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Winter 2017
At Lorber Hall
THE
HUTTON HOUSE
LECTURES
THE HUTTON HOUSE
LECTURES
These classes in the arts, humanities, and sciences
have been widely respected for more than three
decades. Noted for their dynamic faculty from both
Long Island University and the surrounding area,
The Hutton House Lectures are stimulating and
thought-provoking. Tests are not given in this
non-credit program.
LOCATION: Unless otherwise noted, all classes
are held in Lorber Hall (formerly known as Hutton
House) on LIU Post’s south campus. Use the east gate
entrance off Route 25A. Follow the Lorber Hall signs
which read School of Professional Accountancy, and
you will arrive at Lorber Hall. The Hutton House
Lectures are held in this beautifully restored mansion,
extensively renovated on the first floor where our
classes meet.
REGISTRATION: Please use the form inside the back
cover or call with MC, Visa, or Discover to charge:
(516) 299-2580.
REFUNDS: We reserve the right to cancel any series or
special event with full refund guaranteed. Refunds are
not granted once a course has begun. Another course
may be substituted where space is available.
NOTIFICATION: No news is good news! Unless you
hear from us (before your class is scheduled to begin),
you may be confident you have a place in the course(s)
you signed up to take.
SHARING/SUBSTITUTION: Two people may split
the cost of a course and divide the lectures. You may
send a friend if you have to miss a class, or you may sit
in on another course, space permitting. Our office will
accept one payment per shared registration, whether a
check or a charge number.
DINING ON CAMPUS: Hillwood Food Court, located
in Hillwood Commons, provides hot and cold lunches.
Salads and sandwiches are also available at the stables.
THE HUTTON HOUSE LIBRARY: Please take a
moment to browse our collection in Room 104. All
books and audiotapes are specifically chosen to
compliment our liberal arts and sciences curriculum;
it should prove interesting to those who wish to do
further reading. To check-out materials on the honor
system for up to one month, simply make your
selection, complete the card in back of your book and
hand it in to a staff member.
MONDAY
888. C
INEMA AND YOUR SEARCH FOR
HAPPINESS
Val Franco
What truly makes people happy? How do you decide what
your calling is in life? These and other profound questions
will be explored in this wonderful cinema series from film
scholar and cinema writer Val Franco. With comedies,
dramedies and a bit of drama thrown in for good measure,
Professor Franco has curated a series of films that push us
to explore what makes people happy and how they stay
that way. Whether it involves traveling the world, growing
grapes, maintaining your family’s orchard, or a life-altering
change, there are many ways in which our happiness is
constantly challenged. With remarkable directors from
England, Italy, Israel and America, these films ask how
much we take for granted in a world that few of us ever
really explore. All films are either in English or in Italian
and Hebrew with English Subtitles. Films include Man Up;
Lemon Tree; The Secret Life of Walter Mitty; Hector
and the Search; Bottleshock; Welcome to the North.
12:30 – 3:30 p.m.
January 16 – February 20
6 sessions
Fee: $125
889. GUSTAVE COURBET, PRECURSOR OF
IMPRESSIONISM
Carol Tabler
In the mid-nineteenth century, the self-proclaimed Realist,
Gustave Courbet, played a conspicuous role as a rebel
with a cause, a fighter in opposition to the academic
establishment. These lectures will examine Courbet’s role
as a catalyst for the younger generation of Impressionist
artists.
10 a.m. – noon January 23 – February 6
3 sessions
Fee: $90
890. LITERATURE, EMPATHY AND ETHICS
John Lutz
With its capacity to provoke the imagination to enter
unfamiliar worlds and identify with their inhabitants or
to find the unfamiliar in what seems familiar, literature
has a unique ability to encourage and teach empathy.
In witnessing fictional characters undergo suffering,
change and transformation, we come to understand the
struggles and perspectives of others. We cultivate our
empathy, and, in doing so, expand the boundaries of our
moral sensibilities. Using drama, fiction and poetry, this
course will explore how literature broadens our moral
understanding by cultivating empathy for those whose
perspectives are marginalized or suppressed.
Shakespeare, King Lear
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
Packet of xeroxed materials
1 – 3 p.m.
January 23 – March 27 (No class on February 13)
9 sessions
Fee: $180
891. WRITING THE STORIES OF YOUR LIFE,
PART II
Marcia Byalick
Through a combination of informal lectures, discussion,
in-class writing exercises and weekly assignments, you will
be encouraged to uncover the wonderful stories hidden
within your life experience. Assignments are designed to
trigger memories, providing a record of people, places,
events and emotions that might otherwise be lost. Studies
show that writing slows you down, clarifies emotions,
dispels demons…and heals. The process can take you from
self-expression to self-discovery. Join author, editor, and
16-time Long Island Press Club award winning columnist
Marcia Byalick, in exploring the times of your life. Only
those who have taken the previous class should enroll in this
intermediate course.
10 a.m. – Noon February 6 – March 13 6 sessions
Fee: $140
TUESDAY
892. HAROLD PINTER ON FILM, PART I:
THE PLAYS
Peter Josyph
When Harold Pinter won the Nobel Prize in 2005, the
GUARDIAN called him “part of a grand, often hidden
tradition of dissent in English culture.” Part I of this series
with actor-director Peter Josyph (who has staged Pinter’s
work) explores how great actors and directors have
accomplished the best film adaptations of Pinter’s plays,
such as BETRAYAL (Jeremy Irons, Ben Kingsley); THE
COLLECTION (Laurence Olivier, Alan Bates, Helen
Mirren, Malcolm McDowell); THE HOMECOMING
(Ian Holm, Cyril Cusack); and THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
(Robert Shaw, Patrick Magee). The series includes Pinter
himself on film in WORKING WITH PINTER.
10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
January 10 – February 7
5 sessions
Fee: $100
893. WILLA CATHER AND THE GREAT WAR
John Scheckter
Having established herself as a novelist with the Great
Plains Trilogy, Cather broadened her scope over the
next few years, in two novels that respond to American
participation in the Frist World War. One of Ours (1922)
splits into two sections: a prairie story that refocuses her
earlier concerns, and a war story that examines conflicting
American values. The Professor’s House (1925), which
has been compared to The Great Gatsby, discusses
postwar senses of loss and memorial, amid sharp new
economic realities. We will spend two sessions on each
novel: please begin reading One of Ours in preparation for
the first meeting.
1 – 3 p.m.
January 10 –January 31
4 sessions
Fee: $100
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894. FELIX MENDELSSOHN: MORE
THAN A WEDDING MARCH
Peter Borst
We all know the “Wedding March” associated with
Shakespeare’s play, but 16 years earlier Mendelssohn
wrote the masterpiece overture: “A Midsummer Night’s
Dream.” He was a composer, pianist, organist, conductor,
and educator during the early Romantic period, and was
very successful in Europe and London. Mendelssohn wrote
symphonies, overtures, concertos, oratorios, solo piano
pieces, string quartets, piano trios, and much more. During
these lectures we will examine some of these works such
as the “Italian Symphony,” “Hebrides Overture,” “Violin
Concerto in E Minor,” some “Songs Without Words,” and
of course, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture.” We
also will look at his personal life with his family, especially
with his sister Fanny and his wife Cecile.
