OLLI Fall Catalog is available on our Website. To register for classes give us a call in the office at 401.874.4197 or Click Here to register online.

OLLI OFFICE CLOSED – Tues, Oct 20 11:30AM-5:00PM for OLLI Annual Meeting

CYBER SENIORS IS BACK!  Need help with your laptop, cell phone, ipad or other technology? Our student volunteer, Keira, will be in the lobby on Wed, Oct 21, 1:30PM to 3:30PM  No appointment necessary! 

FALL ADD ON CLASSES- Click the title to register or call the office: 401.874.4197

QiGong and the Five Elements – 6 Sessions with Nancy Mayne beginning Fri, Oct 30, 9AM The Five Elements (Metal, Water, Wood, Fire and Earth) offer a map for understanding how energy moves through the body and the natural world. In QiGong, these elements are not abstract concepts, but living forces we can feel, cultivate, and harmonize through breath, movement, and intention. All are welcome – no previous QiGong experience Required

QiGong Continuing Practice – Foundations – 6 Sessions with Nancy Mayne beginning Fri, Oct 30, 10:15AM These practice sessions are designed to give participants opportunities to review and reconnect with QiGong forms and sets they learned in QiGong for Vitality, including Ji Ben Gong, Cloud Hands, Six Qi Cultivation and Five Elements (first series). 

QiGong Continuing Practice – Deepening – 6 Sessions with Nancy Mayne beginning Fri, Oct 30, 11:15AM These practice sessions are designed to give participants opportunities to review and reconnect with QiGong forms and sets they learned in Deepening Practice, including Ba Duan Jin and Five Elements (second series), as well as explorations in Tian Gan. Open to those who have completed the introductory QiGong class. 

Lottery* – Art in a Remarkable Setting Join us for a special visit to a private art gallery on Nov 10,from 10:30AM to 12:00PM,housed in a beautifully converted church. The gallery features more than 50 works of contemporary art, including

paintings, ceramics, woodcraft, and textile pieces. The current exhibition explores the theme of nature, showcasing a diverse range of artistic perspectives and expressions. The gallery owner will share insights into her eclectic collection, discussing how she discovers artists and acquires works for display. This unique tour offers an opportunity to view exceptional contemporary art in an intimate setting while engaging in a conversation about the creative process, collecting, and the stories behind the artwork.

*Because this class is limited to 24 participants we will be using a lottery system. Registration means your name will be entered into the lottery. To be entered into the lottery, please register online or call 401-874-4197. Those selected will be notified on Nov 2.

Note: After registration the address, location and additional details of the tour will be provided. Parking on residential streets in the area. There are no refunds for cancellation. 

OLLI EVENT – SIP & SHOP at Green Ink in Wickford Village, Thurs, Nov 5, 5:45-7:30PM Join us for prosecco, holiday shopping and good company and enjoy 10% discount and complimentary gift wrapping. Registration is required. Click Here to Register

TRIVIA NIGHT – CARRIAGE INN in North Kingstown, RI Thurs, Nov 12, 6-8 PM Trivia kicks off at 6:30 PM, so plan to arrive by 6PM to get settled and grab a seat. Food and beverages will be available for purchase throughout the evening. Come test your knowledge, support a local business, and enjoy a relaxed night out with both new and familiar friends. Click Here to Register

FALL CLASSES IN DANGER OF CANCELLATION- Click the title to register or call the office 401.874.4197

What’s the Real Skinny with Fad Diets? 1 session with Renae Martin Fri, Nov 6, 10-11:30 AM There is so much conflicting “information” around about diet, all claiming to have THE solution on what to eat for health. It can be confusing and lead to frustration, if not health-undermining results. But there is a BIG difference between influencers and evidence. So… stop surfing the web and join us to learn evidence-based information grounded in scientific research and dietary guidelines recommended by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.

PARKING PERMITS- 2025/2026 Parking permits expired July 31. Parking is FREE in the Plains Road Lot #25 with your OLLI membership but you must have a current 2026/2027 permit. Please call the office to renew if you haven’t already done so. If you get a $50 ticket you will be responsible for appealing it with URI AIMS Parking.

THIS WEEK AT OLLI 

Monday

• 9:30AM Slavery, Emancipation & Race in NE
• 10:00AM How to Protect Yourself From Your Computer (ZOOM)
• 11:00AM Great Artists in American Roots Music (Osher Online)
• 11:30AM Codes & Ciphers
• 1:00PM Art Detectives: Forgery, Provenance & Science of Authentication (Osher Online)
• 3:00PM Sacred Mountains of the World (Osher Online)
• 5:00PM The Science of Andy Weir
• 7:00PM The History & Experience of Route 66 (Osher Online)

