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Afro-Cuban Jazz: Fascinating Rhythms

Let irresistible Afro-Cuban Jazz pull you in! Three syncopated sessions. Rhythms from greats like Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puento, and Eddie Palmieri.

Hot Topics in Volatile Times

Oct. 23, Nov. 13, Dec. 11

American political institutions are under historic stress. How did we get here, what comes next, and what can we learn? Join the debate.

Monday Afternoon at the Movies: Lighten Up–With Screwball Comedies

Nov. 10, 17, Dec. 1, 8

How does laughter affect us? Find out with screwball comedies that match a livewire female with (and maybe against) a conventional male.

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Presidents’ College Around Campus

A lively discussion on declining global birth rates in Professor Jane Horvath’s course last semester

Ju-Yong Ha plays the gayageum and discusses how music and art traveled along the Silk Road

The mixture of high school students and Presidents’ College students makes for great discussion in Chris Doyle’s course on America’s Right Turn course

Students hear from Connecticut Poet Laureate Antoinette Brim-Bell on why poetry matters

UHart President Lawrence Ward in conversation with Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam

Professor Jeremiah Patterson helps students explore the art and science of color.

Professor Brian Sinche discusses the life of abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass

Math Professor Peggy Beauregard discusses the beauty of fractal geometry (no math expertise was required to attend!)

Richard Voight chats with students before his American Utopian Communities course

Professor Adam Chaira helps students try learn to use Gemini and ChatGPT artificial intelligence tools