Mondays: 10:00 am—Noon | Oct. 7—Nov. 11 Location: Zoom Leader and Facilitator: Don Melander A - Epic Poetry: Homer, The Odyssey Where we begin: The decade-long war between the Achaeans (Greeks) and Trojans ended ten years ago, and now, finally, Odysseus starts to...

Tuesdays: 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm| Oct. 22 and 29 Location: Zoom Leader: Sarah Traphagen | Facilitator: Don Melander E - Open Heart | Surgery: Walt Whitman and Civil War Medicine The Civil War was a medical disaster. Both the Union and Confederacy...

Fridays: 10:00 am – Noon | Oct. 4 – 18, Nov. 1 – 15 Location: Baker Free Library, Bow Leader: Don Melander | Facilitator: Paul Hague K - The Films of Ingmar Bergman, Continued The great auteur Ingmar Bergman’s films are difficult to watch because of their psychological depth and...

Thursdays: 1:30 – 3:00 | Oct. 17 to Nov. 14 Location: Zoom Instructor: Eric Simon | Facilitator: Amanda Marsh J - Nature as the Consilience of Science and Art: An Ongoing Exploration Consilience is the principle that truth can be found when multiple, independent lines of evidence converge...

Zoom Wednesdays, 10 AM-Noon | July 10 – 31     Instructor: Sarah Traphagen Facilitator: Don Melander  One real historical legend. One imagined literary giant. Both lawyers. This interdisciplinary course contemplates the law careers and enduring influence of President Abraham Lincoln and Atticus Finch...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...