiment including George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Adams, George Mason, Alexander Hamilton, Patrick Henry, Abigail Adams and Dolley Madison. Each unique personality helped formulate the principles we live by today.
Instructor: Philip Bigler retired as the director of the James Madison Center in 2010. He taught courses in the College of Education and the History, American Studies, and Political Science departments while at JMU. In 1998, Mr. Bigler was named the National Teacher of the Year. He is the author of seven books, including Teaching History in an Uncivilized World; Liberty & Learning: The Essential James Madison; and In Honored Glory: Arlington National Cemetery, the Final Post. |
S13C4 Reservation Life: Modern Day Life of Native Americans
Day/Time: Tuesdays, 1:00-3:00 pm
Dates: May 14, 21, 28, June 4, 11
Location: Hiner Room, Memorial Hall, 395 S. High St., Harrisonburg
Description: Have you ever been on a reservation or to a pow wow? What is life like for most Native Americans today? Is it romantic like the movie accounts or all poverty and hardship as in the news? We will discuss, read, and watch fictional accounts and documentaries that depict life today. Learn how history influences these people even now.
Instructor: Carol Quintero has been living and working with the Native American community since 1992. She has been an intern for a Native American environmental group, a filmmaker for a Plain’s tribe, and a groupie at the Native American Academy Awards in Hollywood. She has lived on two reservations and visited many others throughout the country from Maine to Louisiana |
S13C5 Secret Lives of Wildflowers: Wildflower Identification (Limited to 12, selected by lottery)
CLASS FULL Day/Time: Wednesdays, 9:00-11:00 am
Dates: May 15, 22, 29, June 5, 12
Location: Hillandale Park for the first class, 801 Hillandale Ave., Harrisonburg
Participants for this class will be chosen by lottery. Do not enclose payment with registration form. Payment will be requested at the time of notification.
Description: What is the first wildflower to appear as early as February that smells like skunk and warms the earth around it? What plant alerts farmers it’s time to plant their crops? Learn about these plants and other interesting facts when you take this wildflower identification class. Learn to use Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide to identify plants. All classes are field trips and the first class will meet at Hillandale Park. Bring your field guide to class.
Suggested reading: Newcomb’s Field Guide to Wildflowers & Shrubs and Peterson’s Wildflowers of Eastern US – Roger Troy Peterson.
Instructor: Diane Holsinger is a Master Naturalist and mycologist and has taught classes for LLI on birds and mushrooms. She has led wildflower walks for the Shenandoah National Park on the Wildflower Weekend in the spring. Her interests have taken her to Africa, India, Cuba, and Iceland, among other places. |
S13C6 Produce Prose with Purpose (to entertain and delight)! (Maximum of 16)
Day/Time: Wednesdays, 1:00-3:00pm
Dates: May 15, 22, 29, June 5, 12
Location: Room 333, Blue Ridge Hall, 601 University Blvd. Harrisonburg
Description: Take that gem of an idea and work on expressing it in written form so you can delight and entertain readers. Gentle guidance in five areas will get you there. We’ll learn the art of constructive commentary; defining a story by asking which one of your ideas matters most; letting words flow so you can work with them; planning a project so that it results in suspenseful plot, memorable characters, and tight writing; and invigorating your words so they become images in the reader’s mind. Come prepared to write during every class, peer edit others’ writing, and increase your vocabulary.
Instructor: LLI member Gail Napora believes that a picture is worth a thousand words and that well written words linger in the mind longer than pictures. She has self-published one mystery, written and illustrated a children’s book and turned the notes from one of her photography courses into a how-to book. She encourages her students with appreciation and a grace born of respect. |
S13C7 A Springtime Pipe Organ Crawl (Limited to 20)
Day/Time: Thursdays, 9:00-11:00 am
Dates: May 16, 23, 30, June 6, 13
Location: First class only Muhlenberg Lutheran Church, 281 E. Market St., Harrisonburg
Description: The class will visit a different Harrisonburg church pipe organ every morning. The first hour will include preliminary information meant to familiarize the participants with vocabulary and concepts of pipe organ building and performance. We will then move to the church sanctuary where a demonstration will be given by a musician, in some cases the congregation’s designated organist. There will be an optional additional ‘field trip’ to tour the Taylor and Boody pipe organ factory near Churchville, followed by a bonus event and lunch. This will take place on either Thursday, June 20 or some other date. The following Harrisonburg church pipe organs will be studied: Muhlenberg Lutheran Church, Otterbein United Methodist Church, First Presbyterian Church, Asbury United Methodist Church, and Saint Stephen’s United Church of Christ [leaving plenty of time to attend the Bach Festival noonday concert across the street at Asbury UMC.]
