Lifetime Learning Series Returns to Washington Township Library

For the second consecutive year the Washington Township Public Library will host  Lifetime Learning, a series of lectures for adults.

The program offers speakers and college faculty members presenting talks in areas of their expertise. Four hour-long classes make up each series, which are held on Friday mornings from 10:30 to 11:30 in the library’s meeting room.

Dr. Robert Butts will present the first series this fall on the subject History of the Broadway Musical, starting on Sept. 27. Butts will explore the music of the Broadway stage from its beginnings, featuring composers Franz Lehar, Irving Berlin and Jerome Kern.

Political Science Associate Professor Krista Jenkins of Fairleigh Dickinson University will begin another series on Oct. 25, title The Political Process: New Jersey and Beyond, 2013.

The Lifetime Learning series is open to everyone regardless of residence, though space is limited. The cost for each series is $25. For more information visit wtpl.org or call the library at 908-876-3596.

Information provided by Friends of the Washington Township Library.