Calendar

May 2025

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				Regarding Hitchcock 9:30AM - 11:30AM Great Expectations and the World of Charles Dickens 9:30AM - 11:30AM You Be the Critic: A Film Discussion Group 9:30AM - 11:30AM Pfaudler Lecture Series: RIT's Role in a Better Model to Diagnose and Treat Osteoarthritis 12:15PM - 1:30PM Learn How to Draw (OLLI @ Chico) 1:00PM - 2:30PM Law in the News 1:45PM - 3:15PM Conversational Spanish: Intermediate Level 1:45PM - 3:15PM The Scramble for Africa (Or, How the African Countries Got Their Shapes) (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 3:00PM - 5:00PM Giving Voice to Values: Having Difficult Conversations in a Polarized World (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 4:00PM - 6:00PM	Purls of Wisdom SIG (Knitting/Needlecrafts) 11:00AM - 1:00PM Photography SIG 3:00PM - 4:00PM
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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 Rochester International Jazz Festival 2025: A Preview 9:30AM - 11:00AM Athenaeum Book Club 11:15AM - 12:45PM Reason and Religious Belief: Part 3 11:15AM - 12:45PM Alaska: The Last Frontier 11:15AM - 12:45PM An Introduction to Bonsai 1:30PM - 3:30PM Express Yourself Through Writing Fiction 1:30PM - 3:30PM James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans 1:30PM - 3:30PM	Secret Writing: A History of Cryptography 9:30AM - 11:00AM Immigration, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers: What Is it All About 9:30AM - 11:00AM Just Thinking... 9:30AM - 11:00AM The First Hundred Days (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 10:00AM - 12:00PM Memoirs 11:15AM - 12:45PM Vaccination 11:15AM - 12:45PM Is There Hidden Math in Plants? 11:15AM - 12:45PM The U.S. Constitution: The Great American Mulligan (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 11:30AM - 1:30PM Armchair National Park Tour (OLLI @ Chico) 11:30AM - 12:30PM Aviation History: American Aviation After World War II (OLLI @ Chico) 1:00PM - 2:30PM Exploring Color with Watercolors (OLLI @ Chico) 1:00PM - 2:30PM Flickstory: Tales from the Soviet Union 1:30PM - 3:30PM Language, Meaning, and Method: Wittgenstein's Blue Book 1:30PM - 3:30PM Conversational French: Intermediate 1:30PM - 3:00PM A Sort of National Property: British National Parks Are a Different Kettle of Fish (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 3:30PM - 5:30PM Let's Keep Knitting (OLLI @ Chico) 6:00PM - 7:30PM	A Historic Turning Point for America and the World (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 9:00AM - 11:00AM Investment Concepts and Ideas for Retirees 9:30AM - 11:00AM Irish Literature 9:30AM - 11:00AM Discussing The New Yorker Magazine 9:30AM - 11:00AM The Erie Canal at 200 11:15AM - 12:45PM Seminar in Medical Ethics 11:15AM - 12:45PM Contemporary Events 11:15AM - 12:45PM Writing Workshop 11:15AM - 12:45PM Will: An English Playwright in Times of Radical Change (OLLI @ Chico) 1:00PM - 2:30PM Aristotle's Nicomachaen Ethics 1:30PM - 3:00PM Romantic Period Music: Follow the Virtuoso 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 Executive Committee Meeting 3:15PM - 4:15PM The Arts and People of Japan (OLLI @ Chico) 4:00PM - 5:30PM	You Be the Critic: A Film Discussion Group 9:30AM - 11:30AM Regarding Hitchcock 9:30AM - 11:30AM Great Expectations and the World of Charles Dickens 9:30AM - 11:30AM Pfaudler Lecture Series: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The 1971 Attica Uprising and the 30-Year Civil Rights Litigation that Followed 12:15PM - 1:30PM Learn How to Draw (OLLI @ Chico) 1:00PM - 2:30PM Law in the News 1:45PM - 3:15PM Conversational Spanish: Intermediate Level 1:45PM - 3:15PM The Scramble for Africa (Or, How the African Countries Got Their Shapes) (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 3:00PM - 5:00PM Giving Voice to Values: Having Difficult Conversations in a Polarized World (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 4:00PM - 6:00PM	Storytellers Practice Session 1:30PM - 3:30PM
