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In this presentation, Dr. Branch will present on the evolving challenges of student mental health and the essential role educators play in supporting student well-being. She will explore recent trends, discuss strategies for identifying signs of mental health issues, and offer insights into creating supportive, resilient educational environments. Through this presentation, attendees will gain tools and approaches to navigate and address the unique mental health needs of students in today’s complex social landscape.

This presentation is generously sponsored by the Westminster Communities Foundation.

Chinese Mahjong is played like a game of gin rummy. A "game" consists of 4 rounds (hands) of play. Each round ends when one player can build a "completed" hand consisting of 4 multiple-tile melds plus 1 pair of tiles. The game ends after four rounds and the player with the highest total of points wins the game.  No previous experience necessary! Join other OLLI members to learn a new skill.

This dynamic, full-body stretching and strengthening program is designed to improve joint mobility, increase muscle flexibility, relieve pain, and boost energy, vitality, and immune health. Set to music, it combines movement with mindful stretching to help restore the body’s natural range of motion. Please wear comfortable yoga or fitness attire, and bring a mat, a towel for head support, and a theraband or strap for stretching.

What is love? We'll explore the diverse interpretations of love, and the equally strong emotions of lust and loss, in the paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts of artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, as they grapple with social, religious, and political upheavals in a rapidly evolving world. We'll study masterpieces in the Vatican, in the Louvre, and in American art museums, including the MFA, St. Petersburg.

What is love? We'll explore the diverse interpretations of love, and the equally strong emotions of lust and loss, in the paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts of artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, as they grapple with social, religious, and political upheavals in a rapidly evolving world. We'll study masterpieces in the Vatican, in the Louvre, and in American art museums, including the MFA, St. Petersburg.

10 years and more than a hundred-fifty murals later: The SHINE Mural Festival celebrated its 10th Anniversary in October. We’ll look back at some of the most memorable, colorful and newest street art created in the Sunshine City with local guide Greg Stanek.

10 years and more than a hundred-fifty murals later: The SHINE Mural Festival celebrated its 10th Anniversary in October. We’ll look back at some of the most memorable, colorful and newest street art created in the Sunshine City with local guide Greg Stanek.

The ocean circulation and how the ocean and atmosphere interact form the basis for climate, ecology and, consequently, for almost anything that we experience on Earth. This class will explore these topics conceptually, in a non-mathematical manner amenable to a lay-person audience. We will begin with the ocean's role in climate, ecology and habitability, and we will then consider some special topics of local concern such as when shelling maybe best along the beach, hurricane storm surge, red tide, gag grouper recruitment and whether, or not, you should sell your house and run for hills because of global warming.

Explore the rich history of vaudeville in America and understand how magicians used this type of entertainment to legitimize their art form.

Participants will learn about several magicians who prospered in this era and who literally set the stage for future magicians and the international art of magic.

Join us for a transformative journey and interactive workshops for intention setting and manifesting, specifically tailored to the mindset that our best days are still ahead of us. You'll discover the power of living life by design and craft a roadmap to manifesting a life lived to the hilt! Through interactive sessions and guided journaling, you'll gain clarity on how you want to feel and design the aligned action to get you there. This course offers a unique blend of inspiration and practicality, with space for you to create from your own uniqueness. Embrace this opportunity to reignite your passions, embrace intentional living, and embark on a journey of personal growth and fulfillment. Journals provided as part of the course.

Join us for a transformative journey and interactive workshops for intention setting and manifesting, specifically tailored to the mindset that our best days are still ahead of us. You'll discover the power of living life by design and craft a roadmap to manifesting a life lived to the hilt! Through interactive sessions and guided journaling, you'll gain clarity on how you want to feel and design the aligned action to get you there. This course offers a unique blend of inspiration and practicality, with space for you to create from your own uniqueness. Embrace this opportunity to reignite your passions, embrace intentional living, and embark on a journey of personal growth and fulfillment. Journals provided as part of the course.

Have FUN creating a beautiful mosaic tile or coaster using ceramic and glass tiles, beads, coins, shells and colored glass. Please bring old American and international coins to use in your mosaic art project to make it unique. Beginners are encouraged to register for this FUN art course.

