Archived TSO Calendar (2023)

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January, 2023

Tuesday, January 3
Winter Quarter 2023 TELOS Classes Begin (all online, please see the course catalog for meeting days/times of specific classes)

Friday, January 6
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Politics Book Club Online: James Madison: America’s First Politician by Jay Cost. Books for 2023 are available here.

Friday, January 13
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online

Thursday, January 19
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Curriculum Committee Meeting Online

Friday, January 20
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 11:00 a.m., TSO Events Committee Meeting Online
• 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Book Club Online: Book Selection Month

Wednesday, January 25
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Council Meeting Online

Friday, January 27
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., American History Book Club Online: Destiny of the Republic – A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard, 2011.

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February, 2023

Friday, February 3
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Politics Book Club Online: American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy by David Corn. Books for 2023 are available here.

Friday, February 10
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online

Thursday, February 16
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Curriculum Committee Meeting Online

Friday, February 17
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 11:00 a.m., TSO Events Committee Meeting Online
• 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Book Club Online: A Long Petal in the Sea by Isabelle Allende. Book selections for 2023 are available here.

Wednesday, February 22
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Council Meeting Online

Friday, February 24
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., American History Book Club Online: American Colossus – The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900 by H. W. Brands, 2010. Prologue and Parts 1, 2 and 3.

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March, 2023

Friday, March 3
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Politics Book Club Online: Electable: Why America Hasn’t Put a Woman in the White House…Yet by Ali Vitali. Books for 2023 are available here.

Wednesday, March 8
• 10:00 a.m., Taste of TELOS Online with Spring quarter 2023 Instructors

Thursday, March 9
• 10:00 a.m., In-Person Seminar: Jewish Wagons West (Part 1) by Andree Brooks

Friday, March 10
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online

Tuesday, March 14
• 10:00 a.m., Ice Age Floods Bruce Bjornstad

Wednesday, March 15
• 10:00 a.m., Taste of TELOS Online with Spring quarter 2023 Instructors

Thursday, March 16
• 10:00 a.m., In-Person Seminar: Jewish Wagons West (Part 2) by Andree Brooks
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Curriculum Committee Meeting Online

Friday, March 17
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 11:00 a.m., TSO Events Committee Meeting Online
• 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Book Club Online: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Grams. Book selections for 2023 are available here.

Tuesday, March 21
• 10:00 a.m., Online Seminar: Climate Change and the PNW Garden by Molly van den Burch and Jim Littles

Thursday, March 23
• 10:00 a.m., Online Seminar: Banning the Bard by Leah Adcock-Starr

Friday, March 24
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online

Wednesday, March 29
• 10:00 a.m., Online Seminar: Pacific Fishermen, Inc. 150 Years of Norwegian Heritage Shipbuilding by Fred Poyner IV

Friday, March 31
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., American History Book Club Online: American Colossus – The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900 by H. W. Brands, 2010. Parts 4 and 5, and Epilogue.

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April, 2023

Friday, April 7
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Politics Book Club Online: Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy by Larry Tye. Books for 2023 are available here.

Friday, April 14
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online

Thursday, April 20
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Curriculum Committee Meeting Online

Friday, April 21
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 11:00 a.m., TSO Events Committee Meeting Online
• 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Book Club Online: Facing the Mountain by Daniel James Brown. Book selections for 2023 are available here.

Wednesday, April 26
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Council Meeting Online

Friday, April 28
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., American History Book Club Online: Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse and the Race to Electrify the World by Jill Jonnes (2004).

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May 2023

Friday, May 5
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Politics Book Club Online: The Constitution in Jeopardy: An Unprecedented Effort to Rewrite Our Fundamental Law and What We Can Do About It by Russ Feingold. Books for 2023 are available here.

Friday, May 12
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online

Wednesday, May 17
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Curriculum Committee Meeting Online

Friday, May 19
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 11:00 a.m., TSO Events Committee Meeting Online
• 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Book Club Online: Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim. Book selections for 2023 are available here.

Wednesday, May 24
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Council Meeting Online

Friday, May 26
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., American History Book Club Online: TBD

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June 2023

Friday, June 2
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Politics Book Club Online: The Constitution in Jeopardy: An Unprecedented Effort to Rewrite Our Fundamental Law and What We Can Do About It by Russ Feingold. Books for 2023 are available here.

