OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE where learning never retires

WINTER/SPRING 2021 OLLI CATALOG ONLINE

OLLI-UM is a Community Program of the Geriatrics Center

OLLI_Winter Spring 2021_Catalog_Cover_pages.indd 1 11/23/20 12:10 PM SUPPORT OUR OLLI, SPONSOR A LECTURE! Do you have a special interest in one of our upcoming lecture topics? Do you want to honor someone special to you? Then please consider becoming a sponsor of one of OLLI’s lectures or other programs through the OLLI Lecture Sponsorship Program! As OLLI expands its programming to meet member need, donations are critical to OLLI’s sustainability for today and into the future.

Sponsorship Opportunities • Sponsor an Individual Lecture for $500-one sponsorship per lecture

OSHER LIFELONG OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE • Sponsor an entire Thursday Morning Lecture Series (6 lectures) for $2,500 • Sponsor other programs (Distinguished Lecture Series, Urgent and Critical Lecture Series, OLLI Reads)

Interested? Please contact Lisa Barton (734-998-9356) or [email protected]

“We were eager to sponsor a lecture in OLLI’s 1619 series. The topic is urgent–COVID, systemic racism, inequality of justice, and the all too frequent brutal displays of violence confronting us daily. OLLI has been a lifeline during this pandemic. The leadership and volunteers continue to bring outstanding programming into our homes. Thanks to OLLI, our minds are definitely not in lockdown!” Bob Bagramian and Linda Bennett Sponsors of the 1619 Lecture with Professor David Goldberg

What does WCC offer for me? • Ballroom Dance • Foreign Languages A lot! • Creative Writing • Gardening

• Fitness and • History and Culture Well-Being • Painting • Food, Drink and Cooking • And More

Make Washtenaw Community College your home for lifelong learning. Visit wccnet.edu/enrichment-classes.

OLLI_Winter Spring 2021_Catalog_Cover_pages.indd 2 11/30/20 2:58 PM Welcome TO OLLI-UM ONLINE!

OLLI-UM is a welcoming, active community We have a lot going on - please join us as we of lifelong learners who enjoy stimulating build and learn! Let us know if we can answer and lively programs and meeting new your questions or help you in any way. people. We are pleased to continue our Contact us: (734) 998-9351 or [email protected] online programming so we can ensure a OLLI-UM Online Registration safe environment, with interactive learning Registration begins: Monday, December 14 and opportunities for social connection. Registration ends: Monday, January 11 Inside this catalog, you will discover OLLI- Notifications sent: Thursday, January 14 UM’s many programs: lectures, study groups, Classes start: Monday, January 18 special events, social gatherings, out of town How to Sign Up for Winter/Spring 2021 Online at trips (virtual!), and volunteer opportunities. www.olli-umich.org (preferred and appreciated OLLI has planned programming on this term!) Or by mailing in your registration form Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as a Annual OLLI-UM membership fee $25 Membership priority - see page 2-3 for all offerings that runs September 1-August 31 Lecture and class fees share ways to engage and learn on these vary; Scholarships are available. important topics. We need volunteers who can help OLLI-UM continue work in these Many thanks to all our OLLI Instructors! vital areas. Featured on cover from left: Faye Askew-King, Deb Mukherjee, and Karen Bantel. Winter & Spring Highlights

Everything you need to know about Urgent and Critical Lecture Series p.4 Zoom Learn tips for the best ways to p.24 Presentations on the COVID-19 access and enjoy OLLI online pandemic from experts

OLLI Winter Open House Check OLLI @ Home Stay in or go out p.11 out winter/spring info, connect with p.28 as you explore the treasures of friends, and have fun! Washtenaw County

OLLI Commons Meet your friends on Torn from the Headlines This p.16 this new online meeting place for OLLI p.33 monthly series goes behind members news headlines with a two-part program each month! Brain Aging and What You Can p.21 Do About it with Thad Polk brought Distinguished Lecture Series to you by the OLLI Study Group p.39 Professor of Public Policy and Committee Economics Betsy Stevenson lectures on Tuesday, May 11 OLLI Out of Town See the new p.22 offerings from the OLLI Out of OLLI Thursday Lecture Series Town committee p.41 Advances in Science

Phone: (734) 998-9351 Hours: By phone or email 9:00am-5:00pm (Monday - Friday) Email: [email protected] Website: www.olli-umich.org Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OsherLifelongLearningInstituteAtUMich/ Title: OLLI Catalog | Issue Date: August 2020 | Published: Bi Annual Authorized Name and Address: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, University of Michigan, 2401 Plymouth Rd., Suite C, Ann Arbor, MI Issue 8, Volume 1

OLLI Winter Spring 2021 Catalog_final_pages.indd 1 11/25/20 3:15 PM DEI OLLI-UM Diversity

Equity OLLI-UM is a community program of the Geriatrics Center.

Inclusion

In 2019, OLLI-UM adopted a strategic plan that mandated the creation of our own Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee in order to ensure that DEI values would be infused throughout our program at every level. The committee drafted a mission statement which is detailed below. Our goal was to lay out a roadmap for the program and ourselves, so that we would be accountable in realizing our objectives.

DEI MISSION STATEMENT The mission of the DEI Committee is to increase the diversity of OLLI membership and create an environment that welcomes all; increase awareness of racial, social, economic, educational and health disparities experienced by marginalized communities; encour- age members’ self- education and self-reflection on issues related to implicit bias; and promote positive, transformational change leading to the eradication of racial and social injustice in ourselves, the OLLI membership, and the community-at-large.

We will do this through: • Spearheading efforts that lead to continuing awareness and education of our members on issues related to racial and social inequities through lectures, workshops, book discussions, and study groups, and encouraging members to initiate their own self-education on these issues • Working closely with other OLLI committees to ensure DEI principles are infused and integrated throughout the program • Partnering both within UM and with external organizations with similar aims to collaborate on relevant programming and initiatives • Evaluating the outcomes of our DEI strategies, wherever possible, in order to identify and implement continuous improvements and identify positive and negative outcomes such that initiatives can either be continued or improved upon

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OLLI Winter Spring 2021 Catalog_final_pages.indd 2 11/23/20 12:00 PM In keeping with the mission statement, In a strategic effort of outreach to UM and many thought-provoking lectures and classes the broader community, OLLI has sought and are included in this winter/spring 2021 catalog. deepened partnerships with such organizations We are intentionally offering many different as the UM Turner African American Services formats to explore these complex topics, Council (TAASC), Ypsilanti District Library, including lectures, dialogs, and study groups. UM Ford School of Public Policy and UM We will be sending surveys after each event so Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. that we can incorporate participant feedback The DEI Committee has now started to and continue to improve. identify additional partners with similar aims to determine shared interests, and together Of particular note is a more plan activities, programming and educational intenintensive anti-racism discussion opportunities to expand our collective reach. series based on Isabel Wilkerson’s book Caste. It is an intensive review and discussion of the As you can see, OLLI has set in motion a book over the course of three thoughtful and determined process for fulfill- months, as well as a continued ing our DEI mission and values as outlined in nine-month discussion series our strategic plan. BUT WE ARE JUST GETTING using Caste and other readings STARTED! With the DEI Committee’s leadership, on related topics framed within OLLI and our programs will become richer and the Caste perspective. The deeper in meaningful ways, and so will each of series aims to foster a deeper dive into our knowl- us. Please join us so that all voices can be heard edge and understanding of our nation’s racial and represented in our community and beyond. history, current environment, and paths toward improvement. See page 43 for more details.

DEI Highlights Anti-Racism Exploration/ Discussion Afternoons with OLLI p.43 of Caste by Isabel Wilkerson p.19 Washtenaw Refugee Coalition leader and founder Beth Wilensky OLLI Study Group p.45 Crises in U.S. – North Korean OLLI Out of Town p.22 Relations – Dealing with an Myanmar: Land of Golden Temples Enigmatic, Hostile Power and Floating Villages OLLI Study Group Thursday Morning Lecture Series p.53 p.26 Susan Rice – Central America: Coffee to Caravans A Remarkable Life and Career

OLLI @ Home – Art and Activism p.32 OLLI Study Group with the Azzaros p.53 The Formation of Islamic Culture

OLLI Reads OLLI Study Group p.34 Black Bottom Saints by Alice Randall and p.57 Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped The Spirit Ambulance by Scott Stonington into Slavery and their Astonishing Odyssey Home Turner African American Series Services p.35 Council (TAASC) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. OLLI Study Group 3 OLLI-UMCelebration and other lectures p.62 Institutional Racism and Our Prisons

OLLI Winter Spring 2021 Catalog_final_pages.indd 3 11/23/20 12:00 PM -ing WITH OLLI FREE ZOOM TRAINING - Learn Zoom with OLLI! Monday, January 11, 1pm Wednesday, January 13, 10am Are you familiar with Zoom? Whether you are or aren’t, Friday, January 15, 3pm OLLI-UM is providing complimentary Zoom training to get members and the public comfortable with using the software!

Sign up for a Zoom training by emailing [email protected]. You will receive an invitation to a training one-day prior. Once you register for an online program, OLLI-UM will send you a link for the Zoom meeting or webinar. A Zoom account isn’t required to attend our course sessions.

YOUR GUIDE TO LEARNING WITH ZOOM Zoom is a video conferencing platform that provides high definition, interactive collaboration tools for communication. To access Zoom, you will need a laptop or desktop (Windows or Mac), tablet or smartphone (iPhone or Android.) The following equipment will enhance your experience:

WEB CAMERA: A camera will increase your connection with the instructor and your peers by allowing you to see each other face-to-face. If you don’t have access to a web camera, you will still be able to see the instructor.

MICROPHONE: This will let you be heard during your class. You don’t need fancy equipment; It can be headphones with a microphone incorporated and if using your smartphone you can use the headphones and microphone that came with your smartphone. Many modern computers have a microphone built in.

IF YOU HAVEN’T USED ZOOM BEFORE, ALLOW ABOUT 15 MINUTES FOR SETUP BEFORE FIRST USE. - Using a laptop or desktop: Download the FREE and secure Zoom program to your computer. - Using a tablet or smartphone: Download the free and secure Zoom application from the app store.

Your Safety Comes First! We ask that you please do not share program links nor meeting passcodes with individuals not registered for the program. OLLI-UM has various safety measures to ensure unexpected guests do not attend Zoom offerings. If you have any questions about these security measures, contact us at [email protected]. Your privacy and safety are always a top priority.

If you’d like to learn more about Zoom, please visit the OLLI video catalog and look under ‘Tutorials’ where you will find a Zoom meetings tutorial hosted by OLLI at UM staff and volunteers. The video catalog website is: https://olli-umich.org/olli/index.php/member/video_ctlg

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OLLI Winter Spring 2021 Catalog_final_pages.indd 4 11/23/20 12:00 PM Event Registration Procedure Study Groups and Shared Interest Groups (SIGs) are Subject to Lottery This Term

OLLI has created a more equitable registration process that also addresses operational problems on the first day of registration. The process applies only to Study Groups and Shared Interest Groups (SIG) this term. Registration for all other OLLI offerings are not subject to lottery.

Here is what you need to know for Study Groups and Shared Interest Groups (SIGs) registration: >>> The initial registration period will run >>> Registration for classes that are not full will from 9:00am Monday, December 14 to still be possible after January 14. 4:00pm Monday, January 11. You can register at any time during this period and receive >>> As before, you can register on-line or by equal consideration for classes that become mail. (The preferred method for registration for oversubscribed. this term is online since staff ability to process mailed registrations is more limited due to >>> All oversubscribed study groups and Shared COVID-19) Interest Groups (SIGs) will be subject to a lottery to give everyone an equal chance to get in. Early >>> All payments must be made at the time of registration does not increase your chances. registration.

>>> Everyone who applies for programs that become subject to the lottery will be notified of the outcome by Thursday, January 14.

>>> Members who are not selected will be given refunds, placed on a wait list, and invited to join if space becomes available. Our goal is to issue the refunds during the week after the lottery. >> Registration begins December 14 >> Registration ends January 11 Questions about registrations or paying >> Notifications sent the annual $25 fee? Please contact the January 14 OLLI office via e-mail at [email protected] or by phone at (734) 998-9351.

Scholarships are available for membership and all programs. To request a scholarship, please contact the OLLI office via e-mail at [email protected] or by phone at (734) 998-9351.

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Welcome Letter/Winter-Spring Highlights 1 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at OLLI-UM 2-3 Zooming with OLLI 4 Event Registration Procedure 5 Your Guide to OLLI-UM 10 OLLI Winter Open House 11 VOLUNTEERING AT OLLI-UM 12-13 OLLI VIDEO CATALOG 14 MAKE A GIFT AT OLLI-UM 15 OLLI COMMONS 16-18 AFTERNOONS WTIH OLLI 19-21 “A meal without Wine is called Breakfast” - 1/19 1 19 A conversation wtih Dick Scheer Washtenaw Refugee Coalition - Refugees Given a Voice 2/17 1 19 Put a Spark under your Butt (E) 3/17 1 20 102 Years of Local Food - Ann Arbor Farmer’s Market 4/21 1 20 A Band for all Ages 5/19 1 21 HEARD AROUND TOWN: Michigan Speak 6/16 1 21 OLLI OUT OF TOWN 22-23 Myannmar: Land of Golden Temples and Floating Villages 1/22 1 22 The Many Dimensions of Chicago 2/26 1 22 A Virtual Tour of DIA exhibit, “Detroit Style: Car Design 3/26 1 23 in the Motor City” A Virtual Tour of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 4/23 1 23 Alden B. Dow and Mid-Century Modern Architecture 5/28 1 23 in SE Michigan URGENT AND CRITICAL LECTURE SERIES: COVID-19 24-26 COVID-19 Health Update: Trends, Treatment and Vaccines 1/19 1 24 Mental Health Perspectives During the COVID-19 Pandemic 2/16 1 25 Business in the Time of COVID: Current Challenges 3/16 1 25 and Future Perspective COVID-19: Pandemic Impacts on the Environment and Climate 4/20 1 26 Shelter in Place: How the Pandemic is Changing out Cities, 5/18 1 26 Neighborhoods and Homes

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start Big Hearts #of classes page # date Storytelling SPECIAL EVENTS Workshop 27 p.55 Medical Ethics 101 2/3 - 2/17 3 27 Brain Aging and What You Can Do About It 3/4 1 27 OLLI @ HOME 28-32 Celebrating and Engaging with Nature this Winter 1/4 1 29 Birding 101 1/18 1 29 Italian Cooking Demo and Wine Pairings with Paesano’s 2/1 1 30 All About Succulents 2/15 1 30 A Tea Tasting Experience with TeaHaus of Ann Arbor 31 31 A Coffee Experience with Steve Mangigian of Zingerman’s 3/15 1 31 Cheesecakes! 3/29 1 31 Sip and Nibble with Tommy York 4/5 1 32 Everything you Always Wanted to Know about Chocolate 5/3 1 32 TORN FROM THE HEADLINES 33 OLLI READS 34 Black Bottom Saints by Alice Randall 2/8 1 34 The Spirit Ambulance by Scott Stonington 2/24 1 34 TAASC & MLK EVENT 1/23 1 35 SHARED INTEREST GROUPS (SIGs) 36-37 DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES 38-40 THURSDAY MORNING LECTURE SERIES 41-42 OLLI Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee Presents - Anti- 43 Racism Exploration/Discussion Seres of Caste by Isabel Wilkerson STUDY GROUPS 44-63 ARTS & ARCHITECTURE Art History III: Early Christian and Byzantine Art 1/19 6 44 Monday Painters 1/11 31 44 CURRENT EVENTS, LAW, POLICY & POLITICS Crises in U.S. - North Korean Relations 2/23 5 45 Current Events 1/19 33 45 Firearm Injury and Prevention: A Public Health Perspective (S) 3/22 1 46 Great Decisions 1/19 7 46

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start # of classes page # date Let’s Rewrite the United States Constitution 3/12 5 46 Poverty: Looking from the Inside Out 2/10 4 47 Some U.S. and Global Top 10’s in 2021 (S) 9/21 1 46 Understanding US-Iran Relations 2/9 4 47 What’s Going on in Real Estate? 4/22 3 48 What is Politics? 1/18 6 48 FOREGN LANGUAGE Chinese 1 1/25 16 49 GROUP FACILITATION Group Facilitation (S) 3/5 1 49 HISTORY & CULTURE Beyond Zoom: Deep Learning in Early Childhood (S) 4/21 1 50 British Empire in India 3/10 7 50 Caravans, Cultures, and Chinggis Khan along the Silk Route 3/3 5 50 Comparing Transitions to Democracy in 18th Century France... 2/23 8 51 First Laides: “Tales and Travails of Our First Ladies” 4/2 5 51 Innovations That Will Change the Ways We Experience Life 4/12 5 52 Representations of the Natural World (S) 3/24 1 52 Unintended Consequences (S) 3/10 1 52 Susan Rice -- A Remarkable Life and Career 1/25 8 53 The Formation of Islamic Culture 4/14 5 53 The History of the Stars (S) 1/29 1 54 The Science of Positivity - A Book Reading 2/3 6 54 Building the Border (S) 3/17 1 54 Mapping in the Enlightenment (S) 2/18 1 54 INVESTING, ECONOMICS, & FINANCE Computerized Investing: Stocks - Selection and Evaluation 4/12 5 55 LITERATURE, POETRY, & DRAMA Fake News, Deep Fakes, Info-whelmed? 1/18 4 56 From the Mouths of Millennials: Taboo Topics 3/22 7 56 Gather at the Table - A book discussion 3/16 3 56 Homer’s Iliad 2/15 7 56 Homer’s Odyssey 4/5 7 56

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start # of classes page # date Medieval English Poetry 5/7 6 57 Reading Women’s Lives 2/19 4 57 Shakespeare’s Secret Recipe 3/4 4 57 The Plays of Margaret Cavendish 1/18 6 57 Stolen - A Book Discussion (S) 1/20 1 57 MUSIC, THEATER & FILM Detective Mystery Flims - Shelter-in-Place Edition 2/12 6 58 Going for Baroque 4/6 4 58 Understanding Performance Anxiety 3/4 4 58 RELIGION, PHILOSOPHY, & SPIRITUALITY Final Decisions (S) 5/12 1 59 A History of Christianity 3/5 10 59 Wisdom and Winnie the Pooh 2/10 6 59 SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS Artificial Intelligence: An Exciting Introduction 4/12 5 60 Gene Editing and the Food We Eat 4/27 6 60 Medical Applications of CRISPR 3/16 6 60 The Bee Lady Talks (S) (E) 3/8 1 60 The Hidden Factor: Why Thinking Differently 1/19 12 61 is Your Greatest Asset The Physics of Modern Technology 1/19 6 61 How Life Works, Part 2: Molecular Biology 1/19 8 61 SOCIAL SCIENCE Families in Film 3/26 5 62 Institutional Racism and Our Prisons (S) 4/21 1 62 Who do We Choose to Be? 3/1 11 62 Women’s Issues: In Our Prime - Ageism and Women 11/29 5 WRITING Free Writing 1/20 5 63 Memoir Writing 1/22 12 63 Memoirs and Personal Essays 1/7 24 63 Write through Life Changing Events 1/20 4 63 Writers Unlimited 1/8 34 63 Study Group Indexes 64-69 Community Programs of the Geriatrics Center 70 Winter/Spring Catalog 2021 9

OLLI Winter Spring 2021 Catalog_final_pages.indd 9 11/23/20 12:00 PM YOUR GUIDE TO OLLI-UM Where Learning Never Retires We invite you to become part of the OLLI-UM community of lifelong learners! Our members enjoy learning and socializing in many different ways, so we have developed a vast array of programs to meet your interests and needs. Here is a quick guide to help you discover all that OLLI-UM has to offer.

