Celebrating 25 years of Learning in Retirement
We hope everyone enjoyed a snowy first week of class! You have until Friday, January 26 to drop classes and still get a refund. Call or stop by our office to make any class changes. **Remember there is a $10 fee if you drop without adding another class.
*Don’t get caught in SNOW and ICE! In the event of inclement weather, we will send out an email and update the message on our main number, 864-294-2998, when there is a closing.
We appreciate your patience with the winter weather and cancellations this week. We learned our new phone system had a weird glitch, which caused it to revert to earlier messages. We have fixed that problem, but if you received an old message when you called the office, that’s why. Your instructors will let you know about any makeup classes scheduled as a result of cancellations.
The latest edition of OLLILife is hot off the press! Check out our online edition to read up on all of the latest OLLI happenings. Thank you Sue Renault and all OLLILife contributors!
COURSE ANNOUNCEMENTS
There is room for YOU in the following Friday Bonus Events on January 26. Sign up in the OLLI office.
BTE1174 Helping Chronically Homeless – 1 p.m., NVJ100
BTE1127 Drumming Circle – 1 p.m., HC110
Take Note: The Bonus Event Helping Chronically Homeless on Fri., Jan. 26 has been considerably enhanced. We will consider how we can achieve a tangible, evidence-based result to serve our community by building housing for those suffering the effects of chronic homelessness. Community leaders from the Greenville Homeless Alliance will give a presentation, which they have prepared specifically for OLLI members. Sign up in the OLLI Office. Questions? Contact Jim Carroll.
READ AND EXPLORE with OLLI
Year two of Read and Explore with OLLI is here! Join us in reading Carry Me Across the Water by Ethan Canin. Free copies are available in the OLLI Office as they are returned. If you got one, please return it to the office (not the Book Nook) as soon as possible after you have read it so that others can enjoy it too.
Get in the mood for Carry Me Across the Water by screening the 1968 film Hell in the Pacific, starring Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mifune. Join OLLI instructors Judy and Gary Aten at the Upcountry History Museum theater 1-3:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19 (TODAY!) OR Friday, Feb. 2. Free. **Museum entry fee required if you want to visit the rest of the museum. Sign up now in the OLLI office.
Dr. Fred Leffert, long-time OLLI instructor with a lifelong interest in Jewish studies, will explore What We Leave Behind: Jewish Memorial Traditions and Practices on Tue., Jan. 30 at 3:15 p.m. in Room 110. Free. Sign up now in the OLLI office.
TRAVEL WITH OLLI
Cabin Fever? A few spots are still available for a Day Trip with Chumley Cope! Join us Friday, February 16 for Finding History and Architectural Gems in Laurens County, SC. Visit Laurens County, where we’ll join local experts – including an architect / preservationist – to visit lovely houses and churches. If you like to explore private homes, have an interest in architecture, and enjoy authentic stories from the locals, then this trip is for you. $75 includes transportation, lunch and a congenial guide.
OLLI HAPPENINGS
Lunch and Learn, Tuesdays in HC110, 12:30-1:15p.m. Tuesday, January 23: Greenville Arts in Public Places with Ed Ziegler, Architect, Member of Greenville Arts in Public Places Commission.
The French SIG meets Tuesdays, 12:20-1:20 p.m., HC103. All levels are welcome to join in the conversation. Questions? Contact Betty Kuhnert.
Chautauqua History Alive presents a private OLLI performance of George Washington, Courage, on Saturday, February 3 at 4 p.m. at the Herring Center. Ron Carnegie – “the” George Washington at Colonial Williamsburg–performs. You’ll laugh – you’ll be amazed – you’ll have questions. And George Washington will answer them. OLLI Social precedes show. Tickets $5 – available with check or cash in the OLLI office.
OLLI Travel SIG: Attention travel fans! Have you ever wished you could see Victoria Falls? Have you dreamed of stepping out onto a balcony to meet a giraffe eye to eye or hear a lion’s echoing roar in the bush? Join us Fri., Jan. 26, 4:30–6:30 pm, in the Faculty/Staff Dining Room in the Furman Dining Hall to hear from a guest who specializes in arranging African safari trips. After some socializing and the guest’s remarks, we can enjoy supper together in the dining hall, for only $6 with your OLLI nametag. Come join us!
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 Wed., Jan 31, 12:20–1:20 p.m. in HC004 to learn about opportunities with 20 organizations. We will also feature Mentor Upstate and the new Flower Brigade. Questions? Contact Tom Nowlin.
What’s GOING ON at Furman University?
The Music Department presents the Aspen String Trio on Tue., Jan. 23, 8 p.m., Daniel Recital Hall. Free!
Author and Princeton University professor Alexander Nehamas will speak as part of Furman’s Tocqueville Series Wed., Jan. 24 at 5 p.m. in Johns Hall 101. “Metaphors in Life: ‘I Love You for Yourself,’” is free and open to the public.
Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar James Zachos, professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences at University of California Santa Cruz, will speak Thursday, Jan. 25 at 5:30 p.m. in Plyler Hall, Patrick Lecture Hall. His talk, “Greenhouse Warming in Deep Time: Lessons for the Future,” is free and open to the public.
The Department of Music presents an organ recital Thursday, Jan. 25 at 8 p.m. in Daniel Memorial Chapel as part of the 2018 Church Music Conference. Tickets for the Nigel Potts and Sarah Rose Taylor recital, part of Furman’s Sound Quality Concert Series/Hartness Organ Series, are $10 for seniors. Learn more here.
Furman University PalaTHON is one of more than 300 Miracle Network Dance Marathon programs fundraising for local children’s hospitals. The Furman event is taking place the evening of February 3. For more information or to be able to donate visit PalaTHON.
What’s GOING ON in and around Greenville?
Upstate International presents The U.S. Relationship with Latin America with Furman professor Dr. Cleve Fraser. Wednesday, January 24, 8:30 a.m., Ogletree Deakins Meeting Room, 300 N. Main Street, Greenville. Free to UI/WACU members; $5 for non-members; Click here to register. (Please note that a portion of the proceeds will go to the Furman University International Student book scholarship.)
- Judson Book Store is offering A Novel Travel Experience – New Orleans, February 22-26. Registration comes with three books to read before travel begins, and a complete curated experience once you arrive in the city of origin. Learn more here.
Help a Clemson Student! Clemson’s CVT Leadership program needs volunteers to participate in state-of-the-art, noninvasive ultrasound scan labs. They are located at the GHS Patewood campus and perform a variety of scans on the cardiovascular system. Sign up for Screening One or Screening Two. Email with questions.
The Herring Chamber Ensemble presents its 21st annual winter concert Sunday, February 18, 3 p.m. at Buncombe Street UMC. “Music to console, to celebrate life and singing, and is just plain fun to sing” features Canadian composer, Eleanor Daley’s Requiem, selections by American composers, and a salute to the Kings Singers, celebrating their 50th anniversary year. OLLI instructor, Bing Vick conducts the Herring Ensemble. Discounted tickets ($30 ticket for $24) are available to OLLI members in the OLLI office.