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All About OLLI...... iiiiii Courses 100 Art and Music...... 1 1 200 Economics and Finance...... 6 6 300 History ...... 8 300 History...... 8 400 Literature, Theater, and WriƟng ...... 14 400 Literature, Theater, and Writing...... 14 500 Languages………………………………………………………………………………………20 500 Languages...... 20 600 Religious Studies ...... 21 600650 ReligiousHumaniƟ esStudies and Social...... Sciences ...... 2321 650700 HumanitiesCurrent Events...... and Social Sciences...... 2523 700800 CurrentScience, Events Technolo...... gy, and Health ...... 2725 800900 Science,Other Topics Technology, ...... and Health...... 3027 Special900 Other Events Topics ...... 30 SpecialFall for Events the Book………………………………………………………………………………….33 FallLectures……………………………………………………………………………………………….. for the Book...... 3433 RCC Professional Touring ArƟst Series…..……………………………………………….45 Lectures...... 34 Performances and Trips……………………………………………………………...... 45 RCC Professional Touring Artist Series...... 45 Social Events………………...………………………………………………………………………48 PerformancesBetween Term and Events…………………………………………………………………………..49 Trips...... 45 Social Events...... 48 Clubs/OngoingBetween Term AcEventsƟviƟ...... es……………………………………………………………...5149

Clubs/OngoingMembership and Activities Registra...... Ɵon………………………………………………...…...5551 Membership and Registration...... 55 RegistraƟon Form………………………………………………………………………...57 Registration Form...... 57 Schedules…………………………………………………………………………………….59 Schedules...... 59

Friends of OLLI……………………………………………………………………………………………………...... ……………………………………………………..6363

MapMap……………………………………………………………………………………………...... 6464

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i Volunteer! It's Your OLLI.

OLLI is run by our members on a volunteer basis, and simply would not exist without the dedication of our volunteers. They are the creative source for courses, clubs, special events, social activities, publications, and classroom services. Our bylaws sum it up: OLLI “is governed by its members and functions as an intellectual cooperative in which members volunteer in administration and as planners, instructors, organizational officers, and committee members.”

Please share your talents with us. Make new friends and connect with fellow OLLI members by volunteering. It’s satisfying and very rewarding—even life‐altering—for many OLLI volunteers.

If you have been thinking about volunteering to work with a committee or program planning group, now is an excellent time to do so! YOU are important to our continued success.

How to Volunteer Please do not wait to be asked! OLLI commi�ee chairs and Board members are always on the lookout for help. A�er checking out the commi�ees listed below, you may nd a specic area that is a�rac�ve to you. Call the Tallwood office at 703‐503‐3384 and offer your services, contact us via the “volunteer at OLLI” email address [email protected], or contact the chair of the commi�ee that interests you. What You Can Expect You should receive clear and professional communica�on from your leader, apprecia�on of your �me and effort, respect, and any necessary training. If you feel there are deciencies in any area, talk with the person overseeing the ac�vity. Feel free to speak to the execu�ve director, the president, or any Board member if you no�ce that something needs to be addressed. What Is Expected of Volunteers Ini�a�ve: OLLI thrives on new ideas. Feel free to share your ideas with your chair or leader, and be willing to follow up if you’ve been given a green light. Par�cipa�on: A�end mee�ngs and planning sessions, or assist with OLLI projects and events as your �me permits. Please let your commi�ee chair or leader know in advance of your absence if you cannot a�end. Responsibility: No ma�er how small or large a job may appear, it is essen�al to OLLI’s success.

Our Commi�ees and Their Chairpersons:

Audiovisual Support: Paul Howard Program Planning: Doris Bloch, Kathryn Russell Development: Lesley Bubenhofer Nancy Scheeler, Russell Stone OLLI E‐News: Paul Van Hemel Publications: Sheri Siesseger Facilities: Mel Russell Strategic Planning: Bill Taylor Finance: David Osterman Special Events: Florence Adler, Rita Way Landscaping: Sally Berman, Sigrid Olson Member Services: Toni Acton Hospitality: Elaine Leonard Please refer to your member handbook or the OLLI New Member Services: Toni Acton website https://olli.gmu.edu/volunteer‐at‐olli/ for fuller Office Volunteers: Toni Acton descriptions of these committees. Social Events: Jim Dunphy Outreach: Camille Hodges

ii All About OLLI Who We Are How to Join

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at George Any person may obtain an annual membership by Mason University offers daytime courses, lectures, special registering online or by comple�ng the registra�on form events, and other activities during eight‐week terms in the and submi�ng it to OLLI with the required check(s) or spring and fall, a four‐week winter term, and a six‐week credit card informa�on. summer program. There are no exams, no credits, no college degree required or offered, and no age threshold. Give the GiŌ of OLLI Course leaders are qualied members of OLLI, Mason What be�er way to show apprecia�on for your spouse, faculty, or others who enjoy sharing their knowledge. sibling, or good friend than by giving an OLLI eGi� card? OLLI is par�cularly proud of its volunteer teachers and The card can be purchased in any amount to apply toward speakers, many of whom are well‐known experts in their an OLLI membership or event/materials fees. It makes the elds. The views expressed are those of the instructors perfect re�rement, birthday, or holiday gi�. The gi� of and do not reect the official policy or posi�on of OLLI or OLLI is great: cap�va�ng classes, fabulous eld trips, and George Mason University. sensa�onal socials to indulge both mind and soul! Purchase the eGi� card on the OLLI member portal Members pay annual dues and may attend as many (olligmu.augusoŌ.net) or by calling the OLLI office activities as they wish, subject to space availability. (703‐503‐3384). There may be charges for materials and for some special events. George Mason University Privileges OLLI publishes an email newsle�er (OLLI E‐News), a Annual OLLI members are entitled to a George Mason catalog each term, an online membership directory, and University ID card, which provides library privileges, the Member Handbook. An annual literary journal, OLLI discounted Mason gym memberships, and other benefits. Ink, and, from �me to �me, the Poets of OLLI collec�on A free Mason email account with access to the Mason are also published. intranet is also available. To apply for an ID card, fill out an OLLI at Mason is one of many Osher Lifelong Learning application, available at any OLLI site or on the OLLI Ins�tutes affiliated with The Bernard Osher Founda�on website DocStore (under MainMenu/Documents), and and is also a member of the Road Scholar Ins�tute return it to the main office at Tallwood or to the site Network. OLLI is a nonprot, equal‐opportunity 501(c)(3) assistant at Reston or Loudoun. organiza�on and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, or na�onal/ethnic origin. OLLI Photo Policy Where We Are Occasionally, OLLI staff/members take pictures or videos of classes and events for promo�onal Most ac�vi�es are held at Tallwood, 4210 Roberts Road in purposes. If a member objects to use of his/her Fairfax, at the United Chris�an Parish near Lake Anne in photo or video in OLLI materials or on the OLLI Reston, or at the Mason site in Loudoun. OLLI’s main office website, please do so in wri�ng to the execu�ve is at Tallwood, with satellite offices (open only during class director. hours) in Reston and the Mason site in Loudoun. All sites are accessible to persons with disabili�es and have free parking available. To park at the Mason site in Loudoun Important Priority RegistraƟon Dates you must obtain a free parking permit from Mason in Fall priority registra�on begins Tuesday, August 14, at Loudoun, Suite 130. A map and addresses for all loca�ons 9:00 and ends on Thursday, August 23, at noon. are listed in the catalog. Register online at olli.gmu.edu. Catalog OrganizaƟon Click on Member Portal. Registra�ons also may be mailed or delivered to: Courses and special events for all three sites are listed Osher Lifelong Learning Ins�tute together, with Fairfax ac�vi�es indicated by the prex “F” 4210 Roberts Road in the course number, Reston by an “R,” and Loudoun by Fairfax, VA 22032 an “L.” Clubs/ongoing ac�vi�es for all sites are listed together. iii OLLI Organiza�on OLLI Program Planning Commi�ee

OLLI is a member‐driven organization with a Board of Chairs…………………………….Doris Bloch, Kathryn Russell, Directors elected by the membership and repre‐ Nancy Scheeler, Russell Stone senting Fairfax, Reston, and Loudoun. All activities Loudoun Program………………………………..Barbara Wilan are managed by an executive director, staff, and Reston Program…………………………………...Beth Lambert volunteers. Program Associates……………………...Alice Slayton Clark, Jennifer Ryan McMahon Board of Directors Program Planning subject group chairs are listed at President………………………………………………………….Bill Taylor the beginning of each subject sec�on of the catalog. Vice President.………………………………………..Teri Feldmayer Ideas for classes may be submi�ed to the Program Treasurer.………………………………………...Michelle Blandburg Associates or Program Planning Commi�ee Members. Secretary…………………….…………………………………..Rita Way

Lillian Brooks Mel Russell Catalog Produc�on Evan Douple Vacant Editors…….....Anna Fotias, Beth Lambert, Stephanie Stahr Marguerite Johnson Randall Scott Proofreaders…………………….Joan Axilbund, Rebecca Jann, Paul Howard Charles Silver Leti Labell, Martha Powers, Irene Osterman, Sheri Siesseger, Donna Weiss Gloria Loew Diane Stanley Forma�er….………………………………………………… Leigh Knox Marianne Metz Russell Stone Manny Pablo John Woods Staff Jennifer Disano, Executive Director Execu�ve Director…………………………………Jennifer Disano [email protected] Administrator …………………………………….Susan Todenho� Other Key OLLI Posi�ons [email protected] Finance Associate ……………………………………….Karen Nash Audiovisual Support.…………………………………...Paul Howard [email protected] Development..……………………………………Lesley Bubenhofer Communications/Program Associate...Alice Slayton Clark OLLI E‐News…………...………………………………Paul Van Hemel [email protected] Program Associate….……………...Jennifer Ryan McMahon Facili�es.………………………………………………………..Mel Russell [email protected] Finance………………………….……………………....David Osterman Registrar……………………….…………..Shannon Kim Morrow Governance.………………………………………………..Lillian Brooks [email protected] Landscaping………………………….Sally Berman, Sigrid Carlson Tallwood Site Assistant …………………………………Bill Walsh [email protected] Loudoun Coordinator…………………………………..Kathie West Reston Site Assistant …………………………………….Chi Negin Member Services ,Chair……………….………………..Toni Acton [email protected] Member Services, Hospitality…………………..Elaine Leonard Loudoun Site Assistant …………….Leigh Knox [email protected] Member Services, New Member Advisory…….Toni Acton Off Site Assistant……...... Meg Przybylski Member Services, Office Volunteers……………..Toni Acton [email protected] Member Services, Social Events………………..….Jim Dunphy Contact Informa�on OLLI Historian………………………………………….Marianne Metz Tallwood office………………………………………..703‐503‐3384 OLLI Representa�ve to Arts at Mason …………...Pat Carroll Execu�ve Director, Jennifer Disano………….703‐503‐7866 Outreach……………………………………………....Camille Hodges Fax……………………………………………………………703‐503‐2832 Publica�ons ……………………………………………..Sheri Siesseger Email………………………………………………………[email protected] Reston Coordinator …………………………………...Beth Lambert Website……………………………………………………...olli.gmu.edu Strategic Planning ………………………………………….Bill Taylor Member portal……………………………..olligmu.auguso�.net University Liaison ……………………………..…………...Pat Carroll Mason mail stop number………………………………..MSN 5C1 Website…………………………………………………Ernes�ne Meyer Mason@Loudoun mail stop number…………….…MSN 1G9

iv Courses: September 17–November 9 Fairfax/Reston/Loudoun 100 Art and Music F103 Wait, I’ve Heard That!: Classical Program Planning Group Chairs: Marianne Metz, Music in Everyday Places Angie Talaber, Kosmo Tatalias Mondays, 2:15–3:40, Oct. 15–Nov. 5 Four sessions F101 Travel Photography Instructor: Martha Powers Mondays, 11:50–1:15, Sept. 17–Nov. 5 How o�en have you been watching TV or a movie and No class on Oct. 8 recognized a tune but weren’t sure where you’d heard Seven sessions it before? In this series, we’ll look at, listen to, and Instructor: Stan Schre�er view the many places where works of great composers ● Which Camera Should I Use? sneak into our lives. ● Research, Research, Research ● Oct. 15: Tchaikovsky Made Me Eat It: Classical ● Storytelling Music in Commercials. Remember “the cereal that’s ● Composi�on for Travel Photographers shot from guns”? That di�y was from Tchaikovsky’s ● Capturing the Essence of a Place–S�lls 1812 Overture, and we’ll explore many more. ● Capturing the Essence of a Place–Video ● Oct. 22: I Can’t Help Falling in Love with… Who? ● What (if Anything) Do I Do with My S�lls and Videos Classical Music in Popular Hits. Elvis’ chart‐topper was While I Am Traveling? based on an obscure Italian song, Barry Manilow ● What (if Anything) Do I Do with My S�lls and Videos turned Chopin into a hit, and that’s not all. When I Get Home? ● Oct. 29: Waltzing through the Universe: Classical Stan Schre�er, an OLLI member, is an avid amateur Music in Movies. We’ll oat through the heavens with photographer and has taught courses at OLLI for many “The Blue Danube” in 2001: A Space Odyssey, throb years. along with Dudley Moore and Ravel’s Bolero in 10 ● Nov. 5: The Maestro Has Big Ears: Classical Music in F102 Understanding Opera, Part 1 TV Shows. From Bugs Bunny conduc�ng Figaro to Mondays, 1:40–3:40, Sept. 17–Oct. 1 Schroeder playing Beethoven, we’ll explore familiar Note �me tunes woven into television over the years. Three sessions Martha Powers is an OLLI member fascinated by the Instructor: Glenn Winters populariza�on of classical music in our culture. (You may This course serves to introduce students to the rst have caught her classes on Liberace and Victor Borge in the two produc�ons of Virginia Opera’s 2018–2019 past.) She holds a BA in Music from American University and season. These include Kurt Weill’s jazz‐inuenced an MBA from Virginia Polytechnic Ins�tute. Street Scene and Mozart’s immortal “dramedy” Don Giovanni. Class discussions will provide comprehensive F104 Music Sampler musical and drama�c analysis, illustrated with audio Tuesdays, 9:30–10:55, Sept. 18–Nov. 6 and video excerpts. The course is recommended for Note �me beginners and acionados alike. Fairfax Lord of Life Sanctuary Glenn Winters is in his 15th season as community outreach Coordinators: Linda Apple Monson, Ina Mirtcheva‐ musical director for Virginia Opera. As an opera�c baritone, Blevins Dr. Winters has appeared as guest ar�st with the This course highlights examples of the musical talent Operafes�val di Roma, Virginia Opera, and other venues. He that abounds at Mason. Each week knowledgeable is the composer of eleven operas for children and adults, and enthusias�c professors from the Mason School of including a new biographical work about tenor Roland Music, o�en accompanied by their most promising Hayes, commissioned by Virginia Opera for a regional tour students, will generously share their musical gi�s in during Black History Month in February 2019. His operas presenta�ons that are varied, lively, informa�ve, and have also been staged by the Cimarron Opera Company and entertaining. Piedmont Opera, among other venues. Winters is the Dr. Linda Apple Monson, Interna�onal Steinway Ar�st, author of The Opera Zoo: Singers, Composers and Other serves as director of the School of Music in the College of Primates. Visual and Performing Arts at Mason, where she is a University Dis�nguished Service Professor. Monson has performed and lectured throughout the world.

1 Art and Music Dr. Ina Mirtcheva‐Blevins is a graduate of Mason with a F107 Drawing and Sketching Workshop DMA degree in piano performance. Blevins currently Tuesdays, 2:15–3:40, Sept. 18–Nov. 6 teaches keyboard skills at Mason and is also a faculty Fairfax Lord of Life, Conference Room member of the Mason Community Arts Academy. Instructor: Bill Parsons F105 Intermediate DSLR Photography Class limit: 14 “I have learned that what I have not drawn, I have Tuesdays, 9:40–11:05, Sept. 18–Nov.6 Instructor: Dan Feighery never really seen, and that when I start drawing an Class limit: 12 ordinary thing, I realize how extraordinary it is...” In these photography sessions our primary focus will —Fredrick Franck, The Zen of Seeing. This class is be on ge�ng it right with a camera. The course is intended for students who are experienced in drawing designed for individuals who are procient in using and wish to con�nue their work in a suppor�ve se�ng their adjustable digital cameras and might like to work among others who share their desire to improve their more on visual design. The instructor will concentrate art. Our focus will be on striving to truly see the world on the elements and principles of art as they apply to around us by drawing, while exploring the visual photography. A�endees will complete weekly shoo�ng effects and the rela�onship of light, value, color, form, assignments and present their digital (.jpg) images dimension, and perspec�ve. We’ll encourage free (preferably right out of the camera) for peer review expression and use many different materials to create and discussion. A shoo�ng assignment for review work that reects our individual personal interests. during the rst class will be sent in advance to all Projects will be started in class but will some�mes be a�endees. completed outside of class. Weekly class discussions of Dan Feighery earned a BS in physics from St. Joseph’s nished work will help students develop their talents. University in Philadelphia and a master’s in public Supplies needed are subject to the interests of each administra�on from Golden Gate University in San student but might include pencils, charcoal, conté Francisco. He was the founder of the OLLI Photography Club crayons, ink pens, pastels, color pencils, and papers or and has taught various photography courses over the past other surfaces appropriate to the medium. several years. Photography has been one of his hobbies for Bill Parsons earned an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth the past seven decades. University and has worked as a furniture maker and designer, jeweler, silversmith, and ceramic ar�st. F106 Behind the Music Tuesdays, 2:15–3:40, Sept. 18–Nov. 6 F108 Introduc�on to Sketching and Instructor: Michelle Blandburg Watercolor Art We all know the stars; we all know the music! But do Wednesdays, 11:50–1:15, Sept. 19–Nov. 7 we really know how everything comes together? In Fairfax Lord of Life, Conference Room this class, we will learn about the magicians behind Instructors: Suzanne Goldstein, Susann Hamilton the scenes who make it all happen: the producer, the Class limit: 12 engineer, and the record company. In a series of This class is for beginners only, who want to learn basic videos, we will see diverse stars of popular music skills of sketching and watercolor art. We will discuss perform and discuss the talented individuals who pencil types and papers used to produce lines, shapes, helped make them who they are. They include: Ahmet and textures in perspec�ve, and appropriate brushes, Ertegun, founder of Atlan�c Records; producer Sir paints and papers for watercolor pain�ng. Artwork George Mar�n; producer and recording engineer Tom o�en will be nished outside of class. Par�cipants will Dowd; producer Arif Mardin of Memphis‐based Stax need drawing pencils: numbers 2B, 4B, 5B, 6B, 7B, or Records; and Muscle Shoals producer Rick Hall. We will 8B, and 2H, 3H, or 4H; a sketching pad of 80 lb. weight; also view award‐winning videos such as Standing in drawing paper; kneadable erasers (one small and one the Shadows of Motown featuring the magnicent large stump); and a small scrap of sandpaper. house band nicknamed The Funk Brothers, as well as (Watercolor supplies will be discussed at the rst the unacknowledged singers in 20 Feet from Stardom class.) Please do not register for the F107 Drawing and whose background vocals added soulful harmonies to Sketching Workshop or F112 Watercolor Pain�ng if you much of popular music. register for this class. Suzanne Goldstein is a re�red math Michelle Blandburg is an OLLI Board member and officer, a teacher and a long�me a�endee of OLLI sketching and music and movie lover, and a repeat instructor. She enjoys watercolor classes, as well as facilitator of the Annex Art all things theatrical. Club. Susann Hamilton is a re�red associa�on execu�ve who has been an OLLI instructor of Beginning Sketching.

2 Art and Music F109 Dabbling Ar�sts Palmer McGrew, an OLLI member, is a long�me performer Wednesdays, 2:15–3:40, Sept. 19–Nov. 7 in church choirs, barbershop choruses and quartets, and the Fairfax Lord of Life, Conference Room West Point Alumni Glee Club. He is the director of the Instructors: Sue Goldstein, Susann Hamilton Greenspring Choristers. Class limit: 12 Come, meet, and work alongside fellow OLLI members F112 Watercolor Pain�ng who dabble in sketching and watercolor pain�ng. You Thursdays, 2:15–3:40, Sept. 20–Nov. 8 Instructor: Leonard Jus�nian provide your own materials, and the picture or sketch Class limit: 15 you plan to work on each week. There will be plenty of This class will provide an opportunity for watercolor advisory conversa�on available, along with painters at all levels to develop fresh skills while sugges�ons for projects you might enjoy. If you have learning new watercolor techniques. Required taken Introduc�on to Sketching and Watercolor, this materials include: #1, #6, and/or #8 round watercolor course may be for you! Or if you last picked up a pastel brushes; a paint pale�e for mixing colors; 140 lb. cold‐ or brush in high school, maybe you’re ready to do it press watercolor paper (Arches is best, but you can again! This class is not intended for those who have no use less expensive paper); a kneaded eraser; a experience with drawing or pain�ng. Staedtler white plas�c eraser; and tubes of watercolor See F108 for instructor informa�on. paint in white, charcoal black, cadmium yellow F110 Ar�sts in Exile: Expressions of Loss (medium), cadmium red (medium), and ultramarine and Hope blue, or a starter set of watercolors. Thursdays, 11:50–1:15, Sept. 20–Oct. 11 Leonard Jus�nian has been pain�ng for more than 60 Four sessions years. Among other honors, he has received the Instructor: Christopher With Grumbacher Award. He teaches watercolor pain�ng in his This was the �tle of a 2017 exhibi�on at the Yale Art Gallery Fairfax City studio and is also seen on Fairfax public access which focused on 19th and 20th century painters. Exile, cable TV, Cox cable channel 10, and Verizon Fios channel 10. willing or unwilling, was both a physical and mental He is a member of the Washington Society of Landscape disrup�on but also could be a spur to renewed ar�s�c Painters, www.wslp.org. insight. This series of four lectures will expand the Yale �me frame to include one ar�st working in the 17th century. By F113 Musicals and the Second Half of Life focusing on four selected ar�sts as case studies, the series Saturdays, 11:00–12:30, Oct. 27–Nov. 3 will examine the mental and physical impacts of exile; the Two sessions reasons behind the exile—personal, poli�cal, cultural, or Instructor: Barry Bortnick other; efforts to reestablish careers and rela�onships; Some�mes standing “front and center,” some�mes signicance of the exile period; the personal and framing or providing the “backbone” to a show, professional costs; and whether it was a catalyst for characters in the second half of life frequently play a crea�vity or technical innova�on. wonderfully vital role in the way musicals give us ● Sept. 20: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio pleasure, insights, and inspira�on. With a variety of ● Sept. 27: Paul Gauguin video excerpts from favorite shows as well as lesser ● Oct. 4: George Grosz known gems, this new course explores some of the ● Oct. 11: Elizabeth Catle� rich, varied, and memorable ways in which the second Christopher With has worked in the educa�on department half of life is portrayed in musicals. The course of the Na�onal Gallery of Art and has a degree in German examines how musicals bring alive such themes as: history from the University of California, Los Angeles. older adults as sources of wisdom and inspira�on for F111 Singing for Fun the young; romance and friendship in the second half; Thursdays, 2:15–3:40, Sept. 20–Nov. 8 dealing with technology and other frequently Instructor: Palmer McGrew encountered second half “adventures,” and As the name says, we gather to have a good �me rediscovering or fullling dreams, goals, and passions. singing songs popular from the ‘30s to today. Class The course also includes an excerpt from “Songs of the members are encouraged to bring in songs they would Second Half,” an original musical by the instructor. like to sing. The only singing talent necessary is the Barry Bortnick, PhD, is a composer, lyricist, and book desire to sing. We have a wonderful keyboard writer of musicals performed on both coasts and in London. He is the former program director for humani�es at the accompanist, a percussionist, and an occasional banjo. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Extension and It’s a lot of fun. founding director of the UCLA OLLI. He received his PhD

3 Art and Music from Harvard University where he did research on crea�vity ●Oct. 2: See how the works of Pollock and other and the development of interest in the arts. He has taught abstract expressionists emboldened a genera�on of courses on the American musical at various OLLIs around ar�sts, including Warhol, Johns, and Rauschenberg, to the country. rethink technique, color, and subject ma�er. ●Oct. 9: Learn about Serra, LeWi�, Christo, and F604 Breath of Heaven: The Poetry and others who emphasize form, idea, or process. Music of Amy Grant ●Oct. 16: Discover some already‐iconic works from Thursdays, 9:40–11:05, Sept. 20–Sept. 27 the late 20th century—art that moves, sweats, melts, Two sessions chimes, or makes a poli�cal statement—and try to Instructor: Steve Goldman predict what’s coming next. This course, fully described under Religious Studies, is ●Oct. 26: Travel by private bus to the Na�onal Gallery also relevant to Art and Music. of Art, where instructor Susan Rudy will lead a tour of post‐1950 art. The bus will leave promptly at 9:30 R114 Enjoying Classical Music: Mostly from Lake Anne Plaza. Please be on the bus no later Concert Previews than 9:15. The bus will return to Lake Anne Plaza at Mondays, 2:15–3:40, Sept. 17–Nov. 5 3:30. Lunch is on your own. A fee of $32, payable to No class Oct. 8 OLLI at �me of registra�on, covers bus transporta�on Seven sessions and driver gratuity. Instructor: Kosmo Tatalias Susan Rudy holds an MA in French from Middlebury Even if you are not a concertgoer, you should enjoy College’s graduate program at the Sorbonne. Following a listening to the classical music in this class. The 26‐year career with the CIA, she has been a docent at the selec�ons sampled will mostly preview the programs Na�onal Gallery of Art since 1999 and has led tours of the of upcoming area performances. Our videos may Winslow Homer Studio in Prouts Neck, Maine, since 2012. feature different ar�sts from those in the recitals and R116 Meet the Ar�sts concerts, but familiarity with the pieces and hearing Thursdays, 2:15–3:40, Oct. 4–Nov. 8 different interpreta�ons will enhance your enjoyment Six sessions of the live performances. Enrollees will have the Reston Community Center, CenterStage opportunity to request selec�ons from concerts and Coordinator: Rosemary McDonald recitals they plan to a�end in the weeks ahead. ● Oct. 4: Beverly Cosham, perennial favorite cabaret Dr. Kosmo Tatalias is a re�red mathema�cian and singer and entertainer, along with pianist and computer scien�st with a deep, lifelong interest in classical collaborator Howard Breitbart, return to CenterStage. music, especially piano, chamber music, and opera. He hopes to share with you his love of the classical repertoire ● Oct. 11: Peter Fraize, celebrated saxophonist, and and curiosity about varia�ons in performance styles. The New Peter Fraize Quintet perform. Includes DC luminaries Paul Pieper (guitar), Jon Ozment (piano), R115 Art Since 1950 and Excursion to the Nathan Kawaller (bass), and Leland Nakamura Na�onal Gallery of Art (drums). “Tough, powerful, hard swinging music, with Three session class and bus trip superb performances.” Jazzviews.net Tuesdays, 11:50–1:15, Oct. 2–Oct. 16, classes ● Oct. 18: Fairfax Symphony’s rst cellist, Friday, 9:15‐3:30, Oct. 26, Excursion to the Na�onal Cur�s Ins�tute–trained Marion Baker, and piano Gallery of Art collaborator Ruth Locker return to celebrate the Bus trip: $32 beau�ful music of cello and piano. Instructor: Susan Rudy ● Oct. 25: Dr. Anna Balakerskaia and gi�ed students Coordinator: Luci Martel from George Mason University perform pieces from Class limit: 35 the classical piano repertoire. This is a course/bus trip combina�on that will be ● Nov. 1: You Say Either, I Say Either: The Greatest registered on a rst‐come, rst‐served basis. You are Couples of the Great American Songbook. Luke Frazier signing up for the course and trip at the same �me. presents music performed by some of the most Three illustrated lectures explore trends in modern art famous couples in American musical history. Ar�sts since 1950, and will be followed by a private tour of like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Ella Fitzgerald and the newly renovated East Building of the Na�onal Louis Armstrong, Louis Prima and Keely Smith, and Gallery of Art. many more will be featured in this whirlwind musical tour. 4 Art and Music ● Nov. 8: Miroslav and Natasha Loncar, popular plots with his social and sexual preoccupa�ons, but classical guitar duo, perform selec�ons from their drama�c effec�veness was his main concern. We will repertoire to delight the audience. survey some of the complex background stories that were Wagner’s building blocks. Note: See the brief L117 Art History and Pain�ngs through synopses of the Ring cycle on DocStore before the rst An Ar�st’s Eyes: The Musée session. d’Orsay in Paris ● Oct. 16: “Who’s Who in the Ring: Icelandic tales,” Mondays, 11:50–1:15, Sept. 17–Sept. 24 “The Lay of Regin,” “The Lay of Fafnir,” and “The Lay of Two sessions Sigrdrifa.” Instructor: Adrienne Wyman Kralick ● Oct. 23: The Ring (families, revenge, and Ragnarok, Planning a trip to Paris can be expensive and the apocalypse): the Volsunga saga; The overwhelming. There is just so much to see. O�en it is Nibelungenlied (selec�ons in DocStore); and the Elder hard to know where to start. What are the “must see” Edda (selec�ons in DocStore). museums and masterpieces? Instructor Adrienne ● Oct. 30: Tristan (doomed lovers): the Irish story of Wyman has done the research for you. In this class, Diarmuid and Grainne; French stories by Beroul and you can sit back, relax, and take a virtual tour of the Thomas d'Angleterre; and the German Tristan Musée d’Orsay in Paris without ever leaving your seat. (Go�ried von Strassburg). PowerPoint presenta�ons will walk you through the ● Nov. 6: Parsifal (from magical vessel to holy object): museum. You’ll travel through �me exploring pain�ngs The Story of the Grail by Chré�en de Troyes; The Quest in chronological order, unveiling why they were of the Holy Grail (anon.); and Wolfram von groundbreaking or important for their �me and how Eschenbach’s Parzival. they affected the next genera�on. Amelia A. Rutledge is an associate professor of English at Adrienne Wyman Kralick adds a unique “behind‐the‐easel” George Mason University; she holds a PhD in medieval perspec�ve to art history, as an accomplished portrait studies from Yale University. She teaches courses in painter and exhibi�ng ar�st herself. Currently, she teaches medieval literature (especially Arthurian legend), science oil pain�ng at Smithsonian Studio Arts in Washington, DC. c�on, fantasy, and children’s literature, and has published She received her BFA from Auburn University, studying ar�cles on those subjects. graphic design and art history. Postgraduate studies include copying works of art in the museum of the Art Ins�tute of L120 “It Was a Good Show, but Don’t Do Chicago, traveling the world visi�ng museums and ar�s�c venues, vast reading, and independent research on the It Again:” American Art, subject. More informa�on can be found at Modernism, and the 1913 Armory www.AdrienneAr�st.com. Exhibi�on Wednesdays, 11:50–1:15, Oct. 17–Nov. 7 L118 Understanding Opera, Part 1 Four sessions Mondays, 1:40–3:40, Sept. 17–Oct. 1 Instructor: Christopher With Note �me On the evening of February 17, 1913, 4,000 guests Three sessions crowded the rooms of the 69th Street Armory in New Instructor: Glenn Winters York City to view the Interna�onal Exhibi�on of This course is a video teleconference of F102. Modern Art, more commonly known as the Armory Show. On display were approximately 1,300 pain�ngs, L119 Richard Wagner’s Medievalism: The sculptures, and works on paper by contemporary Stories Behind the Music ar�sts from Europe and America. No single exhibi�on Tuesdays, 11:50–1:15, Oct. 16–Nov. 6 has had such a trauma�c, exhilara�ng, and Four sessions disorien�ng effect on American art and its public. To Instructor: Amelia A. Rutledge comprehend the show’s place in American history and Medievalism treats the medieval period as a “usable art, this course will revisit the exhibi�on and its past,” and like William Morris or Alfred, Lord tumultuous a�ermath. It will also examine the state of Tennyson, Richard Wagner selec�vely appropriated American art prior to the show, reconstruct the show’s from medieval literature. Wagner is praised for his organiza�on, discuss contemporary opinions, and musical innova�ons, but the plots of Der Ring des review the show’s signicance from the vantage point Nibelungen, Tristan und Isolde, and Parsifal a�est to of 2018. the power of his medieval sources. Wagner imbued his ● Oct. 17: American Art before the Armory Show

5 Economics and Finance ● Oct. 24: The Armory Show L123 Drawing and Pain�ng Workshop ● Oct. 31: The Avant‐garde and Contemporary Public Thursdays, 11:50–1:15, Sept. 20–Nov. 8 Opinion Instructor: Cathy Faraj ● Nov. 7: Re‐assessing the Show Some 100 Years Later This fun and relaxing class is for all skill levels who ●Note: This is a revised and updated version of an want prac�ce in sketching, drawing, and watercolor. earlier series. We will help each other with techniques including See F110 for instructor informa�on. various paints, brushes, and paper for watercolor. We will do four sessions of drawing and four of watercolor. L121 Travel Photography The facilitator will supply s�ll life arrangements or Wednesdays, 9:40–11:05, Oct. 17–Nov. 7 photographs, or you may bring your own subjects. Four sessions Some projects may have to be completed at home. A Instructor: Stan Schre�er supply list will be e‐mailed to each class par�cipant. This four‐week course is a condensed version of the Cathy Faraj is a re�red Fairfax County Public Schools eight‐week course being offered at Tallwood. We will teacher who has taken many OLLI art classes and con�nues cover as many of the topics below as �me allows. to do so. She wants to pass on to as many people as ●Which Camera Should I Use? possible the enjoyment she has had in each class. ●Research, Research, Research ●Storytelling ●Composi�on for Travel Photographers ●Capturing the Essence of a Place–S�lls ●Capturing the Essence of a Place–Video ●What (if Anything) Do I Do With My S�lls and Videos While I am Traveling? 200 Economics and Finance ●What (if Anything) Do I Do With My S�lls and Videos Program Planning Group Chairs: When I get Home? Leo Brennan, Brenda Bloch‐Young, Ray Wilson See F101 for instructor informa�on. L122 Understanding Barbershop Harmony: A Truly American Genre F201 Demys�fying AI and Big Data: How Wednesdays, 2:15–3:40, Oct. 17–Nov. 7 Did They Do That? Four sessions Mondays, 11:50–1:15, Oct. 29–Nov.5 Instructor: Cliff Shoemaker Two sessions If you’ve ever heard a barbershop quartet and Instructor: Lou Coglianese wondered how this amazing form of music Ar�cial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data are everywhere. originated—and what makes it so magical—then you’ll While they have existed in one form or another for enjoy this lively course taught by a lifelong barbershop many years, today they are touching numerous acionado. The course will include a discussion of the aspects of our daily lives. This course will provide a history of barbershop music, highlighted by video brief history of AI and of Big Data, the technological demonstra�ons; a viewing of Dave Stevens’ video trends that have made them ubiquitous, and some of presenta�on, What Are We Trying to Preserve?, which the technology behind what we experience in areas describes the essence of barbershop music; an such as photo recogni�on, voice recogni�on, targeted examina�on of modern barbershop groups, featuring adver�sing, and others. highlights from contest performances by the best Lou Coglianese graduated from Columbia University and quartets and choruses today; plus, a look at humor in has a master’s degree in computer science from barbershop singing and a demonstra�on and Binghamton University. His career spanned IBM, consul�ng, sing‐along with a real live barbershop quartet. and Capital One. He re�red as director for banking enterprise architecture, where he architected complex Cliff Shoemaker grew up singing “Sweet Adeline” with his nancial marke�ng, credit approval, and fraud detec�on three older sisters and then sang in a barbershop quartet systems using consumer Big Data sources. through all four years of high school. A�er many years of singing in other choruses and church choirs, he returned to barbershop in 2009 when he joined the Fairfax Jubil‐Aires. Shoemaker has sung in six registered quartets, three of which have competed and won awards.

