Fall Term 2018 events are listed below.
Registration for Fall Term 2018 events is open now.
OLLI's Fall 2018 Kickoff will be held on September 5th from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Washtenaw Community College. (more)
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OLLI Reads,
Lunch Choices
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After 5
Argus Farm Stop: A Year-Round Shop for Local Food (08/14/2018, COMPLETED)
After 5 Package (11 fall and winter term events) (09/12/2018 - 05/15/2019)
After 5 Package (4 fall term events) (09/12/2018 - 11/14/2018, COMPLETED)
Black and White Like You and Me (09/12/2018, COMPLETED)
Detroit Tiny Homes Village: A Chance to Own (10/03/2018, COMPLETED)
Following the Money in Michigan Politics (10/17/2018, COMPLETED)
Teaching in Michigan: It's Complicated **New Date of December 5** (12/05/2018, COMPLETED)
A Visitor's View of Japan (02/13/2019)
School is a Game...But is it a Good Game? (03/13/2019)
Everything You Want to Know about the Cinetopia Film Festival (04/17/2019)
Girls Group: Changing the Destiny of Young Women In Our Community (05/15/2019)Distinguished Lecture Series
Distinguished Lecture Series (09/18/2018 - 06/11/2019)
Distinguished Lecture Series Session 1 (09/18/2018 - 01/08/2019)
DLS - 9/18/18 Daypass - European Populism: Similarities and Differences with the Past (09/18/2018, COMPLETED)
DLS - 10/9/18 Daypass - How Legal (10/09/2018, COMPLETED)
DLS - 11/20/18 Daypass - What Happened in November 2018 Elections (11/20/2018, COMPLETED)
DLS - 12/11/18 Daypass - The Trump Administration and the Middle East: Dissecting the Chaos (12/11/2018)
DLS - 1/8/19 Daypass - What to Expect in Health Policy After the 2018 Election (01/08/2019)Thursday Morning Lecture Series
The Koreas - More Than You Know (09/13/2018 - 10/18/2018, COMPLETED)
The Koreas -- 9/13 Daypass -- Modern Korea: History and Events (09/13/2018, COMPLETED)
The Koreas -- 9/20 Daypass -- Business and Economy of the Koreas (09/20/2018, COMPLETED)
The Koreas -- 9/27 Daypass -- Personal Stories of North Korean Escapees (09/27/2018, COMPLETED)
The Koreas -- 10/4 Daypass -- Contested Embrace: Transborder Membership Politics in
Twentieth-Century Korea (10/04/2018, COMPLETED)
The Koreas -- 10/11 Daypass -- Diplomacy and Discord: International Politics Around the Korean
Peninsula (10/11/2018, COMPLETED)
The Koreas -- 10/18 Daypass -- Nuclear Treaty Verification (10/18/2018, COMPLETED)
Immigration - Pre-registration is now CLOSED. (10/25/2018 - 12/06/2018, COMPLETED)
The Future of Work -- 01/03/18 Daypass -- What is Going on in the World of Work (01/03/2019)
The Future of Work: How will your Grandkids make a Living? (01/03/2019 - 02/07/2019)
The Future of Work -- 01/10/18 Daypass -- Renewed Activism for the Labor Movement: The Urgency of
Young Worker Engagement (01/10/2019)
The Future of Work -- 01/17/18 Daypass -- Human Thriving in the New World of Work (01/17/2019)
The Future of Work -- 01/24/18 Daypass -- Artificial Intelligence and the Vanishing Future of Work (01/24/2019)
The Future of Work -- 01/31/18 Daypass -- Preparing Students for the Future of Work (01/31/2019)
The Future of Work -- 02/07/18 Daypass -- Build a Workplace People Love--Just Add Joy (02/07/2019)
Humor, Comedy and Laughter: In Everyday Life and Beyond (02/14/2019 - 03/28/2019)
Changing Gender Roles (04/04/2019 - 05/09/2019)Lecture Series PackagesLunch ChoicesOLLI ReadsOLLI Out of Town (Travel)
