Week of October 21
REGISTER TODAY FOR OLLI’S 15TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION- Join your OLLI friends to celebrate 15 years of lifelong learning! Thursday, November 7, 2024, 1:00-4:00PM, at The Haversham House, 336 Post Rd, Westerly, RI. Plenty of hors d’oeuvres, plated lunch (choice of grilled salmon, chicken marsala, or vegetarian option), desserts, complimentary glass of wine, cash bar, and a special OLLI gift for you. $30pp – limited seating – Don’t delay! Registration deadline is Tuesday, October 29. This is a members only event. Log on to register or call 401-874-4197. Please check your registration confirmation email for a link to choose your lunch selection.
VETERANS CELEBRATION IN NOVEMBER: In honor of Veterans Day, we will recognize our OLLI members and/or family members who have served or are currently serving. Our OLLI Wall of Honor will be in the lobby the first week of November. In addition, we are offering a join us for MASH for the MILLENIUM, on Monday, November 4, at 9:30AM. This class is FREE for members only and registration is required. Refreshments will be served.
To be part of our Wall of Honor, please send a photo, along with details of service (branch, years, titles or anything significant you would like to share) to OLLI@URI.EDU. If you have a physical photo you would like us to scan, please stop by the OLLI office. We will display our Wall of Honor throughout the month of November.
CLASS SPOTLIGHT – Click the class title to register online or call 401-874-4197.
The Five Senses of Storytelling in African Culture 5 sessions with Rachel Briggs starting Wednesday, October 23, from 11:30AM-1:00PM.
Discover the rich tradition of oral storytelling in African culture. We will explore the structure and significance of storytelling in African societies, emphasizing the fundamental elements of a well-crafted narrative: the beginning (introduction), middle (body), and end (conclusion) utilizing the five senses.We’ll engage in a variety of activities designed to deepen our understanding and appreciation of oral storytelling traditions. Click to register or call 401.874.4197.
The Search for an American Sound 4 sessions with Emanuel Abramovitz starting Thursday, October 31. 9:00AM-11:00AM on Zoom.
Since the 1890s, when Americans were beginning to develop their own traditions in classical music, composers have recognized the dilemma of creating the American sound. We’ll explore how not only classical musicians, but also Broadway and Hollywood composers of different origins and ethnicities alternated in creating a sound that has been defined as evocative of this land and its people. Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, William Grant Steel, Florence Price, Alex North, Elmer Bernstein, and others will be the protagonists of this lecture, supported with audiovisuals and anecdotes. Click here to register. Watch the class preview video.
Biking Group weekly meeting time has been changed to 11:00AM
THIS WEEK AT OLLI
Monday
- 9:15AM Cyber Seniors
- 9:30AM Beginning Italian
- 9:30AM Gmail Tips & Tricks
- 11:30AM South Kingstown Land Trust Walk (Rescheduled)
- 11:30AM Track Your Ancestors
- 1:30PM Native Peoples of Two Coasts
- 1:30PM Digital Note-taking
- 3:30PM The Election 2024: A Clear & Present Danger
- 4:00PM Where Are We? Intro to Philosophy
Tuesday
- 11:00AM Biking Group
- 11:30AM 1984
- 1:00PM Cyber Seniors-Alex
Wednesday
- 9:30AM Free Speech
- 9:30AM Lillian Hellman and the Children’s Hour
- 11:00AM Fabulous Fingers
- 11:30AM Intro to Middle East
- 11:30AM The Five Senses of Oral Storytelling in African Culture
- 12:30PM Bowling
- 1:00PM Hiking
- 1:30PM Alfred Hitchcock
- 3:00PM Cynology (Zoom)
Thursday
- 9:00AM Let’s Skate (@ Boss Arena)
- 9:30AM Artificial Intelligence
- 9:30AM Ida Lewis: Legendary Lady Lightkeeper
- 10:30AM Rhody Ramblers
- 11:00AM Current Events
- 11:30AM Cyber Seniors-Alex
- 12:30PM Cyber Seniors-Ryan
- 1:00PM Mah Jonng
- 1:00PM Identifying Common Invasive Plants (Canonchet Farms)
- 1:30PM Watercolor Portraits
- 3:00PM Program Committee Meeting
Friday
- 10:00AM Geocaching-Finding Hidden Treasures (off-site)
- 10:00AM Rocky Point Park
- 10:00AM Economics of Immigration
- 1:00PM Meditation
- 1:00PM The 1960s: Music that Changed the World
TRAVEL PRESENTATION
If you missed the presentation by Railbookers or attended and didn’t receive the handouts, please check out the following links:
CYBER SENIORS Hours Drop in sessions in the lobby for help with all of your technology questions. No registration needed.