6 Economics and Finance F202 From Pre‐K to Re�rement: China’s F204 OLLI Economics Potpourri Social Safety Net Thursdays, 9:40–11:05, Sept. 20–Nov. 8 Tuesdays, 11:50–1:15, Oct. 30–Nov. 6 Church of the Good Shepherd Two sessions Coordinators: Leo Brennan, Brenda Bloch‐Young, Ray Instructor: Jing Jin Wilson Coordinator: Lucia S. Claster ● Sept. 20: The Man within the Breast, the Supreme ●Oct. 30: Chinese Educa�on System. The lecture will Impar�al Spectator, and Other Impar�al Spectators in introduce the Chinese educa�on system, from PreK‐12 Adam Smith’s The Theory of Moral SenƟments. Daniel to higher educa�on, both in public and private Klein, professor of economics and JIN Chair at the ins�tu�ons. Some comparisons will be made with the Mercatus Center, George Mason University. Dr. Klein is American educa�onal system. The overview will the chief editor of Econ Journal Watch. include curriculum, class selec�on, enrollment ● Sept 27: Behavioral Economics. Robert Hazel, a PhD requirements, exams, grading, school ac�vi�es, and economics student and guest lecturer at Mason, has fees. worked at the intersec�on of law, business, and ● Nov. 6: Chinese Healthcare and Social Security economics for many years. He began his career as a System. The lecture will discuss the healthcare system regulatory lawyer before working as an airline in China, both public and private medical ins�tu�ons, execu�ve and a partner at an interna�onal consul�ng and health insurance programs. This presenta�on will rm. also cover China’s present social security system, ● Oct. 4: The Case Against Educa�on. Bryan Caplan, which covers re�rement, medical, unemployment, and professor of economics at Mason and blogger for housing funding. EconLog. Caplan is the author of The Myth of the Jing Jin is an associate professor at Beijing Language and RaƟonal Voter, named “the best poli�cal book of the Culture University and resident director of the Confucius year” by the New York Times. Ins�tute at George Mason University. She received her PhD ●Oct. 11: The Economics of Motorcycle Gangs and in management science from China University of Mining and Technology. Jin also has a master’s degree in English Organized Crime. Ennio Epiano, PhD student in the literature from Northeast Normal University and in Department of Economics at Mason. He is a PhD interna�onal business from University of Wolverhampton, fellow at the Mercatus Center, and a graduate fellow at England. the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Studies in Philosophy, Poli�cs, and Economics. F203 The Tom Crooker Investment Forum ● Oct. 18: The Elephant in the Brain. Robin Hanson, Wednesdays, 11:50–1:15, Sept. 19–Nov. 7 an associate professor of economics at Mason. Hanson Fairfax Lord of Life received his PhD in social sciences from Caltech. Moderator: Al Smuzynski ● Oct. 25: Crowdfunding Defense: The Voluntary The Investment Forum, which meets weekly Provision of Public Goods in Ukraine. Garre� Wood, throughout the year, addresses investment topics of PhD student in the department of economics at par�cular interest to re�rees. A weekly agenda is Mason. Garre� earned his BA in economics from distributed, and each session begins with an open Hillsdale College and his MA in na�onal security discussion of recent events in the economy and in studies from the Naval War College. nancial markets, and their impact on investment ● Nov. 1: Monetary Policy in the Civil War South. decisions. Member presenta�ons typically include Bryan Cutsinger, PhD student in the department of such topics as: recent market indicators, stocks, bonds, economics at Mason. funds (mutual, exchange‐traded, and closed‐end), real ● Nov. 8: Funding the Virginia School of Poli�cal estate investment trusts (REITs), op�ons, commodi�es, Economy: The Role of the Radical Right. David Levy, master limited partnerships, sectors, alloca�ons, and professor of econometrics at Mason. Dr. Levy’s investment strategies. We use analyses and data from publica�ons include four scholarly books, 90 journal the nancial press. ar�cles, and more. In 2012, Levy was made a Al Smuzynski is a re�red bank regulator and an advocate Dis�nguished Fellow of the History of Economics of affordable housing. He currently serves on the boards of Society. Virginia Community Capital and Community Capital Bank of Virginia.

7 History Rosalyn Schanzer is the mul�ple award‐winning author and 300 History illustrator of 16 books for children and young adults Program Planning Group Chairs: Emme� Fenlon, featuring history’s greatest adventures. She speaks to Beth Lambert, Bernie Oppel, Dick Young audiences all over America and has taught many classes at OLLI as well, weaving her remarkable artwork into the mix.

F301 The Ba�le of Ball’s Bluff and the F303 The Lincoln Assassina�on: Facts, Arrest of Union General Charles Fic�on, and Frankly Craziness Stone Tuesdays, 9:40–11:05, Oct. 16–Nov.6 Mondays, 11:50–1:15, Sept. 17–Sept. 24 Four sessions Two sessions Instructor: Jim Dunphy Instructor: Philip Massey Everyone knows John Wilkes Booth shot President On October 21, 1861, the Ba�le of Ball’s Bluff was Lincoln at Ford’s Theater at the end of the Civil War, fought about three miles east of Leesburg. This small but there’s a lot more to the story, and we will look at but important ba�le was the third Union defeat in that different aspects of the assassina�on to get new year. A si�ng US Senator, Edward Baker, was killed perspec�ves on it. there. A�er this ba�le, Congress sought a greater role ● Oct. 16: Assassina�on Basics. In this class, we will in oversight of the war, and in December, they created look at the events leading up to the assassina�on, the the Joint Commi�ee for the Conduct of the War actual event, Booth’s ight through Maryland and (JCCW). General Charles Stone was the division Virginia, the Lincoln funeral, and the trial of the commander at Balls Bluff and became the primary conspirators. culprit in the JCCW inves�ga�on of the ba�le. ● Oct 23: The Cast of Characters. John Wilkes Booth is Accusa�ons against Stone went beyond poor well known, but how many people know of Edmund generalship to include treason, and he was arrested Spangler? Peanut John? Fanny Seward? and imprisoned for 189 days. We will look at the ba�le ● Oct. 30: Conspiracies. So you think Booth acted and General Stone's role in it, the proceedings against alone, only supported by a motley crew? Could it be him, his life before the ba�le including his service to that Lincoln was killed on the orders of Jefferson the country, and a�empts by Stone to restore his Davis? Or Secretary of War Stanton? Do you believe reputa�on. that Booth was killed at the Garre� farm? Or did he Philip Massey has been a member of OLLI since 2014, and was a prac�cing radiologist in Northern Virginia for 32 live to a ripe old age? years. He has an interest in American history, especially the ●Nov. 6: Media Depic�ons. Not surprisingly, the American Civil War. Lincoln assassina�on has been retold in nonc�on books, novels, movies, and even comic books. We will F302 Abe vs. Jeff, Part 2: The Civil War as look at some of these works, and students will be Seen from Both Sides provided with a bibliography for further reading and Tuesdays, 9:40–11:05, Sept. 18–Sept. 25 viewing. Two sessions Jim Dunphy has taught a number of OLLI classes in history, Instructor: Rosalyn Schanzer baseball, lm and literature. He is a member of the Surra� This past spring we found out why two American Society (Mary Surra� was hanged for being a co‐conspirator presidents, Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, really in Lincoln’s assassina�on), a�ending a number of their went to war in the rst place. Now, in Part 2, the conferences and par�cipa�ng in a number of Booth Escape terrible ba�les begin. Who did the gh�ng and why? Route tours. What strategies did Abe and Jeff and their generals F304 The Great War: A Long Shadow use? How did most people die, what were the prison Over the 20th Century, Part 2 camps like, what was the shocking nale of the war, Tuesdays, 11:30–1:30, Sept. 18–Nov. 6 and what happened as a consequence of the war? Note �me Using their own words, we will hear from Abe, Jeff, a Fairfax Lord of Life mul�tude of spies, free and enslaved black people, Instructor: Bernie Oppel soldiers of every stripe, music makers, and ordinary This course is a con�nua�on of F306 from spring 2018. men, women, and children who lived, fought, and died A�er a brief review of the war, the course will focus on during and a�er the war. Which versions of this tale addi�onal global consequences and legacies of World will they tell? War I, including remaking the global economic order,

8 History cultural impacts, World War II, crea�on of the then, as in any year. Take a li�le trip down Memory European Union, and colonial changes in East Asia, Lane (if not yours, then someone’s). Revisit “Forgo�en Africa, and the Middle East. To complement your 47,” its ups, its downs, and a whole lot in between. experience, at selected intervals the course will What was life like in America just a�er WWII? In many include a number of lms about the war. Chosen for ways it was a barrier breaking year: for race; for their ar�s�c merit, historical accuracy, and realism, the religion; for interna�onal rela�ons; for lms range from classics such as All Quiet on the communica�ons, and even for sound. You may Western Front to more recent produc�ons such as remember Jackie Robinson, but what about Larry Gallipoli. The lm class will meet from 11:30 to 1:30 so Doby? The Truman Doctrine (not to be confused with that each lm can be shown in one class period. the Truman Show)? Ta�‐Hartley, Kon‐Tiki, Roswell, the Enrollment in Part 1 is not required to par�cipate in Marshall Plan, instant cameras, and tubeless �res? Part 2. Marvel at some of the old ads from Time magazine OLLI member Bernie Oppel is a re�red Foreign Service and music, music, music—Pa� Paige, Frankie Laine, Officer and re�red Air Force colonel. He holds a PhD in Crosby, Sinatra...Zip A Dee Doo Dah! It’ll be a fun modern European/Russian history from Duke University. He show, you come too. has taught history at the US Air Force Academy, as well as Bob Coffin, an OLLI member, is a re�red US Army foreign several history and history lm courses at OLLI. area officer and Fairfax County high school history and special educa�on teacher. Coffin’s goal in teaching was to F305 The War That Changed Bermuda provide an advanced placement history experience to Tuesdays, 2:15–3:40, Sept. 18–Sept.25 general and special educa�on students, feeling that those Two sessions students o�en got the short end of the s�ck when exposed Instructor: Janine Greenwood to history classes. In 1938 Bermuda was a bit of tradi�onal Britain plus palm trees, and an elite vaca�on des�na�on. Cruise F307 Quartermaster General ships and, more recently, PanAm Clippers brought Montgomery C. Meigs, vaca�oners from New York for sun, pink sand, and Lincoln’s Loggy a�ernoon tea. World War II would replace cruise liners Tuesdays, 2:15–3:40, Oct. 30–Nov. 6 with convoys and tourists with Bri�sh Imperial Two sessions Censorship and the American Army and Navy. The Fairfax Lord of Life island would never be the same. One focus of this Instructor: Alan Gropman course will be the li�le‐known role of Bermuda in Please join us for a two‐part discussion about a man allied counter‐espionage, but the course is not mostly forgo�en who should be be�er known. Meigs intended to be a military history of the war in the was a captain when the Civil War started and a major Atlan�c. The course will examine the seismic shi�s in general when it ended. He has given us 21st century Bermuda’s culture and economy. beings monuments we can see and more. We will try Janine Greenwood began her career as a journalist and to give him the a�en�on he deserves. An out‐of‐print television producer, and recently re�red a�er a second biography of Meigs is �tled Second Only to Grant. We career of 40 years in the prac�ce of law with media will see why the author may be correct. companies and nonprot organiza�ons. She received her Dr. Alan L. Gropman is dis�nguished professor emeritus at undergraduate degree in history from the University of the Na�onal Defense University, where he taught for 20 Pi�sburgh and graduate law and journalism degrees from years. He is an adjunct professor at the George Mason Columbia University. She is currently working on a novel set University School for Conict Analysis and Resolu�on. He is in Bermuda in 1941. also a member of the school’s Advisory Board, and former chairman. He taught as an adjunct professor at Georgetown F306 So, 1947, Did Anything Really University for eight years in the Strategic Studies Program. Happen Then? He served 27 years in the United States Air Force and Tuesdays, 2:15–3:40, Oct. 16–Oct. 23 accumulated more than 4,000 ying hours, including two Two sessions combat ying tours in Vietnam. He was director of military Fairfax Lord of Life history instruc�on at the United States Air Force Academy. Instructor: Bob Coffin It’s been 70 years. I never learned much about it (maybe because I didn’t yet know how to read—and there was no TV). But “stuff” (and things) happened

9 History F308 A�ershocks of World War II in Asia: F310 Human Rights in China: Repression Japan, China, India, and Korea and Torture—Should Americans Wednesdays, 9:40–11:05, Sept. 19–Oct. 3 Care? Three sessions Wednesdays, 11:50–1:15, Oct. 31–Nov. 14 Instructor: Donald M. Bishop Note Dates (Nov. 14 is in the makeup week) Japan’s surrender in 1945 brought World War II to its Three sessions formal end, but an event of such violence, magnitude, Instructor: Burt Wides and reach set in mo�on profound changes—indeed Coordinator: Dick Young shocks—in its a�ermath. Japan was changed by the China’s human rights viola�ons against ethnic and defeat and the American occupa�on. A civil war in faith minori�es have been well known and widely China resulted in a Communist victory and the rule of reported, but the responses by America’s leaders in Chairman Mao. The United Kingdom gave up its rule in government, business, and academia have oscillated, India, and many lives were lost in the par��on that ranging from condemna�on to silence, which is followed. The ini�al postwar division of Korea between excused by cultural and historical na�onal differences. Soviet and American zones of occupa�on became This course will focus on (1) the breadth and depth of permanent, and war followed in 1950. A�er reviewing China’s human rights atroci�es and viola�ons, (2) the the course of World War II in Asia, we will review these obstacles in the United States and United Na�ons to four case studies and how they con�nue to shape our challenging China’s abuses, including the worldwide own �mes more than seven decades later. increase of Chinese inuence and self‐censoring in the Donald Bishop is Bren Chair of Strategic Communica�ons United States based on alleged na�onal security at Marine Corps University. In the Air Force, he taught interests, and (3) the whys and hows in our actual history at the US Air Force Academy. During 31 years in the na�onal security interests, as well as professional and foreign service, his assignments included Hong Kong, personal interests in the private sector. The instructor Taiwan, Korea, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Afghanistan, and China. will relate his experiences as legisla�ve counsel for F309 Louis XVI, the Unknown and Falun Gong, the most repressed faith group in China; Misunderstood King of Versailles as pro bono advocate for thousands of Chinese Wednesdays, 9:40–11:05, Oct. 10–Nov. 7 students studying in the United States a�er the 1989 Five sessions Tiananmen Square massacre; and as pro bono counsel Instructor: Elisabeth Wolpert to Ini�a�ves for China, the largest umbrella coali�on French history books have described Louis XVI as a advoca�ng for all faith and ethnic minori�es, simpleminded, cowardly ruler. This image, created by journalists, and poli�cal dissidents in China, Tibet, and the revolu�onaries, discredited a hardworking, Hong Kong. conscien�ous king who was a skilled diplomat trying to Burt Wides, a Harvard College and Law School graduate, served in senior posi�ons in the US Senate, House, and hold the na�on together, as well as a family man trying White House for decades, and in private law prac�ce in to protect his wife and children. Louis XVI found Washington, DC, and Wall Street. At OLLI, he has lectured himself trapped in a revolu�onary na�on. This course on the development of the Vo�ng Rights Acts and voter will show his tragic struggles and concern for his suppression, and on “Explosive Exposes” in Washington, DC, people’s welfare. It will also depict the private life of during the 1970s and ‘80s (the Watergate Affair, the the young king, his avoidance of court life, his Pentagon Papers, the Senate Select “Church Commi�ee,” problems in the bedroom, and his hobbies and and post‐9‐11 wars and surveillance). interests. We will nally look at his death, that of Marie Antoine�e, and the fate of his jailed children. F311 Reconstruc�on a�er the Civil War Elisabeth Wolpert was born and educated in France. Her Thursdays, 11:50–1:15, Oct. 18–Nov. 8 doctoral thesis dealt with 16th century French literature. Four sessions She enjoys being a member at OLLI, where she has taught Instructor: Alan Gropman several courses. Reconstruc�on has been badly examined in United States history. People old enough to take OLLI courses were taught even more lies about Reconstruc�on than about the causes of the Civil War, its military history, and the worth of Ulysses S. Grant. Racism became the founda�on of textbook histories of the era, and it s�ll affects culture and poli�cs today. See F307 for instructor informa�on. 10 History F312 Washington’s Statuary and the R315 Issues and Poli�cs in the Civil War American Indian Experience Mondays, 9:40–11:05, Oct. 1–Nov. 5 Thursdays, 2:15–3:40, Sept. 20–Oct.11 No class Oct. 8 Four sessions Five sessions Fairfax Lord of Life Instructor: Robert Finkelstein Coordinators: Brad Berger, Emme� Fenlon Many of the poli�cal, social, geographical and This course will examine the rela�onships among key economic differences that were considered causes of gures memorialized in Washington, DC, and American the Civil War were present prior to the ra�ca�on of Indians. Trea�es, viola�ons, and wars resul�ng from the Cons�tu�on. Discussions will include the history of contact between emissaries from Washington, and those differences, along with the events between 1846 American Indians con�nue to leave a deep impact on and 1860 that led to secession and war. We will society today. examine the goals of the poli�cal and military leaders Na�onal Park Service rangers have par�cipated with OLLI during the war and discuss the overall strategies of the in scores of thema�c courses, special events, and trips since Union and Confederacy. This course will focus on the 2001. outcomes and consequences of selected ba�les that F313 Capital Crime in US History changed poli�cs at the end of the war. Robert Finkelstein earned his BS in American government Thursdays, 2:15–3:40, October 18–November 8 from Columbia University, and his MS in computer systems Four sessions from American University. Finkelstein has extensively read Fairfax Lord of Life about and studied the Civil War. Coordinators: Brad Berger, Emme� Fenlon Please join Na�onal Park Service rangers as we R316 Ge�ng to Know Virginia examine how the vile crime of murder affected Mondays, 11:50–1:15, Sept. 17–Oct. 18 American society. The lives of four Americans, taken No class Oct. 8 before their natural �me, will be discussed. Four sessions Highlighted will be the ramica�ons of these acts, and Instructor: Ken Plum the inves�ga�ons and trials that followed in their Take a classroom visit through Virginia with the longest wake. currently‐serving member of the House of Delegates, See F312 for instructor informa�on. Ken Plum. Ken will suggest places to visit, provide some history, and narrate folk tales. He will also R314 The Internment of Japanese‐ describe local cultures and give a calendar of year‐ Americans During World War II round events. Whatever your interests, you can pursue Mondays, 9:40–11:05, Sept. 17–Sept. 24 them in Virginia with Ken’s help. Classroom lectures, Two sessions discussion, and travel materials will be included. Instructor: Robert Finkelstein Delegate Ken Plum is one of the founders of OLLI and a Approximately 112,000 Japanese‐Americans living on popular leader of courses on Virginia's history and the west coast (70 percent of whom were US ci�zens) government. He is a na�ve Virginian who holds degrees were interned during World War II solely because of from Old Dominion University and the University of Virginia. their ancestry. This class will briey trace the history of His weekly commentary appears in a local newspaper and in Japanese immigra�on and an�‐Japanese his electronic newsle�er, Virginia E‐News. discrimina�on in the United States, the per�nent events of World War II, some of the experiences of R317 The Roaring Twen�es and the those interned, the legal issues and Supreme Court Painful Thir�es cases, and poli�cs during the war. The class will also Tuesdays, 11:50–1:15, Sept. 18–Nov. 6 Instructor: Pat McGinty review events a�er World War II, including efforts to Seldom in American history can two decades be more compensate those interned and legal cases to reverse different from each other. American life in the related convic�ons. Robert Finkelstein earned his BS in American government twen�es has been described as carefree and relaxed; from Columbia University, and his MS in computer systems that is, un�l the Great Crash. By contrast, life in the from American University. He has extensively read about thir�es has been described as challenging both and studied the internment of the Japanese. economically and poli�cally as the na�on dealt with the Great Depression, and the march toward another war. Come join us as we examine these two decades

11 History and try to determine exactly what life was like in R320 Propaganda Films America during this �me. Thursdays, 2:15–3:40, Oct. 18‐Nov. 8 Patrick McGinty, an OLLI member, is a re�red naval officer Four sessions with an MA and PhD in history from Georgetown University. Instructor: Ben Gold He has taught various history, poli�cal science, and Films not only entertain, they also can convince the psychology courses in Texas, Maryland, and Virginia. His viewer of a certain poli�cal point, or inuence the areas of specializa�on at the University of Maryland opinions or behavior of people, by providing University College were the history of terrorism, the history deliberately misleading, propagandis�c content. We of violence in America, and the history of substance abuse will see four propaganda lms. The development of in America. Russian cinema in the 1920’s saw considerable R318 Rangers’ Choice: A Different Topic progress in the use of the mo�on picture as a Every Week! propaganda tool, at the same �me serving to develop Tuesdays, 2:15–3:40, Sept. 18–Oct. 30 the art of moviemaking. Eisenstein’s lms, in par�cular Seven sessions The BaƩleship Potemkin, are masterworks of the Rose Gallery at Reston Community Center, Lake Anne cinema, even as they glorify Eisenstein’s Communist Coordinators: Brad Berger, Emme� Fenlon ideals. The rise of totalitarian states and WWII in the Mystery topics abound! There is no common thread 1930’s and ‘40’s, are arguably the “Golden Age of that binds these lectures week to week. A Na�onal Propaganda.” Leni Riefenstahl, a lmmaker working in Park Service ranger will speak on a new topic at each Nazi Germany, created what is likely the greatest session. We will explore obscure local connec�ons to propaganda movie of all �me: Triumph of the Will, a people, places, or events that few rarely, if ever, lm commissioned by Hitler to chronicle the 1934 Nazi associate with either Washington, DC, or the exper�se Party rally in Nuremberg. Despite its controversial of Na�onal Mall park rangers. subject, the lm is s�ll recognized for its revolu�onary See F312 for instructor informa�on. approaches to using music and cinematography. During the Depression, the US government, specically R319 Rocking the Cradle and Ruling the the Rese�lement Administra�on, sponsored two short World: England’s Queen Mothers lms, The Plow That Broke the Plains and The River, to Thursdays, 9:40–11:05, Sept. 20–Oct. 11 raise awareness about the New Deal. Four sessions Ben Gold, a frequent instructor at OLLI, is a lifelong classic Instructor: Carol Ann Lloyd lm buff with a degree in poli�cal science. Combine these “The King is dead!” But some�mes the Queen is alive two elements, and what could be more exci�ng than and well, and eager to be involved in the reign of her watching the most classic of all propaganda movies? child. What happens when the child becomes ruler over everyone… even Mum? The �tle “Queen Mother” L321 The Persian Empire: 2500 BCE to has been in use since the late 16th century, but the 1979 CE role was signicant for hundreds of years before that. Mondays, 9:40–11:05, Sept. 17–Nov. 5 Explore the lives of the women who rocked the cradle No class on Sept. 24, Oct. 8 and helped rule the world. Six sessions ● Sept. 20: Early England, the Crusades, the Wars of Instructor: JiIla Shambaya� the Roses Explore the unique history and glories of the Great ● Sept. 27: The Tudors, the Stuarts, and the Persian Empire from its founding, more than 2,500 Reforma�on years ago, un�l the 1979 Iranian Revolu�on. We will ● Oct. 4: Civil War, Restora�on of the Monarchy, and learn about its founder and rst King, Cyrus the Great, the Bri�sh Empire and his remarkable philosophy of governance and ● Oct. 11: World Wars and the Modern Monarchy human rights. The Persian noble character lies in the Carol Ann Lloyd is a scholar, professional speaker, and teachings of Zoroastrianism, arguably the world's rst author who teaches courses on Shakespeare and English great monotheis�c religion. We will learn about other history. Since 2012, Lloyd has presented at the Smithsonian, gures who have shaped Persian culture through the Folger Shakespeare Library, Agecro� Hall, and other arts, tradi�ons, and religious thinking. Among these loca�ons. She is currently working on a book exploring the are Rumi, Omar Khayam, and Ferdowsi, historian and stats and stories of the Tudors. author of the remarkable Shahnameh (Book of Kings). The rise of religious Islam, following the Arab invasions of the 7th century, led to new Persian religious

12 History philosophies including Islamic Shi'ism and the Iranian course is in two parts, 12 sessions: Part 1 (1750s to tradi�on of Suism. Along with Zoroastrianism, these early 20th century) and Part 2, winter session beliefs and prac�ces remain the unique threads of (covering mid‐20th century to the present). An added Persian culture and tradi�ons to this day. benet, many of the 101 objects are displayed in local Jilla Shambaya� is a Persian American who has been Smithsonian museums. The course raises a number of teaching Persian (Farsi) language, literature, and history at ques�ons: how do these objects t in par�cular points the Persian Cultural Center, the Cyrus Academy, and private in our history; did they impact the majority of the venues in the United States for over 30 years. She has an popula�on, the economy, or the government; are they undergraduate degree in Persian language and a master’s linked to other objects and, if so, what is their degree in interna�onal trade. She worked as an agent, impor�ng pharmaceu�cal products to Iran from Europe. combined impact? Mark Weinstein, an eleven‐year OLLI member, is a re�red L322 History of Unions electrical engineer and a docent at both Smithsonian Air Mondays, 2:15–3:40, Oct. 15–Nov.5 and Space Museums. He has given a number of OLLI courses Four sessions covering avia�on and technology. He is a history buff and a news junky, intrigued by technology. In his wild impetuous Instructor: Jim Dunphy single days he ew a Piper Tri‐Pacer. From the people who brought you the eight‐hour day, weekends, and sick leave—we will look at the L324 Presidents' Body Counts: The Best tumultuous history of unions in the United States, and Worst US Presidents Based on from the beginning of collec�ve ac�on in the Lowell Human Rights Records mills in the 1830s to the protests in Wisconsin in the Tuesdays, 11:50–1:15, Oct. 2–Oct. 23 2010s. It is a history of both successes and failures, Four sessions and of larger‐than‐life gures such as Big Bill Haywood, Instructor: Alton Carroll Joe Hill, Mother Jones, and many others. We will look Most rankings of presidents are popularity contests or at unions in both the private and public sectors. Each based simply upon name recogni�on. This course class will start with an overture from the union argues that presidents should be judged on how many songbook. A�er taking this class, Labor Day will mean people lived or died because of their ac�ons outside of more than the day the community pools close! just wars. The worst US presidents include Nixon, Jim Dunphy is a re�red member of Local 17, American Reagan, and Jackson. The best include Lincoln and Federa�on of Government Employees. A�er re�ring from Carter. No doubt there will be much lively free‐ranging the Veterans Affairs (VA) Department, he served as the discussion, such as why Clinton is ranked worse than director of educa�on and training for the Na�onal VA George W. Bush. Council, the American Federa�on of Government Al Carroll is associate professor of US, American Indian, Employees bargaining council. He comes from almost 100 and La�n American history at Northern Virginia Community years of union membership, as his father was a member of College, and a former Senior Fulbright Scholar in Indonesia. the Uniformed Fireghters Associa�on and the Uniformed He has wri�en six books and numerous ar�cles that have Fire Officers Associa�on, and his grandfather was a member appeared in news media and scholarly publica�ons. of the Transit Workers Union. L325 The Cuban Revolu�on: Just or L323 History of America in 101 Objects Necessary Enhanced, Part 1 Tuesdays, 2:15–3:30, Sept. 18–Oct. 9 Tuesdays, 9:40–11:05, Sept. 18–Nov. 6 Four sessions Instructor: Mark Weinstein Instructor: Roland Estrada This is not your typical comprehensive American Located just 90 miles from Key West, Cuba has played history course. This is a review and discussion of the an important role in world affairs since the Cuban output of the Smithsonian Ins�tu�on’s dis�lla�on of Revolu�on began in November 1956. In just over two over ten million objects in their collec�ons down to years it managed to take power and began a poli�cal the 101 objects that illustrate American history. An phase in Cuban history that con�nues to affect its AtlanƟc Monthly ar�cle points out 22 of the 50 most people and the United States. This course will cover a signicant inven�ons and discoveries that occurred number of confronta�ons between Cuba and the US in since the inven�on of the wheel and which occurred in the ini�al years a�er 1959. It covers Cuba’s close America between 1750 and the present. Some are in rela�ons with the Soviet Union and the the Smithsonian’s list and the others are added. The interna�onaliza�on of its efforts around the globe.

13 Literature, Theater, and Writing From Chile to Nicaragua and now Venezuela, the 400 Literature, Theater, and course will discuss Cuba’s regional interac�on in the WriƟng Americas. It will close with the reestablishment of Planning Group Chairs: Pat Bangs, Jackie Gropman, diploma�c rela�ons with the United States and a Ka�e Mitchell, Nancy Scheeler (Reston), discussion of how the future looks now that Fidel Rala Stone Castro has died and his brother Raul is disengaging from his leading government role. Roland G. Estrada is a re�red foreign service officer who F401 OLLI Players Workshop has lived in Chile, Peru, and Venezuela. He holds a master’s Mondays, 9:40–11:05, Sept. 17–Nov. 5 degree in interna�onal rela�ons from the Catholic No class Oct. 8 University of America and an undergraduate degree from Seven sessions Rutgers University in New Jersey. Instructor: Kathie West Associate Instructor: Wendy Campbell L326 John Adams: Patriot, Husband, This is a con�nuing ac�ng and producing workshop for Poli�cian, and Father serious theater‐minded par�cipants, conducted by the Thursdays, 9:40–11:05, Sept. 20–Nov. 8 OLLI Players, an amateur theater group affiliated with Instructor: Mark Sierakowski George Mason University. In our repertoire we This course weaves the public and private lives of John incorporate lyrics, short scenes, monologues, and and Abigail Adams and their children with those of an original plays, and perform them at various local array of major gures within the overarching story of venues such as senior centers. We will also be crea�ng the birth of independence and the trials and a murder mystery that will be performed three �mes tribula�ons that followed. Each class will have a movie in June 2019. You must be willing to travel during the about the events, which include: day, mostly on Fridays. If you have a scene or a play ● Adams’s defense of the Bri�sh soldiers at the Boston you would like to see put on, bring it along, and we Massacre: The making of Adams the patriot. will try it. Come, join, and be willing to tout OLLI and ● The struggles of the Con�nental Congress in your talents! declaring independence. Kathie West, an OLLI member, is a former theater teacher ● John and Abigail’s pain at separa�on: The journey of at Robert E. Lee High School and Thomas Jefferson High Adams and his son John Quincy to France to seek School for Science and Technology. nancial aid, and Adams’s conten�ons with the French and Dutch, but most notably with Benjamin Franklin. F402 A�emp�ng to Understand Middle ● Abigail’s travels to France: How she gets to know East Poli�cs through Literature: Thomas Jefferson and experiences French society and Egypt in Naguib Mahfouz’s Novels culture, and John’s return home to face the prospect Mondays, 9:40–11:05, Sept. 17, Oct. 1, Oct. 15, Oct. 29 Four sessions of helping to lead the new na�on. Notes Dates ● Adams as Vice President: Exclusion from Instructor: Heba El‐Shazli Washington’s inner circle, the distancing of his Class limit: 20 rela�onship with Jefferson, and his elec�on as We will be reading novels by Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006), President. who is the only Arab writer to have been awarded the ● President Adams’s avoidance of war with France: Nobel Prize for Literature (in 1988). He opened a window to Struggles with his cabinet, signing of the controversial Arabic literature for world readership. Naguib Mahfouz was Alien and Sedi�on Acts, failure to win a second term. a superb, insigh�ul observer and commentator on Egyp�an ● Abigail’s death: Resump�on of communica�on with society, history, poli�cs, and economic affairs. He focused Jefferson, and Adams’s and Jefferson’s deaths on July on the psychological impact on Egyp�an society of poli�cal 4, 1826. and economic changes over a period of ve decades. Mark Sierakowski is an OLLI member who enjoys sharing Mahfouz wrote about taboo social topics as well as the subjects of interest with OLLI members. growing decadence of Egypt’s society over the years star�ng in the Nasser era. By reading the four novels selected for this course, we will travel through Egypt’s history and poli�cs beginning in the 1940s un�l the assassina�on of President Sadat in 1981 and a�er. So please join me on this literary journey to Egypt through the wri�ngs of Naguib Mahfouz.

