If you live in the Baltimore area, and are eager to learn more about the 1930’s, the JHU-Osher program is offering a six-week course on the culture of this tumultuous and pivotal decade.

Led by Bill Barry, retired Director of Labor Studies at The Community College of Baltimore County-Dundalk, this course will describe the wonderful variety of movies, the emergence of great literature and music, the imaginative theater productions, and the unique support of New Deal “public art”–creating innovative productions and historical projects while provoking contentious political controversies. Meeting weekly at Baltimore’s Grace Methodist Church, this course runs from October 27-December 8,  from 1-3 p.m.

Bill will also be presenting a lecture comparing the 1930’s with today, an examination he developed during the financial crisis of 2007. This program will be presented at the Johns Hopkins University Campus on Thursday, November 10, 6:30–8:30 p.m. Visit here for more information.

Bill Barry contributed to this post.