This Week at OLLI – October 31

October 31, 2022

Week of October 31

This Week at OLLI

Monday   Happy Halloween!

  • 9:30AM Italian

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

  • 1:30PM Film Appreciation

  • 1:30PM Playing with Shakespeare

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

Tuesday

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

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

  • 10:00AM Digital Photography: From Vision to Frame

  • 1:00PM Creative Writing

  • 1:30-3:30PM Cyber Seniors (Lobby)

  • 1:30PM Classic Foreign Films

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

Wednesday

  • 9:30AM Edgar Allen Poe

  • 10:00AM Right Brain Photography (Zoom)

  • 11:00AM Reading Beloved Together

  • 12:30PM Bowling Group

  • 1:00PM Walking Group

  • 2:00PM Outreach Comm

  • 3:30PM Advanced Bridge

Thursday

  • 8:45AM Let’s Skate (Boss Arena)

  • 9:00AM Tech Comm (Zoom)

  • 12:30PM-3:30PM Cyber Seniors (Lobby)

  • 1:00PM Mah Jonng

Friday

  • 9:30AM Aging: Myths and Misconceptions

  • 10:00AM Photo Friday (Zoom)

  • 1:00PM Chakra Energy System

  • 1:00PM Elvis

  • 1:00 Writer’s Group (Zoom)

New (and current) OLLI 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! Log on to register or call 401-874-4197.

Women in Leadership Series: Tolani Olagundoye
November 15, 12-1PM via Zoom

Tolani Olagundoye, Pharm.D.’17 will discuss how she prepares young people to be leaders in the global environmental and health care crisis. As a URI Cooperative Extension faculty member and director of the Rhode Island 4-H youth development program, she guides her students to become our next generation of authentic, effective, and resilient leaders.

Click to Register

 LEND A HELPING HAND

Jump on board and help us with OLLI Outreach. This group of volunteers distribute course catalogs, recommend places for speaking engagements promoting OLLI, represent OLLI at special events, assist with press releases, and connect with local businesses and organizations promoting OLLI as a wonderful opportunity for retirees and those relocating to our state. And so much more…. share your love of OLLI and become involved today. Contact Beth Leconte, Director, at bleconte@uri.edu, to learn more.

 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. More information in ways OLLI can help will be shared coming soon!

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. 

BREAKFAST FOR OLLI VETERANS Please join Beth Leconte, OLLI Director, at the Rotary Club of Wakefield Veterans breakfast on Thursday, November 10, from 7:15am-8:30am. There will be no charge to you. Enjoy fellowship and a presentation by Joe “Tiger” Patrick, VFW State Commander.

The breakfast will be held at Camden’s Restaurant, 756 Kingstown Rd, (adjacent to Bowling Alley) Wakefield. Wear your service uniform if able.

RSVP to Beth Leconte (bleconte@uri.edu) by Thursday evening November 3.

 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!

NEXT OLLI BOOK GROUP

Friday, November 18, 1:00pm

The Sentence, by Louise Erdrich

 

Read the fall 2022 issue of URI Magazine online now! As always, we love to hear from readers. Share comments and feedback at the bottom of each story post, or email us at urimag@uri.edu. Please share the URI Magazine stories you love with your friends and family and on social media.

OLLI BOOKSHELF– Ready to clear out some of those books you’ve read? Donate them to the OLLI Bookshelf! Bring a few or take a few….take a look the next time you visit OLLI.

URI News- Oct 27. Click here.

Gait Way to Better Balance- This is a free balance screening program where individuals participate in a series of low impact physical tests (ex: sit to stand up from a chair) that are part of the CDC’s STEADI program and receive recommendations from a licensed rehabilitation therapist on how to improve their balance and reduce falls, then will be referred to programs in the area to assist with exercise or balance needs. The entire screening takes approximately 30 minutes. Attendees that use an assisted device are welcome to participate. Check out the flyer by clicking here. 

For more information or to register contact: 

 

 

URI Concert Choir I – Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 2:00pm FREE Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall- 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881. Thirty voice elite choir performing classic and contemporary pieces for choral ensemble.  Mark Conley, director