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It is days like today that spring seems a long ways off. But now is absolutely the time to think ahead and register for spring courses, which will be here before you know it.
Check out some of our special spring course selections (below) that all have room for more enrollment and sign up today! And if you have a friend who you'd like to attend a course with, get them signed up with our special $35 half-year membership. It is a great deal and provides access to register for courses and to attend 17 free webinars this spring and summer, among other membership benefits.
Come for the courses and stay for the connections! One great opportunity to do both is to take a stellar course on Austrian Art and Music from Susan Lauscher and Linda Susak and then attend a Mahler Symphony in Denver on April 14 (details below).
The sun will shine soon and the crocuses that got buried in snow will raise their buds to the sky. And soon you'll be ready for a new learning adventure!
Bruce
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OLLI at DU Member Upcoming Month
Calendar of Opportunities!
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| NOW! | Registration for spring term | | March 26
(See article below) | FREE member webinar on the Health Effects of Loneliness and Isolation | |
Starting April 1
(See article below) | The Eisenhowers in Colorado: Their History and Legacy with Glenn Gravlee
Four Mondays starting April 1.
Members click here to register.
For those who are not members, try a FREE trial OLLI on the Move "Affiliate Membership" and then sign up for the $65 course | | April 8
(See article below) | FREE member webinar on Climate and the Deep Blue Sea brought to you by OLLI at the University of Arizona on April 8 at 2pm | | April 14
(See article below) | Join other OLLI members at 1PM on April 14 to hear the Colorado Symphony and sign up for an 8-week course on Austrian Art and Music | |
April 23 | Reciprocal Membership with OLLI at CSU Opportunity! Join Temple Grandin for a webinar on Visual Thinking.
April 23, 2024 from 10-noon. | |
Through April | Take a hike with Pam! To learn more about this free OLLI at DU member Shared Interest Group, click here. Be sure to check in with Pam the night before each walk especially if there is bad weather. | |
May 5
(More information below) | Mark your calendars! OLLI at DU Fundraiser Social at Acoya Cherry Creek on Sunday May 5 from 3:30-6 pm | | |
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Help us meet our fundraising goal of $25,000!
Registration opens soon.
Location: Acoya Cherry Creek, 301 S. Harrison St., Denver
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Join us for our Back to the Future Event on Sunday May 5 from 3:30-6 pm!
Join old friends and connect with OLLI members from across the metro area! Experience a live DJ for some 60s tunes, savor complimentary wine and beer, and strike a pose for timeless portraits with period accoutrements.
This special event takes place at the brand new Acoya Cherry Creek. We want to see you there!
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Spring Course Spotlights: | |
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Poker Basics for Beginners
Master the basics of Texas Hold'em and learn poker fundamentals! Learn how and when to bluff or bet and how big a bet to make.
(In Person, WEST, Tuesdays, 8 wks, 1-3 pm)
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Urban Pioneers: Community and Identity on Denver's Northwest Side
Learn the history of Denver's oldest neighborhoods!
(In Person, REGIS, Wednesdays, 6 wks, 1-3 pm)
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Making and Sharing Sound End-of-Life Choices
We need to develop our own understandings, attitudes and wishes of what our end-of-life should look like.
(In Person, CENTRAL, Wednesdays, 8 wks, Wednesdays, 9:30-11:30 am)
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From Obscurity to Cult Status: John Williams and His Novel STONER
It’s not every novelist whose first novel goes out of print within twelve months of its release. And, 40 years later, it's declared to be a “Perfect Novel.”
(In Person, Central, Wednesdays, 4 wks starting 5/1, 9:30-11:30 am)
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Distant Thunder: The Plight of the Loyalist in the American Revolution
Every conflict between human beings contains contrary points of view. It is estimated that a full one third of the American population identified themselves with the Loyalist perspective, yet they have been largely vilified in nearly every historical account.
(Online, Mondays, 6 wks, 1-3 pm)
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Enneagram Wisdom Deepened via Watching Media Part II
Watch and discuss videos of examples of the nine Enneagram types, in the full range of healthy, average, and unhealthy expressions. Audio and video clips help deepen your Enneagram wisdom in a FUN and appealing way!
(Online, 4 wks, Wednesdays, 9:30-11:30 am)
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| Description Page | | Music Through the Ages: A Listener's Guide | Marc Shugold | 67 | | The Wisdom of the Spirituals | Arthur Jones | 72 | | James Madison Federalists #10, Understanding American Partisanship, | Carl Pletch | 36 | | Austrian Art and Music:
1888 to 1938 | Linda Susak and Susan Lauscher | 73 | | The Americanization of
Hawaii: 1820–1898 | Rebecca Hunt | 52 | | A Philosophical Reflection About
Human Life, Growth, and Pursuing
Potential | Roscoe Hill | 38 | | Navigating Aging in an
Ageist Culture: A Historical
Perspective | Donna VanDusen | 48 | | Pixels in Paradise:
Photographing Colorado’s
Splendor | Mark Payler | 42 | | |
Three in-person courses you will not want to miss! | |
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Weather News You Can Use
This course will concentrate on the science behind, the techniques employed, and the observations and analyses used to forecast the weather for Colorado and beyond. With Thomas Corona!
