PICK FIRST: 2023-24 Membership Registration (Lifetime & New)

Pick Membership First Membership in LINEC is required to take courses. The yearly membership fee is $40.00 per person which starts on September 1 and ends August 31.  This fee allows members to register for courses in the three LINEC...

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24Sp- I The Films of Ingmar Bergman

     Fridays, 10 - noonish or so | April 5 - May 24 & Beyond       Location: Baker Free Library in Bow       Leader: Don Melander   Facilitator: Paul Hague Like Akira Kurosawa, the great auteur Ingmar Bergman’s films are difficult to watch,...

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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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24Sp- G Philosophy 101

      Thursdays, 1:30 - 3:30 PM | April 4 - May 23 | ZOOM        Leader: Lisa Melander  Facilitator: Don Melander We will continue to respond to philosophers and the philosophies we encounter in our ongoing reading of Paul Kleinman’s book...

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24Sp- F Gouverneur Morris: The Most Interesting Founding Father

      Thursdays, 10 AM - Noon | April 11 - May 9       Location: Hopkinton Town Library, Contoocook       Instructor: Dick Hesse   Facilitator: Don Melander A 23-year-old aristocrat, Gouverneur Morris was called upon to frame the New York Constitution separating it from...

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24Sp- E How the Mountains Grew

A Sequel to and an Update on John McPhee’s Annals of the Former World       Wednesdays, 1:30 - 3:30 PM | April 10 - 24 & May 8 - 22 and beyond | ZOOM        Leader: Paul Hague  Facilitator: Don Melander In this...

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24Sp- D The Novel Reading Group

      Wednesdays, 1:30 - 3:30 PM | April 3 and May 1        Leader and Facilitator: John McCausland        Location: Tucker Free Library in Henniker This discussion group meets throughout the year on the first Wednesday of each month. We...

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24Sp- C Ethics in Economics

       Tuesdays, 4:30 - 6:30 PM | April 2 - May 21 | ZOOM         Instructor: Ali Reza Jalili | Facilitator: Amanda Marsh This course focuses on the relationship between ethics and economics. Commonly, economics is thought to be...

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24Sp- B Shakespeare: Richard III & The History of Troilus and Cressida

        Tuesdays, 1:30 - 3:30 PM | April 2 - May 21         Location: Baker Free Library in Bow         Instructor: Glenn Stuart | Facilitator: Don Melander Gregory Doran’s casting of Arthur Hughes in the role of Richard III in the Royal...

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24Sp- A Epic Poetry: The Iliad

       Mondays, 10 AM - Noon | April 1 - May 20 | ZOOM        Leader: Don Melander | Facilitator: Alice Nye Because Glenn Stuart is doing The History of Troilus and Cressida in his Shakespeare course this term, we are...

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