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October 1 – November 18

Classes olli.berkeley.edu Lecture Series An educational program for older adults Learning Community who are learning for the joy of it. Director’s Greeting

Who We Are We are delighted that in just one year, the OLLI @Berkeley OLLI @Berkeley is an educational program community has grown to more than 600 members. We are for lifelong learners age 50 and up who are even prouder of the fact that many of you take more than one eager to explore traditional and new areas class per session — a powerful tribute to our goal of making of knowledge — without exams or grades. learning a way of life. Distinguished Berkeley faculty members and other Bay Area teachers enjoy sharing their expertise with members whose life Nearly half of this session’s faculty — including David Presti, William Drummond, experience and intelligence enrich the and Harry Kreisler — teach at UC Berkeley and are eager to share their exchange of ideas. knowledge with you. We are also offering an array of experimental courses. Membership in OLLI @Berkeley is required Celebrated writer Susan Griffin will teach a course on remembering and creating to participate in the full range of offerings. history. The two driving forces behind the Mime Troupe, Joan Joining OLLI @Berkeley means discovering Holden and R. G. Davis, will trace the company’s long and colorful history. new friends, new knowledge, and new ways to bring meaning and enjoyment to our lives. The fall session will also offer two yearlong courses in collaboration with Cal OLLI @Berkeley is one of more than 121 Performances. Robert Cole, impresario extraordinaire, has chosen 12 music and Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes nationwide. dance events for us to explore in depth before seeing him off at the end of the It is supported by the University of California, Berkeley; OLLI members; and donors who 2008–09 season. match the Bernard Osher Foundation’s contribution to OLLI. Since many of you spend the day with us, we have also tried to plan each day around related subjects. For example, check out the Tuesday schedule if you enjoy musical theater, or Wednesday if you are interested in politics.

Diverse topics, accomplished teachers, new friends, and your curiosity — these are what make OLLI @Berkeley special. Come to the open house on Sept. 16, or register with the form inside this brochure. Welcome back to the classroom.

Susan Hoffman Director, OLLI @Berkeley

Contact Us: Open House Office/Library: Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008 1925 Walnut St. #1570 University of California, Berkeley 9:30 a.m.–noon Berkeley, CA 94720-1570 Doors open at 9 a.m., program 9:30 a.m. – noon Phone: 510.642.9934 Berkeley Repertory Theatre Fax: 510.642.2202 2025 Addison St. (at Shattuck Ave.) E-mail: [email protected] Web site: olli.berkeley.edu

RSVP: 510.642.9934 or [email protected] Directions: olli.berkeley.edu Contributing Photographers: Charles Francis, Aileen Kim, Judith Sandoval, and Peg Skorpinski Oct. 6 – Nov. 10 COURSES/Mondays Most courses held in University Hall, 2199 Addison Street, except where noted.

Fall Lecture Series: Politics and Science

Mondays, 12:15–1:15 p.m. 150 University Hall (2199 Addison St.) Free for OLLI members and current UC Berkeley faculty, staff, and students with ID. $5 general admission.

International Law, Human Rights, and Torture Rita Maran President, United Nations Association East Bay Oct. 20

