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FREE Spring Courses in the Community

ILR is proud to present select courses in the community this spring. Join us for engaging classes focusing on history, literature,
creative arts, and health and wellness in convenient locations across Frederick County.
Free classes made possible by a generous donation from the Shirley Cruickshank Wolfe Fund.
Registration | To register, please contact the individual facility where you would like to attend a class. The staff at your location
will provide details and confirm your participation.

ILR933 The Turbulent Sixties ILR931 The Lives and Times of Charles and
5 sessions, 10 hours Ann Morrow Lindbergh
The 1960’s represents one of the most consequential decades 4 sessions, 6 hours
in United States History. It was a period of monumental social A famous aviator marries an ambassador’s daughter. They
and political change that would alter virtually every aspect of become a flying couple and together explore the world
American life for generations to come. This course will utilize using some of the airline routes still in use today. Family life
lecture, film, and classroom discussion to study and discuss tragedies and world events ultimately move their lives in
the major events of the decade including the Civil Rights and conflicting and life altering directions. Discover Charles and
other social movements, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, and Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s life of flight.
the Cuban Missile Crisis. We will also profile the prominent Instructor: Gerard Blake
men and women who shaped the history of this tumultuous
period. 5-Digit Number: 19444
Mon, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m., 4/6 – 4/27
Instructor: Richard Carroll
Location: Myersville Community Library
5-Digit Number: 19445
Fri, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m., 1/10 – 2/7
Location: Brunswick Branch Library NEW ILR834 Dementia 101 - A Three
Part Series
ILR953 Six Innovations That Made 3 sessions, 6 hours
the Modern World Dementia 101 will provide a basic understanding of
5 sessions, 10 hours dementia. This class will define the term and discuss the
Watch and discuss a PBS series based on the bestselling difference between normal aging and dementia. We will also
book by Steven Johnson titled How We Got To Now: Six investigate the difference between reversible and irreversible
Innovations That Made the Modern World. Do you take Cold, forms of dementias and look at the risk factors. Then we’ll
Time, Sound, Glass, Light, and Cleanliness (each a topic) for discuss the process for diagnosing dementias and explore the
granted? Well, no more after this class that takes a look at the symptoms of various forms of dementia.
slow genius and strokes of luck that intersected with modern Instructor: Thea Uhlig-Ruff
necessity that delivered these marvels.
5-Digit Number: 19302
Note: A copy of the book will be given to students on the Thu, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., 5/7 – 5/21
first day of class. Location: Frederick C Burr Artz Public Library
Instructor: Marta Kikena de Matto
Evening Offering
5-Digit Number: 19452
Wed, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., 3/4 – 4/1
Location: Urbana Regional Library

38 ILR 55+ Registration now open