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- 108-Form Tai Chi: Beginning
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Instructor: Lenora Wong
Dates: 9/10/2024 - 11/15/2024
Days: Tu F
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Sessions: 20
Location: Center for Spiritual Living
Room:
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
This is the longest of the six major Yang-style tai chi movements, taking about 25 minutes to complete. Tai chi is known for developing balance, strength, and flexibility. It is a form of meditation in movement. In this class you will learn the first third of the forms, or about 36 moves, in a workshop environment.
This class meets twice a week.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
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- 108-Form Tai Chi: Intermediate
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Instructor: Lenora Wong
Dates: 9/10/2024 - 11/15/2024
Days: Tu F
Times: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sessions: 20
Location: Center for Spiritual Living
Room:
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
This is the longest of the six major Yang-style tai chi movements, taking about 25 minutes to complete. Tai chi is known for developing balance, strength, and flexibility. It is a form of meditation in movement. In this class we will review the first 36 forms in a workshop environment. Additional forms will be taught as the group is ready.
This class meets twice a week.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
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- 24-Form Tai Chi
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Instructor: Mike McCluskey, Mary McCluskey
Dates: 9/9/2024 - 11/14/2024
Days: M Th
Times: 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Sessions: 18
Location: The Terraces
Room: Long Exercise Room
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
This is the shortest of the six major Yang-style tai chi movements, taking about six minutes to complete. Tai chi is known for developing balance, strength, and flexibility. It is a form of meditation in movement. In this class you will learn all 24 forms and by the end be able to join other groups wherever you go.
This class meets twice a week.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
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- A Place of Inner Peace (In Spite of Chaos)
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Instructor: Gayle Womack
Dates: 9/11/2024 - 10/9/2024
Days: W
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Sessions: 5
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Gordon 1
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Inner peace is a lifetime journey done with discernment but not judgment. The only requirement is a willingness to be aware of how much one ruminates about the past or tries to predict the future. This happens while missing what is happening in the present time. In this discussion class we will be aware of a possible runaway ego. The ego can be a good thing or a destructive thing. Awareness can end the destructive ego cycle.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
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- A Tranquility Walk
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Instructor: Diana Hoffmeister, Akhila Murphy, Candice Roethler
Dates: 10/10/2024 - 10/10/2024
Days: Th
Times: 8:15 AM - 1:00 PM
Sessions: 1
Location: Outdoor Experiences
Room: Various Locations
Fee for À La Carte Members: $15.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Join us for a leisurely walk of up to four miles on a mostly level path. Let's connect with nature in a way that stimulates our senses and unclutters our minds while enlivening our bodies with easy walking. Let your to-do list take a backseat for a while and allow the nurturing energy of Mother Nature to slow you down as you appreciate the tranquility of your surroundings.
Further details will be provided prior to the hike. Sturdy walking shoes required.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
This class requires additional forms. Review the outdoor class forms information before attending class.
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- Acrylic Painting
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This acrylic class is for the absolute beginner as well as more experienced painters. We will follow step-by-step instructions to create our paintings while also learning why and what we are doing. Paintings will be completed over several class sessions. All materials are provided.
There is an additional $150 materials fee payable to the instructor at the first class meeting.
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- Adventures in Utopia, Eutopia, and Dystopia: Aldous Huxley's Brave New World
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Instructor: Charles Copeland
Dates: 9/12/2024 - 11/14/2024
Days: Th
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Sessions: 9
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Bradley 1
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
In 1932 Aldous Huxley created an imaginary future to examine the benefits and liabilities of living in a eutopia based on peace, prosperity, and stability. Does the quest for happiness conflict with liberty, knowledge, and progress? Join this learning through conversation seminar as we explore a future world order organized according to the alleged principles of Henry Ford. Published 92 years ago, Huxley's masterpiece confronts many of today's national and global issues.
The required book, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, is available at Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and other booksellers. The recommended edition for this class is the Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition, ISBN 978-0-06-085052-4.
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- Algeria: France's Gaza
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Instructor: Tom Low, OLLI at Rochester Institute of Technology
Dates: 7/10/2024 - 8/14/2024
Days: W
Times: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Sessions: 6
Location: Online Learning
Room: Link to be Provided
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
We will consider the bloody revolution in Algeria in 1954 to 1962 against the French colonial power. The rebellion brought death or displacement to 9 million natives, exiled 1 million colonists, brought Camus to despair, delivered a bomb to Sartre's apartment, returned de Gaulle to power, and destroyed the Fourth Republic.
This class from OLLI at Rochester Institute of Technology will be recorded. Osher at RIT recordings can take up to a week after the class meeting to become available.
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- Art History of Later India
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Instructor: Katherine Harper (she/her/hers)
Dates: 9/10/2024 - 11/12/2024
Days: Tu
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Sessions: 10
Location: Online Learning
Room: Link to be Provided
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
This class will examine the art and architecture of later South Asia (India and Pakistan) from the time of the introduction of Islam in 711 CE to the present. We will consider the social, religious, and political context for the various monuments. Special focus will be given to the Mughal Dynasty and the culture that influenced the creation of Taj Mahal.
This class will be recorded.
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- Artisan Bread Making: Beginning
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Instructor: Cathryn Hudin
Dates: 10/4/2024 - 10/4/2024
Days: F
Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Sessions: 1
Location: Online Learning
Room: Link to be Provided
Fee for À La Carte Members: $15.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
In this one-day class, participants will learn how to use four ingredients (flour, yeast, salt, and water) to make many kinds of bread, just like those lovely French baguettes. This class is based on the book The New Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day.
This class will be recorded.
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- Arts & Eats
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Instructor: Bill Houck
Dates: 9/13/2024 - 10/11/2024
Days: F
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Sessions: 5
Location: Other
Room: Various Locations
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
We'll visit museums, art galleries, and studios in the area and talk with curators and artists to learn more about the places and the work. Afterwards, we'll go to coffee houses or restaurants for no-host treats and conversation with group members.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
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- Beginning Guitar: Level 2
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Instructor: Phil Elkins
Dates: 9/9/2024 - 10/28/2024
Days: M
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Sessions: 5
Location: The Terraces
Room: Lobby
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
This class is for people who know how to play the basic A to G chords on guitar, although class members may bring other stringed instruments to play, e.g. mandolin, bass, ukulele, banjo, harmonica, or squeeze box. Or sing along without an instrument! Songs and lyrics will be emailed each week, featuring artists like Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Everly Brothers, The Drifters, and other favorites from the 1950s and 1960s.
This class meets on the second and fourth Monday of each month. This class also meets on September 30.
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- Beginning Spanish from Chapter 1
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Instructor: Memo Keswick
Dates: 9/11/2024 - 11/13/2024
Days: W
Times: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Sessions: 10
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Bradley 1
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
This class uses a group study of the book Complete Spanish Step by Step, Premium 2nd Edition, by Barbara Bregstein, beginning with chapter 1.
The book is available at Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and other booksellers.
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- Beginning Spanish from Chapter 5
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Instructor: Memo Keswick
Dates: 9/11/2024 - 11/13/2024
Days: W
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Sessions: 10
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Bradley 1
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
This class uses a group study of the book Complete Spanish Step by Step, Premium 2nd Edition, by Barbara Bregstein, beginning with chapter 5.
