Van Gogh Film Festival – Feb 5, 12, 19, 26 @ 12:15 pm

Tour Rhinelander Food Pantry – Mar 11 @ 1 pm

If These Walls Could Talk – Mar 19 @ 1 pm

Journaling – Apr 2, 9, 16, 23 @ 10 am

Honor in the Air – Apr 9 @ 1 pm

Tour Petroleum Museum – Apr 23 @ 1 pm

Aging and Mobility – Apr 30 @ 10 am

Kovac Planetarium – May 7 @ 10 am or 1 pm

Issues in Cardiology part 2 – May 14 @ 10 am

Missing Threads – May 14 @ 1 pm

Climate Crisis is a Water Crisis – Apr 17 @ 10 am

Lakeland Food Pantry Tour – May 1 @ 10 am

What is the Japanese Language? – May 15 @ 10 am

Lunch Bunch – Jan 18, Feb 15, Mar 21, Apr 18, May 23 @ 11:30 am

Wisconsin Coverts Project Part 1 – Jan 25 @ 1 pm

Taste of Hawaii lunch at Top of the Hill – Feb 8 @ 11 am

ChatGPT – Apr 4 @ 10 am

Issues in Cardiology part 1 – Apr 11 @ 10 am

Current Events and Media Literacy – Apr 18, 25; May 2, 9, 16, 23 @ 10 am

In-person

A lot goes on behind the scenes before all the shelves in the food pantry are stocked. Come and get

a close-up look at what it takes to distribute more than 540,000 pounds of food and manage 440

volunteers each year. Discussion will include food insecurity and how it impacts our community.

Courtney Smith is the Associate Executive Director of the Rhinelander Area Food Pantry. She has worked

youth and the disability community, child abuse prevention, and program management. A 5-year detour

1:00 pm

most common treatments? How and when does palliative care enter into the treatment plan? Join Diane

Tatrow, Nurse Practitioner boarded in Gerontology, Advanced Oncology and Palliative Care, to learn

about cancer in a low-stress environment, rather than when you or someone you love has just received a

diagnosis. Diane helped bring Palliative Care to our community in 2014 at St. Mary’s Hospital. Diane is an

active LIR member and serves on the Steering Committee, too!

Tuesday, March 19

1:00 pm

Minocqua Public Library

In-person

begins by meeting with the client

to begin fleshing out concepts

and ideas. After a theme has

sketches are done that fully

define the scope of the image to be painted. A color portrait of the proposed mural is often created so

the client can fully visualize what the mural will look like. At the same time as ideas are discussed a proper

place for the mural needs to be located and all permissions and permits acquired. Specialized equipment

must be reserved and the logistics of accessing the site must be worked out. The space for the mural

needs to be prepared and always requires a proper primer to be applied.

Brenda Peltier

Wednesday, March 20

10:00 am

Nicolet College, Northwoods Center 207-209

In-person

Wisconsin is the home of 11 Federally recognized Tribes – most are in the northern part of the state. Every

year each Tribe welcomes the community and visitors to attend their powwows. Join Brenda Peltier as she

shares her knowledge of the pageantry of these celebrations. You’ll leave with a “nodding acquaintance”

of dance styles, dance regalia, Grand Entry, powwow etiquette, and more.

Brenda is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Chippewa Tribe in North Dakota. She has been

In-person

Jane has led journal writing workshops in FL, TN, IN, and WI. She enjoys helping people discover the

fun, comfort, clarity, and discovery of ideas you didn’t even know you had. She returned to her beloved

Northwoods last November and is currently living in the old kindergarten room of the Historic West

Curriculum Committee.

John Bogusz

Thursday, April 4

10:00 am

John Bogusz is a musician and former history teacher, now retired and enjoying life in the Northwoods.

He is an active LIR member, and starting last fall, presenter of the class on current events. Thanks, John,

for continuing that series, and now expanding the scope of our classes.

Amit Biswas, M.D.

Friday, April 5

11:00 am

Nicolet College, Northwoods Center 207-209

In-person

“Sleep is the best meditation.” — Dalai Lama XIV

In-person

with whom he served in the 68th Assault Helicopter Company during the war. We will also hear from his

in film and video, copywriting, print, web and eLearning. Her work has won national and international

newsletter and magazine articles, web content and sales copy; Creative writing; Marketing.

Wednesday, April 10

9:30 am

Nicolet College, Northwoods Center 207-209

State natural areas (SNAs) protect outstanding examples of Wisconsin’s native landscape of natural

communities, significant geological formations and archeological sites. Encompassing 406,000 acres on

Carly Lapin is a District Ecologist based in Rhinelander for the Wisconsin DNR’s Bureau of Natural Heritage

a number of State Natural Areas in north-central Wisconsin.

