The Winter brochure is available online and will be mailed on October 28. Registration for Winter Term will begin November 15 for course package holders and November 17 for single courses. It promises to be a great Winter Term. Thank you to our incredible committee members and instructors for building this schedule!
Have you been waiting to hear the beautiful piano in the Herring Center Lobby? Please join us for a dedication of the grand piano graciously given to the Herring Center by Sarah and Gordon Herring on Thursday, October 27, 4 p.m. Furman students and faculty will provide music and we will enjoy a demonstration of the instrument’s electronic capabilities. A celebratory reception will follow. Reservations are helpful as we plan the reception. Please call or stop by the office to let us know you’ll be there.
Did you enjoy last year’s Fall for OLLI and the Antique Fest the year before? Well, you won’t want to miss this year’s BIG Fall event Cruisin’ with OLLI. Revisit old time rock and roll, drive-ins, and hot wheels on Friday, October 28, 2-5 p.m. at the Herring Center. Jump back in time and share the fun with other OLLI members rockin’ to the tunes of American Bandstand, check out the wheels of the Classic Car SIG members and enjoy some favorite foods of the times. No cost to attend; reservations are strongly encouraged. To guarantee your food basket, pre-purchase a food ticket in the OLLI office for $10 (mini-hamburgers or hotdog, fries and your choice of a coke float or root beer float) by Tuesday!
All OLLI Members are invited to attend the “In Conversation With…” class on Thursday, October 27 in Daniel Recital Hall to hear Sarah and Gordon Herring share their experiences and photos from their trip to North Korea.
Our instructors and guests are the heart of what we do here, and we hear so often how much you enjoy your classes. Their lectures often inspire questions, which is great and adds to the richness of the experience. However, please remember that questions should be general and not specific to a single OLLI member’s experience. Remember, if the question starts with I or My, it might be a story rather than a question.
COURSE ANNOUNCEMENTS
HIS626 “Greenville People, Greenville Places” will not meet Monday October 24.
There is room for YOU in the following Bonus Events next Friday, October 28. Call or come by the office to sign up.
Rolfing Structural Integration, 10 a.m.
Target Zero/GCACS, 1 p.m.
OLLI HAPPENINGS
We will have a meeting for those interested in having an OLLI Thanksgiving and are willing to help “make it happen” on Monday, Oct. 24; 12:20 p.m., HC103. Please come and contact Heidi Wright with questions.
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 25, “Travelers Rest – Creating a Vibrant Community” with Diana Turner, Travelers Rest City Administrator.
OLLI artists of any level are invited to the Open Studio SIG, Fridays, 1-3 p.m., HC005. Bring your supplies, join in and don’t forget anything needed to clean up after. Contact Chris Lane at 467-9144 with questions.
Out and About Singles will attend Miracle on 34th Street at the Greenville Little Theatre on Thursday, December 8 at 8 pm. Tickets are $33. Tickets go fast so we are planning early. If interested, contact Sue Miller.
Enjoy an Out and About Singles member luncheon Fri., Nov. 4 at Noon at Sweet Catherine’s in Fountain Inn. Send your reservation request to Carolyn Rice by Nov. 1. Participation is limited to 12 people.
TRAVEL WITH OLLI
Sign up now to enjoy OLLI @ Furman’s exclusive Road Scholar Santa Fe and Taos: Tale of Two Cities trip on June 5-11, 2017. Get an insider’s perspective on Santa Fe and Taos alongside local artists, exploring the Georgia O’Keeffe museum, enjoying traditional music and learning about native cultures. View details here. The cost of the trip is $1,484/double ($1,964 single). Sign-up with Road Scholar at 800.322.5315 and reference Program #11009. For additional information, see Heidi in the OLLI office.
We will have an informational meeting on Wed., Nov. 2 at 3:15 p.m., HC105 with Furman professor, Marian Strobel, for those interested in taking part in a faculty led trip visiting the Battlefields of Western Europe in mid to late May, 2017. Contact Heidi Wright in the OLLI office to let us know you will be there.
What’s GOING ON at Furman University?
The Sound Quality Concert Series presents the Furman Symphony Orchestra Fri., Oct. 21, 8 p.m. at McAlister Auditorium. Tickets are $10 for OLLI members. For information, visit the website or call 294.2086.
The Furman Fall Festival of Choral Music will close with a concert on Saturday, Oct. 22, at 3 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium on the Furman University campus. Combined, the Furman Singers and High School Festival Choir number nearly 140 voices. Performing a mix of traditional sacred anthems, spirituals, and secular settings of significant poetry, the choirs will be accompanied by Furman senior Kevin Edens and Furman Music Professor Dr. Vivian Hamilton.
Nick Galasso, Ph.D. who leads Oxfam’s work on economic inequality and governance and The Riley Institute’s Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow will be speaking on “The Wealth Gap: Why It Matters and How We Can Fix It” in Shaw Hall, Younts Conference Center at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, October 25. Free.
The Furman University Men’s and Women’s Chorales and the Furman Singers will present their fall concert Thursday, Oct. 27 at 8 p.m. in Daniel Memorial Chapel. The concert is free and open to the public, and is presented by the Furman Department of Music.
The Furman University Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combos will present their fall concert Friday, Oct. 28 at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall. Presented by the Furman Department of Music, the concert is open to the public. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students. Tickets are available at the door.
Work by Furman University Department of Art faculty will be on display in Thompson Gallery, Roe Art Building, Oct. 7-Nov. 7. Thompson Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. A reception and talk with artists is set for Friday, Nov. 4, 6-8 p.m. in Thompson Gallery.
What’s GOING ON around Greenville?
The Greenville Chorale and Greenville Symphony Orchestra will present two monumental works by Jewish composers: SACRED SERVICE by Ernest Bloch and CHICHESTER PSALMS by Leonard Bernstein this Saturday, Oct. 22 at 8 p.m. Bing Vick conducts the concert and invites all to experience a wonderful evening of music. Discounted tickets ($32 for $40 ticket) are available in the OLLI office.
The Interfaith Forum of Greenville invites you to participate in this year’s “The Upstate’s Interfaith Dinner Dialogues,” an event designed to find common ground between people of diverse faiths. This event will be held on Thurs. Oct. 27 from 6:30-9 p.m. in various home throughout the Greenville area. To learn more, click here. To register, click here. Free!
Local historian Don Koonce presents the history of Greenville through the role of the textile industry at the Consortium for Upstate South Carolina History. This presentation will take place on Wednesday October 26 at 12 noon. For reservations, call the Museum at (864)467-3100. Click here for more details.
The Peace Center’s Peace Chamber concert series presents Masterpieces: Major, Minor, and Modern on Thur., Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m., at the Gunter Theater. Tickets are $45. For information click here.
Don’t miss the Music on Sunday Concert Series presentation of The Musicians of Pan Harmonia, this Sunday, October 23 at 3 p.m. at the Temple of Israel (400 Spring Forest Road, Greenville.) Tickets are $20 and available at the door. Find out more information on the website.