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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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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