Calendar

April 2025

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		Spring Course Registration Opens 10:00AM - 10:01AM	Navigating Difficult Conversations: Practical Strategies in Empathy (OLLI @ ASU) 1:30PM - 3:00PM Executive Committee Meeting 3:15PM - 4:15PM	Osher Intersession Event: Tour of WHAM Studio & Weather Lab 11:15AM - 12:30PM
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	Wines of California (OLLI @ ASU) 10:00PM - 12:00AM	Summer Seminar Trip Registration Opens Josh Gibson or Ty Cobb? African Americans in Baseball, 1860-Present (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 2:00PM - 3:30PM Wines of California (OLLI @ ASU) 10:00PM - 12:00AM	A Historic Turning Point for America and the World (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 9:00AM - 11:00AM Brunch for New Members, Course Leaders, & Wizards 10:30AM - 11:00AM Course Leaders & Wizards Meeting 11:00AM - 12:00PM New Member Orientation 11:00AM - 12:00PM Course Offerings Committee Meeting 3:15PM - 4:30PM		Classroom Tech Wizardry SIG 10:00AM - 11:30AM Classroom Tech Training 11:30AM - 12:30PM Social Committee Meeting 2:30PM - 3:30PM
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	Spring Term Begins (8 Weeks) 8:30AM - 8:31AM Whose Declaration?: Reflecting on the Meaning and Significance of the Declaration of Independence (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 9:00AM - 11:00AM Current Events 9:30AM - 11:00AM Reason and Religious Belief: Part 3 11:15AM - 12:45PM Transgender: Fact, Fiction, and the Current Environment 11:15AM - 12:45PM Dancing Anastasia: A New Interpretation of an Historic Tale 1:30PM - 3:00PM Express Yourself Through Writing Fiction 1:30PM - 3:30PM Wines of California (OLLI @ ASU) 10:00PM - 12:00AM	Immigration, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers: What Is it All About 9:30AM - 11:00AM Secret Writing: A History of Cryptography 9:30AM - 11:00AM Just Thinking... 9:30AM - 11:00AM Vaccination 11:15AM - 12:45PM Is There Hidden Math in Plants? 11:15AM - 12:45PM Memoirs 11:15AM - 12:45PM Flickstory: Tales from the Soviet Union 1:30PM - 3:30PM Conversational French: Intermediate 1:30PM - 3:00PM Language, Meaning, and Method: Wittgenstein's Blue Book 1:30PM - 3:30PM Josh Gibson or Ty Cobb? African Americans in Baseball, 1860-Present (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 2:00PM - 3:30PM Wines of California (OLLI @ ASU) 10:00PM - 12:00AM Japanese Sake 101 (OLLI @ ASU) 10:00PM - 11:30PM	A Historic Turning Point for America and the World (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 9:00AM - 11:00AM Discussing The New Yorker Magazine 9:30AM - 11:00AM Investment Concepts and Ideas for Retirees 9:30AM - 11:00AM Irish Literature 9:30AM - 11:00AM Contemporary Events 11:15AM - 12:45PM The Erie Canal at 200 11:15AM - 12:45PM Seminar in Medical Ethics 11:15AM - 12:45PM Writing Workshop 11:15AM - 12:45PM The Future of Health, Medicine, and Biotechnology: Part 7 1:30PM - 3:00PM Romantic Period Music: Follow the Virtuoso 1:30PM - 3:00PM Aristotle's Nicomachaen Ethics 1:30PM - 3:00PM Catastrophic Volcanic Eruptions Through History 1:30PM - 3:00PM Imprisoned Without Trial: Japanese Incarceration in WWII (OLLI @ ASU) 1:31PM - 3:01PM Politics and the American Working Class (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 2:00PM - 4:00PM Council Meeting 3:15PM - 4:15PM	Great Expectations and the World of Charles Dickens 9:30AM - 11:30AM Regarding Hitchcock 9:30AM - 11:30AM You Be the Critic: A Film Discussion Group 9:30AM - 11:30AM Pfaudler Lecture Series: Eastman School of Music: Consequential on the World Stage 12:15PM - 1:30PM By Hook or By Crook: True Stories of Disabled Pirates (OLLI @ ASU) 1:31PM - 3:01PM Conversational Spanish: Intermediate Level 1:45PM - 3:15PM Law in the News 1:45PM - 3:15PM	Purls of Wisdom SIG (Knitting/Needlecrafts) 11:00AM - 1:00PM Mystery Book SIG 1:00PM - 2:00PM News & Events Submission Deadline 4:30PM - 4:31PM
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	Whose Declaration?: Reflecting on the Meaning and Significance of the Declaration of Independence (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 9:00AM - 11:00AM Current Events 9:30AM - 11:00AM Alexander's Great City 11:15AM - 12:45PM Reason and Religious Belief: Part 3 11:15AM - 12:45PM Albert Paley in Rochester 11:15AM - 12:45PM Express Yourself Through Writing Fiction 1:30PM - 3:30PM James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans 1:30PM - 3:30PM A World of Sound: The Latest in Hearing Technology 1:30PM - 3:30PM Wines of California (OLLI @ ASU) 10:00PM - 12:00AM	Just Thinking... 9:30AM - 11:00AM Immigration, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers: What Is it All About 9:30AM - 11:00AM Secret Writing: A History of Cryptography 9:30AM - 11:00AM Vaccination 11:15AM - 12:45PM Is There Hidden Math in Plants? 