Mind, Brain, and Consciousness Justice and Power: higher education. He has been a statewide Literary Visions and local leader of the California State David Presti University faculty union, and has taught at Senior Lecturer of Neurobiology, UC Berkeley Jeff Lustig UC Berkeley and Deep Springs College Oct. 27 10 a.m.–noon, Room 150 Joy of Singing We will examine the nature of justice Racial Identity and the Census and power as seen by history’s important Lauren Carley Michael Omi writers and dramatists. Is justice the 12–1:30 p.m., Room 41B Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies, righting of wrongs or transcendence of UC Berkeley Whether you have always longed to rights? Is it a matter of evening scores, Nov. 3 sing in a chorus or have sung in one for the public good, or inner peace? “Force years, this course is open to you. We will without justice is tyrannical,” wrote French learn the basics of sight-singing, as well Rosalind Franklin and the Discovery philosopher Blaise Pascal, “and justice as rounds, chants, and arranged music by of DNA without force is powerless.” But how such composers as Bobby McFerrin, who Lynne Elkin can justice deal with power? Is the idea uses his voice to create sound effects and Professor Emerita of Biological Studies, of achieving justice through politics an percussion, and Ysaye Barnwell, a member Cal State East Bay illusion? We will study the answers some of the African American a cappella group Nov. 10 great thinkers have offered, along with Sweet Honey in the Rock. Learn to sing such fundamental concepts as distributive one piece in the first session and up to five justice, retributive justice, equality, tyranny, songs by session four. Join us to strengthen exploitation, and the common good. your voice and confidence and make a Recommended readings include works by joyful noise! Sophocles, Machiavelli, Karl Marx, Herman Melville, Toni Morrison, and Jesse Unruh. Lauren Carley teaches the Joy of Jeff Lustig, professor of government Singing choral ensembles for OLLI at at Sacramento State, teaches courses San Francisco State University and is in political theory, American thought, the artistic director for the community California politics and the novel, and labor choruses Variety Pack and Rhythm Society. studies. He is the author of Corporate She also teaches individuals and groups Liberalism: Origins of Modern American and leads women’s retreats in finding one’s Political Theory, as well as articles on authentic voice through circle singing for American politics, political thought, and joy, healing, and ritual.

OLLI @Berkeley  Still from documentary Ask Not, by Johnny Symons

Bay Area Documentary Michael Fox has written about film for storytelling is an easy-to-create audio/visual Filmmakers more than 50 regional and national medium for immortalizing your legacy. publications and Web sites since 1987, We will learn how to use simple, free Michael Fox including SF Weekly, SF360.org, PBS.org, software tools to combine photos, images, 1:30–3:30 p.m., Room 150 and KQED.org. Fox curates and hosts music, and your voice to tell your stories, Over the past 40 years, the Bay Area’s the CinemaLit film series on Friday whether fact or fiction. You will create astonishing number of documentary nights at the Mechanics’ Institute. He is your own personal CD or Web site that filmmakers have earned an international an instructor at OLLI at San Francisco documents stories in a way you may never reputation for being at the forefront State University and UC Berkeley, and have imagined. Please bring your own laptop, of social issues, exposing injustices at a member of the San Francisco Film or call the OLLI office at 510.642.9934 to home and abroad, and reviving ignored Critics Circle. arrange for a rental. or forgotten history. Each session will David Casuto is the founder and lead Telling Your Stories feature a recent film, followed by an instructor of Senior Surf, a Bay Area non- With Technology intimate conversation with the director. profit that empowers older adults to We will discuss the myth of objectivity, David Casuto become more savvy at Internet navigation, the challenge of balancing education and 10/6–11/24 digital photography, photo editing, digital advocacy, and the importance of drama 6–8 p.m., Room 41B storytelling, graphic design, e-mail, Microsoft and suspense. In particular, we will focus Word, and other tricks of the trade. He What life experiences would you like on the ethical dilemmas, responsibilities, is also attaining his master’s degree in to share with your family and friends? and solutions that every documentary instructional technology. Visit his Web site at Do you want to record your memoirs maker confronts. senior-surf.org. in a way that you never have? Digital

(No Class on Nov. 11) COURSES/Tuesdays Oct. 7 – Nov. 18 Most courses held in University Hall, 2199 Addison Street, except where noted.

