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 the Shriners Center in the Edgewood/Pawtuxet Village section of Cranston (with plenty of free parking) 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).
You must be a member of LLC to register for classes. Membership is $40 annually. Learn more.
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.
“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 photograph, “Fall Berries,” was taken by LLC member Olin Thompson in our Cell Phone Photography class last fall. Since joining us in 2019, Olin has taken several semesters of Cell Phone Photography Club. Cell Phone Photography Club, a popular ongoing class, is led this semester by Ellen Fingeret and Margaret Lawrence.
Come learn with us!
King Philip's War (Wintersession 2025) led by Dr. David Weed. This four-part course explored the important and fascinating history of an event that began 350 years ago next June in Swansea, MA and ended fourteen months later in Bristol, RI.
Click to view/print the Wintersession 2026 catalog (PDF).
Registration opens Monday, December 1 @ 9 AM.
Classes start the week of January 5.
- We’re pleased to offer Zoom* and in-person courses this semester at our new classroom location at the Shriners Center, One Rhodes Place in the Edgewood section of Cranston, just north of Pawtuxet Village. There is ample free parking right next to the building, which is fully handicapped accessible. Driving Directions from: East Side/East Bay | Blackstone Valley | East Greenwich/South County)
- There are three hybrid courses this semester (Zoom/in-person simultaneously): How Things Are Made, Science for Our Time, Ukraine: History and Survival.
- In-person classes are in at Shriners Center or other sites.
- Since LLC does not maintain insurance for off-site courses held outside of the Shriners Center, participants must sign a mandatory waiver.**
- If you would like to enroll in a course but know you will miss more than two classes, please consider waiting until another session.
For direct links to register, click the course titles below.
Mondays
Jane Austen – Rival to Shakespeare? (AM) – SHRINERS
Open Studio Art (AM) – ZOOM
Great Decisions (AM) – ZOOM
Literary Rx (PM) – INTERNATIONAL HOUSE IN PROVIDENCE
Tuesdays
iPhone Photography Basics (AM) – SHRINERS
Open Studio Art (AM) – SHRINERS
Scrabble Social Group (AM) – SHRINERS
Guys and Dolls: A Multimedia Celebration of Runyon and Loesser (AM) – ZOOM
Writing a Memoir (AM) – ZOOM
Cell Phone Photography Club (PM) – SHRINERS
Jewish Style Breads, Bagels, and Rolls (PM) – Private Residence in Providence
Wednesdays
How Things Are Made (AM) – HYBRID: IN-PERSON/SHRINERS
How Things Are Made (AM) – HYBRID: ZOOM
Reading Plays Aloud: A Raisin in the Sun by Hansbury and Its Spin-off, Clybourne Park by Norris (AM) – SHRINERS
America’s Presidents: Successes and Failures (AM) – ZOOM
Hot Topics (PM) – ZOOM
How Rome Became an Empire (PM) – ZOOM
LLC Knits (PM) – SHRINERS
Thursdays
Science for Our Time (AM) – HYBRID: IN-PERSON/SHRINERS
Science for Our Time (AM) – HYBRID: ZOOM
Best Short Stories of 2025: O. Henry Prize Winners (AM) – SHRINERS
Writing a Memoir (In-person) (PM) –SHRINERS
Collage: Construct Your Own Collage (PM) – SHRINERS
Absurd Comedies, Vol III – CANCELLED DUE TO LOW ENROLLMENT
Ukraine: History and Survival (PM) – HYBRID: IN-PERSON/SHRINERS
Ukraine: History and Survival (PM) – HYBRID: ZOOM
Friday
Personal Training at Home (AM) – ZOOM
*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 Shriners Center 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.
REGISTRATION POLICY – PLEASE READ CAREFULLY
If you would like to enroll in a course but know you will miss more than two classes, please consider waiting until another session.
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.
PHOTO AND VIDEO PERMISSION: As LLC expands its efforts to attract new members, the Marketing Committee will occasionally seek to gather images and comments of members for use in promotional materials. By registering for an LLC class, you give permission for your image and/or comments to appear in photographs and videos taken during the class, to be used by LLC in any medium, including online and in print. Read entire UPDATED REGISTRATION POLICY.
Key Dates for Upcoming Semesters
Wintersession 2026
Catalog Mon, Nov 24 | Registration opens Mon, Dec 1 @ 9 AM | Classes begin week of Jan 5
Spring 2026
Catalog Jan 19 | Registration opens Mon, Jan 26 @ 9 AM | Classes begin week of Mar 16
Class Calendar
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