Rainbow Lifelong Learning Institute Boston
Adult Education and Lifelong Learning for Boston's LGBT Seniors and Friends!
All Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender seniors and friends are welcome to register for Rainbow Lifelong Learning Institute Boston courses!
Spring 2021 Courses Update
In response to COVID-19, Rainbow has made the following changes in order to continue our programming in a safe and effective manner:
- During the pandemic we will not hold our courses or the Speakers Series in person. Instead, we have moved them all on-line and conduct them using Zoom. The Speakers Series may be held on Tuesdays when classes are not in session.
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- For best performance, we suggest running Zoom as an app on your computer or tablet rather than inside your web browser.
- For information on downloading and using Zoom, please visit them at https://Zoom.us at least one day prior to your first class.
We are using a new on-line registration website to provide detailed information about all our courses.
- Instead of sending us your course registration requests via email, students will use this new website to register on-line. You can link to this this new registration site by clicking on any course name under Course Descriptions.
- The site accepts credit and debit cards, and complies with all payment processing security standards for your safety.
- We were able to maintain our prior tuition rates but are no longer able to accept checks or cash as payment.
- The registration website will send you a confirmation email upon successfully registering for a course. It will follow up with a reminder email containing the course’s Zoom link two days prior to the first class. This link will be valid for the duration of the course.
- If you need to cancel your registration please contact us at RainbowLLIBoston@gmail.com. We’ll issue a refund directly to your credit/debit card minus the processing fees we already paid the vendors.
**All Our Spring Classes will be held on Zoom**
Spring 2021 Rainbow Courses
Session 1 on Tuesdays: 5 Week Morning Class
March 9 - April 6
Tuesdays 10:30am - 12pm
Fat Surprises – Nutrition in the 21st century
Course Leader: Leah Ziph-Schatzberg
Enrollment Limit: 15
Why are Americans getting fatter and sicker? What can we do about it?
What is the history of nutrition advice in the last century? How is the food industry influencing nutritional research and guidelines? How do the guidelines impact the food industry?
Is saturated fat bad for us? What are vegetable oils? Is sugar bad for us? How about artificial sweeteners?
If you are curious about any of these, let’s talk about all these topics and more, as we explore the history and recent findings in nutrition.
Session 2 on Tuesdays: 5 Week Morning Class
April 20 - May 18
Tuesdays 10:30am - 12pm
The Future is Now:
An Introduction to Key New Technologies
Course Leader: David Rooks
Enrollment Limit: 15
Technology innovation seems to increase at an ever rapid pace. Every day we hear about new technologies that promise to revolutionize our lives, yet most of us don’t really know anything about them.
This course provides a high-level introductory overview of: 5G Cellular, WiFi 6, Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin), and Artificial Intelligence (machine learning, deep learning, neural networks).
The course does not assume students have prior knowledge about the technologies covered.
The goals of this class include enabling students to: be comfortable discussing these innovations, understand and evaluate related articles in the popular press, and develop a point of view regarding their potential impacts.
Please note, since the course is intended to introduce students to new concepts and technologies, instruction is primarily lecture with optional readings provided.
Sessions 1 & 2 on Tuesdays: 10 Week Afternoon Classes
Session 1: March 9 - April 6
and
Session 2: April 20 - May 18
April 13: Intersession (No Class)
While the below class is scheduled for 10 weeks, students may take them for either or both sessions.
The second session class is not a repeat of the first one.
Tuesdays 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Amazon All Stars: Lesbian Plays
Course Leader: Jyl Lynn Felman
Enrollment Limit: 12
The course will include discussion and reading out loud scenes from the assigned plays. We will read one play a week or a play over two weeks, depending on the length.
We’ll read ten terrific playwrights including Maria Irene Fornes, Joan Lipkin, Megan Terry, Jane Chambers and Paula Vogel.
With brilliant language and cutting -edge scripts on taboo topics, these plays will astound you.
We will use the intersecting lens of race, class, gender, and sexuality to unravel these amazing works.
While the below class is scheduled for 10 weeks, students may take them for either or both sessions.
The second session class is not a repeat of the first one.
Tuesdays 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Romantic Plus: A Musical Adventure
Course Leader: Liz Diamond
No Enrollment Limit
The class is designed to share some of the most beloved pieces of the Romantic period (19th century), with a smattering of selections from Baroque, Classical and 20th century.
NO prior musical knowledge necessary for enrollment. The goal is to inspire you to have a better understanding and (thus) more enjoyment of the available treasure trove of Romantic music!
We will listen together with specific learnings, giving you tools to be able to find more pieces on your own that you love. Questions and class discussion encouraged!
Optional assignment: oral presentation about a piece you love. Musical resources will be provided
Wednesday Class: New for Spring 2021
Sessions 1 & 2 on Wednesdays: 10 Week Afternoon Class
Session 1: March 10 - April 7
and
Session 2: April 21 - May 19
April 14: Intersession (No Class)
Students must take the below 10 week course for both sessions.
Wednesdays 1:00 - 2:30pm
Write On Zoom! A Prose Writing Workshop
Sue Katz
Enrollment Limited to 8
This class will be a small group of prose writers who want to take their work to the next level. A variety of approaches to writing and feedback will be used, starting with a short warm-up exercise. Then a longer chunk of time will be devoted to focusing on a piece of writing.
For this you can either select (as many as you choose) from the three varied prompts the instructor will provide or you can concentrate on an ongoing piece of writing (book/essay/story/etc.) that you have been working on outside or inside class. Finally, volunteers will read up to 500 words of their work, and we will offer feedback.
Scholarships are available
Rainbow makes scholarships available to those who would otherwise be unable to afford our courses. To request a scholarship please email us at RainbowLLIBoston@gmail.com