PLATO Schedule 2009

"Learning Among Friends"

Fall 2009 Discussion Groups

Discussion groups begin the week of September 21, 2009 and run for 10 consecutive weeks unless otherwise indicated.

Fall Preview

Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 1:30-3:30 pm
Madison Senior Center (Downtown)

Day/Time Topic Location Contact
Mondays

10:00 to noon

Experiencing Great Literature

Madison Senior Center

Fred Ross  833-8315

10:00 to noon

Genealogy

Madison Public Library (downtown)

Peg Arnold  233-1784

1:00 to 3:00

Novels Old and New

Fitchburg Senior Center

Joan Penn 277-0273
Sue Arnost 238-3697 Marj McMickle 233-0949
Richard Mueller 838-3575

1:00 to 3:00

Search for Meaning

Capitol Lakes

Frank Stein  274-1242

1:00 to 3:00

Search for Meaning II

Capitol Lakes

Fred Blancke  249-0606
Joanne Storlie  284-7351

1:00 to 3:00

Managing Your Money

Madison Senior Center

V. Prakash 233-1741
A. Trine 277-7623
P. Hartwig 222-0851
D. Norgord
Tuesdays

10:00 to noon

Biographies

Wisconsin Community Bank

Zorko Greblo  833-1408
Lynn Gilchrist  238-3325
Fred Paesel  251-6805
Peter Priegel 271-7194

10:00 to
noon

Short Stories and Essays

Independent Living / The Gardens

Irv Klibaner  274-4089
Meredith Meiller  838-3473

10:00 to
noon

Eastern Philosophy

Madison Senior Center

Dan Grear  441-9929
Jane Harberg  920-648-5019

  1:00 to
  3:00

All That Jazz

Wisconsin Community Bank

Tom Penn 277-0273,
Bev Blahnik 835-5965,
Al Whitney 271-5086

  1:00 to
  3:00

The Bible—A Biography

Capitol Lakes

Jim Christensen  251-0751

  1:00 to
  3:00

Appreciating Classical Music—begins Sept. 29

Capitol Lakes

Mike & Linda Lovejoy  233-9078
Roger Schrantz  238-6344

  1:00 to
  3:00

Dialogues with Modernism: Exploring a Personal Response to the Arts

Madison Senior Center

Norman Leer  236-0158
Wednesdays

10:00 to
noon

Continuing
Philosophy

Madison Senior Center

Sheldon Auerbach  250-5017

10:00 to
noon

Reminiscence Writing—a.m.

Capitol Lakes

Jim O’Brien  271-2808

10:00 to
noon

Global Affairs and the Media

Capitol Lakes

L. Brown 663-5984
G. Rueckert
798-0480
J. Elder 255-0533
J. Chworowsky 920-648-6386

1:00 to
3:00

Reminiscence Writing—p.m.

Madison Senior Center

Jan MacDonald  833-1152

1:00 to
3:00

Frontiers in Life Science

UW Space Place
Villager Mall

Paul Brandl  251-2662
Tom Zinnen  265-2420

1:00 to
3:00

Women’s Pathways Through American Culture

Madison Senior Center

Linda Pustz  277-1338

1:30 to
3:30

Biographies II

Pinney Branch Library

Nancy & Dick Schultz  222-6335
Thursdays

9:30 to noon

International Films

Capitol Lakes

Jim O’Brien  271-2808
Bob Fry  233-0622

9:30 to
11:30

What in the World Happened? (World History)

Upper Iowa University

Bruce Gregg 231-1109
Zorko Greblo 833-1408 Grant Ringlien 445-4531
Dick Schultz 222-6335

10:00 to
noon

Great Books—begins Sept. 17

Madison Senior Center

Stan Goldfarb  231-3255
Don Reeder  238-3903

1:00 to 3:00

Art Museums

Museum of Contemporary Art and Chazen Museum

Helen Aarli  244-0787

1:00 to
3:00

American History

Capitol Lakes

Norman Risjord  233-2526

1:30 to
3:30

We Love a Mystery

Mount Olive Church

Barb Dickie  278-9147

1:30 to
3:30

The Play’s the Thing

Madison Senior Center

Lois Karn  242-0110;
Catherine Bloomer  233-9417
Fridays
10:00 to
noon

Travel—America the Beautiful

Capitol Lakes

Fred Blancke 249-0606 Ray Griesbach 240-9445 Bob Gwynne 257-5761 Betty Wear 249-6956

10:00 to
noon

Great Books Revisited

Lakeview Branch Library

Judy King  245-0081

10:00 to
11:30

The Fundamental Particles
—CANCELLED—

Capitol Lakes
—CANCELLED—

Connie Blanchard  238-7337

1:00 to
3:00

Why Christianity Must Change

Madison Senior Center

Tom Schlicht  831-6593


Discussion Group Locations

Capitol Lakes:  333 W. Main St.
Mt. Olive Church:  4018 Mineral Point Rd.
Chazen Museum:  800 University Ave.
Museum of Contemporary Art:  227 State St.
Fitchburg Senior Center:  5510 E. Lacy Road
Pinney Branch Library:  204 Cottage Grove Rd.
Independent Living/The Gardens:  602 N. Segoe Rd.
Upper Iowa Univ.:  4601 Hammersley Rd.
Lakeview Branch Library:  2845 N. Sherman Ave.
UW Space Place:  2300 S. Park St., Villager Mall
Madison Public Library:  201 W. Mifflin St.
Wis. Community Bank:  8240 Mineral Point Rd.
Madison Senior Center:  330 W. Mifflin St.,

Board of Directors
Marv Beatty, President 238-8726 mtbeatty@wisc.edu
Fred Ross, Past President 833-8315 rossfm@chorus.net
VACANT, Secretary    
Ved Prakash, Treasurer 233-1741 vprakash@wisc.edu
Judy Sadowsky, Pres. Elect and Curriculum/Facilities 835-5291 jsado@verizon.net
Judy Sadowsky, Curriculum/Facilities 835-5291 jsado@verizon.net
Jean Blake, Special Events 274-1786 jblake2005@sbcglobal.net
Ann Falconer, Outreach 241-2571 falconer@chorus.net
Wendy Kerr, Liaison/Newsletter 262-5823 wkerr@dcs.wisc.edu
Mike Lovejoy, University Relations 233-9078 mel2joy08@charter.net
Lois Parsons, Member-at-Large 233-1820 loisparsons@aol.com
Fred Paesel, Member-at-Large 251-6805 audpaesel@aol.com
Frank Stein, Member-at-Large 274-1242 fstein@usd.edu

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