What’s Next in Your Life?

Fall 2009 Calendar “I love these lectures—it is great to be retired and keep going to classes.

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Our thanks to OLLI Members Herb Thorne and John Dunn for providing some of the photos used in this brochure. What’s Next in Your Life? he Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Cali- GENERAL MEMBERSHIP – Fee $55 single, $90 couple fornia State University, Fresno, is designed for adults • Admission to all six (6) General Sessions scheduled age 50+ who wish to continue learning and exploring for during the Fall 2009 semester Tthe sheer joy of it. Renew your enthusiasm for learning in • Opportunity to sign up for Short Courses and Field a relaxed atmosphere, without entrance requirements, Trips (see schedule for details) grades or exams. • Free parking on campus during all General Session events and Short Courses Funded in part by the Bernard Osher Foundation, the • Madden Library privileges OLLI is a vibrant learning community offering a rich array • Reduced admission fees at Fresno area museums of workshops, short courses, and field trips of particular • OLLI-Mail announcements of Fresno State events interest to retired or semi-retired adults. via email

We have an exciting schedule of activities that will chal- ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP – Fee $15 per person lenge, inspire, and motivate you—why not join us today? • Admission to TWO (2) General Session events (your choice) during the Fall 2009 semester Membership Information • Opportunity to sign up for Short Courses and Field Trips (see schedule for details) resno State’s OLLI has a variety of choices for member • Free parking on campus during two (2) General participation, ranging from General and Associate Session events and Short Courses memberships to short courses and field trips. You choose • Madden Library privileges Fhow involved you wish to be, depending on your availabil- • Reduced admission fees at Fresno area museums ity and interests. • OLLI-Mail announcements of Fresno State events via email All Fall 2009 events are open ONLY to OLLI members. How- ever, seating is limited for some events so be sure to send FIELD TRIPS – Fee varies depending on destination your registration in as soon as possible. We can not • Open only to OLLI members (General and Associate) accommodate guests at individual sessions; however, any- • Field Trips are self-supporting; a minimum enrollment one may attend a General Session by becoming an Associ- is required or trips may be cancelled ate Member ($15 per person fee for the Fall semester). • Registration for all Field Trips is first come, first served

Membership fees are non-refundable and non-transfer- SHORT COURSES – Fee varies depending on number of able. Members who must cancel their Field Trips or Short class meetings Courses will be refunded only if their space can be filled • Open only to OLLI members (General and Associate) by another member. • Short Courses are self-supporting; a minimum enrollment is required or courses may be cancelled • Registration for all Short Courses is first come, first “It is so rewarding to learn new things at an served advanced age—keeps us alert and young in • Participants are responsible for any course materials spirit and mind.” required • All courses are non-credit and cannot be applied to a degree at Fresno State or any other institution Fall 2009 Schedule of Activities General Sessions The Seduction of a Past That Never Was… and Always Will Be Bringing Mother Goose to Tuesday, October 6 • 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Thursday, August 13 • 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Satellite Student Union Satellite Student Union Parking in Lots J, N, O and P (see map in this brochure) Parking in Lots J, N, O and P (see map in this brochure) f “the past is another country,” it is a place which we visit resno-based artist and il- Ioften enough in movies and popular novels. Yet the Flustrator Doug Hansen, M.A., parts of that “country” we visit are primarily tourist resorts, will offer a slide lecture describ- as it were, versions of the past that we can recognize as ing the process of creating versions of ourselves. Lisa Weston, Ph.D., will discuss how illustrations and working with a our habit of projecting ourselves children’s book publisher in the into a desired past—and then context of his recent book, Moth- using reference to that past to er Goose in California. This color- validate our present and plan ful children’s book combines words from Mother Goose our future—shows up in both rhymes with lavish illustrations starring California animals our popular culture and in “real” in California settings. Hansen contributed illustrations to history. In other words, what does for 23 years and created the Beowulf (the movie) have to do Regional Library mural as well as illustrations for books by with Beowulf (the poem), and what Mas Masumoto. He joined the Art and Design Department has either to do with a “real” Middle Ages? Weston is a at California State University, Fresno in 2002. professor of English at Fresno State, where she specializes A Story of Ansel Adams in Early Medieval Literature but also maintains an interest in contemporary popular culture. Wednesday, September 23 • 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Satellite Student Union Night Moves Parking in Lots J, N, O and P (see map in this brochure) Thursday, October 22 • 3:30 pm –5:00 pm Satellite Student Union ichael Adams, M.D., will share Parking in Lots J, N, O and P (see map in this brochure) Mmany of his travels with his father, photographer Ansel Adams, hat better time to have a lecture on bats than close and show slides of Yosemite and Wto Halloween? Best known as “Fresno’s Bat Lady,” Ansel’s works. His talk will cover field biologist Burleigh Lockwood of Fresno’s Chaffee Zoo Ansel’s early years, his involvement will teach you more about bats in Yosemite National Park and The than you ever thought possible. Sierra Club, and his association Whether you like them or not, with the American Southwest and these creepy furry creatures are environmental work involving photography. A retired phy- important for our ecosystem and sician and USAF Major General, Michael continues today play a critical role in each of our as an active board member of The Yosemite Fund, The lives. Come learn about where Carmel Bach Festival, A Christian Ministry in the National they like to call home, their favor- Parks, and The Center for Creative Photography at the Uni- ite foods, and much more. versity of Arizona, as well as The Ansel Adams Gallery. Also from Burleigh Lockwood: What’s Happening to Our German descent, Metzler retired from Fresno Unified and Ecosystems? (see Short Courses in this brochure). currently teaches at Fresno Pacific University.

