Click here for a schedule of the LLAIC courses we'll be able to choose from in the fall. We'll have a lot more detail before registration starts at 10 a.m. sharp on Monday, July 19.

Click here for an invitation by noon on Wednesday, June 16, and you will receive the invite by 3:00 that afternoon. 

Sign up here before registration closes at noon on Sunday, June 20, to request an invitation to the June 21 meeting. You'll receive it by 3 p.m. If you have any questions, contact Richard Lewis: lewisdmd@ yahoo.com or 617-448-4439.

To reserve your space for the docent tour, plus optional lunch, please print out and complete the attached registration form, enclose a check made out to Margalit Lai for the tour @ $15.45 per person plus the cost of lunch, and send it to Margalit at the address on the registration form.

Margalit Lai at (508) 272-8447 [email protected]

Gail Wiseman at (781) 956-0829 [email protected]

You can learn more about the extraordinary courses being offered for the fall 2021 semester at our virtual Information Sessions. We hope you will join us via Zoom for one or both of them to meet our terrific course leaders and hear directly from them about their courses. Different courses will be highlighted at each, so you may want to come to both. And please invite your friends! Attached is a description of our program that you can forward to them if you wish.

To sign up, click here for an Invitation to the Information Sessions. You will be asked to give your preferred date, or you may choose to attend both sessions. Enter your email and a Zoom invitation will be sent to you prior to the session.

Do you enjoy reading the New Yorker magazine short stories and discussing them with interesting people? Are you concerned about events occurring in our country and the world and do you want to hear what others think? Would you like to see paintings created during the pandemic, hear about five wise men in history, learn about Botticelli and view his beautiful art work, find out how middle schoolers are taught social studies these days, explore the possibility of self-driven cars, listen to an animal rights activist, watch/discuss a couple of Ted Talks, and meet a well-known Boston Globe writer? If so, join the SummerSession and enjoy eight weeks of Zoom classes from 10:00 to 11:15 every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. This is a free bonus for all LLAIC members, an opportunity to continue the pleasure of learning and sharing ideas. Our facilitators welcome your participation and are eager to impart their knowledge and unusual experiences.

Here is the schedule for the SummerSession programs. When they begin you'll be able to sign up for each one individually. You'll receive early notices of the New Yorker Roundtable stories to give you time to read them (see next article) and you can sign up for the Roundtable and other SummerSession programs the Sunday before the session. These used to be drop-in events, and this is as close as we can come!

The story we will discuss is "Foster" by Brian Washington and it can be found in the June 14, 2021 issue of the magazine. Here is the link to the magazine, and the story is attached here for your convenience. Please let Phyllis Cohen know if you cannot open this file.

The Zoom invitation will appear in the June 27 Quill.

Watch this space for a Zoom invitation as the date approaches. 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.

Click here to see a list of the upcoming book selections through December.

The Movie Mavens film choice for Friday July 16^th, is Wild Tales, a multiple award-winning Argentinian movie from 2014 that is both tragic and funny. The movie is a collection of six short segments, each with different settings and actors, united by common themes of uncontrolled anger, rage, and frustration.

From the critics: "six uncomfortably hilarious fables of revenge"..."an explosively funny film, made with great energy”…"a splendidly anarchic portrait of a world on the verge of a nervous breakdown"…"Damián Szifron tells each story with a specific visual flair that helps make ‘Wild Tales’ the best anthology movie I've ever seen."

Wild Tales is available for rental on Amazon Prime. We will meet on Zoom to discuss the film at 2:00pm on Friday, July 16^th. Click here by noon on Thursday, July 15^th, for an invitation. You will receive it by 3:00 p.m that afternoon.

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].

If you have questions about the group, please contact Miriam Grodberg at [email protected].

Learn more about LLAIC at www.llaic.org

Write us: [email protected]

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