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2020 How’s Our Vision? A MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE 50 AND BETTER • OSHER.RICHMOND.EDU Our History Established in 2004 at the University of Richmond’s School of Profession- al and Continuing Studies, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute operates through the support of its members, the University of Richmond, and an endowment from the Bernard Osher Foundation of San Francisco. There are 124 Osher Institutes in colleges and universities throughout the United States. We offer intellectual stimulation and civic engagement in a community of lifelong learners age 50 and better. Through the Osher Institute you may rediscover your love for learning on the beautiful University of Richmond campus. We offer a wide array of academic courses and programs year round, in the spring, summer and fall semesters. Osher offer- ings include undergraduate credit courses for audit, special interest groups, mini-courses, free lectures, and more. There are no entrance re- quirements, no tests and no grades. In fact, no college background is needed at all—it’s your love of learning that counts. If you’re 50 or better with a curious mind and a keen interest in learning, we’d love for you to join us.

This schedule is a publication of the University of Richmond School of Common Ground Mission Statement Jeanne Clery Disclosure Statement Professional and Continuing Studies.The contents represent the most The University of Richmond is committed to developing a diverse workforce The University Police Department, in compliance with the Jeanne Clery current information available at the time of publication. However, due to the and student body, and to modeling an inclusive campus community which Disclosure Act, publishes an annual report outlining its policies, functions, period of time covered by this catalog, it is reasonable to expect changes to values the expression of differences in ways that promote excellence in campus safety plans, prevention techniques, and tabulated statistics for be made without prior notice. Comments and course suggestions are wel- teaching, learning, personal development, and institutional success. the most recent three-year period. For a copy of the Department’s Annual come. Please call (804) 287-6344 or e-mail [email protected]. Report, call (804) 289-8715, write the University of Richmond Police Depart- ment, att. Jeanne Clery Crime Statistician, Special Programs Building, Cover, Peter Blankman 490 Westhampton Way, University of Richmond, VA 23173 or access the Other photo credits: Tim Hanger, Kevin Schindler report online at police.richmond.edu. 2020: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Here we are: a new decade! Doesn’t it seem like yesterday we were all worried about whether our computer systems would transition into Y2K? As we begin 2020, let’s put our glasses on and take a look at where we’ve been and at our vision for the coming years.

The photograph on this semester’s cover is one of our unusual gargoyles – we do have lots of them. This one depicts our university’s architect, Ralph Adams Cram, eminent institutional architect, who was responsible for establishing the enduring style of the University of Richmond campus. This gargoyle resides over the main door of Sarah Brunet Hall. As the history of our Master Plan notes, our Collegiate Gothic architecture “preserves the fruits of a constancy of vision, while accommodating the academic mission.” What a vision President Boatwright had more than 100 years ago!

Peggy Watson, W’76 As we look back, our thoughts also focus on our cherished Chancellor E. Bruce Heilman, Director [email protected] who passed away in October. UR’s former president, Dr. Heilman, loved and supported (804) 287-6344 the Osher Institute. We learned each time he taught for us, and he was ever present at our annual back-to-school event. We also remember fondly two beloved instructors who will be long remembered as Osher favorites—Alyson Taylor White and Phil True.

Our Osher Institute is now beginning its 16th year. We look back in gratitude for all the many benefits that UR provides our members, thanks to the forward-thinking planning Nell Smith group that created our institute in 2004. We continue to grow, in membership numbers, Program Coordinator in the variety and number of courses, and in our giving. We started with approximately [email protected] (804) 287-6608 500 members, as required for the Osher Foundation endowment, and now we’re almost at 1,200. Our number of classes per year now tops 250, and the number of students in our classes expands each semester. Our annual fund has exceeded its goal each of the last three years.

Then, what do we envision for the future? We hope for engaged members who lead and Amy Edwards, L’97 Stewardship Assistant participate in classes and special interest groups. We plan to keep our eyes open for new, [email protected] inspiring instructors and wonderful topics to explore. We look for university events and (804) 287-1946 activities that will be of interest to our members — and to create some of our own. We plan to be strategic in our growth to ensure a wonderful experience for each member while being mindful of our impact on the larger institution. We want to be ever mindful of the generosity of the University of Richmond and express our gratefulness through an enhanced “culture of giving” and many volunteer opportunities of “giving back.”

Barbara Apostle Let’s hope for 20/20 vision as we enter this new decade. The University’s former gen- Program Assistant [email protected] erations of great leaders laid a strong foundation for us to thrive and excel as we move (804) 289-8582 forward. We’ve got our glasses on!

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1 Sign up for an annual membership. You can become an Osher member at any time during $75 – Silver Membership the year. Osher membership is required for all Osher ENJOY A WIDE ARRAY OF MEMBER BENEFITS & LOW COURSE FEES, PLUS THE OPTION TO UPGRADE YOUR MEMBERSHIP programs except special events, which are free and open to the public and denoted in the schedule with $350 – Gold Membership ENJOY A WIDE ARRAY OF MEMBER BENEFITS & UNLIMITED FREE CLASSES ON CAMPUS a . Member benefits are outlined on the back cover of $275 – Silver Upgrade to Gold this schedule. Complete details and membership AVAILABLE TO SILVER MEMBERS WITHIN FIRST 6 MONTHS OF JOINING forms are online at osher.richmond.edu. $25 – UR Membership A membership form is also available at FOR QUALIFIED UR FACULTY, STAFF, UR RETIREES, AND SPOUSES/PARTNERS. (SAME BENEFITS AS SILVER MEMBERSHIP) osher.richmond.edu/schedule. Contact the Osher Institute office with any questions by calling $325 – UR Upgrade to Gold AVAILABLE TO UR MEMBERS WITHIN FIRST 6 MONTHS OF JOINING (804) 287-6608. 2 Register for classes. We’ve organized this schedule of classes catalog does not, including instructor Osher members interested in course chronologically by start date to help biographies. audit opportunities should contact the members better plan their schedules. If completing a paper registration form, Osher office. See page 11 for details. The University of Richmond Ri desig- (available on our website at osher.rich- The UR Osher Institute offers need-based nation identifies those offerings that mond.edu/schedule on the first day scholarships for Osher on-campus courses. have university-related subject matter of registration), please mail or deliver Contact the Osher office for details. and/or a UR faculty/staff course instructor. your registration form and any required payment. Paper registrations will be Register for classes at We encourage members to register processed in the order in which they osher.richmond.edu/schedule online. The online registration system beginning December 10, 2019. contains information that the print are received, and as staff time allows, beginning the first day of registration. 3 Don’t forget the extras. Make the most of your Osher member- • Consumer Protection: Avoiding Frauds • Understanding and making the most of ship and your benefits and learn more and Scams your IRA about UR campus resources through a • Spiders Women’s Basketball Game • Aged Assumptions: How Stereotypes, variety of bonus programs, which are all Assumptions, and Expectations about • Campus Walk/Tour free to Osher members. Age Shape the World Around Us This semester, bonus programs, denoted • U of R’s Contribution to WWII and Alumni Who Gave Their All And join us for several special events, with , include: free to Osher members and open to • All Member Meeting • The 4 German Baroque Bs: Buxtehude, the public. They’re a great way to get Böhm, Bruhns, and Bach friends engaged with Osher. Special • Taking Your Passion to the Next Level: A events, denoted with , include: Workshop for Developing and Leading • Campus Garden Walk Osher Courses • Gambles Mill Eco-Corridor • The Robot Will See You Now: Healthcare in an Age of Artificial Intelligence • To Travel or Not to Travel . . . That is the • Tour of UR’s Historic Bottomley House Question • China and the Wider World: Art and • UR Behind the Scenes: The Cannon Material Cultures of the Qin and Han • Osher Member Orientation Memorial Chapel Dynasties • The Heyday of Coal Mining 1880-1960 • The Benefits of LastPass and How-to • Disaster Relief and the Founding Fathers • The Rise and Fall of The Band Use It • Cybersecurity Awareness

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well-being. The goal for each participant is Understanding Opera, to unlock the body’s healing potential and JANUARY restorative power through a consistent, Part 2 This class will introduce daily mindfulness practice and to be a part UPDATED All Member Meeting students to the final two productions of of a community that values the commit- Virginia Opera’s 2019-2020 season: Ros- Come join us to kick off the ment to such a practice. spring semester of Osher classes! sini’s comedy ‘Cinderella’ and Verdi’s clas- The Osher Institute Leadership R • Jan 16, 23, 30, Feb 6 • sic drama ‘Aida’. Discussions will include Council and the Osher Staff invite you to 10:00 AM –11:30 AM • $60 Silver comprehensive musical and dramatic attend our ‘All-Member’ Meeting. We’ll Leader: Joe Troncale analysis, illustrated with audio and video provide updates, statistics on classes, and excerpts. Recommended for beginners other news. A Zooman’s Expeditions and aficionados alike. W • Jan 8 • 9:30 AM–11:30 AM • LECTURE, Q&A T • Jan 21, 28, Feb 4 • 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Free to Members • $60 Silver REPRISED The former Curator of Mam- Leader: Glenn Winters Leaders: Osher Leadership Council mals at the San Diego Zoo will share highlights of his animal adventures: an Campus Walk/Tour Spiders Women’s expedition to Sri Lanka to study wild el- Basketball Game ephants and bring back a baby elephant, UPDATED Join us for a a Smithsonian and Canadian Wildlife walking tour of the We have a new women’s Ri Service research grant to study wood bi- beautiful University of basketball coach, Aaron Ri son, an Asian adventure to deliver a baby Richmond campus. Led by Osher Roussell, and we have a hippopotamus and a baby orangutan to members, the tour provides an orientation great group of women in our basketball the Guangzhou Zoo in southern China, to important campus locations, including program. Let’s capturing musk ox on Nunivak Island in the Heilman Dining Center, One Card support them with the Bering Sea, and more. Office, Post Office, Modlin Center for our presence, and Performing Arts, Boatwright Library, food cheer them on! R • Jan 16, 23, 30 • 1:00 PM–3:00 PM sites, and parking lots. We will begin our Come join the fun and watch our Confer- • $60 Silver tour at the location of the Osher Member ence Home Opener on Sunday, January Leader: Mark Rich Orientation, as soon as it’s completed. 12th @ 2:00 pm vs Dayton. Note: Good walking shoes are recom- U • Jan 12 • 2:00 PM–4:00 PM • Taking Your Passion to mended. Free to Members the Next Level: A Work- T • Jan 21 • 3:30 PM–5:00 PM • Leaders: John Studer, Aaron Roussell shop for Developing and Free to Members Come . . . and BeMoved®! Leading Osher Courses Leader: Marshall Ervine ACTIVITY HANDS-ON WORKSHOP Come to this class to Are you contemplating teaching Ri Aw learn about the an Osher course? Facilitated by long-term health an Osher member who leads benefits of just moving! Movement courses, this session covers the ingredi- expressed through dance and music has a ents of peer-led Osher Institute courses. transformative power that enriches a F • Jan 17 • 1:00 PM–4:00 PM • person’s well-being above and beyond Free to Members the well-known physical fitness benefits. Leader: Bill Bailey BeMoved® is a dance fitness experience that begins with easy-to-follow therapeutic movements that integrate the upper and lower body, flowing into dance styles inspired by a wide variety of musical genres. M • Jan 13, 20, 27, Feb 3, 10, 17, 24, Mar 9, 30, Apr 6, 13, 20, 27 • 5:30 PM –6:30 PM • $120 Silver/Gold/UR Leader: Myra Daleng Mindfulness LECTURE, DISCUSSION, HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES REPRISED The purpose Ri Aw of the course is to establish mindfulness meditation skills in class using a variety of practices to relieve stress and to promote positivity, relaxation, calmness, and physical and emotional health and