Seeing Detroit from the Ground Up Trip - Repeat Offering (08/16/2018, COMPLETED)
Detroit's African American History: Motown and Charles H. Wright Museum OR Detroit Historical
Museum (10/16/2018, COMPLETED)
Ann Arbor and the Korean Experience (11/05/2018, COMPLETED)
A Winter's Respite in Rochester: Meadow Brook Hall and Meadow Brook Theatre (03/06/2019, FULL)Show Your OSpecial EventsStudy Groups
Current Events (09/18/2018 - 12/18/2018, FULL)
National Issues (09/18/2018 - 12/18/2018)
Making Sense of Forces Changing the World (09/24/2018 - 12/03/2018, COMPLETED)
Exploring Together the Meaning of Current Political Events **NEW START DATE OF SEPTEMBER 26** (09/26/2018 - 11/07/2018, COMPLETED)
The Retreat of Western Liberalism (10/03/2018 - 10/17/2018, COMPLETED)
Liberals, Conservatives, and the U.S. Constitution **NEW CLASS** (10/09/2018 - 10/30/2018, COMPLETED)
Fake News, Facts and Alternative Facts (10/15/2018 - 11/05/2018, COMPLETED)
20th Century Origins of the Middle East Conflict (10/16/2018 - 12/04/2018, COMPLETED)
Reforms in Prisons and the Criminal Justice System (10/17/2018, COMPLETED)
Science and the Law: Ships Passing in the Night *NEW CLASS DATE OF OCTOBER 31* (10/31/2018, COMPLETED)
National Parks: Visits to the Geological Wonders of North America (09/17/2018 - 10/22/2018, COMPLETED)
Where Two Worlds Meets - The Great Lakes Fur Trade (09/26/2018, COMPLETED)
Everything You Want to Know About China **NO CLASS - NOVEMBER 5, NEW END DATE - DECEMBER 3** (10/01/2018 - 12/03/2018, COMPLETED)
British Empire in India - A History **NO CLASS ON OCTOBER 31** (10/03/2018 - 11/21/2018, COMPLETED)
The Quest for Statehood (or the Beginning of the UM-OSU Rivalry) (10/05/2018, COMPLETED)
Walt's Pilgrimage: A Journey in the Life of Walt Disney (10/09/2018 - 11/13/2018, COMPLETED)
Caravans, Cultures, and Chinggis Khan along the Silk Route (10/12/2018 - 11/02/2018, COMPLETED)
Shanty Boys, Peaveys, and River Hogs - Michigan's Lumbering Days (10/12/2018, COMPLETED)
Solving Easy Sudoku Puzzles (09/17/2018 - 10/01/2018, COMPLETED)
Mah-Jongg (09/25/2018 - 10/30/2018, COMPLETED)
Solving Difficult Sudoku Puzzles (10/08/2018 - 11/19/2018, COMPLETED)
American Mah-Jongg (11/05/2018 - 12/17/2018, CANCELLED)
Making Tasty Chocolate Bars at Home (12/05/2018 - 12/12/2018, FULL)
Soaring High, Delving Deep with Literature from Around the World **NEW CLASSES DATES - 9/12, 10/10,
AND 11/14)** (09/12/2018 - 04/02/2019)
Remarkable Novels I (II and III) **NO CLASS ON NOVEMBER 22** (09/20/2018 - 12/13/2018)
An Afternoon with Medea (09/21/2018, COMPLETED)
“I took myself for a walk for a while:” Children Making Meaning Through Story (10/03/2018 - 11/21/2018, COMPLETED)
Forms of Verse in British and American Poetry (10/05/2018 - 11/16/2018, COMPLETED)
Contemporary Fiction and the Civil War (10/08/2018 - 11/12/2018, COMPLETED)
The Mystery Authors Book Club (10/09/2018 - 02/12/2019, FULL)
The Poetry of Mary Oliver and Wendell Berry (10/17/2018 - 11/19/2018, COMPLETED)
Some Perspectives on Hamlet (10/22/2018 - 11/14/2018, COMPLETED)
Falling in Love with Love Poetry (10/26/2018 - 12/07/2018, COMPLETED)
The Magic Laws of Music (09/21/2018 - 10/05/2018, COMPLETED)
A Sense of Place: Modern Detective Mystery Fiction on Film (10/01/2018 - 11/12/2018, COMPLETED)
A Sense of Place: Parking Pass for Entire study group (6 passes) (10/01/2018 - 11/12/2018, COMPLETED)
