THIS WEEK AT OLLI

Week of February 6

Cyber Seniors is back. Come in and meet our two pharmacy students for this semester, Katy Lee and Ellen Kim. Hours: Tues, Wed, Fri 9-11AM Thur 2-4pm

Class Spotlight: There’s still time to register for these classes! Click here or call 401-874-4197.

4 Sessions on Mondays at 10AM starting 2/13

Bring your story ideas, your creative talent, and your “perfect for your character” voice and participate in this collaborative artistic effort. We’ll script and produce a new old-time style radio drama, complete with sound effects, music, and our own voices. We’ll post it as a podcast, and after the class is over you can tell your fans to listen to your story on the internet.

>The Berlin Wall, 3 Sessions with Toni Kirkwood Tucker, 3 Sessions on Mondays at 11:30AM starting 2/20

We will discuss the consequences of war in Europe after World War II:  devastated cities, orphans, millions of prisoners-of-war and refugees, the creation of occupied zones by the victors, the rising tension between Western Allies and Soviet Russia, East German families escaping to the West, the 1948 Berlin airlift, Soviet construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, visits of U.S. Presidents Kennedy and Reagan, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Mikhail Gorbachev to Berlin, peace movement of churches resisting the oppressive socialist government, fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and reunification of East and West Germany forming the democratic Federal Republic of Germany. 

>What in the World is Global Warming? With Randy Dimock, 4 Sessions on Tuesdays at 1:00PM starting 2/14

Canceled Class: Music and Popular Culture in 20th Century (Zoom)

Weekly Schedule

Monday

• 10:00AM Creativity, Play and Innovation
• 11:00AM Healthy Eating Made Simple
• 11:30AM Eleanor Roosevelt (Zoom/Classroom)
• 1:00PM Why War?
• 2:00PM History of Religion

Tuesday

• 9:00-11:00AM Cyber Seniors
• 9:30AM Slavery, Abolition and Women’s Suffrage
• 10:00AM Writing Memoirs
• 12:00PM OLLI Membership Welcome
• 12:30PM Family, Intimate Relationships and Aging (on Campus Location)
• 2:00PM  Short Fiction and Aging (Zoom)
• 5:00PM Contemporary Economic Policy Issues (Zoom)

Wednesday

• 9:00-11:00AM Cyber Seniors
• 12:30PM Bowling Group
• 1:00PM Walking Group
• 2:00PM Classic Films of Alfred Hitchcock (Zoom)
• 3:00PM The Music and Events of the 1970s

Thursday

• 9:00AM Let’s Skate (Boss Arena At URI)
• 1:00PM Mah Jonng (lobby)
• 2:00-4:00PM Cyber Seniors
• 2:00PM Curriculum Committee
• 3:00PM Movie Group
• 4:00PM Uke for All!

Friday

• 9:00-11:00AM Cyber Seniors
• 10:00AM OLLI Serves Open Meeting
• 1:00PM Chair Yoga
• 1:00PM Monty Python
• 1:00PM Spirit of Flight- Free @ WW Public Library -Session 2

YOU’RE INVITED TO JOIN US FOR A FREE PRESENTATION:  The Spirit of Flight will be presented by Jet Vertz at the West Warwick Library FREE of charge for OLLI members and the general public. This is an outreach opportunity to introduce OLLI to potential new members. This three-part series will be meeting from 1:00-2:30pm on Friday, February 3, 10, and 17. Feel free to come to any one or all the presentations. “We were not born with wings, yet our spirit of flight never waned from the dawn of the ages. This program discusses and showcases flight throughout human history – from early pioneers to jet engines, and to the future of air travel on our planet and beyond. Registration is not required. The library is located at 1043 Main Street with ample parking.

OLLI MEMBERSHIP WELCOME– February 7, at 12PM. Both current and new members are invited to attend and learn about all OLLI has to offer. We’ll review our current programs, and our special interest groups, all while exploring and becoming more familiar with our OLLI website and registration software. Plenty of time for Q & A. Coffee & door prizes too! Join us!

TAKE A BOOK, LEAVE A BOOK If you’ve been in the OLLI lobby lately you may have noticed we added an additional bookshelf for sharing books. Why not take advantage of this and bring in your books and maybe you’ll find something new to read! (Please no videos, magazines or textbooks). 

RHODY OUTPOST UPDATE: For the next month OLLI will be collecting 32/33 oz. bottles of Cooking oil (vegetable, canola, olive, coconut all acceptable). Our challenge is to collect 100 items this month! Of course you can always donate other items to the Pantry! Click here for a complete list.

THE SPRING GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES CONTINUES!

Immerse yourself in a series of narratives that recenter identity and emotion in our understanding of the world’s oceans, told from a place of maritime culture, deep personal connection, perseverance, hope, and concern. These interconnected narratives will be delivered through an evening of art, music, imagery, and storytelling. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and refreshments will be served. Program begins at 6 p.m. Click here to register.

Event Organizers and Speakers:

• Kendall Moore, Departments of Journalism and Film Media
• Alex DeCiccio, Inner Space Center at GSO
• Amelia Moore, Department of Marine Affairs
• Melva Treviño Peña, Department of Fisheries, Animal, and Veterinary Sciences
• Wanda Hopkins, Narragansett Indian Tribal Elder; English M.A. student; URI Staff Member
• Joe-Silem Enlet, Marine Affairs Ph.D. Student
• Ryan Campos, Inner Space Center at GSO

This event will not be livestreamed, however a recording will be available on the GSO YouTube channel soon after.

SAVE THE DATE for these upcoming GSO Public Lecture Series events:

• March 7 – Women in Ocean Science
• April 26 – Local and Global Climate Change Impacts

THE RHODE ISLAND NATURE VIDEO FESTIVAL is an in-person afternoon of FREE, informative, family-friendly entertainment featuring RI nature. Click here for all the details and to register.