Trying Memoir: Dilemmas and Digressions Short Courses in Contemporary Creative Nonfiction hort courses are designed for smaller groups, provid- Wednesday, November 18 • 3:30 – 5:00 pm ing the opportunity for more interaction with the Satellite Student Union S instructors. These courses are self-supporting and require Parking in Lots J, N, O and P (see map in this brochure) a minimum enrollment.

oin Steven Church, M.F.A., for an entertaining discus- Evolution and Creationism with Scott Hatfield Jsion of the increasingly popular and controversial literary genre of contemporary his course explores the nature of science, evolution, memoir. He will read selec- Tnatural selection, and how these ideas have been tions from his own books, The received, for better or worse, in the popular culture, with Guinness Book of Me: A Memoir particular attention to the recent history of creationism of Record and The Day After in North America. A science educator by trade (Bullard the Day After: Movies, Mutants, High School) and, by choice, a public voice for science and Mutually Assured Destruc- education, Hatfield is committed to promoting the public tion, discuss the unique joys understanding of science, particularly the teaching of and challenges of writing and evolution. reading memoir, and answer 2 Tuesdays and 2 Thursdays, August 18, 20, 25 & 27 • questions from the audience. 3:30 - 5:00 pm A professor in the Department of English at Fresno State Fee: $30 per person • Minimum 30/maximum 125 students since 2006, Church has worked as a fry cook, tour guide, Location: Alice Peters Auditorium, University Business Bobcat operator, maintenance man, housepainter, barista, Center conflict mediator, academic adviser, and teacher. Parking in Lots A, J and UBC The Historical Rise and Decline of the Pop Culture, Social Inequities and HAIRSPRAY with Volga-Germans Bradley Hufft Monday, December 7 • 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm oin this discussion of how the musical HAIRSPRAY Satellite Student Union Jreflects on the powerful role that popular culture and pop music has had in addressing social inequities Parking in Lots J, N, O and P (see map in this brochure) in America, with an emphasis on the paradigm shift in oin Larry Metzler as he returns to the 1700s when American popular culture in the 1960s. Brad Hufft is a JGermany was ruled by princes and people lived in lecturer in music theory and history at Fresno State and poverty. Hear the story of a German princess who climbed is recognized as an authority on the cultural and social the ladder of success to rule all changes that have been caused by changes in popular of Russia and bring the impov- music styles. erished Germans to her new Thursday, September 3 • 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm land of milk and honey. Learn of Fee: $15 per person • Minimum 30/maximum 125 students their struggles and survival and Location: Alice Peters Auditorium, University Business discover how changes in their Center homeland caused them to flee Parking in Lots A, J and UBC to America where they once Related courses and field trips: Making it on Broadway: again rebuilt their lives. A second A Performer’s Perspective (September 24); Acting the Song: generation American of Volga- continued on next page Female Impersonation (October 8); HAIRSPRAY matinee 3 Thursdays, September 10, 17 & October 1 • 3:30 pm – performance (October 11); and London’s Theatre Scene travel 5:00 pm study program (June, 2010). Fee: $25 per person • Minimum 30/maximum 75 students Location to be announced Aging and Memory: It Isn’t As Bad As You Think Parking to be announced with Matthew Sharps, Ph.D. Technology, or You’ve Come a Long Way… hat actually happens to memory and the mind as with Tamyra Pierce, Ph.D. Wwe age? Professor Sharps discusses the realities of memory and aging, as opposed to the overly nega- echnology! It’s come a long way since the rotary tive myths in which most people believe. Using the latest Ttelephone and only three channels to choose from on information from modern studies in aging, neuroscience, television. Take a fun ride down nostalgia lane and zoom and cognitive psychology, Professor Sharps shows how into the 21st century with these informative sessions that attention, imagery, cognitive speed will explore how technology has changed—how we get and even personal interest and our news and the new ways we emotion come together to form our communicate with others via