10 a.m. – Noon
January 17 – February 14
5 sessions
Fee: $125
895. HAROLD PINTER ON FILM, PART 2:
THE SCREENPLAYS
Peter Josyph
When Harold Pinter was awarded the Nobel Prize, it was
said that his work “forces entry into oppression’s closed
rooms.” Part 2 of this series with actor-director Peter Josyph
(who has staged Pinter’s work) examines Pinter’s superb
achievements as a screenwriter, including Joseph Losey’s
masterpiece THE SERVANT (Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles,
James Fox); Losey’s THE GO-BETWEEN (Julie Christie,
Alan Bates); Jack Clayton’s THE PUMPKIN EATER
(Anne Bancroft, James Mason, Peter Finch); and Karel
Reisz’s THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’S WOMAN
(Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep). The series will also sample
Pinter’s work as a director with BUTLEY (Alan Bates,
Jessica Tandy), and his work as an actor in THE TAILOR
OF PANAMA and MANSFIELD PARK.
10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
February 14 – March 21
6 sessions
Fee: $120
896. T
HE MUSICALS OF ROGERS AND
HAMMERSTEIN
Marc Courtade
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II created
several of the most successful musicals in Broadway
history. Their major works have withstood the test of time
and have proven that they are still dramatically valid in
the 21st Century. The pair had each worked with other
partners before they became a team, notably Rodgers with
Lorenz Hart and Hammerstein with Jerome Kern. With
Oklahoma! in 1943, they perfected a model that is still
the viable standard for musicals. This class will examine
the works of Rodgers and Hammerstein, and bring back
memories of some of the greatest musicals ever written.
10 a.m. – noon
February 21 – March 28
6 sessions
Fee: $140
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897. M
AKE A LITTLE NOISE: THE
COMEDIES OF MEL BROOKS
Val Franco
Days are short and winter is struggling along but we will
give it a little kick out the door with this fantastic intensive
on the comedic works of Mel Brooks. With a look at his
beginnings in comedy through to some of his biggest hits,
film scholar and writer Professor Val Franco will take us
along for an academic exploration of what makes Mel
Brooks tick. His early start, personal life and love of comedy
and story will all be explored in this session. Films include:
Make a Little Noise; High Anxiety; The Producers.
12:30 – 3:30pm February 28 – March 14
3 sessions
Fee: $60
WEDNESDAY
898. LIGHT IN AUGUST BY WILLIAM
FAULKNER
Marc Greenberg
The best of readers sometimes discover books that are
either too long or too difficult to get through. It may be
the subject matter, language, pacing, plot, or vocabulary.
Don’t be discouraged, you’re not alone. Join us to read
and analyze just such a book: Light In August by William
Faulkner: Vintage International/Random House; 1st
Vintage International edition (October 1, 1990) ISBN
0679732268. Please be sure to read as follows:
Chapters 1-6 for the 1st class on 1/4. (You are encouraged
to read further, if you so desire.)
1/11 Chapters 7-12, 1/18 Chapters 13-17, 1/25 Please be
sure to complete the book, Chapters 18-21.
10 a.m. – noon
January 4 – January 25
4 sessions
Fee: $120
899. S
PORTS AS METAPHOR IN THE USA
Philip Nicholson
With no universal ethnicity, religion, or national origins
in the formation of a national identity, the United States
endows its sports heroes and team identities with a greater
importance than in most other nations. This two-part
reflection on sport and popular mythology may help to
reveal the cultural reality of the nation more accurately
than any other single aspect of national life. The two
discussions will examine the ten top metaphors that sport
represents in the USA: 1) Social Mobility; 2) Sex, Race
and Violence; 3) Religion; 4) Work and Accomplishment;
5) Democracy and Civilization; 6) Pride; 7) Patriotism
and Foreign Policy; 8) Family, Childhood, Parenting, and
Health; 9) Business; 10) Social Ills.
1 – 3 p.m.
January 4 and January 11
2 sessions
Fee: $60
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900. S
OME HISTORY YOU OUGHT TO
KNOW
Marc Greenberg
Join Professor Greenberg for a lively discussion of what he
has selected as some of the “history you ought to know,” on
four dates in January as follows:
Jan. 4: Famous Trials—16th Street Baptist Church
Bombing (1963)—Birmingham, Alabama;
Los Angeles Police Officers Trial (1992 & 1993)
Jan 11: L
andmark Supreme Court Cases: Vacco v. Quill
(1997) and Washington v. Glucksberg (1997);
McDonald v. City of Chicago (2010)
Jan 18: W
hat if…the Native Americans and the American
settlers got along?
Jan. 25: The Greatest Presidents Ever—The Series: Harry
Truman and Ronald Reagan
1 – 3 p.m.
January 4 – January 25
4 sessions
Fee: $120
901. J ANE AUSTEN’S LESS FAMOUS NOVELS
Joan Gordon
Let us turn our attention to three of Austen’s less commonly
read novels: the early and quite satirical Northanger
Abbey, the somewhat troublesome Mansfield Park, and
the autumnal Persuasion. They represent three very
different moods and are all quite different from Austen’s big
three. We will read them in the order listed above. Please
purchase the Penguin Classics Edition of each novel.
10 a.m. – noon
January 11 – February 15
6 sessions
Fee: $120
INCLEMENT WEATHER AND OTHER
CONDITIONS WHICH REQUIRE
CANCELATION OF CLASSES
Please note that due to diminished staffing, no
notification calls for cancelations can be guaranteed as
they have been in the past. Be certain to check the LIU
web site (www.liu.edu), call the main phone number
516-299-3637 (516-299-EMER), or check with your
radio and television stations. You may also try our main
Hutton House number at 516-299-2580, which will
have a message if our voice recording capability remains
operational. Thanks so much for your kind cooperation.
HUTTON HOUSE LECTURES
liu.edu/huttonhouse
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902. W
ORLD POLITICS — THE
CHALLENGES OF TRANSITION
Ralph Buultjens
A major transition is taking place in world politics and
economics. After World War II, a certain set of conditions
—political domination by two great powers (U S and
Russia), some precautions against nuclear war, a western
dominated global economy, limited flows of people and
capital, largely secular politics—prevailed for almost
half a century. Quite suddenly, in recent years, these
arrangements have begun to collapse. Many new urgencies
have appeared and a new global agenda is unfolding—the
rise of China, the decline of Russia-Europe-Japan, the
escalation of terrorism, globalization, an energy revolution,
new economic centers, etc. It appears we are in the midst of
a historic transition to some new, as yet not clearly defined,
condition. What kind of world will emerge from these
developments? Who will be the winners and losers? Are
the dangers (e.g., North Korea) temporary or will they be
continuing elements? How is the world coping? What will
be the impact on vital areas—America, the Middle East
including Israel, Europe, China? This course will discuss
these and other critical issues in the context of current
world affairs.