The book is available at Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and other booksellers.
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- Behavioral Finance and the Psychology of Investing
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Instructor: Steven Cliadakis (he/him/his)
Dates: 9/24/2024 - 9/24/2024
Days: Tu
Times: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Sessions: 1
Location: Online Learning
Room: Link to be Provided
Fee for À La Carte Members: $15.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
What is behavioral finance and how does it work? What is the psychology behind risk-taking and investing? What makes people feel the way they do when making financial decisions? In this class Steven Cliadakis from OLLI sponsor Altum Wealth Advisors will highlight the theories of leading behavioral finance academics and discuss how they attempt to explain irrational investor behavior. The goal is to explore how we may develop a better understanding of our cognitive and emotional selves to help us make better financial decisions.
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- Birding in the Chico Area: Advanced Birding
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Instructor: Joyce Bond
Dates: 9/19/2024 - 11/7/2024
Days: Th
Times: 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Sessions: 3
Location: Outdoor Experiences
Room: Various Locations
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Registration in this class is restricted to participants who meet the prerequisites. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below to request to be added to this class.
This class is for students who have taken the "Birding in the Chico Area: All Levels" class more than once. We will not cover birding basics and will spend more time in the field. We will meet once a month at different locations for field trips that may involve 2-3 miles of walking.
Please register for only one birding section.
This class meets September 19, October 10, and November 7.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
This class requires additional forms. Review the outdoor class forms information before attending class.
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- Birding in the Chico Area: All Levels
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Instructor: Joyce Bond
Dates: 9/26/2024 - 11/14/2024
Days: Th
Times: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Sessions: 3
Location: Outdoor Experiences
Room: Various Locations
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
This class is for both beginning and experienced birders. Through observation and the use of binoculars, field guides, and birding apps, class participants learn to identify birds in their natural habitat. We will meet once a month at different birding locations for field trips that may involve 1-2 miles of walking.
Please register for only one birding section.
This class meets September 26, October 24, and November 14.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
This class requires additional forms. Review the outdoor class forms information before attending class.
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- Chen Village Tai Chi
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Instructor: Randall Krause, OLLI at University of Arizona
Dates: 7/18/2024 - 8/15/2024
Days: Th
Times: 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Sessions: 4
Location: Online Learning
Room: Link to be Provided
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
No previous Tai Chi experience is necessary. All the movements are slow and gentle, and no martial arts applications will be taught or practiced in this study group. These methods may help lessen body pain, correct spinal misalignment, cultivate a sense of internal energy, and rest the mind. Participants can wear comfortable roomy or stretchy clothing and some soft tai chi shoes or socks to wear on their feet.
This class does not meet August 8.
This class from OLLI at the University of Arizona will be recorded. OLLI-UA recordings can take up to a week after the class meeting to become available.
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- Chico State Faculty Lecture Series
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Instructor: Sandra Flake (she/her/hers)
Dates: 10/9/2024 - 11/13/2024
Days: W
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Sessions: 6
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Bradley 2
Hybrid Class: Zoom Link to be Provided
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
You may choose to attend this hybrid class in person or online. The Zoom link will be provided to all registered participants.
Chico State's tradition of academic excellence goes back more than 130 years. With over 850 faculty members and 13,000 students, the University's teaching and learning community is thriving. Discover the imagination, cutting-edge research, and expertise that flourishes in our own backyard!
This class will be recorded.
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- Collage x 5
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Five OLLI members who love collage will share techniques and projects each week. Come and make art!
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
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- Conversational Spanish
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Instructor: Jennifer Castañeda
Dates: 9/9/2024 - 11/4/2024
Days: M
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Sessions: 7
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Gordon 1
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
The purpose of this class is to engage in conversation in Spanish. The instructor will provide a topic from a list generated by participants and a brief instruction on vocabulary and sentence frames which will facilitate discussion. Participants will then converse in multi-level groups. Each class will also include a short pronunciation exercise to help the participants improve their Spanish fluency. Participants should have at least an advanced beginner knowledge of Spanish.
This class does not meet on October 14 and October 21.
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- Cracker Barrel
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Instructor: David Price
Dates: 9/9/2024 - 11/4/2024
Days: M
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Sessions: 9
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Bradley 2
Hybrid Class: Zoom Link to be Provided
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
You may choose to attend this hybrid class in person or online. The Zoom link will be provided to all registered participants.
A scintillating review of current themes in the media will be discussed in each class. Class members present a topic, discuss it, then open the floor for discussion and debate. Poetry, literature, scientific discovery, and educational progress are examples of the issues addressed. Special guests are welcome to present.
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- Creation Zone
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Instructor: Mary Sweeney, Lynda Klein
Dates: 9/26/2024 - 10/31/2024
Days: Th
Times: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Sessions: 5
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Bradley 1
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Do you draw, write novels, knit, paint, collage, hook rugs, embroider, or make any other art or craft? Do you need an impulse to get you going? Instead of doing it alone, come to the OLLI Creation Zone. We will have tables (with plastic sheets covering them to allow for messiness) and chairs set up. You bring yourself, your ideas, and your materials. No instruction, no demands, just a group of people creating in comradery.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
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- Creative Cogitations
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Instructor: Hilary Hassenzahl
Dates: 9/12/2024 - 10/24/2024
Days: Th
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Sessions: 6
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Bradley 1
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
This class is about the creative thinking process, how to develop it, and how it applies across a broad spectrum of topics such as invention/innovation, the arts, industry, creative problem solving, repurposing materials, bio-inspired design, and improvisation. Class members will draw on their unique talents, knowledge bases, hobbies, and interests to complete the challenges introduced. The class will be playful and interactive and ranges in subject matter from the silly and fantastical to tackling serious world problems.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
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- Cribbage: Learn and Play
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Instructor: Susan Levine
Dates: 9/10/2024 - 11/12/2024
Days: Tu
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Sessions: 10
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Bradley 1
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Cribbage is a great card game for two people: fast, unpredictable, and portable. Though the game has many rules, this class will take you through all facets of the game, step by step. By the time you have finished this class, you will not only know the game well, but you will also know how to teach the game to others. If you already know the game, come play with us. Been looking for someone to play with? Maybe you will find a new friend and opponent here!
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- Deer Creek Hike
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Instructor: Vickie Bernhardt
Dates: 10/11/2024 - 10/11/2024
Days: F
Times: 8:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Sessions: 1
Location: Outdoor Experiences
Room: Various Locations
Fee for À La Carte Members: $15.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
This is a moderate out and back hike totaling 4 miles along picturesque Deer Creek. The trail meanders under a forest canopy, which we will admire in its seasonal beauty. Features to enjoy along our journey include stream crossings, some short steep rocky ascents and descents, waterfalls, and basalt cliffs towering above us on the walls of the canyon. We will hike at a leisurely pace, enjoying the flora and fauna along the way.
Further details will be provided prior to the hike. Sturdy hiking boots required; hiking poles recommended.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
This class requires additional forms. Review the outdoor class forms information before attending class.
