Feb
06
2024
A Sequel to and an Update on John McPhee’s Annals of the Former World
Wednesdays, 1:30 - 3:30 PM | April 10 - 24 & May 8 - 22 and beyond | ZOOM
Leader: Paul Hague Facilitator: Don Melander
In this...
Feb
06
2024
Tuesdays, 4:30 - 6:30 PM | April 2 - May 21 | ZOOM
Instructor: Ali Reza Jalili | Facilitator: Amanda Marsh
This course focuses on the relationship between ethics and economics. Commonly, economics is thought to be...
Feb
05
2024
Tuesdays, 1:30 - 3:30 PM | April 2 - May 21
Location: Baker Free Library in Bow
Instructor: Glenn Stuart | Facilitator: Don Melander
Gregory Doran’s casting of Arthur Hughes in the role of Richard III in the Royal...
Feb
05
2024
Mondays, 10 AM - Noon | April 1 - May 20 | ZOOM
Leader: Don Melander | Facilitator: Alice Nye
Because Glenn Stuart is doing The History of Troilus and Cressida in his Shakespeare course this term, we are...
Aug
13
2023
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...
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
Leaders: Don Melander and Lisa Melander
Wednesdays, 1:30-3:30 PM | Oct 11 - 25 and Nov 8 - 15 on ZOOM
The class will be based on Paul Kleinman’s book Philosophy 101: From Plato and Socrates to Ethics and Metaphysics, an Essential Primer...
Aug
13
2023
Leader: John McCausland
Wednesdays, 1:30 – 3:30 PM | Oct 4 and Nov 1 @ Henniker Tucker Free Library
This discussion group meets throughout the year, on the first Wednesday of each month. We are discussing books selected from Britain’s prestigious...
Aug
13
2023
Instructor: Rev. Suzanne Rude
Wednesdays, 10 AM - Noon | Oct 4 - Nov 8 on ZOOM
Why do religious believers find certain places especially sacred to them, with particular sites found worthy of visitation by as many as 25...