Springsteen: His Passions, Patriotism & Politics
6-weeks | Registration closed 9/10/2025
Bruce Springsteen crafted the setlist for his 2025 “Land of Hope & Dreams” tour to address the current political climate in America. Six interactive sessions, updated to include this 2025 tour, combine class discussion with lectures incorporating relevant video and audio clips of interviews and stage performances. Participants will review and discuss Springsteen’s journey from awkward teen to the most dynamic stage performer since James Brown, and examine how his words, music, and unmatched live performances speak to America’s promise compared to its reality. Participants will even have an opportunity to discuss and vote on Springsteen’s most patriotic and most political song.
Note: This course is a revised version of prior classes held in the Fall 2024 and Spring 2025, updated to include discussion of Springsteen’s 2025 European tour and the movie, “Deliver Me From Nowhere,” opening in October and starring Jeremy Allen White. Class participants will be offered the opportunity to attend the movie with the instructor, or on their own.
Skip Weisman
Skip Weisman grew up a 30-minute drive north on “Highway 9” from Springsteen's Freehold, NJ hometown. Forty-nine years after being introduced to Springsteen’s “Born to Run” album, Skip has attended 109 live Springsteen performances, with and without the E Street Band, in 10 countries across two continents, including three on the '25 tour. Skip moved to Dutchess County in 1994 to bring the Hudson Valley Renegades professional baseball team to the community. He served as team president/CEO for eight seasons through 2001. From 2002-2023, Skip was a business coach and professional keynote speaker/workshop presenter specializing in leadership and workplace communication.