SUMMER SEMESTER IS COMING SOON!- Click here to check out our list of upcoming Summer classes! Catalogs will be in the mail to OLLI members in the next couple of weeks and registration begins online on June 4, at 7:00AM. The office will be open at 9:00AM for phone and walk-in registrations. The online catalog will be available on May 21. In preparation for registration, please log in to your OLLI account and make sure you know your password and that your membership is up-to-date! If you need help or have any questions, please call the office at 401-874-4197.
CLASS SPOTLIGHT– Register online or call 401.874.4197
Practical and Proven Suicide Prevention
1 Session, Thursday 5/16/24, from 10:00am – 11:30am.
We are in the midst of a global mental health crisis and people of all ages need help. QPR (Question. Persuade. Refer.) is a community level evidence-based training program that has proved effective in teaching any adult age 17 or older to recognize someone who might be considering suicide and take the appropriate measures to get help. Just like CPR, QPR is an emergency response to someone in crisis. Participants are certified as “Gatekeepers” for 3 years.
Breakout Characters and Catch Phrases
1 Session, Monday, 5/20/24, from 1:00pm – 2:30pm
Ever wonder how an actor on a TV show goes from being just a regular cast member to becoming a breakout star who sometimes even eclipses the show itself. For example, when Happy Days was originally cast, the show was supposed to center around the only “name” in the cast: Ron Howard, who had played Opie on the Andy Griffith Show. And Happy Days turned into a star-making vehicle for Henry Winkler as The Fonz, as did Moonlighting for Bruce Willis and ER for George Clooney, to name just a couple more. Also, if the breakout star is lucky (or, in some cases, unlucky!) stardom might come with a catch phrase, such as Fonzie’s “Ayyy” or Jimmy Walker’s “Dyn-o-mite.” Try your luck at identifying some breakout stars and phrases. You might win some swag that Bob will be giving away from shows he worked on.
Bob Perlow spent his working life in the television industry as a writer, actor, and producer. He is author of the book The Warmup Guy and has worked on such iconic shows as Laverne & Shirley, Taxi, Newhart, Cheers, Friends, and more, including 15 years on the Tonight Show. Bob is a graduate of URI and received an M.B.A. and taught at Johnson and Wales before entering the entertainment industry.
THIS WEEK AT OLLI
Monday
- 9:30AM Beginning Italian
- 11:30AM New Member Welcome
- 2:00PM Offshore Wind Energy
- 4:00PM Contemporary Economic Policy Issues (Zoom)
- 5:00PM The Age of Sail
Tuesday
- 9:30AM Golf
- 10:00AM Seven Years at the Sunday Friendship Breakfast (Canceled)
- 10:00AM Meals on Wheels Presentation (Click here for more information).
- 10:00AM To Be or Not To Be: The Question of Modern Man (Zoom)
- 1:00PM South America: The Neighbors We Don’t Know
- 3:00PM Introduction to DNA Cloning
- 3:00PM Willa Cather
- 4:00PM Advanced Beginner Handbells (Offsite)
Wednesday
- 10:00AM La Sagrada Familia
- 10:00AM Taming of the Shrew
- 10:00AM Tour of URI Bay Campus
- 12:00PM Beginner Drawing
- 12:30PM Bowling (Offsite)
- 1:00PM Tennessee Williams
- 1:00PM Hiking Group
- 2:30PM Beginner Watercolor
Thursday
- 9:00AM Let’s Skate! (Boss Arena)
- 9:00AM Canadian Travel Document Meeting
- 9:30AM Be Ready for Ticks (Offsite)
- 10:00AM Suicide Prevention
- 10:30AM Rhody Ramblers
- 11:00AM Current Events Discussion Group
- 1:00PM Mahjong
- 1:00PM Portraits in Charcoal and Oil Pastel
- 1:00PM Cosmic Questions
- 4:00PM Great Decisions: US/China Trade Rivalry
Friday
- 10:00AM Great Decisions: US/China Trade Rivalry
- 10:00AM Women Writing About Marriage
- 11:00AM Applied Games of Modern Economics – (Dartmouth OLLI Zoom)
- 1:00PM The Chakra Energy System
- 1:00PM Music and Events of the 80s
- 1:00PM Book Group
GIVE TO OLLI – HELP US MEET OUR GOAL! When you joined OLLI, you became a member of a resilient and ever-evolving community that understands the value and importance of lifelong learning. By giving to OLLI, you can ensure the lifelong learning continues. Join your 250 fellow OLLI members who have already made their gift. Click here to make your donation. Donations can also be made in the office with checks made payable to the URI Foundation. Make your gift today and help us reach our goal by June 30!
