The BOLLI Bulletin - September 17, 2021
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Class meeting in the BOLLI tent |
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BOLLI Calendars and Schedules
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Announcing the BOLLI Oral History Project (BOHP)
BOLLI members have extraordinary stories to tell--about their lives, their careers, their adventures. Our stories form part of the legacy each one of us has established over a lifetime, and are worth preserving for both ourselves and our families. The goal of the BOHP is to capture your stories through recorded interviews that can be shared with friends and family and sometimes, with the consent of those we interview, with the BOLLI community. Priority will go to those age 85 and older. To express interest in participating in BOHP, please click here or contact Peter Bradley at [email protected].
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The Course Schedule for Spring 2022 is now available
If you're planning ahead, check the schedule for the Spring 2022 term by clicking here.
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Be a Good Citizen of the BOLLI ZOOM Classroom
We have learned a great deal these past months about how to best utilize Zoom at BOLLI. Please click here to view customary BOLLI Zoom practices, including how to set up your computer and camera, how to mute and unmute yourself, and tips for how to be a good citizen of the BOLLI Zoom classroom. If you will be using an iPad to access your BOLLI courses, please click here for handy tips.
Whenever possible please
- Turn off the ringer on your phone and make sure you are in a quiet space;
- Remain quietly seated and attentive to your classroom colleagues and group leader;
- Follow the flow of conversation carefully and participate in the dialogue, referring to other participants by name and referencing their comments and questions;
- Turn your video off if you need to do something distracting such as change locations, stretch or eat.
If you ever need help with Zoom, please don't hesitate to reach out to Nicole Grant, Program Coordinator at 781-736-2992 and/or [email protected]. Please give her as much information as possible about the issue you are experiencing. Either Nicole or another staff person or volunteer will be back in touch with you promptly.
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Distinguished Speaker Series - 1:00 to 2:00 on Fridays
There is no need to RSVP. A link will be sent out the morning of the talk.
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Friday, September 24 at 1:00
Dr. Edward P. Hoffer, Cardiologist, MGH, Author of “Prescription for Bankruptcy”
“Our Healthcare System is Ill”
For more information about the speaker, click here.
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BOLLI Virtual Meetings in Upcoming Weeks |
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Writers Guild
Friday, September 17 from 9:30 to 11:00
September 17 prompt: Write a Story or Fable from an Animal’s Perspective
September 24 prompt: What is Your Favorite Book - Explain?
Due to time constraints, writing should be limited to 500 words max. If you're not a writer but want to share a photograph with a lighthearted caption, please do so.
A Zoom link will be sent to those on the Writers Guild mailing list prior to the meeting. If you are not already on the mailing list, please contact Larry Schwirian to be added to it.
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Photography Group
Friday, September 17 from 10:30 to noon
Future BPG meetings will be held on the third Friday of every month from 10:30 to Noon until further notice. Also, members (2) photo challenge images are due on Tuesday, September 14th. Please upload photos to Brandeis Box by Tuesday, September 14th. Guy Moss will be doing his photo presentation this upcoming meeting. Any new BOLLI Members are welcome to join BPG. For further information on joining contact: Susan M. Schmidt @ [email protected]
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Poetry Writing Group
Friday, September 17 from 11:00 to 12:30
Are you a writer of poetry? Do you aspire to write poetry? If so, come to our monthly session, which is designed to give writers of poetry at all levels an opportunity to share their work with others, receive constructive feedback and become further inspired.
A Zoom link will be sent to those on the Poetry Writing Group mailing list prior to the meeting. If you are not already on the mailing list, please contact Peter Schmidt to be added to it. Questions? Contact Peter Schmidt, [email protected]
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New Yorker Fiction Salon
Wednesday, September 22 at 4:15
(Note this new time through the end of the fall term)
A Zoom link will be sent to those on the New Yorker mailing list prior to the meeting. If you are not already on the mailing list, please contact Aaron Goldberg to be added to it.
For details of the story please scroll down to the NEW YORKER FICTION SALON section below.
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Poetry Circle
Thursday, September 23rd, from 3:45 - 5:15 pm
This month we will revisit the poetry of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Stephen Dunn. To read the selected poems, please click here. For a biography, click here, and for his obituary click here.
