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All About OLLI ...... iii

Courses 100 Art and Music ...... 1 200 Economics and Finance ...... 5 300 History ...... 7 400 Literature, Theater, and Wring ...... 11 500 Languages…………………………………………………………………………………………. 16 600 Religious Studies ...... 17 650 Humanies and Social Sciences ...... 19 700 Current Events...... 21 800 Science, Technology, and Health ...... 23 900 Other Topics ...... 27

Special Events RCC Professional Touring Arst Series…..…………………………………………………. 30 Lectures…………………………………………………………………………………………………... 30 Performances and Trips……………………………………………………………...... 44 Social Events………………...…………………………………………………………………………. 46 Between Term Events……………………………………………………………………………... 47

Ongoing Acvies…………………………………………………….……………………. 50

Membership and Registraon………………………………………………...…….. 55

Registraon Form………………………………………………………………………….. 57

Schedules………………………………………………………………………………………. 59

Friends of OLLI………………………………………………………………………………. 63

Map………………………………………………………………………………………………. 64

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i Volunteer! It’s Your OLLI!

Did you know that OLLI is run by member‐volunteers? Courses, clubs, special events, social activities, publications, and classroom services—all are developed by members like you. OLLI simply would not exist without the dedication of our wonderful member‐volunteers.

Volunteering at OLLI is not only rewarding, but it can be life‐altering for many members. Make new friends, build community, develop new skills, shape the future of OLLI!

Don’t wait to be asked; OLLI is always on the look‐out for help! To learn more about volunteer opportunies, visit the “Our Organizaon” page on the OLLI website (olli.gmu.edu/our‐ organizaon/) or contact us today: [email protected] or (703) 503‐3384 (OLLI Office). Thank you for your service!

A Gi For YOU! If you volunteer at OLLI, stop by the office and pick up a free OLLI lanyard for your nametag.

Teach! Open OLLI Volunteer Posions

 Members for Volunteer Appreciaon Commiee—work with Board Commiee on ways to acknowledge OLLI volunteerism.  Loudoun Coordinator—Serve as volunteer point‐of‐contact for the Loudoun campus and coordinate with execuve director re: same.  Publicaons Chair—Lead OLLI publicaons producon efforts, parcularly the OLLI catalog. Help Plan OLLI Socials on the  Member Services Representave Reston—Lead efforts on the Member Services Commiee Members Services Commiee to develop socials in Reston.

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All About OLLI

Who We Are Give the Gi of OLLI

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at George Mason What beer way to show appreciaon for your spouse, University (OLLI Mason) offers daytime courses, lectures, sibling, or good friend than by giving an OLLI eGi card? special events, and other activities during eight‐week The card can be purchased in any amount to apply toward terms in the spring and fall, a four‐week winter term, and an OLLI membership or event/materials fees. It makes the a six‐week summer program. There are no exams, no perfect rerement, birthday, or holiday gi. The gi of credits, no college degree required or offered, and no age OLLI is great: capvang classes, fabulous field trips, and threshold. sensaonal socials to indulge both mind and soul!

Course leaders are qualified members of OLLI, Mason Purchase the eGi card on the OLLI member portal faculty, or others who enjoy sharing their knowledge. OLLI (olligmu.auguso.net) or by calling the OLLI office (703) 503‐3384. is parcularly proud of its volunteer teachers and speakers, many of whom are well‐known experts in their George Mason University Privileges fields. The views expressed are those of the instructors and do not reflect the official policy or posion of OLLI or OLLI members with an annual membership are entitled to George Mason University. a George Mason University ID card, which provides library privileges, discounted Mason gym membership, and other Members pay annual dues and may attend as many benefits. A free Mason email account with access to the activities as they wish, subject to space availability. Mason intranet is also available. To apply for an ID card, There may be charges for materials and for some fill out an application, available at any OLLI site or on the special events. OLLI website DocStore (under MainMenu/Documents), OLLI Mason publishes an email newsleer (OLLI E‐News), and return it to the main office at Tallwood or to the site a catalog each term, an online membership directory, and assistant at Reston or Loudoun. the Member Handbook. An annual literary journal, OLLI Ink, and, from me to me, the Poets of OLLI collecon OLLI Closing Policy are also published. OLLI is closed when county schools are closed. OLLI

OLLI Mason is one of many Osher Lifelong Learning follows the Fairfax County Public Schools for Fairfax and Instutes affiliated with The Bernard Osher Foundaon Reston sites and the Loudoun County Public Schools for and is also a member of the Road Scholar Instute Loudoun sites.

Network. OLLI is a nonprofit, equal‐opportunity 501(c)(3) When schools announce a delayed opening, OLLI organizaon and does not discriminate on the basis of generally opens on me. Excepon: at George Mason race, color, or naonal/ethnic origin. facilies, we adhere to Mason closing decisions. If Mason

Where We Are announces a delay, OLLI may need to cancel the first class of the day. Poor condions at OLLI sites may also Most acvies are held at Tallwood, 4210 Roberts Road in necessitate class or event cancellaons. Fairfax, at the United Chrisan Parish near Lake Anne in The most up‐to‐date informaon on OLLI delays and Reston, or at the Mason site in Loudoun. OLLI’s main office closings can be found on the OLLI website: olli.gmu.edu. is at Tallwood, with satellite offices (open only during class hours) in Reston and the Mason site in Loudoun. All sites ** IMPORTANT REGISTRATION DATES ** are accessible to persons with disabilies and have free parking available. To park at the Mason site in Loudoun Spring priority registraon begins you must obtain a free parking permit from Mason in Thursday, February 21 at 9:00 am Loudoun, Suite 130. A map and addresses for all locaons and ends on Friday, March 1 at noon. are printed on the inside back cover. Register online at olli.gmu.edu. Click on Member Portal. How to Join

Registraons also may be mailed or delivered to: Any person may obtain an annual membership by Osher Lifelong Learning Instute registering online (hps://olligmu.auguso.net) or by 4210 Roberts Road compleng the form and subming it to OLLI with the Fairfax, VA 22032 required check(s) or credit card informaon. iii

OLLI Organizaon OLLI Program Planning

OLLI is a member‐driven organization with a Board of Commiee Chairs………….Doris Bloch, Kathryn Russell, Directors elected by the membership and repre‐ Nancy Scheeler, Russell Stone senting Fairfax, Loudoun, and Reston. All activities Loudoun Program………………………………..Barbara Wilan are managed by an executive director, staff, and Reston Program…………………………………...Beth Lambert Program Associates……………………..Alice Slayton Clark, volunteers. Jennifer Ryan McMahon Program planning subject group chairs are listed at the beginning of each subject secon of the catalog. Board of Directors President………………………………………………………….Bill Taylor Vice President.………………………………………..Teri Feldmayer Catalog Producon Treasurer.………………………………………...Michelle Blandburg Editors……...... Anna Foas, Beth Lambert Secretary…………………….…………………………………….Rita Way Proofreaders……………………....Joan Axilbund, Doris Bloch, Rebecca Jann, Leti Labell, Lillian Brooks Manny Pablo Karen Murphy, Susan Van Hemel Evan Douple Mel Russell Catalog Associate…………..…………………………… Leigh Knox Paul Howard Charles Silver Marguerite Johnson Diane Stanley Staff Gloria Loew Russell Stone Execuve Director…………………………………Jennifer Disano [email protected] Marianne Metz Dave Talaber Administrator …………………………………….Susan Todenho Dave Osterman John Woods [email protected] Jennifer Disano, Execuve Director Finance Associate ……………………………………….Karen Nash [email protected] Communications/Program Associate...Alice Slayton Clark Other Key OLLI Posions [email protected] Program Associate….……………...Jennifer Ryan McMahon Audiovisual Support.…………………………………...Paul Howard [email protected] Development..……………………………………Lesley Bubenhofer Registrar……………………….…………..Shannon Kim Morrow OLLI E‐News…………...………………………………Paul Van Hemel [email protected] Facilies.………………………………………………………..Mel Russell Tallwood Site Assistant …………………………………Bill Walsh [email protected] Finance………………………….………….…………..David Osterman Loudoun Site Assistant ……………………………… Leigh Knox Governance.………………………………………………..Lillian Brooks [email protected] Landscaping………………………….Sally Berman, Sigrid Carlson Reston Site Assistant ……………….Dallas Joder Loudoun Coordinator………………………………………….Vacant [email protected] Off Site Assistants Member Services , Chair……………….………………..Toni Acton Meg Przybylski [email protected] Member Services, Hospitality…………………..Elaine Leonard Susan Job [email protected] Member Services, New Member Advisory…….Toni Acton Nancy Klein [email protected] Member Services, Office Volunteers……………..Toni Acton Member Services, Social Events………….……….Jim Dunphy Contact Informaon OLLI Historian………………………………………….Marianne Metz Tallwood office………………………………………..703‐503‐3384 OLLI Representave to Arts at Mason …………...Pat Carroll Execuve Director, Jennifer Disano………….703‐503‐7866 Outreach……………………………………………....Camille Hodges Fax………………………………………………………….…703‐503‐2832 Publicaons ………………………………………………………….Vacant Email………………………………………………………[email protected] Reston Coordinator …………………………………...Beth Lambert Website……………………………………………………...olli.gmu.edu Strategic Planning ………………………………………….Bill Taylor Member portal………………………….…..olligmu.auguso.net University Liaison ……………………………..…………...Pat Carroll Mason mail stop number………………………………...MSN 5C1 Website…………………………………………………Ernesne Meyer Mason@Loudoun mail stop number…………….…MSN 1G9

iv Courses: March 25–May 17 Fairfax/Loudoun/Reston Fairfax courses are indicated by the prefix “F,” Loudoun by an “L,” and Reston by an “R.”

Dance conduct an audion early in the spring 100 Art and Music semester to select their dancers and rehearse two or Program Planning Group Chairs: Marianne Metz, three mes a week unl the concert. They each have a Angie Talaber, Kosmo Tatalias faculty mentor to provide feedback on their work unl the adjudicated showing when the works for the Harris F101 Dance Choreography Sampler Concert program are selected. Aending rehearsals Mondays, 11:50–1:15, Mar. 25–Apr. 15 offers a chance to get to know the dancers and gain an Four sessions understanding of how choreography is a reflecon of Coordinator: Linda G. Miller our contemporary world. This course highlights the choreography of the three contemporary dance arsts involved in the School of F102 Geng the Most from the Photo Dance’s Gala Concert, March 29, 30 in the George Studio in Your Pocket: Your Mason Concert Hall and March 31 at the Hylton Smartphone Performing Arts Center. A behind‐the‐scenes look will Mondays, 11:50–1:15, Apr. 22–May 13 be offered on how these dances are created, from Four sessions inspiraon to casng, rehearsal, and finally Instructor: Stan Schreer performance. The course will feature works by: According to esmates, a total of 1.2 trillion digital ● Nacho Duato. Born in Valencia, Spain, his ballets photos were taken worldwide during 2017, form part of the repertoire of numerous companies, approximately 160 pictures for each person inhabing including the Stugart Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, planet Earth. This rapid growth of digital photography Royal Ballet, American Ballet Theater, and Paris Opera is a result of more than a billion people constantly Ballet. In 1998 the Spanish government awarded him carrying around a device that doubles as a digital the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts. camera—“the best camera is the one that’s with you.” ● Andonis Foniadakis, director of the Andonis According to InfoTrends’ esmates, 85 percent of all Foniadakis/Apotosoma Dance Company, has pictures were shot on smartphones. Your smartphone collaborated with many ballet companies worldwide, not only is a great camera, but also is your digital including the Sydney Dance Company, Martha Graham darkroom, mobile photo album, device to share Dance Company, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet photos with friends and family, as well as providing Company, and Ballets Jazz Montreal. His awards mobile applicaons that will support digital include the Danza e Danza Award for Best photography with your larger cameras. Your Choreography in 2012. smartphone is a photo studio in your pocket. This ● Lucinda Childs began her career at the Judson Dance course will provide a survey of why, when, and how to Theater in New York in 1963. In 1976 she was featured use your smartphone camera and other smartphone in the landmark avant‐garde opera Einstein on the apps for photography. All smartphones are not created Beach by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson. She has equal. The camera quality has dramacally improved choreographed more than 30 works for major ballet over the past few years. Differences across various companies, including the Paris Opera Ballet. She was manufacturers, devices, and soware sll connue. It recently inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Naonal will be difficult during the brief class me to Museum of Dance in Saratoga Springs, New York, concentrate on step‐by‐step instrucons for only one where an exhibion of her work has been installed. specific brand, but there will be me allocated in each Aendees will be invited to a rehearsal in the Concert class to address your device‐specific quesons. Hall, George Mason University on March 26, 27, or 28 Stan Schreer, an OLLI member, is an avid amateur (TBA). photographer and has taught courses at OLLI for many The course will also feature the choreographic works years. of student choreographers involved in the School of Dance's Spring Concert in Harris Theater April 11, 12, and 13. Student choreographers from the School of

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Art and Music F103 Music Sampler ordinary thing, I realize how extraordinary it is....” Tuesdays, 9:30–10:55, Mar. 26–May 14 Fredrick Franck, The Zen of Seeing. Note me This class is intended for students who are Fairfax Lord of Life Sanctuary experienced in drawing and wish to connue their Coordinators: Linda Apple Monson, Ina Mirtcheva‐ work in a supporve seng among others who share Blevins their desire to improve their art. Our focus will be on This course highlights examples of the musical talent striving to truly see the world around us by drawing, that abounds at Mason. Each week knowledgeable while exploring the visual effects and relaonships of and enthusiasc professors from the Mason School of light, value, color, form, dimension, and perspecve. Music, oen accompanied by their most promising We'll encourage free expression and use many students, will generously share their musical gis in different materials to create work that reflects the presentaons that are varied, lively, informave, and personal interest of each student. Projects will be entertaining. started in class but somemes completed outside of Dr. Linda Apple Monson, Internaonal Steinway Arst, class. Weekly class discussions of finished work will serves as director of the School of Music in the College of help students improve their talents. Supplies needed Visual and Performing Arts at George Mason University are subject to the interests of each student but might where she is a University Disnguished Service Professor. include pencils, charcoal, Conté crayons, ink pens, Monson has performed and lectured throughout the world. pastels, color pencils, and papers or other surfaces Dr. Ina Mirtcheva‐Blevins is a graduate of George Mason appropriate to the medium. University with a DMA in piano performance. She currently Bill Parsons earned an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth teaches keyboard skills at Mason and is also a faculty University in 1978 and has worked as a furniture maker and member of the Mason Community Arts Academy. designer, jeweler, silversmith, and ceramic arst. F104 Intermediate DSLR Photography Tuesdays, 9:40–11:05, Mar. 26–May 14 F106 Chinese Tradional Arts Potpourri Wednesdays, 9:40–11:05, Mar. 27–Apr. 17 Instructor: Dan Feighery Four sessions Class limit: 12 Instructors: Tianyu Yu, Hua Li, Luxia Dong, Dai Gu In these photography sessions our primary focus will ● Calligraphy: You will learn how to write be on geng it right in the camera. The course is designed for individuals who are proficient in using “花好月圆” (meaning ‘full blossom and full moon’ or their adjustable digital cameras. It will concentrate on perfecon) in zhuan style calligraphy using a Chinese various shoong situaons including: acon shots, brush. Parcipants will learn to write these four sports, pictures of people, drama support, close up/ Chinese characters, how to hold a brush and how to macro photography, and other areas of interest. arrange these four characters on the paper. At the end Aendees will complete weekly shoong assignments of the class, you will create a “masterpiece” of your and present their digital (.jpg) images (preferably right own to take home! out of the camera) for peer review and discussion. A ● Chinese painng: Parcipants will learn how to shoong assignment for review during the first class paint daffodils and peach blossoms. At the beginning will be sent in advance to all aendees. of spring, when the weather is geng warm, daffodils Dan Feighery earned a BS in physics from St. Joseph’s and peaches are always the first to open, bringing University in Philadelphia and a master’s in public color to spring. In Chinese culture, daffodils symbolize administraon from Golden Gate University in San purity and nobility; peach blossoms symbolize Francisco. He was the founder of the OLLI Photography Club longevity and love. Parcipants will complete a and has taught various OLLI photography courses. painng to take home. Photography has been one of his hobbies for the past seven ● Paper cra: Chinese papercuts are oen used to decades. decorate doors and windows and are somemes

F105 Drawing and Sketching Workshop referred to as “window flowers.” Papercuts are not Tuesdays, 2:15–3:40, Mar. 26–May 14 only considered a kind of handicra, but also a work of Fairfax Lord of Life, Conference Room art. Papercuts are used during Chinese fesvies such Instructor: Bill Parsons as Chinese New Year, weddings, and a child’s birth. Class limit: 14 Paper cuts always symbolize luck and happiness. “I have learned that what I have not drawn, I have Parcipants will be able to take home their own tokens never really seen, and that when I start drawing an of good luck created in this session.

