Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

Italian Renaissance Art

Price: $95 for OLLI Members     $115 for non-members Dates & Time: Tuesdays, September 12, 19 & 26; October 3 & 10 3 - 5pm Class Type: Course Zoom    Instructor: Holly Beatrice, MA Middlebury College, University of Florence

$115.00
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Osher Online-Equality, Equity and the Journey Toward Justice

Price for Members: $100.00 Members Only  Date/Time: Fridays, October 6,13, 20 & 27; November 3 & 10     9 - 10:30am Instructor: Atia Thurman MSW, Washington University St. Louis   Location: OSHER ONLINE- Not Recorded 

$100.00
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History of American Classical Music

Price for Members: $95.00 Price for Non-Members: $115.00 Date/Time:Thursdays, October 19 & 26; November 2, 9 & 16    10am - 12pm Instructor: John Kendall Bailey, music director, conductor, chorus master Location: In-Person Concord  

$115.00
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Osher Online-Mindless in America: A Historical Perspective

Price for Members: $100.00 Members Only  Date/Time: Tues. Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31; Nov. 7    10 - 11:30am Instructor: Timothy Lacy, PHD, History, Loyola University Chicago, Author Location: OSHER ONLINE- Not Recorded 

$100.00
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Osher Online-Studies in Architecture:12 Iconic Buildings

Price for Members: $100.00 Members Only  Date/Time: Wednesdays, September 27; October 4,11,18, 25; November 1       4 - 5:30pm Instructor: Nancy McAfee, Art Historian, MA Case Western Reserve University, RIT OLLI Location: OSHER ONLINE- Not Recorded 

$100.00
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Osher Online:Our (Inter) National Pastime: Baseball from Inception to the Modern Era

Price for Members: $100.00 Date/Time: Fridays, September 29th, October 6,13,20,27 and Nov 3rd. 11:00-12:30 Instructor: Katie Krall, MBA- University of Chicago, Adjunct Professor Northwestern's Masters of Sports Administration Program Location: Osher Online- Zoom - Not Recorded 

$100.00
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Mules: I Never Knew That!

Price for Members: Free Price for Non-Members: $20.00 Date/Time:  Saturday, September 9th 10:30-12:00 Instructor: Dr. Stephenie Slahor, ESQ, Ph.D., Author & Lecturer Location: Zoom- SRC

$20.00
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OLLI Wine Camp 2023: A Day in the Vineyard

Price for Members: $65.00 Price for Non-Members: Members Only  Date/Time: Friday, September 22nd  9:00-1:00pm  Instructor: Bette Felton, Ph,D., professor emerita of nursing and health science/Jim Felton, PhD, retired senior biomedical scientist, UC Lawrence Livermore Laboratory Lunch Included Location: In-Person Sky Terrace Vineyards 

$65.00
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Dear San Francisco- Club Fugazi

Price for All: $150.00 Includes Show Ticket and Bus Date and Time: Wednesday, November 29th 4:30-10:00pm Class Type: Field Study - In Person

$150.00
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Understanding Climate Science and Clean Energy Solutions

Price: Free for OLLI Members    $20 for non-members Dates & Time: Wednesday, September 13      2 - 3:30pm Instructor: Jackie Mann  Class Type: Lecture - In Person  

$20.00
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Shakespeare’s Tragedies of Conscience: JULIUS CAESAR AND HAMLET

Price: $95 for OLLI Members   $115 for non-members Dates & Time: Tuesdays,  November 14, 21 & 28; December 5 & 12     10am - 12pm Instructor:  Julian Lopez-Morillas, M.F.A., directing, Carnegie-Mellon University Class Type: Course    In Person  

$115.00
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An Afternoon of Holiday Cheer: Holiday Music Masterpieces

Price for Members: $20.00 Price for Non Members: $20.00 Date/Time: Wednesday, December 20th 2:00-4:00pm Instructor: John Kendall Bailey, Music Director, Conductor Location: In-Person, Concord 

$20.00
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Cultural Disconnects: Intergenerational Conversations

Price for Members: $75.00 Price for Non-Members: $95.00 Date/Time:Tuesdays, October 17, 24, 31; November 7         3:15 - 5:15pm Instructor: Joe Lurie, Monika Eckfield, and Bette Felton  Location: In Person- Concord 

