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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Registration Open Catalogs and Registration Catalogs are in the mail, but for those too eager to wait, registration is now open online. Go to our website and choose the Join/Register/Log In page. You'll need to register or use your user name and password to access your registration information. You can also view or download the catalog, schedule, and/or registration form on the Current Semester page. Lecture Series Our January Lecture series has begun! Join us Wednesday the 7th for a lecture by AU President Neil Kerwin. Lectures this week are at the Ward Circle Building on Nebraska Ave. Park in the New Mexico Avenue lot (parking is free both week one and week two in both the Katzen Center and the New Mexico Ave. lot), cross Nebraska Ave. and enter the Ward Circle building. Turn left and you can go down the stairs one flight or take the elevator to the terrace level (T). You can also enter via the ramp from the campus side and turn right to get to the elevator. Inclement Weather Please keep in mind that if DC or Montgomery Schools are canceled or delayed, our lecture is canceled that day. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Newsletter March 2009 March Letter from the Chair When I walked out of Capital Hall recently, I saw it 2: First Day of Classes - a field of daffodils pushing up out of the cold ground to welcome the mild, sunshiny day. Spring 6: Board Meeting (1 is in the air! I also fancied that I heard bells pm, RRUUC) ringing, but then I realized that the sound was in my 10: First Tuesday Lecture head, alerting me that classes at OLLI are about to (12:15, TBC) begin again. 18: Study Group Rep. There was a wonderful turnout at both the Open House on the 24th of Luncheon (noon, Capital February and the meeting of Study Group Leaders and Study Group Hall) Reps two days later. Enthusiasm filled the room. All of those SGLs and SGRs are volunteers at OLLI. Volunteers are the backbone of this 23-27: Food Drive institution, and we are always in need of people to help us with various 27: First Curriculum duties. So please volunteer often, as Vonn Quayle and Madeline Fried Comm. Meeting so willingly did to recruit SGRs when our two veteran coordinators were (1 pm, TBC) not able to do it this semester. Another program full of courses to fascinate and educate you awaits. Snow Policy Have a wonderful, stimulating semester! Reminder --Selma Rosenthal OLLI Classes are Spanish Discussion Group canceled if DC or Montgomery County OLLI study group leader Tony Cafoncelli will lead a Spanish discussion Schools are delayed or group on Wednesdays at noon this semester at the Temple Baptist canceled. Church. This group is for people with some basic conversational Congratulations! Spanish skills who would like a tune-up. Please sign up on the sheet on the bulletin board in Room 6 near the stairs. Our own Robert Coe, past co-chair of the Capital Area Food Bank Food Drive ACLU-National Capital Area Montgomery Due to the great success of our Fall Food Drive, we are sponsoring County Chapter, will be another one from March 23-27. Please bring in canned and boxed food. awarded the Alan and Adrienne Barth Suggestions of items needed will be posted. Volunteer Service Award this month. Bohuslav Martinu Concert And to Don Quayle for Sunday, March 22, 3 pm being appointed to the WAMU Community Three generations celebrate the 50th anniversary of the death of the Advisory Council. Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu. Julia Bogorad-Kogan,flute; Ben Condolences Ullery, viola; OLLI Member: Hope Bogorad, narrator; with Margo To the family and Garrett, piano. friends of Cissy Smull, a longtime OLLI Sponsored by the Washington member, who recently Conservatory of Music. passed away. Westmoreland Congregational Church, 1 Westmoreland Circle, Friday Music Club Bethesda, MD. Concert at noon on March 6 at the Sumner Study Group Representatives School Museum. OLLI Again, thanks to Vonn Quayle and Madeline Fried for organizing a member Jacqueline terrific band of Study Group Representatives. Their names are listed Birn plays the cello in below. We appreciate all of your help! the Friday Music Club. They will be playing a 101 Susan Blacklow CPE Bach concerto for 102 Margot Hahn cello, Johann Christoph 103 Ravida Preston Pepusch's Kammer- 104 Dian Petty sinfonie, and a Mozart 139 Gerry Padwe divertimento. 155 Donald Quayle Concerts are free and 156 Tina Fried Heller open to the public. 159 Amelie Burgunder More information on 220 Catharine Ratiner their website. 223 Kristin Ruckdeschel 227 Stuart Stanmore Web Article 229 Kenneth Guenther Peter Wolfe has written 325 Joyce Kessler an online article about 327 Ange Hassinger Angelica Schuyler 329 John Poole Church, the sister-in-law 333 Devereaux Barnes of Alexander Hamilton, 438 Carl Rappaport and possible romantic 445 Seymour Efros acquaintance of both 449 Naomi Heller Hamilton and Jefferson. 