The 21st century has a new hero and that is SpaceX. SpaceX today is the largest space launching service in the world. Launching spacecraft to earth orbit and planning to send people to Mars. The early days of SpaceX were of absolute innovation, failure and ultimately of remarkable success. Today SpaceX launches weekly from Florida and from California. They are the process of putting together a satellite constellation that may revolutionize communications. SpaceX has revolutionized space launch thanks to embracing radical ideas and of finding ways to save money for the people who need satellites put into space.

The 21st century has a new hero and that is SpaceX. SpaceX today is the largest space launching service in the world. Launching spacecraft to earth orbit and planning to send people to Mars. The early days of SpaceX were of absolute innovation, failure and ultimately of remarkable success. Today SpaceX launches weekly from Florida and from California. They are the process of putting together a satellite constellation that may revolutionize communications. SpaceX has revolutionized space launch thanks to embracing radical ideas and of finding ways to save money for the people who need satellites put into space.

Co-editors of The Ones Who Remember: Second-Generation Voices of the Holocaust Ruth Wade, Joy Wolfe Ensor and Rita Benn will provide a window into their upcoming series about growing up in the shadow of the Holocaust. As descendants of Holocaust survivors, they will touch on themes that any trauma-survivor can connect with, such as secret keeping, identity, legacy, and post-traumatic growth.

Carol Burnett grew up literally in the shadow of Hollywood Boulevard. Raised by her grandmother she was in love with the movies from her earliest years. As a student at Hollywood High School she was sure that her destiny was to be a movie star. In 1955 she moved to New York to pursue her dream. After a rocky start she landed small parts in early TV then hit it big with a comedy song called "I Made a Fool of Myself Over John Foster Dulles" which landed her gigs on the Tonight Show and the Ed Sullivan show. From then on she was a star, performing on Broadway, in films, and then as hostess of TV's beloved "The Carol Burnett Show." She's now 91 but still an active performer and modestly reigns as America's Queen of Comedy. She is indeed, a national treasure.

Carol Burnett grew up literally in the shadow of Hollywood Boulevard. Raised by her grandmother she was in love with the movies from her earliest years. As a student at Hollywood High School she was sure that her destiny was to be a movie star. In 1955 she moved to New York to pursue her dream. After a rocky start she landed small parts in early TV then hit it big with a comedy song called "I Made a Fool of Myself Over John Foster Dulles" which landed her gigs on the Tonight Show and the Ed Sullivan show. From then on she was a star, performing on Broadway, in films, and then as hostess of TV's beloved "The Carol Burnett Show." She's now 91 but still an active performer and modestly reigns as America's Queen of Comedy. She is indeed, a national treasure.

Renowned for its murals and cuisine, Mexico has long looked to artists as brokers of national ideals through the region’s distinctive crops and cooking techniques. In this hour, we will journey through the past century of food and art in Mexico, exploring the ingredients—such as maize, grasshoppers, chiles, watermelon, and agave—that artists have used in celebrated works and we will ask why these artworks were, and are, profoundly important to Mexican heritage.

While friends and family up north shiver and pile on the winter clothes, Floridians embrace all the traditional holiday spectacle — without the snow. If you love the holidays, or if you're new to Florida and finding it tough to get in the holiday spirit without those dreaded parkas and snow boots, this is the talk for you! Take a virtual holiday road trip across Florida to learn about different holiday traditions and ways Floridians get into the holiday spirit.

Integrating robotics into healthcare and caregiving presents immense opportunities and significant challenges. Artificial intelligence and machine learning advancements have enabled the development of more sophisticated, empathetic, and responsive care robots. These robots can interact with patients meaningfully, providing emotional support, monitoring health conditions, and assisting with rehabilitation exercises.

Integrating robotics into healthcare and caregiving presents immense opportunities and significant challenges. Artificial intelligence and machine learning advancements have enabled the development of more sophisticated, empathetic, and responsive care robots. These robots can interact with patients meaningfully, providing emotional support, monitoring health conditions, and assisting with rehabilitation exercises.