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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 Rochester International Jazz Festival 2025: A Preview 9:30AM - 11:00AM CANCELLED TODAY: Reason and Religious Belief: Part 3 11:15AM - 12:45PM An Adventure in Uganda and Rwanda with a Gorilla Trek 11:15AM - 12:45PM Albert Paley in Rochester - Additional Class 11:15AM - 12:45PM Spiritualism in American History 1:30PM - 3:00PM Express Yourself Through Writing Fiction 1:30PM - 3:30PM James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans 1:30PM - 3:30PM	Just Thinking... 9:30AM - 11:00AM Secret Writing: A History of Cryptography 9:30AM - 11:00AM Immigration, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers: What Is it All About 9:30AM - 11:00AM The First Hundred Days (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 10:00AM - 12:00PM Memoirs 11:15AM - 12:45PM Vaccination 11:15AM - 12:45PM The U.S. Constitution: The Great American Mulligan (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 11:30AM - 1:30PM Music of the Movies (OLLI @ U of A) 12:00PM - 1:30PM ROOM 5 RESERVED for Exploring Color with Watercolors (OLLI @ Chico) 12:30PM - 1:30PM Exploring Color with Watercolors (OLLI @ Chico) 1:00PM - 2:30PM Aviation History: American Aviation After World War II (OLLI @ Chico) 1:00PM - 2:30PM 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 A Sort of National Property: British National Parks Are a Different Kettle of Fish (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 3:30PM - 5:30PM Introduction to Hinduism: History, Religion, Culture, Philosophy (OLLI @ U of A) 4:00PM - 5:30PM Let's Keep Knitting (OLLI @ Chico) 6:00PM - 7:30PM	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 Mussolini --The Rise and Fall of the First Fascist (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 9:31AM - 11:31AM CANCELLED TODAY: Contemporary Events 11:15AM - 12:45PM Writing Workshop 11:15AM - 12:45PM The Erie Canal at 200 11:15AM - 12:45PM Seminar in Medical Ethics 11:15AM - 12:45PM Will: An English Playwright in Times of Radical Change (OLLI @ Chico) 1:00PM - 2:30PM The Future of Health, Medicine, and Biotechnology: Part 7 1:30PM - 3:00PM Aristotle's Nicomachaen Ethics 1:30PM - 3:00PM Romantic Period Music: Follow the Virtuoso 1:30PM - 3:00PM The Scourge of Syphilis 1:30PM - 3:00PM Four Topics From 20th Century Philosophers (OLLI @ U of A) 2:00PM - 3:30PM Chen Village Tai Chi (OLLI @ U of A) 2:30PM - 3:30PM Course Offerings Committee Meeting 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 Gentle Energizing Movement, Relaxation, and Meditation (OLLI @ U of A) 12:00PM - 1:30PM Pfaudler Lecture Series: Separation of Church and State: The Wall Comes Tumbling Down 12:15PM - 1:30PM Learn How to Draw (OLLI @ Chico) 1:00PM - 2:30PM Law in the News 1:45PM - 3:15PM Conversational Spanish: Intermediate Level 1:45PM - 3:15PM From Idea to Presentation using AI 1:45PM - 3:15PM The Scramble for Africa (Or, How the African Countries Got Their Shapes) (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 3:00PM - 5:00PM Giving Voice to Values: Having Difficult Conversations in a Polarized World (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 4:00PM - 6:00PM	Purls of Wisdom SIG (Knitting/Needlecrafts) 11:00AM - 1:00PM Osher Annual Meeting 2:00PM - 4:00PM
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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 Rochester International Jazz Festival 2025: A Preview 9:30AM - 11:00AM Reason and Religious Belief: Part 3 11:15AM - 12:45PM Meet the Storytellers: Part 2 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	Immigration, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers: What Is it All About 9:30AM - 11:00AM Just Thinking... 9:30AM - 11:00AM The First Hundred Days (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 10:00AM - 12:00PM Vaccination 11:15AM - 12:45PM Memoirs 11:15AM - 12:45PM The U.S. Constitution: The Great American Mulligan (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 11:30AM - 1:30PM Music of the Movies (OLLI @ U of A) 12:00PM - 1:30PM ROOM 5 RESERVED Exploring Color with Watercolors (OLLI @ Chico) 12:30PM - 1:30PM Aviation History: American Aviation After World War II (OLLI @ Chico) 1:00PM - 2:30PM Exploring Color with Watercolors (OLLI @ Chico) 1:00PM - 2:30PM Language, Meaning, and Method: Wittgenstein's Blue Book 1:30PM - 3:30PM Conversational French: Intermediate 1:30PM - 3:00PM Flickstory: Tales from the Soviet Union 1:30PM - 3:30PM A Sort of National Property: British National Parks Are a Different Kettle of Fish (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 3:30PM - 5:30PM Summer Seminar Committee 3:45PM - 4:45PM Introduction to Hinduism: History, Religion, Culture, Philosophy (OLLI @ U of A) 4:00PM - 5:30PM Let's Keep Knitting (OLLI @ Chico) 6:00PM - 7:30PM	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 Mussolini --The Rise and Fall of the