LLL classes: 2015
It’s time to register for these available February classes. For more information on the class subjects and instructors, as well as the registration form, visit www.lifelonglearningatpc.org/classes. Unless otherwise noted, the minimum number of participants per class is 10 and the maximum is 23.
Armchair Travel:
Suzanne Korinke organizes PC residents who share their adventures abroad. Sign up for all or selected sessions. Please see the website for specific subjects.
Fridays, February 6, 13, 20, 27 and March 6, 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. in the Chianti Room; Registration required. Maximum 50; free
Critters on the Trail:
Learn about the animals encountered on walks or hikes in the Arizona Desert. Ted Ingalls trains Phoenix Water Department field personnel in identification, prevention and treatment related to insects and animals in the desert.
Tuesdays, February 3 and 10, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Palm Room; minimum 10; maximum 35; $30.
Investment Basics:
Graham Williams will explain, in easy to grasp terms – stocks, bonds, mutual funds, exchange traded funds and annuities. Understand what you own and the risks in your portfolio.
Tuesday, February 17, 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. in the Milan Room; Registration required; free.
The Music and Life of Neil Diamond:
PC’s Lew Goldring will entertain you and give a class devoted to the music and legends of Neil Diamond. One of a series of musical legends classes; Come and bring your friends.
Wednesday, February 18, 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Tuscany Falls Ballroom; minimum 10, no maximum; $20. v
Upcoming lectures
Four wonderful Monday morning lectures, a Saturday night performance by the Scottsdale Chorus and many classes and trips all add up to a lot of learning in PebbleCreek this month.
Why do we get sick?
Monday, February 2, 10:00 a.m. A new approach to medicine explores why we get sick, as opposed to how we get sick. Professor Randolph Nesse, M.D. is a leader in this new field known as evolutionary medicine. Dr. Nesse is the founding director of the Center for Evolution, Medicine and Public Health at ASU.
Tales of Pancho Villa
Monday, February 9, 10:00 a.m. One of LifeLong Learning’s most popular speakers, Jim Turner, returns this year to share the tales of Mexico’s Robin Hood. Pancho Villa was the charismatic leader of a band of robbers who opposed the brutal rulers of Mexico and who rustled cattle and robbed banks to provide food to the suffering peasantry.
The Central Arizona Water Project
Monday, February 16, 10:00 a.m. Arizona is in year 15 of a drought that has reduced the water levels in Lake Mead and the Colorado River to the lowest levels ever seen. Keeping the taps open is one of the largest challenges facing the state, and the Central Arizona Water Project is at the heart of that challenge. Larry Pearson, former Scottsdale Senior Environmental Coordinator and Vice President of the Environmental Division of The Person Group, will share how CAP works and the water issues facing our area.
Clean energy needn’t be political
Monday, February 23, 10:00 a.m. Bring up the subject of climate change and the conversation often becomes charged and political. But, as Peter Byck discovered when he filmed Carbon Nation, people everywhere want clean energy and energy efficiency. Byck, professor at both the ASU School of Sustainability and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, will talk about what can be done to get the country to a low carbon economy.
Visit www.lifelonglearningatpc.org for more information about these lectures and other LLL programs.