Enjoy free online lectures from the comfort of your home. We've been enlightened and entertained in the past by authors, artists, public officials, historians and more. Even some LLC members with great stories to tell. Admission is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required.
Fall 2024 Series
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"LLC is greatly inexpensive and has a wonderful variety of courses. I enjoy being exposed to and stimulated by subjects about which I previously only had limited knowledge.”
Susan Van Horne, Swansea, MA
Rescheduled: Date to be announced
SPECIAL PRESENTATION – A live performance of Menopause Mama written and performed by Rose Weaver, Television, film, music, and solo performer and writer
Menopause Mama is a compelling, cutting edge and often hilarious solo performance about menopause and aging. Through a variety of characters, Weaver depicts the struggles, triumphs, tears and lighter side of menopause. Her take no-prisoners honestly is delivered with a touch of humor, ensuring the audience is entertained while also gaining valuable insights.
Rose Weaver, a 2000 Pell Award winner and New England Emmy nominee, has entertained audiences for more than 40 years in television, film, music, and as a solo performer and writer. She has appeared in many theatres across the country including many performances for Trinity Rep including August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean where she played Aunt Ester; Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grille; Dussie Mae in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; Bernice in The Piano Lesson, and the witch in Into the Woods. A few of her television performances include In the Heat of the Night, Poetic Justice, LA Law, Tales From the Crypt, The Accused, Not In My Family, Lady in White, and Go Tell It On the Mountain. See Rose Weaver on Wikipedia.
Thank you to our previous speakers:
Linda Kushner, Author
The Fight That Saved the Libraries: A True Rhode Island Story
Presented October 28, 2024
Secretary of State Gregg Amore
Election Integrity for 2024
Presented October 23, 2024
Linda Bloom, LCSW and Charlie Bloom, MSW, Relationship Counselors/Authors
Secrets to the Best Relationships
Presented September 24, 2024
John Kostrzewa, Writer of the Walking Rhode Island column for The Providence Journal
Fall Hikes - Walking Rhode Island
Presented September 16, 2024
Ben Nacar, Pianist and Composer
The Evolution of the Cadenza: Lecture and Live Piano Recital
Presented September 12, 2024
Stephen Kaplan and Marilyn Kaplan
Experiencing Israel at War: A Recent Visit to Israel
Presented May 20, 2024
Joe Petteruti
Author, A Night She’d Remember: My Grandmother's Experience on the Titanic
Presented May 9, 2024
Steve Kidd
Director and Resident Actor, Gamm Theatre
Theatre Arts Teacher, Moses Brown School
Sigh/Omelas: A live one man show
Presented April 29, 2024
Andrew Starcevic
Peace Corps Regional Recruiter – RI, MA, CT
Office of Volunteer Recruitment and Selection Serving in Namibia
Presented April 17, 2024
Charles Clarkson, PhD
Director of Avian Research, Audubon Society of Rhode Island
What Audubon is Doing to Protect Birds
Presented April 4, 2024
David N. Cicilline
President and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation
Former Rhode Island Congressman
Presented March 27, 2024
Marjorie Turner Hollman
Author, Do You Want to Take an Easy Walk?
Presented March 20, 2024
Dr. David Weed
Coordinator, Sowams Heritage Area Project
Creating a New National Heritage Area in East Bay, RI and nearby Massachusetts
Presented February 21, 2024
Oleksandr (Alexander) Kreshchuk
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Music Department, Artist in Residence
Ukraine: Known and Unknown
Presented February 6, 2024
Rick Beyer
Co-Author, The Ghost Army of World War II (a NYT Bestseller)
Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker
Presented January 24, 2024
Maria DeCarvalho
Azulejos: Memories in Blue and White
Presented November 21, 2023