osher.richmond.edu | 5 Funerals: A Little History Before You Give, Look seniors and telling inspirational stories of senior mentors. and Information on NEW It is important to Planning for Final Ri Aw vet a nonprofit before F • Jan 24, 31 • 1:00 PM–2:30 PM • you donate money or $40 Silver Arrangements services to the organization. Word of Leader: Harry Baldwin NEW This is not a taboo subject! mouth is a reliable indicator, but more Aw Learn about funeral history and important is the financial information that How to View and how we came to our current is publicly available. This class will be Understand Art traditions. Discover innovative changes introduced to the Good Governance including the new approaches to end-of- Checklist used by the IRS, as well the Form LECTURE, Q&A 990 and other financial information that is life decisions such as space burials, Learn the language of art and publicly available to determine the fiscal UPDATED cremation jewelry, and green cemeteries. visual strategies to analyze, interpret, and and governance practices of an organiza- Planning for our final arrangements is a critique artworks using art works from the tion. way we provide for ourselves and our Smithsonian American Art Museum. Build loved ones. Enjoy an informational R • Jan 23, 30 • 3:30 PM–5:00 PM • your visual vocabulary by examining the discussion and an opportunity to ask $40 Silver deliberate choices artists make in their questions in an informal setting. Leader: Phyllis Katz works and why they make them. W •Jan 22 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM • M • Jan 27 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM • $20 Silver To Travel or Not to Travel: $20 Silver Leader: Susan Campbell That is the Question Leader: Alice Waagen Great Decisions 2020 NEW There are so many things to consider when it comes to Modern Chamber Music: UPDATED Designed by the Foreign Policy deciding on your travel plans. How to Listen to the New Association (FPA) and facilitated at the Why travel at all? Where to go? With Stuff grassroots, the Great Decisions program whom? And when is the best time? During highlights eight thought-provoking this interactive two-session workshop, we’ll LECTURE, Q&A foreign policy challenges facing Ameri- meet fellow travelers, share thoughts for This three-class course will teach cans each year. Each week we will read future domestic and international NEW participants how to listen to contemporary an article on a specific foreign policy chal- adventures, discuss travel needs and chamber music. A basic understanding lenge in advance of class, view a 25-min- desires, and help identify exciting of the elements of music is helpful, but ute video and then have a discussion. opportunities and get more participation not necessary. The aim of the course is to Students will need to purchase the 2020 with Osher travel. Great Decisions briefing book and read develop the listening tools necessary to the first topic before the first class. Visit F • Jan 24, 31 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM • appreciate, though not always to enjoy, http://www.fpa.org for more information. Free to Members contemporary chamber music. Leader: Celeste Miller W • Jan 22, 29, Feb 5, 12, 19, 26, M • Jan 27, Feb 3, 10 • 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Mar 4, 11 • 1:00 PM–3:00 PM • $60 Silver Bright Side of Aging • $60 Silver Leaders: Don Miller, Rob Hafker, Leader: Shawn Puller Celeste Miller, Christine Campbell, LECTURE, Q&A Eric Holzwarth NEW Come consider this Aw perspective of aging with focus Dead Sea Scrolls on the positive side rather than UPDATED On the western shore of the chronic illnesses and deterioration. This Dead Sea, about eight miles south of will include exploration of honoring Jericho, lies a complex of ruins known as Khirbet Qumran. The site occupies one of the lowest spots on Earth. At this loca- tion were found more than 900 ancient individual documents that shook the world of biblical studies. These Dead Sea Scrolls contain not only the oldest copies of the Bible, but also ancient Jewish texts. R • Jan 23, 30, Feb 6, 13, 20, 27 • 9:30 AM–11:30 AM • $60 Silver Leader: Glenn Markus