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- Demystifying Annuities
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Instructor: Miste Cliadakis
Dates: 11/6/2024 - 11/6/2024
Days: W
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Sessions: 1
Location: Online Learning
Room: Link to be Provided
Fee for À La Carte Members: $15.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Have you ever heard radio hosts say, "I hate annuities," "Annuities are bad," or "Annuities have lots of fees"? In this class Miste Cliadakis from OLLI sponsor Altum Wealth Advisors will demystify what you may have heard about annuities. For example, you may not know that there are four main types of annuities, that some annuities have zero fees, that some annuities are liquid, or that some annuities act much like a CD. Annuities can be complex investment products, and they may not be suitable for everyone. Learn the pros and cons of the various annuities.
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- Developing Deeper Women's Friendships
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Instructor: Pam Loyd
Dates: 9/12/2024 - 11/14/2024
Days: Th
Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Sessions: 9
Location: The Terraces
Room: Sierra Room
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Most women have a variety of casual friends with whom they socialize, yet many women feel they don't have deep emotional closeness with enough of those friends. They long for more intimate friendships where they feel truly known at a deeper, more personal level. This class will explore how to develop deeper meaningful friendships between women, as well as share our own experiences. Topics will include friendship myths, types of friendships, unhealthy friendships, steps in developing meaningful friendships, and mutual sharing and self-disclosure in friendships.
The recommended book, Friendships Don't Just Happen by Shasta Nelson, is available at Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and other booksellers. This class is for women only.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
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- Duplicate Bridge
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Instructor: Sherri Faroky
Dates: 9/11/2024 - 10/16/2024
Days: W
Times: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Sessions: 6
Location: Bidwell Bridge Club
Room:
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
This class is for those who know the basics of Bridge and want to improve their game. Each session begins with a lesson followed by play of hands related to the day's topic with guidance from the instructor.
There will be an additional materials fee of $5 payable to the instructor at the first class.
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- Ekphrastic Writing and Art
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Instructor: Joan Goodreau, Jean Varda
Dates: 10/4/2024 - 10/25/2024
Days: F
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Sessions: 4
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Bradley 1
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
We will design collages on the covers of blank composition books, then write inside the notebooks about the collage pieces and other art provided for viewing. Composition books will be provided by the instructors.
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- Estate Planning 101
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Instructor: Dana Campbell, Tara Campbell
Dates: 9/9/2024 - 9/23/2024
Days: M
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Sessions: 3
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Gordon 1
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
This class is designed to assist you in planning the transfer of your wealth to a spouse, children, grandchildren, and any other people or organizations you want to benefit from your estate. OLLI sponsors Dana and Tara Campbell will explore the advantages and disadvantages of different methods for wealth transfer to enable you to make better decisions regarding your own estate. Plan on both lecture and discussion as many exciting things can be learned from information and experiences of participants.
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- Explore Your Public Lands: Gray Lodge Wildlife Area
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Instructor: Vickie Stoll, Lorraine Smith (she/her/hers)
Dates: 11/15/2024 - 11/15/2024
Days: F
Times: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sessions: 1
Location: Outdoor Experiences
Room: Various Locations
Fee for À La Carte Members: $15.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
The North State is home to rich, diverse public lands: refuges, parks, forests, and reserves. Your public lands provide vital wildlife habitat and protect our natural resources. On this field trip, we'll explore Gray Lodge with guidance from a California Department of Fish and Wildlife Naturalist and enjoy an easy 2-mile nature walk on level paths. We will identify birds, enjoy stunning views of the Sutter Buttes, and learn about this haven for over 300 species of wildlife. Come explore your public lands with us!
Further details will be provided prior to the field trip.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
This class requires additional forms. Review the outdoor class forms information before attending class.
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- Exploring Mixed Media Collage
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Instructor: Debbie Vermette
Dates: 9/10/2024 - 10/8/2024
Days: Tu
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Sessions: 5
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Bradley 1
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Collage is a creative medium accessible to people of all artistic skill levels. We'll explore the world of collage by using different papers and techniques. There is no wrong way to create a collage. It is simply a matter of layering color, texture, and patterns. And it's fun!
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
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- Feng Shui Basics
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Instructor: Valerie Althoff
Dates: 9/10/2024 - 10/8/2024
Days: Tu
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Sessions: 5
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Gordon 1
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Feng shui teaches that your spaces are a reflection of your life. If some part of your life is out of whack, your spaces will indicate that. The motto is: change your spaces, change your life. You'll learn to see where you spend time (home, office, car) from a new perspective and get useful solutions (called "cures") to help shift your spaces. This class shows you that these modifications can help enhance and balance your life.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
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- Finding Balance: Stability and Mobility
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Instructor: Mary Sweeney
Dates: 9/23/2024 - 11/4/2024
Days: M
Times: 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Sessions: 7
Location: The Terraces
Room: Long Exercise Room
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Everyone can have better balance! Balance improves with practice under safe and friendly conditions. Participants will explore balance while sitting, standing, and moving through space, including walking in all directions. Participants will learn how various factors affect balance (and what to do about it), including muscle strength, flexibility, vision, vestibular sense, proprioception, coordination, and cognition. Come experience the art, science, and joy of re-establishing your body's stability and mobility.
This class is for all levels. Wear comfortable clothing that allows for ease of movement. Go barefoot if that is comfortable for you and you have no skin issues. Otherwise, wear thin-soled, flat shoes that work for your feet.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
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- Fitness for Lifetime Mobility
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Instructor: Paul Coots
Dates: 9/11/2024 - 11/13/2024
Days: W
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Sessions: 10
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Bradley 2
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Mobility declines with age, but more so if we're not active. Come enhance your physical and spiritual well-being through exercise. We'll practice balance, strength, and flexibility movements that lead to increased mobility. Each class follows a similar routine that can be done at home, allowing you to look after the health of your joints for many years to come. Please wear comfy clothing. Your body will thank you!
Please bring an exercise or yoga mat, a yoga strap or similar strap, and a yoga block or a rolled up towel.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
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- Folk Music in Mid-Century America: Revival or Red Scare?
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Instructor: Rebecca Herring Reiner
Dates: 9/12/2024 - 11/14/2024
Days: Th
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Sessions: 9
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Bradley 2
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
American folk music experienced a commercial revival from the late 1940s through the mid-1960s. Its roots in support of the labor movement, and later embrace of anti-war protest songs, earned many performers the label of "communist pinkos." Other performers, however, cultivated a clean-cut, down-home, all-American image. We will explore the history of this dichotomy, then play and sing the songs known collectively as "folk music." Bring your instruments, your voice, and your curiosity. Leave your inhibitions at home and be prepared to have a good time!
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- Frankenstein Returns: Human Enhancement for Social Advancement?
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Instructor: David Donnell
Dates: 9/10/2024 - 11/12/2024
Days: Tu
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Sessions: 10
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Bradley 2
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
We will explore the subject of human enhancement and consider the social implications of the alterations humans are capable of making to themselves and others. Whether a tattoo, the consumption of a drug designed to boost performance, or the surgical alteration of the body, we have a rapidly advancing ability to alter our biology and, in so doing, to challenge cultural norms and potentially threaten long-established social structures. Is this hubris? Do alterations offer the promise of enhancement or threaten peril? Join the discussion!
The class will make frequent use of freely-available digital materials that the instructor will direct you to. Participants may also suggest topics for discussion.