(In Person, Chambers Center, 6 wks, Thursdays, 9:30-11:30 am)
The Americanization of Hawaii: 1820-1898
From 1820 to 1878 American Protestant missionaries from New England were followed by whalers, planters, and workers from around the world as the ruling Hawaiian royal family was replaced by a transplanted American elite. With David Lippman!
(In Person, Central, 8 wks, Thursdays, 1-3 pm)
Great Decisions Section 3
Each year the Foreign Policy Association chooses eight topics as a catalyst for developing awareness, understanding, and informed opinion on U.S. foreign policy and global issues. Meet weekly to explore matters of complexity, contention and competition related to the 2024 Great Decisions topics. With Carol and Bob Steele!
(In Person, South, 8 wks, Wednesdays, 1-3 pm)
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Join other OLLI members at 1 pm on April 14 to hear the Colorado Symphony
OLLI members will receive a group discount price of $30.80 a ticket.
To learn more about this piece, Mahler, and other composers and artists in Austria from 1888 to 1938, sign up for the 8-week OLLI course, Austrian Art and Music: 1888 - 1938 that will be given on Thursday afternoons at the Chambers Center at DU.
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Colorado Symphony- Mahler’s Symphony Number 3 with Peter Oundjian
Join other OLLI members at 1PM on April 14th to hear the Colorado Symphony conducted by Music Director Peter Oundjian with mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung, the women of the Colorado Symphony Chorus, and the Colorado Children's Chorale perform Mahler's monumental Symphony #3. Describing his aspirations for writing symphonies, Mahler wrote: "One is, so to speak, only an instrument, played on by the universe. The symphony must be like the world. It must embrace everything!” No Mahler symphony gives us a greater sense of this cosmic scale than the Third. This great hymn to nature is massive in scale requiring a colossal orchestra and set in six movements in sequence from the earthly and mundane to the sublime and heavenly. This is an epic piece of music and will prove to be a soul-stirring performance.
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Featured Course:
OLLI at DU and the Lowry Foundation present a course at the Eisenhower Chapel in April, 2024
The Eisenhowers in Colorado: Their History and Legacy
with Glenn Gravlee
This course will trace Ike and Mamie’s extensive Colorado connections through four weeks of 2-hour sessions at the Eisenhower Chapel (293 Roslyn St., Denver) at Lowry on Monday mornings from 9:30 to 11:30 am on April 1, 8, 15, and 22.
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FREE Webinars from other OLLI programs around the country | |
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FREE member webinar on Climate and the Deep Blue Sea brought to you by OLLI at the University of Arizona
Monday, April 8 at 2 PM (Colorado Time)
Delve into the fascinating intersection of oceanography and climate science, gaining valuable insights into the current state of our oceans and their pivotal role in the broader climate system. Don't miss this opportunity to engage with a trailblazing University of Arizona scientist at the forefront of climate research.
Presented by Prof. Joellen Russell
Prof. Joellen Russell is an oceanographer and climate scientist, a Distinguished Professor, and the Thomas R. Brown Distinguished Chair of Integrative Science, and (most recently) Department Chair of Geosciences at the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ. Dr. Russell’s research uses robot floats, supercomputers and satellites to observe and predict the ocean’s role in climate and the carbon cycle. She is the modeling lead for the Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observations and Modeling project (SOCCOM), and she currently serves as Chair of the NOAA Science Advisory Board’s Climate Working Group.
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FREE member webinar on the Health Effects of Loneliness and Isolation
offered by OLLI at UC Davis in collaboration with UC Davis Healthy Aging
Tuesday, March 26
11 am-12:30 pm
Human beings are social creatures. Isolation and loneliness have been linked to increased mortality and have a relation to cognitive decline and physical deconditioning.
Meet Dr. Rebecca Boxer, chief of Geriatrics, Hospice and Palliative Medicine at UC Davis Health. She’ll share medical insights and recent research on the effects of isolation and prolonged loneliness.
This is a free presentation offered to OLLI at DU members by OLLI at UC Davis in collaboration with UC Davis Healthy Aging.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information and a personalized Zoom link to join the meeting on March 26.
Rebecca Boxer is a geriatrician caring for older adults with multiple chronic conditions, functional decline, dementia and frailty. She has broad research interests including heart failure disease management, nursing home care, polypharmacy, and social determinants of health. In addition to her work at the UC Davis Healthy Aging Clinic, she conducts pragmatic clinical trials and collaborates with investigators in multiple disciplines.
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