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,...

      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...

       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...

Leaders: Don Melander and Lisa Melander Wednesdays, 1:30-3:30 PM | Oct 11 - 25 and Nov 8 - 15 on ZOOM The class will be based on Paul Kleinman’s book Philosophy 101: From Plato and Socrates to Ethics and Metaphysics, an Essential Primer...

Leader: Don Melander Mondays, 10 AM - Noon | October 2 - November 6 on ZOOM We are currently reading and discussing poems by Muriel Rukeyser, Delmore Schwartz, Karl Shapiro, and May Swenson in Library of America’s  American Poetry: The Twentieth...

In-Person: NEC Science Building Rm 113E (right across from the new Lyon's Building) Fridays, 10 AM – 1 PM | July 7 – Aug 4 Leader: Don Melander We will view the life and music of: July 7 | Paris Blues (1961; Martin...

When: Fridays, 10 AM – Noon | April 14 – May 26 Where: *In-Person Baker Free Library, Bow Instructors & Facilitators: Don Melander, Mary Lee Sargent In this third study of Hitchcock, we’re focusing on The Wrong Man (1956), Vertigo (1957), North by...

When: Mondays, 10 AM – Noon | April 10 – May 15 Where: Zoom Instructor: Don Melander | Facilitator: Alice Nye In this continuing course on poets, we are using Kevin Young’s Library of America Anthology African American Poetry: 250 Years of...

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...

Mondays, 10 AM - Noon | Oct 3, 10, 17, 24, Nov. 7 Leader: Don Melander Participants who join for LINEC’s fall term may continue or leave at any time after that, as poetry discussions are ongoing throughout the year. We...