Aug
13
2023
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...
Aug
13
2023
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...
May
29
2023
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...
Feb
26
2023
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...
Feb
25
2023
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...
Aug
22
2022
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...
Aug
22
2022
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...
Jun
03
2022
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...
Jun
03
2022
Mondays, July 11, 18, 25 | 10 AM - Noon
Instructor: Don Melander
American Poetry focuses on David Budbill's collection of poems-of-place Judevine, set in the Northeast Kingdom. David used to come to NEC for a few days in July/August to do a...
Jan
29
2022
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,...
