Upcoming Events
Spring Community Speaker Series
Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP) President and CEO Seana O’Shaughnessy will join us to talk about CHIP's work for our Spring Community Speaker Series. Founded in 1973 as a partnership between Chico State and the City of Chico, CHIP serves Butte, Glenn, Tehama, Shasta, Sutter, Yuba, and Colusa Counties by assisting low-income and rural disadvantaged residents, seniors, and others who lack the financial resources or knowledge to improve or provide adequately for their housing. Join us to learn more about CHIP’s recovery efforts and the communities and people served.
May 22, 3-4pm
Free and open to the public!
A hybrid event – join us in Bradley 2 at The Social Chico or on Zoom. Check the OLLI website the day of the event for the Zoom link.
In Case You Missed It
Spring '24 Class Previews
Watch the recording of our Live-Online Spring Class Preview to learn about spring classes, plan your schedule, and hear from some of the volunteer instructors who will lead spring classes.
Travel Information Session
Collette representative Jay Fehan joined us to talk about our upcoming trips, complete with captivating slides of the areas we'll be visiting. Watch the recording.
Winter Community Speaker Series
Chico Enterprise-Record Editor Mike Wolcott joined us for a discussion on the inner workings of our local daily paper, a bit of history of the paper, and the future of newspapers. Watch the recording now.
Fall Community Speaker Series
Nationally acclaimed and award-winning author Brendan Slocumb joined us for a conversation about his breakout novel The Violin Conspiracy. The conversation was facilitated by Chico State Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts Tracy Butts. Watch the recording now.
Spring '23 Virtual Play Festival
The OLLI Virtual Play Festival is now available to watch online at any time! The festival's four short comedies were written, directed, and performed by OLLI members from Chico, Rhode Island, New York, North Carolina, Alabama, and Colorado!
Heist or Hussy? (by Debbie Vermette) It’s bad enough that Nan wonders what her husband is involved with—a Heist or a Hussy—but then busy-body Louise interferes and makes everything worse.
Back to the Office (by Joan Goodreau) You know those co-workers who are strange? Kind of annoying? But the Boss thinks they’re great? That’s what two work-at-home employees face when they have to go back to the office.
The Perils of the Pink Envelope (by the Writing Short Plays class: April Gausemel, Joan Goodreau, Marcia Gordon, Judith Gropp, Pam Loyd, Leanne Ulvang, Debbie Vermette) A behind-the-scenes spoof of amateur actors putting on a play. Naturally everything goes wrong—forgotten lines, missed entrances, bad acting, making up new scenes—driving the poor director to drastic actions.
Channel 12: On-the-Spot News (by Pam Loyd) Small-town Channel 12 News reporter Bill Bluster is sure he's found a story that will give him his Big Break. So as his investigation goes further, why does he keep looking so foolish?
OLLI at University of Arizona Speaker Series
Join OLLI-UA for their exclusive offerings for members of the national Osher network. Check out their collection of recorded lectures.
