Week of April 25
Winners of our Door Prizes last week: If your name is listed, please stop by the office to pick up your prize!
- $40 Gift Certificate from Salon Sante for manicure- Kay Johnson
- $25 Gift Certificate to Coast Guard House- Bill Cole
- $25 Gift Certificate to Coast Guard House- Karen Kalisch
- $25 Gift Certificates from Brewed Awakenings-Tom Conroy
- $25 Gift Certificates from Brewed Awakenings- Maralyn Dettman
- $5 Gift Certificates from TLC Coffee- Bob Blinn
- $5 Gift Certificates from TLC Coffee-Marjorie Caldwell
- $5 Gift Certificates from TLC Coffee-Margaret White
- $5 Gift Certificates from TLC Coffee-Charles Michael
- $5 Gift Certificates from TLC Coffee-Cindy Pacheco
- Gift Bag from URI Alumni-Linda McDonald
- $10 Gift Certificates from Back 40-Louise Paquin
- $10 Gift Certificates from Back 40-Kathleen Swain
- $30 Gift Certificate from Back 40-Cindy Martin
- $10 Gift Certificates from Wakefield Books-Deborah Grossman-Garber
- $10 Gift Certificates from Wakefield Books-Connie Fitzelle
- OLLI Bucks $15 – Fred Seebecj
- OLLI Bucks $15- Donna Freeman
- OLLI Bucks $15- Nancy Fahrenholz
- OLLI Bucks $15- Lorraine Rappaport
- OLLI Bucks $15- Linda Jeans
COFFEE IN THE LOBBY
We had such positive feedback from offering coffee in the lobby last week. We would love to continue this but need your help to do it! As you know we operate on a limited budget so we are asking for your involvement. We will accept donations of coffee, tea, cups (recycled or recyclable). Simply bring them to the office on your next visit.
LAST WEEK FOR CYBER SENIORS This is our last week for Cyber Seniors. Max will be in the lobby on Tuesday from 10AM-12PM and Jada will be here on Wednesday from 11AM -2PM. Stop by and see them this week for tech help!
MAY BOOK CLUB SELECTION: The next book selection for the May meeting will be The Dark Bones by Loreth Anne White. The next meeting will be on Friday, May 20, at 1pm at OLLI. Registration is free! Register online or call 401-874-4197.
HELP US REACH OUR GOAL!!! Thank you to our members who have made a donation to our Annual Appeal. Our goal is to raise $25,000 by June 30th. Your support is more important than ever. Please consider making a tax-deductible gift at or above the average amount of $100. Investing in OLLI will allow us to remain strong and follow our vision for the future. Gifts can be made online by visiting urifoundation.org/giveonline or make a check payable to the URI Foundation and return it to the OLLI office. We are at $22,000 and with everyone pitching in we can top our goal of $25,000.
SOFTWARE UPDATE Our registration system is currently unable to process American Express payments. We hope to remedy this issue soon. Sorry for any inconvenience.
OLLI GIFT CERTIFICATES – What’s better than the gift of learning? Mothers Day & Fathers Day are soon approaching and OLLI Gift Certificates are also great for birthdays and retirements. Suggest to your children a gift of learning. Click here to purchase a gift certificate today!
CLASS SPOTLIGHTS: Click here to register or call 401-874-4197
The U.S. Constitution: Is It Good for Democracy with Steve Berardo
5 Sessions starting Tuesday, April 26, at 1:30PM $45
Our Constitution was written 235 years ago and is the oldest written constitution still in practice in the world. Over the last several years many important questions have been raised. This course will focus on these issues, as well as the pros/cons of rewriting, abolishing, or keeping the Constitution. Louis Michael Seidman, in his book On Constitutional Disobedience, argues that modern America should not be bound by a Constitution written in 1787, no matter how good it was at that time. A number of other prominent lawyers and scholars have also argued that we should either abolish or greatly amend the Constitution. We will also examine the experience of other pluralistic democracies, some of whom have no written constitutions.
