24Fa | C- Artificial Intelligence

Tuesdays: 10:15 am – 12:15 pm | Oct. 8 to Nov. 12 Location: Baker Free Library, Bow, NH Instructor and Facilitator: Curtiss Rude C- Artificial Intelligence This course explores the development of artificial intelligence, both machine learning and neural networks, since the 1950’s....

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24Fa | F – 19th Century American Landscape Painting

Wednesdays: 10:15 am – 12:15 pm | Oct. 9 – Nov. 13 Location: Baker Free Library, Bow, NH Instructor: Inez McDermott | Facilitator: Don Melander F - 19th Century American Landscape Painting The Contemplation of Eternal Things: Nineteenth-Century American Landscape Painting In this course,...

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24Fa | G – Philosophy 101

Wednesdays: 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm | Oct. 9 – 30 and Nov. 13 - 20 Location: Zoom Instructor: Lisa Melander | Facilitator: Don Melander G - Philosophy 101 In this iteration of Philosophy 101, we will further examine some of the more...

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24Fa | I – Food and Faith

Thursdays: 10:15 am – 12:15 pm | Oct. 10 to Nov. 14 Location: Baker Free Library, Bow Instructor and Facilitator: Suzanne Rude I - Food and Faith Faith traditions influence not only how food is prepared and eaten but also when to abstain...

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24Fa | K – The Films of Ingmar Bergman, Continued

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...

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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 – E – The Novel Reading Group

Location: Tucker Free Library, Henniker 1st Wednesdays, 1:30 - 3:30 PM | July 3 and August 7 Leader and Facilitator:  John McCausland The Reading Group meets throughout the year on the first Wednesday of each month to discuss books selected from Britain’s...

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24Su – D – Lincoln & Finch: Attorneys at Law

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...

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24Su – C – Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Baker Free Library, Bow  Tuesdays, 1:30 – 3:30 PM | July 9 - 30    Instructor: Glenn Stuart     Facilitator: Don Melander Delightful Romps through film versions of A Midsommer Nights Dreame (as the title is spelled in the First Folio edition). Glenn Stuart is a...

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24Su – A – Poets of Place: Edwin Arlington Robinson’s Tilbury Town, Maine

 Location: Lyons Center, NEC  Mondays, 10 AM-Noon | July 8 - 29   Leader:  Don Melander  Facilitator: Alice Nye In the late 19th/early 20th centuries, Robinson wrote several series of poems, many of which are sonnets featuring fictional characters such as Richard Cory, Luke...

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