NEW Explore several orchestral scores led from a conductor’s perspective. Through listening and discussion, learn how they are understood and translated. Selections will include a mix of well-known traditional and lesser-known contemporary works.

NEW Explore the poets not generally included in sweeping British and Irish Poetry classes. These are the voices of the Gaeltacht, the Irish speaking areas of Ireland, mostly on its west coast. Also included are Irish poets from today's CyberGaeltacht-the modern online Irish language community, with participants from around the world.

Learn the basics of making quick breads and scones, featuring zucchini bread and pumpkin cranberry scones. Enjoy freshly baked treats paired with a cup of tea while discovering tips and techniques for successful baking at home.

NEW Jordan is the runt of the Middle East. Compared to Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, it has the smallest population, scarcest resources, and greatest vulnerability to regional conflict. And yet this contrived Arab country, with a divided society and antiquated monarchy, has outlasted endless predictions of collapse. Jordan is an accidental crucible where titanic forces have created an important, if misunderstood, state that is now central to the Palestinian question and Middle East peace. Sean Yom, Assoc Prof, Poli Sci, Temple U.

Along the riverfront in Tinicum Township is the Americas’ oldest surviving quarantine facility. Built first in response to devastating yellow fever epidemics, it was the gateway to Philadelphia where all arriving ships, passengers, and cargos were inspected and quarantined if necessary. Enjoy a guided tour of this “monument to a hidden history” and learn the legacy of how cities protected themselves before laboratory medicine and germ theory; when quarantine looked and felt very different from that of COVID-19. (2 Feet: Moderate Walking; Some Periods of Standing.)

Along the riverfront in Tinicum Township is the Americas’ oldest surviving quarantine facility. Built first in response to devastating yellow fever epidemics, it was the gateway to Philadelphia where all arriving ships, passengers, and cargos were inspected and quarantined if necessary. Enjoy a guided tour of this “monument to a hidden history” and learn the legacy of how cities protected themselves before laboratory medicine and germ theory; when quarantine looked and felt very different from that of COVID-19. (2 Feet: Moderate Walking and Some Periods of Standing.)

With the holidays fast approaching, let's get ready for overnight guests with easy, lazy weekend recipes. Menu: Biscuits with Sausage (pork or chicken) and homemade gravy, the Perfect Omelet and Banana Peanut Butter and Blueberry Muffins.

NEW Across PMA and PAFA, A Nation of Artists appears less as a patriotic survey than as a contested question: who is allowed to picture America, and who is pictured in return? Prof. Grewe's tour follows the exhibition’s dual structure—PMA’s chronology and PAFA’s thematic encounters—to test the promise of national belonging against histories of expansion, inclusion, patronage and reinvention. We will explore American art as argument, inheritance, cultural unifier and unfinished civic work. (3 Feet: Extensive Walking and Lengthy Periods of Standing.)