First Fascist (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 9:31AM - 11:31AM The Erie Canal at 200 11:15AM - 12:45PM Seminar in Medical Ethics 11:15AM - 12:45PM Contemporary Events 11:15AM - 12:45PM Writing Workshop 11:15AM - 12:45PM Will: An English Playwright in Times of Radical Change (OLLI @ Chico) 1:00PM - 2:30PM Romantic Period Music: Follow the Virtuoso 1:30PM - 3:00PM The Scourge of Syphilis 1:30PM - 3:00PM The Future of Health, Medicine, and Biotechnology: Part 7 1:30PM - 3:00PM Aristotle's Nicomachaen Ethics 1:30PM - 3:00PM So You Want to be a Writer? (OLLI @ U of A) 2:00PM - 3:30PM Four Topics From 20th Century Philosophers (OLLI @ U of A) 2:00PM - 3:30PM Chen Village Tai Chi (OLLI @ U of A) 2:30PM - 3:30PM Council Meeting 3:15PM - 4:15PM 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 Gentle Energizing Movement, Relaxation, and Meditation (OLLI @ U of A) 12:00PM - 1:30PM Pfaudler Lecture Series: Eyeing the Future: Eye Health as You Age 12:15PM - 1:30PM Learn How to Draw (OLLI @ Chico) 1:00PM - 2:30PM Law in the News 1:45PM - 3:15PM Conversational Spanish: Intermediate Level 1:45PM - 3:15PM From Idea to Presentation using AI 1:45PM - 3:15PM The Scramble for Africa (Or, How the African Countries Got Their Shapes) (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 3:00PM - 5:00PM Giving Voice to Values: Having Difficult Conversations in a Polarized World (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 4:00PM - 6:00PM	Wizard/Tech Tricks & Tips SIG 9:30AM - 10:30AM Apple Devices SIG 11:00AM - 12:00PM Mystery Book SIG 1:00PM - 2:00PM News & Events Submission Deadline 4:30PM - 4:31PM
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	Osher/RIT Closed for Memorial Day 8:30AM - 4:30PM	Immigration, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers: What Is it All About 9:30AM - 11:00AM Just Thinking... 9:30AM - 11:00AM The First Hundred Days (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 10:00AM - 12:00PM Memoirs 11:15AM - 12:45PM Vaccination 11:15AM - 12:45PM Music of the Movies (OLLI @ U of A) 12:00PM - 1:30PM ROOM 5 RESERVED Exploring Color with Watercolors (OLLI @ Chico) 12:30PM - 1:30PM Aviation History: American Aviation After World War II (OLLI @ Chico) 1:00PM - 2:30PM Exploring Color with Watercolors (OLLI @ Chico) 1:00PM - 2:30PM Flickstory: Tales from the Soviet Union 1:30PM - 3:30PM Conversational French: Intermediate 1:30PM - 3:00PM A Sort of National Property: British National Parks Are a Different Kettle of Fish (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 3:30PM - 5:30PM Introduction to Hinduism: History, Religion, Culture, Philosophy (OLLI @ U of A) 4:00PM - 5:30PM Let's Keep Knitting (OLLI @ Chico) 6:00PM - 7:30PM	A Historic Turning Point for America and the World (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 9:00AM - 11:00AM Investment Concepts and Ideas for Retirees 9:30AM - 11:00AM Discussing The New Yorker Magazine 9:30AM - 11:00AM Mussolini --The Rise and Fall of the First Fascist (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 9:31AM - 11:31AM Seminar in Medical Ethics 11:15AM - 12:45PM Contemporary Events 11:15AM - 12:45PM The Erie Canal at 200 11:15AM - 12:45PM Writing Workshop 11:15AM - 12:45PM Will: An English Playwright in Times of Radical Change (OLLI @ Chico) 1:00PM - 2:30PM The Future of Health, Medicine, and Biotechnology: Part 7 1:30PM - 3:00PM Aristotle's Nicomachaen Ethics 1:30PM - 3:00PM Romantic Period Music: Follow the Virtuoso 1:30PM - 3:00PM Four Topics From 20th Century Philosophers (OLLI @ U of A) 2:00PM - 3:30PM Chen Village Tai Chi (OLLI @ U of A) 2:30PM - 3:30PM Travel SIG 3:15PM - 4:30PM The Arts and People of Japan (OLLI @ Chico) 4:00PM - 5:30PM	You Be the Critic: A Film Discussion Group 9:30AM - 11:30AM Regarding Hitchcock 9:30AM - 11:30AM Great Expectations and the World of Charles Dickens 9:30AM - 11:30AM Gentle Energizing Movement, Relaxation, and Meditation (OLLI @ U of A) 12:00PM - 1:30PM Pfaudler Lecture Series: How Community Baseball Impacts All of Us 12:15PM - 1:30PM Learn How to Draw (OLLI @ Chico) 1:00PM - 2:30PM Law in the News 1:45PM - 3:15PM Conversational Spanish: Intermediate Level 1:45PM - 3:15PM From Idea to Presentation using AI 1:45PM - 3:15PM The Scramble for Africa (Or, How the African Countries Got Their Shapes) (OLLI @ Dartmouth) 3:00PM - 5:00PM	Pfaudler Committee Meeting 11:00AM - 12:00PM Purls of Wisdom SIG (Knitting/Needlecrafts) 11:00AM - 1:00PM Social Event: Hawaiian Luau 12:00PM - 2:00PM

