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Child of Exile: "The Little Prince" in New York |
Presenter: Scott Eaton |
Member tuition: $20.00 |
Sessions: 1 Tu – 4/20/2021 |
Time: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM |
Location: Online- OLLI from your Home , NH |
The beloved children’s book “The Little Prince,” by the French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944), was actually written in the New York City area in 1942 while the author was in exile in the United States early in World War II. Saint-Exupery was originally known as the “Poet of the Air” for his books on flying, especially his memoir “Wind, Sand and Stars” (1939), but “The Little Prince” would become one of the most popular books in the last 75 years. “The Little Prince” on one level is a fable of a child prince from another planet who comes to earth. But in a deeper sense it is a children’s story for adults because of its themes of the importance of love and friendship and of seeing life anew through the eyes of a child. This program will explore the wartime and American origins of “The Little Prince” and the underlying meaning of what has been called a “spiritual journey disguised as a children’s story.” Required reading/text: "The Little Prince," by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, any printing of the 1943 Katherine Woods translation or of the 2000 Richard Howard translation. Suggested reading: "Saint-Exupery: A Biography" by Stacy Schiff, and if reading the 75th Anniversary Edition of “The Little Prince” ISBN-13: 978-1328479754, the additional material about the history and making of the story.
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Create Your Own Market Basket Class is full. Click the add to Waitlist button below. |
Presenter: Pat Libby |
Sessions: 1 W – 4/21/2021-4/21/2021 |
Time: 10:30 AM-1:30 PM |
Location: Online- OLLI from your Home, , NH |
Create a market basket from materials provided by weaving, this will be done by Zoom. You will be provided with reed to weave a beautiful pattern basket with an oak handle. The size is 6 inches tall plus handle, 8 x 8 at base, 8 x 12 inches tall, all materials will be mailed to your home before the class. You will need to provide small scissors, pencil, tape measure, clothes pins, an awl and a small tub or sink for soaking reed. The basket kit is priced at $14.95 and will be mailed to your home prior to the start of class. Once shipped basket fee is non-refundable, not eligible for return.
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$14.95 basket kit fee will be added to your registration. Total cost is $34.95.
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Discovering the Art That Is All Around Us Class is full. Click the add to Waitlist button below. |
Presenter: Anne Wilkins, David Wilkins |
Sessions: 2 F – 5/28/2021-6/4/2021 |
Time: 1:00 PM-3:30 PM |
Location: Online- OLLI from your Home, , NH |
Using examples of architecture, painting, sculpture, and fine craftsmanship found in NH, the instructors will discuss how the visual arts can be understood as manifestations of culture, history, and life.
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Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream |
Presenter: Chuck Annal |
Member tuition: $30.00 |
Sessions: 3 Th – 4/29/2021-5/13/2021 |
Time: 1:00 PM-3:45 PM |
Location: Online- OLLI from your Home , NH |
Whether you’re a devoted Shakespeare fan or a budding thespian, you will enjoy this informal, interactive approach to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Shakespeare’s wonderful and hilarious comedy of love. Featuring young lovers, fairies, an enchanted forest, a mischievous prankster and a group of comical tradesmen, the play is one of Shakespeare’s most beloved and most performed. Since Shakespeare’s plays were meant to be heard, the class will use an approach that has the instructor and participants reading the play aloud from the first line to the last (and, no, you don’t have to read aloud if you prefer not to). The instructor begins by framing the play, explaining the various ideas that will be explored along the way. In addition, the group will look at language, staging and how various roles have been acted over time. You will need a copy of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
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Three Great Novels about Art |
Presenter: Joan Mountford |
Member tuition: $35.00 |
Sessions: 4 W – 5/5/2021-5/26/2021 |
Time: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM |
Location: Online- OLLI from your Home , NH |
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.
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