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The Raven in the Frog Pond: Edgar Allan Poe and the City of Boston WITH PAUL LEWIS, PH.D.
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The Pen and the Trowel: Authors, Their Gardens, and Mine WITH MARTA MCDOWELL

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Hubble’s New Discoveries & the State of Ancient Galaxies with Dr. Katherine E. Whitaker

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Wired to Connect: The Link Between Neuroscience & Relationships with Amy Banks, M.D.

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Giving Thanks

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A Virtual Holiday Tour of Vienna WITH Lauren Alteio, PhD

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Getting Out & About | Summer Walking Tours with LCE!

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A Look at “The Anatomy of Grief”

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SPRING & SUMMER ONLINE CLASSES & EVENTS ARE OPEN FOR REGISTRATION!

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Animals’ Best Friends: Putting Compassion to Work for Animals in Captivity and in the Wild

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Spacefarers: How Humans Will Settle the Moon, Mars, and Beyond 

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LexArt Collaborates with LCE this Spring and Summer!

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Our Education To Be Human Determines How We Are Human – Dr. Larry Ward

Death Becomes Her: The Art of the Obituary
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Looking Back, Looking Forward, a “Direct Look” & Beginning Anew

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A Shining Star Upon the Highest Bough: Season’s Greetings from LCE on a Solstice Evening

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Community & Education In Equal Measure

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The Most Important Point: Finding Our Way In The Dark

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In-Person & Online Individualized Music Lessons for All Ages

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Aquatic Scenes with Chinese Brush and Colors

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Skye Shirley teaches Women of Greco-Roman Mythology

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Using Internal Conflicts in Creative Writing

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A Performance of Scandinavian and Northern European Song with Northbound

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Lexplorations 2020 Summer Online Classes for Children

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Toxic Inequality: How America’s Wealth Gap Destroys Mobility

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Constitution in Crisis: HOW THE POWER OF PEOPLE CAN SAVE OUR REPUBLIC

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The Great Necks Guitar Trio

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Freedom of Speech and Dissenting Opinions

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A Lexington Writer’s Life: AUTHOR OF HOW THE BRAIN LOST ITS MIND

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The Beauty of Being a Misfit with Lidia Yuknavitch

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When Adam Meets Jacob: Duo Mantar Performs a Program of Mandolin & Guitar Music

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The Music of Tragedy: Performance & Imagination in Ancient Greek Theater

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The Native Story in History and Literature with Tommy Orange

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East Meets West with Shubhendra Rao & Saskia De Haas

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Registration for Autumn 2019 Classes is Open!

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Lexington Community Education’s Autumn Classes Will Go Online In Early August

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Rock Guitar Master Class Sessions

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Roller Prints and Padded Hems: American Fashions of the 1820s and 30s

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Fixing Our Broken Sleep

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Understanding the Fundamentals of Indian Classical Music

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William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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Pedroia String Quartet: An Afternoon CD Release Concert 

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THE FIVEASH LEGACY LECTURE: Manly Women: Power in the Roman Republic

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MassArt/LCE Student Art Showcase

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Mastering the Art of Vegetable Gardening with Matt Mattus

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Sacred Poems, Passages, and Music of the Mystics

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Where We Stand in the Fight for a Future

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Ran Blake and Dave “Knife” Fabris

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Tick Talk: A Holistic Perspective

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Download Catalog – Winter 2019

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Not Quite Not White: Losing and Finding Race in America

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Heal Your Body & Your World…With Food!

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How Emotions are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain

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Winter Classes Begin in January!

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Frankenstein: Far More than a Horror Story

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All Keys: A Magical Evening with Two Pianos

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Raising Anti-Racist Children: Strategies for Success A Panel Discussion

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Fashions of a Fledgling Nation: Womenswear from 1770-1870

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The Fiveash Legacy Lecture Series with Fred S. Kleiner

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Young Maestros: Torch Bearers of Indian Classical Music

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The Wilds Beyond our Fences: The Way is Awkward, not Foward