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- FF-06 Brewing Kombucha
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Session II Add-On: 4/17/2026 - 4/17/2026
Days & Times F 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Number of Meetings: 1
Building: UPark (opens in new tab) 154
Instructor: Danielle St Laurent
Fee: $5.00
THIS COURSE IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below.
FF-07 (in-person)
Session II Add-On: Apr. 17
Friday 1:00 - 4:00 pm
Learn how to make this delicious, healthy and flavorful fermented tea. You've seen it in stores, and on tap in restaurants, and at farmers markets. You’ve probably paid good money to try different brands and flavors from the store. You're hooked! Now learn how to brew your own at home. Kombucha is easy and fun to make and the endless flavor combinations will yield a continuous, delicious supply of your own homemade kombucha. Materials fee $25; pay instructor at first meeting. Enrollment limited to 10.
Instructor Danielle St. Laurent brewed her first batch of kombucha shortly after retiring from the Alaska Air National Guard five years ago. After an epic fail with her first batch (MOLDY SCOBY!), she figured out the problem and has been brewing and flavoring the very best kombucha ever since!
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- FF-04B Do You Love Mexican Food?
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Session II Add-On: 4/17/2026 - 4/17/2026
Days & Times F 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Number of Meetings: 1
Building: Offsite See course description for location
Instructor: Carla Reardon
Fee: $5.00
THIS COURSE IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below.
FF-04b (in-person)
Session II Add-On: Apr. 17
Friday 10:30 am - 1:00 pm
*Meets at 1790 Old Pioneer Way, Fairbanks, AK 99709.
*Two sections of the same course, please only register for one.
You will learn to make enchiladas and the sauce, frijoles, refried beans, burritos, quesadillas and more! After learning, it's time to eat and enjoy. Materials fee $10; pay instructor at meeting. Enrollment limited to 5.
Instructor Carla Reardon (see ART-01). If you have any questions about the course, please contact her at 907-457-4836.
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- SOC-09 Guide to Retirement & Psychology of Investing
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Session II Add-On: 4/16/2026 - 4/17/2026
Days & Times Th F 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Number of Meetings: 2
Building: UPark (opens in new tab) 158
Instructor: Miranda Miller
Fee: $10.00
SOC-09 (in-person)
Session II Add-On: April 16, 17
Thursday and Friday 10:30 - 11:45 am (2 consecutive meetings)
*OLLI membership is not required.
Title: Guide to Retirement
Presenter: Jordan Hendry, Financial Advisor, MBA, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER ®
Date: Thursday, April 16
Course Description:
We will discuss general guidelines to retirement principles that include, saving, spending, investing, gifting, Social Security, health, and planning opportunities to minimize taxes in retirement. We’ll explore the relationship between IRA withdrawals, Roth IRA conversions, taxability of Social Security and Medicare part B premiums, and how to leverage your giving power with Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs) from your IRA. We would encourage those attending to bring their statements or have them available to participate in this activity.
Title: The Psychology of Investing: Discipline, Emotions, and Meaningful Giving
Presenter: Ethan Daniels, Financial Advisor, MSPFP, CFP®
Date: Friday, April 17
Course Description:
Explore how behavioral biases such as envy, regret, and loss aversion shape the way we invest and make financial decisions. This session also highlights how emotions influence charitable giving and how donors can create intentional, tax‑efficient strategies that align with their values. Attendees will learn practical ways to stay disciplined during market turbulence while building an investment and giving plan that supports both their long‑term goals and the causes they care about.
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- SOC-09-Z Guide to Retirement & Psychology of Investing
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Session II Add-On: 4/16/2026 - 4/17/2026
Days & Times Th F 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Number of Meetings: 2
Building: Distance Delivery via Zoom
Instructor: Miranda Miller
Fee: $10.00
SOC-09-Z (distance delivered)
Session II Add-On: April 16, 17
Thursday and Friday 10:30 - 11:45 am (2 consecutive meetings)
*OLLI membership is not required.
Title: Guide to Retirement
Presenter: Jordan Hendry, Financial Advisor, MBA, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER ®
Date: Thursday, April 16
Course Description:
We will discuss general guidelines to retirement principles that include, saving, spending, investing, gifting, Social Security, health, and planning opportunities to minimize taxes in retirement. We’ll explore the relationship between IRA withdrawals, Roth IRA conversions, taxability of Social Security and Medicare part B premiums, and how to leverage your giving power with Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs) from your IRA. We would encourage those attending to bring their statements or have them available to participate in this activity.
Title: The Psychology of Investing: Discipline, Emotions, and Meaningful Giving
Presenter: Ethan Daniels, Financial Advisor, MSPFP, CFP®
Date: Friday, April 17
Course Description:
Explore how behavioral biases such as envy, regret, and loss aversion shape the way we invest and make financial decisions. This session also highlights how emotions influence charitable giving and how donors can create intentional, tax‑efficient strategies that align with their values. Attendees will learn practical ways to stay disciplined during market turbulence while building an investment and giving plan that supports both their long‑term goals and the causes they care about.
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- EX-05B Intro to Taoist Tai Chi
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Session II: 3/19/2026 - 4/16/2026
Days & Times: Th 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Number of Meetings: 5
Building: Offsite See course description for location
Instructor: Kate Hedstrom Fee: $0.00
EX-05b (in-person)
Session II: Mar. 19, 26, Apr. 2, 9, 16
*Meets at the Fairbanks Senior Center; 1424 Moore St, Fairbanks, AK 99701
**This course is free to attend and OLLI membership is not required.
Taoist Tai Chi offers a pleasant form of exercise which incorporates stretching and relaxation. It is a mind/body activity which, when practiced diligently, is capable of improving balance, strength, range of motion, and overall well-being.
Instructors Kate Hedstrom and Rob Cermak teach Tai Chi with the local chapter of the Taoist Tai Chi Society. They both have well over a decade of experience of learning and instructing the form, and have found many benefits from the practice.
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- SOC-06 Less Micro, More Macro, Economics is So Wacko!
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Session II: 3/20/2026 - 4/17/2026
Days & Times: F 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Number of Meetings: 5
Building: UPark (opens in new tab) 156
Instructor: Patrick Romans Fee: $25.00
Session II: Mar. 20, 27, Apr. 3, 10, 17
Fridays 12:15 - 1:30 pm (5 weeks)
A deeper dive from the initial offering of "Tragic or Comic, It’s All Economics", this partner course builds off the vocabulary introduced in the prior class and focuses on the economic philosophies, policies and current applications to our nation during these turbulent times.
Instructor Patrick Romans (see SOC-02)
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- FLM-04 OLLI Films 2026: Humor, elusive and otherwise, II
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Session II: 3/20/2026 - 4/17/2026
Days & Times: F 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Number of Meetings: 5
Building: UPark (opens in new tab) 151
Instructor: Ron Inouye Fee: $20.00
FLM-04 (in-person)
Session II: Mar. 20, 27, Apr. 3, 10, 17
Fridays 2:00 - 4:30 (5 weeks)
Humor for these topsy-turvy times? Have we been here before? From Pope Leo XIV, Sci-fi, parodies, from Attu and the Interior; we’ll see and discuss what takes us away (or back) to today.
Session II Films:
The Meaning of Life (DVD 15967, British, 1983, 107 minutes, Monty Python)
Wag the Dog (DVD 10247, 98 minutes, 1997)
Big Year (NW, 100 minutes, 2011)
Raising Arizona (DVD 4603, 1987, 94 minutes, Coen brothers)
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