May 21

So You Want to be a Writer? (OLLI @ U of A)

2:00PM - 3:30PM

Location: Zoom

Led by Ed Linz This course is offered by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at The University of Arizona.

May 21

Four Topics From 20th Century Philosophers (OLLI @ U of A)

2:00PM - 3:30PM

Location: Zoom

Led by Robert Yanal This course is offered by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at The University of Arizona.

May 21

Chen Village Tai Chi (OLLI @ U of A)

2:30PM - 3:30PM

Location: Zoom

Led by Randall Krause This course is offered by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at The University of Arizona.

May 21

Council Meeting

3:15PM - 4:15PM

Location: HYBRID: Room 1 & Zoom

May 21

The Arts and People of Japan (OLLI @ Chico)

4:00PM - 5:30PM

Location: Zoom

Led by Katherine Harper This course is offered by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Chico State.

May 22

You Be the Critic: A Film Discussion Group

9:30AM - 11:30AM

Location: HYBRID: Room 1 & Zoom

Led by: Sandra Vallot

May 22

Great Expectations and the World of Charles Dickens

9:30AM - 11:30AM

Location: Room 2

Led by: Lisa Jadwin

May 22

Regarding Hitchcock

9:30AM - 11:30AM

Location: HYBRID: Room 3/4 & Zoom

Led by: Mary Ann Satter

May 22

Gentle Energizing Movement, Relaxation, and Meditation (OLLI @ U of A)

12:00PM - 1:30PM

Location: Zoom

Led by Randall Krause This course is offered by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at The University of Arizona.

May 22

Pfaudler Lecture Series: Eyeing the Future: Eye Health as You Age

12:15PM - 1:30PM

Location: HYBRID: Room 3/4 & Zoom

Register to attend: https://forms.gle/imgP9PAWyURjfTK67

Presented by Drs. Rajeev Ramchandran & Brooke Donaher, Flaum Eye Institute

Discover how the eye ages over time and learn about the factors contributing to eye diseases such as cataracts, glaucoma, and macular degeneration. Experts from University of Rochester School of Medicine's Flaum Eye Institute will share valuable insights into the connection between eye health and overall well-being and what you can do to keep your vision sharp.