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Private Computer Tutoring Monthly on the 1st Wed 02/01/2012 - 04/30/2012; All day Kathleen Walker, MS, Gerontology, who recently taught the “Introduction to Social Media” class, is available for private lessons in your home. Katie currently is mentoring our members with general computer questions, and software, hardware, tablets, Ipod, and Facebook questions. Katie holds a Master's of Science in Gerontology from the University of Southern California. Prior to attending USC, she worked as computer programmer for twelve years. Jazz from A to Z: What is It? Thursday 03/01/2012: 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Trojan Affiliates - USC ( San Gabriel) San Gabriel Country Club 350 East Hermosa Drive San Gabriel CA 91775 Thom Mason The History of Los Angeles and USC, 1880 - 1930 Dates: 02/10/2012, 02/17/2012, 02/24/2012, 03/02/2012, 03/09/2012, 03/16/2012, 03/23/2012, 03/30/2012, 04/06/2012, 04/20/2012: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM University Park Campus Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) Room 125 An avid student of Los Angeles history, Dr. Tomlinson will present cameos of the people who built this great city and created the vision of its future. This is a new offering that you will want to share. Instructor: Tom Tomlinson, Ph.D. (CANCELLED: March 23, 30; April 6, 20, 2012; Make-up Classes: Fri., May 4, 25 (11:00 a.m., Hancock Museum); June 5 (11:00 a.m., Mudd Hall); June 13 (11:00 a.m., 4th & Spring St.); June 19 (11:00 a.m., Broadway & Pershing Square), 2012). Prevent Falls One Step at a Time Monday 03/05/2012: 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM City of Downey Downey Adult School 12340 Woodruff Avenue Downey CA 90241 Anna Quyen Do Nguyen & Emily B. Nabors Japanese Response to Natural and Man-Made Disasters Tuesday 03/06/2012: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Oasis Westside Westside Pavilion 10730 W. Pico Blvd Los Angeles CA 90064 Peter Berton USC Emeriti Center College in collaboration with the Skirball Cultural Center - "Great Decisions:Current Events Discussion Group" Dates: 01/26/2012, 02/09/2012, 02/23/2012, 03/08/2012, 03/22/2012, 04/05/2012, 04/19/2012, 05/03/2012: 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Skirball Cultural Center 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90049 Become an informed citizen! In this discussion group affiliated with the Foreign Policy Association (FDA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring the American public to learn more about the world, participants discuss and debate important international current events topics with the guidance of an experienced moderator. For a deeper understanding of the issues, background information and news are provided in the FPA's "Great Decisions" briefing book. Classes begin in late January. Registration information will be available beginning the third week of December at www.scc.org. Penniless Immigrant to American Icon: Irving Berlin Thursday 03/08/2012: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM The Posada at Whittier 8120 S. Painter Avenue Whittier CA 90602 Saul H. Jacobs & Bob A. Lipson Penniless Immigrant to American Icon: Irving Berlin Thursday 03/08/2012: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM The Posada at Whittier 8120 S. Painter Avenue Whittier CA 90602 Saul h. Jacobs & Bob A. Lipson The Bon Vivant from Peru, Indiana: Cole Porter Thursday 03/08/2012: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Whittier Public Library 7344 S. Washington Avenue Whittier CA 90602 Saul H. Jacobs & Robert A. Lipson The American Songbook on Stage, Screen, and Records - Spring '12 (Eight-week course) Dates: 02/28/2012, 03/13/2012, 03/27/2012, 04/10/2012, 04/17/2012, 04/24/2012, 05/08/2012, 05/15/2012: 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM University Park Campus Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) Room 224 A-D We continue to explore the “Golden Age” of American popular music. The instructors will show how those great songs and shows began and then survived and thrived in the era of TV and rock-and-roll. Join us for the music of Tin Pan Alley, World War II, Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael, Dorothy Fields, “Fiddler on the Roof,” magical movies, and much more. Instructors:* Saul H. Jacobs and Bob Lipson. The Wizard of Oz: Harold Arlen Wednesday 03/14/2012: 