History of French Literature: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne. The Golden Middle Ages –18th Century Age of French Literature in the 17th century brings us Pierre Corneille and Erika Blatt Harkins Jean Racine (Baroque versus Classicism), 10 a.m.–noon as well as Madame de la Fayette (self- Gaia Arts Center (2120 Allston Way) analysis novel). We will end the course by discussing Voltaire and Denis Diderot. In this lively introduction to French literature, we will explore how France’s history Erika Blatt Harkins received her degrees influenced social, cultural, and literary trends. in French Literature in Bucharest, Romania, For the Middle Ages, we will examine The and at the University of . An instructor Romance of the Rose, Chrétien de Troyes, for 25 years, she teaches on the premises Christine de Pisan, and François Villon. The that literature and history are interrelated 16th century introduces us to the Pleiades and complementary. In addition to her and the works of François Rabelais and background in the humanities, she also has a master’s degree in organic chemistry.  Psychology and Opera: The American Musical: From radical “people’s theater.” They will place Verdi’s Human Dilemmas Vaudeville to Show Biz 12 plays within their contexts: the 1950s; the artistic avant-garde; the civil rights Gerald Mendelsohn Joanna Harris movement; the Vietnam War; the New 1:30–3:30 p.m. 1:30–3:30 p.m., Room 41B Right backlash and the Reagan Revolution; Gaia Arts Center (2120 Allston Way) deindustrialization; the emergence and Through music, tapes, and DVDs, we will disappearance of public funding for the In the 52 years between his first opera, survey the background of musical theater, arts; globalization; and oil wars. (1839), and his last, (1891), vaudeville, variety, follies, and other forms created a body of work through the Golden Age of the 1940s R. G. Davis founded the San Francisco unsurpassed in its variety, emotional and ’50s. We will consider the folklore, Mime Troupe, America’s best-known force, and humanity. Verdi was not a social history, and styles and structures political theater company, and directed self-conscious revolutionary. Rather, his of theater and performance, including it until 1970 when the “radical years” history is one of steady and increasing musical scores, choreography, script, and began. He has two master’s degrees and mastery. Within the context of his life and design. Finally, we will look at new shows is completing his Ph.D. at UC Davis on times, we will trace his growing success and why “they ain’t what they used to ecological aesthetics. He also founded a in portraying individuals who grappled be.” Recommended viewing: “Broadway: The Center for the Study of Bertolt Brecht with fundamental human dilemmas. American Musical,” a PBS series. and Epic Theatre in the 1970s and taught, Recommended reading: Opera as Drama, directed, and worked in alternative and off- Joanna Harris is a dance teacher, dance by Joseph Kerman. Broadway theater. historian, and lecturer in theater and Gerald Mendelsohn is a research drama. She has taught at UC Berkeley, As the mime troupe’s playwright from psychologist and professor of psychology UC Santa Cruz, and Cal State University 1970 to 2000, Joan Holden wrote or at UC Berkeley. He teaches courses in at Hayward and Sonoma. Her courses co-wrote The Independent Female, False personality and social psychology and has were recently offered at Diablo Valley Promises, The Hotel Universe, Ripped Van researched a range of issues, including College’s Emeritus Program at Rossmoor. Winkle, Steeltown, and City for Sale, among creativity and health psychology. He has This fall she will publish Beyond Isadora: other plays. She has translated and adapted published articles on Giuseppe Verdi, an Bay Area Dancing, 1915–1965. several works, wrote the widely produced Italian opera composer, in both music and stage adaptation of Barbara Ehrenreich’s psychology journals. Staging History 1959–99: Nickel and Dimed, and is collaborating Four Decades With the San on a new play based on interviews with Francisco Mime Troupe undocumented workers.

R. G. Davis and Joan Holden 6–8 p.m., Room 150

Organizations — and artists — are never static. Davis, founder of the San Francisco Mime Troupe, and Holden, its principal playwright for three decades, will trace the company’s evolution from a director- run, artistically radical experimental troupe to a collective-run, politically

OLLI @Berkeley  COURSES/Wednesdays Oct. 1 – Nov. 5 Most courses held in University Hall, 2199 Addison Street, except where noted.

International Challenges Facing satellite TV and online at globetrotter. investigate how tolerance and diversity the Next President berkeley.edu/conversations. Kreisler have modified the visual principles and teaches a unique course each spring, Issues spatial values of Northern California’s Harry Kreisler in Foreign Policy after 9/11, that is open monuments. 10 a.m.–noon to Berkeley students for credit and to the Gaia Arts Center (2120 Allston Way) Mildred Howard is a mixed media and general public for free. installation artist whose work draws on a Through lively, stimulating discussions, this wide range of historical and contemporary course will enhance your understanding of Imagining a “Statue of Liberty” experiences. Her work is shaped by strategic issues confronting the United States for the Bay Area memory, history, family, identity, and place, and the world in the 21st century. Using Mildred Howard but seeks to engage viewers in a creative “Conversations with History,” an archive 10/8–11/5 dialogue that transcends the personal. She of unedited video interviews in which 11 a.m.–2 p.m., Room 41C, with fieldtrips has received numerous awards, including distinguished people from around the globe to various Bay Area monuments fellowships from the Anonymous Was a discuss their lives and work, we will explore Woman Foundation and the Rockefeller such topics as the Bush legacy, the shifting This course will explore what constitutes Foundation, and a grant from the National balance of world power, and the ideas that a monument, with special attention paid Endowment for the Arts. might influence the next president as he to memorial places in Northern California shapes a new approach to the world. that are internationally significant. How have political thought, social activity, and Harry Kreisler is the executive director character of place served as catalysts? Can of UC Berkeley’s Institute of International these venues speak to the role of artists Studies. He is also the creator, executive and art today? Does human behavior in producer, and host of “Conversations with contemporary public spaces differ from History,” which is broadcast on cable and that of the classical civic space? We will