14 Literature, Theater, and Writing ● Sept. 17: Midaq Alley, Naguib Mahfouz (ISBN: present, or contempla�ng your future. Using a variety 9780385264761) of prompts ranging from video clips to family ar�facts, ● Oct. 1: Autumn Quail, Naguib Mahfouz (ISBN: writers will discover new ways to tap into their life 9780385498357) stories. ● Oct. 15: Karnak Café, Naguib Mahfouz (ISBN: Ron Shapiro taught high school English and crea�ve 9780307390455) wri�ng with the Fairfax County Public Schools for 30 years, ● Oct. 29: The Day the Leader Was Killed, Naguib where he developed innova�ve wri�ng curricula and was Mahfouz (ISBN: 9780385499224) dis�nguished for teaching excellence. He developed Heba F. El‐Shazli is an Egyp�an‐American and an avid lover “Elderberries,” a memoir wri�ng course at Goodwin House and reader of literature from the Middle East and North West in Alexandria. He has taught wri�ng classes at OLLI Africa (MENA) region. She is an assistant professor of and published several ar�cles, including “Raising Self‐ poli�cal science at George Mason University’s Schar School Esteem Through Wri�ng.” of Policy and Government and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s master’s degree program at the F405 The Poetry of Robert Frost Center for Democracy and Civil Society. El‐Shazli teaches Tuesdays, 11:50–1:15, Sept. 18–Oct. 23 courses on government and poli�cs of the Middle East and Six sessions North Africa, Islam and poli�cs, interna�onal rela�ons, and Instructor: Lesley Francis the role of civil society and social movements in Some of you will recall the inaugura�on of President democra�za�on. She has a PhD in government and Kennedy on a bi�erly cold day when Robert Frost interna�onal affairs from Virginia Polytechnic Ins�tute's recited from memory the historic words of “The Gi� School of Public and Interna�onal Affairs and a master’s Outright.” You may remember from childhood such degree from Georgetown University. She was the director popular favorites as “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy of MENA programs at the Solidarity Center (2004–2011) and Evening,” “Mending Wall,” and “The Road Not Taken.” the deputy MENA regional director at the Na�onal This course will explore the four‐�me Pulitzer Prize Democra�c Ins�tute for Interna�onal Affairs (NDI) from winner from a variety of perspec�ves. Dr. Francis, the 2001 un�l 2004. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Rela�ons (www.cfr.org). poet’s granddaughter, brings her extensive publica�ons and personal experience to bear on the F403 Readers’ Theater poet’s rich and varied verse. The class will be using Mondays, 11:50–1:15, Sept. 17–Nov.5 Robert Frost: Collected Poems, Prose, and Plays. No class Oct. 8 Lesley Lee Francis, who holds an AB degree from Radcliffe Seven sessions College and a PhD in romance languages from Duke Coordinators: Michelle Blandburg, Wendy Campbell, University, has lectured and published extensively on her Marcella Fruchter, Paule�e Miller, Pa� Rainey, and grandfather, Robert Frost. Her two books—Robert Frost: An Kathie West Adventure in Poetry and You Come Too: My Journey with Class limit: 28 Robert Frost—are currently available. OLLI’s Readers’ Theater is great fun for the “secret F406 Poetry Workshop actor” in all of us! Scripts are usually monologues, Tuesdays, 2:15–3:40, Sept. 18–Nov.6 poetry, short skits, or scenes from longer plays. A fresh Moderators: Mike McNamara, Jan Bohall variety of theatrical materials is provided by our Class limit: 16 crea�ve coordinators. Parts may be handed out in This workshop allows both novice and experienced poets advance or read cold. No memoriza�on is ever the opportunity to share their work and receive sugges�ons required. Even if you’ve tried Readers’ Theater before, for improvement. Workshop members should bring an come back. We are always trying something new! original poem in dra� or revised form to each session. Two poems should be sent to the Tallwood office for duplica�on F404 Memoir Wri�ng one week before the rst class mee�ng and a third poem Mondays, 2:15–3:40, Sept. 17–Nov. 5 brought to the rst session. The moderators will email No class Oct. 8 students a�er registra�on to let them know exactly when Seven sessions and where to send their poems for the rst class. Instructor: Ron Shapiro Mike McNamara, an OLLI member, has been published in Class limit: 25 several literary journals and magazines and has received Learn to write about your individual and shared awards from the Poetry Society of Virginia. Jan Bohall, also an OLLI member, has had poems published history in ways that will clarify your vision, whether in various periodicals and has won awards from the Poetry you are looking into your past, documen�ng your Society of Virginia.

15 Literature, Theater, and Writing F407 Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall: A Fresh F409 The Way We Live Now Angle on the Tudor Ma�er Wednesdays, 11:50–1:15, Sept. 19–Nov. 7 Wednesdays, 9:40–11:05, September 19–Nov. 7 Instructor: Kay Menchel Instructor: Ellen Moody In this class we will read and discuss Anthony Wolf Hall Bring We'll read Hilary Mantel’s and discuss Trollope’s 1875 novel The Way We Live Now, a sa�rical Up the Bodies . Our context will be nonc�onalized drama�za�on of the ways in which avarice distorts a biographies of Tudor/Stuart queens and the society. Although Trollope is perhaps slightly less immensely popular lm adapta�ons of the Henry VIII famous than contemporaries such as Charles Dickens Wolf Hall The Other Tudor ma�er, especially and and George Eliot, he is very much their equal as a Boleyn Girl . Our goal is to explore historical c�on, storyteller and one of the most acclaimed authors of romance, and lm, and to ask why this par�cular era the 19th century. Many consider The Way We Live appeals so strongly. Now to be his magnum opus. The book’s �tle, of Ellen Moody has a PhD in English literature and was a course, suggests both its panoramic scope and the lecturer in senior colleges for over 30 years. She has wri�en and published two books, many essays, and reviews on urgency with which it comments on life in the 1870s. early modern to contemporary literature, lm adapta�on, Its preoccupa�ons remain highly relevant today. In and transla�on. As an independent scholar she maintains a addi�on to exploring the power of Trollope’s art, we scholarly literary website and three blogs, a�ends will also look at the parallels between his gripping conferences where she regularly presents papers, and joins narra�ve and the present moment. in with others in reading and discussing books and movies. Kay Menchel, who grew up in Yorkshire, England, is a lawyer who also holds an MA in English literature from F408 La�n American Literature: The George Mason University. She enjoys sharing her passion House of the Spirits for English literature with OLLI members. Wednesdays, 11:50–1:15, Sept. 19–Nov. 7 Instructor: Ligia Glass F410 Great American Short Stories Class limit: 30 Thursdays, 9:40–11:05, Sept. 20–Nov. 8 The House of the Spirits, the debut novel of Isabel Instructor: Cameron Menchel Allende, established Allende as one of the world’s In this course we’ll read a handful of stories from The most gi�ed and imagina�ve storytellers. Allende, a Best Short Stories of The Century selected by John Chilean author, has since been called the world’s most Updike in the late 1990s. The short story form offers widely read Spanish‐language author. In 2004 Allende many unique pleasures, including the chance to was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and experience a great writer in a highly compressed form. Le�ers, and in 2010 she received Chile’s Na�onal We’ll take a look at authors as different as F. Sco� Literature Prize. President Barack Obama awarded her Fitzgerald, Flannery O’Connor, and Philip Roth. In each the 2014 Presiden�al Medal of Freedom. In this course class we’ll discuss a single story (or possibly two if we will read and discuss The House of the Spirits, an they’re very short), why they work, how they’re built, enthralling epic that spans decades and lives, weaving and what they have to say about love, fear, longing, the personal and the poli�cal into a universal story of war, language, injus�ce, and so much else in the love, magic, and fate. All the reading and discussions American century. for this course will be in English. Class par�cipa�on will Cameron Menchel a�ended the College of William and greatly enhance the understanding of the novel and Mary, from which he received a BA in English and received the author. honors in his major for a thesis on Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. He is interested in pursuing graduate study in Ligia Glass is a na�ve of Panama and re�red from the literature and is delighted to have the opportunity to teach Securi�es and Exchange Commission. She has over 15 years’ at OLLI in the mean�me. experience teaching all levels of Spanish and La�n American literature at Northern Virginia Community College. She has also taught Spanish with the Fairfax County Adult Educa�on F411 So You Wanna Write Poetry but Program (ACE) and has been an OLLI instructor for several Don’t Think You Can years. Glass holds an MA in foreign languages, an MA in Thursdays, 11:50–1:15, Sept. 20–Nov. 8 La�n American area studies, and an ABD in La�n American Instructors: Ed Sadtler, Carolyn Wya� literature. Class limit: 10 This is a class for those who aspire to wri�ng poetry but fear there’s some mysterious secret behind this

16 Literature, Theater, and Writing wri�en, some�mes verbal, art form. Perhaps you just and history, weaving his knowledge into the development need the encouragement and impetus to give it a try. of a modern‐day curriculum appealing to all ages. Sign up and nd the support you need! Each session R414 and R415 Shakespeare’s History will be divided into three segments: a discussion of Plays: Henry IV, Part Two and cra�, a �me to write, and a �me to share what’s been Henry V wri�en. Come and surprise yourself! Instructor: Karen Miles Ed Sadtler, a graduate of Shippensburg State College in Overview of Series: These two courses will complete Pennsylvania, has conducted many wri�ng workshops at the planned cycle of Shakespeare history plays, OLLI, and has taught poetry wri�ng classes for the Life�me following Richard II and Henry IV, Part One, offered Fall Learning Ins�tute of Northern Virginia Community College. 2017. In Henry IV, Part Two, nobles con�nue to try to Carolyn Wya� is a re�red federal informa�on officer who dethrone the king; Prince Hal con�nues to shun his traveled widely in that posi�on. She has an MA in Spanish father’s court; and venality, corrup�on, and cynicism from Indiana University and aspires to be a poet and a wise are rife. Upon his father’s death, Prince Hal assumes woman. the throne, banishes Falstaff, and opens a new chapter F412 Conict and the Novel: Graham of the English monarchy. In Henry V, we see Greene's The Quiet American Shakespeare’s most successful king in ac�on as he Thursdays, 11:50‐1:15, November 1‐8 masterfully deals with the component parts of his Two sessions realm: the clergy, the nobility, and the commons, Instructor: Richard Rubenstein Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. Having united his In this course we read and interpret Graham Greene's countrymen, Henry leads them into France to reclaim prophe�c novel, The Quiet American, in order to Bri�sh territories. He then seals the deal by winning discover what imagina�ve literature can teach us the hand in marriage of the daughter of the French about violent conict. king. Henry IV, Part Two and Henry V are being offered Richard Rubenstein is university professor of conict as two separate courses. People are free to enroll in resolu�on and public affairs at George Mason University one or both of these courses; par�cipa�on in the and teaches a graduate course in conict and literature. He previous courses on Richard II and Henry IV, Part One is the author of nine books on violent poli�cal conict and in Fall 2017 is not a prerequisite for either course. We methods of resolving conict nonviolently. will begin each by watching the produc�on of the play F413 The Almost Perfect Story from the BBC series The Hollow Crown, which reduces each play to about two and a half hours, but in many Thursdays, 2:15–3:40, Sept. 20–Nov. 8 Instructor: Skip Bromley cases the discussion will need to draw on the full text. Watching a good movie is entertaining. Watching that I recommend the Folger Shakespeare Library edi�on same movie, and understanding how Greek myths are by Barbara Mowat and Paul Wers�ne as very readable woven into its fabric, enriches that experience. This and informa�ve. class will explore the inuence that ancient Greek gods R414 Henry IV, Part Two and gures have on modern day stories. The movies Mondays, 11:50–1:15, Sept. 17–Oct. 15 Castaway Seabiscuit and will be presented in the No class Oct. 8 context of the impact of ancient Greek myths on these Four sessions par�cular works. You will meet Prometheus, Demeter, As the play opens, Henry IV once again faces Zeus, Hermes, and Midas to discover how they insurrec�on from nobles, this �me led by the clergy; inuence these movies. You will understand how Prince Hal con�nues to keep company with Falstaff; modern storytelling reects elements of the same the king is sick and dying; and the mood in the country stories told in earlier �mes. History is said to repeat is very dark. The discussion will focus on the following itself, and stories do the same. issues: the ma�ers driving con�nued challenges to Skip Bromley is an award‐winning teacher who worked for Henry IV’s reign, nal lessons that Prince Hal learns Fairfax County Public Schools for 37 years. He was from Falstaff and his companions, and the signicance recognized for his tenure at Oakton High School with the naming of the school auditorium in his honor. He was of Hal’s public repudia�on of Falstaff just a�er his grateful this was not a posthumous recogni�on. He studied corona�on. As per�nent, we will also note liber�es theatre at Catholic University, and has produced and that Shakespeare took with the historical facts. directed hundreds of plays and musicals throughout his Karen Miles holds a PhD in French literature from the career. He has been deeply inuenced by Greek mythology University of Wisconsin, Madison. She taught at

17 Literature, Theater, and Writing Marque�e University and the University of Wisconsin‐ Virginia Community College where she s�ll teaches world Parkside before becoming a program officer at the literature part �me online. Her PhD is from City University Na�onal Endowment for the Humani�es. Since of New York in compara�ve literature. re�ring, she has taught a course on Shakespeare’s R417 Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida sonnets for OLLI. Mondays, 2:15–3:40, Oct. 22–Nov. 12 R415 Henry V Note dates (November 12 is in the makeup week) Mondays, 11:50–1:15, Oct. 22–Nov. 12 Four sessions Note dates (Nov. 12 is in the makeup week) Instructor: Richard Wilan Four sessions In an Elizabethan grammar school, such as With Henry V, Shakespeare creates a character that Shakespeare surely a�ended, students might argue in embodies, as closely as humanly possible, the perfect La�n such ques�ons as: Should the Trojans have king. Following poor ini�al prospects and a long, returned Helen to the Greeks to end the war? In this unorthodox educa�on, Henry V deals masterfully with play Shakespeare drama�zes that debate and shows us all of the issues that bedeviled his father: con�nuing what the Trojan War was really like. The two lovers of challenges from independent‐minded and powerful the �tle seem, with Uncle Pandarus, caught between nobles, lack of legi�miza�on from the clergy, and the who they are in real �me and who they were to desire of the commons for freedom from all become in the Troy legend. Students will need a copy constraints of law and morality. The discussion will of the play in any edi�on. This course is a complement focus on the quali�es of character that enable Henry V to R416 The Tradi�on of Troy from the Bronze Age to to unite the classes and the countries of Great Britain the Renaissance. on the domes�c front and to regain Britain’s territories Richard Wilan received a BA from Amherst College, an MAT from Harvard University, and a PhD from the and stature abroad. University of Maryland, where his disserta�on was on See R414 for instructor informa�on. Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida. He recently re�red from R416 The Tradi�on of Troy from the Northern Virginia Community College, where he taught Bronze Age to the Renaissance wri�ng and Shakespearean literature for many years. Mondays, 2:15–3:40, Sept. 17–Oct. 15 R418 Great American Short Stories No class Oct. 8 Tuesdays, 9:40–11:05, Sept. 18–Nov. 6 Four sessions Instructor: Cameron Menchel Instructor: Diane Thompson This is a repeat of F410. The Trojan War probably occurred in the 12th century BCE in western Anatolia. Since then it has been wri�en R419 The Way We Live Now about and re‐imagined in many forms, including epic Tuesdays, 2:15–3:40, Sept. 18–Nov.6 poetry, sculpture, pain�ng, and plays. The Fall of Troy Instructor: Kay Menchel is perhaps the most enduring legend in Western This is a repeat of F409. Civiliza�on a�er the Fall of Man as told in the Hebrew Bible. Both try to explain the degenerated nature of R420 Literary Roundtable human civiliza�on while looking back to an earlier Wednesdays, 11:50–1:15, Sept. 26–Nov. 7 golden age. The one important counter‐example is Seven sessions Virgil’s Aeneid, which has the defeated Trojans Reston’s Used Book Shop at Lake Anne founding the future Roman Empire. This course will Moderator: Ben Gold review the possible sites and events of the Trojan War Class limit: 21 This con�nuing short story discussion class will be and then give an overview of the relevant mythology, reading stories from O. Henry Prize Stories 2017, Homeric epics, Greek dramas, Virgil’s Aeneid, and various medieval European retellings of the events. edited by Laura Furman. The book is available online The course will end at the Renaissance. Dick Wilan will from a variety of sources for about $11.00 or less for the paperback, and for $12.00 for the Kindle edi�on con�nue the discussion with R417 Shakespeare’s from Amazon. The stories in this volume are from Troilus and Cressida, a four‐week course on many authors new to this class, with a few known Shakespeare’s great Troy play, Troilus and Cressida. Diane Thompson has been studying and teaching about contributors. the Trojan War and related ma�ers since the 1970s when Ben Gold has a BA in poli�cal science from Stanford she rst discovered what a wonderful long cut through University and also holds an MS in computer science. He is a history it offered. She is a professor emerita at Northern long‐�me OLLI member and instructor. 18 Literature, Theater, and Writing R421 Jane Austen’s Persuasion Ed Sadtler is a re�red salesman, turned daring, if almost‐ Thursdays, 9:40–11:05, Oct. 18–Nov. 8 never‐published, poet who nevertheless insists on Four sessions con�nuing to read, write, and talk about poetry to anyone Instructor: Beth Lambert foolish enough to listen. Persuasion is Jane Austen’s last complete novel and her shortest. For many, it is also their favorite, and the L424 Crea�ve Wri�ng Wednesdays, 2:15–3:40, Sept. 19–Nov. 7 reasons are easy to see. For one, the heroine is not a Instructor: Ron Shapiro young girl but a mature woman who rec�es an early This course is designed to give prac�cal techniques mistake to get a second chance at happiness. and strategies, along with construc�ve peer and Moreover, with the Bri�sh navy at center stage and teacher encouragement, as par�cipants prac�ce the Napoleonic wars in the background, Persuasion is expressing themselves in a variety of genres. In using set in a wider, more uncertain world than Austen’s wri�ng as a means to reconnect with one’s other novels. Those who are familiar with her works, imagina�on, writers will enjoy this risk‐free chance to as well as rst‐�me readers, will nd much to enjoy express themselves in a community that fosters and ponder as we discuss her (alas!) last novel. crea�vity and self‐condence. Beth Lambert is professor emerita from Ge�ysburg Ron Shapiro, a 41‐year veteran of teaching English in both College. She has taught, published, and spoken on all Delaware and Fairfax County, holds a BA from the aspects of 18th century English literature. Jane Austen’s University of Delaware and a master’s degree in the novels have always been among her favorites—a love she teaching of wri�ng from Northeastern University. He was shares with many OLLI members. She also teaches 18th recognized with an outstanding teacher award from Cornell century history courses for OLLI and is coordinator of the University, and he serves as a teacher consultant with the History Club and the Reston program. Northern Virginia Wri�ng Project. Shapiro has facilitated L422 The New Yorker Magazine wri�ng workshops at Goodwin House West and Bard’s Roundtable Alley. Mondays, 2:15–3:40, Sept. 17–Nov. 5 L425 History’s Mysteries: Mysteries Set in No class Oct. 8 Historical Periods Seven sessions Thursdays, 2:15–3:40, Sept. 20–Nov. 8 Coordinator: Cathy Faraj Instructor: Paul Gonzalez Class limit: 20 Love mysteries? Love history? Learn how to enjoy both This course will consist of informal discussions of with mysteries that are set in historical periods and material from The New Yorker magazine or its website depict the history of the �me accurately while also h�p://www.newyorker.com/. It is an interac�ve providing a good mystery and a good read. This is an class, and material for discussion will be provided by updated version of a course previously offered. class members. In past sessions, discussions have been Neither a historian nor a mystery writer, Paul Gonzalez is a based on ar�cles, proles, c�on, poetry, and lifelong reader of mysteries and has compiled an extensive cartoons. Before each class, the coordinator will email list of historical mysteries. He loves both history and the material assigned for discussion to class members. mysteries and wants to share these passions with the class. Discussions usually extend beyond the printed He is a re�red “techie” and former consultant who’s material to include personal knowledge or experiences enjoying re�rement. class members may have had relevant to the topic. L423 Writers’ Workshop Wednesdays, 9:40–11:05, Sept. 19–Nov. 7 Instructor: Ed Sadtler Don’t forget! Class limit: 10 OLLI has many fun clubs, trips and This class uses a roundtable format to foster an ongoing ac�vi�es to compliment environment for writers of all levels to give and receive your course selec�ons. encouragement, feedback, and construc�ve cri�cism. All genres of wri�ng are welcome, including poetry, Sign Up today! c�on, memoirs, and historical pieces. To each of these categories we apply the same underlying commitment: to write a compelling work that fully conveys the author’s inten�ons. 19 Languages 500 Languages F502 Spanish Conversa�on Forum Program Planning Group Chairs: Wednesdays, 9:40–11:05, Sept. 19–Nov. 7 Pat Bangs, Jackie Gropman, Ka�e Mitchell, Nancy No class Oct. 10 Scheeler (Reston), Rala Stone Friday, 9:30–10:45, Oct. 12 Note dates and �mes Instructors: Bernardo Vargas Giraldo, Elizabeth Trent F501 Culture and Language in Spanish Hammer Conversa�on Class limit: 16 Tuesdays, 9:40–11:05, Sept. 18–Nov. 6 (No class Oct. 9) The objec�ves of this class are to prac�ce the Spanish Friday, 9:30–10:45, Oct. 12 language and learn about Spanish/La�no culture Note dates and �mes through ar�cles, photographs, videos, and speakers. Instructors: Ligia Glass, Tom Black Classes are conducted en�rely in Spanish. English will To enjoy language learning, the culture of the country be used only occasionally to explain grammar and must be learned. Culture involves not only language idioma�c expressions. A prerequisite for this class is an but tradi�ons, beliefs, music, art, food, religion, ability to converse in Spanish at a high intermediate to literature, social ins�tu�ons, and anything that sets advanced level. Students are encouraged to make that par�cular country apart from another. In this presenta�ons in Spanish on �mely topics of their Spanish conversa�on course, we strive to introduce choosing. Come, join us, and improve your Spanish. the par�cipants to different aspects of the Hispanic Bernardo Vargas Giraldo received his PhD in legal science world via movies, lectures, books, and special guests. at the Pon�cia Universidad Católica Javeriana in Bogotá, Par�cipants are encouraged to share experiences of Colombia. He specialized in public administra�on and their travels in the Hispanic world, making the interna�onal business at the Graduate School of Public and experience very valuable to the rest of the class. Interna�onal Affairs at the University of Pi�sburgh. He is Ample vocabulary is given before each class so currently a writer and analyst of economic and poli�cal subjects. members can prepare themselves to par�cipate in Elizabeth Trent Hammer received her DA from George discussions a�er each presenta�on. We visit “with our Mason University in community college educa�on. She imagina�on” many places such as Machu Pichu, Iguazu worked for Northern Virginia Community College as a Falls, Argen�na, Paraguay, and Cartagena. Pablo professor of English as a Second Language for 20 years and Neruda and Frida Kahlo show us their world through re�red as professor emerita. She also worked as a Spanish/ poems and pain�ngs. Come and join us for a very French translator for the FBI. Spanish and French language informal but informa�ve class. We promise you will and culture are her passions. have fun! See F408 for Ligia Glass informa�on. F503 La�n III Tom Black is a re�red federal prosecutor with extensive Thursdays, 9:40–11:05, Sept. 20–Nov. 8 experience working in La�n America. During his tenure in Instructor: Alana Lukes the US Department of Jus�ce’s Office of Interna�onal Class limit: 16 Affairs, Black served as the associate director for South This con�nuing course is for La�n students with America, and later for Mexico, Central America, and the knowledge of the six indica�ve verb tenses as well as Spanish‐speaking Caribbean, un�l he le� government the ve noun declensions. We take a modern reading service in 2013. In those roles, he helped manage US approach to learning this ancient language. The course bilateral and mul�lateral law enforcement rela�ons with explores La�n grammar and vocabulary, and ancient our partners in the region. Since re�ring, Black has Roman/Bri�sh culture in 1st century CE Roman Britain. con�nued his interest in the Spanish language and cultures by a�ending classes at OLLI. This class will look closely at the role the town of Bath played as well as the Roman military presence. Class mee�ngs will use the Cambridge La�n Course, Unit Three, North American Fourth Edi�on as the required text. (Note: Some copies of this textbook may be available from instructor.) Alana Lukes, an OLLI member, has taught La�n for over 25 years at the middle school, high school, and college levels.

20 Religious Studies R504 Geographie et Villes Principales de not the logical comple�on or con�nua�on of the France Hebrew Scriptures. Although we o�en speak of a Tuesdays, 11:50–1:15, Sept. 18–Nov. 6 Judeo‐Chris�an tradi�on in order to nd common Instructor: Marge Hogarty ground, this course explores the limits of that common Coasts and beaches, rivers, mountains and islands— ground. these features of French geography will be explored in Steven C. Goldman is the chair of OLLI’s Religious Studies this class. We will also visit the ci�es of Marseille, Program Planning Group and has taught numerous courses Lyon, Nice, and Strasbourg. We will be using as much on alterna�ve understandings of Biblical doctrine. French as possible, so students at intermediate to advanced levels of French will be most comfortable in F603 Saint Paul and the First Chris�ans this class. We will make frequent use of the Internet Wednesdays, 9:40–11:05, Oct. 10–Oct. 31 and will cover gramma�cal issues as they arise. Four sessions Marge Hogarty, a Chicago na�ve, has been teaching, Instructor: Jack Dalby tutoring, and reading French for over 50 years. She has The origins of Chris�anity remain largely mysterious. been to France many �mes, as well as to French‐speaking To this day, historians debate exactly what happened West Africa and Quebec province. She has an MA in French at that “big bang” moment nearly 2,000 years ago. from Middlebury College and has taught in high schools in How, they ask, did a �ny group of apocalyp�c Jews, Illinois, New York, and Connec�cut. She has also worked as located in the backwaters of rst century Pales�ne, a travel agent and a realtor. disciples of a crucied, i�nerant Jewish preacher, start 600 Religious Studies a religious movement that would one day grow to Program Planning Group Chair: Steve Goldman include over two billion adherents? In these academically‐based lectures, we will a�empt to F601 Introduc�on to Islam, Part 2: The answer this ques�on. Some of the topics for discussion Life of Muhammad are: What are our sources for understanding Chris�an Tuesdays, 9:40–11:05, Sept. 18–Nov. 6 origins? What are their strengths and limita�ons? Instructor: Mohamed E. Hassan When does Chris�anity begin? What can we say The course will cover the birth of Prophet Muhammad, historically about the resurrec�on of Jesus? Who was his childhood, his life for 40 years before prophethood, St. Paul and how did he go from being a persecutor of God’s message to him at age 40, his struggle for 23 early Chris�ans to becoming their leading proponent? years to spread the message of God, and his life in Was there one Chris�anity or many? Were Chris�ans Mecca and Medina. We will study the revela�on of the persecuted? What were the earliest Chris�an rites and Quran to him over 23 years. prayers? Imam Mohamed E. Hassan has been the Imam of the Jack Dalby, president of White Oak Communica�ons, is an Prince William Islamic Center for 15 years. He is a OLLI member and has taught previous classes on the professional engineer and earned his PhD in civil, historical Jesus and early Chris�anity. He holds a BS in environmental, and infrastructure engineering from George communica�on arts from James Madison University and has Mason University. He is also a licensed mediator. taken graduate classes with the history department at Mason. F602 Why Judaism Does Not Accept Jesus: The Limits of the Judeo‐Chris�an F604 Breath of Heaven: The Poetry and Tradi�on Music of Amy Grant Wednesdays, 11:50–1:15, Sept. 19–Oct. 24 Thursdays, 9:40–11:05, Sept. 20–Sept. 27 Six sessions Two sessions Instructor: Steve Goldman Instructor: Steve Goldman Chris�ans worship Jesus as the Messiah promised by Amy Grant is well known as a gospel and popular the Hebrew Scriptures and as God manifested in the music singer. But Amy Grant is also one of the most esh. But no form of Judaism accepts Jesus as Messiah important Chris�an poets of our �me. She speaks or even as a prophet. In this course, we will explore about complex and sensi�ve subjects with elegant the principal reasons why all of the diverse prose that comes alive in music that can be powerful, manifesta�ons of Judaism are united in the view that haun�ng, and o�en sublime. We will explore the Jesus, as described in the New Testament, is not mul�faceted theological subjects that Amy Grant Messiah or prophet, and why the New Testament is addresses and how she provides insights and challenging answers to ques�ons that religious

21 Religious Studies communi�es and other seekers have grappled with for We will explore how theologies of Judaism and ages. One need not be a Chris�an to appreciate much Chris�anity changed a�er the Holocaust. Three sets of of her diverse work, composed over several decades. issues faced both religions’ theologies: How do we The instructor will introduce each composi�on, speak of God now? How do we rid ourselves of an�‐ followed by ac�ve class discussion. Topics include: Semi�sm? And how do we respond to the unique evil ● Mys�cism: encountering the divine in daily life. of the Holocaust? We will delve into a variety of ● Overcoming low self‐esteem without becoming self‐ theologies which emerged in the 20th century as we important. wrestled with the ques�on of where God was during ● Seeking the light in every person through grace and the Holocaust. Our discussions will then consider the humility. ways those theologies are s�ll relevant today as we ● Understanding and naviga�ng through the problems con�nue to ask where God is wherever there is of pain and suffering. suffering. ● How did it feel to be Mary, mother of Jesus? Reverend Beth Williams is a minister in the Presbyterian See F602 for instructor informa�on. Church (USA), currently serving as a co‐pastor at the United Chris�an Parish in Reston, VA. She is a graduate of Wesley F605 Human and Divine Jus�ce and Theological Seminary with a specialty in biblical studies. Forgiveness Thursdays, 9:40–11:05, Oct. 4–Nov. 8 R607 Great Turning Points in Church Six sessions History That S�ll Affect Our Lives Instructor: Steve Goldman Today Class limit: 20 Tuesdays, 9:40–11:05, Sept. 18–Oct. 23 This seminar will explore the scope, meaning, and Six sessions possible limits of forgiveness. Our principal text will be Instructor: Laurence Packard Simon Wiesenthal’s classic book The Sunower: On This course will examine six great turning points of the PossibiliƟes and Limits of Forgiveness. Some of the church history and the key people involved in those issues for discussion include: events. We will ask: what really happened then that ● How do we understand the rela�onship between s�ll inuences our lives now? We will look past some jus�ce and forgiveness? of the obvious answers to discover the o�en ● Do we have the moral authority to forgive or ask overlooked implica�ons that relate to �meless forgiveness for offenses commi�ed against others? ques�ons of today. ● Are some offenses so egregious that they should not Dr. Laurence K. “Larry” Packard is a newly re�red be forgiven under any condi�ons? If so, what are these Episcopal priest who labors to raise ques�ons from many offenses and how do they differ from those which can disciplines without pushing religious answers. His lively teaching style, using mul�ple media, comes from being a be forgiven? student who learns and discovers with the class. Packard ● Does forgiveness include absolu�on from payment graduated from Wake Forest University and Virginia for offenses commi�ed? Theological Seminary before receiving his doctorate from ● What do the sacred texts of different religious Princeton. tradi�ons teach about God’s willingness to forgive, and what do they say about the obliga�ons of humans to L608 Chris�anity and Islam: Sources of forgive or withhold forgiveness? Peace and Conict Resolu�on ●Each session will begin with a 20‐minute introduc�on Thursdays, 9:40–11:05, Sept. 20–Oct. 11 by the instructor, followed by a discussion involving all Four sessions the par�cipants. Instructor: Abdulaziz Sachedina See F602 for instructor informa�on. The main objec�ve of this course is to enable members of the two tradi�ons to appreciate and to be R606 Speaking of God a�er the Holocaust aware of the peace‐building and conict‐resolu�on Mondays, 11:50–1:15, Sept. 17–Oct. 1, Oct. 15, Oct. 29– efforts between these two world religions. Historical Nov.5 encounters between these religions have not always (No class Oct. 8 or Oct. 22) exemplied the magnanimity of the common spiritual Note dates and �mes and moral teachings of the two tradi�ons. This course Six sessions will examine the scriptural sources and evaluate their Instructor: Reverend Elisabeth Williams

22 Humanities and Social Sciences importance for peaceful coexistence today. The goal is lending, and the effects of incarcera�on. to give the opportunity for conversa�on between the ● Oct. 30: Who advocates for the poor? During this followers of Chris�anity and the followers of Islam in session we will explore groups that support the poor North America. Readings will include selected na�onwide. passages from the Qur’an and the New Testament for ● Nov. 6: Looking ahead and solving the issue of class discussion. Be prepared for lively discussions poverty in Fairfax County. A panel of guest presenters about commonali�es and differences between the two will discuss what works and what more needs to be tradi�ons. done to further address the state of the poor. Sharon Abdulaziz Sachedina is professor and Interna�onal Bulova, chairman of the Fairfax County Virginia Board Ins�tute in Islamic Thought (IIIT) Chair in Islamic Studies at of Supervisors, and members of the Fairfax County Mason. Sachedina has studied in India, Iraq, Iran, and Community Ac�on Advisory Board (CAAB). Canada, and received his PhD from the University of Toronto. He has been conduc�ng research and wri�ng in F652 A Century of Dening the New the eld of Islamic law, ethics, and theology (Sunni and Middle East Shiite) for more than two decades. In the last ten years he Wednesdays, 9:40–11:05, Sept. 19–Nov. 7 has concentrated on social and poli�cal ethics, including Fairfax Lord of Life interfaith and intrafaith rela�ons, Islamic biomedical ethics, Instructor: Johnnie Hicks and Islam and human rights. Countries carved out of the O�oman Empire a century ago failed to reect the iden��es of bloodline, place, and religion which had dened these people over 650 HumaniƟes and Social Sciences millennia of �me. More recently, foreign invasions, Program Planning Group Chairs: Johnnie Hicks, internal revolu�ons, and Arab Spring protests have led Camille Hodges to separa�ons and forced migra�ons from beloved homelands and ancient capital ci�es. By examining F651 Understanding Poverty in America these and other factors, such as tribal iden��es, Tuesdays, 11:50–1:15, Oct. 2–Nov. 6 religious sites, and cultural tradi�ons, this course will Six sessions a�empt to be�er understand the region’s rich Church of the Good Shepherd diversity, as well as its challenging complexi�es. We Coordinators: Camille Hodges, Peg O’Brien, Steven will also consider recent proposals for crea�ng new Quick, and Rita Way borders which are be�er aligned with the region’s ● Oct. 2: Overview of the descrip�on, demographics, earlier iden��es. During the course par�cipants will be and social implica�ons of poverty in general and in the asked to follow certain news and developments in the United States in par�cular. A�y. Dip� Pidiki��Smith, region. director of advocacy at Legal Services of Northern Johnnie Hicks is an OLLI member who has taught courses Virginia and the recipient of the 2018 VSB Legal Aid on world cultures and religions at Mason and OLLI. She Award holds an MA in counseling and human development from the University of Iowa and has graduate studies credit in ● Oct. 9: Panel presenta�on comprised of four family counseling from Virginia Polytechnic Ins�tute. She community groups discussing the impact of religious has lived in Europe and the Middle East and has traveled and non‐prot organiza�ons on the poverty‐stricken widely, always curious to learn more about the world and community. Lisa Whetzel, execu�ve director, its fascina�ng diversity of cultures and religions. Britepaths; Bahira Salim Parker, team leader, educa�on and community development team, FACETS; Joan B. F653 Introduc�on to Kant Wise, director, self‐sufficiency services, Cornerstones; Thursdays, 9:40–11:05, Sept. 20–Nov. 8 Pam Michelle, execu�ve director, New Hope Housing Instructor: Irmgard Scherer Incorporated. This introductory foray into Kant’s cri�cal philosophy ● Oct. 16: How do those in poverty confront medical a�empts to cover the highlights of his thought. issues? What support is available for those in poverty Immanuel Kant (1724‐1804) is viewed as one of the with li�le or no health insurance? Marcela Jaimes four great philosophers of all �me; Plato, Aristotle, and Castro, health access manager, Fairfax County Thomas Aquinas are the others. By the mid‐18th Department of Family Services. century, the philosophical enterprise had come to a ● Oct. 23: What are the legal ramica�ons of those in number of impasses, and Kant proposed to poverty? Discussions will include legal aid, predatory

