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February 4 Senior Scholars classes begin • College Club of Cleveland 2348 Overlook Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 44106 Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays 1:30 - 3:30 pm

February 17 Executive Board Meeting • Grace Lutheran Church 13001 Cedar Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 44106 9:30 - 11:30 am

March 16 Faculty Fair • For Off Campus Studies Class Coordinators and Leader-Teachers • Cleveland Skating Club 2500 Kemper Road, Shaker Heights, OH 44120 1:00 - 3:30 pm

March 31 Book Discussion Day • Suburban Temple 22401 Chagrin Blvd., Beachwood, OH 44122 9:30 am - 2:00 pm

CALENDAR OF EVENTS — Spring 2014May 9 ACE Annual Meeting • Mayfield Sand Ridge Country Club 1545 Sheridan Road, South Euclid, OH 11:30 am - 1:30 pm

May 30 Rhododendron Discovery Garden Tour • Holden Arboretum 9500 Sperry Road • Kirtland, OH

May 31-June 3 Annual Book Sale • Adelbert Gym, CWRU Campus 2128 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, OH 44106 Saturday (10:00 am-noon, $20; all other times free) 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm Sunday 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm Monday 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm Tuesday 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

June 16 New-Old Board meeting • Place to be determined 9:30 am - 1:00 pm (pot luck lunch)

July 29-30 Shaw Festival Trip

BOOK DISCUSSION DAY AT A GLANCE

When? Monday,March31,2014 9:30am–2:00pm

Where? SuburbanTemple 22401ChagrinBlvd.,Beachwood (betweenBelvoirandGreenRoads)

Why? Hateship,Friendship,Courtship, Loveship,Marriage:StoriesbyAliceMunro

Who? RobertThacker,speaker ProfessorofCanadianStudies St.LawrenceUniversity,Canton,NY

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BOOK DISCUSSION DAY WELCOmES ROBERT ThACKER

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Robert Thacker, Ph.D., Professor of Canadian Studies at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY, will be the speaker at Book Discussion Day. Dr. Thacker first read one of Alice Munro’s stories, “Tamarack,” 40 years ago. He “thought she was really good,” and then wrote his master’s thesis on Alice Munro and her narrative technique. While doing research for his Ph.D. at the University of Manitoba, Dr. Thacker’s interest in Munro continued. He “pursued her as a critic” until the early 1990s when he decided to write her biography. Alice Munro agreed to cooperate with Dr. Thacker, realizing “that she would be better off if she knew what facts were being presented.” The biography, entitled Alice Munro: Writing her Lives, was published in 2005, and an updated edition in paperback by Emblem Editions was published in 2011.

The Book Discussion Day Committee enjoyed learning from Dr. Thacker that he was born in Dayton, OH, met his wife at Bowling Green State University, and has a brother who lives in Strongsville. We are delighted to welcome him to Book Discussion Day 2014.

EleanorKushnickBook Discussion Day Co-Chair

Robert Thacker

hATEShIp, FRIENDShIp, COURTShIp, LOVEShIp, mARRIAGE: STORIES

BY ALICE mUNROAlthough the title of Alice Munro’s collection is taken from a nursery rhyme, there is nothing childish about her ability to explore complex relationships. The nine stories in Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage reflect Munro’s unique ability to capture the experiences of her wide range of characters in ways that allow their lives to be revealed to us. She accomplishes this with subtle control of the roles played by memory and reality. The stories unfold in rich detail with often surprising endings.

Munro is a satirist for whom disorder, chance happenings, strange meetings, and sometimes bizarre characters reveal us to ourselves. Irony is at the core of Munro’s view of humanity and events - a view expressed with wit, humor and forbearance. This particular selection of short stories is an outstanding illustration of her skill and has been deservedly chosen to be the Book Discussion Day book for 2014. We invite you to explore with us why Alice Munro is this year’s winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

MickiBrook

For details, visit www.acesite.org.

ACE ANNUAL mEETINGFriday, May 9, 2014

Guest speaker: EVALYN GATES, Ph.D.,Executive Director and CEO of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History

“PortaltotheUniverse”From distant galaxies to dinosaurs, the exciting discoveries of science are pointing their way to the universe. The Cleveland Museum of Natural History is uniquely poised to redefine what a natural history museum can - and should - be both for children and adults. Dr. Gates will talk about the importance of science education and the critical role museums play in that effort - and take you on a whirlwind tour of the cosmos! A brief business meeting and election of new officers will precede the talk.

Mayfield Sand Ridge Country Club1545 Sheridan Road, Mayfield Heights, OH

11:30 am-1:30 pm$28.00 ACE member $33.00 non-members

REGISTRATION OPTIONS1. Online registration: www.case.edu/lifelonglearning.org2. Send check to: The Laura and Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning

Program, CWRU, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-7116 – mention the event

3. Call: 216-368-2090

pRESIDENT’S mESSAGEWe have a wonderful core of volunteers working for ACE and for all the programs in which we believe. This includes the members of the Lecture Day and Book Discussion Day Committees, the Education Committee supporting Off Campus Studies, and the Other Programs and Trips Committee sponsoring the Acclaimed Authors Luncheon Series, among others. And I could not fail to mention the enormously loyal and reliable book sale group that works all year long and raises most of our yearly funding. On behalf of the board and all the members of ACE, we extend a heartfelt and grateful thank you for all of your time and energy. Members of the Lecture Day, Discussion Day, Other Programs, and Trips Committees meet regularly to plan and organize their events. Members of the Education Committee, in conjunction with the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program, recognize that the class coordinators are also a key volunteer component of Off Campus Studies and want to support them and the Leader-Teachers, making sure they are heard and know they are much appreciated.

But programs also require funding to make them work. A significant amount of the annual ACE funding comes from the book sale, and a much smaller amount from the membership dues and donations. To keep the programs vibrant and engaging in all the ways we have enjoyed them, we need to increase our membership and donations.

Please plan to join or renew your membership. Take the time to fill out the form on page 6 (which also enables registration for Book Discussion Day), or below. Membership and donations are entirely tax deductible because ACE is a 501 (3) (c) organization. Benefits include the newsletter and reduced rates for many programs, but also the satisfaction of knowing one has made a contribution to these important and fulfilling activities that keep us all learning and well informed.

LaurelRowenPresident

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TheDinnerby Herman Koch

The Dinner serves up an unsavory conKochtion of distasteful characters thrashing out a vicious family crisis within the confines of a super-refined restaurant dinner. The events are narrated by Paul Lohman, a deeply flawed introvert, envious of his brother, awed by his wife, poisonous to his son Michel. Paul repeatedly pommels those with whom he disagrees, causing him to lose his job and to get mandated medical help. Moreover, he believes that “…not all victims are automatically innocent victims,” that some bring disaster on themselves, and that society would benefit from liquidating suspects before they went to trial. This attitude then informs the rationalization of his son and his nephew’s misdemeanors which become increasingly serious. His wife Clair serves as enabler, withholding vital facts and then calling Michel’s crimes “an unfortunate series of events.” She believes the boys too intelligent to have their bright futures compromised by punishment. The novel offers a menu of interesting stylistic devices. Pairing a discussion of murder against the backdrop of a highly structured dinner speaks to the banality of evil. Is Koch hinting at neo-fascist rumblings in the Netherlands, long considered a champion of tolerance? The parallel plot line of the boys’ crimes remains unresolved, but we can be certain that they are incapable of remorse.

~PaulineDegenfelder

BOOK DISCUSSION DAY FINALISTSmESSAGE FROm ThE ExECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Now in our second year of “new management,” the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program is thrilled not only to continue but to expand our partnership with ACE. Our program as a whole continues to grow, and we enter 2014 looking to pilot a number of brand new programs, including:

- Our first-ever Winter Institute in Tampa, Florida, in late February, with speakers Don Rosenberg, Catherine Scallen, and Henry Adams

- The Origins Scholars Series-East at our Beachwood facility, with five Monday evening programs beginning this February

- Our first “A Day at CWRU” program showcasing faculty from a broad range of disciplines

- A new partnership with Laurel School including a lecture series

- A new partnership with the Lakewood Public Library- The inauguration of a new Global Café program in

conjunction with CWRU’s IT office- A continuation of our growing Educational Travel program,

including trips to Turkey and Greece.

Longer running programs are just as exciting. They include a great lineup for Senior Scholars, including another west side venue, classes in the country at both University Farm and Laurel School’s Butler campus, partnerships with the Cuyahoga County Public Library, an expanded Distinguished Lecture series at our Beachwood facility and elsewhere, and a new childhood education program.

