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...
Aug
13
2023
Leader: Don Melander
Mondays, 10 AM - Noon | October 2 - November 6 on ZOOM
We are currently reading and discussing poems by Muriel Rukeyser, Delmore Schwartz, Karl Shapiro, and May Swenson in Library of America’s American Poetry: The Twentieth...
May
29
2023
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...
May
29
2023
In-Person: NEC Lyons Building Rm 107
Thursday, 10 – Noon | July 6 & 20
Documentary Film Maker: John Gfroerer
Facilitator: Dick Hesse
Each session will be a presentation and discussion of a documentary film:
Powerful As Truth: William Loeb & 25 Years...
May
29
2023
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...
May
29
2023
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...
May
29
2023
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...
May
29
2023
In-Person: NEC Lyons Building, 55 Depot Hill Rd, Henniker, NH 03242, Rm 103
Mondays, 10 – Noon | July 10 – 31
Instructor: Don Melander | Facilitator: Alice Nye
When Don Melander was the Open Door Theatre dramaturge, he adapted a number of...
Aug
22
2022
Fridays, 10 AM - Noon | Oct 7, 14, 21, 28, Nov 4, & 11
Leaders: Don Melander, Mary Lee Sargent
This seminar meets round the year every Friday morning from 10 to noon, but folks may join or leave at...
Aug
22
2022
Tuesdays, 1 - 3 PM | Oct 4, 11, 18, 25, Nov 1, & 8
Instructor: Glenn Stuart
*This is an in-person class. Location will be announced after registration.
Director Michael Bogdanov observed the following about producing Shakespeare’s plays: “The job of...