Welcome to the Pawleys Island/Litchfield SC CLASS website!
CLASS (Community Learning About Special Subjects) begins its 15th year of providing adults with courses taught by talented instructors in a casual environment for the pure joy of learning. The CLASS office, along with Art Works and the Moveable Feast, is located inside the Chocolate & Coffee House at the Litchfield Exchange, two miles south of Brookgreen Gardens, just behind Applewood's.
The courses offered this winter and spring feature Lee Brockington's Girls Island Getaway, her annual March retreat for women to the Sea View Inn, and Fridays' Moveable Feasts, literary luncheons featuring exciting authors at area restaurants.
To register or receive the schedule for CLASS, call 843-235-9600, stop by the Chocolate & Coffee House in the Litchfield Exchange for a copy, or click on CLASS list at the top of this page.
Art Works, CLASS and The Moveable Feast are owned and managed by Linda Ketron, who also serves as the Director of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Coastal Carolina University. The complete listing of Lifelong Learning courses is available at www.coastal.edu/olli, or by calling 843-234-3422.
The Moveable Feast
Instructor: Literary LuncheonsDates: Jan 4, 2013 to Dec 20, 2013
Time: From 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Materials: Reservations by preceding Wednesday
Class Cost: $25.00
Is Class Open? Yes
Description: Each luncheon convenes in a different restaurant with an exciting author talking about his or her work, influences and inspirations. Set menu includes non-alcoholic beverages, taxes & gratuity. Each feast is $25 (a few exceptions when book included or concert), if space available. Most feasts are held on Fridays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with the presentation first, followed by lunch. Occasionally, mid-week Moveable Feasts are scheduled. Reservations must be made and paid for by the preceding Wednesday. Click on Moveable Feast at the top of the home page to view the coming authors.
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The Moveable Feast Literary Luncheons
The Moveable Feast features literary luncheons with exciting authors at area restaurants on Fridays, 11 am-1 pm, $25 each (some exceptions). Your participation includes 10% off the purchase price of the featured book. Each Feast is followed by a signing at Litchfield Books at 2 pm.
The Next Feast...
Jennie Fields
author of "The Age of Desire" at JD's Steakhouse.
"They say behind every great man is a woman. Behind Edith Wharton, there was Anna Bahlmann – her governess turned literary secretary, and her mothering, nurturing friend. When at the age of 45, Edith falls passionately in love with a dashing younger journalist, Morton Fullerton, and is at last opened to the world of the sensual, it threatens everything certain in her life but especially her abiding friendship with Anna. As Edith’s marriage crumbles and Anna’s disapproval threatens to shatter their lifelong bond, the women must face the fragility at the heart of all friendships. Told through the points of view of both women, "The Age of Desire" takes us on a vivid journey through Wharton's early Gilded Age world: Paris with its glamorous literary salons and dark secret cafés, the Whartons' elegant house in Lenox, Massachusetts, and Henry James's manse in Rye, England. Edith's real letters and intimate diary entries are woven throughout the book. "The Age of Desire" brings to life one of literature's most beloved writers, whose own story was as complex and nuanced as that of any of the heroines she created."
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