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● Chinese knot making: Chinese knots come in a will enjoy presentaons on Japanese culture and learn variety of shapes and varying complexity, each the important role played by seasons in shaping historically having a symbolic meaning. Today, Chinese Japanese culture. Presentaons will include nature knots are used as decoraon, gis, and adornments on and animaon, Japanese kimono, sumi‐e (brush clothing. Skilled knot arsts weave complex knots that drawings), Japanese music, and waka (classical you might see sold as souvenirs. Parcipants will learn Japanese poems.) how to create Chinese knots called “Good Luck Knots” ● Apr. 24: A season of change: nature and technology and “Buon Knots.” in Japanese animaon. Professor Kathryn Hemmann, Professor Tianyu Yu and Professor Hua Li are Chinese George Mason University. Seasons and kimono. Keiko language teachers at the Confucius Instute at George Abrams and Mamiya Worland Mason University. They are vising faculty from Beijing ● May 1: Sumi‐e. Yoshiko Oishi Weick, sumi‐e arst. Language and Culture University with PhDs in applied ● May 8: Tradional Japanese poetry and the seasons. linguiscs. Luxia Dong and Dai Gu are pracce teachers at Professor Ichiro Leopold Hanami, George Washington the Confucius Instute at George Mason University. They both graduated from Beijing Language and Culture University. University with master’s in applied linguiscs. ● May 15: Seasons and koto performance. Washington Toho Koto Society. Calligraphy. Suigetsu F107 Introducon to Sketching and (Rie) Matsumoto, calligraphy instructor. Watercolor Art Wednesdays, 11:50–1:15, Mar. 27–May 15 F109 Dabbling Arsts Fairfax Lord of Life, Conference Room Wednesdays, 2:15–3:40, Mar. 27–May 15 Instructors: Suzanne Goldstein, Susann Hamilton Fairfax Lord of Life, Conference Room Class limit: 12 Instructors: Sue Goldstein, Susann Hamilton This class is for beginners only, who want to learn basic Class limit: 12 skills in sketching and watercolor art. We will discuss Come meet and work alongside fellow OLLI members pencil types and papers used to produce lines, shapes who dabble in sketching and watercolor painng. You and textures in perspecve, and appropriate bushes, provide your own materials and the picture or sketch paints and papers for watercolor painng. Artwork you plan to work on each week. There will be plenty of oen will be finished outside of class. Parcipants will advisory conversaon available along with suggesons need drawing pencils: numbers 2B, 4B, 5B, 6B, 7B or for projects you might enjoy. If you have taken 8B, and 2H, 3H or 4H; a sketching pad of 80 lb. weight “Introducon to Sketching and Watercolor,” this drawing paper; a kneadable eraser; one small and one course may be for you! Or, if you last picked up a large stump and a small scrap of sandpaper. pastel or brush in high school, maybe you’re ready to (Watercolor supplies will be discussed at the first do it again! This class is not intended for those who class.) Please do not register for the F105 Drawing and have no experience with drawing or painng. Sketching Workshop or F112 Watercolor painng class See F107 for instructor informaon. if you register for this class. F110 Everyone Has an Opinion: Susann Hamilton is a rered associaon execuve who has been an OLLI instructor of “Beginning Sketching.” Suzanne Memorable Arsc Scandals Goldstein is a rered math teacher and a longme Thursdays, 11:50–1:15, Mar. 28–Apr. 18 aendee of OLLI sketching and watercolor classes as well as Four sessions facilitator of the Annex Art Club. Instructor: Christopher With Over the centuries, arsts have created impressive F108 Seasons in Japanese Culture: Music, works of art. Somemes arsts are known equally for Arts, and Literature offensive as well as masterful creaons. Scandals are a Wednesdays, 11:50–1:15, Apr. 24–May 15 sustained undercurrent in the art world—especially in Four sessions our modern age—replete with challenges to the Coordinator: Yoko Thakur arsc, social, and polical order. Using four examples, Throughout their history Japanese people have been this course will describe the scandalous art work, fascinated by the natural phenomena and changes discuss the painter's career and intenons, address the brought about by each season. In fact, seasons have reasons for the scandal, and explain its ulmate smulated development of Japanese culture, including resoluon (if any). Beyond each of these descripve music, arts, and literature. In this course, the students concerns and underlying each of them lurks the larger

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Art and Music philosophical issue of who determines the meaning L113 Drawing and Painng Workshop and value of a work of art—the creator, the general Thursdays, 11:50–1:15, Mar. 28–May 16 public, gallery owners and museum professionals, the Instructor: Cathy Faraj courts, or the government. This fun and relaxing class is for all skill levels who ● Mar. 28: Edouard Manet’s Olympia. want pracce in sketching, drawing and watercolor. ● Apr. 4: John Singer Sargent’s Portrait of Madame X. We will help each other with techniques including ● Apr. 11: Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain. various paints, brushes, and paper for watercolor. We ● Apr. 18: Richard Serra’s Tilted Arc. will do four sessions of drawing and four of watercolor. Christopher With has worked in the educaon division of The facilitator will supply sll life arrangements or the Naonal Gallery of Art and has a degree in German photographs, or you may bring your own subjects. history from the University of California, Los Angeles. Some projects may have to be completed at home. A supply list will be emailed to each class parcipant. F111 Singing for Fun Cathy Faraj, a rered Fairfax County public school teacher, Thursdays, 2:15–3:40, Mar. 28–May 16 minored in art in her undergraduate studies and taught art Instructor: Palmer McGrew overseas for many years. She loves teaching and sharing her As the name says, we gather to have a good me, enthusiasm for all the arts. singing songs popular from the ‘30s to today. Class members are encouraged to bring in songs they would R114 Meet the Arsts like to sing. The only talent necessary is the desire to Thursdays, 2:15–3:40, Mar. 21–Apr. 25 sing. We have a wonderful keyboard accompanist, a Note dates percussionist, and an occasional banjo. It’s a lot of fun. Six sessions Palmer McGrew, an OLLI member, is a longme performer Reston Community Center (RCC) CenterStage in church choirs, barbershop choruses and quartets, and the Coordinator: Rosemary McDonald West Point Alumni Glee Club. He is the former director of ● Mar. 21: Beverly Cosham, cabaret singer and the Greenspring Choristers. entertainer, collaborates with Howard Breitbart to entertain with songs from the Great American F112 Watercolor Painng Songbook and other favorites. Thursdays, 2:15–3:40, Mar. 28–May 16 ● Mar.28: Chamasyan sisters, Monika (violin) and Instructor: Leonard Jusnian Marina (piano), will perform pieces from the classical Class limit: 15 repertoire. Both arsts have performed widely in This class will provide an opportunity for watercolor concert halls, including Strathmore and Carnegie, and painters at all levels to develop fresh skills while have recordings of their concerts. learning new watercolor techniques. Required ● Apr. 4: George Fu, graduate of Harvard and the materials include: #1, #6, and/or #8 round watercolor Curs Instute, recently returned from London where brushes; a paint palee for mixing colors; 140 lb. cold he studied at the London Conservatory of Music. He press watercolor paper (Arches is best, but you can will display his extraordinary musicianship at the use less expensive paper); a kneaded eraser; a keyboard. Staedtler white plasc eraser; and tubes of watercolor ● Apr. 11: Luke Frazier, founder and conductor of The paint in white, charcoal black, cadmium yellow American Pops Orchestra, holds an MM in conducng (medium), cadmium red (medium), and ultramarine from Ohio University and a BM in piano performance blue, or a starter set of watercolors. from West Virginia University. Details of this session Leonard Jusnian has been painng for more than 60 will be provided in the online catalog. years. Among other honors, he has received the ● Apr. 18: Dr. Linda Monson proudly presents her Grumbacher Award. He teaches watercolor painng in his highly gied students, who perform classical pieces Fairfax City studio and is also seen on Fairfax public access from an advanced piano repertoire, and she will also cable TV—Cox cable channel 10, and Verizon FiOS channel perform a selecon. 10. He is a member of the Washington Society of Landscape Painters, www.wslp.org. ● Apr. 25: Evelyn Mo, Harvard junior and student of John O’Connor, returns to the RCC CenterStage aer a summer in China teaching music to young students.

Recently, she has parcipated in compeons around the United States.

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R115 Surrealism: The Fortuitous dispersion of funds; and how to manage the estate of Encounter of a Sewing Machine and a parent locally or elsewhere. an Umbrella on a Dissecng Table Helen Flynn, a realtor and real estate specialist for seniors, Thursdays, 11:50–1:15, Apr. 25–May 16 has master’s degrees in educaon and social work. She will Four sessions be joined by an aorney and a move manager. She is Instructor: Christopher With affiliated with the Eric Stewart Group of Long and Foster Surrealism was a major cultural force in Europe Real Estate. between the two world wars and its tendrils reached from literature to the visual arts, film, and music. It F202 Capital in the Twenty‐First Century was born out of the horrors of World War I and the by Thomas Pikey ensuing pessimism of the early 1920s and fueled by Tuesdays, 2:15–3:40, Apr. 23–May 14 the popularity of Sigmund Freud’s theories of free Four sessions Instructors: Stephen Quick and Al Smuzynski associaon, the unconscious, and dream analysis. This controversial book, wrien by French economist Surrealist arsts strove to resolve the previously Thomas Pikey in 2014, examines the distribuon of contradictory condions of dream and reality into an wealth and income in four major economies (United absolute reality, a super‐reality. The hallmarks of this States, United Kingdom, Germany, and France) since vision were painngs of unnerving, illogical scenes the 19th century. From this historical record, Pikey produced with absolute photographic precision or the builds a theory regarding the likely future path of transformaon of objects from everyday reality into income and wealth inequality. He predicts a steady strange, illogical, and occasionally threatening concentraon of both income and wealth as overall otherworldly creatures. economic growth slows down, idenfies a number of ● Apr. 25: Origins and Organizaon: World War I and problems associated with this concentraon, and Dada. offers some suggesons as to how such inequalies ● May 2: Early Years and Inial Achievements. could possibly be reduced. This course will examine ● May 9: The Golden Years of the 1930s. both the book itself and some of the major criques ● May 16: World War II and Surrealism's Enduring that have been offered. Relevance. Stephen Quick, an OLLI member, holds a PhD in polical See F110 for instructor informaon. economy from Stanford University and has been staff director of the Congressional Joint Economic Commiee, 200 Economics and Finance chief economist for the Senate Democrac Policy Program Planning Group Chairs: Commiee, director of evaluaon and oversight of the Leo Brennan, Brenda Bloch‐Young, Ray Wilson Inter‐American Development Bank, and chief risk officer for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporaon. Al Smuzynski, an OLLI member, is the moderator of the Tom Crooker F201 Selling Your Home: A Guide for Investment Forum. He is a rered bank regulator and an Mature Sellers and Their Family advocate of affordable housing. He currently serves on the Members boards of Virginia Community Capital and VCC Bank. Tuesdays, 2:15–3:40, Apr. 2–Apr. 23 Four sessions F203 Stock Selecon and Analysis: Get Instructor: Helen Flynn Rich Slowly Selling a house one has lived in for 15 or more years is Tuesdays, 11:50–1:15, May 14–May 21 a major event and can be an overwhelming task. There Note dates are emoonal, physical, spiritual, financial, and social Two sessions ramificaons. It oen comes at a point in life when Instructor: Sy Sherman one’s physical and emoonal strength are depleted. This course will discuss the idenficaon, selecon, The purpose of this course is to provide informaon and analysis of stocks for personal investment and guidance for individuals and family members porolios. Discussion will focus on understanding fair facing this major undertaking and life challenge. Topics value and managing stocks longer term. Examples will include knowing when it is me to move; opons for be presented. where to live; what to do with your “stuff;” legal and Sy Sherman has held developmental, management, and execuve posions in the computer science and technology financial issues related to selling and estates; fields. He is a reree of IBM, where he helped develop

5 Economics and Finance sonar systems for the US Navy and advanced technology distribuon of income. We will also look briefly at systems for commercial applicaons. private, state, and local debt. Each class discussion may be supplemented with a presentaon by an F204 Estate Planning expert from the George Mason faculty or other budget Wednesdays, 9:40–11:05, Mar. 27–Apr. 10 experts. Three sessions Jim Cantwell, an OLLI member, rered from the US Senate Instructor: Sarah Parks Joint Economic Commiee. He worked as a health The instructor will share her experience with estate economist/budget analyst at the US House of planning and rerement living for seniors and their Representaves Commiee on the Budget and at the families. The purpose is to educate seniors about ways Government Accountability Office. He was an assistant to become proacve in planning their estates. professor of economics at Texas A&M University and a ● Mar. 27: An Overview of Estate Planning. Gi and health economist with the American Medical Associaon. estate taxes, wills and probate, and powers of aorney will be discussed. F206 The Tom Crooker Investment Forum ● Apr. 3: Trusts. What are trusts and how do they Wednesdays, 11:50–1:15, Mar. 27–May 15 work? Fairfax Lord of Life ● Apr. 10: Medical Decision Making. What is a Moderator: Al Smuzynski The Investment Forum, which meets weekly healthcare direcve, and how does it work? We will throughout the year, addresses investment topics of also discuss hospice care—what it is and how it parcular interest to rerees. A weekly agenda is operates. Sarah Parks is an aorney who limits her pracce to estate distributed, and each session begins with an open planning. Her firm is Custom Estate Planning, which she has discussion of recent events in the economy and in been operang since 1995. She has a JD degree from the financial markets and their impact on investment Mason School of Law and an LLM from the Georgetown decisions. Member presentaons typically include University Law Center. such topics as: recent market indicators, stocks, bonds, funds (mutual, exchange‐traded, and closed‐end), real F205 The Federal Debt, Taxes, Spending, estate investment trusts (REITs), opons, commodies, and the Bankrupng of America: master limited partnerships, sectors, allocaons, and 2019 and Beyond investment strategies. We use analyses and data from Wednesdays, 9:40–11:05, Apr. 24–May 15 the financial press. Four sessions See F202 for instructor informaon. Instructor: Jim Cantwell This course will address several aspects of the current L207 Transion: A Guide for Homeowners $21 trillion federal debt, including how it has grown Wednesdays, 11:50–1:15, Apr. 17–May 1 over me, projected debt levels over the next several Three sessions decades, and whether the Trump tax cuts will increase Instructor: Mark Sierakowski or decrease deficits through economic growth. This course will go over items most important to OLLI Because of their large and growing contribuons to homeowners who are considering moving: federal deficits, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, ● Selling Your House—Going over the process of interest on the debt, and military spending will be seng a list price, preparing your house for sale, examined in some depth using Congressional Budget working through the selling process, finalizing Office data. Quesons to be addressed include: Why everything at selement. does the federal debt maer, anyway? How close are ● Care Opons—Knowing the different levels of care, we to being bankrupt and are we any different from e.g., assisted living, independent living, working with Greece, a country in fiscal distress? Is there a rao of professional care givers. US debt to naonal income where a debt‐fueled ● Senior Law—Making sure your interests and economic crisis becomes inevitable? What is the intenons are carried out and protected through trade‐off between fiscal austerity and economic advance direcves. growth? Are America’s and our grandkids’ futures in Classes will be taught by a senior real estate specialist, peril because of the growing debt? How might the a senior care specialist, and a senior law aorney. debt impact current rerees? The federal budget Mark Sierakowski is an OLLI member and a senior real process will be examined as well as tax policy and the estate specialist with Long and Foster.

6 History R208 Transion: A Guide for F302 Tudors by the Numbers Homeowners Mondays, 2:15–3:40, Mar. 25–Apr. 8 Mondays, 11:50–1:15, Apr. 29–May 13 Three sessions Three sessions Instructor: Carol Ann Lloyd Instructor: Mark Sierakowski Enjoy fun stories about the Tudors by some quite This is a repeat of L207. fascinang numbers—how many ways did Tudor monarchs come to the throne, how many people did “Bloody Mary” really kill, how big did Henry VIII 300 History actually get? Program Planning Group Chairs: Emme Fenlon, Carol Ann Lloyd is a scholar, professional speaker, and Beth Lambert, Bernie Oppel, Dick Young author who teaches courses on Shakespeare and English history. Since 2012, she has presented at the Smithsonian, Folger Shakespeare Library, Agecro Hall, and other F301 Russia‐gate: “What's It All About, locaons. She is currently working on a book exploring the Alfie?” stascs and stories of the Tudors. Mondays, 11:50–1:15, Mar. 25–Apr. 15 Four sessions F303 The Civil War Beyond the Bales Instructor: Burt Wides Tuesdays, 11:50–1:15, Mar. 26–May 7 Coordinator: Dick Young Seven sessions The past two years’ kaleidoscope of headline Instructor: Jim Anderson revelaons, tweets, and court proceedings has made Each of these lectures covers a different aspect of the Russia‐gate hard to follow, let alone to understand the American Civil War. Lectures will avoid the usual focus welter of charges about “fake news,” hacked e‐mails, on military campaigns or individual bales in favor of covert social media, collusion, conspiracy, and topics tangenally related to the fighng but rarely corrupon. As was true during Watergate, Washington covered in the usual survey course. The topics include: has been “like a burlesque runway, where you never ● The Provost Marshal focuses on the military know what's coming off next.” The instructor will clarify “policeman,” of the 130,000‐man Union Army of the the issues, the accusaons, and the responses among Potomac. the players of this saga. He will present all sides and an ● Faith in the Fight examines the roles and dues of objecve as possible analysis, from one who has been army chaplains. in the trenches for decades describing a Rashomon ● Civil War Medicine discusses advances in medical situaon. The class will also address the relave roles treatment of wounds and diseases. of congressional invesgaons, the special prosecutors, ● Women’s Roles explores expanding roles of women, and impeachment in our system of checks and including combat. balances, and how the United States is defending our ● New York City in the War reveals the controversies in democracy against foreign interference. the naon’s largest city. Burt Wides, a former senior counsel to several senators and ● Dan Sickles: Scoundrel exposes the checkered career both congressional judiciary commiees, also was chief of one infamous general. invesgave counsel for the Church Commiee and special Jim Anderson spent 27 years with the CIA, including tours in counsel to President Carter for oversight of US intelligence Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Far East. He holds agencies. He coauthored Archibald Cox's charter as degrees in history from Rhodes College and the University Watergate special prosecutor and the subsequent of Memphis. For 12 years aer rerement he conducted Independent Counsel Act, which was replaced by the Jusce corporate leadership training seminars featuring Civil War Department regulaons under which Special Counsel balefield visits. He has been an instructor at OLLI for nine Mueller has operated. years, teaching courses and leading tours focusing on the Civil War and the American West.

