Thursdays, 1:30 pm–3:30 pm | April 10–May 22 Location: 1st Congregational Church, Hopkinton Instructor: Don Melander We will screen episodes of The Great Courses The Story of Human Language and read Steven Pinker’s The Language Instinct: How The Mind Creates Language. We will study how...

Thursdays, 10:15 am–12:15 pm | May 1–June 5 Location: Baker Free Library, Bow Instructor: Curtiss Rude Are we alone in the cosmos? How are scientists seeking signs of life beyond our home planet? This course will explain our past, current, and future...

Thursdays, 10:15 am–12:15 pm | April 10–April 24 Location: Baker Free Library, Bow Instructor: Inez McDermott In the latter years of the 19th century, New Hampshire became a summer haven and an escape from urban centers for artists, writers, composers, and other...

Wednesdays, 4:00–6:00 pm | April 9–May 14 Location: Zoom Instructor: Ali Reza Jalili This course will address how the US domestic economy and the global economy will interact with US domestic politics under a second Trump administration. Topics we will discuss include how...

Wednesdays, 1:30 pm–3:00 pm | April 2 and May 7 (2 sessions) Location: Tucker Free Library, Henniker Leader: John McCausland LINEC’s popular novel group is currently reading books selected from Britain’s prestigious Booker Prize lists. The group meets on the first Wednesday...

Dates: Wednesdays, 1:30 pm–3:00 pm | April 9–April 30, May 14–May 21 Location: Zoom Instructor: Lisa M. Melander This course continues our discussion of Bertrand Russell’s A History of Western Thought. We will focus on Book Three, Part II, From Rousseau to the Present...

LINEC Membership for the 2024-2025 Academic Year. 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 catalogs Opportunities to volunteer Reduced fee for per-credit NEC courses ...

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...

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 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...