23 Humanities and Social Sciences disentangle these various knots by wri�ng three R655 Thinking about the Future CriƟques. We will examine the big picture of Kant’s Wednesdays, 11:50–1:15, October 17–November 7 cri�cal project, his “transcendental turn,” in thinking; Four sessions his reconcilia�on of the entrenched systems of Rose Gallery at Reston Community Center, Lake Anne dogma�sm and skep�cism; his formula�on of an an�‐ Instructor: Joel Ticknor u�litarian theory of morality; and his founding a formal Hurtling scien�c and technological changes promise “science of aesthe�cs” in art theory. Kant’s CriƟques are unprecedented human progress and abundance, as nearly inaccessible to read, so a few excerpts will suffice. well as the specter of existen�al dangers that could Main readings will include Kant’s Prolegomena to any end human existence. Human choices, ethics, errors— Future Metaphysics and Kant’s FoundaƟons of the and luck—will determine which path we take. This Metaphysics of Morals and What is Enlightenment? course will discuss the connected challenges of global Robert Solomon’s deligh�ul mock governance, emerging science and technology interviews with Kant, Introducing the German Idealists, disrup�ons, and the transforma�onal changes needed will provide levity when things become too dense. to promote future security, health, jobs, and the Irmgard Scherer, a US ci�zen born in Germany, is associate environment. professor of philosophy emerita at Loyola University OLLI member Joel Ticknor is a member of the Associa�on of Maryland. She taught core and honors ethics courses, topics Professional Futurists and the World Future Society and has in the history and philosophy of science, and upper level a cer�cate in strategic foresight from the University of courses in her area of specializa�on: Kant and 18th century Houston. A re�red CIA officer, Ticknor has taught na�onal aesthe�c theory. She has published on Kant and related security policy at the Na�onal War College, as well as issues. Since re�ring, she has taught philosophy courses for courses at OLLI on nancial planning and the future of our OLLI, both at Mason and American University. world. He has a BA from Union College, graduate studies in poli�cal science at Columbia University, and a diploma from the Na�onal War College. R654 Big Issues, Complex Challenges, and No Simple Solu�ons L656 Enduring Ba�les of the Culture Mondays, 9:40–11:05, Sept. 17–Nov. 5 Wars: Abor�on and Gay Rights No class Oct. 8 Tuesdays, 11:50–1:15, Sept. 18–Sept. 25 Seven sessions Two sessions Instructors: Glenn Kamber, Diane Thompson Instructor: David Heymsfeld Class limit: 30 Since the 1970s, America has been consumed by The moderators will facilitate seven focused debates over basic social and cultural values. This class discussions on the kinds of topics that both unite and will cover two of the most enduring issues of the divide us within families, communi�es, socie�es, and culture wars: abor�on and gay rights. The high‐water na�ons. The goal will be to expand everyone’s thinking mark of abor�on rights was the 1973 Supreme Court and perspec�ves but not to arrive at answers. decision in Roe v. Wade, establishing a cons�tu�onal Examples of discussion topics include the following: right to an abor�on in the early stages of pregnancy. race and poli�cs; aging—to what end?; individualism; Since then there have been con�nuing efforts to limit recrea�ng life a�er re�rement; sharing Utopia; and abor�on rights by lawsuits, legisla�on, and regula�on new tribalism. by state and federal governments, as well as private Glenn Kamber has taught many courses at OLLI that focus ac�ons to persuade or in�midate women seeking on current events and poli�cal and social issues. He is a abor�ons and providers of abor�on services. On gay re�red senior execu�ve from the US Department of Health rights, the course will cover victories and setbacks in and Human Services, where he managed policy and the 60‐year struggle, reaching a high‐water mark in program development in the offices of eight HHS Supreme Court decisions gran�ng cons�tu�onal secretaries. protec�on for gay marriages, followed by efforts to Diane Thompson has a PhD from the City University of limit gay rights in the Supreme Court, in the Trump New York in compara�ve literature. She is a professor administra�on, and in some states. emerita from Northern Virginia Community College where David Heymsfeld, an OLLI member, was a congressional she taught English and world literature for more than 30 professional staffer for 35 years. He has taught several OLLI years. She s�ll teaches a couple of world literature classes courses on history and is a volunteer guide for the online for Northern Virginia Community College, has taught Newseum. several OLLI courses on world literature, and co‐taught one course on current issues. 24 Current Events posts remained vacant, including in hot spots like 700 Current Events South Korea, Syria, and Venezuela, and strategic posts Program Planning Group Chairs: Emme� Fenlon, like Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the European Union. In Beth Lambert, Bernie Oppel, Dick Young the past year, 60 percent of the top‐ranking diplomats le� the State Department. And more budget cuts and slashing of staff could be in the future. Join us as we F701 What’s in the Daily News? discuss this perilous situa�on. We will also show some Mondays, 9:30–11:00, Sept. 17–Nov. 5 vigne�es from a new seven‐part TV series developed No class Oct. 8 by re�red foreign service officers en�tled “Diplomacy Note �me at Risk.” Speakers will include those who have served Seven sessions as ambassadors, deputy chiefs of mission and other Moderators: Dorsey Chescavage, Don Allen, John Quinn consular career officers, military, business officials, and Class limit: 38 Do you have an opinion about what is happening in foreign policy experts. Join us for this in‐depth course as we explore issues such as na�onal security, jobs and the world today? Would you like to express and share business, refugees and human rights, energy and your views with others? Join other news junkies each week to discuss, debate, and yes, some�mes disagree environment, and cyberwarfare in today’s rapidly about the signicance and meaning of events both changing world. Kathleen Burns, a long�me OLLI instructor, was the 2016‐ great and small. All views are welcomed in a spirit of 17 president of the DC Chapter of the Society of give‐and‐take. Professional Journalists. She was a foreign correspondent in Dorsey Chescavage re�red from the Jefferson Consul�ng Australia and has taught in seven universi�es, both in the Group, where she was a registered lobbyist specializing in United States and overseas. military and veterans’ health care. John Quinn is a re�red Navy captain who spent 26 years in service. He later served F703 Great Decisions 16 years in the federal civil service, rst as a Navy civilian Tuesdays, 11:50–1:15, Sept. 18–Nov. 6 environmental law a�orney and later as a Navy and US Moderators: Gordon Canyock, Ted Parker Mari�me Administra�on senior execu�ve service official. Class limit: 32 Don Allen was a civil servant employed by the Navy for 26 years. In the 1990s he developed and managed the Navy’s Fee: $29 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) caretaker program. In This is a repeat of the Great Decisions course offered the late 1980s he managed a major public works in Spring 2018. For over 50 years the Foreign Policy automa�on endeavor, and a bit earlier was the Associa�on has sponsored discussion groups management officer at Public Works Center (PWC) Guam. throughout the United States to inves�gate some of the greatest challenges affec�ng our lives. This year’s F702 Diplomacy at Risk topics are the following: Mondays, 2:15–3:40, Sept. 17–Nov. 5 ●The Waning of Pax Americana? No class Oct. 8 ●Russia’s Foreign Policy Seven sessions ●China and America: The New Geopoli�cal Equa�on Church of the Good Shepherd ●Media and Foreign Policy Coordinator: Kathleen Burns ●Turkey: A Partner in Crisis By deni�on, diplomacy is the “profession, ac�vity or ●US Global Engagement and the Military skill of managing interna�onal rela�ons, typically by a ●South Africa’s Fragile Democracy country’s representa�ves abroad.” It is also described ●Global Health: Progress and Challenges as “the art of dealing with people in a sensi�ve and A brieng book and video related to each topic will set effec�ve way.” Its prac�ce is characterized by skills the framework for weekly class conversa�ons. including tact, statesmanship, nesse, politeness, Registra�on is on a rst‐come, rst‐served basis. There discre�on, and the ability to nego�ate, among others. is a $29 materials fee payable to OLLI at registra�on. The role of the US Foreign Service corps of career Gordon Canyock is a re�red military intelligence officer, officials around the world is to help carry out this former State Department consultant, and long�me member mission, preven�ng wars, dealing with interna�onal of OLLI. Ted Parker, a re�ree from the US Department of crises, and protec�ng Americans abroad and at home. Educa�on, had a 40‐year career in educa�on that included But since the White House transi�on of power teaching and managing at local, state, and college levels. He occurred in January 2017, this goal has been put at is a long�me member of OLLI. risk. As of April 2018, over 45 of 188 ambassadorial

25 Current Events R704 The Supreme Court: Current Cases R706 American Foreign Policy Discussion Wednesdays, 9:40–11:05, Oct. 17–Nov. 7 Group Four sessions Thursdays, 2:15–3:40, Sept. 20–Oct. 11 Rose Gallery at Reston Community Center, Lake Anne Four sessions Instructor: Ben Gold Instructor: Zachary Teich This is a discussion class addressing cases the Supreme Class limit: 25 Court will hear, or has heard, during its 2018–19 term. We will examine selected issues in US foreign policy. Cases this term will include the president’s execu�ve Each session will open with a 10 to 15 minute scene‐ order banning immigrants from six predominately se�er and proceed with a guided discussion. The rst Muslim countries; whether the sec�ons of the session will be an overview of how the United States Immigra�on and Na�onality Act that govern aliens’ has viewed its role in the world from Washington to removal from the United States are uncons�tu�onally Trump. The next three will look at specic current vague; various redistric�ng plans and par�san regional or func�onal issues, with likely one session gerrymandering; and other cases of current import. each on the Middle East, Russia, and China. The We will use instructor‐provided material consis�ng of instructor will not lecture, but rather inspire debate the background of the cases, lower‐court decisions, and discussion. and edited briefs led with the Supreme Court, Zachary Teich holds a BA in poli�cal science from the including audio of oral arguments for selected cases. University of South Florida, a MSFS from Georgetown Materials will only be available online. Our discussion University’s School of Foreign Service, and a MS in strategic of each case will look at both sides of every argument, studies from the Marine Corps War College. Teich was a foreign service officer, US Department of State, from 1979‐ the likely posi�on of each jus�ce, and the social and 2006. He served in US embassies in Guatemala City, Quito, poli�cal context of the case. London, Canberra, and Antananarivo. He was also a Ben Gold, an OLLI member, has a BA in poli�cal science personal services contractor with the State Department’s from Stanford University and earned an MS in computer Nonprolifera�on and Disarmament Fund from 2006‐2012. science as a naval officer. He has served as a docent at the Supreme Court for the past 15 years and is a frequent L707 What’s in the News, Loudoun Sec�on lecturer aboard cruise ships. Mondays, 9:40–11:05, Sept. 17–Nov. 5 R705 All the News That’s Fit to Print No class Oct. 8 Seven sessions Thursdays, 11:50–1:15, Sept. 20–Nov. 8 Moderator: Ray Beery Instructor: Richard Kennedy This is a companion course to the current events We live in an age of abundant informa�on from TV, courses always popular at Tallwood and Reston. The radio, the Internet, magazines, bumper s�ckers, and purpose is to bring together though�ul people for newspapers. How should we lter these sources to s�mula�ng and civic‐minded conversa�ons. Triggered evaluate informa�on about world events, popular by daily news stories, we discuss a wide range of trends, and advances in science, business, sports, and topics, including culture, design, philosophy and entertainment? In this discussion group, we will look religion, science and technology, psychology, poli�cs, at some of the hot topics of the day. All viewpoints and economics. The format encourages par�cipants to and opinions will be respected, appreciated, and speak up and be heard, to listen and exchange ideas, welcomed. In a democracy, agreement is not required, to explore op�onal resources and ques�ons prepared but par�cipa�on is. Richard Kennedy, an OLLI member, is a re�ree from the by the discussion leaders, to raise ques�ons, and to senior execu�ve service at the Department of Housing and share experiences and knowledge. We value life Urban Development. He enjoys analyzing the news from experiences, informal educa�on, and diverse points of mul�ple sources and engaging in good discussions with view. colleagues. Ray Beery’s professional career spanned the military, interna�onal rela�ons, business management in a large corpora�on, and teaching at OLLI. He is a former member of the OLLI Board of Directors.

26 Science, Technology, and Health “biocapacity” and “ecological footprints” will be 800 Science, Technology, introduced in the context of both individual na�ons and Health and our planet of 7.5 billion people. Program Planning Group Chairs: John Acton, ● Sept. 25: Energy and Climate Change Evan Douple, Mary Kornreich (Reston) Considera�ons: We will examine both current and future approaches to energy extrac�on and F801 Caring for the Trees and Forest of produc�on. The greenhouse gas phenomenon and its Fairfax County implica�ons will be discussed. Tuesdays, 11:50–1:15, Oct. 16–Nov. 6 ● Oct. 2: Water Quality and Quan�ty: The increasing Four sessions trends of droughts and oods will be considered, along Instructor: Joan Allen, Hugh Whitehead, Greg Bacon with the challenges of producing clean and safe water Coordinator: Fred Kaiser for various purposes. Trees and forests provide signicant natural and social ● Oct. 9: Sustainable Agriculture/Course Wrap‐up: The benets to our community. For over 30 years, through benets and limita�ons of modern, large‐scale agri‐ science, educa�on and partnerships, Fairfax County business will be considered, as well as the increasingly has been raising awareness about the importance of prevalent trend of local, smaller scale agriculture. The trees by promo�ng the compa�bility between course will wrap up with a course review and a developed and natural communi�es. Topics that will discussion of communica�on and behavior change in be discussed include tree preserva�on, plan�ng and the context of sustainability. maintaining trees, tree mapping and surveys, as well James Ta� is currently an educator and consultant in the as insect and pest infesta�ons. elds of environmental and public health policy. Previously, ● Oct. 16: Challenges facing Fairfax County trees and he served as execu�ve director of the Associa�on of State forests and how you can help. Drinking Water Administrators. Prior to joining the ● Oct. 23: Selec�on, plan�ng, care, and maintenance associa�on, Ta� worked for the US Environmental of trees in Fairfax County. Protec�on Agency, the US Agency for Interna�onal ● Oct. 30: Pests and diseases, including exo�c species Development, the Virginia Department of Environmental affec�ng trees. Quality, the Ocean County (NJ) U�li�es Authority, and the ● Nov. 6: The role of technology in iden�fying the Ohio River Valley Water Sanita�on Commission. He holds a managing and mapping of trees in Fairfax County. BS in biology from Villanova University and an MS in Greg Bacon is a geographic informa�on systems and environmental engineering from the University of Cincinna�. mapping analyst for Fairfax County. Joan Allen is an urban forester in the Urban Forest Management Division of F803 Introduc�on to Einstein’s Theory of Fairfax County. Hugh Whitehead is an urban forester in the Rela�vity Urban Forest Management Division, of Fairfax County. Tuesdays, 2:15–3:40, Oct. 16–Oct. 30 Three sessions F802 Sustainable World Instructor: Mark Dodge Tuesdays, 2:15–3:40, Sept. 18–Oct. 9 In 1905, Albert Einstein introduced the world to a new Four sessions understanding of how the universe works. Ul�mately Fairfax Lord of Life this became his theory of rela�vity. We’ll explore the Instructor: Jim Ta� historical reasons why this theory was needed, then This course is a compressed version of a Mason experience the brilliant “thought experiments” by undergraduate course in the School of Integra�ve which Einstein developed it. We’ll look at the Studies, College of Humani�es and Social Sciences. (admi�edly rather weird) new understandings of our The course will present the principal tenets of the universe the theory gives us. Along the way, we’ll meet sustainability movement, note the current threats to Einstein the man, a somewhat eccentric but always sustainability, and discuss some possible solu�ons and fascina�ng genius. There will be a li�le bit of math in approaches to helping ensure a more sustainable the course, but we’ll keep it simple. This is a class planet for both the current and future genera�ons. taught regularly to eighth graders, so don’t worry! ● Sept. 18: History of the Sustainability Movement: Mark Dodge taught high school physics for 24 years in The value of holis�cally considering the environment, Arlington. He has been fascinated by astronomy since gazing the economy, equity, and educa�on as we work through his rst telescope when he was in seventh grade. He toward a more sustainable world. The concepts of is also interested in the history of science, which helps us understand how humanity has arrived where it is today.

27 Science, Technology, and Health which medical records you should keep with you at all F804 Medical Updates from the Health Professionals at Inova Fair Oaks �mes; how preven�ve guidelines are determined and Hospital by whom; and your annual physical and what it should include. We will also consider general screenings to Thursdays, 11:50–1:15, Sept. 20–Oct. 11 Four sessions discuss with your doctor, which blood tests are Coordinators: Cathey Weir, Denielle Nall important, what are the normal ranges in tes�ng, and ● Sept. 20: Urinary Incon�nence: New Treatments. what to do about abnormal test results. Other topics Dr. Janice Arnold, board cer�ed urologist. will include blood pressure, heart disease, eye exams, ● Sept. 27: Cardiac Issues (AFib, pacemakers, stents, dental exams, and cancers common to both men and and rehab). Dr. Stuart Sheifer, board cer�ed in women. This course will con�nue in the spring of 2019 cardiovascular disease and nuclear cardiology. with Part 2. ● Oct. 4: Falls and Orthopedic Injuries. Dr. Mark Michele Romano is a family physician in Fairfax County who re�red in 2015. She a�ended Virginia Commonwealth McMahon, board cer�ed orthopedic surgeon. University School of Medicine, held a faculty appointment as ● Oct. 11: Breast Health. Dr. Kirsten Edmiston, board an associate professor of clinical medicine at Virginia cer�ed breast surgeon. Commonwealth University (VCU), and served on both the VCU Board of Trustees and the VCU Health System Board. F805 Beginner Chen‐Style Tai Chi Thursdays, 2:15–3:15, Sept. 20–Nov. 8 R807 How We Think and Solve Problems Note �me Thursdays, 9:40–11:05, Sept. 20–Oct. 11 Instructor: Jerry Cheng Four sessions Class limit: 35 Instructor: James Sanford Tai chi, a form of mar�al arts prac�ced for centuries, is This course will focus on three broad issues: (1) what medita�on in mo�on that emphasizes balance, concepts are and how we form them, (2) how we posture, and concentra�on. This beginning class will represent and solve problems, and (3) how we make focus on Chen‐style Tai Chi, which promotes health decisions. Our mental concepts are more than the sum and tness, strengthens the immune system, relieves of a set of features. For example, our concept of neck and back pain, corrects diges�ve problems, aids “apple” is more than the combina�on of “red,” emo�onal and psychological well‐being, relieves “edible,” or “grows on trees.” There are central and stress, and builds character. Please wear loose clothing peripheral members of concepts and categories (e.g., and plan to work in stocking feet or in so�, exible “apple” is more central to the “fruit” category than is shoes. “pomegranate.”) Also, we tend to think using a basic, Jerry Cheng was born in China and started his mar�al arts or middle level (“apple” rather than a general “fruit”) training when he was six years old. He studied under or a specic level (“red delicious apple”). Concepts can several famous Chinese mar�al arts masters, including also be metaphorical (“moving up” implies grandmaster Sha Guo Zheng, and won four gold medals at improvement; “moving down” implies the opposite). the 1997 Atlanta Interna�onal Mar�al Arts Championship. He taught Tai Chi at the University of Georgia for six years Problem representa�on refers to how we mentally map and at the University of Texas for three years. the elements of a problem, while problem solu�on refers to our mental manipula�ons of the elements. R806 Decision Making Tools for Your Decision‐making o�en involves using mental shortcuts. Health We will nish by discussing how thinking processes Wednesdays, 9:40–11:05, Sept. 19–Oct. 10 change with age. Four sessions Jim Sanford is an OLLI member and a professor emeritus at Rose Gallery at Reston Community Center, Lake Anne Mason, from which he re�red in 2014 a�er 41 years Instructor: Michele Romano teaching in the Department of Psychology. His research This course is designed to help you become more dealt with issues in memory. He earned his PhD from Kansas informed and proac�ve about your own health. We State University. will discuss �ps, guidelines, and recommenda�ons designed to help you stay well, such as exercise, managing your weight, calcula�ng your ideal body weight, and basic metabolic rate. We will talk about how hydra�on, alcohol, and smoking impact health;

28 Science, Technology, and Health R808 The History of Life on Earth, Part 2 R810 Reston Hospital Center Series Thursdays, 9:40–11:05, Oct. 18–Nov. 8 Thursdays, 11:50–1:15, Oct. 18–Nov. 8 Four sessions Four sessions Instructor: Steve Greenhouse Coordinator: Janet Cochran The History of Life on Earth, Part 2 is a follow‐up to Good health is the key not only to our longevity, but Part 1 (not a prerequisite), which concluded with the also to the quality of our daily lives. This course end‐Cretaceous mass ex�nc�on 65 million years ago presents what’s new in medicine that can both that wiped out the dinosaurs (except birds) but promote longer living and enhance the quality of our opened up a niche for mammals to thrive. This lives. In each session of this class, par�cipants will have resulted in small arboreal creatures that evolved into the chance to hear from medical professionals and ask primates, then hominids, nally Homo, the genus of them per�nent ques�ons. Come with your ques�ons which we (Homo sapiens) are the only living species. and get informed responses. This course will trace these evolu�onary transi�ons Speakers include: and will discuss the characteris�cs and migra�ons of Seth Rubenstein, DPM: Advances in Podiatry early humans who became tool makers, hunter‐ Ben Brown, MHSA, Chief Opera�ng Officer: Changes in gatherers, and learned to talk and think. Hospital Facili�es Steve Greenhouse is a re�red electrical engineer who Azra Kukic, MD: Weight Loss Op�ons worked in the space communica�ons eld for 35 years. He Bre� Sachse, MD: Robo�c Surgery has long been fascinated by paleontology and especially paleoanthropology—the evolu�on of humans. R811 Kundalini Yoga and Medita�on Mondays, 12:15–1:45, Sept. 10–Oct. 15 R809 History of the Universe (Classical) Six sessions Thursdays, 11:50–1:15, Sept. 20–Oct. 11 Note dates and �me Four sessions Reston Community Center, Lake Anne Instructor: Mark Dodge Instructor: RCC staff This course is an introduc�on to the classical view of Class limit: 5 �me and the universe. Why do we have 24 hours in a Fee: $55 day and 60 minutes in an hour? Why not some other Kundalini yoga uses asanas (postures), movement, number? Why do we have the calendar we have? breath, and medita�on to relax and heal your mind, What are planets, and why did they cause such body, and spirit. This type of yoga improves strength confusion to the ancients? How did we get from the and exibility and may provide relief from problems perfectly obvious idea that the sun goes around the such as back pain, stress, and insomnia. The fee of $55, earth to the weird idea that the earth goes around the payable to OLLI, is due at �me of registra�on. sun? And why is Pluto not a planet anymore? This Registra�on is on a rst‐come, rst‐served basis. Those class is an introduc�on to the subject of cosmology, registering will also need to complete a Reston the study of the universe. It begins with the Community Center registra�on waiver form and bring Babylonians and extends to the �me of Isaac Newton. it to class on the rst day. The form can be found at Almost no math—but lots of ideas! There will be h�ps://�nyurl.com/rccregwaiver hands‐on demonstra�ons and plenty of conversa�on R812 Kundalini Yoga and Medita�on as we explore our understanding of the universe. Mondays, 12:15–1:45, Oct. 29–Dec. 10 Mark Dodge taught high school physics for 24 years in Six sessions Arlington. He has been fascinated by astronomy since gazing through his rst telescope when he was in seventh Note dates and �me grade. Dodge is also fascinated by ancient cultures (he can Reston Community Center, Lake Anne babble on about Babylon) and how these ancient cultures Instructor: RCC staff s�ll inuence us today. This course is a collec�on of several Class limit: 5 of his most popular presenta�ons from his high school Fee: $55 teaching days. This is a repeat of R811. The fee of $55, payable to OLLI, is due at �me of registra�on. Registra�on is on a rst‐come, rst‐served basis. Complete registra�on waiver form and bring it to class on the rst day. The form can be found at h�ps://�nyurl.com/rccregwaiver

29 Other Topics honors program in general educa�on at Mason, and he L813 Federal Law of Electronic served as the department’s director of graduate Surveillance (ELSUR) for Criminal studies from 2004 to 2010. Inves�ga�ons ● Sept. 24: Military Enlightenment and the French Tuesdays, 9:40–11:05, Oct. 23–Nov. 6 Way of War. Christy Pichichero, associate professor of Three sessions French and history, coordinator of college diversity and Instructor: Wes Clark global educa�on in the College of Humani�es and A key focus of this course will be Title III of the Social Sciences at Mason. Dr. Pichichero is a literary Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 scholar and cultural historian of early modern France (as amended), a discussion of the statute’s (Renaissance through Napoleonic era). She received requirements. We will examine the different electronic her BA from Princeton University (compara�ve surveillance (ELSUR) types and methods, which literature), a BM from the Eastman School of Music include bugs, wiretaps, pen registers, trap and trace (voice and opera), and her PhD from Stanford devices, trackers/beepers, pole cameras, and the University (French studies). She has held fellowships at tracking of cell phones. The US Department of Jus�ce the Stanford Humani�es Center, King’s College at the (DOJ) plays an important role and we’ll examine the University of Cambridge, the École Normale func�ons of “Main Jus�ce” and those of the local Supérieure—rue d’Ulm, the Society of the Cincinna�, Assistant US A�orney. and the US Military Academy at West Point. Her book, Wes Clark is an a�orney who re�red from the federal The Military Enlightenment: War and Culture in the government in January 2015 with over 38 years of experience. He began his civilian legal career at DOJ French Empire from Louis XIV to Napoleon, was reviewing applica�ons to conduct wiretaps and bugs. Later, published by Cornell University Press in 2017. as a federal prosecutor, he made judicial applica�on to ● Oct. 1: Total War and the Russian Campaign under conduct ELSUR. For the last 19 years of his federal service, Napoleon. Jack Censer earned his PhD at Johns he worked in the Office of Chief Counsel, Drug Enforcement Hopkins University and spent over 40 years at Mason, Administra�on. He has taught “Surveillance and Privacy” as where he served as chair of the departments of history an adjunct at Mason and has published ELSUR‐related and art history and as dean of the College of ar�cles in the Valparaiso University Law Review and the FBI Humani�es and Social Sciences. In re�rement, he has Law Enforcement BulleƟn. con�nued his interest in revolu�ons. 900 Other Topics F902 Mason Faculty Club Series, Part 2: Various Discussions Monday, 9:30‐11:00, Oct. 15‐29 F901 Fall 2018 Mason Club Faculty Series, Three sessions Part 1: Violence and War in Old Note �me Regime and Revolu�onary France Cost: $30 Mondays, 9:30–11:00, Sept. 17–Oct. 1 Come join us at the Mason Faculty Club (Pilot House on Three sessions the main campus) to enjoy breakfast and a s�mula�ng Note �me presenta�on. The fee includes a three‐hour parking Fee: $30 pass for the Rappahannock parking deck in the Join us at the Mason Faculty Club (Pilot House on the designated visitor parking area and a con�nental main campus) to enjoy breakfast and a s�mula�ng breakfast consis�ng of fruit, yogurt, granola, bagels and presenta�on. The fee includes a three‐hour parking pastries, coffee, tea, and juice. Registra�on is on a rst‐ pass for the Rappahannock parking deck in the come, rst‐served basis. designated visitor parking area and a con�nental ● Oct. 15: Time and Time Again: Do the Classics S�ll breakfast consis�ng of fruit, yogurt, granola, bagels Ma�er in Today's Theater? Why do we con�nue to and pastries, coffee, tea, and juice. Registra�on is on a study and perform theatrical works from hundreds (or rst‐come, rst‐served basis. thousands) of years ago, wri�en under radically ● Sept. 17: The French Wars of Religion. Mack Holt, different circumstances? Times have changed, and the professor of history at George Mason University. poli�cs, religion, social mores, gender roles, Dr. Holt received his PhD in history from Emory economies, and living condi�ons that Sophocles, University and has taught at Harvard and Vanderbilt Shakespeare, Calderón, Moliere, Ibsen, or Chekhov Universi�es. From 1998 to 2002 he was director of the knew have morphed in some cases beyond recogni�on.

30 Other Topics Do we keep these old works alive just because they're and Art History, and dean of the College of Humani�es famous? Or is there another way in which the classic and Social Sciences. In re�rement, he has con�nued his works of drama and opera remain vital to a changing interest in revolu�ons generally and has most recently world? This talk will examine a few cases of old works authored, with Lynn Hunt, The French Revolu�on and telling new stories and invite a discussion of the Napoleon in Global Perspec�ve. Brian Pla� is associate resonance of some theatrical classics in our world professor of history in the department of History and today. Rick Davis is dean of the College of Visual and Art History at Mason and is currently serving as Performing Arts, professor of theater, and execu�ve department chair. He is a specialist in Japanese history, director of Hylton Performing Arts Center. Previously, with a research focus on the 18th and 19th centuries. Davis served as Mason's associate provost for He received his PhD from the University of Illinois at Undergraduate Educa�on and ar�s�c director of Urbana‐Champaign in 1998 and is the author of Theater of the First Amendment. Before coming to Burning and Building: Schooling and State Forma�on in Mason in 1991, he was resident dramaturg and Japan, 1750‐1890. John G. Dale is associate professor associate ar�s�c director of Bal�more's Center Stage, of sociology in the department of Sociology and associate director and co‐founder of the American Anthropology at Mason. He is also affiliate faculty of Ibsen Theater in Pi�sburgh and taught drama at the School for Conict Analysis and Resolu�on, and Washington College. His four books include selected research affiliate of the Center for Social Science transla�ons of Ibsen and Calderón de la Barca. Davis Research and the Ins�tute for Immigra�on Research. was educated at Lawrence University (BA) and the Yale He received his MA in sociology from the New School School of Drama (MFA, DFA). for Social Research and his PhD in sociology from the ● Oct. 22: Authoritarian Regimes in Compara�ve and University of California, Davis. He is the author of Free Historical Perspec�ve: The Cases of Napoleonic Burma: Transna�onal Legal Ac�on and Corporate France, Pre‐WWII Japan, and Modern‐Day Burma Accountability and co‐author (with Anthony Orum) of (Myanmar). Poli�cal Sociology: Power and Par�cipa�on in Modern A�er the fall of the Roman Empire, some areas, such World. as Spain, England, France, and Russia, were ● Oct. 29: Reimagining American Policing: The Role of consolidated under kings. Kings were kings because Research. Cynthia Lum will discuss how policing has their ancestors had been kings. By the 17th century, changed but has also stayed the same since her �me as kings claimed much more authority through the a sworn officer, focusing on the important role that theory of divine right or power passed from God. research has played in reimagining American policing. Napoleon broke this mold by crowning himself. His Lum is director of the Center for Evidence‐Based Crime power came from his ability to subdue others by force Policy and professor in the department of Criminology, of arms. In the domes�c realm he exercised Law and Society at Mason. She is a former Bal�more unprecedented authority. In the case of Japan, the city police officer and detec�ve who earned a PhD in lurch towards authoritarianism in the 1930s occurred criminology from the University of Maryland, an MS in as domes�c and interna�onal crises pushed the criminology from the London School of Economics and poli�cal climate rightwards and created room for a BA in poli�cal science and economics from the military leaders to work within exis�ng ins�tu�ons to University of California, Los Angeles. suppress dissent at home and promote military aggression abroad. Myanmar's path to F903 History of Pro Sports in Washington authoritarianism occurred by way of a military coup (Are We Cursed?) and is largely a product of the cons�tu�onal Tuesdays, 11:50–1:15, Sept. 18–Oct. 9 constraints ins�tu�onalized by the military and the Four sessions ongoing power that this cons�tu�on provides it. This Instructor: Steve Greenhouse kind of authoritarianism is difficult to defeat, and it is Washington is the home of four major professional increasingly giving rise to “personalist dictatorship”—a sports franchises; one, the major league baseball team, par�cular brand of autocracy in which power is highly dates back to 1901 (with an unfortunate gap from 1973 concentrated in the hands of an individual. Professor to 2004). The other three teams are each at least 43 Emeritus Jack Censer earned his PhD at Johns Hopkins years old. While there have been many moments of University and spent over 40 years at Mason, where glory and a few championships, mostly won by the he also served as chair of the department of History Washington Redskins football team (ve in 81 seasons),

31 Other Topics there also have been long periods of mediocre play R905 Trip Tales and very few important victories. This course traces Tuesdays, 9:40–11:05, Oct. 30–Nov. 6 the history of the four teams, including high and low Two sessions points, their greatest players, their management Instructor: Roger Frost travails, and the cultural issues that have inuenced ● Oct. 30: Cruising the Rhone with a Viking by my their history. A pessimist might conclude there is a Side. In the fall of 2016 Roger and Carole Frost took a curse on DC’s teams—a dark cloud under which they trip on a Viking river‐cruising long boat up the River must forever play their games! Or could the Capitals’ Rhone in Southern France. Since then many friends and Stanley Cup championship in 2018 change things? neighbors have asked what it was like, as they were Steve Greenhouse is a re�red electrical engineer who interested in doing a river cruise also. This session will worked in the space communica�ons eld for the last 35 show a video of our experiences and a summa�on of years of his career. He has a PhD in electrical engineering from Catholic University. Greenhouse has been a long‐ what we thought—pluses and minuses. Would we do it suffering fan of all four of Washington’s pro sports teams. again? We’ll tell you at the end of the session. He looks upon the extensive prepara�on and presenta�on ● Nov. 6: Seven Days in Sorrento. The Frosts’ 2017 trip of this course as both a challenge and an educa�onal was to Sorrento, Italy, where they stayed for a week experience. and took day trips. In this video, see Pompeii, Sorrento, the Isle of Capri, and the Amal Coast. F904 Trip Tales Roger Frost grew up in (Old) South Wales and spent a lot of Mondays, 2:15–3:40, Sept. 17–Nov. 5 his youth enjoying the beaches of the Gower Peninsula. He No class Oct. 8 has a degree in economics from the University of Swansea Seven sessions and an MBA from Northwestern University. His mul�ple Coordinator: Tom Hady careers have encompassed consultancy, academia, business, ● Sept. 17: Dick Young sailed from Suez to Barcelona, and self‐employment. Now re�red, he is enjoying the world visi�ng Israel, Cyprus, Rhodes, Sicily, Majorca, and of video crea�on, grandkids, and gardening. more. He described the rst part of the trip, from Dubai to Suez, last fall. L906 Exploring Along Spiritual Paths (Formerly Survey of Nontradi�onal Beliefs) ● Sept. 24: Roger Frost will tell us of Seven Days in Wednesdays, 11:50–1:15, Sept. 19–Nov. 7 Sorrento. Instructor: Linda Bender ● Oct. 1: Sue Roose traveled through the Hudson Class limit: 25 Valley and into New England. During the class we will explore nontradi�onal ● Oct. 8: In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. concepts such as karma; reincarna�on; the chakras; Unfortunately, we were not able to schedule mys�cs and mys�cal sects; nonmedical healing systems Columbus for a Trip Tale, so there will be NO CLASS. like Reiki or therapeu�c touch; the implica�ons of free ● Oct. 15: Roz Schanzer traveled through India, a will and being responsible for the results of our photographer’s dream des�na�on. With her, we will choices; the alchemist’s physical elements; and the visit the Holi Fes�val where vividly colored powders layers of energy in the body. By way of examples and and paints cover every reveler; ride camels through discussion ques�ons, our focus will be on the desert; follow parades of gigan�c painted understanding the concepts and their implica�ons, elephants; marvel at the women’s gorgeous saris; including how to recognize them in actual day‐to‐day meet friendly children playing in the Ganges River; and situa�ons. We will talk about how facets of these so much more. beliefs might be used as effec�ve tools, should you be ● Oct. 22: Alana Lukes took a 2007 trip to classical interested in doing so. There will be handouts for each Greece, parts of Italy including Pisa, Florence, class with a list of resources rela�ng to the topics Tarquinia, and Os�a, and an archaeological dig. discussed, and there will be �me for ques�ons. ● Oct. 29: Lou Coglianise traveled with Road Scholar Linda Bender earned a BA in mathema�cs from Cornell to Tibet, Nepal, and Bhutan: we will hear about University, spent 20 years as an Army intelligence officer’s temples, monasteries, and palaces, with an added wife, and spent another 30 years managing billing offices for ight past Mount Everest. hospital and physician prac�ces. She has had a con�nuing ● Nov. 5: Ka�e Mitchell spent �me stomping grapes, interest in nontradi�onal beliefs and has also taught digging for clams, and walking a bit of the Camino de medita�on systems for OLLI. Please see olligmu.org/proles/ San�ago on a journey from Bilbao, Spain, to Porto, index‐proles.html for more informa�on about her Portugal. background and experience.

