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Let's get moving! From the comfort of your own home, join in meditation, breath-work, balance, and movement to connect the mind, body, and spirit. Bring your yoga practice to the next level as we go beyond learning just the asana (poses) but flowing them together in a variety of fun and progressively more challenging sequences. Enhance your practice with higher difficulty balance, range of motion, and strength positions. Lastly, foster a more regular home yoga practice with repetition and some pearls of wisdom along the way. Completion of OLLI Gentle Yoga OR prior Hatha/Vinyasa experience highly encouraged. A Yoga mat is recommended; consult your physician prior to participating.

Buffalo Bill was a complicated and interesting man who seemed to be larger than life. Explore how he became a star of the American West and helped create the myth of the frontier. We will begin with the story of William F. Cody in Nebraska, from his days as an Indian scout, as a hunting guide to the rich and famous, as the creator of “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West,” and his enduring legacy in the state, nation, and world today. Learn about how posters for the Wild West show helped form our image of the West. Take a virtual tour of Buffalo Bill’s Scout’s Rest Ranch in North Platte.

Buffalo Bill was a complicated and interesting man who seemed to be larger than life. Explore how he became a star of the American West and helped create the myth of the frontier. We will begin with the story of William F. Cody in Nebraska, from his days as an Indian scout, as a hunting guide to the rich and famous, as the creator of “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West,” and his enduring legacy in the state, nation, and world today. Learn about how posters for the Wild West show helped form our image of the West. Take a virtual tour of Buffalo Bill’s Scout’s Rest Ranch in North Platte.

Learn the basic skills necessary to function and flourish in an increasingly digital and online world. Discuss tools to effectively address the most popular phone and computer-based scams including identity theft, the nation’s number one consumer complaint. Practice and apply safe browsing, secure banking, online shopping and payment systems, monitoring and protecting your credit, and cybersecurity. Created for everyone from the technophobic novice to the enthusiastic early adopter, the course focuses on the utility and benefit derived from using technology as a tool to stay connected, make life easier, and increase the quality of our lives.

Learn the basic skills necessary to function and flourish in an increasingly digital and online world. Discuss tools to effectively address the most popular phone and computer-based scams including identity theft, the nation’s number one consumer complaint. Practice and apply safe browsing, secure banking, online shopping and payment systems, monitoring and protecting your credit, and cybersecurity. Created for everyone from the technophobic novice to the enthusiastic early adopter, the course focuses on the utility and benefit derived from using technology as a tool to stay connected, make life easier, and increase the quality of our lives.

The Gerald R. Ford Conservation Center is a regional conservation facility and a division of the Nebraska State Historical Society offering a range of services to private individuals, museums and libraries, corporations, and state and federal agencies. Gain an understanding of the concepts of conservation, restoration and preservation and how each plays a role in our history. This one-of-a-kind experience will include a tour of the objects, paintings, and paper labs at the Center led by conservators who will share and showcase current projects such as the Wallpaper Conservation at the Willa Cather Childhood Home and/or the cleaning and restoration of Amelia Earhart ‘s 1928 sporting license.

Whether you’re new to smartphones, tablets or laptops, we will demystify these devices, their navigation and provide an understanding of the basics of web browsing and creating and managing your own email. Gain foundational knowledge required to thrive in the digital age; and consider registering for Crossing the Digital Divide: A Guide for Seniors to learn even more.

Whether you’re new to smartphones, tablets or laptops, we will demystify these devices, their navigation and provide an understanding of the basics of web browsing and creating and managing your own email. Gain foundational knowledge required to thrive in the digital age; and consider registering for Crossing the Digital Divide: A Guide for Seniors to learn even more.

Do you have an indoor game that you enjoy playing, but never seem to have enough people to play? Do you simply love to play games and socialize? How about learning a new game? Game night gives you that chance. Join us and bring along your favorite game for an evening of fun, food, and socialization. OLLI will provide food and drinks for all who attend. If you do not have a game to bring and simply want to join in the fun, please do so. There will be plenty of options. Game ideas: Scrabble, Monopoly, Risk, Yahtzee, Jenga, Taboo, Pictionary, Apples to Apples, Bunko, Pitch, Gin Rummy, etc.

Everyone encounters loss at some point in their lives. Some losses we prepare for, and others are difficult to cope with. Whether you are grieving, know someone who has lost a loved one, or if you are curious about the best ways to support the bereaved, obtain an overview of grief and how it affects us. Explore grief models, what’s “normal” during grief, and ways to cope with the world without your loved one. Learn the many myths and cultural beliefs we have about grief as a society and how to address them in a more compassionate and sympathetic way. Go beyond the “Five Stages” of grieving and discover the many emotions along the grief journey.

