This Week at OLLI – October 17

October 17, 2022

Week of October 17

This Week at OLLI

The Invasive Plants class scheduled for last Thursday has been rescheduled to this Thursday at 1pm. There is still room in the class. Log on to register or call the office at 401-874-4197.

Monday 

  • 9:30AM Italian

  • 10:00AM Short Story-Writing for the Reader

  • 11:30AM Award Winning Novels

  • 1:30PM Film Appreciation

  • 1:30PM Playing with Shakespeare

  • 3:00PM I have Nothing to Wear (Zoom)

  • 5:30PM Becoming a Better Listener

Tuesday

  • 9:30AM Climate Change, Nuclear Radiation and Forever Chemicals (Zoom)

  • 10:00 AM Going Deep: Exploring the Blue Frontier

  • 11:30AM A Republic If You Can Keep It

  • 1:30-3:30PM Cyber Seniors (Lobby)

  • 2:00PM More American Short Stories (Zoom)

  • 3:00PM Edith Wharton

Wednesday

  • 9:30AM Edgar Allen Poe

  • 11:00AM Reading Beloved Together

  • 12:30PM Bowling Group

  • 1:00PM Walking Group

  • 1:30PM Stuck in an Elevator

  • 1:30PM The Parthenon/Pantheon

  • 3:00PM God is in the Details (Zoom)

  • 3:30PM Advanced Bridge

  • 3:30PM The General Assembly: How it Works

Thursday

  • 8:45AM Let’s Skate (Boss Arena)

  • 10:00AM Wickford Photography Walking Tour

  • 10:00AM Photography Smorgasbord

  • 1:00PM Rhody Ramblers

  • 1:00PM Invasive Plants (Rescheduled)

  • 1:00PM Events Committee Mtg

  • 1:00PM Mah Jonng

  • 2:30PM Finance Committee Mtg

  • 4:00PM Ukulele Jam

Friday

  • 9:30AM Aging: Myths and Misconceptions

  • 11:00AM Animal Farm

  • 1:00PM Chakra Energy System

  • 1:00PM Book Group

 

OLLI Movie Discussion Group- The next meeting will be Thursday, November 10, at 3PM at OLLI. We will be discussing the movie Tár.

Click here to watch the trailer.

GREAT DECISIONS FOREIGN POLICY DISCUSSION 2023 GROUP at OLLI will begin in February. This Special Interest Group meets monthly for 8 months and is FREE to all members who register. Members must register for each class separately online. For the Winter semester, you can register for the January, February and March discussions. Details on registration will be in our Winter Course Catalog. 

Advance orders for the briefing book will be ordered through the OLLI office. If you order in advance as a group the individual book fee will be $30.00 (a savings of $5.00) CHECKS only, will be accepted and should be made payable to URI. In the memo line write Great Decisions. Drop these off to the office or mail to OLLI, 210 Flagg Rd, Rm 212, Kingston, RI 02881. Your payment must be received by WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, to receive this discounted rate. The OLLI office will place the order and the books will be delivered directly to OLLI.

Click here for the flyer with dates and topics.

RHODY OUTPOST- RESTOCKTOBER

Please help Rhody Outpost fill its shelves this month! Usage has tripled since classes started last month and they really need to stock up to continue to ensure that URI has #NoRamHungry! The pantry provides food and other items at no charge to students, along with services and resources. 

Drop off your items to the OLLI office: 

PAPER AND PERSONAL PRODUCTS (toilet paper, tissues, paper towels, soap, toothbrushes and toothpaste, hand lotion, shampoo, liquid hand soap, Baby Wipes, Disinfectant Wipes, ChapStick, etc.)

GIFT CARDS are always welcome to local grocery stores, Job Lot, and Walmart.

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR LECTURE-The Harrington School of Communication and Media and College of Arts and Sciences invites you to attend the 2022 Christiane Amanpour Lecture on  Thursday, October 20, 2022 at Edwards Hall Auditorium, 7:00 p.m.

This year’s Christiane Amanpour Lecture features Jane Ferguson, an award-winning international correspondent for PBS NewsHour and contributor to the New Yorker. The lecture will be followed by a question-and-answer session moderated by Vladimir Duthiers, correspondent and anchor for CBS News. Register here!

FREE URI SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY LECTURE: Please join the URI Graduate School of Oceanography’s 2022 Charles and Marie Fish Lecture, featuring Dr. Jennifer Francis of the Woodwell Climate Research Center.

Arctic Meltdown: Why It Matters to All of Us- The Arctic seems very far away, but the momentous changes occurring there affect us all. Global warming, sea-level rise, tropical storms, and extreme weather events are all connected to the rapidly melting and warming Arctic. Dr. Jennifer Francis will discuss recent research into this “hot” topic.  October 19, 6 p.m., at Corless Auditorium on the URI Bay Campus in Narragansett. Details and registration for the free lecture: https://web.uri.edu/gso/outreach/charles-and-marie-fish-lecture-series/

Click here to check out URI News this week.

UPCOMING FREE VIRTUAL EVENT: OLLI at Berkshire Community College and the OLLI at the University of Richmond present: Julius Rosenwald: The Most Important Philanthropist You Never Heard Of

Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at 7 p.m. EDT  Online via Zoom.

Free & open to all, registration required.

Learn more and Register: https://berkshireolli.org/event-4985471

In the early 20th century, Julius Rosenwald, a child of German Jewish immigrants, President of Sears Roebuck, and visionary philanthropist, partnered with Booker T. Washington and African American communities to build 4,977 schools for Black children across the Jim Crow south. Learn more about this incredible story, the impact of these schools in our U.S. history, and the campaign to create a new National Park to preserve the history of these schools.

Speakers:

  • Dorothy Canter, Ph.D., President of the Rosenwald Park Campaign

  • Stephanie Deutsch, author of You Need a Schoolhouse, Booker T. Washington, Julius Rosenwald and the Building of Schools for the Segregated South

  • Alan Spears, Senior Director for Cultural Resources of the National Park Conservation Association (NPCA)

  • Robert G. Stanton, first African American Director of the National Park Service