Afternoon: 3-4:30: Registration 4:30: Orientation

Dinner: 5:30-6:30pm

Evening: 7pm: Introductions and social time

Lodging: The Lodge at Tiburon

Meals Included: Dinner

Docent-led visits of two Tiburon landmarks: Railroad Museum & Ferry Depot and the China Cabin.

Note: .75 mile flat walk from hotel to Railroad Museum; .75 mile flat walk from Railroad Museum to China Cabin.

Breakfast: 7:30-8:30

Morning: 9:30-11:30: The Music of Beethoven— The shadow of Ludwig van Beethoven was so intimidating to composers of the early 19th century that new genres of music were developed to avoid comparison to his symphonies, sonatas, and string quartets. No other composer in the history of western music has had this effect on the next generation, and the power and mastery of Beethoven’s music continues to enthrall us today. An examination of his music in relation to his life and time will enhance the understanding of Beethoven as a person and as an artist who changed the course of the history of his art form.

Lunch: Noon-1pm

Afternoon: 1:30: Docent-led visit of the Tiburon Railroad & Ferry Depot Museum: In 1884, Peter Donahue completed the extension of the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad to Point Tiburon transforming it into a major railroad & ferry terminus and maintenance yard. After the last train ran in 1967, the shoreline and the depot building were deeded to the Town of Tiburon for use as open space and a museum. On the ground floor is a railroad & ferry museum featuring a working scale model of the Point Tiburon yard circa 1900-1910. Upstairs is the restored stationmaster’s residence, 1913-1940. The Depot is the only surviving dual use terminal west of the Hudson River and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. (Courtesy of the Belvedere-Tiburon Landmarks Society) 3:00: Docent-led visit of the China Cabin: The China Cabin is the Social Saloon from the S.S. China, a side-wheeled steamer built in 1866 by the William H. Webb shipyard in New York. Commissioned by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, the China carried mail and passengers from its home port of San Francisco to Asia. The elegant room was salvaged when the ship became obsolete in 1879 and was burned for scrap metal in Tiburon Cove. The Landmarks Society has restored the interior with 22k gold leaf, walnut woodwork, cut-glass floral window panes, and brass chandeliers. The China Cabin was designated a National Maritime Monument in 1978. (Courtesy of the Belvedere-Tiburon Landmarks Society)

Dinner: 5:30-6:30pm

Evening: 7-9: Swing/Big Band Jazz: Ellington, Basie, Goodman, Miller and Dorsey, all part of The Big Band Era (1935-1946) brought about the “jitterbug” craze and made Swing big business. This class will compare the styles of these leaders with live and recorded music. We’ll all learn the Blues, too.

Lodging: The Lodge at Tiburon

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: 7:30-8:30

Morning: 9:30-11:30: The Golden Age of Dutch Painting: From Vermeer to Van Gogh: Enjoy a tour of 17th century Dutch painting in all of its varieties: genre, still-life, portraiture, landscape. Learn how and why the artists focused on these themes and how the great master, Rembrandt, distinguished himself. This course is planned to coincide with two major exhibits at the deYoung Museum in San Francisco, January 26 to June 2, 2013: "Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch Paintings from the Mauritshuis” and “Rembrandt’s Century.”

Lunch: Noon-1pm

Afternoon: 3-5: Classic Cinema: From Birth of a Nation to The Artist, going to the movies has been a treasured and shared experience for over a hundred years. We'll sample clips from some of the most famous films from then and now, and re-live those golden moments of the silver screen.

Dinner: 5:30-6:30pm

Evening: 7-9: TV or not TV: The Tube and Popular Culture: From talk shows to reality shows, educational to MTV, sitcoms to soap operas, the box has engaged, enraged, enlightened, and delighted us for 60 plus years. We'll see and discuss clips from shows over the decades that have entertained us and influenced our societal values as well.

Lodging: The Lodge at Tiburon

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: 7:30-8:30

Morning: 9:30-11:30: Swing/Big Band Jazz

Lunch: Noon-1pm

Afternoon: 3-5: Classic Cinema

Dinner: 5:30-6:30pm

Evening: 7-9: TV or Not TV

Lodging: The Lodge at Tiburon

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Note: Two hours at the deYoung. First hour is free time. Second hour is docent-led visit.

Breakfast: 7:30-8:30

Morning: 9:30-11:30: Dutch Art

Lunch: Noon-1pm

Afternoon: 2-6: Field trip to San Francisco's deYoung Museum for viewing of special exhibit, Rebrandt's Century, followed by docent-led visit of Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch Paintings from the Mauritshuis.

Dinner: 6:15-7:15pm

Evening: 7:30-8:15: Live entertainment

Lodging: The Lodge at Tiburon

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: 7:30-8:30

Morning: 9:30-11:30: Music of Bach: Universally considered the finest composer of his time, Johan Sebastian Bach is one of the great music icons of world history. A master of every genre of the late-Baroque era with the exception of opera, Bach created some of the most enduring masterpieces of the classical music repertoire. Discussions will focus on the development of Bach’s music in relation to the chronology of his life.

Lunch: Noon-1pm

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch