Week of June 20

Welcome to Summer at OLLI!

Monday

• 11:30AM Life in Germany During and After World War II (Zoom)

Tuesday

• 9:30AM Vignettes: Writing from Experience
• 10:00AM URI Library Tour (meets @ Library)
• 1:00PM Duke Ellington
• 1:15 Golf

Wednesday

• 10AM Let’s Explore the Google Suite
• 12:30 Bowling
• 1:00PM Walking Group
• 4:00PM Advisory Council Meeting

Thursday

• 10AM Tree Care Essentials
• 11:30AM- Tech Talk E-Books & Audiobooks (Zoom)
• 1:00PM Mahjong (lobby)
• 3:00PM Sigs Meeting
• 4:30PM The Folk Singers, the Bureau, & the Second Red Scare (Zoom) This class is in danger of cancellation. Please register online or call 401-874-4197.

Friday

• 10:00AM Intro to South Kingstown Land Trust

CLASS SPOTLIGHT:

Join us on Zoom for The Folk Singers, the Bureau, & the Second Red Scare

6 Sessions starting this Thursday, June 21, from 4:30-6:00PM

Some of the most prominent folk singers of the 20th century, Woody Guthrie, “Sis” Cunningham, Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, Burl Ives, etc., were also political activists with various associations with the American Communist Party. As a consequence, the FBI, along with other governmental and right-wing organizations, monitored them, keeping meticulous files running many thousands of pages and making (and carrying out) plans to purge them from the cultural realm. Using music, video selections, news clippings, and records from extensive Freedom of Information Act filings — including material never before released — the course will bring to life these artists and the systematic way they were subject to government surveillance and suppression.

Aaron J. Leonard is a writer and historian with a particular focus on the history of radicalism and state suppression. He is the author of Heavy Radicals: The FBI’s Secret War on America’s Maoists and A Threat of the First Magnitude–FBI Counterintelligence & Infiltration: From the Communist Party to the Revolutionary Union. His most recent book, The Folk Singers and the Bureau, was published in September 2020. He has a B.A. in social sciences and history magna cum laude from New York University. He lives in Los Angeles.

Aging Gracefully – Let’s Do it Together

4 Sessions starting Wednesday, June 27, from 1:30-3:00PM at OLLI.

This course is designed to help older adults remain safe, active, and independent in their homes. Sessions 1 and 2 explore little-known changes in the sensory, musculoskeletal, and nervous systems that naturally occur with aging that can impact safety. Session 3 examines features of the home environment that contribute to falls and strategies to improve safety. Session 4 explores the significance of sleep and sleep quality. Sessions include break-out activities designed to identify concerns and identification of preventative strategies to improve and maintain safety and independence.

Linda Gatewood has been an occupational therapist since 1986 with varied clinical experience in geriatrics, neurological and orthopedic rehabilitation, hand therapy, mental health, and burn care. An assistant professor in the CCRI Occupational Therapist Assistant Program since 1998, she created the RI Independent Provider Program Personal Care Assistant training curriculum. Linda is currently enrolled in the Gerontology and Geriatrics Graduate Certificate program at URI and is passionate about helping older adults stay off the floor!

JUNE TECH TALK:  EBooks and Audiobooks from your Local Library – Free but please register online. Thursday, June 23,at 11:30am on Zoom.

The OLLI Technology Committee invites you to join this month’s Special Interest Group, Let’s Talk Technology conversation – Ebooks and Audiobooks with Sarah Ornstein, Director of the Cross Mills Library in Charlestown.  Explore how to access E-books and Audio books from the Ocean State Library System using your phone, tablet or personal computer with your own library card.  Sarah will help you navigate the E-Zone and discover titles of interest to you. 

JOIN US FOR A FREE LECTURE- OPEN TO MEMBERS AND NON MEMBERS!

Lives Less Ordinary with Debbie Suggs
Wednesday, June 29, 5:30-7:00pm at WEST WARWICK LIBRARY

This class will introduce the mysterious locales behind some of early American urban legends, unsolved mysteries, and historic happenings. Participants will learn how local volunteers have joined forces with the RI Historical Cemeteries Commission to restore the historical cemeteries and memorial for these almost-forgotten Rhode Islanders.

Debbie Suggs holds a bachelor’s degree in history and a master’s degree in public administration.  She is passionate about all matters related to RI history and folklore.  She has been active in the partnership to improve RI history and social studies standards. She is currently documenting  the burial grounds of RI’s enslaved populations and researching the States pre-revolutionary war Plantation society.

PHOTO EXHIBIT: If you missed our Photo Friday Exhibit unveiling last week, make sure you stop in the lobby and take a look. The exhibit will be hanging for a month or so. Click here for a peek at the exhibit. 

OLLI BOOK GROUP: Consider joining this on-going group which meets the third Friday of each month at 1:00PM at OLLI.

• July 15:  A Man Called Ove, de Fredrik Backman
• August 19:  The Dutch House, Ann Patchett

OLLI TRAVEL IS BACK!

Check out information on our first OLLI trip for 2022! Join us on a trip to Canyon Country featuring Arizona & Utah. The trip will take place October 21 —28. Book by JULY 5, to save $400 per person.

Click here to view the pdf version of the brochure or visit the webpage: https://gateway.gocollette.com/link/1114191

MOVIE GROUP will resume in September!

URI NEWS THIS WEEK: CLICK HERE. 

Neighbors Feeding Neighbors Golf Tournament
If you like to golf you might want to check out this opportunity coming up July 16, at Pinecrest Country Club. The 2nd Annual “Neighbors Feeding Neighbors” Golf Tournament will benefit the Peace Dale Dinner Table Program. In 2021, the Peace Dale Dinner Table served more than 20,000 hot nutritious meals to its neighbors. More than 150 volunteers cook, serve and deliver these meals. It is projected that due to rising costs it will cost nearly $45,000 to provide this service this year. Now more than ever, we need your help! For more information about this tournament or the Dinner Table program, please call 401-477-6046 or email: doinggoodinc@icloud.com. Click for more details.

Sharing the OLLI Love-Exclusive Osher Registration Link

OLLI at the University of Arizona continues to share the OLLI love with Osher members from across the country. There is no charge for you to view these sessions. Click here to learn more and to register for all their events.