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Special Events F952 Fall for the Book: Na�ve Americans Program Planning Group Chairs: and the Southern Imagina�on Florence Adler, Rita Way Thursday, 10:30–11:45, Oct. 11 Note �me Fall 2018 Special Events George Mason University Fairfax Campus Fall for the Book Instructors: Gina Caison, Kirsten Squint OLLI will join Fall for the Book in their Event limit: 25 20th annual fes�val of literature by promo�ng or Gina Caison and Kirsten Squint will discuss their facilita�ng several of their events. Please register for research into the intersec�ons of southern and Na�ve the events using the OLLI member portal. For events American experiences. In her book Red States: requiring shu�le bus transporta�on, service will be Indigeneity, SeƩler Colonialism, and Southern Studies, provided from Tallwood 45 minutes before the event, Caison argues that no�ons of Na�ve American iden�ty and there will also be return service a�er the event. in the south of the United States can be understood by Check out the rest of the Fall for the Book schedule of tracing how audiences in the region came to imagine events at www.fallforthebook.org. Full Day of Free indigeneity through theatrical and musical Events, Saturday, October 13 at Fall for the Book. Park performances, pre‐Civil War literature, and for free at the Rappahannock parking deck at George contemporary novels. In LeAnne Howe at the Mason University to enjoy a full day of author events IntersecƟons of Southern and NaƟve American in Merten Hall, including book club hits, mystery and Literature: LeAnne Howe's NaƟve, Interstate, and thriller writer panels and more, as part of Fall for the Global South, Kirsten Squint explores the innova�ve Book’s nal day. From the parking deck, you can even and award‐winning works of poetry, drama, and catch a free shu�le to downtown Fairfax to enjoy the c�on from the prominent Choctaw writer. For this Fall fes�val ac�vi�es. All events are free and open to presenta�on, space is limited because OLLI members the public. will be a�ending a Mason class with Mason students. Paid parking is available on Mason campus. The exact Volunteer at Fall for the Book loca�on of the class and the nearest parking garage Meet your favorite writers and help a literary staple will be emailed to registered members closer to the of the Fairfax community thrive. Contact presenta�on date. [email protected] to nd out how F953 Fall for the Book, Traveling Wild: Tales of an Ecotourist F951 Fall for the Book: The Tragedy of Thursday, 11:50–1:15, Oct. 11 Benedict Arnold Tallwood Instructor: Mike Gunter Wednesday, 2:15–3:40, Oct 10 A veteran traveler with ecotourism experience on all Fairfax Lord of Life Instructor: Joyce Lee Malcom seven con�nents, Mike Gunter Jr. is the author of Tales Benedict Arnold’s infamous last act of treason during of an Ecotourist: What Travel to Wild Places Can Teach the Revolu�onary War has remained a puzzle to Us About Climate Change. The book showcases historians. Joyce Lee Malcolm’s The Tragedy of travel—from the hot and humid Amazon jungle to the Benedict Arnold: An American Life unravels the man frozen but dry Antarc�c—as a simple yet spellbinding behind the myth, from his brilliant war�me military lens to be�er understand the complex issue of climate exploits to his troubled rela�onship with the newly change. Using both keen humor and memorable formed Congress. American Historical Review calls the anecdotes, while weaving in respected scien�c book “a work of genuine excellence, as persuasive in studies, the work highlights ve famous eco‐ its argument as it is unse�ling in its implica�ons. des�na�ons and eshes out much‐needed personal Malcolm’s prose is both vigorous and elegant.” context to perhaps society’s greatest threat of all.

33 Special Events F954 Fall for the Book: The Spy Who and the inspira�on and salva�on provided by the one‐ Changed the World armed pianist Paul Wi�genstein, as well as Franz Thursday, 2:15–3:40, Oct. 11 Schubert’s haun�ng last sonata. Booklist calls it a Sherwood Center, 3740 Old Lee Hwy, Fairfax, VA 22030 “moving memoir of living with pain, and with music.” Instructor: Bruce Berkowitz Espionage and economics collide in Bruce Berkowitz’s F957 Fall for the Book: Anything is book Playfair: The True Story of the BriƟsh Secret Possible: A Talk with Elizabeth Strout Agent Who Changed How We See the World. History Friday, 7:30 pm, Oct. 12 knows William Playfair as a Sco�sh adventurer of Harris Theater, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA ques�onable repute who invented the revolu�onary Shu�le Bus from Tallwood (45 minutes before start of concepts of “sta�s�cal graphics”—the line, bar, and presenta�on) pie charts. What history hid, and what Berkowitz Instructor: Elizabeth Strout reveals, is that that Playfair was also a secret agent Event limit: 60 who spied on France. Part biography, part history, and Pulitzer Prize‐winning author of Olive KiƩeridge and part detec�ve story, The Wall Street Journal calls My Name is Lucy Barton, Elizabeth Strout is back with Playfair “a work of ingenious detec�on and a new work of c�on. Anything is Possible follows an reconstruc�on.” unforge�able small town cast—two sisters living vastly different lives, a janitor whose faith is tested, and an F955 Fall for the Book: March for adult Lucy Barton as they grapple with love and loss. Freedom with Congressman John Called “radiant” by Kirkus Reviews, and “stunning” by Lewis and Andrew Aydin Vogue, Anything is Possible reverberates with the deep Thursday, 7:30 pm, Oct. 11 bonds of family, and the hope of reconcilia�on. The Concert Hall, Center for the Arts, 4373 Mason Pond presenta�on is sponsored by the George Mason Drive, Fairfax Friends. Shu�le Bus from Tallwood (45 minutes before start of presenta�on) Instructors: Congressman John Lewis and co‐author 950 Lectures Andrew Aydin Event limit: 90 March: Book One is the rst in the trilogy of graphic L958 Travel Adventures with Road Scholar memoirs from Congressman John Lewis. March Monday, 11:50–1:15, Sept. 17 follows his remarkable journey in the civil rights Instructor: Kelly Espy movement, from his youth in rural Alabama, to Come to learn about many unique travel opportuni�es mee�ng Dr. Mar�n Luther King, Jr., to the steps of city that over ve million people have experienced. Road hall. It is a testament of the power of nonviolent Scholar is a not‐for‐prot travel organiza�on that visits protest in the ba�le against segrega�on. Lewis will be over 150 countries and all 50 states. It is not a joined by his co‐author Andrew Aydin. The commercial tour company. Why is Road Scholar presenta�on is sponsored by George Mason University different from other travel organiza�ons? Road Scholar Libraries and the Office of Orienta�on. If you prefer concentrates on learning, giving travelers the not to take the shu�le bus from Tallwood, parking for opportunity to be with experts in their respec�ve elds a fee is available in the Mason Pond parking deck who have a passion for their cra�. Programs range located next to the Center for the Arts. from the very ac�ve (e.g., skiing, hiking) to the more relaxed (e.g., river boat cruises). Road Scholar F956 Fall for the Book: Sonata: A Memoir programs include all hotels costs, many meals, �ps, of Pain and the Piano taxes, all entrance fees, and equipment. There are Friday, 1:00–2:30, Oct. 12 programs for singles and for small groups, Tallwood grandparents and grandchildren, intergenera�onal, and Instructor: Andrea Avery At 12 years old, talented classical pianist Andrea Avery more. Discover why you too can enjoy learning with friends and family while mee�ng and making new was diagnosed with a severe case of rheumatoid friends with the same interests that you are exploring. arthri�s (RA). In her breathtaking memoir, Sonata, Each Road Scholar program is designed to enrich, thrill, Avery explores the struggle of growing up with RA,

34 Special Events and challenge you. Are you ready to see where your F961 The Pleasure(!) of Recrea�onal love of learning can take you? Mathema�cs: Life Beyond Sudoku Kelly Espy was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, and Saturday, 9:30–12:00, Sept. 22 moved to the Washington, DC, area 45 years ago. She Tallwood completed both her undergraduate and graduate degrees Instructor: Dan Sherman at George Mason University. Espy has enjoyed traveling Although many of us may think “recrea�onal with friends and family and has a�ended many Road mathema�cs” is an oxymoron, solving simple problems Scholar programs. (like deciding whether to switch doors in the Let’s R959 Making Every Vote Count: Why Make a Deal television show) can entertain and give Virginia Needs Fair Redistric�ng insight into important mathema�cal concepts. This Reform class will work through several famous problems in Wednesday, 11:50–1:15, Sept. 19 recrea�onal mathema�cs and show deeper Rose Gallery at Reston Community Center, Lake Anne connec�ons to mathema�cs. The class will highlight Instructor: Michael Mar�n some of the great writers on topics of recrea�onal OneVirginia2021 volunteers present a screening of the mathema�cs, including Ben Franklin, Lewis Carrol, documentary “GerryRIGGED,” followed by an in‐depth Mar�n Gardner, and Raymond Smullyan. The class will discussion of the why, the how, and the why now of be highly interac�ve, and par�cipants will be asked to fair redistric�ng reform, including pending court cases bring a deck of cards to work through some problems. at the state and na�onal level. OneVirginia2021 is a Many references (including web‐based ones) will be mul�‐par�san, largely volunteer, organiza�on working provided for further study. throughout the Commonwealth to talk with fellow Dan Sherman was bi�en by the “puzzle bug” early in his Virginians about gerrymandering and the life, which got him on track to study mathema�cs and its history, learning that has helped him greatly in obtaining a improvements that fair redistric�ng reform can have PhD in economics and subsequent work. He has taught on our ability to govern ourselves successfully. many OLLI courses. Specically, OneVirginia2021 is advoca�ng for the adop�on of an amendment to the Virginia F962 Contemporary Challenges in Public Cons�tu�on that will establish an independent, Educa�on impar�al commission to apply a fair and transparent Tuesday, 11:50–1:15, Sept. 25 process in drawing poli�cal districts a�er the 2020 Church of the Good Shepherd census. Instructors: Anne Holton, Jim Dyke, Mark Ginsberg Mike Mar�n joined the Fairfax Local Ac�on Group of Coordinator: Jennifer Disano OneVirginia2021 in 2017. Since then he’s collected pe��on The Dean of Mason’s College of Educa�on and Human signatures, marched in Richmond and Washington, DC, Development and two former Virginia Secretaries of lobbied state and federal legislators, trained volunteers, led Educa�on, Jim Dyke and Anne Holton, debate some of public discussions and presented the mathema�cs of the current topics roiling the world of public educa�on gerrymandering. today: tes�ng, choice, charters, teacher pay, teacher F960 Making Every Vote Count: Why shortages, experien�al learning, career and technical Virginia Needs Fair Redistric�ng educa�on—the works! Reform Dr. Mark Ginsberg joined George Mason University in 2010 Friday, 1:00–2:30, Sept. 21 as the dean of the College of Educa�on and Human Development. Ginsberg's career spans more than a 35‐year Tallwood period as a professor, psychologist and skilled administrator. Instructor: Deborah Mayer He has lectured and published extensively in the areas of This is a repeat of R959. educa�on, psychology, human development, and human Deborah Mayer is an ac�ve volunteer with the Fairfax services. Ginsberg completed his master’s degree in 1978 Local Ac�on Group for OneVirginia2021, which is working to and his doctorate in 1981 at the Pennsylvania State end gerrymandering in Virginia before the next re‐ University, a�er being awarded a bachelor’s degree from the distric�ng in 2021. She is also a licensed a�orney in the State University of New York at Cortland. Commonwealth of Virginia, and prac�ces primarily in Anne Holton is a visi�ng professor at the Schar School of Northern Virginia. Policy and Government and at the College of Educa�on and Human Development, and a visi�ng Fellow at the Center for Educa�on Policy and Evalua�on. With an AB from Princeton

35 Special Events and a Harvard law degree, Holton has worked as a legal aid digital media has already surpassed TV. This class will lawyer serving low‐income families, a juvenile and domes�c explore these phenomena and test your skill at rela�ons district court judge, and a child welfare reformer. detec�ng what is fake and what is real. As Virginia’s Secretary of Educa�on from 2014‐2016, Holton See F101 for instructor informa�on. worked to increase Virginia’s investment in public educa�on, to promote innova�on and the joy of teaching L965 Astronomy and the Modern Social and learning in our schools, and to ensure every student has Concept of Time a successful pathway to the future, especially those in high‐ Wednesday, 2:15–3:40, Sept 26 poverty communi�es. Instructor: Jeffrey L. Kretsch Jim Dyke is a senior advisor for Virginia state government Coordinator: Mary Kornreich rela�ons at McGuireWoods Consul�ng, LLC. He previously Today we rou�nely look at our watch or a calendar to served as Virginia’s Secretary of Educa�on under former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, and as domes�c policy determine the �me and plan our ac�vi�es. This course advisor to former Vice President Walter Mondale. He has covers historically how �me was determined by the established a signicant regional presence in the business, sun, moon and stars. Originally �me was a very local educa�on and government arenas, working with all thing determined by the sun and every town and city components of the community and with both poli�cal had their own �me. With the rise of fast par�es. He has a JD, cum laude, and a BA from Howard communica�on through the telegraph and telephone University. and fast travel by train, suddenly the issue of whose R963 Short Story Wri�ng with the Fall for �me to use arose. Time further became more central the Book Fes�val Team to our lives with the industrial revolu�on and the use of �me to determine how employees are paid. The Wednesday, 11:50–1:15, Sept. 26 need for train schedules led to the implementa�on of Rose Gallery at Reston Community Center, Lake Anne Instructors: Kara Oakleaf, Suzy Rigdon standard �me zones. The apparent mo�on of the sun Take a crash course in short story wri�ng with the Fall and stars over the year, the seasons, and lunar and for the Book team. In this fast‐paced and interac�ve planetary cycles will be covered. An op�onal night eld class, we’ll build a short story from the ground up observing session will also be included. Dr. Jeffrey L Kretsch is a re�red federal employee who using audience sugges�ons. Learn what it takes to worked in research and development. He has a PhD from write what c�on editors want to see, and then try it Purdue University and MS and BA degrees in astronomy and for yourself! physics. Kara Oakleaf directs the Fall for the Book literary fes�val and teaches wri�ng and literature at George Mason F966 “How Do You Like THESE Apples”? University. Her work appears in journals including Heirloom Apple Tas�ng SmokeLong Quarterly, S�rring, Seven Hills Review, Nimrod, Wednesday, 2:15–3:40, Sept. 26 Tahoma Literary Review, Jellysh Review, Postcard Poetry Fairfax Lord of Life and Prose, and in the Bloomsbury anthology Short‐Form Instructor: Bob Coffin Wri�ng. Cost: $15 Suzy Rigdon manages the fes�val and teaches at Mason. Class limit: 50 Her short prose has been published in Coldnoon Magazine, The Northern Virginia Review, Bartleby Snopes, and The Sample a dozen or so apples from “A”‐Ashmeads Kernel Albion Review. to “Y”‐York Imperial—the full list is seasonally dependent—and maybe taste a few apple dishes as L964 Fake News: Separa�ng Fact From well. Apples have the diversity, lore, subtlety and Fic�on in our Internet Based World audaciousness of ne wine, but the long winter of our Wednesday, 11:50–1:15, Sept 26 indifference has ex�nguished hundreds of quirky and Instructor: Stan Schre�er appealing varie�es. Revel in the complex avors It used to be easy. “Fake” news was the purview of (mango, banana, licorice, nutmeg), sprightly colors, and supermarket tabloids. “Fake” emails usually asked for perfumes of s�ll available, some�mes hard to nd, us to send someone $1,000, so we could collect a varietals such as Cortland, Esopus Spitzenberg, and newly found inheritance of $1M. Recent data as of Ozark Gold. Check out some local special�es, maybe September 2017, show that more than 90% of Idared, Grimes Golden, Greening or Jonathan. Before Americans now consume some news online, and two‐ the �me when Americans became iden�ed as fans of thirds read some on social media. For those under 50, local sports teams, they were known for their favorite

36 Special Events apples. We will explore the history of apples (ancient F969 Conspiracy Film on the 1942 Rome had seven types), their use, spread, rise and Wannsee Conference and Tour of the demise (they really were America’s fruit for hundreds Holocaust Museum of years). Odd bits will be explored (such as why do One session class followed by bus trip they “polish up”?), and the occasional recipe will be Friday, 1:00–2:30, Sept. 28 included. A fee of $15 is payable to OLLI at �me of Documentary class registra�on. Tallwood Bob Coffin, an OLLI member, is making a habit of providing Friday, 9:15–3:30, Oct. 5, visit to museum with lunch on “foodie” events for OLLI, ranging from cheese tas�ngs to your own heirloom tomatoes to olive oil. He grew up in Bus Trip: $38 Massachuse�s where summer/fall family events typically Facilitators: Rita Way, Doris Weisman involved picking pecks of Baldwin, Cortland, Gravenstein, Limit: 30 and a host of other apple varie�es. This is a course/bus trip combina�on that will be registered on a rst‐come, rst‐served basis. You are R967 Poets of the Piano signing up for both the course and trip at the same Wednesday, 2:15–3:40, Sept 26 �me. Rose Gallery, Reston Community Center Lake Anne ● Sept 28: Film presenta�on. Instructor: Nathan Cartere�e Conspiracy is an historical recrea�on of the 1942 Poets of the Piano is a lecture‐recital celebra�ng the Wannsee Conference in which the Nazis and SS leaders magic and poetry of piano music that transcends the gathered in a Berlin suburb to discuss the “Final instrument. The music in this program explores the Solu�on to the Jewish Ques�on.” In the sublime evolving art of piano music, as composers tried to surroundings of a German country house, the express more moods, scenes and characters on the assembled mingled for drinks, enjoyed a rst‐class instrument. Behind each great piece, there is a story buffet lunch, and debated whether execu�on or that will enrich your experience and open your ears to steriliza�on was the most efficient op�on of new possibili�es. A 30‐minute lecture will be followed elimina�ng an en�re race. This one‐�me presenta�on by a one hour concert. is given in conjunc�on with a tour of the Holocaust Nathan Cartere�e is a classical pianist who trained at Yale Museum. University and in private study in Munich, Germany. He has performed around the world and is known for his ● Oct. 5: Holocaust Museum Trip with lunch on your performances of Bach, his work with composers of today, own. and his educa�onal ini�a�ve Poets of the Piano. For more We will visit the Holocaust Museum as a group. The informa�on, please visit www.nathancartere�e.com. tour is self‐guided, and you can visit any of the exhibi�ons on display: permanent exhibi�on; the L968 PT Boats in the U.S. Navy: Their holocaust exhibi�on; and other exhibi�ons located on Place in American Culture, Famous the second and ground oors. Lunch will be on your Personali�es and Developmental own at the museum café, which offers a wide variety of History food. The bus will leave promptly at 9:30 from Fair Thursday, 11:50–1:15, Sept. 27 Oaks Mall parking lot 57, which is outside the circular Instructor: Blane Ampthor road in front of ManTech Corp. Please be on the bus no The US Navy’s World War II Patrol Torpedo (PT) boat later than 9:15. The fee of $38 payable to OLLI at �me has its origins in several countries but is considered of registra�on includes bus fare and driver gratuity. We uniquely American. This weapon, considered will board the bus at 2:30 to return to Fair Oaks. experimental by the Navy, became cri�cal to US opera�ons during World War II. It is now associated R970 The Pleasure (!) of Recrea�onal with Hollywood stars and leaders of our country and is Mathema�cs: Life Beyond Sudoku featured in television and movies. Saturday, 1:30–4:00, Sept. 29 Blane Ampthor is a federal government employee who has Rose Gallery at Reston Community Center, Lake Anne had a lifelong interest in World War II history, par�cularly Instructor: Dan Sherman the role of the US Navy. This is a repeat of F961.

37 Special Events L971 The Fascina�ng Story of the Evolu�on organiza�on that combines her passion for storytelling, of the Loudoun/Fairfax County crea�vity, cra�, community, and philanthropy. Boundary Line Monday, 11:50–1:15, Oct. 1 R974 Papa Haydn and the Sonata Instructor: Jim Lewis Wednesday, 2:45–4:10, Oct. 3 Have you ever wonder why or how the current Rose Gallery at Reston Community Center, Lake Anne Instructor: Donna Gunn Loudoun/Fairfax County boundary line was Follow the development of the sonata through the life established? There’s more to the story than you ever experiences of great composer‐musician Franz Joseph imagined. Learn how Fairfax County ini�ated the Haydn. Find the sonata in his personal study at the ac�on and how it interwove with the posi�oning of Esterhazy Summer Palace in Hungary or at its debut on our na�on’s capital. Be�er yet, learn about the ironic the concert stage in London. Teaching‐ar�st Donna historical twist that resulted in its name. Remnants are Gunn brings it all together with photos from her readily viewable, if you know where to look. Denitely, experiences abroad, historical primary‐source a story for those interested in local history. Jim Lewis is a noted Civil War and WWII historian, lecturer, commentary, and ar�ul performances of selected and local Civil War site tour guide. Haydn sonatas. Donna Gunn is a frequently requested teaching ar�st F972 Monuments, Museums, and Memory whose work is global in scope. In a career spanning more in South Africa: Notes from the Field than 30 years, she has performed in venues throughout the Wednesday, 9:40–11:05, Oct. 3 United States. She is delighted to return to the OLLI Reston Tallwood campus this year. Donna holds a MM in piano performance Instructor: LaNitra Berger and pedagogy from the University of Nebraska‐Lincoln. In Coordinator: Martha Powers 2015 Oxford University Press published her book, How does South Africa confront its apartheid past Discoveries from the Fortepiano. Donna resides in Lincoln, through its public monuments? This course will Nebraska, where she maintains a private piano studio. explore the rela�onship between art, public L975 An Army Colonel Tells His Story: 1931 monuments, and race consciousness in South Africa thru the End of the War in the Pacic based on Dr. Berger's recent on‐the‐ground experience (1945) teaching a course in South Africa. Thursday, 11:50–1:15, Oct. 4 LaNitra M. Berger, PhD is the fellowships director and Instructor: Ron Davis affiliate Art History faculty at George Mason University. She Ron Davis will present “My Dad’s Call to Duty,” a video studies and teaches modern art from South Africa and is interview with his father, Col. Ray Davis, US Army currently nishing a manuscript about South African ar�st re�red, from March 1999. During this interview, Col. Irma Stern. She received a BA in art history and Davis recalls his military experiences, beginning with interna�onal rela�ons from Stanford and a PhD in art history from Duke. the Michigan Na�onal Guard in 1931 and ending a�er WWII. At the �me he was interviewed he was 86. A�er R973 How to Fest with Washington West Col. Davis passed away at 91 in 2003, Ron collected his Wednesday, 11:50–1:15, Oct. 3 father’s memorabilia and photographs to create this Rose Gallery at Reston Community Center, Lake Anne video. Many have found Col. Davis’ story fascina�ng, Instructor: Ariel Lee tying in poli�cal, economic and military events. The Have you ever been to a lm fes�val? What even is a video presenta�on has two parts: lm fes�val? What kinds of lms are screened? What ● Part 1: 1931–Dec 6, 1941. The state of the army kinds of events take place? Who can a�end? The team before WWII, his unit’s role in a huge, depression‐era from Washington West Film Fes�val is excited to guide labor strike at General Motors in 1937, and the pre‐war you through the ins‐and‐outs of how to maximize your mobiliza�on of Guard units. �me, efforts, and dollars at a lm fes�val. Learn what ● Part 2: Dec 7, 1941–1945. Post‐Pearl Harbor, to expect at the 8th annual Washington West Film including his unit’s movement to the west coast, Fes�val in this fun, casual workshop with exclusive deployment to Australia and New Guinea and sneak peeks, fes�val announcements, and a Q&A assignments during his three‐year tour. Ron Davis is a session with the instructor. Learn how to fest with re�red career intelligence officer who worked as an Washington West! economic intelligence analyst for 41 years. He served at the Ariel Lee joined the Washington West Film Fes�val as Defense Intelligence Agency for 20 years and the Intelligence lmmaker coordinator in 2015 before becoming director of and Research Bureau of the State Department for 21 years. programming in 2018. She found in Washington West an 38 Special Events F976 Scandalous Women of Civil War L978 That Li�le Smart Phone You Carry Washington All day, Do You know How It Works? Friday, 1:00–2:30, Oct. 5 Wednesday, 11:50–1:15, Oct. 10 Tallwood Instructor: Mark Weinstein Instructor: Cindy Gueli Suppose you are in downtown Boise, Idaho, and Coordinator: Carolyn Kramer someone calls your Virginia 703 number. Your device Civil War Washington is almost as famous for its rings, hums or vibrates. How did it know where you scandals as it is for its poli�cs. Dr. Gueli explores the were and how did the call and its informa�on get capital’s rich and colorful war�me history through routed to you? Welcome to the world of cell towers, some of its most notorious scandals involving women. two‐way radios, intelligent switches, massive data Stories of murder, adultery, espionage, and bases, GPS, communica�on so�ware, WiFi, data plans, pros�tu�on reveal the intriguing life and culture and whatever tomorrow brings. Many people bonded unique to the city. to their smartphone have no idea how it works. We will Dr. Cindy Gueli is a historian and author of LipsƟck see what makes this 21st century mind‐bending Brigade: The Untold True Story of Washington's World War innova�on �ck. II Government Girls. Gueli is creator and host of the Mark Weinstein, an 11‐year OLLI member, is a re�red upcoming podcast Scandalous Washington. Her next book electrical engineer and a docent at both Smithsonian Air and will examine the history of sex in our na�on’s capital. Space Museums. He has presented numerous OLLI courses on avia�on, technology, innova�on, travel and history. He R977 The Art and Life of Kaethe Kollwitz holds a BSEE from Tu�s and an MAOM from University of Wednesday, 11:50–1:15, Oct. 10 Southern California. Rose Gallery at Reston Community Center, Lake Anne Instructor: Marion Deshmukh R979 Medical Aid‐in‐Dying Kaethe Kollwitz (1867‐1945) was one of Germany's Wednesday, 2:15–3:40, Oct. 10 premier graphic ar�sts whose images of peasants, Rose Gallery at Reston Community Center, Lake Anne workers, soldiers, mothers and children caused Instructor: Mike Pearlman controversies throughout her life. She was the rst Most people don’t know how they’ll react when they woman appointed to the Prussian Academy of Art. Her know death is imminent. It’s difficult for people—when reputa�on both in Germany and in the United States they are healthy—to imagine how well they’ll be able was secured a�er her an�‐WWI posters were re‐ to tolerate severe pain or disability. Some people facing purposed during the Vietnam war. Her sculptures have the prospect of imminent death are willing to accept gained wide recogni�on. Perhaps the most famous serious pain or reduced quality of life in order to buy example is “Mother and her Dead Son” which is more �me. Others would choose a different path if displayed in Berlin’s Guard house museum, which was they could, or at least they’d like the comfort of having dedicated to vic�ms of war and tyranny a�er German the full range of op�ons available to them. Seven states unica�on in 1990. This illustrated presenta�on will and DC have legalized medical aid‐in‐dying (MAID) for illuminate her life, work, and recep�on during the past terminally ill, mentally capable adults. Many other century. states, including Virginia, are now considering legalizing Marion Deshmukh ([email protected]), is the Robert MAID. This course intends to offer informa�on about T. Hawkes Professor of History, emerita in the department MAID and the efforts to legalize MAID in Virginia. It will of History and Art History at George Mason University, allow people to share their thoughts and to discuss the where she taught courses on European, German and issues calmly and though�ully. Austrian history and art history. She twice served as Mike Pearlman is a volunteer with the Northern Virginia department chair and currently chairs the board of the Ac�on Team of Compassion and Choices. He worked in the Friends of the Goethe‐Ins�tute, Washington, DC. She is vice DC and federal prison systems for over 30 years. In addi�on, president of the board of the Friends of the German he has served as a college adjunct for over 25 years teaching Historical Ins�tute, Washington, DC, and serves on the criminal jus�ce and sociology courses. He also has served on board of trustees of the Freer‐Sackler Art Gallery, the na�onal Board of Directors for a non‐prot organiza�on Smithsonian Ins�tu�on. dedicated to providing educa�on and support to pa�ents, families and caregivers for a rare disease that currently has no cure.

39 Special Events L980 In My Father's Words: The World R982 European Opere�a, The Silver Age: War II Le�ers of an Army Doctor Franz Lehar and Emmerich Kalman Thursday, 11:50–1:15, Oct. 11 Wednesday, 2:15–3:40, Oct. 17 Instructor: Laura Cantor Zelman Rose Gallery at Reston Community Center, Lake Anne Coordinator: Rita Way Instructor: James Keefe The true story of the author's father, Milton Cantor, The la�er part of the 19th and early 20th century were MD, who served in the army from 1941‐1945 as a blessed with many great composers of opere�a. The doctor, is told through the 500 le�ers he wrote to his best known was Johann Strauss II, but there were many wife and serve as a �me capsule of this period. They others in Austria, Hungary, France, and Great Britain. In shed light on the condi�ons of soldiers and medical this presenta�on, we will discuss the lives and music of care at that �me, the small joys that brought hope to Austro‐Hungarian composers Franz Lehar and those away from home, and the unabashed patrio�sm Emmerich Kalman. Lehar, the composer of 16 of a doctor doing his part to make sure America opere�as, is best known for his monumental work, The remained the land of the free. Merry Widow, the rst Viennese opere�a to gain favor Laura Cantor Zelman is a graduate of Vassar College where in American musical theater. Kalman composed 19 she majored in sociology and minored in English. She has opere�as, the most famous of which is Countess acted as a writer and editor of various volunteer Maritza, which premiered in Vienna in 1924. organiza�ons' publica�ons and also enjoys wri�ng songs, Dr. James W. Keefe is a former choral music teacher, high poems and skits for family celebra�ons. This passion acted school principal, university professor of educa�on and a as the founda�on for Zelman's organiza�on and excerp�ng na�onal educa�onal associa�on director of research. He has of over 500 le�ers that comprise In My Father's Words. conducted high school and college choruses as well as F981 Lost Towns of Fairfax County church and boys’ choirs. He is a current member of the Reston Chorale in which he sings tenor and arranges music Wednesday, 2:15–3:40, Oct. 17 for the chorus. Fairfax Lord of Life Instructors: Heather Bollinger, Jeff Clark F983 Ed Sullivan's Best of Broadway Coordinator: Carolyn Kramer Musicals Learn about the “lost towns” of Fairfax County— Thursday, 11:50–1:15, Oct. 18 vibrant communi�es which featured schools, Tallwood churches, shops, and civic centers. This presenta�on Instructor: Michelle Blandburg will cover the full range of Fairfax County's history— The family ritual of gathering around the television set from Colchester (18th century), to Ma�ldaville (19th to watch the Ed Sullivan Show on Sunday evenings was century) and Wiehle (20th century). Smaller, less well‐ almost an American cultural universal from 1948 to known communi�es, such as Lewinsville, Acco�nk, 1971. The musical vaudeville‐type variety show and Pender, will be discussed, as well as African included a wide spectrum of popular entertainment. In American communi�es, such as Cooktown/Oak Grove, this class we will celebrate unforge�able Broadway Woodlawn, and The Pines. musical performances by such classic stars as Richard Heather Bollinger is the historic records manager at the Kiley (from The Man of La Mancha), Pearl Bailey (from Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center. She holds Hello Dolly), Carol Channing (from Gentleman Prefer master's degrees in American history from the University of Blondes), Gwen Verdon (from Sweet Charity), and many Central Florida and in library science from the University of Texas at Aus�n, where she specialized in archives and others. We will also enjoy behind‐the‐scenes informa�on management. interviews with songwriters Rodgers and Hammerstein Jeff Clark is a video producer in the Fairfax County Public and Lerner and Lowe. The rare DVD to be shown, Schools Office of Communica�ons. His works, "What's in a narrated by legendary Broadway star John Rai�, is a Name?" and "Schools of Yesteryear," were created to �me capsule of TV’s golden age. educate viewers about the origin of the names of Fairfax See F106 for instructor informa�on. County's public school buildings. He is a graduate of the University of Bal�more, Maryland.

