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April 9 – The British Invasion of the 60s with Richie Unterberger
April 21 – Harrington Lecture featuring James Williams, County Executive of Santa Clara County
May 22 – The French Pyrenees with John Trudeau
May 28 – Behind Bars and Beyond with Peggy Bryan
June 11 – Año Nuevo State Park with Susan Blake
They Came and They Conquered The Music Scene: The British Invasion
A lecture by Richie Unterberger
The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Van Morrison, Dusty Springfield. Who among us does not remember the British Invasion of the 1960s that transformed popular music and youth culture worldwide? How many of us enjoy reliving the memories associated with these musical greats?
Now you can again right here as Senior Academy presents and discusses rare and exciting footage from the days where you really could understand the lyrics and enjoy the disparity of melody, beat and folk music messaging.
Join us on Thursday, April 9 at 2 p.m. in Vineyard to hear Richie Unterberger unpackage the music from the first Beatles hits through the psychedelic age.
Richie Unterberger is the author of numerous rock music history books, including volumes on the Who, Bob Marley, and 1960s folk-rock. Unterberger has taught rock and soul music courses at several Northern California universities for more than a dozen years.
Join us on…
Thursday, April 9
2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
at the Vineyard Center
Annual Harrington Event with James Williams
Each year, Senior Academy showcases a prominent speaker in its Harrington Event, named for Richard Harrington, the founder of Senior Academy. This year’s speaker is James Williams, Santa Clara County’s County Executive, who will address what federal funding cuts mean to our County and the future of our local healthcare system.
Last year, Congress passed H.R. 1, known as “The One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” and the impacts have begun to hit close to home. The County of Santa Clara is facing an annual loss of more than $1 billion per year in federal funding that supports our public hospitals, healthcare, and critical safety-net services. These cuts threaten healthcare access, emergency room care, and life-saving services that thousands of residents rely on every day.
Join County Executive Williams for a timely and important discussion about the impacts of these federal funding cuts, who will be affected, and how the County is responding. This event, on Tuesday, April 21 at 7 p.m. in the Clubhouse, is free to all Villagers. Coffee and cookies will be served.
James R. Williams has been County Executive since 2023 and as such is responsible for executive oversight of all administrative affairs of County government, including oversight of implementation of Board of Supervisors-directed policies and the appointment of almost all officers and department heads. He has been with the County since 2010 in various capacities, such as Deputy County Counsel and Deputy County Executive.
Join us on…
Tuesday, April 21
7 p.m.
at the Clubhouse
Behind Bars Beyond with Peggy Bryan
Some of the special few spend their entire lives serving others. They do so by creating prevention and intervention programs for the significantly underserved, become ordained ministers, study suicide prevention, or lead a solar-oven mission to Tanzania. Peggy Bryan has done all of that, and more. After settling in California, she founded Stepping Stones, a nationally recognized jail and prison ministry that focuses on building long-term, meaningful relationships with incarcerated men in prisons.
Join Senior Academy on Thursday, May 28 at 2 p.m. in the Foothill Center to learn about how Rev. Bryan blended worship, education and counseling to guide the imprisoned to better lives. Once released, participants in Stepping Stones transition to Hope Inside/Out, her nonprofit that provides reentry support. For those who participate in both programs, the recidivism rate is an extraordinary 3 percent, clear testimony to the effectiveness of her efforts in turning damaged lives around. .
Peggy Bryan, a University of Southern California graduate, spent 22 years in public education, earned a Masters of Divinity from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley and has been an ordained minister of the Episcopal Church since 2010.