January 6, 2021
A Brief New Year's Message
We, people of a certain age, are facing many more months of isolation and pixel-based interactions until the various available vaccines have been widely taken up, herd immunity sets in, and the weather warms up. EPIC is continuing its online programs with a lineup of interesting Tuesday Talks, Graduate Scholar presentations, virtual cocktail hours, documentary screenings, yoga classes, and more. As always, we welcome your ideas for additional program activities.

You will soon be receiving invitations to renew your membership, or to join EPIC for the first time. We hope you will respond positively. With all good wishes for a happier and healthier 2021,
Jeanne Mager Stellman, PhD, President EPIC
Emerita Professor of Health Policy and Management










Tamara Telesko 
Director of Wealth
Planning Strategies
TIAA
Retirement Finances: 2021 Updates to the Tax Laws and a Review of the SECURE ACT

Back by popular demand, Tamara Telesko will cover topics related to retirement finances. These include:
  • SECURE Act and its impact on your retirement and beneficiary designations
  • changes in the estate tax exemptions
  • current laws and regulations

Join us as she shares her wide range of knowledge on the topic, followed by Q&A.

Tuesday, January 12, 2021
2:00 PM
Online Event
Graduate Scholar Series
Singing Nuns, Libertine Parody, and the Aesthetics of French Revolutionary Opera
Many operas, plays, and parodies written after the French Revolution depict Revolutionary forces rescuing young women from corrupt or tyrannical nuns and monks. Callum Blackmore challenges the basic assumption that these operas capitalized on the anti-clerical sentiments of the Revolution. Rather, his work shows that the connections between operatic representation and Revolutionary legislation were not always straightforward.

Callum Blackmore
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Music

Join us for a presentation on this topic along with audio and video from French Revolutionary Opera.
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Online Event
ONLINE EPIC Yoga: Every Thursday
10 am - 11 am and 11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Professor Emerita Virginia Papaioannou, a registered teacher with the Yoga Alliance, leads EPIC Yoga.
No prior experience is required to join. Yoga can benefit people at all levels of physical training and health, but it is always wise to consult with a physician before undertaking any new exercise regime. Modifications will be offered to any participants with specific limitations arising from recovery from injury, arthritis, limited movement, or other causes.

Two one-hour classes are offered each week. The 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. class practices breathing techniques and moves through some basic yoga poses, concentrating on alignment, balance, and flexibility. Those with experience move more deeply into the poses. From 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., we practice gentle/chair yoga, which is ideal for those of more limited mobility or flexibility. Classes include breathing, stretching, and yoga poses, done either seated in a chair or standing. No yoga mats are required for this class.
Need more info? email Lalla Grimes.
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