23F-G Philosophy 101

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...

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23F-F The Novel Reading Group

Leader: John McCausland Wednesdays, 1:30 – 3:30 PM | Oct 4 and Nov 1 @ Henniker Tucker Free Library This discussion group meets throughout the year, on the first Wednesday of each month. We are discussing books selected from Britain’s prestigious...

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23F-E Comparative Religion: Sacred Places

Instructor: Rev. Suzanne Rude Wednesdays, 10 AM - Noon | Oct 4 - Nov 8 on ZOOM                                             Why do religious believers find certain places especially sacred to them, with particular sites found worthy of visitation by as many as 25...

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23F-D The Stage Shapes the Play and the Play Shapes the Stage: Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night

Instructor: Glenn Stuart Tuesdays, 1:30 - 3:30 PM | Oct 10 – 31 @ Baker Free Library, Bow  This is a play about people searching…for home, community, love, and self. Often funny but rooted in tragedy; it is joyous and life-affirming…full...

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23F-C Biology & Society: Genetically Modified Organisms

Instructor: Eric Simon Tuesdays, *4:30 - 5:30 PM | Oct 24 - Nov 14 on ZOOM *Note evening course offering We live in a golden age of biology. The scientific study of life affects each of us, our loved ones, and society...

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23SU-H-Film Seminar: All That Jazz

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...

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23SU-F-Supreme Court Review

In-Person: NEC Lyons Building Rm 103 Wednesday, 1:30   – 3:30 PM | July 12 Instructor: John Graebe | Facilitator: Dick Hesse This review of the Supreme Court’s 2022-23 term will include a discussion of the most significant cases. John Graebe is a Professor...

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23SU-E-Readings from Britain’s Booker Prize Novel Lists

Tucker Free Library, Henniker Wednesdays, 1:30 – 3:30 | July 5 & Aug 2 Leader and Facilitator: John McCausland For the last five years LINECs offerings have included a popular American novel reading group. With this summer, we shift the focus of...

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23SU-D-Women Artists – Modern to Contemporary

Wednesdays, 10 – Noon | July 5 – 26 Instructor: Gail Smuda | Facilitator: Mindy Fitterman Learn about fiber, performance art, and site specific work as well as more traditional painting and sculpture in this four-part class—covering most of the 1970s...

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23SU-C-The Stage Shapes the Play and the Play Shapes the Stage: How Shakespeare’s Plays Reveal Themselves Through Production—Henry V

In-Person: NEC Lyons Building Rm 103 Tuesdays, 1:30   – 3:30 PM | July 11 – Aug 1 Instructor: Glenn Stuart | Facilitator: Don Melander We will share and discuss two auteur film versions of Henry V: Laurence Olivier’s in 1944 and Kenneth...

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