FALL BREAK IS OCTOBER 17-28 |
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Learning never retires – but sometimes it hits pause. There will be no classes during the fall break, October 17-28. OLLI staff and volunteers will use this time to build the new spring schedule and catch up on other administrative tasks.
This will, however, be the last two-week break of its kind. Beginning in spring, OLLI will return to the traditional one-week, mid-term break, with plans to eliminate mid-term breaks all together starting next fall. Learn more about plans to expand learning time at the OLLI Town Hall meeting later this month.
Keep up with holidays and other important dates on the OLLI Calendar or at the end of this email.
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NEW FEES; MORE LEARNING.
HEAR ALL ABOUT IT AT THE TOWN HALL MEETING!
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Join us at for a town hall-style conversation about proposed changes to OLLI's fee and term structures. Our goal is to make OLLI enjoyable, affordable, and sustainable, with more than one option for members to choose.
Your feedback over the past few years has helped position us to make constructive changes. Now we'd like to show you how our response is taking shape. The online session will be recorded and made available for later viewing.
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In Person
Wednesday, October 26
10:30-11:30am
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Live-Online
Wednesday, October 26
1:30-2:30pm
Zoom link to be posted on the website and emailed out on meeting day
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MEMBER BENEFIT: MARK YOUR CALENDARS! |
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OLLI doesn’t stop with OLLI Chico classes. We offer special events and lectures from other OLLIs across the Osher national network. All for free!
All of these events – including recordings of some past events – are listed on the Events page on our website. Look for the University of Arizona OLLI-exclusive speaker series, recordings of an OLLI at George Mason University series, and more!
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Author, publishing executive, and Grammy-nominated record producer Rick Bleiweiss, pictured, is the featured presenter for the OLLI Community Speaker Series today, October 13, 3-4pm.
In "Publishing, Audiobooks, Writing, and Literary Agents Explained," Rick shares lessons learned in his roles as a senior executive in a publishing company and as a published author, including information and advice about publishers and publishing, literary agents, query letters, audiobooks, writing, and more.
Meeting ID: 895 1276 4730
Passcode: OLLI2022
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INTERNATIONAL PRONOUN DAY IS OCTOBER 19 |
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International Pronouns Day seeks to make respecting, sharing, and educating about personal pronouns commonplace.
We often think we can determine a person’s gender, and therefore what pronouns to use for them, based on their name or appearance. But human beings are so much more varied and complex than that! Many people have names that can be used for people of more than one gender. And they may dress in ways that aren’t traditionally associated with their gender. Even when our guesses are correct, the fact that we guess means we’re assigning a category to someone without letting them tell us who they are.
Being referred to by the wrong pronouns particularly affects transgender and gender nonconforming people. Every time someone uses the wrong pronouns for a transgender, nonbinary, or intersex person, it reinforces the idea that they are not welcome in the world unless they hide the fullness of who they are.
Learn more about pronouns – what they are, how to use them, and how to communicate them – at Pronouns.org. If you feel comfortable sharing your pronouns, consider putting them in your display name on Zoom or in your email signature. Starting in Spring ’23, OLLI will offer instructors the option to list their pronouns in the catalog and on the website.
Want to learn more? Watch Chico State faculty member Gail Walton's four-part series Development of Gender and Sexuality. These recordings are from the summer class she led for OLLI in June.
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Local artist and Chico State Professor Emerita Dolores Mitchell knows all about art and artists. "Watching Dolores talk about Monet's life, work, and contemporaries is a quality art class," said Brenda Crotts, OLLI member and retired librarian. "She speaks with knowledge and passion about Monet and his journey in art. We also learn history, culture, and artists of the era. It's an amazing art history and appreciation experience."
In her five-week fall course, "Claude Monet: Observation and Calculated Design," Dolores focused on the artist's color choices at specific times of the day. She has led OLLI classes about the impressionists and the golden age of seventeenth-century Dutch Art, among many others. Dolores will be leading a new OLLI class in the spring called "Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts, Symbolism, and Related Movements."
