by Deborah Lanser
Introduction
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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by Patty Kane Horrigan
Introduction
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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by Felice Gelman
Introduction
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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by Mary McClellan
Introduction
Feedback for LLI courses and programs is overall positive. Our membership generally expresses appreciation for the quality of our presenters and the caliber of their course content. The most frequently cited area of dissatisfaction with LLI has been the difficulty many members have experienced when trying to register for courses.
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by Anne Botsford
Introduction
The music of The Orchestra Now (TŌN) first drew me to Bard, which is only 45 minutes from Poughkeepsie, where I live. I’d previously traveled by train for two hours to NYC for my essential music, but I attended TŌN concerts a few times with friends.
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by Felice Gelman
Introduction
Twenty-five years ago, four women, members of a Red Hook Library book group—Sylvia Erber, Sara Hardman, Carol Lee, and Josette Lee—agreed that the area needed affordable high-quality education for seniors. The Marist College Center for Life Time Study had a years-long waiting list. There were no nearby alternatives.
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by Felice Gelman and Josette Lee
Up and Running in No Time
There is only one subject matter for education, and that is Life in all its manifestations.
— Alfred North Whitehead
When we look at the rich offerings in the Bard LLI catalog,
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by Susan Phillips
Introduction
This year Bard LLI celebrates its 25th anniversary offering courses to seniors with a desire to keep learning. Courses are taught by instructors from a wide variety of backgrounds. This includes many Bard professors who work with students all day and then show up to share their knowledge with older learners—for FREE!!
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by Deborah Lanser
Introduction
Mark your calendar for December 20, the day when the WinterFest catalog will arrive so you can start planning your January schedule. As usual, there will be two talks given on four consecutive Wednesdays—January 8, 15, 22, and 29—at 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
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by Peter Scheckner and Martha Honey
Introduction
In fall 2024, we organized two thematically linked courses: We Were All Foreigners: Global Immigration through Cinema and Poetry, an in-person course that examined through art the global migration crisis, and Immigration Policy: Too Hot to Handle?
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