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Baseball is back at OLLI! Each class session will have one or more guests talking about their area of baseball knowledge. The topics will vary widely, and there will always be time for Q&A. This will be an informative and entertaining class about our National Pastime. Separate from the class itself, class members will be able to go on a free private group tour of our outstanding Coors Field. While the class topics are subject to change depending on the availability of guests, these are the sessions currently planned.:

• A panel discussing baseball in general and the Rockies' evolving future
• Baseball, according to Charles Schulz and the Peanuts gang (this should be fun!)
• What “baseball analytics” is, and how it and technology have changed baseball
• Colorado-born players who made it to major league baseball; 117 and counting!
• The history of baseball cards (and do you still have yours?)
• Manny Randhawa discussing his book The Blake Street Bombers

Mike Holmes is offering this multifaceted course that helps the bridge student to develop play of the hand techniques and defense strategy. This online course is for individuals with some bridge experience or those who have been absent from bridge for a while. Each class the students will engaged with supervised play on either play of the hand or defense strategy. After the hand has been played, the facilitator will lead a discussion and demonstration of the important strategies leading to success with each hand. This course is taught on Wednesdays at 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

There is a $20.00 non-negotiable or refundable fee for this class. The fee goes to offset the app fees so students can play bridge online and postage to mail a book to the students (there is no text for this class). Failure to pay the fee will result with you being dropped from the class. Students will pay the instructor directly via check or Zelle.

Bridge Basics and Beyond (Mike Holmes) in partnership with Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI West) is offering "Improving Your Bidding Judgment." This online course is for individuals with some bridge experience or those who have been absent from bridge for a while. The class begins on March 25, 2026. This is an eight-week course taught on Wednesdays starting at 9:30 a.m. and finishing at 11:30 a.m. There is not a textbook for this class and notes will be provided by the instructor. This course is designed to help the student make good decisions for opening the bidding in various positions at the bridge table. Classes will have lecture and discussion along with playing sample hands to demonstrate the topics covered.

There is a $20.00 nonrefundable fee for this class. The fee goes to offset the app fees so students can play bridge online and postage to mail a book to the students. Failure to pay the fee will result in you being dropped from the class. Students will pay the instructor via check or Zelle.

I love to share the beauty of our world with you! Whether you are eager to travel and want ideas about future trips, or you're an armchair traveler who enjoys seeing the beauty of our world, you'll enjoy this class. Furthermore, if you are as concerned as I am about current "overtourism' you will share my concern and discuss the problem. Here we talk travel!

Whether you are discovering OLLI at DU for the first time, or have taken several OLLI classes, if you’ve ever wondered, “Would I or could I ever facilitate an OLLI class?”, this course is for you! During our time together you will have an opportunity to: explore possible topics you might want to teach, investigate developmental characteristics of life-long learners, consider how to facilitate classes for life-long learners, develop skills in managing productive, inclusive classroom participation, discover current, research-based resources to enhance your topic, and build your understanding of the course proposal process. Also, classroom experiences with seasoned facilitators, peer critique of proposals, and optional class presentations will provide you with the confidence and expertise to begin your journey to a rewarding and renewing facilitation experience. This class is open to all OLLI members interested in facilitating a class and is provided at no cost to participants.

Author Mark Twain reportedly said, "Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough." This class invites you to belly up to the bar for a good portion of whiskey, a look at whiskey’s history, its business in Colorado and how it’s made.

“This class goes well beyond the typical distillery tour,” says bourbon steward Ryan Stoltzfus. “The Bear Creek Distillery (BCD) experience delves into whiskey’s past, it offers an in-depth tour of our production facility, and ends with a guided and generous whiskey tasting. I like to call it an elevated, in-depth educational whiskey experience.”

Stoltzfus, the course instructor, covers the following production topics: grain selection, mashing, fermentation, distillation and the science behind barrel maturation. During the tasting, you’re given a flight that includes all of BCD’s expressions as well as a limited release expression that’s no longer available to the public. The limited release could be one of the company’s beer or wine barrel finishes or perhaps one of its inline whiskies with more age. Plus, enjoy a light charcuterie as you learn about the sensory techniques used when tasting.