memories. Discussion will also focus cell phones and social network- on specific techniques you can use to ing sites. You will not only be maximize the mental qualities which educated on new communica- remain the same, or which even tion technology, but also will be improve, through the aging process. enlightened on the dangerous This course provides information on risks young people are taking how to get the most from your memory at any age. with some of the new technolo- Dr. Sharps teaches Psychology at Fresno State. His research gies—things you need to know focuses on, among other topics, aging and gender in as parents and grandparents to cognitive processing. stay informed. Tamyra Pierce is an associate professor and Tuesday, September 8 • 3:30 – 5:00 pm Graduate Director of the Department of Mass Communi- cation and Journalism at Fresno State. Fee: $15 per person • Minimum 30/maximum 125 students 3 Tuesdays, September 15, 22 & 29 • 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Location: Alice Peters Auditorium, University Business Center Fee: $25 per person • Minimum 30/maximum 125 students Parking in Lots A, J and UBC Location: Alice Peters Auditorium, University Business Center The Grand Tour: A Musical Tour of Renaissance Italy Parking in Lots A, J and UBC with John Karr, Ph.D. Making it on Broadway: A Performer’s Perspective his short course explores the major centers of the with Kim Morin, M.F.A. TRenaissance in Italy, including a discussion of the vari- ous churches, chapels, palaces fter a tryout at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre, the and theatres as well as the key Amusical HAIRSPRAY opened on Broadway on August people and music found in 15, 2002, won eight Tony Awards out of 13 nominations, them. Dr. John Karr specializes and played for over 2,500 performances until it closed in 15th-century Italian music on January 4, 2009. What went into making this unusual with a secondary specialization in musical such a hit? Follow the personal experiences of a American Popular music. He also performer who participated in the production from its performs as a baritone soloist beginnings in Seattle and developed a number of quirky and directs and performs with minor characters alongside the likes of original cast the Fresno State Early Music Vocal and Recorder ensembles. members Harvey Fierstein and Marissa Jaret Winokur. Kim Morin joined the Fresno State faculty in 1987 and is a full Professor in the Department of Theater Arts. season with Stage One in Lou- Thursday, September 24 • 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm isville, Kentucky, where he held Fee: $15 per person • Minimum 30/maximum 125 students positions as Education Director and Artistic Director. Location: Alice Peters Auditorium, University Business Center Thursday, October 8 • 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Parking in Lots A, J and UBC Fee: $15 per person • Minimum Related courses and field trips: Pop Culture, Social Inequi- 20/maximum 125 students ties and HAIRSPRAY (September 8); Acting the Song: Female Location: Alice Peters Auditorium Impersonation (October 8); HAIRSPRAY matinee perfor- Parking in Lots A, J and UBC mance (October 11); and London’s Theatre Scene travel study program (June, 2010). Related courses and field trips: Pop Culture, Social Inequities and HAIRSPRAY (September 8); Making it on Broadway: A My Name is Aram book discussion group Performer’s Perspective (September 24); HAIRSPRAY mati- with DeWayne Rail nee performance (October 11); and London’s Theatre Scene ack by popular demand, DeWayne Rail will lead dis- travel study program (June, 2010). cussion on William Saroyan’s noted work, My Name is B Abraham Lincoln—The Man Behind the Myths Aram. This short story collection, an international best- with Allen Carden, Ph.D. seller, is about a young boy and the colorful characters nce again, we offer a look at the past with our resi- of his immigrant family. It Odent historian, Dr. Allen Carden. This bicentennial has been translated into year of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, you will explore why he many languages. DeWayne is consistently rated, both by historians and the public, Rail taught creative writing as our greatest president. His unique combination of and literature at Fresno City personality, intelligence, ambition, biblical literacy, and College for 30 years before retiring in 2000. determination all helped him to develop into the icon we