THE LONGBOAT KEY EDUCATION CENTER
NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT! BECOME A FRIEND NOW!
 

We have continued to survive because our supporters have never let us down! Buoyed by
your support, we have worked diligently to live up to your expectations for over 25 years!
It is hard to believe that we could provide more programs or be more creative, but I can
assure you that 2011-2012 will be the most exciting season to date! We are even changing
to a larger format brochure in order to have the space to list all the new programs!

We are not raising our membership prices. The Friends membership perks will remain
incredibly appealing. The new and returning programs listed on the back of this letter are
mere highlights of our new season. (If your favorite teacher is missing, don’t worry, we may
not have contacted him or her in time for the printing of this letter.)

• FRIENDS GET FIRST CHOICE. Friends (members) receive our brochure by First Class Mail a full month before non-members. This head start allows Friends to register early and almost always get first choice of popular programs.

• FRIENDS PAY LESS. Friends pay an average of $10 less than non-member prices for most programs. For the Full Series Lecture Series, Friends save $60! Memberships at the supporting level and above confer even more savings, as the enclosed application card explains. The Longboat Key Education Center is a not-for-profit educational organization, so all membership contributions are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.

• FRIENDS GET CREDIT. Friends membership is also a form of cancellation insurance.  Only members are entitled to apply for credit for registrations they have cancelled.

All 2010-2011 memberships expire in July, so become a Friend now to take full advantage of all your membership benefits. Be among the first to receive the 2011-2012 brochure and get first crack at sought-after classes and programs.

Friends are the backbone of The Longboat Key Education Center. Your support has allowed us to continue offering a wide variety of excellent programming in a well-equipped,
comfortable environment for over 25 years. Thank you for being a Friend!

Sincerely yours,

Susan Goldfarb
Executive Director

P.S. Dear Canadians/Europeans: Due to the prohibitive cost of postage to Canada and Europe, only Canadians/Europeans who become Friends will receive a brochure by mail.

PERENNIAL FAVORITES: Larry Auerbach, Bridge; Gen Kelsan Demo, Buddhism; Carlo & Renee DiNapoli, Watercolor Etc. (adding drawing); Ed Dwyer, The Best American Short Stories; Ruth Fishel, Mindful Meditation; RoseMarie Freni-Molinari, Opera Previews (adding Opera Previews for Hollywood 20); Robert Garvin, America and The World; Harriet Gayle, Land and Sea of Longboat Key; Capt. Wayne Genthner, Fishing; Susan Goldfarb and Cathy Daley, Yoga; Susan Goldfarb and L.B. Wish, The Women’s Group; Gladys Grad, Mah Jongg; Marty Haberer, Jewish/ Israeli Film Festival; Stanley Kolodkin, Breakfast Forums; Randi Kreiss, Literary Gems; Jim Larson, Florida Birding; John Mellon, Have you Read a Good Book Lately? as well as Shakespeare and Enjoying Poetry; Kathie Moon, You’ve Got To See This Movie!; Ronni Miller, Express Yourself Through Writing; Gerald (Jack) Robinson, Burning Issues In The Supreme Court (with new cases); and many more of your favorites, including the ever popular Lecture Series, Exclusive Engagements and Daytrips to Museums and other cultural institutions.  Some of the many new daytrips will include: The Holocaust Museum in Tampa; the new Dali Museum; The Artist’s Hermitage on Manasota Key; historical hotels and residences, and a Weekender to Miami to visit art galleries with art critic Kevin Costello!

NEW COURSES FROM RETURNING TEACHERS:  Judith Alstadter, Piano Plus II and For The Love of Music and American Idols – Gershwin, Bernstein, Porter; Susan Benjamin, Liza Minnelli & Judy Garland and Richard Rodgers & Gordon MacRae and Maurice Chevalier & Danny Kaye; Richard Bergman, Jews In The News; Kevin Costello, The Fundamentals of Art and The Hudson Valley Painters and new museum daytrips; Dr. Donald Dembo, Medical Myths and Mysteries; Robbert de Vries, Chopin Preludes; Edward Dwyer, The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys and Truman; David Eddleman, Popular Songs From the Movies and World War II; Henry Ettman, The Contemporary Jazz Scene; Michael Givant, Anti-Heroes and Accidental Heroes in Film; Thomas Hecht, The Middle East and the Media; Dina Shachar-Labes, The Greats of Dance and Their Descendants; Gus Mollassis, 1939 - The Most Outstanding Year in Motion Pictures and The Two Stanleys – Kubrick and Kramer; Warren Roberts, Gioacchino Rossini; Jeff Rodgers, A Scientific History of Florida; Paul Roth, Hammerstein and Rodgers by Themselves and Together; Michael Royal, Understanding Jazz – From Schoenberg to Hammerstein; Betty
Silberman, Musical Theater – Major Classics to Current Broadway; Kenneth Simons, Richard III and the Mystery of the Princes in the Tower; Bob Waxman, The Bhagavad Gita; and much more! Returning teachers are working on new ideas as this is being written!

NEW COURSES FROM NEW TEACHERS: We will have more new teachers in 2012 than ever before! Bobbie Burrell, Everybody Has a Story – Tell Us Yours; Senator Marlow Cook, The Political Theatre of America; Don Goldsmith, How Baseball Helped Shape America; Lisa Golombek, Introducing Islamic Art; Lael Hazan, The History of Jewish Food in Italy; Heidi Pittman, Tapping into Technology; Daniel Perlmutter, The Challenge of Climate Change; Sam Roberts, Misunderstanding Media; Paul Roth, Great Trials of the 20th Century; Toni Rowitz, Fun With Poetry; Ralph Wintrob, Four Great Hebrew Short Novels; and many more new courses taught by new teachers who are being consulted with or who will be recruited during the summer

Look for new: workshops • play festivals • behind the scenes field trips • partnerships with other cultural organizations. Introducing – Brown Bag Lunchtime Concerts! Back by Popular Demand – Thursday Nights Live Jazz with Henry Blackburn and Friends.

DON’T MISS OUT ON ANY OF THESE TREASURES!
BECOME A MEMBER TODAY!

^{MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS AND ANNUAL DUES}

All members receive their brochures via 1st class mail in mid-August, three weeks before the general public.  All members receive discounted tuition for all programming-at least $5 to $10 off everything.

To become a Friend of The Longboat Key Education Center, mail a check for the membership level you desire along with your full name and mailing address to:

^{The Longboat Key Education Center
5370 Gulf of Mexico Dr., Suite #212
Longboat Key, FL 34228}

THE LONGBOAT KEY EDUCATION CENTER IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT FOUNDATION 501(C)(3).   MEMBERSHIP CONTRIBUTIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. 

FLORIDA REGISTRATION #CH21261.  A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE (800-435-7352) WITHIN THE STATE.  REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL, OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE.
 

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