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NEWS
Classes Begin Next Week
Announcing "Let's Talk"
New Paper-and-Pencil Membership and Course Registration Option
SPECIAL EVENTS
LLAIC Loves Art: Tour of the Guggenheim Museum - Wednesday, 9/6
LLAIC Loves Art: Phoenix Art Museum - Wednesday, 9/20
Let's Go: Boston Freedom Trail Walking Tour - Monday, 10/2
GROUP MEETINGS
LLAIC Lit-Lovers - Friday, 9/8
Current Events - Friday, 9/8
Spanish Conversation Group (La Tertulia) - Monday, 9/11
No Geniuses on Wall Street - Monday, 9/18
Movie Mavens - Friday, 9/22
French Conversation Group
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CLASSES BEGIN NEXT WEEK
Classes start on Tuesday, September 12. There is still room in our Tuesday in-person classes at Temple Shalom in West Newton and in most of our Wednesday and Thursday classes on Zoom, which begin September 13 and 14.
Our course schedule and full course descriptions are available on our website. Click here for the Schedule-at-a-Glance, click here for the course descriptions, click here for the full Course Catalog, click here for a list of class dates, click here for information regarding membership and click here for a link to course registration.
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ANNOUNCING "LET'S TALK"
Beginning later this month, LLAIC is offering “Let’s Talk” discussion groups, each focused on a topic of interest and led by a group facilitator, where members can explore new ideas and thoughts about their lives. Watch future Quills for Zoom links. We hope to have groups meeting throughout the year, so stay tuned via The Quill for announcements.
COMING ATTRACTIONS
Dealing with Chronic Family Illness: facilitated by Ruth Natanson and Carolyn Michaeli
- Thursdays 3:30-5:00 p.m. - 9/28, 10/5, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26
Changing Relationships with Adult Children: facilitated by Alice Freedman and Rhoda Greenspan
- Thursdays 12:00-1:30 p.m. - 11/2, 11/9, 11/16, 11/30, 12/7 (No meeting 11/23)
Downsizing - To Stay or to Go: facilitated by Mary Mansfield
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Tuesdays 1:00-2:30 p.m.- 1/9, 1/16, 1/23, 1/30, 2/6
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NEW PAPER-AND-PENCIL MEMBERSHIP
AND COURSE REGISTRATION OPTION
You can now complete a paper-and-pencil form to register for LLAIC membership and/or courses. Contact Richard Mansfield ([email protected] or 978-443-4404) to have the form sent to you.
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SLLGS
LLAIC LOVES ART
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 @ 1:30
TOUR OF THE SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
An overview of the Guggenheim, from the earliest painting in its collection to works acquired in the 2000s. This program is designed to provide a sense of the museum’s history and architecture, as well as its efforts to diversify its holdings across geographic, gender and racial boundaries, to reflect a truly global vision.
Missy Lipsett, who will lead the tour, is a museum educator and practicing artist who has exhibited in NYC and is presently with a private gallery. As a museum educator, she is committed to creating gallery and online experiences that resonate and open participants to new ways of looking and connecting with art. After receiving her MFA in graphic design from Yale University, she ran a graphic design business and taught art and graphic design at the university level for many years. She now works with all ages in the museum education context.
Click here before noon on Tuesday, September 5, to request a Zoom invitation. You'll receive it that day.
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SLLGS
LLAIC LOVES ART
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 @ 1:30
PHOENIX ART MUSEUM
Watch this space for more information about another illuminating presentation from the Phoenix Art Museum. And watch for a link to request a Zoom invitation. Meanwhile, save the date!
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BOSTON FREEDOM TRAIL
WALKING TOUR
MONDAY, OCTOBER 2 @ 10:00 A.M.
LUNCH AT OLD UNION OYSTER HOUSE
Please join us for a leisurely two-hour private walking tour of the Boston Freedom Trail with LLAIC's own Roseli Weiss as our guide. She will be dressed in costume as Sarah Bradley Fulton, mother of the Boston Tea Party and spy for George Washington. Among other historical stories she will tell us the surprising details of how 342 pounds of tea ended up in Boston Harbor.
