Sep
02
2024
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,...
Sep
02
2024
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...
Sep
02
2024
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...
Sep
02
2024
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...
Sep
02
2024
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...
Sep
02
2024
Thursdays: 1:30 – 3:00 | Oct. 17 to Nov. 14
Location: Zoom
Instructor: Eric Simon | Facilitator: Amanda Marsh
J - Nature as the Consilience of Science and Art: An Ongoing Exploration
Consilience is the principle that truth can be found when multiple, independent lines of evidence converge...
May
24
2024
Location: Baker Free Library, Bow
Fridays, 10 AM-Noon | July 12 – August 2
Leader: Don Melander | Facilitator: Paul Hague
High Plains Drifter (1973), Pale Rider (1975), The Unforgiven (1992), Gran Torino (2008)
I see these four films as a kind of...
May
24
2024
Location: Lyons Center, NEC (Room 106)
Thursday, 10 AM-Noon | July 11
Instructor: John Graebe | Facilitator: Dick Hesse
The review of the Supreme Court’s 2023-24 term will include a discussion of the most significant cases.
John Graebe teaches constitutional law at the...
May
24
2024
Location: Tucker Free Library, Henniker
1st Wednesdays, 1:30 - 3:30 PM | July 3 and August 7
Leader and Facilitator: John McCausland
The Reading Group meets throughout the year on the first Wednesday of each month to discuss books selected from Britain’s...
May
24
2024
Zoom
Wednesdays, 10 AM-Noon | July 10 – 31
Instructor: Sarah Traphagen
Facilitator: Don Melander
One real historical legend. One imagined literary giant. Both lawyers. This interdisciplinary course contemplates the law careers and enduring influence of President Abraham Lincoln and Atticus Finch...