revere Students should obtain a copy of the book and read the first today. But it is knowing the hu- four chapters before the first class meeting. man side of Lincoln, including his Two Times Available (choose one): sometimes turbulent marriage to 4 Wednesdays, October 7, 14, 21 & 28 • Mary Todd, that will truly help us 10:30 am – 12 noon OR 3:30 - 5:00 pm understand and appreciate the Fee: $30 per person • Minimum 25/maximum 30 students legendary Lincoln. A professor of Location: University Business Center, PB 194 history at Fresno Pacific University, Parking in Lots A and UBC Dr. Carden also teaches part-time at Fresno State and has offered Acting the Song: Female Impersonation with J. Daniel Herring, M.F.A. several series for OLLI. Recommended reading: Abraham Lincoln: The Man Behind the Myths by Stephen B. Oates. he role of Edna Turnblad in the musical HAIRSPRAY is 4 Tuesdays, October 20, 27, November 3 & 10 • 11:00 am – Trequired by writer John Waters to be performed by a 12:30 pm man. Divine originated the role in the 1988 movie ver- Fee: $30 per person • Minimum 30/maximum 125 students sion and John Travolta played the role in the 2007 version. Location: Alice Peters Auditorium, University Business Comparisons and contrasts will be examined in the style Center and approach each actor chose in his portrayal of this Parking in Lots A, J and UBC role. J. Daniel Herring joined the Theatre Arts department “The speaker made a difficult subject interesting and at Fresno State in 2007 after completing his twentieth easy to understand.” The Taste That Launched 1,000 Ships During these sessions, we will explore the occurrence, with Suzanne Aldrich history, characteristics, and the archetypical imagery in near death experiences. Lynn Storey is a retired registered orld exploration in the 1400- nurse who observed during her professional career the 1600s was driven somewhat W cultural fears surrounding death and the impact of that by an effort to find spices and a fearfulness on the healthcare system. trade route to the East Indies, also 2 Thursdays, November 5 & 12 • 10:00 – 11:30 am known as the Spice Islands. This led to the Age of Discovery, trade, Fee: $20 per person • Minimum 30/maximum 35 students colonization, and worldwide voy- Location: University Business Center, PB 194 ages, which established the world Parking in Lots A and UBC as we know it today. In addition Come Rain or Come Shine with Sean Boyd to hearing the history of the spice trade, you will learn how to create and prepare meals that ean Boyd’s weathercasts have been heard on dozens explode with flavor. Suzanne Aldrich attended the Califor- Sof radio stations in three western states since 1976. nia Culinary Academy in San Francisco as well as various He will share with you cooking schools in Europe and Mexico. She has been a the basics of how the at- cooking instructor and an educator for Fresno Unified mosphere works, with a School District. focus on North America 2 Tuesdays, October 20 & 27 • 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm and West Coast weather Fee: $20 per person • Minimum 30/maximum 35 students patterns. Sean will also discuss how weather Location: University Business Center, PB 194 forecasts are made and will tackle the controversial topic Parking in Lots A and UBC of global warming. An instructor in the Geography De- Museums of the World with James Ruston partment at Fresno State, he currently provides weather broadcasts on KJWL-FM and KYNO-AM. his course will explore some of the major museums of 2 Mondays, November 9 & 16 • 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm TEurope. It is geared either for the traveler who is inter- ested in getting the maximum out of his or her visit or the Fee: $20 per person • Minimum 30/maximum 125 students person who just wants to know more about them and the Location: Alice Peters Auditorium, University Business Center art that they hold. Slides of the important or typical works housed in these museums will be shown and discussed. Parking in Lots A, J and UBC James Ruston is a retired college instructor and world Historic Bay Area Gardens of Thomas Church traveler. His first of ten trips to Europe was in 1959 where, with Robert Boro among other things, he saw Berlin before the Wall. He has obert Boro has long admired and toured the private also traveled to Canada, Mexico, Egypt, and South Africa. Rgardens of Tommy Church, widely considered to be 4 Tuesdays, November 3, 10, 17 & 24 • 