Lectures Enjoy lectures almost every Special Projects Try one of OLLI’s week, year-round, from the comfort special programs that encourage and safety of your home. Academic cutting-edge learning and spending and professional experts speak on a wide range time with other OLLI members. OLLI of cutting-edge social and political issues, Reads features a “community” read for OLLI science and technology, music, and the arts. members, culminating in a book discussion, Ask questions of the speakers via Zoom. Our often with the author. Our special “urgent and teleconference lectures include weekly Thursday critical” lecture series, panel discussions, and Lecture Series (six themes throughout the year!) pop-up lectures examine the most pressing and monthly Distinguished Lecture Series. issues of our day.

Study Groups Take part in multiple Social Interaction Engaging with small classes taught by local experts other members adds richness to all and moderators, many of the OLLI-UM of OLLI’s activities. The Winter Open members. Learn about national issues, delve into House, the Fall Kickoff, online small group literature and history, work on your finances, meet-ups and social outreach from volunteers explore science discoveries, and much more. expand the social interactions inherent in learning. Consider OLLI your invitation to Out of Town Trips OLLI Out of Town connect with other lifelong learners -- an is back in action! OLLI members look embedded benefit of membership! forward to adventuring again- virtually this season! OLLI Commons The Commons is a Zoom space that is free and open to Evenings (Afternoons) with OLLI all members every day, all day. You Enjoy the lighter side of Ann Arbor, can create or join an ongoing group. You can southeast Michigan and beyond at our schedule a meeting or a personal group event. evening/afternoon programs, which The meeting or event will go on the Commons feature local personalities, compelling stories calendar so the time you reserved is held for about our community, and current issues. you.

Volunteer at OLLI! We need you! Please join OLLI Shared Interest Groups (SIGs) our more than 200 active volunteers Shared Interest Groups (SIG) bring who impact every part of our program. together (online for now!) people with Serve on a committee or plan a lecture a common interest for monthly or special event. Whatever your interest, meetings or activities designed by OLLI-UM has meaningful opportunities for group members. There is an emphasis on service and engagement. community and friendship as well as enhancing skills, education, or experiences.

Want to learn more? (734) 998-9351 | www.olli-umich.orgor check us out on Facebook OsherLifelongLearningInstituteAtUMich 10 OLLI-UM

OLLI Winter Spring 2021 Catalog_final_pages.indd 10 11/23/20 12:00 PM OPENFREE TO AND ALL

VIRTUAL Wednesday January 6, 2021 10am – 12pm WINTER https://umich.zoom.us/j/93731819875 Discovering . . . OPEN at our age, in this age HOUSE • Welcome and Introduction of Winter Open House Speaker:

OLLI 2021 Lynn Boyer and Ann Tomlanovich, Chairpersons Social Interaction Committee and Study Group Committee Brian Worthmann is a postdoctoral • Discovering . . . in Science: Brian Worthmann, Ph.D. researcher at Lawrence Livermore • OLLI Members’ Aha! Moments National Laboratory. His current work is • A Zoom Conversation with OLLI Program Chairs on ground penetrating radar for landmine • Who Knew? Discoveries during 2020: detection. He received his PhD in Applied Physics at the University of Michigan Lisa Barton and Bill Furtwangler in 2018 where he researched signal Discovering is marked by active curiosity. Discovering is marked processing algorithms for sonar by commitment of time. Discovering is marked by engagement applications. Dr. Worthmann has in learning. Discovering is [often!] marked taught introductory physics courses at Las Positas Community College and by collaboration with partners and friends. in 2017 and 2018 led the OLLI-UM study groups “Everyday Physics” and THIS HAPPENS IN SCIENCE. “Why is the sky blue and other awesome questions in physics”. He loves talking THIS HAPPENS AT OLLI. about physics to anyone who’s interested and enjoys trying to answer questions Join in the process of discovering with posed to him by curious minds. Brian Worthmann, Ph.D. Welcome back to OLLI, Dr. Worthmann! Crowd Favorite OLLI Study Group Instructor

Discovery takes many forms. Visit https://umichumhs.qualtrics.com/ jfe/form/SV_3kHzkj2hIFoGV25 to share a message about the discoveries you’ve made during your participation in OLLI’s many opportunities. Discoveries... at our age, in this age emerge through OLLI’s dynamic programs and special interest topics led by Join us as we celebrate Laurie Barnett Special Projects the new year and the Ruth Primas OLLI Out of Town Craig Ramsay Diversity, Equity, Inclusion discoveries to come!

Helene Reid Afternoons with OLLI OLLI’s 2021 Virtual Winter Open Frances Schultz Distinguished Lecture Series and House is brought to you by the Thursday Lecture Series Social Interaction Committee in collaboration with OLLI’s Leadership Ann Tomlanovich Study Groups Council and those who provide Rebecca Van Dyke Shared Interest Groups (SIG) leadership for its programs and special topics. and the curiosity, time commitment, desire to learn and collaborative spirit of its members!

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OLLI Winter Spring 2021 Catalog_final_pages.indd 11 11/23/20 12:00 PM Why Volunteer at OLLI-UM?

OLLI-UM’s vibrant volunteer culture springs from a sense of belonging and shared commitment expressed in members’ involvement in every aspect of OLLI operations and programming.

For the connections: Volunteering at WHAT DO VOLUNTEERS DO AT OLLI-UM? OLLI links you to people who share your in- Everything! terests, goals, and passions. Try something Hundreds of volunteers work with OLLI’s new and see where it leads you. staŠ members to keep OLLI robust and up-to-date. Want to help out every once For the fun: OLLI takes a “people first” in awhile, when you have an hour or two approach to connecting volunteers to op- available? Become an event volunteer. portunities. Do what you love; love what Passionate about a topic or hobby? Share you do. your knowledge and experience with other OLLI members by teaching a study group! For the satisfaction: OLLI depends on the lifetime skills of our volunteers -- and Looking for a way to connect with members thrives when everyone gets involved. When on an ongoing basis, using your talent and you pitch in, you get more than you give. expertise on anything from OLLI finances to lectures to social interaction? OLLI has com- mittees and activities that match any area of interest.

VOLUNTEERING How can I get connected at OLLI-UM? WITH OLLI IS: Learning more about you—your skills and fun • flexible • rewarding interests—will help us connect you with • provides personal growth activities and members who share your in- • a great way to meet terests. Connect with OLLI-UM by contacting new people! Lisa Barton, OLLI-UM Director, at libarton@ umich.edu or (734) 998-9356.

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OLLI Winter Spring 2021 Catalog_final_pages.indd 12 11/23/20 12:00 PM How to Get Involved with OLLI We need OLLI volunteers to: > teach a study group > help with Big Hearts for Seniors > plan an event > lead a Shared Interest Group (SIG) > organize a lecture > audit lecture recordings > serve on a committee > serve on OLLI’s Leadership Council

The OLLI-UM Leadership Council has 16 Special Projects committees and several ad hoc committees Laurie Barnett, [email protected] that perform many vital critical and creative

functions. Please contact the chair to become OLLI Out of Town Ruth Primas, [email protected] a member of the committees that appeal to you. Or contact OLLI-UM Director Lisa Barton at Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) [email protected] or (734) 998-9356. Craig Ramsay, [email protected]

Lectures Finance Frances Schultz, [email protected] Savvas Giannakopoulos, [email protected] Distinguished Lecture Series Al Gourdji, [email protected] Development/Fundraising Susan Fisher, srfi[email protected] Study Group Ann Tomlanovich, [email protected] Strategic Communications Laurie Barnett, [email protected] Afternoons/Evenings with OLLI Helaine Reid, [email protected] IT Bill Hoge, [email protected] Social Interaction Lynn Boyer, [email protected]

CURRENTLY ALL COMMITTEES ARE MEETING BY ZOOM- JOIN US!

An EXCELLENT program, Karen! Dr. Berman’s knowledge and presentation skills made it a riveting session, and your thoughtful questions in advance of the audience Q&A helped round out the information. I was anticipating a gloomy view after watching the Teach-Out video, but I came away far more hopeful than I’ve felt in too long a time. “ -from a member of Karen Bantel’s Democratic to Authoritarian Rule study group

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OLLI Winter Spring 2021 Catalog_final_pages.indd 13 11/23/20 12:00 PM OLLI members can now access past lectures in OLLI’s video catalog. To access this catalog of archived lectures, please visit www.olli-umich.org and click “Video Catalog” at the top of the page. Some of our videos have been watched over 600 times since our launch - check out OLLI’s OLLI VIDEO CATALOG amazing offerings!

ON-LINE ACCESS TO RECORDED OLLI LECTURES IS HERE! The OLLI IT Committee and OLLI Remote Access Team launched OLLI’s video catalog this summer.

WHEN WILL RECORDINGS OF ON-LINE WILL THERE BE HELP AVAILABLE TO LECTURES BE AVAILABLE? ASSIST IN LOGGING IN? Due to the time required to edit the lecture Yes, an online tutorial is available to navigate the videos, add closed captions, and include catalog and can be found on the video catalog page presentation slides, online access is expected to be under tutorials. Please also check out the FAQ page available about 10-14 days a er the lectures occur. found under the Help section of the OLLI website.

HOW WILL I ACCESS THESE LECTURES? Your OLLI username and password will be used for access to the video catalog via the OLLI website.

WHAT OLLI EVENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO WATCH ONLINE? Most Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS, held on Tuesdays), Thursday Morning Lecture Series (TLS), and Summer Lecture Series (SLS) which have occurred since OLLI moved to WCC (Fall, 2017) are available. Special lectures, e.g. the Fall KickoŽ lectures, are also available as well as the Climate Change series and other urgent and critical series. The primary exceptions are those lectures for which the lecturers did not provide record- ing authorization. A ernoosn with OLLI programs are There is no charge if you purchased access to the also included. lecture when it was live. Lectures from past years are $3 per lecture. and lectures from the current year are $10. Current OLLI membership is required to view past years’ lectures. ” 14 OLLI-UM

OLLI Winter Spring 2021 Catalog_final_pages.indd 14 11/23/20 12:00 PM Make a Gift to OLLI-UMi We each have our own reasons for enjoying OLLI! But whatever your OLLI passion, your financial support can make a difference in ensuring that OLLI continues to flourish and expand.

• OLLI was there for you when you needed it most this year… IF • you appreciate OLLI’s low fees and scholarships to those in need… • you are proud of how OLLI responded during the pandemic so members could stay connected…

THEN please consider making a donation to OLLI. No amount is too big or too small.. There are two main ways to give:

OLLI-UMs Annual Fund (helps with today’s needs!) While OLLI receives generous in-kind support from UM, a gift to the OLLI Annual Fund ensures membership and events remain affordable and available to all. While OLLI members and volunteers provide a strong foundation of skills, annual support from donors is needed to maintain and grow operations and meet the needs of our community. Donors contributing $100 or more annually are listed on the OLLI Donor Honor Roll.

Friends of OLLI-UM Endowment (helps sustain OLLI’s future needs!) The Friends of OLLI Endowment was created to ensure OLLI will continue to enrich the lives of others well into the future. Endowment funds are key to ensuring the flexibility of OLLI to respond to current and future needs such as technology, space, programs and access.

HOW YOU CAN GIVE: To contribute online by credit card please go to: giving.umich.edu/give/med-osher To contribute by mail please see the registration form in the center of the catalog.

CONSIDER * Making an outright donation to the annual fund or endowment * Sponsoring a lecture or lecture series (new!) * Making a donation in honor or memory of a friend or loved one * Pledging a gift over 3-5 years * Making a qualified charitable distribution from your IRA to satisfy your annual required minimum distribution * Naming the OLLI Endowment Fund as a beneficiary of your retirement account and/or as a bequest in your estate or revocable living trust *Donations can be specified for membership or scholarships for all OLLI offerings

To make a gift or for more information, please contact: Lisa Barton, OLLI Director, at [email protected] 734-998-9356 or Susan Fisher, OLLI Development Chair, at srfi[email protected] 734-669-8866

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OLLI Winter Spring 2021 Catalog_final_pages.indd 15 11/23/20 12:00 PM Plan to Meet in THE COMMONS where connecting is easy . . .

Create or join an ongoing group.

Meet a friend.

Schedule an event or meeting.

Enjoy Free Access 24/7

Remember - no registration required

Always Connect in The Commons with https://umich.zoom.us/j/95574902503 Audio only dial: 1-312-626-6799 Meeting ID: 95574902503

What is the new Commons? The Commons is a Zoom space that is free and open to all members every day, all day. You can create or join an ongoing group. You can schedule a meeting or a personal group event. The meeting or event will go on the Commons calendar so the time you reserved is held for you. COMMONS What are the groups I see on the Commons calendar?

The Commons was created to make it easy and free to connect and talk with others as we remain limited to a largely virtual world. The groups you see, e.g., The Schmooz- ery, Coffee+Show or Tell, Lunch Bunch, Book Beat, are informal groups that generally consider broad themes for conversation throughout the month. There is no registra- tion or cost to participate in these groups. Check the Commons calendar to see what’s occurring, put the Commons Zoom address (see above) in your browser and join in the discussion. Join every time the group meets or only when you want to be part of a conversation.

The Commons is a project of the Social Interaction Committee OLLI in collaboration with staff and other OLLI programs.

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Betty Brown-Chappell Facilitated Lunch Craig Stephan Bunch on Nov 5 Developed the Physics in the Commons sessions

How can I find out when the free informal groups are occurring? How is the Commons different from my Enter olli-umich.org/commons-calendar in your browser. personal Zoom account? This will take you to the online Commons calendar where The Commons Zoom space does not have a time limit. you will see when each group is meeting. If you want to bring together your family, you are not limited to the 40-45 minutes of a free personal Zoom A link to the Commons calendar will always be at the be- account. Visit with each other as long as you want. ginning of the Friday newsletter you receive in your inbox, and the Commons calendar itself is featured on the OLLI If you need a discussion with friends about planning a website main page at olli-umich.org. Check often to see surprise for someone, reserve time for as long as you what’s available as you plan your day or week. The host of think it’ll take. If you need more time and no one else each group may periodically send out updates and remind- has reserved the next time slot, stay on until you’re ers through the Friday newsletter. finished planning.

How can I create one of the informal groups? If your grandchild’s birthday is coming up and the party If you have an interest you’d like to share or talk about needs to be through Zoom, reserve the time, share the with others in an informal manner, contact Lynn Boyer, Zoom address with those coming and Enjoy the Party! with- chairperson of the Social Interaction Committee, at out fear of being shut off in the middle of opening gifts. [email protected]. The Commons is open to ideas presented in different formats – ongoing across An OLLI member should organize the event and reserve months, a one-time meet up, a series with a specific the space. The Commons Zoom address, however, can be number of gatherings, discussions after designated shared with those attending the event whether or not events and others. The scope of ideas is broad also – they are OLLI members. think about playing a virtual game, reading a book or play together, sharing personal poetry, demonstrating a recipe, finding others who are also enthused about your hobby. The purpose of the Commons is to bring people together to connect and to enjoy the camaraderie. Give some thought to how you think that could be done!

Marta Skiba hosts Coffee + Show or Tell twice a month

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The Book Beat How do I reserve free time in the OLLI Commons? Go to OLLI’s Commons calendar at When I look on the olli-umich.org/commons-calendar. Check to Commons calendar, be sure the time you need has not been reserved. I see committee Then email [email protected] or call (734) 998-9351 meetings or planning and ask to reserve the day and time you want. The event meetings. Can I join those? will show on the Commons calendar with your name. OLLI program committee chairpersons generally have at least monthly meetings with their members to plan OLLI Who assigns the Zoom address? programs. Chairpersons are beginning to use the OLLI The Commons’ Zoom address is always the same. Commons space for meetings because of the ease of a https://umich.zoom.us/j/95574902503 never-changing Zoom address and the calendar reminder Audio only dial: 1-312-626-6799 Meeting ID: of the date and time of the meeting. Chairpersons reserve 95574902503. Use it when you invite people to an event these times for their committee members only so you you’ve planned. Bookmark it for use with a small group should not log on unless you’re a member. If a planning you visit. When you’re ready to log on for the meeting meeting is open to all OLLI members, the event description or event, put the address in your browser, click enter and on the calendar will say that. open the space. Are there special tech skills I need to host an When does the Commons close down? informal group? The Commons never closes. If you’re a night owl, If you have experience creating and hosting a Zoom meet- reserve time to talk with another night owl friend at ing, you’ll find that’s all you need for your idea to become 10pm or midnight or 2am. reality in the Commons. If you’ve participated in Zoom meetings but never hosted one, OLLI staff and trained vol- Hank Greenspan, unteers will provide the short training you’ll need to move facilitates to the next step in doing that. Our groups tend to range The Schmoozery from 8 – 16 people so the host can easily include everyone on the screen in the conversation. When a larger group of participants is expected, OLLI staff and trained volunteers will help with preparation.

The Schmoozery is a good conversation I keep on top of my Wednesday list. I find the people honest, hopeful, respectful. Hank gives us a topic and lets it go where people want to take it which I like. So glad it is on Zoom as I like seeing faces. I am also enjoying the 1619 series and get[ting] in the good conversations after the lectures. Conversations in this time of my isolation and loneliness help me keep in a better place! “ -from Patricia The Commons is your space – a benefit of membership. ” Find your place in it and begin connecting with others!

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OLLI Winter Spring 2021 Catalog_final_pages.indd 18 11/23/20 12:00 PM AFTERNOONS WITH OLLI

Enjoy our afternoon and evening programs as we explore Ann Arbor, southeast Michigan, and our beautiful Great Lakes state. We feature local personalities, compelling stories about our com- munity, and delve into current issues.

• 3:30–5:00pm (NEW TIME!) • $5/event • $25/package of 6 • Free to new members during their first year!