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Stay Connected to the Local Art Scene with Dolores Mitchell
For a decade, Dolores Mitchell and Maria Phillips, artists, art historians, and founders of Avenue 9 Gallery, collaborated on publicity for the gallery's lectures and exhibitions. In 2015, after Phillips' death and closure of Avenue 9, Dolores began sending a monthly email on local creativity to the Avenue 9 mailing list. Since then, "Art Talk" subscriptions have grown from 600 to 2,000. Her goal for "Art Talk" is to nourish feelings of community between artists, art organizations, and art lovers. Subscribe to stay connected to our arts community!
Pictured: Dolores Mitchell, Lucky Dragon: San Francisco Series, 20x24 inches, oil, 2021
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TRAVEL INTO DEEP SPACE WITH OLLI-UA |
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OLLI at University of Arizona Instructor Guy Jette is back to lead a six-week class, Astronomy/Geosciences starting October 21. This class will feature a variety of topics, including an in-depth look at a different constellation each week, with guest speakers from the University of Arizona's astronomy, planetary sciences, and geosciences departments. Read more about Guy and his class and enroll today. You're not too late. Class starts next week!
Pictured: Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) image of Neptune, July 12 from NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI. Image processing by Joseph DePasquale.
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MEDICARE ANNUAL OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIOD |
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The Medicare Annual Open Enrollment Period (AEP) for Part D Prescription Drug Plans and Part C Medicare Advantage Plans begins October 15 through December 7. Passages HICAP (Health Insurance Counseling & Advocacy Program) aims to help Medicare beneficiaries make the best choice possible for their health care needs in the coming year. |
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What’s New with Medicare in 2023
Wednesday, November 2, 10-11:30am
Prescription Drug Plan Comparison Event
Bring your list of prescriptions and your Medicare card. Registered Medicare counselors will be on site and available to assist with Plan D or Medicare Advantage Plan comparisons and changes.
Tuesday, November 15, 10am-1pm
Enloe Conference Center 1528 Esplanade, Chico (map)
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The popular Open Studios Art Tour (OSAT) weekends are October 15-16 and October 22-23. OSAT is an annual Butte County tradition produced by Chico Art Center volunteers, with a number of active OLLI members participating, including volunteer instructor Cris Guenter and member Reta Rickmers. OLLI instructor Sandra Flake helps her husband, Bill Flake, another popular artist on the tour.
To participate, purchase the OSAT Guidebook ($15) with 70 participating artists' studio maps and locations, their contact information, and what is available at their studios. Wheelchair accessibility, restrooms, and COVID-19 expected protocol information is also included.
Visit the Open Studios Art Tour website for more information about artists and tour dates. The guidebook can be purchased at the Chico Art Center, Chico Paper Co., Art Etc., Vagabond Rose, Ellis Art Supply, and Nothing But Love Paradise.
Pictured: Reta Rickmers, Into the Breach, acrylic, 16x20 inches
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OLLI USA: JULIUS ROSENWALD |
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Join OLLI at Berkshire Community College and OLLI at the University of Richmond for "Julius Rosenwald: The Most Important Philanthropist You Never Heard Of" on Wednesday, November 2 at 4pm Pacific Time.
In the early 20th century, Julius Rosenwald, a child of German Jewish immigrants, President of Sears Roebuck, and visionary philanthropist, partnered with Booker T. Washington and African American communities to build 4,977 schools for Black children across the Jim Crow south. Learn more about this incredible story, the impact of these schools in our U.S. history, and the campaign to create a new National Park to preserve the history of these schools.
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October 13
October 17-28
October 26
November 11
November 21-25
December 9
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Community Speaker Series
Fall Break (No Classes)
Town Hall Meeting on Fee and Term Structures
Veterans Day (OLLI Closed, No Classes)
Thanksgiving Break (OLLI Closed, No Classes)
Last Day of Fall Classes
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