Aug
22
2022
Mondays, 10 AM - Noon | Oct 3, 10, 17, 24, Nov. 7
Leader: Don Melander
Participants who join for LINEC’s fall term may continue or leave at any time after that, as poetry discussions are ongoing throughout the year. We...
Jun
03
2022
Fridays, July 8, 15, 22, 29 | 10 AM - Noon
Leader: Don Melander
This term we begin the first of four seminars on Alfred Hitchcock. In this course, we discuss:
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
Rebecca (1940)
Saboteur (1942)
Shadow of...
Jun
03
2022
Wednesday, July 20, rain date July 27 | 10 AM - ??
Guide: Institute docent and Fran Philippe
The Andres Institute of Art is located on the former Big Bear Mountain ski slope in Brookline, NH. It was started in 1998 by owner/innovater, Paul...
Jun
03
2022
Wednesday, July 13 | 10 AM - Noon
Instructor: John Gfroerer
Amy Beach was born September 5, 1867 in Henniker, New Hampshire. At age 17 she had her debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In 1897 her Symphony was premiered by the BSO, the...
Jun
03
2022
Wednesday, July 13 | 1 - 3 PM
NOTE: Different date than usual.
Leader: John McCausland
The American Novel Reading Group is rounding out its fourth year. The group selects novels from various lists of "100 best," and has read works ranging from...
Jun
03
2022
Tuesdays, July 5, 12, 19, 26| 10 AM - Noon
Facilitator: Eric Simon
At New England College, Eric Simon has led many educational travel courses that focus on biodiversity to destinations such as Belize, Guatemala, Cuba, the Amazon, Tanzania, the Galapagos, and...
Jun
03
2022
Mondays, July 11, 18, 25 | 1 - 3 PM
Instructor: James L. Walsh, PhD
This course explores the origins and purpose of government generally and the way in which the founders of the American republican experiment chose to deconstruct the various structures...
Jun
03
2022
Mondays, July 11, 18, 25 | 10 AM - Noon
Instructor: Don Melander
American Poetry focuses on David Budbill's collection of poems-of-place Judevine, set in the Northeast Kingdom. David used to come to NEC for a few days in July/August to do a...
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...