OWLL’s Fall 2025 Semester Courses

Sponsored by the COA and FCOA

Exciting September - December OWLL Learning Opportunities

OWLL offers low-cost, not-to-be-missed courses for Older, Wiser, Lifelong Learners.

THE OWLL FALL RECEPTION

Please join us at the OWLL fall reception on September 12 from 3:00 to 4:00 in person at the Community Center. Instructors will preview their courses.

Fall Course Registration begins August 20 for residents ($35 per course) and August 27 for nonresidents ($50 per course) at 781-698-4840 or online at LexRecMa.com. For more information, call Human Services at 781-698-4840.

Note: After remaining at $25 for the last 12 years, the fee per OWLL course is going up to $35 for residents. Any extra money that OWLL makes goes to support programs sponsored by the FCOA.

CONTINUING WINTER SEMESTER COURSES

FALL 2025 COURSES

Notable Supreme Court Cases of 2025

(ON ZOOM)

Instructor: Douglas Wilkins
Five Wednesdays, Sept 17, 24, Oct 1, 8, 15 10:00–12:00; ON ZOOM
Doug Wilkins, OWLL instructor, Friends of the Lexington COA

We will read and discuss excerpts of U.S. Supreme Court decisions from its most recent term (2025), including cases involving TikTok, firearms, presidential power and other matters yet to be decided.  The instructor’s PowerPoint presentations will fill most of our class time.

A Poem Is an Event: The Poetry of Robert Lowell

(ON ZOOM)

Instructor: Tom Daley

Four Fridays, Oct 3, 10, 17, 24, 10:00–12:00; on Zoom

Tom Daley

In this class we will study the poetry of Robert Lowell, whose vigorously crafted poems candidly delved into his experience and his inner life, including his struggle with mental illness.

Art, Politics, and Propaganda: The Case of Richard the Third

(ON ZOOM)

Instructor: Elizabeth Kenney
Six Tuesdays, Oct 14, 21, 28, Nov 4, 18, 25, 10:00–12:00; in person
Elizabeth Kenney, OWLL Instructor

Shakespeare’s gripping play Richard III reminds us that a plot is both a story line and a conspiracy, as it explores the tensions between fact and fiction. We will use the Folger edition of the play.

Fixing the Wars of the World and Their Humanitarian Crises:  Ukraine, Gaza, Myanmar, Taiwan, and Africa

(ON ZOOM)

Instructor: Robert Rotberg

Five Wednesdays, Oct 22, 29, Nov 5, 12, 19, 11:00–12:30; ON ZOOM

Robert Rotberg, OWLL Instructor

Since 2022 the world has been aflame, with immense human suffering. This course explains what the wars have done to human progress. Each course session will feature a zone of combat and its up-to-date consequences.

Music's Well-Kept Secret: Women Composers in the 18th, 19th, and Early 20th Centuries

(ON ZOOM)

Instructor: Dotty Burstein

Four Thursdays, Nov 6, 13, 20, Dec 4, 10:00–12:00; in person

Dotty Burstein, OWLL instructor, Friends of the Lexington COA

During our four-week class, we will explore the lives and music of prominent women composers, only now being recognized as on par with male composers. In each session, our focus will be the works of women producing music in one of three musical periods: Classical, Romantic, and early Modern.

Fall 2025 Registration for OWLL courses!

Older Wiser Lifelong Learners (OWLL) courses are now sponsored by the COA and FOCA.

Registration for Fall 2024 OWLL courses will be announced when the new courses are announced.

Registration begins August 20 for residents ($35 per course) and August 27 for nonresidents ($50 per course) at 781-698-4840 or online at LexRecMa.com. For more information, call Human Services at 781-698-4840.