NEWS

HOPE YOU'RE ENJOYING YOUR SPRING COURSES

You can still register for another one or two of our exciting spring courses. While some of them have already started, some don't start until April.

There's still room in most of them. Pick the one(s) you want, make sure your membership is current, then go to the registration page and log in. If you've already registered for a course, look and see if there are others that may fit into your schedule. Some will be in person on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Temple Shalom in West Newton, and others will be held on Zoom on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Also, mark your calendars for our wonderful LUNCH@LLAIC programs at Temple Shalom that continue throughout the spring semester every Tuesday afternoon. See the article below for details.

Our course schedule and full course descriptions are available on our website. Click here for the course listings, click here for the Schedule-at-a-Glance, and click here for the full Course Catalog.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Available to members at no additional charge

LUNCH@LLAIC

SECOND SESSION TUESDAY, MARCH 11

@ 1 P.M.

THE ACCIDENTAL PRESIDENTS

FACILITATED BY DAVID RABINOWITZ

For reason of death or other happenings, vice presidents have ascended to the presidency of the United States nine times since the birth of the nation. This program gives a thumbnail sketch of the successions and the subsequent lives of these new presidents. You will learn about each president’s accomplishments and some of their challenges. 

LUNCH@LLAIC will continue to offer Curiosity University videos with discussion facilitated by a volunteer member. Drop in before class, after class, or just for the program You may bring your own lunch (we provide designer water and hot beverages) or order pizza by emailing Jennifer Young by 11 a.m., and paying $3 per slice for one slice or $5 for two when you pick it up.

Click here for descriptions of all the spring programs. If you have any questions or are interested in facilitating future discussions, contact Alice Freedman.

PLEASE JOIN LLAIC LOVES ART

AND THE PHOENIX ART MUSEUM ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, at 1:30 FOR

JAMIE WYETH'S WORLD: THREE GENERATIONS OF AMERICAN ARTISTS

Explore three generations of a family of American artists that have made a lasting impression in the realm of American art, focusing on the works of N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, and Jamie Wyeth. Explore the similarities and the differences between the three concerning style and the use of the elements of art in their works. In addition, we will survey the common bonds shared between the three generations in the lives they lived and learn how this was reflected in the art they created through the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Our presentation will be orchestrated by Phoenix Museum of Art docent Janine Loiselle-Newbern, who not only gives in-house tours but talks to her local community exploring the different realms of art, artists and history.  She also serves as a docent webmaster for the Museum. Janine received her B.A. in museum studies and art history from the University of Michigan. Before moving to Phoenix, AZ, she was a docent at The Detroit Institute of Arts.

Click here before noon on Tuesday, March 11, to request a Zoom invitation. You'll receive it that day.

AFFINITY GROUP MEETINGS

Available to members at no additional charge

LLAIC LIT-LOVERS

HELLO BEAUTIFUL

BY ANN NAPOLITANO

LED BY HERB CHASAN

FRIDAY, MARCH 14 @ 10:30

An emotionally layered and engrossing story of a family that asks: Can love make a broken person whole?

William grew up in a house silenced by tragedy. So it’s a relief when his basketball skill earns him a college scholarship. He soon meets Julia, a spirited and ambitious young woman who is inseparable from her three younger sisters. Happily, the family welcomes Julia’s new boyfriend into their loving, chaotic household.

But then darkness from William’s past surfaces. The result is a catastrophic family rift that changes their lives for generations. Will the loyalty that once rooted them be strong enough to draw them back together?

Click here before noon on Thursday, March 13, to request a Zoom invitation. You'll receive it that day. If you can, log on a quarter of an hour earlier to socialize.

SPANISH CONVERSATION GROUP

¡Bienvenidos a La Tertulia!

MONDAY, MARCH 17 @ 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, MARCH 21 @ 10:00-11:15



Join our knowledgeable, outspoken group as it expertly analyzes the latest news under Jerry's skillful guidance. Stay tuned.

Click here before noon on Thursday, March 20, to request a Zoom invitation. You'll get it that day. Newcomers are welcome. 

MOVIE MAVENS

FAREWELL MR. HAFFMANN

FRIDAY, MARCH 21 @ 2:00-3:00

Farewell Mister Haffmann takes place against the backdrop of the Holocaust, but is really a psychological study that could happen in any era. Joseph Haffmann (Daniel Auteuil) is a master jeweler living in Paris in 1941. Since all Jews must leave, he offers his employee, Francois Mercier (Gilles Lellouche), the chance to take over his store. What will follow are many moral ambiguities.

Per Rotten Tomatoes: “[This] psychological thriller dramatizes a morally complex and compelling Faustian narrative that touches on the power dynamics underlying class and gender inequality, antisemitism and, most central, the brutality of the Nazi regime.”

This film is available on Amazon, YouTube, and Apple TV. Please refer to the Just Watch app for more options.

Click here before noon on Thursday, March 20, to request a Zoom invitation. It will be sent out that day.