With Dr. Gary Glassman, Historian; Dr. Blake Brown, Lecturer; and Nate Zwerdling, Beatles Aficionado
Get an enjoyable delve into the Beatles individual and group odysseys -- their history, songs, and innovations. This class covers the history of the Beatles from their childhood to their final album, Abbey Road, with lecture, slideshow, music, film clips, lyrics, and class conversation.
This class has been canceled.
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.
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.
