This Week at OLLI

June 3, 2024

Week of June 3, 2024

SUMMER REGISTRATION STARTS TUESDAY, JUNE 4

  • Registration begins online on June 4, at 7:00AM.
  • The office will be open at 9:00AM for phone and walk-in registrations. 

Current OLLI members should have received the OLLI summer catalog in the mail (one per household). In preparation for registration, please log in to your OLLI account and make sure you know your password and that your membership is up-to-date! Remember, your membership MUST be active throughout the length of the classes you are registered for. If you need help or have any questions, please call the office at 401-874-4197. 

SUMMER CLASS CHANGES AND CANCELLATION NOTICE: 

  • Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam- Canceled
  • Date Change- Mindfulness Meditation (Skip date on 7/15, last day of class will be 8/5)

THIS WEEK AT OLLI

Monday

Tuesday

  • 7:00AM SUMMER REGISTRATION BEGINS ONLINE (office opens at 9AM)
  • 9:30AM Golf 
  • 4:00PM Advanced Beginner Handbells Part 2 (Offsite)

Wednesday

  • 10:00AM Travel Preview- Italy, Iceland, Nashville
  • 12:30PM Bowling (Offsite)
  • 1:00PM Hiking Group

Thursday

  • 11:00AM Current Events Discussion Group
  • 1:00PM Mahjong

Friday

  • 10:00AM Photo Friday (Zoom)
  • 1:00PM Writers Group (Zoom)

GIVE TO OLLI –  HELP US MEET OUR GOAL!  When you joined OLLI, you became a member of a resilient and ever-evolving community that understands the value and importance of lifelong learning. By giving to OLLI, you can ensure the lifelong learning continues. Join your 250 fellow OLLI members who have already made their gift. Click here to make your donation. Donations can also be made in the office with checks made payable to the URI Foundation. Make your gift today and help us reach our goal by June 30….we are so close!!!!

GET INVOLVED!  New Committee members are needed at OLLI. Join us on Monday, June 3, at 10:00am to learn more about the work of our Curriculum, Program, Events, Finance, and Technology Committees. View the flyer for more information.

TRAVEL WITH OLLI – Enjoy a virtual tour of three of our upcoming trips in our OLLI classroom on Wednesday, June 5 at 10:00AM.  Our Collette Tour Rep will showcase Nashville & the Smoky Mountains Holiday, December 2-9, 2024,  Iceland’s Magical Northern Lights, March 19-25, 2025, and Reflections of Italy, April 30-May 9, 2025.  Visit our website to preview the full tour schedule. Bring along a friend and consider traveling together.

 OLLI PHOTOS: Check out some of OLLI’s recent photos, including Trivia Night at Evie’s, our Square Foot Gardening class, and OLLI’s Chamber Choice Award. Click here to view the photos.

RHODY OUTPOST–  Rhody Outpost is URI’s principal basic needs pantry 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 see the updated Spring wish list. High demand items include raisins and other dried fruit, nuts and seeds, crackers, and cookies.Donations can be dropped off in the OLLI office.

THE KINGSTON CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL The Kingston CHamber Music Festival has delivered extraordinary chamber music on the URI campus since 1989. This is their 36th season, and six concerts are scheduled between July 24 and August 4, in Edwards Hall. For all the details and tickets, please visit their website: https://www.kingstonchambermusic.org/ You can also pick up a flyer in the OLLI lobby. 

METCALF INSTITUTE PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES: Celebrating its 26th anniversary, URI’s Metcalf Institute will host its free weekly public lecture series this spring showcasing climate and environmental scientists, journalists, and other experts discussing real-world problems such as climate change and water issues. Headlining Metcalf’s Annual Public Lecture Series will be science journalist Erica Gies, who will present the 2024 Leeson Lecture on Thursday, June 6, at 3:30PM. in the Corless Auditorium at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography. Her topic will be “Listening to Water: How We Can Thrive in a Time of Drought and Deluge.” The Leeson Lecture is available in-person and virtually. Registration is required.

OLLI-UA ONLINE SPEAKER SERIES- Former FBI Assistant Director Frank Figliuzzi Presents: Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers Free Live Zoom Webinar on Monday, June 10 at 1 PM (AZ Time / Same as Pacific) Click here to register. 

OLLI-UA welcomes back former FBI Assistant Director, and NBC News national security analyst, Frank Figliuzzi for a presentation of his latest book. Long Haul is the true-crime account of the FBI’s Highway Serial Killings Initiative, and the hunt for long-haul truckers behind at least 850 murders (and rising) – mostly of female sex-trafficking victims, along our nation’s highways. Frank’s on the ground research takes us along as he rides thousands of miles in a big-rig, gaining an intimate understanding of three cultures – trucking, trafficking, and criminal analysis. Three cultures that often collide on cold, hard, autopsy tables. He interviews courageous trafficked victims, the top trafficking experts, and the leading female crime analysts trying to connect the dots before the next killing. Note: Although not graphic or meant to be shocking, this presentation will contain references to rape, murder and graphic crime scenes.

Frank Figliuzzi was the FBI’s Assistant Director over Counterintelligence. He served 25 years as an FBI Special Agent in assignments across the country. As the head of all espionage investigations, Frank frequently briefed the White House, the DNI, and Attorney General. For the past seven years, Frank has been a national security analyst for NBC News and MSNBC. He’s the author of the national bestseller, The FBI Way: Inside the Bureau’s Code of Excellence, and now, Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers.

WAKEFIELD BOOKS GROWN-UP BOOK FAIR- Friday June 7, 5 – 8pm
Wakefield Books Grown-Up Book Fair at Sons of Liberty. Remember the Scholastic Book Fairs you loved as a kid? This is like that, but with grown-up books, and grown-up beverages! They’ll have a great selection of titles, including fiction, beach reads, mystery, cookbooks, games, puzzles, and other fun gift items.