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NEWS
Our Great Spring Courses Still Have Room
SPECIAL EVENTS
Wintersession - Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, 2/3-2/5
Tell Your Friends About Us! Tuesday, 2/10
LLAIC Loves Art: Smithsonian Museum - Wednesday, 2/11
AFFINITY GROUPS
Spanish Conversation Group (La Tertulia): Monday, 2/2
French Conversation Group: Monday, 2/9
LLAIC Lit-Lovers: Friday, 2/13
Movie Mavens: Friday, 2/20
Not a member yet? Click here to join LLAIC.
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OUR GREAT SPRING COURSES STILL HAVE ROOM
Registration for spring courses is continuing, and there is still plenty of space in most of them. Before registering, make sure you are a current LLAIC member, and have your user name and password to log in.
In the unlikely event that your first-choice course is full, put your name on the waitlist. If you run into difficulty, call one of our helpers listed below. And if their line is busy or there's no answer, call another one!
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Phyllis Cohen 508 651 9630
- Carole Levy 781 929 9710
- ·Richard Mansfield 978 443 4404
- ·Barbara Mende 617 306 3013
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·Bill Miniscalco 978 394 1870
- Peter Schmidt 339 223 3973
If you would prefer to register for membership and/or courses by mail, contact Richard Mansfield at 978-443-4404 or richardscottmansfield@gmail.com and he will send you the forms.
Our course schedule and full course descriptions are available on our website. Each course is listed by day, by period, and by course leader. If you click on the course name, you will get a full description, including the dates, times, location (Zoom or in person), amount of preparation, etc. If you click on the course leader’s name, you will find their bio. Click here for the course listings, and click here for the Schedule-at-a-Glance.
As part of our ongoing collaboration with LLARC (Lifelong Learning at Regis College), we will soon be publishing a list of LLARC courses that are open to LLAIC members, some on Zoom and some in person at Regis College in Weston.
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SPECIAL EVENTS
Free to LLAIC Members
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THROUGH FEBRUARY 5 ON ZOOM
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3: CAROLE LEVY LEADS DISCUSSIONS OF TABLE FOR TWO BY AMOR TOWLES
Carole Levy is facilitating a four-week discussion of short stories from Amor Towles’s book Table for Two. On February 3, we will discuss "The DiDomenico Fragment" and "Eve in Hollywood." Click here before noon on Monday, February 2, to request a Zoom invitation.
Although there is no cost for the sessions, participants need to obtain their own copies of the book, which is on Amazon for $12.11 and in local libraries. We look at the themes, characters, plot twists, and format in this very entertaining book.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4: CURRENT EVENTS WITH RICHARD MANSFIELD
Click here before noon on Tuesday, February 3, to request a Zoom invitation. You'll receive it that day.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5: ALICE FREEDMAN PRESENTS "SWEDEN: LESSONS FOR AMERICA?"
For many centuries, Sweden was one of the poorest countries. Now it is one of the richest and rated the sixth best country in the world. This video delves into the economic and social landscape of Sweden. Could their emphasis on heath care, education, innovation, taxation, and private enterprise be the ones our country ought to pay attention to?
Click here before noon on Wednesday, February 4, to request a Zoom invitation. You'll receive it that day.
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TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT US!
PREVIEW OF 2026 SPRING SEMESTER
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 @ 10 A.M.
Invite your friends to join us on Zoom for our February 10th Getting to Know Us information session at 10 a.m., where they will learn about our vibrant lifelong learning program that features a wide variety of courses, group activities, and special presentations.
Click here before noon on Monday, February 9, to request an invite.
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LLAIC LOVES ART AND
THE SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM
PRESENT AFRICAN AMERICAN ART
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11 @ 1:30 PM
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Learn about the diverse body of artwork created by African American artists and the historical, social, and cultural events, as well as the life experiences, that inspired their work. The session is discussion-based, so come ready to exchange observations and ideas with classmates and SAAM presenter Sally Evans.
Sally is an artist and art educator who helps people in all kinds of situations make their mark. She especially enjoys adapting lessons to adults with memory impairment and facilitating large collaborative art projects. Something she truly enjoys about working with SAAM is engaging with people from all around the world.
Click here before noon on Tuesday, February 10, to request a Zoom invitation. You'll receive it that day.
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AFFINITY GROUP MEETINGS
Free to LLAIC Members
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SPANISH CONVERSATION GROUP
(LA TERTULIA)
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2 @ 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.
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FRENCH CONVERSATION GROUP
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9 @ 1:30-3:00 P.M.
NOTE NEW MEETING DURATION
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The French Conversation group is reading Pas Pleurer, by Lydia Salvayre, a novel about the Spanish civil war that won the Prix Goncourt in 2014.
We now meet for an hour and a half by ZOOM every other Monday at 1:30 p.m. We are intermediate to advanced French readers. We read the texts out loud over the internet. Please email Betty Salzberg if you would like to join us.
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LLAIC LIT-LOVERS:
THE LIONESS OF BOSTON
BY EMILY FRANKLIN
LED BY IRMA NAPOLEON
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13 @ 10:30
By the time Isabella Stewart Gardner opened her Italian palazzo-style home as a museum in 1903, she was already well-known for scandalizing Boston’s polite society. But when Isabella first arrived in Boston in 1861, she was twenty years old and unsure of herself. Puzzled by the frosty reception she received from stuffy bluebloods, she strived to fit in. This is a portrait of what society expected a woman’s life to be, shattered by a courageous soul who rebelled and was determined to live on her own terms.
Click here before noon on Thursday, February 12, for a Zoom invitation. You'll receive it that day.
Coming up:
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March 13 – Maya’s Notebook by Isabel Allende – Abby Shapiro
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April 10 - The Impossible Thing by Belinda Bauer – Dana Kaplan (note title change)
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May 8 – The Lion Women of Tehran – Phyllis Cohen
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MOVIE MAVENS
THE IMITATION OF LIFE (1959)
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20 @ 2 P.M. ON ZOOM
This remake of the 1939 movie stars Lana Turner, Sandra Dee, Susan Kohner and the incomparable Juanita Moore (the later two actresses were both nominated for an Academy Award). Director Douglas Sirk is best known for his work in Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s. He is now seen as one of cinema’s great social critics of that era.
The main themes are a woman trying to achieve her goal of being an actress and a young girl/woman who longs to outrun her African American identity. As personal ambition collides with inherited pain, both characters must confront the difference between the life they live and the life they long for. We look forward to a lively discussion of this powerful classic film.
The Imitation of Life is available to rent on Apple TV, YouTube and Fandango at home. Click here before noon on Thursday, February 19, to request a Zoom invitation. You'll receive it that day.
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