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JOIN US AT LLAIC LOVES ART

BEYOND ARTWORKS: ARTIST STORIES OF OPPORTUNITY AND INSPIRATION

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 @ 1:30

A PRESENTATION AND CONVERSATION WITH PHOENIX ART MUSEUM DOCENT LIZ SMITH

Do you ever wonder how a piece of artwork came to be displayed in a museum? Join Docent Liz Smith as she unravels the hows and whys of some of Phoenix Art Museum’s most loved works of art. Travel back in history to the very first painting the Museum purchased and the story of how it all came about. Learn how circumstance and opportunity can be as critical to an artist as inspiration. You may never look at a piece of art in the same way without first wondering about its backstory.

Liz Smith is one of the newer Docents at the Phoenix Art Museum, having just completed her training in May of this year. She is excited to share with you what draws her to this volunteer “gig” - a fascination with the who, what, when, why, and how of art!

Click here before noon on Tuesday, September 19, to request a Zoom invitation. You'll receive it that day.

DINNER THEATER RETURNS TO LLAIC!!!

DIASPORA!

NEW REP THEATER, WATERTOWN

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14 @ 2:00 P.M.

(NEED TO REPLY BY SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23)

Join us at the New Rep in Watertown on October 14 for the world premiere performance of Diaspora! by Phaedra Michelle Scott. From the New Rep website:

DIASPORA! follows Sunny, a writer tracing her lineage to find a long-lost grandparent. Aided by her niece, her best friend, and her best friend’s new boyfriend, she searches for answers in history. Time begins to cross over, and we find ourselves in Boston during the rise of the civil rights movement and a certain young minister making waves at the Twelfth Baptist Church and Boston University.

The performance is 95 minutes with no intermission.

Following the play we will gather for an early dinner at Branch Line restaurant adjacent to the theater. Order from the menu and receive separate checks.

Parking is plentiful in a lot across from the theater.

Please fill out the attached registration form and send your $35 check to Terri Kasper by Saturday, September 23. Seating is limited and the theater will hold our tickets for only one week, so please let us know as soon as possible if you will be joining us.

THE FIRST "LET'S TALK" GROUP:

DEALING WITH CHRONIC FAMILY ILLNESS

FACILITATED BY

RUTH NATANSON AND CAROLYN MICHAELI

FIVE THURSDAYS: 9/28-10/26 AT 3:30-5:00 ON ZOOM

Let’s Talk about the challenges of dealing with acute and chronic family illness. Join us for five weeks in a small group format to discuss coping strategies and the impact of illness on you and your family.

To ensure a cohesive group, we ask participants to commit to attending all five sessions of the group (unless unexpected events occur)

FACILITATORS:

• Carolyn Michaeli is a retired occupational therapist with experience both as a participant and as a leader of groups in a variety of medical and behavioral health settings.
• Ruth Natanson is a retired social worker and therapist whose experience includes inpatient and outpatient care and leader of support groups.

LLAIC members can register for this group starting today. Registration will be open until the group is filled. The size of the group is limited (five minimum and ten maximum), so please write to Ruth Natanson or Carolyn Michaeli early if you want to be included.

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    ileenalex@gmail.com

Margalit Lai     508-272-8447    margalit.lai@yahoo.com

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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