All programs will be offered online. Dick Scheer

“A meal without Wine is called Breakfast” appreciation seminars for the Ann Arbor A conversation with Dick Scheer, Arts Center, as well as programs sponsored Distinguished Wine Merchant and owner by the University of Michigan and Eastern of Ann Arbor’s Village Corner Michigan University.Dick is also Director of the Ann Arbor Tasters Guild and Ann Arbor Wine Tuesday, January 19 Club. He has been a judge at the Michigan State 3:30-5:00 pm, $5 online Fair, Tasters Guild International, American Wine Society, as well as Great Lakes and Canadian Village Corner is an Ann Arbor institution. This wine competitions. wine shop has one of the most extensive wine selections in the area, with 5000 carefully selected wines, 600 spirits, 150 beers, 350 Washtenaw Refugee Coalition – cigars and much more. Refugees Given a Voice

Dick Scheer has been the celebrated owner Wednesday, February 17 and President of Village Corner, Inc. for 50 years, 3:30-5:00 pm, $5 online and has been referred to as one of the most knowledgeable wine experts in the state. Over the recent years we have all become more aware of the plight of refugees and In conversation with Bev Geltner, we’ll learn asylum seekers. Individuals and families from about Dick’s interest in and expert knowledge around the world are fleeing from war, poverty, of wines, and his decades-long history at the and oppression. Attempts to enter our country Village Corner. We’ll learn a lot about different have been met with physical and regulatory wines, and perhaps a few ghost stories as well. obstruction, all in conflict with values many of us hold dear. Refugees and asylum seekers, Dick Scheer started in the wine business who are often invisible to those in power, in 1964, and has been a Wine Educator to must rely on others to plead their collective thousands over the years. He has taught wine cases to Congress.

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A group of Ann Arborites have decided to take his commute easier. He immediately saw the action to address this injustice. The Washtenaw potential for E-bikes to enable more people to Refugee Coalition is a new interfaith group of ride a bike. He also envisioned a future when more passionate and dedicated individuals who are people would replace car trips with bicycle trips. learning how to advocate on behalf of refugees Jim started building E-bikes for others, then left and asylum seekers. You will be fascinated his engineering job in 2014 to sell E-bikes full time. to hear the story of the group’s founding, the Jim’s wife, Kim, joined him in the business in 2018. training they have received, and actions they have been taking. You may even find their 102 Years of Local Food: the past, present, cause to be one you want to embrace. and future of the Ann Arbor Farmer’s Market

Beth Wilensky is the founder and leader of the Wednesday, April 21 Washtenaw Refugee Coalition. Beth has served 3:30 - 5:00 pm, $5 online on the Board of Jewish Family Services (a local organization providing services to refugees), and As much of Ann Arbor has become is a Clinical Professor of Law in the Legal Practice unrecognizable to long-time residents, the Ann Program at the University of Michigan. Arbor Farmers Market is a mainstay, both as a provider of local produce and products and Put a Spark under your Butt a gathering space. Learn about the history of the Ann Arbor Farmer’s Market, how the global Wednesday, March 17 pandemic has impacted operations, and how 7:00-8:30 pm (Note the time), $5 online we plan on bringing this vibrant market and community space into the future. There have been a lot of news stories lately about the rise in popularity of E-bikes (electric Stefanie T. Stauffer, PhD has been the Ann bikes). But what’s all the fuss about? Worldwide, Arbor Farmer’s Market Manager since May 2020, E-bikes are the fastest growing sector of the bike bringing 12 years of local food expertise to the role. industry, and there are several reasons for their She is the former Program Manager of Tilian Farm rapid rise in appeal. We will look at what exactly Development Center, a now defunct incubator for is an E-bike and why they are so sought after beginning farmers in Ann Arbor Township. She with the Baby Boomer generation, and among has also taught the Sociology of Race and Ethnic commuters, businesses, and municipalities. Relations at Washtenaw Community College There are so many different types of E-bikes on since 2015, with an emphasis on food sovereignty the market that it can be overwhelming to learn and environmental justice movements. As a about them all. We will try to simplify it, going veteran Ypsilanti Farmer’s Markets vendor who over the fundamentals, to see whether an E-bike sells her products at Argus Farm Stop and to local might be right for you and how you should restaurants as well, she has been feeding our choose which type will suit you best. community since 2010 as Nightshade Farm. She is also a board member of Growing Hope, a former Jim Summers and Kim Mayes own and operate Greenbelt Advisory Commissioner, and a former H.E.H. Human Electric Hybrids. They have been board member of the Ypsilanti Food Cooperative. in the E-bike business for eight years. Jim was As a farmer, farmer’s market vendor, educator, a controls engineer, cycling to work 20 miles activist, and beginning farmer mentor, she has each way when he built his first E-bike to make been deeply rooted in our local food system

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since her dissertation project on sustainable Joshua Grekin is a musician and educator agriculture brought her back to Michigan with experience teaching all ages and genres. in 2008. In 2014, she traveled to Slow Food Trained as a jazz trumpet player, he is also International’s Salone del Gusto e Terra Madre proficient on piano, guitar, bass, drums, and in Torino, Italy as a US delegate representing other orchestral instruments. Joshua has a BA Southeast Michigan family farmers, food artisans, in music from the Berklee College of Music, a and Slow Food Ark of Taste producers. Masters from the Manhattan School of Music and is currently finishing his PhD at Oakland A Band for all Ages University. He is the creator and director of the Little Bands School, a tech-enabled music Wednesday, May 19 education program which offers a unique 3:30-5:00 pm, $5 online and innovative K-12 instrumental curriculum. A songwriter as well, Joshua writes music for The Little Bands Music School is an innovative musicals, film, commercials, bands, and the music program in which students learn music Little Bands School curriculum. from a constructivist perspective. The program serves all ages including children as young as four HEARD AROUND TOWN: Michigan Speak and adults. The foundation of the program is the multi-instrumental band program. Students join Wednesday, June 16 a 5-piece band. The instrumentation of the band 3:30 – 5:00 pm, $5 online is piano, guitar, bass, drums and voice. Students follow a detailed curriculum of songs and “Do you say ‘pop’ or ‘soda’ or ‘soft drink’? Do you compose their own songs. Every student learns know what a ‘Michigan left’ is? Did you know every song on every instrument. This method is ‘Yooper’ is now in some standard dictionaries? designed to facilitate an environment in which Come hear about what is happening to English in students 1. Understand music from different Michigan and share the changes you’re hearing in perspectives, 2. Learn to collaborate and work the language.” together and 3. Experience what goes into a piece of music and how to compose their own music. Anne Curzan, dean of LSA at University of Michigan Teachers in Little Bands School work with private is a trained linguist, studies the history of the students and students in public and private English language. She describes herself as a fount schools in Southeast Michigan. We particularly of random linguistic information about how love helping people who have always wanted to English got to be the way it is—information she play an instrument and never had the chance. shares every Sunday on the show “That’s What They Say” on Michigan Public Radio. She has also dedicated one major strand of her career to helping students and the broader public understand linguistic diversity as part of cultural diversity, and language change as a natural part of living languages. Curzan has received university awards for outstanding research and undergraduate teaching, including the Henry Russel Award and the John Dewey Award. She is an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and the Geneva Smitherman Collegiate Professor of English Language and Literature, Linguistics, and Education.

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JANUARY 22, 3:00 – 4:30 pm $10 Online WEEKEND Myanmar: Land of Golden Temples and Floating Villages Photographer, Ann O’Hagan, invites you on a visual journey through KICKOFFS the highlights of Myanmar, locally still known as Burma. Once the Spend an educational and richest country in Southeast Asia, Myanmar still remains one of stimulating day with OLLI the most fascinating places on earth. Despite the disheartening news that has recently brought it to our attention, visiting offers -UM friends at noted sites an opportunity to learn about its unique culture, glimpse its tragic around southeast Michigan history and enjoy its breathtaking scenery. Through the camera and, sometimes, even lens, you’ll go on a journey that includes modern cityscapes, rural farther afield. Trips vary in landscapes, exotic temples and cost and length of time. watery villages. Highlights include Rangoon (now Yangon), Mandalay, OLLI OUT OF TOWN Bagan and Inle Lake. Don’t miss HAS DONE IT. this opportunity for a visual It has transitioned from adventure from the comfort of your living room! in-person travel to virtual travel and is offering five FEBRUARY 26, dynamic programs to 3:00 – 4:30 pm $10 Online provide you with a kickoff The Many Dimensions of Chicago into your weekend on five Friday afternoons. This presentation by Susan D. Turner, a Canadian architect and resident of downtown Chicago for the last 12 years, will cover several • Select Fridays, 3:00 – 4:30 pm storylines of Chicago. Its history will be outlined, touching on its • $10/event founding, the great fire, the Chicago River, the Columbia Exhibition • $45/package of 5 and Burnam’s plan. With a virtual walking tour down Dearborn Street, All programs will be you will experience the development of skyscraper construction. The offered online. Dearborn Street walk will, also, show you great works of art: Picasso, Miro, Calder, Chagall, and Tiffany. Of course, you will want to see some of the tourist attractions: the Theatre District, Marshall Fields and the Mag(nificent) Mile, Jeweler’s Row, the Art Institute, Millennium Park/Grant Park, the Museum Campus, and glimpses of many public art pieces. Between attractions, Susan will tell you about Chicago Deep Dish Pizza, how the Windy City got its nickname, and factoids about the many inventions that came out of Chicago. Susan is not a certified tour guide, but her research and love of Chicago more than make up for it! She wonders how to show us a bit of Chicago virtually in 60 minutes when it usually takes ten days to accomplish it in person. 22 OLLI-UM

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MARCH 26, 3:00 – 4:30 pm $10 Online • The Federal Reserve System’s history A Virtual Tour of DIA exhibit, “Detroit and structure. Style: Car Design in the Motor City” • The Fed’s dual mandate of promoting maximum employment and stable Join us on this dynamic virtual tour as the DIA celebrates the Detroit designers who shaped prices. the American automobile, bringing 12 coupes • The Fed’s role in financial regulation, and sedans inside the museum. The exhibit will payment systems and monetary policy. highlight the artistry and influence of Detroit car • The Fed’s actions in response to the designers working between 1950 and the present economic downturn caused by COVID-19. day. The cars, four from each of the Big Three American automakers, include experimental MAY 28, 3:00 – 4:30 pm $10 Online show cars created for display and iconic Alden B. Dow and Mid-Century Modern production models sold to the mass market, Architecture in Southeast Michigan displayed with design drawings and photographs. A selection of paintings and sculptures will This presentation by Craig McDonald, Director highlight the conversation between the American of the Alden B. Dow Home and Studio and the art world and the car culture from the 1950s to the Foundation Representative of the Alden and present day. The exhibit runs until Sunday, June Vada Dow Family Foundations, will focus on 27, 2021, at the DIA. Dow’s architectural achievements in southeast Michigan, including Ann Arbor. Dow was the architect of Ann Arbor’s City Hall, Downtown Public Library, and the UM Administration Building. When OLLI resumes in-person travel, we look forward to scheduling a day trip to Midland to view, first hand, Dow’s home, studio, and gardens and other architectural accomplishments in Midland.

APRIL 23, 3:00 – 4:30 pm $10 Online A Virtual Tour of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Join Katherine Nelson of the Detroit Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and walk through an interactive slideshow presentation ______of the Federal Reserve. Among the areas Want to join OLLI Out of Town Committee? covered by the tour are the following: Please contact Chair Ruth Primas at [email protected]

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OLLI Winter Spring 2021 Catalog_final_pages.indd 23 11/23/20 12:00 PM URGENT AND CRITICAL LECTURE SERIES

IT’S BEEN A (COVID-19) YEAR WHERE ARE WE AND WHERE ARE WE HEADED? This series is co-hosted by OLLI-UM and the UM Turner Senior Wellness Program.

Now that we have all been living with the COVID-19 pandemic for nearly a year, the basics are familiar to all of us. But challenges continue to develop and many unknowns remain. We are still asking:

What are the newest developments in prevention, testing, treatment, and vaccines? How long is this going to last? How are individuals and organizations coping? How do we think about the dual crises of the pandemic and climate change? Anticipating the future, how will our world look different?

In this continuing series of presentations on the COVID-19 pandemic, we will explore the current situation and look into the future. Our expert speakers will add to your knowledge about Covid-19 and inspire many provocative questions.

THIRD TUESDAYS FROM JANUARY THROUGH MAY, 2021 | 10:00-11:30 AM FREE: NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED

TUESDAY, JANUARY 19 her work aims to identify strategies to reduce Covid-19 Health Update: infections, particularly in individuals with Trends, Treatment and Vaccines chronic comorbidities and in hospital infectious environments (including MRSA/VRE coinfection). UM Epidemiologist Emily Toth Martin and UM Infectious Disease Physician Lona Mody will Lona Mody, MD, is one of very few explore the latest updates in Covid-19 on campus, internists in this country with an in Ann Arbor and across the state; treatment expertise in aging populations, successes and challenges; and vaccine outlook. epidemiology, an active research laboratory in microbiology and Dr. Emily Toth Martin, PhD, MPH, a translational research agenda focused on is on the faculty of Epidemiology vulnerable aging population. Her NIH and AHRQ at the UM School of Public Health. funded work has created a thriving consortium Her research focuses on building of post-acute and long-term care facilities in SE a greater understanding of the Michigan interested in developing interventions epidemiology of viral respiratory diseases to enhance infection prevention in a traditionally (including RSV, bocavirus and influenza) through resource poor setting. the use of molecular epidemiology. In particular,

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16 TUESDAY, MARCH 16 Mental Health Perspectives Business in the Time of COVID: Current During the COVID-19 Pandemic Challenges and Future Perspective Although some businesses and organizations As the pandemic continues without a specific end have thrived and flourished during Covid-19, in sight, many of us here and around the world many more have suffered financially with their continue to struggle emotionally. Two experts will owners and employees being impacted both shed light on how those struggles are manifesting psychologically and personally. The panel will themselves today and what we can anticipate in bring to light the challenges and pressures the mental health realm going forward. Dr. Sheria faced by small businesses in our community Robinson-Lane will focus on pandemic impacts in -- and the country as a whole -- and what the older adults. Dr. Sheila Marcus will speak to mental future may hold. health implications of the pandemic on adults and children as well as strategies for managing Paula Gardner joined Bridge associated ongoing stress. Magazine as its first business editor in April 2020. Her career Sheria Robinson-Lane, PhD, RN, includes several years at MLive. is a gerontologist with expertise com, where she was editor of in palliative care, long-term care, The Ann Arbor News, statewide business and nursing administration. She reporter and part of an award-winning has focused her career on the care environmental coverage team that helped and support of older adults with cognitive and/ uncover and dig into Michigan’s PFAS crisis. or functional disabilities. Dr. Robinson-Lane is Among her honors is an award naming her interested in the ways that older adults adapt to Michigan’s Journalist of the Year in 2019 from changes in health, and particularly how adaptive the Michigan Press Association. Ms. Gardner’s coping strategies effect health outcomes. Her experience includes leading the news team at research is focused on reducing health disparities AnnArbor.com, a digital news startup launched for minority older adults with cognitive impairments in 2009 that generated company-leading and their informal caregivers. Prior to coming to audience growth. Before that, she worked at the coming to the University of Michigan School of Michigan Business Review, Detroit Free Nursing, Dr. Robinson-Lane completed an NIH- Press and the Ypsilanti Press. funded advanced research rehabilitation training program in community living and participation Mike Gustafson is the co-owner with the University of Michigan Medical School. of Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor. Literati, which opened Sheila M. Marcus, MD, is a Clinical in 2013, is a full-service, general Professor in the UM Department of interest bookstore. In 2019, Literati Psychiatry and Division head of Child was honored as the 2019 Publishers Weekly and Adolescent Psychiatry. She leads Bookstore of the Year. Mike is also on the board a statewide program MC3 which of the Independent Booksellers Consortium, assists primary care providers throughout the an information-sharing cooperative made up state in caring for individuals with mental health of top independent bookstores from around concerns. During COVID pandemic, she has assisted the country, and the Library of Michigan primary care providers and first-line providers with Foundation. Mike is also the co-editor of the psychological first aid and balancing the stress of 2019 Michigan Notable Book, Notes from a the pandemic with work and home obligations. Public Typewriter. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE Winter/Spring Catalog 2021 25

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Grace Singleton has been a TUESDAY, MAY 18 managing partner of Zingerman’s Shelter in Place: How the Pandemic Delicatessen since 2002. She is Changing our Cities, Neighborhoods serves as the Board President of and Homes Kerrytown District Association, a non-profit organization promoting Many of us are thinking about how the businesses in the Kerrytown area. Previously, the pandemic will impact our lives she served as a Board Member and Board going forward. This includes President of the non-profit domestic violence architects and designers who are support organization Safehouse Center. She imagining the changes that the has an AAS culinary degree from Paul Smith’s pandemic will bring to urban spaces, College in upper New York State. She has over neighborhoods, and homes. Kit Krankel 30 years of experience working with food, which McCullough, an architectural and urban includes working as a chef, wine buyer, dining designer and faculty member for UM Taubman room manager, general manager, and specialty College of Architecture and Urban Planning, will food buyer. discuss some of the ways our surroundings are adapting to post-pandemic life and provide us TUESDAY, APRIL 20 with an inside look at what might be in our not- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts on the so-distant future. Environment and Climate Through her urban design practice and The COVID-19 pandemic, by slowing economic teaching, Ms. McCullough advocates for activity, has led to significant reductions in equitable and socially just development, industrial emissions, leading to cleaner air healthy and sustainable environments, strong and water and an unprecedented decline in communities, and cities that promote well- carbon emissions. This talk will describe impacts being and happiness. At UM, she teaches of the pandemic on different aspects of the design studios on housing and neighborhood environment and climate, and discuss how to development, seminars on transportation and extend these short term benefits beyond the life urban economics, and a popular lecture course of the pandemic. on real estate development for architects and planners. She has developed urban design Chris Poulsen is associate dean and economic strategies at a range of scales for natural sciences for the UM and led urban design projects in cities around College of LSA, and is the Henry the country. She received her Bachelor of Pollack Collegiate Professor of Architecture from the University of Texas at Earth & Environmental sciences and Austin and her Master of Architecture in Urban Climate & Space Sciences and Engineering. Design from Harvard University. Professor Poulsen is a climate scientist, whose research interests include past and future climate change, climate dynamics, and I love ‘starting school’ again. My hydrological cycling. He teaches courses on entire family - daughter, son-in-law topics of climate and environmental change. and grandkids all started school He received his BA in geology from Carleton again this year and I was among College and a PhD in Geosciences from the “ them! Again, OLLI enriches my life Pennsylvania State University. and I am grateful for everything each volunteer does on our behalf. 26 OLLI-UM ” OLLI Winter Spring 2021 Catalog_final_pages.indd 26 11/23/20 12:00 PM MEDICAL ETHICS 101

Medical Ethics 101 is a three- Medical Ethics three-part series by Special Projects: lecture series, as the name This lecture series is sponsored by Hillary Murt and Bruce implies, covering the Friedman, Honoring the Healthcare Providers at Michigan fundamentals of the field. This Medicine for Their Bravery and Service information is vital for normal times but is particularly valuable LECTURE #1: (a) History of Clinical Ethics and Ethics; and (b) at a time such as the current Epidemics; and Clinical Ethics in the Time of Crisis with the COVID19 pandemic in full force. All of our three Date: February 3, 2021; 10:00 am - 11:30 am faculty members are members Faculty: Christian Vercler, M.D. of the faculty of the University of LECTURE #2: (a) Ethics at the End of Life: Principles and Case Michigan Medical School and Discussions; and (b) The Interplay between Medical Ethics and two of them are physicians Evolving Medical Science with active medical practices as well as duties as medical ethics Date: February 10, 2021; 10:00 am - 11:30 am consultants. The third, Ed Goldman, Faculty: Adam Marks, M.D.

is an attorney whose whole LECTURE #3: (a) Key Legal Cases in Medical career has been engagement in Ethics; and (b) Ethics of Human Research healthcare legal affairs. Date: February 17, 2021; 10:00 am - 11:30 am Cost: $10/lecture, $25/series Faculty: Edward Goldman, J.D. OLLI SPECIAL EVENT

Brain Aging and What You Can Do About It with Thad Polk, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Department of Psychology at the University of Michigan Day/Date: Thursday, March 4 Time: 2:00-3:30pm Cost: $10

Aging is associated with subtle declines in some cognitive functions, but not others. As we age, we tend to become a little more forgetful, we get distracted more easily, and we can’t process information quite as quickly. At the same time, verbal knowledge and what’s sometimes called wisdom tend to remain stable and may even improve with age. Why is that? This talk will explain what happens to our brains as we age, how those changes might relate to age-related cognitive declines, and what we can do to help our brains age more gracefully.

