Fall Classes at Skidaway begin October 5
Exploring Imperial Germany
Mondays, October 5 -November 9 | 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
This course is not open to individual session attendance.
Historian Byron Boyd traces Germany’s Second Reich from unification to its collapse after World War I, exploring the political, military, social, and cultural forces that shaped the era—and the outsized roles of Otto von Bismarck and Emperor Wilhelm II.
Concord and the American Literary Century
Mondays, October 5 - November 9 | 2:15 - 3:15 pm
What was it about Concord, Massachusetts, that produced so many unmistakably American voices? Roger Smith explores the Emersons, Alcotts, Thoreau, Hawthornes, and Margaret Fuller—and the idealism, friendships, rivalries, and struggles that shaped their lives and American literature.
Giants of WWII
Mondays, October 5 - November 9 | 3:30 - 4:30 pm
Tyrants, statesmen, presidents, and power brokers: Stalin, Hitler, Churchill, FDR, Harry Hopkins, and Eisenhower changed the course of history. Through vivid biographical portraits, Steve Vesce reveals the ambitions, contradictions, and consequential choices behind these larger-than-life figures..
Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on the Murder
Monday, October 5 | 5:30 - 6:30pm
A brutal massacre, a wrongly accused man, and an investigation by Thomas Jefferson: Owen Brown unravels the suspenseful story behind the 1774 Yellow Creek Massacre and its transformation from an obscure chapter of American history into Brown’s own modern stage drama.
Discovering India: A Photographic Journey
Monday, October 12 | 5:30 - 6:30 pm
Travel to India through the eyes of Nadine Bothwell and Fred Langley, whose breathtaking photographs and firsthand stories offer a vivid glimpse into the history, culture, beauty, and complexity of this remarkable country.
Britian on the Homefront, 1939 - 1945
Monday, October 19 | 5:30 - 6:30 pm
Before Pearl Harbor, Britain stood alone against Nazi Germany. TLC member David Evans brings that history home through his family’s experience of the Blitz, the threat of invasion, wartime deprivation, and the long aftermath of war.
George Washington in Barbados
Monday, October 26 | 5:30 - 6:30 pm
At 19, George Washington traveled to Barbados, contracted smallpox, and gained an immunity that would shape his decision to inoculate American troops decades later. Ralph Nurnberger brings this little-known tropical chapter—and its Revolutionary consequences—to life.
Why and How the Holocaust Happened
Monday, November 2 | 5:30 - 6:30 pm
How did the Holocaust become possible—and how did the Nazi regime carry out mass murder? Andrew Gordon examines the essential facts, decisions, and events every American should understand, including the pivotal significance of December 11, 1941.
From Spirituals to Jazz
Monday, November 9 | 5:30 - 6:30 pm
From spirituals carrying faith and stories across generations emerged the improvisational spirit of jazz. Music director Nick Klemetson traces how the music of enslaved Americans helped create a revolutionary new sound that would change the world.