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Regional and Territorial Conflict and Secessionist FEBRUARY Spiders in the Kitchen Join in this community exchange of Movements in Europe UR’s Contribution to Today and Brexit Now recipes, entertaining, and cooking WWII and Alumni Who ideas shared among campus food- LECTURE Gave Their All ies. This will be held in the Richmond Room, on the lower level of the Hell- NEW The class will look at LECTURE, Q&A Ri tensions and separatist move- man Dining Center. The menus will ments in Scotland, Northern NEW The University of be announced three weeks before Ireland, Spain and Catalonia, and Greece Ri Richmond played an and Macedonia. The first three examples important role in WWII. each event. are well known by much of the general Come hear how UR engaged in Air Corp public, but the tensions between Macedo- training prior to the war, plane spotting, The dates for the 2020 year are as nia in Greece and independent North War Bonds, the V-12 training program, follows: Macedonia have not been publicized to and meet the men and women who gave February 13 any great extent. Brexit is a very prominent their lives during the war effort. April 16 example of tension between a member M • Feb 3, 10 • 10:00 AM–11:30 AM • state of the EU and the EU itself. Free to Members Time: 11:30 am – 1:30 pm T • Jan 28 • 9:30 AM–12:00 PM • Leaders: Dywana Saunders, Bill $20/Silver Wheeler Reservations are required; ask for Leader: Arthur Gunlicks the current fee when making your Short Stories for Short reservation. Osher Member Story Lovers Orientation READING, DISCUSSION Contact Cindy Stearns at cstearns@ Learn from other Osher members richmond.edu or 804-289-8788 to how to access and fully enjoy the NEW Using the ‘100 Years of the Best reserve your spot. many benefits of being an Osher American Short Stories’ collection by member and a member of the UR Moore and Pitlor, our goal will be to community. explore two short stories each week. However, if the class finds a particular story T • Jan 28 • 3:30 PM–5:00 PM • fascinating, we will extend the time allot- Free to Members ted for discussion. Leaders: Osher Membership Team M • Feb 3, 10, 17, 24, Mar 2, 9, 16, 23, Aging Gracefully: Lotions 30, Apr 6, 13 • 3:30 PM–5:30 PM • $60 Silver and Potions Leader: Larry Braja LECTURE, Q&A Apple iPhone Essentials NEW Dr. Johnson will discuss the Aw physiologic changes which occur LECTURE, Q&A, HANDS-ON in the skin over time. She will also REPRISED This iPhone class will review the basics of skin care products and Aw help you learn more about the review the science behind the products phone’s features and controls; and what they can actually do. security, backup, and other key settings; manager and walks through setting up an W • Jan 29 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM • how to manage apps; using the camera account with LastPass. and photos apps; messaging/texting; $20 Silver T • Feb 4 • 3:30 PM–4:30 PM • Leader: Lydia Johnson using iCloud; and maps and navigation. If you plan on using your iPhone to follow Free to Members Born To Be Wild: Redis- along during class, it should be a model Leader: Shana Sumpter 6S or newer and updated to the latest iOS cover the Freedom of Fun version. You may email the course leader European Union Institu- HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES at [email protected] with any tions and Developments questions. REPRISED For many of us, LECTURE T/R • Feb 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20 • Aw somewhere on the journey to NEW This class will cover the institutions, becoming responsible adults, we 9:30 AM–11:30 AM • $60 Silver Leader: West Cobb developments, parliamentary elections, have forgotten how to have fun. Here and leadership of the EU and some of the you’ll learn how to rediscover the freedom The Benefits of LastPass issues confronting it: including immigra- of fun that’s inside you, just waiting to be tion, the rise of right-wing populism and, resurrected. By the end of our time and How to Use It of course, Brexit. together, you will have completed a custom-designed plan for bringing more LECTURE, Q&A W • Feb 5 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM • $20 Silver celebration and adventure into your days. REPRISED There is homework but, of course, it is fun! Ri Aw This course Leader: Arthur Gunlicks W • Jan 29, Feb 5, 12 • 3:30 PM–5:30 PM provides an • $60 Silver overview of the benefits of a password Leader: Jill Baughan osher.richmond.edu | 7 Women Writers of the Southern Revolutionary ChinaFest’s Irby B. Brown Lecture 2020 - War China and the Wider World: Art and Material LECTURE, Q&A Cultures of the Qin and Han Dynasties NEW The southern campaigns of the SPECIAL EVENT Revolutionary war are seldom covered in fiction: and by few women authors. The Qin and Han Dynasties (221 B.C.- This panel of three published women A.D. 220) were an age of transformation review researched founding-era facts and in China’s history, when, for the first time, the weaving of fiction. Learn about the peoples of diverse background were grit and determination required to write brought together under a centralized ad- compelling war stories that take us from ministration that fostered a new ‘Chinese’ homesteads to headquarters and into the identity. This presentation will explore the trenches of the Revolutionary War. seminal changes that took place in the four and half centuries, with a focus on the W • Feb 12 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM • contact between China and other parts of $20 Silver the world. Leaders: Karen A. Chase, Suzanne Adair, Libby McNamee R • Feb 6 • 7:00 PM–8:30 PM • Free and Open to the Public Leader: Jason Sun Satire + Social Criticism: Prints by Hogarth in UR Museums NEW Take a tour with Martha Understanding Genesis restored rooms reveal the domestic staff’s Ri Wright, assistant curator of side of this Virginia upstairs/downstairs academic and public engage- LECTURE story. Students provide own transportation ment with UR Museums, of the exhibition to site. NEW Genesis is a foundational sacred ‘Satire & Social Criticism: Prints by William text for both Judaism and Christianity. F • Feb 7 • 1:30 PM–3:00 PM • Hogarth from the Collection.’ We will This course, informed by current biblical $8 Silver/Gold/UR explore the art, discuss the artist, and test scholarship, will seek to understand the Leader: Kathy Alcaine our visual literacy skills. intentions and meanings that underlie its R • Feb 13 • 3:30 PM–4:30 PM • symbols and stories. Determined: The 400- $20 Silver R • Feb 6, 13, 20, 27, Mar 5 • Year Struggle for Black Leader: Martha Wright 1:00 PM–3:00 PM • $60 Silver Equality Leader: Ryan Ahlgrim Telling America’s Stories FIELD TRIP For The Beauty of It All: Through Art: Early America REPRISED In commemoration of the LECTURE, Q&A Western United States 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first LECTURE enslaved Africans in British North America, NEW Artists depict the cultural, social and these two guided tours at the Virginia Mu- political climate of their times. How can NEW Focusing on the National Parks, the seum of History and Culture will examine their artworks enrich our understanding beauty of what Western North America the long history of black Americans as they of American history? Using Smithsonian (west of the Mississippi) offers us will be have fought for freedom, equal justice, American Art Museum artworks, this ses- presented via pictures, videos, and com- and access to opportunities. Their actions sion will explore America from its earliest mentary. Audience participation sought; have pushed our nation ever closer to days as a British colony to its birth as a participants are encouraged to preview its ideal of universal equality. Students new nation. materials presented at provide own transportation to site. F • Feb 14 • 1:00 PM–3:00 PM • www.ForTheBeautyOfItAll.com. T • Feb 11 • 1:00 PM–3:00 PM • $20 Silver F • Feb 7, 14, 21 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM Pay at the door $10 or $6 for Leader: Alice Waagen • $60 Silver members/veterans Leader: Dennis Cogswell Leader: Maggie Creech The Body’s Gyroscope: Staying Upright and Fall Maymont Mansion Tour Cybersecurity Awareness Prevention FIELD TRIP LECTURE, Q&A Step back in time to the Victorian LECTURE, HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES NEW REPRISED How era with a visit to the opulent home of Ri Aw safe is your REPRISED The course will James Henry and Sallie May Dooley. Our online data? Aw provide an overview of how the engaging tour guides will lead your group This course will offer steps to navigate the body is able to stay upright and through the 33-room mansion that was the Internet and technology safely. what happens when disease or aging puts stately home of this prominent southern us at risk for falling. We’ll also cover couple from 1893-1925. Belowstairs, the T • Feb 11 • 3:30 PM–4:30 PM • strategies to minimize falling. Wearing kitchen, pantries, wine cellar, and other Free to Members Leader: Shana Sumpter 8 | University of Richmond School of Professional and Continuing Studies SPRING 2020 OSHER SCHEDULE OF CLASSES tennis shoes is recommended for our Treasure Revealed: Evalu- balance exercises. ating and Grading Coins M • Feb 17 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM • $20 Silver LECTURE, DISCUSSION Leader: Sandra Mitchell NEW Come learn how coins are priced Campus Health & and explore resources to evaluate the his- History of Music Part II: tory and worth of your own coin collection. Well-being Opportunities The Baroque and Classical T • Feb 18, 25 • 5:30 PM–7:30 PM • The University of Richmond’s Weinstein Center Eras $40 Silver Leader: Bill Ventura for Recreation offers many classes that are LECTURE, MUSICAL DEMONSTRATION perfect for Osher members. Devan Martinez, REPRISED We will discuss the music of Grammartopia & Chasing Fitness Manager, suggests these classes: some of the most famous composers. Histories Challenge What makes Bach sound so different from Yoga Fundamentals Mozart? How can one learn to hear the GAME-SHOW ACTIVITIES, Q&A differences? How did the invention of the NEW Grammar is fascinating. History is Water Works (water aerobics) piano and opera change classical music? captivating. In this game-show style event, Part I is not a prerequisite for this course, audience members are invited to battle it and no musical background or experience out over their Revolutionary-era aware- All of these are no charge for Weinstein Center is required. ness and communication skills for points members or $5 per class for Osher members M • Feb 17, 24 • 1:00 PM–3:00 PM • and prizes. Did Jefferson ‘flesh’ or ‘flush’ with UR ID. $40 Silver out the Declaration? Which founding Leader: Sheryl Smith father wanted to reinvent the American For days and times for any of these classes, alphabet? Hosted by an accomplished Virginia’s Musical Roots: book editor and a popular historian (both please check on the web site at: recreation. of them authors) this interactive program richmond.edu. Please arrive 10 minutes early Our Impact on American promises to be entertaining and educa- to complete the check-in process and/or pay tional. Entertainment at the front desk. The Member Services staff LECTURE, PERFORMANCE W • Feb 19 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM • can direct you to locker rooms and to the class $20 Silver NEW Playing a wide variety of 15+ instru- Leaders: Karen A. Chase, Kris Spisak location. Also, please remember that one-day ments (some vintage, some personally use of the Weinstein Center for Recreation is crafted) ‘Edutainer’ Lamar Banister will How to Retire Successfully demonstrate through story and tune available to all Osher members with your UR Virginia’s remarkable legacy of song up In The Current Economy ID for $5 per day. Within the center, you may to the 1960s. The development of some LECTURE, Q&A use any of the equipment and take any class instruments will also be discussed. Par- offered that day (there are no sign-ups, so it is ticipation is encouraged as we clap, tap, If you are within five years of and sing along with familiar and surprising Aw retirement or recently retired, first come, first served). tunes of triumph, tragedy, joy, and just and you have questions or plain fun: transitioning through Colonial, concerns about any of the following Osher members may also join the Weinstein Spirituals, Country, Western Bluegrass, topics, then this course is for you. What Center as community members. There is a Folk, and Blues. does a successful retirement look like? The impact of recent tax changes? Healthcare waitlist, so please stop by the Membership T • Feb 18 • 1:00 PM–3:00 PM • costs and concerns? Which assets do you Office (2nd floor) to fill out an interest card. For $20 Silver access when? Investment risk vs reward? Leader: Lamar Banister office hours and waitlist/membership questions, please visit the Paid Membership website: https://recreation.richmond.edu/member- services/paid%20memberships.html or call the Membership Office at (804) 662-3086.

Making your money last? We will address these questions while providing direction and tools to get started. W • Feb 19, 26, Mar 4 • 4:00 PM– 6:00 PM • $60 Silver Leader: Jeremy Shipp

osher.richmond.edu | 9 Race and Imperialism in proceeds and transaction costs. Advan- tages and disadvantages of using a Joseph Conrad’s ‘Heart of reverse mortgage will also be discussed. Darkness’ T • Feb 25 • 1:00 PM–3:00 PM • READING, DISCUSSION $20 Silver Leader: Jim Warns NEW Conrad’s novella is one of the great masterpieces of the English language. Published in 1899 the text was written Creative Writing as an Art against the background of his personal Form encounter with Western imperialism in the READING, DISCUSSION, WRITING Congo and the atrocities committed there against its black natives. This seminar will NEW The use of creative writing in its explore the main themes of the novella various art forms can inspire both others and seek to discover the extent to which and yourself. And it’s also not too bad as a they might resonate with 21st Century ‘personal therapy session!’ We will peruse readers. samples of fine writing, then incorporate this inspiration into personal writings. R • Feb 20, 27, Mar 5, 12 • 3:30 PM–5:30 PM • $60 Silver T • Feb 25, Mar 3, 10, 17, 24 • Leader: Jack Kangas 3:30 PM–5:00 PM • $60 Silver Leader: Mark Davy Cool Flicks: More of the Greatest Comedies Difficult Diagnostic Challenges in Medicine MOVIES, DISCUSSION LECTURE, Q&A Spring 2020 Schedule UPDATED Join Dan Begley in the quest for the funniest movies of all time. This NEW Difficult and challenging Osher Price: $10 modlin.richmond.edu summer we will watch and discuss these Aw medical cases will be presented classics: ‘Kind Hearts and Coronets’ (Brit- to the audience in which the MODLIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS ish 1949) starring Alex Guinness, ‘Coming correct diagnosis was missed. Each to America’ (1988) starring Eddie Murphy, patient’s complete history, physical HD BROADCAST SERIES and ‘Father of the Bride’ (1950) with Spen- examination, laboratory tests, and x-ray cer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor. findings will be provided. By also carefully noting the behavior of each patient, the National Theatre Live F • Feb 21, 28, Mar 6 • attendees will be asked to make the All My Sons 1:00 PM–3:00 PM • $60 Silver correct diagnosis. One does not want to Leader: Dan Begley Thursday, January 16, 2020 at 7 PM wait for the autopsy to learn what the Gateways to History problem was! W • Feb 26 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM • Bolshoi Ballet PRESENTATION, Q&A Giselle $20/Silver NEW Explore Richmond’s historic 18th Leader: Peter Goodman Sunday, January 26, 2010 at 12:55 PM and 19th century burying grounds and Ro- mantic cemetery parks. Meet the notable Those Rascal Feelings, tenants and learn of their extraordinary Values & Thoughts: National Theatre Live achievements and contributions to our Fleabag city, our state, and our nation. Observe the A Contemplative Thursday, January 30, 2020 at 7 PM evolution of the landscape designs and Experience artworks and witness the current reclama- tion and transformation of Richmond’s READING, LECTURE, DISCUSSION Great Art on Screen historic African American cemeteries. NEW Humans utilize both their The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders T • Feb 25, Mar 3 • 10:00 AM– Aw brain and their mind. All are 12:00 PM • $40 Silver explored in terms of paradigms, Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at 7 PM Leader: Kathryn Whittington critical thinking basics, the brain’s intercep- Presented in partnership with University of Rich- tion loops and the mind’s domains, the Reverse Mortgages: values-thinking-feeling continuum from mond Museums polar positions to the rainbow approach, Mechanics, Costs, & negative thinking preferences, relationship For tickets and the latest information, visit modlin. Considerations building typology and more. Students are encouraged to read online at richmond.edu or call the box office at (804) 289-8980 LECTURE, DISCUSSION, Q&A www.ThoseRascalFeelings.com prior to REPRISED This course will and throughout the class. Presented in partnership with Modlin Center for the Aw explore how the federally-insured F • Feb 28, Mar 6, 13 • Home Equity Conversion 10:00 AM–12:00 PM • $60 Silver Arts & Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Mortgage (HECM) program actually Leader: Dennis Cogswell works, including determination of loan