7 History F304 Close‐up on US History resentment of farmers and workers against powerful Tuesdays, 11:50–1:15, May 7–May 14 elites. The populists were succeeded by the Two sessions progressive movement (1900‐1920) led by middle‐ and Instructor: Jack French upper‐class professionals who believed that experse ● May 7: History of Civil War Medicine. What was the and efficiency could develop policies that served the status of medical pracce during the Civil War? Did needs of all. The differing atudes and approaches of paents really “bite the bullet” during an operaon? populism and progressivism have connued to shape Were there female or African‐American doctors? Were our polical discourse to this day. certain poisons actually prescribed by medical David Heymsfeld, an OLLI member, was a congressional personnel? How was the Civil War responsible for the professional staffer for 35 years. He has taught previous OLLI formaon of the funeral industry? Why did more classes in history and social science and is a volunteer guide for the Newseum. soldiers die from disease than bullets in the war? Who staffed a “field hospital” and what were they like F306 The Brish Side of the American inside? The course will cover all of these topics and Revoluon also discuss the role of women and nurses’ corps and Thursdays, 9:40–11:05, Mar. 28–Apr. 18 explain what Dorothea Dix, Clara Barton, and Elizabeth Four sessions Blackwell had in common. Instructor: Beth Lambert ● May 14: Early History of the FBI. Did Machine Gun In principle we all agree that there are two sides to Kelly really nickname the FBI agents “G‐Men?” What every story, but have we ever looked at the American happened at the Kansas City Massacre? Why wasn't Revoluon from the other side? Have we ever kidnapping a criminal offense when Charles quesoned the moves of American patriots as well as Lindbergh’s son was stolen from his crib and killed? those of King George and his parliament? Are we How was this case solved? Who were the famous aware that at least a third of the colonists remained outlaws in the “Gangster Era” and how were they loyal to the Crown and that these loyalists were as captured or killed? Which radio programs about the varied in social posions, occupaons, and moves as FBI were authorized by the Bureau and which were their patriot neighbors? Are we aware that a not? significant number of slaves and Nave Americans Jack French graduated from the University of Wisconsin fought on the side of the Brish—and had good with a BS in educaon. He served three years as a naval reasons for doing so? And what exactly happened at officer at shore facilies tracking Soviet submarines. He Yorktown? Was it as straighorward as we have became an FBI agent, serving 23 years in Dallas, St. Louis, thought? In these four sessions we will view the and at FBI headquarters in Washington, DC. He has two American Revoluon from the other side of the pond. published books on old‐me radio. There are more than a few surprises in store when we F305 Modern America Begins: The Gilded do. Age and the Progressive Era Beth Lambert is coordinator of the Reston OLLI program Wednesdays, 11:50–1:15, Apr. 24–May 15 and of the History Club. She is professor emerita of English Four sessions at Geysburg College where she taught courses on all aspects of 18th century Britain. Her biography of Edmund Instructor: David Heymsfeld Burke was published by the University of Delaware Press. The so‐called Gilded Age, from 1865 to 1900, transformed America from an agricultural country of F307 Off the Beaten Path (Naonal Park scaered farms and communies east of the Rangers) Mississippi into the world’s largest industrial power, Thursdays, 2:15–3:40, Mar. 28–May 16 with major cies and a populaon spreading across a Coordinators: Brad Berger, Emme Fenlon connent. This explosive growth was accompanied by The rangers at the Mall and Naonal Parks are serious problems of corrupon, economic inequality, extremely familiar with sites and stories that draw inhumane working condions, urban squalor, major visitors by the millions. There are also those less depressions, racial segregaon, and rural poverty. The popular sites which may be noced upon passing by course will discuss the posive and negave aspects of on a stroll, glanced at briefly while a passenger in a car, the Gilded Age and two polical movements which or seen on a leisurely bike ride. There are statues and aempted to limit its excesses. First, the populist memorials which may elude and confound the idle movement of the 1890s embodied the polics of passersby. “I know it...but what IS it?” What are the

8 History stories behind some of these “familiar vessels and a crew of hundreds set out to map the unfamiliaries?” Join us and find out! enre Pacific Ocean. It named the newly discovered Naonal Park Service Rangers have parcipated with OLLI connent of Antarcca, set the stage for the statehood in scores of themac courses, special events, and trips since of the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii, and provided the 2001. foundaon of the Smithsonian Instuon. Fraught with danger, controversy, and intrigue, its discoveries L308 Big History: a Massive, Open, surpassed even those of Lewis and Clark. Online Course from Macquarie Hank Taylor rered as an informaon systems engineer University from MITRE in 2012. During his 47‐year career he Mondays, 9:40–11:05, Mar. 25–May 13 parcipated in the design and implementaon of large‐scale Instructor: Ray Beery computer systems for both the United States and foreign We currently face unprecedented challenges on a governments. He holds degrees in electrical engineering global scale. These problems do not fall neatly into and experimental psychology. disciplines, and they are connected. Join us on this epic journey of 13.8 billion years starng at the Big L311 Jerusalem's Holy Sites: History and Bang and travelling through me all the way to the Controversy future. Discover the connecons in our world, the Tuesdays, 11:50–1:15, Apr. 30–May 14 power of collecve learning, how our universe and our Three sessions world have evolved from incredible simplicity to ever‐ Instructor: Allan H. Goodman This course will review the history of Jerusalem, increasing complexity. Experience our modern emphasizing the origins of, and the compeng rights scienfic origin story through Big History and discover to, the holy sites of Judaism, Chrisanity, and Islam. the important links between past, current, and future We will focus on the most controversial religious site, events. Ray Beery, long‐me OLLI teacher, has presented other known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims history and polics MOOC (massive, open, online courses) as the Noble Sanctuary. This is the locaon of the from world‐renowned champion university professors. Jewish Temples, the Western Wall, the Muslim Dome of the Rock, and the al–Aqsa Mosque. We will also L309 Nave American Veterans in the discuss the complicated administraon of the Church Wars of the Holy Sepulcher (where Jesus was crucified and Tuesdays, 11:50–1:15, Apr. 9–Apr. 16 buried) and the evoluon of the Via Dolorosa (Jesus’ Two sessions route to the crucifixion). Addional topics will include Instructor: Michael Nephew recent controversies concerning demolion under the “The French and Indian War” was a misnomer. In fact, Temple Mount/Noble Sanctuary by the Muslim Nave Americans fought on both sides of that war. Authority, the issue of who will control the Nave Americans have fought in almost all of the wars archaeological excavaons of the “City of David” in of the colonies and the United States. This is a brief East Jerusalem, and the polical/religious movement history of Nave Americans in the military from the to rebuild the Jewish Temple. French and Indian War to present‐day conflicts. Allan H. Goodman is a judge, mediator, arbitrator, and Michael Nephew is a cizen of the Eastern Band of author of the novel Father, Son, Stone, a historical mystery Cherokee Indians and comes from a long line of Nave that takes place in Israel. He is a graduate of the American veterans. He is also a past president of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and the American Indian Society of Washington, DC and of the University of Toledo College of Law, and a member of the American Indian Inter‐Tribal Organizaon. bars of Virginia, Maryland, and DC. He has also been an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center. L310 The US Ex Ex: The Greatest Adventure Lost to History L312 The Flag of the United States: Tuesdays, 9:40–11:05, Apr. 23–Apr. 30 Origins, Myths, and Legends Two sessions Tuesdays, 9:40–11:05, May 7–May 14 Instructor: Hank Taylor Two sessions The US Exploring Expedion of 1838–1842 was one of Instructor: Peter Ansoff the most ambious voyages of discovery the western The flag of the United States is a familiar and popular world has ever seen. On a scale that dwarfed the symbol, and it is the subject of hundreds of books. journey of Lewis and Clark, six magnificent sailing However, our knowledge of its origins is actually rather

9 History sparse, and writers’ aempts to fill the void have the Department of Jusce, to mentor to a young produced a thicket of mythology and misinformaon. George S. Paon, Mosby’s life was an amazing one. This course will cover the historical evidence for the Aer this class, you may just end up braking for a few origins of the American flag and some of the many local historical markers. myths that have become aached to it over the years, Jim Dunphy is a rered colonel in the US Air Force, and including the famous story of Betsy Ross. It will also holds, among other degrees, a master’s in history. discuss the patchwork of rules for handling and displaying the flag and some of the controversies R315 Rangers’ Choice: A Different Topic these rules have generated. Every Week! Peter Ansoff rered in 2018 from a career as a support Tuesdays, 2:15–3:40, Apr. 23–May 14 contractor for US Navy ship acquision programs. He is a Four sessions member of the North American Vexillological Associaon Rose Gallery at Reston Community Center, Lake Anne (an internaonal organizaon dedicated to the study of Coordinators: Brad Berger, Emme Fenlon flags) and is currently serving as its president. His other Mystery topics abound! There is no thread that binds interests include marime history and lighter‐than‐air the lectures week to week. The Naonal Park Service aviaon history. rangers will reveal four new topics, one on each presentaon day. We will explore obscure local L313 Oddball Russian Aircra connecons to people, places, or events that few Thursdays, 2:15–3:40, Mar. 28–Apr.25 rarely, if ever, associate with either Washington, DC or Five sessions the repertoire of Naonal Mall park rangers. Instructor: Michael S. Moore See F307 for instructor informaon. This review of unusual Russian aircra designs starts with the pre‐October Revoluon period, followed by R316 John Adams: Patriot, Husband, Soviet aviaon through World War II, then the Cold Polician, Father War, to modern mes. The presentaons include Thursdays, 9:40–11:05, Mar. 28–May 16 informaon on the designers, development issues, Instructor: Mark Sierakowski performance, and service history. This course weaves the public and private lives of John Michael S. Moore is a US Air Force veteran, having served and Abigail Adams and their children with an array of as a Russian intercept operator and a rered Central major figures within the over‐arching story of the birth Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer with extensive me of independence and the trials and tribulaons that overseas in his 33‐year career. He has also worked for the followed. Movies, diaries, and leers tell the story Air Force Associaon as a policy analyst, and volunteered about: with the Naonal Air and Space Museum as a Russian‐ speaking, behind‐the‐scenes assistant to the Russian ● Adams’ defense of the Brish soldiers at the Boston aviaon curator. He worked for 13 years as a contractor Massacre. The making of Adams the patriot. with the CIA World Factbook, analyzing ground, naval, and ● The struggles of the Connental Congress in air forces of the world. declaring independence. ● John and Abigail’s pain of separaon. Adams taking L314 The Grey Ghost in Peace and War their son John Quincy, to France. Adams’ contenon Thursdays, 2:15–3:40, May 9–May 16 with the French and Dutch while working with Two sessions Benjamin Franklin and Arthur Lee. Instructor: Jim Dunphy ● Abigail’s travels to France. Returning home, Adams OLLI Mason is located in the center of what was faces the prospect of helping to lead the new naon. known as Mosby’s Confederacy—so, join us on a trip ● Adams as vice president and president. Abigail as with the Grey Ghost through bales and raids in “counselor.” northern Virginia. But even more amazing than his ● Rerement. Abigail’s death. Correspondence with service in the Civil War were the 50 years Mosby lived Jefferson. Adams’ and Jefferson’s death on July 4, aer that. From consul in Hong Kong, to aorney for 1826. the Southern Pacific railroad, to special invesgator for See L207 for instructor informaon.

10 Literature, Theater, and Writing 400 Literature, Theater, and the 1930s to post‐World War II films to contemporary Wring films will be presented. The class will view selected Program Planning Group Chairs: Pat Bangs, Kerry films that highlight themes of the genre with brief Bean, Jackie Gropman, Kae Mitchell, Nancy lectures preceding each class. Scheeler (Reston), Rala Stone, Shirley Springfloat Barry Strauch rered from the Naonal Transportaon Safety Board aer 33 years of service as an invesgator. He received a PhD in educaonal psychology from Penn State F401 OLLI Players Workshop and has taught psychology and human factors psychology at Mondays, 9:40–11:05, Mar. 25–May 13 various US universies and for foreign governments. He has Instructor: Kathie West taken several undergraduate cinema classes, both online Associate Instructor: Wendy Campbell and at New York University and George Mason University. This is a connuing acng and producing workshop for serious theater‐minded parcipants, conducted by the F404 “Sheer Playfulness and Deadly OLLI Players, an amateur theater group affiliated with Seriousness:” Philip Roth’s Early George Mason University. In our repertoire we Work incorporate lyrics, short scenes, monologues, and Tuesdays, 9:40–11:05, Mar. 26–May 14 original plays, while pung together variety shows, Instructor: Cameron Menchel vaudeville shows, and a radio show. We perform at Philip Roth was one of the finest writers of his various local venues such as senior centers and generaon. In this course we will begin with his debut libraries. You must be willing to travel during the day, novella Goodbye, Columbus (1959) and one of the mostly on Fridays. Carpooling is an opon available. stories also included in that book, “The Conversion of Winter and spring 2019 we will be rehearsing a The Jews.” Goodbye, Columbus heralded the arrival of murder mystery to be performed in May. Come, join, a major literary talent, one equipped with a fresh— and be willing to tout OLLI Players and your talents! and oen hilarious—take on the Jewish‐American Kathie West, an OLLI member, is a former actor of the experience. We will also read The Ghost Writer (1979), Pisburg Theatre and a past theater teacher at Robert E. a provocave meditaon on the challenges that a Lee High School and Thomas Jefferson High School for young author encounters in seeking a mentor and Science and Technology. She is also the director of OLLI violang tribal taboos. This short novel, published Players. Wendy Campbell, an OLLI member, is a curriculum originally in two installments in The New Yorker, is now developer and a re‐enactor. She taught in the gied widely considered to be one of his best. Roth once said program in Fairfax County Public Schools for 20 years, in an interview, “Sheer playfulness and deadly introducing pre‐teens to the wonders of Shakespeare, seriousness are my closest friends.” In reading these Plautus, and Sophocles. early works, we will immerse ourselves in these ferle and capvang friendships.

F402 Readers’ Theater Cameron Menchel received a BA in English and graduated Mondays, 11:50–1:15, Mar. 25–May 13 Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude from the College of Coordinators: Pa Rainey, Sandy Lisiewski William & Mary. He is interested in pursuing graduate study Class limit: 28 in literature. OLLI’s Readers’ Theater is great fun for the secret actor in all of us! Scripts are usually monologues, poetry, F405 Great English Short Stories short skits, or scenes from longer plays. A fresh variety Tuesdays, 2:15–3:40, Mar. 26–May 14 of theatrical materials is provided by our creave Instructor: Kay Menchel coordinators. Parts may be handed out in advance or In this course we will read a number of stories from read cold. No memorizaon is ever required. Even if The Oxford Book of English Short Stories, edited by you’ve tried Readers’ Theater before, come back. We renowned novelist A.S. Bya. Many of England’s most are always trying something new! accomplished authors have done excellent work in the short form. This course provides us with an F403 Film Noir opportunity to sample a wide range of voices, Mondays, 1:40–3:40, Mar. 25–May 13 including writers as different as Evelyn Waugh and Note me Alan Sillitoe. We will look at one or two stories per Instructor: Barry Strauch class and discuss how they channel and respond to A brief history of film noir from its beginnings in various cultural moments in English history. German Expressionist cinema and US pulp ficon of

11 Literature, Theater, and Writing Kay Menchel grew up in Yorkshire, England, and is a medieval literature, science ficon, fantasy, and children's lawyer who also holds an MA in English literature from literature. She holds a PhD in medieval studies from Yale George Mason University. She has taught numerous University. literature classes and always enjoys sharing her passion for English literature with OLLI members. F408 Trollope’s Can You Forgive Her? Or Palliser 1 F406 Poetry Workshop Wednesdays, 11:50–1:15, Mar. 27–May 15 Tuesdays, 2:15–3:40, Mar. 26–May 14 Class limit: 35 Moderators: Mike McNamara, Jan Bohall Instructor: Ellen Moody Class limit: 16 In this course we will begin a journey through This workshop allows both novice and experienced Trollope’s famous roman fleuve: the six Palliser novels poets the opportunity to share their work and receive over six spring/fall terms. The series mirrors and suggesons for improvement. Workshop members delves into many levels of society and central issues of should bring an original poem in dra or in revised life in 19th‐century Europe. It contains a cast of form to each session. Two poems should be sent to brilliantly conceived recurring characters in a realisc, the OLLI Tallwood office for duplicaon one week thoroughly imagined landscape. Can You Forgive Her? before the first class meeng, and a third poem should iniates central linked themes of coerced marriage, be brought to the first session. The moderators will class, and parliamentary polics, and contains email students aer registraon to let them know extraordinary psychological portraiture. As we review exactly when and where to send their poems for the the books, we'll watch segments of the 1970s film first class. adaptaon dramazing this material in original Mike McNamara, an OLLI member, has been published in modern ways. several literary journals and magazines and has received Ellen Moody holds a PhD in English literature and taught in awards from the Poetry Society of Virginia. OLLI member colleges for more than 30 years. She has published more on Jan Bohall has had poems published in various periodicals Trollope than any other topic: one book, four essays on his and has won awards from the Poetry Society of Virginia. ficon, two essays on the film adaptaons, and many reviews. Online she leads a Trollope reading group, blogs F407 The Arthurian Legend: Past and about Trollope, and maintains a website with much Present informaon and many posngs from group reads and Wednesdays, 9:40–11:05, Mar. 27 –Apr. 17 discussions online about his work. Four sessions Instructor: Amelia Rutledge F409 Pung It Together: The Life and Class limit: 40 Works of Stephen Sondheim This course will deal less with the queson “was there Wednesdays, 11:50–1:15, Mar. 27–Apr. 17 a King Arthur?” than with the affirmaon that “there Four sessions are many Arthurs now.” The Celc warlord became a Coordinator: Norma Jean Reck king in the romances of Chréen de Troyes, who We will explore composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim's added Lancelot and the Grail to the legend; a Celc life and career from his beginnings growing up on the upper west side of Manhaan to achieving madman/prophet became the king's wizard. Sir internaonal recognion as one of the premier Thomas Malory and Alfred, Lord Tennyson present us with today's best‐known versions of the legends. We composers of our me. His long career spanned more will also examine the Arthurian legend in the visual than half a century, during which me he revoluonized the art form of musical theatre. His arts and the legend retold by contemporary writers. complex, intricate music and intelligent lyrics have ● Mar. 27: Arthur and Merlin: Celc and Lan shown themselves to have the power to bring his sources. ● Apr. 3: King/Queen; Court/Grail Quest. characters to life in a way seldom seen on the ● Apr. 10: Rescuing Arthurian Legend: Sir Thomas Broadway stage. We will analyze the evoluon of his music, lyrics, and themes and talk about his Malory and Alfred, Lord Tennyson. collaboraons. This context will provide the ● Apr. 17: The Legend in the Arts/The Legend understanding necessary to further appreciate Merrily Renewed. Amelia A. Rutledge rered from the English department at We Roll Along, which Mason's School of Theater will George Mason University where she taught courses in perform in May. All OLLI members are welcome to aend a 3:00 pm manee on Friday, May 3 at Mason.