3:30 – 5:00 pm the father of contemporary landscape architecture and Fee: $30 per person • Minimum 30/maximum 35 students the first to create the California vernacular of indoor-out- Location: University Business Center, PB 194 door design. With this lecture, he will share anecdotes of Parking in Lots A and UBC Tommy’s style and slides rarely seen of private gardens in the San Francisco Bay area. Boro is a Fresno native and de- Near Death Experiences with Lynn Storey signer of more than 2,000 private gardens and hundreds ave you ever wondered about the uncharted ter- of public and commercial landscapes in California. He has Hrain of the subconscious encountered by people long been a community activist supporting the cultural who have had near death experiences? This experience arts, horticulture, historic preservation and social justice. touches individuals on a deep and often unexplainable Thursday, November 12 • 3:30 – 5:00 pm level while leaving them with a different world view. Fee: $15 per person • Minimum 30/maximum 125 students Fee: $15 per person • Minimum 30/maximum 125 students Location: Alice Peters Auditorium, University Business Location: Alice Peters Auditorium, University Business Center Center Parking in Lots A, J and UBC Parking in Lots A, J and UBC

What is Happening to Our Ecosystems? with Burleigh Lockwood Field Trips

earn about the animals and plants that have in the Fresno State Farm Tour and Wine Tasting Lpast and currently inhabit the Central California re- our the agricultural operations gion. Well known as the expert field biologist for Fresno’s Tat Fresno State. This bus tour Chaffee Zoo, Burleigh Lockwood will discuss the mixed includes the campus farm, with conifer forests and thousands of species that comprise stops at the winery and dairy; a all the ecosystems/organisms. Be prepared for some visit to the Center for Irrigation extra treats, i.e. viewing some dead specimens that once Technology (CIT); and tastings of roamed the San campus-produced wines and olive Joaquin Valley. Lock- oils at the Fresno State Farm Mar- wood received her ket (wine glass included). Activity degrees in wildlife Level 1: a leisurely pace, minimum biology from Cal physical activity such as climbing Poly, San Luis Obispo some stairs and boarding the motorcoach. and Fresno State, Friday, September 11 • 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm and worked with the Location: Meet at the Fresno State Farm Market (overflow California Department of Fish and Game and U.S. Forest parking lot) Service before joining the Chaffee Zoo in 1993. Fee: $20 per person • Minimum 20/maximum 30 students

Also from Burleigh Lockwood: Night Moves (see General Energy, Warmth and Imprint of Clay and Metal Sesssions in this brochure). 3 Thursdays, November 19, December 3 & 10 • 3:30 – his activity is devoted to one of the best known artists 5:00 pm Tof sculpture in the country who has worked with de- Location: Alice Peters Auditorium, University Business signers and architects throughout the world. Stan Bitters Center has won numerous awards and is author of the book En- Fee: $25 per person • Minimum 30/maximum 125 students vironmental Ceramics. After boarding the bus at Fresno An Examination of the Current Economic Conditions State, you will view one of with Antonio Avalos, Ph.D. the largest outdoor displays n this session, you will have the opportunity to hear of ceramic sculpture in the IDr. Avalos present an update of the current economic country at Duncan Ceram- situation in the world and nation, as well as the regional ics. Next the bus will take implications for those who live in the . you to downtown Fresno He will also explore the prospects in terms of an econom- to view some of Stan’s ic recovery. An assistant professor of Economics at Fresno other art, including , Dr. Avalos is also Research Director of the Center for large bronze doors on the Saroyan Theatre. There will be Economic Research and Education of Central California a 5-6 block walk of the Fulton Mall and lunch at Milano’s, (CERECC) whose areas of expertise include regional eco- followed by a visit to Stan’s studio to glimpse the envi- nomics and Latin American economic development. ronment of an artist who has for 50 years made a living producing art. Activity Level 2: average physical activity; Tuesday, December 1 • 3:30 – 5:00 pm continued on next page you should be in good health, able to climb stairs and walk Giornata Wines, and Jada Vineyard. Our