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The Supreme Court’s MARCH Chaotic Interpretation of Telling America’s Stories the First Amendment’s Course Audit Through Art: The New Establishment Clause Nation LECTURE Opportunities LECTURE, Q&A NEW This course endeavors to Osher Institute members may re- Ri explain why there were SEVEN quest to audit University of Rich- NEW Artists depict the cultural, social and different opinions when the political climate of their times. How can Supreme Court recently decided the case mond credit classes, which meet their artworks enrich our understanding challenging the constitutionality of a large for 15 weeks beginning at the start of American history? Using Smithsonian Christian cross on public property of each semester in fall and spring. American Art Museum artworks, this ses- (American Legion v. American Humanist sion will explore the forces that influence Association). It does so by explaining the Summer classes have shorter and the emerging American identity: the great confusing and inconsistent interpretations more intense schedules and are not expanse of western frontier, the growth of of the establishment clause that the Court recommended for a first-time Osher the agricultural economy, and the rise of has enunciated since 1947. Students will industry. be asked which of those interpretations audit student. M • Mar 2 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM • they favor. Osher members who are accepted $20 Silver W • Mar 4 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM • or approved to audit credit classes Leader: Alice Waagen $20 Silver Leader: Ellis West do not participate in graded as- Infamous Women of the signments or tests and are asked Bible: She Did WHAT?! Medicare Education 101 to be sensitive to the needs of the LECTURE, DISCUSSION LECTURE, Q&A degree-seeking students. This class provides an overview of NEW Some women in the Bible were Gold members pay no additional godly individuals who are better known to Aw the various pieces of Medicare fees to audit credit classes. Silver including Part A &B, supplements, us. Some of them were evil in character. In members pay $100 for each fact, some of them sunk to the very depths drug cards, and Medicare Advantage of depravity. This class deals with the latter plans. Eligibility and enrollment in the audit class. various parts of Medicare are covered. group of lesser-known women. Contact Nell Smith at M • Mar 2 • 1:00 PM–3:30 PM • R • Mar 5 • 10:00 AM–11:30 AM • [email protected] for $20 Silver $20 Silver Leader: Jeraldine (Jeri) Posey Leaders: Chris Lynch, Sarah Lynch registration procedures. If It Had Happened The Robot Will See You Otherwise Now: Healthcare in an Age LECTURE of Artificial Intelligence LECTURE Understanding and Making NEW In 1931 Winston Churchill published the Most of Your IRA an essay speculating on the outcome if NEW Intelligent Lee had defeated Meade’s army at Get- Aw machines are at the LECTURE, DISCUSSION, Q&A tysburg. Churchill drew on his ten-day stay heart of new healthcare in Richmond in 1929 as an ill-mannered technologies for saving lives and averting NEW Do you guest of Governor Byrd. This talk will suffering. Computers can diagnose illness Ri Aw understand review Churchill’s fascination with the Civil with incredible power and speed, ranging Required War and his and others’ ‘What Ifs?’ from IBM’s Jeopardy!-winning Watson to Minimum Distributions (RMD), Beneficiary Designations, and Qualified Charitable T • Mar 3 • 1:00 PM–2:00 PM • wearable or implantable devices. Artificial intelligence is enhancing the power of Distributions? Find out how to cut your $20 Silver income taxes when you start taking RMDs. Leader: Tony Pelling doctors, nurses, and patients. Rather than replacing the doctor, these technologies Find out how to calculate your RMD. Social Media Made Easy can free up physicians’ time, allowing M • Mar 9 • 1:00 PM–3:00 PM • them to focus on the high-level cognitive Free to Members LECTURE, HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES tasks that computers can’t replicate. Leader: Rhonda McIlwain NEW Do you need help creating M • Mar 9 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM • Aw an Instagram or Facebook Free and Open to the Public account? Or do you just want to Leader: Robert Graboyes learnCANCELED a bit more about these modern-day apps? Bring your laptop, tablet or smartphone and I’ll help you. T • March 3, 10, 17, 24 • 6:00 PM–7:30 PM • $60 Silver Leader: Juán-Merié Venter osher.richmond.edu | 11 Diving Deep Six from the Sixties: LECTURE Iconic Movies NEW Not long ago we knew MOVIES, DISCUSSION Osher Volunteer Leadership more about the surface of the Ri NEW The 60’s were a time of cultural moon than we knew about the upheaval, and its films reflect those Opportunities deepest oceans, but advances in ocean- changes. Hollywood’s steady output of The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute depends ography have revealed a world of lofty westerns and historical epics gave way mountains, deep trenches, massive to iconic genre-exploding films like ‘The on its members to volunteer to help with many volcanoes, towering fault scarps and Graduate,’ ‘Bonnie and Clyde,’ ‘Guess aspects of the institute: serving as class assistant, undersea rivers. Dr. Kitchen will examine Who’s Coming to Dinner,’ and ‘Breakfast leading an Osher class, and serving on Osher proj- the geology of the deep ocean and at Tiffany’s.’ These films explored shifting explore its evolution through geological ect teams and on the Osher Leadership Council. cultural mores and helped transform the time. Goggles not required, but you may way we view issues like sexuality, romance, need to catch your breath! and race relations: and ushered in a new Completing their 2019 term are Leadership T • Mar 10 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM • golden age in American filmmaking. Council members: $20 Silver F • Mar 13, 20, 27, Apr 3, 10, 17 • Leader: David Kitchen 1:00 PM–3:30 PM • $60 Silver Don Miller, Chair [email protected] Willa Cather’s ‘My Antonia’ Leaders: Eric Holzwarth, Anne Barash Kay King, Vice-Chair [email protected] READING, DISCUSSION Spanish for Travel Lee Ann Pickering, Past Chair [email protected] NEW Widely recognized as Willa Cather’s HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES greatest novel, ‘My Antonia’ is a soulful Colleen Anders Jeff Keil NEW This class will provide an Donna Callery Celeste Miller and rich portrait of a pioneer woman’s introduction to Spanish language simple heroic life. Antonia endures Ri Marlene Ebert George Pangburn pronunciation with basic poverty, teenage seduction and family vocabulary and phrases useful while Rob Hafker Bill Pawelski tragedy set on the desolate prairies of the traveling in Spanish-speaking countries. Midwest during the 19th century. It is also Note: This same class will be offered again a story about the Bohemian immigrants on April 27. Beginning in January, your 2020 Leadership who settled there. Join us to discuss and compare the plight of immigrants then M • Mar 16 • 9:00 AM–10:30 AM • Council members will be: and now. $20 Silver Leader: Mary Catherine Raymond Kay King, Chair [email protected] W • Mar 11, 18 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM Colleen Anders, Vice-Chair [email protected] • $40 Silver Food Labeling and Leaders: Ann Day, Murray Ellison Don Miller, Past Chair [email protected] Changes to the Nutrition Taxes in Retirement Facts Panel John Bailey Becky Hudson LECTURE, Q&A Donna Callery Celeste Miller LECTURE, Q&A Christine Campbell George Pangburn Can you afford a 54% tax NEW Do you find food labels Aw increase on your retirement Aw confusing? In May of 2016, the Rob Hafker income? Are you within 5 years of FDA published updated rules on retirement and have questions like: Will I the Nutrition Facts label for packaged Project teams include: really be in a lower tax bracket? How are foods. The new label will make it easier different income sources taxed? How are for consumers to make informed food AV Assistance Curriculum different investments taxed? What’s the choices. We will also discuss the required Marketing Member Engagement difference between Traditional and Roth information for food labels. IRAs? Could I be heading for a ‘tax torpedo’ and not even know it? This M • Mar 16 • 11:00 AM–12:00 PM • Details of leadership opportunities are online at course will address these questions. $20 Silver Leader: Courtney Mickiewicz osher.richmond.edu. W • Mar 11 • 4:00 PM–6:00 PM • $20 Silver Interested in serving? Genetics: Past, Present, Leader: Jeremy Shipp and Future Contact Peggy Watson at Sunlight in Politics LECTURE [email protected]. LECTURE, Q&A NEW Let’s take a closer look at genetics, including the growth of Come enjoy hearing about experi- Aw NEW genetics, the race to the DNA ences featured in John Hager’s ‘Best Seat Double Helix, the universal Code of Life, in the House,’ as well as the current politi- the international Human Genome Project, cal environment in Virginia politics today. genetic law and order, plusses and R • Mar 12, 19 • 1:00 PM–3:00 PM • minuses of direct-to-consumer genetics, $40 Silver GMOs all around us, genetics and cancer, Leader: John Hager

