Through live performances, video examples and audience participation, Eric Ruthenberg and the Concord Coachmen Chorus will show (and sing!)for all (men and women!) about the great American art form of barbershop. Come listen to them sing, hear about how it all began and maybe even try your hand at singing! This fun performance/demonstration will leave you wanting more and will prove that you can do it, too!

Experience the performance and discussion of a remarkable story. This is a storyteller's telling of the life of Caesar, a life formed by a circle of extraordinary women: mother, aunt, wives, daughter and mistress... and Cleopatra. This man is a philosopher, historian, writer, engineer, architect, politician and the greatest general in history. Caesar sees himself as descended from the Goddess Venus on his father's side and the Tarquin Kings of old on his mother's side. We meet Caesar in the apartment building his mother owns in Rome and follow his meteoric rise to become the first amongst men: the most powerful man in the world. No period in history has been better recorded. An extensive reading list will be offered.

Tour St. Paul's Crumpacker Gallery. After a brief introduction by the gallery's staff, artists Annette Frye, Kathleen Dustin and Patricia Paulsen will talk about their spring show, "Beautiful Compulsion: Three Women's Careers in Adornment." You may then take your time examining the gallery's permanent collection and the spring show. Parking is across the street from the gallery. If the weather is promising, feel free to wander the campus.

This talk will reveal the fascinating life of a modest but greatly talented and accomplished man, Daniel Chester French (1850-1931), who is recognized today as one of America's foremost sculptors. French produced an astounding body of work including public art of great significance such as the iconic Minute Man statue in Concord, Massachusetts and the magnificent statue of Abraham Lincoln enshrined in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. He was born in Exeter, NH and given the middle name "Chester" in honor of his family's ancestral village of Chester, NH. And he would name his beautiful estate in western Massachusetts, Chesterwood.

Learn the basics of your digital cameras and demystify the controls and hidden menus of today's photographic equipment. You will also learn about file management and how to find and print those hidden photos from your memory cards or computer. Bring your digital camera(s) to class.

Learn the basics of your digital cameras and demystify the controls and hidden menus of today's photographic equipment. You will also learn about file management and how to find and print those hidden photos from your memory cards or computer. Bring your digital camera(s) to class.

Ella Fitzgerald - the Queen of Swing, the singer all singers call the best. Ella is the story of a young woman who, against impossible odds, achieved fame as a jazz singer by the age of seventeen. At that young age she found herself at the heart of the Harlem Renaissance and American Jazz. Expect Nanette not only to tell Ella's story but to sing her songs. You may join the singing if you wish.

Join Chichester poet Jimmy Pappas as he shares his award-winning poetry chapbook "Falling off the Empire State Building." Poems will be read together, themes, writing process and ideas for writing family-based poems discussed. Class participants will be involved in a detailed study of Jimmy's poetry and can later share ideas for writing their own family related stories and poems. Autographed copies of "Falling off the Empire State Building" will be available for purchase.

In 1969, "The Wild Bunch" debuted with an extraordinary ensemble cast. To this day, it remains one of the most provocative and controversial of American films. A new book calls it the greatest Western ever made. It certainly seemed like the Western to end all Westerns. But decades later, the genre produced two more great ones, Clint Eastwood's Oscar winner, "Unforgiven," starring Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman followed by Kevin Costner's "Open Range," with Costner, Robert Duvall, and a luminous performance by Annette Bening. These films are all exceedingly bloody, but there is much more to them than their violence. They address questions of honor and sacrifice that go back to Homer.

Flight of Remembrance is the true story of the speaker's family during the tumultuous decades before, during, and after World War II in Latvia, occupied Poland, and Germany. It is a love story, but also a narrative of surviving war waged on home soil on the losing side that includes two German veterans. Follow their escape from Latvia before the first Soviet takeover of the Baltic States, their arrival in Germany, the mandatory military service of the speaker's technically-skilled father and grandfather under the Nazi regime, and the family's postwar immigration to the US where, thanks to generous sponsors in northern Indiana, the protagonists' lifelong dreams reach fulfillment. This presentation is accompanied by a map of northern Europe, WWII era photographs, and an heirloom dress worn by the speaker, handmade by her grandmother in 1930's Latvia. Flight of Remembrance empowers people from both sides of the worst conflict in world history to gain a new perspective on war in general, while providing an opportunity to engage in discussion and questions, to consider preserving and sharing their own individual and family memories, and to take a step forward together on the path to world peace.

Once I heard the music/lyrics of "Hamilton: An American Musical," I wondered if this were the true story of Alexander Hamilton's life and career. This course reviews the history of the American Revolution and the administration of George Washington, focusing on the role of Hamilton. Once the history has been reviewed, the class will compare the music and lyrics of the hit Broadway show, which was nominated for 16 Tony Awards, to the history and try to determine the accuracy of what Lin-Manuel Miranda has brilliantly created. Purchase of the music lyrics in any format is required.

