Calendar
Week of Apr 8th
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From Follicles to Feathers: Amazing Avian Adaptations (Virtual Class)
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From Follicles to Feathers: Amazing Avian Adaptations (Virtual Class)
Feathers are needed for birds to fly, but they also enable them to show off, blend in, stay warm, keep dry, and more. Join Lilli Holden of The Chicago Bird Alliance to learn about the complex structure, types and functions of feathers as she traces their evolution.
Coordinators: Andi Basalay and Ruth Sellers
Guest Speaker: Lilli Holden
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Experiencing Art (On Campus)
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Experiencing Art (On Campus)
ICL Room 704This workshop offers an opportunity to explore different techniques and forms of art, such as brush painting, pen and ink, watercolor, and drawing. All levels of experience and expertise are welcome. Participants will bring their own supplies and materials and will work independently. While class facilitators and participants can offer encouragement, ideas and suggestions to each other, this will NOT be an instructional class.
Coordinators: Basilio King, Christopher Melby and Alfredo Rodriguez
Fun and Games (On Campus)–
Fun and Games (On Campus)
ICL Room 705Institute for Continued Learning Roosevelt1400 N. Roosevelt BlvdSchaumburg, IL 60173-43771-224-523-6497Compete with your ICLRU friends in class. I will present some familiar games like Left, Right and Center, Ticket to Ride and Rummikub. There will be something for you. Join us for our Fun and Games’ class. Please bring any games that might be fun in class.
Coordinator: Nancy Mieszala
Variety - The Spice of Life (Virtual Class)–
Variety - The Spice of Life (Virtual Class)
Zoom ClassThis eight-week study group presented on Zoom Tuesday and in the classroom on Thursday, begins March 12, ending May 2. Our films include documentaries on a skilled photographer, a legendary musician, a clever fraudster, Broadway entertainment, women’s fashion, and a comedian celebrated for starring in both black and white and technicolor movies. Plus, a couple of surprises.
Coordinators: Mike and Marilyn Glass
A Flower in You: Advanced (On Campus)–
A Flower in You: Advanced (On Campus)
ICL Room 620Schaumburg, ILOne Stroke Acrylic painting technique, $5 supply fee for 5 classes.
NOTE: This study group is only available to those who have previously participated in 5 or more classes.
Coordinator: Judy Krakowiak
A Survey of World Religions (On Campus and Zoom Simultaneously)–
A Survey of World Religions (On Campus and Zoom Simultaneously)
ICL Room 624 and on ZoomEvery group of humans ever discovered has had some kind of religious belief. Yet these beliefs and practices vary widely from one culture to another and even within the same religion. To understand people of other cultures and ethnicities, we need to understand their religions. In this study group, we will explore the earliest evidence of religious practices. As we then strive to gain a basic understanding of the Abrahamic (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), Dharmic (Hindu and Buddhist), and Taoic (Confucianism, Taoism, and Shinto) religions, we will also examine the similarities and differences among them.
Coordinator: Andrea Zietlow
Multicultural Themes Book Club (On Zoom)–
Multicultural Themes Book Club (On Zoom)
The book selection this month is Lady Tan's Circle of Women, by Lisa See (led by Charlene Kornoski-Duvall).
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The American Civil War and Reconstruction (On Campus and Zoom Simultaneously)
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The American Civil War and Reconstruction (On Campus and Zoom Simultaneously)
ICL Room 624 and on ZoomThis is a continuation of a study group that is planned to continue through successive Spring and Fall sessions. We will be looking in depth at the Civil War and Reconstruction from a military, political, societal, and economic perspective. These continuing sessions will include many stand-alone topics covering people; political and moral viewpoints; foreign affairs; life on the home front; military life; tactics and many more aspects of this period in American history. The military events of the conflict will be covered in considerable detail. We will be using lecture, discussion and audio/visual throughout this study group. Participants are encouraged to suggest topics for discussion and make short presentations if so inclined.
Coordinator: Tom Gavigan
Math Refresher (On Campus)–
Math Refresher (On Campus)
ICL Room 613Institute for Continued Learning Roosevelt1400 N. Roosevelt BlvdSchaumburg, IL 60173-4377USA1-224-523-6497Basic Math Refresher Course. Review addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems using our brains, (along with pencil and paper), vs a calculator to keep our math skills sharp.
Coordinator: Alice Kurtyka
The First Americans (On Campus)–
The First Americans (On Campus)
ICL Room 627Institute for Continued Learning Roosevelt1400 N. Roosevelt BlvdSchaumburg, IL 60173-4377USA1-224-523-6497Just who were the first migrants to the lands we now call the Americas? When did they come? Where did they originate? How did they get here? Current scholarship, sometimes controversial, sometimes conflicting, sometimes competitive, is pointing in directions other than what we may have believed or what we may have been taught. Did you know a current claim for the oldest human settlement in the Americas lies in South Carolina, dating back 15,000 years?
This study group will explore some of the new findings and paradigm shifts coming from the fields of archaeology, anthropology and genetics. We will also explore some of their descendants. The data is not “settled science” but it is thought provoking and provides interesting and disparate hypotheses about the ancient immigrants to the land.
Coordinator: Joan Reisen
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Come Play Bridge (On Campus)
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Come Play Bridge (On Campus)
ICL Room 705Institute for Continued Learning Roosevelt1400 N. Roosevelt BlvdSchaumburg, IL 60173-43771-224-523-6497This study group is for people who already know how to play bridge. Join us if you would like to meet other ICL members who play and want to have more opportunities to play the game. We welcome those who have recently learned the game as well as intermediate and advanced players. We will be playing for FUN, not cutthroat! Hopefully we can all learn from one another.
NOTE: This is an ongoing study group, but new participants are always welcome.
Coordinator: Andrea Zietlow
The Complete Thin Man Collection (On Campus)–
The Complete Thin Man Collection (On Campus)
ICL Room 627Institute for Continued Learning Roosevelt1400 N. Roosevelt BlvdSchaumburg, IL 60173-4377USA1-224-523-6497The Thin Man was a series of six movies which were produced between 1934 and 1947. The movies starred William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles. The plot for these films centered around Nick and Nora's relationship as high society detectives. The films are full of laughs and mystery as Nick and Nora toast each other with champagne cocktails as they solve the latest "who done it"! The seventh class we will show two documentaries, one each on the lives of William Powell and Myrna Loy.
Coordinator: Bob Hartnett
Variety: The Spice of Life (On Campus)–
Variety: The Spice of Life (On Campus)
ICL Room 624Institute for Continued Learning Roosevelt1400 N. Roosevelt BlvdSchaumburg, IL 60173-43771-224-523-6497This eight-week study group presented on Zoom Tuesday and in the classroom on Thursday, begins March 12, ending May 2. Our films include documentaries on a skilled photographer, a legendary musician, a clever fraudster, Broadway entertainment, women’s fashion, and a comedian celebrated for starring in both black and white and technicolor movies. Plus, a couple of surprises.
Coordinators: Mike and Marilyn Glass