Please note this is an updated version with corrections. Thank you!

Volume 3 |2023

Noteworthy News - March 2023

Here's what you will find in this issue of Noteworthy News . . . .

Upcoming Events

March 8 & March 19 - Community Spotlight Series

March 29 - Lunch & Learn

Spring 2023

Spring '23 Term Course Registration Information

Spring into Spring! - An AIL Spring Membership Offer

AIL Field Trip

April 5 - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Save the Dates

April 3 - CSC Community Connection - A Zoom presentation by CSC Professor Eric Boyer

June 8 - 25th Anniversary Celebration

June 12 - AIL Field Trip to The Gundalow, Portsmouth, NH

Nina Tasi

(603) 526-3690

nina.tasi@colby-sawyer.edu

Sarah Jenness

(603) 526-3434

sarah.jenness@colby-sawyer.edu

Upcoming Events

AIL Presents . . .

The Community Spotlight Series

where local community members share their stories with you!

Please note the corrected date below

March 8th

Deb Perkins and Jim Perkins

New London During WW II

We're sorry . . .

This event has reached capacity and registration has closed.

March 19

Gordon Terwilliger

Songwriting After Seventy

at Galligan's Pub,

Lethbridge Lodge

Join us for an entertaining afternoon of dialog and song with Gordon Terwilliger.

Cash Bar with Mama T and snacks provided by AIL.

Click the image to the right to learn all the details.

Please RSVP by clicking below.

Please note that capacity for this event

is capped at 50 attendees.

Community Spotlight Featuring Gordon Terwilliger

LOCATION

Galligan's Pub - Lethbridge Lodge

DATE AND TIME

03/19/23 4:00pm - 03/19/23 5:00pm US/Eastern

An informal and entertaining afternoon of dialog and song with Gordon Terwilliger

I'll Be There!

AIL Presents . . .

Lunch and Learn:

Gender Fluidity

with AIL study leader & member, Sage Chase

Wednesday, March 29

Doors open at 11:30 a.m.;

presentation begins

Although gender diversity has existed worldwide since the beginning of time, controversy around LGBTQ issues surrounds us today.

This is an opportunity to ask questions, share information, and expand your understanding in a relaxed environment.

Recommendations for books and films will be available.

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Attendees are encouraged to bring a brown bag lunch and beverage.

The capacity for this event is capped at 35.

Please RSVP by clicking on the button below.

Lunch & Learn: Gender Fluidity

LOCATION

AIL Classroom

DATE AND TIME

03/29/23 11:30am - 03/29/23 1:00pm US/Eastern

Join AIL and community members for a presentation and discussion on gender fluidity

Sign Me Up !

Spring 2023

Spring '23 Term

Please click on the catalog cover for details and course descriptions of the upcoming spring term!

** NOTE **

Italian Food:

There's No Such Thing!

This course offering has limited capacity due to a significant number of participants already on the roster from the previous term’s waitlist.

The remaining spots in this course will be assigned by lottery. The link to the lottery will be located on the online course registration page.

The lottery opens next Wednesday, March 8 at noon and concludes on March 31. Participant names will be pulled and notified shortly thereafter.

Course registration opens next Wednesday, March 8 at 12 noon

and will be announced via email.

Please note that the AIL catalog

is no longer available in print.

Spring Membership Offer

Haven't joined AIL yet?

Interested in upcoming courses or member-only events?

Here is your opportunity to join or renew your lapsed AIL membership.

Click here to learn more!

Unsure if you need to renew?

Call the AIL Office . . . we can assist you!

Nina -(603) 526-3690 | Sarah - (603) 526-3434

AIL FIELD TRIP

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

April 5, 2023

with a pre-trip presentation by CSC Professor Jon Keenan

on April 4, 2023

AIL members will have the opportunity to view over 90 woodblock prints, paintings and illustrated books by Hokusai, who is best known for Great Wave and Red Fuji.

This field trip will include a short presentation on Hokusai by CSC Professor Jon Keenan the day before the field trip.

Please note this opportunity is open to current AIL members only.

Registration opens for this event next Wednesday, March 8th.

Hokusai:

Inspiration and Influence

Ann and Graham Gund Gallery (Gallery LG31)

Click on the button below for details and cost.

Field Trip Details

Save the Dates

Please mark your calendars for

these upcoming CSC and AIL events.

CSC Community Connections

THE BILL OF RIGHTS -

A POLITICAL HISTORY OF "AMERICAN SCRIPTURE"

A Zoom presentation by

CSC Professor of Political Studies Eric Boyer

Monday, April 3, 2023, 6 - 7:30 p.m.

RSVP link will be sent out via a separate email.

Mark your calendars for an evening of fun and festivities,

as we celebrate 25 years of AIL!

Details forthcoming.

AIL invites you to a day in Portsmouth with a sail on a replica gundalow, a unique cargo-carrying ship built to navigate rivers as well as coastal waters, and a presentation on the history of Prescott Park.

Look for details on this

exciting field trip

in May's Noteworthy News!

AIL FIELD TRIP

June 12, 2023