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- See the CUNY GC Events Calendar for upcoming seminars, talks, and other programs.
Upcoming Events
Join Moya for a quick tour of aspects of precolonial West Africa, which influenced western modern art and artists like Picasso. She will also consider the limitations of the English language in discussing an art and culture so removed from ours. She will draw on her experiences from living in …
Join us for a scenic trip up the Hudson Vally to view contemporary art in a converted Nabisco box factory. See Andy Warhol: Shadows, a special exhibition and Dia Beacon’s extensive collection of art from the 1960s to the present…
The Fall Add/Drop period runs between July 21 and August 1, 2022.
Members have received their Fall 2022 Study Group schedules. If you wish to make any changed during the Add/Drop period you should review the Study Group Grid, note the new offerings, and make any changes to your schedule using the …
Join with your colleagues for our fifth Great LP2Read with Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan, a novel that tackles the intersection between old technologies and new as well as a quest for the secret to eternal life: part love letter to books; part technological meditation; part thrilling adventure; part …
Many of us have been watching the recent hearings in Washington where some of the operative words have been “crime’ and “punishment”. With that in mind, Steve will be hosting a book group reading and discussing “CRIME AND PUNISHMENT” by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. We will be using the Richard Pavear and Larissa …
Get ready to attend study groups in person with a tour of the Graduate Center campus. The tour will include a preview of classrooms and public spaces in the building and a Q&A session addressing the nitty-gritty of campus access: student ID cards, Graduate Center email accounts, Covid policies, and using the …
Hold the Date! Program Highlights include: Video featuring interviews with LP2 Members and a brief history of IRP/LP2, Our Lives in Popular Song: Hits from the 60’s to the 90’s, Name That Song,
Hors d’oeuvres, Buffet Dinner and Drinks…
Welcome to the pleasures of stories read aloud by volunteers from our group. The stories are emailed in advance. During pauses, we enjoy general comments and questions, not to mention one-liners and insights wise and dumb. Readers change from session to session – giving an opportunity to read to all who …
The Men’s Group meets weekly and welcomes men to discuss personal and general issues in a space where expressing intimacy and displaying emotions is encouraged. Popular topics have included aging and health, end of life concerns, and relationship issues…
The Women’s Group meets weekly and welcomes any woman member. Discussions are occasionally personal, but usually revolve around women’s issues, politics, and current events and provide the opportunity to talk and connect…
Join our remote knit, crochet, spin, weave, sew, stitch group. Share your skills and enjoy the meditative benefits of handwork…
News
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Three afternoons each semester, the Tuesdays with Friends (TWF) Committee sponsors a small, casual get-together in the home of an LP2 member, for an informal talk by a member on a topic of general interest. Covid interrupted these events, but TWF is now ready to resume them. The Committee meets throughout the …
In close collaboration with CUNY leadership, the Graduate Center is monitoring developments related to COVID-19 and is following the latest guidance from local, state, and federal agencies. Visit the CUNY Covid 19 Information and safe campus reopening page for up-to-date information including the following links to specific subject guidance:
Members wishing to submit information for publication in The Observer or listing on the Website have a new deadline: the Wednesday before the Monday publication date. In addition, we urge you to send us your material as early as possible so that it can be entered onto the LP2 calendar, which …
Since its founding in 1962, IRP/LP2 has been a peer learning community with a dual mission – to offer high quality study groups that deepen our members’ learning and to provide an arena for the development of friendships and a range of opportunities for social and cultural engagement. This approach …
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