ALI Michigan is just putting the final touches on its catalogue of classes for February through May of 2026. Some of the topics include Artificial Intelligence, Bagpiping, Bicycle touring, Conversations with Singer-Songwriters, Musical Theater, Fraud Protection, History of Hats, travels through Mexico and Rio de Janeiro, Cooking Sweets and also International Side Dishes, and When…

ALI Michigan continues its Fall 2025 term with six more adult learners’ classes in the 5HealthyTowns area of Chelsea, Dexter, Grass Lake, Manchester, and Stockbridge. October brings us cool nights and bright sunny days with dazzling fall colors. What better time to spend outdoors, perhaps gardening? Would you like to Attract Amazing Hummingbirds? Carol Brodbeck,…

FALL 2025 ADULT LEARNERS INSTITUTE We are thrilled to announce that this fall, ALI Michigan will offer another semester of intriguing adult-level classes for the Chelsea area and beyond! We’ll be visiting the beautiful forests of New Zealand, see what’s new in Kenya and Zambia, and explore the diversity of Brazil’s five regions. We’ll also…

Winter/Spring 2025 ADULT LEARNERS INSTITUTE  Just what you need on cold, snowy, icky days…the ALI Winter/Spring catalog. It’s got music, history, art, travel, cross dresses, oil in Michigan, poetry, the Supreme Court, Beatles and butterflies. Hey, we all need a break and these classes are medicine for the bone-cold soul. It’s coming the first of February…

Those familiar with the Adult Learners Institute know that an ALI Fall Kick Off does not require a football or a soccer ball or a helmet. The only thing required is curiosity and a means of getting to the McKune Room at the Chelsea District Library, 221 S. Main Street in Chelsea, at 10 a.m.…

Our Winter/Spring term is over. But as we remember the hours we spent among ancient monuments, electric vehicles, music, wolves, Mexico, fly fishing, history and our own mental and physical health, ALI is preparing exciting new courses for the Fall. So look for the catalogs near the end of July and prepare to put on…

This year’s Expo at the Chelsea Senior Center on April 13 held several surprises. One was the weather. The day was downright pleasant. The second surprise was the presence of ex-Board member and perpetual friend, Mike Mark, who helped to preside over the ALI table along with present Board members, Dennis O’Neal and Rita Dunlop.…

At its March 25 meeting, the ALI Board voted unanimously to hire Crystal Cabose as its new office Manager replacing Carolyn Smith. Crystal’s 17 years of work for Habitat for Humanity in various leadership and service positions on behalf of underserved populations has provided her with experience in grant writing, program development and fundraising as…

Mustard gas, doughboys in rat-filled trenches, Verdun, Beaulieu Wood, Somme, attrition and “the war to end all wars”  On Monday, March 4,  Wendy Zielen will be using historical records and physical artifacts to illustrate the heroism and horrors of World War I, the so-called Great War. In her class Walking in our Grandfathers’ Footsteps  at Silver…

We still have room to nourish curious minds in our Winter/Spring classes. Check out our new website at ‘alimichigan.org‘ to print out the registration form, then fill it out and mail it along with your check to ALI, PO Box 134, Chelsea, MI 48118. Here are the classes that we will be starting with: Have…