Past Programs of the Northumberland Learning Connection - 2011

2011 Fall Lecture Series - The DNA of Modern China

The DNA of Modern China
Six Lectures, Five Seminars, and option ROM visit
October 27 - December 2, 2011
Lectures, 7:15 pm - 9:15 pm
Columbus Community Centre
232 Spencer Street East, Cobourg

The China that is becoming a modern superpower is still shaped by its past. How do we understand this nation which is close to matching, or surpassing the USA as a world power? Only by appreciating China’s ancient and recent past, can we comprehend how she is transforming our everyday lives. Join us for six lectures that will examine influences, past and present, affecting China’s growth today and in the future. Read more...

2011 Spring Lecture Series - Colour and You: How Colour Shapes the World and Your Life

Spring 2011 Program

Colour and You: How Colour Shapes the World and Your Life
Five Thursday evening lectures
March 31 - April 28, 2011, 7:15 - 9:15 pm
Columbus Community Centre
232 Spencer Street East, Cobourg

Colour and You: How Colour Shapes the World and Your Life

Colour. We’re drenched in it. Moved by it. Mad for it.

We reflect it, select it, apply it, debate it.
 
All this we know.

Now, find out what you don’t know.

Take a tour of colour with us. Learn about

• the colours of  the heavens and what they tell us
  
• the link between colour and contentment
  
• how colour in the hands of masters can influence how you perceive the world
  
• what your brain knows about colour that you don’t
  
• the colour of music

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