Learning & Entertainment

Since we can't meet in person right now, and all of our activities at the club are temporarily suspended due to the coronavirus (Covid 19), we have put together information and links to lots of different sources for your educational and entertainment enjoyment. As with any internet activity, please be extremely cautious in providing personal or financial information when accessing these sites.

Please don't hesitate to let us know of you have more interesting sites to add by contacting portperryprobus@gmail.com

Museums and Galleries

Enjoy these on line tours of local and international art galleries and museums. Click on the links below.

Lots of links to additional virtual tours, concerts, plays and museums and other culture from around the world in this Article from CNN

Art as Fun - Daily Art Magazine's podcasts, slides, webinars - expand your knowledge of art.

On Line Courses

MOOCs (Massive Open On Line Courses) are free on line courses on a wide variety of subjects offered by major universities and colleges locally and throughout the world.

The Beginner's Guide to MOOCs offers a good introduction to MOOCs.

Other MOOC providers not listed in the above site are:

Open Learn

Future Learn

Movies & TV Shows

Listed below are some of the websites that list free movies and TV shows for streaming to your device or TV.

Stay at Home Cinema with TIFF

Britain's National Theatre

CTV Movies

Online Streaming Options in Canada

Reel Good

Free Internet TV

To learn how to stream movies and other shows to your TV, click here.

TED Talks and Other Interesting Courses and Lectures

There are thousands of TED talks, so visit the site at:

https://www.ted.com/talks, take a look at their library and try one – maybe daily.

The Great Courses offers college-level courses on CD, DVD & digitally, most in the $30 - $60 range

For the History buff, try these great sites:

EDTechTeacher - Best of History Websites

Arch 20 - free on-line virtual tours of historical sites

Mediation & Relaxation - a variety of scheduled virutal seminars - free and open to everyone - from the University of Virginia's Contemplative Sciences Center

Tree Companions - Learn about the largest and oldest living things

Fun Websites and Videos

You Tube and other Fun videos

Red Green is Back

Follow Your Pet Shark

Understanding the Gravity of the Situation

Pluto the Dog

Little Rocker

Discover the World with Google Maps

Parking Fines - British humour

Animal People Reunions

San Diego Zoo website - including a zoo live cam