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- MONDAY AT THE MOVIES: PART 1 (X902)
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Date: 6/17/2024 - 6/17/2024
Day(s): M Times: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sessions: 1
Modality: In-Person Building: Cinema Art Theater
Instructor(s): Martin Rosensweig
Additional fee, if applicable: $0.00
Course Description:
Each Monday, we introduce, view and discuss a movie selected by our OLLI hosts, either based on their personal preferences or mentioned in their classes or lectures. This week, Ray Glick presents Stagecoach (1939). We are excited to show this film on the "big screen" at the Rehoboth Beach Film Society's (RBFS) Cinema Art Theater in Lewes. Thanks to RBFS for hosting this class! Each class is standalone and previous classes are not prerequisites for this course.
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- ORIENT EXPRESS: THE TRAIN, THE LEGEND, THE BRAND (G317) - on-demand
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Date: 6/18/2024 - 6/18/2024
Day(s): Arr Times: Arr
Sessions: 5
Modality: Online Building: UD OLLI Online
Instructor(s): Thomas Powderly
Additional fee, if applicable: $0.00
Course Description:
Since 1883, the name Orient Express has been synonymous with luxury travel, romance and intrigue. In the postwar years as the train became outmoded, deteriorated, and finally disappeared, its global aura grew via mystery novels and all-star movies. Since 1982, a restored train has continued to offer passage on board historic carriages. Now the Orient Express brand is being reborn, reimagined and maximized, offering a new generation of travelers experiential travel products of the highest quality. This is the on-demand offering.
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- SUMMER WALK 2024: WEEK ONE (Q900)
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Date: 6/18/2024 - 6/20/2024
Day(s): Tu Th Times: 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Sessions: 2
Modality: In-Person Building: OLLI Kent/Sussex Off-Site
Instructor(s): Maureen Sherlock
Additional fee, if applicable: $0.00
Course Description:
Let's get together and enjoy early summer walks early in the morning. For week one, on Tuesday, we will meet at the Rehoboth Beach Boardwalk at the Bandstand. We'll walk the boardwalk at our own pace and be sure to retrieve our cars before 10 am. On Thursday, we will meet at James Farm Ecology Center. We'll enjoy a leisurely walk thru meadows, maritime forest, and wetlands to reach the Indian River Bay. GPS address: 30048 Cedar Neck Road, Ocean View, DE 19970.
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- SPIRITUALITY OF JESUS AND ECKHART TOLLE (J900)
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Date: 6/18/2024 - 6/20/2024
Day(s): Tu Th Times: 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Sessions: 2
Modality: Online Building: UD OLLI Online
Instructor(s): Deborah Brown, Margaret O'Malley
Additional fee, if applicable: $0.00
Course Description:
We look at the similarities between what Jesus taught us as written in the Gospels and what Eckhart Tolle teaches today.
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- SUMMER BIRDS AND MARVELOUS MONARCHS (P901)
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Date: 6/18/2024 - 6/18/2024
Day(s): Tu Times: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sessions: 1
Modality: In-Person Building: OLLI Kent/Sussex Off-Site
Instructor(s): Denise Kaercher, Michelle Butler
Additional fee, if applicable: $0.00
Course Description:
Join a local naturalist on a van tour of Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge. Learn about refuge history, management actions, and wildlife while on the tour and look for summer birds migrating through the area on the Atlantic Flyway. Back at the new visitor center, hear an engaging presentation about the Monarch butterfly - its amazing migration, tagging and other conservation activities helping to preserve their numbers. Feel free to bring your own binoculars or borrow a pair from the Refuge.
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- THE MYSTERY OF FLOWERS (D901)
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Date: 6/18/2024 - 6/18/2024
Day(s): Tu Times: 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Sessions: 1
Modality: Online Building: UD OLLI Online
Instructor(s): Melanie Moser
Additional fee, if applicable: $0.00
Course Description:
While we marvel at the beauty of flowers, what do we know about them? In this program we will investigate the who, where, what and how of these phenomena of Mother Nature. The stories of plant hunters and their sponsors will be recounted. The reason for the structure of the flower (usually enticement of pollinators) will be theorized, as well as other subjects. This program will be presented as a Powerpoint, and comments and discussion are encouraged.
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- CURIOUS ABOUT POLYMER CLAY? (B905)
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Date: 6/18/2024 - 6/18/2024
Day(s): Tu Times: 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Sessions: 1
Modality: In-Person Building: Arsht Hall
Instructor(s): HarrietAnn Litwin
Additional fee, if applicable: $0.00
Course Description:
This class is for anyone considering a longer class in polymer clay, scheduled to be held in the fall. We discuss types of clay and basic equipment. We demonstrate how to get started and show examples of various tecqniques in finished products.