11:15AM - 12:45PM Memoirs 11:15AM - 12:45PM Exploring Color with Watercolors (OLLI @ Chico) 12:00PM - 1:30PM Aviation History: American Aviation After World War II (OLLI @ Chico) 12:00PM - 1:30PM Language, Meaning, and Method: Wittgenstein's Blue Book 1:30PM - 3:30PM Flickstory: Tales from the Soviet Union 1:30PM - 3:30PM Conversational French: Intermediate 1:30PM - 3:00PM Josh Gibson or Ty Cobb? African Americans in Baseball, 1860-Present (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 2:00PM - 3:30PM Let's Keep Knitting (OLLI @ Chico) 6:00PM - 7:30PM Wines of California (OLLI @ ASU) 10:00PM - 12:00AM Japanese Sake 101 (OLLI @ ASU) 10:00PM - 11:30PM	A Historic Turning Point for America and the World (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 9:00AM - 11:00AM Discussing The New Yorker Magazine 9:30AM - 11:00AM Investment Concepts and Ideas for Retirees 9:30AM - 11:00AM Irish Literature 9:30AM - 11:00AM Contemporary Events 11:15AM - 12:45PM The Erie Canal at 200 11:15AM - 12:45PM Seminar in Medical Ethics 11:15AM - 12:45PM Writing Workshop 11:15AM - 12:45PM Will: An English Playwright in Times of Radical Change (OLLI @ Chico) 12:00PM - 1:30PM Aristotle's Nicomachaen Ethics 1:30PM - 3:00PM Catastrophic Volcanic Eruptions Through History 1:30PM - 3:00PM The Future of Health, Medicine, and Biotechnology: Part 7 1:30PM - 3:00PM Romantic Period Music: Follow the Virtuoso 1:30PM - 3:00PM Imprisoned Without Trial: Japanese Incarceration in WWII (OLLI @ ASU) 1:31PM - 3:01PM Politics and the American Working Class (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 2:00PM - 4:00PM Travel SIG 3:15PM - 4:30PM The Arts and People of Japan (OLLI @ Chico) 4:00PM - 5:30PM	Great Expectations and the World of Charles Dickens 9:30AM - 11:30AM Regarding Hitchcock 9:30AM - 11:30AM You Be the Critic: A Film Discussion Group 9:30AM - 11:30AM Learn How to Draw (OLLI @ Chico) 12:00PM - 1:30PM Pfaudler Lecture Series: Singing from the Heart: The Dady Brothers, Irish Music, and Ethnic Endurance in an American City (with book signing) 12:15PM - 1:30PM By Hook or By Crook: True Stories of Disabled Pirates (OLLI @ ASU) 1:31PM - 3:01PM Law in the News 1:45PM - 3:15PM Conversational Spanish: Intermediate Level 1:45PM - 3:15PM Giving Voice to Values: Having Difficult Conversations in a Polarized World (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 4:00PM - 6:00PM	Storytellers Practice Session 10:30AM - 12:30PM Apple Devices SIG 11:00AM - 12:00PM Pfaudler Committee Meeting 2:00PM - 3:00PM	Imagine RIT Festival 10:00AM - 5:00PM
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	Whose Declaration?: Reflecting on the Meaning and Significance of the Declaration of Independence (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 9:00AM - 11:00AM Current Events 9:30AM - 11:00AM Albert Paley in Rochester 11:15AM - 12:45PM Ranking the US 2025: Top 10 Lists 11:15AM - 12:45PM Reason and Religious Belief: Part 3 11:15AM - 12:45PM James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans 1:30PM - 3:30PM Adventuring with Ingress 1:30PM - 3:00PM Express Yourself Through Writing Fiction 1:30PM - 3:30PM Wines of California (OLLI @ ASU) 10:00PM - 12:00AM RIT Spring Semester Ends 11:58PM - 11:59PM	Immigration, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers: What Is it All About 9:30AM - 11:00AM Just Thinking... 9:30AM - 11:00AM Secret Writing: A History of Cryptography 9:30AM - 11:00AM Is There Hidden Math in Plants? 11:15AM - 12:45PM Memoirs 11:15AM - 12:45PM Vaccination 11:15AM - 12:45PM The U.S. Constitution: The Great American Mulligan (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 11:30AM - 1:30PM Exploring Color with Watercolors (OLLI @ Chico) 12:00PM - 1:30PM Aviation History: American Aviation After World War II (OLLI @ Chico) 12:00PM - 1:30PM Conversational French: Intermediate 1:30PM - 3:00PM Flickstory: Tales from the Soviet Union 1:30PM - 3:30PM Language, Meaning, and Method: Wittgenstein's Blue Book 1:30PM - 3:30PM Josh Gibson or Ty Cobb? African Americans in Baseball, 1860-Present (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 2:00PM - 3:30PM Summer Seminar Committee meeting 3:30PM - 4:30PM Let's Keep Knitting (OLLI @ Chico) 6:00PM - 7:30PM Wines of California (OLLI @ ASU) 10:00PM - 12:00AM	A Historic Turning Point for America and the World (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 9:00AM - 11:00AM Discussing The New Yorker Magazine 9:30AM - 11:00AM Investment Concepts and Ideas for Retirees 9:30AM - 11:00AM Irish Literature 9:30AM - 11:00AM Contemporary Events 11:15AM - 12:45PM The Erie Canal at 200 11:15AM - 12:45PM Seminar in Medical Ethics 11:15AM - 12:45PM Writing Workshop 11:15AM - 12:45PM Will: An English Playwright in Times of Radical Change (OLLI @ Chico) 12:00PM - 1:30PM Aristotle's Nicomachaen Ethics 1:30PM - 3:00PM Catastrophic Volcanic Eruptions Through History 1:30PM - 3:00PM The Future of Health, Medicine, and Biotechnology: Part 7 1:30PM - 3:00PM Romantic Period Music: Follow the Virtuoso 1:30PM - 3:00PM Politics and the American Working Class (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 2:00PM - 4:00PM The Arts and People of Japan (OLLI @ Chico) 4:00PM - 5:30PM

