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This study group is for people who already know how to play bridge. Join us if you would like to meet other ICL members who play and want to have more opportunities to play the game. We welcome those who have recently learned the game as well as intermediate and advanced players. We will be playing for FUN, not cutthroat! Hopefully we can all learn from one another.

NOTE: This is an ongoing study group, but new participants are always welcome.

Coordinator: Andrea Zietlow

We all know the symptoms to watch for, and often, the steps to take. Fever? Aspirin and monitor. Funny looking mole? Off to the dermatologist. And on it goes. We are good at it. But how many of us know what to do when we can’t stop obsessing about the latest bad news? Can’t figure out how to deal with a recent mistake? Stressed to the max about one thing or another? Most of us didn’t learn that information at our mother’s knee, or anywhere else for that matter. Join me as we explore a few simple strategies that are like “aspirin” for an occasionally uncooperative mind.

Coordinator: Marlene Brusko

The Thin Man was a series of six movies which were produced between 1934 and 1947. The movies starred William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles. The plot for these films centered around Nick and Nora's relationship as high society detectives. The films are full of laughs and mystery as Nick and Nora toast each other with champagne cocktails as they solve the latest "who done it"! The seventh class we will show two documentaries, one each on the lives of William Powell and Myrna Loy.

Coordinator: Bob Hartnett

This eight-week study group presented on Zoom Tuesday and in the classroom on Thursday, begins March 12, ending May 2. Our films include documentaries on a skilled photographer, a legendary musician, a clever fraudster, Broadway entertainment, women’s fashion, and a comedian celebrated for starring in both black and white and technicolor movies. Plus, a couple of surprises.

Coordinators: Mike and Marilyn Glass

Right-wing populism is rising in many western nations, but here in the US it is beginning to actually threaten our democracy. This presentation points out why this is happening uniquely here in the US: Because the country is becoming a true multi-racial democracy, a transformation that no other country is undergoing. And the US constitution actually empowers the minority that wishes to stop this transition.

We will discuss why this is happening, and what we need to change in our governmental structures to alleviate this attack on our democracy. And we must address these very thorny issues, starting now. Because the US will become a multi-racial democracy - or it won't be a democracy any more.

Coordinator: Andrea Zietlow
Guest Speaker: Ed Spire