CLASSES BEGINNING THIS WEEK:
- Monday, 9:30am-Wildlife Conservation
- Tuesday/Thursday 9:30am- Toni Morrison
- Wednesday, 10am- Wickford Walkabout
MEETINGS THIS WEEK:
- Tuesday, May 11, 9:30- Golf Meeting via Zoom (For more information, see below)
- Thursday, May 13, 2pm Curriculum Committee Meeting
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS: (register for all groups on our website: URI.EDU/OLLI. Click on Member log in).
- Book Group meets on Friday, May 21 @ 1:00pm via Webex. MAY BOOK-“The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload” by Daniel Leviton. JUNE BOOK- Friday, June 18, “Deacon King Kong” by James McBride
- Photo Friday- Theme for next month is Round and Square. Next meeting is Friday, May 7, 10am
- Writer’s Group- Friday, May 7, at 1pm. Check the website for more info.
- Golf Group (Summer) Informational Zoom Meeting Tuesday, May 11th. at 9:30am; Add to your calendar now! Click Zoom link to join:https://uri-edu.zoom.us/my/rpalmerolli
- This Special Interest Group is open to OLLI members that have some experience, to those that have been playing for years. Our goal is to have fun, make new friends while hopefully improving our golf game. This is not a golf league, but more of a golf club. Participates must follow all COVID -19 regulations, play by the rules and understand golf course etiquette. If you are interested in attending, but are not able to attend, please contact Kathy Plante at kaplante@yahoo.com.
- Brown Bag Poetry meets on May 25, from 11:30-1pm via Zoom.
CLASS SPOTLIGHT- (Register online: URI.EDU/OLLI – Select Member Log-in)
Ars Morendi-The Art of Dying vs Euthanasia
Monday, May 17,⋅4:00 – 5:30pm Watch the Video Intro
This class will present two concepts of death and dying: the older approach of Ars moriendi or how to “die well” vs. the newer movement of euthanasia, the act of intentionally ending a life. We will review both sides in this debate that claim to offer compassion to the sick and suffering and explore the underlying rationale of their claims. We will also philosophically analyze the current bill, pending in the RI State House, which seeks to legalize physician-assisted suicide.
Readings will be provided to those who register.
Suggested reading: State of Rhode Island General Assembly, 2021 An Act Relating to Health and Safety – the Lila Manfield Sapinsley Compassionate Care Act: http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5572.pdf?link_id=0&can_id=7c2182d1ed579418985eaac40dc3a165&source=email-congrats-kentucky-its-a-bill&email_referrer=&email_subject=congrats-rhode-island-its-a-bil
SUMMER LINE-UP
We have some great classes coming this summer! Click here for a preview! Complete course descriptions will be available soon!
HAVE AN IDEA FOR A CLASS OR Know a great teacher? Let us know! Email olli@uri.edu or call 874-4197.
Houseplant Repot and Swap, Saturday, May 15th, 11am – 12pm at Cross Mills Library
Don’t want to get potting mix all over the house? Need a second set of hands? Bring your plants and new pots to the library and repot them on the lawn with the help of a professional florist! Refresh your soil, swap cuttings, and go home with happy house plants! Registration is required. For more information about this event please call 401-364-6211 or email staff@crossmills.org
OLLI SOUTH DAKOTA invites you to a FREE program:
OLLI at the University of South Dakota invites you to Homestead Women: Here’s My Chance with Laura Hovey Neubert on Monday, May 17, 3 to 4:30 p.m. Central
Review the experiences of some hardy females homesteading 160 acres circa early 1900s. Adventurous, mostly singles, they braved blizzards, drought, locusts and more to “prove up” a claim for a prairie kingdom of their own. Women like the Ammons sisters of ‘Land of the Burnt Thigh’ fame and their experiences are profiled. This will be presented on Zoom. Email us at OLLI@usd.edu for the link. This program is sponsored by the SD Humanities Council.