10:30 a.m. – Noon
February 1 – February 15
3 sessions
Fee: $120
903. W
ORLD POLITICS — THE
CHALLENGES OF TRANSITION
Ralph Buultjens
A major transition is taking place in world politics and
economics. After World War II, a certain set of conditions
—political domination by two great powers (U S and
Russia), some precautions against nuclear war, a western
dominated global economy, limited flows of people and
capital, largely secular politics—prevailed for almost
half a century. Quite suddenly, in recent years, these
arrangements have begun to collapse. Many new urgencies
have appeared and a new global agenda is unfolding—the
rise of China, the decline of Russia-Europe-Japan, the
escalation of terrorism, globalization, an energy revolution,
new economic centers, etc. It appears we are in the midst of
a historic transition to some new, as yet not clearly defined,
condition. What kind of world will emerge from these
developments? Who will be the winners and losers? Are
the dangers (e.g., North Korea) temporary or will they be
continuing elements? How is the world coping? What will
be the impact on vital areas—America, the Middle East
including Israel, Europe, China? This course will discuss
these and other critical issues in the context of current
world affairs.
1 – 2:30 p.m.
February 1 – February 15
3 sessions
Fee: $120
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904. W
ORLD POLITICS — THE
CHALLENGES OF TRANSITION
Ralph Buultjens
A major transition is taking place in world politics and
economics. After World War II, a certain set of conditions
—political domination by two great powers (U S and
Russia), some precautions against nuclear war, a western
dominated global economy, limited flows of people and
capital, largely secular politics—prevailed for almost
half a century. Quite suddenly, in recent years, these
arrangements have begun to collapse. Many new urgencies
have appeared and a new global agenda is unfolding—the
rise of China, the decline of Russia-Europe-Japan, the
escalation of terrorism, globalization, an energy revolution,
new economic centers, etc. It appears we are in the midst of
a historic transition to some new, as yet not clearly defined,
condition. What kind of world will emerge from these
developments? Who will be the winners and losers? Are
the dangers (e.g., North Korea) temporary or will they be
continuing elements? How is the world coping? What will
be the impact on vital areas—America, the Middle East
including Israel, Europe, China? This course will discuss
these and other critical issues in the context of current
world affairs.
10:30 a.m. – Noon
March 1 – March 15
3 sessions
Fee: $120
905. W
ORLD POLITICS — THE
CHALLENGES OF TRANSITION
Ralph Buultjens
A major transition is taking place in world politics and
economics. After World War II, a certain set of conditions
—political domination by two great powers (U S and
Russia), some precautions against nuclear war, a western
dominated global economy, limited flows of people and
capital, largely secular politics—prevailed for almost
half a century. Quite suddenly, in recent years, these
arrangements have begun to collapse. Many new urgencies
have appeared and a new global agenda is unfolding—the
rise of China, the decline of Russia-Europe-Japan, the
escalation of terrorism, globalization, an energy revolution,
new economic centers, etc. It appears we are in the midst of
a historic transition to some new, as yet not clearly defined,
condition. What kind of world will emerge from these
developments? Who will be the winners and losers? Are
the dangers (e.g., North Korea) temporary or will they be
continuing elements? How is the world coping? What will
be the impact on vital areas—America, the Middle East
including Israel, Europe, China? This course will discuss
these and other critical issues in the context of current
world affairs.
1 – 2:30 p.m.
March 1 – March 15
3 sessions
Fee: $120
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906. A
MERICA IN THE WAKE OF OUR
RECENT ELECTION
David Sprintzen
What did this election tell us about the United States? How
are we to make sense of our culture? Our history? What
are the prospects for our future? And what might we hope
to do about it? We’ll explore these issues in some detail,
from a consideration of relevant aspects of our history, to a
study of voting data, to reflections on the political, cultural,
and regional configurations of the nation and its potential
import for the future.
1 – 3 p.m.
March 1 – March 15
3 sessions
Fee: $100
THURSDAY
907. “
THERE ARE TWO OF ME NOW”:
EXPLORING THE PRESENCE OF THE
DOUBLE IN FILM AND LITERATURE
(PART III)
Katie Winkelstein-Duveneck and Jenna Lynch
In this course, we will explore the role of the double, or
doppelgänger, in fiction, poetry and film. It can appear as
twinning, the mirror image, the evil alter ego, or as a device
for articulating the experience of a self-division. We will
view films and read a range of fiction and poetry including
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde and works
by Frank Bidart. Readings and discussion will serve to
inspire our own creative writings. Open to all, whether or
not you have taken Part I or II.
10 a.m. – noon
January 5 – January 19
3 sessions
Fee: $90
908. C
URRENT EVENTS
Philip Nicholson
Professor Nicholson will discuss international and national
news stories with insight into what makes them important in
the world of today. He brings to this class his years of expertise
as a State University of New York Distinguished Professor who
taught History, Political Science, and Geography. He is also
the author of numerous books and articles, and his research
has been cited in the works of many scholars, including the
Pulitzer Prize winning Edmund Morris in his Rise of
Theodore Roosevelt.
1 – 2:30 pm
January 12 – February 16 6 sessions
Fee: $140
IMPORTANT WINTER 2017
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
YOU MAY REGISTER BY MAIL ONLY UNTIL
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9; THEREAFTER, PHONE,
IN PERSON, AND MAIL REGISTRATIONS ARE
ALL ACCEPTED.
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909. G
REAT WOMEN OF COMEDY
Sal St. George
Start Your Day with a Smile! Our popular History of
Comedy continues with this laugh-provoking exploration
of the great women comedians in motion pictures and
television. Lucille Ball, Carol Burnette, Carole Lombard,
Goldie Hawn, Betty White, and Mary Tyler Moore are just
a few funny women we will discuss in this hilarious fourpart series.
10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
January 19 – February 9
4 sessions
Fee: $100
SAYING FARWELL
Adrian Peracchio, former member of the Round Table
Council of Foreign Affairs at Newsday, has served at Hutton
House as a lecturer for what now, surprisingly, amounts to
almost 25 years – an actual quarter of a century. As early
as the Fall of 1995, Professor Peracchio was honored by his
students with an “Outstanding Lecturer” award presented
at a special dinner for him at the Top of the Commons.
Since that time, he has continued to be a popular lecturer,
always attracting diverse groups of students who come to
get a professional’s “take” on the news of the day. As of
2017, however, Professor Peracchio will be moving on to a
new adventure – full retirement. He will relocate in another
state, where he plans to enjoy not only the outdoors and
trips to various points of interest, but perhaps he will finally
write his book – something which I think many of us would
like to see. So until someday when he perhaps comes back
here as a “visiting professor,” please join us in thanking him
for all the classes he’s brought us and wishing him well as he
moves forward in his journey!
HUTTON HOUSE LECTURES
liu.edu/huttonhouse
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910. G
REAT DRAWING BY LESSER KNOWN
MASTERS
Greg Tsontakis-Mally
Drawing is the graphic language of art and its collection
and valuation has been subtler than the more glittering
achievements of art history. These lectures will be a
pleasure trip through the drawings of lesser known masters
of the 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Annible
Carracci may not be a household name, and neither are
many others we will view, but their drawings will give us
a new appreciation of greatness, which is not only found
among the well-known.