40 Special Events L984 Staying Safe on the Streets LaNitra M. Berger is director of fellowships in the Honors Thursday, 11:50–1:15, Oct. 18 College at George Mason University. She studies the ar�s�c Instructor: John Weinstein intersec�ons between the African and Jewish diasporas. Coordinator: Barbara Wilan Berger is the author of the book chapter “Women’s Role in Situa�onal awareness and knowing what to do (and Mob Violence: Lynchings and Abu Ghraib.” in the book One not to do) can help keep you safe at work, while out of the Guys: Women as Aggressors and Torturers. She earned her BA in art and interna�onal rela�ons from and about, while traveling, etc. This class iden�es Stanford and her MA and PhD in art history from Duke. how criminals behave and what you can do to thwart their evil inten�ons. F987 The Empire State Building Dirigible Before joining Northern Virginia Community College police, Mooring Mast Lt. John Weinstein served as a patrol officer, deputy Monday, 11:50–1:15, Oct. 22 sheriff, and police chief. He writes broadly on verbal judo, Tallwood rearms, and ac�ve shooter tac�cal response and teaches Instructor: Peter Ansoff at local police academies. Weinstein holds a PhD and is a The spire on top of the Empire State Building was recognized nuclear weapons expert. originally designed to be a mooring mast for passenger F985 Mason Athle�cs with Athle�c dirigibles. It was never actually used for that purpose— Director Brad Edwards but what if it had been? This course will discuss the Friday, 1:00–2:30, Oct. 19 historical background of the concept, followed by a Tallwood descrip�on of how it might have worked, some of the Instructor: Brad Edwards problems that would have been involved, and the Coordinator: Jim Dunphy reasons why it never came to pass. A 1/700 scale George Mason University joined the Atlan�c 10 (A10), model of the Empire State Building and a one of the premier athle�c conferences in the na�on, representa�ve dirigible will be used to illustrate some in 2013. Shortly therea�er, in 2014, Brad Edwards aspects of the concept. became the athle�c director at Mason. During that Peter Ansoff is re�red from a career as an acquisi�on �me, Mason has won mul�ple championships in the support contractor for the US Navy. His research interests A10. Women’s basketball just had the most successful include lighter‐than‐air avia�on history. He joined OLLI in season in school history, and the men’s basketball December 2016. team had the highest standing since they joined the A10. In this class, Edwards will set out the recent R988 Celebra�ng the 50th changes made at Mason, the current successes in Anniversary of Stanley Kubrick’s Mason athle�cs, and look into the future of Mason 2001: A Space Odyssey athle�cs. This is a great opportunity, as the Mason Monday, 11:50–1:15, Oct. 22 ght song requests, for OLLI members to don their United Chris�an Parish Green and Gold. Instructor: Pa�y Z. Means Brad Edwards has been the athle�c director at Mason Coordinator: Nancy Scheeler since 2014, having previously served in an athle�c This presenta�on and discussion will reprise the leadership posi�on at his alma mater, University of South accomplishments of the visionary lm director Stanley Carolina. Kubrick as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of his iconic lm, 2001: A Space Odyssey, a lm that shaped a F986 Lynching Photography and genera�on's hopes and fears about ar�cial Representa�ons of Racial Violence intelligence and our place in the universe. We’ll view in the United States and discuss scenes from this masterful lm and Monday, 9:40–11:05, Oct. 22 celebrate its groundbreaking technical Tallwood accomplishments, its ambigui�es, and what it says Instructor: LaNitra Berger about humanity. Coordinator: Martha Powers Pa�y Zubeck Means is an instructor with the Na�onal This course will discuss how lynching photography and Archives and an associate professor of English and Literature representa�ons of lynching in American art provide at Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC). She's historical informa�on and context for racial violence in taught at NVCC, University of Maryland, and The George the United States. We will also discuss how these Washington University. She has also worked as a lm images are viewed in contemporary society. director and lm editor.

41 Special Events L989 Importance of Resistance Training of these, the instructor will briey discuss the possible Monday, 11:50–1:15, Oct. 22 effects from global warming and ques�ons raised by Instructor: Bobby Quaran�llo select recent hurricanes such as Sandy. Coordinator: Kathie West Rick Schwartz is author of the book, Hurricanes and the Limit: 30 Middle AtlanƟc States, published in 2007. He is currently If you li� weights with proper form, you will become wri�ng another hurricane history book, Hurricanes and the stronger and live longer! Learn the basics of how to Southeast Coast. The instructor has lived in the DC area move, prevent injuries and enjoy the golden years of since 1968, experiencing many local hurricanes. your life. Bobby Quaran�llo has been in the health and tness L992 Stretching and Balance for Seniors industry for over 12 years. During this �me he has worked Thursday, 11:50–1:15, Oct., 25 with clients ranging from ages 8‐80. He has helped Instructor: Ally Darling countless adults lose weight and improve their quality of Coordinator: Kathie West life while working with dozens of high school athletes who Allyson Darling is a cer�ed personal trainer and have secured Division 1 athle�c scholarships. Quaran�llo tness nutri�on specialist from the Na�onal Academy has a BS in business management with a focus on sports of Sports Medicine She has experience including, but management, but his true passion is working with his clients not limited to, Olympic weightli�ing, strength training, to improve their health and tness. rehab strength and mobility. This course will help you F990 German POW Camps in the DC Area get into the right frame of mind to achieve your During WW II strength and mobility goals. Wednesday, 2:15–3:40, Oct. 24 F993 The Curious Life and Career of Fairfax Lord of Life Charles Rennie Mackintosh Instructor: Ann Shields Friday, 1:00–2:30, Oct. 26 Coordinator: Joyce Simmons Tallwood This lecture will address prisoner of war (POW) camps Instructor: Roz Hoagland in the United States during World War II. Special Sco�sh architect and designer Charles Rennie emphasis will be placed on local POW camps, Mackintosh had a short, but spectacular, career in late especially the one that was located in Fairfax. 19th century Glasgow. His elegant linear Art Nouveau Ann Shields is a nurse for the Department of Defense at approach was not highly regarded then, but it is Fort Belvoir. Her interest in German POWs culminated in an celebrated now. We’ll look at his rather sad life and oral history project in 2010 documen�ng the WWII use of POW labor in her Indiana hometown. She conducted over examine his buildings and designs for applied art. 70 interviews with German ex‐POWs, guards, Army vets, Comparisons will also be made with the works of his and civilians in the United States and in Germany, where contemporaries in Scotland, the rest of Europe, and she lived for two decades. She conducted further research the United States. and interviews in the Washington, DC area to update the Roz Hoagland is a re�red art historian. She taught at topic. Northern Virginia Community College for 40 years and gave lectures at the US State Department Training Center. In F991 Hurricanes and the Washington re�rement, she con�nues to take groups to Europe three Metropolitan Area: A Surprising �mes per year for study tours focusing on art, architecture, History, Jamestown to the Present and historic and unusual sites. Since 1999, she has Thursday, 11:50–1:15, Oct. 25 conducted 52 trips to over 20 different countries, and this is Tallwood her third class for OLLI. Instructor: Rick Schwartz This class provides students with an overview of the L994 Luc Besson and the French Cinema hurricane history of the Washington, DC metropolitan Du Look Movement Monday, 11:50–1:15, Oct. 29 area. It highlights some of the “big ones” star�ng with Instructor: Patricia Means the colonial era. The course examines risks based on Coordinator: Barbara Wilan what has happened. Hurricane history tends to be Limit: 25 repe��ve over �me. Wind, rainfall‐related ooding, Besson has been praised as the “most Hollywood” of storm surge ooding and tornadoes have had major French lm directors, writers, and producers. His skill impacts in the DC area. In addi�on to examining each in rening and revolu�onizing ac�on lm is apparent

42 Special Events most recently in his 2014 lm Lucy, and one cri�c L997 Mozart and His Women, Both Off noted that Besson could always drama�ze the struggle and On the Stage of his characters in “...a conscien�ous resistance to Monday, 11:50–1:15, Nov. 5 human degrada�on.” As an ac�on director of over 50 Loudoun movies, he features spectacle over narra�ve and is Instructor: Jon Goldberg admired for his skillfully choreographed chase Mozart has created some of the most vivid and sequences. Bresson is s�ll con�nually cited by lm enduring portraits of women in all of opera. Even cri�cs for his visual style, coined “du look,” and his while placing them squarely in the conven�ons and associa�on with the French New Wave. His movies strictures of their �me, they are fully realized and include The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, La aware, displaying an amazing range of human Femme Nikita, and The FiŌh Element. This class emo�ons s�ll very much relevant today. But, what presenta�on and discussion will examine some of his about the women in his life? His mother was only a earliest work as well as his more mainstream feature peripheral presence in his life; his sister was adoring, lms with clips from his lms. yet ar�s�cally oppressed, and, of course, there was his See R988 for instructor informa�on. much maligned wife and her sisters. We will examine F995 Northern Virginia Regional Mozart’s rela�onship with them and how they Commission inuenced his female opera characters. We will also Wednesday, 2:15–3:40, Oct. 31 listen to how Mozart revealed the true inner Fairfax Lord of Life emo�onal life of these women through his brilliant Instructor: Robert W. Lazaro, Jr. orchestra�on. This discussion hopefully will leave you There are 21 Planning Districts in the Commonwealth wan�ng to listen to Mozart’s great operas with new of Virginia serving their regions for nearly 50 years. insight. The Northern Virginia Regional Commission plays a Jon Goldberg holds a master’s degree in music from the unique role in working with its partner local Manha�an School of Music and teaches music theory at Northern Virginia Community College. He is founder and governments in providing programming and services conductor of the Endymion Ensemble, an interna�onally in such areas as HIV/AIDS care, environmental recognized chamber orchestra that has performed at programming and renewable energy/energy efficiency Carnegie Recital Hall and has several recordings. to help local governments save money. Robert W. Lazaro, Jr. is the execu�ve director, Northern F998 Poetry Reading Virginia Regional Commission. He graduated from St. John’s Wednesday, 9:45–11:15, Nov. 7 University, Jamaica, NY with a BA in public administra�on. Note �me Tallwood F996 Google Translate: What to Expect, Coordinators: Mike McNamara, Jan Bohall What Not to Expect The OLLI Poetry Workshop returns to a tradi�on at Monday, 9:40–11:05, Nov. 5 Tallwood: the presenta�on of poetry by its members. Tallwood Workshop members will share their work at a reading; Instructor: Thomas Appich all in the OLLI community are invited. As poems are Google Translate, and other tools like it, implement read, they will be projected onto a screen so that the what is called “machine transla�on” (MT). MT has audience can follow readings. Non‐workshop been a goal since the 1960s, but un�l rela�vely members will also be given �me to present an original recently that goal has remained elusive. Modern MT poem limited to a page or less. Non‐workshop readers systems are vastly be�er than their predecessors, but are asked to contact either of the above coordinators they s�ll have a considerable way to go. It is important and advise of their wish to par�cipate. for the user to understand what they can and, more signicantly, what they can’t do. Before Thomas Appich went into computers, he was a linguist/translator in mul�ple languages. He has worked with a number of MT systems over the years.

43 Special Events F999 Premier Military Bands in the branch’s anthem, and then we’ll be serenaded by the Washington, DC Area award‐winning barbershop quartet An�ques Wednesday, 2:15–3:40, Nov 7 Roadshow. Finally, we’ll enjoy our feature lm, The Fairfax Lord of Life Hello Girls, about 223 female members of the US Army Instructor: Walter Todenho� Signal Corps who served as telephone operators in Coordinator: Angie Talaber Europe in WWI—yet were not recognized for their You have probably seen these groups on TV or maybe service un�l 60 years a�erward. This cap�va�ng one‐ even a�ended one of their concerts. If you are former hour documentary (newly released and not yet shown military and re�red in this area, you might even have in theaters or televised) will be introduced by its had one of these groups play your re�rement director, James Theres, who will also respond to ceremony. Just who are these musicians? Are they ques�ons a�erward. really military personnel? Where do they come from? Learn all about these outstanding musicians and listen F1002 The Results of the 2018 Midterm to some musical examples of their groups in this class Elec�on: What Happened?! presented by Sergeant Major (re�red) Walter Thursday, 1:00–2:30, Nov. 15 Todenho�, formerly with The United States Army Note �me Band, “Pershing’s Own.” Church of the Good Shepherd Walter Todenho� is from Radford, Virginia, and was a Instructor: Helen Desfosses member of the Army’s Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps from This one‐�me class will examine an increasingly heard 1982‐1984 and then in the United States Army Band, exclama�on in the Trump years: “What Happened?” “Pershing’s Own,” from 1984 un�l 2012. He holds a While the president does not run in midterm master’s degree in clarinet performance from the University elec�ons, all 435 members of the House of of Maryland and was a band director in Montana and Representa�ves do, as well as dozens of US senators. Roanoke, Virginia, before joining the Army. Yet not only did President Trump’s policies and poli�cs R1000 The Flying Aircra� Carriers of the strongly inuence the midterm elec�ons, but he US Navy cannot escape their impact on the last half of his rst Wednesday, 2:15–3:40, Nov. 7 term and whether he will be nominated for, and Rose Gallery at Reston Community Center, Lake Anne elected to, a second term. This class will analyze this Instructor: Peter Ansoff impact and inves�gate both what has happened In the early 1930s, the US Navy commissioned two historically in midterm elec�ons and what did occur in large airships (dirigibles) that were designed to be 2018. This course will also assess inuen�al events mother ships for scou�ng airplanes. This course will during the campaign, ranging from the uniqueness of discuss the origins of the program, the construc�on Donald Trump, the Mueller inves�ga�on, the and characteris�cs of the ships and their air publica�on of blockbuster books, such as Michael detachments, their opera�onal histories, their fates, Wolff’s, The Fire and the Fury, and James Comey’s, A and their legacy. It will also touch briey on some of Higher Loyalty. New and ongoing issues, such as the personali�es who were involved in the program. immigra�on, crime, denucleariza�on, and Trump’s See F987 for instructor informa�on. quest for a Nobel Peace Prize will also be discussed. Addi�onally, this course will assess poli�cal forces that F1001 OLLI’s Fourth Annual Veterans Day played a signicant role, including ci�zen ac�on, the Celebra�on role of women voters and candidates, rivalries Friday, 1:00–3:00, Nov. 9 between workers and elites, and the chaos within Note �me both major poli�cal par�es. Finally, we will explore the Tallwood likely impact of the 2018 midterm elec�ons on the Coordinator: Martha Powers evolu�on of our country’s ongoing culture and poli�cal Join us as we honor our OLLI member veterans and environment on the 2020 elec�on. the 100th anniversary of Armis�ce Day. We’ll begin Dr. Helen R. Desfosses has taught many OLLI courses on with the presenta�on of the colors by the Fairfax contemporary poli�cs. She bases her courses on her PhD in Police Ceremonial Honor Guard followed by the poli�cal science, her many years of research and teaching, audience singing the na�onal anthem. Next, all as well as the lessons learned through her years of media veterans will be recognized to the tunes of each commentary, campaigning, and serving in elected poli�cal office.

44 Special Events R1004 RCC Professional Touring Ar�st Reston Community Center Series: Dr. Robert Sapolsky, 2018‐19 Professional Acclaimed Author, Stress Expert, Touring Ar�sts Series Biologist and Neuroscien�st OLLI is collabora�ng with the Reston Community Wednesday, 8:00 pm, Nov. 7 Center by promo�ng several of their 2018‐19 Reston Community Center Hunters Woods Professional Touring Ar�sts Series events scheduled Note �me and date for CenterStage at Reston Community Center Hunters Limit: 20 Woods. In return, OLLI members are provided a Fee: $20 discounted rate to a�end. Please register for the select Dr. Sapolsky is a MacArthur “Genius” Fellow, a events below using the OLLI member portal. professor of biology and neurology at Stanford Registra�ons are limited and will be taken on a rst‐ University, and a research associate with the Ins�tute come, rst‐served basis. Check out the rest of the of Primate Research at the Na�onal Museum of Kenya. Reston Community Center Professional Touring Ar�sts In 2008, Na�onal Geographic and PBS aired an hour‐ Series events under the CenterStage schedule at: long special on stress featuring Dr. Sapolsky and his www.restoncommunitycenter.com research on the subject. The humor and humanity he brings to some�mes‐sobering subject ma�er make Dr. R1003 RCC Professional Touring Ar�st Sapolsky a fascina�ng speaker. He lectures widely on Series: Armistead Maupin, Best‐ topics as diverse as stress and stress‐related diseases, selling Author and LGBTQ Ac�vist baboons, the biology of our individuality, the biology of Sunday, 7:00 pm, Oct. 21 religious belief, the biology of memory, schizophrenia, Note �me and date depression, aggression, and Alzheimer’s disease. A fee Reston Community Center Hunters Woods of $20, payable to OLLI at �me of registra�on, covers Limit: 20 the cost of your �cket. Registra�ons will be taken on a Fee: $20 rst‐come, rst‐served basis. Tickets will be reserved in Author Neil Gaiman states that “Maupin is one of your name and available for pick‐up at the Reston America's nest storytellers, and the story of his life is Community Center box office. OLLI cannot guarantee a as fascina�ng, as deligh�ul and as compulsive as any refund for this event once you have paid for your of the tales he has made up for us.” Launched in 1976 reserva�on. as a groundbreaking serial in the San Francisco Chronicle, Armistead Maupin’s iconic Tales of the City series has since blazed its own trail through popular Performances and Trips culture–from a sequence of globally best‐selling novels, to a Peabody award‐winning television miniseries starring Olympia Dukakis and Laura Linney. 1005 The Grand Trash Tour His new book is a memoir �tled Logical Family which Friday, 9:15–3:30, Sept. 21 grew out of his cri�cally acclaimed one‐man show of Bus trip: $41 the same name. Recommended for adults ages 18 and Coordinator: John Nash, Martha Powers older; younger audience members must be Tour limit: 30 accompanied by a parent or guardian. A fee of $20, This grand trash tour of the solid waste and payable to OLLI at �me of registra�on, covers the cost recoverable facili�es in Fairfax will give a�endees an of your �cket. Registra�ons will be taken on a rst‐ insight into one of the most interes�ng and come, rst‐served basis. Tickets will be reserved in technologically advanced systems in our county. We your name and available for pick‐up at the Reston will follow the ow of refuse and recyclables—what we Community Center box office. OLLI cannot guarantee a put out on the curb each week—from the collec�on at refund for this event once you have paid for your the I‐66 transfer sta�on down to the Lorton recycling reserva�on. and landll center. We will see the huge incinerator that consumes that refuse, genera�ng electricity to be sold back to the grid, recovering certain metals, and reducing volume to manageable ash for the landll. We next will drive onto the exis�ng covered landll and learn about the system of methane gas recovery.

45 Special Events Coventa, the management rm, along with the 1007 Evening Visit to the Roll‐Top county’s Department of Solid Waste management, will Observatory at Turner Farm Park host this tour. Between the two presenta�ons—one in Friday, 7:15 pm, Sept. 28 the morning and one in the a�ernoon—we’ll go to The Turner Farm, 925 Springvale Road, Great Falls, Occoquan for lunch on your own. A�endees must be Virginia 22066 able to navigate stairs. A fee of $41, covering bus Carpool transporta�on costs and bus driver �p, is payable to Instructor: Dr. Jeffrey L. Kretsch OLLI at �me of registra�on. The bus will leave Coordinator: Mary Kornreich promptly at 9:30 from Fair Oaks Mall parking lot 57, Limit: 35 which is outside the circular road in front of ManTech The Analemma Society, in conjunc�on with Northern Virginia Astronomy Club volunteers, conducts Friday Corp. Please be on the bus by 9:15. Es�mated �me of night observing sessions from 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm at return is 3:30. Space is limited, so sign up today. the roll‐top observatory. The OLLI session starts at 7:15 Registra�on for this event is on a rst‐come, rst‐ served basis. pm with an introduc�on to the night sky, poin�ng out major constella�ons, the planets, and deep sky objects. 1006 It's Loudoun Again for Wining and These include a descrip�on of the daily mo�ons of the Dining celes�al sphere and the changes of the seasons. When Friday, 9:45–5:00, Sept. 28 the moon is visible, a close look at its geological surface Bus trip: $91 features is provided. Views of features of the visible Coordinator: Bernie Oppel bright planets are provided as well as their satellites. A Tour limit: 25 wide range of deep sky objects including galaxies, Join our OLLI fun group for a return to Loudoun nebulae, and star clusters can be seen in the County for another in the con�nuing series of OLLI telescopes, as well as double stars and other peculiar wine and luncheon trips. The tas�ng experience stars of interest. The passage of earth‐orbi�ng satellites begins at 868 Estate Vineyard for a seated tas�ng of is provided as the opportunity arises. Sky programs six wines. The tour con�nues with a seated lunch at providing a descrip�on of the night's viewing will be the renowned Grandale Vintner’s Table restaurant on provided. The Turner Farm is located at the intersec�on Harper’s Ferry Road. Par�cipants will select from the of Georgetown Pike (Route 193) and Springvale Road mid‐day fare menu. Prices range from $25 to $35, (Route 674) in Great Falls, Virginia. The park entrance is depending on selec�on and number of courses. Each on Springvale Road. When you arrive take the path to par�cipant will pay separately. A�er a short drive, we the roll‐top observatory, following the signs. Those conclude with a tas�ng at picturesque Bluemont who come early are welcome to go to the telescopes. Vineyards and take in the fall scenery. An fee of $91, Registra�on for this carpool event is on a rst‐come, covering bus transporta�on costs, driver �p, and wine rst‐served basis. This op�onal nigh�me visit follows tas�ngs, is payable to OLLI at �me of registra�on. The up on the Loudoun fall term special event L965 bus will leave promptly at 10:00 from Fair Oaks Mall Astronomy and the Modern Social Concept of Time parking lot 57, which is outside the circular road in (Wednesday, Sept. 26 at OLLI in Loudoun). See catalog front of ManTech Corp. Please be on the bus by 9:45. lis�ng for more informa�on on the lecture. Es�mated �me of return is 5:00. Registra�on is on a rst‐come, rst‐served basis. 1008 A Day’s Ou�ng at the Maryland Renaissance Fes�val OLLI Bus Trip Policy Saturday, 8:30–4:30, Oct. 6 (rain date Sunday, Oct. 7, same �me) All OLLI members par�cipa�ng in ac�vi�es that Carpool entail bus transporta�on must sign a bus waiver Coordinator: Ted Mosser form, either by signing a course registra�on form Fee: $21 or on line when registering through the Member Leave the hec�c pace of the 21st century behind! The Portal. The waiver releases OLLI from any and all Fes�val features wonderful entertainment from claims for injury or damage sustained by, theatrical stage performances to jous�ng to musicians, through, or as a result of such ac�vi�es, and plus cra�smen in medieval garb, including a holds OLLI harmless for any claims resul�ng blacksmith, a coin minter, and others. You can stroll the therefrom.

46 Special Events beau�ful wooded paths, enjoy a variety of delicious Es�mated �me of return is 3:00. Registra�on for this food and beverages in one of the pubs, and shop for event is on a rst‐come, rst‐served basis. handcra�ed gi�s. We will review the weather for Monday, Oct. 1, and make a call on purchasing �ckets. 1010 Cannonballs and Cabernet: Visit to We cannot guarantee our visit will be rain free, but Bull Run Ba�leeld and Winery �ckets are good, rain or shine. Those planning to Friday, 9:30–3:30, Oct. 26 carpool, please meet at the Tallwood parking lot at Bus trip $98 Coordinator: Jim Dunphy 8:30 to organize cars and receive your �ckets. If you Tour limit: 20 are not carpooling, please pick up your �ckets at the What be�er way to spend a fall day than with Tallwood office the week before the event. You will be cannonballs and cabernets? First, we will head to the no�ed when �ckets are available at the office. The Bull Run ba�leeld in Manassas, where, a�er OLLI carpool coordinator will leave any unclaimed spending �me in the museum and electronic map, we �ckets at the Will Call window a�er 10:30 at the will par�cipate in a 45‐minute ranger‐led tour of the Renaissance Fes�val so you can claim them when you ba�leeld. From there, we will head to the Cracker arrive. Leave plenty of �me to get to the Fes�val as it Barrel restaurant for an old‐fashioned lunch. A�er is about 75 minutes to Crownsville, Maryland, and lunch, we will travel to the Winery at Bull Run for a there can be long car lines ge�ng into the Fes�val tas�ng, followed by a tour of the beau�ful grounds. At grounds for parking. Plan to leave the Fes�val at 4:30 the end of the day, there will be �me to purchase or at a �me agreed upon with your carpool wines. Note: We will be walking at both the ba�leeld par�cipants. Direc�ons and a registra�on roster will be and the winery, so wear comfortable shoes. The tour emailed so that carpoolers can contact one another. will be held rain or shine, but may be altered in case of The fee of $21 covers your �cket cost. Food and drink inclement weather. Due to limits on wine tas�ng, at the fes�val are on your own. Registra�on for this registra�on will be limited to no more than 20 event is on a rst‐come, rst‐served basis. par�cipants. The fee of $98, covering bus 1009 Fort Belvoir USO Warrior and Family transporta�on costs, driver �p, lunch, and wine Center Tour tas�ng, is payable to OLLI at �me of registra�on. The Friday, 9:15–3:00, Oct. 12 bus will leave promptly at 9:45 from Fair Oaks Mall Bus trip: $54 parking lot 57, which is outside the circular road in Coordinator: John Nash front of ManTech Corp. Please be on the bus no later Tour limit: 40 than 9:30. We will board the bus at 3pm to return to Most of us have heard of the USO—the United Fair Oaks. Registra�on for this event is on a rst‐come, Services Organiza�on—and the wonderful things it rst‐served basis. does for our military in war�me. But did you know the USO has an important peace�me mission as well? Join 1011 Gargoyles and Earl Grey: Guided us for a tour of the USO Warrior and Family Center at Tour with Tea at the Washington Fort Belvoir. During this tour, you will see the largest Na�onal Cathedral USO facility and learn how it helps provide a welcome Wednesday, 11:15–5:00, Nov. 14 Bus Trip: $69 interlude and ac�vi�es for those men and women who Coordinator: Sally Burdick serve in our military and their families. You’ll also learn Limit: 30 about a unique mission of the USO in its support of Join OLLI friends on a guided tour with tea at the the wounded warriors. Following the USO tour, we will Washington Na�onal Cathedral. A na�onal treasure, go to the Fort Belvoir Officers’ Club for a plated lunch the Cathedral amazes visitors with its soaring in our own private room overlooking the Potomac bu�resses, neo‐Gothic architecture, stained glass River and its beau�ful fall foliage. Those who sign up windows, medieval‐style gardens, and menacing will be sent a menu selec�on. A fee of $54, covering gargoyles. An in‐depth tour begins at 1:30, followed by bus transporta�on costs and driver �p, is payable to a tradi�onal English tea with sandwiches, scones, and OLLI at �me of registra�on. The bus will leave a scenic view of Washington, DC, from the seventh promptly at 9:30 from Fair Oaks Mall parking lot 57, oor Pilgrim Observa�on Gallery. Since tea will not be which is outside the circular road in front of ManTech served un�l 2:45, you might want to have a light lunch Corp. Please be on the bus no later than 9:15. or snack beforehand. The trip allows about an hour of

47 Special Events extra �me for browsing an exhibit, strolling in the and commi�ee chairs. You also will have the Bishop’s garden, or shopping in the cathedral gi� store opportunity to pick up your new Loudoun parking before the tour. The bus will leave promptly at 11:30 passes. Stay a�erwards to hear Provost Emeritus Peter from Fair Oaks Mall parking lot 57, which is outside Stearns speak via video teleconference on “Is There a the circular road in front of ManTech Corp. Please be History of Happiness?” Registra�on for this event is on on the bus no later than 11:15. The fee of $69, payable a rst‐come, rst‐served basis. to OLLI at �me of registra�on, includes tour, tea, 1103 Reston Fall Term Kick‐Off Coffee transporta�on, and driver gratuity. We will board the Thursday, 1:00–2:00, Oct. 4 bus at 4:00 to return to Fair Oaks. Registra�on for this Note date and �me event is on a rst‐come, rst‐served basis. Community Room, Reston Community Center Hunters Woods 1012 OLLI's FOLLIS Performance by the Coordinator: Beth Lambert OLLI Players Come one, come all, longstanding and recent Friday, 1:00–2:30, Nov. 2 members, to welcome new members and kick off the Tallwood fall term at OLLI Reston! Celebrate old friendships and Coordinator: Kathie West make new ones with coffee, refreshments, and Remember the Ed Sullivan show? OLLI Players has its friendly conversa�on. New members will have the own Ed Sullivan with all the acts you may have missed: opportunity to meet and engage with staff, OLLI Board Charlie Chaplin, Vitameatavegamin, Alex the robot, members and commi�ee chairs. Enjoy the rst and many more. Come relax and laugh with us. There fabulous “Meet the Ar�sts” performance following is no cost to a�end, but dona�ons to OLLI Players are coffee. Registra�on for this event is on a rst‐come, always welcome. rst‐served basis. Register for R116 Meet the Ar�sts See F401 for coordinator informa�on separately. Registra�on for this event is on a rst‐ come, rst‐served basis. Social Events 1104 Lunch at l’Auberge Chez Francois French Restaurant 1101 Fairfax Fall Term Kick‐Off Coffee Friday, 12:00–2:00, Oct. 12 Friday, 10:00–12:00, Sept. 14 Carpool Note date and �me Coordinators: Judy Sapienza, Barbara Wilan Tallwood Limit: 46 Coordinator: Elaine Leonard Fee: $45 Come one, come all, longstanding and recent Ooh la la! Back by popular demand! Lunch in an members, to welcome new members and kick off the authen�c French farmhouse se�ng. Enjoy an autumn fall term at OLLI Fairfax! Celebrate old friendships and day drive on a country road to plenty of parking at 332 make new ones with coffee, refreshments, and Springvale Road, Great Falls, VA 22066. Award winning friendly conversa�on. New members will have the Execu�ve Chef Jacques Haeringer will introduce us to opportunity to meet and engage with staff, OLLI Board French cuisine extraordinaire, con�nuing the tradi�on members, and commi�ee chairs. Registra�on for this of his late father Papa Francois who came from France event is on a rst‐come, rst‐served basis. and opened L'Auberge Chez Francois in 1975. The 1102 Loudoun Fall Term Coffee and dining rooms are lled with Haeringer family Conversa�on heirlooms and murals depic�ng scenes of Haeringer's Friday, 11:30‐1:00, Sept. 14 birthplace, Obernai, France. Today, L'Auberge Chez Note date and �me Francois is much the same as when it was rst opened. Loudoun It is family‐run, with me�culously cra�ed meals which Coordinator: Judy Sapienza have set the standard for authen�c French food. The Come one, come all, longstanding and recent fee of $45, payable to OLLI at the �me of registra�on, members, to welcome new members and kick off the includes food, coffee or tea, and �p. Registra�on for fall term at OLLI Loudoun! Celebrate old friendships this event is on a rst‐come, rst‐served basis. If you and make new ones with coffee, nibbles, and friendly have already a�ended the 2018 spring term lunch at conversa�on. New members will have the opportunity L’Auberge Chez Francois, we kindly ask you not sign up to meet and engage with staff, OLLI Board members to go again. 48 Special Events 1105 Chili Cook‐Off Friday, 12:30–2:30, Oct. 19 Between Term Events Rose Gallery at Reston Community Center, Lake Anne Coordinator: Beth Lambert BT1201 Grab ‘n’ Gab Coffee Klatch OLLI’s Reston loca�on at the Rose Gallery in Lake Anne Thursday, 10:00–11:30, Sept. 6 is the perfect se�ng for our annual Chili Cook‐Off, so Tallwood get out your favorite recipe for chili, corn bread, or a Coordinator: Toni Acton salad, and join the fes�vi�es. When you register, Event limit: 30 please let us know what type of food you’ll bring. If Grab a cup of coffee and some cookies in the Social you are bringing chili in a crock pot, don’t worry; there Room, and enjoy between‐term socializing in the are a lot of electrical outlets available. Also, we always Social Annex next door. All members—new and long‐ welcome desserts! Registra�on for this event is on a �me—are welcome to enjoy the casual conversa�on rst‐come, rst‐served basis. and camaraderie. Registra�on for this event is on a rst‐come, rst‐served basis. 1106 Coffee, Croissants, Culture, and Conversa�on Thursday, 11:50–1:15, Nov. 1 BT1202 Cuban Missile Crisis: Film and Loudoun Discussion with Mason Students Instructor: Ray Beery Wednesday, 1:30–4:00, Sept. 12 Coordinator: Judy Sapienza Mason’s Fenwick Library Main Reading Room Limit: 25 Instructor: Mar�n J. Sherwin Fee: $5 Limit: 40 Enjoy coffee, croissants, and a taste of French culture, Join Pulitzer Prize historian Professor Mar�n J. Sherwin countryside and charm presented by Ray Beery. This is and his seminar for an a�ernoon of lm and a great opportunity to take a break in the day and discussion about the Cuban missile crisis: its origins, its maybe meet some new friends and fellow consequences, and its con�nuing relevance. Parking Francophiles. Come and indulge! Registra�on for this for this event is on your own at Mason. event is on a rst‐come, rst‐served basis. Dr. Mar�n Sherwin is a professor of history at Mason and a na�onally recognized scholar and prolic writer, whose Ray Beery presented "France Trip Tales" in spring 2018 at honors include winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Loudoun. He visited France several �mes on military and Biography, shared with Kai Bird. business pos�ngs, including three years at Laon Air Base in Picardy. BT1203 Is There a History of Happiness? 1107 Annual OLLI Holiday Party Friday, 1:00–2:30, Sept. 14 Tuesday, 11:30–2:30, Dec. 4 Note �me Country Club of Fairfax Tallwood Coordinator: Elaine Leonard Instructor: Dr. Peter Stearns Event limit: 200 Coordinator: Jennifer Disano Fee: $38 A group of historians is working on connec�ons Join us for OLLI's biggest event of the season, now at a between history and well‐being. Trying to gure out new loca�on! Star�ng at 11:30 there will be hors pa�erns of happiness over �me is part of this project. d'oeuvres and a cash bar. Lunch will be served at 12:15 This talk will sketch the ndings and issues involved, followed by a musical performance and door prizes. beginning with a gloomy view of agricultural society Choose either chicken, pasta, or spinach salad and and proceeding to discuss modern gains and their soup as entrees. The fee of $38 is payable to OLLI at limits. And yes, we probably are a bit happier, or we the �me of registra�on. The meal includes a beverage should be. and dessert, plus a salad with the chicken and pasta Peter N. Stearns is provost emeritus and university entrees. You can indicate your choice of entree when professor at George Mason University, with a PhD in history you register. Registra�on will be taken on a rst‐come, from Harvard University. He has wri�en or edited 130 rst‐served basis. The Country Club of Fairfax is books and published widely in modern social history. His located at 5110 Ox Road, Fairfax, VA 22030. areas of exper�se include world history, social history, globaliza�on, and history of emo�ons. His next book, on culture change, comes out in December.