Of course, the programs we offer in conjunction with ACE remain critical, even as we regularly explore ways to expand our reach. In fact, ACE’s fall Lecture Day inspired a new pilot program based on Professor Bob Bain’s work with The Big History Project. We have added some new instructors and courses to the Off Campus Studies series, and we are pleased to take a more visible role in promoting the summer author luncheon series.I also want to extend my thanks to the ACE membership and leadership for your support during our transition to the new administrative model. After 18 months, I do feel that I know many of you well, and am fortunate to work with such dedicated volunteer leaders who share our commitment to offering the highest quality lifelong learning programs in Northeast Ohio.

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JOIN ACEThe Association for Continuing Education is a volunteer organization dedicated to providing educational programs in cooperation with Case Western Reserve University. ACE supports the Grazella Shepherd Lecture Day, Book Discussion Day, the annual book sale, Off Campus Studies, summer authors luncheons, and other programs throughout the year. Please consider joining ACE. Membership is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Education Committee Report In late summer the 14-member ACE Education Committee, in collaboration with the Laura & Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program, hosted an appreciation luncheon for the class coordinators in the Off Campus Studies program. Bunny Haffke, chair of the Luncheon Committee, did an excellent job of organizing this program. We are most thankful for the work the class coordinators do in supporting the courses.

The fall was spent putting together a packet for class coordinators. It will include a job description and list of responsibilities. Joseph Jacoby will take on the responsibility of being head Leader Teacher, a task that will include giving support to Leader Teachers and getting feedback from them, which he will pass on to the class coordinators and the office.

The annual Off Campus Studies Faculty Fair will be held on March 16, 2014, from 1:00 to 3:30 at the Cleveland Skating Club. During this program the Leader Teachers will present the plans for their courses so the class coordinators can make selections for the coming year’s Off Campus Studies classes. All Class Coordinators are cordially invited to attend.

BarbaraDavis, Chair

TenthofDecember:Stories by George Saunders

“Goodness is not only possible, it is our natural state.” So says George Saunders in the acknowledgments at the conclusion of his exceptional collection of short stories, Tenth of December, and it is this spirit that permeates the meaty and imaginative tales he tells. From “Victory Lap” – in which a teenager is confronted with choosing between following his parents’ rules or interfering in the attempted abduction of the girl next door – to the title story of a terminally ill, suicidal man and a troubled boy who profoundly affect each other after a chance meeting in the woods, Saunders tenderly introduces readers to a memorable array of ordinary people struggling to survive in a difficult world, where class and power distort natural goodness, and justice is seldom seen. The longest story in the collection, “The Semplica Girl Diaries,” is a surreal tale, darkly funny and emotionally powerful, of a world, perhaps sometime in our future, when young immigrant women are used as lawn ornaments. As he does so skillfully in all of his stories, Saunders takes us into the head of his narrator and moves us to empathy with all the characters in this story, even those who hurt others. In Tenth of December, Saunders, a 2006 MacArthur “genius grant” recipient, has given readers a challenging but rewarding collection of short stories, some speculative and some realistic, all original and unforgettable, that show us the natural goodness of ordinary people in the context of the horrors of modern American life.

~ShelleyChernin

Two additional finalists, The Round House by Louise Erdrich and The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers will be highlighted in the Fall 2014 newsletter.

About ACE NewsACE News is published by

The Association for Continuing Education at Case Western Reserve University,

Affiliated withLaura & Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-7116

Telephone: (216) 368-2090

www.acesite.orgPresident: Laurel Rowen

Editors: Sandy Siebenschuh, Diana Vargo

Executive Board of ACEPresident — Laurel Rowen

Vice-President — Spencer NethCorrespondingSecretary— Megan Bhatia

RecordingSecretary— Micki BrookTreasurer— Veronica Dever

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Book Discussion Day 2014

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ACE BOOK DISCUSSION DAY: March 31, 2014 (Deadline for reservations March 24, 2014)*___ACE Member--$25 including lunch Check selection: Regular___ Vegetarian________Non-member--$30 including lunch Check selection: Regular___ Vegetarian________ACE Patron Member Guest--$25 including lunch. Check selection: Regular___ Vegetarian_____*Partial registration is not available. ACE MEMBERSHIP_____General ($20) _____Patron member ($35) _____Donation $_____

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Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories

By Alice Munro

Monday, March 31, 20149:30 am to 2:00 pm

Suburban Temple—22401 Chagrin Blvd. (between Belvoir and Green Roads), BeachwoodFree Parking

SpeakerRobert Thacker, Ph. D.

Professor of Canadian Studies and Associate Dean of Academic AdvisingSt. Lawrence University, Canton, NY

Program 9:30 am Registration and coffee 10:00 am Welcome and Introductions 10:15 am Adjourn to discussion rooms 12:00 pm Lunch in dining room 12:45 pm Speaker

Fees Admission Fee: $25 for the day for ACE members (coffee, program, lunch) ACE patron members are entitled to bring a guest at the member rate. $30 for non-members (coffee, program, lunch)

Books are available at Appletree Books (216-791-2665), Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Libraries

ReservationsMake checks payable to: The Association for Continuing Education (ACE)

Mail to: The Laura & Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program, CWRU, Thwing Center Room 153, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-7116

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hELLO! As many of you know, I am the new Interim Director of the Office of Continuing Education at Case Western Reserve University. I also continue as Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences and as an instructor in the Department of History. I have had the opportunity to meet many ACE members at a number of events and meetings and I look forward to meeting many more of you. Each day, I learn more about ACE programs and the historic relationship between ACE and the university. I have been impressed by your membership’s dedication to and enthusiasm for the various ACE programs, and I am particularly grateful for the considerable support that ACE continues to contribute toward the success of the Off-Campus Studies program. It is clear that this program has touched many thousands of people over the years, and I look forward to strengthening both the program and our collaboration.

As I write this in the middle of summer, Lorraine Nelson and I have been working hard to ensure that everything is in place for the fall. There is a new look coming to the catalog and website and also the opportunity to register for classes online. Despite the change that is in the air, you can be certain that we will have the same high quality programs for you to enjoy. I look forward to working with you in the coming year.

With best regards,Molly Berger

BOOk SALE—NOW ALL YEAR LONG Results of our 65th sale at Adelbert were about the same as 2010. Our shopping card count showed that many of our 1,200 customers took advantage of the improved credit card procedures to pay electronically. However, final totals do not tell the whole story. Because—we also had outsource sales of special books to Gray’s Auctioneers in Lakewood. They schedule auctions of our books throughout the year. For the few very rare volumes, we manage private sales with a vendor’s license. The University of Alabama Law Library made a recent purchase of several 18th century first editions.

Summer-long donations have given us an endless flood of great books and multi-media. Not a week passes by without several drop-offs at Cedar warehouse and calls for book pick-ups. This constant flow finds a few stalwart Book Sale crew members working during the heat of the summer. In June, it took three days to box 2,500 books and 500 LPs from a home in Hunting Valley with two libraries filled with beautiful items.

We have a new Book Sale Hotline. Call anytime at (216) 785-8777 to leave a message requesting pick-up or drop-off information. Your calls will be returned promptly.

Joanne Blazek

OCTOBER MUSEUM TRip This October, ACE will continue its exploration of the Frank Lloyd Wright houses in our area with a visit to Falling Water in Pennsylvania. On October 14, 2011, we will journey to western Pennsylvania for a wonderful trip that will feature the fall color and a lunch before a guided tour of the Falling Water House. We have already visited Wright’s Oberlin house which was a rather simple example of his mass-produced plans for the 1950s. Then in Buffalo, we visited the Martin House Complex which was a mansion designed for an individual and was practically rebuilt. With this visit, we will view one of the most unique homes in America—if not in the world. This summer home was also fortified recently so that it would continue to be an architectural masterpiece. The trip is scheduled for Friday, October 14, 2011. The price is $95.00 for ACE members and $105.00 for non-members. Please call Ronee Dever for reservations at (440) 333-2798. Reservations will be taken until Tuesday, September 20, 2011. If anyone has any questions, please call the same number.

Ronee DeverSpecial Programs Chairman

JOiN ACE NOW! The Association for Continuing Education is a volunteer organization dedicated to providing continuing education programs in cooperation with Case Western Reserve University. Membership is open to those who love to learn. ACE supports three great events: the Annual Book Sale, Discussion Day, and the Grazella Shepherd Lecture Day. ACE programs pride themselves on being interactive. It is this energetic engagement that propels the success and continuing growth of our programs.

