Membership is NOT required to register for summer classes.

 The Fine Print:

1) Release Waiver

If you are an LLI member, your name, address, email and telephone number may be listed in the LLI directory. Photographs and videotape may be taken of participants during meetings, courses and special events. Please be aware the photos/videotape are for LLI use and may be published in various LLI promotional materials. If you do not want your name and information publicized in the directory, or you do not want to be photographed, you must give us written notice by sending an email to LLI@waubonsee.edu 

2) Refund Policy

Course fees ($10) and outing fees are nonrefundable. If a course or outing is cancelled by LLI, only payments made by credit card will be reimbursed. 

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A.B.L.E. -Line dancing is more than exercise. It is a full brain and body workout. Learning and recalling rhythmic, sequenced movement supports memory, attention, and executive functioning. It also improves coordination, balance, and overall fitness. Join Ann Butcher—who truly loves line dancing—for a fun, beginner-friendly class designed especially for newcomers! You’ll learn basic steps and movements first, then sequence them together to create easy-to-follow dances. No experience needed—just a willingness to move and have fun. Beyond the health benefits, line dancing boosts mood and builds social connection in a welcoming, encouraging environment. Come move, learn, laugh—and give your brain and body a joyful workout!

Co-facilitator: Carolyn Hopkins

This class will be repeated on July 7

Walters Way: Coach, His Runners, and His Race, is the intimate biography of Wilbert Walters, who followed the Great Migration North from New Orleans and founded Aurora Sundowners Track Club. His dream was to turn vulnerable black youth into proud women and men achieving their own potential. Coach Walters learned what it was like to be invisible in one world while his athletes were winning National Junior Olympic medals in another. His story holds up a mirror to 20th century Aurora history. Civil Rights on the national stage meant bombastic events and changes. Black Aurorans were working quietly to break down local systemic barriers, while White Aurora prided itself on being free of racism. The book’s author will lead discussions on how we experience race relations. What has changed in Aurora and what has not?

Walters Way: A Coach, His Runners and His Race By Maureen McKane (REQUIRED) Book can be purchased at the Waubonsee Bookstore or your favorite bookstore. The book is also available at local libraries.

Co-organizer: Amy Stewart

Downtown Aurora was once the heart of entertainment, shopping, and everyday life. For many, this vivid memory still lives. A relaxed walking tour revisits former theaters, restaurants, hotels, and local businesses, along with pivotal moments such as historic fires, Aurora’s cultural ambitions and questionable cuisine. As we walk along Broadway, once dominated by streetcars and interurbans, we will take our time, pause at key locations, and invite participants to share their own stories and recollections. Along the way, we will highlight today’s downtown businesses and spaces, connecting the past to the present. Designed at a comfortable pace, this tour is as much about remembering together as it is about history. Please wear comfortable shoes and come prepared to reminisce. Tour will be led by local historian Tracy Duran. Meet at the Aurora Historical Society, 20 E. Downer, Aurora. Activity Level: LET'S GO. This same tour will be repeated on July 8.

Co-organizer: Betty Williams

Registration deadline: June 10

Tour 2 mansions of historical significance with a deluxe lunch at Uptown Grille. Reddick Mansion is an 1858 pre-Civil War home of Wm. Reddick designed by Olmstead and Nicholson. Reddick was a state senator and LaSalle County sheriff. The 22 rooms in 4 stories overlooked the Lincoln Douglas debates of 1858 at the park across the street. It was the town library until 1975 and is now on the register of historic sites. Industrial baron, Edward Hegeler, was once the largest zinc manufacturer in the U. S. His 1876 home was designed by W. W. Boyington with 57 rooms on 7 levels. Their enterprise is known for science, Asian philosophy and also Cricket magazine for children. You'll view the country's 1st private residence gymnasium along with 80% of the home's period furnishings original to the Hegeler-Carus family. Architects (AIA) rate this as one of Illinois' 200 Great Places.

Activity Level: On Your Feet, or you may opt out of upper level tour. 

Motor Coach pick up location: WCC- Sugar Grove campus, North entrance, Outside Fieldhouse - red door 8:45AM

Co-facilitators: Andi Danis and Kent Hayward

Life is better lived for adults 50 and older with curiosity and companionship. Ongoing learning is a recognized indicator of healthy living; in addition, socialization is essential to all of us. LLI encourages both. Learn more about this consequential organization as we review the history of LLI at Waubonsee, the organizational structure, and the unique aspects of our local LLI found in our guiding documents.

Cofacilitator: Carl Hayes

Compassionate psychologist Michael Maniocci leads a class to explore changes in health, shifts in identity, loss of loved ones, and moments when hope feels distant. Ever-popular Dr. Maniocci will offer tools for understanding grief, building resilience, and reconnecting with meaning.

Waubonsee Community College librarian Nate Wagner will lead us in a discussion of the book There, There by Tommy Orange. Copies of this book can be found at local libraries and online at https://libbyapp.com with your library card.

There, There by Tommy Orange (REQUIRED)