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...
Aug
22
2022
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...
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
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...