Please consider joining. Membership is for one year, September 1, 2011—August 31, 2012. Membership dues and proceeds from the Book Sale are our only sources of income. We are a 501(c) (e) organization. Contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. We appreciate your support

ThE GRAZELLA ShEphERD LECTURE DAY

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LECTURE DAY MUSEUM TOUR ACE Member—$30 ACE Member—$95 Non-Member—$50 (includes ACE membership) Non-Member—$105

ACE MEMBERSHIP General $20 Patron Member $35 and above Checks are payable to ACE and sent to Office of Continuing Education 329 BioEnterprise Building, CWRU 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44106-7116

Fall Lecture Day has been named in honor of Grazella Shepherd who was the creative genius behind a unique, educational lecture series that began in 1939 when she was the head of the General Education Division of Cleveland College.

THE STATE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Date: Monday, October 24, 2011 Location: Mayfield Sand Ridge Club, 1545 Sheridan Rd., South Euclid, OH Time: 9:15 am—2:00 pm ACE Members* $30 Non-Members $50 (includes ACE membership)

*ACE Patron Member may bring one guest at the ACE member rate.Vegetarian luncheon available.

Speakers Dr. Kenneth Ledford Dr. Giovanna Bellesia Professor of History and Law Professor of Italian Language and Literature Case Western Reserve University Smith College

ModeratorDr. Robert Kolesar

Associate Professor of History, John Carroll University

Schedule of Events 9:15 am Registration and Coffee 9:45 am Welcome, Sandra Arndt, ACE President 10:00 am First Lecture 10:45 am Break 11:00 am Second Lecture 12:00 pm Lunch 1:00 pm Moderator and Questions 2:00 pm Adjourn

Lecture Day Committee Co-Chairs: Pat Ashton and Laurel Rowen

Reservation Deadline: Monday, October 10, 2011—Reservations required

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BOOK SALE 2014 As had been true for more than 40 years, we are looking forward to an exciting book sale this spring. Regular attendees will notice some changes this year, as we will consolidate some departments and expand or contract others. These changes will help you find the books and other items you want more easily, and will offer you consistently high quality in all the items we sell. Specifically: --Since most usable textbooks are in the sciences, we will no longer have a separate Textbook section, but will instead house all the textbooks in the SBT (Science, Business, & Technology) section. All textbooks will be fewer than three years old. --Taking the place of the Textbook section will be the new Home, Sports, & Leisure section, which will include books on gardening, decorating, crafts, sports, cooking, needlework, etc. These books used to be in the Art department, which will now be called . . . --Fine Arts. These include books about painting, sculpture, dance, and artists in all genres except music and entertainment. --Fiction will still have its own section, but it will include only relatively new hard-cover books (three to five years old) with dust jackets. All fiction books will be priced at $2-$3. --Multimedia is now expanding to include books about music and entertainment, as well as sheet music and scores. Because space for the book sale is limited and we have had to discard so many unsold books in the past, we will no longer offer encyclopedias; magazines; computer books over three years old; books damaged by water, rodents, insects, mold, or any other conditions; audio cassettes; or VHS tapes. We will still have a wide selection of books and other media, including rare books and signed first editions—so plan to come, see, and buy! The book sale will be held on Saturday,Sunday,Monday,andTuesday,May31throughJune3 at Adelbert Gym on the Case Western Reserve University campus. Visit www.acesite.org for hours and updates. If you would like to volunteer to help, call the ACE office at (216)368-2090. We look forward to seeing everyone there!

JoanneBlazek

BOOKS—BOOKS—BOOKSDoyouhavebookstodonatefornextyear’sBookSale?You can drop them off or get a pick-up. Whatdowetake?

Records, CDs, DVDs, Sheet music and ScoresBooks—Recent textbooks, Recent hard-copy fiction with dust jackets,

Other books in good conditionWhatdowenolongertake?

Encyclopedias (not even Britannicas); Magazines (not even Geographic National, Horizon, or American Heritage); Computer books over 3 years old; Damaged books; Audio cassettes; or VHS tapes

Doyouknowwheretogotodropthemoff?10620 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland

Go to the package delivery dock and ring the bell.Someone will come to help you.

Doyouhavesomanythatyouneedapick-up?Call (216) 360-2090 and your request will be relayed to the pick-up volunteers, who will assess the condition and number of items and set up an appointment.

Thank you for your support! We look forward to seeing you at the Book Sale!

BOOKS hAVE STORIES! The ACE Book Sale is the big source of income for our non-profit organization, providing funds to support the many activities under the ACE umbrella. The Sale’s volunteers take their jobs very seriously, laboring away, sorting books Tuesday after Tuesday from September to the end of May until the sale. But the hard work doesn’t mean the Book Sale crew doesn’t have FUN. Books have STORIES! Take a look at these, for starters, with more to come in a future issue. OH, THOSE EYES The vast Book Sale treasure hunt yields all kinds of riches. One year newscaster Ted Henry was at the Reference Department table looking through the dictionaries. He struck gold--an old high school copy inscribed with the name Paul Newman! NO MORE AMBIEN Operations Manager Joanne Blazek shared this anecdote from the History Department: A resident from Judson Manor came in with a special request. He was desperate, was having trouble sleeping and needed the most boring book Joanne could find to help him nod off. Joanne found just the thing: the Congressional Record! NO CAR? NO PROBLEM One patron rides his bicycle in and hauls away a big box of paperbacks every day of the sale. Those prices are just irresistible! TREKKIES The used book dealers greatly value our vast selection. One dealer eagerly waiting outside on opening day pre-sale asked: “Hello, is this the Mother Ship?” ACE’S BEST FRIEND Mike Chernin has done book pickups since 1989. People hear about the pickup service by word of mouth or from the ACE office. Mike’s van is often loaded to the ceiling with books. One year he logged 750 miles on pickups alone, and until recently, Joey, his 140 pound canine companion, kept him company. TRAVEL DIARY Two of the Sale’s creative volunteers, Del Stickney and Lynn Reboul, personally delivered unsold cookbooks to churches damaged by Hurricane Katrina in Biloxi, Mississippi. Grateful southern cooks snapped up the books to help replace precious recipes lost in the disaster. BALLOONING SALES One of the more interesting items to arrive at the Sale sold at the Rare and Unusual auction for the lofty price of $220: a commemorative medal from a hot air balloon flight. EEEK! Those indestructible ancient pests the cockroaches even got into the act. Once they were found eating the ancient glue made of horse’s hoofs used in some incunabula being sorted in a temporary sorting location. They managed to ruin several good pieces before they were discovered, doubly horrifying the sorters! WASTE NOT, WANT NOT A copy of Miracle in Philadelphia arrived in the History Department in poor condition and was nearly sent to the recycling bin. But during one last check the book automatically opened to a picture of Alexander Hamilton, revealing a fistful of $20 bills! RECORD SALES Another anecdote from the “never throw anything away“ department: For many years after the advent of CD’s, old vinyl records inundated the Sale. They were hard to sell even at fifty cents or a dollar. Finally the cast-offs were phased out --until a year or two later a Japanese buyer got in contact wishing to purchase as many old vinyl records as he could get. He now flies into Cleveland on a regular basis to collect them. The Sale was back in the record business! Look for more great stories, including one about a tornado that almost ruined a $10,000 sale, in the next ACE Newsletter and on the ACE website: www.acesite.org.

DianaVargo

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LECTURE DAY 2013 REpORTEDUCATION: ThE LEADING EDGE

pOST-ITS Long-time OCS Leader-Teacher MickiBrook has retired from her teaching duties to take courses in English Literature and history at Cleveland State University. She has been an enthusiastic advocate for literature of all kinds, and her repertoire included courses on the short stories of Alice Munro and the novels of Edith Wharton and Joyce Carol Oates. Micki can still be found on the Book Discussion Day Committee, the Executive Board of ACE, and volunteering at the ACE Book Sale. On December 12 Linda Tuthill was honored at Nighttown by about 50 of her colleagues and writing and poetry students. They compiled a scrapbook of messages, poems, cards, short essays, and photos to give to Linda to thank her for her many years of teaching and mentoring Cleveland area writers. Student Melissa Hintz and fellow teacher Jenny Clark organized this lovely tribute. Linda continues to offer writing and poetry classes through the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program and she remains active in ACE as a member of the Book Discussion Day Committee and as a volunteer worker in the Literature Department at the ACE Book Sale.