Thad Polk is the Samuel D. Epstein Collegiate Professor of Psychology and an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor at the University of Michigan. He received an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Computer Science and Psychology from Carnegie Mellon University and postdoctoral training in cognitive neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania. Professor Polk’s research uses functional imaging of the human brain to investigate the neural architecture underlying cognition and how that architecture is influenced by age, by experience, and by genetics. He has lectured extensively on topics related to the human brain, including producing four courses for The Great Courses series. He was also named to the Princeton Review list of the best 300 professors in the U.S. Brought to you by the OLLI Study Group Committee Winter/Spring Catalog 2021 27

OLLI Winter Spring 2021 Catalog_final_pages.indd 27 11/23/20 12:00 PM OLLI @ Home

Stay In or Go Out as You Explore the Treasures of Washtenaw County

As we plan for 2021 and anticipate a second Covid-19 winter and spring, join Olli@Home as we experience some old and new treasures of Washtenaw County.

Whether you embrace the Danish concept of Hygge (cozily staying in) or the Norwegian concept of Friluftsliv (happily going out in nature), you’ll find a lot to enjoy in OLLI@Home.

This series of 11 programs on Monday afternoons from January through May, is designed to introduce experiences and opportunities that may brighten our days at home or encourage us to go out for an adventure. If the “eating” sounds more fun than the cooking and baking, we can watch the cooking and baking demos and enjoy the results by ordering and popping in for takeout. And who amongst us wouldn’t enjoy an afternoon cup of coffee or tea, a glass of wine with cheese or a sampler of artisanal chocolate?

In addition, the programs will remind us of some of the people, businesses and institutions that are indeed treasures of our community, and introduce some new ones. Our programs will also offer us a chance to support these treasures as they strive to continue to be part the community Let’s Build Our Community of during and after Covid-19. OLLI@Home Members! Whether you are hiking in some new $10/individual program and $90 for series winter gear, learning about succulent There may be additional costs for kits or care from a book, baking or eating a samplers for individual events (optional). Once you register, you will receive details cheesecake, deciding which new about purchasing and pick up before biodynamic wine is your favorite – the event. take a selfie and e-mail it to [email protected]. We’ll put it in the OLLI Weekly and on OLLI’s Facebook page. hashtag #olli@home

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OLLI Winter Spring 2021 Catalog_final_pages.indd 28 11/23/20 12:00 PM OLLI Celebrating and Engaging with Nature this Winter Birding 101 @ Home Monday, January 4 Monday, January 18

Erika Pratt from Ann Arbor Parks and Recreation Rebecca Van Dyke, a birder and will present a talk on winter walking in Ann Arbor OLLI member, introduces us to parks and how to connect with nature. Erika will her world of birding and the share these opportunities and the benefits of added joy of exercise, outdoor park related recreation, relaxation or adventure beauty and identifying birds. and get you pumped up to get outside to bring Rebecca Kelly Vore, owner of Downtown Van Dyke more nature into your life! AJ Davidson, co-owner Home and Garden, will share her of Bivouac, and staff will assist us in finding the bird experience with feeding and watering correct clothing and gear to keep us warm and tips as well as discuss the challenges of co- Downtown safe this winter. existing with squirrels and other critters and Home and Garden managing that never- ending quandary. Erika Pratt manages the GIVE 365 Volunteer and Outreach Program for the Ann Arbor Parks & Rebecca Van Dyke is a retired UM physician Recreation Services Unit. With a Master’s Degree who has lived in Ann Arbor for 30 years. As the in Parks, Recreation and Tourism Resources/ eldest child of a college biology professor (who Urban Affairs, Ms. Pratt takes leisure seriously knew his ornithology), she knew little aside from and is passionate about public green spaces and some of the common birds. When she retired six recreational opportunities for all the ways they years ago, she started to travel and realized that it enrich life. She has worked in parks and recreation was fun and challenging to look for and identify her entire career, working for the City of Ferndale; birds. She has traveled in the US and abroad, often overseas in the Marshall Islands; Pleasant Ridge; with knowledgeable guides. This past year she before coming to Ann Arbor seven years ago, at Novi. has explored many of the wonderful parks and nature preserves in the area, combining exercise Bivouac is an outdoor clothing and gear shop and (walking), viewing beautiful nature and finding and fashion boutique all in one. Bivouac was founded identifying birds. in 1971 by Ed Davidson, and has been outfitting the Ann Arbor community for 49 years. Downtown Home and Garden has been providing quality birdseed and feeders for Ann Arbor and our Celebrating and Engaging with Nature (this surrounding area for decades. It was the first to bring event) is sponsored by Barbara Hooberman thistle feed to Michigan and it continues to receive in appreciation for her fellow committee weekly deliveries of seed from L & D Finkbeiner members Susan Weinberg, Farm, from Saline. Its drive-thru barn Carolyn Herman and Laurie (originally built for horse and buggy Barnett. in 1905) easily accommodates today’s vehicles for swift drive thru and load and go. Quick, convenient and out of the elements! AJ Davidson Erika Pratt

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OLLI Winter Spring 2021 Catalog_final_pages.indd 29 11/23/20 12:00 PM OLLI All about Succulents Monday, February 15 Dani @ Home Vignos The day after Valentine’s Italian Cooking Demo and Wine Day, Dani Vignos, owner Pairings with Paesano’s of University Flower Shop, will offer us a glimpse into Monday, February 1 her shop and how to create interesting and attractive Travel to Italy for an afternoon succulent gardens. Mike culinary with Paesano’s Restaurant Palmer, a horticulturist and Wine Bar. Cook with Sous Chef Wade Grysban at the Matthaei Botancial and discuss wine pairings with Michael Roddy, Gardens, will talk about the proprietor and wine enthusiast. Participants will care and propagation of be provided with a recipe and ingredients list succulents at home. Mike Palmer and are invited to “cook along” with the chef. Alternatively, participants may order dinner and or Mike Palmer, Greenhouse Research the red or white wine pairing for easy pop in and Coordinator, has been with Matthaei Botanical pickup directly from the restaurant. Gardens since 1990, joining the staff after he received his B.S. in Commercial Horticulture Paesano, founded in 1984 by Michael and Bridget from Purdue University. At Purdue he focused his Roddy, specializes in rustic, homey, heart healthy, studies on woody plants and plant propagation, Italian grandmother comfort food featuring with emphasis on botanical nomenclature and locally grown seasonal products. Michael and public gardens. At Matthaei, Mike coordinates Bridget have created a unique, family friendly and research in the greenhouses and is gatekeeper for wine friendly space engaging the community research projects on the grounds. with special food and wine dinners, tastings, Italian language classes, summer outdoor Italian University Flower Shop, established in 1931, is movies and participating in many charity events. a floral design studio and shop in Ann Arbor’s Paesano is a great friend of OLLI, hosting many historic Nickels Arcade. Led by owner and of our after-lecture lunches and treating our designer, Danielle Vignos, the shop creates speakers to their luncheon meal. custom floral arrangements and wrapped bouquets for any mood and all occasions. The Sous Chef Wade Grysban, who has 15 years of flower shop team team is always in search of experience, has worked in the Paesano kitchen interesting and seasonal ingredients to keep since 2016. He colleagues think of him “as a force mindsinspired and guests intrigued. to be reckoned with” – he has worked his way up to sous chef after working every station in the kitchen. Chef Wade takes great pride in working in a “scratch kitchen” and has been responsible for the addition of a number of vegan items to the menu. .

Michael and Chef Wade Bridget Roddy Grysban

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OLLI Winter Spring 2021 Catalog_final_pages.indd 30 11/23/20 12:00 PM A Tea Tasting Experience OLLI with TeaHaus of Ann Arbor Monday, March 1 Lisa McDonald @ Home

Lisa McDonald, tea sommelier and owner of He has held a number of positions in a variety of TeaHaus, will demonstrate how to make a variety industries before coming to ZIngerman’s. He would of teas with the opportunity to taste. We will also never have guessed that he would end up being have the opportunity to purchase a tea sample a business owner in the coffee industry – when he and brew along during the demonstration. had his first cup of coffee at age 19, he disliked it so much that he couldn’t swallow it. Steve found his After a “short backpacking trip” through Europe way to the Zingerman’s Coffee Company in 2006 that turned into a 14-year residency and career in where his passion, knowledge and love for coffee Germany and Sweden, Lisa McDonald returned grew. Steve is involved in every aspect of the coffee to the US with her husband, Marc Hewko (an Ann business from sourcing to roasting to building the Arborite she met in Germany), to start a family. wholesale base of customers. After a few months, she began to miss the high- quality loose tea available in Europe so she, a European-trained tea sommelier, decided to open a tea store of her own in Kerrytown. After several Cheesecakes! years, TeaHaus expanded, opening the ever-popular Monday, March 29 Tea Room/Café. And then in 2017, sister business Eat More Tea debuted, offering tea-infused gelato, Eric Kinsler-Holloway of EK tea-based spice blends, and much more. Lisa Cheesecakes will wow us with his remains one a handful of European trained tea cheesecakes. He will demonstrate how to make a scrumptious Eric Kinsler- sommeliers in the US. Holloway cheesecake and participants can A Coffee Experience with Steve purchase a sampler of sweet treats. Mangigian, Managing Partner at Eric started making cheesecakes in 2014 with his mom. He enjoyed it so much he decided to Zingerman’s Coffee Company make them on his own. Before long, friends and Monday, March 15 family were requesting his cheesecakes. In 2017 he started EK’s Cheesecakes while working full time Perk up with an afternoon coffee tasting experience as a certified maintenance technician. He made with Steve Mangigian, including a discussion about an Instagram page in mid-October and gave a few the history of coffee, “cupping” and how to brew a cheesecakes to some friends for free. He snapped great cup and how to select a new favorite coffee. a few pictures before he delivered them and put Participants may purchase a coffee sampler directly them on Instagram. He had almost 15 cheesecakes from Zingerman’s Coffee for pop in and pick up. to make for Thanksgiving the following month! Making cheesecake has become his Steve Mangigian is the Managing Partner at passion. He now works at Zingerman’s Zingerman’s Coffee Company and Zingerman’s Bakehouse baking bread. Candy Manufactory. After growing up in Philadelphia, Steve has spent most of his adult life in Ann Arbor.

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OLLI Winter Spring 2021 Catalog_final_pages.indd 31 11/23/20 12:00 PM Tommy York OLLI (photo by David Turnley) Yen Azzaro is an illustrator, artist, events producer and graphic recorder, practicing the capture of @ Home real time spoken content drawn on large paper. Yen recently completed a painted road piece Sip and Nibble with Tommy York ‘Zip “Code” ‘ in the Kerrytown area highlighting Monday, April 5 the economic, social and racial identities and disparities that exist in Washtenaw County. Spend an afternoon sipping biodynamic, YFi, students create performance art moments in sustainable natural wines and nibbling on natural public spaces such as Eastern Michigan University cheeses with Tommy York, the founding partner of Student Center, Ann Arbor Summer Festival, YORK Food + Drink. The artisans who make these and Ypsilanti District Library. Projects over the wines usual grow their own fruit and the people past two years are housed at www.ypsifidelity. who make the cheeses typically use the milk from com. Nick and Yen are alumni of the University of their own herds. Participants can join in the tasting Michigan Stamps School of Art and Design where by purchasing the wines and/or cheese in advance Nick is currently a candidate for his MFA. Their by pop in and pickup. collaborative projects can be found at www.chin-azzaro.com/art Under Tommy York’s vision and guidance, YORK Food + Drink has evolved from a party store to a retail shop specializing in artisanal food and drink Everything You Always Wanted to a unique destination with a full bar, providing an to Know about Chocolate experience inspired by European markets, bars, and cafés. Tommy was involved in the purchase of the Monday, May 3 former Big Ten Party Store in 2001 and has been fine Barbara Wilson, co-owner of tuning the business ever since. Most recently, since Mindo Chocolate, will start her the pandemic, Tommy has invested his energy into demonstration with cacao beans the YORK Yard and YORK Campus, in an effort to and end with a finished product. create a safe space for customers to enjoy quality Tasting chocolates is involved! food and drink offerings as well as live music. Participants can purchase a Barbara Wilson chocolate sampler and taste along. Art and Activism and the Azzaros Barbara Wilson is a chocolate maker. She makes Monday, April 19 and sells mostly chocolate bars but also baking chocolate and specialty items including brownies. Spend the afternoon learning about artistic In school she received a bachelor’s degree in social activism and commitment. Husband and Kinesiology, and a master’s degree in Public Health wife artists Nick and Yen Azarro will discuss specializing in education so she always comes combining their artistic talents and commercial back to education. What she enjoys most about successes with mentoring and engaging Ypsilanti her business is educating people about chocolate. Community High School students in YFi or She also strives to have a business that is socially Ypsilanti Fidelity, the student performance art responsible and environmentally friendly. She co- movement that they founded. owns Mindo Chocolate with her husband Jose Meza.

Nick Azzaro is a photographer and multimedia artist, starting his career A Visit to the UM Peony Garden in commercial film photography. Date TBA! Matthaei Botanical Gardens will His current work focuses on the treat us to a presentation about their outstanding current state of race relations in peony garden. our country through site specific work and printed comic narratives.

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OLLI Winter Spring 2021 Catalog_final_pages.indd 32 11/23/20 12:00 PM THIS NEW SERIES IS A PILOT PROGRAM OF OLLI’S SPECIAL PROJECTS COMMITTEE

TORN FROM THE HEADLINES

Weighty news topics break each day, and many times the immediacy and importance of the issues warrant more than just a sound bite. This monthly series goes behind the news headlines with a two-part program each month!

First you will hear from an expert be announced shortly before each on a timely topic from the news, session. That means you won’t know with the opportunity for an extend- the topic or the speaker when you ed Q&A. Then, on the day following sign up for the series in advance! But each session, join others in the OLLI you do know that since it’s brought to Commons with a moderator to you by OLLI that it will be of the same continue the prior day’s discussion. excellence and rigor that you’ve come to expect.

Topics may include politics, law, international relations, science, All sessions will be moderated by health, the arts and more. In OLLI instructor and member Karen keeping with the fast-changing Bantel. Relevant written materials news, topics and speakers will will be provided.

Torn Speaker Second Mondays from January to June, 4-5 pm January 11, February 8, March 8, April 12, May 10, June 7

Follow-up Discussion in the Commons Second Tuesdays from January to June, 2-3 pm January 12, February 9, March 9, April 13, May 11, June 8

$55/series; $10/per session

OLLI Winter Spring 2021 Catalog_final_pages.indd 33 11/23/20 12:00 PM OLLI READS OLLI Reads Presents: Black Bottom Saints | by Alice Randall Monday February 8 at 10am Alice Randall’s magical Black Bottom Saints brings to life Detroit’s legendary neighborhood, one of the most influential, artful Black communities in America. The novel, reminiscent of E.L. Doctorov’s Ragtime, comes alive through the voice of Joseph “Zig-gy” Johnson (1913-1968) who was a real-life nightclub impresario, dance studio instructor, and entertainment columnist for the Michigan Chronicle. It takes its shape from the Catholic Saints Day Books with Ziggy choosing his own “52 Saints.” Randall balances the stories of these larger-than-life “Saints” (Dina Washington, Joe Louis, and Sammy Davis, Jr.) with local heroes (Charles Diggs, UAW negotiator Marc Stepp, and Maxine Powell), and creates enthralling characters whose unstoppable ambition, love of style, and faith in community made this black Midwestern neighborhood the rival of New York City’s Harlem.

Alice Randall was born in Detroit and raised in Washington DC. She is a Harvard-educated author of novels, including The Wind Done Gone, Pushkin and the Queen of Spades, Rebel Yell, and Ada’s Rules. She is also the first African American woman to write a #1 Country and Western song (XXX’s and OOO’s which celebrates Aretha Franklin). With her daughter, Caroline Randall Williams, she co-authored the acclaimed cookbook Soul Food Love which won the NAACP Image award and the young adult novel The Diary of B. B. Bright, Possible Princess, which received the Phillis Wheatley Award. Alice Randall is a Professor and Writer-in-Residence at Vanderbilt University. Professor Randall’s presentation is co-sponsored by OLLI’s DEI Committee. The DEI and OLLI Reads will also be co-hosting a panel of participants who will share their perspectives on the era of Detroit’s Black Bottom neighborhood. More details will be announced in the near future.

The Spirit Ambulance: Choreographing the End of Life in Thailand | by Scott Stonington Wednesday February 24 at 3pm With his unique perspective as both a cultural anthropologist and a physician, Scott Stonington explores decision-making at the end of life in contemporary Thailand in his book The Spirit Ambulance. Stonington spent two years in Thailand studying how families struggle to craft good deaths for their elders in the modern world while honoring their Buddhist traditions.

Stonington’s gripping ethnography documents how Thai families attempt to pay back a “debt of life” to their elders through intensive medical care, followed by a medically assisted rush from the hospital to home to ensure a spiritually advantageous last breath. The result is a powerful exploration of the nature of death and the complexities arising from the globalization of biomedical expertise and ethics around the world. Ray Yung, M.D., Chief of the Geriatrics Center, will be introducing Dr. Stonington.

Scott Stonington is a medical and cultural anthropologist at the University of Michigan and an internal medicine physician. He has a Ph.D in Anthropology from UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco, and a MD from UC San Francisco. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Stonington is an Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in the Department of Anthropology as well as the International Institute (Core Faculty for Global Environment and Health), a Hospitalist in the Department of Internal Medicine at VA Medical Center and a Primary Care Physician at St. Joseph Mercy Neighborhood Family Health Center in Ypsilanti.

