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LIR offers programs each season that are open to all, to introduce potential new members to our organization, and to get a sense of what we are about. These include the Great Decisions foreign policy lecture series each April, and Encore Presentations of standout seminar presentations from the previous semester.
In addition, the public is cordially invite to attend our Fall and Spring Previews. We hold a Preview of the upcoming semester’s program offerings each May and November, and all are encouraged to attend. Right now these are held as Zoom webinars, but when we get back to in-person gatherings, the Preview is a social event as well as an opportunity to meet the seminar moderators and program leaders… and there are refreshments!
Finally, we offer occasional special programs, such as those listed below.
- Great Decisions 2022
- 2021 Fall Encore Presentations
- Fall 2021 Preview
- Regional Voices: Musical Traditions of the American South
- Great Decisions 2021
- 2021 Spring Encore Presentations
- Great Decisions 2020
- 2020 Legislators Forum
- Arcadia Players January Lecture Series
- Edith Wharton in the Berkshires: Life and Work at The Mount
- Great Decisions 2019
- 2019 Special Program: the UMass Bach Festival
- Great Decisions 2018
- Great Decisions 2017
- Slavery and Its Legacy Symposia