ShelleyChernin, a member of Linda Tuthill’s poetry workshops, was the featured reader (and ukulele player!) at the “Monday at Mahall’s” poetry series December 10 at Mahall’s 20 Lanes (yes, bowling!) in Lakewood. Shelley also serves on the ACE Executive Board and on the Book Discussion Day Committee. Shelley inherited good ACE genes – her mother is Toby Chernin, a former member of the Book Discussion Day Committee. Shelley’s dad is Mike Chernin, known for picking up thousands of books donated to the Book Sale. LorraineNelson

This year’s Lecture Day attracted a full house and featured two innovative lecturers. Professor Robert Bain, Associate Professor of History and Educational Studies at the University of Michigan, introduced The Big History Project to Cleveland. He is developing a cutting-edge method of teaching world history to a new generation of students, in which one course takes them on an adventure through 13.82 billion years. Experts in many fields teach this “big history” in a course that is freely available and open to students of all ages. Professor Bain, who has been honored many times for teaching excellence, advocated for local schools to adopt the program. Our second speaker, Dale Hilton, has managed The Cleveland Museum of Art’s Distance Learning Program since its inception in 1998. She has expanded the program to reach approximately 20,000 participants every year, and has presented lectures, gallery talks, and Teacher Resource Center workshops. She has also written slide packets and scripts for interpretive audio tours and has produced, in conjunction with the Distance Learning staff, 47 video conference topics. Ms. Hilton discussed the wide variety of programs available to students near and far. John Orlock, the Samuel B. and Virginia C. Knight Professor of Humanities at CWRU, served as this year’s moderator. From 1989 until 1999 Professor Orlock was chair of the Department of Theater and Dance at CWRU, and he helped establish the university’s MFA graduate program in collaboration with the Cleveland Play House. Professor Orlock received his MFA at Pennsylvania State University.Our program was held at the Mayfield Sand Ridge Club. The morning lectures were followed by a delicious luncheon and a question and answer period.

SpRING pROGRAmmINGOff-CampusStudiesOff-Campus Studies is offered by ACE in collaboration with the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program at CWRU. Courses are eight weeks long and meet in locations throughout greater Cleveland. There are no written assignments or exams; rather, the classes provide an open environment for lively discussion based on meaningful examination of shared texts. Leader-Teachers facilitate the discussion and provide academic background and content. Visit the ACE website (www.acesite.org) or www.case.edu/lifelonglearning to learn which courses are offered in a location convenient to you. Or you may call the office at 216-368-2090. The spring catalog also includes a comprehensive list of courses, times, and location s.

SeniorScholarsOne of the most popular of the Lifelong Learning Programs is an 11-week series that meets at the College Club of Cleveland (2348 Overlook Road, Cleveland Heights) on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday afternoons from 1:30-3:30. Courses feature university faculty and local experts on a variety of topics. This spring semester includes:

Tuesdays PoetryandMusicintheMiddleAges&Renaissance

6 weeks. Feb. 4-March 4 and Friday, Feb. 28. Instructor: David J. Rothenberg, Associate Professor of Music, CWRU. The course explores the musical settings of poetry from the 12th through the 16th centuries.

NorthernRenaissanceArt 5 weeks. March 18-April 15. Instructor: Catherine Scallen, Andrew W. Mellon Associate Professor in the Humanities and Chair, Department of Art History and Art, Northern Renaissance & Baroque Art, CWRU. This course will investigate the art and culture of northern Europe in the Renaissance period.

Wednesdays TheEndoftheMiddleAges—theFifteenthCentury 6 weeks. Feb. 5-March 12. Instructor: Joseph Kelly, Professor of Religious Studies, John Carroll University. This class follows Western Europe through the 15th century.

MysteriesofColorandLight:TheArtofJulianStanczak

5 weeks. March 19-April 16. Instructor: Henry Adams, Professor of American Art, CWRU. We will examine Stanczak’s art in relation to the history of optics and color theory, the development of Gestalt psychology, and the teachings of Josef Albers and the famous Bauhaus school. His health permitting, the class will meet with the artist in his home and studio.

Thursdays ShotsintheDark:InvestigatingCrimeFilms

4 weeks. Feb. 6-27. Note: 12:30-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Terri Mester, Lecturer in SAGES, CWRU. Crime movies and their subgenres (gangster, film noir, detective/police movies, etc.) valorize the distinctions among criminal, victim, and avenger in order to affirm the social, moral, or institutional order. On the other hand, they explore the relations among the three roles in order to mount a critique that challenges that order.

AHistoryofNoise:MusicandPoliticsfromBeethoventoJimiHendrix

7 weeks. March 6-April 17. Instructor: Kelly St. Pierre, SAGES Fellow, CWRU. We explore the roles that “noise” has played in political discourses throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Our charged bookends, Beethoven and Jimi Hendrix, will help us think about supposed differences between “Art” and popular music.

SiegalCollegePrograms

Many interesting programs and courses are being offered at the Siegal College facility in Beachwood this fall. Visit the website (www.case.edu/lifelonglearning), call the office (216-368-2091), or consult the catalog for a comprehensive list.

ScholarsontheCircleGalleryHighlightsatCMAThis gallery lecture series presents diverse works at The Cleveland Museum of Art, renowned worldwide for the quality and breadth of its collection, now distinguished by its stunning addition and beautiful new galleries. A highlight this spring will be the temporary exhibition Remaking Tradition: Modern Art of Japan. Limited enrollment.

CreativeWritingWRITINGCREATIVENONFICTIONVignettes from life often form the building blocks of creative non-fiction. When writers show place and personality in action through using scenes rather than summaries, the writing gains power. During this session we will work on scenes, including dialogue. Participants will read their work in class and receive supportive feedback. Newcomers welcome. Tuesdays, January 21 – March 4 OR Wednesdays, January 22 – March 5. 1:00 -3:00 pm. Squire Valleevue Farm. Facilitator: Linda Tuthill. POETRYWORKSHOPEmily Dickinson said when she read a good poem she could feel the top of her skull come off, and Robert Frost believed a poem begins with a lump in the throat. Participants share poems with the group and receive helpful feedback. Bring 12-15 copies of a poem to the first class. Newcomers welcome. Thursdays, Jan. 23-March 6. 1:00-3:00pm. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Cleveland Heights. Facilitator: Linda Tuthill.

www.case.edu/lifelonglearning

ACCLAImED AUThORS LUNChEON SERIES, 2014Bestselling, renowned local authors have been selected

for the 2014 series. Join us as they describe their writing process and offer us a glimpse of their own personal history.

Mary Doria Russell, Friday, June 13th

Dr. Russell has been called one of the most versatile, widely known writers in contemporary American Literature. She has selected her powerful novel Dreamers of the Day for her presentation. The book revolves around the 1921 Cairo Peace Conference, which laid the foundation for the modern Middle East. Winner of numerous awards, Dr. Russell promises intensity, intrigue and a sense of humor.

***

Sam Thomas, Friday, July 18th

Sam Thomas has a Ph.D. in history with a focus on Reformation England. He recently joined the faculty at University School. His debut novel The Midwife’s Tale is followed by his latest book, The Harlot’s Tale. Thomas’ work explores “midwifery in 17th century England and teems with bawdy wine-soaked revelries, filthy streets and bloody, breathing realism.” – Laura DeMarco, The Plain Dealer.

***

Sarah Willis, Friday, August 15th

Sarah Willis has taught creative writing classes at numerous writer workshops and college, including, among others, Hiram College and John Carroll University. Her first novel, Some Things That Stay, was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, won the Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction 2000, and was awarded The Cleveland Arts Prize in Literature 2000.

AlleventstakeplaceatClevelandSkatingClub,11:30am-1:30pm2500KemperRd.,Cleveland,OH44120

COST: Full series, all 3 eventsACE members - $75 . . . Non-members - $105

Single SessionsACE members - $30 . . . Non-Members - $40

FREEPARKING

Toregistervisitwww.case.edu/lifelonglearning.org,call(216)368-2090,orsendyourcheckto

TheLauraandAlvinSiegalLifelongLearningProgram,CWRU,ThwingHall,suite153,10900EuclidAvenue,

Cleveland,OH44106.Mentiontheevent.

ANNUAL TRIp: ShAW FESTIVAL ACE’s Shaw trip takes off for Niagara-on-the-Lake from July 29 - July 30. Our group will stay at the Queen’s Landing Hotel. From Cleve-land we will travel by deluxe motor coach, which will be available to take us and pick us up from the theater performances. The plays that are included are the musical Cabaret (7/29 at 8 pm) and The Philanderer by George Bernard Shaw (7/30 at 2 pm). We will arrive at 1 pm on the 29th, time to take in another play if you wish. The two plays available that afternoon are Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry and Juno and the Paycock by Sean O’Casey.

The cost for ACE members is $490 for double occupancy ($510 for nonmembers), $625 for a single ($645 for nonmembers). There has been a request to add a day and night to the trip. Please ask about this option if you are interested. This year we will need to have at least 30 reservations by March 15th (deposit $200) for the trip to take place. The cost has not increased for the past three years. Please contact me at 440-333-2795 if you have any questions.

