PALS’ newest eight-week learning series begins Monday, Sept. 13 and continues through Nov. 1. The classes will be in person at the Dunwoody United Methodist Church. The lineup of classes is as follows:
“Why? Explaining the Holocaust
Mondays 10 – 11 a.m. and Mondays 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Dan O’Lone will answer the basic questions about the Holocaust such as Why the Jews? Why the Germans? Why Murder?
Introduction to Geneology
Mondays 10 – 11 a.m.
Bob Sapp will show how to trace your ancestry and create a family tree using tools such as census, birth, marriage, death and military records among others. Use of a downloaded internet program is highly recommended.
The Origins of Rock and Roll
Mondays 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Tom Dell will trace the roots of rock and roll beginning with slave songs through ragtime, the Blues, the Big Bands, country music and Jazz up to the 1950s when the term “rock and roll” was first coined by Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed.
How to Make Smart Use of Your Smartphone
Mondays 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
BH Technology Group will show you how to make use of your iPhone and Android phone beyond making calls and reading email. You will learn all about the settings on your phone and get in-depth training on matters such as texting, taking and sending photos, keeping a calendar and creating lists and notepads. There will be separate but concurrent classes for the IPhone and Android phones.
The “Real” Hamlet
Mondays 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Michelle Friedman will discuss the five versions of Hamlet attributed to Shakespeare. After viewing Kenneth Branagh’s four-hour video, which compiles nearly all of the lines of the several versions, the class will decide which is the real “Hamlet,” which originally ran for only two hours.
There will be no lunch or afternoon class for this session.
The cost is $55 for all classes for the 8 weeks. Registration and payment must be made on the PALS web page (www.palsonline.info). If there are any questions please contact Iris Katz, PALS Administrator by calling the PALS office at 770-698-0801 or by email at dunwoodypals@gmail.com.
PLEASE NOTE: We are strongly recommending that only those who have been fully vaccinated plan to attend our classes and The Dunwoody United Methodist Church is requiring people wear masks at all times while in the church.
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