The Spirit of Flight with Jet Vertz
3 Sessions starting Tuesday, May 10, at 2:00PM $40
Our human quest for mastering flight has taken us on a journey that has not only allowed us to soar like eagles, but we have also been able to successfully fly faster than the speed of sound, go to the moon and back, and we are now exploring the surface of Mars. We will examine how we have mastered flight, encountered mysteries, experienced tragedies, and where we may be headed in the future.
Playing with Shakespeare: How Rude! With Laurie Heineman
1 Session on Monday May 16, 11:30AM-1:00PM
Forget your manners and play with some old and new, bizarre, and ribald insults with the help of William Shakespeare. We will examine some, use some, and maybe even try some sweet talk after the insulting is done. Pure Fun.
MOVIE GROUP IS BACK We are back! Join us on the second Thursday of the month to discuss the latest movies which are available in theaters or streaming. And on occasion, we may view a film on site.
Kicking off on Thursday, June 9, at 3:00 pm, we will discuss The Power of the Dog and Coda. Which one deserved the Best Picture award? What is the criteria for an Academy award? How does the story, acting, direction, cinematography work together? Register online: URIOLLI.AUGUSOFT.NET
FREE OLLI CLASS OFFERING IN WEST WARWICK
Wednesday, May 18, 5:30-7:00PM
Slavery – The Scourage of Civilization with Stephen Berardo
This presentation will examine the deep historical roots of slavery, with an emphasis on slavery in the New World. Slavery was practiced in all thirteen original colonies in America, throughout the Caribbean and South America. Newport, RI, was a commercial shipping center of the Atlantic slave trade, which continued after slavery was outlawed in RI and banned by the Constitution.
Stephen Berardo has a master’s degree in public administration and is a long-time student of history and political systems. He is a planning consultant working with local, state, and federal government agencies on a variety of land use and infrastructure development issues, and he has been an adjunct and full-time college faculty member
REGISTER ONLINE or CALL 401-874-4197
This Week at OLLI
Monday
- 11:30AM Othello
- 12:00PM Aging Fully
- 1:30PM Creative Writing
- 3:30PM Bob Dylan/Folk Music
Tuesday
- 9:30AM Editing with Photoshop
- 10AM Cyber Seniors-Max (Last day)
- 11:00AM Horseback Riding
- 12:30PM Bowling Group
- 1:30PM The Constitution
- 2:00PM The Ukrainian Crisis
- 3:30PM House of Mirth
Wednesday
- 10:00AM Photography Today
- 11:00AM Cyber Seniors-Jada (Last day)
- 1:00PM Walking Group
- 1:00PM The Films of Federico Fellini
- 2:00PM Family, Intimate Relations (Quinn)
- 4:00PM Advisory Council
Thursday
- 9:30AM Sketching
- 12:00PM The Arab Spring
- 1:00PM Mah Jonng (lobby)
- 2:00PM Intro to Holocaust Studies
- 3:00PM SIGS Meeting
- 3:30PM The Short Story/American Identity (Zoom)
- 6:00PM Ukulele
Friday
- 9:30AM Poetry of Paul Simon/Joni Mitchell
- 1:00PM Watercolor Portraits
BREAKFAST TALK AT SMITH’S CASTLE-Marilyn Harris, a frequent instructor for OLLI classes, will be doing a Breakfast Talk at Smith’s Castle on Saturday, April 23rd at 10am. She will speak about the Role of the Press in Fueling the American Revolution and the Part of Rhode Islanders, Including Richard Smith Descendants, in Those Efforts. Coffee and light breakfast fare will be offered. A $5.00 donation is suggested per person. See www.smithscastle.org for further information.
URI to host talk with Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott
Former health director to discuss experience leading state throughout pandemic
“Who’s at the Table: A Conversation with Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott” is scheduled for April 27 at 4 p.m. Hosted by the URI Academic Health Collaborative and Interprofessional Education and Practice Initiative, the Zoom presentation will give viewers a look at the state’s response from the earliest days of the pandemic through the creation of the vaccines, and beyond.
CLICK HERE TO check out URI NEWS this week including:
- A Conversation with Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott
- Water Safety Day at the pool
- Forensic Science Seminars
- Spring Concert Tributes
And much more!