The ALL Office at Cape Cod Community College is open from 9am - 3pm Monday through Friday.

Feel free to contact us:

E-mail: lifelonglearning@capecod.edu

Telephone 774-330-4400 (please leave a message)

I took a lovely walk on the boardwalk beach in Sandwich this morning. It was low tide and the mist was just starting to rise. I could hear the boats coming through Cape Cod canal but could not see them. The piping plovers were aflutter behind me while in front of me flocks of sea fowl were feeding in the surf. I thought to myself, I’ve had it wrong all this time! The Byrds were actually singing “To everything, tern, tern, tern” when they did that famous tune! My wife Carol just moaned as I explained it to her. 

Photo by Paul Coteus

I am super excited to be starting this Fall semester, even though it means we are nearing the end of a gorgeous summer. The rain and sun came at just the right times, but I know from the fading daylilies that classes will be starting up before too long. Registration is just 13 days away. Hurray!

On our website are over 70 classes for you to peruse, as well as the registration form and instructions. Some classes are held only in our classrooms, some are only on zoom, and some are hybrid-zoom, combining in-person with zoom as is practiced in most classrooms at the college. 

New this semester is a number of short videos from our coordinators, talking about their classes. You will find them on our website after the class descriptions. Please write us to say if you like them or not.

Our registration form is now fully digital, so you can now download, complete, and email back to us your class selections, as well as your payment by credit card, without ever touching paper.

That said, we continue to print catalogs so those of you that prefer paper can make your selections and fill out your forms by hand, write a check and post, as in the past. Or email your registration, but inform us and then pay your dues by check. So many choices! You should shortly find catalogs at your local library, and of course always in the main office.

Registration is August 19^th.

All registration forms that arrive either by email or US mail in our offices by August 16^th will be assigned classes until they are filled. If you have included a second or even third choice, they will be assigned in the event of a full class – so it’s useful to select an alternate. 

Of course, you can register after Aug 19^th , but expect some classes to be filled.

You will see that fees have increased slightly, to $125 per semester. The last increase was over eight years ago, and expenses have gone up quite a bit since them.

I hope you agree that ALL remains an incredible bargain. If I count what I have learned from the classes I have taken and taught, compounded by the friends I have met, then add all the fun at the many social events, well – I can’t really put a price on that!

Enjoy the rest of your summer, and see you soon.

Paul Coteus

ALL President

DON'T DELAY!

NOW IS THE TIME TO CHOOSE COURSES...

SEND IN YOUR REGISTRATION FORMS NOW!

Registration for fall classes begins on August 19, 2024. 

In order to be included in the first batch of processing, your completed registration form and payment must arrive at our office by August 16, 2024. 

Later arrivals will be processed after the first group is completed. 

Click on the link below to access the Fall 2024 Catalog and Schedule Grid.

The ALL Fall 2024 Catalog contains a listing of the courses being offered. It also contains detailed information on how to register. Please read the registration procedures in the catalog carefully. The Course Schedule Grid displays course information in a helpful table format.

Click on the link below to access the Fall 2024 Registration Form and Payment Information.

There are now two ways to register. You can:

Pay by Credit Card and Email Your Registration Form

or

Mail Your Printed Registration Form and Check



I am delighted to write about our fall 2024 course offerings.

The fall 2024 catalog is now listed on the ALL Website and the printed catalogs will be distributed to area libraries, senior centers, and a few well placed locations around the Cape very soon

We extend a great big thank you to all of our wonderful coordinators!

They will be teaching over 70 courses with 40 of them in person in the classroom. The rest will be in Zoom and in Hybrid format.

In addition to our tried-and-true courses, we will be offering a wide selection of new courses as well as some courses that have returned from past years.

The Curriculum Committee is excited and is looking forward to sharing the semester ahead with you.

Henry Tamzarian

Chair, Curriculum Committee



Coming in September!

Join us for our new ALL “Computer Group,”

Are you looking for a monthly Zoom community where members share challenges and successes with the technology skills we are required to use in our daily lives?

Maggie French and Jean DeVincentis will facilitate this group on the 3^rd Tuesday of each month from 7-8:30PM on Zoom.