Tuesday 

• 10:00AM My Life as a Dog
• 10:00AM Biking
• 11:00AM Winning the White House: The Evolution of the Presidency (Osher Online)
• 11:30AM OLLI ANNUAL MEETING – OLLI Office Closed 11:30AM-5PM
• 5:00PM A Cosmic Grand Tour (Osher Online)
• 7:00PM Apple at 50: How if Revolutionized Computing (Osher Online)

Wednesday

• 9:30AM Honor, Desire & Betrayal: Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge
• 9:30AM Watercolor is For the Birds – Birds are for Watercolor
• 11:30AM The Art of Fermentation
• 12:30PM Bowling
• 1:00PM Hiking
• 1:00PM Ingmar Bergman: Cinematic Visionary
• 1:30PM Contemporary Buddhist Ethics
• 1:30PM Cyber Seniors
• 2:00PM Cribbage
• 3:00PM Contemporary American Short Story, Part 1 (ZOOM)
• 5:00PM August Wilson and His American Cycle (Osher Online)

Thursday

• 8:30AM Let’s Skate
• 9:30AM Spanish 101
• 9:30AM Using AI as Co-Intelligence: Trends & Capabilities
• 10:00AM Beginner Mah Jongg
• 10:00AM Rhody Ramblers
• 11:30AM Finding Beauty in EveryDay Life
• 11:30AM Right Plant-Right Place Perennial Garden Design
• 1:00PM Mah Jongg
• 1:00PM Power and the People: The Evolution of the US Judiciary
• 2:00PM Intergenerational Perspectives on Healthy Living Environments (Multicultural Center)
• 3:00PM “Studies Show..”(Or Do They?) (Osher Online)

Friday

• 10:00AM The Women Who Stopped the Drugs
• 11:00AM The 60s Through Great Speeches (Osher Online)
• 1:00PM Dolly Parton – Her Life & Legacy

OSHER ONLINE FREE COMMUNITY EVENT: Grandfamilies: Rising to the Challenge of Raising Another Generation with Hope and Heart with Donna Butts, Author of Grandfamilies: Stories of Children and the Loving Relatives Who Raise Them. Tues, Nov 10, 5:00PM. Space is limited and Zoom registration is required. Click to read more and to register. 

RHODY OUTPOST – URI Fall Semester will be back in session soon! URI’s principal basic needs pantry, Rhody Outpost, is for students experiencing food insecurity. The Outpost provides fresh and non-perishable food and personal care items at no charge to students. Click Here to view the updated list of all urgently needed items. You can also purchase items directly from Amazon on the Rhody Outpost Wish List.  Reminder: Please no expired food!

URI FOOTBALL – CLICK HERE for OLLI discounted URI football* tickets as well as other Ryan Center events (John Mulaney: Mr. Whatever – Oct 24 & Derek Hough: Dance for the Holidays Dec 9) * 2026 URI Football Games will be played at Centreville Bank Stadium in Pawtucket, RI 

URI GUITAR & MANDOLIN FESTIVAL – Oct 18-25 Annual festival will welcome premier artists from around the world to URI campus & surrounding communities, concert locations & ticket prices vary, Click Here for more info & schedule

URI HUMANITIES PRESENT: MARATHON READING of HOMER’S ODYSSEY – Mon, Oct 19 beginning 8AM at Lippitt Hall – A marathon reading of Homer’s Odyssey, (the new Emily Wilson translation) will be held in relation to the Interstellar Exploration Colloquium of the Honors Program at various locations throughout campus. See Locations & Schedule HERE

URI FALL 2026 HONORS COLLOQUIUM Lecture Series – Interstellar Exploration: Journey Beyond Your Limits  From black holes and distant exoplanets to gravitational waves rippling through the universe, and aspiring to travel to Mars and back to the moon, the cosmos teems with mysteries that both inspire awe and demand answers. Lecture 6: Tues, Oct 20, 5:30PM Edwards Hall Directed Energy for Relativistic Propulsion with Philip Lubin  Click Here To Register All lectures will be livestreamed and registration is required to receive links. 

URI THEATRE PRESENTS: Proof Click Here for Details Oct 21-24 at 7:30PM and Oct 25 at 2PM J. Studio at the Fine Arts Center, 105 Upper College Road, Kingston Campus. Tickets are $22 for the general public and $20 for senior citizens and URI students, faculty and staff. Tickets can be purchased online, by calling (401) 874-5843 or at the box office in Room 101H of the Fine Arts Center. Click Here For Tickets

2026-27 SPEAKER SERIES, THE CENTER FOR HUMANITIES PRESENTS: Soul Value, performed by April H. Brown and Jessica T. Pearson, brings to life the stories of New England Black women—Elleanor Eldridge, Elizabeth Freemen, and Margaret Kinnicutt—and the men of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment during and after the American Revolutionary War. Through a dynamic blend of monologue, dance, ritual, and song, Soul Value highlights the untold contributions of Black men and women in New England history, focusing on their advocacy, resilience, and survival. Oct 21, 4:00 PM, Hope Room, Higgins Welcome Center & Livestreamed Click here for more information and to register.

