Now at Bard LLI
The Bard LLI 2020 Art Show Online
Click this link to submit your images for the Bard LLI 2020 Art Show. Or use this link to view the paintings and photographs already submitted.
Looking Ahead: LLI is always looking for volunteers to serve as Session Managers for our full slate of virtual classes. Click here to learn about being a Session Manager. We provide training and guarantee you will love the new friends you gain and the new skills you learn. Information on all current volunteer opportunities at LLI is here.
Life Goes On, Even When We Are All Staying Home: Our LLI members have put together a stupendous list of resources for LLI members and all of our friends and neighbors. Ways to stay connected, stay entertained, stay educated and to stay safe. Click here to read the whole list.
For more information, see the Bard College COVID-19 page. The page is updated frequently and includes the most recent information available. Bard has issued notice that the campus is closed to any person who does not live, work, or study at Bard, until further notice.
Need tech help as an LLI member? Email techhelp@lli.bard.edu for help (including getting LLI.bard.edu email addresses). DO NOT contact the Bard help desk, which is only for Bard students and faculty.
News + Notes
Paper! Blooks!
Paper! Blooks!
Introduction
LLI member Mindell Dubansky will give a special Zoom presentation on Wednesday, May 19 at 11:00 a.m. Mindy has had a long career in book conservation for the Metropolitan Museum of Art and is now working on the Bard College Stevenson Library archives.
Seniors to Seniors 2021
Seniors-to-Seniors Event Was Captivating!
Three dozen LLI members were held captive by five graduating Bard students. That should be the headline for the Bard Seniors-to-Seniors Zoom event April 6. The two-hour event in which students presented the senior projects Bard LLI had helped fund was that engrossing.
Bard College Receives $500 Million Endowment Pledge from Investor and Philanthropist George Soros
Introduction
As you may have read in the news, George Soros has donated $500 million dollars to Bard College to fund its permanent endowment. This gift provides for the college to continue its many missions throughout the world. It also requires matching funds.
Just-in-Time LLI Technology Training
LLI Technology Training is Always Available
Did you ever want a friendly tech guru on your shoulder, telling you what to do to complete a tech task? Technology can be very helpful unless you forget or don’t know how to do something.
Expanding our Options for Learning
Introduction
The world is changing, and not just because of the pandemic. For Bard LLI members, that means we might encounter a new way to attend classes—hybrid learning.
Remote learning, so common for us this past year, meant using the Zoom application,
SummerFest Opportunities
Introduction
The good news about this year’s SummerFest offerings is that the door to in-person classes has opened a crack. Fifteen lucky people will be able to join Adam Weiss in his Woodstock vegetable garden for his class on Science,
Celebrating Years of Making Us Welcome
Introduction
Although Zoom has had many silver linings for LLI and its members, one thing that has been sadly missing for us is the chance to gather together before or between classes, fill up a cup of coffee and a plate with some fruit,
Three Stories About the Fall 2020 LLI Course “Who, Us? What White People Can Do to Face Racial Injustice and Build a More Just America”
Story 1 – Eleanor Wieder
In the spring of 2020, I was quarantined with my children and grandchildren. Without thinking about it, in a conversation, I used the phrase “Are you out of your cotton-picking mind!” My kids (like adult children do) immediately called me out on the origins of the phrase.
LLI Grows Up
Introduction
Tom Esposito, who was LLI President from July 2016 to July 2020, also served as First Vice President the prior year and as Treasurer for the four years before that. In all, his nine-year tenure on Council stretched from mid-year 2011 until mid-year 2020 —
Upcoming Events
| Start Date | End Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| DECEMBER EVENTS | ||
| Dec 7 | Newsletter published | |
| No December Curriculum Meeting | ||
| Dec 21 | Council Meeting | |
| JANUARY EVENTS | ||
| Jan 6 | Feb 3 | WinterFest on Zoom (Five Wednesdays, beginning January 6) |
| Jan 7 | Jan 25 | Call for Council nominations |
| Jan 7 | Newsletter published | |
| Jan 12 | Curriculum Committee Meeting | |
| Jan 19 | Council Meeting (MLK, Jr Day is Monday, Jan 18 - this is a Tuesday) | |
| FEBRUARY EVENTS | ||
| Feb 7 | Newsletter published | |
| Feb 9 | Curriculum Committee Meeting | |
| Feb 16 | Council Meeting (President's Day is Monday - this is a Tuesday) | |
| Feb 26 | Spring semester catalog available | |
| MARCH EVENTS | ||
| Mar 4 | Spring semester registration opens | |
| Mar 7 | Newsletter published | |
| Mar 9 | Curriculum Committee Meeting | |
| Mar 15 | Mar 29 | Election Voting |
| Mar 15 | Council Meeting | |
| Mar 18 | Apr 30 | Spring classes on Zoom, Thursday and Fridays on March 18, 19, 25, 26; April 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30 |
| Mar 26 | Last day to register for a spring course | |
| TBD | Seniors to Seniors Tea- 3 - 5 pm | |
| APRIL | ||
| Apr 4 | Newsletter published | |
| Apr 6 | 3 - 5 pm | Senior to Senior Tea on Zoom |
| Apr 13 | Curriculum Committee Meeting | |
| Apr 19 | Council Meeting | |
| MAY EVENTS | ||
| TBD | Recruit mentors for 2021-2022 new members | |
| May 7 | Newsletter published | |
| May 11 | Curriculum Committee Meeting | |
| May 14 | Annual business meeting, on Zoom; budget presented and election results announced | |
| May 14 | SummerFest catalog available | |
| May 17 | Annual survey sent to members | |
| May 21 | SummerFest registration opens | |
| JUNE EVENTS | ||
| Jun 1 | Jun 21 | Member renewal and electronic payment |
| Jun 1 | Jun 21 | New member applications accepted |
| Jun 4 | Jun 25 | SummerFest 2021 - Four Fridays in June 4, 11, 18, 25 |
| Jun 7 | Newsletter published | |
| Jun 11 | Last day to register for SummerFest Class | |
| Jun 15 | Curriculum Committee Meeting | |
| Jun 21 | Council Meeting | |
| Jun 30 | End of academic year |
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Should there be a serious emergency – medical, fire, etc. – call TWO numbers in the order below.
First call: 9-1-1
For Dutchess County Emergency Services. It is available 24/7.
Second call: (845) 758-7777 or from emergency call boxes: 7777
For Bard College Emergency Medical Services (a trained campus emergency response team).
Bard EMS is always to be called second. While the service provides the fastest response, it follows the college academic schedule and is therefore not always available.
Welcome to Bard LLI
This site will show you what is going on at Bard LLI. This site changes often, so we hope you will visit regularly.
