ACTIVE RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION
“Expand Your World-Curiosity Never Retires”
www.unh.edu/ara
Affiliated with the University of New Hampshire
Funded by Association Membership Dues
SPRING 2015 SCHEDULE OF PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITES
February 9
February 23
March 20
March 23
March 30
April 24
May 5
May 10
Monday
General Meeting
Monday
Term C Begins
Friday
Term C Ends
Monday
General Meeting
Monday
Term D Begins
Friday
Term D Ends
Tuesday
Annual Meeting
Saturday
Seacoast Lecture Event
Most current updates of programs and activity
schedules; directions to program sites; information on
special events; and general announcements:
www.unh.edu/ara
GENERAL MEETING
MONDAY, February 9 @ 1:30 PM
Durham Evangelical Church
The February and March General Meetings will be held in the Sanctuary of the Church (upper level), not in the
lower level where past meetings have been held. Please park in the upper level parking area.
Starting with delicious goodies and social fun, the program will feature pre-eminent futurist Dr. Dennis L. Meadows, Professor Emeritus of
Systems Management at UNH and President of the Laboratory for Interactive Learning, discussing his long-term research on Global Sustainability
and its future implications. An early environmental icon, Dr. Meadows made headlines as the leader of a sixty-six-scientist MIT research team
evaluating potential effects of post-World War II geometric growth using computer simulation. The result is his celebrated 1972 report, The Limits to
Growth, confirming the conflict between Earth's physical capacity and modern human development. This has been highly motivating in awakening
and inspiring world efforts towards a sustainable society. Dr. Meadows' recent honors include the 2007 UNESCO peace award and the 2009 Japan
Prize, one of the world's most prestigious awards in science and technology.
CULTURAL TOURS
March 18, 2015: Moscow City Ballet: "Swan Lake" at the Merrill Auditorium in Portland, ME. Early dinner at DiMillo's.
April 29, 2015: 7 Seas Whale Watch Tour out of Gloucester, MA. Lunch at the Gloucester House.
May 21, 2015: Arnold Arboretum and Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston with lunch on your own.
June 25, 2015: Fenway Park Tour/Red Sox vs. Baltimore Orioles Game. Lunch on your own.
Details and reservations forms for the FOUR Spring Cultural Tours are included with this schedule.
PROGRAM CHANGES/CANCELLATIONS
Members are notified, via e-mail, and via the website at www.unh.edu/ara about current program changes and cancellations. Yellow e-mail
registration cards are available at all General Meetings from the Membership Director. If the Oyster River School District cancels school, Programs
(including Kittery) will be cancelled for weather-related conditions. Members should check their e-mail, or listen to radio station WTSN, 1270 AM,
Dover; WHEB, 750 AM, 100.3 FM, Portsmouth; or WMYF, 1380 AM, Portsmouth; or turn to WMUR, Channel 9 for school cancellations.
PROGRAMS ON DEMAND (PODS)
ARA special interest groups are born when enough members want them. They operate autonomously all year after ARA helps
organize and publicize their start-up. Contact POD leaders for detailed information.
 EXERCISE: Joy Winston (joywinston@comcast.net)
 WALKING: Bob Hylen (umpy47@comcast.net) (603) 659-2422
 BOOK CLUB: Meg Gillis (photoartch@gmail.com)
 WATER COLOR ART: Susan Keener (shkeener@gmail.com)
 DIGITAL PHOTO ART & JOURNALING: Meg Gillis - (photoartch@gmail.com)
 LUNCH BUNCH: Nancy Salka (nanslk@myfairpoint.net) (207) 363-6846
 BIKING: Claudia Gilmartin (jogilm@comcast.net)
 G.R.I.T.T. Carol Selsberg (bcsels@gmail.com)- Dover High students teach us how to use our smartphones, tablets
and computers.
 SATURDAY NIGHT CHURCH SUPPERS: Deidre Prescott (deidre.prescott@comcast.net) (603) 749-4473
 TAP DANCING: Deidre Prescott (deidre.prescott @comcast.net) (603) 749-4473
REMINDERS
Morning Programs are 10 to 11:30 AM Afternoon Programs are 1:30 to 3:00 PM
First Week Free: ARA offers a "first-week-free" for non-members at the start of the September and February terms. Members are
encouraged to bring friends to try us out.
