Pasadena Area Liberal Arts Center

The Pasadena Area Liberal Arts Center (PALAC) offers continuing liberal arts education to adults of the San Gabriel Valley If you enjoy the excitement and stimulation of discussing ideas in a new learning situation, whatever your educational background, you are welcome in any of the PALAC programs.

Many of the discussion groups are based on books; however, some are based on movies or educational tapes. There are also Mini Safaris (field trips) and social events.

Discussion groups are led by PALAC members and hosted in local homes. Most have from 4 to 6 sessions, during a weekday or in the evening.

How to participate

The updated schedule for Spring and Summer 2018 is now available.

This Spring season's discussion groups include Dark Money, Othello, Grant, Moby-Dick, A Call to Action by Jimmy Carter, Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy, Three Floors Up, and Armchair Traveler: Sicily.

Our Summer season includes As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner, Sons of Wichita: How the Koch Brothers Became America's Most Powerful and Private Dynasty by Daniel Shulman, The Handmaid's Tale, Scalia Speaks, Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are by Seth Stephens- Davidowitz, Song of Myself by Walt Whitman, along with Suspended Sentences, Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor, and Engaging Africa through Literature.

Our safaris these spring and summer seasons are exciting, too!  We have the Sam Maloof Foundation, the Federal Reserve Bank, a nighttime Classic Neon Cruise along with a Guided Harbor Cruise of Long Beach.  We are also going to see what happens after you click "Buy." at an Amazon Fulfillment Center.

Full details are found in our Spring / Summer brochure, which can be downloaded by clicking the link below:

SPRING/SUMMER 2018 PROGRAM BROCHURE

Register by mail using the form below or by mailing the information to the address at the lower right. A check for the registration fees must be enclosed.

2018 Registration and Membership Form

Most groups are limited to 13 participants. Early registration will help assure you a place.  To accomodate mail delivery times, the PALAC office will hold all checks for seven days after our outlying members receive their brochures in the mail before signing anyone up. If a group is over-subscribed, we will have a random draw, with any remaining subscriptions being placed on a waitlist.

You will be notified by mail or phone about your status when your application is received and you will get the details of the group by mail about a week prior to the start.

PALAC offers additional advantages and activities to members. Membership subscription is $30 per calendar year.

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626-797-2380