April 17

You Be the Critic: A Film Discussion Group

9:30AM - 11:30AM

Location: HYBRID: Room 1 & Zoom

Led by: Sandra Vallot

April 17

Great Expectations and the World of Charles Dickens

9:30AM - 11:30AM

Location: Room 2

Led by: Lisa Jadwin

April 17

Regarding Hitchcock

9:30AM - 11:30AM

Location: HYBRID: Room 3/4 & Zoom

Led by: Mary Ann Satter

April 17

Pfaudler Lecture Series: Eastman School of Music: Consequential on the World Stage

12:15PM - 1:30PM

Location: HYBRID: Room 3/4 & Zoom

Register to attend: https://forms.gle/f9DikAXXU5h2e9Sr7

Presented by Kate Sheeran, The Joan and Martin Messinger Dean of the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music

As only the eighth dean in the school's 100-year history and the first female dean, Eastman alumnus Kate Sheeran has a vision that focuses on education, community, and global presence for the school that has made her a world-class musician, leader, and educator. Her expansive experiences will enrich the future of the Eastman School of Music.

April 17

By Hook or By Crook: True Stories of Disabled Pirates (OLLI @ ASU)

1:31PM - 3:01PM

Location: Zoom

Lead By: Manushag Nush Powell This course is offered by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Arizona State University.

April 17

Conversational Spanish: Intermediate Level

1:45PM - 3:15PM

Location: HYBRID: Room 1 & Zoom

Led by: Kathy Lewis & Michael McCue

April 17

Law in the News