{"id":10359,"date":"2020-01-27T17:02:50","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T22:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/olli\/?p=10359"},"modified":"2020-01-27T17:02:50","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T22:02:50","slug":"olli-happenings-jan-27-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/olli\/news\/olli-happenings-jan-27-31\/","title":{"rendered":"OLLI Happenings &#8211; Jan 27-31"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><u>Announcements:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">The start date for&nbsp;<strong>Watercolor Exploration<\/strong>&nbsp;has been pushed back one week. The class will begin on Wednesday, 2\/5 at 2:30pm&nbsp;and each class will be extended by 30 minutes.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Next time you\u2019re at OLLI make sure to check out our beautiful new TV screen. It lists daily classroom assignments as well as other announcements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><u>Classes beginning Next Week:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tom Lehrer, Monday, 1\/27 at 9:30am<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meet the Director: Robert Altman, Monday 1\/27 at 10am<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">China: Three amazing destinations, Monday 1\/27 at 1:30pm<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Courage in Great American Movies, Friday, 1\/31 at 1pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><u>Special Interest Groups<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Great Decisions<\/strong> meets Tuesday, 1\/28 at 10am and 5:30pm<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Walking Group&nbsp;<\/strong>meets Wednesday, 1\/29 at Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge. Visit our website for details and directions.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Bridge Group<\/strong>&nbsp;meets Thursday, 1\/230 at 2pm in the lobby.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Movie Group<\/strong>&nbsp;-The first meeting of 2020 will be on Thursday, January 23, at 3pm. ,We will be discussing \u201cRichard Jewel\u201d&nbsp;as well as all the good movies shown over the holidays. Who are your Oscar picks?<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Non Fiction Book Club<\/strong>&#8211; Monday, 1\/27 at 3:30pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><u>Travel Update:<\/u>&nbsp;Please check our website for complete details and flyers on all OLLI trips.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are 2 seats left on the Atlantic Canada Trip in June.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are 3 seats available on the Memphis and Nashville trip in September.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is 1 single and 1 double available for the Sicily and Amalfi Coast trip in November.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><u>Committees<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Technology Committee meets on Monday, 1\/27 at 1pm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><u>URI Events<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Are you looking for lectures of other events on campus? Visit the URI News and Events website (<a href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1580247502397000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEseFbmPCP1x8AjKqqd303qgIrSVw\">https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">HIGHLIGHT: &nbsp;&#8220;Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel&#8217;s Classroom&#8221; Lecture, Q &amp; A, and book signing with author, Ariel Burger. Wednesday, January 29, at 7pm at the Visitor Center. Contact&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:amyolson@uri.edu\">amyolson@uri.edu<\/a>&nbsp;for more information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Announcements: The start date for&nbsp;Watercolor Exploration&nbsp;has been pushed back one week. The class will begin on Wednesday, 2\/5 at 2:30pm&nbsp;and each class will be extended by 30 minutes. Next time you\u2019re at OLLI make sure to check out our beautiful new TV screen. 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