12 Literature, Theater, and Writing Mason's Musical Director Joe Walsh and music F411 So You Wanna Write Poetry, but student‐Sondheim devotee Caleb Cassell will present Don’t Think You Can the course sessions. Thursdays, 11:50–1:15, Mar. 28–May 16 ● Mar. 27: Sondheim pre‐1981, including Merrily We Instructors: Ed Sadtler, Carolyn Wya Roll Along, Sondheim's semi‐autobiographical musing Class limit: 10 on friendship and the high price of success. This is a class for those who aspire to write poetry but ● Apr. 3: Sondheim post‐1981, including Sunday in the fear there is some mysterious secret behind this Park with George, Road Show, and current work on a wrien, verbal art form. Perhaps you just need the musical based on the works of Luis Bunuel. encouragement and impetus to give it a try; so, sign up ● Apr. 10: A Sondheim Celebraon. As Sondheim and find the support you need! Each session will be wrote in Merrily We Roll Along, “there's so much stuff divided into three segments: a discussion of cra, a to sing.” me to write, and a me to share what’s been wrien. ● Apr. 17: In‐depth analysis and preparaon for Come and surprise yourself! aending the performance of Merrily We Roll Along at Ed Sadtler, a graduate of Shippensburg State College in Mason. Pennsylvania, has conducted many wring workshops at OLLI and has taught poetry wring classes for the Lifeme On May 3, Mason's School of Theater will perform Learning Instute of Northern Virginia Community College. Merrily We Roll Along at a 3 pm manee. Details about Carolyn Wya is a rered federal informaon officer who purchasing ckets will be provided in class. has traveled widely in her career. She has an MA in Spanish Norma Jean Reck is a lifelong theater lover and from Indiana University and aspires to be a poet and a wise coordinator of OLLI's Theater Lovers' Groups in Fairfax and woman. Reston.

F410 Musicals from Both Sides of the F412 Dante’s Paradiso Footlights Thursdays, 9:40–11:05, Apr. 25–May 16 Thursdays, 11:50–1:15, Mar. 28–May 16 Four sessions Instructors: Skip Bromley, Kathie West Instructor: Krisna Olson Theater directors Skip Bromley and Kathie West will In this course, we will read Dante’s Paradiso (Paradise), show you highlights from some of the most‐loved the third cancle of his magnum opus Divine Comedy, musicals in history. Scenes from South Pacific, in English. Given the difficulty of the material, we will Oklahoma, My Fair Lady, Guys and Dolls, Fiddler on read Paradise not with the ambion of complete the Roof, The Sound of Music, West Side Story, The comprehension, but as an introducon to the beauty Wizard of Oz, Into the Woods, Barnum, Once on this and complexity of Dante’s rich poetry. For those who Island, Camelot, Lile Shop of Horrors, and Evita will have taken the courses already offered on Dante’s be shown. Then they will share with you what Inferno and Purgatory, this course will connue to happened backstage to produce these shows. This examine the key themes of his poems: the soul’s class will provide musical memories and behind‐the‐ journey into the aerlife, the poet’s life and mes, scenes magic. There will even be me for a sing‐along. including ancient and contemporary polics and Relive the shows. Learn about producon trials and literary influences. Prior knowledge of Dante’s poems triumphs. Then, add your voice to the chorus with is not required, but some familiarity is encouraged. Krisna Olson is associate professor of Italian and Italian Lile Shop of Horrors and The Fantascs. program coordinator at George Mason University. She is the Skip Bromley is an award‐winning teacher who worked for author of Courtesy Lost: Dante, Boccaccio and the Fairfax County Public Schools for 37 years. He was Literature of History (University of Toronto Press, 2014) and recognized for his tenure at Oakton High School with the several arcles on Dante, Boccaccio and Petrarch. She is naming of the school auditorium in his honor. He studied also the co‐editor of Boccaccio 1313‐2013 (Longo Editore, theatre at Catholic University, and has produced and 2015), and, together with Chris Kleinhenz, co‐editor of the directed many plays and musicals throughout his career. He second edion of Approaches to Teaching Dante’s Comedy, has been deeply influenced by Greek mythology and which is forthcoming with the Modern Language history, weaving his knowledge into the development of a Associaon. She serves as vice president of the American modern‐day curriculum appealing to all ages. Boccaccio Associaon. See F401 for instructor informaon.

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L413 Memoir Wring L416 Amsterdam Noir Tuesdays, 9:40–11:05, Mar. 26–May 14 Wednesdays, 2:15–3:40, Mar. 27–May 8 Instructor: Ron Shapiro Seven sessions Learn to write about your individual and shared Instructor: Josh Pachter history in ways that will clarify your vision, whether Amsterdam Noir is the newest volume in Akashic you are looking into your past, documenng your Books’ City Noir series. In this volume, 15 Dutch present, or contemplang your future. Using a variety authors take you on a guided tour of their capital city's of prompts ranging from video clips to family arfacts, dark side. In this course, we will read and then discuss writers will discover new ways to tap into their life the stories. Your tour guide will be Josh Pachter, who stories. co‐edited the book, co‐wrote one of the stories, and Ron Shapiro taught high school English and creave translated everything into English. You may purchase a wring with the Fairfax County Public Schools for 30 years, copy of this book on Amazon or directly from the where he developed innovave wring curricula and was publisher at www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/ disnguished for teaching excellence. He developed amsterdam‐noir/. “Elderberries,” a memoir wring course at Goodwin Josh Pachter is an author, editor, and translator. He House in Alexandria. He has taught wring classes at OLLI teaches communicaon studies and film appreciaon at and published several arcles, including “Raising Self‐ Northern Virginia Community College–Loudoun, and has Esteem Through Wring.” been an OLLI instructor for several years.

L414 What is a Poem? L417 Good Omens: The Nice and Tuesdays, 11:50–1:15, Mar. 26–Apr. 16 Accurate Prophesies of Agnes Four sessions Nuer, Witch Instructor: Richard Wilan Wednesdays, 2:15–3:40, Mar. 27–May 15 This course will be a discussion of the nature and Instructor: Wendy Campbell purpose of poetry from the perspecve of a college Are you a fan of Terry Pratche or Neil Gaiman? Have professor who teaches reading and wring about you already read Good Omens? Have you never heard poems. The instructor will present some of the of it? Whichever descripon fits you, come and join us approaches from his Introducon to Literature to discover the ins and outs of this wonderfully tongue textbook, starng with Robert Frost’s “Stopping by in cheek book about Armageddon. “According to Woods on a Snowy Evening,” and followed by the Agnes Nuer, Witch, the world will end on Saturday. crics’ responses. He will talk about some of his Next Saturday in fact. So the armies of Good and Evil favorite poems for teaching such topics as metaphors, are amassing. Atlans is rising, frogs are falling, symbols, and themes. Discussion will be welcomed tempers are flaring…Right. Everything appears to be both in class and online. going according to Divine Plan.” Except that it isn't! Or, Richard Wilan holds a PhD from the University of maybe it is? This wonderful cult classic has recently Maryland and is professor emeritus at Northern Virginia been turned into a TV miniseries by Neil Gaiman. The Community College, where he has taught English for many word is that it is to be aired in early 2019 on Amazon years. He is the co‐author of Prence‐Hall’s Introducon to Prime TV. Students in this course are encouraged to Literature. get a copy of Good Omens, available on Amazon and to read the prelude tled “In the Beginning.”

L415 Writers’ Workshop See F401 for instructor informaon. Wednesdays, 9:40–11:05, Mar. 27–May 15 Instructor: Ed Sadtler R418 Mystery's Histories: Mysteries Set Class limit: 10 in Historical Periods This class uses a roundtable format to foster an Mondays, 9:40–11:05, Mar. 25–May 13 environment for writers of all levels to give and receive Instructor: Paul Gonzalez encouragement, feedback, and construcve cricism. Love mysteries? Love history? Learn how to enjoy both All genres of wring are welcome, including poetry, with mystery series that are set in historical periods ficon, memoirs, and historical pieces. To each of and depict the history of the me accurately while also these categories we apply the same underlying providing a good mystery and a good read. This is an commitment: to write a compelling work that fully updated version of a course previously offered . conveys the author’s intenons. Neither a historian nor a mystery writer, OLLI member See F411 for instructor informaon.

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Paul Gonzalez is a lifelong reader of mysteries and has University and also holds an MS degree in computer compiled an extensive list of historical mystery series. He science. loves both history and mysteries and wants to share these passions with the class. R421 Stan Lee and the Silver Age of Marvel Comics R419 The Sonnets of William Tuesdays, 11:50–1:15 May 7–May 21 Shakespeare Three sessions Mondays, 11:50–1:15, Mar. 25–Apr. 29 Note dates Six sessions Instructor: Jim Dunphy Instructor: Karen Miles When one thinks of comic books over the past 75 The 154 sonnets of Shakespeare tackle big issues, years, one name stands above the rest—the late Stan parcularly the tension between ideal love and love as Lee. Starng before World War II with Timely Comics, we actually experience it. This tension then produces a he survived the comics purge of the 1950s to usher in second tension between poetry that beaufully the Silver Age of Marvel Comics. He was the driving depicts ideal examples of love and poetry that force behind a galaxy of superheroes—the Fantasc describes its griy realies. In discussing the themes Four, the modern Captain America, the Hulk, Iron Man, and arstry of the sonnets, we will also explore Thor and many others who, a half century aer they quesons about the collecon itself. The sonnets can burst on the comics scene, dominate mulplexes be and are usually read as discrete lyrical reflecons throughout the country. Branching into TV and movies, without much regard for the order in which they he created a Marvel empire worth billions. But, as appear in the text. When they are read in their Spiderman's Uncle Ben told him, “With great power numerical order, however, a story emerges involving a comes great responsibility.” He also brought to comics poet, his young male friend, his mistress, and a rival a voice for change and for raising social and moral poet or two. In tracing this story, we will also consider awareness. So, come join OLLI as we follow the origins the extent to which the meaning of many a sonnet and development of superheroes through the shis when it is read in the specific context of the decades. To again quote Stan Lee, “Excelsior!” developing story. The recommended text is the edion Jim Dunphy's mother, unlike most mothers of her of the sonnets from the Folger Shakespeare Library, generaon, did not throw out all his comic books, so he sll edited by Barbara Mowat and Paul Wersne. has a collecon in the thousands of 1960s and 1970s Karen Miles holds a PhD from the University of Wisconsin, comics. A former member of the Merry Marvel Marching Madison, in French literature. She taught at Marquee Society, Dunphy has taught a variety of classes at all OLLI University and the University of Wisconsin‐Parkside before locaons. becoming a program officer at the Naonal Endowment for the Humanies. Since rering and joining OLLI, she has R422 Christopher Newman and Lambert taught courses on Shakespeare's sonnets and his plays, Strether in Paris Richard II, Henry IV Parts One and Two, and Henry V. Class limit: 12 Tuesdays, 2:15–3:40, May 7–May 14 R420 Classic Film Fesval Two sessions Mondays, 1:30–3:40, Mar. 25–May 13 Instructors: Linda Blair, Nancy Scheeler Note me Two of Henry James’s novels—The American and The Instructor: Ben Gold Ambassadors—examine the same subject, American If you like old movies, this is the class for you. Each males in Paris and their sensibilies regarding week a different classical film will be presented, which American and European cultures. Published 26 years is designed to spark your awareness of crically apart, in 1877 and 1903 respecvely, the novels are acclaimed, significant historical films. The instructor prime examples of not only early and late James in will introduce each film and, depending on me terms of style (Romancism; the modern novel) and constraints, will lead a post‐viewing discussion. Films substance (interpersonal relaonships; the sense of are chosen in all genres based on crical recognion homeland) but also the rich complexies of his and popularity. Planned films include ones directed by characters and their inner lives. The two‐session class John Ford, Robert Wise, and Carol Reed, and featuring will allow fans of James to engage in a minimum of some of your all‐me favorite stars. lecture and a maximum of focused discussion. Well Ben Gold has a BA in polical science from Stanford before the class, we will select and disseminate

15 Languages related, themac passages from The American and 500 Languages The Ambassadors, plus literary cricism for Program Planning Group Chairs: Pat Bangs, Kerry parcipants to read before class and then discuss Bean, Jackie Gropman, Kae Mitchell, Nancy Scheeler during class. Reading both novels before the class will (Reston), Rala Stone, Shirley Springfloat enrich the experience but will not be necessary. Linda Blair holds a doctorate in American literature from The George Washington University. Nancy Scheeler holds a master’s degree in English and American literature from the F501 Basic Sign Language for Beginners University of Maryland. Both lovers of Henry James, they Mondays, 2:15–3:40, Mar. 25–Apr. 29 hope at least a few OLLI members share that love and will Six sessions join them for discussion. Instructor: Paulina Fournier Class limit: 20 R423 “Sheer Playfulness and Deadly Do you want to learn another language in a fun, casual Seriousness:” Philip Roth’s Early seng? This is the class for you! This course will teach Work you basic sign language. Come learn a new excing Wednesdays, 9:40–11:05, Mar. 27–May 15 way to communicate with others through American Rose Gallery at Reston Community Center, Lake Anne sign language. Instructor: Cameron Menchel Paulina Fournier has been studying American sign This is a repeat of F404. language for the last five years and is currently majoring in sign language interpretaon at Northern Virginia R424 Literary Roundtable Community College. She has always enjoyed sign language Wednesdays, 11:50–1:15, Mar 27–May 15 because she is a visual learner and the deaf/interpreter Reston's Used Book Shop at Lake Anne community is very close knit. Moderator: Ben Gold Class limit: 21 F502 Culture and Language in Spanish This ongoing short story discussion class will connue Conversaon Tuesdays, 9:40–11:05, Mar. 26–Apr. 30 with the anthology: The Best American Mystery Six sessions Stories 2016, edited by Elizabeth George. The book is Instructor: Ligia Glass available online from a variety of sources for $11.50 or To enjoy language learning, the culture of the country less for the paperback, and for $10.00 for the Kindle must be learned. Culture involves not only language edion from Amazon. The stories in this volume are but tradions, beliefs, music, art, food, religion, from many authors new to this class with a few known literature, social instuons, and anything that sets contributors. that parcular country apart from another. In this See R420 for instructor informaon. Spanish conversaon course, we strive to introduce the parcipants to different aspects of the Hispanic R425 Great English Short Stories world via movies, lectures, books, and special guests. Thursdays, 9:40–11:05, Mar. 28–May 16 Parcipants are encouraged to share experiences of Instructor: Kay Menchel their travels in the Hispanic world, making the This is a repeat of F405. experience very valuable to the rest of the class. Ample vocabulary is given before each class so members can prepare themselves to parcipate in discussions aer each presentaon. We visit “with our imaginaon” many places such as Macchu Picchu, Peru; Iguazu Falls, Argenna; Cartagena , Colombia; and Paraguay. Pablo Neruda and Frida Kahlo show us their world through poems and painngs. Come and join us for a very informal and informave class. We promise you will have fun! Ligia Glass is a nave of Panama and rered from the US Securies and Exchange Commission. She has over 20 years of experience teaching Lan American literature at all levels

16 Religious Studies of Spanish. She has also taught Spanish with Fairfax County Alana Lukes, an OLLI member, has taught Lan for over 25 Adult and Community Educaon, and has been an OLLI years at the middle school, high school, and college levels. instructor for several years. Glass holds an MA in foreign languages, an MA in Lan American area studies, and has L505 Chartres: Une Ville Française had postgraduate studies in Lan American literature. Wednesdays, 11:50–1:15, Mar. 27–Apr. 17 Four sessions F503 Spanish Conversaon Forum Instructor: Marge Hogarty Wednesdays, 9:40–11:05, Mar. 27–May 15 This course will explore the history, geography, and Instructors: Bernardo Vargas Giraldo, Elizabeth Trent culture of this beauful old city. It will also cover Hammer various aspects of everyday life in the present day. The Class limit: 16 class will incorporate elements of grammar and The objecves of this class are to pracce the Spanish pronunciaon of wrien French; therefore, students language and learn about Spanish/Lano culture need to have a basic understanding of French. through arcles, photographs, videos, and guest Marge Hogarty, a Chicago nave, has been teaching, speakers. Classes are conducted enrely in Spanish. tutoring, and reading French for over 50 years. She has English will be used only occasionally to explain been to France many mes and to French‐speaking West grammar and idiomac expressions. A prerequisite for Africa and Quebec Province. She has an MA in French from this class is an ability to converse in Spanish at the high Middlebury College and has taught in high schools in Illinois, intermediate to advanced level. Students are New York, and Conneccut. encouraged to make presentaons in Spanish on mely topics of their choosing. Come join us and R506 French Geography improve your Spanish. Mondays, 2:15–3:40, Apr. 22–May 13 Bernardo Vargas Giraldo received his PhD in legal science Four sessions at the Ponficia Universidad Católica Javeriana in Bogotá, Instructor: Marge Hogarty Colombia. He specialized in public administraon and Coasts and beaches, rivers, mountains, and islands— internaonal business at the Graduate School of Public and these features of French geography will be explored in Internaonal Affairs at the University of Pisburgh. He is this class. We will be using as much French as possible; currently a writer and analyst of economic and polical therefore, students speaking below intermediate level subjects. Elizabeth Trent Hammer received her Doctorate of French may not be comfortable in this class. We will Arts from George Mason University in community college make frequent use of the Internet and will cover educaon with a specialty in linguiscs and the teaching of grammacal issues as they arise. wring. She was a professor of English as a second language See L505 for instructor informaon. at Northern Virginia Community College for 20 years, and received professor emerita standing upon rerement. She also worked as a Spanish and French translator for the FBI. Spanish and French languages and cultures are her 600 Religious Studies passions. Program Planning Group Chair: Steve Goldman

F504 Lan III F601 The Road Less Traveled: Great Thursdays, 9:40–11:05, Mar. 28–May 16 Spiritual Lessons from Grief and Joy Instructor: Alana Lukes Mondays, 9:40–11:05, Mar. 25–May 13 Class limit: 16 Instructor: Larry Packard This connuing course is for Lan students with “Let it not be said of me,” said one author, “that I knowledge of the six indicave verb tenses as well as never realized the rich lessons of my life unl it was the five noun declensions. We take a modern reading too late to live them.” This class explores the richness approach to learning this ancient language. The course of two areas we either avoid or fail to find the real explores Lan grammar and vocabulary, and ancient treasure—grief and joy. We all wish to avoid grief, but Roman/Brish culture in first century CE Roman in doing so we stop fully living. The same is true of joy. Britain. This session will look closely at the Roman Somemes we live with surface sasfacon, but fail to military presence in Britain. Class meengs will use the look beneath the surface to what feeds us now. The Cambridge Lan Course, Unit Three, North American difference is fresh vision! We will use Frost's famous Fourth Edion as the required text. (Note: Some copies poem, “The Road Not Taken,” to explore why we need of this textbook may be available from instructor.)

