Monday
- 9:30AM Italian I
- 5:00PM The Card Game of Bridge
- 5:30PM The Vietnam War
Tuesday
- 9:30AM The Poetry of Mary Oliver
- 10:00AM Audubon Society Tour
- 11am Intro to Horseback Riding
- 11:30AM More Winning Novels
- 12:30PM What Exactly is Laughter (via Zoom)
- 1:00PM Ingmar Bergman
- 1:45PM Golf
- 3:00PM Environmental Policy in New Zealand
- 4:00PM RI Fresh: The Harvest of September(via Zoom)
- 5:30PM The Right to Vote
Wednesday
- 10:00AM The Golden Age of Mobile Photography
- 11:30AM The Birth of the Atlantic Ocean
- 1:00PM American Art Before 1900
- 1:00PM Walking Group
- 3:00PM Introduction to Zentangle
- 3:00PM Portrait of a Lady
- 4:00PM Advisory Council
Thursday
- 9:30AM The Impact of Jews on Classical Music (via Zoom)
- 1:00PM Identifying Common Invasive Plants
- 1:00PM Mah Jong
- 2:00PM Curriculum Committee
Friday
- 9:30AM The World of Odors from the Canine Perspective
- 2:00PM U.S. Policy in Afghanistan
REMINDERS:
- Digital Photography from Vision to Frame does not meet this week.
- The start date for the Celtic Way of Seeing has been pushed back one week and will begin on October 4.
SAVE THE DATE for our Annual Meeting on Wednesday, October 13, from 5 to 7pm at the URI Welcome Center. More details coming soon!
CYBER SENIORS is back this week! Pharmacy student Andrew Infranco will join us on Mondays from 2-4pm and on Thursdays from 11-1pm No appointment necessary, just stop by the lobby with your technology questions!
CLASS SPOTLIGHT: Click here to register online or call the office at 401-874-4197
There’s still time to register for these classes!
The Impact of Jews on Classical Music-Via Zoom
4 Sessions, beginning Thursday at 9:30AM
Composers, conductors, or performers, like Felix Mendelssohn, Aaron Copland, Phillip Glass, Leonard Bernstein, Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim, Jascha Heifetz, and Vladimir Horowitz will show us how one of the most fruitful branches of the Jewish renaissance affected the world’s music and how migration, war, and prejudice were no obstacles for those who innovated in musical expression and gave virtuosity and showmanship new meanings.
Environmental Policy in New Zealand
3 Sessions, beginning Tuesday at 3PM at OLLI
The objective will be to study and discuss the evolution and application of New Zealand’s progressive environmental policies and how they are driven by an all-encompassing “Clean and Green New Zealand” brand. An early history of extreme environmental exploitation and degradation has given way to a modern philosophy of achieving maximum social and economic benefit for the entire country through protection and enhancement of natural landscapes, soil, water and endemic ecosystems. This approach has resulted in high levels of international approval for New Zealand’s tourism opportunities and its extremely successful natural resource-based industries (dairying, horticulture, beef and sheep meats, wool, fisheries/aquaculture and forestry). The class will analyze the roles of a multiparty political structure, a strong sense of national identity, an influential indigenous culture, inspired leadership, and a relatively enlightened business community in achieving a high level of environmental sustainability for the country and its people. For the first class: read excerpts from the Chapman book and the Huntington and O’Brien article (to be emailed to those who register).
COMING UP NEXT WEEK: Let’s Talk Technology
OLLI Technology Navigation
Thursday, September 30, 11:30Am-12:30PM
Discover easy ways to navigate all this new technology. Review the OLLI website, registration software and the ins and outs of registering your car. We’ll cover:
- Finding your Learner ID for parking registration
- How to register for parking
- Finding your renewal date
- Resetting your password
- How to register for a special interest group (walking, book, photography, etc)
- How to view and print a pdf catalog
- How to connect your device to wifi at OLLI
Bring your device (laptop, phone, ipad) and get ready to learn!
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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 attend these sessions. Each of the offerings has a special Osher registration link. You can only register on these links, there is no public-facing way to do so from their website.