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- French 1
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Instructor: Leanne Ulvang (she/her/elle), Michele Martens
Dates: 9/9/2024 - 11/4/2024
Days: M
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Sessions: 9
Location: Online Learning
Room: Link to be Provided
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
If you've studied French in the past – even as long ago as high school – and can construct a basic sentence in French, join us in improving our abilities to communicate orally and in writing. The class uses a text, but doesn't always follow its sequence. If you are completely new to French, this is not the class for you.
The recommended book, Easy French Step-by-Step by Myrna Bell Rochester, is available at Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and other booksellers.
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- French 2
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Instructor: Leanne Ulvang (she/her/elle)
Dates: 9/9/2024 - 11/4/2024
Days: M
Times: 2:05 PM - 3:00 PM
Sessions: 9
Location: Online Learning
Room: Link to be Provided
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
This class will focus on grammar, usage, creating French sentences, and improving listening skills, plus reading French stories.
A special emphasis this term is constructing sentences with subordinate clauses.
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- French 3: Conversation
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Instructor: Leanne Ulvang (she/her/elle), Jane Ziad
Dates: 9/9/2024 - 11/4/2024
Days: M
Times: 3:05 PM - 4:00 PM
Sessions: 9
Location: Online Learning
Room: Link to be Provided
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
On parle français dans cette classe, sans traduction (si nous avons de la chance). On doit avoir l'envie d'entendre et de parler mieux le français, et peut-être un jour le parler couramment. Il n’y a pas de textes.
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- Future of Health, Medicine and Biotechnology: Part 4
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We will continue to explore the new developments in the fields of medicine and biotechnology and how they will impact the future of our health and well-being. Topics covered will include cancer, diabetes, obesity, Alzheimer's disease, and much more.
This class from OLLI at Rochester Institute of Technology will be recorded. Osher at RIT recordings can take up to a week after the class meeting to become available.
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- Garden Gourmands
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Instructor: Debra Barger
Dates: 9/18/2024 - 10/9/2024
Days: W
Times: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Sessions: 4
Location: Outdoor Experiences
Room: Various Locations
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
California's temperate climate allows an amazing array of plants to be grown locally. Edible gardens, pollinator gardens, native gardens, contemplative gardens, and demonstration gardens are some of the many varieties to tour. Inspired by the successful model of the "Arts & Eats" OLLI class, "Garden Gourmands" will focus on touring the art of garden landscapes combined with eating locally. Join Master Gardeners as we explore different area gardens followed by a no-host lunch at various local eateries to enjoy the bounty of Butte County.
Registered participants will receive the specific garden location/address via email by the Saturday before each tour. Plan for possible travel time of at least 35 minutes before and after the scheduled class meeting time. There will be a no-host lunch held after each class from 12 to 1pm.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
This class requires additional forms. Review the outdoor class forms information before attending class.
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- Gentle Energizing Movement, Breathing, and Relaxation
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Instructor: Randall Krause, OLLI at University of Arizona
Dates: 7/16/2024 - 8/13/2024
Days: Tu
Times: 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Sessions: 5
Location: Online Learning
Room: Link to be Provided
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Let go of stress and come home to yourself. Over millennia, the sages of the Himalayan Yoga Tradition developed highly effective methods of movement, relaxation, and meditation. In this study group you will learn foundational practices from the Himalayan Yoga Tradition. Each session will have three phases: gentle movement and breathing, deep relaxation, and meditation. Members can expect to leave this class refreshed. Please note that the movements taught in this study group are not acrobatics. They are suitable for people with no yoga experience. If you've attended yoga classes and found them to be too strenuous or otherwise challenging, this study group is for you.
This class from OLLI at the University of Arizona will be recorded. OLLI-UA recordings can take up to a week after the class meeting to become available.
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- Gentle Meditative Yoga Flow
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Instructor: Linda Strand-Talmo
Dates: 9/10/2024 - 11/12/2024
Days: Tu
Times: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Sessions: 9
Location: Chico Creek Dance
Room: Studio B
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Embark on a journey to inner peace with these tranquil yoga sessions. This class is designed to calm the mind and foster a deep connection with your inner self through gentle movements. Participants will engage in exercises performed both seated on the floor and through simple standing postures. This class is open to all, regardless of prior yoga experience. Please bring a yoga mat. While not essential, you're welcome to bring any personal yoga props to enhance your practice.
This class will not meet October 29.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
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- Great Decisions
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You may choose to attend this hybrid class in person or online. The Zoom link will be provided to all registered participants.
"Great Decisions" is the Foreign Policy Association's public education program about US foreign policy and global affairs issues. We will cover four of the Foreign Policy Association's topics and add some additional topics that are of interest to the class.
The topics for fall 2024 will include: High Seas Treaty, climate technology and competition, US and China investment strategies, and pandemic preparation.
This class will be recorded.
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- Hike & History: Meadow Hike & Jonesville Hotel
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Instructor: Richard Utter, Pamela Waldsmith, Bill Casey
Dates: 9/13/2024 - 9/13/2024
Days: F
Times: 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Sessions: 1
Location: Outdoor Experiences
Room: Various Locations
Fee for À La Carte Members: $15.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Join us for history and a hike. We will be treated to viewing the Jonesville Hotel with a local historian and resident. We will then hike in the meadows near the creek in Jonesville for about 5 miles at roughly 5500' elevation. Be prepared for uneven ground.
Hiking poles, good hiking shoes, and binoculars for birding are recommended. Further details will be provided prior to the hike.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
This class requires additional forms. Review the outdoor class forms information before attending class.
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- Hiking Green Gate to Five Mile
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Instructor: Richard Utter, Pamela Waldsmith
Dates: 11/6/2024 - 11/6/2024
Days: W
Times: 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Sessions: 1
Location: Outdoor Experiences
Room: Various Locations
Fee for À La Carte Members: $15.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
We'll start at Green Gate and hike through Upper Bidwell Park into Lower Bidwell Park, coming out near Five Mile at Centennial Avenue. Binoculars are suggested for views, landmarks, and bird viewing. Expect elevation changes of approximately 1,000 feet and a hike 5+ miles in length. Our pace will be steady with occasional stops. The trail is rigorous; expect hills and uneven ground.
Further details will be provided prior to the hike.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
This class requires additional forms. Review the outdoor class forms information before attending class.
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- Holiday Cookies: Make Ahead, Bake Anytime
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Instructor: Cathryn Hudin
Dates: 10/18/2024 - 10/18/2024
Days: F
Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Sessions: 1
Location: Online Learning
Room: Link to be Provided
Fee for À La Carte Members: $15.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Cathryn has made and given away holiday cookies for fifty years. In this class, she will share three cookie recipes that are refrigerated before baking and then baked in a few minutes any time you desire. She will make one of the doughs during class and show how to prep all three for baking. You can optionally make the dough ahead of time and bake along with Cathryn.
This class will be recorded.
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- Intro to Pencil Drawing
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Instructor: Cris Guenter
Dates: 9/10/2024 - 10/1/2024
Days: Tu
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Sessions: 4
Location: Online Learning
Room: Link to be Provided
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Being able to sketch or draw is a foundation for creating art in a variety of mediums and helps in explaining ideas and thoughts. This class will address beginning graphite pencil drawing approaches and techniques. Participants will actively draw in every class session while learning to construct simple to more complex drawings along the way. Join us to explore drawing together.
