Sep
02
2024
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...
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...
Feb
06
2024
Thursdays, 10 AM - Noon | April 11 - May 9
Location: Hopkinton Town Library, Contoocook
Instructor: Dick Hesse Facilitator: Don Melander
A 23-year-old aristocrat, Gouverneur Morris was called upon to frame the New York Constitution separating it from...
Aug
13
2023
Leader: Julie Machen
Thursdays, 1:30 - 3:30 PM | Oct 5 - 19 on ZOOM
This three-week course focuses on one of the most controversial rulers in history, Mary, Queen of Scots. The theme of the first session will be this...
Aug
13
2023
Instructor: Dick Hesse
Thursdays, 10 AM - Noon | NOTE NEW DATES: Oct 5-Nov 2 | Venue NEC Science Building 114 A
A 23-year-old aristocrat was called upon to frame the New York Constitution separating it from England. He then served...
Aug
13
2023
Leader: Curtiss Rude
Mondays, 4 - 6 PM | Oct 2-Nov 6 | New England College Lyons Building Room 103
The class is based on a 2008 book, The Ascent of Money, by Niall Ferguson, adapted for an Emmy winning...