Join the Jasons for a musical sleigh ride through the Broadway holiday repertoire! Enjoy live performances of holiday songs by Jule Styne, Irving Berlin, Meredith Willson and more in this ho ho ho happy event! Its the most wonderful time of the year for a Broadway Christmas!

Join the Jasons for a musical sleigh ride through the Broadway holiday repertoire! Enjoy live performances of holiday songs by Jule Styne, Irving Berlin, Meredith Willson and more in this ho ho ho happy event! Its the most wonderful time of the year for a Broadway Christmas!

Join author and Stetson University College of Law professor Louis Virelli for an update on the current term of the Supreme Court. Learn more about the latest "hot topics" and discover the upcoming important decisions currently on the docket.

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The nature of traveling is inspiring, educational, inviting and, most of all, rewarding. This class seeks to go beyond "the beaten path" to explore museums, sites, natural wonders, cuisine, music, cultural diversity and unexpected pleasures. Identifying destinations not always offered by traditional travel agents or tours, the mission of this class to take OLLI to destinations beyond the pages of a traditional travel guide.

The economic growth of the Industrial Revolution led to a Gilded Age and rise of American ingenuity, invention and cultural development. The arts grew and following World War II, New York supplanted Paris as the art center of the Western world. Post-war prosperity advanced America into international movements as artists Jackson Pollock, Frank Lloyd Wright and Andy Warhol became celebrated global figures. This introductory course continues the development of American Art.

The economic growth of the Industrial Revolution led to a Gilded Age and rise of American ingenuity, invention and cultural development. The arts grew and following World War II, New York supplanted Paris as the art center of the Western world. Post-war prosperity advanced America into international movements as artists Jackson Pollock, Frank Lloyd Wright and Andy Warhol became celebrated global figures. This introductory course continues the development of American Art.

From 1955 to 1984 this CBS morning show was a favorite for kids and parents. For 29 Seasons Bob Keeshan hosted as the Captain, assisted by Mr Green Jeans, Bunny Rabbit, Mr. Moose and more. Although it ended 40 years ago this year, the lessons taught still resonate today.

From 1955 to 1984 this CBS morning show was a favorite for kids and parents. For 29 Seasons Bob Keeshan hosted as the Captain, assisted by Mr Green Jeans, Bunny Rabbit, Mr. Moose and more. Although it ended 40 years ago this year, the lessons taught still resonate today.

Dr. Joanne Kilgour Dowdy, a [former] Professor of Literacy Studies at Kent State University, will conduct a session that challenges participants to read images and understand the power of pictures as language. Print and online materials in today's world include diverse graphic novels, memes, cartoons, and other pictures open to interpretation. Humans have high levels of intelligence and readily decipher the images they encounter daily. Consider, however, that not everybody reads an image with the same background experiences. During this session, Dr. Joanne Kilgour Dowdy will share her expertise in analyzing human attitudes and perspectives by using popular comic strips as prompts to encourage participants to make and share personal connections. The session will include non-threatening and optional drama exercises to help participants understand how multiple perspectives come into play when interpreting visual prompts and enhancing interpersonal relationships.

Transcendentalism is an umbrella term that refers to a complex and profoundly influential philosophical, spiritual, and literary movement that emerged in the 1820s and 1830s. The intellectual, social, and political ideas generated by Transcendentalist thinkers, writers, and activists transformed Americans' understandings of nature, God, and the rights and responsibilities of the individual to themselves and to society in ways that continue to reverberate across US politics and culture in our own times.

This course will examine the ideas, writings, political activism, and legacies of contributors to the Transcendentalist movement including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, and beyond. Our investigations will aim to help each of us actualize Emerson's definition of freedom as an open­ ended process of self-realization by which individuals [can] remake themselves and their own lives.