Intro to Pencil Drawing Materials List
- A sketchbook and/or drawing paper
- #2 pencil
- Kneaded eraser
- STAEDTLER Mars Lumograph Pencil Set of 6
- Workable fixative for pencil
This class will be recorded.
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- Introduction to Kayak and SUP Paddling: Section 1
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Participants will learn about the importance of water safety, how the design of the watercraft affects how the vessel performs, how to enter and exit the vessel, paddle design, and a variety of paddle strokes. This class is a great way to gain the necessary skills to have fun and be confident when participating in other kayak adventures on flat water and slow-moving water.
Wear water shoes and non-cotton clothing and expect to get a little wet. There will be an additional activity fee of $40 payable at the class.
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- Introduction to Kayak and SUP Paddling: Section 2
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Participants will learn about the importance of water safety, how the design of the watercraft affects how the vessel performs, how to enter and exit the vessel, paddle design, and a variety of paddle strokes. This class is a great way to gain the necessary skills to have fun and be confident when participating in other kayak adventures on flat water and slow-moving water.
Wear water shoes and non-cotton clothing and expect to get a little wet. There will be an additional activity fee of $40 payable at the class.
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- Let's Keep Knitting
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Instructor: Gale Ulvang
Dates: 9/10/2024 - 11/12/2024
Days: Tu
Times: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Sessions: 10
Location: Online Learning
Room: Link to be Provided
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Knitting with others is a wonderful learning environment. This class is designed to give knitters who have mastered the basic stitches of knit and purl a chance to work on a project of their choosing while we chat and share ideas online with other knitters. All levels of ability are welcome! Gale contributes to the class by offering tips and suggestions for patterns, yarn, and tools based on her years of knitting experience.
This class will be recorded.
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- Living the Four Agreements
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Instructor: Valerie Althoff
Dates: 10/17/2024 - 11/14/2024
Days: Th
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Sessions: 5
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Gordon 2
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
In 1997, Don Miguel Ruiz published The Four Agreements. He writes that we have, mostly unconsciously, agreed to living as what he calls "the domesticated human," leading lives that can be unfulfilling and difficult. The four agreements can create the experience of inner freedom and contentment. In class, we will discuss each agreement and ways to apply them in everyday life. Familiarity with the book is helpful but not necessary. Just come and learn how to live a more wholesome life!
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
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- Logic in an Illogical World: The Search for Truth
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Instructor: Gary Hedlind
Dates: 10/22/2024 - 11/12/2024
Days: Tu
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Sessions: 4
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Gordon 1
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
The class will examine common flaws in logic which lead to questionable conclusions: opposites and falsehoods, blame and responsibility, paradoxes, fallacies, emotions, etc. The goal is to become aware of one's own blind spots that are obstacles in the search for truth.
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- Making an Altar to Remember Friends and Relatives We Have Lost
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Instructor: Joan Goodreau
Dates: 10/7/2024 - 10/21/2024
Days: M
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Sessions: 3
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Bradley 1
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Discuss, plan, and prepare a simple altar in memory and in honor of friends and family you have lost. Some people observe holidays like Day of the Dead and All Souls Day that specifically honor loved ones who have died; for others, the upcoming winter holiday season and dark winter days can be a time to think of those who have died. The altars we build will give us a concrete, personal way to celebrate our departed loved ones with art, photos, and writings.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
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- Master Gardener Lecture Series
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Instructor: Debra Barger, Felicity Brown
Dates: 9/17/2024 - 10/8/2024
Days: Tu
Times: 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Sessions: 4
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Bradley 1
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
California Master Gardeners provide educational outreach from University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) offices throughout the state. The mission of the Butte County Master Gardeners is to extend research-based education and technical assistance throughout the non-commercial gardening community and to foster successful gardening practices by helping individuals make informed decisions about plants, pests, and the environment, with an emphasis on sustainability. Join us as we address a wide range of fascinating subjects.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
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- Meandering in Interesting Places
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Instructor: Candice Roethler
Dates: 9/30/2024 - 10/21/2024
Days: M
Times: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Sessions: 2
Location: Outdoor Experiences
Room: Various Locations
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Join us for two outdoor adventures, each approximately 1-3 miles on flat, even surfaces, as we explore interesting spaces in our community. We'll meander at a leisurely pace learning about the flora, fauna, history, and other highlights in the areas we are visiting. Participants should be comfortable walking at least a mile and standing for about two hours.
This term's interesting places include visits to the Chico History Museum with local historian Dave Nopel and the Chico Creek Nature Center with Nature Center docents. Further details will be provided prior to each walk.
This class meets September 30 and October 21.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
This class requires additional forms. Review the outdoor class forms information before attending class.
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- Medicare Open Enrollment FAQ
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Instructor: Victoria Brennan
Dates: 11/6/2024 - 11/6/2024
Days: W
Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Sessions: 1
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Gordon 1
Fee for À La Carte Members: $15.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
The Medicare Annual Open Enrollment Period (AEP) for Part D prescription drug plans and Part C Medicare Advantage plans begins October 15 and ends December 7. This Medicare FAQ class will offer beneficiaries options for their healthcare needs in the coming year. Passages HICAP Medicare counselors will be on site and ready to perform AEP Part D prescription drug plan comparisons and plan changes for attendees who wish to reevaluate their current plan.
If you are interested in having a Part D prescription drug plan comparison conducted, please bring a list of your prescriptions (including name, dosage, and quantity taken per day) and your Medicare card.
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- Music and Musicians
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Instructor: Walter Coffey
Dates: 9/13/2024 - 11/15/2024
Days: F
Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Sessions: 10
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Gordon 1
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Each week we'll view a feature-length documentary or two shorter films. The films will generally feature a performer or composer, the impact of their environment on their music, and the impact of their music on other musicians and on society. Or the focus might be on a style of music from swing to country, jazz to rock. This is a class for the open-minded and intellectually curious because, paraphrasing Mick Jagger, you might not always hear what you like, but sometimes you just might like what you hear.
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- My Neighbor's Voice: Building Community Through Deep Listening
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Instructor: Mary Anne Inglis, Kyle Gookins
Dates: 9/12/2024 - 10/17/2024
Days: Th
Times: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Sessions: 5
Location: Online Learning
Room: Link to be Provided
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
My Neighbor's Voice (MNV) is committed to encouraging respectful conversations about the things that matter most. Using MNV Listening Cards, we focus on universal community questions ranging from American culture to civic rights and responsibilities, spiritual thought to health and environment, and more. During class, we have a moderated listening practice with our cards. Each participant takes turns answering questions and listening to their neighbor answer a related question. At the end of several listening rounds, we open the forum up for free discussion on the topic of the day.
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- Myths, Legends, and Tales of the Celts
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Instructor: Lynn Elliott
Dates: 9/11/2024 - 11/13/2024
Days: W
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Sessions: 10
Location: Online Learning
Room: Link to be Provided
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
W.B. Yeats, in his essay "The Celtic Element In Literature," spoke of visions of a world expressed by people who "believed that trees were divine, and could take a human or grotesque shape and dance among the shadows." Once a powerful people who dominated much of Europe, the Celts were reduced to a few small groups after the Roman invasions. However, their mythology survived, thanks largely to the efforts of medieval Irish and Welsh monks who wrote down the stories.
