NEWS

CLASSES BEGIN SEPTEMBER 9!

 

Many of our wonderful courses still have openings. And now you can choose from both LLAIC and LLARC selections. Almost unlimited possibilities!

If you would prefer to register for courses by mail, which is still a possibility, contact Richard Mansfield at 978-443-4404 or richardscottmansfield@gmail.com and he will send you the necessary information.

Our course schedule and full course descriptions are available on our website. Each course is listed by day, by period, and by course leader.

Note that Clean Energy, Nuclear Energy, and our Failing Electric Grid, led by Jim Bright, which will be held on Tuesdays beginning October 28, will be a hybrid course. Larry Rockoff's two courses, The Films of Edward G. Robinson and The Films of Barbara Stanwyck, will also be available as hybrid courses on Thursdays. You can take all of these courses either in person or via Zoom.

Click here for the course listings, click here for the class dates, click here for the Schedule-at-a-Glance, and click here for the full Course Catalog.

REGIS LLARC COURSE REGISTRATION IS STILL UNDERWAY

Click here for a full description of the fall LLARC courses at Regis College. Some are on Zoom and some are on the Regis College campus in Weston.

Begin registration for Regis LLARC course(s) by clicking on Course Registration on the LLAIC website. LLAIC members may enroll in a maximum of two LLARC courses.

How to register for a LLARC course:

• Choose the LLARC course or courses that you would like to take and determine the fee by noting the number of weeks for each course (a five-week course will cost $50 and a 10-week course $100). If you are enrolling in two courses, add the fees together.

• Register on our LLAIC registration site for one of the special courses we have set up to cover that total fee – their titles are “Regis LLARC Course Registration - $xxx”. These are last on the list of courses, or can also be selected by choosing “LLARC, Regis” as Instructor.

• After you have registered for the appropriate special course on LLAIC’s registration site, complete this registration form and click Submit to send it to Regis LLARC.

If you have any difficulty with this process, please contact

        Peter Schmidt (339) 223-3973

        Bill Miniscalco 978-443-4760

        Shelly Levine 908-510-2416

SPECIAL EVENTS

Available to members at no additional charge

DINNER THEATER ANNOUNCES A WONDERFUL AND FUNNY NEW SHOW!

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 @ 1 P.M.

CALDERWOOD PAVILION

WAITLIST ONLY

My First Ex-Husband is a bold and heartfelt adaptation of true stories by Joy Behar. With razor-sharp wit and no filters, it explores the messy, hilarious truths of love, sex and relationships. Whether you’re happily coupled, cautiously committed, or considering changing the locks, relationships are complicated—and universally relatable.

LLAIC has a limited number of terrific $20 seats for the Sunday matinee at the Calderwood Pavilion. We’ll meet either for brunch before the show or a late lunch afterwards. TBD.

If interested, inquire about the status of the waitlist to Andrea Teacher using the contact information on the attached registration form.

These tickets are available to current LLAIC members only.

DINNER THEATER

YITZHAK PERLMAN

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15

SYMPHONY HALL

WAITLIST ONLY

The renowned Yitzhak Perlman will be performing with the Klezmer Conservatory on Sunday evening, February 15 at Boston Symphony Hall. Ticket cost and seat location for the Concert will be based upon the decision of the Celebrity Series Coordinator. We will have a very limited number of tickets, most likely in the $30/$35 range.

Contact Leslie Tannenwald if you would be interested in more information.

AFFINITY GROUP MEETINGS

Available to members at no additional charge

CURRENT EVENTS

LED BY JERRY JACOBS

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 @ 9:30 A.M.

Celebrate Fall with a lively discussion with a rowdy group of bright, verbal, opinionated LLAIC veterans. Be part of our ongoing efforts to make some sense out of the most recent events in this ever changing world under Jerry's resourceful leadership. New members are most welcome. Stay tuned. . .

Click here before noon on Thursday, September 4, to request a Zoom invitation. You'll receive it that day.

SPANISH CONVERSATION GROUP

(LA TERTULIA)

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 @ 1:00 P.M.

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.

MOVIE MAVENS: SAVE THE DATE 

MOVIE MAVENS

THE FATHER (2021)

FRIDAY, SEPT 19 @ 2:00-3:00

The Father (2001) is an Academy Award winning film starring Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Coleman and Imogen Poots. The film was directed by Florian Zeller, the French playwright, who wrote the adapted screenplay (based on the book Le Père) with Christopher Hampton. He won the Academy Award for best adapted screenplay. Hopkins won the Academy Award for his depiction of an 80-year-old prideful yet cantankerous widower suffering from dementia. The screenplay takes place from the point of view of Anthony, and we see him dealing with disorienting time and memory slips, which confound us as well as Anthony. We see him reject the help of his daughter, played masterfully by Coleman, while trying to maintain his dignity amidst the confusion of the disease.

The Father was nominated for six Academy Awards, including best picture. Hopkins won the Oscar for best actor and Coleman won the award for best supporting actress.

The Father is available on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Netflix, YouTube, and Fandango at Home.

Next week you'll get a link to click on before noon on Thursday, September 18, to request a Zoom invitation. It will be sent out that day.

MOVIE MAVENS: SAVE THE DATE 

"LET'S MEET IN PERSON AT THE MOVIES"

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5

(note date and format change for October)

Movie Mavens will be having a special in-person event on Sunday, October 5th. We will meet at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline for a matinee and enjoy a meal together. As soon as the upcoming movies are announced, we will choose one and let everyone know the specifics in the Quill, no later than Sunday, September 28. Depending on the timing of the matinee, it may be better to have our group meal prior to the film. Knowing how difficult it can be to discuss a film in a restaurant, we have also scheduled a zoom format the following day, Monday, October 6 in the afternoon. We hope you will join us!

For all other months, September through June, we will continue to meet on zoom on the 3rd Friday of the month from 2-3 p.m. starting on Friday, September 19 (see above).

LLAIC LIT-LOVERS:

HOUSE OF A THOUSAND CANDLES

BY MEREDITH NICHOLSON

LED BY PAT COLE

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10

Good news! Lit-Lovers is going to resume soon after a summer hiatus. Those who love to read and then to talk about the books they’ve read will be glad we’re getting back together on Zoom. 

Our October 10 book will be House of a Thousand Candles by Meredith Nicholson, led by Pat Cole. It is available to read free on Google Books. A reputedly wealthy and eccentric old man dies in Vermont. His home in Indiana, the House of a Thousand Candles, so called for the owner's preference to candle light, is left empty save a faithful servant -- his fortune mysteriously vanished, though rumored to still have been hidden in the house somewhere.

Our November 14 selection, led by Barbara Barry, will be Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy.

For December 12: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Led by Margaret Dergalis. Some of our most satisfying discussions are when we reassess a classic we first read long ago. There are many very inexpensive paperback editions available on Amazon, starting with the Dover Thrift Edition for $5.60.

We are looking for others! We meet on the second Friday of the month, from 10:30 to 12:00. Please volunteer to lead a discussion on the book of your choice. Ask anyone who has done it; it’s an enjoyable, rewarding experience. 

The book you choose needs to be available in paperback, so no brand new ones, please. If you feel you’d like some coaching to present a book, we’d be glad to help you. Choose a book, choose a month, and email or call Sandy Grasfield at bgsbg@verizon.net or 781-769-2320.

OFF FOR THE SUMMER:

La Tertulia