10 a.m. – noon
February 16 – March 16
5 sessions
Fee: $120
FRIDAY
911. T
HE BOOK GROUP
Margaret Hallissy
Now in its 19th year, the Book Group meets monthly
to discuss literary fiction. This session, we will focus on
the intersection of several themes: the role of race and
social class in the American girl’s coming-of-age novel.
The recently published, and surprise best-seller, Nancy
Isenberg’s White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History
of Class in America (2016), brings to the forefront an
uncomfortable truth: that, far from being a classless society,
the United States has been highly stratified from its earliest
days. Those who wish to read this historical work will find
it a good backdrop to the three novels we will be discussing.
Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the Bones illuminates rural
poverty in Mississippi exacerbated by Hurricane Katrina.
In Tupelo Hassman’s Girlchild, set in a Nevada trailer
park, a girl whose future is bleak places her faith in the
Girl Scout Handbook. Patricia Park’s Re Jane, based on
Jane Eyre, adds the immigrant experience to the mix of
themes as it depicts a young Korean girl who, in her efforts
to adjust to American life, escapes the virtual slavery of her
uncle’s grocery store in Flushing to work as an au pair for
an upscale family of college professors in Brooklyn.
Jan. 6: Jesmyn Ward, Salvage the Bones. ISBN
978-1608196265.
Feb. 3: T
upelo Hassman, Girlchild. ISBN 9781250024060.
Mar. 3: Patricia Park, Re Jane. 978-0143107941.
10 a.m. – noon
January 6 – March 3
3 sessions
Fee: $100
IMPORTANT WINTER 2017
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
YOU MAY REGISTER BY MAIL ONLY UNTIL
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9; THEREAFTER, PHONE,
IN PERSON, AND MAIL REGISTRATIONS ARE
ALL ACCEPTED.
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912. T
HE BOOK GROUP
Margaret Hallissy
Now in its 19th year, the Book Group meets monthly
to discuss literary fiction. This session, we will focus on
the intersection of several themes: the role of race and
social class in the American girl’s coming-of-age novel.
The recently published, and surprise best-seller, Nancy
Isenberg’s White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History
of Class in America (2016), brings to the forefront an
uncomfortable truth: that, far from being a classless society,
the United States has been highly stratified from its earliest
days. Those who wish to read this historical work will find
it a good backdrop to the three novels we will be discussing.
Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the Bones illuminates rural
poverty in Mississippi exacerbated by Hurricane Katrina.
In Tupelo Hassman’s Girlchild, set in a Nevada trailer
park, a girl whose future is bleak places her faith in the
Girl Scout Handbook. Patricia Park’s Re Jane, based on
Jane Eyre, adds the immigrant experience to the mix of
themes as it depicts a young Korean girl who, in her efforts
to adjust to American life, escapes the virtual slavery of her
uncle’s grocery store in Flushing to work as an au pair for
an upscale family of college professors in Brooklyn.
Jan. 6: Jesmyn Ward, Salvage the Bones. ISBN
978-1608196265.
Feb. 3: T
upelo Hassman, Girlchild. ISBN 9781250024060.
Mar. 3: Patricia Park, Re Jane. 978-0143107941.
1 – 3 p.m.
January 6 – March 3
3 sessions
Fee: $100
913. T
HE TENTH MUSE: CABARET FROM
MONMARTRE TO MANHATTAN:
A CHRONICLE OF CABARET, PAST
AND PRESENT
Karen Kohler
Award-winning cabaret performer and scholar Karen
Kohler unravels the history and essence of this most
intimate of musical arts, from its birth in the salons of
Belle-Epoque Paris, to its adolescence in the
politically-charged Kabarett of Weimar-era Berlin, arriving
at its adulthood in today’s cabaret capital of New York
City and such other hotspots as London, Amsterdam, and
Adelaide. Artists considered include Frehel, Edith Piaf,
Yves Montand, Lotte Lenya, Mabel Mercer, Judy Garland,
Frank Sinatra, Jacques Brel, and more. This lecture
includes film footage and recordings to illustrate cabaret as
equal parts pleasurable entertainment and scathing social
commentary.
1 – 3 p.m.
January 6 and January 13
2 sessions
Fee: $60
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914. Y
ELLOWFACE: PORTRAYAL OF ASIAN
CHARACTERS DURING THE GOLDEN
AGE OF HOLLYWOOD
Philip Harwood
For many years, many of Hollywood’s greatest actors and
actresses portrayed Asian characters by applying yellow
makeup. We frown upon this today, but we look back in
this course at some of the portrayals in these films (seen in
their entirety). We venture into the Pre-Code period with
The Hatchet Man (1932, Dir. William Wellman, starring
Edward G. Robinson and Loretta Young), in which a Tong
executioner must eliminate his boyhood friend and then
raise the friend’s daughter; The Good Earth (1937, Dir.
Sidney Franklin), in which a farmer in China (Paul Muni) is
given a freed slave (Luise Rainer) as his wife; Dragon Seed
(1944, Harold Buquet), in which a heroic Chinese woman
(Katharine Hepburn) leads her fellow villagers against
Japanese invaders; Anna and The King Of Siam (1946,
Dir. John Cromwell), in which a young English widow
(Irene Dunne) accepts the position of teaching the children
of the King of Siam (Rex Harrison).
1 – 3:30 p.m.
January 20 – February 10
4 sessions
Fee: $120
915. M
ORE COUPLES IN THE ART WORLD:
COMPLEX LIVES LIVED FOR THE
LOVE OF ART AND
EACH OTHER
Mary Dono
Wassily Kandinsky & Gabriele Munter – One of the
first power couples of the art world.
Dorothea Tanning & Max Ernst – When Max Ernst
visited the studio of Tanning, the two started a game of
chess and, as they say, the rest is history.
Salvador Dali & His Gala – Longtime life partners - Dali
without Gala is almost unthinkable.
Lee Miller & Man Ray – Lee Miller is the famous
assistant, lover, and muse of surrealist great, Man Ray. She
became an active member of the surrealist movement herself.
Pablo Picasso & Francois Gilot – Picasso had a long
life with many lovers; Gilot’s artistic life continues on New
York’s Upper West Side.
Marina Abramovic & Ulay – Lovers and performance
art partners.
Charles & Ray Eames – Famous for their collaborative
furniture and architectural designs.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude – Known for their
environmental works, many of which are large-scale
installations constructed in famous outdoor settings.
10 a.m. – Noon
February 3 – February 24
4 sessions
Fee: $100
HUTTON HOUSE LECTURES
liu.edu/huttonhouse
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916. J OSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ AT 20TH
CENTURY FOX
Philip Harwood
Director and Screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz directed
(and in some cases wrote) eleven films within a six year
period at 20th Century Fox. This was a period filled with
success and Academy Awards for Direction and Screen
Writing. We will discuss and view (in their entirety) three
films which were created by Mankiewicz at Fox: In The
Ghost And Mrs. Muir (1947 a young widow (Gene
Tierney) finds her seaside cottage is haunted...and forms
a unique relationship with the ghost (Rex Harrison); In A
Letter To Three Wives (1948), Deborah (Jeane Crain),
Lora (Linda Darnell) and Rita (Ann Southern) are three
friends who all receive letters from another friend, telling
them that she is about to leave town with one of their
husbands (Jeffrey Lynn, Paul Douglas, and Kirk Douglas).
