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Instructor: Pam Roland
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Sessions: 5 Dates: 9/10/2019 - 10/8/2019 This class is held in Nellysford
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Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Days: Tu
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Course Location: Rockfish Presbyterian - Adult Classroom
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Location Address: 5016 Rockfish Valley Highway (Rt 151) Nellysford, VA 22958
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Fee: $55.00
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Course Description: If you recently took Yes, You Can Learn to Draw
OLLI (Spring 2019) and want to learn more, this
course will provide time for practice and feedback.
We will explore the geometry and patterns of the
world around us, including nature, man, and the things
we love. Note: See list of recommended supplies on
the OLLI registration page for this course.
Required Material
Bring that "can-do" attitude and willingness to go beyond where you are. For the first class, bring something you have drawn to share and examples of your favorite drawing tools and paper.
Suggested Reading
Bring the titles of books you've found and/ or artists you follow on YouTube or Facebook.
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We can read about Mr. Jefferson's accomplishments and failings, visit the designs he left for us, build up or tear down monuments to him and fellow founders, and do what has always been done with history: describe it through the lens of our current perspective to fulfill our current desires. But what was his perspective? Do we grasp what was happening then?
Suggested Reading:
Meacham, Jon. Thomas Jefferson: President and Philosopher, 2014.
Meacham, Jon. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, 2013.
Malone, Dumas. Jefferson and His Time: Jefferson the Virginian (Vol. 1 of a six-volume set, available individually), 2006.
Gordon-Reed, Annette and Peter S. Onuf. "Most Blessed of the Patriarchs": Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination, 2016.
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Fee: $44.00
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Instructor: Tom Pitz
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Dates: 9/10/2019 - 10/1/2019
Times: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
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Sessions: 4
Days: Tu
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Building: Colonnade Club - Room: Library
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Location Address: Pavilion VII, West Lawn Charlottesville, VA 22903
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Extra walking is required to reach the classroom. Paid parking is in the Central Grounds Parking Garage at a rate of $2 per hour.
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Although Jefferson has rarely been labeled a geographer,
geography and maps were central to most
of his adult careers and personal pursuits. This course
will review those associations, including surveyor,
book collector, expedition planner, and more. We will
see that Jefferson's push for westward expansion of
the new United States foreshadowed the later 19th
century concept of Manifest Destiny. Original maps
will be used in the course.
Suggested Reading"The True Geography of Our Country: Jefferson's Cartographic Vision" available in print and e-book forms.
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Fee: $33.00
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Instructor: Joel Kovarsky
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Dates: 9/10/2019 - 9/17/2019
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
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Sessions: 3
Days: Tu Th
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Building: UVA Special Collections Library - Room:
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Location Address: 160 McCormick Road Charlottesville, VA 22904
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This course meets on 2 Tuesdays (9/10, 9/17) and 1 Thursday (9/26)
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This course will discuss native Virginia butterflies
and moths, what it takes to attract them to your yard,
and the pressures on their continued survival. A good
example of this is the migration of the Monarchs to
Mexico, a phenomenon we will discuss in detail. Live
specimens will provide an "up close and personal"
look at both adult Lepidoptera and their larvae (caterpillars)
and will enhance opportunities for learning
more about these amazing insects. The more we learn about these seemingly simple and beautiful creatures,
the more fascinating they become!
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Fee: $11.00
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Instructor: Karen McCurdy
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Dates: 9/17/2019 - 9/17/2019
Times: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Sessions: 1
Days: Tu
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Building: Homewood Suites - Room: Albemarle Room
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Location Address: 2036 India Road Charlottesville, VA 22901
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Instructor: Richard Mason
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Sessions: 6 Dates: 9/10/2019 - 10/15/2019
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Times: 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Days: Tu
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Course Location: Brooks Family YMCA - Community Room
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Location Address: 151 McIntyre Park Dr. Charlottesville, VA 22902
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Fee: $54.00
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Course Description: Listening is a skill used every day in our lives.
How many people could be better listeners? Ironically,
for a skill that is so important and used so much, most
people have never had any training or guidance in
developing the skill. Listening skills can be developed
and strengthened through understanding and practice.
In this course, the instructor will present a simple
model of the communication process. The sessions
will include one-on-one student interaction, small
group interaction, and some large group discussion.
Throughout the course, many opportunities to practice
new skills will be available.
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This course will examine the three main Catholic
military orders established during the Crusades to
serve and protect pilgrims traveling in the Holy Land:
the Knights Templar, the Knights Hospitaller, and
the Teutonic Knights. We will discuss the roles each
played after the Crusades, as well as the tragic end of
the Templars. Bring an enquiring and open mind, and
some good questions!
Suggested Reading
The New Knighthood, by Malcolm Barber (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1994).
The Templars: The Secret History Revealed, by Barbara Frale (Arcade Publishing, 2004 and 2011).
Warriors of God: Richard the Lionhearted and Saladin in the Third Crusade, by James Heston, Jr. (Anchor Books, 2001).
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Fee: $33.00
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Instructor: Michael Knapp
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Dates: 9/10/2019 - 9/24/2019
Times: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
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Sessions: 3
Days: Tu
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Building: The Center - Room: Ballroom
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Location Address: 491 Hillsdale Drive Charlottesville, VA 22901
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Instructor: Horace Scruggs
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Sessions: 3 Dates: 9/10/2019 - 9/24/2019
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Times: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Days: Tu
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Course Location: The Center - Ballroom
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Location Address: 491 Hillsdale Drive Charlottesville, VA 22901
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Fee: $33.00
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Course Description: This course will survey the history of gospel music
as it parallels America's religious development. Along
with historical music content, the course will also survey
the social, economic, and religious implications.
European and African influences on gospel music will
also be discussed and interpreted.
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The History of the Peloponnesian War is still the
greatest study of war and power politics in world literature.
The class will examine six excerpts: Pericles'
description of democratic Athens, Thucydides' eyewitness
account of the plague, his analysis of the bloody
Corcyrean Revolution, the public debate in Athens
over the rebellious colony of Mytilene, the negotiations
between Athens and the neutral island of Melos,
and the narrative devoted to the Athenian invasion
of Sicily. Relevance to today's world begins with the
similarity of Sparta to the USSR and Athens to America.
Thucydides offers cogent lessons on the limits
of Realpolitik and the kind of tunnel vision that can
produce a Vietnam War or the occupation of Iraq.
Suggested Reading
Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War
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Fee: $54.00
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Instructor: Stephen Kennamer
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Dates: 9/17/2019 - 10/22/2019
Times: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
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Sessions: 6
Days: Tu
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Building: Meadows Presbyterian - Room: Choir Room
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Location Address: 2200 Angus Road Charlottesville, VA 22901
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