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- A Literary and Visual Study of Early Mexicanidad (NCC-Grass Valley)
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Instructor: Ellen Sander
Dates: 6/23/2025 - 7/28/2025
Days: M
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Sessions: 6
Fee: $0.00
Location: Grass Valley Campus
Building-Room: N8-108
Seats Available: 30 | Max Enroll: 30
CRN: 62031
The rich literary and visual foundations of Mexicanidad—the post-revolutionary cultural renaissance that celebrates indigenous and rural heritage—will be explored through the literary and visual works of Conrado Espinoza, John Steinbeck, the Alvarez Bravos, and Paul Strand. Key texts in this study include Espinoza's evocative El sol de Texas/Under the Texas Sun (1926) and Steinbeck's poignant The Forgotten Village (1941), which collectively offer a powerful foundation for an emerging and resilient Mexican identity in the face of change.
*Class Dates: 6/23, 6/30, 7/7, 7/14, 7/21, & 7/28.
*Membership not required for Tuition-free courses! → Visit: Tuition-free OLLI page
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→ If you DID NOT take a tuition-free class in Fall 2024 or Spring 2025, complete our Tuition-free Application/Course Registration Form: Click Here!
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- A Literary and Visual Study of Early Mexicanidad (Rocklin)
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Instructor: Ellen Sander
Dates: 6/24/2025 - 7/29/2025
Days: Tu
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Sessions: 6
Fee: $0.00
Location: Rocklin Campus
Building-Room: W-203
Seats Available: 30 | Max Enroll: 30
CRN: 62030
The rich literary and visual foundations of Mexicanidad—the post-revolutionary cultural renaissance that celebrates indigenous and rural heritage—will be explored through the literary and visual works of Conrado Espinoza, John Steinbeck, the Alvarez Bravos, and Paul Strand. Key texts in this study include Espinoza's evocative El sol de Texas/Under the Texas Sun (1926) and Steinbeck's poignant The Forgotten Village (1941), which collectively offer a powerful foundation for an emerging and resilient Mexican identity in the face of change.
*Class Dates: 6/24, 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, & 7/29.
*Membership not required for Tuition-free courses! → Visit: Tuition-free OLLI page
or... Determine which scenario applies to you below:
→ If you DID NOT take a tuition-free class in Fall 2024 or Spring 2025, complete our Tuition-free Application/Course Registration Form: Click Here!
→ If you DID take a tuition-free class in Fall 2024 or Spring 2025, you are a current student and only need to complete our Tuition-free Course Registration Form: Click Here!
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- Author Spotlight Lunch Pail Series: Shelley Blanton-Stroud – Copy Boy (June)
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Interviewer/Moderator: Joan Griffin
Dates: 6/6/2025 (only)
Days: F
Times: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Sessions: 1
Fee: $5.00 (SC Food Pantry Donation)
Location: Online via Zoom
Recording: *This class is being recorded. *Recordings will expire after 30 days.
Seats Available: 299 | Max Enroll: 299
SKU: SumALIT151
June 6 – Shelley Blanton-Stroud – Copy Boy, Tom Boy, Poster Girl, An Unlikely Prospect
 Bio: Shelley Blanton-Stroud grew up in California’s Central Valley, the daughter of Dust Bowl immigrants who made good on their ambition to get out of the field. She is recently retired from teaching writing in the California State University system. She has served as President of the Board of 916 Ink, an arts-based creative writing nonprofit for children, and serves on the Board of Advisors for the Gould Center for Humanistic Studies at Claremont McKenna College. She previously co-directed Stories on Stage Sacramento, where actors performed the stories of established and emerging authors.
Books: Her historical mystery series—Copy Boy, Tomboy, and Poster Girl—follows Jane Benjamin, a cross-dressing, tomato-picking, San Francisco gossip columnist who investigates crime stories that never make the front page. Her fourth novel, An Unlikely Prospect (She Writes Press, August 2025), is based on the little-known V-J Day San Francisco Peace Riot, featuring a widow publisher who fights to find her voice in 1945 journalism.
*Class Dates: 6/6 (only).
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- OLLI Book Group (Lincoln Public Library-Twelve Bridges)
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Instructor: Gloria Beverage
Dates: 6/26/2025 - 7/24/2025
Days: Th
Times: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sessions: 2
Fee: $0.00
Location: Lincoln Library at Twelve Bridges
Building-Room: Lincoln Public Library-Fir
Seats Available: 25 | Max Enroll: 25
SKU: SumCSIG251
Monthly gathering to discuss books ranging from historical fiction to non-fiction and classics. Short presentation by member of group focusing on facts about author, historical setting or other aspects of the book sets the tone for informal discussion of book. Participation is encouraged. Members will need to obtain their own books. Opening selection is "The Women" by Kristin Hannah. Full reading list will be provided upon registration. *Class Dates: 6/26 & 7/24.
*Meets monthly on the 4th Thursday
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- Summer Classic Readings: Jack London and Robert Service in the Klondike (Online-Zoom)
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Instructor: Terence McAteer
Dates: 6/24/2025 - 7/8/2025
Days: Tu
Times: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sessions: 2
Fee: $18.00
Location: Online via Zoom
Recording: *This class is being recorded.
*Recordings will expire after 30 days.
Seats Available: 299 | Max Enroll: 299
SKU: SumCLIT171
We will be transported back to 1898 to the Yukon wilderness to experience the history of this famous gold rush through the words of Jack London and Robert Service. The first class will focus on the history of the Klondike along with Service’s poetry and the second on London’s short stories of life in the cold Arctic. All readings will be provided. Liz and Terry McAteer are the teachers of this annual “classic” readings program.
*Class Dates: 6/24 & 7/8.
*No class: 7/1
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