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OLLI Cafe, May 12
President of the Board of Alderman, Paul Pernerewski, will be our speaker. Alderman Pernerewski will gives us updates on different projects and upcoming events throughout the city. There will be time for Q&A throughout the program.
Join us at noon, and bring your questions about the City of Waterbury!
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The Curriculum Committee has been hard at work planning programs for Summer 2023. We are excited to announce that this summer, there will be four separate trips planned in a series dubbed "Field Trip Fridays" that focuses on historical sites in Connecticut! | |
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The trips involve going to: the historic Bethlehem Town Green and the Bellamy-Ferriday House, the Litchfield Town Green and the Tapping Reeve House and School, historical sites of downtown Naugatuck and the Bronson B. Tuttle House, and Grand Street, Waterbury and the Silas Bronson Library.
Registration for these trips will start on Friday, May 19th, 2023. Please be on the lookout for a separate email dedicated to these summer trips with more information that will be going out soon.
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Spring 2023 End-of-Term Celebration | | |
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Our OLLI Special Interest Group Committee is hosting the end-of-spring semester event and hope you can join us and share in the good times.
Please set aside Friday, May 19th, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm, and join us in the multi-purpose room (MPR 113-119) here at UConn Waterbury for an afternoon of entertainment, good food and a chance to meet and mingle with all our OLLI folks. Entertainment will feature The Valley
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Chordsmen Barbershop Quartet and we will have a special array of refreshments for all. We look forward to seeing you on May 19th!
If you plan on attending, then please make sure that you register in advance so that enough food can be ordered. You can register by clicking the "Spring Celebration Registration" button below.
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New Club Announcement - Fun Games Club
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The "Fun Games Club" will be hosted by Frankie Harris via Zoom. Below is a description of this upcoming club, courtesy of Frankie:
If you enjoy games, laughing, and getting to know members better through the Zoom setting, then join me on Mondays at 11:00 am for an hour of trivia, memory, word, board games, etc. that I have adapted to easily play online. All you need to do is show up and have fun!
If you are interested in joining, then please email Frankie Harris at: fmhsports51@gmail.com
*Please Note: This club has not officially started. Once Frankie has an idea of how many people are interested, more information will be sent out.*
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On Thursday, April 27th, OLLI members and their friends started very early to depart for their second day trip since the Covid shutdowns. How exciting it was to join others again for a trip to Boston to admire glass work at two different locations.
In the morning we visited the Mary Baker Eddy Library, part of the Christian Science Publishing Society headquarters in Boston. Mary Baker Eddy, a woman ahead of her times, was the founder of the church of Christian Scientists and also the publisher of the Christian Science Monitor. One of the outstanding sights in the publishing headquarters is a giant stained glass globe called the Mapparium. It is unique in that it is three stories high and you walk through it via a bridge. Standing inside, you view the countries of the world in 1935, when it was made. It was wonderful being surrounded by the world.
After an enjoyable lunch at Maggiano's, our group then proceeded to the Harvard Museum of Natural History to see the Ware Collection of Glass Flowers.
In 1886 Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, a father and son team of Czech glass artists, were commissioned by the director of the Botanical Museum to make extremely lifelike glass models of flowers to help in University's instruction. Over fifty years, up to 1936, the Blaschkas made 4,300 glass models of 780 plant species. It was amazing to see the lifelike details of these intricate models. It is a one of a kind display.
It was definitely was a day to be treasured, full of information and the beauty of glass.
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Special Offer for OLLI Members!
On Wednesday, May 24th at 7 PM, recently retired registered nurse Patty Walcott Henderson will share the inspiring story of how she turned her life around in her second act. This event is made possible through the ongoing support of Rourke Insurance Agency, Timothy W. & Mary Ellen Rourke, and Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UConn Waterbury.
