The Quill
Quick Updates for Independent Lifelong Learners
April 4, 2021
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Can You Hear Me Now?
Great Courses Starting Next Week
Feedback, Anyone?
LLAIC Lit-Lovers - Friday, 4/9
LLAIC Zoom Happy Hour - Thursday, 4/15
Current Events - Friday, 4/16
Movie Mavens - Friday, 4/16
Spanish Conversation Group (La Tertulia) - Monday, 4/19
No Geniuses on Wall Street - Monday, 4/19
French Conversation Group
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CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
LLAIC is proud to announce a new feature that can make your Zoom experience even more enjoyable. We can now offer to our members closed captions for our Zoom classes and affinity groups! Our tech support staff have learned how to enable closed captions (noted on the Zoom screen as an icon block with "cc" in it and called Live Transcript). If you would like to take advantage of this service, please let your course leader or affinity group leader know and the attending tech support can make it happen. If "cc" is enabled, members can choose individually to either "show" the captions or "hide" the captions, whichever they prefer. This is a wonderful new service for any LLAIC members who have difficulty hearing.
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GREAT COURSES STARTING NEXT WEEK
Our second-half five-week courses start the week of April 13-15 and there are still a few openings. It’s not too late to sign up!
- Immigration Information: The Basics and Beyond
- Opera’s Fallen Ladies and Bad Girls
- Where Has Privacy Gone and Why Is it Important for You
- Introduction to Your SLR Camera
- LILAC Players
Click here for the class schedule, click here for course descriptions, and click here for the registration page if would like to join us. Meanwhile, enjoy a safe spring break this week!
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FEEDBACK, ANYONE?
It's time for end-of-course feedback for our first-half five-week Spring 2021 classes. Your insights are invaluable to both the Course Leaders and the Curriculum Committee.
Please complete the online course feedback forms as close as possible to the end of your last class. Use this link. Select your course from the drop-down box and complete the feedback form. You may have to scroll down the list to find your course.
Thank you in advance for your thoughtful comments.
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THE IMMORTALISTS
BY CHLOE BENJAMIN
FRIDAY, APRIL 9 @ 10:30-12:00
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Sign up here before registration closes at noon on Thursday, April 8, to request a Zoom invitation. You'll receive an invitation by 3 p.m. that day. The meeting will open 15 minutes early so we can socialize before we begin the discussion. Contact Joan Chasan if you have trouble signing up.
It's 1969 in New York City's Lower East Side, and word has spread of the arrival of a mystical woman, a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die. The Gold children—four adolescents on the cusp of self-awareness—sneak out to hear their fortunes. A sweeping novel of remarkable ambition and depth, The Immortalists probes the line between destiny and choice, reality and illusion, this world and the next. It is a deeply moving testament to the power of story, the nature of belief, and the unrelenting pull of familial bonds.
Click here to see a list of the upcoming book selections through September.
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COME TO OUR LLAIC ZOOM HAPPY HOUR!
THURSDAY, APRIL 15
4:00-5:00
At our March Happy Hour. after catching up on each other's vaccinations, we talked about travel plans, the winning record of a member's horse, museums ranging from Crystal Bridges in Arkansas through the World War II museum to the Museum of Bad Art, surprise parties, and mothers who couldn't cook. Someone had to leave early to get news of a brand new great-grandchild.
We hope you'll join us again on Thursday, April 15, from 4 to 5 p.m. We should have lots of new things to talk about as well as the old ones. Bring your drinks, snacks, and conversation.
Click here to request a Zoom invitation by noon on Wednesday, April 14. You'll receive your invite by 3 p.m. that day.
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CURRENT EVENTS
LED BY JERRY JACOBS
FRIDAY, APRIL 16
10:00-11:15
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Please join us as we dissect the news of the day, which never ceases to be surprising and controversial. As usual Jerry Jacobs will facilitate a lively discussion among our knowledgeable and impassioned classmates. All points of view welcome!
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Click here by noon on Thursday, April 15, to request an invitation. You'll receive it by 3:00 pm that day.
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MOVIE MAVENS
FRIDAY, APRIL 16 @ 2:00-3:00
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The Movie Mavens film choice for April is “Force Majeure,” a gripping tale of near disaster and an imploding marriage.
“Force Majeure” is described in the N.Y. Times as a “brilliant, viciously amusing takedown of bourgeois complacency, gender stereotypes and assumptions, and the illusion of security.” From the L.A. Times: "This filmmaker is in control at each and every moment, and does he ever know what he is doing." And from one more critic: “Force Majeure” is “a prickly moral comedy for grown-ups, full of sharply observed moments, spectacular scenery and masterfully manipulated atmosphere.”
One note of warning: Make sure you find the 2014 version of “Force Majeure” because apparently an inferior remake was done in 2020.
We will watch the film on our own, available on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime, and free on Hoopla and Kanopy. We will gather on Zoom on Friday afternoon April 16 at 2:00 PM for a lively discussion.
Click here for an invitation by noon on Thursday, April 15, and you will receive the invite by 3:00 that afternoon.
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THERE ARE NO GENIUSES ON WALL STREET
MONDAY, APRIL 19 @ 10:30-12:00
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Are you an experienced investor, or are you new to "the market" and want to know more? We are an easygoing discussion group that deals with all market-related topics. Bring your opinions, insights, and questions. Or just listen.
Sign up here before registration closes at noon on Sunday, April 18, to request an invitation to the April 19 meeting. You'll receive it by 3 p.m. If you have any questions, contact Richard Lewis: lewisdmd@ yahoo.com or 617-448-4439.
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SPANISH CONVERSATION GROUP
MONDAY, APRIL 19 AT 1 P.M.
¡Bienvenidos a La Tertulia!
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Newcomers are welcome at the Spanish conversation group, hosted by Miriam Grodberg and Larry Krakauer. We meet biweekly and focus on conversation using current Spanish language media. Please consider joining us to maintain and improve your Spanish language skills and have some fun along the way.
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FRENCH CONVERSATION GROUP
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The French Conversation Group is reading 120, Rue de la Gare, by Leo Malet. This book is available in paperback and Kindle versions. We are a group of intermediate to advanced level speakers. We read books aloud, taking turns, and stopping often to discuss any interesting aspects of what we are reading. If you are interested in this group, please contact Richard Mansfield at [email protected].
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Call us: (508) 463-1205
Editor: Barbara Mende
Contributing Editors: Joe Bongiardina and Shelly Levine
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