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OLLI Winter Spring 2021 Catalog_final_pages.indd 34 11/23/20 12:00 PM

Turner African American Services Council (TAASC) presents:

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

CELEBRATION

“Systemic Racism: COVID-19 & the African American Experience in Michigan”

Panelists:

Alexis Travis, Ph.D., Date: Saturday, January 23, 2021 Michigan Department of Health & Human Services Time: 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Michelle Canady, Ph.D., MPA, A Free Virtual Presentation Michigan Department of All are welcome! Health & Human Services

This is the first of four lectures on systemic racism and its’ impact on the African American community. All events are virtual and free. Dates for the remaining lectures: February 27, 2021 - Education and Black History May 8, 2021 - Social Justice October 9, 2021 - Hope for the Future

For more information and registration, please call Jennifer Howard at (734) 998-9353. Registered individuals will receive a Zoom link before the event.

Sponsored by TAASC in collaboration with The Department of Geriatrics, Turner Senior Wellness Program, Community Health Services, Bethel AME Church, and Program for Multicultural Health. OLLI SHARED INTEREST GROUPS (SIGs)

Join an OLLI Shared Interest Group (SIG). A SIG brings people together who have a common interest that they wish to pursue indefinitely within a structure of meetings and activities designed primarily by the members of the group. A SIG will strive to develop a sense of community and friendship among its members, even as it endeavors to enhance members’ skills, education, and experiences.

A SIG is different from a traditional Study Group • A SIG does not have a formal class syllabus. • Members of a SIG determine the content and discussion of a SIG. A designated Bicycling for Fun & Fitness on Paved Trails facilitator arranges meetings, takes attendance, and initiates the discussion This SIG is designed for former road cyclists among the SIG and new cyclist “wannabes” who desire to ride members on how the group will operate. with others along paved trails, and learn the • Persons within a SIG are assured of ongoing etiquette of riding on shared use trails, to keep membership in it until they decide not to in shape, enjoy the company of a group and participate. assist those becoming familiar with (or returning • A SIG does not have a formal ending date. to) the joys and benefits of a bike.

Why form a SIG? Those already registered for this SIG decided A SIG may be formed by OLLI members to start actual trail riding April 2021. We because of a particular ongoing interest that continue to be hopeful the Covid pandemic is not offered in a study group. It may also be will be sufficiently under control to allow safe formed to socialize and learn together in a resumption of group activity. This decision group that meets regularly. will be revisited as we approach the April SIGS vary in how often they meet. date. We will review restrictions in place at that time and individual personal safety Start-up Openings! If you ever wanted to concerns in determining our path forward. start a long-term group activity, submit a

proposal for a Shared Interest Group through We will learn about the Border to Border trail OLLI. Applications accepted at any time. that will eventually cover 35 miles through Contact the OLLI office for details. Washtenaw County from the Livingston County ______Border to the Wayne County border and bicycle Want to get involved with Special various completed segments. We will explore Interest Groups (SIGs)? other off road ride opportunities at Metro Parks Please contact Director Lisa Barton and additional off road opportunities in the 36 atOLLI-UM [email protected] area that SIG members bring to the group.

OLLI Winter Spring 2021 Catalog_final_pages.indd 36 11/23/20 12:00 PM 2401 Plymouth Rd., Suite C, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734) 998-9351 Fax: (734) 998-9340 Email: [email protected] Website: www.olli-umich.org

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TO REGISTER ONLINE GO TO WWW.OLLI-UMICH.ORG. REGISTERING ONLINE IS A GREAT HELP TO OLLI STAFF THIS TERM DUE TO COVID-19. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO JOIN ONLINE, PLEASE COMPLETE AND MAIL THIS FORM. If mailing please return to the address above together with a check for the $25 annual membership dues for the period 9/1/20 – 8/31/21. Complete one form for each member, please.

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There’s more! Please turn over ---> In order for OLLI to pursue external funding (such as grants), we need to know more about our membership as a whole. Please complete the following questions. This information will be used for statistical purposes and reported in the aggregate only. If you do not wish to answer a specific question, just leave it blank. We appreciate your cooperation.

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OLLI Fall 2020 Catalog Inserts Final.indd 2 11/25/20 3:32 PM 2401 Plymouth Rd., Suite C, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734) 998-9351 Fax: (734) 998-9340 Email: [email protected] Website: www.olli-umich.org EVENT REGISTRATION FORM*

TO REGISTER ONLINE GO TO WWW.OLLI-UMICH.ORG. REGISTERING ONLINE IS A GREAT HELP TO OLLI STAFF THIS TERM DUE TO COVID-19. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO JOIN ONLINE, PLEASE COM- PLETE AND MAIL THIS FORM. *Any oversubscribed study groups and shared interest groups (SIGs) will be subject to lottery. See our website and OLLI catalog for details. Please complete this application and return to the address above together with a check for the total amount due. Please complete a separate form for each member. Forms can be found on the Forms and Resources page of our website. Name: Address: q City/State/9-digit Zip: Check here if your address Home Telephone: has recently changed Email: q Do not have email address Today’s Date

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The transition from road to paved trail and Ongoing SIGs: issues such as safe riding and etiquette will be OLLI currently has three active SIGs that are discussed. Other current issues in cycling such as meeting whose registration lists are at capacity. electric assisted cycling and techniques for year Registration in a SIG stays active as long as you round cycling will also be discussed and be part want to be part of the group, but you can add of the program. your name to the wait list for the following SIGS that are now full if you have interest - the office Meeting locations will be at a trail site will contact you if a spot becomes open: determined by members for our next ride location. We will not be trying to get anywhere The Future of Healthcare in the U.S. quickly, just enjoy the outdoors and sights and led by Bruce Friedman sound along the trail segment we will be riding. Mystery Book Club All participants are required to sign a waiver to led by Sydney Kaufman participate. A Study of Ethics . Day/Time: Wednesdays, 1:00-3:00pm led by Beth Kon and Stu Simon Dates: 1st Wednesday of Every Month, OLLI Needlework Artists with a hoped for start date of April 2021 if led by Marcia Hallstrom safety permits. and Marge Higley - on hiatus during Facilitator: Stephan Nason COVID-19 (spots available) Cost: $90/annual or $45/fall How to SIGN UP FOR WINTER/SPRING 2021 online at www.olli-umich.org or by mailing in your event request form. (The preferred method for registration for this term is online since staff ability to process mailed registrations is more limited due to Covid-19) There is an annual fee of $25 to be a member of OLLI. The annual membership year is September 1 through August 31. Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/OsherLifelongLearningInstituteAtUMich OLLI STAFF

Lisa Barton Ben Richards Gayle Jackson Kirtan Patel Amanda Murray Director Asst. Director Outreach Office Assistant Office Assistant Coordinator Winter/Spring Catalog 2021 37

OLLI Winter Spring 2021 Catalog_final_pages.indd 37 11/23/20 12:00 PM DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES

Examine fascinating topics from engaging “town How to Win the Game… and gown” speakers in OLLI’s Distinguished Lec- and Keep Winning ture Series, held once per month from September through June. Learn from well-known experts about Tuesday, February 9 an array of interesting subjects, with an interactive John Branch Q&A period following each lecture. Co-Director of the Yaffe Digital Media Initiative, University of Michigan • 2nd Tuesday of the month • 10:00-11:30am It seems ironic that in a business which is increasingly competitive, most managers • $10/day pass fail to appreciate the basic nature of • $30 for 5 lectures, February.-June competition. And more important they • $55 for 10 lectures, Sept.-June do not know how to win the game ……. Or keep on winning. The purpose of this All programs will be offered online. presentation is therefore to explore the nature of competition, and thereby the OLLI-UM appreciates individual methods to win the game ….and keep on member registrations from those who reside in winning. the same household - thank you for helping us make sure OLLI John Branch currently teaches a variety remains sustainable for the future! of marketing and international business courses at the undergraduate, MBA and The views expressed are those of the executive levels at the Stephen M... Ross speakers and do not necessarily reflect those of School of Business at the University of OLLI-UM or the University of Michigan. Michigan and serves as Co-Director of the Yaffe Digital Media Initiative. Previously he was Academic Director of the School’s weekend and evening MBA programs. Stress and Brain Health with Huda Akil – 1/12 In addition, he serves as Director of This lecture is sponsored by Katherine and Peter Educational Outreach at the University’ W.K.Woo, in honor of the dedicated women and men of at the University’s William Davidson science for their life-changing discoveries in medicine. Institute. He also holds an appointment This lecture is part of the at the University’s Center for Russian, East Distinguished Lecture Series, Session 1. European and Eurasian studies. 38 OLLI-UM

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The Political Power of He is the Edson R. Sunderland Professor of Optimism Law. His main teaching interests are political., moral, legal, and social theory: constitutional Tuesday, March 9 interpretation: torts and the First Amendment. Sandra R. Levitsky Professor Herzog holds an AB from Cornell Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and Associate University and PhD from Harvard University. He Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan joined the Political Science Department at the University of Michigan in 1983 and holds a joint We are in a historical moment when appointment in that department and the Law longstanding social problems have taken School. In 2011 Professor Herzog was selected on new urgency. The Black Lives movement by the U of M student body to receive its and the MeToo movement emerged out of coveted Golden Apple. He is the first law decade-long frustrations with the persistence professor to receive a Golden Apple in the of deep racial and gender inequalities. How Award’s 20-year history. do we understand the political possibilities for overcoming durable forms of social inequalities? The Economy: How Long Will It Take to The talk draws on core ideas from sociology to Recover in Light of COVID-19 Pandemic? consider the political power of optimism and voice in driving social reform efforts. Tuesday, May 11 Betsey Stevenson Sandra R. Levitsky is an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Public Policy and Professor and Associate Professor of Sociology. Economics, University of Michigan She holds a Ph.D.in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin and a J.D. from the University of After more than half century of Minnesota. Her research focuses on American progress, the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted social policy, political mobilization, and the women’s labor force participation back to relationship between law and social change. many decades as they grapple with job loss and Her book, Caring for our Own: Why There is child care loss. Will this permanently set women No Political Demand for New American Social back? How long will this take for the economy Welfare Rights, examines the politics of long- to recover? Professor Stevenson will cover the term care. Her current research examines the current state of the macro economy with a changing legal environment around Title IX and focus on how the pandemic and government campus sexual assault. policy responses have affected the labor market and the shape of the economic recovery. What the First Amendment Really Means Betsey Stevenson is a professor of public policy and economics at the University of Tuesday, April 13 Michigan. She is a faculty research associate at Don Herzog the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Edson R. Sunderland Professor of Law, visiting associate professor of Economics at the University of Michigan University of Sydney, a research fellow of the Centre for Economic Research, a fellow of the The First Amendment protects several basic IFO Institute for Economic Research in Munich. liberties -freedom of religion, speech, press, and serves on the executive committee of the petition, and assembly. Speaker will address American Economic Association. She served as some popular misconceptions about the a member of the Council of Economic Advisors First Amendment- both the speech and religion clauses-and then examine some high profile disputes. Winter/Spring Catalog 2021 39

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from 2013 to 2015, where she advised the anticorruption mechanism allow insecurity, Obama Administration. on social policy, labor graft and impunity to fester. In some market, and trade issues. She served as the chief extraordinary cases, the United Nations and economist of the U.S. Department of Labor from other international actors have partnered 2010 to 2011 where she advised the Secretary of with national governments, sharing sovereign Labor on labor policy and participating as the authority over key functions to bolster the rule secretary’s deputy to the White House economic of law. This talk will discuss the power and team. Dr Stevenson earned a B.A. in economics pitfalls of sharing sovereignty, drawing examples and mathematics from Wellesley College and in West Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, an M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from Harvard and Central America University. John D. Ciorciari is an Associate professor of Sovereignty Sharing in Fragile Public Policy and Director of the Ford School’s States Weiser Diplomacy Center and International Policy Center at the Gerald R. Ford School of Tuesday, June 8 Public Policy, University of Michigan. His research John D. Ciorciari focuses on international law and politics in the Associate Professor of Public Global South. He is the author or editor of several Policy and Director of the Ford School’s Weiser books on international politics and law, including Diplomacy Center and International Policy a new book entitled “Sovereignty Sharing in Center at the Ford School of Public Policy, Fragile States”. He received his AB and JD from University of Michigan Harvard University, his DPhil and Fulbright Scholar from University of Oxford.

In many parts of the world, countries emerging ______from conflict suffer from grave deficits in Want to join the Distinguished Lecture the rule of law. Weak courts, police, and Committee? Please contact Chair Al Gourdji at [email protected]

This Distinguished Lecture Series was planned by: Laurie Barnett, Janet Fogler, Ron Frisch, Jerry Gardner, Ed Marcus, Leo Shedden, Marie Vitale, Katherine Woo, Al Gourdji, Chair

CLASS CANCELLATION SCHOLARSHIPS POLICY One of the positives of being online only is that lectures and In this economic climate, many classes will continue online in any weather. older adults have limited financial resources. Scholarships are THANK YOU available to offset or eliminate We appreciate the following cost of OLLI membership and/or people’s assistance in producing programming including study groups, lectures, and this catalog: Laurie Barnett, trips*. For more information or to request scholarship Lynn Boyer, Gerry Lapidus, Ruth assistance, please contact us by email or phone, olli. [email protected] or (734) 998-9351 Primas, Marilyn Scott, Sandy Smith, *no income verification required and Ann Tomlanovich. Thank you to all of the volunteers who recruit and develop our programming.

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Take an in-depth look at six different themed topics during OLLI’s Thursday Lecture Series. Five of these series in- clude six lectures with expert speakers who cover a wide range of aspects of the theme. The Summer Lectures Series has three lectures. Learning continues in an interactive Q&A period following each lecture.

• 10:00-11:30am Advances in Science • $10/day pass Thursdays, 10:00–11:30am • $35/6-week session January 14, 2021 – February 18, 2021 • $140 for the Thursday Morning $35/series or $10/day pass Lecture Series Package • $180 for All 43 Tuesday, Thursday, Amazing advances have been made in science and Summer Lectures over the past several years, making use of new ways of looking at our universe and understanding All programs will be offered online. our place in it. Astronomy now includes OLLI UM appreciates individual gravitational wave observatories, along with radio, member registrations from those who light, and x-ray telescopes. We once could only reside in the same household- thank speculate about planets outside our solar system, you for helping us make sure OLLI but now we’ve found more than 4,000 exoplanets remains sustainable for the future! and begun to characterize them. Recent fossil finds and genetics are letting us follow the This year’s remaining themes are: evolution of early humans as they spread out from • Advances in Physics (1/14-2/18/21) Africa. We are in a new epoch, the Anthropocene, in which human actions are leaving significant • Graphic Books, Memes, and More marks in the geological record. The lecture series (2/25-4/8/21) will delve into many of the exciting advances. • Central America (4/15-5/20/21) • Food Insecurity (Summer 2021)

Gravitational Waves/Black Holes and The lecture being held on Thursday, February 11 Neutron Stars - 1/21: This lecture is sponsored as part of this series with Professor John by Susan Fisher in appreciation of OLLI Kingston of UM is being sponsored by Rebecca Van Dyke in honor of her father, Henry Van Dyke, a 13-year member of the OLLI Lectures committee.

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Graphic Books and Memes

Thursdays, 10:00–11:30am February 25, 2021 – April 8, 2021 No lecture on March 9, 2021 $35/series or $10/day pass

We live in a graphic world where the media tells a story through sequential drawings and cartoons. Graphic works in print and online to educate us on culture, inform us about current issues, and teach us about history and medicine. This series explores the range from comic books, graphic books and memes available for children and wide audiences. Join us to enhance your visual literacy. Learn why the pairing of images with text acts to engage the mind and provoke strong emotional responses.

Graphics and Picture Books for Children - 4/1 This lecture is sponsored by Linda Grekin, and dedicated to every adult who broadened and expanded a child’s life with the gift of a book.

Central America: Coffee to Caravans We’ll explore the importance of the Panama Canal, “Banana Republics,” and how this Thursdays, 10:00–11:30am region impacts the world. Learn how all these April 15, 2021 – May 20, 2021 questions intersect with the history, foreign $35/series or $10/day pass interventions, health care, religions and cultural issues, and drugs and gang warfare in Join us as we consider our southern neighbors, the these countries seven countries that make up Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. Together, they connect North and South America. They do share many commonalities, often stemming from their geography, but at the same time stark differences exist. How did early Europeans settlers affect the indigenous peoples and culture of the region? What part does Central America play in foreign trade? How is health care provided across the region? Does religion continue to play an important role in the life and culture of its people? How do ecotourism and global travel affect Costa Rica and Belize? What can be done about the ______hostile elements leading to emigration from the Want to join the Lectures Committee? Northern Triangle? Please contact Chair Frances Schultz at [email protected] 42 OLLI-UM

OLLI Winter Spring 2021 Catalog_final_pages.indd 42 11/25/20 3:14 PM OLLI DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND SUMMER INCLUSION COMMITTEE LECTURE SERIES - Anti-Racism Exploration/ June 10, 17, 24 10-11:30 am $15/series Discussion Series of Caste or $10 daypass Included in Lecture Package by Isabel Wilkerson

Food Insecurity: Introduction: Isabel Wilkerson, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, has Around the State written a well-researched, narrative history titled Caste: The Origins of our and Close to Home Discontents, that is asking us to look at our collective history from a new paradigm, that of caste vs. race and/class. We are offering this Discussion Series to allow participants to examine and reflect upon this reframing of In a country with supermarkets our history, and its implications for our present and future as a nation. We bulging at the seams with food want to offer participants a safe space forum to interpret, consider, and products why, in recent years, challenge the insights offered in Caste. Our hope is that through these have millions of Americans lacked thoughtful and difficult conversations about our nation’s past, we will gain consistent access to enough a better understanding of how that history is operating today. food for a healthy active life? In 2018, 37 million Americans (11.5%) This Discussion Series will serve our collective benefit by beginning to think experienced food insecurity and of ways that we as individuals and as a community can make changes, big Washtenaw County was close to or small, to improve the circumstances and experiences for our children, 1 the national average at 10.7%. grandchildren, family, and friends in the near and far futures. Further, according to estimates from Feeding America, the Following an intensive review and discussion of the book, we will then coronavirus pandemic is marked- offer, using this new paradigm, the option to participants to continue with ly worsening the situation and a series of monthly discussions throughout 2021 on additional selected 54,000,000 people, including 18 topics. Participants will provide input on topic selection. Anticipated million children, will experience topics include: health care disparities, our criminal justice system, housing 2 food insecurity in 2020. policies, economics, and black feminism.

Join our summer series on food January 19; February 2 and 16; March 2, 16, 30 from 2:00-4:00. insecurity to learn more about Co-facilitators: Faye Askew-King & Karen Bantel. the extent of the problem before and during the pandemic, the Goals: To increase understanding, awareness, and sensitivity to populations most affected, the issues of racial inequity and bias. Create community conversation impacts on the health of adults and opportunities for self-reflection, personal growth, and behavior and children, the federally support- change. o consider possible personal action steps addressing racial ed programs that address food inequities. insecurity, the organizations that provide solutions right here in Topics: Part I: January – March: Reading and discussion of Caste Washtenaw County, and an innova- by Isabel Wilkerson. tive private initiative to create win-win-win programs benefitting OLLI Group: DEI Committee needy households, local farmers Continuation optional: April-Dec., monthly 2-hour meetings. One topic and vulnerable communities. with readings per meeting.