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YOUR INSTRUCTOR: Anthony Antonucci, Phd

A New England native (and self-described "New England Transcendentalist"), Dr. Anthony Antonucci teaches history and American studies at Cal State Pomona. His passion for Transcendentalism is rooted in his experience as an avid hiker, mountain climber, vagabond traveler, and lover of wild nature and poetry. He earned multiple graduate degrees in US history and culture including a PhD in US History from the University of Connecticut under the direction of Bancroft Award-winning-historian, Dr. Robert Gross. Antonucci's work as a scholar of US social and transnational history has earned numerous awards, including a Fulbright Research Fellowship (Italy), and fellowships through the Massachusetts Historical Society, the American Antiquarian Society, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

What comes to mind when you think of the post office? Is it the unique beauty of a stamp, the thrill of an awaited delivery or an iconic blue collection box? Do you equate the post office with obsolescence, or do you think of recent coverage of controversial austerity measures? As the country's second-largest employer, the US Post Office has a fascinating history that showcases the best and worst of American society. In this course, we will explore what precipitated the creation of the Post Office, its role in fostering and hindering democratic communication, and numerous examples of innovation over the centuries up to the present-day USPS. We will conclude by considering what the future of the post office might look like, with a renewed appreciation for the democratic ideals for which it stands.

YOUR INSTRUCTOR: Caroline Nappo, PhD

Caroline Nappo, PhD is an independent scholar with interests in the history of public information institutions, information as a public good, and the political economy of information. She has taught as an adjunct lecturer for graduate students and previously taught an OLLI course on the history of the public library in the United States. She holds a master's and PhD in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois and has published and presented on postal history.

This course introduces the key philosophical concepts (meditation practices, and rituals) that have defined Buddhist traditions in India and beyond. We will analyze central Buddhist teachings and their relationship to these three important domains, which interweave theory and practice. First, we will explore the historical figure of the Buddha. We will then examine the three phases of Indian Buddhist traditions: (1) Theravāda, which emphasizes ascetic ideals and monasticism; (2) Mahāyāna, which prioritizes compassion, wisdom, and the ideal of the bodhisattva; and (3) Vajrayāna, the tantric tradition that claims the human body as central to enlightenment and explores the relationship between each living being and the cosmos. We will explore the contrasts among the meditative and ritual practices across these three traditions and analyze how these practices reflect varying philosophies. We will discuss Buddhist iconography, ritual objects, and art.

YOUR INSTRUCTOR: Eileen Goddard

Eileen Goddard is a lecturer and PhD student at the University of California Santa Barbara. Eileen's dissertation research focuses on the 16th century Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava tradition and comparatively analyzes Indian religious constructions of "perfected" minds and bodies. Eileen's broader research interests include comparative Indian philosophy, Sanskrit literature and poetics, devotion (bhakti), perception, and gender and sexuality. Eileen completed her MA in Religion at Rutgers University and BA in Philosophy at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Cuba is a historical laboratory of buildings, streets, and artifacts that have been mostly untouched since 1960—allowing visitors to transport themselves into a time and space that has not evolved into modern times. In this historical presentation, Mario Cartaya retraces and recalls six decades of friendly and cooperative Cuban-American relations and history.

Funding for this Florida Talks program was provided through a grant from Florida Humanities with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

 

    

This course will explore Native American history in the late 19th and 20th centuries, a time punctuated by the violence of American expansion and consolidation, the boarding school systems that sought to erase Native cultures, and the effects of imperialism, which conspired to keep Native people in a subordinate status compared to their white neighbors. Yet, at this time, Native Nations began to rebuild and reclaim the United States as Native ground, drawing on ancient traditions to revitalize communities and fight for their rights in the American court system, the political system, and the court of public opinion. Together, we will explore how, in this history, Native peoples have proven themselves to be resilient and powerful.

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Your presenter: Matt Jennings, Ph.D.

Matt Jennings, PhD is on faculty at Middle Georgia State University. His research includes Native American history, early American history, and the history of violence. He has studied Thomas Paine’s interactions with Native Americans and the roots of John Brown’s ideas about violence. He is currently studying the relationship between Native American peoples and the mounds at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park, and the intertwined history of tourism and archaeology at the site. He has published several books including New Worlds of Violence, The Flower Hunter and the People, and Ocmulgee National Monument: A Concise History with Field Notes. 

