{"id":13586,"date":"2021-04-26T12:14:44","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T16:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/olli\/?p=13586"},"modified":"2021-04-26T12:14:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T16:14:44","slug":"olli-news-april-26-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/olli\/news\/olli-news-april-26-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"OLLI News &#8211; April 26, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><u><strong>Classes starting this week&nbsp;<\/strong>(Register online&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/uri.edu\/OLLI\/select\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/URI.EDU\/OLLI\/select&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1619530215289000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEdaJ5iPsC5xznkoT3nYZ1-n-cyPA\">URI.EDU\/OLLI\/select<\/a>&nbsp;member log-in)<\/u><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li>Abraham Lincoln and Statesmanship, Monday, 9:30am<\/li>\n<li>Reading a Rock\u2019s Story, Thursday, 9:30am (FULL)<\/li>\n<li>Let&#8217;s Talk Technology- FREE- Cutting the Cord<\/li>\n<li>Beginner Russian, Thursday, 3:30pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><u>SIGS Updates<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li><strong>Brown Bag Poetry<\/strong>&#8211; Meets Tuesday, at 11:30am.&nbsp;This month we are continuing to explore the theme of spring using inspiration from a variety of poets. Mary Cummings&#8217; poem &#8220;Spring Responds&#8221; from last month included many, or find your own line from poetry or prose that &#8220;speaks to you&#8221; on the theme of spring.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Book Group<\/strong>&nbsp;meets again Friday, May 21 @ 1:00pm via Webex.&nbsp;MAY BOOK-<em>The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload<\/em>&nbsp;by Daniel Leviton. JUNE BOOK- Friday, June 18,&nbsp;<em>Deacon King Kong<\/em>&nbsp;by James McBride<\/li>\n<li><strong>GOLF<\/strong>&#8211; Informational Zoom Meeting, Tuesday, May 11th. at 9:30am This Special Interest Group is open to OLLI members that have some experience, to those that have been playing for years.&nbsp; Our goal is to have fun, make new friends while hopefully improving our golf game. This is not a golf league, but more of a golf club. Participates must follow all COVID -19 regulations,&nbsp; play by the rules and understand golf course etiquette. If you are interested in attending, but are not able to attend, please contact Kathy Plante at&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:kaplante@yahoo.com\">kaplante@yahoo.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Photo Friday,<\/strong>&nbsp;meets Friday, May 7 at 10am Theme is Windows and Doors. Check our website for all the details:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/olli\/sig\/photography-group-new\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/olli\/sig\/photography-group-new\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1619530215289000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF2SkltT1y4e_IUqQ4W2g3mZ9ujqQ\">https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/olli\/sig\/photography-group-new\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Writer&#8217;s Group<\/strong>&nbsp;meets Friday, May 7 at 1pm.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><u>Free Lecture:&nbsp;<\/u><\/strong>The New Future Of Old Age In Today\u2019s Longevity Economy-An Online Talk with Professor Joe Coughlin, Founder &amp; Director of MIT&#8217;s Age Lab.&nbsp;Thursday, April 29th, 3:30-5pm Eastern Free &amp; open to all; Click here to RSVP:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__berkshireolli.org_event-2D4196733&amp;d=DwMGaQ&amp;c=dWz0sRZOjEnYSN4E4J0dug&amp;r=QmFhhEbA7a9gYz_5e5rTk8O7k4wCG95OadYD8hwfVtU&amp;m=C-ifuEyKse01MRyzu4RbDlsRfZn-SmqMlpTEOnLsNPM&amp;s=jKR4GYDDEHvhbwRoOl9kIJJA6-jCNyqKGv-2BRm-Ms0&amp;e=\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u%3Dhttps-3A__berkshireolli.org_event-2D4196733%26d%3DDwMGaQ%26c%3DdWz0sRZOjEnYSN4E4J0dug%26r%3DQmFhhEbA7a9gYz_5e5rTk8O7k4wCG95OadYD8hwfVtU%26m%3DC-ifuEyKse01MRyzu4RbDlsRfZn-SmqMlpTEOnLsNPM%26s%3DjKR4GYDDEHvhbwRoOl9kIJJA6-jCNyqKGv-2BRm-Ms0%26e%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1619530215289000&amp;usg=AFQjCNExnDajx04COg0SkauTA6vrwKA9Lg\">https:\/\/berkshireolli.org\/event-4196733<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Join a fascinating live discussion on the future of growing older with Dr. Coughlin. He&#8217;ll discuss opportunities and challenges for entrepreneurship and innovation for an aging society, as well as his call for Boston and the New England region to become a longevity hub &#8211; pioneering new approaches to serving older adults.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Classes starting this week&nbsp;(Register online&nbsp;URI.EDU\/OLLI\/select&nbsp;member log-in) Abraham Lincoln and Statesmanship, Monday, 9:30am Reading a Rock\u2019s Story, Thursday, 9:30am (FULL) Let&#8217;s Talk Technology- FREE- Cutting the Cord Beginner Russian, Thursday, 3:30pm SIGS Updates Brown Bag Poetry&#8211; Meets Tuesday, at 11:30am.&nbsp;This month we are continuing to explore the theme of spring using inspiration from a variety of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4753,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/olli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/olli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/olli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/olli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4753"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/olli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/olli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13589,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/olli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13586\/revisions\/13589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/olli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/olli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/olli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}