In All About Eve (1950), Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter)
is obsessed with Actress and Star Margo Channing (Bette
Davis), who in turn, takes the young woman under her
wing but this may not be the best for all involved.
1 – 3:30 p.m.
February 17 – March 3
3 sessions
Fee: $90
917. B
ATTLING THEATRICAL TEAMS
Philip Harwood
When we think of a couple, which consists of two people,
it could be a husband or wife, or a team. In this course, we
will focus on three pairs of theatrical people: two married
couples and one former Vaudeville team. In It’s Love I’m
After (1937, Dir. Archie Mayo), a squabbling stage couple
(Leslie Howard and Bette Davis) get mixed up with an
amorous fan (Olivia De Havilland) and her jealous suitor
(Patrick Knowles); in The Barkleys of Broadway (1949,
Dir. Charles Walters) Josh and Dinah (Fred Astaire and
Ginger Rogers) split up so the wife can become a serious
actress; in The Sunshine Boys (1975, Dir. Herbert Ross)
Lewis and Clark (George Burns and Walter Matthau) are a
feuding Vaudeville comedy team, who reluctantly reunite
for a television comedy special. Why can’t these teams get
along?
1 – 3:30 p.m.
March 10 – March 24
3 sessions
Fee: $90
FILM
Please be advised that we do not have “raked” floors or
stadium seating available for any of our films; therefore we
do not offer such courses on a regular basis. When we do,
however, it is incumbent upon the student to arrive well in
advance of the screening so that he/she may select a proper
seat for the viewing. Should you be unable to do this, it is not
within the scope of our duties to move people from seats in
front of you or to otherwise deprive students in the 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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SPECIAL EVENTS
918. E
DUCATION POLICY IN NEW
YORK STATE: COMMON CORE,
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS,
AND MORE
Regent Roger Tilles
The Common Core State Standards landscape continues
to shift. Some states have dropped Common-Core-aligned
exams, and others have developed their own standards.
Some say the discontinuity reflects a larger movement to
change testing in schools. Others say insights about student
success still can be gleaned from assessment results.
Join us at Hutton House as Regent Roger B. Tilles discusses
New York State’s position on all this, as well as other
education policies currently under consideration or already
in place. Find out about recent changes to graduation
requirements and what might be considered in the future.
This important informational session is being offered at
no charge so that you may feel free to come, participate,
and go away a more informed citizen, so register now. It
is possible that this class may close out early due to space
limitations; however, a wait-list will be maintained and
you will be added to it automatically if you are not able to
register immediately.
10:30 a.m. – noon
Thursday, January 5
1 session
Fee: N/C
919. S
OME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
Sal St. George
In 1959 the subject matter of cross dressing was considered
taboo and off-limits for the silver screen. That all changed
monumentally due to the deft direction of Billy Wilder and
the memorable performances of his all-star cast. Today
the American Film Institute has voted this motion picture
the Number One Comedy of All Time! Join us when we
discover the fascinating backstory of Billy Wilder’s classic
comedy, Some Like It Hot. Can you imagine Frank
Sinatra in the Jack Lemmon role for this movie? Or Mitzi
Gaynor in the Marilyn Monroe role as Sugar Cane? Learn
these and other fascinating fun facts about the making of
this motion picture.
12:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Thursday, January 5 1 session
Fee: $30
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920. A
TRIBUTE TO RODGERS AND
HAMMERSTEIN
Richard Knox
For almost two decades beginning with Oklahoma! in
1943, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein were
at the forefront of American musical theatre. Using a
variety of video and audio clips this program will look back
at many of their great works including South Pacific,
The King and I, The Sound of Music, and Carousel,
with performances by such great musical artists such
as Mary Martin, John Raitt, Kelli O’Hara, Ezio Pinza,
Gordon MacRae, and Shirley Jones. We will also have an
opportunity to view archival footage of interviews which
will reflect on Rogers and Hammerstein’s collaboration
after years of partnering with other great lyricists and
composers in the world of Broadway.
10 a.m. – noon
Friday, January 6
1 session
Fee: $30
921. D
NA TECHNOLOGY
Linda Frank
This topic includes an explanation of how we are related
and how we are differentiated through our DNA, and
illustrates how this technology has become one of the best
tools of criminologists. It covers the ways in which scientists
have utilized the principles of DNA structure and function
to create the methods used by science in fields of medicine,
criminology and genealogy.
1 – 3 p.m.
Tuesday, January 10
1 session
Fee: $30
922. M
ARTHA GRAHAM & PINA
BAUSCH: INTRODUCTION TO
CONTEMPORARY DANCE
Michelle Brangwen
This class is an introduction to the poetic and sensuous
world of modern dance through the exploration of the
works of two of the most famous and celebrated icons of
the dance world: Martha Graham (1894-1991) and Pina
Bausch (1940-2009). Both of these dance artists were
bold visionaries who created stunning works of dance
theater that were explosive, dramatic and boundarybreaking. They changed both how we view dance and
the perception of the power of dance as an art form. The
class will include viewing excerpts of their works along
with discussion of style, content and impact, then and now.
Dancer-choreographer and filmmaker Michele Brangwen
teaches the class from the unique perspective of a working
professional artist in the dance world, currently leading the
Michele Brangwen Dance Ensemble, a dance and music
ensemble that has toured nationally and abroad.
10 a.m. – Noon
Thursday, January 12 1 session
Fee: N/C
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923. B
ILLY COLLINS: A POET’S
UNWITTING INTERPRETATION
OF EASTERN PHILOSOPHY,
PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE TALMUD
Marlene Paley
As a psychoanalyst, Dr. Paley uses many tools to help
patients unlock and untangle the numerous emotional
and psychological knots binding them to self-destructive
patterns of behavior. At times, psychoanalytic interpretation
is enough to provide the insight and understanding needed
to resolve these conflicts. In some cases, however, other
sources may be utilized to reinforce or better explain either
the problem or the solution. In this presentation, Dr. Paley
will briefly illustrate how the teachings of Talmud and
Eastern Philosophy and psychoanalysis are three paths up
the same mountain to self-actualization. She will then draw
on the poetry of Billy Collins to demonstrate how these
principles provide the therapist with a clinical therapeutic
model to help enhance psychologically sound and healthy
behavior in his/her patients.
10:30 – Noon
Friday, January 13
1 session
Fee: $30
924. “
MY NAME IS ALEXANDER
HAMILTON”
James Coll
In this lecture, we will explore the life and political
philosophy of the New York Founding Father currently
dancing his way across a Broadway stage. Singing by
attendees not required, but will be encouraged.
10 a.m. – Noon
Monday, January 16
1 session
Fee: $30
925. D
NA AND FAMOUS MURDER CASES
Linda Frank
This lecture outlines how DNA analysis was used and
misused in the O.J. Simpson trial, the Laci and Connor
Petersen murders, the Sam Sheppard trial, and in
attempting to discover the Boston Strangler’s identity. New
cases, cold cases, and future cases have been and will be
subjected to the technologies of DNA. A recap of DNA
analysis techniques is included.