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IVF babies, and finally the promise and Consumer Protection: Osher Member peril of stem cells. No scientific back- ground is needed. Avoiding Frauds and Scams Orientation M • Mar 16, 23, 30, Apr 6 • LECTURE, Q&A Learn from other Osher members how to access and fully enjoy the 1:00 PM–3:00 PM • $60 Silver NEW Come to this Leader: Ernest Fornaris many benefits of being an Osher Aw session to learn how to member and a member of the UR identify, avoid, and community. Qi Gong Movement Class respond to frauds and scams. This talk will W • Mar 18 • 3:30 PM–5:00 PM • LECTURE, ACTIVITIES include a discussion of common types of fraud, including telemarketing, mail, and Free to Members This class offers that internet fraud; credit card fraud; and Leaders: Osher Membership Team Ri Aw chance for participants identity theft. Also we will provide to come together once information on tools and resources Children of the Civil Rights a week for shared Qi Gong practice. We available to learn about, and protect Series, Volume 1: The Life will simply work our way through a Qi against, frauds and scams. Gong sequence, so that by the end of the of Barbara Rose Johns T • Mar 17 • 1:00 PM–3:00 PM • 4 sessions the students have practiced the LECTURE, DISCUSSION entire sequence. Handouts will be given Free to Members with the names of the moves and we will Leaders: Richard Schweiker, Jr., NEW Join this class to explore the life of cover approximately 8 - 10 each week. David Irvin Barbara Rose Johns. We will focus on this student leader of the successful strike at T • Mar 17, 24, 31, Apr 7 • America’s First Robert Russa Moton High School, which 9:00–9:30 AM • $40 Silver/Gold/UR Congresswoman escalated to a national debate that had Leader: Jennifer Cable to be settled by the Supreme Court. LECTURE, Q&A Understanding Long Term Her bold leadership was before Selma, NEW Today there are more than 100 before King, and before Rosa. How did Care Insurance women serving in the US House of Rep- a 16-year-old African American girl have the courage to lead a peaceful revolt that LECTURE, Q&A resentatives: but there must have been someone who was the first. That woman changed America? REPRISED This class will help you was Jeannette Rankin, elected just over R • Mar 19 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM • Aw understand long term care as 100 years ago in 1916, four years before $20 Silver well as options available to pay the ratification of the 19th amendment. Leader: John Festa for care. What is most tax efficient way, This course will explore the life and career based on individual’s circumstances, to of this pioneering feminist. Farewells to Our pay for long term care? There is no one-size-fits-all. (This class is repeated on W • Mar 18 • 1:00 PM–3:00 PM • Presidents April 21.) $20 Silver Leader: David Fishman LECTURE T • Mar 17 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM • REPRISED Learn about the deaths and $20 Silver funerals of Presidents, including the eight Leader: Linda Tsironis Caruthers born in Virginia. We will touch on Presi- dents Washington, Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley, as well as Confederate President Davis. We will review each Presidential death and funeral and the details of a State funeral. R • Mar 19, 26, Apr 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, May 7 • 3:30 PM–4:30 PM • $60 Silver Leader: Bernie Henderson Photo Editing for Photographers Who Hate to Photo Edit LECTURE, Q&A NEW Photo editing is important to take your photography to the next level. The first part of the class will cover cell phone images and the remainder of the class will cover editing with Photoshop/Elements and Luminar software. F • Mar 20 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM • $20 Silver Leader: Daniel Walker

osher.richmond.edu | 13 2020 Edward C. and Mary they abandoned their nomadic ways and settled in a number of places in southern S. Peple Library Lecture: Jordan, the Naqab desert in Palestine, About Your Classes . . . Expectations Disaster Relief and the and in northern Arabia. Their capital city Founding Fathers was the legendary Petra, Jordan’s most for Attendance, Quality, Feedback famous tourist attraction. When yellow fever struck Signed up, but now unable to attend a class? Ri Philadelphia, the nation’s M • Mar 23, 30 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM capital, in 1793, the • $40 Silver If you find that you cannot attend an Osher course, entire federal government fled the scene, Leader: Shantaram Talegaonkar please notify the Osher office via email as soon as offering no relief to the suffering or to local possible. We understand that things come up in people who tried to help them. When iPad Basics each person’s life, and that class attendance is not fires, hurricanes, or other calamities LECTURE, HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES devastated communities in the early always the first priority. However, we are asking republic, presidents who sent donations to REPRISED Are you getting the that you be considerate of the program, your col- local relief funds always emphasized that Aw most out of your iPad? Learn leagues, and the instructors and withdraw so that their contributions should be anonymous. short cuts, tricks, and how to other Osher members may attend. When, if at all, did state or federal enjoy and use your iPad. Betsy will provide authorities offer humanitarian aid to an overview of basics, including set up, It is not necessary to let us know if you’re missing disaster victims? Hardly ever. But the rare apps, and more. This course is designed just one part of a multi-session class (we would occasions when they did offer an interest- for students who own an iPad with the not fill your slot with another student for only part ing perspective on our own culture of latest iOS software and can access of a class). disaster in twenty-first-century America. campus WiFi. You may also contact the Book signing and reception to follow. course leader at [email protected] with any questions about the course. Please remember that registration is required. U • Mar 22 • 2:00 PM– 3:30 PM • Just because there are seats in the classroom does Free and Open to the Public T • Mar 24, 31 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM • not mean that you may show up and join the class. Leader: Cynthia Kierner $40 Silver Often, instructors limit enrollment to better ad- Leader: Betsy Y. Spath The Nabateans dress the content and purpose of the class. Your Backyard Habitat And when you do attend class . . . LECTURE and Why It Is Important NEW Before Alexander’s conquest, a • Please sign in on the roster for each class that thriving new civilization had emerged LECTURE, Q&A you attend and refrain from signing in for in southern Jordan. It appears that a REPRISED Ever wonder how to get more anyone else. nomadic tribe known as the Nabateans birds, bees, and butterflies in your yard? began migrating gradually from Arabia • Please sign in only for the session you are Wish you could make yard work easier and during the sixth century BCE. Over time, less complicated? This class will have help- attending on that day. ful tips. There’s lots to learn, and plenty of • Please complete the online class evaluation suggestions for people who don’t have survey for which you’ll receive a link on the yards, too! last day of class. Your comments are anony- W • Mar 25, Apr 1 • mous, and your feedback is important. 10:00 AM–12:00 PM • $40 Silver Leader: Sheryl Smith • Please remember if you are dissatisfied with a class, you may contact the Osher office Chain Maille: Double for permission to attend another class at no Spiral Rope Bracelet charge. INSTRUCTION, HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES And when you are serving as a class assistant: UPDATED Double Spiral is a very basic yet • Please arrange with the Osher office to pick impressive chain maille weave that is fun to make and works up quickly. This weave up the roster and instructor gift prior to class. is great as a bracelet and is appealing to • Please arrive at least 30 minutes before the men and women alike! We will be creating beginning of class. this bracelet with sterling silver: you’ll be taught how to properly link the doubled • Please make sure each attendee signs in on rings so the weave stays twisted together. the roster. Instructor provides all materials and tools; participant brings good eyesight, patience • Please conduct a quick head count that and enthusiasm! should match the roster to help us record W • Mar 25, Apr 8 • 1:00 PM–3:00 PM accurate attendance data. • $70 Silver/Gold/UR Thank you for your help in continuing to make our Leader: Celeste Miller Osher program a great experience for everyone involved.

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The 4 German Baroque The Total Camino Hiking Bs: Buxtehude, Böhm, Experience Bruhns, and Bach LECTURE, Q&A LECTURE, DEMONSTRATION REPRISED The presentation will focus on the background and history of the Camino NEW The lecture-dem- Ri onstration will explore de Santiago, the preparation involved to the organ music of four hike the Camino, and pictures document- of the most important German Baroque ing the Camino walk. composers, including the various musical T • Mar 31 • 2:30 PM–4:30 PM • forms they employed, such as chorale $20 Silver prelude, partita, passacaglia, and fugue. Leader: Robert Abbott The interrelationship between this music and the German Baroque-style organ will be examined. R • Mar 26 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM • APRIL Free to Members Increasing Access to Leader: Bruce Stevens Give a Gift of Membership Global Healthcare: The Cell Phone for Travel Medicines for All Institute Anniversaries, birthdays, Valentine’s, Mother’s Photography Day, Father’s Day, Christmas, and other celebra- LECTURE REPRISED We will cover tips and tech- tions are a great time to give the gift of Osher niques for cell phones to enhance travel NEW Access to global public membership. This is SO much better than another photography. We will address photogra- Aw healthcare is affected by many phy of landscapes, waterfalls, street, and technical, economic, and social sweater, candy, or a pair of socks! This is perfect for people situations. We will progress to ad- factors. It is widely recognized that the a spouse, partner, friend, parent, grandparent, or vanced cell phone techniques and image resources required to deliver and improve neighbor. editing on the phone and computer. global public health are currently con- strained. A powerful way to increase T • Mar 26 • 1:00 PM–3:00 PM • access is to lower the cost of products and Osher membership offers great classes, wonder- $20 Silver services that have already proven to be Leader: Daniel Walker effective. The mission of Medicines for All ful benefits, and often leads to longtime friend- (M4ALL) is to transform active pharmaceu- ships. Members may engage in interest groups, Telling America’s tical ingredient (API) processes in order to book clubs, courses, special events, and travel Stories Through Art: War reduce medication cost and improve opportunities, as well as attend special lectures, patient access. at Home and Abroad musical performances, and art exhibit openings. W • Apr 1 • 1:00 PM–3:00 PM • LECTURE, Q&A $20 Silver Rather than giving something that is consumed or NEW Artists depict the cultural, social and Leader: Frank Gupton shoved in a closet, give this great gift of intellec- political climate of their times. How can tual activities, social engagement, and fun! their artworks enrich our understanding The Heyday of Coal of American history? Using Smithsonian Mining 1880-1960 American Art Museum artworks this ses- For more information, contact Peggy Watson at sion will explore how artists’ depictions of LECTURE, Q&A [email protected]. wars (Civil, WWI and WWII) changed our NEW This class will examine the national identity. beginning of coal mining in F • Mar 27 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM • Virginia and West Virginia, $20 Silver including contributions of railroads, coal provisions such as ‘corruption of blood’ Leader: Alice Waagen miners and their families, coal wars and and ‘bills of attainder’ appear regularly. In unions. It will conclude with a look at the this course we will examine the Constitu- Charles Darwin: A Life business after WWII, in particular the tion through this prism. Using historical changes and their effects on miners. and modern-day examples, we will ana- LECTURE, Q&A R • Apr 2, 9 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM • lyze the Constitution and obtain a deeper NEW These talks will consider why Charles Free to Members understanding and appreciation of this Darwin was so successful, his nurturing dis- Leader: Floyd Myers fascinating document. tinguished family, the respect he earned R • April 2, 9, 16 • 1:00 PM–3:00 PM • by those on the Beagle journey, the Our Curious Constitution $60 Silver intellectual connections he made, and his Leader: Michael Kerley integrity. References include his autobiog- LECTURE raphy and letters. NEW Our Constitution is a remarkable, T • Mar 31, Apr 7, 14, 21 • yet very curious document. Terms that 1:00 PM–2:00 PM • $60 Silver we might expect to find there, such as Leader: Harry Wistrand ‘separation of powers’ and ‘federalism,’ are conspicuously absent, while peculiar