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STUDYARTS AND GROUP ARCHITECTURE SECTION NAME

Art History III: Early Christian and Byzantine Art

Each meeting of Art History III will focus on five or six works of architecture and fine arts, so that we can explore each one in depth. Learners will bring their travel, curiosity, and questions to this study group, thereby enriching it. History of Art III emphasizes syncretism between older and newer artistic traditions, for example, the transition from pagan worship to Christianity in the second through fourth centuries CE in Italy. The earliest art of the fledgling Christianity was hidden in the underground catacombs in Rome. Beginning in the early fourth century CE when Constantine made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire, worshippers flocked to the huge and spectacular churches in Rome and Jerusalem. As Rome’s power diminished in the following centuries, Constantinople in Asia Minor became the center of the Christian world, developing worship practices, beliefs, and art which contrasted with the western Catholic Church in Rome. If time permits, we will look at early Islamic art and the syncretism that occurred when Islam spread to the Christian territories in the West. STUDY STUDY GROUPS Day/Time: Tuesday, 2:30-4:00pm Discover a broad range of Dates: January 19 - February 23 topics through OLLI’s multiple Instructor: Molly Lindner Cost: $40 small classes taught by local experts and moderators, Monday Painters many of them OLLI members. Study groups may vary from Monday Painters is a flexible art group. Each week a DVD is single session to multiple shown about art that lasts half an hour. This group has become sessions and meet at like family and all are welcome to join in for fun, learning, locations throughout the growing, and gentle critiquing. Barb Anderson has studied art Washtenaw County area. for over thirty years and prior to that taught special education. Once you register for an She hopes to welcome new members to Monday Painters. NO online program, OLLI-UM CLASS on January 4, January 18, May 31, and July 5, 2021. will send you a link for the Day/Time: Monday, 2:00-4:00pm Zoom meeting or webinar Dates: January 11 – August 30, 2021 (no class on January 18, approxiamtely a week May 31, and July 5, 2021) before your class begins. A Instructor: Barb Anderson Zoom account isn’t required Cost: $75 to attend our course sessions. ______Want to join the Study Group Committee? Please contact Chair Ann Tomlanovich at [email protected]

OLLI Winter Spring 2021 Catalog_final_pages.indd 44 11/23/20 12:00 PM CURRENTCURRENT EVENTS, EVENTS, LAW, POLICYLAW, POLICY & POLITICS & POLITICS

Crises in U.S. - North Korean Relations - Current Events Dealing with an Enigmatic, Hostile Power This discussion group is for people interested in This program places participants in the shoes of current events happening at the local, national national security decision-makers facing major and global level. All opinions will be heard crises with North Korea. The first crisis is the courteously. No materials or special expertise Korean War, where our group will review the required, just an open mind and a good sense of historical context, the players, and organizations humor. This group is co-led by Margaret Pooler involved. The second crisis is hypothetical but and Bill Milne. Bill Milne is a chemist who retired a very plausible, present-day scenario where from the federal government. He resides in Ann U.S. and North Korean relations deteriorate Arbor and participates in many OLLI programs. and threaten to escalate into a major conflict. Margaret Pooler, also an Ann Arbor resident, is a The heart of the class is role-playing through retired librarian who has been active in OLLI for a simulated National Security Council (NSC) many years. meeting, designed to have participants suggest and discuss courses of action for the President. Day/Time: Tuesday, 3:15-5:15pm Dates: January 19 – August 31 Background readings and supportive materials Instructors: Bill Milne & Margaret Pooler are easily accessible through the Council on Cost: $80 Foreign Relations (CFR) website as well as provided by the course leader. John Fogarasi is both a lecturer and practitioner of U.S. foreign policy, having taught political science / international affairs earlier in his career and later as a senior U.S. Diplomat for over 30 years with assignments in Europe, Asia and North America. From 2002-2006, John served as Minister- Counselor at the U.S. Embassy to South Korea.

Day/Time: Tuesday, 1:00-2:30pm Dates: February 23 – March 23 Instructor: John Fogarasi Cost: $35

Making new friends is a great reason to join OLLI!

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Firearm Injury and Prevention: Great Decisions A Public Health Perspective Great Decisions is the largest program on world In the presentation we will examine gun violence affairs. The program model involves reading in America as a public health crisis, focusing the Foreign Policy Association’s briefing book on the ways in which particular populations provided for each member, watching a DVD, and such as women, children, communities of meeting in a group to discuss the most critical color, and individuals struggling with mental issues facing America today. The eight topics are: health challenges are uniquely affected. We The role of international organizations in a Global will examine the epidemiology of gun violence Pandemic, Global supply chains and national and outline some of the ways in which politics security, China and Africa, Korean Peninsula, have become entangled with the pursuit of Persian Gulf Security, Brexit and the European implementing life saving interventions. We will Union, The fight over the melting Arctic, and The discuss ways in which the medical community End of Globalization? has approached gun violence through clinical interventions designed to educate and empower Day/Time: 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month, patients and practitioners. 1:00-3:00pm Dates: January 19, February 2, February 16, We will also cover ways in which community March 6, March 20, May 4, May 18 members who are not medically trained can Instructors: Barbara Comai & Leo Shedden have a major impact in raising awareness about Cost: $45 gun safety through inquiring about safe storage of firearms. We will discuss selected state and Let’s Rewrite the United States federal gun violence related legislation and Constitution encourage attendees to contact their elected leaders to advocate for the passage of bills that We have recently experienced one of our nation’s are designed to prevent gun violence. We will most divisive presidential elections. Our people are discuss ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic politically polarized; charges of racism, sexism, and has intersected with increased isolation, others abound, as do proposed remedies. Health firearms purchases, and associated safety risks. care, global climate change await resolution. Finally, we will open up the conversation to course attendees as we examine the historical This study group will fix all our problems by challenges clinicians and advocates have faced rewriting our nation’s Constitution. Participants in addressing gun violence and we will discuss (including the instructor) will be our “Founding opportunities to effect meaningful change. Fathers and Mothers.” Our job will be to write a Constitution that will serve as the supreme law Presenters will be Dr. Sonya Lewis and Dr. Jim of our land. Tom will play two roles. Like George Peggs, both of Physicians for the Prevention of Washington in 1797, he will preside (that is, Gun Violence. give direction at the outset and maintain order thereafter), and, like James Madison, he will keep Day/Time: Monday, 5:30-7:00pm notes. The study group leader taught public policy Dates: March 22 for a quarter century and was an elected politician Instructors: Dr. Sonya Lewis & Dr. Jim Peggs and an officer in a major national corporation. Cost: $10 Day/Time: Friday, 1:00-2:30pm Dates: March 12 - April 9 Instructor: Tom Bice 46 OLLI-UM Cost: $35

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Poverty: Looking from the Inside Out Understanding US-Iran Relations

If you’ve ever wondered why people in poverty This group study is intended to foster a better can’t seem to break out of its grip, sometimes understanding of US-Iran relations. The topics even for generations, then this class is for you. include a brief review of Iran relations with Together we will explore the dynamics of Europe; US early missionaries in Iran; US and poverty—looking at what keeps people in it, Iran political and cultural relations during Qajar what’s needed to break out of it, and how we dynasty; US and Iran relations during Pahlavi can all play a role in building community to end dynasty that includes: the 1953 coup-post coup poverty. Class includes hands-on simulations, cooperation-cold war-oil revenue factor, US thoughtful discussion, and personal stories of military assistance etc.; The 1979 revolution; struggle and transformation. The final class Iran hostage crisis; Iran-Iraq war; Iran’s nuclear focuses on solutions and will feature dynamic program; Iran negotiations for nuclear deal; programs making a real difference right here in nuclear deal termination; recent tension between Washtenaw County. US and Iran; and current issues.

Day/Time: Wednesdays, 10:00-11:30am Moe Bidgoli graduated from University of Dates: February 10 – March 3 Nebraska-Lincoln. He was professor of computer Instructor: Suzanne Van Dam science and information system for 35 years. He Cost: $30 became Emeritus Professor of CS & IS in June 2018. He is married and he lives in Ann Arbor Michigan. His hobbies are reading history, playing Some U.S. and Global Top 10’s in 2021 pickleball, gardening, and travelling.

This is a presentation for those who like Top 10 Day/Time: Monday, 1:00-3:00pm Lists! We will consider Top 10 U.S. and GLOBAL Dates: February 8 - March 2 lists on subjects such as ... the BEST music Instructor: Moe Bidgoli ratings, travel destinations, airlines, cities, roads, Cost: $30 foods, diets, cars, beaches, etc. Next, we’ll take a look at Top 10 countries regarding - taxes, economic growth, immigration, healthcare, global warming, trade, education, crime rates, “prosperity”, “happiness”, overall “best” nations ratings etc. Classes will be 60% Top 10 lists / 40% open forum discussion. All lists provided via E/M in advance of your class

Day/Time: Wednesday, 10:00-11:30am Date: March 24 Instructor: Douglas Stowell Cost: $10

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What’s Going On with Real Estate What is Politics?

This three session course will help home and In everyday conversations we frequently hear property owners, investors, and intellectually such comments as “That is just politics,” and “Two active seniors understand the latest things I do not discuss are religion and politics.” developments in the local housing market and Political scientists, philosophers and historians how it affects them, their friends, and families. have attempted to define politics from many Topics include: current housing market trends, different viewpoints. In addition, many types of factors that influence future market prices, politics, such as electoral politics, office politics, preparing your home to sell, how property and partisan politics, are often analyzed. The taxes are calculated, normal vs. distressed sales, study group will aim to engage participants in foreclosures, short sales, the rental market, and defining politics, discussing public attitudes other topics proposed by participants. Wayne toward politics, and assessing why politics is such Esch is a long-time Ann Arbor realtor. an important part of the human condition. Craig Ramsay taught political science at the college Day/Time: Thursday, 3:00-5:00pm level for almost forty years. Dates: April 22 – May 6 Instructor: Wayne Esch Day/Time: Mondays, 1:00-2:30pm Cost: $20 Dates: January 18 – February 22 Instructor: Craig Ramsay Cost: $40

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Chinese 1

This course places emphasis on basic and fundamental Chinese. By using analytical and systematic ways to introduce Chinese characters, sentences, structures, patterns and templates, etc. At the end students should be able to replace subject, verb and object to make sentences they would like to say or carry on conversation.

Day/Time: Monday, 10:00am-12:00pm Date: January 25 - May 10 Instructor: Angela Yang Cost: $50

GROUP FACILITATION

Group Facilitation

Do you want to brush up on your facilitation skills so that you can feel comfortable leading one of OLLI’s many fine courses? Topics to be covered include planning for sessions, creating a participative atmosphere, and handling group dynamics. The seminar will model techniques for accomplishing learning in a virtual environment. All class material will be provided. No outside study is required. Stu Simon has facilitated group processes as a manager at Ford Motor Co. This FREE course is great for prospective instructors!

Day/Time: Friday, 12:00-3:00pm Date: March 5 Instructor: Stu Simon Cost: FREE

This class is FREE and open to any OLLI member!

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Beyond Zoom: Deep Learning in Early British Empire in India Childhood In the year 1600, some British merchants sailed Deep learning in early childhood takes place to Asia in search of fortune in trade and built through nurturing interactions with caregivers “factories” in India’s coastal towns. In the course and meaningful engagement with real-life of time, it expanded into an empire of Britain. problems. COVID-19 school closures have led Second World War bankrupted Britain and they to mass online learning and a corresponding ceded power in 1947 to two political entities, rise in didactic teacher-led instruction that India and Pakistan. underutilizes children’s learning potential. The lectures will include the history of the This presentation will examine the roots of conquest, the functioning of the empire and deep learning by exploring early learning in the resulting political, social, economic, and indigenous forager communities in Cameroon cultural changes, as well as the birth of a modern and in the Americas. We will redefine democracy in India. “education” away from “schooling” and towards developing independence. We will explore Venkat Lakshminarayanan has led many OLLI play-based learning, adult roles in facilitating study groups on Indian history, culture and it, and individual versus collective orientations religions. of education through a cross-cultural lens. Participants will gain understanding of diverse Day/Time: Wednesday, 10:00am – 12:00pm learning pathways in early childhood and Dates: March 10 – April 21 strategies to support deep learning at home. Instructor: Venkat Lakshminarayanan Cost: $45 Day/Time: Wednesday, 10:00am – 12:00pm Date: April 21 Instructor: Sarah Strader Caravans, Cultures, and Chinggis Khan Cost: $10 along the Silk Route

The Silk Route is a collection of pathways that, together, link China to Vienna, Istanbul, Baghdad, and India across the Inner Asian steppe and desert. During our meetings participants will discuss the Silk Route as a cultural conduit, on the one hand, as the source of empire and technologies, on the other, and look at specific examples of cultural dissemination. The Silk Route has provided some of the most engaging and best written volumes of travel literature. There will be no required readings, but students may enjoy Owen Lattimore’s The Desert Road to

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Turkestan, from 1928, or the Franciscan William First Ladies: “Tales and Travails of Our First of Rubruck’s account of his journey to Karakorum Ladies in 1255, where he found a Parisian goldsmith preparing a soft drink dispenser for the Khan. Historical gossip is fun. You do not want to miss this humorous yet historical take on our First Day/Time: Wednesday, 1:00-3:00pm Ladies. One of them could be a murderess, Dates: March 3 – March 31 another had her child kidnapped! Of course Instructor: Rudi Lindner this includes their husbands wandering eyes Cost: $35 -and wander they most certainly did. You know one of these gals committed vehicular Comparing Transitions to Democracy manslaughter but...well...no arrest...privilege is in 18th Century France and 20th Century privilege. Hear the full story. Pam guarantees South Africa you will not be bored.

In comparing transitions to democracy in late Day/Time: Friday, 3:00-4:30pm 18th century France and late 20th century South Date: April 2 - April 30 Africa, this study group will explore some of the Instructor: Pam Watson fundamental factors that may determine the Cost: $35 viability of democracy in a given society. Why were black and white South Africans able to cobble together the relatively peaceful resolution of their political conflicts that consistently eluded supposedly enlightened 18th century Frenchmen? Why was a process of negotiation successful in South Africa but largely absent from the French Revolution? What role did political leadership, in particular that of Nelson Mandela, play in shaping these distinct outcomes? Barry Shapiro is Professor Emeritus of History, Allegheny College, Meadville PA, and is a specialist in the study of the French Revolution.

Day/Time: Tuesdays, 1:00-2:30pm Dates: February 23 – April 13 Instructor: Barry Shapiro Cost: $45

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Innovations That Will Change Representations of the Natural World The Ways We Experience Life from the Age of Sail: Mark Catesby, Sydney Parkinson, and John James Audubon We will read and discuss Work Mate Marry Love: How Machines Shape Our Human Destiny by In 1712, Botanist Mark Catesby traveled to Virginia Debora L. Spar, Dean of the Harvard Business with his sister and stayed for seven years collecting School Online. She argues that the major changes seeds and specimens, beginning a decades-long we are seeing in biology and artificial intelligence journey towards publication of The Natural History are about to change how we think of ourselves of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands in fundamental ways, as they have in the past. (1731-1743). In 1768, botanical draughtsman Sydney Ms. Spar begins by showing how monogamy was Parkinson joined Captain Cook’s voyage to the heavily influenced by the plow; the nuclear family Islands of Tahiti, in the employment of naturalist emerged along with the industrial revolution; and Joseph Banks. Although he died on the voyage, devices like the dishwasher set the stage for the plates made from his sketches were preserved in second-wave of the feminist movement. the British Museum. In 1819, businessman John In their day, the car, and later the pill upended James Audubon was bankrupted by a national courtship and sex. Now, as we enter an era financial crisis and set out on an expedition of artificial intelligence and robots, how will down the Mississippi River to pursue his dream our deepest feelings and attachments evolve? of documenting America’s avian life, ultimately What will happen to our notions of marriage leading to The Birds of America (1827-1838). Join this and parenthood as reproductive technologies session for a glimpse at some of the great natural increasingly allow for new ways to create babies? history books emerging from the 18th and 19th What will happen to our understanding of centuries, and of the artists and publishers behind gender as medical advances enable individuals them. to transition from one set of sexual characteristics to another, or to remain happily perched in between? What will happen to love, sex and Day/Time: Wednesdays, 10:00-11:00am romance as our relationships migrate from the Date: March 24 real world to the Internet? Can people fall in Instructor: Juli McLoone love with robots? Will they? In short, what will Cost: $10 happen to our most basic notions of humanity as we entangle our lives and emotions with the Unintended Consequences machines we have created? She says, “We make Machines and they make us!” Society often tries to fix things, but creates Gerry Lapidus has conducted OLLI book something worse. This is a very important, discussions since 2005. The classes are informal but not commonly discussed topic. A leading and conversational. He leads the first week’s historian advises that “The law of unintended discussion and requests volunteers to lead the consequence is the only real law of history.” remaining sessions while he serves as moderator. The course will explore case studies starting with Please read the Prologue and Section 1 (p.3-38) for Adam and Eve, and proceed through the first session. modern times, dealing with war, economic actions, and law enforcement. The Day/Time: Mondays, 1:00-3:00pm presentation and discussion will compare what Date: April 12 – May 10 was intended with what actually occurred. Instructor: Gerry Lapidus Participants will come away with a more Cost: $35 enlightened way of looking at the events that

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are continuously occurring around us. genocide, the war in Syria and the Bengzi Martin Stolzenberg is the author of The investigations. She relates previously untold Advocacy Newsletter for over five years. This stories behind security challenges, as recent weekly is about current events, society as the U.S. response to Russian election and people, including many of the topics interference in 2016 and the “surreal transition” covered in his talk. He is also a regular to the Trump administration. contributor to the Groundcover News, a local monthly newspaper in the Ann Arbor area. Gerry Lapidus has conducted OLLI book discussions since 2005. The classes are informal Day/Time: Wednesday, 10:00-11:30am and conversational. He leads the first week’s Date: March 10 discussion and requests volunteers to lead Instructor: Martin Stolzenberg the remaining sessions while he serves as Cost: $10 moderator. Please read the Prologue and Sections 1 and 2 (p.1-58) for the first session. Susan Rice -- A Remarkable Life and Career Day/Time: Monday, 1:00-3:00pm Dates: January 25 – March 15 We will read and discuss Tough Love: My Instructor: Gerry Lapidus Story of Things Worth Fighting For by Susan Cost: $45 Rice. Her personal story begins with her great-grandfather, who was born a slave and it unfolds through Susan, who grew up in privilege with an elite education, worked at the State Department in the Clinton administration and rose to become UN Ambassador and National Security Advisor to President Obama. Early in life, she was taught tough love, which enabled her to compete and excel as an African American woman in settings where people of color are few. Her parents said of themselves, The Formation of Islamic Culture “the only constraints we faced were our ambitions.” Rising from the background of Greece, Rome, and Persia, Islamic culture melded together Ms. Rice provides an aspects from each. We will see how this insider’s account happened and then examine some of the Arabic, of the complex Persian, and Turkish contributions. Topics international issues for discussion will include art, law, cultural that confronted exchange, and daily life. the United States Rudi Paul Lindner has taught Islamic history at during her decades the university level for over fifty years. of service, where she encountered Day/Time: Wednesday, 1:00-3:00pm difficult diplomatic Dates: April 14 – May 12 and political Instructor: Rudi Lindner events such as Cost: $35 the Rwandan Winter/Spring Catalog 2021 53

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The History of the Stars: Day/Time: Wednesdays, 10:00-11:30am An Introduction to Early Astronomy Dates: February 3 – March 10 Instructor: Mike Murray The University of Michigan Library holds an Cost: $40 extraordinary collection of manuscripts and early printed books describing the early history of Building the Border: The United States, astronomy. These holdings range from ancient the British Empire, and Native Nations papyri to richly illustrated books that made of the Great Lakes, 1796-1812 possible the scientific revolution in Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, including Jonathan Quint, University of Michigan first editions of the works of Copernicus, Department of History PhD candidate and Galileo, and Kepler. One of the most impressive Clements Library Intern, will discuss his research highlights of the collection is a one-page on how the ordinary people of the Detroit River manuscript where Galileo himself recorded his region experienced the imposition of the U.S.- observations of the moons of Jupiter for the very Canadian border in 1796 and his work with the first time. Attendants of this workshop will have Clements and UM faculty to create instructional the unique opportunity to examine closely these activities that connect students with the artifacts and learn how astronomical ideas were archives. transmitted, read, and interpreted from antiquity through early modern Europe. Day/Time: Wednesday, 2:00-3:30pm Date: March 17 Day/Time: Friday, 10:00-11:00am Instructor: Jonathan Quint Date: January 29 Cost: $10 Instructor: Pablo Alvarez Cost: $10 Mapping in the Enlightenment

The Science of Positivity - A Book Reading Mary Pedley, Assistant Curator of Maps at the Clements Library, will explore how maps aided POSITIVITY: WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW. the search for answers to big scientific questions, Some people seem to understand the gifts of how innovative mapping practices changed positivity better than the rest of us. We call those the look of maps, and how the general public people resilient. They are the ones who smile participated in the creation and consumption of in the face of adversity, reframe bad events as maps during the European Enlightenment (ca opportunities, and adopt a wait-and-see attitude 1650-1800). about future threats. This doesn’t mean they never feel bad. Yet because they they also find Mary is co-editor with Matthew Edney of The ways to cultivate good feelings- even in the midst History of Cartography, Volume 4: Cartography of crises- their bad feelings don’t last as long. in the European Enlightenment (University of They rebound. Chicago Press, 2019).

