George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Blair. He was a novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic. His memoir Homage to Catalonia recounts his participation in the forces of the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification (POUM) during th Spanish Civil War and his consequent disillusionment with Marxist politics. In 1945, Orwell wrote Animal Farm: … Continue reading George Orwell: Nineteen Eighty-Four
Let's take a nice walk through the grounds of the Frelinghuysen Arboretum. An arboretum is literally a tree museum, but there are also plenty of flowers. This is a lovely event for people of all ages.
Geoffrey Chaucer was the author of the Canterbury Tales, which is an anthology of 24 short stories that are supposedly being told by people who are traveling from London to … Continue reading Geoffrey Chaucer: The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales (April Showers)
Northern New Jersey Mensa's Armchair Conversations are a friendly environment for serious conversations. This conversation will be about Free Speech, Fighting Words, and Violence Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83298205803?pwd=vz3IIN8BwJm2qFRckWhI1UcGZsbprV.1 Meeting … Continue reading Armchair Conversations: Free Speech, Fighting Words, and Violence
Please arrive 10 minutes early to allow for registration. Please bring a printed copy of your voucher and your picture ID to the session. If you are under the age … Continue reading Admissions Testing
There are many trails to choose from, whether you want to take the tiny tots on the Fairy Trail or get some serious cardio on one of the challenging trails. … Continue reading Hike at South Mountain Reservation
The Metamorphoses was the most famous work of the Roman poet Ovid. The Metamorphoses is Ovid's attempt to tell the history of the world, from Creation to the deification of … Continue reading Ovid’s Metamorphoses: the Tale of Narcissus and Echo
Location: Oval, Northern Division, Newark & Prudential Concert Grove, Clifton Avenue Entrance, Newark Cost: FREE Celebrate the culminating event of the 50th Anniversary of the Essex County Cherry Blossom Festival … Continue reading Bloomfest! Newark’s Branch Brook Park’s Annual Cherry Blossom Festival
The discipline of psychology emerged from the discipline of philosophy. In the late 19th century, the British philosopher John Stuart Mill argued that the human mind could be studied scientifically. … Continue reading William James: The Varieties of Religious Experience
The April Theodore Talk, "Language Processing in the Brain Across Diverse Languages and Speakers", will take place Sunday, April 26 at 2:30 p.m. Central Time (3:30 Eastern, 12:30 Pacific). ------------- A staggering 7,000 languages are spoken and signed worldwide, and most people speak two or more. Yet, neuroscience research has largely focused on monolingual speakers of just a few … Continue reading Theodore Talk: Language Processing in the Brain Across Diverse Languages and Speakers
