Winter/Spring 2026 Lectures
January to May
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520. ORDINARY BAD BEHAVIOR
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521. RASHOMON and THE OUTRAGE
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522. HAVE YOU READ? FIVE NEW NOVELS (Part I)
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523. WHY DO WE NEED THE HUMANITIES? A LIVELY DIALOGUE BETWEEN PROFESSORS
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524. WILLIAM FAULKNER’S THE SOUND AND THE FURY
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525. MANET AND MORISOT
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526. WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: THE EVOLVING ART OF GENUIS, PART II
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527. THE CAMPAIGN TO REPATRIATE FREE BLACKS TO AFRICA
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530. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S SEX COMEDY
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531. BOB DYLAN IN DON'T LOOK BACK
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532. “YOU BET YOUR LIFE”: GROUCHO MARX AS THE MASTER OF QUICK WIT, DOUBLE ENTENDRES, AND RISQUÉ HUMOR
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533. LYNCHING AND THE “RAPE MYTH” IN THE JIM CROW SOUTH
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534. WILLIAM FAULKNER’S ABSALOM! ABSALOM!
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535. THE MYSTERY OF PICASSO
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536. LIFE AND TIMES OF CHARLIE CHAPLIN, “THE LITTLE TRAMP” AND “KING” OF COMEDY
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537. IMMIGRATION IN PERSPECTIVE: THE BRACERO PROGRAM
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538. NOT ALL SPAGHETTI AND MANDOLINS: PUNCTURING THE MYTHOLOGIES OF ITALY
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540. "AWAKEN, O LOVE”: THE SONG OF SONGS IN SPRINGTIME, POETRY, AND LITURGY
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541. A BRIEF HISTORY OF SELF-PORTRAITURE
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542. WRITING THE STORIES OF YOUR LIFE
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544. HAVE YOU READ? FIVE NEW NOVELS (Part II)
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Location
The Frick Estate Lectures are held on the grounds of the Nassau County Museum of Art.
All lectures are held in the Mansion unless otherwise indicated
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🚙 By Car
Nassau/Suffolk Counties: Take Wantagh or Meadowbrook Parkway north to the Northern State Parkway west.
Brooklyn/Queens: Cross Island Parkway to Northern State Parkway east Via Long Island Expressway or Northern State Parkway exit at Glen Cove Road (#39 on LIE, #31 on Northern). Drive north to the intersection with Route 25A/Northern Boulevard. Turn left (westbound). Continue to the second traffic light where the Museum entrance is on the right.
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🚂 By Train
Take the Long Island Railroad Oyster Bay line to the Roslyn station or the Port Washington line to the Manhasset station. The museum is a short taxi or Uber/Lyft ride from either station.
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🚌 By Bus
Nassau County’s N20H bus stops on Northern Boulevard at the entrance to the Museum.
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Our Mission
The Frick Estate Lectures was established in 2019 to provide mature adults with outstanding enrichment in the liberal arts and sciences. These lectures are intended to appeal to those who appreciate carefully curated and thoughtfully presented courses delivered by experts in the various fields of literature, history, music, art, philosophy, economics, psychology, and political science. The Frick Estate Lectures is incorporated under its own name and was designed to cooperate with and support its venue at the Nassau County Museum of Art.
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What we do
The Frick Estate Lectures provides personal enrichment for mature adults who appreciate literature, art, music, history, philosophy, economics, psychology, and politics science. Our liberal arts disciplines deliberately exclude vocational or “how-to” subjects. These courses cater to all who are interested in non-credit enrichment taught year-round by outstanding experts in their fields. Students who attend the lectures enjoy an aesthetic experience at our elegant venue and a diverse learning opportunity that invigorates and
inspires them.