Tamara Chernow, Sheila Brachfeld, Linda Braun, Anne Walker, and Elaine Dohan meet to write letters to Nevada voters, reminding them to vote. | |
Please note: There are no BOLLI classes on Wednesday, October 5 in observation of Yom Kippur. | |
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Zoom Etiquette
If you are taking courses on Zoom, please remember that others can see and hear you. Be sure to mute your microphone if there is noise coming from your home and turn your camera off if you will be moving around. For other helpful tips, click here.
If you will be taking courses at 60 Turner Street, please click here for directions and parking information.
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Virtual Distinguished Speaker Series
This fall, you are invited to a virtual Distinguished Speakers Series, featuring extraordinary voices from across the political spectrum engaging pressing contemporary issues. There is no need to RSVP. A link will be sent out the morning of the talk.
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Friday, October 14, 1:00 to 2:00 on Zoom
Robert Kuttner, Co-founder and Co-editor of The American Prospect, Professor at Brandeis University’s Heller School
“Going Big: Joe Biden's “New” New Deal”
For most of his career, Bob has been an economics journalist. He is co-founder and co-editor of The American Prospect magazine, He was a longtime columnist for BusinessWeek, and continues to write columns for The New York Times international edition. He was a founder of the Economic Policy Institute and serves on its board.
For more information about the speaker, please click here.
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BOLLI Virtual Meetings in Upcoming Weeks | |
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Writers Guild
Friday, September 30 from 9:30 to 11:00
September 30: Write a science fiction tale of sometime in the future
October 7: Who’s your favorite movie actor or actress from Hollywood's Golden Age?
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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New Yorker Fiction Salon
Note that there is no meeting on Wednesday, October 5.
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BOLLI Book Group
Friday, October 7, from 9:30 to 11:00
We will be discussing Matrix by Lauren Groff: Ungainly and unloved, Marie de France is an orphaned royal exiled at seventeen from the court and sent to a failing English abbey. What follows is a tour de force of historical fiction as Marie, guided by divine visions, pursues an ambition unthinkable for a 12th-century nun and transforms her abbey into both an economic and religious power and a sanctuary for women.
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Aging with Resilience and Enthusiasm
Friday, October 7, from 10:00 to 11:30
This month we will be discussing the impact of COVID on our friendships and the role of Optimism. Can we maintain friendships over time even if we don't see others? Are we making use of phones, Zoom and iPads to connect with others? Are we seeing the bright side of our lives or the sadness and fears of Covid? Can we change our views in order to become more optimistic?
Facilitators: Sandy Miller-Jacobs, Bonnie Seider, & Linda Wolfson
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The BOLLI Banner:
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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New Yorker Fiction Salon and BOLLI Book Group Selections | |
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New Yorker Fiction Salon
Note that there is no meeting on Wednesday, October 5
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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 7 at 9:30am | |
Matrix by Lauren Groff: Ungainly and unloved, Marie de France is an orphaned royal exiled at seventeen from the court and sent to a failing English abbey. What follows is a tour de force of historical fiction as Marie, guided by divine visions, pursues an ambition unthinkable for a 12th-century nun and transforms her abbey into both an economic and religious power and a sanctuary for women.
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Friday, November 4 at 9:30am |
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven, moves gracefully from an ocean voyage to Canada in 1912 to contemporary New York City to moon colonies several centuries in the future, spinning a tale about loneliness, grief, connection, and the endurance of art.
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Friday, December 2 at 9:30am |
In the Distance by Hernan Diaz is an adventure story, a coming-of-age novel, and a Western that defies the stereotypes of those genres in telling the story of a young, penniless Swedish boy adrift in the 19th-century American West. The novel was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2018.
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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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BOLLI Members in the Arts | |
We’re happy to announce the publication of Certain Mysteries, a new book of poems by long time BOLLI member and Study Group Leader, Marjorie Roemer. To take a look inside, click here. | |
Brandeis Campus Events and Special Offers | |
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The Schusterman Center for Israel Studies has announced their bi-weekly Fall program of seminars in person and via Zoom. For more information and to register for individual events, please click here.
Rose Art Museum
Click here for information about current programs at the museum, including an exhibit by South African-born artist Peter Sacks.
Women's Studies Research Center
WSRC Lectures, Events and Exhibitions will take place in-person at the Women's Studies Research Center in the Epstein building of Brandeis University, unless otherwise stated. Click here for their Fall schedule of events.
Brandeis Arts Engagement
For a full schedule of innovative performances, exhibitions and events, click here.
Memory and Cognition Lab Open House
Friday, October 14, 10:30am to 1pm
Volen Center
The Memory and Cognition Lab is dedicated to carrying out research to better understand how memory and language processes change over the lifespan with healthy aging. Click here for information about participating in one of their studies and for an invitation to their Open House so that you can learn more about the Lab.
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