1 – 3 p.m.
Tuesday, January 17
1 session
Fee: $30
HUTTON HOUSE LECTURES
ADVISORY BOARD
Mr. Robert Riedy, Chairman
Mrs. Dede Cline
Mrs. Barbara Adelhardt
Mr. George Haralampoudis
Mr. O. John Betz
Mrs. Anne Stokvis
Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman, Jr.
Ms. Anita Trost
Emerita
Mrs. Dennis Kluesner
Mrs. Martha Ulman
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926. B
ERNARD HERRMANN (MASTERS OF
FILM MUSIC SERIES)
Richard Knox
Known primarily for his decade-long collaboration with the
great film director Alfred Hitchcock, Bernard Herrmann
(1911-1975) had a long and distinguished Hollywood career
dating back to his association with Orson Welles. His first
film score, written for Welles’ masterpiece Citizen Kane,
put “Benny”, as he was affectionately called by his fellow
composers, on the fast track to fame. He proceeded to
spend the next 15 years composing classic scores for films
such as The Magnificent Ambersons, The Ghost and
Mrs. Muir, Portrait of Jennie, and The Day the Earth
Stood Still. But it was Herrmann’s compositions for such
Hitchcock classics as Vertigo, North by Northwest, and
Psycho that have truly endeared him to generations of
filmgoers who appreciate the importance of music in getting
audiences emotionally invested in the cinematic experience.
We will have an opportunity during this program to revisit
many of the mood-setting scores Herrmann created right
through his final work on Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver.
Additionally, we will examine the circumstances leading to
his creative differences with Hitchcock which terminated
their professional relationship.
10 a.m. – Noon
Friday, January 20
1 session
Fee: $30
927. THE LINDBERGH KIDNAPPING
Linda Frank
This was the first case dubbed the “Crime of the Century”
by the print and radio media. This presentation includes
tracing the evidence used to convict Bruno Hauptman of
the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr. It
addresses how some of the evidence would be analyzed
today, and discusses the connection of the Lindbergh case
to Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Calais Coach as an
interesting side note.
1 – 3 p.m.
Tuesday, January 24
1 session
Fee: $30
928. T
HE JEROME KERN SONGBOOK
Richard Knox
Few American composers have contributed as much to
Broadway and Hollywood musicals as Jerome Kern. With
unforgettable songs such as “The Way You Look Tonight,”
“All the Things You Are,” “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes,”
and “Old Man River,” Kern has left an indelible mark
on the history of popular music in America. To provide
a nostalgic retrospective on his career, this program will
draw on the talents of such notable artists as Judy Garland,
Howard Keel, Kathryn Grayson, Rebecca Luker, Paul
Robeson, and Irene Dunne. Join us and revel in some of
the greatest melodies of the Great American Songbook.
10 a.m. – Noon
Friday, January 27
1 session
Fee: $30
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929. S
OLVING ANCIENT MYSTERIES
Linda Frank
This lecture illustrates how modern forensic techniques
are used to unravel mysteries of the past, such as those
surrounding Otzi, the Ice Man, the Bog People of
Denmark, the Peruvian mummies, and even the vampire
folklore of Eastern Europe. Otzi is probably the most
analyzed set of remains in the history of archaeology.
Glimpse the past lives and cultures of these ancient,
mysterious beings.
1 – 3 p.m.
1 session
Tuesday, January 31 Fee: $30
930. P
LANTS, POISONS AND PLOTS
Linda Frank
This lecture not only includes illustrations of the various
plant poisons and their uses or misuses, but illustrates
how famous mystery writers have employed them in their
books. Although poisoning deaths in modern times are
drug overdoses or carbon monoxide poisoning, that doesn’t
stop mystery writers from using poisons as their weapon of
choice.
1 – 3 p.m.
Tuesday, February 7
1 session
Fee: $30
931. T
O POSSESS A HUMAN SOUL:
SLAVERY AND THE AMERICAN
PRESIDENCY
Marilyn Carmino
The history of slavery is largely anonymous. While the
American presidency is well documented, the stories
of those enslaved by these men are often relegated to a
footnote. Because of their proximity to the presidents,
much is known about them but rarely heard by the general
public. The goal of this presentation is to tell their stories
and “hear their voices.” We will begin by examining the
writings of former slaves known as slave narratives. This
genre brought to light the abominations of slavery. Then
we will focus on portraits of those held in bondage by our
presidents. What were their daily lives like and how did
they make sense of their existence as human beings? What
were our presidents’ views about the institution itself?
During our journey you will meet a Revolutionary War
hero; a celebrated White House chef; learn about the first
White House memoir written by a slave; relive dramatic
escapes; become acquainted with the first African American
celebrity athletes; attend an important White House dinner;
and much more. These vivid personal profiles are certain to
enlighten and inspire you.
10 a.m. – Noon
Thursday, February 9
1 session
Fee: $30
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932. A
RT, NOT ART
Linda Frank
What techniques are used to determine if a new-found
art piece or artifact is authentic? Follow the path taken
by art historians and scientists to see if that Rembrandt
you discovered in Gramma’s attic is the real McCoy, or
Rembrandt! What tests do scientists employ on paint and
canvas? What is the input from the art historian? Who
has the final say? A point of interest in this lecture is the
heartbreak, confusion and ultimate redemption of the art
work confiscated by the Nazi’s in WWII.
1 – 3 p.m.
Tuesday, February 14
1 session
Fee: $30
933. T
HOSE CSI SHOWS, FACT
OR FICTION
Linda Frank
This presentation addresses what happens in an actual
forensic lab, from fingerprint analysis to blood work in the
serology lab. It explains how various types of evidence are
collected and analyzed, enabling fans of forensic science
to know what they are looking at in crime TV shows and
films. The high-tech nature of these modern forensics labs
makes us wonder whether anyone ever gets away with
murder, or anything else, when forensics are involved.
1 – 3 p.m.
Tuesday, February 21
1 session
Fee: $30
934. U
NDERSTANDING–IF WE CAN–THE
2016 ELECTION
James Coll
Few election cycles have been as exciting and unpredictable
as the recent contest for who would be the 45th President
of the United States. In this non-partisan presentation, we
will discuss some points of interest that have been raised
and others that have been largely ignored, in order to get a
postmortem sense of the road to the White House in 2016.
12:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 2
1 session
Fee: $30
935. W
ORDS AND MUSIC BY STEPHEN
SONDHEIM
Mel Haber
In this program, we’ll trace the career of Stephen
Sondheim, starting from his early days when he wrote the
lyrics for West Side Story and Gypsy. Then we move to
his work as the writer of both words and music for such
shows as Company, Sunday in the Park with George,
and Sweeney Todd. Among the many memorable songs
we’ll see performed on video will be “Send in the Clowns,”
“Not While I’m Around,” “Not a Day Goes By,” and
“Being Alive.” Among the many great artists who will
be singing his songs will be Bernadette Peters, Mandy
Patinkin, Sarah Vaughan, and Elaine Stritch.