Nicolet College, Northwoods Center 208-209

the leather, so hemlock trees were cut down by the tens of millions to supply the tanneries, while

compiled after extensive personal research. Like Ced Vig before him, John writes a nature column for

local newspapers. He also guides hikes in the region, visiting wild lakes, virgin forests, and birding hot-spots.

For many years John has been a great supporter of and frequent speaker for Learning in Retirement.

10:00 am

of years, even before the Grimm brothers collected

thesis The Life History of the Timber Wolf and the

How can what has been learned about wolves be communicated with the public, and used to inform

Explore the long Wisconsin history of studying and educating about wolves, with Adrian Wydeven,

currently Scientist with Wisconsin’s Green Fire (WGF), and Chair of the Timberwolf Alliance (TWA) based at

Northland College in Ashland. Between 1990 and 2013, Adrian headed up the recovery and conservation

program for gray wolves in Wisconsin.

Picture courtesy Timber Wolf Alliance, 2023 Wolf Awareness Week Poster

10:00 am

Nicolet College, Northwoods Center 207-209

the more common cardiovascular issues we face as we age. He will pick up where he left o in fall of

Furda will briefly introduce each entity, then take audience questions about that topic. There will be no

Health Department at 715-369-6116 for this consultation.

Dr. Joel Furda, MD is a retired (sort of!) internal medicine specialist with nearly 50 years of experience in

the medical field. He graduated from University of Iowa in 1974. He had a solo internal medicine practice

on Frederick Street in Rhinelander for many years, then after additional cardiovascular training, aliated

Michael Shores

Friday, April 12, 19, 26, and May 3, 10, 17

1:00 pm

Nicolet College, Northwoods Center 207-208

In-person

This class will use materials from The Great Courses featuring Dr. Robert Sapolsky, a Stanford professor,

researcher, author and engaging lecturer. He will discuss why stress is dierent for modern humans than

for other creatures and examine our stress response and its eect upon our hearts, metabolism, digestion,

Hybrid – in-person and Zoom

a wide variety of topics. Join us if you are a reader who likes to share, someone who enjoys stimulating

discussions or one who loves to listen.

When asked about himself, Mike replied with this insight: “The primary influences in my life that fed my

learning environment at Hanover College.” No wonder Mike has shown his lifelong passion for learning

Tom Eggert

Monday, April 15

10:00 am

Nicolet College, Northwoods Center 207-209

Hybrid – in-person and Zoom

The world is changing quickly around us and sometimes it’s worth pausing to reflect on why those

changes are occurring. Tom will talk about trends and current issues in sustainability from a societal

WI Sustainable Business Council. He has written and spoken extensively on the changing role of business

in society, corporate social responsibility, socially responsible investing, divestment, and on how the

private sector can lead in responding to generational challenges such as climate change.

Hybrid – in-person and Zoom

How people are investing is changing. As millennials enter the time of their greatest wealth accumulation,

what they are doing with their money is quite dierent than what we baby boomers did. Socially

responsible investing continues to grow. By some estimates, more than half of all new investments are

dollar. Companies that are value based, and that have publicly embraced the tenants of sustainability are

socially responsible investing and the way that it is shaping behavior within the business community.

Tom Eggert

Monday, April 29

10:00 am

Sharon Reilly

Wednesday, April 17

10:00 am

Nicolet College, Northwoods Center 207-209

Hybrid – in-person and Zoom

Learn how unsustainable management of the world’s

water resources is contributing to and driving

through intensive agricultural production and other

human activities; excessive development and habitat

destruction preventing proper recharge of watersheds; and water pollution impacting rivers, lakes and

Sharon began her professional career as a graduate research assistant in ecology and ichthyology at the

Tulane Museum of Natural History. She later worked in the Zoo profession developing innovative captive

back to Field Conservation when she moved to Hawaii and worked as the State Endangered Species

Biologist and then as the Wetlands Conservation Manager for Ducks Unlimited. In 2007 she moved to

Baraboo, WI to work at the International Crane Foundation as Assistant Curator and then Curator of

the Crane Conservation Department. In her current position as Planning and Development Director

at Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, she continues to support sustainable agriculture, natural resources

10:00 am

This 90 min. gathering will examine and discuss current world events and will include techniques and

strategies to become more media savvy. In this new world of polarized news and misinformation it’s

essential to be more discerning media consumers.