Discovery: The Path to Lifelong Learning

The Lifelong Learning Committee is now celebrating its tenth year bringing programs of general information, cultural themes and current events.  The committee is reaching out to invite you to join our committee and participate in an interesting and rewarding experience to help enrich all of our lives.  Hingham has many interesting and talented individuals exhibiting community spirit and we would enjoy hearing from you and working with you to develop a course of lecture in your area of expertise.  Registration takes place at the Hingham Senior Center, 224 Central Street, MA  781-741-1458. Join your friends and learn something new and interesting.

Please use the link below for class details and registration information or contact the Senior Center directly 781-741-1458.

My Active Center: Hingham Elder Services Department   

Committee Members

Joe Millburg
Kathy Berry
Kathleen Carroll
Gretchen Condon
Ethel Franks
Anne Marie Gean
Barbara Morrissey
Marilyn Wilburn
Judy Parsons

Discovery's 10 Year Anniversary Celebration
Tuesday, October 18th @ 1:00

October 18th  @ 1:30  Presented live at the Hingham Senior Center 

Why So Famous? Art for your Mind: Offers a look at the work of Da Vinci, Monet, Van Gogh, Picasso, O'Keeffe, Warhol and others.  Discover how a variety of artworks have become famous, and how their examples of innovation and technique have changed our sense of what art can be.  Presenter:  Jill Sanford creator and primary presenter of Art for your Mind LLC programs. 

October 25th  @ 4:00  Presented live at the Hingham Senior Center

Steps to Managing Memory, Alzheimer's Disease, & Dementia:  Seven Steps to Managing your Memory:  What's Normal, What's Not, and What to Do About it. Presenter: Dr. Andrew Budson, Chief of Cognitive & Behavioral Neurology at the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System.

November 15th  @ 2:00  The History of Howard Johnson's (Presented via Zoom)

Howard Johnson created an orange-roofed empire of ice cream stands and restaurants that stretched from Maine to Florida and all the way to the west coast.  Howard Johnson occupies and indelible place in popular culture.  Presenter:  Anthony Sammarco noted historian and author of over 70 books on the history and development of Boston.