49 Special Events BT1204 Is There a History of Happiness? systems. He has taught project management at IBM World Friday, 1:00–2:30, Sept. 14 Trade Corpora�on and has conducted over 100 AARP senior Note �me driver classes over the last 12 years. His special interests are Loudoun op�cal and cogni�ve func�ons as they relate to driving. Instructor: Dr. Peter Stearns Coordinator: Jennifer Disano Loudoun “Listening Tour” This is a videoconference of BT1203. Thursday, 1:30–2:30, Oct. 4 Loudoun BT1205 Bake Sale and a Movie: A Coordinator: Judy Sapienza Christmas Carol Join OLLI Execu�ve Director Jennifer Disano in a Friday, 11:00–3:30, Dec. 14 friendly discussion about the OLLI program in Loudoun (Bake Sale: 11:00–1:00, Movie: 1:00–3:30) and overall. We invite your feedback and sugges�ons Tallwood on the direc�on of programs, facili�es, and member Coordinators: Lesley Bubenhofer, Martha Powers ac�vi�es. Light refreshments will be served. Bring your lunch, buy some homemade goodies (to benet FOLLI), and join us for a holiday movie, Reston “Listening Tour” Monday, 11:00–12:00, Oct. 29 followed by commentary and discussion. We’ve all United Chris�an Parish seen at least one version of Dickens’ �meless novella, Coordinator: Beth Lambert but how true are they to the original story—and what Join OLLI Execu�ve Director Jennifer Disano in a inspired Dickens to write it? We will review the story friendly discussion about the OLLI program in Reston behind the story, and then we’ll view arguably the best and other OLLI campuses. We invite your feedback and lm version: the 1951 lm starring Alastair Sim. A�er sugges�ons about the direc�on of programs, facili�es, the movie, we’ll discuss how various movie versions and member ac�vi�es. Light refreshments will be differ from the book. served. BT1206 AARP Smart Driver Class Annual Town Hall Mee�ng Tuesday and Thursday, Sept. 11 and 13, 9:30–1:30 Friday, 10:00–11:00, Nov. 2 Note: Class usually nishes early. Bring a snack. Tallwood Tallwood This mee�ng provides an opportunity for all OLLI Instructor: David Hall members to hear updates about our program, Class limit: 55 facili�es, and member ac�vi�es. A�er presenta�ons The goal of this class is to help senior drivers in by the Board president and the execu�ve director, Northern Virginia drive safely, longer. The class will there will be a ques�on and answer period and an review the senior driver as a demographic group, as opportunity to provide feedback and sugges�ons. well as the effects of aging. It will cover what one Light refreshments will be served. should know and do to drive safely, as well as automobile and driving strategies, technology, new laws, and trends. We will address the ques�on: “Should I be thinking about limi�ng my driving?” The class will include video clips, infographics, lecture, Registra�on Dates personal experiences, and relevant Q&A. An AARP guidebook and the latest DMV Rules of the Road will Registra�on begins August 14, 2018 be provided. This class is approved by the Virginia Registra�on ends on August 23, at noon legislature, which mandates an appropriate auto insurance discount for three years a�er a comple�on cer�cate is presented to the insurance company. The class is $15 for AARP members and $20 for non‐ members and is payable at the class. Bring cash or check and your AARP card if you have one. David Hall is an MIT graduate with a BSEE degree. He was with IBM for 30 years as an engineer and project manager on development of military, NASA, and commercial

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Annex Art Club ethnic cooking demonstra�ons and restaurant ou�ngs. Tuesdays If these ac�vi�es appeal to you, please contact Ute Nov. 13–Dec. 11 (no mee�ng on Nov. 20) 9:30–12:00 Christoph‐Hill for more informa�on. Tallwood Coordinator: Sue Goldstein [email protected] Cra� and Conversa�on Group All ar�sts, whether you use pencil, ink, pastels, Fridays charcoal, or paint, are welcome to nish or to start Sept. 21–Dec. 14 (no mee�ngs on Nov. 2, Nov. 23) pictures. The group consists of OLLI members at all 9:30–11:00 skill levels. Join us! Tallwood Coordinators: Doris Bloch [email protected] Bridge Club Susan Osborn [email protected] Wednesdays We meet weekly to work on our cra� projects and to Sept. 19–Nov. 7, 1:45–3:45 (in term) share product sources, exper�se, and inspira�on. Our Nov. 14–Dec. 12 (no mee�ng on Nov. 21) 10:00–12:00 ongoing conversa�ons encourage camaraderie, and a (out of term) group se�ng mo�vates us to progress with our Tallwood current projects. Interested OLLI members are invited Coordinators: Jerry Remson [email protected] to join us to see what we are crea�ng. For more Russell Stone 703‐323‐4428 informa�on, please contact Doris Bloch or Susan Drop in and enjoy the friendly atmosphere of “party Osborn. bridge.” Players of all skill levels are welcome. Skill levels of players vary from beginner to average. Dirty Knee Club Partnerships are rotated every four hands. The Bridge As needed during growing season. Club meets in the morning between terms and in the Tallwood summer, and in the a�ernoon during the other terms. Coordinators: Sigrid Carlson [email protected] For details on the club’s rules and bidding system, see Sally Berman [email protected] its web page on the OLLI website. The OLLI Landscaping Commi�ee, fondly known as the Dirty Knee Club, creates, plants, and maintains the Classic Literature Club gardens at Tallwood. Gardening exper�se is not Fridays required, but willingness to get dirty knees is! Sept. 21–Nov. 9 (no mee�ng on Nov. 2) 11:00–12:30 Members are asked to par�cipate in general garden Tallwood workdays, primarily in the spring and fall, plus join Coordinator: Bob Zener 703‐237‐0492 another team member to water, weed, and maintain This club was formed to discuss great works of world the gardens during the growing season. Each two‐ literature. For the fall term, we will focus on two member team serves one week, rota�ng about every novels by Virginia Woolf: Mrs. Dalloway and To the ve weeks. Lighthouse. We will supplement our reading with Michael Cunningham’s novel The Hours (a modern Doctor Who Club version of Mrs. Dalloway), and a viewing of the lm First and third Fridays version of Cunningham’s novel, starring Meryl Streep. Sept. 21, Oct. 5, Oct. 19, Nov. 16, Dec. 7 (no mee�ng Nov. 2) 1:00–3:00 Cooking Club Tallwood Monthly, dates to be determined Coordinator: Wendy Campbell [email protected] Fairfax Lord of Life This group is for those of you interested in Timey Coordinator: Ute Christoph‐Hill [email protected] Wimey stuff. We meet to watch Doctor Who on the This is a club for OLLI members who enjoy preparing “big screen” in a Tallwood classroom. We will follow food and sharing hands‐on, homemade dishes in a each presenta�on with discussion. Some of us are new small‐group se�ng. We meet during the day, to Who; some of us are long�me fans. Everyone is some�mes in members’ homes and other �mes at welcome. It’s going to be fantas�c—so allons‐y and Fairfax Lord of Life or alterna�ve sites. We o�en have may I just say—Geronimo! “Always remember to be a theme for our mee�ngs, but our format is exible. kind.” We also par�cipate in food‐related events, such as

51 Ongoing Activities Ethnic Eats Lunch Club informa�on, contact Marion or visit the Mah Jongg Monthly, usually on Wednesdays or Fridays, Club blog at h�ps://olli.gmu.edu/mah‐jongg‐club/. dates to be determined Loca�on: Local ethnic restaurants Memoir—and More—Wri�ng Group Coordinator: Le� Labell le�@verizon.net Wednesdays, usually 2:00–4:30 Do you love to eat? Are you interested in learning Tallwood about foods from other cultures? Northern Virginia Coordinator: Be�y Smith has an abundance of ethnic restaurants. This club will We meet twice during the fall and spring terms, and meet for lunch monthly to explore various cuisines. If every other week during the rest of the year. In this sounds like your cup of tea (or chai or té or thé), addi�on to memoir, we write c�on, poetry, and contact Le� Labell. personal essays. At our mee�ngs we gently cri�que each other’s work. Wri�ng groups need to be small, History Club and we have no space for new members right now, but First Wednesdays if you’re interested, please register in “Ongoing Oct. 3–Nov. 7, 2:15–3:40 (in term) Ac�vi�es,” and someone will be in touch when a place Dec. 5, 10–11:30 (out of term) opens up. Tallwood Coordinator: Beth Lambert [email protected] Personal Computer User Group We welcome all OLLI members who are interested in Generally third Saturdays discussing historical events or in sharing reviews of Oct. 20, Nov. 17, Dec. 15, 1:00–3:00 ar�cles, books, or other interes�ng historical topics. Tallwood Our mee�ngs feature speakers who present on Coordinator: Mel Goldfarb [email protected] historical topics ranging from the Silk Road through In partnership with the Potomac Area Technology and the present crises in the Middle East—and everything Computer Society (PATACS), the OLLI PC User Group in between. For more informa�on about History Club, (OPCUG) focuses on Windows and Mac computers and contact Beth Lambert. so�ware for enhancing our lives. Members and presenters also discuss smartphone and tablet apps Homer, etc. across Android and iDevices, the Internet, digital Fridays photography, related technology, and open‐source Sept. 21–Dec. 14, (no mee�ngs on Nov. 2, Nov. 23) so�ware. Our aim is to bring broad exper�se about 11:00–12:30 technology and topics of interest to a�endees. PC Tallwood clinics for members are offered twice yearly. Our target Coordinator: Jan Bohall [email protected] audience encompasses all computer users, from or 703‐273‐1146 complete beginners to intermediate amateurs to Join us to read aloud a tradi�onal or contemporary experts. Our mo�o is “users helping users.” Club dues classic. Currently, we are reading a selec�on of short (currently $5 per year) are payable at the rst mee�ng stories by Anton Chekhov. Drop in at the Tallwood a�ended in each calendar year. Dues‐paying members Annex any Friday morning; new members are always can view monthly sessions online, via the Zoom cloud welcome. mee�ng service, on a variety of devices from home or Mah Jongg Club anywhere with an internet connec�on. More details First and third Wednesdays are available on the group’s website, Sept. 19, Oct. 3, Oct. 17, Nov. 7 (no mee�ng on www.olligmu.org/~opcug. Nov. 21) 1:30–3:30 (in term) Dec. 5, 10:00–12:00 (out of term) Register for clubs/ongoing ac�vi�es once each Tallwood Coordinator: Marion Drohan calendar year. Registra�on allows the office to [email protected] maintain current club rosters and ensures that OLLI We welcome all members who want to learn Mah Members will receive correspondence specic to Jongg or already know how to play. Stretch your mind each club’s ac�vi�es and events. and have fun with a game that is (maybe) easier than bridge, but denitely challenging! For more

52 Ongoing Activities Award nalist. Our November book will be Sing, Photography Club Unburied, Sing by American Jesmyn Ward, her rst Second Fridays novel since she won the Na�onal Book Award for Oct. 12, Nov. 9, Dec. 14, 9:30–11:30 Salvage the Bones. Fourth Fridays Sept. 28, Oct. 26, (no mee�ng on Nov. 23) 12:00–2:00 Spanish Club Tallwood Second and fourth Wednesdays (in term) Coordinators: Angie Talaber [email protected] Sept. 26, Oct. 10, Oct. 24 Dave Talaber [email protected] Second and fourth Tuesdays (out of term) Meet with experts and others interested in Nov. 13, Nov. 27, Dec. 11 photography and develop skills by par�cipa�ng in Tallwood theme‐based monthly photo submissions. The Coordinators: Dick Cheadle [email protected] Photography Club welcomes all members, whether Mark Ramage [email protected] you use a basic camera or specialized equipment, and This club is designed for those who are in the whether you are novice or experienced photographer. intermediate stage of understanding and speaking We discuss technical aspects of photography, as well Spanish—further along than 1‐2‐3 and A‐B‐C, but not as the ar�s�c aspects of visual design. We have guest uent. The club members leading a par�cular class will speakers on the second Friday of each month, and on choose the subject and prepare the lesson for that the fourth Friday, workshops cover specic topics in class. Members will not have to par�cipate beyond detail. We also regularly plan eld trips in the local their comfort level. NOTE: There will be one mee�ng in area. Contact Angie or Dave Talaber for further the rst half of September before the fall term starts; informa�on. date and �me will be announced. Recorder Consort Tai Chi Club Fridays Saturdays Sept. 21–Dec. 14 (no mee�ngs on Nov. 2, Nov. 23) (no mee�ng on Nov. 24) 10:30–11:30 9:15–11:30 Tallwood Tallwood Coordinators: Russell Stone 703‐323‐4428 Coordinator: Helen Ackerman Susanne Zumbro 703‐569‐2750 [email protected] The Tai Chi Club meets nearly every Saturday, year‐ If you have been part of the consort or have previously round. It is open to all OLLI members. played the recorder and would like to expand your abili�es, please join us on Fridays. There will be on‐ Tallwood Book Club and off‐campus performances. You may need to Second Wednesdays purchase music. Oct. 10, 1:30–3:00 Nov. 14, Dec. 12, 10:00–11:30 Reston Book Club Tallwood Thursdays Coordinator: Ceda McGrew 703‐323‐9671 Sept. 20, Oct. 18, and Nov. 8, 2:15–3:40 These are our fall 2018 selec�ons: United Chris�an Parish October 10: Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann Coordinators: Luci Martel l [email protected] November 14: Beartown by Fredrik Backman Nancy Scheeler [email protected] December 12: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle This is a book discussion club for OLLI members who nd it convenient to meet on the OLLI Reston campus. The Tom Crooker Investment Forum Our focus is on serious contemporary c�on. We look Wednesdays between terms for good novels on the long lists, short lists, and Nov. 14–Dec. 12 (no mee�ng Nov. 21) winner lists of the US Na�onal Book Award and the UK 10:30–12:00 Man Booker prize and other major prizes. Our Tallwood September book will be Exit West by Pakistani writer Moderator: Al Smuzynski Mohsin Hamid, a novel that was short‐listed for the For ac�vity descrip�on see course F203. 2017 Man Booker Prize. Our October book will be Pachinko by American Min Jin Lee, a Na�onal Book

53 Ongoing Activities

Theater Lovers’ Group‐Fairfax Walking Group Generally last Fridays Weekly Sept. 28, Oct. 26, Nov. 30, 10:00–11:30 Tallwood/Fairfax Swimming Pool Parking Lot Tallwood Coordinator: Jerry Remson [email protected] Coordinator: Norma Reck [email protected] When OLLI is in session, the Walking Group meets one Members of Theater Lovers’ Group (TLG) a�end plays morning each week, generally an hour before the rst and other theatrical events performed by various local morning class. We gather in the Fairfax Pool parking lot groups in the many theaters in the DC metro area. We next to Tallwood and walk for about 45 minutes, invite theatrical persons, such as directors and actors, arriving back at Tallwood in �me for the start of to speak at our monthly mee�ng so we can be be�er classes. Because our goal is camaraderie as well as informed about all things theater. We partner with exercise, all levels of walking ability and speed are other groups, such as Shillelagh Travel Club, for bus accommodated. The day of the week is determined by trips to a�end theater in New York City. Membership, our schedules and the weather, so it may change from as well as a�endance at TLG events, is open to all OLLI week to week. Between terms we con�nue to walk on members and their guests. For more informa�on, a weekly basis, but for longer distances and at more email Norma Reck at [email protected]. Note that TLG varied loca�ons. Contact Jerry Remson for more also meets in Reston. See lis�ng below. informa�on. Theater Lovers’ Group‐Reston What’s in the Daily News? Generally last Thursdays (in term) Con�nued Sept. 27, Oct. 25, 2:15–3:40 Mondays Reston Nov. 12–Dec. 10, 10:00–11:30 Coordinator: Norma Reck [email protected] no mee�ngs on Nov. 12, Nov. 19 Members of Theater Lovers’ Group (TLG) a�end plays Tallwood and other theatrical events performed by various local Moderators: Dorsey Chescavage [email protected] groups in the many theaters in the DC Metro area. For Don Allen [email protected] full descrip�on of club ac�vi�es, see lis�ng for Fairfax John Quinn [email protected] TLG above. This is the between‐term con�nua�on of the discussion group for news junkies who can’t wait to express their opinions and discuss current events.

Closing Policy

OLLI cancels classes and events (and the Tallwood office is closed) when county schools are closed due to weather or area‐wide emergencies. ● OLLI follows the Fairfax County Public Schools for classes in Fairfax (Tallwood and nearby sites) and Reston (UCP and nearby sites). ● We follow the Loudoun County Public Schools for classes in Loudoun. When either school system announces a delayed opening, OLLI will generally open at the scheduled time. An exception: Because OLLI uses Mason facilities in Loudoun and Fairfax, OLLI is required to abide by Mason decisions to delay or close. Mason’s closing policy is independent of the county schools’ policies. In rare instances when Mason announces a delayed opening, OLLI may need to cancel the first class of the day. In addition, poor road and parking lot conditions at OLLI sites may necessitate class or event cancellations. Regardless of decisions regarding closings or delays, it is important for OLLI members to use personal judgment about the safety of travel to and from campuses during inclement weather.

54 Membership and Registration Policies and Procedures

JOINING OR RENEWING accept the form by email or fax. Applications are OLLI MEMBERSHIP available on DocStore (under Main Menu/ Documents) on the OLLI website olli.gmu.edu or by Welcome to OLLI Mason, one of the best lifelong emailing the OLLI office at [email protected]. learning ins�tutes in the United States! If you are a Financial Assistance. OLLI offers nancial returning member, you already understand the great assistance for members or prospec�ve members value of your membership at OLLI Mason. Thank you for who nd it a hardship to pay the full membership being a valued OLLI member. fee. Email the registrar at [email protected] or visit Two Types of OLLI Membership Tallwood for an applica�on. All inquiries are kept Annual membership. Register for unlimited courses conden�al. and activities held at any OLLI Mason location for four Refunds consecutive terms. You will be eligible for a Mason ID Members may obtain a full refund of their dues only by card to receive certain university privileges and applying in wri�ng to the execu�ve director before the discounts (see p. ii). The cost for an annual third week of classes in the rst term of the year of membership is $425. enrollment or re‐enrollment. Introductory membership. Register for unlimited courses and ac�vi�es held at any OLLI Mason ProspecƟve Members loca�on for just one term, one �me only. An Not ready to commit? Prospective members may introductory membership is not available to former experience OLLI by visi�ng one or more classes during OLLI members; it is intended for new members who any consecu�ve two weeks of a term, provided the want to sample OLLI before commi�ng to a full course is not oversubscribed. Check with the registrar at year. Introductory members are not eligible for a [email protected] before a�ending a class. Mason ID card or its privileges. The one Ɵme

introductory membership is $150. If the expiration date on your catalog mailing label is 9/1/18 or earlier, it is �me to renew. You will need to log REGISTRATION PROCESS into the member portal and purchase your membership renewal before you can view classes or register. How to Register Online. You may register for OLLI classes online at Payment OpƟons olli.gmu.edu. Click on Register/Member Portal Online. You may join or renew OLLI membership under Quick Links on the home page. online at olli.gmu.edu. Click Join OLLI/Sign In or the Hardcopy RegistraƟon Form. You may also Register/Member Portal link under Quick Links on register for classes using the registra�on form. The the home page. Credit card payment is required form can be mailed or hand delivered to the OLLI when joining/renewing online. main office at 4210 Roberts Road, Fairfax, VA 22032. Hardcopy RegistraƟon Form. If you join or renew using the registra�on form, payment by **Emailed registraƟon forms will not be accepted. ** check is preferred. The form can be hand delivered or mailed to the OLLI main office at 4210 Roberts Road, Fairfax, VA 22032. Installment. OLLI encourages members to pay in full at time of registration. However, for those unable to do so, OLLI offers a payment plan of 12 equal For a demonstraƟon of the registraƟon system, monthly installments by credit or debit card. Your click “New RegistraƟon System Videos” application for the installment plan must be filled out under “Quick Links” completely, submitted to the main office, and on the OLLI home page: approved each year before you can register for olli.gmu.edu courses or activities. For security reasons, we cannot

55 Membership and Registration, continued

When to Register Payment for these courses and special events with Priority Registra�on Period fees must be made at the �me of registra�on. You are urged to register early for Add to Cart  Members are encouraged to register for courses and offerings, especially trips and performances. These special events during the priority registration period. popular offerings can ll up quickly. Early registra�on Requesting classes during this period offers registrants will increase your chances for enrollment. the best chance to gain access to classes they most  desire. Please remember to go to View Cart and Check Out to complete enrollment before logging off the  When you register, you must click Request Class to member portal. add a class to your selections.  To complete your registration, you must list the Making Changes to Your RegistraƟon (Add/Drop) courses and events you want in priority order—the  You may add classes at any �me either online or by order of their importance to you. To prioritize classes using an add/drop form (available in the Tallwood or to see what you have requested, click Prioritize/ office and, during the term, at the Reston and Finalize on the left side toolbar of the member Loudoun loca�ons). portal. Courses and events are prioritized separately. If you are unable to a�end a course or event in  Members are placed in courses and events based on which you are enrolled, please drop the course or the priority number they assign to their requests. event as soon as possible. You may drop courses by If class enrollment reaches capacity (a number limited emailing [email protected] or by turning in an add/ by the instructor or room size), those who have drop form to the Tallwood main office. designated that course as priority one will get in first, Watch OLLI communica�ons to sign up for classes then the priority twos, and so on. with spaces s�ll available  In addition, a random number is assigned by the ConrmaƟon and Class Payments registration system to each class request. At the point  Once classes are assigned, you will receive a series of that all members of a priority group cannot be emails with your confirmed class enrollments and included in the course, those with the lower random wait‐listed courses. If you do not have an email numbers will be admitted into the course first. address on file, the confirmations will be mailed to Therefore, requesting a class does not guarantee you. Confirmation emails for Add to Cart classes will enrollment. be sent immediately only once after checkout.  Read your confirmation emails and letters carefully. Space‐Available Registra�on Period They will include any updates to classes, including Space‐available registra�on begins a�er the priority changes in times or locations. period ends. You may s�ll register for classes and Event fees must be paid in full by all par�cipants special events, but you will be placed into classes on a regardless of any special transit, food, or other space‐available basis a�er all registrants in the priority arrangements. OLLI cannot guarantee a refund for period have been assigned. courses or events once you have paid and are Request Class vs. Add to Cart enrolled. As such, please consider carefully before  Request Class is the button you click when you are signing up for courses with fees. registering for a class or event during the priority Wait Lists registration period. These require a priority  OLLI does everything possible to maximize assignment. enrollment in classes, including changing venues and Add to Cart is the button you click when you are adjus�ng class capaci�es. If you do not make it into a registering for classes or events in which you are class, you will be wait‐listed based on the priority immediately enrolled or which are designated in the you assigned to the class. catalog as first‐come, first‐served. This includes all  When someone drops a class, the OLLI office will call clubs and ongoing activities. All Add to Cart courses members on the wait list un�l the vacancy is lled. In and special events are clearly indicated throughout most cases the office will not leave a message. the catalog with the shopping cart icon. If there is a fee associated with the class a shopping cart with a dollar sign will be shown.

56 Office Use Only OLLI Registration Form: Fall 2018 Date Received______Date Processed______Mail or hand deliver this completed form to: Dues Chk______|______CC____ Spec Chk______|______CC____ Check this box if there are changes in your membership Spec Chk______|______CC____ informaƟon since your last submission. FOLLIChk______|______CC____ Membership InformaƟon: Please print and ll in all spaces completely. Dr. Mr. Mrs. Ms. (CIRCLE ONE) ______, ______, ______LAST NAME PREFERRED FIRST NAME MI Address ______, ______, ______, ______STREET CITY STATE ZIPCODE Phone ______Cell ______Email ______

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FIRST‐COME, FIRST‐SERVED COURSES, EVENTS, and TRIPS

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R115 Excursion to National Gallery of Art $32 1007 Observatory at Turner Park Visit $0 R703 Great Decisions 2018 $29 1008 Maryland Renaissance Festival Trip $21 R811 Kundalini Yoga $55 1009 Fort Belvoir USO Warrior & Family Center $54 R812 Kundalini Yoga $55 1010 Bull Run Battlefield and Winery Trip $98 F901 Mason Faculty Club Series, Part 1 $30 1011 Tour/Tea at Washington National Cathedral $69 F902 Mason Faculty Club Series, Part 2 $30 1101 Fairfax Kick-Off Coffee $0 F966 Heirloom Apple Tasting $15 1102 Loudoun Coffee and Conversation $0 F969 Holocaust Museum Tour $38 1103 Reston Kick-Off Coffee $0 R1003 Author Armistead Maupin $20 1104 Lunch at L’Auberge des Francois $45 R1004 $20 Author Dr. Robert Sapolky 1105 Chili Cook-Off $0 1005 Grand Trash Tour $41 1106 Coffee, Croissants, and Culture $5 1006 Loudoun Wining and Dining $91 1107 Annual Holiday Party $38 BT120 Grab ‘n’ Gab Coffee Klatch $0 CLUB ENROLLMENT List the clubs in which you wish to enroll. Register once per calendar year.

Registra�on Instruc�ons for All OLLI Offerings  Prioritize your selections separately for prioritized courses and special events without fees.  For Add to Cart courses, trips or events with fees, you must provide payment NOW by attaching a separate check or credit card information. Enter payment amount on the front of this form. 58 Thursday, Sept. 6 BT1201 Grab and Gab Coffee Klatch, 10:00-11:30 Tuesday, Thursday, Sept 11,13 Fall 2018 Schedule BT1206 AARP Smart Driver Class, 9:30-1:30 Wednesday, Sept. 12 BT1202 Cuban Missile Crisis, 1:30-4:00 Sept 17–Nov. 9 Friday, Sept. 14 BT1203 History of Happiness, 1:00-2:30 Fairfax 1101 Fairfax Kick Off Coffee, 10:00-12:00

TIME Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday/Saturday Sept. 17 Sept. 18 Sept. 19 Sept. 20 Sept. 21/22 9:40-11:05 F401 OLLI Players Workshop (7) F104 Music Sampler (8) F308 Aftershocks of WWII (3) F204 Economics Potpourri (8) Friday, Sept. 21, 9:15-3:30 F402 Attempting Middle East Politics (4) F105 Intermediate DSLR (8) F407 Wolf Hall (8) F410 Great American Short Stories (8) 1005 The Grand Trash Tour (1) F701 What’s in the Daily News? (7) F302 Abe and Jeff (2) F502 Spanish Conversation Forum (8) F503 Latin III (8) F901 Mason Faculty Club, Part 1 (3) F501 Spanish Culture/Language (8) F652 The New Middle East (8) F604 A Breath of Heaven (2) F601 Introduction to Islam, Part 2( 8) F653 Introduction to Kant (8) 11:50-1:15 F101 Travel Photography (7) F304 Great War (8) F108 Sketching and Watercolor (8) F110 Artists in Exile (4) F301 Battle of Balls Bluff (2) F405 The Poetry of Robert Frost (6) F203 Tom Crooker Investment Forum (8) F411 So You Wanna Write Poetry (8) F403 Readers Theater (7) F703 Great Decisions (8) F408 Latin American Literature (8) F804 Medical Updates (4) F903 The History of Pro Sports (4) F409 The Way We Live Now (8) F602 Why Judaism Doesn’t Accept Jesus (6) 2:15-3:40 F102 Understanding Opera (3) (1:40-3:40) F106 Behind the Music (8) F109 Dabbling Artists (8) F111 Singing for Fun (8) Friday, Sept. 21,1:00-2:30, F404 Memoir Writing (7) F107 Drawing and Sketching (8) F112 Watercolor Painting (8) F960 Making Every Vote Count (1) F702 Diplomacy at Risk (7) F305 War That Changed Bermuda (2) F312 Washington's Statuary (4) F904 Trip Tales (7) F406 Poetry Workshop (8) F413 Almost the Perfect Story (8) Saturday, Sept. 22,9:30-12:00 F802 Sustainable World (4) F805 Tai Chi (8) F961 Recreational Math (1) Sept. 24 Sept.25 Sept.26 Sept.27 Sept.28/29 9:40-11:05 F401 OLLI Players Workshop (7) F104 Music Sampler (8) F308 Aftershocks of WWII (3) F204 Economics Potpourri (8) F105 Intermediate DSLR (8) F407 Wolf Hall (8) F410 Great American Short Stories (8) F701 What’s in the Daily News? (7) F302 Abe and Jeff (2) F502 Spanish Conversation Forum (8) F503 Latin III (8) F901 Mason Faculty Club, Part 1 (3) F501 Spanish Culture/Language (8) F652 The New Middle East (8) F604 A Breath of Heaven (2) F601 Introduction to Mohamad (8) F653 Introduction to Kant (8) 11:50-1:15 F101 Travel Photography (7) F304 Great War (8) F108 Sketching and Watercolor (8) F110 Artists in Exile (4) Friday, Sept. 28,1:00-2:30 F301 Battle of Balls Bluff (2) F405 The Poetry of Robert Frost (6) F203 Tom Crooker Investment Forum (8) F411 So You Wanna Write Poetry (8) F969 Wannsee Conference (1) F403 Readers Theater (7) F703 Great Decisions (8) F408 Latin American Literature (8) F804 Medical Updates (4) F903 The History of Pro Sports (4) F409 The Way We Live Now (8) Friday, Sept. 28, 9:45-5:00 F962 Public Education (1) F602 Why Judaism Doesn’t Accept Jesus (6) 1006 Loudoun Wine and Dine (1) 2:15-3:40 F102 Understanding Opera (3) (1:40-3:40) F106 Behind the Music (8) F109 Dabbling Artists (8) F111 Singing for Fun (8) Friday, Sept. 28, 7:15PM F404 Memoir Writing (7) F107 Drawing and Sketching (8) F966 Heirloom Apple Tasting (1) F112 Watercolor Painting (8) 1007 Visit to Observatory (1) F702 Diplomacy at Risk (7) F305 War That Changed Bermuda (2) F312 Washington's Statuary (4) F904 Trip Tales (7) F406 Poetry Workshop (8) F413 Almost the Perfect Story (8) F802 Sustainable World (4) F805 Tai Chi (8) Oct, 1 Oct.2 Oct.3 Oct.4 Oct.5/6 9:40-11:05 F401 OLLI Players Workshop (7) F104 Music Sampler (8) F308 Aftershocks of WWII (3) F204 Economics Potpourri (8) Friday, Oct. 5, 9:15-3:30, F402 Attempting Middle East Politics (4) F105 Intermediate DSLR (8) F407 Wolf Hall (8) F410 Great American Short Stories (8) F969 Holocaust Museum (1) F701 What’s in the Daily News? (7) F501 Spanish Culture/Language (8) F502 Spanish Conversation Forum (8) F503 Latin III (8) F901 Mason Faculty Club, Part 1 (3) F601 Introduction to Mohamad (8) F652 The New Middle East (8) F605 Human/Divine Forgiveness (6) F972 South African Monuments,Museums(1) F653 Introduction to Kant 11:50-1:15 F101 Travel Photography (7) F304 Great War (8) F108 Sketching and Watercolor (8) F110 Artists in Exile (4) Friday, 1:00-2:30, Oct. 5 F403 Readers Theater (7) F405 The Poetry of Robert Frost (6) F203 Tom Crooker Investment Forum (8) F411 So You Wanna Write Poetry (8) F976 Scandalous Women of F651 Poverty in America (6) F408 Latin American Literature (8) F804 Medical Updates (4) Civil War Washington (1) F703 Great Decisions (8) F409 The Way We Live Now (8) Saturday, Oct. 6, 8:30-4:30 F903 The History of Pro Sports (4) F602 Why Judaism Doesn’t Accept Jesus (6) 1008 MD Renaissance Festival (1) 2:15-3:40 F102 Understanding Opera (3) (1:40-3:40) F106 Behind the Music (8) F109 Dabbling Artists (8) F111 Singing for Fun (8) F404 Memoir Writing (7) F107 Drawing and Sketching (8) F112 Watercolor (Painting 8) F702 Diplomacy at Risk (7) F406 Poetry Workshop (8) F312 Washington's Statuary (4) F904 Trip Tales (7) F802 Sustainable World (4) F413 Almost the Perfect Story (8) F805 Tai Chi (8)