Everyone encounters loss at some point in their lives. Some losses we prepare for, and others are difficult to cope with. Whether you are grieving, know someone who has lost a loved one, or if you are curious about the best ways to support the bereaved, obtain an overview of grief and how it affects us. Explore grief models, what’s “normal” during grief, and ways to cope with the world without your loved one. Learn the many myths and cultural beliefs we have about grief as a society and how to address them in a more compassionate and sympathetic way. Go beyond the “Five Stages” of grieving and discover the many emotions along the grief journey.

Over history, and notwithstanding many shortcomings, democratic systems of governance have successfully delivered peace and prosperity around the world. However, recently they have come under pressure and attack from various forces and regimes, which seek to undermine their integrity by offering dubious authoritarian alternatives often thinly disguised as 'pseudo-democracy' or 'anocracy.' For a true democracy to function sustainably in the best interests of all its citizens, it must be continually strengthened and guided by the principles of good governance. There is an urgent need to promote and restore the core principles of good governance to strengthen democracy and secure a peaceful and prosperous future in a rapidly changing and highly volatile world.

Our world recently passed through, and is arguably still passing through, the Covid-19 pandemic. We see the changes it wrought around us every day. Pandemics, in both their causes and consequences, are simultaneously simple and yet heinously complex. They originate causally with tiny microbes (viruses, bacteria, etc.); yet their effects and consequences are powerful enough to hasten worlds or alter the course of history. Explore, in a highly interdisciplinary manner, six widespread outbreaks of infectious disease.

Our world recently passed through, and is arguably still passing through, the Covid-19 pandemic. We see the changes it wrought around us every day. Pandemics, in both their causes and consequences, are simultaneously simple and yet heinously complex. They originate causally with tiny microbes (viruses, bacteria, etc.); yet their effects and consequences are powerful enough to hasten worlds or alter the course of history. Explore, in a highly interdisciplinary manner, six widespread outbreaks of infectious disease.

In 1927, Elizabeth Dolan painted the murals that form the background landscapes for the most iconic exhibits in Morrill Hall, fondly known by generations of Nebraskans as “Elephant Hall.” Learn how these exhibits were developed as Dolan worked with museum professionals under the direction of University of Nebraska State Museum Director E. H. Barbour to accurately portray animals and plants from Nebraska’s past. Visit the galleries to view Dolan’s work and appreciate her technique.

Nebraska is rich with prairie habitat, but prairies are underappreciated by most Nebraskans. Photographer and ecologist Chris Helzer will highlight some of the more intriguing inhabitants of Nebraska’s prairies, including the tiny ones that are the most important. Did you know milkweed is pollinated through a series of accidents? Have you met the caterpillar that camouflages itself with its own food? How much do you know about the bees of Nebraska, most of which live solitary lives, unlike honey bees, which get all the attention? Come learn the stories behind the complex ecological communities that make grasslands fascinating, resilient and productive.

Nebraska is rich with prairie habitat, but prairies are underappreciated by most Nebraskans. Photographer and ecologist Chris Helzer will highlight some of the more intriguing inhabitants of Nebraska’s prairies, including the tiny ones that are the most important. Did you know milkweed is pollinated through a series of accidents? Have you met the caterpillar that camouflages itself with its own food? How much do you know about the bees of Nebraska, most of which live solitary lives, unlike honey bees, which get all the attention? Come learn the stories behind the complex ecological communities that make grasslands fascinating, resilient and productive.

The American housing market is broken. The 2008 and 2020 economic crises have conspired with labor shortages, rising prices, stagnant wages and exploitive investment tools to create an unprecedented national housing deficit. Investigate historic development trends and fundamental economic and real estate development concepts to more fully understand the causes of housing market dysfunction and what strong market cities like Lincoln can do about it. Weigh the components of an all-of-the- above strategy to achieve affordable and inclusive communities where families of all kinds can thrive.

The American housing market is broken. The 2008 and 2020 economic crises have conspired with labor shortages, rising prices, stagnant wages and exploitive investment tools to create an unprecedented national housing deficit. Investigate historic development trends and fundamental economic and real estate development concepts to more fully understand the causes of housing market dysfunction and what strong market cities like Lincoln can do about it. Weigh the components of an all-of-the- above strategy to achieve affordable and inclusive communities where families of all kinds can thrive.

Why is it important to read "good literature?” Is the purpose of such literature to make one a better person, or to tell a well-crafted story, or to provide a special experience through words? Has the purpose of teaching good literature changed over the years, and has the student’s relationship to literature changed during that time? Are there some works that should be periodically re-read for new insights and new understanding? Does literature enhance our minds in ways that are different from what we gain from the study of science, ethics, and other disciplines? Are there certain works so foundational they should be on everyone's reading list? Examine these and other questions about creative writing, and why and how to read serious literature.