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Los Angeles Breakfast Club 3201 Riverside Drive Los Angeles CA 90027 Saul H. Jacobs & Robert A. Lipson A Single Creative Mind: George and Ira Gershwin Wednesday 03/14/2012: 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM Keiro Retirement Home 325 South Boyle Avenue Los Angeles CA 90033 Saul H. Jacobs and Robert A. Lipson Generation Gap: Barbershop Quartet Wednesday 03/14/2012: 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Marguerite Gardens 700 N. Stoneman Ave Alhambra CA 91801 Bruce Schroffel, Robert Heron, William Ben Lowe, & Vance Heron The Wizard of Oz: Harold Arlen Monday 03/19/2012: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Walnut Village 891 South Walnut St. Anaheim CA 92802 Saul H. Jacobs and Robert A. Lipson The Wizard of Oz: Harold Arlen Tuesday 03/20/2012: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Kingsley Manor 1055 N. Kingsley Dr. Los Angeles CA 90029 Saul H. Jacobs & Robert A. Lipson How to Look at Paintings: Finding the Narrative (CANCELLED) Dates: 02/15/2012, 02/22/2012, 02/29/2012, 03/21/2012, 03/28/2012, 04/04/2012, 04/11/2012, 04/18/2012: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM University Park Campus Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) Room 305 The narrative of a painting is more than its story; narrative involves the interaction of all the elements of painting. You will learn how to enter and understand what is happening in paintings and how to complete them with your eyes and mind by discovering the elements of narrative. Students will receive study images to illustrate each element. Our last session, Wednesday, April 18, 2012, will be a class field trip to the Norton Simon museum to look at paintings and practive what we've learned. Instructor: Karen Lansky, MA. Irving Berlin & Cole Porter: Their Songs, Shows, Lives, and Times Wednesday 03/21/2012: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM USC Orange County Center Room F 2300 Michelson Drive, Irvine CA 92612 Berlin and Porter are two of the major songwriters of the “Golden Age” of American popular music, and they make an interesting and colorful combination. They were completely opposite in their backgrounds, personalities, lifestyles, types of songs, and types of shows. Yet, they became close personal friends, worked together professionally, and both reached the pinnacle of their profession. Instructors: Saul H. Jacobs and Bob Lipson. Broadway's Second Golden Age Thursday 03/22/2012: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Culver City Senior Center 4095 Overland Ave Culver City CA 90232 Saul H. Jacobs & Robert A. Lipson An Evening with Charmaine Mancil: They Say She's Happy Because She Sings Saturday 03/24/2012: 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM Vintage Westwood Horizons 947 Tiverton Avenue Los Angeles CA 90024 Charmaine Mancil, Cengiz Yaltkaya, & David Dyson Jule 'Funny Girl' Styne and His Musical Friends Monday 03/26/2012: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM South Pasadena Senior Center 1102 Oxley Street South Pasadena CA 91030 Saul H. Jacobs & Robert A. Lipson An Era of Wit and Sophistication: Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart Wednesday 03/28/2012: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM The Canterbury 5801 W. Crestridge Road Ranchos Palos Verdes CA 90275 Saul H. Jacobs & Robert A. Lipson Intergenerational Forum on Global Change Dates: 01/26/2012, 02/22/2012, 03/29/2012: 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM USC Honors House (HHR) (Between 28th & Adams, east of Hoover) 2710 Severance Street Los Angeles CA 90007 Join us for great conversations about pressing contemporary issues. Undergraduates, graduate students, current faculty, and retired faculty and staff are encouraged to participate. The Economist (on-line) is encouraged as a common source of topics and information. Participants welcome to add information from other sources. The conclusion of each Forum will focus on how a person or a group can act on that issue. Hosted by Jack Wills, Professor Emeriti, History, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, James Moore, Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering and Jerry Walker, Director, Emeriti Center College.Faculty, Staff and Students are welcome for dinner at 5:30 pm. Dinner reservations and USC ID number required. Parking is available at the residence or on the street.