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John Dewey: A Mind At Work (LH22804)
with Philip Moore
NEW John Dewey lived a long time and engaged with many interesting figures in American history. In honor of America's 250th birthday, explore Dewey's professional relationships with William James (philosophy), Jane Addams (education), Albert Barnes (art), and George Norris (politics). Enjoy an entertaining and instructive look at some of America's most fascinating minds at work.
Boat America (SP22082)
with I U. S. Coast Guard Auxilary
An in-depth and interesting boating safety coursethat provides the knowledge needed to obtaina PA Safe Boating Certificate ($10 fee). Classcovers various types of boats, boating law, safetyequipment, handling, problems and more.Official manual and exam included. Insurancecompanies may offer discounts.
Mah Jongg: Supervised Play (SP22095)
with Meredith Krain
NEW Learn to play American Mah Jongg, a four-person game played with decorative tiles. A current Mah Jongg card is required (see receipt).
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The Invisible Tie: Why Leaving Is So Hard (SE22018)
with Elizabeth Aguilera
NEW Explore the trauma bond - the powerful emotional attachment that can keep people stuck in unhealthy or abusive relationships. Understand why leaving or staying away can feel so difficult, how these patterns affect the brain, and why the experience is not about weakness or willpower. Gain insight, reflection, and practical tools to support clarity, self-awareness, and stronger self-trust.
The Quaker Ethos and Prosperity In the New World (LH22818)
with Perry Hamilton
NEW World PA 250 NEW "Quakers came to do good and ended up doing well." is oft repeated because there is so much truth to it. Examine the early Philadelphians who applied the Quaker Ethos to their business endeavors, experienced unrivaled prosperity, and enabled Philadelphia to become an economic force in the world.
Posture Fundamentals: Standing, Bending & Lifting (FH31028)
with Roberta Cooks
NEW Discover how healthy posture transforms your body. Learn Gokhale Method® principles and gentle exercises to strengthen your core, improve flexibility, and support balance. Build habits that ease aches, increase mobility, and prevent pain caused by poor alignment.
Fall into Jim Thorpe (TT41124)
with Staff MLSN
NEW Once the second most popular tourist destination behind Niagara Falls, visitors from all over come for the inviting old-world streets of Jim Thorpe. Take a historic trolley tour of facts and fun while viewing the town, state park, Mauch Chunk Lake and Jim Thorpe’s grave. Following lunch and time on your own, meet up for the narrated round trip ride in a comfortable, vintage coach on the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway through vivid fall foliage. (3 FEET: Extensive Walking and Lengthy Periods of Standing.)
America's Founding Fathers (LH41820)
with Lawrence Swesey
The America that we know began as a unique idea; ordinary people could be sovereign citizens that would govern themselves. Turn back the pages of history two and a half centuries and examine how some extraordinary men, Hamilton, Knox, Madison and Morris, labored to make this idea a reality. Learn of their backgrounds and the interactions that allowed them to form history’s first and longest living people’s federal representative republic.