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Walcott Henderson, a Wolcott, CT native who graduated with the Wolcott High School class of 1973 and St. Francis School of Nursing, relocated to Washington state forty years ago. A mother of four and a grandmother, she’s always been fit and led an active and healthy lifestyle. However, after suffering broken bones and an osteoporosis diagnosis, she felt “like a marshmallow,” apathetic and sloth-like. At the urging of one of her daughters, she decided to give weightlifting a try to improve her bone health, and the rest is history. Patty is now a National Physique Committee bikini competitor with Team Boss Bodies and feels fabulous.
Patty has a personal connection with OLLI through her sister, Linda Higginson. So, OLLI members will receive $5 off tickets with the code: HEALTH
Find out more about this event and purchase tickets by clicking the button below.
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OLLI Cafe Submission Opportunity!
The Program Development Committee is looking for your recommendations for future OLLI Cafe presenters! If you know someone who is passionate about a particular topic that you find interesting, and they'd be willing to present at the Cafe, then please send their name, contact information, and a brief statement about why you are recommending them to Julie Fernandez (juliefernandez2387@sbcglobal.net) and Marion Varanelli (mariaannawchs@yahoo.com).
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Newsletter Submission Opportunity!
Mary Peitler and Bob Grady would like to extend an invitation to all OLLI members to make a submission to the OLLI Newsletter to be featured in the weekly “What’s Happening?” e-blast.
Email submissions to any of the below:
Mary Peitler - berryfitzp@gmail.com
Bob Grady - yvoorg@aol.com
OLLI at UConn - osher@uconn.edu
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Please Note: If you plan to use the attached UConn Waterbury garage (49 North Elm Street) or the Scovill Street garage (33 Scovill Street), you must purchase a parking pass from UConn's Parking Services department: Parking link | |
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You can also use the University's Pay-By-Phone system. More information about this sytem can be found at: https://park.uconn.edu/waterbury-campus/.
If you have any questions regarding parking, then please reach out to Parking Services via email at parkingservices@uconn.edu or by phone at 860-486-4930. If you have any OLLI-specific questions, then please reach out to the OLLI office at osher@uconn.edu.
Thank you, and enjoy the OLLI Spring 2023 session!
OLLI Staff Team
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SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
(open to all current members)
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Interested?
Contact Nancy Via (nvia@sbcglobal.net)
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OLLI Book Club Schedule & 2023 Selections | |
| Date | Title | Author | Moderators | | May 15 | The Marriage Portrait | Maggie O’Farrell | Wendy Mauro | | June 26 | The Black Cake | Charmaine Wilkerson | Ginny Massucci | | July 17 | The House of Secrets | Brad Meltzer | Gen Delkescamp | | August 21 | Horse | Geraldine Brooks | Ellen Gambini | | September 18 | Worn: A People’s History of Clothing | Sofi Thanhauser | Iris Burkman | | October 16 | Our Missing Hearts | Celeste Ng | Marion Varanelli | | November 20 | The Lincoln Highway | Amor Towles | Ann Ryan | | | |
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Author Charles Monagan moderated the last Book Club meeting to discuss his book, Carrie Welton, The Easter Confession. | |
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Interested?
Contact Tim Padgett (timp424@gmail.com)
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Join the Photography Club for photographic challenges and critiques as well as advice on composition, exposure and contrast, and creating black and white images. No experience needed! | | |
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April's photo competition theme was "Spring," and was won by Candace Fusco. May's meeting is on Friday, May 26th at 12:30pm and the theme is "Mothers Day."
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FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM | |
Our financial assistance program covers annual membership expenses (one per year, per person). Anyone who would like to be an OLLI member or is renewing membership may apply.
This program has been extended through the winter and spring semesters. Funds are available for annual memberships started or renewed through the spring semester.
This program was made possible by donations to OLLI at UConn.
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OFFICE HOURS: OLLI staff are on campus Wednesday - Friday, and working remotely Mondays and Tuesdays. | |
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Want to see something else in the newsletter? Let us know!
- Call / text 475-222-6232 / 6261
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