Monday
9:30AM Equal Means Equal
9:30AM Italian II
1:00PM Turtle Island
Tuesday
10AM Blithewold Tea & Tour
10AM Google Suite
Wednesday
1:00PM Walking Group
3:00PM Mel Brooks
3:00PM Zentangle
4:00 PM Advisory Council
Thursday
1:00PM Mah Jongg
2:00 Middle East/Islam
Friday
9:30AM Meditation
9:30AM Music of the 60s
1:00PM Book Club
WINTER CATALOGS If you haven’t already received your abbreviated version of the winter catalog, you should be receiving it any day now! The full online pdf version will be available by the end of this week. It has some additional classes as well as full course descriptions. Registration begins December 29.
OLLI BOOK CLUB Consider joining our discussions in the New Year. We meet in person at OLLI on the third Friday of the month at 1:00pm Put these books on your holiday gift list!
January 21- Hamnet, by Maggie O’farrell
February 18- The Secret History by Donna Tart
March 18 – All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
DONATE TO OLLI– Each year we reach out to our OLLI members with our annual appeal. To date we have raised $10,000 toward our goal of $25,000. We know you enjoy your time at OLLI joining other lifelong learners in the joy of learning so consider making your gift today. And thank you to so many OLLI members who have contributed already.
This year, our appeal for philanthropic support is more important than ever. Please consider a tax-deductible gift at the average gift amount of $100 to ensure there is no interruption to our program services. Make your check payable to the URI Foundation and mail or drop off at OLLI, 210 Flagg Rd, Rm 212, Kingston, RI 02282 or visit www.urifoundation.org/giveonline to make your gift.
The MAID Have you heard about the award-winning Netflix series MAID? We at OLLI have a personal connection with the show’s creator and one of the key writers. Marylen McKenna, OLLI member and co-chair of our curriculum committee, and Roberta Palmer, OLLI member services director are directly related. Marylen’s son and Roberta’s nephew, Colin Mckenna (one of the writers) is married to Molly Smith Metzler (screenplay creator).
This ten-episode series follows a single mother who escapes an abusive relationship only to find herself desperate for a better life for her daughter. She takes a job cleaning house while trying to keep from being homeless and figures out her next step. As a single mother she is tested every step of the way while refusing to give up on a better future.
Molly and Colin have graciously offered to provide an interactive virtual program with our OLLI members sometime during the next few months. They will share the filming experience in Vancouver during the pandemic, and take us through the writing process, character development, and the extensive research needed to create a screenplay from a true story The Maid, written by Stephanie Land. Ample time will be allowed for your questions.We plan to show the screenplay here at OLLI over a five-week period, prior to the discussion with the writers. Stay tuned for more details coming soon!