 Your Brain on Plants and Drugs David Presti 12:30–2:30 p.m., Room 41B

Nowhere are the connections among chemistry, physiology, botany, psychology, sociology, history, public policy, and constitutional law more vividly illustrated than in understanding the effects of drugs on the human brain and human behavior. Until recently, most drugs were plants. Focusing on several prominent examples — including coffee, tea, cacao (source of chocolate), tobacco, cannabis, wine, and absinthe — we will explore the complex The Obama Phenomenon and history and current neuroscience behind African American Leadership how drugs work on the mind and body. Robert C. Smith David Presti has taught neuroscience at 6–8 p.m., Room 150 UC Berkeley for 17 years. He has also taught neuroscience to Tibetan monks in This class will explore Barack Obama’s India and worked for more than a decade in presidential campaign and its relationship the clinical treatment of drug addiction. He to African American leadership. We will is interested in how science can address the also examine the use of the “race card” in connection between what we know as the the 2008 campaign, as well as the nation’s brain and what we call the mind. capacity to address the problem of racialized poverty. Recommended reading: African American Foreign Policy: Where American Leadership, by Ronald Walters and Do the Candidates Stand? Robert C. Smith.

Beverly Crawford Robert C. Smith is professor of political 1:30–3:30 p.m. science at San Francisco State University. He Gaia Arts Center (2120 Allston Way) is the author of three volumes on African What will America’s global role be under a American leadership and the editor of a new president? What issues will the next third volume. In addition, he has written president face, and how will he handle articles on the subject and is author of the them? This course will present an overview Encyclopedia of African American Politics. of foreign policy issues at stake in the next election and provide members with an analytic framework to assess and predict America’s role under a new administration.

Beverly Crawford teaches political economy and American foreign policy at UC Berkeley and is the associate director of the Institute of European Studies. Her recent books include: Globalization Comes Home: How Globalization is Changing America; Power and German Foreign Policy: Embedded Hegemony in Europe; and The Convergence of Civilizations: Constructing a Mediterranean Region.

OLLI @Berkeley  CALENDAR

Most courses held in University Hall, 2199 Addison Street, except where noted. Mondays Tuesdays Wednesdays Oct. 6 – Nov. 10 Oct. 7 – Nov. 18 Oct. 1 – Nov. 5 (No class on Nov. 11)

10 a.m.–12 p.m. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. Justice and Power History of French Literature Next President Jeff Lustig Erika Blatt Harkins Harry Kreisler Room 150 Gaia Arts Center Gaia Arts Center

12–1:30 p.m. 1:30–3:30 p.m. 11 a.m. –2 p.m. Joy of Singing Psychology and Opera 10/8–11/5 Lauren Carley Gerald Mendelsohn “Statue of Liberty” for the Bay Area Room 41B Gaia Arts Center Mildred Howard Room 41C, plus fieldtrips 12:15–1:15 p.m. 1:30–3:30 p.m. 10/20, 10/27, 11/3, and 11/10 American Musical 12:30–2:30 p.m. Fall Lecture Series: Joanna Harris Politics and Science Room 41B Plants and Drugs Room 150 David Presti 6–8 p.m. Room 41B 1:30–3:30 p.m. Staging History Documentary Filmmakers R. G. Davis and Joan Holden 1:30–3:30 p.m. Michael Fox Room 150 Foreign Policy Room 150 Beverly Crawford Gaia Arts Center 6–8 p.m. 10/6–11/24 6–8 p.m. Telling Your Stories Obama Phenomenon David Casuto Robert C. Smith Room 41B Room 150

