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