VeronicaM.Dever

Photo bySally Brown

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LECTURE DAY 2013 REpORTEDUCATION: ThE LEADING EDGE

pOST-ITS Long-time OCS Leader-Teacher MickiBrook has retired from her teaching duties to take courses in English Literature and history at Cleveland State University. She has been an enthusiastic advocate for literature of all kinds, and her repertoire included courses on the short stories of Alice Munro and the novels of Edith Wharton and Joyce Carol Oates. Micki can still be found on the Book Discussion Day Committee, the Executive Board of ACE, and volunteering at the ACE Book Sale. On December 12 Linda Tuthill was honored at Nighttown by about 50 of her colleagues and writing and poetry students. They compiled a scrapbook of messages, poems, cards, short essays, and photos to give to Linda to thank her for her many years of teaching and mentoring Cleveland area writers. Student Melissa Hintz and fellow teacher Jenny Clark organized this lovely tribute. Linda continues to offer writing and poetry classes through the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program and she remains active in ACE as a member of the Book Discussion Day Committee and as a volunteer worker in the Literature Department at the ACE Book Sale.

ShelleyChernin, a member of Linda Tuthill’s poetry workshops, was the featured reader (and ukulele player!) at the “Monday at Mahall’s” poetry series December 10 at Mahall’s 20 Lanes (yes, bowling!) in Lakewood. Shelley also serves on the ACE Executive Board and on the Book Discussion Day Committee. Shelley inherited good ACE genes – her mother is Toby Chernin, a former member of the Book Discussion Day Committee. Shelley’s dad is Mike Chernin, known for picking up thousands of books donated to the Book Sale. LorraineNelson

This year’s Lecture Day attracted a full house and featured two innovative lecturers. Professor Robert Bain, Associate Professor of History and Educational Studies at the University of Michigan, introduced The Big History Project to Cleveland. He is developing a cutting-edge method of teaching world history to a new generation of students, in which one course takes them on an adventure through 13.82 billion years. Experts in many fields teach this “big history” in a course that is freely available and open to students of all ages. Professor Bain, who has been honored many times for teaching excellence, advocated for local schools to adopt the program. Our second speaker, Dale Hilton, has managed The Cleveland Museum of Art’s Distance Learning Program since its inception in 1998. She has expanded the program to reach approximately 20,000 participants every year, and has presented lectures, gallery talks, and Teacher Resource Center workshops. She has also written slide packets and scripts for interpretive audio tours and has produced, in conjunction with the Distance Learning staff, 47 video conference topics. Ms. Hilton discussed the wide variety of programs available to students near and far. John Orlock, the Samuel B. and Virginia C. Knight Professor of Humanities at CWRU, served as this year’s moderator. From 1989 until 1999 Professor Orlock was chair of the Department of Theater and Dance at CWRU, and he helped establish the university’s MFA graduate program in collaboration with the Cleveland Play House. Professor Orlock received his MFA at Pennsylvania State University.Our program was held at the Mayfield Sand Ridge Club. The morning lectures were followed by a delicious luncheon and a question and answer period.

SpRING pROGRAmmINGOff-CampusStudiesOff-Campus Studies is offered by ACE in collaboration with the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program at CWRU. Courses are eight weeks long and meet in locations throughout greater Cleveland. There are no written assignments or exams; rather, the classes provide an open environment for lively discussion based on meaningful examination of shared texts. Leader-Teachers facilitate the discussion and provide academic background and content. Visit the ACE website (www.acesite.org) or www.case.edu/lifelonglearning to learn which courses are offered in a location convenient to you. Or you may call the office at 216-368-2090. The spring catalog also includes a comprehensive list of courses, times, and location s.

SeniorScholarsOne of the most popular of the Lifelong Learning Programs is an 11-week series that meets at the College Club of Cleveland (2348 Overlook Road, Cleveland Heights) on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday afternoons from 1:30-3:30. Courses feature university faculty and local experts on a variety of topics. This spring semester includes:

Tuesdays PoetryandMusicintheMiddleAges&Renaissance

6 weeks. Feb. 4-March 4 and Friday, Feb. 28. Instructor: David J. Rothenberg, Associate Professor of Music, CWRU. The course explores the musical settings of poetry from the 12th through the 16th centuries.

NorthernRenaissanceArt 5 weeks. March 18-April 15. Instructor: Catherine Scallen, Andrew W. Mellon Associate Professor in the Humanities and Chair, Department of Art History and Art, Northern Renaissance & Baroque Art, CWRU. This course will investigate the art and culture of northern Europe in the Renaissance period.

Wednesdays TheEndoftheMiddleAges—theFifteenthCentury 6 weeks. Feb. 5-March 12. Instructor: Joseph Kelly, Professor of Religious Studies, John Carroll University. This class follows Western Europe through the 15th century.

MysteriesofColorandLight:TheArtofJulianStanczak

5 weeks. March 19-April 16. Instructor: Henry Adams, Professor of American Art, CWRU. We will examine Stanczak’s art in relation to the history of optics and color theory, the development of Gestalt psychology, and the teachings of Josef Albers and the famous Bauhaus school. His health permitting, the class will meet with the artist in his home and studio.

Thursdays ShotsintheDark:InvestigatingCrimeFilms

4 weeks. Feb. 6-27. Note: 12:30-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Terri Mester, Lecturer in SAGES, CWRU. Crime movies and their subgenres (gangster, film noir, detective/police movies, etc.) valorize the distinctions among criminal, victim, and avenger in order to affirm the social, moral, or institutional order. On the other hand, they explore the relations among the three roles in order to mount a critique that challenges that order.

AHistoryofNoise:MusicandPoliticsfromBeethoventoJimiHendrix

7 weeks. March 6-April 17. Instructor: Kelly St. Pierre, SAGES Fellow, CWRU. We explore the roles that “noise” has played in political discourses throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Our charged bookends, Beethoven and Jimi Hendrix, will help us think about supposed differences between “Art” and popular music.

SiegalCollegePrograms

Many interesting programs and courses are being offered at the Siegal College facility in Beachwood this fall. Visit the website (www.case.edu/lifelonglearning), call the office (216-368-2091), or consult the catalog for a comprehensive list.

ScholarsontheCircleGalleryHighlightsatCMAThis gallery lecture series presents diverse works at The Cleveland Museum of Art, renowned worldwide for the quality and breadth of its collection, now distinguished by its stunning addition and beautiful new galleries. A highlight this spring will be the temporary exhibition Remaking Tradition: Modern Art of Japan. Limited enrollment.

CreativeWritingWRITINGCREATIVENONFICTIONVignettes from life often form the building blocks of creative non-fiction. When writers show place and personality in action through using scenes rather than summaries, the writing gains power. During this session we will work on scenes, including dialogue. Participants will read their work in class and receive supportive feedback. Newcomers welcome. Tuesdays, January 21 – March 4 OR Wednesdays, January 22 – March 5. 1:00 -3:00 pm. Squire Valleevue Farm. Facilitator: Linda Tuthill. POETRYWORKSHOPEmily Dickinson said when she read a good poem she could feel the top of her skull come off, and Robert Frost believed a poem begins with a lump in the throat. Participants share poems with the group and receive helpful feedback. Bring 12-15 copies of a poem to the first class. Newcomers welcome. Thursdays, Jan. 23-March 6. 1:00-3:00pm. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Cleveland Heights. Facilitator: Linda Tuthill.

www.case.edu/lifelonglearning

ACCLAImED AUThORS LUNChEON SERIES, 2014Bestselling, renowned local authors have been selected

for the 2014 series. Join us as they describe their writing process and offer us a glimpse of their own personal history.

Mary Doria Russell, Friday, June 13th

Dr. Russell has been called one of the most versatile, widely known writers in contemporary American Literature. She has selected her powerful novel Dreamers of the Day for her presentation. The book revolves around the 1921 Cairo Peace Conference, which laid the foundation for the modern Middle East. Winner of numerous awards, Dr. Russell promises intensity, intrigue and a sense of humor.

***

Sam Thomas, Friday, July 18th

Sam Thomas has a Ph.D. in history with a focus on Reformation England. He recently joined the faculty at University School. His debut novel The Midwife’s Tale is followed by his latest book, The Harlot’s Tale. Thomas’ work explores “midwifery in 17th century England and teems with bawdy wine-soaked revelries, filthy streets and bloody, breathing realism.” – Laura DeMarco, The Plain Dealer.

***

Sarah Willis, Friday, August 15th

Sarah Willis has taught creative writing classes at numerous writer workshops and college, including, among others, Hiram College and John Carroll University. Her first novel, Some Things That Stay, was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, won the Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction 2000, and was awarded The Cleveland Arts Prize in Literature 2000.