expert guide will reasonable distances, possibly over uneven ground. This tour be Larry Howey, who has visited more than 100 wineries is wheelchair accessible. in the Paso Robles area. Larry is a wine collector, belongs Friday, September 25 • 9:00 am – 2:00 pm to several different wine clubs and participates on wine Location: Meet at Fresno State tasting panels. He will be lecturing about wine tasting and the different kinds of wines on the bus. You won’t want to Fee: $55 per person, lunch included • Minimum 30/ maximum 40 students miss this memorable field trip. NOTE: Tasting fees are not included and must be paid by each attendee at the vari- Good Company Players Presents HAIRSPRAY ous wineries. The total cost of tasting fees will be approxi- he happy Broadway hit we have all been waiting for mately $25 per person. Activity Level 1: a leisurely pace, Tcan be found at Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theatre. It’s 1962 minimum physical activity such as climbing some stairs and and Tracy Turnblad—a big girl with big hair and an even boarding the motorcoach. bigger heart—just wants Wednesday, November 11 • 8:00 am – 6:00 pm to dance. By the end of Location: Meet at Fresno State HAIRSPRAY, Tracy has turned Fee: $75 per person, lunch included • Minimum 35/ Baltimore on its ear, over- maximum 45 students come racial prejudice, won A Close-Up View of Glass Blowing the boy, and proved that even chunky girls can dance liszewski Glass welcomes OLLI members for a unique up a storm. The fee includes Ktour of their glass blowing studio. Bob Kliss will dem- a matinee performance, buffet meal, coffee or tea, tax and onstrate the produc- tip. RESERVATION DEADLINE: October 1. tion of his award-win- ning works of art. Kliss Sunday, October 11 • 2:00 pm showtime creates bold, contem- Location: Meet at Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theatre, 1226 N. Wishon, Fresno porary sculpture and Fee: $50 per person, dinner included • Minimum 20/ sculptural vessels that maximum 50 students are distinguished by a playful use of color, Related courses and field trip: Pop Culture, Social Inequities form and shape. On and HAIRSPRAY (September 8); Making it on Broadway: A display will be many of Kliss’ holiday ornaments as well Performer’s Perspective (September 24); Acting the Song: as works by other artists (water and oil paintings). Par- Female Impersonation (October 8); and London’s Theatre ticipants will meet at the studio and are advised to dress Scene travel study program (June, 2010). warmly. Activity Level 1: a leisurely pace, minimum physi- Paso Robles Winery Tour cal activity. Wednesday, December 2 • 10:30 am – 12:00 noon his wine tour will have us exploring the finest of win- eries in the Paso Robles area. If you enjoy fine wines or Location: Kliszewski Glass Studio (directions will be T provided to participants) have always wanted to know more about wine, this trip is Fee: $20 per person • Minimum 35/maximum 35 students for you. We will start at the Rio Seco Winery and proceed to Cass Vineyards and Winery where Coming in Spring 2010 our tasting will be London’s Theatre Scene with C. Tim Quinn combined with lunch. The afternoon f you have enjoyed OLLI’s lectures and performances tastings will be at Iabout the world of live theatre, or if you have always Venteux Vineyards, wanted to visit London with an expert guide, join OLLI for this unique travel study n behalf of the entire staff of the Osher Lifelong program. Explore the OLearning Institute, thank you for your continued sights of London and en- commitment. You have recruited new members, helped joy the excitement of its to line up speakers, volunteered to lecture (check out our famous theatre commu- Fall offerings), and have made recommendations that nity during this guided continue to improve our OLLI. tour, accompanied by C. We will be submitting our application for the million- © Tupungato | Dreamstime.com Tim Quinn, who taught dollar endowment soon. What does this mean? The good theatre at the college and university level for 35 years. A news is that we will have a sum of money on which to tour of London, day trip to Stonehenge and Bath, muse- fund our OLLI for many years. The bad news is that, with um and garden tours, and four theatre performances are the endowment, our operating budget will be contingent included in this program, as well as private lectures with upon how much interest we earn on the endowed funds. theatre personnel and post-performance