Celtic Myths Posters
This class will be recorded.
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- Nature in the Neighborhood
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Instructor: Hilary Hassenzahl
Dates: 9/10/2024 - 9/10/2024
Days: Tu
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Sessions: 1
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Bradley 2
Fee for À La Carte Members: $15.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Chico is known for its rich biodiversity and parks. Get to know Chico's non-human residents with highlights from four years of weekly wanderings and the research they inspired. Courtship displays, playful otters happily munching, a drinking fountain hawk bath, wildflower blooms, a rare mutant carpenter bee, and more surprises are captured on this photographic journey through parks and surrounding neighborhoods in the heart of Chico.
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- On Being Nonprofit
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Instructor: Janet Rechtman
Dates: 9/9/2024 - 9/30/2024
Days: M
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Sessions: 4
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Bradley 1
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
This workshop is for anyone who has volunteered to help a nonprofit or tried to start a nonprofit themselves, including the delights and dilemmas of service and leadership in the nonprofit context. Content includes nonprofit basics, board member roles and responsibilities, and challenges and opportunities for elders in the context of the nonprofit life cycle. There will also be opportunities to explore specific questions and concerns raised by participants. This class does not provide legal advice.
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- Online Film Discussion
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Instructor: OLLI at University of Arizona, Trudy Hill
Dates: 7/18/2024 - 8/22/2024
Days: Th
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Sessions: 6
Location: Online Learning
Room: Link to be Provided
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Each week we'll watch a favorite movie available on Netflix or Prime. The instructor will choose and present the first film. In the five weeks that follow, class members will have an opportunity to choose and present a favorite film. The presenter must have seen their suggested film. The class will vote on which film to watch for the following week. If no one volunteers, the instructor will choose the film to discuss and may or may not introduce the film. Class members are welcome to attend the discussion whether they have seen the film. This is a chance to share and revisit old favorites or new. There may be a charge to watch some of the films.
This class from OLLI at the University of Arizona will be recorded. OLLI-UA recordings can take up to a week after the class meeting to become available.
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- Poetry for Pleasure
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Instructor: Paul Belz
Dates: 9/13/2024 - 11/15/2024
Days: F
Times: 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
Sessions: 5
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Gordon 2
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Reading poetry helps you to know things more fully; it commands your attention; and it can sustain good conversation. In this class, participants select poetry from favorite sources to read aloud with fellow enthusiasts.
This class meets September 13, October 4, October 18, November 1, and November 15.
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- Politics and the United States: 2008 to the Present
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Instructor: George Wright
Dates: 9/11/2024 - 11/13/2024
Days: W
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Sessions: 10
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Bradley 1
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Since the 2008 Great Recession the United States has faced three separate, but overlapping, crises: stagnant economic growth, accelerating domestic political polarization, and geopolitical challenges to its post-World War II hegemonic status. This class will examine how the Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations have addressed and/or contributed to those crises. The class will conclude with a focus on how those crises are affecting the 2024 presidential election.
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- Power Your Mind
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Join us as we learn to power the mind. We will discuss topics on ways to love your brain, prevent cognitive decline, and improve your overall mental health. This class will incorporate a few lighthearted and joyful activities, including crafting, mindfulness, and cooking sessions.
This class meets September 18 and October 16.
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- Reading Poetry for Insight and Pleasure
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Instructor: Susan Bollinger, Kate Foley
Dates: 9/10/2024 - 11/12/2024
Days: Tu
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Sessions: 10
Location: Online Learning
Room: Link to be Provided
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Each week the class will read poems by an individual poet, a collection of poems on a specific subject, or a collection of poems in a specific style. A wide range of poets and poetry will be presented, from classic to contemporary, and we will discuss them from the perspective that the poet creates the work but the reader activates it.
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- Retirement Planning & Investments in a Changing Economy
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Instructor: Steven Cliadakis (he/him/his)
Dates: 9/10/2024 - 9/17/2024
Days: Tu
Times: 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Sessions: 2
Location: Online Learning
Room: Link to be Provided
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
In this class Steven Cliadakis from OLLI sponsor Altum Wealth Advisors will discuss how tax law changes, inflation, falling interest rates, and a changing economy may affect your investments and retirement plans. The class will cover various investment vehicles, such as CDs, Treasurys, index funds, ETFs, alternative investments, and others. Hear the financial market perspectives of respected economists and explore investment trends and best practices. The class will highlight key principles of financial planning and how they can be applied to your personal retirement goals.
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- Reverse Mortgage Myth vs Reality
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Instructor: Annette Mercer, Dominic Schuessler
Dates: 9/17/2024 - 9/17/2024
Days: Tu
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Sessions: 1
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Bradley 2
Hybrid Class: Zoom Link to be Provided
Fee for À La Carte Members: $15.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
You may choose to attend this hybrid class in person or online. The Zoom link will be provided to all registered participants.
This class will educate you about various mortgage loans and how they can be applied to your unique situation. Experts from OLLI sponsor Tri Counties Bank will address Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECM) and other home mortgages, with an emphasis on dispelling myths surrounding reverse mortgages. Learn about current mortgage rates, loan terms, down payment requirements, mortgage insurance, and closing costs and fees of all kinds. Understanding the difference between various mortgage options can help put you in the driver's seat on your next home sale or purchase. This class does not provide legal advice.
This class will be recorded.
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- Salmon Spawning Kayak Tour: Section 1
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Observe the Chinook salmon, or king salmon, spawning season up close as we kayak beside them in the Feather River. We'll start with a brief safety and how to paddle lesson. Then we'll travel downriver to view the spawning salmon. You'll learn about the lifecycle of the salmon and the Feather River, and have a chance to see Oroville in a whole new way.
This class is for those with some kayaking experience. Wear non-cotton clothing and water shoes. There will be an additional activity fee of $65 payable at the class.
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- Salmon Spawning Kayak Tour: Section 2
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Observe the Chinook salmon, or king salmon, spawning season up close as we kayak beside them in the Feather River. We'll start with a brief safety and how to paddle lesson. Then we'll travel downriver to view the spawning salmon. You'll learn about the lifecycle of the salmon and the Feather River, and have a chance to see Oroville in a whole new way.
This class is for those with some kayaking experience. Wear non-cotton clothing and water shoes. There will be an additional activity fee of $65 payable at the class.
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- Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Group
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Instructor: Stephen Fritter
Dates: 9/11/2024 - 11/13/2024
Days: W
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Sessions: 10
Location: Online Learning
Room: Link to be Provided
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
This class will discuss favorite science fiction authors, their books, and the social, political, and scientific issues they raise. There may be occasional magical journeys into works of fantasy. The books and authors will be chosen by Stephen with suggestions from class participants and former class leader Sydney Wilde. This is a fun, free-flowing gathering of science fiction enthusiasts. Please join us and bring your ideas, insights, and suspension of disbelief.
Several classes will be devoted to the theme of generation starships with works by authors such as Robert A. Heinlein, Brian W. Aldiss, Poul Anderson, and Kim Stanley Robinson as source material. The books for this group will be available in e-book, audio, paperback, and hard-bound formats from Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and other booksellers.
