What Would You Like to Learn?
LLC offers about 75 courses each year on dozens of topics ranging from academics to the arts – plus some for self-improvement and some just for fun. Courses run from four weeks to ten weeks, some in person at Temple Beth-El or other convenient locations, others on Zoom, and a few "hybrid" courses available both in person and on Zoom. Catalogs are issued online for each of four seasonal sessions (see key dates for upcoming semesters).
Our courses are led by volunteer coordinators and taught by the participants. This Collaborative Learning system is one of the things that make LLC special in the eyes of our members.
RECORDING POLICY: LLC does not permit recording of classes due to the resulting inhibition of free and comfortable exchange of ideas and opinions. Any exceptions must be approved by the LLC President.
“I really like the way this is done, how it’s taught, how it’s learned. I’m astounded at how much I’ve learned in the Cell Phone Camera Club. For me, it’s also been social, getting to know people.”
Elizabeth Siftar, Foxboro, MA
Cover photography, “Springtime, College Hill, Providence,” was taken by Linda Shamoon in our iPhonography class last spring. Linda has been a member of LLC for twelve years, and in that time has co-coordinated over twenty courses including this spring’s Artificial Intelligence class and Cell Phone Photo Club. Since starting in LLC’s iPhonography class, Linda is now an enthusiastic – and talented – cell phone photographer and photo editor. She currently heads our Digital Technology Committee.
After LLC member Joan Hausrath delivered her presentation on African masks in The Social Life of Objects (Fall 2023), she brought a gingerbread mask which the class devoured in short order.
Click to view/print the Spring 2024 catalog (PDF).
Classes now in session.
Look for our Summersession catalog announcement on May 6.
Registration will open May 13.
Classes start week of June 17.
You must be a member of LLC to register for classes. Membership is $35 annually. Learn more.
We’re pleased to offer Zoom* courses and in-person courses this semester at Temple Beth-El (70 Orchard Ave, Providence, RI 02906). COVID vaccination is a mandatory requirement for attending in-person classes. By the act of registering for an in-person class you will be attesting to being vaccinated. Masks are optional in the Temple and classrooms, and classrooms will be at less than full capacity. We’ll keep current with trends and regulations and may change as needed.
*Zoom is easy to use and free to class members. If you have not used Zoom, here is a helpful introduction video.
For direct links to register, click the course titles below.
In-person classes are in BOLD (TBE = Temple Beth-El)
Mondays
Open Studio Art (AM) 
Tuesdays
Overlooked No More: Remarkable People Now Remembered (AM) – TBE
Learning About Opera Through its Ensembles (AM) – TBE
AI: The End of Humanity or the Beginning of a Better Future? (AM) – TBE
AI: The End of Humanity or the Beginning of a Better Future? (AM)
"Connections" on the Big Screen (Section 1: Tuesdays/Zoom) (AM)
Cell Phone Camera Club (PM) – TBE & in the field
World Music (PM) – TBE
Scrabble (PM) – TBE
Wednesdays
Reading Aloud: Contemporary Plays – TBE
How Great Structures Go Up – And Sometimes Fall Down (AM) – TBE
Write On, Write On: A Writing Workshop (AM) – Regency Plaza Apartments
Paint Like a Woman: 19th and 20th Century Women Artists (AM) – TBE
The Folly of War – A Study Through Films – CANCELLED
Beautiful Black and White Photography (PM) – TBE
Hot Topics (PM)
The Genius of August Wilson: The Century Cycle – CANCELLED
LLC Knits (PM) - TBE
Thursdays
Elemental: How Five Elements are Changing the Climate and Our Lives (AM)
Theater Conversations (AM) – TBE
"Connections" on the Big Screen (Section 2: Thursdays/In-person) (PM) – TBE
Writing a Memoir (PM) – TBE
Discover Providence at its Community Libraries (PM) – Libraries throughout Providence
Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) Photography – CANCELLED
Fridays
Anthropologists Who Shaped the Way We Think About Human Nature (AM) – TBE
Get Fit at Home (AM)
Public Art and the City (AM) – TBE & locations throughout Providence/Pawtucket
The History and Culture of Ancient Persia – CANCELLED
Key Dates for Upcoming Semesters
Summersession 2024
Catalog announcement May 6
Registration opens May 13
Classes start week of Jun 17
Fall 2024
To be announced
2025 classes begin around January 9 (Wintersession); March 20 (Spring); June 17 (Summer); and September 11 (Fall).
Class Calendar