Week of January 23
CLASS SPOTLIGHT: CAST OUT CLUTTER AND CREATE A CUSTOMIZED ORGANIZER
Wednesday, Jan 25, 1:00P-2:30PM Click to register or call 401-874-4197.
Looking for a fun, creative way to get organized in 2023? A wall pocket organizer can help you to remove some clutter and create a tidy space. It can be used to collect mail in an entryway, gather files in an office, store bills, or collect recipes in the kitchen. The possibilities vary depending on your needs. While Kara shares her favorite organizing tips you will decorate your own pocket organizer to maximize your efficiency in the new year. Participants will be guided step-by-step, and no crafting experience is necessary.
Note: $10 materials fee to be paid to the instructor the day of the class.
This Week at OLLI
Monday
10:00AM Creativity, Play and Innovation
11:00AM All About Silk
11:00AM Award Winning Novel
11:30AM Eleanor Roosevelt (Zoom/Classroom)
2:30PM Finance Committee
1:00PM Why War?
2:00PM History of Religion
Tuesday
9:30AM Slavery, Abolition and Women’s Suffrage
10:00AM Landscape Photography (Zoom)
10:00AM Writing Memoirs
11:30AM The CIA During the Cold War
1:30PM Forgotten Songwriter’s of Tin Pan Alley
5:00PM Contemporary Economic Policy Issues (Zoom)
Wednesday
10:00AM Remarkable Photographers
12:30PM Bowling Group
1:00PM King Tut’s Tomb
1:00PM Walking Group
1:00PM Cast Out Clutter
2:00PM Classic Films of Alfred Hitchcock (Zoom)
3:00PM The Music and Events of the 1970s
4:00PM Advisory Council
Thursday
9:00AM Let’s Skate (Boss Arena At URI)
11:30AM Tech Talk (Zoom/Classroom)
1:00PM Mah Jonng (lobby)
3:00PM New Zealand Wines (The Coast Guard House Restaurant)
3:00PM SIGS Committee
RHODY OUTPOST UPDATE: For the next month OLLI will be collecting 32/33 oz. bottles of Cooking oil (vegetable, canola, olive, coconut all acceptable). Our challenge is to collect 100 items this month! Of course you can always donate other items to the Pantry! Click here for a complete list of pantry needs. As always, thanks for your support!
TECH TALK- JANUARY
Accessibility Features on your Phone & Tablets. Register at https://uriolli.augusoft.net Thursday, January 26, at 11:30am on Zoom or come in and Zoom with other OLLI members in the Classroom. Click here for all the details .
SPRING 2023 GSO PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES: CONFRONTING OCEAN POLLUTION- Tuesday, January 24, 5:30PM-7:00PM Narragansett Bay Campus, Coastal Institute Auditorium Click here to register.
Scientists continue to learn how plastic waste and dangerous chemicals make their way into the ocean environment and harm marine life. What and how are we learning about these issues? Where does this pollution come from? Where does it go? Join Coastal Resources Center director and GSO professor J.P. Walsh and GSO professor Rainer Lohmann as they discuss the dangers posed by marine pollution and “forever chemicals” called PFAS, and what we need to do to address them.
HELP WANTED: EDITOR FOR THE OLLI CATALOG Skills required: Proficiency with MSWord (including editing on-line and tracking), Excel, Adobe (to edit PDF files), Google Drive, email account. Background in editing, proofreading, and publishing production (on-line and print). Email: olli@uri.edu.
MOVIE GROUP The February movies for discussion are The Whale and Women Talking and if time The Fablemans. Join us on Thursday, February 9, at 3:00PM at OLLI.
OLLI BOOK GROUP The February book selection is FRENCH BRAID, by Anne Tyler. Join us on Friday, February 17, at 1:00pm to discuss.
URI ATHLETICS SPECIAL OFFER FOR OLLI MEMBERS Discounted tickets to basketball games are available for OLLI members. Click the links to get the deals! Basketball Discount Offer- (prices start at $10) https://fevo.me/22mbbsupergroups?ref=OLLI
RE-ENVISIONING NATURE: AN ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES LECTURE SERIES Join the Center for Humanities for a three-part lecture series, Re-Envisioning Nature, which draws on the expertise of environmental historians, literary scholars, musicians, and writers to demonstrate the role the humanities can play in understanding and addressing the urgent environmental questions of the day. These events—on Feb. 8, Feb. 24, and April 13—represent the second half of a yearlong series of virtual and in-person lectures that are free and open to the public. Click here for more information.
URI NEWS THIS WEEK. Click here.
COFFEE DONATIONS: Donations of coffee filters, cups, and keurig pods are always appreciated!
CELEBRATING THE SPIRIT OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN
Over the next twelve months you can enjoy a FREE lecture at the South Kingstown High School at 7:00pm No Registration required. This month’s lecture is on Tuesday, January 24: “Kumagooaunash Numanutoom, All Creator’s Gifts” presented by Loren Spears, Executive Director, Tomaquag Museum
BLUE BIRD – SINE NOMINE CHORAL CONCERT AT UUCSC
Sine Nomine, a choral ensemble from southeastern Massachusetts, performs treasured works by Stanford, Messiaen, and Byrd alongside the UUCSC Choir in a rare appearance in southern Rhode Island on Saturday, January 28 at 7:00pm. Please join us for a beautiful evening of choral singing! Masks are recommended for audience members, as the choruses will be singing unmasked. In the event of inclement weather, the snow date will be Sunday, January 29 at 2:00pm, with updates posted on this ticketing page, as well as the UUCSC website.