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- SUSSEX COUNTY VOLUNTEERISM: PART 1 (U900) - in-person section of hybrid class
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Course Description:
Got some extra time? Looking to contribute to the community? Five presenters share unique opportunities to volunteer in and around Lewes and Sussex County. Representatives from Village Volunteers, Paws for People, Habitat for Humanity, Lewes in Bloom and the Lewes Historical Society will share their experiences and the benefits of becoming a volunteer. Each class is standalone and previous classes are not prerequisites for this course. (6/18 - Steuart Martens with Village Volunteers, 6/25 - Patricia McCarthy with Lewes Historical Society, 7/9 - T. G. Bain from Habitat for Humanity, 7/16 - Dianne Stephens and John Roecker with Lewes in Bloom, 7/23 - Trudie Thomspon with PAWS for People™)
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- SUSSEX COUNTY VOLUNTEERISM: PART 1 (U900) - online section of hybrid class
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Date: 6/18/2024 - 6/18/2024
Day(s): Tu Times: 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Sessions: 1
Modality: Online Building: UD OLLI Online
Instructor(s): Tracey Marino
Additional fee, if applicable: $0.00
Course Description:
Got some extra time? Looking to contribute to the community? Five presenters share unique opportunities to volunteer in and around Lewes and Sussex County. Representatives from Village Volunteers, Paws for People, Habitat for Humanity, Lewes in Bloom and the Lewes Historical Society will share their experiences and the benefits of becoming a volunteer. Each class is standalone and previous classes are not prerequisites for this course. (6/18 - Steuart Martens with Village Volunteers, 6/25 - Patricia McCarthy with Lewes Historical Society, 7/9 - T. G. Bain from Habitat for Humanity, 7/16 - Dianne Stephens and John Roecker with Lewes in Bloom, 7/23 - Trudie Thomspon with PAWS for People™)
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- Tree Club (X214)
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Date: 6/18/2024 - 6/18/2024
Day(s): Tu Times: 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Sessions: 1
Modality: In-Person Building: Arsht Hall
Instructor(s): Jim Hainer, Gerald Hapka
Additional fee, if applicable: $0.00
Course Description:
Summer Tree Club will be an outdoor activity. We will be updating our tree census, tree well being status, as well as the tree signage. Get to know are trees and contribute to the campus in the process.
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- LOW AND SLOW BBQ: AMERICA'S CUISINE (D229)
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Date: 6/18/2024 - 6/18/2024
Day(s): Tu Times: 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Sessions: 1
Modality: In-Person Building: Arsht Hall
Instructor(s): Jeffrey Chambers
Additional fee, if applicable: $0.00
Course Description:
This class covers barbecue meats, regional styles and flavorings, kinds of barbecue smokers and controlling fire. Short-cook and long-cook techniques and barbecue specialties are explained. The course concludes with information on barbecue competitions and resources.
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- INTRODUCTION TO MINDFULNESS (X226)
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Date: 6/18/2024 - 6/18/2024
Day(s): Tu Times: 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Sessions: 1
Modality: In-Person Building: Arsht Hall
Instructor(s): Genie Floyd
Additional fee, if applicable: $0.00
Course Description:
This class is an introduction to mindfulness … what it is, what it is not. There is a brief description of mindfulness-based-stress reduction (MBSR) meditation practices, and we will practice at least one short meditation during class. Class time is divided equally between presentation of ideas, group discussion, and meditation practice. Prior meditation experience is not necessary. No text is required.
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- ACOUSTIC JAM (CP270)
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Date: 6/18/2024 - 6/18/2024
Day(s): Tu Times: 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Sessions: 1
Modality: In-Person Building: Arsht Hall
Instructor(s): Amy Biddle
Additional fee, if applicable: $0.00
Course Description:
Come play and sing! All acoustic instruments and abilities welcome. The song list will be updated weekly, shared in pdf format via Google Drive and then projected during class. Participants will take turns choosing what we play and can choose to lead their songs if they would like.
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- OUR AMAZING DELAWARE COAST (P902)
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Date: 6/20/2024 - 6/20/2024
Day(s): Th Times: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sessions: 1
Modality: In-Person Building: OLLI Kent/Sussex Off-Site
Instructor(s): Michelle Butler
Additional fee, if applicable: $0.00
Course Description:
Join us at St. Jones Reserve in Dover for a two-part lecture on Delaware's amazing coastline. The first lecture will discuss the horseshoe crab and its remarkable appearance on our shores in late May and June; its history, lifecycle and whereabouts will be covered. The second lecture will discuss climate change and the impact it has had on our area coastal shoreline. Lectures are held indoors at the St. Jones Reserve visitor center at 818 Kitts Hummock Rd in Dover, DE.
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- DELAWARE'S UNDERGROUND RAILWAY (G911)
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Date: 6/20/2024 - 6/20/2024
Day(s): Th Times: 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Sessions: 1
Modality: In-Person Building: Wilmington Off-Site
Instructor(s): Adrian Burston
Additional fee, if applicable: $35.00
Course Description:
Guided driving tour produced by the Kennett Underground Railroad Center. The tour includes stories and background information to be read by a passenger while traveling between sites. Fee of $35.00, plus entrance fees. Pick up at Arsht hall at 9:30am for 10-12:15pm tour.
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