NEWS

IT'S FUN TO LEAD A COURSE

Leading a course is a wonderful opportunity to share a topic that interests you with other like-minded people! Think about leading one in the spring.

Look at our website for the range we offer now. Look over the literature and art courses. Do you have a favorite author or artist, or even a genre? Could you share your knowledge? Or think of a course you'd like to take but it isn't there, such as the history of professional tennis or economic recessions. Would it be fun to create it? The Curriculum Committee can help you to develop your idea into a course, running from five to ten weeks. 

This fall LLAIC has been offering several in-person classes at Temple Shalom, our new home in West Newton. It’s a lovely facility, with plenty of space for our schmooze room—just waiting to be used for special programs and lunches. We'd love to offer more in-person courses; but if that doesn’t work for you, Zoom will continue as an alternative. There’s full tech support for all virtual classes, with a dedicated person managing Zoom so the course leader can focus on teaching. There’s also A/V support for in-person classes.

While course leaders teach on a volunteer basis, they receive a free annual membership and may register early, tuition-free, for up to two courses in the semester they are teaching or in the following semester. So think about what you’d like to explore, and click here to download the course proposal form. Contact the Curriculum Committee if you have any questions. And if you know anyone else who may be interested in teaching, let them know about us!

LET'S TALK SOME MORE!

We are excited that LLAIC’s new Let's Talk program is underway. One group started this past week and one will begin on November 14^th. For the winter and spring sessions we have two groups already planned: “Downsizing: Should We Stay or Should We Go” and “Interfaith Family Relationships for Parents and Grandparents.”

We are now looking for more facilitators and topics for the spring session and beyond. If you have some experience leading groups and would like to volunteer to be a facilitator, and/or if you have ideas for group topics, please contact Gail Stone at 781-752-8397 or [email protected] or Margret Krakauer at 508-965-7976 or [email protected].

SPECIAL EVENTS

LET'S TALK

ABOUT DEALING WITH CHRONIC FAMILY ILLNESS

FACILITATED BY

RUTH NATANSON AND CAROLYN MICHAELI

FIVE TUESDAYS: 11/14-12/12 AT 4:00-5:30 ON ZOOM

Let’s Talk about the challenges of dealing with acute and chronic family illness--whether it's a child, a parent, a sibling, a spouse or a partner. Join us for five weeks in a small group format to discuss coping strategies and the impact of illness on you and your family.

FACILITATORS:

Carolyn Michaeli is a retired occupational therapist. Ruth Natanson is a retired social worker and therapist. Both are experienced group leaders.

Please write to Carolyn Michaeli if you want to be included. You have to be a LLAIC member to participate.

LLAIC LOVES ART:

A PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR

PHOENIX ART MUSEUM

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15 @ 1:30

Based on a selection of images of authors, this talk is about the art of portraiture. Art of the Ancient Greco-Roman tradition as well as Renaissance period influences are introduced to provide a foundation for more recent and recognizable authors and artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. A wide variety of styles, eras, and materials are discussed while closely examining artistic expression in enduring images of literary artists.

Docent Karen Kahler was raised in Ohio and northern California, where she was educated at Stanford and the University of California, Berkeley. As an attorney, she specialized in transactions financing public infrastructure projects, and also taught at ASU Law School. Now retired, she enjoys being a Docent at the Phoenix Art Museum.

Click here before noon on Tuesday, November 14, to request a Zoom invitation. You'll receive it that day.

UPDATE: HUNTINGTON COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIP INITIATIVE

If you sent in an HCMI form for Huntington, your name is now in their database and you can order tickets to any Huntington performance, best seats available, for $20. Our identifying code is LLAIC! How perfect!

Here are the instructions from the Huntington: “You and your members need only enter code LLAIC at online checkout at https://www.huntingtontheatre.org/ or by phone by calling our Box Office at 617-266-0800 or in-person at either of our theatre locations. You will receive our Community Engagement Newsletter shortly…as well as invites to our upcoming Community Night events.” 

Any LLAIC members who have not registered for this program can still do so. Simply complete the attached form (for "organization" make sure to write LLAIC) and mail it to: Huntington Theater, 560 Harrison Avenue, Suite 504, Boston, MA 02118, Attn: Oz Pereira, Community Engagement Manager. You must be a paid-up member of LLAIC to participate.

Our theater committee hopes to arrange more theater trips in the spring, so stay tuned… And enjoy your $20 tickets to the Huntington! 

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