OLLI Office hours are 8:30-5, Monday-Thursday, and 8:30-4 on Fridays. The office number is 864-294-2998.
Sign up now! Join us on Friday, October 27 for an Afternoon of Jazz, Wine & Light Snacks. The Greenville Jazz Collective will play an assortment of smooth jazz for your enjoyment. They are not only very talented musicians; they are also music teachers who work to bring music to our schools. Learn more on the website. Space will be limited to 150 people, so reserve early. Cost is $12. Time is 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. Location – Herring Center Lobby & Crabtree Room. Reserve your space with your payment in the OLLI office!
COURSE ANNOUNCEMENTS
CPT363 Introduction to iPads will not meet on Monday, Oct 16
CPT373 Intermediate iPads will not meet on Monday, Oct 16
HIS692 Lincoln in Truth and Legend will begin Wednesday, October 18.
There is room for YOU in the following Friday Bonus Events on October 20. Sign up in the OLLI office.
Identity Theft, Data Security and Privacy – NVJ 100, 10:00 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Heartsaver CPR AED – Travelers Rest Fire Department, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. ($30 fee)
OLLI HAPPENINGS
Lunch and Learn Tuesdays, speakers from the community present a variety of interesting topics. Free and open to the public, 12:30-1:20 p.m., HC110. Bring your lunch and enjoy! October 17, “What on earth is Liberty Fellowship & What Is Its impact on Greenville” with Hayne Hipp, founder, Liberty Fellowship & Luanne Runge, president & CEO, Liberty Fellowship.
OLLI card sharks are invited to join the Lost in the Shuffle SIG to play spades on Tuesdays, 2-4 p.m. in the Herring Center Lobby, beginning Oct. 3. Come and join the fun. Questions? Contact Justin Smith.
Looking to give back with a flexible volunteer opportunity that utilizes your skills and interests? Your OLLI peers can help! Visit the Community Volunteer SIG on Wednesday, Oct. 18, HC004, 12:20–1:20 p.m. to learn more about opportunities with 20 organizations. We will also be featuring Meals on Wheels and ACOG’s Friendly Visitor/Ombudsman Program; both programs serve older adults. Questions? Contact Tom Nowlin.
Are you interested in playing in an OLLI GOLF SCRAMBLE? The Social Committee would like to determine interest in an 18-hole scramble, which would be open to all OLLI members and likely held Monday, March 12 or Tuesday, March 13. Shotgun start at 10 a.m. and the estimated cost would be $55 per person (includes golf, cart, practice range, refreshments & prizes). Please stop by or call the OLLI office to let us know you are interested, or contact George Hammond.
While you are in the Herring Center, stop in HC110, Crabtree room, to check out the newest exhibit sponsored by the Photography Art Committee: “Black and White or Monochrome.” It is a beauty! Thanks to all the Photo Art Committee members, and folks who submitted, for this latest exhibit! Enjoy!
The Friday Bonus Event Committee needs volunteers! Anyone who has a great “one day class” idea for a Friday, likes to plan functions or events, or simply wants to serve an important purpose at OLLI can help! Contact Cheryl Cotner, Chairman of the Bonus Event Committee, if you are interested in helping set up great Friday Bonus Event classes for OLLI.
The Foreign Language Curriculum sub-committee needs volunteers. Anyone who has studied a foreign language is qualified to serve! Contact Jeri King if you are interested in helping find great courses for OLLI.
Come learn a magic trick to entertain your grandchildren and friends! Interested in learning how magicians use concepts in neuroscience to fool and entertain us? Let our Magician, Marty Shapiro, and STEAM Tech Teams show you how it’s done! Learn all you need to know on Thursday, Oct. 19, 1-3 p.m., HC104.
Do you want your IPHONE photo back from the Spring/Summer Photography Exhibit that was hanging in the Crabtree Room? Please come into the OLLI office at your convenience and pick it up!
What’s GOING ON at Furman University?
The High Noon lecture series continues, Wednesdays at Noon in the Resource Room on the second floor of the Upcountry History Museum in downtown Greenville. October 18, “Climate Change: Between Nature and Society” presented by Dr. Brannon Anderson, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Free. See the full schedule on the website.
On Saturday, October 14, the exclusive “Katharine Hepburn: Dressed for Stage and Screen” exhibition will make its Southeastern debut at the Upcountry History Museum-Furman University. Museum admission is $7 for seniors. Learn more on the museum website.
The Furman Music Department presents guest artist David Starkweather, violoncello, on October 16 at 8:00 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall. Free!
Faculty Piano Recital featuring Furman University Professor of Piano, Ruby Morgan, on Thursday, October 19 at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall. Admission is free.
The American History Book Club and Forum, Upcountry History Museum and Furman will host New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd on Thursday, Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. at The Poinsett Club in downtown Greenville. $50 per person entitles you to a glass of champagne and an hour of wonderful entertainment. For more information on this event, visit here.
Furman University will celebrate its 2017 Homecoming Oct. 20-22 with a variety of events. Come celebrate the Paladins!
What’s GOING ON in and around Greenville?
Music on Sunday will take place at the Temple of Israel on Sunday, October 15, 3 p.m. Cordi Cantanti will perform. Visit the website for more info.
M&G at Bob Jones University invites you to A LAST LOOK Saturday, Oct. 14, 1-5 p.m. If you weren’t able to visit M&G before it closed in February, it’s open for public hours one last time before the collection is de-installed. Come visit for a last look at the art in its natural setting. Admission is free. Learn more here.
Please join the World Affairs Council Upstate for the America and the World lecture, Europe, Brexit and the Future of the Transatlantic Alliance, on Wednesday, October 18, 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. at Ogletree Deakins (300 N. Main St., Downtown Greenville). Furman Professor Dr. Brent Nelson will present the lecture, which is $5 for non-members. Register here.
Eddie Palmieri is coming to the Peace Center, Thursday, Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m. OLLI members get a special price–$8 tickets in price level 4 seating, which is in the orchestra level. Mention promo code OLLI when you call the box office, or use it online when purchasing tickets. Not valid on prior purchases.
Volunteers needed! Travelers Rest Artists Alliance presents the 6th annual Art on the Trail, October 21, 10-4, Trailblazer Park in Travelers Rest. Volunteers are needed throughout the day. Please visit the website to register or contact Susan Savage at 864.903.3371. Each volunteer will receive a meal voucher, a ticket to the evening concert and a t-shirt while quantities last.
The Greenville Chorale’s fall concert features the WORLD PREMIER of Dan Forrest’s “LUX: The Dawn from On High,” October 28 at the Peace Center. Commissioned by Gordon and Sarah Herring for the Chorale, “LUX” is Forrest’s third major choral/orchestral work. Also on the program is Dan Forrest’s “Requiem for the Living” which the Chorale performed in 2014. OLLI members may purchase a discounted ticket voucher ($32 instead of $40). You then exchange your voucher at the Peace Center Box Office for any seat in the house! The Greenville Symphony Orchestra will join the Chorale with Bingham Vick conducting.