Wisdom is the ability to apply knowledge in the real world in a constructive way-to enrich our individual lives and to make the world a better place. Wisdom is often found at the intersection of theory and experience. How does modern expertise benefit all of us, and how can we convince the general population to value it? How does life experience create wisdom? In this course, we will explore the biological, philosophical, social scientific, and experiential aspects of wisdom and analyze what ancient and contemporary sources have to say about it.

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YOUR INSTRUCTOR: David Smith, PhD

Dr. David E. Smith grew up in the world of fundamentalist religion. As an adult he gradually moved away from that worldview and became a religious progressive/skeptic. After earning an MA in philosophy of religion, he received a second MA and a PhD in religious studies from Temple University. Formerly a philosophy and religious studies faculty member at Central Washington University, he now offers independent seminars and personal consultations in comparative religion and philosophy. He has published widely in these areas, and his mission is to empower people to think well for themselves about things that matter.

How does one honor the legacy of parents who survived the Holocaust while at the same time recognizing the ripples of the inherited trauma they experienced? Growing up in the shadow of the Holocaust, the adult children of survivors are striving to find ways to keep their parents' stories alive. Using their unique intergenerational lens, authors of the recent award-winning anthology, The Ones Who Remember: Second Generation Voices of the Holocaust,will reveal the variety of ways in which their parents' history of survival seeped into their souls and affected their lives as children and adults. The goal of this course is to explore the challenges that resulted from this trauma and the gifts that came forth - gifts of resilience, tolerance, fortitude, and compassion. Each week our instructors will explore and share reflections around themes of their lived experience.

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Your Instructors

• •Ruth Wade is a retired training and development executive, a speaker and docent at the Florida Holocaust Museum, and leadership committee chair of Tampa Bay Generations After. Wade assists her father, a Holocaust survivor, with his Holocaust presentations at schools and his book Sevek and the Holocaust: The Boy Who Refused to Die.
• •Joy Wolfe Ensor, PhDis a retired psychologist whose clinical, teaching, and leadership activities over 45 years centered on the social determinants of health and the multigenerational legacy of trauma. She is active in the Michigan Psychological Association, of which she is a Fellow and past president.
• •Rita Benn, PhDis a clinical psychologist and was University of Michigan faculty for 20+ years where she taught integrative medicine and published numerous academic papers and chapters. As a founder of Michigan Collaborative for Mindfulness in Education (MC4ME), she trains educators and professionals in mindfulness meditation practice.

All three women are Founding Committee members of the Irene Butter Fund for Holocaust and Human Rights Education.

In this course, we will explore the internal stories we tell ourselves and the external stories we tell others. Our internal stories define us, and our attitudes and emotions toward ourselves. Our external stories are outward­ focused and lean toward a conversational resume, to some extent. We will consider our life as a series of chapters, or phases, and spend time investigating what our current story/stories are. We will also explore how we envision our future story. Our course will be interactive and discussion-based, and by the end of our six weeks together, participants will have a future story to share.

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YOUR INSTRUCTOR: Jen Baker, PhD

Jennifer (Jen) Baker, PhD is an expert in the interdependence of communication theory and practice. She has been teaching communication courses for over 20 years, starting at the University of Texas at Austin, then the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and now at Columbia College Chicago and Northwestern University. Baker has worked at a marketing company, an engineering firm, and a variety of educational institutions. She teaches practicum courses where she can champion both the theory of communication and the practical nature of interactions through the experiential learning model. Baker has been awarded a Distinguished Teaching Award and has been called the happiest professor that a student has ever known.

Using Dr. Espín’s memoir of childhood and adolescence, which was the recipient of the San Diego Book Award in 2021, we will discuss the Cuban political landscape in the mid-20th century. This memoir recreates a world that no longer exists: pre-revolutionary Cuba in the 1940s and 50s. Cuba's fraught history and political instability are interwoven with a personal story to create a web of history, family, and cultural analysis. This is a young woman's individual struggle for identity and independence against the background of the country's national struggle. Family photographs and site photographs will illustrate the details of the story. We will also explore the process and meaning of memory and memoir for authors and readers. Reading some excerpts will illuminate the narrative. It is not necessary to have read the memoir in advance.

