Introduction
We’ve been wishing all summer that COVID-19 would go away. But so far, no luck, and we don’t know what the fall and winter will bring. Bard has adopted a mask-friendly policy, meaning their indoor mask mandate has been lifted. LLI members are welcome to come to classes on campus.
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Introduction
Each year, LLI provides grants to students at Bard High School Early College in Manhattan. The money provides support that allows students to volunteer and to learn in the summer between their junior and senior years.
Again this year, the effects of Covid restrictions make it more difficult for students to find opportunities,
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Introduction
As of January this year, the Village of Tivoli has a new store. It is, however, more than a store. As its co-founders will tell you, it’s a movement.
Before it had a home, Thrift 2 Fight was born as an idea. In 2019, cofounders Masha Zabara and Jillian Reed,
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Introduction
Where is my parking hangtag? Hey, our classroom is locked. I got a parking ticket — what for? Who you gonna call? Try Stacey Adams. She is the Office Resource Coordinator for Bard College’s Security team. She works with LLI’s Member Services team volunteers to register LLI members’ cars,
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By Gary Miller
The Bard gardens, normally filled with Bard LLI members this time of year, are afflicted with two major challenges. One is COVID-19. The other is restoration. Both affect us in unique and important ways.
The pandemic’s most dramatic effect on our relationship with the gardens is that there is none.
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As in past years, the annual survey evoked a number of interesting, helpful comments about LLI, both in terms of what members liked and what they wanted to be changed. In fact, the 148 respondents had so many ideas that we will publish the results in two separate articles. For this month,
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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 — almost half of LLI’s lifetime as an organization.
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Introduction
I had the opportunity to speak at length with Joan Tower only once before interviewing her on the phone for this article. Several years ago, we were both at the Toyota Dealership having our cars serviced. At the time, I knew just a little about Joan’s history at Bard College,
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In the Beginning . . .
Twenty-one years ago, Dean Stuart Stritzler-Levine, sitting in his office in Ludlow, had been at Bard for 36 years and had been the dean of the college since 1980. He was having the usual busy day with a steady stream of visitors lined up outside his office door.
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Bard High School Early College (BHSEC Manhattan): ongoing funding of four $500 scholarships for student summer internships in 2021. $2000
Bard’s Nursery School and Children’s Center: to help fund the new Open Air Adventure Club at Montgomery Place for grades K-5 to help young people play safely outdoors and learn hands-on about the local environment.
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