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Thursdays Fridays Weekends Oct. 2 – Nov. 13 Oct. 3 – Nov. 7 (No class on Oct. 9 except Digital Culture 0101)

10 a.m.–12 p.m. 9:30–11:30 a.m. Saturday, 11/1 Charles Darwin All Things Reconsidered 10 a.m.–4 p.m. John Dillon William Drummond Brain Health Room 41B Room 41B Alvaro Fernandez Room 150 1:30–3:30 p.m. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Hinduism 10/3 and 10/17 Sundays Luis González-Reimann Second-Half-of-Life Tales 11/16/08, 2/8/09, and 4/19/09 Room 41B Allan Chinen 2–5 p.m. Room 41C Theatre Series 3:30–5 p.m. Lynne Kaufman Cal Performances Dance 1:30–4:30 p.m. Aurora Theatre Series (Yearlong) 10/10, 10/24, 10/31, and 11/7 Room 150 Remembering History Cal Performances Music Susan Griffin Series (Yearlong) Room 41C Room 150

5–7 p.m. 10/2–11/6 Academic Calendar for 2008-09 Digital Culture 0101 Richard Rinehart Fall 2008 Spring 2009

BAM Theater Open House: Sept. 16 Open House: March 17 Fee assistance deadline: Sept. 22 Fee assistance deadline: March 20 Session dates: Oct. 1– Nov. 18 Session dates: March 30 – May 8 6–8 p.m. Holiday: Oct. 9 (except for Digital No holiday Global Politics, World Music Culture 0101) and Nov. 11 Darren Zook Winter 2009 Summer 2009 Room 150 Open House: Jan. 13 calendar to be announced Fee assistance deadline: Jan. 16 Session dates: Jan. 26 – March 9 Holiday: Feb. 16

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 (No class on Oct. 9 except Digital Culture 0101) Oct. 2 – Nov. 13 COURSES/Thursdays Most courses held in University Hall, 2199 Addison Street, except where noted.

Charles Darwin: His Life, Times, and Science Cal Performances Music Series and Dance Series John Dillon In honor of Robert Cole, who is stepping down as director of Cal 10 a.m.–12 p.m., Room 41B Performances following 23 remarkable years, OLLI @Berkeley is offering two yearlong courses based on six dance and six music The world is about to celebrate Charles performances that Cole has chosen. Attend an in-depth discussion Darwin’s 200th birthday and the 150th led by Cole or other special guests on the Thursday before each anniversary of his classic, The Origin of selected performance, then see the show at a discounted ticket Species. Darwin — middling student, price. Courses are from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in 150 University Hall (2199 hypochondriac, reclusive country squire, and gentle family man — seems an unlikely Addison St.). Performance tickets are not included and are only scientific revolutionary. This class will look available through calperfs.berkeley.edu or 510.642.9988. at the personal and cultural environment in which both he and his science evolved. Music Series Courses Performances His remarkable family, grand voyage aboard Richard Goode, piano 10/2/08 10/5/08 the Beagle, colleagues, and competitors Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra 10/23/08 10/26/08 all help to reveal why he is so fascinating Salvatore Licitra, tenor 1/8/09 1/10/09 and why his science remains vital today. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 2/12/09 2/14/09 Recommended reading: Charles Darwin: Voyaging and Charles Darwin: The Power of Brentano 3/12/09 3/13/09 Place, by Janet Browne; Darwin: The Life of a American String Quartet 4/2/09 4/5/09 Tormented Evolutionist, by Adrian Desmond Dance Series Courses and James Moore; and Darwin for Beginners, Note: Performance dates for the Dance Series to be determined. by Jonathan Miller and Borin Van Loon. Kirov Ballet of the Mariinsky Theatre 10/16/08 John Dillon is curator of natural science Merce Cunningham Dance Company 11/6/08 at San Francisco’s Randall Museum and a Pascal Rioult Dance Company 1/29/09 lecturer at the UC Berkeley and UC Santa Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater 3/5/09 Cruz Extensions. He has studied history Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg 4/23/09 and philosophy of science at Cambridge Mark Morris Dance Group 5/21/09 University and did his graduate work in zoology and philosophy at Duke University. He is a member of the History of Science connected? Will the world come to an Digital Culture 0101: A New Society and the British Society for the end? What is the purpose of ritual? Way to Learn about New Media History of Science. Luis González-Reimann has written Richard Rinehart Major Themes in Hinduism extensively on Indian concepts of time 5–7 p.m. Luis González-Reimann and world ages. He holds an M.A. from Berkeley Art Museum Theater 1:30–3:30 p.m., Room 41B El Colegio de Mexico and a Ph.D. from (2621 Durant Ave.) UC Berkeley. He has taught at Berkeley How do digital media influence our Hindu cosmological, philosophical, and for 10 years and is the author of books perception of space and time? What are religious ideas have fascinated the West and articles on Indian religions, history, and their social implications? This class promises since the 18th century. The growing interest mythology. His most recent book is The a thought-provoking introduction to new in Indian spiritual traditions that arose in Mahabharata and the Yugas. the 1960s, together with the arrival of media as they reflect our culture. Working Indian immigrants to the United States directly with art works from “rip.mix.burn,” starting in the 1970s, have made Hinduism the Berkeley Art Museum’s pioneering a permanent presence. This course will look exhibition, we will get a non-technical look at some fundamental Hindu ideas that are at digital media through the lens of digital crucial to many religious traditions. What art and discuss such topics as interactivity, is the “Self?” What is liberation? How are the body, and collective memory. reincarnation and the creation of the world (Continued)

