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- 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- 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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23SU-A-American Poems of Place: North of Boston

In-Person: NEC Lyons Building, 55 Depot Hill Rd, Henniker, NH 03242, Rm 103 Mondays, 10   – Noon | July 10 – 31 Instructor: Don Melander | Facilitator: Alice Nye When Don Melander was the Open Door Theatre dramaturge, he adapted a number of...

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23Sp H – The Supreme Court: “The Least Dangerous Branch”

When: Thursdays, 10 AM – Noon | April 13 – May 18 Where: Zoom Instructor & Facilitator: Dick Hesse Since the turn of the 20th century, the US Supreme Court has been a powerful force in modern society. How does it relate...

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23Sp B – *Astronomy and Cosmology

When: Mondays, 1:30 PM – 3:30 pm | April 10 – May 15 Where: In-Person at NEC Carriage House, Room 16 Instructor: Curtiss Rude | Facilitator: Don Melander Much has been learned in the field of astronomy in the past six years. New...

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G – Film Seminar: Alfred Hitchcock, 2nd Series

Fridays, 10 AM - Noon | Oct 7, 14, 21, 28, Nov 4, & 11 Leaders: Don Melander, Mary Lee Sargent This seminar meets round the year every Friday morning from 10 to noon, but folks may join or leave at...

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Film Seminar

Fridays, July 8, 15, 22, 29 | 10 AM - Noon Leader:  Don Melander This term we begin the first of four seminars on Alfred Hitchcock.  In this course, we discuss: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) Rebecca (1940) Saboteur (1942) Shadow of...

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