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As Stacy Schiff wrote in The New York Times, " A short story is by definition an odder, more eccentric creature than a novel; a trailer, a fling, a wa ...  View More

For four semesters, our Marcel Proust reading group has been navigating his autobiographical fiction masterpiece In Search of Lost Time. In fall 2019, ...  View More

What events come to mind when you think about disasters that have shaped the growth of Chicago? In this study group, you will learn that 1919 was a dr ...  View More

Our country has not fared well in comparison with many countries in the last forty years, particularly the last twenty, according to a number of analy ...  View More

The way people interact and react to various situations has an enduring appeal for those of us who may have (or never have) faced similar experiences. ...  View More

French film critic André Bazin stated that, "To understand what a film is trying to say is to know how it is saying it." How do filmmakers communicate ...  View More

Inside its famous covers and beyond the cartoons, The New Yorker magazine is dedicated to quality, topical writings and ideas. Our study group discuss ...  View More

Why write our own stories? Perhaps your family has been after you to tell your life story. Perhaps you want to reflect on where you’ve been and what y ...  View More

Why write our own stories? Memoir writing may help us capture enduring portraits of the people in our lives, recreate with words the landscapes we onc ...  View More

Why write our own stories? Memoir writing may help us document our experiences, revisit old memories, remember the people who have made a difference i ...  View More