Spring Term 2026
April 6 - June 19, 2026
Click the image below to view the printed catalog, which offers brief descriptions of each course. Longer descriptions are available when you click on the title of the course that catches your eye!
Updates made after the catalog was printed are listed on this page.
Registration for Osher Online™ (OOL) spring courses is closed.
Watch our summer term page for the next selection of OOL courses!
Today's Schedule:
Please note: Times listed below are Eastern Time (ET).
If a course's start date has passed, that course will no longer appear on this page.
MONDAY |
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Location |
| 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Iain Sim | In Your Genes: Not Can We, But Should We? (In-person option) (Zoom option) Note: This course was rescheduled after the catalog was printed. |
HyFlex | 1 Court St & Online |
| 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Simon Stone, Barbara Knauff, Jean Brown, Bill Brown | Introduction to AI – How Can AI Fit Into My Life? Note: This course was added after the catalog was printed. |
In-person | 1 Court St |
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TUESDAY |
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Study Leader(s) |
Title |
Format |
Location |
| 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Kat Dechant | Unlock Your Inner Florist: A Beginner's Workshop in Floral Design Note: This course is full, but the waitlist is still available. |
In-person | 1 Court St |
| 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Dianne Burger | Unlock Your Creativity: Handbuilding With Clay at Blackberry Hill Art Center | In-person | Blackberry Hill Art Center, Orford, NH |
| 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Dave Smith | Be Scam Savvy: Recognizing and Reducing Risk (In-person option) (Zoom option) |
HyFlex | 1 Court St & Online |
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WEDNESDAY |
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Time |
Study Leader(s) |
Title |
Format |
Location |
| 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM | Robin Rice Voigt | Sketch, Scribble, and Stroll | In-person | Various outdoor locations |
| 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM | Richard Comi | Societal Implications of Medical Advances | In-person | 1 Court St |
| 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Alice Schori & Lynnwood Andrews | Spring Wildflowers and Ferns | In-person | Various outdoor locations |
| 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Maynard Goldman | What Hath We Wrought? America's Gambling Crisis | In-person | Hotel Coolidge, White River Junction, VT |
| 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM | Jonathan Stallsmith | The Road to Financial Independence | In-person | 1 Court St |
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THURSDAY |
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Study Leader(s) |
Title |
Format |
Location |
| 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM | Peter Paquette | La Grande Hémorragie (The Great Hemorrhage) | In-person | 1 Court St |
| 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM | Gail McPeek & Adair Mulligan | Exploring Hanover's Conserved Lands NOTE: The catalog lists a $20 lab fee for this course, but the actual total is $50 for Hanover Conservancy. |
In-person | Various locations |
| 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Gloria Finkelstein | Active French: French-Themed Collages | In-person | 1 Court St |
| 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM | John Peterman | Wild Woman of the Wild West | In-person | 1 Court St |
| n/a | Sarah L. Welsch | The Golden Age of Crime: British Mystery Writers and Their Works From the 1900s to
the 1950s THIS COURSE HAS BEEN CANCELLED |
n/a | n/a |
| 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | A'Kena LongBenton | AI and Blackout Poetry | Zoom | Online |
| 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Peter W. Adler | Telling Your Story: Writing Your Memoir Through Memory, Voice, and Meaning | In-person | 1 Court St |
| 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Ford Daley | The Dance Craze | In-person | 1 Court St |
| 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Lee Mayman | Love Beyond the Grave: Six Romantic Ghost Movies | In-person | 1 Court St |
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FRIDAY |
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Time |
Study Leader(s) |
Title |
Format |
Location |
| 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM | Stephen O'Dwyer | The Equanimous Life: Practical Skills for Clarity, Steadiness, and Emotional Resilience
in a Changing World (In-person option) (Zoom option) |
HyFlex | 1 Court St & Online |
| 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Moby Pearson | An Opera, a Requiem, and a Mass | In-person | 1 Court St |
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SPECIAL SCHEDULE: SATURDAY |
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PLEASE NOTE: The listings below pertain to the "Saturday Classes: A Little of This and That" course. The first entry is the registration option for the full series, followed by options for each of the individual sessions. |
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Time |
Study Leader(s) |
Title |
Format |
Location |
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Iain Sim, Susan McCaslin, Christiana Whittington, Beverly Marshall, Phyllis Deutsch, Gael Clauson, Patti Warren | Saturday Classes: A Little of This and That (Full Series option) Note: The full series has filled, but individual sessions are still open. Waitlist available. |
In-person | 1 Court St |
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Iain Sim | Session 1 (April 18): Inside the Human Genome Revolution | In-person | 1 Court St |
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Susan McCaslin | Session 2 (April 25): Reconsidering David | In-person | 1 Court St |
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Christiana Whittington | Session 3 (May 2): Folk Traditions in Classical Music | In-person | 1 Court St |
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Beverly Marshall | Session 4 (May 9): Beyond the Fringe: Flappers and the Jazz Age | In-person | 1 Court St |
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Phyllis Deutsch | Session 5 (May 16): Getting You Hooked: Famous First Lines | In-person | 1 Court St |
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Gael Clauson & Patti Warren | Session 6 (May 23): Tear It Up! with Gael and Patti Note: This session is full, but the waitlist is still available. |
In-person | 1 Court St |
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Special Schedule: Tuesday/Thursday |
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Time |
Study Leader(s) |
Title |
Format |
Location |
| 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Phyllis Deutsch | A Portrait of the Artist as Young Man by James Joyce Note: This course has filled, but waitlist is still available. |
Zoom | Online |
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