osher.richmond.edu | 15 Beethoven @ 250: Mile- cumstances surrounding Pueblo’s mission Cold War conflict, both sides had nuclear and seizure, as well as subsequent events. weapons capable of killing 60 million in 60 stones & Turning Points minutes. What changed to be bring about T • April 7, 14, 21 • 3:00 PM–5:00 PM this astonishing turn of events? LECTURE • $60 Silver NEW ‘Tones sound, and roar and storm Leader: Bob Warwick M • Apr 13, 20 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM about me until I have set them down in • $40 Silver notes,’ once wrote Ludwig van Beethoven. Desert Kingdoms of Leader: Louis Cei In 2020, Beethoven’s notes will roar and Rajasthan storm about the world in celebration of Explore China: The the 250th anniversary of the great German LECTURE Chinese Peranakans composer’s birth. The Heifetz Institute’s NEW Jodhpur is a city in the Thar Desert Benjamin K. Roe offers a three-part survey of the northwest Indian state of Rajast- LECTURE of Beethoven’s works that focus on the han. Its 15th century Mehrangarh Fort is NEW The Chinese Peranakans are an pieces that marked decisive milestones a former palace that’s now a museum. intriguing, but relatively unknown ethnic and turning points in his compositional Jaisalmer is a former medieval trading group. This class will explore which career. center and a princely state in the western Chinese left their homeland and why they F • April 3, 10, 17 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM Indian state of Rajasthan, in the heart of traveled to the Malay archipelago and • $60 Silver the Thar Desert. Dominating the skyline is Singapore. Their unique culture was a mix Leader: Benjamin Roe Jaisalmer Fort, a sprawling hilltop citadel of Chinese and Malay beliefs, customs buttressed by 99 bastions and encom- and values: with a dab of British influence. Telling America’s Stories passing the ornate Maharaja’s Palace. Family life, marriage, taboos and beliefs, clothing and cooking are among the areas W • Apr 8 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM • Through Art: The Great to be covered. Depression $20 Silver Leader: Shantaram Talegaonkar M • Apr 13 • 1:00 PM–3:00 PM • LECTURE, Q&A $20 Silver Campus Garden Walk Leader: Donna Callery NEW The Great Depression of the early 20th century was a time of hardship and Come prepared to enjoy The Rise and Fall of The deprivation countered by one the greatest Ri the beautiful UR campus government support for the arts in US in the springtime. We Band–Part A will stop at some of the lovely gardens and history. Come to this lively and informa- MOVIE, DISCUSSION tive session to view this pivotal time in talk about the planning and planting that America’s story through the eyes of artists happens all the time to enhance our NEW The story of The Band is who dramatically documented this period. campus. Please dress for the weather and almost hard to believe. Their tale wear walking shoes. (Repeated on April 7) is a timeline of formative M • Apr 6 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM • experiences that birthed a sound and style $20 Silver W • Apr 8 • 3:30 PM–5:30 PM • that was unique and impactful. This class is Leader: Alice Waagen Free to Members Leader: Marshall Ervine a screening of the documentary ‘The Last Campus Garden Walk Waltz.’ (Part B of this course is on page 17.) M • Apr 13 • 7:00 PM–9:00 PM • Come prepared to enjoy The Cold War, 1945-1991 Free to Members the beautiful UR campus Ri LECTURE, Q&A Leaders: Bill Pike, Joe Vanderford in the springtime. We will stop at some of the lovely gardens and REPRISED While 60 million were killed in talk about the planning and planting that WWII, the US won the Cold War without happens all the time to enhance our firing a shot directly at an enemy. In the campus. Please dress for the weather and wear walking shoes. (Repeated on April 8) T • Apr 7 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM • Free to Members Leader: Marshall Ervine Remember USS Pueblo? LECTURE, Q&A NEW On January 23, 1968, North Korean naval and air forces attacked and seized an essentially unarmed US Navy vessel, USS Pueblo, operating in international wa- ters off North Korea. The crew was taken prisoner, held and tortured before being released exactly eleven months later; Pueblo itself has never been returned or recovered and today is a tourist attraction in Pyongyang. We will examine the cir-

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Apple iPhone, Beyond ‘Conway Cabal.’ Washington defeated the Cabal in a bruising political battle, a key the Essentials step in Washington’s consolidation of his LECTURE, Q&A, HANDS-ON position in the army and his rise to iconic The UR ‘Osher Give Back’ status in the Revolution itself. REPRISED Many of us still carry Program Aw around a paper appointment W • Apr 15 • 1:00 PM–3:30 PM • book, address book, shopping $20 Silver Volunteering can give meaning and lists, and other notes we have written Leader: Mark Lender down. This course will look at how we can purpose to retirement life! We’ve cre- move this information to our iPhones. If Cemeteries Tell Stories: A ated a multi-tiered approach to ‘giving you plan on using your iPhone to follow Walking History of Wilton along during class, your phone should be back’ so that members may choose their a model 6S or newer and updated to the at Hollywood Cemetery level and length of volunteer commit- latest iOS version. Contact the course FIELD TRIP ment. Come work in the bookstore, or leader at [email protected] with any questions. NEW This walking tour through Holly- lend a hand at special events, serve as wood Cemetery will trace the later years a mentor, or welcome an international T/R • April 14, 16, 21, 23 • of Wilton, the Georgian mansion turned 9:30 AM–11:30 AM • $60 Silver house museum in Richmond’s near west student into your home. You can also go Leader: West Cobb end. Together we will follow more than 70 into UR’s online volunteering system years of a home’s history through a series The Rise and Fall of The of burials from the turbulent period of Re- to contribute to community projects Band–Part B construction through the home’s eventual and org, SpidersEngage, (richmond. relocation in the 1930s. What stories can givepulse.com) anizations. There are LECTURE, Q&A a cemetery tell? Students provide own so many opportunities to lend a hand. NEW Let’s talk about the story of The transportation to site. Band. We will focus on the group’s first M • Apr 20 • 1:30 PM–3:00 PM • Please contact Lee Ann Pickering at three albums and will offer a mixture of $20 Silver [email protected] to learn more print research, audio and video clips, inter- Leader: Katie Watkins views, and listening to parts of the albums. and sign up! T • Apr 14 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM • Coins & Currency Used in $20 Silver Historic Virginia Leaders: Bill Pike, Joe Vanderford Understanding Long Term LECTURE, DISCUSSION Care Insurance The Desegregation of The coins and currency that initially circu- REPRISED This class will help you Southern College Sports lated in Virginia from 1607 (Jamestown) Aw understand long term care as (1954-1980) through 1865 (end of the Civil War) were, well as options available to pay of course, not American. The Coinage Act for care. What is most tax efficient way, LECTURE, Q&A of 1857 eliminated foreign coins as ‘legal based on individual’s circumstances, to tender,’ but Virginians largely ignored this pay for long term care? There is no NEW Major college sports (especially law out of necessity, continuing to circulate football and basketball) have for decades one-size-fits-all. (This class is repeated on Spanish colonial, Mexican, British, and March 17.) occupied a place of oversized prominence French coins well past 1865. Students are in America, especially in the South. This welcome to bring in coins or currency for T • Apr 21 • 6:00 PM–8:00 PM • course will explore, through the stories of identification. $20 Silver several individuals and programs, how a Leader: Linda Tsironis Caruthers few Southern college sports teams, play- M • Apr 20 • 3:30 PM–5:30 PM • ers, and coaches came to play a significant $20 Silver Maggie L. Walker, A role in racial integration, not only on sports Leader: John Philips fields and arenas, but in the educational Catalyst for Change system and society as a whole. Introduction to the Talmud LECTURE, BUS TOUR, FIELD TRIP W • Apr 15, 22 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM LECTURE, Q&A NEW Walker is well-known as the first • $40 Silver The Talmud is the collected African American woman to become a Leader: Thomas Cox REPRISED repository of thousands of years of orally bank president, but did you know she had transmitted Jewish Rabbinical wisdom. a longer record as being a social activist? The Usual Suspects: Noted rabbinic scholar Adin Steinsaltz Join us as we explore the lesser-known General Washington and aptly described it as a conglomerate of story of Walker’s activism, which included the Conway Cabal law, legend, and philosophy; a blend of assisting women with voter registration in unique logic and shrewd pragmatism, of 1920, and visit her home at the Maggie L. LECTURE history and science, anecdotes and humor. Walker National Historic Site. No refunds In this class you will learn how the Talmud unless we can fill the seat with another NEW In early 1778, dismayed by Wash- member. ington’s repeated defeats, senior patriot is connected to the ‘Old’ Testament, how it military officers - notably major generals was redacted over time, what its contents W • Apr 22, 29 • 1:30 PM–3:30 PM Thomas Mifflin, Thomas Conway, and encompassed, and how it is organized. (second class 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM) • Horatio Gates - attempted to undermine T • Apr 21, 28, May 5 • $40 Silver/Gold/UR Washington’s control of the Continental 10:00 AM–12:00 PM • $60 Silver Leaders: Ben Anderson, Ajena Rogers Army. The episode is known now as the Leader: Alan Pollack osher.richmond.edu | 17 Telling America’s Stories than ever. Please dress for the weather Through Art: Contempo- and wear walking shoes. rary Times M • Apr 27 • 11:00 AM–1:00 PM • Free to Members Regirer Series on LECTURE, Q&A Leaders: Marshall Ervine, Aw Rob Andrejewski NEW Artists depict the cultural, social and Aging Well political climate of their times. How can their artworks enrich our understanding Agents of Change: We are grateful for the generous grant from of American history? Using Smithsonian Female Activism in Virginia the Walter W. Regirer and Maria Teresa American Art Museum artworks this series from Women’s Suffrage will explore how contemporary artists Regirer Foundation, which supports our experience their worlds and depict contro- to Today popular Regirer Series on Aging Well. The versial issues such as terrorism, racism and FIELD TRIP Regirers were passionate continuing educa- immigration. NEW The passage of the Nineteenth tion advocates, especially within the local F • Apr 24 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM • Amendment in 1920 radically re-defined senior healthcare community. We are $20 Silver American democracy by banning gender- Leader: Alice Waagen based restrictions on voting. This land- fortunate to have the opportunity to help mark legislation marked the culmination the Foundation address the Regirers’ Mystery, History and the women’s suffrage fight and heralded Delights of the Périgord a new age of female participation in important legacy. American civic life. In conjunction with the READING, FACILITATED DISCUSSION statewide Women’s Suffrage Centennial, While the Series focuses on health, well- REPRISED ‘Bruno, Chief of Police’ by this exhibition celebrates a century of Martin Walker sets the stage for a vicarious women’s social and political activism in the ness, legal and financial topics important to trip to France’s Périgord region. As Bruno Commonwealth. Students provide own our Osher population, we will also continue solves the crime, we learn about the area’s transportation to site. to explore how to live our best lives within prehistoric caves, castles, culture and M • Apr 27 • 2:00 PM–3:30 PM • gastronomic specialties such as truffles Pay at the door $10 or $6 for members/ communities that respect and encourage and foie gras. Students are asked to read Aw veterans this quest. Look for the designation in the book before the class meets to form a Leader: Maggie Creech this catalog or the ‘Aging Well’ section of the common basis of discussion. Poets of the Piano: registration portal for Regirer related courses F • Apr 24 • 1:00 PM–3:00 PM • $20 Silver Goldberg Variations and activities. Leader: Nancy Nock LECTURE, PERFORMANCE Spanish for Travel NEW This lecture-recital explores the HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES origin, art, and history of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, one of the most famous pieces NEW This class will provide an of keyboard music in classical music. Did Ri introduction to Spanish language he really compose it for an insomniac pronunciation with basic Count? Was Glenn Gould the first to vocabulary and phrases useful while discover it 200 years later? We will explore traveling in Spanish-speaking countries. Bach’s goals in this music and its influence Note: This same class is offered on after he died. March 16. T • Apr 28 • 1:00 PM–2:30 PM • M • Apr 27 • 9:00 AM–10:30 AM • $20 Silver $20 Silver Leader: Nathan Carterette Leader: Mary Catherine Raymond Deep Roots: The Virginia Gambles Mill Eco-Corridor Baptists and the University You Call 911, Then What? NEW Take a campus of Richmond LECTURE, Q&A Ri walk and learn about the University of Richmond’s LECTURE, TOUR NEW Let’s explore the miracle of most recent stewardship initiative, the Aw modern emergency medical Gambles Mill Eco-Corridor. This project NEW Who are the Virginia service and how it can save your combines innovations in stream restora- Ri Baptists? Come hear their story life. Learn when to call 911 and what to tell tion, stormwater management, and and explore their role in securing the dispatcher. Learn what the ‘golden invasive plant removal. A new Community religious liberty. Learn, too, how their hour’ is and why it matters. Garden, an improved trail connecting the history is intertwined with that of the University of Richmond. We will meet at R • Apr 23 • 1:00 PM–3:00 PM • campus to the community, and outdoor classroom make this site more accessible the Virginia Baptist Historical Society on $20 Silver campus. 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An Introduction to Personal War I to create the mythical characters and story of The Hobbit and The Lord of Digital Archiving MAY the Rings Trilogy. These books have been LECTURE, INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION Finding Your Virginia Roots described as both juvenile and adult mas- terpieces. Murray recommends to read or NEW This class is intended to FIELD TRIP re-read the Hobbit before the class to get Ri provide a basic introduction to the most magic out of our discussions. some of the issues surrounding NEW This class session will focus on how our attempts to address the proliferation to begin your research and the genealogi- M • May 4, 11 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM • of digital content in our lives and an cal resources available at the Library of $40 Silver overview of ways to manage your personal Virginia. Students provide own transporta- Leader: Murray Ellison digital content. Whether it is your personal tion to site. documents, email, photographs, video, F • May 1 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM • Islam and the Architecture etc., we will explore approaches and $20 Silver of Mosques strategies to managing your digital Leader: Ashley Ramey content that will help to ensure access to LECTURE your personal digital content in years to Historic Maymont Estate REPRISED The two presentations will take come. Walking Tour the audience to mosques in North Africa, W • Apr 29 • 11:30 AM–12:30 PM • Turkey, and Iran, opening a window into $20 Silver FIELD TRIP the World of Islam. Leader: Crista LaPrade NEW Explore the grounds on foot and M • May 4, 11 • 1:00 PM–2:30 PM • get a close look at the breathtaking $40 Silver Hillwood Estate, Museum combination of gardens, outbuildings, car- Leader: Hans Oppe & Garden Trip riages, and fountains that make Maymont so special. This tour will also introduce Birding Walk Through UR FIELD TRIP guests to the stars of our nationally known We will take an early morning REPRISED Marjorie Merriweather Post arboretum, a collection of trees and Ri walk through the lovely University purchased Hillwood with the intent to shrubs found nowhere else in Virginia. of Richmond campus to look and leave it as a museum that would inspire Please dress for the weather and wear listen for resident birds. Please dress and educate the public. We will have a do- good walking shoes. Note: be prepared appropriately for the weather, wear cent guided mansion tour that show her for mid-level activity range and some hills comfortable shoes, and bring binoculars, if rich collections and her passion for history. and uneven surfaces. Students provide you have them. You will marvel at the beautiful gardens as own transportation to site. R • May 7 • 8:00 AM–9:30 AM • Spring turns to Summer during our docent F • May 1 • 1:30 PM–3:00 PM • tour. Following our tours we will have $20 Silver $8 Silver/Gold/UR Leaders: Mary Elfner, Marshall Ervine lunch on the grounds at the Merriweather Leader: Kathy Alcaine Café. No refunds unless we can fill the seat with another member. The World of J.R.R. Richmond Ballet Rehearsal R • Apr 30 • 7:00 AM–5:00 PM • Tolkien and The Hobbit Viewing $95 Silver/Gold/UR FIELD TRIP Leader: Donna Callery READING, LECTURE, DISCUSSION NEW Experience a behind-the-scenes NEW Join us for a Murray-Romp, starting look at this centuries-old art form and wit- with a life’s overview of J.R.R. Tolkien. ness what it takes to bring it to life. Enjoy Learn how he was inspired during World this up-close viewing of Studio Three rehearsals with the Richmond Ballet, the state ballet of Virginia. Students provide own transportation to site. R • May 7 • 11:30 AM–1:00 PM • $20 Silver Leaders: Valerie Tellmann-Henning, Richmond Ballet Skin Cancer LECTURE NEW Learn about how to protect Aw yourself and detect cancer early. We’ll talk about who is at risk, the most common types, and the various treatment options, including Mohs surgery. F • May 8 • 10:00 AM–11:00 AM • $20 Silver Leader: Christine S. Rausch

