OLLI News Feb. 15, 2021

Register for OLLI classes by clicking HERE: 
 
There’s still room in the FAMILY AND AGING INTERGENERATIONAL CLASS. It started last week but you can still register if you’re interested. Call the office at 874-4197. Class meets on Thursday, Feb 18, 9:30am
 
MORE NEW CLASSES ARE COMING SOON!! Here are just a few!
  • The Golden Bowl: A Study
  • Abraham Lincoln, Statesman
  • Wickford Photography Walking Tour
  • Self Care Through Reflexology
  • Introduction to plant based nutrition
  • Making Merry: A celebration of Shakespeare and the Art of Poerty
  • Beginner Russian
  • Shortcuts to World Cuisine
CYBER SENIORS IS BACK!
Need help with your laptop, phone, tablet or other device? Sign up for a one-on-one meeting with a URI pharmacy student! Times are available throughout the week and you can choose how you want to meet: Webex, Zoom, Facetime or phone call.
Appointments can be made by clicking here: https://calendly.com/olli-uri
 
Click on the names below to meet this semester’s Cyber Senior students.

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS  {Visit our website for all the details.} 

  • BOOK GROUP- Meets February 19, via Webex at 1pm. Book is Bruno, Chief of Police: A Novel of the French Countryside by Martin Walker. Please note, if you are looking for this book in the library, search under Bruno, Chief of Police, Vol 1 or Book 1. Email Beth Leconte for the link to this meeting.
  • GREAT DECISIONS- Persian Gulf Security Issues meets on February 26, at 11:30am. Registration is required. Limited to 50 participants. There are still openings in this class.
  • BROWN BAG POETRY-Meets on Tuesday, February 23, at 11:30AM via Zoom.  This month’s prompt: take any line from Amanda Gorman’s inaugural poem, “The Hill We Climb” to use either directly in your poem or as inspiration.  
  • PHOTOGRAPHY- Meets on Friday, March 5, at 10am via Zoom. This month’s theme is Signs of a Pandemic.
  • WRITING-Meets on Friday, March 5, at 1pm via Webex.
Keep an eye for details coming soon on our Walking, Golf and Biking Groups. We’re hoping to resume these, following social distancing guidelines, in late spring.
 
URI NEWS THIS WEEK:  Click here.
 
OTHER NEWS:
  • Register online for the 2021 RI Nature Video Festival, Presented by the Rhode Island Natural History Survey and the Environmental Council of Rhode Island. This will be a virtual event on February 20, at 2pm. Admission is FREE. Register by clicking here.