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Social Events (includes Lunch & Learns)
 

Please be aware that registration for many social events (including Lunch & Learns) will close up to a week before the event date to ensure we can get numbers to the catering providers.

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  • The Story of Linnentown: Giving Voice to an Erased Community

  • Giving Voice to Linnentown is the true story of a young Black girl's family in the thriving Black community of Linnentown. Author Hattie Thomas Whitehead recounts how, in the 1960s, the City of Athens and the University of Georgia's Urban Renewal contract displaced Linnentown families, taking their homes for university expansion. Families were forced to move and separated. Decades later, Hattie chronicles her role in seeking justice for Linnentown and its descendants, aiming to give voice to a once vibrant community that was erased.

     

  • Fee: $33.00

    Capacity Remaining: 57

    Dates: 4/1/2025 - 4/1/2025

    Times: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

    Sessions: 1

    Days: Tu

  • Instructor: Hattie Thomas Whitehead

    Building: Trumps Catering
 

  • John Singer Sargent: Painter of the Fashionably Rich and the Culturally Acclaimed

  • John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) is widely considered America's greatest portrait painter of the late 19th century's high society–whether in America, France, or England. With a vigorous brush, daring compositions, admiration of Old Masters Velazquez and Van Dyke, and a recognition of the power of contemporary fashion, Sargent created dazzling portraits of the most important society, business, and cultural figures of his age. This lecture will focus on Sargent's most celebrated and reviled portraits including Madame X, Dr. Pozzi at Home, and Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth with attention to his creative use of art surfaces to convey human character.

     

  • Fee: $33.00

    Capacity Remaining: 25

    Dates: 4/15/2025 - 4/15/2025

    Times: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

    Sessions: 1

    Days: Tu

  • Instructor: Janice Simon

    Building: Trumps Catering
 

  • Free Trade: Engine of Growth or Destroyer of Economies?

  • Because of international trade, the U. S. has been able to access the world’s talent, resources, and products. Recently, however, a growing bipartisan consensus holds that trade has hollowed out our manufacturing sector, crushed jobs, destroyed communities, and deepened inequality. This consensus favors protectionism. We will explore the arguments for and against free trade. Does it kill jobs? Benefit consumers? Threaten national security? Are trade deficits bad? We will consider the economic and political implications of protectionism, paying particular attention to tariffs and our trade relations with China.

     

  • Fee: $33.00

    Capacity Remaining: 69

    Dates: 4/29/2025 - 4/29/2025

    Times: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

    Sessions: 1

    Days: Tu

  • Instructor: Bob Grafstein

    Building: Trumps Catering
 

  • The Musical Mind: How Music Shapes Our Brain, Culture, and Life

  • Humans are inherently musical, so it is no surprise that musical experiences can significantly impact individuals. This seminar will explore how music affects humans socially, developmentally, cognitively, and culturally. We will investigate how our brains respond to music, how musical content can trick our brains into hearing things that are not present, how music can shape us as individuals from birth to death, and how cultural exposure affects our preference and understanding of musical information. Whether you enjoy music as a classically-trained musician, a pop-music fanatic, or a casual listener, you are likely never to consume music in the same way again.

     

  • Fee: $33.00

    Capacity Remaining: 42

    Dates: 5/20/2025 - 5/20/2025

    Times: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

    Sessions: 1

    Days: Tu

  • Instructor: Alison Farley

    Building: Trumps Catering
 

 

  • Spring Picnic in the Park

  • Enjoy socializing and having lunch outdoors in the covered pavilion with other OLLI members. Play outdoor games or walk around the park. Come and go when you wish between noon and 2:00 p.m.

     

  • Fee: $16.00

    Capacity Remaining: 75

    Dates: 4/24/2025 - 4/24/2025

    Times: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

    Sessions: 1

    Days: Th

  • Instructor:

    Building: Off Site
 

  • Annual Meeting & Volunteer Appreciation

  • Please join us for a chance to see what OLLI has achieved this year and where we are looking to go next year. Celebrate volunteers and thank sponsors for their support. Enjoy catering provided by Wesley Woods of Athens.This is a good chance to wear your OLLI gear. 

    The Event is held at The State Botanical Garden of Georgia.

     

  • Fee: $0.00

    Capacity Remaining: 149

    Dates: 5/7/2025 - 5/7/2025

    Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

    Sessions: 1

    Days: W

  • Instructor:

    Building: Off Site
 

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