The Tao of Dreaming: A Holistic Approach to Dreams, Health & Healing
Fee: $75.00
Dates: 9/22/2025 - 10/27/2025
Times: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Days: M
Sessions: 6
Building: UCR-Palm Desert Center A
Room: A-113
Instructor: Sheryl Martin
Seats Still Available: 32
In this 6-week experiential course, explore dreams through the principles of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements. Learn to interpret symbolic messages, connect dream imagery to physical and emotional health, and create personal rituals that integrate insights into daily wellness. Enhance dream recall, deepen self-awareness, and promote balance in mind and body. Dream journals will be provided to all participants to record their experience.
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Hot Desert, Cool You: Lifelong Fascination After 50
Retirement isn’t the end of the story—it’s the perfect time for an encore! This lively six-week course combines improv, technology, and art to spark creativity, laughter, and unexpected discoveries. Through fun, interactive activities, you’ll dive into storytelling, experiment with digital tools, and collaborate in ways that keep your mind sharp and your spirit playful. Whether you're crafting a spontaneous scene, playing with AI-generated art, or tackling real-world problem-solving with a "yes, and..." mindset, each session is designed to keep you engaged, thinking on your feet, and embracing the joy of lifelong learning. No experience necessary—just bring your curiosity and a willingness to jump in!
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Nourish to Flourish: The Healing Power of Optimal Nutrition
Chronic disease is on the rise in the U.S., but better health often starts with what’s on our plate. This course explores the principles and science-backed benefits of a Whole Food, Plant-Based lifestyle for conditions such as heart disease, arthritis, certain cancers, type II diabetes, and high blood pressure. Learn how to read food labels, make smarter choices, and enjoy recipes that prove healthy eating can be both satisfying and delicious.
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In the Footsteps of Vichy France: Lessons for Contemporary America - Palm Desert
Inspired by historian Richard J. Golsan’s question, “Is this America’s Vichy Moment?” this course examines unsettling parallels between today’s America and Vichy France (1940–1944). Explore how authoritarianism replaced democracy, cultural traditionalism challenged modern values, and complacency led to complicity. We’ll discuss the lessons history offers—and the role of resistance.
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NATO, Russia, and European Security
Fee: $45.00
Dates: 9/24/2025 - 10/8/2025
Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Days: W
Sessions: 3
Building: UCR-Palm Desert Center A
Room: A-113
Instructor: Joseph Manso
Seats Still Available: 24
What is NATO’s purpose in today’s world, and how does it operate? Does the United States still need NATO—or Europe—for its security? How real is the Russian threat, and what strategies can address it? In this timely course, a former U.S. Ambassador and NATO insider offers a behind-the-scenes look at the Alliance’s role in global security, the challenges it faces, and its evolving relationship with Russia.
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The Week's News in Review - Palm Desert
An interactive discussion of events shaping the news each week. Media sources include print, TV, the internet, and social media. This course will discuss politics, the economy, sports, show business, and topics pulled from the "headlines."
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Educational Blocks: Back to School in Film
Movies about education—especially the relationships between teachers and students—form a rich and enduring film genre. This course will focus on six stand-alone films, grouped into three pairs that serve as points and counterpoints to one another. In Weeks One and Two, we’ll view The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) and Dead Poets Society (1989). Weeks Three and Four feature The Great Debaters (2007) and Freedom Writers (2007). In Weeks Five and Six, we’ll watch Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) and Whiplash (2014). Viewed individually and in pairs, these films offer ample material for thoughtful analysis and lively discussion. Class is in session—join us.
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Current Events Discussion Group
This course covers legal, social and political topics of the day based on articles, studies and brief foundational lectures. Articles, on both sides of an issue, will be taken from a variety of publications such as The New York Times , The Washington Post , The Wall Street Journal , The Economist , and more. All thoughtful views are welcomed and will be respected. This course will be a hybrid course.
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The "New" Drugs in Your Life
The past ten years have brought more groundbreaking new drugs than any previous decade, introducing innovative concepts, mechanisms, and targets. Leading the way are treatments for inflammatory diseases, cancers, obesity, and Alzheimer’s, along with significant advances for migraine, psychoses, depression, metabolic disorders, HIV, hematology, infectious diseases, and more. This course explains what these drugs do and how they work, offering an up-to-date look at some of the most important medical developments of our time.
