NEWS

COURSE LEADERS NEEDED FOR SPRING!

Although it hasn’t really felt like fall, with lots of nice warm days, LLAIC is beginning to think about the spring and courses for next semester. Teaching a course is a wonderful opportunity to share a topic that interests you with other like-minded people! Courses can range from more traditional topics such as history, math, science, and literature to current events to classes looking at music and film. The Curriculum Committee can help with developing your idea into a course—generally running from five to ten weeks. 

We will continue offering classes in person at Temple Shalom in Newton. It’s a lovely facility, with plenty of space for our schmooze room—just waiting to be the location for special programs and before- or after-class lunches. We understand that there are reasons why both course leaders and members might prefer to teach or take classes on Zoom, but nothing can compare to the warmth of in-person class discussions and the opportunity to reconnect with our fellow LLAIC members. The social aspect of LLAIC has always been one of our biggest features, and we’d love to see it back! So if it’s possible, please do consider offering a course in person—but if that doesn’t work for you, Zoom will continue as an alternative. There’s full tech support for all virtual courses, with a dedicated person managing Zoom so the course leader can focus on teaching. There’s also training as needed on A/V equipment for in-person classes and on Zoom for virtual ones. 

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 send in a course proposal form! And if you know anyone who might be interested in teaching, let them know about us!

SPECIAL EVENTS

Available to members at no additional charge

PLEASE JOIN LLAIC LOVES ART

AND JEANNETTE HILLTOUT

FOR A PRESENTATION OF THE LIFE AND WORK OF VINCENT VAN GOGH

ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4 @ 1:30

Do you have any interest in learning about the life of Vincent Van Gogh? Then join LLAIC Loves Art on December 4th at 

1:30 PM to hear all about his life and work. We will not only hear about his early life but, what affected him in later life including the relationship between Van Gogh and his brother. The presentation will also discuss how the impressionist painters, at that time, influenced his work, and changed his style while advancing his paintings.

Jeanette Hilltout is an art historian who resides in France. She has worked as a guide for thirty years.

Click here before noon on Tuesday, December 3, to request a Zoom invitation. You'll receive it that day.

AFFINITY GROUP MEETINGS

Available to members at no additional charge

THERE ARE NO GENIUSES ON WALL STREET

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 @ 10:30-12:00

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. We are now meeting as a joint venture between LLAIC and Tufts OLLI.

Click here to request a Zoom invitation. If you have any questions about the group, contact Richard Lewis: lewisdmd@yahoo.com or 617-448-4439. 

SPANISH CONVERSATION GROUP

¡Bienvenidos a La Tertulia!

MONDAY, DECEMBER 2 @ 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 to request an invitation or with any questions.

CURRENT EVENTS

LED BY JERRY JACOBS

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6 @ 10:00-11:15



Our next Current Events session is scheduled for Friday, December 6. Our sharp, intrepid group will continue to follow the ongoing soap opera about the Trump cabinet appointees, and whatever else turns up in the meantime, under Jerry's skillful leadership.

Click here before noon on Thursday, December 5, to request a Zoom invitation. Newcomers are welcome.

LLAIC LIT-LOVERS

SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE

BY KURT VONNEGUT

LED BY PAT COLE

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13 @ 10:30

Slaughterhouse-Five is the now-famous parable of Billy Pilgrim, a World War II veteran and POW who has, in the later stage of his life, become "unstuck in time" and who experiences at will (or unwillingly) all known events of his chronology out of order and sometimes simultaneously. Traumatized by the bombing of Dresden at the time he had been imprisoned, Pilgrim drifts through all events and history, sometimes deeply implicated, sometimes a witness. 

Click here before noon on Thursday, December 12, to request a Zoom invitation. You'll receive it that day. If you can, log on a quarter of an hour earlier to socialize.

Coming up:

• January 10: Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald, led by Sandy Grasfield

MOVIE MAVENS

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20 @ 2:00-3:00

Watch this space for the name of the film we'll watch this month on our own, then gather on Zoom for our usual exhilarating discussion. After it's announced, click here before noon on Thursday, December 19 to request a Zoom invitation. You'll receive it that day.