AlleventstakeplaceatClevelandSkatingClub,11:30am-1:30pm2500KemperRd.,Cleveland,OH44120

COST: Full series, all 3 eventsACE members - $75 . . . Non-members - $105

Single SessionsACE members - $30 . . . Non-Members - $40

FREEPARKING

Toregistervisitwww.case.edu/lifelonglearning.org,call(216)368-2090,orsendyourcheckto

TheLauraandAlvinSiegalLifelongLearningProgram,CWRU,ThwingHall,suite153,10900EuclidAvenue,

Cleveland,OH44106.Mentiontheevent.

ANNUAL TRIp: ShAW FESTIVAL ACE’s Shaw trip takes off for Niagara-on-the-Lake from July 29 - July 30. Our group will stay at the Queen’s Landing Hotel. From Cleve-land we will travel by deluxe motor coach, which will be available to take us and pick us up from the theater performances. The plays that are included are the musical Cabaret (7/29 at 8 pm) and The Philanderer by George Bernard Shaw (7/30 at 2 pm). We will arrive at 1 pm on the 29th, time to take in another play if you wish. The two plays available that afternoon are Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry and Juno and the Paycock by Sean O’Casey.

The cost for ACE members is $490 for double occupancy ($510 for nonmembers), $625 for a single ($645 for nonmembers). There has been a request to add a day and night to the trip. Please ask about this option if you are interested. This year we will need to have at least 30 reservations by March 15th (deposit $200) for the trip to take place. The cost has not increased for the past three years. Please contact me at 440-333-2795 if you have any questions.

VeronicaM.Dever

Photo bySally Brown

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Book Discussion Day 2014

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------RESERVATIONFORM

Make checks payable to ACE (Association for Continuing Education)

Name_____________________________________________________ Guest’s Name ____________________________________

Telephone ________________________________________________ Email: __________________________________________

ACE BOOK DISCUSSION DAY: March 31, 2014 (Deadline for reservations March 24, 2014)*___ACE Member--$25 including lunch Check selection: Regular___ Vegetarian________Non-member--$30 including lunch Check selection: Regular___ Vegetarian________ACE Patron Member Guest--$25 including lunch. Check selection: Regular___ Vegetarian_____*Partial registration is not available. ACE MEMBERSHIP_____General ($20) _____Patron member ($35) _____Donation $_____

Total enclosed $_________________

Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories

By Alice Munro

Monday, March 31, 20149:30 am to 2:00 pm

Suburban Temple—22401 Chagrin Blvd. (between Belvoir and Green Roads), BeachwoodFree Parking

SpeakerRobert Thacker, Ph. D.

Professor of Canadian Studies and Associate Dean of Academic AdvisingSt. Lawrence University, Canton, NY

Program 9:30 am Registration and coffee 10:00 am Welcome and Introductions 10:15 am Adjourn to discussion rooms 12:00 pm Lunch in dining room 12:45 pm Speaker

Fees Admission Fee: $25 for the day for ACE members (coffee, program, lunch) ACE patron members are entitled to bring a guest at the member rate. $30 for non-members (coffee, program, lunch)

Books are available at Appletree Books (216-791-2665), Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Libraries

ReservationsMake checks payable to: The Association for Continuing Education (ACE)

Mail to: The Laura & Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program, CWRU, Thwing Center Room 153, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-7116

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hELLO! As many of you know, I am the new Interim Director of the Office of Continuing Education at Case Western Reserve University. I also continue as Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences and as an instructor in the Department of History. I have had the opportunity to meet many ACE members at a number of events and meetings and I look forward to meeting many more of you. Each day, I learn more about ACE programs and the historic relationship between ACE and the university. I have been impressed by your membership’s dedication to and enthusiasm for the various ACE programs, and I am particularly grateful for the considerable support that ACE continues to contribute toward the success of the Off-Campus Studies program. It is clear that this program has touched many thousands of people over the years, and I look forward to strengthening both the program and our collaboration.

As I write this in the middle of summer, Lorraine Nelson and I have been working hard to ensure that everything is in place for the fall. There is a new look coming to the catalog and website and also the opportunity to register for classes online. Despite the change that is in the air, you can be certain that we will have the same high quality programs for you to enjoy. I look forward to working with you in the coming year.

With best regards,Molly Berger

BOOk SALE—NOW ALL YEAR LONG Results of our 65th sale at Adelbert were about the same as 2010. Our shopping card count showed that many of our 1,200 customers took advantage of the improved credit card procedures to pay electronically. However, final totals do not tell the whole story. Because—we also had outsource sales of special books to Gray’s Auctioneers in Lakewood. They schedule auctions of our books throughout the year. For the few very rare volumes, we manage private sales with a vendor’s license. The University of Alabama Law Library made a recent purchase of several 18th century first editions.

Summer-long donations have given us an endless flood of great books and multi-media. Not a week passes by without several drop-offs at Cedar warehouse and calls for book pick-ups. This constant flow finds a few stalwart Book Sale crew members working during the heat of the summer. In June, it took three days to box 2,500 books and 500 LPs from a home in Hunting Valley with two libraries filled with beautiful items.

We have a new Book Sale Hotline. Call anytime at (216) 785-8777 to leave a message requesting pick-up or drop-off information. Your calls will be returned promptly.

Joanne Blazek

OCTOBER MUSEUM TRip This October, ACE will continue its exploration of the Frank Lloyd Wright houses in our area with a visit to Falling Water in Pennsylvania. On October 14, 2011, we will journey to western Pennsylvania for a wonderful trip that will feature the fall color and a lunch before a guided tour of the Falling Water House. We have already visited Wright’s Oberlin house which was a rather simple example of his mass-produced plans for the 1950s. Then in Buffalo, we visited the Martin House Complex which was a mansion designed for an individual and was practically rebuilt. With this visit, we will view one of the most unique homes in America—if not in the world. This summer home was also fortified recently so that it would continue to be an architectural masterpiece. The trip is scheduled for Friday, October 14, 2011. The price is $95.00 for ACE members and $105.00 for non-members. Please call Ronee Dever for reservations at (440) 333-2798. Reservations will be taken until Tuesday, September 20, 2011. If anyone has any questions, please call the same number.

Ronee DeverSpecial Programs Chairman

JOiN ACE NOW! The Association for Continuing Education is a volunteer organization dedicated to providing continuing education programs in cooperation with Case Western Reserve University. Membership is open to those who love to learn. ACE supports three great events: the Annual Book Sale, Discussion Day, and the Grazella Shepherd Lecture Day. ACE programs pride themselves on being interactive. It is this energetic engagement that propels the success and continuing growth of our programs.

Please consider joining. Membership is for one year, September 1, 2011—August 31, 2012. Membership dues and proceeds from the Book Sale are our only sources of income. We are a 501(c) (e) organization. Contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. We appreciate your support

ThE GRAZELLA ShEphERD LECTURE DAY

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RESERVATION FORM

Name___________________________________________________________________________________________

Address _________________________________________________________________________________________

City ________________________________________________ State _____________ Zip ______________________

Telephone __________________________________ email _______________________________________________

LECTURE DAY MUSEUM TOUR ACE Member—$30 ACE Member—$95 Non-Member—$50 (includes ACE membership) Non-Member—$105

ACE MEMBERSHIP General $20 Patron Member $35 and above Checks are payable to ACE and sent to Office of Continuing Education 329 BioEnterprise Building, CWRU 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44106-7116

Fall Lecture Day has been named in honor of Grazella Shepherd who was the creative genius behind a unique, educational lecture series that began in 1939 when she was the head of the General Education Division of Cleveland College.

THE STATE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Date: Monday, October 24, 2011 Location: Mayfield Sand Ridge Club, 1545 Sheridan Rd., South Euclid, OH Time: 9:15 am—2:00 pm ACE Members* $30 Non-Members $50 (includes ACE membership)

*ACE Patron Member may bring one guest at the ACE member rate.Vegetarian luncheon available.