10 a.m. – Noon
Friday, March 3
1 session
Fee: $30
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936. M
ADAM JUSTICE: WOMEN OF THE
SUPREME COURT
James Coll
“I urge the Senate’s swift bipartisan confirmation so that as
soon as possible she may take her place on the Court and
her place in history.” Since President Ronald Reagan spoke
these words at the appointment of Sandra Day O’Connor
to the Supreme Court in 1981, three other women have
been nominated and serve on the Highest Court in the
land. In this lecture, we will discuss the lives of the Madam
Justices and their impact on our understanding of the
Constitution, the law and our nation.
12:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 9
1 session
Fee: $30
937. D
IVIDED AMERICA – PERSPECTIVES
AND PROSPECTS
Ralph Buultjens
The recent election has revealed the depth of the divisions
in American society – divisions that are evident in almost
every area of American life. This raises several questions:
Why are these divisions so intense today? Are they lodged
in the American past or are they reflections of our current
social condition? Will they endure and shape the future
or are they short-term concerns that will diminish? What
can be done to reduce the factions and fissures and
how dangerous are they? Is the spirit of bipartisanship
and cooperation so fundamental to America’s progress
being replaced by the ethic of contention? How does
this compare with developments in other countries (eg.,
is Brexit in Britain reflective of similar tendencies)? Do
demagogic leaders and movements exploit these situations
and are existing conditions strong enough to cope with
such dangers? Can democracy cope with these stresses
and tensions or will authoritarian answers become more
popular? Prof. Ralph Buuljtens, well-known scholar and
analyst of international affairs, will discuss these questions
and their consequences in the context of recent events in
America and other major nations.
10:30 a.m. – Noon
Friday, March 17
1 session
Fee: $30
(Please note that this lecture will take place in Humanities
Hall 119. Call our offices for a printed map if you are
unfamiliar with that location.)
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938. D
IVIDED AMERICA – PERSPECTIVES
AND PROSPECTS
Ralph Buultjens
The recent election has revealed the depth of the divisions
in American society – divisions that are evident in almost
every area of American life. This raises several questions:
Why are these divisions so intense today? Are they lodged
in the American past or are they reflections of our current
social condition? Will they endure and shape the future
or are they short-term concerns that will diminish? What
can be done to reduce the factions and fissures and
how dangerous are they? Is the spirit of bipartisanship
and cooperation so fundamental to America’s progress
being replaced by the ethic of contention? How does
this compare with developments in other countries (eg.,
is Brexit in Britain reflective of similar tendencies)? Do
demagogic leaders and movements exploit these situations
and are existing conditions strong enough to cope with
such dangers? Can democracy cope with these stresses
and tensions or will authoritarian answers become more
popular? Prof. Ralph Buuljtens, well-known scholar and
analyst of international affairs, will discuss these questions
and their consequences in the context of recent events in
America and other major nations.
1 – 2:30 p.m. 1 session
Friday, March 17
Fee: $30
(Please note that this lecture will take place in Humanities
Hall 119. Call our offices for a printed map if you are
unfamiliar with that location.)
FACULTY
Unless otherwise noted, from Long Island University’s Post campus
Borst, Peter – Retired music teacher with 40 years experience; currently
serves as Adjunct Professor of music and music appreciation at LIU Post.
Brangwen, Michele – Dancer, choreographer and filmmaker; Artistic
Director of the Michele Brangwen Dance Ensemble, an interdisciplinary
performing ensemble that specializes in contemporary dance set to live
original music and the integration of musicians into the visual stage imagery;
has performed both nationally and abroad, most recently at the Mark Morris
Dance Center in NYC and the MATCH in Houston; dance films have been
shown in Naples, Rome, New York, Houston and at the Amelia Earhart
Birthday Centennial Celebration; in 2013, created ARTCAST, an Internet
Television Series, which returned for a second season in 2014; guest lecturer.
Buultjens, Ralph – Senior Professor at NYU and former Nehru Professor
at Cambridge University (UK); author of books on international politics/
history, and regular commentator on television; has received several awards
(including the Toynbee Prize) and international honors for excellence in
teaching and scholarship; guest lecturer.
Byalick, Marcia – Freelance writer with articles published in Family
Circle, Newsday, and The New York Times; former editor-in-chief of
The Women’s Record; adjunct professor of writing at Hofstra University;
guest lecturer.
Carminio, Marilyn – Earned a B.A. from Hunter College; worked in
publishing and later in a large law firm where she developed and presented
adult training programs; has presented numerous special programs such as
“Jackie O” at local libraries and educational institutions; guest lecturer.
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Coll, James – Holds BA in History from Hofstra University and MA in
History from Hunter College, with a minor in Political Science; Adjunct
Professor of American and Constitutional History at Nassau Community
College and Hofstra University; founder of ChangeNYS.org, a not-forprofit organization formed to educate New Yorkers about the need for
non-partisan civic understanding and political reform in our state; NYPD
detective; guest lecturer.
Courtade, Marc – Executive Director, Huntington Arts Council; frequent
lecturer for the Hutton House Lectures, specializing in musicals and opera
courses, and former adjunct professor in the arts management curriculum;
avid performer who has appeared in numerous productions throughout
Long Island.
Dono, Mary – Holds Doctorate in Instructional Leadership from St. John’s
University; served as principal at P.S. 92 in Queens until retiring in 2007;
guest lecturer.
Franco, Valerie – Brings her extensive film industry experience to her
academic work in the field of film and media; research on gender and
ethnicity in film appears in entertainment and academic publications, as well
as on her blog, profvalfranco.wordpress.com; continues to work in film while
teaching and lecturing extensively on movies in the U. S. and Europe;
guest lecturer.
Frank, Linda – Retired from life-long career teaching science; resides
on Long Island where she is currently writing the Annie Tillery Mysteries,
including The Madonna Ghost and Girl with Pencil, Drawing; also
produces her local access TV show, The Writer’s Dream at the LTV
studios in Wainscott; is a member of L.I. Authors Group, Sisters in Crime,
and L.I. Children’s Writers and Illustrators; guest lecturer.
Gordon, Joan – Professor of English specializing and publishing in the
areas of science fiction literature and literature of the Holocaust; guest
lecturer.
Greenberg, Marc – Social Studies Instructor, New York City; experience
includes teaching American History and participating in Government on
the college level; also serves as facilitator for leisure reading classes at 92nd
Street Y; holds two Masters Degrees; has participated extensively in the
Facing History and Ourselves: Genocide and Human Behavior Program;
guest lecturer.
Haber, Mel – Holds B.B.A. from Baruch College, M.A. in English from
CUNY, and Ed.D. from Boston University; former professor at Penn State
University; president of Writing Development Associates; has trained teachers
and has written several published articles on teaching methods; guest lecturer.
Hallissy, Margaret – Professor of English with specialty in medieval
literature; author of numerous scholarly articles and books.
Harwood, Philip – Film Historian, graduate of Hofstra University; has
lectured at Queens College, the New School for Social Research, and
Hofstra University; also lectures all over Long Island and is a published
author; guest lecturer.
