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​Together you can look, listen and learn with this
Spring 2022 Lineup of Presenters and Introductory Videos

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Tuesday, March 1, 2022
​1:30-3:00pm via Zoom
Tom Callinan, The first Sate Troubadour of CT will open our Spring semester with a 
Bit O'Erin. 

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Wednesday, March 2, 2022
​1:30-3:00pm via Zoom

Galen Abdur Razzaq, a distinguished jazz flutist, will perform and discuss 
Women in Jazz. 

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Thursday, March 3, 2022
​1:30-3:00pm via Zoom

Lucy Antek Johnson will give a book talk: Toscanini, The Maestro, My Father and Me
based on her and her father's memory of Toscanini.  Her father was the first violinist in Toscanini's orchestra.

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Tuesday, March 8, 2022
​1:30-3:00pm via Zoom

Prof. Herbert Arnold will use the beloved German chivalric epic: Parzifal 
to explore a world of  adventure, heroism, romance and then masterfully weaves this to our world today. 

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Wednesday, March 9, 2022
​1:30-3:00pm via Zoom

Maggie Johndrow has been on television and in Forbes magazine teaching about finance, and now she comes to MILE withher presentation on 
Money Matters: Demystifying Personal Finance and Investing

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Starting Thursday, March 10, 2022, 9:30-11:30 video will come soon
Great Decisions is back with moderator Bud Sielaff  

Here are the topics:


Mar. 10: Changing Demographics
Mar. 17- Outer Space
Mar. 24- Climate Change
Mar.31- Russia
 April 7-Myanmar and ASEAN
 April 21- Open Discussion​​


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Thursday, March 10, 2022
​1:30-3:00pm via Zoom

Prof. Jerry Conlogue and Ron Bennett:
Where? How? Why? When?
​and What? about Mummies Around the World.
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Tuesday, March 15, 2022
​1:30-3:00pm via Zoom

Dr. Karen C.P. McDermott will talk about 
Wine and Winemaking: A Journey from Vino Lover to Vintner

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Wednesday, March 16, 2022
​1:30-3:00pm via Zoom


Kim O'Rourke will present: Talking Trash: What's in, what's out: How to Recycle Right.

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Thursday, March 17, 2022
​1:30-3:00pm via Zoom

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Susan Daniels,RN  from Midddlesex Hospice and Palliative Care will be presenting:
Plan Your Grand Finale: A Lighter Look at One of Life's Certainties


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Tuesday,March 22 (Malkata Palace)
Wednesday, March 23 (Amarna and Phaistos)
Thursday, , March 24, (Greek Palaces and Assyrian Nimrud Palace)
​1:30-3:00pm via Zoom

Our MILE grand traveler, Nancy Rogalsky, will moderate the viewing of these Great Courses videos on the 
Architecture of Power ,
Dr. Steven L. Tuck PhD, Professor of Classics and chair of the Department of Classics at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio will be our guide

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Tuesday, March 29, 2022
​1:30-3:00pm via Zoom

Professional actress Michèle LaRue will perform a story from America’s Gilded Age and Progressive Era followed by a Talk Back.
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The Bedquilt – A Quilting Bee in Our Village

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022
​1:30-3:00pm via Zoom


Library director Tom Piezzo returns to MILE with a fascinating Book club talk:
Homegoing: a novel by Yaa Gyasi. 
Eight generations of a Ghanan family’s journey, and the legacy of slavery




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Thursday, March 31, 2022
​1:30-3:00pm via Zoom

Christi Moraga, Mile member, presenter and curriculum committee co-chair will present
​ a virtual tour of the Wadsworth's recent exhibit:
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By Her Hand, Italian Women Artists from 1500-1800  


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Tuesday, April 5, 2022
​1:30-3:00pm via Zoom

Astronomy Prof. Kristen Larsen of Central CT State University will present on: 
A New Eye on the Universe: The James Webb Space Telescope

Wednesday, April 6, 2022
 
Field trip by car to Mashantucket Pequot Museum with option to stay and enjoy the casino. More info on Special Trips page

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Thursday, April 7, 2022
​1:30-3:00pm via Zoom


Atty. Brendan Daly from Czpiega Daly Pope and Perri firm will speak about Trusts: 
What is a Trust? and How can one avoid probate?

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Monday, April 11, 2022
​1:30-3:00pm via Zoom
Dr. Brad Heim, DDS. will talk about
​Dental Missions of Mercy in Connecticut and Guatemala

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Tuesday, April 12, 2022
​1:30-3:00pm via Zoom

Anthony Valerio,
 
Chat with an Author
and highlights from 3 of his
books: 
  • BEFORE THE SIDEWALK ENDED: A WALK WITH SHEL SILVERSTEIN
  • SEMMELWEIS: the Women's Doctor,
  • ​ANITA GARIBALDI, a biography.​

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Wednesday, April 13, 2022
​1:30-3:00pm via Zoom

Mile member and Space ambassador, Stevan Akerley will present on:
Space and Exploration

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Tuesday, April 19, 2022

​1:30-3:00pm via Zoom

State Ranger, Kristin Lessard will give us a virtual tour of Weir Farm in Wilton, CT
Getting to Know Weir Farm National Historical Park

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Wednesday, April 20, 2022
​1:30-3:00pm LIVE PERFORMANCE at MxCC 

Roger Tincknell returns to entertain us and accompany us with
Songs from Pete Seeger to Peter, Paul and Mary

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Thursday, April 21, 2022
​1:30-3:00pm via Zoom

Liz Burke will speak on 
Evelyn Longman: a Sculptor's Art and Career 

"Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years.  We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul." ~~  Samuel Ullman
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