Fall Seminars Begin

2025 Fall seminars begin the week of September 15 unless otherwise noted.  Please note the length of the seminar you are interested in as they vary.  There are no seminar […]

Our Stories, Our Lives

Our Stories, Our Lives

Zoom

This is a group of women who meet monthly to discuss life experiences, focusing on such topics as the experience of aging and ageism, health issues, political concerns, using time […]

Viewpoints

Viewpoints

Hybrid meetings: in person at the Five College Library Annex Building in N. Hatfield and on Zoom. Viewpoints is a monthly round-table discussion of current domestic and international events and […]

Story Time

Story Time

Zoom

We will meet once a month on zoom to discuss short stories that we have read prior to the meeting.  Members of the group will take turns choosing stories and […]

Reading the Classics

Reading the Classics

Zoom

This is a book club focused on books considered to be classics of literature. Each month a new book is read, and discussed at the meeting. Facilitator: Jeanne Kaiser

Encore: Wizard of Oz

Zoom

We are all familiar with The Wizard of Oz from the 1939 movie starring Judy Garland.  But there is much more to the original book, as well as stage and […]

Encore: Founding of Smith College

Zoom

As Smith College celebrates its sesquicentennial in 2025, learn about Sophia Smith of Hatfield, MA and the unusual circumstances that led to the founding of Smith College in 1870 and […]

Encore: Life Lessons from a Nursing Home

Zoom

Irvin Yalom is a psychiatrist and author who once said, "the physicality of death destroys us, but the idea of death saves us".  The wisdom of this statement is reflected […]