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).
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 photography, “She Never Came By” mural in Providence, was taken by Eric Cohen in last winter’s Cell Phone Photography class. Eric has been passionate about photography since he took a photography course in college. Since becoming a member of LLC in 2021, he has taken sixteen classes with a focus on the arts.
Come learn with us!
In our Lights, Camera, Action: Unforgettable Fashion on the Silver Screen! course (Fall 2024), Karen Borger and Jill Tobak did a live interview with no less than Liz herself (graciously played by Ronnie Golden Engle). The class loved it, and it shed much light on the importance of a screen legend who not only dazzled in beautiful costumes over a long career, but also made an enduring contribution as a pioneer in the critical cause of international AIDS research. Lights, Camera, Action was coordinated by Kip Brott, Celene Healy, and Laura Tucker.
Click to view/print the Wintersession 2025 catalog (PDF).
Registration now open.
Classes start the week of January 6, 2025.
- We’re pleased to offer Zoom* courses and in-person courses this semester at Temple Beth-El (70 Orchard Ave, Providence, RI 02906).
- In-person classes are in BOLD at Temple Beth-El (TBE) or other sites in RI/MA.
- Since LLC does not maintain insurance for off-site courses held outside of the Temple, 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
Open Studio Art (AM) 
2025 Great Decisions (AM)
Tuesdays
Envision Your Own LLC Course and Create a Plan to Deliver It (AM) – TBE
Open Studio Art (AM) – TBE
James: What’s in a Name? Huckleberry Finn’s Friend, Jim, Reimagined (AM)
Alexander Technique (PM) – TBE / **WAIVER REQ'D
Cell Phone Photography Club (PM) – TBE
Scrabble Social Group (PM) – TBE
Wednesdays
Great Structures/Hybrid: In-person (AM) – TBE
Great Structures/Hybrid: Zoom (AM)
Media: Bulwark of Democracy or Enabler of its Demise? (AM)
LLC Knits/Hybrid: In-person (PM) – TBE
LLC Knits/Hybrid: Zoom (PM)
Jewish Style Breads, Bagels, and Rolls (PM) – Private Residence Providence / **WAIVER REQ'D
Hot Topics (PM)
Thursdays
A Step Back in Time: Sampling Some of the World’s Greatest Short Stories (AM) – TBE
Pompeii: The Living City (AM)
Overlooked No More: Remarkable People Now Remembered/Hybrid: In-person (AM) – TBE
Overlooked No More: Remarkable People Now Remembered/Hybrid: Zoom (AM)
Writing a Memoir (PM) – TBE
Fridays
Get Fit at Home (AM) **WAIVER REQ'D
The Most Important American War You’ve Never Heard Of (AM) – TBE
*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.
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 2025
Catalog announcement Mon, Nov 25, 2024
Registration opens Mon, Dec 2, 2024
Classes start week of Jan 6, 2025
Spring 2025
Catalog announcement Mon, Jan 20, 2025
Registration opens Mon, Jan 27, 2025
Classes start week of Mar 17, 2025
Approximate dates for future semester: Jun 17, 2025 (Summersession) and Sept 11, 2025 (Fall)
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