Volume 2 |2024



Noteworthy News - February 2024

Here's what you'll find in this issue of Noteworthy News


  • Spring Term 2024
  • Spring into Spring - An AIL Spring Membership Offer
  • Upcoming Events

February 28 - Understanding & Enjoying the Upcoming Total Solar Eclipse with Bob Koester

March 13 - Robert Hager - A Members-only event

March 28 - Community Spotlight Series: The New London Barn Playhouse

April 3 - AIL Spring Field Trip: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

June 11- AIL Annual Meeting


  • Colby-Sawyer College Community Connections

February 8 - Davidow Center for Art + Design, Exhibit Opening and Reception

February 15 - Alumni Speaker Series: Debby Taubert Morris, CSC'79


  • Black History Month

Nina Tasi

(603) 536-3690

nina.tasi@colby-sawyer.edu

Sarah Jenness

(603) 526-3434

sarah.jenness@colby-sawyer.edu


Spring Term 2024

Catalog cover: Wisteria by Joan Eaton

Interested in what courses are being offered this spring term?

Click on the catalog cover for a list of courses that will be offered in the spring term.



Be on the lookout for the full catalog which will be released in the coming weeks.


Registration opens on March 6 at noon and will be announced via email.

Spring Membership Offer


Haven't joined AIL yet?

Interested in upcoming courses or member-only events?

Here is your opportunity to join or renew your lapsed AIL membership.


Click here to learn more!



Please note this offer is for new

or lapsed members only.

Not sure of your membership status?

Contact the AIL Office at (603) 526-3434

Upcoming Events

AIL Presents . . . .

Understanding and Enjoying

The Upcoming Total Solar Eclipse

with Bob Koester


February 28, 2024

10:00 a.m.

AIL Classroom, Lethbridge Lodge

Want to learn about what's behind the interest in this year's total solar eclipse?

Join us for an in-depth presentation on the

Total Solar Eclipse with study leader Bob Koester!



This presentation is open to both AIL and the community.

AIL Members $10 / Non-Members $15



Registration for this event will open

 next Monday, February 5th.

Be on the lookout for an email with a link to register.


Additional Upcoming Events


March 13

AIL Presents . . .


Courting Disaster: A Life of Reporting Breaking News with former NBC correspondent Robert Hager


A Members-only Presentation


Look for your invitation to this event arriving in the coming weeks!

March 28

Community Spotlight Series:

The New London Barn Playhouse


Details will be announced in the March edition of Noteworthy News!

April 3



AIL Spring Field Trip

A Day at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum


Open to current AIL members. Registration for this field trip will open next Monday, February 5th. Be on the lookout for an email with a link to register.


The courtyard at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Learn more about this museum!


SAVE THE DATE!


Join us for the AIL

Annual Meeting

 June 11, 2024



Colby-Sawyer College

Community Connections

Nasturtiums ~ James Aponowich

Points of View


Selections of Art from the

College's Permanent Collection


February 8 - March 28, 2024

Davidow Center for Art + Design


AIL and community members are invited to an art reception and short presentation about featured faculty and their work. 


Thursday, February 8, 2024, 4:30 p.m.

Davidow Center for Art + Design,

Colby-Sawyer College

AIL and community members are invited to join this virtual presentation

I'd like to attend!

Black History Month


Black History Month is a time to recognize and honor the achievements, contributions, and history of African Americans. This year's theme is African Americans and the Arts.

Click on the button to the right to explore a selection of African American Artists and their selected works at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.



African - American Artists

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Adventures in Learning . . .

Celebrating lifelong learning at Colby-Sawyer College