Speakers Dr. Kenneth Ledford Dr. Giovanna Bellesia Professor of History and Law Professor of Italian Language and Literature Case Western Reserve University Smith College

ModeratorDr. Robert Kolesar

Associate Professor of History, John Carroll University

Schedule of Events 9:15 am Registration and Coffee 9:45 am Welcome, Sandra Arndt, ACE President 10:00 am First Lecture 10:45 am Break 11:00 am Second Lecture 12:00 pm Lunch 1:00 pm Moderator and Questions 2:00 pm Adjourn

Lecture Day Committee Co-Chairs: Pat Ashton and Laurel Rowen

Reservation Deadline: Monday, October 10, 2011—Reservations required

TOTAL $_______________

BOOK SALE 2014 As had been true for more than 40 years, we are looking forward to an exciting book sale this spring. Regular attendees will notice some changes this year, as we will consolidate some departments and expand or contract others. These changes will help you find the books and other items you want more easily, and will offer you consistently high quality in all the items we sell. Specifically: --Since most usable textbooks are in the sciences, we will no longer have a separate Textbook section, but will instead house all the textbooks in the SBT (Science, Business, & Technology) section. All textbooks will be fewer than three years old. --Taking the place of the Textbook section will be the new Home, Sports, & Leisure section, which will include books on gardening, decorating, crafts, sports, cooking, needlework, etc. These books used to be in the Art department, which will now be called . . . --Fine Arts. These include books about painting, sculpture, dance, and artists in all genres except music and entertainment. --Fiction will still have its own section, but it will include only relatively new hard-cover books (three to five years old) with dust jackets. All fiction books will be priced at $2-$3. --Multimedia is now expanding to include books about music and entertainment, as well as sheet music and scores. Because space for the book sale is limited and we have had to discard so many unsold books in the past, we will no longer offer encyclopedias; magazines; computer books over three years old; books damaged by water, rodents, insects, mold, or any other conditions; audio cassettes; or VHS tapes. We will still have a wide selection of books and other media, including rare books and signed first editions—so plan to come, see, and buy! The book sale will be held on Saturday,Sunday,Monday,andTuesday,May31throughJune3 at Adelbert Gym on the Case Western Reserve University campus. Visit www.acesite.org for hours and updates. If you would like to volunteer to help, call the ACE office at (216)368-2090. We look forward to seeing everyone there!

JoanneBlazek

BOOKS—BOOKS—BOOKSDoyouhavebookstodonatefornextyear’sBookSale?You can drop them off or get a pick-up. Whatdowetake?

Records, CDs, DVDs, Sheet music and ScoresBooks—Recent textbooks, Recent hard-copy fiction with dust jackets,

Other books in good conditionWhatdowenolongertake?

Encyclopedias (not even Britannicas); Magazines (not even Geographic National, Horizon, or American Heritage); Computer books over 3 years old; Damaged books; Audio cassettes; or VHS tapes

Doyouknowwheretogotodropthemoff?10620 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland

Go to the package delivery dock and ring the bell.Someone will come to help you.

Doyouhavesomanythatyouneedapick-up?Call (216) 360-2090 and your request will be relayed to the pick-up volunteers, who will assess the condition and number of items and set up an appointment.

Thank you for your support! We look forward to seeing you at the Book Sale!

BOOKS hAVE STORIES! The ACE Book Sale is the big source of income for our non-profit organization, providing funds to support the many activities under the ACE umbrella. The Sale’s volunteers take their jobs very seriously, laboring away, sorting books Tuesday after Tuesday from September to the end of May until the sale. But the hard work doesn’t mean the Book Sale crew doesn’t have FUN. Books have STORIES! Take a look at these, for starters, with more to come in a future issue. OH, THOSE EYES The vast Book Sale treasure hunt yields all kinds of riches. One year newscaster Ted Henry was at the Reference Department table looking through the dictionaries. He struck gold--an old high school copy inscribed with the name Paul Newman! NO MORE AMBIEN Operations Manager Joanne Blazek shared this anecdote from the History Department: A resident from Judson Manor came in with a special request. He was desperate, was having trouble sleeping and needed the most boring book Joanne could find to help him nod off. Joanne found just the thing: the Congressional Record! NO CAR? NO PROBLEM One patron rides his bicycle in and hauls away a big box of paperbacks every day of the sale. Those prices are just irresistible! TREKKIES The used book dealers greatly value our vast selection. One dealer eagerly waiting outside on opening day pre-sale asked: “Hello, is this the Mother Ship?” ACE’S BEST FRIEND Mike Chernin has done book pickups since 1989. People hear about the pickup service by word of mouth or from the ACE office. Mike’s van is often loaded to the ceiling with books. One year he logged 750 miles on pickups alone, and until recently, Joey, his 140 pound canine companion, kept him company. TRAVEL DIARY Two of the Sale’s creative volunteers, Del Stickney and Lynn Reboul, personally delivered unsold cookbooks to churches damaged by Hurricane Katrina in Biloxi, Mississippi. Grateful southern cooks snapped up the books to help replace precious recipes lost in the disaster. BALLOONING SALES One of the more interesting items to arrive at the Sale sold at the Rare and Unusual auction for the lofty price of $220: a commemorative medal from a hot air balloon flight. EEEK! Those indestructible ancient pests the cockroaches even got into the act. Once they were found eating the ancient glue made of horse’s hoofs used in some incunabula being sorted in a temporary sorting location. They managed to ruin several good pieces before they were discovered, doubly horrifying the sorters! WASTE NOT, WANT NOT A copy of Miracle in Philadelphia arrived in the History Department in poor condition and was nearly sent to the recycling bin. But during one last check the book automatically opened to a picture of Alexander Hamilton, revealing a fistful of $20 bills! RECORD SALES Another anecdote from the “never throw anything away“ department: For many years after the advent of CD’s, old vinyl records inundated the Sale. They were hard to sell even at fifty cents or a dollar. Finally the cast-offs were phased out --until a year or two later a Japanese buyer got in contact wishing to purchase as many old vinyl records as he could get. He now flies into Cleveland on a regular basis to collect them. The Sale was back in the record business! Look for more great stories, including one about a tornado that almost ruined a $10,000 sale, in the next ACE Newsletter and on the ACE website: www.acesite.org.

DianaVargo

pRESIDENT’S mESSAGEWe have a wonderful core of volunteers working for ACE and for all the programs in which we believe. This includes the members of the Lecture Day and Book Discussion Day Committees, the Education Committee supporting Off Campus Studies, and the Other Programs and Trips Committee sponsoring the Acclaimed Authors Luncheon Series, among others. And I could not fail to mention the enormously loyal and reliable book sale group that works all year long and raises most of our yearly funding. On behalf of the board and all the members of ACE, we extend a heartfelt and grateful thank you for all of your time and energy. Members of the Lecture Day, Discussion Day, Other Programs, and Trips Committees meet regularly to plan and organize their events. Members of the Education Committee, in conjunction with the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program, recognize that the class coordinators are also a key volunteer component of Off Campus Studies and want to support them and the Leader-Teachers, making sure they are heard and know they are much appreciated.

But programs also require funding to make them work. A significant amount of the annual ACE funding comes from the book sale, and a much smaller amount from the membership dues and donations. To keep the programs vibrant and engaging in all the ways we have enjoyed them, we need to increase our membership and donations.

Please plan to join or renew your membership. Take the time to fill out the form on page 6 (which also enables registration for Book Discussion Day), or below. Membership and donations are entirely tax deductible because ACE is a 501 (3) (c) organization. Benefits include the newsletter and reduced rates for many programs, but also the satisfaction of knowing one has made a contribution to these important and fulfilling activities that keep us all learning and well informed.

LaurelRowenPresident

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TheDinnerby Herman Koch

The Dinner serves up an unsavory conKochtion of distasteful characters thrashing out a vicious family crisis within the confines of a super-refined restaurant dinner. The events are narrated by Paul Lohman, a deeply flawed introvert, envious of his brother, awed by his wife, poisonous to his son Michel. Paul repeatedly pommels those with whom he disagrees, causing him to lose his job and to get mandated medical help. Moreover, he believes that “…not all victims are automatically innocent victims,” that some bring disaster on themselves, and that society would benefit from liquidating suspects before they went to trial. This attitude then informs the rationalization of his son and his nephew’s misdemeanors which become increasingly serious. His wife Clair serves as enabler, withholding vital facts and then calling Michel’s crimes “an unfortunate series of events.” She believes the boys too intelligent to have their bright futures compromised by punishment. The novel offers a menu of interesting stylistic devices. Pairing a discussion of murder against the backdrop of a highly structured dinner speaks to the banality of evil. Is Koch hinting at neo-fascist rumblings in the Netherlands, long considered a champion of tolerance? The parallel plot line of the boys’ crimes remains unresolved, but we can be certain that they are incapable of remorse.