Instructor: Adair McConnell has served a number of congregations in Northern Virginia and in the Valley, and is currently a music resource person for the Shenandoah Association of the United Church of Christ. The last 10 years he served as organist/choir director at St. Stephen’s UCC in Harrisonburg. He has taught many LLI music classes including opera and choral. |
S13C8 A Short Story Smorgasbord
Day/Time: Thursdays, 1:00-3:00pm
Dates: May 16, 23, 30, June 6, 13
Location: Detweiler Auditorium Annex, Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community, 1501 Virginia Ave., Harrisonburg
Description: The course will feature various exemplary stories by writers from various nations and eras. Discussion will focus on such topics as plot, characterization, setting, and style. Among the authors represented are Anton Chekhov, Guy de Maupassant, Katherine Mansfield, Edgar Allan Poe, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
All stories covered in this course are to be found in: The Art of the Short Story, eds. Gioia and Gwynn (ISBN 0-321-33722-0).
Instructors: LLI member Robin McNallie is retired from the JMU English Department and has taught a wide variety of courses for LLI. |
S13C9 Removing the Fear of Taking Your Camera Off “A” (Limited to 12, selected by lottery)
CLASS FULL Day/Time: Fridays, 9:00–11:00 am
Dates: May 17, 24, 31, June 7, 14
Location: Hiner Room, Memorial Hall, 395 S. High St., Harrisonburg
Participants for this class will be chosen by lottery. Do not enclose payment with registration form. Payment will be requested at the time of notification.
Description: This course will cover the basics of digital photography for the beginner to the advanced photographer. We will learn how a digital camera differs from a film camera, as well as the limits and advantages of digital cameras. Guest lecturers will include Allen Litten retired from the Daily News Record and Gary Stitler from Glenn’s Fair Price camera department.
Instructor: Frank Marshman has been a professional camera repairman for 40 years in Harrisonburg, and has held numerous positions in photography societies and organizations. |
S13C10 Hard Times, Soft Quilts: Quilts of the Great Depression (Limited to 20)
Day/Time: Fridays, 1:00-3:00 pm
Dates: May 17, 24, 31, June 7, 14
Location: Virginia Quilt Museum, 301 S. Main St., Harrisonburg (use lower level entrance off parking lot behind the museum)
Description: This course describes the economic and social culture of the Great Depression and how it impacted quilt-making and women’s roles. Actual samples of quilts of this era show quilting techniques and tell the stories of how women met the challenges of America’s hardest economic times.
Instructor: Judith Shuey has been a quilt maker for 30 years and has studied how quilts tell the stories of the Great Depression. The director of Virginia Quilt Museum, Judith leads workshops around the state on women’s history as told through quilt making. |
S13C11 Modern Catholicism: A Mix of the Old and the New
Day/Time: Fridays, 4:00-6:00 pm
Dates: May 17, 24, 31, June 7, 14
Location: Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, 154 N. Main St, Harrisonburg Description: The course will examine the ever-changing face of the largest organization in the world, the Roman Catholic Church. Special attention will be given to the church’s view of sacraments, as well as its view on other denominations and other faiths. We will look at the church’s origins and its early structure, which still exists. Attention will be given to why and how the church seeks to carry on the faith in a pluralistic world. Dialogue and questions are encouraged, as the church desires all people to know how it operates and how it seeks to benefit mankind.
Instructor: Fred LaSpina has worked for the Catholic Church for 35 years and has taught religion at JMU for 26 years. |
S13C12 Life is Short, Eat Your Dessert First! (Limited to 12, selected by lottery)
CLASS FULL Day/Time: Saturdays, 10:00 am –1:00 pm
Dates: May 18, 25 (3 hrs.) and June 8 (4 hrs.)
Location: Residence of Judy and Stuart Liss, McGaheysville
Participants for this class will be chosen by lottery. Do not enclose payment with registration form. Payment will be requested at the time of notification.
Description: Pull your chairs up to the table and join us for the sumptuous world of desserts. From Rhubarb Fool and English Trifle to cream puffs and Rustic Berry Tarts, we’ll concoct some spring and summer seasonal treats for your enjoyment. A light lunch with wine will be served along with the dessert. Additional fee of $25.00, payable to the instructor to cover the cost of food.
Suggested reading: Baking with Julia, by Dorie Greenspan, William Morrow and Co., Inc., 1996. The Essential New York Times Cook Book, by Amanda Hesser, W. W. Norton & Co., 2010. The Dessert Bible, by Christopher Kimball, Little Brown and Co., 2000.
Instructor: LLI member Jody Evans is a "trained” chef in that she managed to raise two boys who actually liked her cooking and ate the extra veggies to get to the dessert. She also has a young granddaughter who helps in the kitchen, especially when the two are making cupcakes. Jody is mindful of her diet and keeps the white granular stuff to a minimum when baking. It's a balancing act, though, when making desserts...just enough smooth and satisfying taste but never over-the-top treacle. David Evans is an avid taster. |
