November 2, 2018

OLLI NOTES November 2, 2018
Celebrating 25 years of Learning in Retirement
OLLI Office hours are 8:30-5, Monday-Thursday, and 8:30-4 on Fridays. The office number is 864-294-2998.
The Winter 2019 Course Brochure is online HERE. Hard copies are available in the office to share with friends! Take a moment to check out the interesting class offerings that will be available in the coming term.

We hope you have saved the date for the FULIR/OLLI 25th Anniversary Celebration at the Greenville Convention Center on Thursday, November 29! This is our “big anniversary event” and invitations should be arriving in your mailbox any day now. The Celebration Committee has been hard at work to ensure that this culminating event is a true night to remember. You will note that reservations can be made by returning the enclosed reply card to the OLLI office by mail or by hand. Stay tuned for more detailed information early next week! Questions? Contact Heidi Wright.

**PARKING NOTE**Many thanks to members who have purchased their 2018-19 parking decal. As the office begins to manually enter in the decal information, you may have received an email from Parking @ furman.edu. This is a result of the administrative input process and should be disregarded if received. The sticker you receive, at the time that you purchase, is the only sticker that is required. Once you pay, you receive your parking decal and do not need anything else. Thank you for your patience as we establish and navigate through this new process. Please call the OLLI office with questions about parking decals at 864.294.2998.
COURSE ANNOUNCEMENTS
HFE592 Urban Survival is cancelled.
PAH877 InstaPot/Pressure Cooker Revisited (Th, 10:45 a.m.) Course fee: $35; 4 weeks begins Feb 11
PAH895 Homemade Liqueurs (M, 3:15 p.m.) Course fee: $35, 4-week class ending Feb 7

OLLI/FULIR 25th ANNIVERSARY
Let’s Get Cooking! The 25th Anniversary OLLI Cooks cookbook is now on sale! Purchase your copy in the Herring Center Lobby or the OLLI Office. These will make excellent holiday gifts! As you experiment with the recipes, share a photo of your completed dish on Instagram at #furmanollicooks. $10, cash or check.

Thank Furman for outstanding and generous support of FULIR and OLLI over the past 25 years with your financial gift to the OLLI Faculty Enrichment Fund. This endowed fund will provide income to award grants to Furman professors each year. They will be encouraged to include students in their work, and required to present their research to OLLI through a bonus event or course. Your gift will help Furman professors, undergraduate students, and OLLI! Make a one-time contribution via credit card here. To make a one-time gift with a check, or a pledge to be paid later, or a multi-year pledge, download this form and return to the OLLI office or mail to the address listed on the form. Pledge forms are also available in the OLLI office. Questions? Contact Nancy Kennedy.

OLLI HAPPENINGS
Lunch and Learn Tuesdays, community speakers present a variety of interesting topics. Free and open to the public, 12:30-1:20 p.m., HC110. Bring your lunch and enjoy! November 6, History of OLLI/FULIR with Dr. Sarah Fletcher, founding director of Furman University Learning in Retirement.

This term, Furman students and faculty have led an OLLI course, Innovation Hour, here at OLLI. Each week, students present ideas to improve the world in some way, and class members have voted on those they’d like to support. The students would like to share their ideas with YOU as well. Stop by their table in the lobby on Thursday, November 8, to learn more about their work.

The Lewis and Clark Expedition class invites ALL OLLI members to join in for the showing of the movie The Far Horizons, which will be shown after class in HC 110 on Nov 14, at 2:30. The movie is a VERY Hollywood version of the journey of the Corp of Discovery. Join us for several laughs and some great scenery!

OLLI@Furman Winter 19 Baiden Exhibit Jan 14-Mar 11, 2019. The theme is It’s a Blue Thang and offers the challenge to create images that feature the color BLUE. Put on your thinking caps and incorporate BLUE in a photograph, drawing, painting, weaving, fiber arts, etc. OLLI members and staff are invited to submit artwork. Submission dates are Dec 10-14. Please submit only ONE entry! NOTE: Submission Requirements and Form available in the OLLI Office or email.

Save the Date: Tues, Dec 11, 7 p.m., Cocoa and Carols with the Herring Chamber Ensemble of the Greenville Chorale. Free!

What’s Going on at Furman?
Furman University Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combos will present their fall concert with acclaimed saxophonist, Adam Larson on Fri., Nov. 2 at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall. Tickets are $5, at the door.

The Furman University Department of Music will host acclaimed violinist Laura Colgate in recital Mon, Nov. 5, at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall. The concert is free and open to the public. The recital is part of Furman’s Distinguished Visiting Professor of Strings Series and is presented in honor of Colgate’s appointment as concertmaster of the Greenville Symphony Orchestra (GSO) for the 2018-19 season. For more information, contact the Music Department 864-294-2086, or email.

High Noon Lecture Series presented by Furman University. “Back to Normal? Analyzing the Results of the Midterm Election” William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Furman University. American midterm elections usually follow predictable patterns, but nothing seems predictable in the Trump era. In what ways did the Congressional contests follow historical trends and how did they deviate? What policy changes will follow in the aftermath? Nov, 7, 12-1 p.m. Upcountry History Museum.

Furman Faculty Chamber Music Concert Wed, Nov. 7, 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall. Guests will have an opportunity to meet and talk with the performers at the post-recital reception. This event is open to the public. Tickets $10. For information or to order tickets.

Furman University’s Dan Koppelman will be joined by guest artists to present an evening of improvised music for piano, synthesizer, guitar, and saxophone. Mon, Nov 12, 8 p.m. Daniel Recital Hall. The concert will feature a wide range of styles, from jazz-inflected tunes to freely improvised chamber music.

Furman Symphonic Winds, under the direction of Leslie W. Hicken, presents their concert, “Fall Classics” on Fri, Nov. 16 at 8 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium. The program will present classics from composers Gustav Holst, Vincent Persichetti, and Henry Fillmore. Tickets at the door, $5. For information, call (864) 294-3193.

What’s Going on Around Greenville?
Greenville Symphony Orchestra Violin virtuoso Benjamin Beilman makes his triumphant return to Greenville, taking the stage by storm in one of the greatest violin concertos ever written, Brahms’ passionate Violin Concerto. Nov 3 8:00 p.m., Nov 4 3:00 p.m. @ The Peace Center. Visit the website for more information.

Greenville Swamp Rabbits Hockey Opening the season this weekend, The Rabbits play 36 home games (October-April) and offer endless entertainment opportunities! For more information on Swamp Rabbits hockey, visit swamprabbits.com.

Woodlands@Furman 9th Annual Holiday Fair Nov. 9, 9-2 p.m. 50+ Vendors, raffle, music and more!

Community Shred Event Bring your documents to the History Museum of Travelers Rest, 3 Edwards Street, Travelers Rest, 29690, Nov. 3, 10-noon. Free!

Open Studios November 10 & 11 Check out OLLI Instructor, Ali van den Broek, OLLI Member Jeanne Blinkoff, and Furman Professor, Bob Chance, along with 140 other artists at 89 locations around Greenville during this weekend of art exhibits and showings! Visit the Metropolitan Arts Council website for information.

Save the Date: Tues, Dec 18, 7 p.m. Handel’s MESSIAH presented by the Greenville Chorale and Orchestra, McAlister Auditorium, Furman. Discounted tickets will be available soon in the OLLI office!

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