17 Current Events not regret roads taken, only that we did not find the F603 Voices of Radical Reform full treasure in our grief and joy. In his book, The Road Wednesdays, 9:40–11:05, Apr. 24–May 15 Less Traveled, M. Sco Peck also gives a new Four sessions perspecve—“Life is never fair, and once we stop Instructor: John Rybicki expecng it to be, we can take whatever we The Protestant Reformaon, which by tradional experienced and find its gis.” The class will use a dang began 500 years ago, is usually thought of in wide variety of illustraons from the Bible, classic terms of Marn Luther and John Calvin and their literature, poetry, current YouTube interviews, and reformed theology. Huldrych Zwingli, the Swiss DVDs. The purpose will be to offer new ways to reformer of the period, was considered too radical explore mes of grief and joy in our own lives and to even by Marn Luther. But, less than ten years aer grow. the posng of Luther’s 95 theses, there were The Rev. Dr. Laurence K. “Larry” Packard is a recently individuals who thought Zwingli’s radical reforms did rered Episcopal clergyman. He graduated from Wake not go nearly far enough. In this series we will examine Forest University and Virginia Seminary before receiving his a number of the individuals and movements of the doctorate at Princeton. He likes to learn with and from more radical 16th‐century Chrisan reform who students, bringing fresh eyes, experiences, and humor to course material. Weekly reference sheets enable students shocked even the likes of Luther and Zwingli and led to to prepare for the class, and class discussion is encouraged. unimaginable doctrinal and organizaonal fragmentaon. Their ideas live on today with a F602 Breath of Heaven: The Poetry and number of piesc groups who view a Chrisan Music of Amy Grant response to the Gospel of Jesus in a far more simple Wednesdays, 11:50–1:15, Mar. 27–Apr. 3 form. Two sessions John Rybicki has diplomas in theological studies from both Instructor: Steve Goldman the Virginia Theological Seminary and the Anochian Amy Grant is well known as a gospel and popular Orthodox Church. He studied at St. George’s College in music singer. But Grant is also one of the most Jerusalem and received a master's of theology degree from important Chrisan poets of our me. She speaks the St. John of Damascus Instute of Theology, Balamand eloquently about complex and sensive subjects that University, Lebanon. He has been a presenter at OLLI for over 20 years. come alive in music that can be powerful, haunng, and oen sublime. We will explore the mulfaceted F604 Faith, Doubt, and Tradion: A theological subjects that Grant addresses and how she Personal Journey to Understand provides insights and challenging answers to quesons Your Own Beliefs that religious communies and other seekers have Thursdays, 9:40–11:05, Mar. 28–May 16 grappled with for ages. One need not be a Chrisan to Class limit: 20 appreciate much of her diverse work, composed over Instructor: Steve Goldman several decades. We will also examine composions This seminar is designed to help you explore and wrien by other poets who were made famous by beer understand your own spiritual and religious Amy Grant. The instructor will introduce each beliefs and examine the reasons for them. What do composion, followed by acve class discussion. you believe, doubt, disbelieve, and why? What do you Topics include: observe because of tradion, regardless of any specific ● Myscism: encountering the divine in daily life. religious or spiritual beliefs? The seminar will present ● Overcoming low self‐esteem without becoming self‐ quesons for discussion, beginning with the general important. and proceeding to the specific. The instructor will ● Seeking the light in every person through grace and begin each class with a 20‐minute introducon that humility. will frame the issues to be examined. We welcome ● Understanding and navigang through the problems members of all faith tradions, and those who doubt of pain and suffering. or who do not believe. In order to encourage a lively ● How did it feel to be Mary, mother of Jesus? exchange of ideas and experiences, the class is limited Steven C. Goldman is the chair of OLLI’s Religious Studies to 20 parcipants. If you have taken this course Program Planning Group and has taught numerous courses previously, you are welcome to parcipate again, on alternave understandings of Biblical doctrine. since it is different each me. See F602 for instructor informaon.

18 Humanities and Social Sciences F605 The Story of Joseph in the Qur'an Chrisanity grew from a ny group of apocalypc Jews Thursdays, 2:15–3:40, Mar. 28–May 16 in the year 30 CE to being proclaimed the official Instructor: Mohamed E. Hassan religion of the Roman Empire in 380 CE. Topics for You may be surprised to learn that the Bible and the discussion will include the historical Jesus, the ministry Qur’an share many things in common. Join us to of St. Paul, early Christology, heresies, bales over the explore the story of the prophet Joseph as depicted in Trinity, Roman persecuon of Chrisans, the variety of the Qur’an. Learn about Joseph’s early relaonship Chrisan sects, Constanne's conversion, and more. with his brothers and their Father Jaccob, and how Jack Dalby, president of White Oak Communicaons, is an Joseph was betrayed and sold into slavery in Egypt. OLLI member who has taught classes on the historical Jesus, Follow Joseph’s journey through the temptaon of the St. Paul, and early Chrisanity. He holds a BS in communicaon arts from James Madison University and has king's wife, his me in prison, the king's dream, and taken graduate history classes at George Mason University. how, ulmately, Joseph became the ruler of Egypt. Mohamed E. Hassan has been the Imam of the Prince William Islamic Center for 15 years. He is a professional R609 The Parables of Jesus engineer and earned his PhD in civil, environmental, and Tuesdays, 11:50–1:15, Mar. 26–Apr. 23 infrastructure engineering from George Mason University. Five sessions He is also a licensed mediator. Instructor: Steven C. Goldman We will examine Jesus’ use of parables as a means of L606 Russian Orthodox Chrisanity teaching about the nature, character, and will of God; Tuesdays, 9:40–11:05, Mar. 26–Apr. 16 the foibles and possibilies of humans; and the Four sessions obligaons of humans toward each other and their Instructor: John Rybicki creator. Many of Jesus’ most well‐known parables will Tradion claims that the culminaon of the be analyzed and discussed, including the different “Chrisanizaon of Rus” occurred in 988 with the ways these parables have been understood as guides mass bapsm of the people by order of Prince to Chrisan doctrine. Vladimir of Kiev. This event is considered the birth of See F602 for instructor informaon. the Russian Orthodox Church. By the 14th century the administrave center of the Church had been relocated to Moscow and in the 16th century the 650 Humanies and Social Sciences Program Planning Group Chairs: Johnnie Hicks, Church gained autocephalous (self‐headed or Camille Hodges independent) status. Today it is the largest of the Eastern Orthodox churches. We will discuss: early aempts to Chrisanize the Slavs; a brief history of the F651 More Events of Profound Influence Russian Orthodox Church; the rise of a disncve Tuesdays, 11:50–1:15, Mar. 26–Apr. 23, May 14 “eastern spirituality;” and doctrinal and ecclesial Note dates differences that remain to this day between Western Six sessions Fairfax Lord of Life Chrisanity and the Orthodox. See F603 for instructor informaon. Coordinators: Steve Canner, Johnnie Hicks ● Mar. 26: Peacemaking 1919. Aer the horrors of L607 The Story of Joseph in the Qur'an World War I, the victorious Allies tried a new approach to internaonal order in 1919 based on moral Thursdays, 9:40–11:05, Mar. 28–May 16 Instructor: Mohammed Hussan authority backed by military power and economic This is a repeat of F605. supremacy. The major achievement was a redrawn map of Central and Eastern Europe based roughly on R608 Destroyer of the Gods: Chrisanity's self‐determinaon. However, the mandate system of Triumph in the Roman World thinly disguised colonialism and conflicng promises Tuesdays, 9:40–11:05, Mar. 26–Apr. 16 and acquisions in the Middle East sowed the Four sessions irreconcilable seeds of connuing conflict. Overall, the Instructor: Jack Dalby weakness of the 1919 peace selement lay in the lack Chrisanity's astounding success in the ancient Roman of will by the Allies to enforce it. Bernie Oppel, OLLI world was not preordained. In this academic based, member. four‐part class, we will examine the many reasons that

19 Humanities and Social Sciences ● Apr. 2: Miracle in Philadelphia. How did it happen command theory and the moral theories of St. Thomas that the delegates of the Connental Congress came Aquinas, John Stuart Mill, and Immanuel Kant. Also, as to amend the Arcles of Confederaon and adjourned me permits, we may examine whether or not the with a constuon for a new government? Rosemarie theory of evoluon can account for humans’ sense of Zagarri, George Mason University. morality. ● Apr. 9: The Iranian Revoluon. The impact of the Emme Holman earned his BS in physics from Penn State. revoluon on Iran, the United States, and Iran’s He holds a PhD in philosophy from the University of posion in the Middle East. Shaul Bakhash, George Maryland and taught philosophy at George Mason University for 45 years. While at Mason, he taught Mason University. undergraduate courses in ethics and undergraduate and ● Apr. 16: The 2019 Commemoraon of the American graduate courses on the relaon between science and Evoluon. In 1619 the colonists met in the church in religion as well as other topics. Jamestown Island for the first representave government in the New World. Delegate Ken Plum will R653 Civil Rights in Biblical Times: What discuss the event and implicaons it had for Virginia Was It Like Then and Does Anything and for the formaon of government in America. Was from That Era Apply Today? it the beginning of democracy? Delegate Plum is one Mondays, 9:40–11:05, Mar. 25–May 13 of the founders of OLLI and a popular leader of Instructor: Stephen Ruth courses on Virginia’s history and government. Many of us look to the Bible to jusfy our views on the ● Apr. 23: How Does the Make‐Up of the Supreme rights of women, minories, immigrants, persons with Court Influence Its Decisions? In the current polical disabilies, etc., as well as finding models for good and and judicial environment, there is a growing backlash bad management of cies, towns, and countries, plus to the advances fostered by the civil rights laws of the tax policy, land management, and many more issues. 1960s. This session will analyze and evaluate the These sessions span two millennia of biblical themes prospecve impact of current developments on race from the patriarchs (and a few matriarchs) all the way and sex discriminaon and civil rights. Bob Zener, OLLI through the me of Jesus, examining the way laws and member. general pracce affected the rich and the poor, men ● May 14: Russia and Its Neighbors: The Flashpoint in and women, free people and slaves, civil and uncivil Relaons with the West. Russia’s relaons with the sociees. We will compare those mes to the present United States and western Europe are at a post‐Cold day in the context of many of the issues that are on War low point, and a major reason is Russia’s the front burner of current naonal policy aggressive acons in neighboring Georgia and Ukraine. consideraons. Many famous biblical figures and their Why have the dreams of a Europe united in peace and influence on various themes will be included: the respect for the boundaries of each country not been daughters of Zelophehad, Mary Magdalene, and St. realized? Ambassador Ken Yalowitz, former US Paul on women’s rights; Joshua, Solomon, and Cyrus Ambassador to Belarus and to Georgia. on naon building; Moses, Jesus, and St. Peter on slavery; Moses and St. Paul on homosexuality, and F652 Philosophical Foundaons of dozens more. There will be extensive citaons from Morality biblical sources as well as perspecves from Thursdays, 9:40–11:05, Mar. 28–May 16 commentators, such as Josephus, Augusne, Thomas Instructor: Emmet Holman Aquinas, Marn Luther, Raymond Brown, Marn Class limit: 50 Buber, Teilhard de Chardin, and others. No previous A long‐standing issue among both philosophers and familiarity with the Old or New Testament is needed. non‐philosophers is whether or not there is an Course parcipants will also receive a free copy of objecve standard of morality; and if there is, how Prof. Ruth's e‐book One Year Trip Through the Bible– that is possible. Some have argued that it is possible Readings and Reflecons: A Layman’s Fresh only if morality is grounded in the commands or Perspecve on the Complete Old and New Testaments. designs of a god. Others have argued to the contrary: Stephen Ruth is a professor of public policy at Mason, that a non‐theisc foundaon of objecve morality specializing in technology issues associated with can succeed. In this course we will look at a number of globalizaon. He is also the director of the Internaonal philosophical moral theories with these quesons in Center for Applied Studies in Informaon Technology. His mind. Theories examined probably will include divine book, One Year Trip through the Bible, examines 73 books of the Hebrew Tanakh and the New Testament.

20 Current Events R654 Big Issues, Complex Challenges, and Dennis VanLangen served two years in the US Marine No Simple Soluons Corps, and worked for 32 years in the federal government Tuesdays, 9:40–11:05, Mar. 26–May 14 with two agencies—Internal Revenue Service and US Census Instructors: Glenn Kamber, Diane Thompson Bureau. He also worked as a government contractor and Class limit: 30 currently volunteers with Volunteer Soluons, Fairfax The moderators will facilitate eight focused discussions County. on topics that both unite and divide us within families, F702 American Foreign Policy: communies, sociees, and naons. The goal will be Contemporary Issues to expand everyone’s thinking and perspecves but Mondays, 2:15‐3:40, May 6–May 20 not to arrive at answers. Examples of discussion topics Note dates include the following: race and polics; aging; Three sessions individualism; recreang life aer rerement; sharing Instructor: Helen Desfosses utopia; and new tribalism. This course will focus on three topics: 1) the main Glenn Kamber has taught many courses at OLLI that focus objecves and emphases of US foreign policy; 2) the on current events and polical and social issues. He is a polics of, and key actors in, American foreign rered senior execuve from the US Department of Health policymaking; 3) the domesc and geopolical limits and Human Services (HHS) where he managed policy and program development in the offices of eight HHS and opportunies of US foreign policy in a mul‐ secretaries. Diane Thompson has a PhD from the City power world. Alternave futures for US foreign policy University of New York in comparave literature. She is a will also be discussed. A helpful, but not required, professor emerita from Northern Virginia Community background book is a paperback by Glenn P. Hastedt, College (NVCC) where she taught English and world American Foreign Policy: Past, Present and Future, literature for more than 30 years. She sll teaches a couple 2018, 11th edion. of world literature classes online for NVCC, has taught Dr. Helen R. Desfosses has taught many OLLI courses on several OLLI courses on world literature, and co‐taught one contemporary policy and polics. She bases her foreign course on current issues. policy courses on her PhD in polical science, her many years of research and teaching, and the books and arcles that she has published on foreign policy topics, ranging 700 Current Events from superpower foreign policy to the development, Program Planning Group Chairs: Emme Fenlon, economic and polical, of less‐developed areas of the Beth Lambert, Bernie Oppel, Dick Young world. She has also traveled and lectured throughout the world for the US Department of State and the US Agency for Internaonal Development.

F701 What’s in the Daily News? F703 Great Decisions Mondays, 9:30–11:00, Mar. 25–May 13 Tuesdays, 11:50–1:15, Mar 26–May 14 Note me Moderators: Gordon Canyock, Ted Parker Class limit: 38 Class limit: 32 Moderators: Dorsey Chescavage, John Quinn, Dennis Fee: $30 VanLangen For over 50 years, the Foreign Policy Associaon has Do you have an opinion about what is happening in sponsored discussion groups throughout the United the world today? Would you like to express and share States to invesgate some of the world’s greatest your views with others? Join other news junkies each challenges affecng our lives. This year's topics are week to discuss, debate, and yes, somemes disagree, refugees and global migraon; regional disorder in the as to the significance and meaning of events—both Middle East; nuclear negoaons; the rise of populism great and small. All views are welcomed through civil in Europe; decoding US–China trade; cyber conflicts discourse in a spirit of give and take. and geopolics; the United States and Mexico Dorsey Chescavage rered from the Jefferson Consulng partnership; and the state of the State Department Group, where she was a registered lobbyist specializing in and diplomacy. A briefing book and video related to military and veterans’ health care. John Quinn is a rered Navy captain who spent 26 years in service. He later served each topic will set the framework for weekly class 16 years in the federal civil service, first as a Navy civilian conversaons. There is a $30 materials fee payable to environmental law aorney, and later as a Navy and US OLLI at registraon. Registraon for this course is on a Marime Administraon senior execuve service official. first‐come, first‐served basis.