Please join us on September 17th at 7pm. Our first topic will be “All Things Email” including attachments, inbox control, scams, and such. 

Contact lifelonglearning@capecod.edu to reserve a spot and receive the zoom link.

Future topics will be determined by the group. This will be a group of ALL Members helping other members!

We look forward to "seeing" you there!

Reflections 2025

Another year begins for the Academy for Lifelong Learning.

Also the planning of the publication of this year's Reflections.

For those of you who have yet to hear about Reflections:

In 2000, ALL published a compilation of writings and art of the membership. The first edition was titled Senior Reflections, later shortened to Reflections. 

The Founders of this anthology wanted to display a collection showcasing members’ creative abilities in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, photography and art - reflecting memories, insights, humor, and philosophy gathered from their lifelong experiences

Life experience - our years of living provide us with many varied and meaningful experiences. Members have distinguished themselves in the world of business, academia, arts and science, the military, and so many other fields during a lifetime. All of us have something to share that peers and the community would benefit from reading and viewing.

Reflections offers all those who dare to express themselves the place to share your thoughts and perspectives. A reflection of who you are at this point in your life.

Please read past issues, clear your day for a moment to write, take a photo, or whatever.

And then dare to submit your work for the upcoming edition. 

You have something to share.

To Learn more about Reflections and how to submit your work click the following button.

Thank You!

The Reflections 2025 Team

Things to do in August...

Check the websites for more information on all events listed.

Cotuit Center for the Arts:

Death of a Salesman , Aug.8 – Sept. 1In the Black Box Theater

More Women Rock – “Tangletuit” July 31 – Aug. 18

in the theater. (More events listed on the website.)

Cape Cod Playhouse:

Waitress, Aug. 7 – 24

39 Steps, Aug. 28 – 9/7

Craft Shows:

Nauset Sumer Craft Festival, Aug. 10 & 11, 10 am – 5pm

Nauset Reg. Middle School, free admission, Rt. 28

Kill Tide Arts & Crafts Festival Aug. 24 & 25, 10 – 5

Drummer Boy Park, Rt. 6A , free admission, Brewster

Sandwich Artisans Fine Arts & Craft Shows

Sandwich Library Lawn, August 10 – 4, free admission

Cruises :

Hyannis Sunrise Harbor Cruise – 90 minutes

Sesuit Lobster Roll Cruise or The Sunset Cruise

Movies:

Catch a movie at:

Cape Cinema in Dennis, Chatham Orpeheum Theater in Chatham, and other theaters across Cape Cod.

Cape Cod Museum of Art:

"Art of the Ride :The Motorcycle" July 18-October 13

This exhibit features more than 30 antique and restored motorcycles...including the motorcycle we all remember in the film "Easy Rider" The collection documents a fascinating 70 year history of motocycle design. Check the museum website for more information.

Enjoy!

Dianne Tattersall

Is there a friend who would like to know more about ALL?

We now have a 2 minute video that provides an overview of who we are and what we offer. A link to that video follows. It is also on our website. Feel free to share this newsletter and tell your friends to take a look.

A link to the video is at the end of this article..

September 20th at 2 PM In Larusso Atrium -

"How To Live Happier & Healthier & Longer In Retirement."

A presentation by Author and Lecturer Brad Pickford BCD,LCSW

More information will follow in the September Newsletter.

This month we are featuring Steven Anderson, who had offered “The History of Massachusetts; Pride and Prejudice” as a course at ALL.

Steve, a lifelong resident of Massachusetts, is a retired trial lawyer who traveled the state for his clients.

His interest in local history was enhanced by plaques and memorials he read at courthouses while waiting for judges or juries, mostly judges.

This interview was part of the ALL series of podcasts called “Hail the Historians” which put special emphasis on past and present ALL Coordinators of History. It was recorded in November, 2023. Those of you who viewed it last winter may enjoy viewing it a second time.

Please click on the link at the end of this article to watch this interesting visual/podcast and learn about the history of Massachusetts through Steve’s unique perspective. 

The ALL Art Gallery exhibits change regularly.

The ALL Art Gallery walls are outside classrooms 106 and 115.

Please contact the ALL office if you are interested in exhibiting your art.