$95.00
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OLLI Annual Meeting and Gala

Price for Members: $20 Price for Non-Members: $20 Date/Time: Wednesday, December 13th 4:00-8:00pm Instructor: Dave Eshelman, Ph.d., professor emeritus of music, CSUEB  and Dann Zinn, M.A., director of jazz studies, CSUEB Location: In-Person Concord 

$20.00
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The Doors: the Greatest Psychedelic Rock Group

Price for Members: $95.00 Price for Non-Members: $115.00 Date/Time: Wednesdays, October 18, 25; November 1, *15 & 22   1 - 3pm *(No class November 8th) Instructor: Richie Unterberger, B.A. Univ. of Pennsylvania, Rock History Author Location: Hybrid/Concord 

$115.00
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Writing Generation (companion class to Writing Critique)

Price for Members: $95 Price for Non-Members: $115 Date/Time: Tues.Sept. 19 & 26; Oct. 3, 10 & 17      10:30 - 12:30 (*Note time) Instructor: Aline Soules, M.A. in English, M.F.A. Creative Writing, M.S.L.S, librarian, Cal State East Bay Location: ONLINE (*Note the time.  Event will not be recorded)

$115.00
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Great Singers-The Trained Voice

Price for Members: $95 for OLLI and current Rossmoor Opera Club members--Opera Club Members must call the office to register. Price for Non-Members: $115 Date/Time: Fridays, September 15, 22 & 29; October 6 & 13       2 - 4pm Instructor: Diane Mauch, M. Mus., U of Michigan, director of education, Florida Grand Opera Location: In-Person at Rossmoor (Club Room at Creekside Clubhouse ( except for one session on 9/29 which has to be at the Dollar Clubhouse)

$115.00
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The Paradoxical Knight and King Arthur

Price for Members: $75.00 Price for Non-Members: $95.00 Date/Time: Thursdays, October 5,12,19 & 26     1 - 3pm  Instructor: Ken Alexander, MA, lecturer Art History and Humanities, Los Medanos College Location: In-Person, Concord Campus

$95.00
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Writing In Characters

Price for Members: $60.00 Price for Non-Members: $80.00 Date/Time: Mondays, October 2, 9 & 16   1 - 3pm Instructor: Jannie Dresser, MFA, English & Creative Writing, Mills College Location: Online

$80.00
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Jack the Ripper in Context

Price for Members: $20.00 Price for Non-Members: $20.00 Date/Time: Friday, October 27th 2:00-3:30pm  Instructor: Dr. Julie Taddeo, Ph.D. History, University of Rochester Location: ZOOM-ONLINE

$20.00
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Inspired by Nature: A Creative Writing Workshop

Price for Members: $60.00 Price for Non-Members: $80.00 Date/Time: Thursdays, December 7,14 &21 1:00-3:00PM Instructor: Marcia Taylor Smith, Poet, Writer, Curator Location: Online

$80.00
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The Arts and Crafts Movement

Price for Members: $0.00 Price for Non-Members: $20.00 Date/Time: Saturday, December 9th 10:30-12:00pm Instructor: Eleanor Schrader, Art and Architectural Historian, Lecturer Location: Online - Zoom 

$20.00
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Stories of the Missions: Historic Churches and Adobes of the Southwest and California

Price for Members: $60.00 Price for Non-Members: $80.00 Date/Time: Mondays, November  27; December 4 & 11 1:00 - 3:00pm Instructor: Eleanor Schrader, Art and Architectural Historian, Lecturer Location: Online

$80.00
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Writing Themselves into History: Two Late 19th Century Women Writers

Price for Members: $0.00 Price for Non-Members: $20.00 Date/Time: Saturday, November 11   10:30am - 12pm Instructor: Kim Bancroft, Ph.D.,Social & Cultural Studies ,U.C. Berkeley, M.A. English, S.F.State Univ. B.A. English, Stanford University Location: Online - Zoom 

$20.00
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How America Became Great and Can Become So Again