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Richard Rinehart is digital media director into the political arena? What happens and adjunct curator at the Berkeley Art when political viewpoints get involved Museum. He currently teaches digital art with musical expression? This course will at UC Berkeley and has taught at San explore possible answers from a variety Francisco Art Institute, UC Santa Cruz, and of perspectives, incorporating different San Francisco State University. Rinehart political systems and a staggering is a working digital media artist who has array of musical styles from exhibited at Exit Art in and at the around the globe. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Darren Zook teaches in International Global Politics, World Music and Area Studies and the Department of Political Science at UC Berkeley. Darren Zook His interests include international law, 6–8 p.m., Room 150 human rights, security studies, corruption, What happens when music projects its comparative Asian politics, and the politics of music. Scott Snibbe, Falling Girl, (detail) expressive and communicative potential

COURSES/Fridays Most courses held in University Hall, 2199 Addison Street, except where noted.

All Things Reconsidered: Public middle-aged and older protagonists who can be better understood through the Radio and the Shaping of the portray the milestones of aging. Folktales, lens of history. We will explore many American Identity supplemented by classic stories (literary ways to enhance, shape, and combine tales handed down over time), also present the significance of memory with the William Drummond common problems that we encounter in intimacy of history, as well as read several Oct. 3–Nov. 7 real life, like being stuck in an unwelcome works that combine history and memoir. 9:30–11:30 a.m., Room 41B script. Fortunately, these same stories Writing will be encouraged, but not This course will examine the way public present solutions. Using storytelling, required. Recommended reading: A Chorus radio has shaped the way we think discussion, visualization, writing our own fairy of Stones, The Private Life of War and about issues and problems — in our tales, and enacting stories, we will explore Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy, communities, nationally and internationally the journey that is living happily ever after. On Being an American Citizen, by Susan — considering how public radio has created Recommended reading: Once Upon a Midlife, Griffin; The Bishop’s Daughter, by Honor a picture frame for our national portrait. by Allan Chinen. Moore; and The Names of Things, by Susan Brind Morrow. Recommended reading: Listening In: Radio Allan Chinen, M.D. is a psychiatrist in and the American Imagination, by Susan J. private practice in San Francisco and clinical Susan Griffin has published 19 books, Douglas. professor of psychiatry at UC San Francisco. including Woman and Nature, a classic William Drummond, a former editor and He is the author of In the Ever After, Once work that inspired eco-feminism. A correspondent for National Public Radio upon a Midlife, Beyond the Hero, and Waking Chorus of Stones, the Private Life of War (NPR), teaches in the Graduate School the World. was a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Award. of Journalism at UC Berkeley. He was the Remembering History founding editor of NPR’s “Morning Edition.” Named by Utne Reader as one of a Susan Griffin hundred important visionaries for the new Second-Half-of-Life Tales Oct. 10, 24, 31, and Nov. 7 millennium, Griffin has received several Allan Chinen 1:30–4:30 p.m., Room 41C grants, as well as an Emmy Award for her play Voices. She is currently co-editing Oct. 3 and 17 History — before and during our lives — 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Room 41C an anthology entitled Transforming Terror, exists within all of us. Whether intentionally Remembering the Soul of the World. While most familiar fairy tales like Cinderella or unintentionally, we create history, too. focus on youth, a group of folktales feature And even our most private memories