osher.richmond.edu | 19 Uncomplicated Portuguese: Osher Annual Fund Learn to Express Yourself Aged Assumptions: How Stereotypes, and Communicate the Assumptions, and Expectations about Age Shape Easy Way! the World around Us LECTURE, FACILITATED PRACTICE WORKSHOP NEW During this second immersion of Stereotypes, assumptions and expecta- Portuguese you’ll learn daily expressions, Aw tions based on age are commonplace pronunciation, and grammar by practicing and are often less likely to raise concerns reading and writing, listening to music, than those based on other social identities, but stereotypes and having fun! based on age affect everyone regardless of their age R • May 14 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM • group. In this workshop, we’ll discuss how cognitive biases, $20 Silver including but not limited to stereotypes, affect how Leader: Marília Munhoz different age groups are perceived, as well how aging may affect how we perceive the world around us. Tour of UR’s Historic W • May 20 • 9:30 AM–1:30 PM • Free to Members Bottomley House Leader: Destiny Peery Although the Jepson Ri Alumni Center is a 100+% modern facility com- pleted in 1997, its history dates back to We met our goals! Infection Prevention Past Kindness ‘Rock Painting’ 1915. In that year, William Lawrence to Present: How Much DEMONSTRATION, HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES Bottomley, the eminent early 20th-Century New York architect, designed and built Can We Prevent and How REPRISED Join in the current, creative, this 6,000 square-foot home just across the Hard Should We Try? and contagious rock painting phenom- road from the University of Richmond. enon in RVA and across the country. We Come learn how this historic home was LECTURE, Q&A will learn how to prep and paint smooth acquired by UR and moved onto campus. beach rocks with a variety of designs. No This lecture will present a Attendees will tour the home and hear NEW prior experience is required, just a willing- general overview of infection pre- about its many lovely features. Aw ness to let your creativity flow. Designs vention in the hospital, with a include abstracts, animals, positivity mes- F • May 15 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM • focus on how much is truly preventable sages, and most of all painting the kind- Free to Members given the current state of infection ness message on such a small medium. All Leader: Betty Ann Dillon prevention science. supplies provided. M • May 11 • 1:00 PM–2:30 PM • UR Behind the Scenes: T • May 12 • 1:00 PM–3:00 PM • $20 Silver $20 Silver The Cannon Memorial Leader: Gonzalo Bearman Leader: Barbara Kaplowitz Chapel Legal Issues as You Age Susanna Bolling, The Girl This stately building with LECTURE Ri the dramatic stained Who Won the Revolutionary glass windows has REPRISED As we age, we should War served the UR campus since its dedication Aw approach legal questions, issues, in 1929, not only for religious services but and situations a bit differently. LECTURE, Q&A also for cultural and academic events. While estate planning can be done at any NEW Almost five years after the Declara- Learn more about Cannon Chapel, which age, elder law starts a whole new conver- tion of Independence, the American Revo- recently underwent a major renovation sation. Attend this class offered by an lution hung in the balance. In May 1781, and was designated a National Historic elder law expert as she talks about what General Cornwallis invaded City Point, VA, Landmark in 2013. We will also include the legal options you may wish to consider, and quartered his army. As 16-year-old Columbarium and the Wilton Center in what critical legal decisions should not be Susanna Bolling served the British general this program. overlooked, and how to know and choose and his officers dinner, she overheard their F • May 15 • 1:00 PM–3:00 PM • what’s best for you. plans to capture General Lafayette and Free to Members T • May 12 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM • crush the American rebellion. Under cover Leader: Betty Ann Dillon $20 Silver of darkness, she snuck out, canoed down- Leader: Paula Peaden river, and rode ten miles to warn Lafayette. But would she make it undetected? W • May 13 • 10:00 AM–11:30 AM • $20 Silver Leader: Libby McNamee

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100+% We met our goals!

Once Again, Osher Members’ Generosity Shines Through! We are pleased to share that thanks to the generous response of our members, University of Rich- mond’s Osher Institute has exceeded its 2019 Osher Annual Fund goals of $20,000 from 200 Osher members. These goals represented a 33% increase over our 2018 goals.