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Gordon Canyock is a rered military intelligence officer, Bob Zener, an OLLI member, was a lawyer with the US former State Department consultant, and longme member Department of Jusce who handled a large number of cases of OLLI. Ted Parker, a reree from the US Department of involving constuonal law, religion, discriminaon, and Educaon, had a 40‐year career in educaon that included other issues in contenon before the federal appellate teaching and managing at local, state, and college levels. He courts and the Supreme Court. Tony Steinmeyer, an OLLI is a longme member of OLLI. member, recently rered as a lawyer with the US Department of Jusce where, like Zener, he served in the F704 Legal Issues in the Trump Era: civil appellate staff. His final posion was deputy director of Where Are We Headed? that office. Throughout his 45‐year career, he had Wednesdays, 9:40–11:05, Mar. 27–May 1 responsibility for a wide range of federal appellate cases Six sessions and also worked on numerous Supreme Court cases. In Fairfax Lord of Life addion, he oen taught appellate ligaon classes at the Department of Jusce’s Naonal Advocacy Center. Instructors: Bob Zener, Anthony Steinmeyer

This course will examine issues prevalent in current L705 Hot Topics polics: Mondays, 2:30–3:45, Mar. 25–May 13 ● What is the Washington “swamp,” and what does Note me “draining” the swamp mean? This issue focuses on the Coordinators: Cathy Faraj, Robert Cather pay to play ethic that prevails in American polical life. Class limit: 20 ● There are increasing calls for regulaon of the tech Share your opinions on recent events beyond the world. While the current administraon may block headlines. Parcipants will choose arcles from meaningful acon, the EU and California are already periodicals, and the coordinator will email links to the taking steps the tech world cannot ignore. At issue are arcles to the group. Discussions will be based on the treatment of personal customer data, use of the arcles and parcipants' personal experiences. Internet for “fake news” and hate speech, net Wisdom is desired but ignorance is acceptable! neutrality, and the near‐monopoly status of some Discussion is usually freewheeling. internet networks. ● Three current developments call into queson the L706 Great Decisions 2019 legal status of affirmave acon: Department of Thursdays, 9:40–11:05, Mar. 28–May 16 Jusce policy changes, the increasingly conservave Moderator: Barbara Wilan nature of the Supreme Court, and the Asian‐American Class limit: 20 challenge to university admission policies favoring Fee: $30 other minories. What are the prospects? This is the same course as F703 Great Decisions, but ● The Supreme Court may be ready to allow parsan offered at Loudoun with a different instructor. gerrymanders, while sll disallowing racial Barbara Wilan rered as a full‐me English teacher at the Annandale campus of Northern Virginia Community College gerrymanders. Given the frequent correlaon between and is currently an adjunct there. She has also taught at the racial populaon and vong paerns, can this University of Maryland and for the University of Maryland’s disncon be maintained? What are the prospects for European Division. the flood of gerrymander controversies that will follow the 2020 census? R707 The Supreme Court: Current Cases ● Is there any prospect, short of amending the Tuesdays, 11:50–1:15, Mar. 26–Apr. 2; Apr. 16–May 14 Constuon, of avoiding future elecons in which a (No class on Apr. 9) candidate wins an electoral vote majority despite 7 sessions losing the popular vote? This session will examine the Instructor: Ben Gold current proposal—already adopted by 10 states and This is a discussion class addressing cases the Supreme DC—of interstate compacts in which the states with a Court will hear, or has heard, during its 2018–2019 majority of electoral votes agree to cast their votes for term. We will use instructor‐provided material the naonal popular vote winner, regardless of the consisng of the background of the cases, lower‐court popular votes in their own state. What is the prospect decisions, and edited briefs filed with the Supreme that, post‐Trump, such a proposal succeeds under a Court, including audio of oral arguments for selected “never again” banner? If adopted, would it be cases. Materials will only be available online. Our constuonal? To what extent is the president subject discussion of each case will examine both sides of to the ordinary processes of American law?

22 Science, Technology, and Health every argument, the likely posion of each jusce, and and Space Museum instructors and has made presentaons the social and polical context of the case. at OLLI and Montgomery College. Chrisan Godart is a Ben Gold, an OLLI member, has a BA in polical science docent at the Smithsonian Air &Space Museum, Udvar hazy from Stanford University and earned an MS in computer Center. He is also a Naonal Park Volunteer at the Wright science as a naval officer. He has served as a docent at the Brothers Naonal Memorial in Kiy Hawk. Chrisan is Supreme Court for the past 15 years. rered from Fairfax County Public Schools and keeps busy doing library and community educaon programs mostly about aviaon history. R708 All the News That’s Fit to Print Thursdays, 11:50–1:15, Mar. 28–May 16 F802 Aging and Physical Acvity Instructor: Richard Kennedy Mondays, 11:50–1:15, May 13–May 20 We live in an age of abundant informaon from TV, Note dates radio, the Internet, magazines, bumper sckers, and Two sessions newspapers. How should we filter these sources and Instructor: Clinton Wutzke evaluate informaon about world events, popular This lecture series will present and discuss evidence‐ trends, and advances in science, business, sports, and based approaches to improving strength and agility in entertainment? In this discussion group we will look at an older adult’s lifestyle. Parcipants will learn both some of the hot topics of the day. All viewpoints and the “what” and “how” of exercise for health, and will opinions will be respected, appreciated, and have an opportunity to ask quesons. Note: there will welcomed. In a democracy agreement is not required, be no actual exercising during the lecture series. but parcipaon is. ● May 13: Resistance training and aging. Dick Kennedy, an OLLI member, is a reree from the senior ● May 20: Balance and agility and aging. execuve service at the Department of Housing and Urban Dr. Clinton Wutzke is an assistant professor in the Development. He enjoys analyzing the news from mulple Department of Rehabilitaon Science at George Mason sources and engaging in good discussions with colleagues. University. His primary research interest is in the dynamic control of balance in pathological populaons including people with Parkinson’s disease and people post‐stroke. He 800 Science, Technology, is also interested in the influence of sensaon and fague and Health on gait coordinaon and funcon. His experse in the Program Planning Group Chairs: John Acton, clinical and laboratory assessment of gait and balance Evan Douple, Mary Kornreich (Reston) includes the use of moon capture and electromyography to quanfy locomotor performance.

F801 Highlights from the Steven F. Udvar F803 Cybersecurity: Red Team, Blue Team Hazy Center and The Wings of War Tuesdays, 11:50–1:15, Mar. 26–Apr. 30 Mondays, 11:50–1:15, Apr. 22–Apr. 29 Six sessions Two sessions Instructor: Tom Manteuffel Instructors: Harry Cawood, Chrisan Godart Anyone who spends me online these days—in other ● Apr. 22: Highlight Tour of the Steven F. Udvar‐Hazy words just about everyone—is familiar with the horror Center. Come enjoy a presentaon of some of the stories about hacking: major government agencies, highlights of the Udvar‐Hazy Center beginning with: retail networks, financial services, and social networks. early flight, air transportaon, World War II (aer all, The number of vicms is reaching truly staggering the Enola Gay is there), the Cold War; and finishing levels. But how exactly does one hack? And more with space exploraon and the SR‐71 Blackbird. importantly, is there any way to protect ourselves? Or ● Apr. 29: The Wings of War. Learn about the aircra how can one at least detect when one is being on display at the Chanlly locaon and the hacked? Aer an overview of the evoluon of development of military aircra from World War I cybersecurity, the course covers the methods of both through the Cold War. aack and defense (the “red team” and the “blue Harry Cawood has been a docent at the Naonal Air and team”). In addion, there is coverage of cybercrime, Space Museum for over 20 years, starng at the Garber cyberespionage and cyberwarfare. We will explore Reconstrucon Facility in the early 1990s. He is currently what really happened at Equifax, Office of Personnel leading the effort in a program to “Bring the Museum to the Management and Target. What is Stuxnet really all People.” He selects, trains, and mentors new Naonal Air about? There will be a clear emphasis upon praccal

23 Science, Technology, Health tools, freely available and usable at home. While there F805 80 Years of Computer History is no guarantee that they will prevent one from Tuesdays, 2:15–3:40, Apr. 30–May 14 becoming a vicm, some tools and techniques will be Three sessions idenfied that can help, and you will gain a clearer Instructor: Lorrin Garson understanding of the methods used against you and Computers have an astonishing impact on our lives. how to even the odds. How did we get from the crude electronic machines Tom Manteuffel rered from Booz Allen aer 30 years used in World War II to mainframes, supercomputers, spent as a cybersecurity consultant to banks, businesses minicomputers, personal computers, and the Internet? and the federal government, and for the last ten years to What computer companies have come and gone? How the intelligence community. He holds a master’s degree in did the Internet and the World Wide Web come philosophy from the University of Chicago and studied about? What is soware and how is it developed? computer science at the University of North Carolina. This What are computer languages? What are operang course is the product of a career spent defending corporate systems (Unix, Linux, Microso Windows and Apple’s and government computer networks from all levels of cyber threats. macOS) and how do they compare? How did the phenomenal growth of computer power and dramac F804 Mindfulness and Stress Reducon decrease in computer prices come about? Who have Tuesdays, 2:15–3:40, Apr. 9–Apr. 16 been the major personalies involved in this incredible Two sessions technology? These and other relevant topics will be Instructor: Neil Goodman discussed. This two‐session class will examine various approaches Lorrin Garson is a rered chemist who was on the faculty that have been successfully ulized to reduce stress of the University of Tennessee in the College of Pharmacy which appears to be at an alarmingly high and and worked at the American Chemical Society for many increasing level. It has been reported that American years in scienfic publishing. He worked extensively with corporaons and businesses are spending upwards of computers in his professional life as well as in rerement.

300 billion dollars every year on injuries, illnesses and F806 Medical Updates from the Health absenteeism due to stress. High levels of stress, which Professionals at Inova Fair Oaks have been associated with military combat veterans as Hospital post‐traumac stress disorder (PTSD), are in some Thursdays, 11:50–1:15, Apr. 25–May 16 ways not so different from the levels of stress resulng Four sessions from the pressures that elderly cizens, surviving Coordinators: Denielle Nall, Cathey Weir spouses, and caregivers face from daily exposure to ● Apr. 25: Back Pain and Treatment Opons. Dr. something we call “Life.” In addion, the technological Donald Hope, board‐cerfied neurosurgeon. complexity, financial pressures of rerement, ● May 5: Common Vision Disorders and Treatment multasking, and medical condions of aging all are Opons. Dr. Brian Do, ophthalmologist. simply present in today’s environment. In class we will ● May 9: Stroke Educaon: Prevenon, Warning examine the use of several powerful tools, such as Signs, and Treatment. Regina (Jean) Snyder, BSN, RN, mindfulness, meditaon, and the emoonal freedom CNOR, SCRN, stroke program coordinator at Inova Fair technique (EFT). These are the keys to reducing Oaks hospital, and Yuliya Jackson, PT, DPT, board‐ components of debilitang stress. They will lead us cerfied clinical specialist in neurologic physical through a greater balance of health and wellness as therapy. we experience challenges associated with living in ● May 16: Nutrion: Eang for Your Health. Sarah these mes. Gillee, RD, LDN, clinical nutrionist. Neil Goodman is a disabled Vietnam veteran who has been a corporate trainer, massage therapist, cerfied meditaon F807 Stop Complaining and Start instructor, Reiki praconer, and life coach. He has Remembering developed several curricula for stress reducon and Thursdays, 2:15–3:40, Mar. 28–Apr. 18 conducted mindfulness meditaon workshops for over 26 Four sessions years in northern Virginia and the DC metropolitan area. He Instructors: James Sanford, Catherine Weir currently volunteers with the DC Veterans Administraon Class limit: 40 Hospital at Fort Belvoir with military and veteran This course will demonstrate and discuss strategies populaons and with their mental health clinicians. He also you can use to improve your memory. They include volunteers at local Sunrise senior centers.

24 Science, Technology, and Health processing informaon deeply, understanding the ● May 2: Canine Cognion. Brianna Artz is a PhD value of self‐tesng, and using various mnemonic student at George Mason University in the animal behavior devices. Memorizing material using efforul and cognion lab and serves as the graduate student procedures will be emphasized. You will have mulple representave to the psychology department's opportunies to parcipate in learning exercises using Undergraduate Commiee. Her interests include canine behavior and cognion, specifically human‐directed social these strategies, so please bring a pencil and a cognion. She is also interested in the neurophysiological clipboard to each class. effects of human‐animal interacons, especially when dogs Jim Sanford is an OLLI member and professor emeritus at are in service roles. Her current focus is exploring verbal George Mason University, from which he rered in 2014 language acquision in dogs, and how factors such as breed aer 41 years teaching in the Department of Psychology. and age interact with latency of acquision. She is also the His research dealt with memory. Issues. He earned his PhD creator of Dog Science Weekly, which provides readers with from Kansas State University. Catherine Weir, an OLLI access to summaries of peer‐reviewed literature on canine member, taught experimental psychology for four decades cognion and behavior, conveniently through the Instagram in both the UK and the United States. She holds a PhD from plaorm. University College London and a BA from Colorado College. ● May 9: Understanding Alzheimer's Disease: Causes, Her research focused on cognive development from Dr. Jane Flinn is an infants to older adults. Consequences, and Prevenon. associate professor of psychology at George Mason University whose research focuses on the role of metals in F808 Beginner Chen‐Style Tai Chi both behavior and physiology. Her research has emphasized Thursdays, 2:15–3:15, Mar 28–May 16 the roles of zinc, copper and iron in learning and memory Note me and also in macular degeneraon. Her research currently Instructor: Jerry Cheng focuses on two specific aspects of metals in behavior, Class limit: 35 Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and the exncon of learned fears. Tai chi, a form of maral arts pracced for centuries, is Her lab is developing genecally modified mice which model meditaon in moon that emphasizes balance, late onset Alzheimer’s, the most common form of the posture, and concentraon. This beginning class will disease. Current studies are examining memory, affiliave focus on Chen‐style tai chi, which promotes health and behaviors and circadian rhythms and the role of fitness, strengthens the immune system, relieves neck inflammaon and zinc transporters in AD mice. The work on exncon has shown that increased levels of zinc, which and back pain, corrects digesve problems, aids may act through reducing copper levels, lead to an inability emoonal and psychological well‐being, relieves to normally exnguish a learned fear, a possible factor in stress, and builds character. Wear loose clothing and post traumac stress disorder (PTSD). plan to work in stocking feet or in so, flexible shoes. ● May 16: Retenon in Elementary School: Is This a Jerry Cheng was born in China and started his maral arts Helpful Pracce? Dr. Adam Winsler, associate chair and training when he was six years old. He studied under several professor of the Department of Psychology at George famous Chinese maral arts masters, including grandmaster Mason University, is an applied developmental psychologist Sha Guo Zheng, and won four gold medals at the 1997 with interests in children's transion to school, the Atlanta Internaonal Maral Arts Championship. He taught development of self‐regulaon, private speech, Vygotskian tai chi at the University of Georgia for six years and at the sociocultural theory, and bilingualism and early schooling University of Texas for three years. for English‐language learners (ELLs). His current research

explores childcare, school readiness, and school trajectories F809 Psychology Potpourri among ethnically and linguiscally diverse, immigrant, low‐ Thursdays, 2:15–3:40, Apr. 25–May 16 income, urban preschoolers; private speech and self‐ Four sessions regulaon in typical children and those with ADHD or Coordinator: Catherine Weir ausc spectrum disorders; music/dance and self‐ ● Apr. 25: The Ingredients of a Happy Life: What Does regulaon; and self‐regulated learning and movaon the Science of Subjecve Well‐being Tell Us? James. E. among college students. Maddux, university professor emeritus of psychology and senior scholar at the Center for the Advancement of Well‐ L810 Living Longer, Living Smarter Being at George Mason University. His major interest is the Tuesdays, 11:50–1:15, Apr. 23–Apr. 30 integraon of theory and research from clinical, social, and Two sessions health psychology. His research has been concerned Instructor: Yvonne Payne primarily with understanding the influence of beliefs about This American Associaon of Rered Persons (AARP) personal effecveness and control on psychological course is about preparing for the future. None of us adjustment and health‐related behavior.

25 Science, Technology, Health can predict what tomorrow might bring. That is why it space story at both locaons, this virtual tour will is important to plan—decide what you want, create a present a unique composite story. Of parcular note, plan to get there, and share it with those who need to in January 2019 the Smithsonian began an eight‐year know. We will cover finances (the cost of long‐term building and collecon revitalizaon program on the care and how long you will need it, costs covered by Mall. This virtual tour will show arfacts that will be the government, and private funding strategies), out of sight in storage during these eight years. The health (family health history, screenings, tour will cover (1) manned spacecra used to get to immunizaons, managing medicaons, brain health, the moon, the space shule and the Internaonal and new healthcare technology), legal (advance Space Staon, (2) the largest collecon of satellites on direcves, living wills, power of aorney, and the Earth, (3) missiles used as weapons, (4) cra used to importance of having a plan), and home and probe into our solar system and beyond and our cra community issues (features that make both your home on Mars, and (5) launch support equipment. The and community a place where you can live in comfort arfacts include the Space Shule Discovery, Dr. and safety). Robert Goddard’s early rockets, and many items used in the moon flights. L811 Demysfying AI and Big Data: How Mark Weinstein is a rered electrical engineer and an 11‐ Did They Do That? year docent at both Smithsonian Air and Space Museums. Tuesdays, 11:50–1:15, May 7–May 14 He started building models when he was 10 and connued Two sessions his avid interest in aviaon and intelligence through a Instructor: Lou Coglianese career in the acve and reserve US Air Force, and then as Arficial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data are everywhere. part of the military‐industrial complex. He has been an OLLI While they have existed in one form or another and in member for 11 years. special niches for many years, today they are touching many aspects of our daily lives. This course will L813 Mindfulness and Stress Reducon provide a brief history of AI and of Big Data, the Wednesdays, 11:50–1:15, May 8–May 15 technological trends that have made them ubiquitous Two sessions today, and some of the technology behind what we Instructor: Neil Goodman experience in areas such as photo recognion, voice This is a repeat of F804. recognion, targeted adversing and others. Lou Coglianese graduated from Columbia University and R814 Introducon to Einstein’s Theory of has a master's degree in computer science from Relavity Binghamton University. His career spanned working at IBM Mondays, 11:50–1:15, Mar. 25–Apr. 8 and Capital One and consulng. He rered as director for Three sessions banking enterprise architecture, where he architected Instructor: Mark Dodge complex financial markeng, credit approval, and fraud In 1905, Albert Einstein introduced the world to a new detecon systems using consumer Big Data sources. understanding of how the universe works. Ulmately this became his theory of relavity. We will explore the L812 Virtual Tour of the Smithsonian Air historical reasons why this theory was needed and and Space Museum’s Space then experience the brilliant “thought experiments” by Arfacts Collecon which Einstein developed it. We will look at the Wednesdays, 9:40–11:05, Mar. 27–Apr.17 (admiedly rather weird) new understandings of our Four sessions universe the theory gives us. Along the way, we will Instructor: Mark Weinstein meet Einstein the man, a somewhat eccentric but The two Washington area Smithsonian Air and Space always fascinang genius. There will be a lile bit of Museums, the original on the Mall and newer Udvar‐ easy math in the course but this class is regularly Hazy Center at Dulles Airport, are naonal treasures. taught to eighth graders, so don’t worry! The Smithsonian gets the “pick of the lier” of the Mark Dodge taught high school physics for 24 years in NASA and military service arfacts aer they have Arlington. He has been fascinated by astronomy since completed their operaonal missions. The Air and gazing through his first telescope when he was in seventh Space Museum's arfact collecon has a large number grade. He is also interested in the history of science, which of unique spacecra; several are the only ones le on helps us understand how humanity has arrived at where it Earth. As the collecon has been split to provide a is today.

