Co-organizer: Carolyn Hopkins

Participants will tour the exhibit "Eye to Eye" which will feature the work of over 30 different artists. Once a rare luxury, good portraits are now part of our everyday existence. What are the stories the artists tell when they capture one's likeness? A second exhibit, "Pokagon Potawatomi Black Ash Baskets: Our Storytellers" explores the artistry, tradition, and importance of basketmaking among the Pokagon band of the Potawatomi people. Activity Level - On your feet

Session 1 (Please register for just one session)

Co-organizer: Carolyn Hopkins

Participants will tour the exhibit "Eye to Eye" which will feature the work of over 30 different artists. Once a rare luxury, good portraits are now part of our everyday existence. What are the stories the artists tell when they capture one's likeness? A second exhibit, "Pokagon Potawatomi Black Ash Baskets: Our Storytellers" explores the artistry, tradition, and importance of basketmaking among the Pokagon band of the Potawatomi people. Activity Level - On your feet

Session 2 - (Please register for just one session)

Bob Mankivsky at Kane County Coins is back to lead another LLI class! This time we will learn about the interesting history of US Currency from the early days to current. There will be samples of currency to examine and discuss. Don't miss this fascinating class on US Currency!

Facilitator: Carl Hays

Has the future of America changed because our political landscape is transformed by recent increases in presidential power? Guest presenter, Richard Kiefer, WCC Professor of Political Science and History, will speak about the politics of our time.

Is poetry, which has some reputation for being incomprehensible or even deliberately obscure, worth the trouble? If you have never read a poem that has deeply moved you or, as Emily Dickinson described it, "make you feel as if the top of your head is coming off," you may not really have experienced poetry. Poetry challenges us because it uses language differently than prose and strives to recreate experiences and emotions. Participants will learn some tactics for decoding poetry and, hopefully walk away with at least one poem that literally send chills up your spine. We will read a variety of poems from a variety of eras and traditions. Although this is a continuing class, no prior class is required.

How do we let freedom ring in our lives when political discord, digital technology, and information manipulation threaten our sense of personal rights. Using ideas from Timothy Snyder’s book, On Freedom, class participants will spend much of the classroom time in small discussion groups. The structure of the discussions will be centered on ideas Snyder has on how freedom functions in healthy societies. His ideas can be used as a base for how we want to structure our world to maintain our rights as people. We may know that we want to maintain personal freedom, but what does that look like? How can we best serve each other and serve our society to ensure the rights of all?

On Freedom by Timothy Snyder NOT REQUIRED

Class participants will develop a game plan and create strategies for coping with the fast-moving world. A world that puts emphasis on the young, because that is where the marketing action is. Never forget, this is the United States of capital marketing. The specific purpose of the class is to acknowledge that aging is not static and to give us an opportunity to share together how we have been coping with the necessary changes and challenges as we adapt. Although participants will fill out a private questionnaire, participating and sharing insights will be on a voluntary basis.

ZOOM class.

Course participants will look at some of the research behind the study of plant communication, intelligence, consciousness and the role those processes play in maintaining our green planet. We will also look at the biases against the concept of plant intelligence and the challenges that plants must face moving forward.

Book: The Light Eaters, How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth by Zoe Schlanger REQUIRED