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...
May
29
2023
Pick this pass first and then pick as many courses that you would like. Then pay at the end.
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...