26 Other Topics R815 Kundalini Yoga and Meditaon the VCU Board of Trustees and the VCU Health System Mondays, 6:15 pm–7:45 pm, Mar. 25–May 6 Board. She was regularly listed as a Top Doc in the Washingtonian magazine. No class Apr. 15 Note me Six sessions 900 Other Topics Reston Community Center (RCC), Lake Anne Class limit: 5 (55 years and older) F901 Mason Faculty Club Series, Part 1 Fee: $60 Mondays, 9:30–11:00, Mar. 25–Apr. 8 Instructor: RCC Staff Note me Kundalini yoga uses asanas (postures), movement, Three sessions breath, and meditaon to relax and heal mind, body, Cost: $30 and spirit. This type of yoga improves strength and Come join us at the Mason Faculty Club (Pilot House on flexibility and may provide relief from problems such the main campus) and enjoy breakfast and a as back pain, stress, and insomnia. The fee of $60, smulang presentaon just for OLLI members. The payable to OLLI, is due at the me of registraon. fee includes a three‐hour parking pass for the Those registering will also need to complete a RCC Rappahannock parking deck in the designated visitor registraon waiver form and bring it to class on the parking area, and a connental breakfast consisng of first day. The form can be found at hps://nyurl.com/ fruit, yogurt, granola, bagels and pastries, coffee, tea, rccregwaiver Registraon is not final unl a completed and juice. Registraon is on a first‐come, first‐served RCC waiver is submied. Registraon is on a first‐ basis. come, first‐served basis. ●Mar. 25: The Shadow President: The Truth About Mike Pence. Peter Eisner has won naonal and R816 Decision Making Tools for Your internaonal awards for his wring and invesgave Health, Part 2 reporng as a foreign correspondent, editor and reporter at Wednesdays, 11:50–1:15, Apr. 24–May 15 the Washington Post, Newsday, and the Associated Press Rose Gallery at Reston Community Center, Lake Anne with Michael D’Antonio he wrote the 2018 book, The Shadow President: The Truth About Mike Pence. His 2004 Four sessions book, The Freedom Line, which won the Christopher Award, Instructor: Michele Romano is the story of young resistance workers who rescued Allied This is a connuaon of the course given in the fall fighter pilots during World War II. Eisner was nominated for 2017 term. You do not need to have taken Part 1 to an Emmy in 2010 as a producer at PBS World Focus. He is benefit from this course. The lectures, which will help based in Washington, DC. you become proacve about your own health, will ● Apr. 1: Reimagining American Policing: The Role of address: Research. Cynthia Lum is director of the Center for ● Apr. 24: Women’s health: breast, cervical, and Evidence‐Based Crime Policy and professor in the ovarian cancer, as well as diagnosis, prevenon, and Department of Criminology, Law and Society at George treatment of osteoporosis. Mason University. Dr. Lum is a former Balmore City police ● May 1: Vaccinaons, common over‐the‐counter officer and detecve who earned a PhD in criminology from medicaons, vitamins, herbal supplements, and the the University of Maryland, an MS in criminology from the opioid epidemic. London School of Economics, and a BA in polical science and economics from the University of California, Los ● May 8: Aging, caregiver ps, elder driving, and how Angeles. Lum will discuss how policing has changed and has to get the most out of a doctor’s visit. also stayed the same since her me as a sworn officer, ● May 15: Hearing loss, choosing a health care focusing on the important role that research has and will provider, sleep hygiene and insomnia, and radiaon play in reimagining American policing. exposure from medical diagnoscs. If there is me, we ● Apr. 8: A Civil Life in an Uncivil Time: Julia Wilbur's will also discuss congesve heart failure. Struggle for Purpose. In 1862, at age 47, abolionist Dr. Michele Romano is a family physician who rered in and teacher Julia Wilbur traveled, alone, from 2015, and was a nurse for 12 years before going to medical Rochester, NY, to Alexandria, VA. She spent the next school. She aended Virginia Commonwealth University three years in Alexandria helping people who had (VCU) School of Medicine and was elected into the Alpha Omega Alpha naonal medical school honor society in her escaped slavery, then worked in Washington, DC unl junior year. She held a faculty appointment as an associate her death in 1895. This biography tells the story of a professor of clinical medicine at VCU and served on both woman who remade her life (in the 19th century, no

27 Other Topics less), as well as about northern Virginia and Soviet spy in the CIA and to their idenficaon of the Washington, DC during this crical me in our naon's mole, case officer Aldrich Ames, a long‐me friend and history. Paula Tarnapol Whitacre is a writer and editor co‐worker in the Soviet and East European Division in who lives in Alexandria. A graduate of Johns Hopkins CIA's Directorate of Operaons. In February 1994, the University, she is a former foreign service officer and staff FBI arrested Ames, who later pled guilty to espionage writer for the Washington Post. She is on the boards of and was sentenced to life in prison. Circle of Treason Friends of Alexandria Archaeology and the Civil War was also the basis for the ABC News mini‐series The Roundtable of Washington. Assets which aired in 2014.

● May 6: Why Aren’t Jazz and Classical Music F902 Mason Faculty Club Series, Part 2 Popular? Is it possible to make the two art music Mondays, 9:30–11:00, Apr. 22–May 6 forms popular? Are these two doomed to be dinosaurs Note me and forgoen? Please join OLLI favorite, Walter Three sessions Todenho, for this interesng discussion. Walter Cost: $30 Todenho holds a Master's degree from the University of Come join us at the Mason Faculty Club (Pilot House Maryland in clarinet performance and served in the United on the main campus) and enjoy breakfast and a States Army Band “Pershing's Own” for 30 years. smulang presentaon just for OLLI members. The fee includes a three‐hour parking pass for the F903 Trip Tales Rappahannock parking deck in the designated visitor Mondays, 2:15–3:40, Mar. 25–May 13 parking area and a connental breakfast consisng of Coordinator: Tom Hady fruit, yogurt, granola, bagels and pastries, coffee, tea, ● Mar. 25: Dick Young went with all four of his adult and juice. Registraon is on a first‐come, first‐served children to Yellowstone and Grand Teton Naonal Parks basis. to explore, climb, hike, and laugh a lot. Six months ● Apr. 22: Game Theory. Game theory is the study of later, a wedding in Bozeman, Montana resulted in strategic interdependence where the best outcome for another memorable adventure. you depends both on your decision and on what ● Apr. 1: Kae Mitchell went cruising the Danube, someone else decides. This session shows how game Main, and Rhine rivers. Put yourself into a fairytale theory helps predict and explain people’s behavior. mode and enjoy charming towns, castles, churches, We will use examples from many areas and leave you food and music as we make our way from Vienna to with a good understanding of the most‐studied game, Amsterdam. the prisoners' dilemma. Bob Hazel is a fourth‐year PhD ● Apr. 8: Ever dream of sailing your own yacht to the economics student at George Mason University and will Bahamas? Join Cindy Kalkwarf and David Toms on a graduate in May. He is currently teaching a course on game virtual cruise aboard their yacht from Annapolis to the theory at Mason and has previously taught courses on financial economics and law and economics. He began his Bahamas. See charming southern towns along the US career as a regulatory lawyer, before working as an airline Intracoastal Waterway, then cruise on the Atlanc to execuve and a partner at a global consulng firm. He has a the Bahamas for turquoise waters, sandy beaches, and JD from the University of Chicago Law School, an MBA from glorious sunrises and sunsets. Learn what it is like to George Washington University, and a bachelor’s degree plan for and live aboard a sailboat for seven months. from Princeton. ● Apr. 15: Roz Schanzer went waltzing through ● Apr. 29: Circle of Treason. In 1985 and 1986 the Europe. Join four intrepid travelers who like to walk Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) experienced the fast as they explore the wonders of Austria, Denmark, unparalleled loss of its stable of Soviet assets, which Italy, Hungary, and Germany. Climb the snowy Tyrolean all but wiped out human source reporng on the Alps, meet Otzi the Iceman (who also climbed Soviet Union. That group included, among others, GRU mountains 5,300 years ago), visit the towns, castles, General Dmitriy Polyakov, the highest‐ranking Soviet museums, and gardens lining the beauful blue intelligence officer ever run by the United States. As Danube, gape at the world’s most jaw‐dropping detailed in Sandy Grimes' and her late co‐author amusement parks, and much more. Jeanne Vertefeuille's book, Circle of Treason, Grimes ● Apr. 22: Nancy Fleetwood enjoyed a river cruise on will talk about their personal involvement in CIA's the “River of Gold,” the Douro River in Portugal, with efforts to idenfy the reason for the losses and to side trips into Spain. Journey along and delight in the protect future Soviet assets from exposure and treasures that both countries have to offer. execuon. In 1991 that quest led to their hunt for a

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● Apr. 29: Tom Hady has spent several summer F904 Introducon to Chess sojourns in Cannon Beach, Oregon, a quite different Tuesdays, 9:40–11:05, Mar. 26–April 23; May 7–May 14. scene from our Outer Banks. Join Tom and Marilyn for No class Apr. 30 sea stacks, surf, fires on the beach, views of “Terrible Seven sessions Tilly,” and visits to local instuons such as the Screw Instructor: Jay Ryan and Brew. Find out what Lewis and Clark were looking Class limit: 16 for at Cannon Beach. Learn the ancient strategy game of chess. The first two ● May 6: Elsa Lile takes us to Seale (including Pike classes will be devoted to learning the rules and how Place Market, the Boeing Factory Tour, and the the pieces move, and are aimed at beginners or those beauful Northwest) and Victoria, Brish Columbia looking for a refresher. Subsequent classes will be (including Butchart Gardens, Vancouver Island, and divided between play among classmates and lectures the Empress Hotel). on rules, strategy, taccs, and classic games. Chess sets ● May 13: Roger Frost went meandering in Morocco. and boards will be provided; just bring your brain. We will see his video of a two‐week tour in 2018 of Jay Ryan rered aer a 35‐year career as an economist and this exoc country, vising the major cies and program manager at the Bureau of Labor Stascs. Ryan historical sites, the Atlas mountain range, and taking a played tournament chess in his youth and reached the rank of Expert, one level below Master. He connues his interest camel expedion to an overnight sojourn in a tent in in chess, playing online and teaching chess to children. the Sahara.

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29 Special Events Fairfax/Loudoun/Reston Trips, performances, and socials are registered on a first‐come, first‐served basis and fill up quickly. Please sign up early for these popular offerings to increase your chances for enrollment. Special Events 1205 ETHEL with Guest Arst Robert Program Planning Group Chairs: Mirabal Present "The River" Sunday, 7:00 pm, May 26 (6:15 for pre‐show) Florence Adler, Rita Way Reston Community Center Hunters Woods

Reston Community Center See complete descripon in Between Term Events 2018‐19 Professional Touring secon. Arsts Series 1207 An Evening with Nancy Giles: CBS OLLI is collaborang with the Reston Community News Commentator and Comedian Center by promong several of their 2018‐19 Saturday, 8:00 pm, Jun. 1 Professional Touring Arsts Series events scheduled Reston Community Center Hunters Woods for CenterStage at Reston Community Center Hunters See complete descripon in Between Term Events Woods. In return, OLLI members are provided a secon. discounted rate to aend. Please register for the select events below using the OLLI member portal. Registraons are limited and will be taken on a first‐ come, first‐served basis. Check out the rest of the 950 Lectures Reston Community Center Professional Touring Arsts Series events under the CenterStage schedule at: 952 Russian Coffee and Pastries www.restoncommunitycenter.com. Monday, 11:50–1:15, Mar. 25 Loudoun 951 Reduced Shakespeare Company’s Instructor: Marina Dobson The Complete Works of Shakespeare Coordinator: Judy Sapienza (abridged) [revised] Class limit: 26 Wednesday, 8:00 pm, Mar. 27 Fee: $6 Note date and me Enjoy coffee, Russian pastries, and a taste of Russian Reston Community Center Hunters Woods culture and charm presented by Marina Dobson. This Capacity: 20 is a great opportunity to take a break in the day, learn Fee: $25 (and taste) some Russian tradions, and meet some Join these madcap men in ghts as they weave their new friends. Come and indulge! Registraon for this wicked way through all of Shakespeare’s comedies, event is on a first‐come, first‐served basis. histories, and tragedies in one wild and memorable Marina Dobson graduated from Kyibishev Aviaon ride that leaves audiences breathless and helpless with Instute (renamed Samara Aerospace University) with a laughter. In the spirit of Shakespeare himself, Reduced master’s degree in computer sciences. Because she was the Shakespeare Company shows contain some occasional daughter of a Soviet officer, she traveled with her family bawdy language and mild innuendo. All children (and around the USSR and lived in places from the Far East to parents) are different, so the show is rated PG‐13: Ukraine. Marina moved to the United States in the 1990s Prey Good If You’re 13. Registraons will be taken on where she met her American husband and became a a first‐come, first‐served basis. Tickets will be reserved naturalized cizen. She has lived in Fairfax for the past 13 in your name and available for pick‐up at the Reston years. Community Center Box Office. OLLI cannot guarantee a refund for this event once you have paid for your 953 Fall Prevenon in Older Adults reservaon. Tuesday, 2:15‐3:40, Mar. 26 Fairfax Lord of Life Instructor: Jessica Pope Falls are a significant healthcare issue for older adults. Falling and injuries resulng from falls can have significant impacts in one’s life, affecng quality of life.

30 Special Events Fortunately, falls are preventable. This course will Who were the most popular comedians on the air? Is it cover research regarding falls, fall risk factors, true that radios were popular in rural America even recommendaons from the Centers for Disease before they had electricity? Why were most kids’ Control and Prevenon, and fall prevenon strategies. adventure shows sponsored by cereal companies? How Parcipants can also expect to learn about a recent did the newscasters operate? Were most radio community outreach exercise program that was programs live or recorded? How did they make all of conducted through George Mason University and the those sound effects? French will answer these benefits and outcomes of parcipaon in the program. quesons and play excerpts from programs of that Parcipants will learn how to reduce or improve fall bygone era. risks and how to make their homes safer. Exercises and See F304 for instructor informaon. exercise programs that reduce fall risk factors and have other health benefits will be discussed. 956 Beauful and Destrucve: Controlling Jessica Pope is pursuing her PhD in exercise, fitness, and Invasive Plants health promoon. She conducts research in fall prevenon Wednesday, 11:50–1:15, Mar. 27 for older adults and has presented at naonal conferences. Rose Gallery at Reston Community Center, Lake Anne She holds an MS in health and human performance: athlec Instructor: Erin Stockschlaeder training (The University of Tennessee at Chaanooga), and Coordinator: Fred Kaiser bachelor’s degrees from Virginia Tech. Over the last 30 years, invasive plant species have slowly taken a firm foothold in our area by out‐ 954 Can Facebook Steal My Stuff? Your compeng our nave species. Oen beauful and with Intellectual Property Rights on no predators or pathogens to keep them in check, they Social Media can have damaging effects in yards, gardens, and Tuesday, 2:15–3:40, Mar. 26 parklands. Plants such as English ivy, Japanese Fairfax Lord of Life honeysuckle, and tree of heaven are all invasive and Instructor: Dr. Joyce Johnston wreak havoc in our natural areas. Stockschlaeder will Europe’s new General Data Protecon Regulaon present a discussion on the leading invasive species in produced a flood of recent privacy noces on social Fairfax County and the award‐winning control program media, but does it really protect your rights to your now being conducted in Fairfax County parks. personal informaon? What about Pinterest pins or Erin Stockschlaeder is an ecologist and the program images on YouTube or Instagram? Or career info on coordinator for the Invasive Plant Management Area LinkedIn or ResearchGate? Or remarks posted to Program for Fairfax County Park Authority, having earned a Twier or Facebook? Learn what US copyright law can BS from State University of New York and a master’s degree and can’t do to protect your intellectual property from George Mason University. rights on top social media sites. Joyce Johnston’s graduate work was in medieval 957 Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality literature, but her current areas of specializaon reflect the 101: Background, Now, and Future opportunies offered to Mason faculty: computer assisted Wednesday, 2:15–3:40, Mar. 27 instrucon, online civility, and intellectual property rights, Fairfax Lord of Life especially issues surrounding copyright and plagiarism in Instructor: Cherie Lejeune electronic environments. She has spoken at several Learn about how virtual reality (VR) is being used, naonal, state, and regional conferences about digital including in a wide range of health‐related applicaons. intellectual property, music copyright, and copyright issues It is becoming commonplace in many physical and in educaon. This presentaon was originally an invited talk cognive therapeuc sengs. Augmented reality, now at the Virginia Associaon of School Librarians’ annual embedded in some smartphones, is making a conference in November 2018. difference in our daily rounes as well. Some VR 955 Golden Age of Radio equipment can be tried out at the presentaon. Tuesday, 2:15–3:40, Mar. 26 Cherie Lejeune found a third‐act career as a champion for United Chrisan Parish Reston technology awareness and best‐use pracces for older Instructor: Jack French users. She has taught workshops, been a panelist for What was radio like before the networks were seminars, and works one‐on‐one with cognively challenged adults and their caregivers. She consults for cung‐edge formed? How much power did the sponsors have over gaming companies who are focusing on health applicaons, radio content? Why were soap operas so popular? especially in the emerging VR industry. She is co‐author of

31 Special Events Fairfax County’s Neighbor to Neighbor 50+ Iniave, and admission to George Mason University. the human services chair for Fairfax Federaon Cizens Vince Modugno is a rered aorney from Akron, Ohio who Associaon. She was a panelist for the first VOICE summit, a moved to Fairfax in 2010 to be near children and voice technology conference, in 2018. She is excited about grandchildren. He has a BA from Kent State and received his the future where more and more digital tools will be JD from the University of Akron. He is a member of OLLI and integrated into the fabric of everyday older users’ lives. also takes free classes at Mason.