OLLI TRIVIA NIGHT AT EVIE’S Join your OLLI friends for a fun night out at TRIVIA NIGHT on Wednesday, May 22, at Evie’s in Westerly, from 6:30PM-8:30PM. Click here for more information and to register.
NEW MEMBER WELCOME: If you are a new or current member of OLLI, or if you just want to learn more about OLLI, please join us on Monday, May 13, at 11:30AM for an information session. We’ll review our current programs and our special interest groups, and will go over our OLLI website and registration software. There will be plenty of time for Q & A, as well as coffee and door prizes! Click here to register!
OLLI SHOWCASE- Do you have a friend you’d like to introduce to OLLI? Invite them to come to the OLLI Showcase on May 30, from 10:00AM-12:00PM. Attendees will get a taste of OLLI with a couple of brief instructor presentations and representatives from our Special Interest Groups will be available to answer questions. Refreshments will be served and attendees will be entered into a raffle for a special OLLI prize.
RHODY OUTPOST– Rhody Outpost is URI’s principal basic needs pantry for students experiencing food insecurity. The Outpost provides fresh and non-perishable food and personal care items at no charge to students. Click here to see the updated Spring wish list. High demand items include raisins and other dried fruit, nuts and seeds, crackers, and cookies.Donations can be dropped off in the OLLI office.
OLLI SERVES is an initiative for members to “give back” to the URI community and other local organizations. Join us on Tuesday, May 14, at 10:00AM for a presentation from Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island. Click here for more information. Also mark your calendar for Tuesday, May 21, at 1:00PM for an informative session on the work of URI Harrington School and Social Science Institute’s research on Education and Public Policy. Your feedback is needed.
TRAVEL WITH OLLI – Several trips have been scheduled through 2025. Click here to learn about upcoming trips and plan for the trip of your dreams. Nashville and the Smoky Mountains, Iceland’s Magical Northern Lights, Reflections of Italy, Canyon Country, Imperial Cities (Prague, Vienna, and Budapest), Magical Christmas Markets (Austria and Germany), and Paris.
THE CCRI THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE PROGRAM’S STUDENT CLINIC at the Newport Campus offers 1-hr massages to people in the community from May to July. They ask for a donation of $20. Appointments are required for the student massage clinic. To request an appointment, you must email massageclinic@ccri.edu. Information about appointment dates will be sent to you along with the information you will need to provide to schedule an appointment. Once your appointment has been made, you will receive an email confirming your appointment. If you are a first time client, an intake form will be emailed to you. All first time clients must complete and submit the intake form before your appointment is confirmed. Check out their website for more information: https://www.ccri.edu/massagetherapy/clinic/appointment.html
THE NEWPORT CONTEMPORARY BALLET is extending a 25% discount to OLLI members as well as their families for tickets to their upcoming Frontier Series performance Frames of Mind, taking place May 16 – 18 at Waterfire Arts Center, 475 Valley Street, Providence. Artistic Director Danielle Genest presents Newport Contemporary Ballet’s Frontier Series program, Frames of Mind. Details can be found here: https://newportcontemporaryballet.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket#/events/a0U8V00001J8qn3UAB The 25% discount for up to two tickets on both silver and gold level Friday, May 17 and Saturday, May 18. The code is: COMMUNITY25 Thursday, May 16 Preview Night tickets are a flat rate of $20. No discounts are available on this night as it will be filmed. There should not be any blocked sight lines, but please be prepared for that as the filming set up may change.
SMALL BOAT SAILORS AND WILLING VOLUNTEERS: YMCA Camp Fuller’s sailboats and windsurfing rigs need TLC! Camp Fuller is a non-profit YMCA summer camp on Point Judith Pond serving children across Rhode Island. If you have experience with repairing or rigging 420’s, Quests or Cape Cod Sailboats, or rigging windsurfers, come to help get the fleet shipshape on Saturday, June 8, from 9:30AM to 4:00PM. (Any part of the day is a great help.) Contact Pete Swain at 401-641-4402, or peteswain1956@gmail.com to let him know if you’re able to help.
CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL Please join the Rotary Club of Wakefield for the 3rd Annual Children’s Festival- at their NEW LOCATION at the Matunuck Community Association Field! The popular Toe Jam Puppet Band will be back, along with face painting, a petting zoo, pony rides, food, and much more! All proceeds support our community through the Wakefield Rotary Club. Click here for more details.