2024-2025 Membership Registration

LINEC Membership Registration for 2024-2025 Academic Year. To enroll in courses, you must have a LINEC membership. The annual membership fee is $40.00 per person (no household memberships). Membership Benefits: Learning with and from peers Reasonably priced classes Access to 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 | J – Nature as the Consilience of Science and Art: An Ongoing Exploration

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...

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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- H In Darwin’s Footsteps

      Thursdays, 4:30 - 6:30 PM | April 4 - 25 | ZOOM        Instructor: Eric Simon  Facilitator: Amanda Marsh This course serves as a companion to a journey to the Galapagos Islands to be led by Eric from May 19...

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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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G – The Great Kate — A Helping of Hepburn

      Wednesdays, 1 - 3 PM | April 13 - 27         Instructor: Paul Brogan Katharine Hepburn holds the record for winning the most Best Actress Oscars —four of them.  Paul met her on the New Hampshire set of "On Golden Pond" in...

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F – American Novel Reading Group

      Wednesdays, 1 - 3 PM | April 6 and May 4        Leader: John McCausland This is an on-going group meeting through the year on the first Wednesday afternoon of each month to discuss a novel chosen by the group from several...

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E – Textiles Across Time and Cultures

       Wednesdays, 10 AM - Noon | April 6 - 20         Instructor: Betsy Holmes Textiles are so much more than fabric for clothing; they are the product of a fundamental human activity across time and culture. Textiles create beauty, express identity, display...

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