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Introduction to Fine Fragrances
Fee: $75.00
Dates: 11/3/2025 - 12/15/2025
Times: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Days: M
Sessions: 6
Building: UCR-Palm Desert Center A
Room: A-113
Instructor: Lisa Gomez
Seats Still Available: 35
Over six sessions, explore the history of fine fragrance and the process of creating it. Experience a variety of natural and synthetic raw materials while delving into themes such as rose, orange flower, and fragrance families like citrus, fougère, and chypre. Learn the mechanics of perfume creation, how to set up a home lab, and ways to craft fragrances for candles.
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American Government: Foundations, Functions, and the Constitution in Action
This course offers a practical, accessible look at American government—how it’s structured, how it operates, and where it falls short. We’ll break down the three branches of government, comparing the Constitution’s intentions with today’s political realities. Topics include the Constitution and its amendments, civil liberties and rights, elections, and other forces shaping American life. Using historical and current events, we’ll examine how presidential administrations have interpreted—and sometimes stretched—the Constitution, asking what works, what doesn’t, and why. Whether you’re a political enthusiast, a voter seeking clarity, or simply curious, this course connects the nation’s founding documents to today’s headlines.
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Drawing Fundamentals
Fee: $75.00
Dates: 11/3/2025 - 12/15/2025
Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Days: M
Sessions: 6
Building: UCR-Palm Desert Center A
Room: A-113
Instructor: Jack Flanigan
Seats Still Available: 35
In this six-week course, beginners will build a strong foundation in the art of drawing. We’ll explore one-, two-, and three-point perspective, logarithmic patterns, light and shadow, and the structure and nature of shapes. Along the way, you’ll develop observation skills, experiment with techniques, and gain confidence in expressing your creativity on paper. All you need is a pad of paper, a #2 soft pencil, and an eraser. Whether you’ve never picked up a pencil or are returning to a long-lost hobby, this class will help you see—and draw—the world in a whole new way.
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International Cinema
Fee: $75.00
Dates: 11/5/2025 - 12/17/2025
Times: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Days: W
Sessions: 6
Building: UCR-Palm Desert Center A
Room: A-113
Instructor: Dale Knorr
Seats Still Available: 12
Enroll and investigate cinematic storytelling as an art form. We’ll view and discuss one film per week including critically acclaimed classics, overlooked gems, and the very best of contemporary foreign language film. The films will be presented in their language of origin with English subtitles.
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The U.S. Intelligence Community: Purpose and Capabilities
Fee: $75.00
Dates: 11/5/2025 - 12/17/2025
Times: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Days: W
Sessions: 6
Building: UCR-Palm Desert Center A
Room: A-114
Instructor: Gary Gomez
Seats Still Available: 27
Explore the U.S. intelligence enterprise, its disciplines, and its role in shaping foreign policy. Go beyond media portrayals and popular myths to gain a clear understanding of how intelligence truly works and impacts national affairs. Topics include intelligence collection, how policymakers use intelligence, the risks of politicization and distortion, and the causes of intelligence failures.
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The Week's News in Review - Palm Desert
An interactive discussion of events shaping the news each week. Media sources include print, TV, the internet, and social media. This course will discuss politics, the economy, sports, show business, and topics pulled from the "headlines."
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Current Events Discussion Group
This course covers legal, social and political topics of the day based on articles, studies and brief foundational lectures. Articles, on both sides of an issue, will be taken from a variety of publications such as The New York Times , The Washington Post , The Wall Street Journal , The Economist , and more. All thoughtful views are welcomed and will be respected. This course will be a hybrid course.
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Tis The Season: Inspirational Movies To End Your Year With
Escape the holiday madness with three inspiring films you may have missed, each followed by a thoughtful discussion. The Miracle of the Bells (1948) tells the story of a press agent (Fred MacMurray) who returns the remains of an unknown actress (Valli) to her coal-mining hometown while trying to convince a Hollywood studio head (Lee J. Cobb) to release her only film. The Finest Hours (2016) recounts the true story of a daring Coast Guard rescue off Cape Cod after two oil tankers are destroyed during a 1952 blizzard. Joyeux Noel (2005), nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, portrays the unofficial Christmas truce of December 1914, when soldiers from opposing sides of World War I briefly set aside the conflict to share in each other’s humanity.
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