Are you 55 or over and interested in a unique learning experience at an extremely affordable price? San Pedro Center in conjunction with Elderhostel, Inc., offers just such an opportunity. Our all-inclusive programs offer five nights and six days of wonderful meals, comfortable rooms, entertaining and knowledgeable instructors, field trips to the surrounding area, and a staff eager and willing to make your week memorable. Please take a look at the programs we’re offering for the 2011 winter/spring season listed below. TO REGISTER: Online at www.roadscholar.org, or by calling 877-426-8056 (Mon. - Fri. 9:00am-6:00pm Eastern Time)

JANUARY 13-18 #20866 $639 dbl
LAUGHING ALL THE WAY: COPING DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION
Laughter -the best antidote for gloom and doom! Will Rogers, W.C. Fields, Mae West, Burns and Allen, the Marx Brothers, Charlie Chaplin, the Three Stooges, Amos’n Andy, etc., were indeed America’s best medicine then, and their antics still make us laugh.

FROM GENERAL’S STARS TO THE WHITE HOUSE
Sharing a unique place in history, Washington, Grant, and Eisenhower led the American military to critical victories, then were elected to the presidency. A look at their personal lives and their public roles in shaping three eras of U.S. history.

“ART”CHITECTURE
From magnificent cathedrals, to cloth-wrapped edifices, the art we admire is often in the eyes of the beholder. Journey with us as we visit the sublime - and the confounding.


JANUARY 27-FEBRUARY 1 #20867 $725 dbl
CIRQUE DU SOLEIL
These amazing street performers from Canada have literally reinvented the circus, thrilling and amazing audiences all over the world. Travel with the circus through history focusing on music, theatre, costume design and extraordinary circus acts.

THE POETICS OF PLACE
From capturing the glory of pristine nature, to expressing personal emotion and visions in landscape painting, explore what makes ideas about “place” such an enduring theme in art. It’s poetic.

ALL THAT JAZZ: FROM MOVIES TO MADCAP
Explore elements of jazz in the movies with ‘crooners’ such as Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra. Enjoy some of George Gershwin, Irving Berlin and Cole Porter’s songs from some of the great movies. Admire some of the great hoofers of the day: Bill Robinson, the Nicholas Brothers, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire and Gregory Hines. Sit back and take in the performances of musicians like Victor Borge and Spike Jones, who many years later still have the ability to make us laugh.


FEBRUARY 3-8 #20273 $674 dbl

THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MARK TWAIN

Mark Twain was our best-loved funny man and the author of unforgettable novels about Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. But he also wrote some biting criticism of human nature and risked his fame by publicly advocating for the rights of minorities. In this course, we’ll look at all sides of this brave and brilliant American.

CREATIVITY AT TWILIGHT

Includes tours of Orlando Museum of Art, Menello Museum, Morse Museum and Albin Polasek Museum. Many studies have been done on childhood genius. It is now high time to draw attention to what older great artists were exploring at a time when many considered their best work to be finished. Explore the early AND late careers of Titian and Monet, Hokusai, Goya, and Four Women in Art: Cassatt, O’Keeffe, Neel and Nevelson.

JOURNEY THROUGH THE MAJESTY OF MIND

How does our mind remember? What is the nature and role of our memories? How do they help us in daily life? Discover nature’s evolutionary and primary purpose for the development of the mind as it takes information from one state to another. Learn ways to increase your memory.

FEBRUARY 3-8 #20868 $639 dbl
CUBA- THE AUDACIOUS REVOLUTION
A look at Cuba from Fidel Castro’s takeover ‘til today. What were the promises made - and kept - or not kept, that have affected his people’s lives? What has been the US’s involvement - or noninvolvement over the years?

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF GILBERT & SULLIVAN
Explore this gifted duo whose timeless classics continue to delight. Enjoy a selection of the entire canon including such favorites as HMS Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, and The Mikado

AGATHA CHRISTIE: MISTRESS OF MYSTERY
A shy and retiring British housewife found fame and fortune plotting countless murders. A look for clues to her personal past through examining recurring themes in her books and plays.

FEBRUARY 17-22 - #20871 $639 dbl dbl
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
Well known worldwide, Denmark’s greatest writer told stories which have left a moral legacy about life, its
struggles, human nature, and the beautiful innocence of childhood. A look at his personal life and works,
both the familiar and not so familiar.

PARTNERS IN ART: PARTNERS OF THE HEART
Delve into the lives and careers of famous art “couples” like Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, Alfred Stieglitz
and Georgia O’keeffe, Camille Claudel and Auguste Rodin, and others.

ALL THAT JAZZ: FROM MOVIES TO MADCAP Explore elements of jazz in the movies with ‘crooners’ such as Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra. Enjoy some of George Gershwin, Irving Berlin and Cole Porter’s songs from some of the great movies. Admire some
of the great hoofers of the day: Bill Robinson, the Nicholas Brothers, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire and Gregory
Hines. Sit back and take in the performances of musicians like Victor Borge and Spike Jones, who many
years later still have the ability to make us laugh.


FEBRUARY 24-MARCH 1 #20869 $725 dbl
CIRQUE DU SOLEIL
These amazing street performers from Canada have literally reinvented the circus, thrilling and amazing
audiences all over the world. Travel with the circus through history focusing on music, theatre, costume
design and extraordinary circus acts.

20TH C AMERICAN FILM Examine the major developments of American filmmaking as they relate to changing values and belief systems. Journey through film clips from silent film to the “blockbuster age” of the 1990’s.

AMERICAN SPIRIT
Grant Wood’s American Gothic, Winslow Homer’s Snap the Whip, Frederick Remington’s Bronco Buster
and Charles Russell’s cowboys are all icons of American art. Reflect on how art reveals the spirit and
character of our country with these true-blue American artists, along with Georgia O’Keeffe, Ansel Adams,
Norman Rockwell and others.

MARCH 3-8 #20872 $687 dbl
ITALY - WITHOUT THE JET LAG Travel to Italy in the comfort of your chair. Learn a little of the people, the language and culture of this
romantic country.

A TASTE OF ITALY
Spend afternoons in the kitchen with our Italian chef as we sample Italy through its cuisine and vineyards. In
the words of Federico Fellini “Life is a combination of magic and pasta.”

THE ART OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE - ALL ABOARD OUR TOUR BUS
The Uffizi of Florence, the Borghese of Rome, the Doge’s Palace of Venice, are just a sampling as you study
the works of Raphael, Titian, Michelangelo, DaVinci and more on this “staycation.”

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