Guest Policy: Subsequent to week one, members may bring guests for a fee of $2 per guest. Local guests may attend only one
program session in each term. Guest fees should be paid to the on-site Program Coordinator.
Please wear your name badge to all events!
PROGRAM DISCLAIMER (The Small Print)
While the ARA provides intellectually stimulating programs to broaden member knowledge and interests, controversial programs and
speakers are not necessarily reflective of or endorsed by the organization. Use of our area church facilities is also neither
representative nor endorsement of beliefs or policies of that facility. We are unaffiliated with any political, religious, ethnic, or special
interest group
An asterisk following a speaker or discussion leader's name in the course listings indicates the person is a member of ARA.
-----------------------Term C
February 23 – March 20
MONDAY AM – 10:00 – 11:30 AM GREAT DISCUSSIONS. Durham Public Library and Kittery
Community Center, Kittery, ME. Coordinator: Carol Selsberg (207) 439-7957 (bcsels@gmail.com)
Two discussion groups in Durham and one in Kittery welcome new participants and are self-run with
changing discussion topics on current or other events. A stimulating list of possible subjects is given to each
group at the start of the semester. Groups are encouraged to seek two volunteers to decide on discussion
subjects for each of the following two weeks. Volunteer leaders do whatever research they choose and e-mail
resource internet links to their group for individual study. Two more volunteer leaders come forth each week so
that eight volunteer leaders cover the two 4-week terms. Participants in the Winter-Spring semesters may opt in
for the traditional Foreign Policy Association's Great Decisions booklet as resource and discussion within the
groups. Mary Roberge (603) 875-2964 has kindly volunteered to order and distribute these Great Decisions
books each Spring. PLEASE NOTE THAT FINAL GREAT DISCUSSIONS WILL BE HELD ON 4/27 AS
BOTH FACILITIES ARE CLOSED ON 4/20.
MONDAY PM – 1:30 – 3:00 PM MUSIC WITH GEORGE. Durham Community Church. Coordinator:
George Schmalz (603) 905-9320 (gfschmalz@gmail.com).
February 23 – Pines and Fountains of Rome.
March 2 – 1920s & 1930s Band Music:
March 9 – Bruckner: Symphony #4
March 16 – Mahler: Symphony #1
TUESDAY PM – 1:30 – 3:00 PM COLLECTIONS, COLLECTORS, AND WRITERS. Durham
Community Church. Coordinators: Judith Custer (603) 743-3348 (custerpie@yahoo.com); Mary Woodward
(603) 659-6239 (mhwoodward@comcast.net) and, Mary Roberge (603) 875-2964.
Sample three distinctive ways to express creative impulse through collections of artifacts, celebrations of the
Chinese New Year, and discussions of the works of novelist, John Updike and poet, Sylvia Plath.
February 24 - Mayer Art Center: Meet at Durham Community Church parking lot at 1:30 for a tour of the
Mayer Art Center at Phillips Exeter Academy. Judith Custer is the coordinator.
March 3 - Chinese New Year Gala celebrations at the Confucius Institute. Why is Guo Nian the Chinese
word for New Year, and what is the significance of 2015 as the Year of the Sheep? CI-UNH co-director Mrs.
Jie Du deepens our understanding of Chinese art and culture by sharing highlights of Chinese New Year Gala
celebrations. Mary Woodward is the coordinator.
March 10 - Works and Life of John Updike – Mary Roberge* explores the works and life of one of the most
popular sixties novelists who catalogued the social and sexual adventures of upper middle class suburban
Americans. Updike's novel Couples became a best seller and his Rabbit trilogy solidified his popularity.
March 17 - Life and Works of Sylvia Plath – Our Mary Roberge* walks us through a significant life that
ended with suicide at 39. Plath’s poems and autobiographical novel The Bell Jar - a tragically brief oeuvre earned her a place as one of the most important American poets of the 20th century.
