Articles from 2021
![Headshot of Phil Radoff](../../../images/blog-images/phil-radoff-large.png)
September 9, 2021
An editor's note in appreciation of Phil Radoff, who has been a committed member of the Banner since the spring of 2010.
![The Three-legged Buddha statue at the Storm King Art Center](../../../images/blog-images/three-legged-buddha.jpeg)
September 1, 2021
COVID-19 has made art museums and other cultural destinations too much of an adventure as of late. The solution? An outdoor museum! Read Jack Curley's article on BOLLI's adventure to the Storm King Art Center.
![Chinese flag](../../../images/blog-images/chinese-flag.png)
August 22, 2021
Many BOLLI study groups and lecture series cover timely subjects, but Scott McKnight's course "China in the 21st Century: Problems and Prospects" felt like it had been ripped from a daily news feed. Mark Seiber reflects on the course and its content in this Banner article.
![View of the Berkshire mountains](../../../images/blog-images/berkshires.png)
August 14, 2021
John Rudy discusses his favorite places to visit in the Berkshires.
![Headshot of Sam Ansell](../../../images/blog-images/sam-ansell-large.png)
August 8, 2024
It is with great sadness that we inform readers that Banner team member and cartoonist, Sam Ansell, has passed away at the age of 99.
![The Rose Art Museum in the spring.](../../../images/blog-images/visit-to-rose.jpg)
July 19, 2021
It isn’t as easy to visit Brandeis’s Rose Art Museum as it used to be. However, Banner contributor Phil Radoff still had an amazing time at his last visit! Hear what Phil has to say about the Rose's current exhibits.
![Illustration of Shakespeare](../../../images/blog-images/shakespeare.png)
July 12, 2021
Marilyn Brooks reflects on her time in Professor Billy Flesch’s course on Maggie O'Farrell's "Hamnet" and Shakespeare's "Hamlet."
![Picture of the word "curriculum" in the dictionary](../../../images/blog-images/curriculum.png)
![Hand holding a skull, as Hamlet does in Shakespeare's play.](../../../images/blog-images/hamlet.png)
June 21, 2021
Phil Radoff and Jack Curley discuss their learnings from Professor Billy Flesch's lectures on "Hamlet."
![Two people studying with books and a pens](../../../images/blog-images/study-group.png)
June 14, 2021
Meet the members of BOLLI's Study Group Support Committee.
![Headshot of Mark Berger](../../../images/blog-images/mark-berger.png)
May 18, 2021
Phil Radoff and Jack Curley interview violist Mark Berger of Brandeis' Lydian String Quartet.
![Piece of paper that says "Make a difference" pinned to a corkboard](../../../images/blog-images/make-a-difference.png)
May 5, 2021
Meet the members of BOLLI’s Make A Difference Special Interest Group, a group that transforms political knowledge and passion into meaningful action.
![Man runs with a net, trying to catch slips of paper falling from the sky. Text below reads, "Capturing that illusive password..."](../../../images/blog-images/cartoon-large.png)
April 29, 2021
We can all use a laugh, and who better to provide one than the Banner’s own in-house cartoonist, Sam Ansell? We hope readers enjoy this look at some of Sam’s best.
![Yellow background with wooden cubes that read "Welcome"](../../../images/blog-images/welcome-nicole.png)
March 31, 2021
Joyce Lazarus interviews the newest member of the BOLLI team: Program Coordinator Nicole Grant.
![Headshot of Jared Redmond](../../../images/blog-images/jared-redmond-large.png)
March 18, 2021
Phil Radoff and Jack Curley interview pianist/composer and popular BOLLI SGL Jared Redmond about his current residence in Seoul.
![Headshot of Megan Curtis](../../../images/blog-images/megan-curtis-large.png)
March 9, 2021
Alorie Parkhill interviews Megan Curtis, BOLLI's new program administrator.
![Newspapers stacked](../../../images/blog-images/bolli-banner-sig.png)
![Headshot of Isabel Wilkerson](../../../images/blog-images/isabel-wilkerson.png)
February 18, 2021
Joyce Lazarus shares her thoughts on Bridget Kelleher's two-part lecture series on award-winning author Isabel Wilkerson’s newest book, "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents."
![James Heazlewood-Dale stands next to a bass](../../../images/blog-images/heazlewood-2-large.png)
February 4, 2021
Marilyn Brooks interviews BOLLI lecturer and Study Group Leader James Heazlewood-Dale about his journey as an Australian musician.
![Book cover of "Living in the Shadow of the Freud Family." Picture of Sophie Freud looking off into the distance with Sigmund Freud floating as a shadow behind her.](../../../images/blog-images/shadow-freud-large.png)
January 18, 2021
Naomi Schmidt provides an overview of BOLLI member Sophie Freud's memoir, 'Living in the Shadow of the Freud Family.'
![Red brick building in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood](../../../images/blog-images/back-bay-french.png)
January 5, 2024
Cecilia Dunoyer, who recently led a BOLLI study group, reflects on her experience moving to Boston.