Join the Memorial Bell Choir of the South Congregational Church for an evening of music and music-making. The choir will perform a short program and afterward will engage participants in the basics of how to play handbells so that they can successfully perform with the group. Interested participants can participate as much or as little as they like, just to satisfy their curiosity. No prior music reading experience is required, however, it can be helpful. Some physical activity may be involved, including standing and swinging arms, but can be adapted to individual participants' needs and abilities.

Please arrive at 11:30 to purchase lunch at the cafeteria in the Barrow's building, right across from Tad's Place, or you may bring a bag lunch. We will meet in a room just off the cafeteria to eat and begin class by playing the match game, matching an author, or a line, or a thing from a great novel to its title. You will be given clues and titles such as Plato who matches to "the Cave." Then we will talk about what makes a great novel and what makes an important novel. We will talk about several great books. How many of these great books have you read? There is still plenty of time to enrich your life.

While often excluded from the canon of major authors, there are scores of writers who have produced gems of short fiction. Writers such as Katherine Ann Porter, Ring Lardner, Sherwood Anderson and Willa Cather have given us works that can easily stand alongside their better-known contemporaries. Copies of the stories will be sent to participants.

Doug Farrell, Jack Henry and Beth Eldridge are accomplished NH musicians, singer/songwriters and performers who together are "Decatur Creek." They sing and play multiple instruments in their engaging live performances. Their diverse styles complement one another and the group's evolving original acoustic sound will bring a smile to your face, rhythm to your feet, and leave you wanting for more.

Murder mysteries are among the most popular forms of fiction worldwide. Many people have an idea for a mystery burning inside them, but don't know how to get started. You will learn how one writer found his niche, then be instructed how to write your own mystery. Each student should bring a lined pad and writing implement.

Remember those nights at camp when you were a kid? Song Circles are kind of like gathering around the campfire and sharing music, but without the fire! Members of an established Lakes Region Song Circle will anchor an OLLI Song Circle where every person in the circle has an opportunity to lead, suggest or request songs. How will the Song Circle work? Bring your voice, bring your acoustic instruments - guitar, banjo, fiddle, dulcimer, harmonica, ukulele, drums - whatever you play and come prepared to sing. If you don't play an instrument, just come and sing. We'll have some song sheets of 60's and 70's folk and singer-songwriter classics to get us started but you may also bring your own favorite tunes to perform. When your turn around the circle comes, you may present a song, lead a song, request someone else do a song or pass. Songs with choruses are encouraged for singalongs. You are welcome to do one of your own compositions. Everyone is encouraged to join in but be mindful of drowning out voices with loud instruments.

Put your knowledge of Zentangles to work in a different way than the standard 4" x 4" tile. We will explore ways to use Zentangling to save memories, reflect on vacations, activities or events, make novel gifts, and study or just draw and find that zenzone! Come with a theme or idea you would like to illustrate or spend your time just tangling away to a selection of music. We will take time to share favorite tangle patterns, exchange ideas and draw inspiration from each other. Bring your tools (pens, smudgers, erasers, colored pencils, etc.), your pattern books, your colors (if you like!) and your imagination. Also bring either 8x10, 9x12 or 11x14 inch drawing paper, 60 or 80 lb. weight. Previous experience with Zentangle drawing is required as this is an application experience not a "how to" course.

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When we view a painting, most of us admire the skill of the painter or connect its subject to our own life experiences. Paintings may have their own stories, too, that are well worth the telling. "Girl with a Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevalier is the fictionalized account of how the famous Vermeer painting of that name came to be. Harriet Scott Chessman's "Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper" is a historical novel about the American painter Mary Cassatt and her sister. "My Name is Asher Lev," an extraordinary novel by Chaim Potok, who was both a rabbi and an artist, tackles the question of what it means to be an artist in a deeply religious community that does not believe art can serve God. Class members should read "Girl with a Pearl Earring" [ISBN-10 0452282152, ISBN-13 978-0452282155 for the first class meeting. Reading assignments are "Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper" [ISBN-10 1583222723, ISBN-13 978-1583222720] and "My Name is Asher Lev" [ISBN-10 1400031044, ISBN-13 978-1400031047].

The Farmer's Market Basket has a wide, open design so you can carry a large assortment of vegetables and fruit without having to stack them on top of each other. Basket dimensions are 14.5" diameter, 14" tall and 6" deep. A 10" base Williamsburg provides support and shape. This is a strong and handy basket. There will be a 30 minute break for lunch. Although the class is scheduled to end at 3 p.m., the instructor wants you to go home with a finished basket and will stay until you are finished. The Farmer's Market Basket is pictured on the left.

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The 8" round Tulip has a wooden slotted base; strips and curls of dyed basket reed form "tulips" to embellish the sides of this pretty spring basket. Although scheduled to end at 3 p.m., the instructor wants you to go home with a finished basket and will stay until you are done. The Tulip basket is pictured on the right.

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