WEDNESDAY – 10:00 – 11:30 AM IMMIGRATION: FACTS, FIGURES & FACES. If we are not
Native American, we are immigrants. Here's how, why and when. Durham Community Church. Coordinator:
Carol Selsberg (207) 439-7957 (bcsels@cmail.com), Cheyne Forman (603) 659-6657 heronblu@comcast.net.)
February 25 – A Nation of Immigrants: -UNH History Prof. Lucy Salyer presents an overview of changing
immigration patterns and highlights enduring themes and issues.
March 4 – The Tipping Point: Recent Migrant Children Highlight Systemic Immigration Failures: Executive
Director of the Warren B. Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership and Public Policy, Dr. Erin Corcoran, talks
about the history, foreground and future of the 70,000 unaccompanied migrant children who came through our
borders last year.
March 11 – New Faces & Placements Next Door: Catholic Charities Director of Refugee and Immigration
Services, Cathy Chesley, explains the handoff, processing and placements of the newcomers of all ages in our
region.
March 18 – Let's Talk Immigration: - Members will interactively discuss what they've learned in this series
while sharing personal views and anecdotal immigration history.
THURSDAY AM – 10:00 – 11:30 AM "R U HIP?" - SOCIAL MEDIA MEANING,
INTERGENERATIONAL EXCHANGE& AGE-ISM STEREOTYPING. Durham Community Church.
Coordinator: Carol Selsberg (207) 439-7957 (bcsels@gmail.com) and Deidre Prescott (603)-749-4473
February 26 – The Gi-normous World of Social Media An overview of all that's out there in the Interne World and who's using it. Are we still a savvy generation?
March 5 – The Importance of Intergenerational Interaction
UNH undergrads exchange opinions with us on impressions of aging, seniors, "juniors" and our differences.
March 12 – Impact of Social Media Today and Tomorrow"
What is the good, bad and future of the technology that currently governs the lives of people?
March 19 – Age-ism: Doctrine? Stereotype? Epithet? What?
.Facilitator-led interactive discussion on how we are seen and how we see ourselves.
THURSDAY PM – 1:30 – 3:00 PM KEEPING THE FAITH - We know the word. Do we know the
meaning? Kittery Community Center. Coordinator: Jean Shula (603)-591-6533 (pjshula@gmail.com)
February 26 – What is Faith? How do you perceive it? How do you define it for yourself? - Jean Shula*, MA,
MAS, will lead an interactive session creating the foundation for this series.
March 5 – Faith and Social Justice - Chris Holton Jablonski, Universalist Unitarian Minister at Portsmouth's
South Church asks: Why is faith in the social justice issues so large a part of collective life in all cultures and
countries? Does faith influence social change in areas of violence, racism, sexism and fear?
March 12 – Science and Faith - Astrophysicist Belinda Wilkes presents "The X-ray View of the Universe", with
her connection to the Chandra X-ray Observatory, most sophisticated of its kind. She walks us through x-ray
emitting celestial resources from exploding stars to super-massive black holes.
March 19 – Faith Moving Forward - Through the famed and fabulous World Café discussion method,
members will enjoy small breakout groups sharing what we've learned and how we feel about the many faces of
Faith.
FRIDAY AM – 10:00 – 11:30 AM SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE FRIDAY! Durham Community
Church. Coordinators: Carol Selsberg (207) 439-7957 (bcsels@gmail.com); Marge Colson/Mary Woodward
(Bitcoin) (603) 866-0772/(603) 659-6239; Deidre Prescott (603)-749-4473
February 27 – Right Whales in the Wrong Place: Engineering Solution to Saving an Endangered Goliath.
Double Fulbright recipient, Mech. Eng. Prof., Igor Tsukrov will explain how his groundbreaking numerical
work is helping to prevent the ship collision deaths of the North Atlantic right whale.
March 6 – The Secret Life of Lobsters - Director for the Center for Marine biology and architect of the
UNH School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering noted Zoology Prof., Win Watson, shares his world of
lobster sounds, migrations, traps, sex life and fishery.
March 13 – Bitcoin? Yes, Dollar? No: Tales From the Crypt-O-Currency Evolution - Max Renke, UNH
computer science senior, introduces Bitcoin currency, seen by some as a banking replacement and next step in
emancipating world citizens by creating a new dynamic for democracy, society, and the economy.
