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NEWS
Announcing LLAIC'S Annual Meeting: Tuesday, June 2
SPECIAL EVENTS
LLAIC Loves Art - Wednesday, May 27
Dinner Theater: Eureka Day - Sunday, June 14 (WAITLIST ONLY)
Judy Collins at Tanglewood - Sunday, August 30
AFFINITY GROUPS
Spanish Conversation Group (La Tertulia): Monday, 5/18
Current Events: Friday, 5/29
French Conversation Group: Monday, 5/25
LLAIC Lit-Lovers: Friday, 6/12
Movie Mavens: Friday, 6/19
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ANNOUNCING LLAIC'S ANNUAL MEETING
TUESDAY, JUNE 2 @ 11:00
TEMPLE SHALOM, NEWTON
In accordance with our by-laws, each year LLAIC schedules an annual meeting to which the entire community is invited. This year’s meeting will be on Tuesday June 2 at 11:00am at Temple Shalom. We will report on the state of LLAIC and celebrate the successful completion of our twelfth year. A portion of the meeting will be set aside for members to offer feedback on what you like, what you don’t, and what you would like to see added to the program.
A key agenda item is the election of new members to the LLAIC Board of Directors. Since LLAIC is an all-volunteer collaborative organization, it is essential that all Board members be prepared to assist with any situation or responsibility as it arises.
The Board has appointed Pat Cole to fill the unexpired term of our late dear friend and Board member Eric Sawitz. Pat will serve on the Board through the 2026-2027 year to complete what would have been Eric’s term, after which she will be voted on by the membership at our next annual meeting for a three-year term. Pat’s bio is attached.
We invite you all to bring lunch (or order pizza from Jen) and join us after the meeting for socializing and schmoozing - and a wonderful LUNCH@LLAIC program on Andy Warhol. Click here for a description of the programs.
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SPECIAL EVENTS
Free to LLAIC Members
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LLAIC LOVES ART
AND THE SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM PRESENT
SOCIAL COMMENTARY - SOCIAL ACTION
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27 @ 1:15 P.M.
Explore a live, discussion-based session with the Smithsonian American Art Museum and LLAIC Loves Art. Presenter Joele Michaud will lead the group as we examine 18th-21st century art to discover how artists living in America have visualized and engaged with social issues through their artistic practice.
Joele Michaud is a retired art educator and amateur artist with a Masters in Art Education from Maryland Institute College of Art. She now serves as a gallery docent and video presenter to remote classrooms and audiences for the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Renwick Gallery, and the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Her special interests lie with African American art and history and other African-influenced cultures.
Click here before noon on Tuesday, May 26, to request a Zoom invitation. You'll receive it that day.
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NEW DINNER THEATER EVENT: EUREKA DAY
SUNDAY, JUNE 14 @ 1:00 P.M.
HUNTINGTON THEATER, BOSTON
(WAITLIST ONLY)
We are excited to be holding a limited number of excellent seats for Eureka Day at the Huntington on Sunday, June 14. Eureka Day won a 2025 Tony Award for best revival and the reviews have been fabulous. “A shiny, insightful, and damn funny little gem” - Deadline. From The Guardian: “An impeccably polished satire” and from New York Magazine “Gaspingly funny!” Sounds like just what we all need these days!
Please send an email to Ileen or Shelly to check on the status of the waitlist.
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JUDY COLLINS IS COMING TO TANGLEWOOD!
SUNDAY, AUGUST 30 @ 2:30 P.M.
On Sunday, August 30, Judy Collins will appear at Tanglewood as part of the Popular Artist’s Series co-starring Mary Chapin Carpenter and Rosanne Cash with special guest Amanda Shire. Cost: $59 in the shed.
Tickets are extremely limited!
To guarantee your place, kindly email Leslie Tannenwald, LLAIC Theater Committee member, to indicate your interest or mail a $59 check to her at 280 Boylston St., Unit 605, Chestnut Hill 02467. Please indicate whether you are willing to drive and how many people you can accommodate in your vehicle.
Reservations will be accepted on a first-come first-serve basis.
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AFFINITY GROUP MEETINGS
Free to LLAIC Members
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SPANISH CONVERSATION GROUP
(LA TERTULIA)
MONDAY, MAY 18 @ 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, MAY 25 @ 1:30-3:00 P.M.
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On April 13, 2026, we started reading short stories from the book French Stories/Contes Francais: A Dual-Language Book, edited by Wallace Fowlie. We’ve started with the first story, Micromégas, by Voltaire.
You can see a link to the Kindle version of the book on Amazon here. Once there, you can click a box on the right to order it in paperback. CAUTION: There are other similar DUAL LANGUAGE books edited by Wallace Fowlie. Be sure to buy the edition with “Ten Short Stories by Voltaire, Balzac, Gide, Camus …” et. al., available from Amazon for Kindle or in paperback.
The complete list of stories is included in the description. You can see the actual table contents by clicking on the “Read sample” link just below the picture of the book’s cover. It seems to take you to the FORWARD; if so, you must click the < arrow on the left side to move back through the table. You can also scan to the right, and read almost all the first story, Micromégas.
We meet for an hour and a half by ZOOM every other Monday at 1:30 p.m. We are intermediate to advanced French readers who read the French text out loud and discuss the stories in French. Please email Betty Salzberg if you would like to join us.
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CURRENT EVENTS
FRIDAY, MAY 29 @ 10:00 A.M.
The Chinese summit that everyone was supposed to be talking about nonstop may be over, but there will still be action on the voting rights front, and in the NBA and other gaming venues. Newcomers are always welcome. Click here before noon on Thursday, May 28, to request a Zoom invitation. You'll receive it that day.
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LLAIC LIT-LOVERS:
TABLE FOR TWO
BY AMOR TOWLES
LED BY CAROLE LEVY
FRIDAY, JUNE 12 @ 10:30
Table for Two is a collection of six short stories and a novella by bestselling novelist Amor Towles, author of A Gentleman in Moscow and The Lincoln Highway among other books. It was published n April 2024. The book is divided into two parts, with the six short stories connected to New York City and the novella set in Los Angeles.
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Please join us any time after 10:15 for socializing on our last meeting before summer vacation. Click here before noon on Thursday, June 11, to request a Zoom invitation. You'll receive it that day.
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MOVIE MAVENS
FRIDAY, JUNE 19 @ 2 P.M. ON ZOOM
Watch this space for the name of the film we'll watch on our own and then gather on Zoom for our usual scintillating discussion - and for the link to click to request a Zoom invite by noon on Thursday, June 18.
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Learn more about LLAIC at www.llaic.org
Call us: (508) 453-1205
Write us: info@llaic.org
Editor: Barbara Mende
Contributing Editor: Shelly Levine
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