July Shorts 2026

The July Shorts will be held July 6-10. Each Short course runs for 2-5 days during the one week. You may be assigned up to three courses in the lottery.

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 July 6-8 (Mon-Wed) at 11:45 AM, you can add another that meets July 9-10 (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, May 20.

Choose Lottery Selections

Number	Course	Leader(s)	Dates	Time	Format	Status	Recorded
910	“Operation Epic Fury”: A Strategic Assessment	Wilson, Peter	July 6-8	9:45 AM - 11:15 AM	Online	Open	Yes
911	What's the Matter With Rural America? Maybe less than you think? Or maybe more?	Belden, Joe	July 6-8	11:45 AM - 1:15 PM	In-Person	Open	Yes
920	All About Mah Jongg	Watts, Melissa	July 6-9	1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	In-Person	Open	Yes
921	Purposeful Living: Your Next Chapter	Bhargava, Raj	July 6 and 8	1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Online	Open	No
922	The Resilience Advantage	Beizer, Barbara	July 9-10	9:45 AM - 11:15 AM	Online	Open	Yes
923	Shall I Stay or Shall I Go? Comparing Aging in Place vs. Retirement Communities	Gurney, Steve; Rezmovic, Victor; Tenenbaum, Louis	July 6-8	9:45 AM - 11:15 AM	In-Person	Open	Yes
924	Stress 101: Tame It and Find Balance	Sebenick, Carole	July 6, 8, and 10	11:45 AM - 1:15 PM	In-Person	Open	Yes
930	Bond Markets for Beginners (and the Curious)	Motyka, Robert	July 6-8	9:45 AM - 11:15 AM	In-Person	Open	Yes
931	Three Financial Crises That Changed America	Daney, William	July 6-8	1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	In-Person	Open	Yes
940	Bizarre Ocean Critters - Down Deep	Hinga, Kenneth	July 9-10	9:45 AM - 11:15 AM	In-Person	Open	Yes
941	Creating a Local Healthy Ecosystem by Incorporating Native Plants Into Your Garden	Entwistle, Janet	July 9-10	9:45 AM - 11:15 AM	In-Person	Open	Yes
950	Backwards and in Heels: The Films of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire	Newborn, Steven	July 6-10	11:45 AM - 1:15 PM	Online	Open	Yes
951	The Way We Were: Mid-Century Modern in America	Swoger, Jeffrey	July 6-10	11:45 AM - 1:15 PM	Online	Open	Yes
952	America's Great Illustrators Illustrate a Great America	Fleps, Christina	July 6-9	1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	In-Person	Open	Yes
953	Marriage of Figaro: Revolutionary Opera in the Age of Revolution	Gorsky, Jeffrey	July 6-8	1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	In-Person	Open	Yes
960	Intermediate German Part IV	Cutts, Martha	July 6-10	11:45 AM - 1:15 PM	In-Person	Open	Yes
961	Learning American Sign Language by Signing Songs! (Part 2)	Stein, Marsha	July 9-10	1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	In-Person	Open	Yes
962	Memoir Writing Workshop	Friedman, Lisa K.	July 6-10	9:45 AM - 11:15 AM	In-Person	Open	No
970	250th Year Celebration of the Declaration of Independence	Dudley, Heather	July 9-10	11:45 AM - 1:15 PM	Online	Open	Yes
971	The Origin, Development, and Future of the English Language	Leach, Jerry	July 6-10	1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	In-Person	Open	Yes
972	Eastern Europe’s Transition from Communism (1989-1991)—Successes, Failures, and Lasting Effects	Strauss, Stephen	July 9-10	11:45 AM - 1:15 PM	In-Person	Open	Yes
973	Vietnam: Echoes and Answers	Belford, Paul	July 6-8	1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	In-Person	Open	Yes
974	The (World) Cup Runneth Over: The History of the World's Greatest Sporting Event	Angulo, Carlos	July 6-10	11:45 AM - 1:15 PM	In-Person	Open	Yes