- Mondays 9:15AM-10:15AM (Ryan)
- Tuesdays1:00PM-2:00PM (Alex)
- Thursdays: 11:30AM-12:30PM (Alex)
- Thursdays: 12:30PM-1:30PM (Ryan)
COME HELP URI STUDENTS: We all know the best way to learn is to practice. You can help the URI pharmacy students by stopping by the lobby on Monday, October 28, between 10:45AM and 1:30PM to have your blood pressure read!
RHODY OUTPOST- There’s an updated list of needed items. Click here to view. You can also purchase items directly from Amazon on the Rhody Outpost Wish List.
URI GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY’S ANNUAL CHARLES AND MARIE FISH LECTURE – October 21, 6:00PM. This year’s speaker is Susan Solomon from MIT, who will give a talk titled “Solvable: How We Healed the Earth, and How We Can Do It Again.” The lecture will take place on the Bay Campus in Corless Auditorium. Details and registration are available online.
WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP SPEAKER SERIES- Live Webinar, Tuesday, October 22, 12-1PM. Trevor Kelly-Bissonnette ’82, M.B.A.’94, Director, International Cooperation, Naval Surface and Undersea Warfare Centers. After landing—somewhat accidentally—at the Naval Undersea Systems Center in Newport, RI upon graduating from URI, Trevor Kelly-Bissonnette ’82, M.B.A.’94 has worked for the Naval Surface and Undersea Warfare Centers for 40+ years in various roles and was recognized with their 2023 Leadership Award. Join us as she shares her career story and the leadership lessons she has learned along the way. Registration Deadline: Tuesday, October 22. Click
for more information and to register.
HUMANITIES LECTURE SERIES SUSTAINING DEMOCRACY to host ‘America’s greatest Historian’, Alex Keyser whose book “The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States” was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize, will discuss the reforms needed to reinvigorate and sustain democracy on Oct.23 at 3pm in the Carothers Library Galanti Lounge. Click the link for registration and more information Democratic Crises and Structural Change
PLUGGED INTO ENERGY RESEARCH LECTURE SERIES – Comfortable Healthy and Cost Effective: The Power of Home Energy Upgrades Tues, Oct 29, 6pm-7:30pm Robert J. Higgins Welcome Center, URI Kingston, Campus, Light Refreshments will be served, live stream available Open to All! Please RSVP by Oct.25 Click Here for Details & Registration
MONKEYING AROUND: LEARNING FROM OUR CLOSEST LIVING RELATIVES – Zoom Class offered by our friends at OLLI ASU – 11/5 & 11/12 10:30-noon AZ time (MST) Zoom Link: https://asu.zoom.us/j/84092866716 Please join Caitlin Hawley https://search.asu.edu/profile/3422374, PhD candidate in the school of Human Evolution and Social Change at ASU, and explore the diversity of non-human primates – our closest living relatives. In this short course, we will see how both evolutionary patterns and current environmental pressures shape social behavior and physiology.
HEALTHY PEOPLE, HEALTHY PLANET VIRTUAL SYMPOSIUM, Friday, November 8
This one-day free virtual symposium will feature presentations from Osher Collaborative speakers on the reciprocal relationship between personal and planetary wellness. The program will cover the following four themes:
- Healthy Lifestyle (physical, mental, and spiritual)
- Healthy Relationships (social and ecological)
- Healthy Community (in more than the human world)
- Healthy Future (for people and planet)
- Click for Event Website and registration.
The Bernard Osher Foundation also supports a network of Integrative Health Centers hosted within 10 U.S. medical schools and the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. We regard these centers as our “Osher cousins” and admire their work throughout these universities, seven of which also host our colleague OLLIs.
The Osher Centers will present their 2nd Annual Virtual Symposium – Healthy People, Healthy Planet on Friday, November 8. It is coordinated by the Osher Collaborative (the NRC-like organization for the Osher Centers) and includes an impressive roster of presentations by Integrative Health professionals from the centers all across the country. This event is FREE for OLLI members. Members can virtually attend one or all the presentations, running between the hours of: 8:00am – 2:30pm PT / 9:00am – 3:30pm MT / 10:00am – 4:30pm CT /11:00am – 5:30pm ET Below is a brief description of the Symposium. If you have specific questions on the Symposium, direct them to this email address: oshercollaborative@gmail.com It is monitored by our counterpart colleagues at the Osher Collaborative at University of California, San Francisco.
—
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “URI OLLI” group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to uriolli-group+unsubscribe@uri.edu.
Attachments area
Preview YouTube video The Search for an American Sound with Emanuel Abramovitz