~PaulineDegenfelder

BOOK DISCUSSION DAY FINALISTSmESSAGE FROm ThE ExECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Now in our second year of “new management,” the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program is thrilled not only to continue but to expand our partnership with ACE. Our program as a whole continues to grow, and we enter 2014 looking to pilot a number of brand new programs, including:

- Our first-ever Winter Institute in Tampa, Florida, in late February, with speakers Don Rosenberg, Catherine Scallen, and Henry Adams

- The Origins Scholars Series-East at our Beachwood facility, with five Monday evening programs beginning this February

- Our first “A Day at CWRU” program showcasing faculty from a broad range of disciplines

- A new partnership with Laurel School including a lecture series

- A new partnership with the Lakewood Public Library- The inauguration of a new Global Café program in

conjunction with CWRU’s IT office- A continuation of our growing Educational Travel program,

including trips to Turkey and Greece.

Longer running programs are just as exciting. They include a great lineup for Senior Scholars, including another west side venue, classes in the country at both University Farm and Laurel School’s Butler campus, partnerships with the Cuyahoga County Public Library, an expanded Distinguished Lecture series at our Beachwood facility and elsewhere, and a new childhood education program.

Of course, the programs we offer in conjunction with ACE remain critical, even as we regularly explore ways to expand our reach. In fact, ACE’s fall Lecture Day inspired a new pilot program based on Professor Bob Bain’s work with The Big History Project. We have added some new instructors and courses to the Off Campus Studies series, and we are pleased to take a more visible role in promoting the summer author luncheon series.I also want to extend my thanks to the ACE membership and leadership for your support during our transition to the new administrative model. After 18 months, I do feel that I know many of you well, and am fortunate to work with such dedicated volunteer leaders who share our commitment to offering the highest quality lifelong learning programs in Northeast Ohio.

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Education Committee Report In late summer the 14-member ACE Education Committee, in collaboration with the Laura & Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program, hosted an appreciation luncheon for the class coordinators in the Off Campus Studies program. Bunny Haffke, chair of the Luncheon Committee, did an excellent job of organizing this program. We are most thankful for the work the class coordinators do in supporting the courses.

The fall was spent putting together a packet for class coordinators. It will include a job description and list of responsibilities. Joseph Jacoby will take on the responsibility of being head Leader Teacher, a task that will include giving support to Leader Teachers and getting feedback from them, which he will pass on to the class coordinators and the office.

The annual Off Campus Studies Faculty Fair will be held on March 16, 2014, from 1:00 to 3:30 at the Cleveland Skating Club. During this program the Leader Teachers will present the plans for their courses so the class coordinators can make selections for the coming year’s Off Campus Studies classes. All Class Coordinators are cordially invited to attend.

BarbaraDavis, Chair

TenthofDecember:Stories by George Saunders

“Goodness is not only possible, it is our natural state.” So says George Saunders in the acknowledgments at the conclusion of his exceptional collection of short stories, Tenth of December, and it is this spirit that permeates the meaty and imaginative tales he tells. From “Victory Lap” – in which a teenager is confronted with choosing between following his parents’ rules or interfering in the attempted abduction of the girl next door – to the title story of a terminally ill, suicidal man and a troubled boy who profoundly affect each other after a chance meeting in the woods, Saunders tenderly introduces readers to a memorable array of ordinary people struggling to survive in a difficult world, where class and power distort natural goodness, and justice is seldom seen. The longest story in the collection, “The Semplica Girl Diaries,” is a surreal tale, darkly funny and emotionally powerful, of a world, perhaps sometime in our future, when young immigrant women are used as lawn ornaments. As he does so skillfully in all of his stories, Saunders takes us into the head of his narrator and moves us to empathy with all the characters in this story, even those who hurt others. In Tenth of December, Saunders, a 2006 MacArthur “genius grant” recipient, has given readers a challenging but rewarding collection of short stories, some speculative and some realistic, all original and unforgettable, that show us the natural goodness of ordinary people in the context of the horrors of modern American life.

~ShelleyChernin

Two additional finalists, The Round House by Louise Erdrich and The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers will be highlighted in the Fall 2014 newsletter.

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February 4 Senior Scholars classes begin • College Club of Cleveland 2348 Overlook Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 44106 Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays 1:30 - 3:30 pm

February 17 Executive Board Meeting • Grace Lutheran Church 13001 Cedar Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 44106 9:30 - 11:30 am

March 16 Faculty Fair • For Off Campus Studies Class Coordinators and Leader-Teachers • Cleveland Skating Club 2500 Kemper Road, Shaker Heights, OH 44120 1:00 - 3:30 pm

March 31 Book Discussion Day • Suburban Temple 22401 Chagrin Blvd., Beachwood, OH 44122 9:30 am - 2:00 pm

CALENDAR OF EVENTS — Spring 2014May 9 ACE Annual Meeting • Mayfield Sand Ridge Country Club 1545 Sheridan Road, South Euclid, OH 11:30 am - 1:30 pm

May 30 Rhododendron Discovery Garden Tour • Holden Arboretum 9500 Sperry Road • Kirtland, OH

May 31-June 3 Annual Book Sale • Adelbert Gym, CWRU Campus 2128 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, OH 44106 Saturday (10:00 am-noon, $20; all other times free) 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm Sunday 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm Monday 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm Tuesday 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

June 16 New-Old Board meeting • Place to be determined 9:30 am - 1:00 pm (pot luck lunch)

July 29-30 Shaw Festival Trip

BOOK DISCUSSION DAY AT A GLANCE

When? Monday,March31,2014 9:30am–2:00pm

Where? SuburbanTemple 22401ChagrinBlvd.,Beachwood (betweenBelvoirandGreenRoads)

Why? Hateship,Friendship,Courtship, Loveship,Marriage:StoriesbyAliceMunro

Who? RobertThacker,speaker ProfessorofCanadianStudies St.LawrenceUniversity,Canton,NY

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BOOK DISCUSSION DAY WELCOmES ROBERT ThACKER

Alice Munro

VolXXV,No.1•Spring2014For The Inquisitive Mind

AffiliAted with lAurA & Alvin SiegAllifelong leArning ProgrAm

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Robert Thacker, Ph.D., Professor of Canadian Studies at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY, will be the speaker at Book Discussion Day. Dr. Thacker first read one of Alice Munro’s stories, “Tamarack,” 40 years ago. He “thought she was really good,” and then wrote his master’s thesis on Alice Munro and her narrative technique. While doing research for his Ph.D. at the University of Manitoba, Dr. Thacker’s interest in Munro continued. He “pursued her as a critic” until the early 1990s when he decided to write her biography. Alice Munro agreed to cooperate with Dr. Thacker, realizing “that she would be better off if she knew what facts were being presented.” The biography, entitled Alice Munro: Writing her Lives, was published in 2005, and an updated edition in paperback by Emblem Editions was published in 2011.

The Book Discussion Day Committee enjoyed learning from Dr. Thacker that he was born in Dayton, OH, met his wife at Bowling Green State University, and has a brother who lives in Strongsville. We are delighted to welcome him to Book Discussion Day 2014.

EleanorKushnickBook Discussion Day Co-Chair

Robert Thacker

hATEShIp, FRIENDShIp, COURTShIp, LOVEShIp, mARRIAGE: STORIES

BY ALICE mUNROAlthough the title of Alice Munro’s collection is taken from a nursery rhyme, there is nothing childish about her ability to explore complex relationships. The nine stories in Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage reflect Munro’s unique ability to capture the experiences of her wide range of characters in ways that allow their lives to be revealed to us. She accomplishes this with subtle control of the roles played by memory and reality. The stories unfold in rich detail with often surprising endings.

Munro is a satirist for whom disorder, chance happenings, strange meetings, and sometimes bizarre characters reveal us to ourselves. Irony is at the core of Munro’s view of humanity and events - a view expressed with wit, humor and forbearance. This particular selection of short stories is an outstanding illustration of her skill and has been deservedly chosen to be the Book Discussion Day book for 2014. We invite you to explore with us why Alice Munro is this year’s winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

MickiBrook

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ACE ANNUAL mEETINGFriday, May 9, 2014

Guest speaker: EVALYN GATES, Ph.D.,Executive Director and CEO of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History

“PortaltotheUniverse”From distant galaxies to dinosaurs, the exciting discoveries of science are pointing their way to the universe. The Cleveland Museum of Natural History is uniquely poised to redefine what a natural history museum can - and should - be both for children and adults. Dr. Gates will talk about the importance of science education and the critical role museums play in that effort - and take you on a whirlwind tour of the cosmos! A brief business meeting and election of new officers will precede the talk.

Mayfield Sand Ridge Country Club1545 Sheridan Road, Mayfield Heights, OH

11:30 am-1:30 pm$28.00 ACE member $33.00 non-members

REGISTRATION OPTIONS1. Online registration: www.case.edu/lifelonglearning.org2. Send check to: The Laura and Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning

Program, CWRU, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-7116 – mention the event

3. Call: 216-368-2090