discussions. We will continue to need your membership and activity Program price to be announced. fees to maintain the quality and quantity of our offerings. June 5 - 13, 2010 • Details to follow Please continue to encourage your friends and neighbors Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs at to become members! the deYoung Museum Looking forward to another good year, ore than 3,000 years after his reign, and 30 years Mafter the original exhibition opened in San Fran- cisco, Tutankhamun, ancient Egypt’s celebrated “boy king,” Shirley Bruegman, Director returns to the de Young Museum. This glorious exhibition includes over 130 outstanding works from the tomb of Tutankhamun, as well as those of his royal predecessors, his family, and court officials. Date to be announced • Details to follow

“Your Osher team has developed a wonder- ful opportunity for learning at Fresno State. Each of you is professional, efficient, and courteous in your dealings with both the presenters and the students.” Fall 2009 Calendar at a Glance Date & Time Location Event/Activity Featuring General Sessions – see Schedule of Activities for details August 13 • 3:30 - 5:00 pm Satellite Student Union Bringing Mother Goose to California Doug Hansen, M.A. September 23 • 3:30 - Satellite Student Union A Story of Ansel Adams Michael Adams, M.D. 5:00 pm October 6 • 3:30 - 5:00 pm Satellite Student Union The Seduction of a Past That Never Lisa Weston, Ph.D. Was…and Always Will Be October 22 • 3:30 - 5:00 pm Satellite Student Union Night Moves Burleigh Lockwood November 18 • 3:30 - Satellite Student Union Trying Memoir: Dilemmas and Di- Steven Church, M.F.A. 5:00 pm gressions in Contemporary Creative Nonfiction December 7 • 3:30 - 5:00 pm Satellite Student Union The Historical Rise and Decline of Larry Metzler the Volga-Germans Short Courses – see Schedule of Activities for details. Additional fees apply. August 18, 20, 25 & 27 • 3:30 Alice Peters Auditorium Evolution and Creationism Scott Hatfield - 5:00 pm September 3 • 3:30 - Alice Peters Auditorium Pop Culture, Social Inequities and Bradley Hufft 5:00 pm HAIRSPRAY September 8 • 3:30 - Alice Peters Auditorium Aging and Memory Matthew Sharps, Ph.D. 5:00 pm September 10, 17 & to be announced The Grand Tour: A Musical Tour of John Karr, Ph.D. October 1 • 3:30 - 5:00 pm Renaissance Italy September 15, 22 & 29 • Alice Peters Auditorium Technology, or You’ve Come a Long Tamyra Pierce, Ph.D. 3:30 - 5:00 pm Way… September 24 • 3:30 - Alice Peters Auditorium Making It On Broadway: Kim Morin, M.F.A. 5:00 pm A Performer’s Perspective October 7, 14, 21 & 28 • Peters Building, Room My Name is Aram DeWayne Rail 10:30 am - 12:00 noon 194 October 7, 14, 21 & 28 • 3:30 Peters Building, Room My Name is Aram DeWayne Rail - 5:00 pm 194 October 8 • 3:30 - 5:00 pm Alice Peters Auditorium Acting the Song: Female Imperson- J. Daniel Herring, M.F.A. ation October 20, 27, November 3 Alice Peters Auditorium Abraham Lincoln: The Man Behind Allen Carden, Ph.D. & 10 • 11:00 am - 12:30 pm the Myths October 20 & 27 • 3:30 - Peters Building, The Taste That Launched 1,000 Ships Suzanne Aldrich 5:00 pm Room194 November 3, 10, 17 & 24 • Peters Building, Room Museums of the World James Ruston 3:30 - 5:00 pm 194 November 5 & 12 • 10:00 - Peters Building, Room Near Death Experiences Lynn Storey 11:30 am 194 November 9 & 16 • 3:30 - Alice Peters Auditorium Come Rain or Come Shine Sean Boyd 5:00 pm November 12 • 3:30 - Alice Peters Auditorium Historic Bay Area Gardens of Thomas Robert Boro 5:00 pm Church November 19, December 3 Alice Peters Auditorium What Is Happening to Our Burleigh Lockwood & 10 • 3:30 - 5:00 pm Ecosystems? December 1 • 3:30 - Alice Peters Auditorium An Examination of the Current Antonio Avalos, Ph.D. 5:00 pm Economic Conditions Field trips – see Schedule of Activities for details. Additional fees apply. September 11 • 3:00 - Fresno State campus Farm Tour and Wine Tasting Agricultural Operations 5:00 pm staff September 25 • 9:00 am - Fresno area Energy, Warmth and Imprint of Clay Stan Bitters 2:00 pm and Metal October 11 • 2:00 pm Roger Rocka’s Dinner HAIRSPRAY matinee performance Theatre November 11 • 8:00 am - Paso Robles Paso Robles Winery Tour Larry Howey 6:00 pm December 2 • 10:30 am – Kliszewski Glass Studio A Close-Up View of Glass Blowing Bob Kliss 12 noon Spring, 2009 June 5 - 13, 2010 London’s Theatre Scene travel study program C. Tim Quinn

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