24Fa | A – Epic Poetry: Homer, The Odyssey

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...

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24Fa | H – The Novel Reading Group

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...

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23F-J Movies: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock, Final Series

Leader: Mary Lee Sargent Fridays, 10 AM - Noon | Oct 6 - Nov 10* @ Baker Free Library, Bow This seminar has viewed and discussed the films of Alfred Hitchcock, and will screen and discuss the conclusion of the Hitchcock...

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23SU-H-Film Seminar: All That Jazz

In-Person: NEC Science Building Rm 113E (right across from the new Lyon's Building) Fridays, 10 AM – 1 PM | July 7 – Aug 4 Leader: Don Melander We will view the life and music of: July 7 | Paris Blues (1961; Martin...

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23SU-F-Supreme Court Review

In-Person: NEC Lyons Building Rm 103 Wednesday, 1:30   – 3:30 PM | July 12 Instructor: John Graebe | Facilitator: Dick Hesse This review of the Supreme Court’s 2022-23 term will include a discussion of the most significant cases. John Graebe is a Professor...

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23SU-E-Readings from Britain’s Booker Prize Novel Lists

Tucker Free Library, Henniker Wednesdays, 1:30 – 3:30 | July 5 & Aug 2 Leader and Facilitator: John McCausland For the last five years LINECs offerings have included a popular American novel reading group. With this summer, we shift the focus of...

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23SU-D-Women Artists – Modern to Contemporary

Wednesdays, 10 – Noon | July 5 – 26 Instructor: Gail Smuda | Facilitator: Mindy Fitterman Learn about fiber, performance art, and site specific work as well as more traditional painting and sculpture in this four-part class—covering most of the 1970s...

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23SU-C-The Stage Shapes the Play and the Play Shapes the Stage: How Shakespeare’s Plays Reveal Themselves Through Production—Henry V

In-Person: NEC Lyons Building Rm 103 Tuesdays, 1:30   – 3:30 PM | July 11 – Aug 1 Instructor: Glenn Stuart | Facilitator: Don Melander We will share and discuss two auteur film versions of Henry V: Laurence Olivier’s in 1944 and Kenneth...

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E-*American Novel Reading Group

1st Wednesdays, 1 - 3 PM | Oct 5 & Nov 2 Leader: John McCausland *This is an in-person class, meeting at the Tucker Free Library in Henniker. New members are welcome to join this on-going group any time. The group meets...

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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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