February Shorts 2026

The February Shorts will be held for two weeks: February 2-6 and February 9-13. Each Short course runs for 2-5 days during one of the two weeks. You may be assigned up to three courses in the lottery. Your course selections do not have to be all within the same week. 

After the lottery, once you receive your class assignment letter, you can add additional courses—as many open courses as fit in your schedule! To take more courses, you can even stack several within the same time slot. For example, if you have a course scheduled for February 2-4 (Mon-Wed) at 11:45 AM, you can add another that meets February 5-6 (Thu-Fri), also at 11:45 AM, instead of having to choose between the two.

Choose your course selections BEFORE the February Shorts lottery on Wednesday, January 21.
Choose Lottery Selections
 
Number Course Leader(s) Dates Time Format Status Recorded
9100 Anatomy of a Murder Canan, Russell February 2-5 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM Online Open Yes
9110 Classic Supreme Court Cases and the Story Behind Them Daney, William February 2-6 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM In-Person Open Yes
9120 Perspectives on Congress Sharp, Philip February 2-5 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM In-Person Open Yes
9130 Anxious About Our Country, the World? Let's Discuss It Oppenheimer, Joe February 9-12 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM In-Person Open Yes
9200 Case Studies in Ethical Decision Making McSorley, Bill February 2-5 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM In-Person Open No
9210 All About Mah Jongg Watts, Melissa February 2-4 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM In-Person Open Yes
9220 Thriving as Elders: The Adventure Continues Beizer, Barbara February 9-13 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM Online Open No
9230 Contemporary China—AI, Architecture, Art, and Sister Cities Watkins, Kent February 9-13 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM Online Open Yes
9240 Create an Advance Directive with a Physician Tanno, Eleanor February 9-11 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM Online Open Yes
9250 Shall I Stay or Shall I Go? Comparing Aging in Place vs. Retirement Communities Rezmovic, Victor; Tenenbaum, Louis February 12-13 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM In-Person Open No
9260 Sharpen Your Creative Thinking and Problem Solving Skills Lozner, Ruth February 2-3 and 5-6 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM In-Person Open No
9300 Reflections on Wealth: Our Present and the Future, Impact, and Legacy Abarca, Sergio February 2-4 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM In-Person Open Yes
9310 Your Taxes After the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Silfen, Martin February 9-12 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM In-Person Open Yes
9320 Do Only the Rich Have Trusts? Key Strategies Using Trusts in Your Estate Plan Burton, John February 2-3 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM In-Person Open Yes
9400 Creating a Local Healthy Ecosystem by Incorporating Native Plants Into Your Garden Entwistle, Janet February 9-10 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM In-Person Open Yes
9410 A User's Guide to Brain and Heart Health Leahy, William; Lough, Fred February 9-12 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM In-Person Open Yes
9420 Screening for Cancer: More Harm Than Good? It Ain't So Simple! Zweig, Mark February 9-11 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM In-Person Open No
9430 The Chatbot Revolution: Embracing the Era of Intelligent Assistants Rezmovic, Victor February 2-6 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM In-Person Open Yes
9520 The Enduring Appeal of Antique Engravings—Botanicals, George Washington, and Mt. Vernon Diamond Mickey, Christiana February 5-6 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM In-Person Open Yes
9530 Visual Fitness 4 All® Workouts: Seeing More in Life Through Art Sandell, Renee February 5-6 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM In-Person Open No
9540 Three-Dimensional Collage: A Book Arts Workshop Rubin, Leah February 2, 4, and 6 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM In-Person Open No
9600 Was Gibt’s Mit Nico? Cutts, Martha February 2-6 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM In-Person Open Yes
9610 Learning American Sign Language by Signing Songs! Stein, Marsha February 5-6 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM In-Person Open Yes
9620 Experience Poems and Pictures Roseboro, Anna February 9-13 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM Online Open Yes
9630 Race, Trauma, and Home in the Novels of Toni Morrison Schreiber, Evelyn February 9-13 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM In-Person Open No
9700 Lessons from The Great Depression Linz, Ed February 9 and 11 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM Online Open Yes
9710 A Wicked War? The US-Mexico Conflict of 1846–48 Belden, Joe February 9-12 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM In-Person Open Yes
9730 Commemorating the Nation's Founding: A Closer Look at the Years 1826, 1876, 1926, and 1976 Stanton, Ellen February 9-12 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM In-Person Open Yes
9740 The Fall of the Berlin Wall and German Unification Brau, Eduard February 2-6 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM In-Person Open Yes
9760 World War II—The Battle In The East Oleinick, Peter February 9-12 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM Online Open Yes
9770 Theodore Roosevelt in the Badlands: 1883–1887 Kogan, Alan February 2-5 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM In-Person Open Yes
9780 Russia and China’s Contentious Cooperation Spendelow, Howard February 9-13 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM In-Person Open Yes
9790 Thailand Deciphered: Temples, History and Place in the Globalized Age Burgess, John February 9-12 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM In-Person Open Yes
9791 Vietnam: Echoes and Answers Belford, Paul February 2-5 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM In-Person Open Yes
9793 History and Relevance of the Berlin Airlift Keller, Peter February 12-13 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM Online Open Yes
9800 The Shroud of Turin: History's Greatest Find or Fraud? Dalby, Jack February 12-13 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM Online Open Yes
9810 Fables and Talking Animals in the Hebrew Bible: Curses and Blessings Sharon, Diane February 2 and 4 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM Online Open Yes