453 Coralyn Colladay Contact Peter for more 455 Jacqueline Boehme information. 456 Arlene Shykind 458 Nancy Berman Curriculum 460 Ruth Brand Committee 462 Consuelo Hirshon The Curriculum committee 464 Solomon Glass begins planning the fall 509 Marion North semester in early March. 557 Mary Bullock The Committee is looking for 559 Phyllis Homes input from members who 601 Therese Rousseau are considering submitting a 603 Christopher Bradley study group proposal or 605 Dorothy Pocinki suggesting a friend who 609 Barbara Johnson would be interested in joining 610 Phyllis Silverman OLLI as a member and 612 Dolores Kirby Study Group Leader. 614 Gloria Kreisman Interested members should contact the appropriate 618 Mary Shoemaker committee chair to discuss 622 Bertha Johnson ideas for courses: 624 Shirley Buttrick 669 Sorrell Caplan Gloria Kreisman, Chair 691 Valeria Saak 761 Helen Seasonwein Law, Politics & Government 769 Patricia Herman Myrna Whitworth 775 Naomi Glass 777 Ruth Weisgall Psychology Sociology & Culture 780 Harriet Bramble David Grass 782 Alan Frey 784 Sandra Grant Economics 786 Sue Boley Betsy White 788 Marilynn Smith 790 Barbara Rollinson Biology, Physics, Chemistry 792 Jim Nix & Math 793 Joy MacDonald Ed Goldin & Barbara 794 Elaine Vande-Hei Searle 818 Jacqueline Gallagher Music: Alan Frey 820 Mel Hurwitz Art: Sidney Steinitz Bell Ringers Literature & Language Gloria Kreisman Thanks to Jaleh Labib for organizing an enthusiastic group of bell ringers History & Geography to help keep us all on schedule. Sandra Levenbook MONDAY Philosophy am - Carol Bird Ravenal Alice Bralove & Dave Palmeter pm - Lucy Mallan The success of OLLI TUESDAY comes directly from the am - Miriam Israel efforts of our members, so pm - Sheila Grunwald please join us in continuing to make OLLI an interesting WEDNESDAY and vibrant community. am - Poul Arendal pm - Michele Morris THURSDAY am - Sidney Steinitz pm- Dorothy Hartland FRIDAY am - Ann Doyle Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Newsletter April 2009 April Letter from the Chair 2: Digital Photography We completed our second successful food drive Lecture. POSTPONED for the Capital Food Bank on Friday, March 27. We will pass along the results when they are 3: Board Meeting available. Many thanks to those who responded so 7: Town Meeting (12:15 generously. pm TBC) Please put April 7, 12:15 pm on your calendar. 20: Board Voting Begins That's when we will be having our final Town Meeting for this school year. It's a good time to 20: Fall Course Proposals see old friends and to get answers to all your OLLI questions. It will also Due be an opportunity to meet the members who will be candidates for Board positions. You will be able to talk with them after the meeting. 24: Final Curriculum Comm. Meeting (1 pm, TBC) The date for our final luncheon, where voting for Board members will take place along with a delicious meal, has not yet been finalized by AU. We will pass along that information just as soon as possible. Spanish Luncheon Group If you will be unable to attend the luncheon, absentee ballots will be available (see following article). Join Tony Cafoncelli and others for Spanish Feedback cards have been collected, read carefully, and are being conversation turned over to SGLs. There were many positive comments and some Wednesdays at noon at very useful, constructive suggestions. Study Group Leaders find these the Temple Baptist cards helpful and thank everyone who participated. Church. (Except for April 1, when Tony has It has happened!! Study Group Leaders now have designated parking another engagement.) spaces in the church parking lot. Brand new Handicapped signs have also been installed. Please be sure that you have proper identification Curriculum in a visible spot in your car to use either of these benefits. Our Curriculum Committee has been --Selma Rosenthal working hard to recruit new and previous Town Meeting:Tuesday, April 7 12:15-1:15 pm Study Group Leaders. Please join us at the Temple Baptist Church to discuss any questions or Course proposals are concerns. due in the office by April 20. Please let the The People of OLLI: Mary Bullock office know if you need a proposal form, or download one here. Mary Bullock is the English teacher we all wish we'd had in high school. She is well read, able to discuss a subject in Additional Study an articulate and interesting way, and has a Group Reps warm and friendly personality to go with it all. She came to Virginia from New York City in 464 Bob Bullock her twenties and taught for many years in an 624 Shirley Buttrick Arlington high school. During that time, she and her doctor husband Robert raised six A Tribute to children too! After retiring from teaching, Mary Former OLLI worked for eight years at the National Science Foundation on projects of Member: legislation and public affairs.