Josyph, Peter – Author, actor-director, painter, and filmmaker whose films
include Liberty Street: Alive at Ground Zero; Acting McCarthy: The
Making of Billy Bob Thornton’s All the Pretty Horses; No Standing In
St. Petersburg; and a series of jazz films featuring trumpeter/composer Tim
Hagans, and sax legend Lee Konitz; is currently shooting Shakespeare in
New York: The Sonnets, as well as a film about the early work of painter
Jean-Michel Basquiat and a film about poet John Berryman; books include
Liberty Street: Encounters at Ground Zero; Adventures in Reading
Cormac McCarthy; Cormac McCarthy’s 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 One Man
Said to Another: Talks With Richard Selzer; and The Wounded River,
which was a New York Times Notable Book of 1993; guest lecturer.
Knox, Richard – Holds MS from Baruch College and BA from Brooklyn
College; has developed and presented numerous multimedia programs on
the arts; guest lecturer.
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Kohler, Karen – scholar in the history of cabaret and a multi-awardwinning international interpreter of its form; born in Germany, raised
in New York and a Texan for 15 years, she is founder of the European
cabaret ensemble, Kabarett Kollektif, and through her company, Fin
Alley Arts, produces concerts, workshops and recordings; is a sought-after
performance coach and life coach, and has given master classes in stagecraft
at universities, opera companies and embassies across the U.S., England,
Germany, India, Australia and the Caribbean; together with husband Mac,
has established the world’s only collegiate scholarship in cabaret at Long
Island University, where the two met in 1983; guest lecturer.
Lutz, John – Chairman, Department of English, LIU Post; University
leader of initiatives such as Post Foundations, Learning Communities,
Freshman Orientation, Strategic Planning, and Outcomes Assessment,
plus numerous others (too many to name); winner of the Newton Award
for Outstanding Teaching; author of many articles and works concerning
philosophy as well as literature.
Lynch, Jenna – Holds MFA in Poetry from University of Oregon and
BA in English with Creative Writing concentration from the University of
Maryland; has taught Creative Writing at SUNY Purchase and College of
New Rochelle; guest lecturer.
Nicholson, Philip – State University of New York Distinguished Professor,
Nassau Community College; taught in a Department of History, Political
Science, and Geography Department for 46 years; author of books on labor
and race in history, used in dozens of universities and colleges in the United
States and Europe; academic research cited in works of many scholars,
including Pulitzer Prize winning Edmund Morris’s Rise of Theordore
Roosvelt; has served as a faculty union leader, and was chairman of his
department until his retirement in August 2013; guest lecturer.
Paley, Marlene – Faculty, American Institute of Psychoanalysis, NYC;
Private Practice, Huntington, NY; Published “Psychoanalytic Teachings
of the Talmud”, in the American Journal of Psychoanalysis, 1993;
presented “Taoism and Psychoanalytic Teachings of the Talmud”, China,
2002; guest lecturer.
Scheckter, John – Professor of English with specialty in the area of colonial
and post-colonial literature; author of numerous scholarly articles.
Sprintzen, David – Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at LIU Post; a
founder and officer of the Long Island Progressive Coalition, and an officer
with LI Jobs with Justice and Citizen Action of New York; author of books
on Albert Camus and American Philosophy, and numerous articles on
contemporary society.
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
Disney as a history consultant, and has recently been involved in producing
several historically important dramas about famous women in history,
including Amelia Earhart, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Emily Post; guest
lecturer.
Tabler, Carol – Adjunct Professor of Art History at LIU Post; holds
Ph.D. from Institute of Fine Arts NYU; has served as curator for numerous
galleries and museums, as well as guest lecturer at prestigious institutions;
widely published in the area of Art History; guest lecturer.
Tsontakis-Mally, Greg – Holds an MS in Arts Education and BFA in
Painting; has taught art continuously for over three decades; winner of
multiple awards for art and professional achievement; guest lecturer.
Winkelstein-Duveneck, Katie – Holds MA in Creative Writing from
Emerson College, Boston, as well as a BA in Theology and Creative Writing
from Bard; has taught Writing at Westchester Community College, the
College of New Rochelle, and the Bowery Residents’ Committee; has
authored a number of publications as well as created innovative in-person
and online curricula for creative writing; guest lecturer.
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Due to the unprecedented growth of Hutton House Lectures
over the past several years, we are now serving over 8,400
students per year, six times the number of students served 10
years ago. For this reason, you may have noticed that while
we do have many more course offerings than ever before, we
also have a number of courses that immediately close out at
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For Spring, February 14th (Valentine’s Day)
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For Fall, July 4th (Independence Day)
For Winter, November 24th (Thanksgiving Day)
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888. Cinema and Your Search For Happiness
889. Gustave Courbet, Precursor of Impressionism
890. Literature, Empathy and Ethics
891. Writing the Stories of Your Life, Part II
892. Harold Pinter on Film, Part I: The Plays
893. Willa Cather and The Great War
894. Felix Mendelssohn: More than a Wedding March
895. Harold Pinter on Film, Part II: The Screenplays
896. The Musicals of Rogers and Hammerstein
897. Make a Little Noise: The Comedies of Mel Brooks
898. Light in August by William Faulkner
899. Sports as Metaphor in the USA
900. Some History You Ought to Know
901. Jane Austen’s Less Famous Novels
902. World Politics – Challenges of Transition (Feb, 10:30 a.m.)
903. World Politics – Challenges of Transition (Feb, 1 p.m.)
904. World Politics – Challenges of Transition (March, 10:30 a.m.)
905. World Politics – Challenges of Transition (March, 1 p.m.)
906. America in the Wake of Our Recent Election
907. “There are Two of Me Now”: Exploring the Double, Part III
908. Current Events
909. Great Women of Comedy
910. Great Drawing By Lesser Known Masters
911. The Book Group (a.m.)
912. The Book Group (p.m.)
913. The Tenth Muse: A Chronicle of Cabaret, Past and Present
914. Yellowface: Portrayal of Asian Characters During Golden Age
915. More Couples in the Art World: Complex Lives Lived
916. Joseph L. Mankiewicz at 20th Century Fox
917. Battling Theatrical Teams
918. Education Policy in New York State: Common Core, and More
919. Some Like it Hot (1959)
920. Tribute to Rodgers and Hammerstein
921. DNA Technology
922. Martha Graham & Pina Bausch: Intro to Contemporary Dance
923. Billy Collins: A Poet’s Unwitting Interpretation
924. “My Name is Alexander Hamilton”
925. DNA and Famous Murder Cases
926. Bernard Herrmann (Masters of Film Music Series)
927. The Lindbergh Kidnapping
928. The Jerome Kern Songbook
929. Solving Ancient Mysteries
930. Plants, Poisons and Plots
931. To Possess a Human Soul: Slavery and American Presidency
932. Art, Not Art
933. Those CSI Shows, Fact or Fiction
934. Understanding— If We Can—The 2016 Election
935. Words and Music by Stephen Sondheim
936. Madam Justice: Women of the Supreme Court
937. Divided America—Perspectives and Prospects (a.m.) 938. Divided America —Perspectives and Prospects (p.m.)
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