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What do Dan Wolf and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec have in common?

They’re both featured in the final week of the Friends of Snow Library’s fall Lifetime Learning session. On Tuesday, Nov. 17 from 10:30 a.m. to noon, Beth Stein presents presents a course on the life and art of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, the painter and printmaker whose immersion in the theatrical life of Belle Epoque Paris enabled him to produce elegant and provocative images of that era.

And on Wednesday, Nov. 18 from 1:30 to 3 p.m., former Mass. State Senator Dan Wolf will discuss the recent election in his class “Election 2020: Looking Ahead to 2021.”

Other Lifetime Learning courses wrap up in the coming week. On Monday, Nov. 16 at 1:30 p.m., Marc Strauss presents and leads a discussion of “Grease,” the last movie in his five-part series on “Five Decades of Film Musicals: The 1930s-1970s.”

On Tuesday, Nov. 17 from 1:30 to 3 p.m., Peggy Kelleher brings her course, “Take Me Away! Travel the World of Classical Mythology Through Art,” to a close with a look at paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. From 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Steve and Jeff Bornemeier lead a discussion of “The Crying of Lot 49” by Thomas Pynchon in the last installment of “Novel and Ideas: Adventures.”

Thursday, Nov. 19 from 10:30 a.m. to noon, Joseph Auciello finishes his series on “John Updike: The Maples Series” and John Whelan closes out “Where Rock and Roll Has Gone” with a discussion of the lives and music of Paul Simon and Elton John from 1:30 to 3 p.m.

And on Friday, Nov. 20 from 1:30 to 3 p.m., Stephanie Ellis of Wild Care rounds out her series, “Living With Our Wild Neighbors,” with a class exploring common wildlife injuries, rehabilitation, and how to reduce impacts on our feathered and furred friends.

Due to Covid-19 all the courses will be presented via Zoom. You can register by mail, at the library, or online. You must register at least 48 hours prior to any class. More information on classes and registration is available at http://friendsofsnowlibrary.org/lifetime-learning-program/.