LINEC Membership Registration for 2024-2025 Academic Year. To enroll in courses, you must have a LINEC membership. The annual membership fee is $40.00 per person (no household memberships). Membership Benefits: Learning with and from peers Reasonably priced classes Access to course...

Wednesdays: 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm | Oct. 2 and Nov. 6 Location: Tucker Free Library, Henniker, NH Leader and Facilitator: John McCausland H - The Novel Reading Group LINEC’s popular novel group is currently reading books selected from Britain’s prestigious Booker Prize...

Fridays: 10:00 am – Noon | Oct. 4 – 18, Nov. 1 – 15 Location: Baker Free Library, Bow Leader: Don Melander | Facilitator: Paul Hague K - The Films of Ingmar Bergman, Continued The great auteur Ingmar Bergman’s films are difficult to watch because of their psychological depth and...

Mondays: 10:00 am—Noon | Oct. 7—Nov. 11 Location: Zoom Leader and Facilitator: Don Melander A - Epic Poetry: Homer, The Odyssey Where we begin: The decade-long war between the Achaeans (Greeks) and Trojans ended ten years ago, and now, finally, Odysseus starts to...

Mondays: 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Oct. 7 to Nov. 11 Location: Zoom Instructor: Ali Reza Jalili | Facilitator: Don Melander B - Economy of the Middle East This course is an overview of Islamic thought. We will briefly cover its emergence...

Tuesdays: 10:15 am – 12:15 pm | Oct. 8 to Nov. 12 Location: Baker Free Library, Bow, NH Instructor and Facilitator: Curtiss Rude C- Artificial Intelligence This course explores the development of artificial intelligence, both machine learning and neural networks, since the 1950’s....

Tuesdays: 1:30 am – 3:30 pm | Oct. 8 to Nov. 12 Location: Baker Free Library, Bow, NH Leader and Facilitator: Glenn Stuart D - Shakespeare, Macbeth Macbeth, otherwise known as the “Scottish Play” or “Mackers” (by the superstitious), has long been considered...

Wednesdays: 10:15 am – 12:15 pm | Oct. 9 – Nov. 13 Location: Baker Free Library, Bow, NH Instructor: Inez McDermott | Facilitator: Don Melander F - 19th Century American Landscape Painting The Contemplation of Eternal Things: Nineteenth-Century American Landscape Painting In this course,...

Wednesdays: 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm | Oct. 9 – 30 and Nov. 13 - 20 Location: Zoom Instructor: Lisa Melander | Facilitator: Don Melander G - Philosophy 101 In this iteration of Philosophy 101, we will further examine some of the more...

Thursdays: 10:15 am – 12:15 pm | Oct. 10 to Nov. 14 Location: Baker Free Library, Bow Instructor and Facilitator: Suzanne Rude I - Food and Faith Faith traditions influence not only how food is prepared and eaten but also when to abstain...