With Blake Brown & Gary Glassman, Lecturers
Roll up for the Mystery Tour! This course (part one of a two-part series) covers the history of the Beatles from their Liverpool childhood to their album Rubber Soul. Lectures will be accompanied by slideshows, live and pre-recorded music, film clips, and lyrics. Class conversation and participation is encouraged.
This course is the first of a two-semester OLLI course. Part two will be offered in spring 2025, and will cover the timeline from albums Revolver to Abbey Road. Register by November 4.
Thurs., Nov. 7-21 • 4-6 p.m.
In person: On campus
$60 • Class #: 44136
Blake Brown
Blake Brown, born and raised in Eureka, is a chemistry lecturer at Cal Poly Humboldt. Blake has been teaching science since 1985, in high schools, community colleges, and universities. He is also a working local musician, playing in several local jazz and rock groups. Blake’s first childhood musical memory was listening to his sister’s new Beatles album.
Gary Glassman
Dr. Gary Glassman has taught elementary and secondary language arts and history in Humboldt for the past three decades, and teaches history at the Northcoast Preparatory Academy. He was "Humboldt County Teacher of the Year" in 1996 and "Distinguished Teacher in Residence" in the Secondary Education department at HSU 2000-2001. He earned a master's degree in the humanities from CSU Dominguez Hills and his doctorate in education from the University of Laverne. His doctoral dissertation was "All You Need is Creativity: The Beatles Creative Process." Dr. Glassman is a musician and songwriter, and acknowledges that seeing the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show as a wee lad began a lifelong love affair with the band.
