Wednesday

• 9:30AM Edgar Allen Poe
• 11:00AM Reading Beloved Together
• 12:30PM Bowling Group
• 1:00PM Walking Group
• 2:00PM The Future of Fabrics
• 3:00PM God is in the Details (Zoom)
• 3:30PM Advanced Bridge
• 4:00PM Advisory Comm Mtg.

Thursday

• 8:45AM Let’s Skate (Boss Arena)
• 10:00AM Photography Smorgasbord
• 11:30AM Tech Talk: The Public Library Online: Resources You Can Use from Home (Zoom)
• 12:30PM-3:30PM Cyber Seniors (Lobby)
• 1:00PM Mah Jonng
• 1:00PM Cosmic Questions
• 2:00PM Climate Adaption Strategies for Restoring Salt Marshes
• 3:00PM Sigs Comm Mtg

Friday

• 9:30AM Aging: Myths and Misconceptions
• 11:00AM Animal Farm
• 1:00PM Chakra Energy System
• 1:00PM Elvis

CLASS SPOTLIGHT: Free class– Join Rob Rock on Tuesday, October 25, from 2:00PM to 3:30PM for a discussion on voting in Rhode Island. Discussion will include: what does the RI Department of State do to encourage people to exercise their right to vote in a timely and safe manner? How does redistricting happen? Learn about the election processes that are designed to facilitate citizen participation and measures in place to prevent voter fraud. Register online or call 401-874-4197.

Rob Rock is director of elections at the RI Department of State, whose mission is to ensure all eligible Rhode Islanders can vote safely and securely. For more about the RI Department of State, go to vote.ri.gov

October Tech Talk- The Public Library Online: Resources You Can Use From Home
Thursday, October 27, at 11:30AM on Zoom

The Tech Committee invites you to join this month’s Special Interest Group, Let’s Talk Technology conversation on The Public Library Online: Resources you can use from home. 

You might be surprised by everything your public libraries have to offer online. Learn how to access your library account and see your reading history, research genealogy, and businesses, take tech courses, learn a new language, download books, music, and movies, and more…. all from the comfort of your home. Sarah Ornstein, Director of the Cross Mills Library in Charlestown, will help you navigate the E-Zone. Bring questions and experiences to share as we explore this topic.

New (and current) Members Welcome – Wednesday, November 9, at 1:00PM

Join us in this informative session open to both current and new members. Come 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!

OLLI Opportunity for Current and Former Business Owners

Are you a current or former business owner? Don’t miss this opportunity to meet with students and discuss the attitudes about entrepreneurship being a young person’s game, and how we might reframe that using perspectives from “endrepreneurs.” Nancy Forster-Holt, Assistant Professor, URI College of Business, describes an “Endrepreneur” as a business owner who is or is near to retirement. In this workshop you can already be retired.

A brief survey will be emailed to those who register in advance of the workshop.

2 FREE Sessions to choose from: 

• Thursday, October 27, 9:30am-10:45am

• Thursday, October 27, 12:30pm-1:45pm

Limit 12 each session. Workshops will be held in the URI Library

Register online (use the search bar and search for Ageism) or call the office at 401-874-4197.

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 made payable to URI. In the memo line write Great Decisions. Drop these off to the office (attn: Beth Leconte) or mail to the OLLI office at 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 topics for 2023.

RHODY OUTPOST- RESTOCKTOBER

It is RESTOCKTOBER month at Rhody Outpost and OLLI members are encouraged to donate the following items during the month of October.

• PAPER AND PERSONAL PRODUCTS  (toilet paper, tissues, paper towels, soap, toothbrushes and toothpaste, hand lotion, ChapStick, etc.)
• GIFT CARDS are always welcome to local grocery stores, Job Lot, and Walmart.

Drop off your items to the OLLI office.

OLLI Veterans- Veterans Day Recognition – In honor of upcoming Veterans Day, OLLI would like to recognize our OLLI members and/ or family members who have served or are currently serving.   Please let us know by sharing your name, service information, and picture if possible.  Deadline for submission is November 1st. 

URI ATHLETICS ANNOUNCES SPECIAL OFFER FOR OLLI MEMBERS Discounted tickets to football and basketball games are available for OLLI members. Click the links to get the deals!

• Football Discount Offer ($10.50 each): https://fevo.me/22fbsuper?ref=OLLI
• Basketball Discount Offer- (prices start at $10): https://fevo.me/22mbbsupergroups?ref=OLLI

Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies to host two international speakers. Click here for all the details.

OLLI at the University of South Dakota invites you to Bats – Making the Case for Myotis on ZOOM

Wednesday, October 26, 1 to 2 p.m. Central on Zoom

Bats – love them or hate them? This class will make the case for myotis – BATS! Silka Kempema, wildlife biologist for SD Game, Fish and Parks, will teach us about bat biology, what bats live in SD, bat diseases and the benefit of bats in your neighborhood. Get the zoom link by emailing us at OLLI@usd.edu

CHECK OUT THESE UPCOMING URI EVENTS: Click here to view.

The Center for the Humanities has two exciting events planned for Wednesday Oct. 26.  

• At 12 pm, URI Languages Professor Susana de los Heros will give a brown bag presentation on “Humor in ‘Jane the Virgin,’ the New Telenovela.” The presentation will take place in the Hardge Forum of the Multicultural Center and be broadcast on Zoom. Please click here for registration and more information.

• At 4 pm, History Professor Rosalyn LaPier (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) will give a talk in our Environmental Humanities lecture series on “Indigenous Women’s Knowledge: Prairies, Power and Plants.” The talk (sponsored by the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies as its annual Eleanor Carlson Lecture) will take place in the Hope Room of the Higgins Welcome Center and be livestreamed. Please click here for registration and more information.