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YOUR INSTRUCTOR: Oliva Espín, PhD

Oliva M. Espín, PhD is Professor Emerita in the Department of Women's Studies at San Diego State University and the California School of Professional Psychology of Alliant International University. Espín was a pioneer in the practice and theory of feminist therapy with women from different cultural backgrounds, particularly immigrants and refugees. A native of Cuba, she received her BA in psychology from the University of Costa Rica and her PhD from the University of Florida. She did post-doctoral work at Harvard University with a fellowship from NIMH. Espín held the 2010 Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Gender Studies at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria. Her most recent book is My Native Land is Memory: Stories of a Cuban Childhood,winner of the 2021 San Diego Book Award.

In 1953, a former British Naval Intelligence Officer penned a novel that was destined to shake up both the publishing and film industries. Ian Fleming's Casino Royale introduced the world to the infamous James Bond. Five decades from the release of Dr. No, Hollywood has made 22 Bond films and has grossed over $5 billion on the franchise. This course will examine the world-wide phenomenon of Fleming's creation, the irresistible femme fatales, and the villains he has battled over more than half a century of literary and film stardom.

Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is often misunderstood as a boy's adventure book or merely a dialogue on race. Instead, this classic novel addresses youth violence and bad boys, schools and parents, and civil rights and minstrel shows. The novel, banned in New England, needs to be read and discussed anew for a better understanding of America, then and now. Join this course for a new and fresh analysis of this highly criticized and misunderstood novel.

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Your Presenter: Jeff Walker, Ph.D.

Jeffrey Walker, Emeritus Professor of English at Oklahoma State, authored a critical study of the Revolutionary poet and traitor Benjamin Church, edited collections of essays on Fenimore Cooper, co-edited the first scholarly edition of Cooper's 1821 bestseller The Spy, and is completing an edition of Cooper's unpublished letters. A Fulbright lecturer in Norway and Belgium, he won the Phoenix Award for outstanding graduate teaching, the A&S Outstanding Professor Award, and the Regents Distinguished Teaching Award. His teaching interests include American literature, Dickens, the history of the book, textual editing, comedy, mystery, and film. 

In 1953, a former British Naval Intelligence Officer penned a novel that was destined to shake up both the publishing and film industries. Ian Fleming's Casino Royale introduced the world to the infamous James Bond. Five decades from the release of Dr. No, Hollywood has made 22 Bond films and has grossed over $5 billion on the franchise. This course will examine the world-wide phenomenon of Fleming's creation, the irresistible femme fatales, and the villains he has battled over more than half a century of literary and film stardom.

In this course, we will document the fertile interaction between minorities that transformed not only 20th century music but the entire entertainment industry. We will examine how minorities significantly impacted American popular culture and explore their contributions to various musical genres, record labels, booking agencies, venues, innovations, and production. With strong support from audiovisuals, anecdotes, and the instructor's decades of experience as a concert promoter working with some of the biggest names in the industry, we will learn about Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Benny Goodman, Stan Getz, Norman Granz, Bob Dylan, Milt Gabler, Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed, Al Kooper, Adam Sandler, Avishai Cohen, Kiss, and many more.

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YOUR INSTRUCTOR: Emanuel Abramovits, MBA

Emanuel Abramovits, MBA, is a mechanical engineer and has also been a concert promoter for over two decades. He is directly involved in events by international artists like ltzhak Perlman, Gustavo Dudamel, Sarah Brightman, Roger Hodgson, ASIA, Journey, Kenny G., and many more. Abramovits has designed and staged many original orchestral events, including an Event of the Year winner and several world premieres. He served as the cultural director at Union lsraelita De Caracas from 2008 to 2019, releasing books and organizing film cycles, concerts, and art exhibits. He consistently teaches online and in-person across the US.