As of October 23, 2019, 250 Osher members made gifts totaling $23,593. The year-to-date 2019 Honor Roll of Donors can be found on our website, spcs.richmond.edu/osher/giving/2019.html.

Similar to other Osher Institutes throughout the nation, the 2019 Osher Annual Fund campaign concen- trated on building financial reserves to support long-term sustainability. Reserves are important should endowment income fluctuate or enrollments unexpectedly drop.

In addition to providing our Osher with a capacity-building grant this year and the past two years, the Bernard Osher Foundation has agreed to allow our Osher Institute to apply for up to two additional years of funding to support our long-term sustainability efforts. We are in the process of applying for this additional funding now, proud to show the Foundation strong membership retention and growth, and our members financially supporting their own Osher Institute.

Once again, thank you to all our donors to date. If you have not made a gift to the Osher Institute and would like to, please visit osher.richmond.edu/give, or contact Amy Edwards, Stewardship Assistant, at [email protected] or 804-287-1946.

osher.richmond.edu | 21 Osher Interest Groups

Formed and led by Osher members, our vibrant Osher interest groups are listed below. More details about interest groups are online at osher.richmond.edu. An Osher Institute membership is required for interest group participants.

Bridge The social/duplicate bridge group meets on the first Friday of each month at 1:00 pm (except in the summer months). A short bridge lesson is taught at the beginning of each session. Please contact Ellen Hollands at [email protected] or (804) 741-0221 if you are interested in joining. These are FUN groups. All Great Conversations Historically Speaking levels are welcome! Over the years, this group has been discuss- As part of the group’s activities, the Historically ing short stories, essays and poetry, with Speaking Interest Group discusses both classic Contemporary Issues a few novellas mixed in for flavor. We’ve historical works, and more recent books. Contemporary Issues (CI) is an interest group even done a few documentary films. The Included in the books we will review in 2020- devoted to consideration of important news subjects of our lively conversations? We 2021 will be: (1960) by floated deep into the Heart of Darkness The End of Ideology topics of the day. Invited guest speakers and Daniel Bell; The Democratic Republic (1968) CI committee members facilitate exploration with Joseph Conrad. We watched a Total by Marshall Smelser; Eclipse with Annie Dillard. We took a car The Devil’s Chess- of focus topics, followed by open discussions , and ride with Flannery O’Connor’s grandmother board: Allen Dulles, The CIA The Rise of contemporary issues suggested by staff (2016) by who convinced us that A Good Man is Hard of America’s Secret Government and members. These discussions feature David Talbot, and to Find. We observed the Century of Self The Passing of the Modern lively debates and a free flow of information, (1970) by John Lukacs. Others will be through the lens of Freud’s nephew, Edward Age opinions and ideas with the hope that our added based on recommendations from our Bernays. We hope you’ll join us on the fourth understanding of the thoughts and concerns members. A complete list is provided at the Wednesday of every month from 2-4 pm at of our members with differing viewpoints will September Osher mixer. help us all to appreciate our state and national local libraries for sparkling, cordial conversa- We are also scheduling a trip to the Peters- discourse. Recent focus topics include: Fake tions about shoes and ships and sealing wax, burg Battlefield Museum. Another goal is to News and Journalism; Virginians for Fair Re- not to mention cabbages and kings—and improve coordination among our Osher history districting; The re-emergence of Nationalism; who knows what else? If you’d like to join us, instructors to avoid duplication and enhance The Federal Reserve Bank: Current Economic or if you have questions, please contact Vera continuity. Activity, Prospects for Economic Growth, Mulherin at [email protected]. We and Issues That May Affect its Path; Climate look forward to hearing from you. We are for all those who love history and enjoy Change and the Green New Deal: Fact or the fellowship of others who feel the same way. Fantasy? This interest group is coordinated Hikers If you have questions or need more informa- by: Alan Corbett, William Pawleski, Susan Come with us and explore the wonders of tion, please contact Lou Cei at ceilb2@aol. Phieffer, John Schofield, Janet Murray, Joyce nature: the breathtaking waterfalls, wildlife, com. Please join us! Rothschild, and Jeffrey Keil. Sessions are held various plants and vegetation, not to mention the first Wednesday of each month starting in historic urban settings. Our hikes run from Investments September. To join, please contact contact September through June and cover an array Raise your financial IQ. Join other members Susan Phieffer at [email protected]. of venues from the Shenandoah National For- of the Osher Investment Interest Group (OIIG) est to urban hikes, and all points in between. once a month to hear and interact with guest Our hikes generally run between four and experts in the field of Investments and Personal seven miles in length with varying degrees of Finance. Our speakers include Robins School difficulty and elevation change. We generally of Business students who manage part of the U leave campus around 8 AM and return by 5 of R endowment fund, and a variety of financial PM. For more information, contact the group professionals for you to ask questions and grow coordinator: Lex Bailey, your financial IQ. [email protected]. All par- ticipants are required to sign a liability release We meet from 10:00am–12:00pm in the Robins form. Upcoming spring hikes will be posted School of Business, Queally Hall, (Bldg 102). in the Osher Office and on the Osher website TENTATIVELY, Room 254 will be our meet- and announced to group members via email. ing room for the Fall Semester. Our meeting announcement emails will verify each meeting details. To be added to the meeting announce- ment email list, email F. Brian McNeil at [email protected].

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Literary Dreamers Osher members are welcome to join this group founded in 2001 by dedicated School of Professional and Continuing Studies students. Readings range from academic non-fiction to literary fiction to popular fiction. To join, please contact Polly Chamberlain pollypa- [email protected] or Dorothy Schoeneman [email protected]. Unless otherwise specified, all meetings will be on the last Satur- day of the month. Book selections for 2020 will be decided at the December 2019 meeting. Memoir Writing Are you interested in writing your life story — in small chunks and with the help of like- minded others? The Memoir Writing Group is a supportive group that meets at least monthly, sharing our writing and offering advice and feedback to one another. This is not a group that focuses on publication but on evoking memories and improving our writing. This group, led by Lynn Blankman at lynnblank- [email protected], is currently at capacity. Memoir Writing #2 The theatre group committee has selected the • June 19 – 25, 2020: Yellowstone and the following five shows for the remainder of the Wild West Due to the popularity of our Memoir Writing 2019-2020 season. Shows may be added or • July 10 – 18, 2020: interest group, we are excited to announce that changed. The theatre group primarily attends Discover the High- we are beginning a second group, with a new performances on Sunday matinees. lights of Norway volunteer leader. This group will have a similar • July 26 – 31, 2020: Hiking in Acadia • CATS, Altria purpose and similar focus. Please email Karen National Park at . • A Doll’s House Part 2, Virginia Rep Mizrach [email protected] • August 10 – 24. 2020: 2020: Norwegian Photography • True West, Cadence Fjords, Lapland & Finland Voyage (cruise) • September 19 – 28, 2020: The Photography Interest Group offers pho- Travel Rome and the Amalfi Coast tographers with a range of experience and Attention all travelers! Celeste Miller spear- • September 20 – 25, 2020: interest the opportunity to come together reg- heads the Osher special interest group for Hiking the ularly to share, learn, and develop their skills. those who love to travel. The objectives of the Finger Lakes Trails – Trees and Gorges Tip sessions, photo outings, and presentations group are to share information regarding trips in Wine Country on such topics as composition, exposure, and taken and most importantly, to help coordi- • September 29 – October 14, 2020: Baltic editing software are offered. To join or learn nate future Osher travel. If you have interest in Capitals & St. Petersburg more, please email coordinator Peter learning from fellow travelers, if you’d like to • October 2 – 8, 2020: Blankman at [email protected]. share your experiences, or if you are willing to Albuquerque help to lead the development of future Osher alloon Fiesta Theatre Lovers trips, this is the special interest group for you! • October 9 – 20, 2020: Croatia and Its A love for live theatre is the only prerequisite We plan to focus on day trips and overnight ex- Islands (land & yacht cruise) for joining this interest group. This Osher cursions, as well as domestic and international • November 12 – 27, 2020: South interest group explores the Richmond theatre travel. To join or to learn more, please email America: Chile, Argentina & Uruguay scene by selecting and attending five to six [email protected]. Come join the fun performances from September through May. and expand your experiences! • April 2021 (Dates TBA): Romantic Blue Announcements for shows are sent to group Danube Cruise – Budapest to Prague Upcoming Trips members via email. More details on these trips are available on our • March 24 – 29, 2020: There is a wonderful social aspect to this Cuba Discovery web site: https://spcs.richmond.edu/osher/ group. When appropriate, we plan to gather • April 10 – 21, 2020: Holland & Belgium in travel/. after a performance for discussion and a meal. Springtime Cruise We also hope there will be occasions to go • May 14 - 25, 2020: Spain’s Costa del Sol backstage and talk with local actors. To learn and Portuguese Riviera more and to join, please contact Linda Turner at [email protected].

osher.richmond.edu | 23 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION US POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 6 RICHMOND VIRGINIA 23173 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Special Programs Building 490 Westhampton Way University of Richmond, VA 23173

Member Benefits at a Glance Explore your • Membership is good for 12 months from date you join love of learning • Several membership options at UR’s Osher • Free Osher member orientation and campus tour Institute. • Osher members receive individual performance The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute combines discount at the Modlin Center for the Arts intellectual stimulation and civic engagement • Free parking on UR campus with a vibrant community of like-minded stu- dents, age 50 and older. • Unlimited borrowing privileges at the UR’s We offer an extensive array of programs in the Boatwright Library liberal arts in the fall, spring, and summer se- mesters. There are no entrance requirements, no • Access to the UR Technology Help Desk tests, and no grades. • Use of more than 300 online databases at the UR In fact, no college background is needed at all–it’s Library your love of learning that counts. Join the fun today! • UR ‘One Card’ used to access full privileges at the For more information, contact us today: UR Library and discounts at some area retailers Margaret “Peggy” Watson, Director, W’76 • UR email address [email protected] (804) 287-6344 • Daily ‘SpiderBytes’ messaging for UR campus Nell Smith, Program Coordinator programs and events [email protected] (804) 287-6608 • Access to UR help center for preparing Amy Edwards, L’97 presentations Stewardship Assistant [email protected] • Opportunity to audit undergraduate credit classes (804) 287-1946 • Unlimited on-campus Osher classes for Gold Barbara Apostle members Program Assistant [email protected] • Free bonus classes and special events (804) 289-8582

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