For more information, or to be added to the mailing list to receive the Zoom link, please contact Charlie Marz, [email protected] .
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Make A Difference
Thursday, September 23 from 4:00 to 5:00
This month we will focus on action to pass two key voting rights bills and Biden's Build Back Better bills. We will discuss relevant articles and then take positive action. Activities this fall include postcard and letter writing, phonebanking and texting, and attending informative webinars and online meetings. Join us to find out about each of these activities. We have an amazing group of 80 members, some of whom attend every meeting, while some join us occasionally. Together, we inspire and inform each other to engage in truly meaningful work that makes a real difference in our society.
All interested BOLLI members are welcome! If you would like the Zoom link sent to you, please contact Rosalie Fink at [email protected] or 617-699-1833.
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BOLLI CAST: Creative Acting, Storytelling and Theater
Friday, September 24 at 9:30am
This group is open to BOLLI members who are interested in dramatic performance. For the fall term, the CAST group will perform a series of scenes from a wide variety of American plays. The group will meet starting Friday, Sept. 24 at 10:00 a.m. For more information about CAST, please contact Richard Averbuch.
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Conversations on Race in Our Daily Lives
Thursday, September 30 from 4:00 to 5:30
We have been meeting for more than a year and have experienced many discussions that have increased our awareness and expanded our knowledge. From time to time, however, individual members of the group have expressed concerns about the need to be “doing something”. As a result, we’ve decided to use this first of the fall term conversations to reflect on the goals of the group and to consider the question, “What Can I Do?”
We’ve chosen a recent book, Letters to My White Male Friends, by Dax-Devlon Ross, to help us with this exploration. The Our Next Meeting page of our website (here) links to excerpts from the book and contains other materials to supplement the conversation.
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BOLLI Banner: New Post this Week
Click here to read the BOLLI Banner, the source for news about BOLLI and Brandeis people and activities, as well as places and events in the surrounding communities that are likely to be of interest to members.
To subscribe, look for the SUBSCRIBE box on the BOLLI Banner page.
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BOLLI Matters:
Click here to read BOLLI Matters, a blog devoted to BOLLI members and Special Interest Groups, showcasing their talents and activities.
Click here to subscribe. Or, you can look for the SUBSCRIBE button on the BOLLI Matters page itself.
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New Yorker Fiction Salon and BOLLI Book Group Selections |
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New Yorker Fiction Salon
Wednesday, September 22 at 4:15
(Note this new time through the end of the fall term)
The story we will discuss on Wednesday, September 22 at 4:15pm is “The Ice Man” by Emma Cline. It appears in the August 23, 2021 issue of the New Yorker magazine.
To read the story, please click here. To read a companion interview with the author, click here.
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BOLLI Book Group
We love to read! And we love to talk about the books that entertain, inspire, and inform us!
We meet once a month for a lively discussion of a work of contemporary literary fiction. We are a “drop-in” group: All BOLLI members are invited to join us every month or once in a while, no registration required.
All meetings are via Zoom.
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Friday, October 8 at 9:30am |
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro explores what it means to be human and to love through the relationship between a young teenager named Josie and Klara, her solar-powered “artificial friend.” This moving and profound novel is Ishiguro's first since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Friday, November 5 at 9:30am |
Story of a Brief Marriage by Anuk Arudpgragasam recounts a single day and night in the life of a refugee from Sri Lanka's decades-long civil war, who is approached by an old man who proposes that Dinesh marry his daughter. This brief novel is both a love story and a meditation on the fundamentals of existence in a world that is collapsing.
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Friday, December 3 at 9:30am |
Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford. What if five children who were killed by a bomb in London in 1944 had lived? What futures did they lose? These five lives are resurrected in brilliant and intimate detail through decades of social, sexual, and technological transformation in twentieth-century London.
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For more information contact Charlie Marz. ([email protected]) or Abby Pinard ([email protected]). If you haven't previously attended a BOLLI Book Group meeting and would like to receive the Zoom link, contact Abby Pinard and she will add you to the mailing list.
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Brandeis University
415 South Street
Waltham, MA 02454
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