URI RETIRED FACULTY ASSOCIATION SPEAKER SERIES PRESENTATION – Newest Research on Medications for Dementia and Supplements for Healthy Brain Aging with Joseph Schrader and John Robinson. Bring any questions you have about the latest research on medications of dementia and nutraceuticals for maintaining brain health. This FREE presentation is open to all URI faculty, staff, students, OLLI members and the Rhode Island community. Parking is available behind the Welcome Center off Brian Lane. Letting them know you are attending is helpful but not required. Email Aging@uri.edu. Sponsored by the Provost’s Office and refreshments provided by Belmont Market. Thu, Oct 22 4-5:30PM Hope Room, Higgins Welcome Center To view the flyer, click here.

URI CENTER FOR HUMANITIES BROWN BAG SERIES: Artificial Savages, Border Performance, and the Politics of Belonging with William Stark exploring the provocative performance work of Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Coco Fusco, Violeta Luna, and the international collective La Pocha Nostra. Through the lenses of decolonial theory, border studies, and transculturality, the presentation examines how these artists employ multilingualism, ritual, satire, bodily vulnerability, and audience participation to challenge dominant narratives surrounding race, migration, citizenship, and cultural identity Oct 27, 12:30PM Galanti Lounge, Carothers Library & Livestreamed Click Here for More Info and to Register

URI LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 34th Annual Lecture Series – Regenerative Landscapes:  exploring how science, planning, and design can work together to create more resilient and regenerative landscapes. Lecture 2: Wed, Nov 2, 5:30PM, Beaupre Center Rm 105, 140 Flagg Rd Building Postcarbon Futures: Land, Justice, and Energy Transitions with Billy Flemming will explore precedents for using design and planning to address climate change at a planetary scale. Free and open to the public.

URI CENTER FOR MILITARY & VETERAN EDUCATION CENTER (MAVE) PRESENTS: Veterans Day Observance Tues, Nov 10, 12-1:15PM Hope Room at URI Welcome Center Featured Speaker: Mike McCarten earned his medical degree in 1983 and, upon graduation, was commissioned a lieutenant in the United States Navy, beginning a 30-year career that led to travel to 24 countries on five continents, including command of the NATO trauma hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan, overseeing 500 U.S. Navy, Army, Air Force, and NATO medical personnel. Hе retired from the Navy in 2013. He now cares for the justice involved population of Rhode Island. View Flyer for Details & To Register Open to All

WHAT WILL THE URI MEDICAL SCHOOL MEAN FOR YOU AND SOUTH KINGSTOWN– Join the South Kingstown Workgroup of PC4AA for a community conversation about the proposal URI Medical School and what it could mean for the future of healthcare in South County. Thursday, October 29, 6:00 PM at Thundermist Health Center of South County, 1 River Street, Wakefield. Click for flyer with all the details.

WAKEFIELD BOOKS – OLLI Discount  Wakefield Books does their best to carry all of the books listed as required and suggested reading for OLLI courses. Purchase the book from them, tell them at the register that it’s for an OLLI class, and receive a 20% discount. This is a convenient way to get your reading materials and support an independent bookstore at the same time.

TABITHA’S CLOSET (Peacedale Congregational Church) – Now offering a complete selection of Fall & Winter Clothing gently used outerwear, sweaters, tops, pants, shoes, and boots, available for all ages—from infants to adults. Our goal is to provide quality seasonal essentials while protecting the dignity and self-worth of every person who walks through our doors. Shopping Days: Saturdays from 8:30AM- 12:30PM on the third Tues of each month from 4-7PM. If you have individuals or families in financial crisis, recovering from emergency hardships, or simply in need of seasonal wardrobe support, please direct them to reach out to us.

Volunteers Needed for: Clothes Sorting, Store Prep & Merchandising and Customer Service See Flyer for details Email Tabitha@peacedalechurch.org or call 401-789-7313 

THE RHODE ISLAND GERIATRIC EDUCATION CENTER is seeking volunteers to participate in the Introduction to Interdisciplinary Geriatrics and Teamwork program during the Fall 2026 semester. In this program, students from nursing, pharmacy, communicative disorders, nutrition, public health, and human development work in interdisciplinary teams to develop a care plan for a “patient” following their initial assessments. Click here for all the details. Contact Allie Morelli for more information: alliemorelii@uri.edu or call 401-874-5311.

URI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH (in partnership with Hunter College and Cornell University) Seeking adults, ages 60 and older, to participate in a Family Study to understand how and why they support family members, especially adult children. Participants must meet the eligibility criteria below:

• Age 60 and older
• Living in the Northeast region of the US
• Have an adult child in their 30s and 40s.

Interviews can be conducted via zoom or phone for 1.5-2 hrs. Each participant will receive a $50 gift card as a thank you for their time. See Flyer for details, Click Here to register.

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