What if age does not matter? How have some films depicted older adults who thrive after age 60? What about aging actors? To name a few: Angela Bassett, Judi Dench, Harrison Ford, Robert DeNiro, Ian McKellan, Maggie Smith, Patrick Stewart, and Meryl Streep. We will explore themes of personal growth, rediscovery, and resilience. We will show clips of stories that feature older characters who, for various reasons, decide to embark on new adventures, pursue unfulfilled dreams, or seek a fresh start in their later years. These films will serve as a reminder that it’s never too late to chase dreams or find happiness in unexpected places. Facilitator Rosalind (Roz) Norman, DMgt has a Media Communications degree and a Doctor of Management.

Want to know more about Gmail? Many of us use this email program, but are we really using it to its maximum potential? This course will teach you how to create an account and compose, read, reply to, delete and forward messages. In addition, you will learn how to send and save attachments, organize your email with tabs, labels and stars, snooze emails and create filters that automatically place new email into categories. Learn how to schedule emails to be sent and how to send confidential emails. We will also cover how to personalize your Gmail experience by adding themes and creating signatures at the end of each email message. Learn how to search and clean up your inbox and check how much free storage you have available in your Google account. Come get a handle on how Gmail can help you manage your ever-expanding inbox. We will be demonstrating Gmail on a computer, but all the features are available on the phone and tablet apps also.

Join instructor Douglas Schneider to learn about female spies imprisoned in St. Louis. Hear about how many prisoners of war escaped their camp in St. Louis, how a St. Louis shoe repair man sent messages to the Nazis, and what early resident of O’Fallon, Missouri, was the captain of a Company of Spies. And what escaped prisoner of war was captured in Union Station and later appeared in a Steve McQueen movie. Did you know that prisoners of war worked at the St. Louis Ordnance Plant that, made 6.7 billion cartridges during World War II? Schneider will also talk about spies active in St. Louis today.

Join instructor Bev Schuetz to follow the fascinating history of makeup from the early Egyptians to today's multi-million-dollar cosmetic empires. The search to be beautiful includes the bizarre customs of other cultures, dramatic changes through plastic surgery, and many unusual and amusing treatments—all in the name of beauty.

Nature connections in biology, psychology, and art design are proving to increase health benefits for us in many ways. From this overview of biophilic design principles, you'll start seeing nature in surprising places and ways to bring nature's gifts into your environment. Join presenter and Green Resources Manager for Missouri Botanical Garden, Jean Ponzi, as she shares her perspectives as an expert with a 30+ year career in Missouri Botanical Garden's EarthWays Center—the Garden's sustainability division.

Bletchley Park was once the top-secret home of the World War II “Codebreakers”—a term coined about the over 9,000 men and women who worked at the facility intercepting and cracking German communication during the war. We will focus on the lesser-told stories of the women who worked at Bletchley Park from 1939 to 1946. And learn how the German messages were intercepted and decoded during the battle of the Atlantic, breaking the German Enigma and Lorenz codes and leading to the development of the Colossus computer. Women played an integral role in it all. Join us for this fascinating exploration of the history of the women codebreakers.

Join instructor Steve Tamari, Professor of Middle East and Islamic History at SIUE, to learn about how women of the Ottoman imperial harem exerted power over the palace and the empire. Ancient Turco-Mongolian traditions and Ottoman succession patterns allowed women of the imperial harem to all but run the empire during the 17th century behind closed doors. This history challenges deeply held assumptions about how elite women exerted power in ways that Western scholars—until relatively recently—could not see.

The Vatican’s history as the seat of the Catholic Church began with the construction of a basilica over St. Peter’s grave in Rome in the 4th century A.D. Having embraced Christianity with the Edict of Milan in 313, Emperor Constantine I began constructing a basilica over St. Peter’s tomb in 324. St. Peter’s Basilica became a spiritual center for Christian pilgrims, leading to housing for clergy members and forming a marketplace that became the thriving commercial district of Borgo. The area was abandoned following the move of the papal court to France in 1309. After the Church returned in 1377, famous landmarks such as the Apostolic Palace, the Sistine Chapel, and the new St. Peter’s Basilica were erected within the city limits.