Blog Archives

So That’s What a Curator Does!

by L. Walker
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How do museum exhibits come to life for the viewer? Twenty-seven LLI members got to find out, first hand, in our Interactive Discovery Day at the Hessel Museum on May 21st. As a backdrop, we used the thesis exhibitions of this year’s CCS graduating class,

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Locavores, Rejoice!

by Deborah Lanser
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On the northern edge of Bard’s campus lies a 1.24-acre farm that harvests more than 20,000 pounds of organic produce for the Bard community every year. Some of that produce is sold at their farm stand for reasonable prices. The stand is well worth a visit for anyone who relishes local foods.

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Munch and Music Marked Annual Meeting

by Felice Gelman
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Our annual LLI membership meeting on May 15 this year began with an enjoyable brunch, organized by our Hospitality Chair Betti Steel, giving our members a chance to socialize and enjoy spring weather before filing into Olin Auditorium to begin the day’s events.

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Walking the Bard Cemetery

by Gretchen Lytle
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Serkin Gravestone
Rosenberg Gravestone


Roth Gravestone
Mekas Gravestone


Hecht Gravestone
Arendt and Blücher



Stokas Headstone Inscription

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Navigating Change and Finding Silver Linings

by Nanci Kryzak, president 2020-2022
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If you read Felice Gelman’s article about former president Tom Esposito in the May newsletter—and I hope you did!—you now have a concise history of Bard LLI’s impressive development in the decade before COVID.

In March 2020, we were days away from starting our usual in-person spring  semester,

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Reaction to the Priority Preregistration Pilot

by Mary McClellan
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On February 27, Bard LLI conducted a pilot priority preregistration program. On that day, members were permitted to sign on to ProClass and register for one spring semester course. The decision to run this pilot was made after hearing our members’ frustration with the registration process that favored those with better technical skills and faster fingers.

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Joyce Carter-Krawczyk Remembers

by Joyce Carter-Krawczyk
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In February of 2015, LLI President Lou Klein needed to retire to deal with personal issues. Council then unanimously elected first vice president Joyce Carter-Krawczyk to fill out his term of office until September 2016. In that time, she accomplished so much. Here is what Joyce remembers.

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Spring’s Learning Adventures

by Deborah Lanser
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Get ready to start planning your spring class schedule when the catalog comes out on Wednesday, February 19. Once again, the Curriculum Committee has ensured we will be spoiled for choice. Are you interested in gardening, writing your memoir, learning to play bridge, speaking better,

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The Fairy Tale Experience

by Patty Kane Horrigan
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Patty Kane Horrigan has been presenting courses on fairy tales at Bard LLI since 2015 and will be with us again this spring. Currently, she writes essays on fairy tales for Substack, which you can find at PattyKaneHorrigan.substack.com.

Each time I start a new fairy tale class,

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We Can Build It, but Will They Come?

by Felice Gelman
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In the 25 years since the founding of LLI, hundreds of people have participated in classes, presented classes, and joined in the management of the endeavor. When you consider that just four women gave birth to this organization, those numbers in themselves are a remarkable accomplishment.

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