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NEWS
Register for courses starting in October
SPECIAL EVENTS
LUNCH@LLAIC continues on Tuesdays
Information Session about LLAIC on Zoom, October 20
New member coffee, October 23
LLAIC Loves Art: Wednesday, October 28
AFFINITY GROUPS
Spanish Conversation Group (La Tertulia), Monday, October 19
French Conversation Group, Monday, October 26
Current Events, Friday, October 30
LLAIC Lit-Lovers, Friday, November 13
Movie Mavens, November 20
To join LLAIC: click here
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Schedule-at-a-Glance
You can still register for courses that start in late October
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 class dates, and click here for the Schedule-at-a-Glance. Click here to go directly to the course registration page. Click here for a short guide to help you with registering.
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SPECIAL EVENTS
Free to LLAIC Members
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LUNCH@LLAIC CONTINUES
TUESDAYS AT TEMPLE SHALOM
175 TEMPLE STREET, WEST NEWTON
LUNCH STARTS AT 1, PROGRAM AT 1:30
Join us at Temple Shalom on all your Tuesday afternoons from September 15 through the end of the semester for lunch and a delightful program! Drop in before class, after class, or just for the program. Bring your own lunch (we provide designer water and hot beverages) or email Jennifer Young if you want to order pizza ($3 for one slice or $5 for two).
LUNCH@LLAIC is open to guests and no RSVP is necessary, so bring a friend! The next programs are as follows:
- 10/27 Matthew Bitner – How We Developed a Method for Saving Lives
In this live Zoom presentation, Matt will share how he and his co-founder Dani – a physician in emergency medicine – launched nCase Technologies and invented a naloxone carrying case designed to make overdose reversal accessible and stigma-free. He'll walk through the real challenges of startup life, the recognition they've earned, and the path from idea to design to market.
10/20 Break Week
11/3 Partakers: Transforming Lives for Incarcerated Women and Men
Did you know that the United States constitutes only 5% of the world's population, and that we claim 25% of its incarcerated populace? Partakers, a Massachusetts-based non-profit organization, is dedicated to reducing recidivism by supporting formerly and currently incarcerated individuals through a unique community mentor model along with educational institutions that offer those incarcerated an opportunity to earn a bachelor's degree. At this presentation, you will hear from a member of Partakers' staff who is also a long-time mentor and two graduates of the “College Behind Bars” program. You will learn how Partakers creates support networks that foster sustained transformation when prisoners can return to their communities.
- 11/10 Joanne Fisher – Ancient Egypt, Drama, Spectacle, and Remarkable Characters
Why is ancient Egypt so compelling to us today? Why do we care so much about the gold, the pyramids, the hieroglyphic script, the mummies, and the extraordinary leaders like Nefertiti, Ramses, and Hatshepsut, people who flourished so many thousands of years ago? In this video presentation, we will learn about the uniqueness of Egypt, a protected realm full of riches and agricultural resources that allowed a divine kingship to develop. Ancient Egypt remains for us a place of mystery, fascination, and contradictions, and yet, we can also see the humanity of these extraordinary people.
Future programs:
- 11/17 Alex Conn and Leo Laverdure – Introduction to Chatbots and AI: Part 2
- 12/1 Don Bermont – Trivial Pursuit Game
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Tell your friends about LLAIC!
Invite New and Prospective Members
to a Session describing what LLAIC offers.
October 20 10-11 am Information Session on Zoom.
Join us to learn more about our Fall programs and classes.
RSVP by October 18 to membership@llaic.org
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Did you become a member of LLAIC in 2026?
If so, this invitation is for you!
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On October 23 10-12, we will hold a new member coffee at Temple Shalom, 175 Temple St, West Newton, MA.
Here is a chance to get to know other new members and enjoy meeting in a smaller group.
RSVP by October 20 to mawyner@gmail.com.
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ATTENTION LLAIC MEMBERS
LLAIC LOVES ART IS THRILLED
TO WELCOME
THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28 AT 1:30 pm TO HEAR ABOUT THE HILMA AF KLINT EXHIBIT
The Hilma af Klint exhibition at The Guggenheim Museum in New York attracted over 600,000 visitors. It was the most attended exhibition ever at the museum. The Swedish artist, Hilma af Klint (1869-1944), stipulated that her abstract paintings for The Temple could not be shown until 20 years after her death. She believed that the world was not yet ready to receive her abstractions and her process of creation. Af Klint's abstract paintings predated the work of other artists who had been previously considered to be the first to explore abstraction. Nevertheless, af Klint is today considered an art historical cul-de-sac!
Our docent will be Missy Lissette who is a practicing artist and museum educator at The Guggenheim and other New York museums. She taught at the university level for many years, but is now committed to new, interactive practices to facilitate experiences with art in the museum and online settings.
Click here before noon on Tuesday, October 27, 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, OCTOBER 19 @ 1:00 pm
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 October 26 @ 1:30 pm
On April 13, we started reading short stories from the book French Stories/Contes Français: 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 of 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 of the first story,
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, October 30 @ 10:00 AM
Led by Sue Goldberg
This week, there was so much news. What is happening with the midterm elections? Do you believe the polls? What has been the role of money? What is happening with the war in Iran? Will the Strait of Hormuz be opened anytime soon? If not, where will oil prices go? What's happening in Gaza? Ukraine?
Newcomers are always welcome to this erudite and forceful group. Click here before noon on Thursday, October 29, to request a Zoom invitation. You'll receive it that day.
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LLAIC LIT-LOVERS
FRIDAY, November 13, 2026 @10:30 am
Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
Discussion to be led by Sandy Grasfield
A New York Times Bestseller psychological thriller. Can you stop a murder after it’s already happened?
Click here before noon on Thursday, November 12, to request a Zoom invitation. You'll receive it that day.
December 11: The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
Led by Herb Chasan
January 8: Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Led by Barbara Barry
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MOVIE MAVENS
SAVE THE DATE
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20 @ 2:00-3:00
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Learn more about LLAIC at www.llaic.org
Call us: (508) 453-1205
Write us: info@llaic.org
Editor: Phyllis Cohen
Production Manager: Alex Conn
Contributing Editor: Shelly Levine
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