We're sad at having to cancel our spring semester and want to help fill in the gap. So here are some ideas for continuing to learn in the confines of our own snug homes:
Music:
Live, free online opera begins tonight! The Metropolitan Opera is offering a nightly video from its archive of Live in HD productions. "Carmen" tonight, with a jaw-dropping performance by Elena Garanca. "La Boheme" tomorrow; how can you miss?
https://www.metopera.org/about/press-releases/met-to-launch-nightly-met-opera-streams-a-free-series-of-encore-live-in-hd-presentations-streamed-on-the-company-website-during-the-coronavirus-closure/
Field trips! OK, these are intended for kids, but who's more a kid at heart than a senior?https://www.waterford.org/resources/3-great-virtual-field-trips-for-early-learners/
Art: Feeling creative and need some images or a jump-start? Or just want to browse great art from great museums? Here are a couple of free museum collections to get you started, and you can find more by Googling "free museum art."
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection
https://kottke.org/20/01/paris-museums-put-100000-images-online-for-unrestricted-public-use
Take a course: You can take a ton of English, business, science, social science and other courses for free from Ivy League schools:
https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/here-are-380-ivy-league-courses-you-can-take-online-right-now-for-free-9b3ffcbd7b8c/
And of course there's always Khan Academy. Though originally intended for high school students, there's course work here on pretty much everything you ever wanted to know about:
https://www.khanacademy.org/
Stay tuned for more!