Artists use color to create an array of symbolism, emotions, and sociopolitical meanings within the context of the time period in which they created their works of art. Additionally, within these works, artists utilized their knowledge of color to portray mood, light, depth, and point of view. Progressing through the colors of the rainbow each week, we will discuss a variety of paintings throughout art history to understand the artists' intention and the stories behind the paintings within their respective color spheres. We will also discuss the histories of color, their meanings in various societies and cultural contexts, and the materials and processes used to make colors.

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YOUR INSTRUCTOR: Eleanor Schrader

Eleanor Schrader is an award-winning educator, lecturer, and author. She lectures and leads tours worldwide on art and architectural history. She has been named a distinguished instructor at UCLA Extension, where she teaches history of architecture, interior design, furniture, and decorative arts. She is a Professor Emeritus of Art and Architectural History at Santa Monica College. She has completed graduate work in fine and decorative arts at Sotheby's Institute in London and New York. She has served as a design review commissioner for the City of Beverly Hills.

Vietnam, viewed by many as a turning point between old and new approaches to war, raised many questions about the role of superpowers, asymmetrical resources, and counterinsurgencies on the world stage. In this course, we will look at the wars in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine, and Gaza. All of these wars are asymmetrical, but what else do they have in common, and how are they informed by Vietnam? We will discuss how superpowers are central players in these conflicts by way of their supplies and support. In this course, we will examine human ways of evaluating the politics and strategies, particularly what happens when three vectors cannot agree: the public, politicians, and the military.

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Your Instructor: Jeff Rice, MSc

Jeff Rice received an undergraduate degree from Northwestern University then pursued graduate work in African Studies at the University of Edinburgh. He completed a dissertation entitled "Wealth Power and Corruption: A Study of Asante Political Culture." He returned to Northwestern to teach history and political science and became a Weinberg College academic adviser. He is currently an Emeritus Senior Lecturer in political science, specifically West African history, US history of the 60's, Marx & Weber, African politics, military strategy, the politics of famine, and student protest and free speech.

Who are the GOATS of Tampa Bay and what are their secrets to success? From Tom Brady to Jeff Vinik and everybody in between, presenter Ronald Weaver has combed through the history of Tampa Bay to present his case on who are the Greatest of All-Time in Tampa Bay.

We share the earth with birds who live among us, yet they remain mysterious. In this course, we will examine the fascinating characteristics, habits, and lives of North American birds including how they keep warm; how they fly; when, why, and how they sing; and more. Our classes will be broken down into these categories: bird ancestry and anatomy; diet and nesting; flight and migration; threats; behavior and songs. We will cover birds of prey, songbirds, waterfowl, and the common loon. Join this interesting exploration of how birds live, move, breathe, and think.

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Your presenter: Elizabeth Burnette, MS

Elizabeth Burnette attended Cornell University for a BS in engineering physics, then worked on Space Shuttle experiments at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She then obtained a master's degree in Astrophysics from the University of Pittsburgh. Burnette has been teaching astrophysics, physics, and science for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Pitt and is a returning Osher Online instructor. 

Satire is one of the oldest forms of humor. Adding music seems to make it even more powerful. In early Germanic and Celtic societies, people who were mocked in songs would break out in boils and even commit suicide. In this course, we will explore the art of musical satire in a variety of genres, cultures, and eras, especially America since 1950. This multimedia course covers Yankee Doodle, Gilbert and Sullivan, the Gershwin's, the Marx Brothers, Monty Python, Saturday Night Live, South Park,and Key and Peele. We will also cover a bountiful bevy of B's: Leonard Bernstein, the Beatles, Bo Burnham, and Bugs Bunny. Because satire is often dependent on social and historical events, this course is as much cultural history as music appreciation. And while words are preeminent in musical satire, we will also discuss the music and its interactions with lyrics. But please-no students who are prone to boils.

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YOUR INSTRUCTOR: David Misch

David Misch is a former stand-up comedian, screenwriter (Mork and Mindy, Saturday Night Live, and The Muppets Take Manhattan), author (Funny: The Book, and A Beginner's Guide To Corruption), teacher (his own courses on comedy at USC and musical satire at UCLA) and lecturer at Yale, Columbia, the Smithsonian, 92Y (NYC), Oxford University, Trinity College Dublin, University of Sydney, VIEW Cinema (Italy), and Raindance Film Festival (London), Austin Film Festival, American Film Institute, Writers Guild of America, Sony, DreamWorks, Lucasfilm, Disney, Second City, Actors Studio.

