by L. Walker
Introduction
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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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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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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by Felice Gelman
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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 — now more than one-third of LLI’s lifetime as an organization.
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by Deborah Lanser
Anne Sunners was the third president of LLI and later head of the Curriculum Committee.
Introduction
About 25 years ago, a friend warned Anne Sunners to apply to Bard LLI quickly as there might be a waiting list. She joined immediately and during her first semester was captivated by a class on Chopin’s Études held in Olin Hall.
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by Barb Renfro
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You arrive early for a performance at the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts. You stroll around and walk over a short bridge, as well as through an archway of criss-crossing, interlaced stainless steel rods. Maybe you don’t even realize this is an art installation—you just want to walk and sit,
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by Eleanor Wieder
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As Robert Beaury mentions in his message this month, Bard LLI can proudly celebrate 25 years of building a community of people who share a lifetime love of learning. The breadth and depth of the courses we offer is extraordinary, as is apparent in the fall 2024 course catalog.
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by Deborah Lanser
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On May 16, President Robert Beaury proved once again that he knows how to throw an annual meeting. The 50 or so attendees began by enjoying a delicious breakfast organized by departing Hospitality Chair Irene Esposito and incoming Hospitality Chair Betti Steel. Then Bard Professor Joan Tower introduced three Bard music students,
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by Gary Miller
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We are fortunate to have Bard College as our home. There are bucolic gardens and pathways, gently rolling hills, and stately trees. At the north end of the campus, amidst yet more of nature’s offerings, stands a brilliant silver bird, Fisher Center. Designed by architect Frank Gehry,
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by Deborah Lanser
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The Indigenous Peoples’ luncheon on October 9 afforded 75 LLI members a glimpse of indigenous culture through the eyes of Tatiana Blackhorse, a Bard sophomore and member of the Navajo nation. Although she is half Hungarian, her beliefs, values, and perspectives on the world come from the Navajo teachings of her father’s heritage.
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