March 20 – You're It! What Are You Gonna Do Now? - Be the head of ARA or its Program Committee for
1-1/2 hours. What will you plan? Fix? Change? Add? Subtract? An interactive, dynamic member discussion
to help us walk in your shoes....and vice-versa!
Term D
March 30 – April 24
MONDAY AM – 10:00 - 11:30 AM GREAT DECISIONS. Durham Public Library and Kittery Community
Center, Kittery, ME. Coordinator: Carol Selsberg (207) 439-7957 (bcsels@gmail.com)
March 30, April 6, April 13, April 27 – (PLEASE NOTE THAT FINAL GREAT DISCUSSIONS WILL
BE HELD ON 4/27 AS BOTH FACILITIES ARE CLOSED ON 4/20.)
MONDAY PM – 1:30 – 3:00 PM MUSIC WITH GEORGE, Durham Community Church. Coordinator:
George Schmalz (603) 905-9320 (gfschmalz@gmail.com.)
March 30 – G. VERDI: Aida. "Highlights"
April 6 – F. CILEA:
Adriana Lecouvreur.
"Highlights"
April 13 – G. VERDI: Falstaff. "Highlights"
April 20 – DONIZETTI:
Don
Pasquale.
"Highlights"
WEDNESDAY AM – 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM WE'RE NOT DONE YET! Kittery Community Center.
Coordinators: Carol Selsberg (207) 439-7957 (bcsels@gmail.com) Gayle Hylen (603) 659-2422
(ghylen47@comcast.net)
April 1 – We're Not Done...But We're Prepared - Medical Director of Palliative Care at Portsmouth
Hospital, Dr. Sarah MacDuffie, unveils how to minimize the unpleasant surprises of aging and maximize the
quality of living at every age.
April 8 – Fueling Your Active Life Style - Assoc. Prof. and UNH Director of the Didactic Program in
dietetics, Colette Janson-Sand, will enlighten on making the best nutritional choices while still enjoying an
abundant variety of delicious foods.
April 15 – The 'Musts' of Planning - Atty. Andrea Daly has a career full of important legal rights and
wrongs with which we should be armed. We will learn and, hopefully, heed how to avoid the classic missteps of
addressing important family, probate and financial issues before they step on those we leave.
April 22 – Pain: Where & Why It Hurts? How Can We Make It Hurt Less? - Portsmouth Dr. Adam Kurish
understands and treats the sources of our daily discomforts and will explore their more common, classic origins
while offering helpful preventative advice as well as self-treatment options.
WEDNESDAY PM – 1:30 – 3:00 PM TALK AMONGST OURSELVES! Durham Community Church.
Coordinator: Carol Selsberg (207) 439-7957 (bcsels@gmail.com )
April 1 – Wait! Don't Sign That DNR Yet! - Members will talk interactively on writing our own Obits. We
will share what we think is important to include; how best to include it; and, how to speak to our loved ones
about it.
April 8 – What's My Stuff & Where It is! - Leaving lists, letters, passwords, files, boxes of valuables or
records for those who have to deal with it.
April 15 – ...And Miles To Go Before I Sleep - So much life left and so much to do with it! Discuss how to
contribute, celebrate, relish every day and make our lives count at any age.
April 22 – Am I Forgetting Anything? - Seriously? Forget about "forgetting" and let's talk about what else
needs attention before we lose our attention span.
THURSDAY AM – 10:00 - 11:30 AM SHOCKING GREEN: ENVIRONMENTAL REVELATIONS
FROM THE OCEAN TO YOUR BACKYARD. Durham Community Church. Coordinator: Carol Selsberg
(207) 439-7957 (bcsels@gmail.com)
April 2 – What If Deep-water Horizon Happened In The Arctic? Prof. Larry Mayer, director of the UNH
Marine Science and Ocean Engineering and The Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping shares some startling
truths!
April 9 – Field Trip To The UNH CORE (Center For Renewable Ocean Energy) Associate Director of Tidal
and Offshore Wind Energy, Prof. Martin Wosnik, gives us a rare, private tour of the wave/tow tank, engineering
tank and water and wind tunnels of the Chase Ocean Engineering Laboratory.