10 WORKSHOP AND COURSE/Weekends Most courses held in University Hall, 2199 Addison Street, except where noted.

The Science of Brain Health with McKinsey & Company and has The Abingdon in New York and have won and Fitness participated in the launch and turnaround numerous local and national awards. She of several education companies. teaches writing at Esalen Institute and Alvaro Fernandez OLLI San Francisco and currently leads Theatre Matinee Series Nov. 1, $75 UC Berkeley Extension’s 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Room 150 Lynne Kaufman Theatre Program. Neuroscientists have shown how the human Nov. 16, 2008; Feb. 8, 2009; April 19, 2009 brain retains neuroplasticity (the ability to 2–5 p.m., Aurora Theatre (2081 Addison St.) rewire itself) and neurogenesis (creation The more we understand how theater’s of new neurons) during its full lifetime, various aspects are forged to create a unified leading to a new understanding of what performance, the greater our pleasure in aging means. We will review the science watching a show. We will attend three behind some key concepts in this field and Sunday matinees — George Bernard Shaw’s explore their implications on our lifestyles: The Devil’s Disciple (Nov. 16), George Packer’s neuroplasticity and neurogenesis, the Betrayed (Feb. 8), and August Strindberg’s cognitive reserve theory for healthy aging, Miss Julie (April 19) — at the Aurora Theatre, computer-based cognitive training programs, one of Berkeley’s finest companies. Kaufman emotional self-regulation, and the four will moderate an interactive forum following pillars for lifelong brain health. We have all each performance that will feature a director, heard, “Use it or lose it.” The latest research actor, or designer from the Aurora. Matinee suggests that we “use it and improve it.” tickets included. Alvaro Fernandez is CEO and cofounder Lynne Kaufman is a playwright and novelist. of SharpBrains. He holds an M.A. in Her plays have been produced at The Magic education and an M.B.A. from Stanford Theatre, Theatreworks, Actors Theatre of University. Fernandez started his career Louisville, The Fountain Theatre in L.A., and

2007–08 Annual Fund Donors

$25 to $99 Stanley Goldberg Linda and Steve Lustig OLLI @Berkeley Christine England Edith Goldstein Lynn MacDonald Rose Fox Diane and George Hersh Marjorie and Mark Medress gratefully acknowledges Lily Gerson Paula and William B. Inwood Diane Plank those individuals whose Dora Henel Michael Kahn Lucille and Arthur Poskanzer Patricia Jones Marcia Luperini Marian Whitehead and contributions helped us build Maya Kennedy Jill Reese Burns Macdonald our rich and growing program. Elwood Lentz, Jr. John Sivley $500 to $999 We regret any errors or Julie Morris Nancy Spaeth Joe and Carol Neil Patricia Putta Elizabeth and Norman Margaret and James Pillsbury Van Patten omissions. Gary Robinson Sallie Weissinger Carol St. John $1,000 and above Linda Wood Deborah and Howard Goodman $100 to $249 Wendy and Mason Willrich $250 to $499 Daniel Altman Sandra P. and Edwin Susan Hoffman and M. Epstein Brian Murphy

OLLI @Berkeley 11 INFORMATION Membership Dues Refunds • Single Session – $50 Members can receive course fee(s) refund(s) up to one week before • Single Session for CAA members class begins. There are no refunds for and current/retired staff/faculty of membership dues. UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (with proof of Identification Cards status) – $40 OLLI identification cards will be distributed • Annual – $100 per academic year. at the first class. Available only in the fall.

