Parks & Rec Fall 2018

IMPORTANT TOPICS OF INTEREST Location: Blacksburg Community Center

Additional Information: Valerie Whitsett of Amedisys Home Health will provide valuable information on important topics of interest to your or those you know. Programs are free, but registration is required. Participants will need to drive themselves to programs Minimum: 5 Maximum: 8 Registration Eligibility Date Time Topic Sept. 5 – Oct. 16 50 & over Tuesday, Oct. 23 1 p.m. Infection Control for the Flu Season Sept. 5 – Nov. 6 50 & over Tuesday, Nov. 13 1 p.m. Cognitive Impairments – What You Should Know LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUE FALL 2018 COURSES Additional Information: The Lifelong Learning Institute at Virginia Tech is a member-driven, volunteer organization that draws on the wealth of academic and community resources in the New River Valley to provide intellectual, cultural, and social experiences for curious adults 50 and over. To register please go to: http://www.cpe.vt.edu/lifelonglearing

Start Date

Class Name

Day

Time

Weeks Location

Oct. 1

Finding Hidden Treasures in the Archives

Mondays

9 – 10:30 a.m.

5

Corporate Research Center Blacksburg Community Center VT Public Safety Bldg 153 Hillel at Virginia Tech Instructor’s home Vintage Wine Cellar Warm Hearth Village Center VT Public Safety Bldg. 155 VT Public Safety Bldg. 153 Blacksburg Presbyterians Church VT Public Safety Bldg. 155 Blacksburg Community Center The German Club Manor Hillel at Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center VT Hahn Garden VT Public Safety Bldg. 153 Hillel at Virginia Tech Blacksburg Community Center Corporate Research Center Hillel at Virginia Tech VT Public Safety Building 155 Hillel at Virginia Tech Warm Hearth

Oct. 1

Perspective Drawing Salvador Dali Style!

Mondays

10:30 – noon

5

Oct. 1

Investigating the Kennedy Assassination: What Really Happened “Looking Through a Glass Onion” Recovering the Beatles

Mondays

11 – noon

6

Oct. 1

Mondays

1 – 2:30 p.m.

6

Oct. 1 Oct. 1 Oct. 2

You Can Cook Chinese Too

Mondays Mondays Tuesdays

1 – 3: 30 p.m. 3 – 4:30 p.m. 9 – 10:15 a.m. 10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. 1 – 2:30 p.m.

3 6 6

Wine Appreciation

Sampler

Oct. 2

TED Talks

Tuesdays

6

Oct. 2

Scenes from the History of Virginia Tech Part Two Preserving Memories-Organizing Photographs & Creating Scrapbooks

Tuesdays

4

Oct. 2

Tuesday

1 – 2: 30 p.m.

5

Oct. 2

George Elliot’s “Middlemarch”

Tuesdays

1:30 – 3 p.m.

6

Oct. 3

“Moby Dick” – An Unconventional Classic

Wednesdays 9 – 10:30 a.m.

5

Oct. 3

Learn Duplicate Bridge

Wednesdays 9 – 10:30 a.m.

5

Sept. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 3 Oct. 5

Modern Turkey: Experiment in Democracy

Wednesdays 11 – 12:30 p.m.

4

Poetry: Words That Sing and Dance for a Living

Wednesdays 1 – 2:30 p.m.

6

Basics of Digital Photography Rise and Fall of Vaudeville

Wednesdays 1:30 – 3 p.m. Wednesdays 10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

3 4

Oct. 4

Global Changes IV: Exploring Changes from Many Perspectives FUNdamentals of Plant Propagation Founding Principles of the American Regime

Thursdays

9:30 – 11 a.m.

5

Oct. 4 Oct. 4 Oct. 4 Oct. 5

Thursdays Thursdays

1 – 2:30 p.m. 1 – 2:30 p.m. 3 – 4:30 p.m. 9 a.m. – noon

6 6 3 6

The Supreme Court and the Criminal Process

Thursdays

Watercolor with Jesi

Fridays

Oct. 5

Facebook for Beginners

Fridays

9 – 10:30 a.m.

4

Oct. 5

Novels of Marilynne Robinson, Part Two

Fridays

11 – 12:30 p.m.

6

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