We can all become resilient. Positivity is your Day/Time: Thursday, 1:00-2:30pm birthright. Resilience is not just for the chosen Date: February 18 few. It’s for the masses. It’s ordinary magic. Our Instructor: Mary Pedley Book is POSITIVITY, by Barbara Fredrickson. Cost: $10

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OLLI Winter Spring 2021 Catalog_final_pages.indd 54 11/23/20 12:00 PM INVESTING, ECONOMICS, & FINANCE

Computerized Investing: FREE Stocks - Selection and Evaluation STORYTELLER This course is designed to explore active stock WORKSHOP investing strategies using your computer. Which stock (or group of stocks) is most likely to meet Curious about how to build your objectives? A prerequisite for this course and tell a good story? is to be an active stock investor. We will utilize various sources of information such as Value Line, Who: All who are interested! Morningstar, Better Investing, S&P, and other What: Discover your inner storyteller and stock related websites. We will demonstrate and join us for a free storytelling workshop use the online tools of Better Investing to analyze facilitated by accomplished storytellers and potential companies. Participants should have Artistic Directors of our Big Hearted Stories a basic working knowledge of various types of Event, Breeda Miller and Brian Cox, to learn investments. We do not intend to cover basic what it takes to build and tell a good story. investing questions. Robert Shaw and Dale When: Saturday, January 16. 10 am - noon Brandenburg are active investors, each having more than 15 years of experience. Where: Virtual event via Zoom Why: Everyone has a story and we want you Day/Time: Monday, 10:00-11:30am to learn how to share yours. This workshop Dates: April 12 – May 10 is being offered as part of Big Hearts for Instructors: Dale Brandenburg & Seniors’ 2021 event, Big Hearted Stories Robert Shaw happening on May 27, 2021. Cost: $35 How to register for this workshop: https://umichumhs.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/ SV_dpAKuDvJmbBeAIt More information on Big Hearts for Seniors - Big Hearted Stories: https://victors.us/ bigheartsforseniors And SAVE THE DATE! Big Hearted Stories: Generations will be presented on May 27, 2021! The event will be virtual, and hosted Dr. Vic Strecher, author and U of M Professor in the School of Public Health, along with special guests including former U of M basketball coach John Beilein!

This Fundraiser Benefits OLLI at UM, Come for the classes, Turner Senior Wellness Program, Silver Club Memory Programs, Meals on Wheels, stay for the and Housing Bureau for Seniors connections! Winter/Spring Catalog 2021 55

OLLI Winter Spring 2021 Catalog_final_pages.indd 55 11/23/20 12:00 PM LITERATURE, POETRY, & DRAMA

Fake News, Deep Fakes, Info-whelmed? Gather at the Table - A book discussion An Inside Look at Savvy Reading Sharon Leslie Morgan, the descendant of slaves, If you love reading and are good at it, this study and Thomas Norman DeWolf descendant of group will show you why. But even the best slaveholder, work through their own prejudices readers are a bit infowhelmed now, given the and pain in search of reconciliation and find volume of current material, and the urgent need friendship. We will discuss their story, “Gather at to read critically and evaluate thoroughly. This the Table,” in the first two sessions, and Morgan group will explore the psycholinguistic features and DeWolf will join us for the final session. Read of savvy reading, examine research studies on the book before the first class. why reading is good for you, and consider how reading can impact your life. Finally, we will Day/Time: Tuesday, 1:00-2:30pm review literacy autobiographies of others and Date: March 16 - March 30 perhaps draft our own. Alice Horning is retired Instructor: Annette Fisch from Oakland University where she taught Cost: $20 writing and linguistics for 30+ years. Homer’s Iliad Day/Time: Mondays, 10:00-11:30am Dates: January 18 – February 8 Using Robert Fagles’ translation of the Iliad, Instructor: Alice Horning we will do a close reading and discussion of Cost: $30 the poem. Our main focus will be on Homer’s characters and what they tell us about life, death, From the Mouths of Millennials: and war. We will also spend some time looking Taboo Topics at the forms and devices of epic poetry. Marilyn Scott was a lecturer in Classics and Great Books This study group will be a weekly discussion at UM and taught Latin and English at Ann of contemporary short stories, essays, poems, Arbor’s Community High School. and autobiographical sketches recommended by Millennials specifically for OLLI learners. Day/Time: Mondays, 1:00-3:00pm Our collection of texts illustrates and grapples Dates: February 15 – March 29 with complex and nuanced concerns around Instructor: Marilyn Scott topics such as police reform, prison abolition, Cost: $45 class politics, gender, and capitalism, among others—concerns which they want to bring to the Homer’s Odyssey attention of other generations. Our discussions of the texts will include the significant current Using Robert Fagles’ translation of the Odyssey events informing them, the ways in which the (required), we will do a close reading and writers navigate social differences, and the discussion of the poem. We will get to know reasons why Millennials may have recommended Odysseus, “that man of many ways” (as war hero; the pieces in the first place. Each week’s short as master of disguise; as teller of tales; as skilled selection will be sent out to participants via craftsman; and, finally, as husband and father). email one week in advance of our discussion of Marilyn Scott was a lecturer in Classics and Great the piece. Books at UM and taught Latin and English at Ann Arbor’s Community High School. Day/Time: Mondays, 12:30-2:00pm Dates: March 22 – May 3 Day/Time: Mondays, 1:00-3:00pm Instructor: Emelia Robertson Dates: April 5 – May 17 Cost: $45 Instructor: Marilyn Scott Cost: $45

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Medieval English Poetry The Plays of Margaret Cavendish

This course will explore a sampling of medieval Margaret Cavendish was a seventeenth-century poems about a variety of topics. We will read woman who wrote witty, original, and complex mostly short lyric poems, but one class will be plays that were never performed during her dedicated to a longer chivalric romance. Our lifetime. Together, we will explore four of her class sessions will be based in discussion about plays, read the play out loud, and discuss it in the poems, many of which are anonymously class. Active participation will be encouraged, written. We will read the poems in modern but if you are more of a listener, then you can English, with the original Middle English on still join in on the discussion at the end without hand. Readings will be pre-circulated each taking on an “acting” role. The preferred print session. No previous experience with Middle edition is The Convent of Pleasure and Other English or poetry is required. Margo Kolenda- Plays, edited by Anne Shaver. Margo Kolenda- Mason is a PhD Candidate in English at UM, Mason is finishing her PhD in English, studying where she studies medieval and renaissance medieval and early modern literature. literature. Day/Time: Mondays, 1:00-3:00pm Day/Time: Fridays, 1:00-3:00pm Dates: January 18 – February 22 Dates: May 7 – June 11 Instructor: Margo Kolenda-Mason Instructor: Margo Kolenda-Mason Cost: $40 Cost: $40

Reading Women’s Lives Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped This study group will meet once a month for four into Slavery and their Astonishing months. Excerpts from several women’s memoirs Odyssey Home will be sent out ahead based on the theme for the month. During the class, participants will Join us for a talk with Dr. Richard Bell, author discuss the readings and write a short reflective of the new book Stolen: Five Free Boys piece from a trigger question. In small breakout Kidnapped into Slavery and their Astonishing groups, they will read and discuss their written Odyssey Home—a finalist for both the 2020 reflections. Examples of themes are childhood, grief and loss, aging, resilience. George Washington Prize and the 2020 Harriet Tubman Prize. Day/Time: Fridays, 3:00-5:00pm Dates: February 19, March 19, April 16, May 14 Richard Bell is Professor of History at the Instructor: Beth Spencer University of Maryland and author of the new Cost: $30 book Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and their Astonishing Odyssey Home Shakespeare’s Secret Recipe which is shortlisted for the George Washington Prize and the Harriet Tubman Prize. He has held Participants will get a different take regarding major research fellowships at Yale, Cambridge, Shakespeare; they’ll see the techniques and and the Library of Congress and is the recipient devices he used to create his plays. We’ll also of the National Endowment of the Humanities apply these by reading two or three of the Shakespeare plays featured in the Stratford Public Scholar award. Festivals 2021 program. Morley Witus is a retired lawyer who lives in Ann Arbor and worked in a Detroit law firm. He is a Day/Time: Wednesday, 10:00am - 12:00pm fan of the Stratford Festival and a Shakespeare Dates: January 20 devotee. Instructor: Richard Bell Cost: $10 Day/Time: Thursdays, 1:00-2:30pm Dates: March 4 - March 25 Instructor: Morley Witus Cost: $30 Winter/Spring Catalog 2021 57

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Detective Mystery Films – some remarkably beautiful and forward looking Shelter-in-Place Edition music. I plan to illustrate at the piano as well as show on line (or if we are back to real live Together we’ll enjoy detective mystery performances by late spring, on a “boom box”) films available to stream at home. We’ll samples of these composers. They are worthy have a virtual meeting online, followed by of our attention and in many cases wrote individual screening of the film at home, and astonishingly beautiful music. a subsequent online discussion meeting. Three mystery films are planned: Detective Day/Time: Tuesdays, 1:30-3:00pm Montalbano, Witness for the Prosecution, Dates: April 6 – April 27 and a 3rd film to be announced. Scheduled Instructor: Louis Nagel films are subject to change, as streaming service Cost: $30 availability may change. Each film will have two online meeting sessions: a presentation Understanding Performance Anxiety meeting on a Friday, and a discussion meeting the following Tuesday. Watch the film at home Performance anxiety is a formidable in between the two meetings. challenge for many people who speak in • Access to a streaming service subscription public, play an instrument, take a test or (such as Amazon Prime, Netflix, MHz, and job interview, play a sport, and engage in BritBox) is required. Some films may be social discourse with others. Psychological available to rent. and physical symptoms often threaten one’s George Ferrell has led several detective mystery excellent preparation, self confidence, and self- film study groups. esteem. Performance anxiety can inhibit both professional and personal goals. This class will Day/Time: Select Tuesdays and Fridays, explore some underlying causes of performance 1:00-2:30pm anxiety that typically have roots in childhood Dates: February 12, February 16, March 12, and cast a long shadow in life. We also will March 16, April 23, and April 27 discuss, try out, and evaluate various coping Instructor: George Ferrell strategies to better understand what triggers Cost: $40 performance anxiety and how to think about managing it more effectively. Going for Baroque Day/Time: Thursdays, 3:00-4:30pm The pun is old and often used but it makes Dates: March 4 – March 25 for a good title: “GOING FOR BAROQUE”. The Instructor: Julie Jaffee Nagel great triumvirate of composers during this Cost: $30 musical period all born in the year 1685, is Bach, Handel, and Scarlatti and we hear their music often. However, this time was particularly rich in composers. I would like to spend some time looking at other giants of the Baroque as well as the works of these three titans. Such composers as Frescobaldi, Dowland, Couperin, and Telemann deserve attention as they wrote

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Final Decisions Wisdom and Winnie the Pooh

We will cover a number of topics relating to end We are Wisdom Keepers... And what is that of life decisions. They include: Michigan’s laws wisdom? Using the writings of AA Milne as relating to burial; honest talks with doctors, inspiration, we will playfully explore our own based in part on Atul Gawande’s book Being personal wisdom regarding love, imagination, Mortal; choosing time of death; interesting creativity, friendship, the unknown, endings, cross-cultural funeral rituals; and options perspectives, etc. Each week we will explore outside of traditional burial such as cremation, three stories from Winnie the Pooh and green burial, donation to medical schools, reef The House at Pooh Corner. Class members burial, cryogenics, and bio-urn (ashes planted are invited to share their discoveries and insights. with a tree seed). Marion Holt has extensive For the first class read: …We are Introduced; knowledge of this subject and has developed Pooh Goes Visiting; Pooh and Piglet Go Hunting two courses on aging. Day/Time: Wednesdays, 10:00-11:30am Day/Time: Wednesday, 10:00am-12:00pm Date: February 10 – March 17 Date: May 12 Instructor: Abby Wilson Instructor: Marion Holt Cost: $40 Cost: $10

A History of Christianity

This series of lectures offers a glimpse of the world’s largest religion and the most influential religion of western culture.The topics are origins, Jesus, Paul, Augustine, Orthodox Christianity, the Reformation, the Enlightenment, and modern versions of the faith. This is a personal interpretation and your personal views are welcome.

Ken Phifer is the Senior Minister Emeritus of the First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Ann Arbor, where he served for 25 years. He is a graduate of Harvard College and the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. He has authored three books and several dozen articles. Ken is the father of five, the grandfather of 17, and newly a great grandfather.

Day/Time: Fridays, 10:00am-12:00pm Date: March 5 – May 7 Instructor: Kenneth Phifer Cost: $45

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Artificial Intelligence: An Exciting Medical Applications of CRISPR Introduction Calling all non-biologists interested in learning This new study group is suitable for those who about the science, potential medical treatments, are curious about AI, but may not possess the and social implications of gene editing. technical background to fully comprehend its Understand genetic mutations, the inheritance scope. We will study and understand AI’s of several genetic disorders and their potential present state, its past history and mid-term medical treatments using CRISPR. Consider future, its game-changing capabilities, the concerns, ethics and legal implications. underlying technologies, and its potentially Topics include designer babies, the fight against revolutionary implications. As AI continues to SARS-CoV-2, genetic testing, and the current gain critical mass, it’s going to change forever medical research on CRISPR. The course includes how we work and live. online video, articles, and TED talks which the participants view prior to class, followed by a The study group will be Instructor led but will plenty of room for robust discussion and Zoom conference to discuss controversial topics. respectful debate. Materials (relevant papers, The instructor has 40 years experience in leading essays) will be distributed in advance. Deb has plant biotechnology research programs in been leading study groups at OLLI since 2012. university and commercial organizations.

Day/Time: Friday, 3:00-4:30pm Day/Time: Tuesday, 1:00-2:30pm Dates: April 2 – April 30 Date: March 16 - April 20 Instructor: Deb Mukherjee Instructor: Bryan Mckersie Cost: $40 Cost: $40

Gene Editing and the Food We Eat The Bee Lady Talks

Calling all non-biologists interested in learning Explore the life of the honeybee in and out how gene editing technology will impact the of the hive. Victoria Dluzen McIntyre is an food in our grocery stores. Make more informed amateur apiarist whose love of honeybees decisions. Learn about GMO food. Understand comes to her naturally - her family name ‘dluzen’ the concerns about safety and security. Discuss means ‘keeper of the bees’ in Polish. Known controversial topics including how we feed as ‘The Bee Lady’, Victoria has travelled around a growing world population, how crops are southeastern Michigan giving talks (The Bee developed, GMO labeling, the hope for gene Lady Talks) to schools, garden clubs, and civic editing, and the role of government regulation. groups. Come and learn about the mysteries of The course includes online video, articles, and the hive and how 50,000 bees work together TED talks viewed prior to class, followed by a for one common good. Zoom conference to discuss controversial topics. The instructor has 40 years experience in leading Day/Time: Monday, 6:00-8:00pm plant biotechnology research programs. Date: March 8 Instructor: Victoria McIntyre Day/Time: Tuesday, 1:00-2:30pm Cost: $10 Date: April 27 – June 1 Instructor: Bryan Mckersie Cost: $40

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The Hidden Factor: Why Thinking How Life Works, Part 2: Molecular Biology Differently Is Your Greatest Asset This course is based on The Great Courses “In this course, you will learn how the lessons series of lectures by Prof. Kevin Ahern of Oregon and insights of diversity have become even State University.* Building on the concepts of more relevant in an increasingly flat, complex biochemistry covered in Part 1, Part 2 will cover world in which challenges and opportunities topics such as DNA, RNA and protein building, change quickly.” So says Professor Scott Page of as well as genetic diseases and cancer. the University of Michigan, who will be giving Craig Stephan is a retired industrial physicist 24 video lectures from the Teaching Company. who has led many previous OLLI courses We’ll view two 30 minute lectures per class, including The Science of Climate Change, each followed by 20 minutes for questions and Cosmology, The Aging Brain, Music and the Brain, discussion. The study group leader worked 27 and Astrophysics. years as a research physicist for Ford and taught physics at several levels, including graduate *See www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/ level at Wayne State University. At OLLI, he has biochemistry-and-molecular-biology-how-life- taught 17 physics-related classes and led 5 book works.html. discussion groups. Day/Time: Tuesday, 1:00-3:00pm Day/Time: Tuesday, 1:00-3:00pm Date: January 19 – March 9 Date: January 19 - April 6 (NO CLASS on January 26) Instructor: Dick Chase Instructor: Craig Stephan Cost: $50 Cost: $45

The Physics of Modern Technology

In this study group, we’ll learn about some of the physical and mathematical concepts behind various aspects of modern technology. In this six-session study group, we’ll cover topics such as the sensors that make autonomous vehicles possible, fusion power, encryption, hydrogen fuel cells and other renewable energy sources, LEDs and digital cameras, and digital memory. The style will be primarily online lecture, with some online demonstrations and discussions. There will not be any assumed knowledge of math or physics, the only pre-requisite is to be curious (and a device with which to use Zoom). Questions? Contact Brian at [email protected].