April 16 – Soak Up The Rain - Catherine Neal Ph.D. of the UNH Cooperative Extension introduces rain
gardens and other landscape strategies for infiltrating storm water on site. Attractive landscaping can serve as
an important pollution-prevention function in the Great Bay Watershed and beyond.
April 23 –Enviro-dents! Pipelines And Spills - Internationally distinguished UNH Prof. Nancy Kinner tells
us what debacles she has discovered en route to being Director of the Coastal Response Research Center
partnership between UNH and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
THURSDAY PM – 1:30 – 3:00 PM, COOL MOVIES! Durham Community Church. Coordinator: George
Schmalz (603) 905-9320 (gfschmalz@gmail.com.)
April 2 - Last Days of Pompeii
April 9 - Cleopatra
April 16 - The African Queen
April 23 - Top Hat
FRIDAY AM – 10:00 - 11:30 AM - PLAY READING. Durham Police Station, Durham, NH. Coordinator:
Don Clark (603) 431-0051. A bevy of great classic plays to read! We do it unrehearsed; we're very informal
and we need and welcome new readers!
April 3 – "Uncle Vanya" by Chekhov
April 10 – "The Misanthrope" by Moliere
April 17 – "Hedda Gabler" by Ibsen
April 24 – "The Marriage of Figaro" by
Beaumarchais
THURSDAY PM – 1:30 – 3:00 PM SPRING HIKES. Coordinator: Bob Hylen (603) 659-2422
(umpy47@comcast.net) Meet at Durham Evangelical Church lower parking lot to car pool to our destinations.
For cancellations or changes, check your e-mail or call. Note: Hikes start after Term D has ended.
April 30 – The Marginal Way - Ogunquit, ME. (1.5 miles, 1.5 hours). Even walkway. Out and back.
Benches along the way. Walk the entire length or just part way and we'll meet you on the walk back.
May 7 – Fort Foster - Kittery Point, ME. (1.5 miles, 1.5 hours.). Flat trail/dirt road. Both woods and
seashore. Spectacular views!
May 14 – Northwood State Park - Northwood, NH. (1.5 miles, 1.5 hours). Loop, graded, mainly flat.
Absolutely beautiful trail.
May 28 – The Gonic Trails - Rochester (Gonic), NH. (1.5 mi, 1.5 hrs). Out and back. A hidden jewel.
Wooded trail leads to Locke Falls on the Isinglass River.
Directions to ARA Program Sites
Durham Evangelical Church, Sanctuary, Upper Level, 114 Dover Rd., Route 108 between Durham and
Dover. Use the upper and side parking lots.
Durham Community Church, 117 Main St. between the traffic light on Route 108 and downtown. Use the
lower parking lot.
Durham Police Station: 86 Dover Rd., Route 108, Durham.
Durham Public Library: 49 Madbury Road, Durham. Go past the Community Church toward downtown
Durham and turn right on Madbury Rd.
Kittery Community Center: 120 Rogers Rd., Route 236, Kittery, ME. Take I-95 N. Take Exit 2, ME-236
toward US-1/ Memorial Traffic Circle. Turn slight right onto ME-236 S. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit
onto Rogers Rd/ME 236. 120 Rogers Rd. is approximately ½ mile on the left.
Board of Directors
President: Bob Hylen (603) 659-2422
Vice President: George Schmalz (603) 905-9320
Secretary: Pat Pine (603) 580-5740
Treasurer: Dorothy Healy (207) 475-5896
Audio-Visual: George Whitehead (603) 742-5855
Cultural Tours: Debbi Forster (603) 397-5788
Facilities: Steve Fink (603) 397-5519
Hospitality: Gayle Hylen (603) 659-2422
Membership: Carol Caldwell (603) 343-1004
Memorial Fund: Michael O’Sullivan (603) 742-4621
Program: Carol Selsberg (207) 439-7957
Publications: John Forster (603) 397-5788
Public Relations: Penny Drooker (603) 397-5681
Technology Services: Deidre Prescott (603) 749-4473
Contact Us: info@ara-nh.org or by mail: P.O. Box 421, Durham, NH 03824-0421