We will meet behind the Visitor Center at 139 Tremont Street on the Boston Common at 10:00 a.m. and walk to the State House, the Granary Burial Ground and the King’s Chapel Burial Ground, ending at Quincy Market. There will be opportunities to stop and rest along the way. Although the trip is handicap accessible in most areas, one needs to be vigilant on the sidewalks and streets of Boston.
We hope you will join us for lunch at 12:15 p.m. at the nearby award-winning Union Oyster House, a National Historic Landmark established in 1826. We will order from the menu and can request individual checks.
Transportation: We recommend that you carpool or use public transportation. Both the Google and Moovit apps are very helpful. All Red and Green Line trains stop at Park Street on the Common. The Old Union Oyster House is a two-minute walk to the Haymarket stop on the Orange and Green Lines. Parking is available at the Boston Common Garage.
For more information please contact:
Ileen Conn 978-985-5421 [email protected]
Margalit Lai 508-272-8447 [email protected]
To reserve your place for the tour plus lunch, please print and complete the attached registration form, enclose a check for the tour @ $10.00 per person, and send it to Margalit Lai at the address listed on the form.
Please note: your check must be received by Friday, September 22. This trip will be limited to 16 participants.
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LLAIC LIT-LOVERS
THE WAGER: A TALE OF SHIPWRECK, MUTINY AND MURDER
BY DAVID GRANN
DISCUSSION LED BY MARGARET DERGALIS
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 @ 10:30
A thrilling story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court-martial that reveals a shocking truth. The powerful narrative reveals the deeper meaning of the events on the Wager, showing that it was not only the captain and crew who ended up on trial, but the very idea of empire.
Click here before noon on Thursday, September 7, to request a Zoom invitation. 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. All book lovers are welcome.
The October and November readings will be:
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October 13 - A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (led by Joe More)
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November 10 – Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu (led by Barbara Barry)
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CURRENT EVENTS
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
@ 1:00-2:15 P.M.
(NOTE TIME CHANGE)
LED BY JERRY JACOBS
Trials and more trials. Whatever else comes up by Friday, Jerry will lead the animated group with his usual aplomb through an illuminating discussion of it. Newcomers are welcome!
Click here before noon on Thursday, September 7, to request a Zoom invitation. You'll get it that day.
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SPANISH CONVERSATION GROUP
¡Bienvenidos a La Tertulia!
BACK FROM SUMMER BREAK
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 @ 1:00
Our format consists of reading and discussing articles from various Spanish language media sources of general high interest. There is no homework although everyone is invited to submit articles they might find for our agendas.
The hosts for the group are Miriam Grodberg and Larry Krakauer. Contact Miriam at [email protected] with any questions.
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THERE ARE NO GENIUSES ON WALL STREET
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 @ 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.
Click here before noon on Sunday, September 17, to request a Zoom invitation. If you have any questions about the group, contact Richard Lewis: [email protected] or 617-448-4439.
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MOVIE MAVENS
TOKYO STORY
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 @ 2:00
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The movie we will discuss on Friday, September 22, is Tokyo Story by Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu. Many of us have probably never heard of this movie, or of Ozu, but the film and director are highly regarded. Once every 10 years the British film magazine Sight and Sound conducts a poll of film critics, and a separate poll of directors. The critic Roger Ebert described their polls of the greatest films ever made as "by far the most respected of the countless polls of great movies--the only one most serious movie people take seriously." In 2012 the Sight and Sound poll of 358 directors worldwide voted Tokyo Story the greatest film of all time, and the critics voted it the third best.
The movie is available for free at Kanopy (the library app), free with subscription on Max (formerly HBO Max), $3.99 at Apple TV, and on DVD in libraries. It is well-worth watching!
Click here before noon on Thursday, September 21, to request a Zoom invitation. You'll receive it that day. Newcomers are welcome.
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FRENCH CONVERSATION GROUP | |
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The French Conversation Group is now reading L/Évenement (Happening, in English).
L/Évenement is a 2000 memoir by Annie Ernaux, the
2022 Nobel Prize in Literature winner. It is the story of her decision
about getting an abortion in the early 1960's in France.
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 Betty Salzberg at [email protected].
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