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Winter 2026 Study Group List

Winter Term:  Tuesday, January 13, 2026 – Thursday, March 5, 2026
Winter registration  will open December 1, 2025. Registration will close December 5, 2025
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ID
Day
Time
Format
Title
Coordinator
Description
2A
Tues
9.30 - 11.30
In-Person
Powerful Congressional Leaders of the 21st Century
Sandy Wolfson
2B
Tues
9.30 - 11.30
In-Person/Hybrid
World Music - An Ear Opener
Tirza Haviv
2C
Tues
1.30 - 3.30
In-Person/Hybrid
The 1960s - America's Turbulent Decade
Helene Terris, Cynthia Washburn
2D
Tues
1.30 - 3.30
ZOOM
All About Birds
Connie Sparks
3A
Wed
9.30 - 12.30
In-Person
Biographical Movies
Rosalie Lazarus
3B
Wed
9.30 - 11.30
In-Person/Hybrid
Notable Imposters, Frauds and Hoaxes
Judy Davidson
3C
Wed
1.30 - 3.30
In-Person
Tribes
Connie Sparks, Carrie Schiers
3D
Wed
1.30 - 3.30
In-Person/ Hybrid
The Gate Keepers - White House Chiefs of Staff
Marty Grant
4A
Thurs
9.30 - 11.30
ZOOM
Museums and Their Treasures
Richard Bratkovich
4B
Thurs
9.30 - 11.30
Zoom
Myths and Their Meanings
Barbara Fogel
4C
Thurs
1.30 - 3.30
In-Person
Famous and Not So Famous Shipwrecks and Sinkings
Jerry Rishe
4D
Thurs
1.30 - 3.30
ZOOM
Three Short Novels of Wealth and Greed
Frank Diaz
IDDayTimeFormat*TitleCoordinatorDescription
2ATues9.30 - 11.30In-PersonTopics in California
History Beginnings to WWII
Jana BClick Here For Details →
2BTues9.30 - 11.30In-PersonWomen of Color
Who Made a
Difference in the
U.S.
Sandy WClick Here For Details →
2CTues1.30 - 3.30In-PersonTopics in Science,
Technology, and Artificial Intelligence
Sandy J,
Rhoda N, John N
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2DTues1.30 - 3.30In-Person The Evolution of
Language
Joyce LClick Here For Details →
3AWed9.30 - 12.30In-PersonUNESCO World
Heritage Sites
Cindy WClick Here For Details →
3BWed9.30 - 11.30ZoomYouTube series
-Time Team
Archeology of the
British Isles
Physical evidence of human habitation in the British Isles
Paul C. Click Here For Details →
3CWed12:00- 3.30In-PersonAudrey Hepburn MoviesCassy S, Ann RClick Here For Details →
3DWed1.30 - 3.30ZoomAfrican American
Music of the "Great
Migrations"
(1916-1960)
John CClick Here For Details →
4AThurs9.30 - 11.30In-PersonDisasters - What
went wrong?
Andy JClick Here For Details →
4BThurs9.30 - 11.30ZoomBest American Short
Stories of the Century
Barbara V. Click Here For Details →
4CThurs1.30 - 3.30In-PersonThe History of
China - Part I
Carrie S, John CClick Here For Details →
4DThurs1:30 - 3:30ZoomHerman Melville's
Moby Dick
This
Frank DClick Here For Details →
ID
Day
Time
Format
Title
Coordinator
Description
2A
Tues
9.30 - 11.30
In-Person/Hybrid
Art of The Northern Renaissance
Lila Geller
2B
Tues
9.30 - 11.30
ZOOM
Lobby And Lobbyists: Vote Buyers
Judy Davidson
2C
Tues
1.30 - 3.30
In-Person/Hybrid
Let's Travel to Spain
Cynthia Washburn
2D
Tues
1.30 - 3.30
ZOOM
Opera Class with Carmen & Either Magic Flute or Aida
Cal Torrance
3A
Wed
9.30 - 12.30
In-Person
Exploring Southern California
Rosalie Lazarus
3B
Wed
9.30 - 11.30
In-Person/Hybrid
Our Aging Population Impact and Implication
Ed Goldstein
3C
Wed
1.30 - 3.30
In-Person
America's Westward Expansion
Helene Terris
3D
Wed
1.30 - 3.30
ZOOM
Civilizations That Went Poof!
Helene Terris
4A
Thurs
9.30 - 11.30
ZOOM
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin
Barbara Vogel
4B
Thurs
9.30 - 11.30
In-Person
Comedy Movies
Rosalie Lazarus
4C
Thurs
1.30 - 3.30
In-Person/Hybrid
My Favorite Broadway Musical, Part II, Musicals after 1965
Rosalie Lazarus
4D
Thurs
1.30 - 3.30
ZOOM
Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy
Frank Diaz

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