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- Sing Gospel Music
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Instructor: Phil Elkins
Dates: 9/16/2024 - 11/4/2024
Days: M
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Sessions: 4
Location: The Terraces
Room: Lobby
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Sing and/or play popular gospel songs. Bring your voice, guitar, violin, cello, harmonica, squeeze box, or other instrument and join a group of people singing and playing for fun. This is not meant to be religious. It's just a place to enjoy great music. Join us!
This class meets on the first and third Monday of each month.
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- Sketchbook Journaling
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Instructor: Marvey Mueller
Dates: 10/7/2024 - 11/4/2024
Days: M
Times: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Sessions: 5
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Bradley 1
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Registration in this class is restricted to participants who meet the prerequisites. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below to request to be added to this class.
Sharpen your drawing and watercolor skills as we paint and sketch together on a variety of subjects. The purpose of this class is to provide a supportive community for those who work to keep their journal practice alive. We will share ideas and sometimes our favorite art materials, the ones that make this practice all the more fun. With all the colors of fall available to us as examples, plan on some brilliant pages in your sketchbook.
This class requires a strong skill level. Only prior students or those who submit their work to the instructor for consideration will be admitted.
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- Slow Reading Shakespeare: The Tempest
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Instructor: Jack Ayer
Dates: 9/10/2024 - 11/12/2024
Days: Tu
Times: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Sessions: 10
Location: Online Learning
Room: Link to be Provided
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Join us for a collaborative read of Shakespeare's The Tempest, a play about colonialism and the dispossessed. You'll be encouraged, but not required, to join in the discussion. This class is for beginners and Shakespeare veterans alike. You will want your own copy of the play, but any good standard edition will do. E-mail Jack (jdayer@ucdavis.edu) for guidance.
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- Smartphone 101: The iPhone
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Instructor: Susan Levine
Dates: 10/10/2024 - 10/31/2024
Days: Th
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Sessions: 4
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Gordon 1
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
This class is an introduction to any version of Apple's iPhone. We will cover the basic structure and functions of the iPhone as well as how to navigate your device using your voice and fingers. The class consists of lectures and hands-on exercises. Most importantly, you will learn how and where to find the answer to the all important question, "How do I…?"
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- Social Steps
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Where safety meets socialization! Join Butte County Public Health for walks around Chico and learn about how to be a safer pedestrian every time you leave your house. Pedestrian safety is an important topic, as everyone is a pedestrian! During this class we will go for social walks, identify how we can get around safer, and get to know each other all at the same time. Safety items will be provided to participants of the class and each walk is about 1.5 miles long.
Further details will be provided prior to each walk.
One in-person classroom meeting, 8:30-10am September 11 in Gordon 2. All other classes will be outside.
This class requires additional forms. Review the outdoor class forms information before attending class.
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- Spanish Composition and Conversation
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Instructor: Memo Keswick
Dates: 9/11/2024 - 11/13/2024
Days: W
Times: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sessions: 10
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Bradley 1
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
This class covers writing and conversation in Spanish. The class will be conducted mostly in Spanish; English may be used for support. Participants will have the opportunity to speak and to write short compositions for review and discussion. The class may have native speakers and professional Spanish educators as guest speakers. There is nothing like having a professional Spanish educator to help learn Spanish conversation.
There is an additional $25 materials and speaker fee payable to the instructor at the first class meeting.
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- Spiritual Principles for Life: Part 1
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Instructor: Rosie Potestio
Dates: 9/10/2024 - 10/8/2024
Days: Tu
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Sessions: 5
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Gordon 2
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Spiritual principles help us follow a path to experience life with strength and resilience. These are fundamental truths that are universally accepted and passed on over many years and through many traditions. As suggested in The Eye of the I by David R. Hawkins, MD, PhD, we will talk about some of the following principles: attitude, humility, kindness, giving up guilt, willingness to realize that "truth" is dependent on context, acceptance, and non-attachment.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
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- Stansbury Home Tour
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Instructor: Dino Corbin, Elizabeth Carrillo
Dates: 9/13/2024 - 9/13/2024
Days: F
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Sessions: 1
Location: Other
Room: Various Locations
Fee for À La Carte Members: $15.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Located at the corner of Fifth and Salem Streets, the Stansbury Home was built by Dr. Oscar Stansbury, a local physician, in 1883. Owned by the City of Chico since 1976, it is operated by the Stansbury Home Preservation Association as a historic house museum. This tour will include Dr. Stansbury's office, with its display of the tools used in his practice, as well as rooms used by the Stansbury family with original interiors and furnishings intact.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
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- Tap Dance Is Fun
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Instructor: Mary Sweeney
Dates: 9/24/2024 - 11/12/2024
Days: Tu
Times: 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Sessions: 8
Location: Chico Creek Dance
Room: Studio B
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Tap dance involves rhythmic, percussive, and precise movement of the feet while promoting flow and individual style of the entire body. Classes will include warm-up, structured movement phrases that will build in complexity, and creative explorations. All levels are welcome. Good standing balance is recommended.
Wear comfortable clothing that allows for ease of movement and tap shoes, preferably with low heel.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
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- Telling Your Story
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Instructor: Lisa Holeman
Dates: 9/25/2024 - 11/13/2024
Days: W
Times: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Sessions: 8
Location: The Terraces
Room: Sierra Room
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Want to hear some interesting stories? Each class session will feature someone telling their life story. Students will have the option of being filmed and given a flash drive with the recording as a keepsake. This token of remembrance can be passed onto one's family or friends. A memoir book will be available to students and a list of possible topics to address when giving their talk. Everyone has a story to tell. Come and share yours!
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- The Art of Seeing Art
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Instructor: Dolores Mitchell
Dates: 9/11/2024 - 10/9/2024
Days: W
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Sessions: 5
Location: Online Learning
Room: Link to be Provided
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
We use our senses and memories to help us navigate daily life. Applying them when visiting galleries and museums can be as enlightening as reading labels. This class explores the connection between viewing art and our personal experiences. For example, your awe at the Grand Canyon can be similar to your awe when seeing Michelangelo's David. In advance of each class, participants will receive emails with playful exercises and recommended readings and videos. Each of the five classes will focus on a separate discipline.
This class will be recorded.
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- The Civil War and Reconstruction with David Blight
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Instructor: Walter Coffey
Dates: 9/13/2024 - 11/15/2024
Days: F
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Sessions: 10
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Gordon 1
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
This is one part of a three-term presentation of David Blight's online Yale University class. Four broad themes are closely examined: the crisis of union and disunion in an expanding republic; slavery, race, and emancipation as a national problem, personal experience, and social process; the experience of modern, total war for individuals and society; and the political and social challenges of Reconstruction.
Part three of a three-term series. This part covers the beginning of the war through the end of Reconstruction.
