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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23F-H Mary, Queen of Scots

Leader: Julie Machen Thursdays, 1:30 - 3:30 PM | Oct 5 - 19 on ZOOM This three-week course focuses on one of the most controversial rulers in history, Mary, Queen of Scots. The theme of the first session will be this...

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23F-I Gouverneur Morris: The Most Interesting Founding Father

Instructor: Dick Hesse Thursdays, 10 AM - Noon | NOTE NEW DATES: Oct 5-Nov 2 | Venue NEC Science Building 114 A A 23-year-old aristocrat was called upon to frame the New York Constitution separating it from England. He then served...

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23F-B The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World

Leader: Curtiss Rude Mondays, 4 - 6 PM | Oct 2-Nov 6  | New England College Lyons Building Room 103    The class is based on a 2008 book, The Ascent of Money, by Niall Ferguson, adapted for an Emmy winning...

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2023 Summer Term Registration-PICK THIS FIRST

Pick this pass first and then pick as many courses that you would like. Then pay at the end.

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I – Film Seminar: Screwball Comedies

    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,...

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H – America’s Founding Fathers

      Thursdays, 10 AM - Noon | April 7- May 12         Leaders:  Dick Hesse and Mary Lee Sargent America’s Founding Fathers is the second part of a three-semester Great Courses series exploring the founding of our government. The 12 lectures take us...

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G – The Great Kate — A Helping of Hepburn

      Wednesdays, 1 - 3 PM | April 13 - 27         Instructor: Paul Brogan Katharine Hepburn holds the record for winning the most Best Actress Oscars —four of them.  Paul met her on the New Hampshire set of "On Golden Pond" in...

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E – Textiles Across Time and Cultures

       Wednesdays, 10 AM - Noon | April 6 - 20         Instructor: Betsy Holmes Textiles are so much more than fabric for clothing; they are the product of a fundamental human activity across time and culture. Textiles create beauty, express identity, display...

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Russia: From Czars to Commissars (and Back?)

Instructor: Carol Zink  Tuesdays, 1 – 3 PM  | October 5 – November 9 In this fast-paced survey of Russian history we study the major Czars from Peter the Great to the last Czar, Nicholas II; the origins and outcomes of...

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