Oct. 8 Oct.9 Oct.10 Oct.11 Oct.12/13 9:40-11:05 OLLI Office Closed in F104 Music Sampler (8) F407 Wolf Hall (8) F204 Economics Potpourri (8) Friday, Oct. 12, 9:30-10:45 Observance of Columbus Day F105 Intermediate DSLR (8) F309 Louis XVI (5) F410 Great American Short Stories (8) F501 Spanish Culture/Language(8) F601 Introduction to Mohamad (8) F503 Latin III (8) Friday Oct. 12 9:30-10:45 F603 Saint Paul and the First Christians (4) F605 Human/Divine Forgiveness (6) F502 Spanish Conversation (8) F652 The New Middle East (8) F653 Introduction to Kant (8) F952 Native Americans (1) Friday, Oct. 12, 9:15- 3:00, F953 Tales of an Ecotourist (1) 1009 Fort Belvoir USO (1) 11:50-1:15 OLLI Office Closed in F304 Great War (8) F108 Sketching and Watercolor (8) F110 Artists in Exile (4) Friday, Oct. 12, 1:00-2:30, Observance of Columbus Day F405 The Poetry of Robert Frost (6) F203 Tom Crooker Investment Forum (8) F411 So You Wanna Write Poetry (8) F956 A Memoir of Pain F651 Poverty in America (6) F408 Latin American Literature (8) F804 Medical Updates (4) and Piano (1) F703 Great Decisions (8) F409 The Way We Live Now( 8) F903 The History of Pro Sports (4) F602 Why Judaism Doesn’t Accept Jesus (6) 2:15-3:40 OLLI Office Closed in F106 Behind the Music (8) F109 Dabbling Artists (8) F111 Singing for Fun (8) Friday, Oct. 12, 7:30 PM, Observance of Columbus Day F107 Drawing and Sketching (8) F951 Tragedy of Benedict Arnold (1) F112 Watercolor Painting (8) F957 Anything is Possible (1) F406 Poetry Workshop (8) F312 Washington's Statuary (4) F802 Sustainable World (4) F413 Almost the Perfect Story (8) F805 Tai Chi (8) F954 Spy Who Changed the World (1) F955 March for Freedom (1) 7:30 PM 59 Fall 2018 Schedule, Continued TIME Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday/Saturday Oct. 15 Oct.16 Oct.17 Oct.18 Oct.19/20 9:40-11:05 F401 OLLI Players Workshop (7) F104 Music Sampler (8) F309 Louis XVI (5) F204 Economics Potpourri (8) F402 Attempting Middle East Politics (4) F105 Intermediate DSLR (8) F407 Wolf Hall (8) F410 Great American Short Stories (8) F701 What’s in the Daily News? (7) F303 Lincoln Assassination (4) F502 Spanish Conversation Forum (8) F503 Latin III (8) F902 Mason Faculty Club, Part 2 (3) F501 Spanish Culture/Language (8) F603 Saint Paul and the First Christians (4) F605 Human/Divine Forgiveness (6) F601 Introduction to Mohamad (8) F652 The New Middle East (8) F653 Introduction to Kant (8) 11:50-1:15 F101 Travel Photography (7) F304 Great War (8) F108 Sketching and Watercolor (8) F311 Reconstruction (4) Friday, Oct. 19,1:00-2:30 F403 Readers Theater (7) F405 The Poetry of Robert Frost (6) F203 Tom Crooker Investment Forum (8) F411 So You Wanna Write Poetry (8) F985 Mason Athletics F651 Poverty in America (6) F408 Latin American Literature (8) F983 Ed Sullivan (1) F703 Great Decisions (8) F409 The Way We Live Now (8) F801 Caring for Trees (4) F602 Why Judaism Doesn’t Accept Jesus (6) 2:15-3:40 F103 Wait I’ve Heard That! (4) F106 Behind the Music (8) F109 Dabbling Artists (8) F111 Singing for Fun (8) F404 Memoir Writing (7) F107 Drawing and Sketching (8) F981 Lost Towns of Fairfax County (1) F112 Watercolor Painting (8) F702 Diplomacy at Risk (7) F306 1947 (2) F313 Capital Crime in U.S. History (4) F904 Trip Tales (7) F406 Poetry Workshop (8) F413 Almost the Perfect Story (8) F803 Einstein’s Theory (3) F805 Tai Chi (8) Oct. 22 Oct.23 Oct.24 Oct.25 Oct.26/27 9:40-11:05 F401 OLLI Players Workshop (7) F104 Music Sampler (8) F309 Louis XVI (5) F204 Economics Potpourri (8) Friday, Oct. 26, 9:30-3:30 F701 What’s in the Daily News (7) F105 Intermediate DSLR (8) F407 Wolf Hall (8) F410 Great American Short Stories (8) 1010 Cannonballs and F902 Mason Faculty Club Part 2 (3) F303 Lincoln Assassination (4) F502 Spanish Conversation Forum (8) F503 Latin III (8) Cabernet F986 Lynching Photography (1) F501 Spanish Culture/Language (8) F603 Saint Paul and the First Christians (4) F605 Human/Divine Forgiveness (6) F601 Introduction to Mohamad (8) F652 The New Middle East (8) F653 Introduction to Kant 11:50-1:15 F101 Travel Photography (7) F304 Great War (8) F108 Sketching and Watercolor (8) F311 Reconstruction (4) Friday, Oct. 26, 1:00-2:30 F403 Readers Theater (7) F405 The Poetry of Robert Frost (6) F203 Tom Crooker Investment Forum (8) F411 So You Wanna Write Poetry (8) F993 Charles Rennie F987 Empire State Building (1) F651 Poverty in America (6) F408 Latin American Literature (8) F991 Hurricanes and Washington (1) Mackintosh F703 Great Decisions (8) F409 The Way We Live Now (8) F801 Caring for Trees (4) F602 Why Judaism Doesn’t Accept Jesus (6) 2:15-3:40 F103 Wait I’ve heard That! (4) F106 Behind the Music (8) F109 Dabbling Artists (8) F111 Singing for Fun (8) Saturday, Oct. 27 F404 Memoir Writing (7) F107 Drawing and Sketching (8) F990 German POW Camps (1) F112 Watercolor Painting (8) 11:00-12:30 F702 Diplomacy at Risk (7) F306 1947 (2) F313 Capital Crime in U.S. History (4) F113 Musicals and the F904 Trip Tales (7) F406 Poetry Workshop (8) F413 Almost the Perfect Story (8) Second Half of Life (2) F803 Einstein’s Theory (3) F805 Tai Chi (8) Oct. 29 Oct. 30 Oct. 31 Nov.1 Nov.2/3 9:40-11:05 F401 OLLI Players Workshop (7) F104 Music Sampler (8) F309 Louis XVI (5) F204 Economics Potpourri (8) Friday, Nov. 2 F402 Attempting Middle East Politics (4) F105 Intermediate DSLR (8) F407 Wolf Hall (8) F410 Great American Short Stories (8) 10:00-11:00, F701 What’s in the Daily News (7) F303 Lincoln Assassination (4) F502 Spanish Conversation Forum (8) F503 Latin III (8) Annual Town Hall Meeting F902 Mason Faculty Club Part 2 (3) F501 Spanish Culture/Language (8) F603 Saint Paul and the First Christians (4) F605 Human/Divine Forgiveness (6) F601 Introduction to Mohamad (8) F652 The New Middle East (8) F653 Introduction to Kant (8)

11:50-1:15 F101 Travel Photography (7) F202 China’s Social Safety Net (2) F108 Sketching and Watercolor (8) F311 Reconstruction (4) Friday, Nov 2, 1:00-2:30, F201 Demystifying AI & Big Data (2) F304 Great War (8) F203 Tom Crooker Investment Forum (8) F411 So You Wanna Write Poetry (8) 1012 OLLI’s FOLLIS F403 Readers Theater (7) F651 Poverty in America (6) F408 Latin American Literature (8) F412 Conflict and the Novel (2) Saturday, Nov. 3, F703 Great Decisions (8) F409 The Way We Live Now (8) 11:00-12:30 F801 Caring for Trees (4) F310 Human Rights in China (3) F113 Musicals and the Second Half of Life (2) 2:15-3:40 F103 Wait I’ve heard That! (4) F106 Behind the Music (8) F109 Dabbling Artists (8) F111 Singing for Fun (8) F404 Memoir Writing (7) F107 Drawing and Sketching (8) F995 Northern VA Regional Commission (1) F112 Watercolor Painting (8) F702 Diplomacy at Risk (7) F307 General Montgomery Meigs (2) F313 Capital Crime in U.S. History (4) F904 Trip Tales (7) F406 Poetry Workshop (8) F413 Almost the Perfect Story (8) F803 Einstein’s Theory (3) F805 Tai Chi (8) Nov.5 Nov. 6 Nov. 7 Nov. 8 Nov. 9/10 9:40-11:05 F401 OLLI Players Workshop (7) F104 Music Sampler (8) F309 Louis XVI (5) F204 Economics Potpourri (8) F701 What’s in the Daily News (7) F105 Intermediate DSLR (8) F407 Wolf Hall (8) F410 Great American Short Stories (8) F996 Google Translate (1) F303 Lincoln Assassination (4) F502 Spanish Conversation Forum (8) F503 Latin III (8) F501 Spanish Culture/Language (8) F652 The New Middle East (8) F605 Human/Divine Forgiveness (6) F601 Introduction to Mohamad (8) F998 Poetry Reading (1) F653 Introduction to Kant 11:50-1:15 F101 Travel Photography (7) F202 China’s Social Safety Net (2) F108 Sketching and Watercolor (8) F311 Reconstruction (4) Friday, Nov. 9, 1:00-3:00 F201 Demystifying AI & Big Data (2) F304 Great War (8) F203 Tom Crooker Investment Forum (8) F411 So You Wanna Write Poetry (8) F1001 Veterans Day F403 Readers Theater (7) F651 Poverty in America (6) F408 Latin American Literature (8) F412 Conflict and the Novel (2) Celebration F703 Great Decisions (8) F409 The Way We Live Now (8) F801 Caring for Trees (4) F310 Human Rights in China (3) F805 Tai Chi (8) 2:15-3:40 F103 Wait I’ve heard That! (4) F106 Behind the Music (8) F109 Dabbling Artists (8) F111 Singing for Fun (8) F404 Memoir Writing (7) F107 Drawing and Sketching (8) F999 Premier Military Bands in DC Area F112 Watercolor Painting (8) F702 Diplomacy at Risk (7) F307 General Montgomery Meigs (2) F313 Capital Crime in U.S. History (4) F904 Trip Tales (7) F406 Poetry Workshop (8) F413 Almost the Perfect Story (8)

Wednesday, Nov. 14 Wednesday, Nov. 14 Thursday, Nov. 15 Tuesday, Dec. 4 Friday, Dec. 14 F7310 Human Rights in China (3) 1011 Gargoyles /Tea Bus Trip F1002 2018 Midterm Elections (1) 1107 Holiday Party BT1205 Bake Sale and Movie 11:50-1:15 11:15-5:00 1:00-2:30 11:30-2:30 11:00-3:30 60 Fall 2018 Schedule: Sept. 17–Nov. 9 Reston

TIME Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Fri., Sat., Sun. Sept.17 Sept. 18 Sept. 19 Sept. 20 9:40–11:05 R314 Internment of Japanese Americans (2) R418 Great American Short Stories (8) R806 Decision-Making for Health (4) R319 Rocking the Cradle (4) R654 Big Issues and Challenges (7) R607 Turning Points in Church History (6) R807 Thinking and Problem Solving (4) 11:50–1:15 R316 Getting to Know Virginia (4) R317 Roaring Twenties (8) R959 Making Every Vote Count (1) R705 All the News that Fit to Print (8) R414 Henry IV, Part 2 (4) R504 Geographie et Villes de France (8) R809 History of the Universe (4) R606 Speaking of God after Holocaust (6) 2:15-3:40 R114 Enjoying Classical Music (7) R318 Rangers’ Choice (7) R706 American Foreign Policy (4) R416 Troy in the Bronze Age(4) R419 The Way We Live Now (8) Sept. 24 Sept. 25 Sept. 26 Sept. 27 Sept. 28, 29, 30 9:40–11:05 R314 Internment of Japanese Americans (2) R418 Great American Short Stories (8) R806 Decision-Making for Health (4) R319 Rocking the Cradle (4) Saturday, Sept. 29 R654 Big Issues and challenges (7) R607 Turning Points in Church History (6) R807 Thinking and Problem Solving (4) 1:30-4: 00 11:50–1:15 R316 Getting to Know Virginia (4) R317 Roaring Twenties (8) R420 Literary Roundtable (7) R705 All the News that Fit to Print (8) R970 Recreational Math (1) R414 Henry IV, Part 2 (4) R504 Geographie et Villes de France (8) R963 Story Writing (1) R809 History of the Universe (4) R606 Speaking of God after Holocaust (6) 2:15-3:40 R114 Enjoying Classical Music (7) R318 Rangers’ Choice (7) R967 Poets of the Piano(1) R706 American Foreign Policy (4) R416 Troy in the Bronze Age(4) R419 The Way We Live Now (8) Oct. 1 Oct. 2 Oct 3 Oct. 4 Oct. 5, 6, 7 9:40–11:05 R315 Issues and Politics in the Civil War (5) R418 Great American Short Stories (8) R806 Decision-Making for Health (4) R319 Rocking the Cradle (4) R654 Big Issues and Challenges (7) R607 Turning Points in Church History (6) R807 Thinking and Problem Solving (4) 11:50–1:15 R316 Getting to Know Virginia (4) R115 Art Since 1950 (3) R420 Literary Roundtable (7) R705 All the News that Fit to Print (8) R414 Henry IV, Part 2 (4) R317 Roaring Twenties (8) R973 Fest with Washington West (1) R809 History of the Universe (4) R606 Speaking of God after Holocaust (6) R504 Geographie et Villes de France (8) 1103 Reston Kick Off Coffee (1) 2:15-3:40 R114 Enjoying Classical Music (7) R318 Rangers’ Choice (7) R974 Papa Haydn and the Sonata (1) R116 Meet the Artists (6) R416 Troy in the Bronze Age(4) R419 The Way We Live Now (8) R706 American Foreign Policy (4) Oct. 8 Oct. 9 Oct. 10 Oct. 11 Oct. 12, 13, 14 9:40–11:05 OLLI Office Closed in R418 Great American Short Stories (8) R806 Decision-Making for Health (4) R319 Rocking the Cradle (4) Observance of Columbus Day R607 Turning Points in Church History (6) R807 Thinking and Problem Solving (4) 11:50–1:15 R115 Art Since 1950 (3) R317 Roaring Twenties (8) R420 Literary Roundtable (7) R705 All the News that Fit to Print (8) R504 Geographie et Villes de France (8) R977 Art & Life of Kaethe Kollwitz (1) R809 History of the Universe (4) 2:15-3:40 R318 Rangers’ Choice (7) R979 Medical Aid in Dying (1) R116 Meet the Artists (6) R419 The Way We Live Now (8) R706 American Foreign Policy (4) Oct. 15 Oct. 16 Oct. 17 Oct. 18 Oct. 19,20, 21 9:40–11:05 R315 Issues and Politics in the Civil War (5) R418 Great American Short Stories (8) R704 Supreme Court Cases (4) R421 Jane Austen’s Persuasion (4) Friday, Oct. 19, 12:30-2:30 R654 Big Issues and Challenges (7) R607 Turning Points in Church History (6) R808 History of the Earth, Part 2 (4) R1105 Chili Cook-Off 11:50–1:15 R316 Getting to Know Virginia (4) R115 Art Since 1950 (3) R420 Literary Roundtable (7) R705 All the News that Fit to Print (8) R414 Henry IV, Part 2 (4) R317 Roaring Twenties (8) R655 Thinking about the Future (4) R810 Reston Hospital Series(4) R606 Speaking of God after Holocaust (6) R504 Geographie et Villes de France (8) 2:15-3:40 R114 Enjoying Classical Music (7) R982 Eurpean Operetta (1) R116 Meet the Artists (6) Sunday, Oct. 21 7:00 pm, R416 Troy in the Bronze Age(4) R318 Rangers’ Choice (7) R320 Propaganda Films (4) R1003 Armistead Maupin R419 The Way We Live Now (8) Oct. 22 Oct. 23 Oct. 24 Oct. 25 Oct. 26, 27, 28 9:40–11:05 R315 Issues and Politics in the Civil War (5) R418 Great American Short Stories (8) R704 Supreme Court Cases (4) R421 Jane Austen’s Persuasion (4) Friday, Oct. 26, 9:15-3:30 R654 Big Issues and Challenges (7) R607 Turning Points in Church History (6) R808 History of the Earth, Part 2 (4) R115 Art Museum Trip 11:50–1:15 R988 Celebrating Stanley Kubrick (1) R316 Getting to Know Virginia (4) R317 Roaring Twenties (8) R420 Literary Roundtable (7) R705 All the News that Fit to Print (8) R415 Henry V (4) R504 Geographie et Villes de France (8) R655 Thinking about the Future (4) R810 Reston Hospital Series(4) 2:15-3:40 R114 Enjoying Classical Music (7) R318 Rangers’ Choice (7) R116 Meet the Artists (6) R417 Trolius and Cressida (4) R419 The Way We Live Now (8) R320 Propaganda Films (4)

Oct 29 Oct. 30 Oct. 31 Nov. 1 9:40-11:05 R315 Issues and Politics in the Civil War (5) R418 Great American Short Stories (8) R704 Supreme Court Cases (4) R421 Jane Austen’s Persuasion (4) R654 Big Issues and Challenges R905 Trip Tales (2) R808 History of the Earth, Part 2 (4) 11:50-1:15 Reston Listening Tour (11:00-12:00) R317 Roaring Twenties (8) R705 All the News that Fit to Print (8) R415 Henry V (4) R504 Geographie et Villes de France (8) R420 Literary Roundtable (7) R810 Reston Hospital Series(4) R606 Speaking of God after Holocaust (6) R655 Thinking about the Future (4) 2:15-3:40 R114 Enjoying Classical Music (7) R318 Rangers’ Choice (7) R116 Meet the Artists (6) R417 Trolius and Cressida (4) R419 The Way We Live Now (8) R320 Propaganda Films (4)

Nov. 5 Nov. 6 Nov. 7 Nov. 8 Nov. 9 9:40-11:05 R315 Issues and Politics in the Civil War (5) R418 Great American Short Stories (8) R704 Supreme Court Cases (4) R421 Jane Austen’s Persuasion (4) R654 Big Issues and Challenges R905 Trip Tales (2) R808 History of the Earth, Part 2 (4) 11:50-1:15 R415 Henry V (4) R317 Roaring Twenties (8) R420 Literary Roundtable (7) R705 All the News that Fit to Print (8) R606 Speaking of God after Holocaust (6) R504 Geographie et Villes de France (8) R655 Thinking about the Future (4) R810 Reston Hospital Series(4) 2:15-3:40 R114 Enjoying Classical Music (7) R419 The Way We Live Now (8) R1000 Flying Aircraft Carriers (1) R116 Meet the Artists (6) R417 Trolius and Cressida (4) R320 Propaganda Films (4)

R1004 Robert Sapolsky 8:00 PM Nov. 12 R811 Kundalini Yoga and Meditation, Mondays, 12:15-1:45, Sept 10-Oct. 15 (6) R415 Henry V (4) 11:50-1:15 R812 Kundalini Yoga and Meditation, Mondays, 12:15-1:45, Oct. 29-Dec. 10 (6) R417 Trolius and Cressida (4) 2:15-3:40

61 Fall 2018 Schedule: September 17–November 9 Friday, Sept. 14 Loudoun 1102 coffee and Conversation, 11:30-1:00 Friday, Sept. 14 BT1204 History of Happiness, 1:00-2:30 (VTC from Tallwood to Loudoun)

TIME Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sept. 17 Sept. 18 Sept. 19 Sept. 20 Sept. 21 9:40–11:05 L321 The Persian Empire (6) L323 History of America in 101 Objects (8) L423 Writers’ Workshop (8) L326 John Adams (8) L707 What’s in the News? (7) L608 Christianity and Islam (4) 11:50–1:15 L117 Art History (2) L656 The Battles of the Culture Wars (2) L906 Exploring Spiritual Paths (8) L123 Drawing and Painting (8) L958 Travel Adventure Road Scholar (1) 2:15-3:40 L118 Understanding Opera (3) 1:40-3:40 L325 The Cuban Revolution (4) L424 Creative Writing (8) L425 History's Mysteries (8) L422 The New Yorker Magazine (7) Sept. 24 Sept. 25 Sept. 26 Sept 27 Sept. 28 9:40–11:05 L707 What’s in the News? (7) L323 History of America in 101 Objects (8) L423 Writers’ Workshop (8) L326 John Adams (8) 1007 Evening Visit to L608 Christianity and Islam (4) Roll Top Observatory 11:50–1:15 L117 Art History (2) L656 The Battles of the Culture Wars (2) L906 Exploring Spiritual Paths (8) L123 Drawing and Painting (8) 7:15 pm L964 Fake News (1) L968 PT Boats in US Navy (1) 2:15-3:40 L118 Understanding Opera (3) 1:40-3:40 L325 The Cuban Revolution (4) L424 Creative Writing (8) L425 History's Mysteries (8) L422 The New Yorker Magazine (7) L965 Astronomy (1) Oct. 1 Oct. 2 Oct. 3 Oct. 4 Oct. 5 9:40–11:05 L321 The Persian Empire (6) L323 History of America in 101 Objects (8) L423 Writers’ Workshop (8) L326 John Adams (8) L707 What’s in the News? (7) L608 Christianity and Islam (4) 11:50–1:15 L971 Loudoun/Fairfax Co. Boundary (1) L324 The Presidents’ Body Counts (4) L906 Exploring Spiritual Paths (8) L123 Drawing and Painting (8) L975 An Army Colonel ‘s Story (1) 2:15-3:40 L118 Understanding Opera (3) 1:40-3:40 L325 The Cuban Revolution (4) L424 Creative Writing (8) L425 History's Mysteries (8) L422 The New Yorker Magazine (7) Loudoun Listening Tour 1:30-2:30 Oct. 8 Oct. 9 Oct. 10 Oct. 11 Oct. 12 9:40–11:05 OLLI Office Closed in L323 History of America in 101 Objects (8) L423 Writers’ Workshop (8) L326 John Adams (8) 1104 Lunch at Observance of Columbus Day L608 Christianity and Islam (4) L’Auberge Chez Francois 11:50–1:15 L324 The Presidents’ Body Counts (4) L906 Exploring Spiritual Paths (8) L123 Drawing and Painting (8) 12:00-2:00 L978 Smart Phone (1) L980 In My Father’s Words (1) 2:15-3:40 L325 The Cuban Revolution (4) L424 Creative Writing (8) L425 History's Mysteries (8) Oct. 15 Oct. 16 Oct. 17 Oct. 18 Oct. 19 9:40–11:05 L321 The Persian Empire (6) L323 History of America in 101 Objects (8) L121 Travel Photography (4) L326 John Adams (8) L707 What’s in the News? (7) L423 Writers’ Workshop (8) 11:50–1:15 L324 The Presidents’ Body Counts (4) L120 It was a Good Show (4) L123 Drawing and Painting (8) L119 Richard Wagner’s Medievalism (4) L906 Exploring Spiritual Paths (8) L984 Staying Safe on the Streets (1) 2:15-3:40 L322 The History of Unions (4) L122 Barbershop Harmony (4) L425 History's Mysteries (8) L422 The New Yorker Magazine (7) L424 Creative Writing (8) Oct. 22 Oct. 23 Oct. 24 Oct. 25 Oct. 26 9:40–11:05 L321 The Persian Empire (6) L323 History of America in 101 Objects (8) L121 Travel Photography (4) L326 John Adams (8) L707 What’s in the News? (7) L813 Electronic Surveillance (3) L423 Writers’ Workshop (8) 11:50–1:15 L989 Resistance Training (1) L324 The Presidents’ Body Counts (4) L120 It Was a Good Show (4) L123 Drawing and Painting (8) L119 Richard Wagner’s Medievalism (4) L906 Exploring Spiritual Paths (8) L992 Stretching and Balancing (1) 2:15-3:40 L322 The History of Unions (4) L122 Barbershop Harmony(4) L425 History's Mysteries (8) L422 The New Yorker Magazine (7) L424 Creative Writing (8) Oct. 29 Oct. 30 Oct. 31 Nov. 1 Nov. 2 9:40-11:05 L321 The Persian Empire (6) L323 History of America in 101 Objects (8) L121 Travel Photography (4) L326 John Adams (8) L707 What’s in the News? (7) L813 Electronic Surveillance (3) L423 Writers’ Workshop (8) 11:50-1:15 L994 Luc Besson and French Cinema (1) L119 Richard Wagner’s Medievalism (4) L120 It Was a Good Show (4) L123 Drawing and Painting (8) L906 Exploring Spiritual Paths (8) 1106 Coffee and Croissants (1) 2:15-3:40 L322 The History of Unions (4) L122 Barbershop Harmony (4) L425 History's Mysteries (8) L422 The New Yorker Magazine (7) L424 Creative Writing (8) Nov. 5 Nov. 6 Nov. 7 Nov. 8 Nov. 9 9:40-11:05 L321 The Persian Empire (6) L323 History of America in 101 Objects (8) L121 Travel Photography (4) L326 John Adams (8) L707 What’s in the News? (7) L813 Electronic Surveillance (3) L423 Writers’ Workshop (8) 11:50-1:15 L997 Mozart and His Women (1) L119 Richard Wagner’s Medievalism (4) L120 It Was a Good Show (4) L123 Drawing and Painting (8) L906 Exploring Spiritual Paths (8) 2:15-3:40 L322 The History of Unions (4) L122 Barbershop Harmony(4) L425 History's Mysteries (8) L422 The New Yorker Magazine (7) L424 Creative Writing (8)

62 Friends of OLLI Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at George Mason University

Contributions for January 1–December 31, 2017

From January through December of 2017, 247 Friends of OLLI contributed $37,386.70. Dona�ons have allowed us to purchase videoconferencing equipment which enables us to enjoy presenta�ons and mee�ngs simultaneously at mul�ple sites, enhance experiences in all OLLI classrooms, and provide scholarships for Mason students in departments that have supported the OLLI program. Your nancial support helps OLLI accomplish our goals, so we hope that you will con�nue to make tax‐deduc�ble contribu�ons to Friends of OLLI. We gratefully acknowledge the generosity of the donors noted below who have given to Friends of OLLI during 2017.

Benefactors ($500 and over) Lynn Cline Anne�e Smith Sandra Lisiewski In Honor of Gil & Pat Helen & Bill Ackerman Karin & Michael Custy Claire Smith Margaret & Philip Massey Coshland from Linda Bender Kevin Deasy Alvin Smuzynski Deborah McCormick Elizabeth Fimbres Raymond Beery Bernard Doe Diane Stanley John McCoy In Memory of Benny Barbara Brehm James Dunphy Tina Stewart & Jim Miller Jim McGinn Meyers from Karen Janet & Garre� Cochran Judy & Al Erickson Elizabeth & Joel Ticknor Caroline McNeil Burkhart, Thomas Crooker Margaret Fink Susan Towne Janet & Frank Meads Monika & Gavan George Ewing Michael Flicker Linda & Steve Tracy Marianne Metz Kober, Gabrielle Paul Howard William Forster John Trevey Melvin Mikosinski Las�ng, Penye Sue Ernes�ne Meyer Pamela Garcia Lydia & Patrick Walsh Kathleen Miller Meyer, Viet Ta, Alice Charles Murphy Susan Gates Patricia & Robert Susan Miller Slayton Clark, Heather John Woods Beverly George Warakomsky Jeffrey Milstein Vargish, Shirley & Fred Don Yesukai�s Ligia Glass Charlene Ward Alice Nerenstone Myers Sally Gnam John Ware Robert Osterhout In Memory of Paul Patrons ($250 to $500) Melvin Goldfarb Clifford Wareld Theodore Parker Andino Burma & Rick Bochner Joan Gupta Thelma Weiner Judith Riekse In Memory of Helene Janice & Robert Bohall Valerie Stucky & Dick Michael Whitehouse Sandra Ri�enhouse Layman William Borghesani, Jr. Joyce Richard Young Mary & Lou Rosato In Memory of Doris Ewing Lesley Bubenhofer Anne Lamar Anonymous (4) Carol Rosenhoch In Memory of Stephen Patricia & Robert Carroll Mary Lanman Kathryn & Melvin Russell Appel by Benjamin Lisa & Donald Ferre� Elaine Leonard Donors (Up to $100) Doreen Sanborn Gorton Bob Gibson Gloria Loew Sylvia Auton Harvey Schwartz In Memory of Richard Carol Henderson Paige Lowther Elizabeth Benne� Ann Sherwood Lanterman Steven House David Lynch Michelle Blandburg Bernard Singer LCSCC Advisory Board Shirley & Karl Ingebritsen David Mar�n Brenda Bloch‐Young Shirley Springoat Registra�on Raffle Robert Kelberg & Gertrude David Mason William Campbell, Jr. Sharyn Stahl Change for OLLI Sherman Jane McCulloch Calista Castagne�o Panorea Stalter Bake Sale Alice & Edward Marion Rosemary McDonald Dorsey Chescavage Rosalind & Mar�n Stark OLLI Tai Chi Club Carloyn & Vince Modugno Ceda McGrew Kenneth Cohn Allen Taylor Sue & Jim Price Margaret McLane Kathryn Deremer Elizabeth Tell Thanks to all of OLLI’s Diane Rosacker Michael McNamara Carol Egan Rita Toscano dedicated volunteers for Rala & Russell Stone John Meier Susan & Joe Falkson Stephanie Trachtenberg their �me, talent, and Jane & William Taylor Murray Minster Caroline Finberg Carol Tsou commitment to Lowell Tonnessen & Mary Lou Ruth Moe Martha Garland Jack Underhill excellence. Eng Karen Murphy Mimi & Conrad Geller Tom Urman Susan & Paul Van Hemel Irmgard Nolan Karen Gentemann Gary Voegele Roberta Wulf Belinda Notz Marion Grabowski Audrey Webb Peg O'Brien Diane Graham Enid Weber Supporters ($100 to $250) Robert Osborn Lynn Gramzow Mark Weinstein Toni & John Acton Robert Overholtzer Leon Greene Doris Weisman Florence Adler Patricia & Anson Parish Janine Greenwood Henry Wolf Charles Allen Catherine Parker Michael Gropman Anonymous (6) Doris Avery Mary Petersen Marilyn & Tom Hady Joan & Melvin Axilbund Lavona Poe Jane Hassell Special Contributors Sharon Belanger Stephen Poppe Caroline Herrick George Mason University Rhoda & Jack Berson Andre Pugin William Hunt (approx. $60,000 for use of Sherri Berthrong Roz Rakoff Cloe Ingram the facili�es in Fairfax and Doris Bloch Michael Rubin Jay Johnson Loudoun, including all Robert Brown Judith & Guy Sapienza Sandra Kilburn u�li�es, maintenance & Thomas Brown Barbara Schell Joanne Kunz housekeeping) Swanee Busic & Robert Elaine Schwartz Ann Lawlor Potomac Area Technology & Kessler Charles Silver Harlan Lenius Computer Society Brenda & Dick Cheadle Patricia Simon Paule�e Lichtman‐Panzer AmazonSmile Founda�on 63

Guide to Program Locations

Driving directions and parking information for all 1. Mason-in-Loudoun is located at 21335 Signal Hill Plaza, Sterling, VA 20164 diagonally across Route 7 from OLLI sites can be found on the map page of our the Potomac Run Shopping Center. website at http://olli.gmu.edu/maps-directions/ 2. Reston Lake Anne sites: Reston Used Book Shop (1623 Washington Plaza, North, Reston, VA 20190) and Reston Community Center (RCC) Lake Anne including the Rose Gallery (1609 Washington Plaza, North, Reston, VA 20190) are located at the northern end of Lake Anne off North Shore Drive. If using an electronic map, set destination as the Lake Anne Mobil (11410 N. Shore Drive, Reston, VA 20190) across the street from the entrance to the Lake Anne parking lot. 3. United Christian Parish Church (UCP)is located at 11508 North Shore Drive, Reston, VA 20190. 4. Reston Community Center Hunters Woods: CenterStage is in the Hunters Woods Village Center. If using an electronic map, use the Ledo Pizza address (2254 Hunters Woods Plaza, Reston, VA 20191). A walkway beside Ledo Pizza leads to a plaza and the community center. 5. Tallwood is located at 4210 Roberts Road, Fairfax, VA 22032. Roberts Road can be accessed from Route 236 (Main Street) or Braddock Road. Additional parking is available in the swimming pool lot next door. 6. Church of the Good Shepherd (COGS) at 9350 Braddock Road, Burke, VA 22015 is at the corner of Braddock Road and Olley Lane. Enter the parking lot from Olley Lane. 7. Lord of Life Lutheran Church, Fairfax is located at 5114 Twinbrook Road, Fairfax, VA 22032. From Braddock Road, turn south on Twinbrook Road, and the parking lot will be on your right. 8 Bus Trip Pick up Location at Fair Oaks Mall, parking lot 57 (see adjacent map) is located at 11750 Fair Oaks Mall, Fairfax, VA 22033. The lot is outside the circular road in front of ManTech Corporation near the Macy’s closest to Sears. 9. St. Peter’s in the Woods is located at 5911 Fairview Woods Drive in Fairfax Station, VA. From Tallwood, take Roberts Road toward Braddock Road. Make a right onto Braddock and left onto Route 123 S. Turn right on Burke Center Parkway then left on Fairview Woods Drive which is just past the fire station. The entrance to the church is about 1/10 of a mile in on the left. The parking Bus Trip Pick up Location lot can also be accessed from route 123 across from Fairview Elementary.

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