Day/Time: Monday, 10:00am-12:00pm Date: March 15, March 29, April 12, April 26, May 10, May 24 Instructor: Brian Worthmann Cost: $40 Winter/Spring Catalog 2021 61

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Families in Film: What Can Films Tell Us Who do We Choose to Be?: Facing About Ourselves and Our Community? Reality, Claiming Leadership and Restoring Sanity This course will use selected fictional films by Meg Wheatley (2018) and Stations to enable us to discuss the American family. Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (2014). We will look at the film’s portrayal of family communication, structure, gender roles and Participants will reflect, discuss and process other dynamics, as well as the context of the some novel ideas about: family during the era shown. We will view -Becoming able to create and give service to an significant segments of a film together each “Island of sanity” in chaotic times. week, selecting films available on streaming -To select meaningful service work without services so group members can view the whole the outcome being the most important thing. film at their leisure before class. Arlene Weisz is Becoming a “Warrior of the Human Spirit”. a retired social worker and social work professor -After a 2 week break, read/complete “Station who enjoyed using films as part of teaching 11” as a follow-up sample society of an “island family theories for about 20 years. of hope”, and reflect on how the arts feed the human spirit in tough times. Day/Time: Friday, 1:00-3:00pm Date: March 26 - April 23 Day/Time: Monday, 10:00-11:30am Instructor: Arlene Weisz Date: March 1 - March 29 Cost: $35 Instructors: Bernie Beach & Barbara Cherem Cost: $45 Institutional Racism and Our Prisons Women’s Issues: America’s injustices within systems like In Our Prime- Ageism and education, housing, health care, employment, Women drug policies and policing all contribute to mass incarceration, arguably the most potent, wide- We will be reading and reaching and damaging example of institutional discussing, In Our Prime by racism. Discrimination, neglect, and harmful Susan Douglas, professor of policies often get camouflaged for white people, Communications at UM. Dr. especially when they work to our advantage, Douglas calls on women of and we don’t realize how these systems affect all ages to join together now the poor and people of color. This round table to fight against gendered discussion will center around these systems, ageism to secure our country’s financial safety our awareness and complicity and the need for net and to make a brighter more welcome humility and compassion. Judy Wenzel taught future for older women. high school completion classes at the federal prison in Milan for 25 years. Day/Time: Monday, 10:00-11:30am Date: January 25 - February 22 Day/Time: Wednesday, Instructors: Sigrid Hermon & Bernie Beach 1:00-3:00pm Cost: $30 Date: April 21 Instructor: Judy Wenzel Cost: $10

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Free Writing Day/Time: Thursday, 2:15-4:15pm Dates: January 7 - June 17 The way to begin that writing project is to write. Instructor: Eleanor Linn Responding to memoir prompts, we will practice Cost: This year-long class is currently full. turning off our text editors. Free writing is about Registration for the waitlist is available. exploring ideas and memories. It is about first drafts not finished products. We will not share or critique Write through Life Changing Events work written outside of the workshop. Have a notebook and a comfortable pen. Be ready to write. The best stories are often the tough ones about life changing events. For some of us, 2020 is Day/Time: Wednesday, 10:00-11:30am one of those stories. Our shared history as a Date: January 20 - February 17 generation gives us a unique perspective when it Instructor: Diane Nash comes to processing recent events. Responding Cost: $35 to writing prompts, we will reflect on the events of past decades and consider how our past helps Memoir Writing us understand this year of COVID-19.

Participants will learn how to tell the stories Day/Time: Wednesday, 1:00-2:30pm of their lives and those of their ancestors. We Date: January 20 - February 10 will meet weekly, and each participant should Instructor: Diane Nash be prepared to read a story they have written Cost: 30 (including the first class). Jan Price calls herself a “very amateur memoirist” who has written her Writers Unlimited story after being motivated by an OLLI class. Participants present their creative essays, short Day/Time: Friday, 10:00am-12:00pm stories, poetry, or novels for constructive criticism Dates: January 22 - April 9 and suggestions for improvement from the Instructor: Janis Price group. Each participant submits their writing Cost: $50 online to all other participants in advance of the Friday meeting. Comments will be offered after Memoirs and Personal Essays each reading. Discussion leader Jerry Janusz has been a participant in this group for twelve years. This group meets every week from September to June, except for holidays. There are no specific Day/Time: Friday, 10:30am-12:00pm assignments. Each writer strives to find his or Dates: January 8 - August 27 her own subject matter and stylistic voice. We Instructor: Jerry Janusz read our work aloud and discuss it, making Cost: $80 constructive suggestions for improvement. The important thing is to write well enough to interest others and to convey our ideas clearly. We will use a flexible combination of email, telephone, and video conferencing during the pandemic. Participants are expected to read their work regularly. Eleanor Linn has led this writing group since 2014. She is a published author.

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A History of Christianity 59 Art History III: Early Christian and Byzantine Art 44 Artificial Intelligence: An Exciting Introduction 60 Beyond Zoom: Deep Learning in Early Childhood (S) 50 British Empire in India 50 Building the Border (S) 54 Caravans, Cultures, and Chinggis Khan along the Silk Route 50 Chinese 1 49 Comparing Transitions to Democracy in 18th Century France... 51 Computerized Investing: Stocks - Selection and Evaluation 55 Crises in U.S. - North Korean Relations 45 Current Events 45 Detective Mystery Flims - Shelter-in-Place Edition 58 Fake News, Deep Fakes, Info-whelmed? 56 Families in Film 62 Final Decisions (S) 59 Firearm Injury and Prevention: A Public Health Perspective (S) 46 First Ladies: “Tales and Travails of Our First Ladies” 51 Free Writing 63 From the Mouths of Millennials: Taboo Topics 56 Gather at the Table - A book discussion 56 Gene Editing and the Food We Eat 60 Going for Baroque 58 Great Decisions 46 Group Facilitation (S) 49 Homer’s Iliad 56 Homer’s Odyssey 56 Innovations That Will Change the Ways We Experience Life 52 Institutional Racism and Our Prisons (S) 62 is Your Greatest Asset 61

Let’s Rewrite the United States Constitution 46

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Mapping in the Enlightenment (S) 54 Medical Applications of CRISPR 60 Medieval English Poetry 57 Memoir Writing 63 Memoirs and Personal Essays 63 Poverty: Looking from the Inside Out 47 Reading Women’s Lives 57 Representations of the Natural World (S) 52 Shakespeare’s Secret Recipe 57 Some U.S. and Global Top 10’s in 2021 (S) 47 Stolen - A Book Discussion (S) 57 Susan Rice -- A Remarkable Life and Career 53 The Bee Lady Talks (S) (E) 60 The Formation of Islamic Culture 53 The Hidden Factor: Why Thinking Differently 61 The History of the Stars (S) 54 The Physics of Modern Technology 61 The Plays of Margaret Cavendish 57 The Science of Positivity - A Book Reading 54 Understanding Performance Anxiety 58 Understanding US-Iran Relations 47 Unintended Consequences (S) 52 What is Politics? 48 What’s Going on in Real Estate? 48 Who do We Choose to Be? 62 Wisdom and Winnie the Pooh 59 Women’s Issues: In Our Prime - Ageism and Women 62 Write through Life Changing Events 63 Writers Unlimited 63

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MONDAY Monday Painters 2:00-4:00pm 1/11 44 Fake News, Deep Fakes, Info-whelmed? 10:00-11:30am 1/18 56 The Plays of Margaret Cavendish 1:00-3:00pm 1/18 57 What is Politics? 1:00-2:30pm 1/18 48 Chinese 1 10:00am-12:00pm 1/25 49 Susan Rice -- A Remarkable Life and Career 1:00-3:00pm 1/25 53 Women’s Issues: In Our Prime - Ageism and Women 10:00-11:30am 1/25 62 Understanding US-Iran Relations 1:00-3:00pm 2/8 47 Homer’s Iliad 1:00-3:00pm 2/15 56 Who do We Choose to Be? 10:00-11:30am 3/1 62 The Bee Lady Talks 6:00-8:00pm (S) (E) 3/8 60 The Physics of Modern Technology 10:00am-12:00pm 3/15 61 Firearm Injury and Prevention: A Public Health Perspective 5:30-7:00pm (S) 3/22 46 From the Mouths of Millennials: Taboo Topics 12:30-2:00pm 3/22 56 Homer’s Odyssey 1:00-3:00pm 4/5 56 Innovations That Will Change the Ways We Experience Life 1:00-2:30pm 4/12 52 Computerized Investing: Stocks - Selection and Evaluation 10:00-11:30am 4/12 55 TUESDAY Art History III: Early Christian and Byzantine Art 2:30-4:00pm 1/19 44 Current Events 3:15-5:15pm 1/19 45 Great Decisions 1:00-3:00pm 1/19 46 The Hidden Factor: Why Thinking Differently is Your Greatest Asset 1:00-3:00pm 1/19 61 Comparing Transitions to Democracy in 18th Century France... 1:00-2:30pm 2/23 51 Crises in U.S. - North Korean Relations 1:00-2:30pm 2/23 45 Gather at the Table - A book discussion 1:00-2:30pm 3/16 56 Medical Applications of CRISPR 1:00-2:30pm 3/16 60 Going for Baroque 1:30-3:00pm 4/6 58 Gene Editing and the Food We Eat 1:00-2:30pm 4/27 60

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OLLI Winter Spring 2021 Catalog_final_pages.indd 66 11/23/20 12:01 PM WEDNESDAY Free Writing 10:00-11:30am 1/20 63 Stolen - A Book Discussion 10:00am-12:00pm (S) 1/20 57 Write through Life Changing Events 1:00-2:30pm 1/20 63 The Science of Positivity - A Book Reading 10:00-11:30am 2/3 54 Poverty: Looking from the Inside Out 10:00-11:30am 2/10 47 Wisdom and Winnie the Pooh 10:00-11:30am 2/10 59 Caravans, Cultures, and Chinggis Khan along the Silk Route 1:00-3:00pm 3/3 50 British Empire in India 10:00am-12:00pm 3/10 50 Unintended Consequences 10:00-11:30am (S) 3/10 52 Building the Border 2:00-3:30pm (S) 3/17 54 Representations of the Natural World 10:00-11:00am (S) 3/24 52 Some U.S. and Global Top 10’s in 2021 10:00-11:30am (S) 3/24 46 The Formation of Islamic Culture 1:00-3:00pm 4/14 53 Beyond Zoom: Deep Learning in Early Childhood 10:00am-12:00pm (S) 4/21 50 Instituational Racism and Our Prisons 1:00-3:00pm (S) 4/21 62 Final Decisions 10:00am-12:00pm (S) 5/12 59 THURSDAY Memoirs and Personal Essays 2:15-4:15pm 1/7 63 Mapping in the Enlightenment 1:00-2:30pm (S) 2/18 54 Shakespeare’s Secret Recipe 1:00-2:30pm 3/4 57 Understanding Performance Anxiety 3:00-4:30pm 3/4 58 What’s Going on in Real Estate? 3:00-5:00pm 4/22 48 FRIDAY Writers Unlimited 10:30am-12:00pm 1/8 63 Memoir Writing 10:00am-12:00pm 1/22 63 The History of the Stars 10:00-11:00am (S) 1/29 54 Detective Mystery Flims - Shelter-in-Place Edition 1:00-2:30pm 2/12 58 Reading Women’s Lives 3:00-5:00pm 2/19 57 A History of Christianity 10:00am-12:00pm 3/5 59 Group Facilitation 12:00-3:00pm (S) 3/5 49 Let’s Rewrite the United States Constitution 1:00-2:30pm 3/12 46 Families in Film 1:00-3:00pm 3/26 62 First Ladies “Tales and Travails of Our First Ladies” 3:00-4:30pm 4/2 51 Artificial Intelligence: An Exciting Introduction 3:00-4:30pm 4/12 60 Medieval English Poetry 1:00-3:00pm 5/7 57 Final Decisions 10:00am-12:00pm (S) 5/12 59 Winter/Spring Catalog 2021 67

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JANUARY Memoirs and Personal Essays 1/7 63 Writers Unlimited 1/8 63 Mainday Painters 1/11 44 Fake News, Deep Fakes, Info-whelmed? 1/18 56 The Plays of Margaret Cavendish 1/18 57 What is Politics? 1/18 48 Art History III: Early Christian and Byzantine Art 1/19 44 Current Events 1/19 45 Great Decisions 1/19 46 is Your Greatest Asset 1/19 61 The Hidden Factor: Why Thinking Differently 1/19 61 Free Writing 1/20 63 Stolen - A Book Discussion (S) 1/20 57 Write through Life Changing Events 1/20 63 Memoir Writing 1/22 63 Chinese 1 1/25 49 Susan Rice -- A Remarkable Life and Career 1/25 53 The History of the Stars (S) 1/29 54 Who do We Choose to Be? 1/29 62 Women’s Issues: In Our Prime - Ageism and Women 1/29 62 FEBRUARY The Science of Positivity - A Book Reading 2/3 54 Understanding US-Iran Relations 2/9 47 Poverty: Looking from the Inside Out 2/10 47 Wisdom and Winnie the Pooh 2/10 59 Detective Mystery Flims - Shelter-in-Place Edition 2/12 58 Homer’s Iliad 2/15 56 Mapping in the Enlightenment (S) 2/18 54 Reading Women’s Lives 2/19 57 Comparing Transitions to Democracy in 18th Century France... 2/23 51 Crises in U.S. - North Korean Relations 2/23 45

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OLLI Winter Spring 2021 Catalog_final_pages.indd 68 11/23/20 12:01 PM MARCH Caravans, Cultures, and Chinggis Khan along the Silk Route 3/3 50 Shakespeare’s Secret Recipe 3/4 57 Understanding Performance Anxiety 3/4 58 A History of Christianity 3/5 59 Group Facilitation (S) 3/5 49 The Bee Lady Talks (S) (E) 3/8 60 British Empire in India 3/10 50 Unintended Consequences (S) 3/10 52 Let’s Rewrite the United States Constitution 3/12 46 The Physics of Modern Technology 3/15 61 Gather at the Table - A book discussion 3/16 56 Medical Applications of CRISPR 3/16 60 Building the Border (S) 3/17 54 Firearm Injury and Prevention: A Public Health Perspective (S) 3/22 46 From the Mouths of Millennials: Taboo Topics 3/22 56 Representations of the Natural World (S) 3/24 52 Some U.S. and Global Top 10’s in 2021 (S) 3/24 46 Families in Film 3/26 62 APRIL Artificial Intelligence: An Exciting Introduction 4/2 60 First Ladies “Tales and Travails of Our First Ladies” 4/2 51 Homer’s Odyssey 4/5 56 Going for Baroque 4/6 58 Computerized Investing: Stocks - Selection and Evaluation 4/12 55 Innovations That Will Change the Ways We Experience Life 4/12 52 The Formation of Islamic Culture 4/14 53 Beyond Zoom: Deep Learning in Early Childhood (S) 4/21 50 Institutional Racism and Our Prisons (S) 4/21 62 What’s Going on in Real Estate? 4/22 48 Gene Editing and the Food We Eat 4/27 60 MAY Medieval English Poetry 5/7 57 Final Decisions (S) 5/12 59

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OLLI Winter Spring 2021 Catalog_final_pages.indd 71 11/23/20 12:01 PM The Community Programs of the Geriatrics Center Enhancing Quality of Life at TSRC OLLI-UM is a community program of the Geriatrics Center. Below is information on our other community program partners.

TURNER SENIOR WELLNESS PROGRAM The Turner Senior Wellness Program (TSWP) promotes quality of life among older adults through social connection, wellness activities, health education, and community resources. TSWP offers healthy living presentations, free blood pressure screenings, exercise classes, support groups, a lunch program, technology mentoring, and more. Visitors can learn about available resources for caregiving, counseling, dementia services, depression, legal issues, and insurance questions, among other topics. Many of our programs have been converted to virtual offerings to keep our members safe. To get involved with programs, learn more about the TSWP, or volunteer: Hours: Monday – Friday 9:00am – 5:00pm Email: [email protected] Phone: (734) 998-9353 TURNER AFRICAN AMERICAN SERVICES COUNCIL The mission of Turner African American Services Council (TAASC) is to serve as a liaison between the community and local health care providers by creating partnerships to increase and enhance access to wellness, health education, and health care for diverse and underserved older adults. TAASC envisions a community in which underserved older adults of color can experience an improved quality of health care and achieve an optimal quality of life. Email: [email protected] SILVER CLUB MEMORY PROGRAMS Silver Club Programs (SC) provides meaningful, adult focused, and engaging activities for older adults living with memory challenges. SC offers a seamless transition through our programs. Weekly Early Stage Programs offer members the opportunity to keep their minds active through brain games, topical and learning-based discussions, cultural outings, and a sense of community and support. Silver Club Day Enrichment Program, for those with moderate memory loss, offers engaging activities to counter boredom and isolation, including art, music, mindfulness, fitness, and lively discussion with a supportive and inclusive community. To learn more about the Silver Club benefits, programs, or volunteer: Hours: Monday – Friday 9:00am – 5:00pm Email: [email protected] Phone: (734) 998-9352

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OLLI Winter Spring 2021 Catalog_final_pages.indd 72 11/23/20 12:01 PM The Care Coordination needed to Age on Your Own Terms. Providing expertise, compassion and personalized care to support the aging experience. During the COVID 19 crisis, our services have been modified to provide the highest level of care with the least amount of physical contact.

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INNOVATIVE ENGAGING Even now, All Seasons is designed to delight every one of your All Seasons has found creative ways to help our residents stay connected senses… every day! We offer an expansive menu of chef prepared and engaged by reshaping our diverse social, educational and cultural meals and daily features that are served in dining rooms or delivered enrichment programs with social distancing. several times per day, individual chauffeured transportation, lively discussions, a variety of socially distant fitness classes, fine arts performances, and a host of technology-based forms of TOTALLY CAPTIVATING enrichment including programming exclusive to All Seasons. Our Now more than ever, you want to live in a community with a team you can family engagement app allows families to view activities, community trust. Earlier this year, All Seasons was proud to announce that their parent events, and stay connected in real time. company, Beztak, earned a place on the US Best Managed Companies list, sponsored by Deloi‡e Private and The Wall Street Journal. This ENLIVENING award is a mark of excellence for private companies, based on key criteria for All Seasons adopted new standards of care in our daily operations management skills and practices. which focus on resident well-being by implementing Covid-specific Speak with our teams to learn about all of the ways that we enhance the initiatives including: daily experience for our residents and their families! • Contact free safe move program • Proper use of PPE • On-site COVID-19 rapid response testing • On-site Electrostatic Cleaning • Social Distancing FOR THE JOYS OF INDEPENDENT SENIOR LIVING

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