Scarsdale Adult School (SAS), the 2025 winner of Scarsdale Foundation’s Spotlight Award, is a proven source of quality, affordable adult education. This coming spring/summer semester is packed with author visits, walking tours, and a wide array of humanities, technology, world languages, arts & crafts, photography, fitness, card and board games, writing, retirement planning, performing arts, cooking, and health/wellness classes. Staggered start dates throughout the year with day and evening in-person classes at convenient locations and online classes via Zoom ensure that the catalog has something for everyone’s schedule.

Meet Al Roker, America’s most famous weatherman! “Recipes to Live By: An Evening with Al Roker” will take place on Thursday, April 3, 2025, at 7 p.m. at Scarsdale Middle School. Rejoice in and relate to the Roker family rituals while thumbing through the Roker family recipe box. Roker’s amusing anecdotes explain why he writes that “[f]ood is the narrative that has shaped so much of who I am, and it’s the source of my warmest memories.” The event will be moderated by Jonathan Aubrey, owner of the Scarsdale restaurant Micheline. Registration includes a copy of Roker’s cookbook.

Also coming to SAS in April are four different authors to discuss their highly acclaimed recent novels.

On Wednesday, April 2, 2025, at 1pm via Zoom, Elizabeth Harris, a New York Times reporter, will discuss her timely debut novel, How to Sleep at Night (2025). The protagonists are a married gay couple with different political party affiliations and beliefs. After the Republican half of the duo decides to run for Congress with his husband’s consent, the drama unfolds in their relationship.

Returning to SAS on Monday, April 21, 2025 at 1pm at Shaarei Tikvah is Beena Kamlani, whose extraordinary first book, The English Problem, came out in January. Beautifully written in understated prose, this tender saga illustrates one man’s personal liberation as it also shows the multifaceted relationship between British and Indian culture and the impact of Gandhi’s nonviolent resistance. Books will be available for sale and signing.

Lisa Wingate, author of the best-seller Before We Were Yours (2017), will be discussing her newest book, Shelterwood (2024) on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at 11am via Zoom. Through dual narratives set in 1909 and in 1990, this historical novel intertwines stories of child and land exploitation, escape, survival, and the pioneers who fought for justice in Oklahoma amid power-hungry land barons. The story was inspired by the bizarre reports of “elf children living in a hollow tree,” and the investigation that led to the discovery of the children’s true identities.

Sarah Easter Collins, UK-based Edgar Award finalist, will be in town and in person to discuss her debut novel Things Don’t Break on Their Own (2024) on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, at 7 pm at Scarsdale High School. This heart-wrenching mystery tells the story of a woman whose life has been defined, in many ways, by her sister’s disappearance and the belief that she can be found alive. A stray comment at a dinner party proves seismic in exposing the tricks that memories play and the secrets that soon come to light.

Visit www.ScarsdaleAdultSchool.org to register, to sign up for the weekly electronic newsletter, or for additional information. Classes are open to all, regardless of residency, and fill on a first-come/first-served basis. Call (914) 723-2325 or email Registrar@ScarsdaleAdultSchool.org with questions.