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...
Feb
06
2024
Fridays, 10 - noonish or so | April 5 - May 24 & Beyond
Location: Baker Free Library in Bow
Leader: Don Melander Facilitator: Paul Hague
Like Akira Kurosawa, the great auteur Ingmar Bergman’s films are difficult to watch,...
May
29
2023
In-Person: NEC Lyons Building Rm 107
Thursday, 10 – Noon | July 6 & 20
Documentary Film Maker: John Gfroerer
Facilitator: Dick Hesse
Each session will be a presentation and discussion of a documentary film:
Powerful As Truth: William Loeb & 25 Years...
Feb
26
2023
When: Fridays, 10 AM – Noon | April 14 – May 26
Where: *In-Person Baker Free Library, Bow
Instructors & Facilitators: Don Melander, Mary Lee Sargent
In this third study of Hitchcock, we’re focusing on The Wrong Man (1956), Vertigo (1957), North by...
Jan
29
2022
Fridays, 10 AM - Noon | April 8 - May 13
Leaders: Don Melander and Mary Lee Sargent
According to film historian, Monty Arnold, screwball comedies serve two human needs — escape and enjoyment. Their defining characteristics are farce, slapstick, romance,...
Jan
29
2022
Thursdays, 10 AM - Noon | April 7- May 12
Leaders: Dick Hesse and Mary Lee Sargent
America’s Founding Fathers is the second part of a three-semester Great Courses series exploring the founding of our government. The 12 lectures take us...
Jan
29
2022
Wednesdays, 1 - 3 PM | April 13 - 27
Instructor: Paul Brogan
Katharine Hepburn holds the record for winning the most Best Actress Oscars —four of them. Paul met her on the New Hampshire set of "On Golden Pond" in...
Jan
29
2022
Wednesdays, 1 - 3 PM | April 6 and May 4
Leader: John McCausland
This is an on-going group meeting through the year on the first Wednesday afternoon of each month to discuss a novel chosen by the group from several...
Jan
29
2022
Wednesdays, 10 AM - Noon | April 6 - 20
Instructor: Betsy Holmes
Textiles are so much more than fabric for clothing; they are the product of a fundamental human activity across time and culture. Textiles create beauty, express identity, display...
Jan
29
2022
Tuesdays, 1 - 3 PM | April 5 - May 24
Instructor: Carol Zink
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the world’s most enduring political and human tragedies. It continues to flare up and capture media attention all over the world....