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- The Power of Words: Euphemism, Metaphor, and Mindset
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Instructor: Karen Burdette (she/her/hers)
Dates: 10/22/2024 - 11/12/2024
Days: Tu
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Sessions: 4
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Gordon 2
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
This is a participatory, discussion-based class exploring the hidden assumptions in our language. Does the way we speak influence and manipulate the way we think? Our language is replete with militaristic euphemisms and metaphors, political code words and dog whistles, and hidden assumptions about power, patriarchy, hierarchy, and identity. Many of those words and phrases are so ingrained in our lexicon that we are oblivious to the potentially manipulative power they hold over us and our way of thinking.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
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- Trash and the Neal Road Landfill: Section 1
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The class will present a brief history of the disposal of trash through time, regulations affecting the disposal of trash, and the history of the Neal Road Recycling and Waste Facility (landfill). Learn about the recycling and diversion of wastes from the landfill, landfill operations, monitoring, amounts of waste disposed, as well as effects of disasters, electrical power generation, equipment used, and the future of landfill and related topics.
Bring walking shoes (no sandals), sunscreen, hat, sunglasses, and water as the majority of class will be outside to allow observation of landfill operations. You may also bring a folding chair and clipboard. Please register for only one section.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
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- Trash and the Neal Road Landfill: Section 2
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The class will present a brief history of the disposal of trash through time, regulations affecting the disposal of trash, and the history of the Neal Road Recycling and Waste Facility (landfill). Learn about the recycling and diversion of wastes from the landfill, landfill operations, monitoring, amounts of waste disposed, as well as effects of disasters, electrical power generation, equipment used, and the future of landfill and related topics.
Bring walking shoes (no sandals), sunscreen, hat, sunglasses, and water as the majority of class will be outside to allow observation of landfill operations. You may also bring a folding chair and clipboard. Please register for only one section.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
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- Tuesday Tunes
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Instructor: Bitz Haley
Dates: 9/10/2024 - 11/12/2024
Days: Tu
Times: 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Sessions: 5
Location: Haley Music Therapy
Room:
Hybrid Class: Zoom Link to be Provided
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
You may choose to attend this hybrid class in person or online. The Zoom link will be provided to all registered participants.
Start your Tuesday with music and songs. Join us in a fun, informal sing-along. Bring your voices and/or musical instruments. The operative word is "fun." If you like music, you will like this class. All levels welcome!
This class meets September 10, September 24, October 8, October 22, and November 12.
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- Walk the Yellowstone Kelly Heritage Trail in Paradise
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Instructor: Pat Bronson, Melissa Loura
Dates: 10/24/2024 - 10/24/2024
Days: Th
Times: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Sessions: 1
Location: Outdoor Experiences
Room: Various Locations
Fee for À La Carte Members: $15.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Come enjoy Paradise and walk the Yellowstone Kelly Heritage Trail with us! We will walk the trail from the top to the bottom, a little over 5 miles downhill, and experience elevations from 2800-1800 feet. The trail is paved and will provide an opportunity to see the rebuild progress and the changing landscape. We will stop at Joy Lyn's Candy Shop. The last section of the path includes an art installation by muralist Shane Grammer.
Further details will be provided prior to the walk.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
This class requires additional forms. Review the outdoor class forms information before attending class.
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- Watercolor for Beginners
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This class is an introduction to watercolor painting. We will cover techniques, color blending, color mixing, and brush work. All materials provided.
There is an additional $120 materials fee payable to the instructor at the first class meeting.
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- Weekly Creations
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Instructor: Cris Guenter
Dates: 10/8/2024 - 11/12/2024
Days: Tu
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Sessions: 6
Location: Online Learning
Room: Link to be Provided
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Grab your sketchbook and assorted art materials! The goal of this class is to complete a piece of art each week during class time. For each session we will look at a photo, video clip, or artwork, briefly discuss it, and then create our own piece. Prior to each session, specific art materials that will be used by the instructor for that week will be shared. Participants are welcome to follow along with the instructor or take off in a direction of their own.
Materials: a sketchbook or drawing paper and any other assorted art media that you have and like to use.
This class will be recorded.
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- Women's Hike to Forest Lake in Lassen Volcanic National Park
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Instructor: Vickie Stoll, Lorraine Smith (she/her/hers)
Dates: 9/27/2024 - 9/27/2024
Days: F
Times: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sessions: 1
Location: Outdoor Experiences
Room: Various Locations
Fee for À La Carte Members: $15.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Escape the valley heat and enjoy one of the lesser-known gems of Lassen Park! This moderately challenging hike begins at the Brokeoff Mountain Trailhead at 6800' elevation, and we'll steadily ascend 600 feet in 1.5 miles. Veering off the main trail we'll hike cross-country to beautiful and seldom-visited Forest Lake. Our pace will be leisurely, with time to take photographs, observe and identify wildflowers and birds, enjoy the views, and make new friends. Team up with other women to enjoy a fun day outdoors!
Sturdy hiking boots/shoes required; hiking poles recommended. Further details will be provided prior to the hike. This class is for women only.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
This class requires additional forms. Review the outdoor class forms information before attending class.
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- Women's Spousal Caregiver Support Group
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Instructor: Debbie Vermette
Dates: 9/9/2024 - 11/4/2024
Days: M
Times: 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Sessions: 9
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Gordon 2
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Join other women spousal caregivers to give and receive support. Talking with others who are experiencing relatable situations can be cathartic and helpful. It can also provide a safe space where stories, tips, and humor make a positive difference.
This class is for women only.
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- World Dance
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Instructor: Memo Keswick
Dates: 9/11/2024 - 11/13/2024
Days: W
Times: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Sessions: 10
Location: The Terraces
Room: Long Exercise Room
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Learn fun social dances from around the world, including Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Greece, Israel, Scotland, and the United States. Line, circle, and couple dances. No partner required.
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- World Dance Songs
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Instructor: Memo Keswick
Dates: 9/11/2024 - 11/13/2024
Days: W
Times: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sessions: 10
Location: The Terraces
Room: Long Exercise Room
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Learn to sing or play songs used in world dances. These dances are mostly international folk dance melodies used at local dance club parties. The songs may have rhythms common or uncommon to western music, such as 2/4, 3/4, 7/8, and 9/8 time signatures. Lyrics and music will be provided.
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- Writer's Workshop
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This writer's workshop serves a community of writers interested in sharing their writing and responding to other writers' work. We will focus on fiction, memoir, creative non-fiction, poetry, travel writing, stories for children, and other types of writing. Following a workshop format, this class will be an opportunity for students to receive feedback for their written work and provide meaningful support to fellow writers.
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- Writing Short Plays
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Instructor: Pam Loyd
Dates: 9/11/2024 - 11/13/2024
Days: W
Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Sessions: 10
Location: The Terraces
Room: Shasta Room
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Learn to write a short 10- to 20-minute play. We will cover the basics of playwriting, including format, structure, character, conflict, and dialogue. This is a workshop-style class in which we discuss concepts and techniques, share what we have written, and write short exercises to develop skills. Prompts will be offered to stimulate your ideas. There will be an opportunity for some of the plays to be performed in the annual OLLI Play Festival.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
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- You Be the Critic: A Film Discussion Group
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Class members are expected to see at least one of three movies that have been selected in class each week, viewing them independently in local movie theaters or streaming on either Netflix or Prime Video. We rate each movie and then share our ratings (1-10) and viewpoints with the class. With a variety of opinions, lively discussion is guaranteed.
This class from OLLI at Rochester Institute of Technology will be recorded. Osher at RIT recordings can take up to a week after the class meeting to become available.
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