24Su – G – Four Clint Eastwood Movies

Location: Baker Free Library, Bow Fridays, 10 AM-Noon | July 12 – August 2 Leader: Don Melander | Facilitator: Paul Hague High Plains Drifter (1973), Pale Rider (1975), The Unforgiven (1992), Gran Torino (2008) I see these four films as a kind of...

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24Su – B – Culturally Curious? Great Stories from Art History

Zoom Tuesdays, 10 AM - Noon | July 2, 9, 23, 30 Instructor: Jane Oneail Facilitator: Amanda Marsh This course is an introduction to a broad range of fascinating subjects in Art History, from exploring the lesser known aspects of some of the...

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24Sp- G Philosophy 101

      Thursdays, 1:30 - 3:30 PM | April 4 - May 23 | ZOOM        Leader: Lisa Melander  Facilitator: Don Melander We will continue to respond to philosophers and the philosophies we encounter in our ongoing reading of Paul Kleinman’s book...

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24Sp- F Gouverneur Morris: The Most Interesting Founding Father

      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...

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24Sp- C Ethics in Economics

       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...

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24Sp- B Shakespeare: Richard III & The History of Troilus and Cressida

        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...

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23F-J Movies: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock, Final Series

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...

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23F-H Mary, Queen of Scots

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...

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23F-I Gouverneur Morris: The Most Interesting Founding Father

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...

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23F-G Philosophy 101

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...

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