Tuesday, June 6
• 10:00 am to 11:30 a.m., On-line Seminar: Popping the Classics with Amanda Wilde

Wednesday, June 7
• 10:00 am to 11:30 a.m., On-line Seminar: Cascade Public Media/PBS TV by Rob Dunlop 

Thursday, June 8
• 10:00 am to 11:30 a.m., On-line Seminar: Hummingbirds: Masters of the Air by Connie Sidles

Monday, June 12
• 10:00 am to 11:30 a.m., On-line Seminar: Taste of TELOS with Summer Qtr 2023 Instructors

Tuesday, June 13
• 10:00 am to 11:30 a.m., On-line Seminar: Taste of TELOS with Summer Qtr 2023 Instructors

Wednesday, June 14
• 10:00 am to 11:30 a.m., On-line Seminar: Iran, Past & Present: From Ancient Civilizations to Security State to the Islamic Republic by Professor David Fenner

Thursday, June 15
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Curriculum Committee Meeting Online

Friday, June 16
• 11:00 a.m., TSO Events Committee Meeting Online
• 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Book Club Online: Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim. Book selections for 2023 are available here.

Thursday, June 22
• 10:00 am to 11:30 a.m., On-line Seminar:  Unfolding the Universe by Ron Hobbs

Friday, June 23
• 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., American History Book Club Online: GRANT AND TWAIN : The Story of A Friendship That Changed America, Mark Perry, 2005. Current reading theme is The Gilded Age

Wednesday, June 28
• 10:00 am to 11:30 a.m., On-line Seminar: The Surrealists by Michael King

Wednesday, June 28
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Council Meeting Online

September 2023

Friday, Sept 1
• 9:30 am to 11:00 am, Politics Book Club Online: The War of Words by James. Books for 2023 are available here.

Tuesday, Sept 5
• 10:00 am Seminar, Advanced Care Directive by Kate Greenquist (online)

Wednesday, Sept 6
• 10:00 am Seminar, Return Home (Composting the body after death) by Brianna Smith; (online)

Thursday, Sept 7
• 10:00 am Seminar, Taste of TELOS, (online)

Monday, Sept 11
•10:00 am Seminar: European Castles (online)

Tuesday, Sept 12
• 2:00 pm De-Stress Seminar: Breathwork, Visualization, and Emotional Freedom Technique by Kate Goldstein (online);

Wednesday, Sept 13
• 10:00 am Seminar: Evaluating Retirement Living Options by Joan Rettmann; in-person;

Thursday, Sept 14
• 10:00 am Seminar: Ranked Choice Voting by Kit Muehlman; online;

Friday, Sept 15
• 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm, Book Club Online: This Tender Land by Krueger Book selections for 2023 are available here.

Monday, Sept 18
• 10:00 am Seminar: Turning Your Photographs into Greeting Cards by Ray Pfortner;
(online);

Wednesday, Sept 20
• 10:00 am Seminar: James Shackleton by Ted Watts; (online)

Thursday, Sept 21
• 10:00 am Seminar: Excavating Dinosaurs in Montana by Gregory Wilson Mantilla, UW Professor; Online;
• 3:30 pm, TSO Curriculum Committee Meeting Online

Wednesday, Sept 27
• 3:30 pm, TSO Council Meeting Online

Friday, Sept 29
• 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm, American History Book Club Online: TBD

November 2023

Friday, November 3
• 9:30 am to 11:00 am, Politics Book Club Online: The Paradox of Democracy: Free Speech, Open Media, and Perilous Persuasion – By Gershberg & Illing

Thursday, November 16
• 3:30 pm, TSO Curriculum Committee Meeting Online

Friday, November 17
• 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm, Book Club Online: Selections for 2023 are available here.

Wednesday, November 22
• 3:30 pm, TSO Council Meeting Online

Friday, November 24
• 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm, American History Book Club Online: AHBC Schedule

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December 2023

Friday, December 1
• 9:30 am to 11:00 am, Politics Book Club Online: The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic – By Stephen Vladeck

Monday, December 4
• 1:30 pm Holiday Meeting: North Bellevue Community Center. Register to attend.

Tuesday, December 5
• 10:00 Seminar: End of Living Alternatives by Chris Ronk (online);

Wednesday, December 6
• 12:30 PM SAM Tour —Hokusai Exhibit by Andrea SmithClarke; (in person);

Thursday, December 7
• 10:00 Seminar: US-China Relations by George Liu; (in-person);

 

Monday, December 11
• 10:00 Seminar: Shakespeare and Opera by Erica Miner; (online);

Wednesday, December 13
• 10:00 Seminar: The History of the Bellevue Botanical Garden by Pat Roome (online)

Thursday, December 14
• 10:00 Seminar: Who is the National Retiree Legislative Network (NRLN) and how do they work for me? by Judy Stenberg (National Retiree Legislative Network —NRLN). (in-person);

Friday, December 15
• 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm, Book Club Online: Selections for 2023 are available here.

Thursday, December 21
• No Curriculum Meeting;

Wednesday, December 27
• 3:30 pm, TSO Council Meeting Online