Price for Members: $110 Price for Non-Members: $135 Date/Time: Wednesdays, September 20 & 27; October 4, 11, 18 & 25   10am - 12pm Instructor: Dr. Michael Baker, MD, FACS, Rear Admiral, Medical Corps, USN (ret) Location: In-Person, Concord 

$135.00
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Who Knew? Artists You Never Knew You Wanted to Know About

Price for Members: $60.00 Price for Non-Members: $80.00 Date/Time: Mondays, October 23, 30; November 6   1:00 - 3:00pm  Instructor: Charlie Goldberg, docent SFMOMA, MOAD Location: In-Person, Concord 

$80.00
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The Murder of Rasputin: The “Whodunnit” of the 20th Century

Price for Members: $20.00 Price for Non-Members: $20.00 Date/Time: Monday, September 25th 1:00-2:30pm  Instructor: Asya M. Pereltsvaig, Ph.D., McGill Univ., B.A. Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, Stanford Univ. Dept. of Linguistics Location: Online/Zoom-NOT Recorded

$20.00
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The Short Story

Price for Members: $95 Price for Non-Members: $115 Date/Time:Thursdays, September 14, 21 & 28; October 5 & 12   10am - 12pm Instructor: Marianna Matthews, M.A., English CSUEB Location: ONLINE

$115.00
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Stanford University’s Cantor Arts Center & Anderson Collection Rediscovered

Price for Members: $75.00 Members Only  Date/Time:  Wednesdays. November 1, 8 & 15 (Field Study to Stanford)   10am - 12pm Instructor: Diane Levinson Location: In-Person, Concord the Field Study to the Cantor Arts Center on 11/15 

$75.00
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Albums that Changed Music

Price for Members: $95.00 Price for Non-Members: $115.00 Date/Time: Tuesdays, October 17, 24 & 31; November 7 & 14    3 - 5pm Instructor: Robert Joyce, M.A. Education, B.A. Music Education, Augustana University Location: Zoom

$115.00
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Harry Potter as Literature

Price for Members: 0.00 Price for Non-Members: $20 Date/Time: Wednesday, November, 8th  2:00 - 3:30  Instructor: George Hammond ESQ, Lecturer, Interviewer and Author Location: CONCORD, IN-PERSON

$20.00
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Who the Dickens is Charles Dickens?

Price for Members: $95.00 Price for Non-Members: $115.00 Date/Time: Mondays, September 18 & 25; October 2, 9 & 16    10am - 12pm Instructor: Dr. Susan H. Fox, Ph.D., UCD, M.A. CSUEB Location: In-Person, Concord 

$115.00
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OLLI Book Talk: Demon Copperhead

Price for Members: $20.00 Price for Non-Members: $20.00 Date/Time: Monday, October 23rd 10:00AM Instructor: Dr. Susan H. Fox, Ph.D., UCD, M.A. CSUEB Location: In-Person Concord 

$20.00
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Etymology: Word Origins, Common Elements, and Vocabulary Building

Price for Members: Free Price for Non-Members: $20.00 Date/Time: Wednesday, October 11th  2:00-3:30pm  Instructor: Robert Enteen, Ph.D Location: In-Person, Concord 

$20.00
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Jerry Herman: American Composer

Price for Members: $0.00 Price for Non-Members: $20.00 Date/Time: Saturday, October, 14th 10:30-12:00 Instructor: Sam & Candy Caponegro, SME Broadway Location: Online ZOOM

$20.00
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The Fate of The World: The American Revolution Beyond The British Empire

Price for Members: $110.00 Price for Non-Members: $135.00 Date/Time: Tuesdays, November 7, 14, 21, & 28: December 5 & 12 1:00-3:00pm Instructor: Dr. Richard Bell, Ph.D., Harvard Univ., B.A. Univ. of Cambridge, Prof. of History at Univ. of Maryland Location: Online

$135.00
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The Out Crowd: The New York Artists Who Challenged Abstract Expressionism

Price for Members: $60.00 Price for Non-Members: $80.00 Date/Time: Thursdays, November 2,9 &16 1:00-3:00 Instructor: Avril Angevine, docent SFMOMA, M.A. Comparative Literature, UC Berkeley Location: In-Person, Concord Campus

$80.00
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