• All-inclusive – $600 per academic year. Volunteer Includes up to three courses per session Please call 510.642.9934 to volunteer for and priority registration through each OLLI Ambassadors or the Curriculum, open house. Available only in the fall. Membership and Outreach, and Annual Fund Committees. Other volunteer Course Fees (per session) opportunities include teaching assistant, newsletter editor, or photographer. Membership • One course $125 Membership in OLLI @Berkeley is • Two courses $225 OLLI Partnerships required to enjoy the full range of • Three courses $310 University: offerings, including courses, lectures, and Add $75 for each additional course Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive special events. There are three levels of beyond three courses. California Alumni Association membership — single session, annual, and Cal Performances all-inclusive. All levels include the benefits Registration Educational Technology Services listed below, with savings at the annual and Early registration is encouraged due to Lawrence Hall of Science all-inclusive levels. limited space. Register by mail with the UC Berkeley Extension registration form or online at olli.berkeley. UC Berkeley Retirement Center Benefit Highlights edu. Checks or credit cards accepted. UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley • Opportunity to register in 60 courses You may print additional copies of the University Relations and events annually registration form from the Web site. Community: Anna’s Jazz Island • Priority access to the special events Fee Assistance Program and Lecture Series (not offered every Aurora Theatre session) To be considered for fee assistance, Berkeley Repertory Theatre write to OLLI @Berkeley, 1925 Walnut Gaia Arts Center • Participation in interest circles formed by St. #1570, Berkeley, CA 94720-1570 by KALW-91.7 FM OLLI members Monday, Sept. 22. Please describe your Oakland Museum of California need and list which courses you would • Discounts to the Berkeley Art Museum/ like to take and why. Include your contact Pacific Film Archive, Lawrence Hall of Contact Us: information. There will be a $25 processing Science, UC Botanical Garden, and UC 1925 Walnut St. #1570 fee if you are selected. Notification will be Berkeley Extension courses University of California, Berkeley Thursday, Sept. 25. Berkeley, CA 94720-1570 • For annual and all-inclusive members, Phone: 510.642.9934 one-year senior membership in the Enrollment Confirmation Fax: 510.642.2202 California Alumni Association (CAA) Enrollment confirmations will be sent by E-mail: [email protected] at no additional cost, which includes: a e-mail, or by mail for those without e-mail. Web site: olli.berkeley.edu subscription to California magazine; free library privileges to all UC campuses; Adding or Dropping Courses and several discounts around Berkeley. You must call 510.642.9934 to add or drop For a complete list of benefits, visit courses. Members are not automatically alumni.berkeley.edu. dropped if they do not attend.

12 V6629 OLLI @BERKELEY REGISTRATION FORM – Fall 2008

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Please select desired courses: Mondays Wednesdays Rinehart: Digital Culture 0101 Lustig: Justice and Power Kreisler: Next President Zook: Global Politics, World Music Carley: Joy of Singing Howard: “Statue of Liberty” Fox: Documentary Filmmakers Presti: Plants and Drugs Fridays Casuto: Telling Your Stories ($160) Crawford: Foreign Policy Drummond: All Things Reconsidered Smith: Obama Phenomenon Chinen: Second-Half-of-Life Tales Tuesdays Griffin: Remembering History Harkins: History of French Literature Thursdays Mendelsohn: Psychology and Opera Dillon: Charles Darwin Saturday, Nov. 1 Harris: American Musical González-Reimann: Hinduism Fernandez: Brain Health ($75) Davis/Holden: Staging History Cal Performances Dance Series Sundays Cal Performances Music Series Kaufman: Theatre Series (Yearlong)

Membership dues (select one) Course fees Single Session $50 One course $125 Single Session for current/retired $40 Two courses $225 UCB/LBNL staff/faculty and CAA Three courses $310 members (enclose copy of ID) Each additional course $75 2008–09 Annual $100 (available only in fall) Casuto: Telling Your Stories $160 2008–09 All-inclusive $600 Fernandez: Brain Health $75 (includes three courses per session and priority registration) For 2008–09 memberships, check to receive a CAA membership at no additional cost

For information about the Fee Assistance Program, call 510.642.9934. Total Payment $

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1925 Walnut St. #1570, Berkeley, CA 94720-1570, Date form received fax to 510.642.2202, or register online at olli.berkeley.edu.

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OPEN HOUSE Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008 9:30 a.m.–noon (Doors open 9 a.m.) Berkeley Repertory Theatre 2025 Addison St. (at Shattuck Ave.)

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Fall 2008 session: Oct. 1–Nov. 18

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