A Sense of Place: Parking Pass for October 1 (1 pass) (10/01/2018, COMPLETED)
A Sense of Place: Parking Pass for October 15 (1 pass) (10/15/2018, COMPLETED)
Theater Circles for Seniors (10/17/2018 - 11/14/2018, COMPLETED)
A Sense of Place: Parking Pass for October 22 (1 pass) (10/22/2018, COMPLETED)
Introduction to Readers Theater (10/23/2018 - 11/06/2018, COMPLETED)
Understanding Movies (10/23/2018 - 11/13/2018, COMPLETED)
Understanding Movies Parking Pass - November 13 (1 pass) (10/23/2018 - 11/13/2018, COMPLETED)
Understanding Movies Parking Pass for the entire study group (4 passes) (10/23/2018 - 11/13/2018, COMPLETED)
A Sense of Place: Parking Pass for October 29 (1 pass) (10/29/2018, COMPLETED)
Understanding Movies Parking Pass for October 30 (1 pass) (10/30/2018, COMPLETED)
The Art Film (10/31/2018 - 12/19/2018)
The Art Film Parking Pass for October 31 (1 pass) (10/31/2018, COMPLETED)
The Art Film Parking Pass for the entire study group (6 passes) (10/31/2018 - 12/12/2018)
A Sense of Place: Parking Pass for November 5 (1 pass) (11/05/2018, COMPLETED)
Understanding Movies Parking Pass for November 6 (1 pass) (11/06/2018, COMPLETED)
The Art Film Parking Pass for November 7 (1 pass) (11/07/2018, COMPLETED)
A Sense of Place: Parking Pass for November 12 (1 pass) (11/12/2018, COMPLETED)
The Art Film Parking Pass for November 14 (1 pass) (11/14/2018, COMPLETED)
The Art Film Parking Pass for November 21 (1 pass) (11/21/2018, COMPLETED)
The Art Film Parking Pass for November 28 (1 pass) (11/28/2018, COMPLETED)
Women Can’t Be Catholic Priests: A Rebuttal (09/17/2018 - 09/24/2018, COMPLETED)
Confronting Life’s Greatest Mystery (09/26/2018 - 10/31/2018, COMPLETED)
Travel and Philosophy (10/01/2018 - 10/29/2018, COMPLETED)
The Peace Tradition (10/31/2018 - 11/21/2018, COMPLETED)
Wisdom Circle (11/07/2018 - 12/12/2018)
Death and Dying: A Conversation (11/09/2018 - 11/30/2018, COMPLETED)
Decisions at the End of Life (11/14/2018, COMPLETED)
The Theory of Everything: The Quest to Explain All Reality (09/18/2018 - 12/11/2018, FULL)
The World’s Greatest Geological Wonders: 36 Spectacular Sites (09/20/2018 - 12/20/2018, FULL)
Chemistry: More than Just a Magic Trick (10/09/2018 - 11/27/2018, COMPLETED)
The Aging Brain (10/15/2018 - 11/26/2018, COMPLETED)
Living in the Shadow of Big Data (10/19/2018, COMPLETED)
How to Count like an Egyptian (10/31/2018 - 12/12/2018)
All About Honeybees (11/12/2018, COMPLETED)
Principles and Practices of Mindfulness Part I (09/17/2018 - 10/22/2018, COMPLETED)
TED Talks (09/26/2018 - 11/07/2018, COMPLETED)
Understanding Stage Fright (09/26/2018, COMPLETED)
Principles and Practices of Mindfulness Part II (10/05/2018 - 11/09/2018, COMPLETED)
The Knowledge Illusion: Do You Know as Much as You Think You Know? (10/30/2018 - 12/11/2018)
Tour of Maker Works: Session A (11/06/2018, COMPLETED)
Atlantis as an Aggregate (11/07/2018 - 12/12/2018, CANCELLED)
Tour of Maker Works: Session B (11/16/2018, COMPLETED)
Mindfulness - A Medicine for Soul and Body (11/28/2018 - 12/19/2018, FULL)
Off-Leash Writing (09/19/2018 - 11/07/2018, COMPLETED)
Memoirs and Personal Essays **NO CLASS ON NOVEMBER 22 OR DECEMBER 27** (09/20/2018 - 06/20/2019, FULL)
Writing Memoirs (09/20/2018 - 11/15/2018, COMPLETED)
Memoir Writing (09/21/2018 - 12/14/2018, FULL)
Novel Writing (09/21/2018 - 12/14/2018, FULL)
Writers Unlimited (09/21/2018 - 08/30/2019)