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Fall 2010

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THE ARTS

MOVIES OF A VERY DIFFERENT KIND
J. Dennis Huston
September 7, 2010

WOMEN IN MODERNISM: 1860-2010
David E. Brauer
September 8, 2010

AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE
Aaron Alon
September 8, 2010

ACCESSORIZING THE HOME
Susan Fruit
September 9, 2010

EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY: A SHORT HISTORY OF NARRATIVE ART
David E. Brauer
September 9, 2010

ASTONISHING ART THROUGH THE AGES
Fernando Casas
September 13, 2010

ISLAMIC ART: SPLENDOR IN DESIGN AND FORM
Melanie R. Urban
October 21, 2010

"DEAR ABBEYS"--MONKS AND MONASTERIES OF EUROPE
Barry A. Greenlaw
September 13, 2010

APPRECIATION

A WORLD OF WINE
John Keating
September 19, 2010

AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE
Aaron Alon
September 8, 2010

FINANCE/INVESTING

INVESTING IN A CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT: INCOME AND GROWTH STRATEGIES FOR THE NEW DECADE
William E. Frisco
October 27, 2010

HISTORY AND CULTURE

ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN CULTURES
Sarah K. Costello
September 7, 2010

FROM ROMAN SETTLEMENT TO THE "GOLDEN ERA": 2000 YEARS OF GERMAN/JEWISH HISTORY
Ursula Gehring-Münzel
September 9, 2010

"DEAR ABBEYS"--MONKS AND MONASTERIES OF EUROPE
Barry A. Greenlaw
September 13, 2010

A NOSTALGIC LOOK AT AMERICA'S "REVOLUTIONARY CENTURY
Robert H. Tucker
October 19, 2010

ISLAMIC ART: SPLENDOR IN DESIGN AND FORM
Melanie R. Urban
October 21, 2010

SUPREME COURT DECISIONS: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY (with appologies to Clint Eastwood)
G. Sidney Buchanan
October 21, 2010

LANGUAGES

PARLEZ-VOUS FRANCAIS? FRENCH CONVERSATION FOR BEGINNERS
Hector Urrutibeheity
October 20, 2010

LITERATURE

TOLSTOY!
Terrence Doody
September 9, 2010

SHAKESPEARE'S FRIENDS AND FAMILY
Kate Emery Pogue
September 15, 2010

A BOOK GROUP: READING CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED LITERARY WORKS
Nancy P. Geyer
September 28, 2010

PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION

IN THE BEGINNING: THE "REAL" GENESIS STORIES
Seymour Rossel
September 7, 2010

PHILOSOPHY FOR LIFE: IDEAS FROM FOUR GREAT MINDS TO ROCK YOUR WORLD
B. Jill Carroll
September 13, 2010

READING THE GOSPELS WITH FRESH EYES
L. Michael White
November 1, 2010

POLITICS/CURRENT EVENTS

A PATCH OF BLUE? OR MOSTLY RED FOR TEXAS' MAP? ANALYZING THE 2010 MIDTERM ELECTIONS
Richard Murray
September 13 or 15, 2010

SUPREME COURT DECISIONS: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY (with appologies to Clint Eastwood)
G. Sidney Buchanan
October 21, 2010

PSYCHOLOGY

A CONTINUING NARRATIVE: RENEWAL OF PURPOSE IN THE 2nd HALF OF LIFE
Roberta M. Diddel
September 7, 2010

WRITING COURSES

NOVEL WRITING: STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT
Chris Rogers
September 8, 2010

A CREATIVE WRITING SHOP
Christopher Woods
September 9, 2010

MEMOIR ON OCCASION
Susan Briggs Wright
October 13, 2010

COMPUTER WORKSHOPS

FINDING OUR ANCESTORS ONLINE
Liz M. Weiman
September 13, 2010

LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION! CREEATING COMPUTER SLIDE SHOWS AND VIDEO MEMORIES
Liz M. Weiman
September 14, 2010

SOCIAL NETWORKING: BLOGGING, TWITTERING, AND FACEBOOKING
Liz M. Weiman
Ocober 18, 2010

SUNDAY LECTURES

SCRIPTING JESUS: THE GOSPELS IN REWRITE
L. Michael White
September 12, 2010

GERMAN IMPRESSIONIST LANDSCAPE PAINTING AT MFAH
David E. Brauer
September 19, 2010

GROWING OLD ISN'T FOR SISSIES: HOW TO THRIVE DESPITE THE AGING CHALLENGES
Roberta M. Diddel
September 26, 2010

RELIGION AND HUMAN SEXUALITY
J. Pittman McGehee
October 3, 2010

BURGUNDY'S GOLDEN AGE AND THE VALOIS DUKES
Lynda H. Kelly &
Frank S. Kelly
October 10, 2010

KURT SCHWITTERS: COLOR AND COLLAGE AT THE MENIL
David E. Brauer
October 24, 2010

LOVING THE WORLD--ACCORDING TO FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
B. Jill Carroll
October 31, 2010

VIJA CLEMINS: TELEVISION AND DISASTER, 1964-1968, AT THE MENIL
David E. Brauer
November 14, 2010