23SU-C-The Stage Shapes the Play and the Play Shapes the Stage: How Shakespeare’s Plays Reveal Themselves Through Production—Henry V

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...

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23SU-A-American Poems of Place: North of Boston

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...

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G – Film Seminar: Alfred Hitchcock, 2nd Series

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...

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C-*The Stage Shapes the Play and the Play Shapes the Stage: How Shakespeare’s Plays Reveal Themselves Through Production

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...

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B-Travelogues with Eric

Tuesdays, 10 AM - Noon | Oct 4, 11, 18, 25, Nov 1, & 8 Instructor: Eric Simon In each presentation we discuss travel itineraries and view slideshows from several international trips. Each week we will discuss travel itineraries accompanied by...

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A-African-American Poetry

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...

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The American Presidency, Part One

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...

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American Poetry

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...

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I – Film Seminar: Screwball Comedies

    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,...

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H – America’s Founding Fathers

      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...

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