24Fa | K – The Films of Ingmar Bergman, Continued

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...

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24Sp- I The Films of Ingmar Bergman

     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,...

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23SU-G-John Gfroerer Presents Two Documentaries

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...

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23Sp I – *Film Seminar: Alfred Hitchcock, 3rd Series

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...

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I – Film Seminar: Screwball Comedies

    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,...

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H – America’s Founding Fathers

      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...

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G – The Great Kate — A Helping of Hepburn

      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...

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F – American Novel Reading Group

      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...

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E – Textiles Across Time and Cultures

       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...

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D – The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

       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....

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