Evolution. Vaccines. Global Warming. Regardless of one's choice of news media, it is nearly impossible to navigate today's information-heavy world without coming across stories on evolution, vaccines, and global warming. Each of these topics is the subject of various conspiracy theories and misinformation campaigns. How do we make sense of what we hear on the news when so much information comes from unvetted and non­ neutral sources, such as the Internet and the media? This course is a non-technical introduction to these three critical matters in modern science. We will examine what scientists know, how they know what they know, how certain they are, and why there is such a disconnect between scientific understanding and the public's perception of the science.

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YOUR INSTRUCTOR: Kjir hendrickson, PhD

Kjir Hendrickson, PhD is a teaching professor in the School of Molecular Sciences at Arizona State University (ASU). They hold a PhD in chemistry and authored the textbook Chemistry in the World. As an erstwhile quantum chemist, their academic work focuses on science communication, the reciprocal relationship between science and society, matters of workplace climate, and matters of DEIJ in STEM. Hendrickson is an associate researcher with the ADVANCEGeo Partnership and is pursuing research on functional scientific literacy in partnership with OLLI at ASU.

This course provides a unique opportunity to learn from the experts in the Osher Collaborative for Integrative Health, an international group of eleven academic health centers funded by The Bernard Osher Foundation to study, teach, and practice integrative healthcare.

The eleven Osher Centers are located at highly respected medical schools and medical centers and emphasize integrative healthcare approaches to promote health and well-being. Each Osher Center focuses on whole-person health and wellness using healing strategies such as acupuncture and East Asian Medicine, Ayurvedic medicine, yoga, massage, meditation, physical activity, and nutrition.

In this course, Osher Collaborative practitioners, researchers, and educators will discuss the science behind integrative healthcare remedies and explain its impact.

Explore the powerful history of the civil rights movement in Florida and St. Petersburg with Rui Farias, Executive Director of the St. Pete Museum of History. This class delves into the struggles, triumphs, and pivotal moments that shaped the fight for equality in the Sunshine State.

Avocado, Banana, Coconut, Citrus, Mango, Papaya, and Pineapple. Sure, you can buy pineapple in cans or the same old bunch of bananas. But here we can grow tropical fruit in our yards and enjoy the familiar favorites in brand new ways. Did you know you can eat banana flowers? Have you ever made a salad with fresh green papaya? Learn how to tap a coconut for coconut water and meet pomelo, grapefruit’s grandpa. Of course there will be recipes and samples, too.

8:00 a.m.—Depart from Eckerd College, McArthur Gymnasium

6:30 p.m.—Approximate arrival time at Eckerd College.  Note: we will leave Winter Park at 4:30 p.m.

Winter Park is home to the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum, which houses the world’s most comprehensive collection of works by Louis Comfort Tiffany. The docent-led tour of the museum offers an overview of the museum’s holdings and includes American art pottery, late 19th- and early 20th-century American paintings, graphics, and decorative art. When the tour is completed, at approximately 12:30, participants can choose to have lunch, take a scenic boat tour, or visit other sites, such as the Rollins Museum of Art or the downtown shopping district. Included: Bus transportation to and from Eckerd College and Morse museum admission.

Join other OLLI members at a variety of unique North/South Pinellas County restaurants. Participants order from the menu. Each member is responsible for his/her own meal cost and tip. Group size is limited, so register early. We often have people on a waitlist, so if you are registered and are unable to attend, please call the office to allow a member on the waitlist to attend.

 

Join other OLLI members at a variety of unique North/South Pinellas County restaurants. Participants order from the menu. Each member is responsible for his/her own meal cost and tip. Group size is limited, so register early. We often have people on a waitlist, so if you are registered and are unable to attend, please call the office to allow a member on the waitlist to attend.