958 Muldisciplinary History of HIV/AIDS 960 The Five Pillars of Brain Health and the Global Response Monday, 11:50–1:15, Apr. 22 Thursday, 11:50–1:15, Mar. 28 Loudoun Loudoun Instructor: Suba Saty Instructor: Felice Apter It’s never too late to take charge of your brain health! This course will cover: In this interacve session, you will learn about the five ● The emergence of the Human Immunodeficiency pillars of a brain‐healthy lifestyle, share your brain‐ Virus (HIV), boosng acvies, and be inspired by others. This ● Why the disease was so hard to define and the session is a good overview for anyone interested in causave agent so difficult to idenfy, and improving their brain health and will provide you with ● The evoluon of the naonal and global responses. aconable steps you can take, along with resources to Registrants are asked to watch two films in advance of learn more. the class. Suba Saty has been an AARP community ambassador for Felice M. Apter, PhD, is an adjunct professor at over two years. In that capacity, he provides presentaons Georgetown Medical School and a vising fellow at the on fraud/identy the and on HomeFit, smart soluons Center for Global Development. With more than 30 years of from AARP for making your home comfortable and safe. experience in biomedical science, global health policy, and the development of global health architecture, she has a 961 The Dark History of the Peculiar record of success in advancing complex internaonal health Instuon: Slavery in the Middle efforts across governmental, non‐governmental, academic, Atlanc Region and philanthropic organizaons. Tuesday, 2:15–3:40, Apr. 2 Fairfax Lord of Life 959 How to Enroll in the Senior Cizen Instructor: Chris Sperling Waiver Program at Mason Coordinator: Stephanie Trachtenberg Friday, 1:00–2:30, Mar. 29 In 1619, the first African slaves arrived in Virginia. For Tallwood the next 250 years, the instuon of slavery defined Instructors: Andrew Burroughs, Stephanie Lowe the American economy and culture, in parcular below Coordinator: Vince Modugno the Mason‐Dixon Line. The instuon of slavery has It’s easy! Learn about George Mason University’s been the subject of volumes of scholarly work. But Senior Cizen Waiver Program that allows those over most of this has focused on broad social paerns. sixty years of age to audit courses at Mason at no Through documents and archaeology, researchers are charge. This course will cover the requirements and just now beginning to gain an understanding of the applicaon for admission to the program, the class everyday lives of the enslaved and, in doing so, aempt registraon process, the Mason websites, how to to give a voice to those historically silenced. obtain a free parking permit, and more. Christopher Sperling is a senior archaeologist at the Fairfax Andrew Burroughs is the assistant registrar for operaons County Park Authority and adjunct instructor at Stevenson at George Mason University. He has been with the Registrar University. Office at Mason for five years. Burroughs and his team assist individuals with any registraon or addional steps in 962 Taking Charge of Your Health Using the senior cizen tuion waiver program. This class should Digital Tools: How to Be a Smarter bring some clarity to the process of registering with the Healthcare Consumer and Beer waiver program. Stephanie Lowe has been with the office Informed Paent of admissions for more than three years. She earned her Tuesday, 2:15–3:40, Apr. 2 bachelor’s in elementary educaon from the University of United Chrisan Parish Reston St. Francis in Illinois. She is passionate about helping others Instructor: Cynthia Thomas Hazard achieve their educaonal goals. Here at Mason she works The more in control we are of our health, the beer specifically with our non‐degree students and has helped the outcomes. This course provides an overview of streamline the processes for senior‐cizen students seeking

32 Special Events simple digital technologies, such as portals, Medicare and director of the Center for Health Policy Research and Blue Buon, disease management, and wellness Ethics, and has been involved in health reform for over 25 “apps” and offers guidance on how and why to years. He is one of the few analysts who have been invited leverage them for beer health. We will review the to tesfy before Congress by both sides of the aisle and was recently appointed to the Physician‐Focused Payment Model basics, as well as sample some newer, creave digital Technical Advisory Commiee, created by statute to advise technologies. The goal is to provide learners with a the Secretary of Health and Human Services on payment sense of confidence in their own abilies to get beer reform for Medicare and the health care system as a whole. connected to their health and be empowered to explore the benefits that digital healthcare 964 What’s in Your Wallet? US Land technologies can provide. Border Search Authority Cynthia Thomas Hazard founded My Health Hero to Wednesday, 2:15–3:40, Apr. 3 empower older adults to take charge of their health using Rose Gallery at Reston Community Center, Lake Anne approachable digital healthcare technologies. Previously, Instructor: Wes Clark she worked for some of the country’s best healthcare This presentaon will discuss what and whom US informaon technology companies. As a cerfied yoga authories can search coming into and exing the teacher, she knows how the smallest of changes can help naon. The concepts of “actual border,” “funconal people feel more connected to their health. A Cerfied equivalent” of the border, and the “extended border” Senior Adviser®, she tailors her teaching to the needs of older adults. will be examined, as will the extent to which electronic devices including cell phones, tablets, and laptops can 963 Health Reform: Where Do We Go be searched and retained. From Here? Wes Clark is an aorney who rered from the federal Wednesday, 2:15–3:40, Apr. 3 government in 2015 with over 38 years of experience. He Fairfax Lord of Life began his legal career as a Judge Advocate General (JAG) Instructor: Len Nichols officer with the 101st Airborne Division, became a Coordinator: Leo Brennan Department of Jusce organized crime prosecutor, and The elecons of 2016 may have moved “repeal and spent the last 20 years of his career with the Drug Enforcement Administraon’s Office of Chief Counsel, replace the Affordable Care Act,” a.k.a “Obamacare,” working both internaonal and criminal law enforcement off the table temporarily, but we have not in fact issues. reached consensus about the proper role for government in regulang insurance and health service 965 Fall Prevenon in Older Adults markets. Court decisions on lawsuits filed by repeal Thursday, 11:50–1:15, Apr. 4 advocates, administrave acons by the Trump Loudoun administraon, and tesng the limits of waiver Instructor: Jessica Pope authority by states that oppose Medicaid programs all This is a repeat of 953. promise to keep the issues of access to affordable care well into the future. The facts that health insurance 966 The Value and Benefits of and care cost so much, especially prescripon drugs Volunteering in Rerement and specialist care, and that health care costs connue Friday, 1:00–2:30, Apr. 5 to grow faster than incomes, prevent the issues from Tallwood receding into the background. Single‐payer health Instructors: Carly Hubicki, Emily Thomas, Janet Davison, care seems to have more polical support than ever, Rob Paine but the rapidly growing budget deficit calls for a Sharing your me and experse with those in need is reckoning between our social conscience and our not only good for the community, it’s good for you as willingness to pay for a compassionate society. The well! Come learn about the growing crical role that instructor will provide an assessment of the law’s seasoned volunteers play in northern Virginia. Find out performance to date, followed by interacve how volunteering in rerement can improve your discussion about various replacement opons, both health as well as your outlook on life while opening up legislave and regulatory. The goal of the class is to new social froners with like‐minded neighbors. In this help parcipants evaluate health care reform by the session, we will dispute common misconcepons of yardscks that maer most to them. seniors in service. You will learn the secrets of the Dr. Len Nichols is a professor of health policy at Mason trade from the region’s top volunteers and volunteer

33 Special Events coordinators. We will help you discover the variety of 968 Techie Stuff to the Rescue! fun and meaningful opportunies that await you. Technologies That Can Be Used with Carly Hubicki is the volunteer specialist for the Rered and Or without Hearing Aids Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) for northern Virginia. She Tuesday, 11:50–1:15, Apr. 9 personally matches the skills and interests of individuals 55 United Chrisan Parish Reston years old or beer with meaningful volunteer opportunies Instructor: Bonnie O’Leary in Fairfax County, Arlington County, and Alexandria. Emily Hearing aids are not the only products on the market Thomas has worked for Fairfax County’s Department of to help us with hearing. This program discusses and Family Services since 1999. She joined the Area Agency on demonstrates examples of hearing assisve Aging Volunteer Soluons Team five years ago. She holds a technologies: amplified and caponed phones, flashing bachelor’s degree in family and child development from Virginia Tech and a master’s degree in social work from alert systems, telephone amplifiers, TV listening Virginia Commonwealth University. Janet Davison has a systems, personal amplifiers, alarm clocks, etc. master’s degree in global affairs from George Mason Virginia’s technology assistance program is also University and an undergraduate degree from James explained. Parcipants will be able to sample personal Madison University in Spanish and internaonal affairs. She amplifiers during the presentaon. Many of these has held mulple posions with Volunteer Fairfax, but has devices can be used with or without hearing aids. No recently transioned to the posion of RSVP‐Northern sales are involved. Virginia Program Manager. Rob Paine came to RSVP aer an Bonnie O’Leary is the outreach manager for the Northern extensive career in journalism. He spent nearly a decade at Virginia Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing the Associated Press. He is also an award‐winning Persons, the area’s leading non‐profit for people with photojournalist. Paine has a BA in journalism from hearing loss. She is a late‐deafened adult who has been Lynchburg University. As a volunteer, he leads wearing hearing aids for 20 years. promoonal efforts for several nonprofits, including the Northern Virginia Senior Olympics. 969 The Search for Life Beyond Earth Tuesday, 2:15–3:40, Apr. 9 967 Making Every Vote Count: Why Fairfax Lord of Life Virginia Needs Fair Redistricng Instructor: Michael E. Summers Reform Coordinator: Carolyn Kramer Monday, 11:50–1:15, Apr. 8 The universe is not what we once thought. Even as Loudoun recently as two decades ago we were sll wondering if Instructor: Deborah Mayer the Earth was unique in the enre universe in having OneVirginia2021 volunteers will present a screening of the right ingredients, such as water and carbon the documentary GerryRIGGED, followed by an in‐ compounds, that are required to support life as we depth discussion of the why, how, and why‐now of fair know it. However, over the past decade we have redistricng reform, including pending court cases at discovered thousands of new worlds, many Earth‐like, the state and naonal levels. OneVirginia2021 is a that have environments that appear conducive for life mul‐parsan, largely volunteer organizaon working and that have the requirements for life in abundance. throughout the commonwealth to talk with fellow And it seems that just about every week sciensts are Virginians about gerrymandering and the making astonishing new discoveries which reveal a improvements that fair redistricng reform can have universe more complex, and filled with more on our ability to govern ourselves successfully. unexpected objects, places, and events, than we could Specifically, OneVirginia2021 is advocang for the ever have predicted—many of which have a bearing on adopon of an amendment to the Virginia the queson of life elsewhere. This presentaon will Constuon that will establish an independent, address some recent discoveries and what they might imparal commission to apply a fair and transparent mean for the possibility of life beyond Earth. process in drawing polical districts aer the 2020 Michael Summers, George Mason University professor of census. planetary science and astronomy, is a planetary scienst Deborah Mayer is an acve volunteer with the Fairfax who studies the composion and evoluon of planets and Local Acon Group for OneVirginia2021, which is working to their atmospheres. His research has considered many of the end gerrymandering in Virginia before the next re‐ planets and moons in our solar system, including the Earth, districng in 2021. She is also a licensed aorney in the as well as planets that orbit distant stars. Summers has Commonwealth of Virginia and pracces primarily in parcipated in a variety of NASA rocket, space shule, northern Virginia. satellite, and deep space roboc missions to other planets.

34 Special Events More recently, he is a science team member and mission 972 Things You Didn’t Know You Didn’t co‐invesgator on the NASA/New Horizons Spacecra Know, Part IV Mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt. Wednesday, 2:15–3:40, Apr. 10 Fairfax Lord of Life 970 Henrik Ibsen: An Enemy of the Instructor: Ed Weiner People Coordinator: Thelma Weiner Tuesday, 2:15–3:40, Apr. 9 Here’s a sample of the praccal quesons that will be United Chrisan Parish Reston covered: Instructor: Vera Wentworth ● If I get injured in a store while shopping, is the store An Enemy of the People is a polical play as up‐to‐date responsible for my injury? now as it was in Ibsen’s me more than a hundred ● If I die without a will, what happens? years ago. It deals with the polluon of the town’s ● If my spouse dies, can I collect their Social Security baths which were infecng visitors with disease, and benefits? the combined efforts of the polical and media elite to ● It is a nuisance to keep taking the handicap placard cover it up. When Dr. Stockmann, the medical officer on and off my rear view mirror. Can I just drive with it of the baths and hero of the play, tries to correct the on? situaon, he runs up against the polical power ● If I have health insurance, do I need addional structure. With the economic well‐being of the town medical expense benefits on my car insurance? and its leaders threatened, corrupon, manipulaon You’ll be surprised to learn what you didn’t know about of the press, opportunism, and back stabbing come to our laws in Virginia. the forefront. At the end, Dr. Stockmann stands all Edward L. Weiner is a past president of the Fairfax Bar alone and loses everything except the will to fight Associaon and Virginia State Bar. He will convene an another bale another day. The truths that the play impressive panel of lawyers and judges to present a fast‐ expresses are not dated and will exist as long as there paced panel discussion covering interesng lile‐known are town councils and policians. gems of Virginia law. You will be certain to have learned Vera Wentworth holds a PhD in English and has taught at some new law by the end of the presentaon. the college level for 30 years, mostly at the University of Maryland and Prince George’s Community College. She has 973 Meet the Movie Man: Behind the taught a variety of literature courses at OLLI. Scenes at the Cinema Wednesday, 2:15–3:40, Apr. 10 971 Policing Black Bodies Rose Gallery at Reston Community Center, Lake Anne Wednesday, 11:50–1:15, Apr. 10 Instructor: Mark O’Meara Rose Gallery at Reston Community Center, Lake Anne Coordinator: Patricia Bangs Instructors: Angela Haery, Earl Smith Learn the highs and lows of operang an independent Based the recent book by Haery and Smith, Policing movie theatre in the mulplex era. Mark O’Meara, Black Bodies: How Black Lives are Surveilled and How whose Cinema Arts and University Mall Theatres in to Work for Change, this course will explore the ways Fairfax aract a loyal following, will share his years of that Black people experience policing, both by the experience as a film theatre owner. Whether it’s police themselves, but also by non‐police, for traveling to film fesvals to scout out future offerings, example, having the police called on them while they encing film distributors to share more prints of first‐ wait for a beverage in Starbucks or barbecue in a park. run films, or devising creave fund‐raising campaigns, Angela Haery is professor and Director of Women and O’Meara will discuss all aspects of the complex but Gender Studies at George Mason University. She holds a creave business of owning a movie theatre. PhD in sociology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Mark O’Meara purchased the Cinema Arts Theatre in the She is the author of 11 books. Her next book, Gender, Fair City Mall in 1999 and has owned the University Mall Power and Violence is due to be released in early 2019. Theatres on Braddock Road near George Mason University Earl Smith is Emeritus Professor of Sociology and American since 1991. He is the former owner of theatres in Manassas, Ethnic Studies at Wake Forest University. He holds a PhD in Sterling, and Herndon. sociology from the University of Conneccut. He is the author of 11 books, including Race, Sport and the American Dream. His next book, Gender, Power and Violence is due to be released in early 2019. He teaches courses in sociology, women and gender studies, and African and African American studies at George Mason University.

35 Special Events 974 Myths, Misconcepons, and director Jindřich Polák, Ikarie XB‐1, which Stanley Realies About Race, Religion, and Kubrick watched while planning 2001: A Space Society in America Odyssey. Thursday, 11:50–1:15, Apr. 11 Pay Zubeck Means is an instructor with the Naonal Loudoun Archives and an associate professor of English and literature Instructor: Al Carroll at Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC). She’s Stereotypes and falsehoods are oen deliberately taught at NVCC, University of Maryland, and The George spread to jusfy inequality, prejudice, or dominaon Washington University. She has also worked as a film of one group over another. This class will focus on the director and film editor. most common misunderstandings believed even by 977 Search like a Librarian: Introducon many of us who consider ourselves unprejudiced. The to Research Resources format will be queson and answer with much Tuesday, 11:50–1:15, Apr. 30 discussion. Fairfax Lord of Life Al Carroll is associate professor of US, American Indian, Instructor: Mason Librarian and Lan American history at Northern Virginia Community Are you researching for a book, preparing a course, or College, and a former Senior Fulbright Scholar in Indonesia. He has wrien six books and numerous arcles that have following current events? Do you have an academic appeared in a variety of publicaons. interest in any topic? If so, bring your laptop or mobile device and join this hands‐on computer class taught by 975 Creang Floral Centerpieces for a George Mason University librarian. Here you will Spring Holiday Celebraons learn how to successfully conduct online research by Friday, 1:00–2:30, Apr. 12 surveying Mason’s hundreds of available databases Tallwood and learn how to access arcles in a wide variety of Instructor: Denise Gorski subject areas. As an OLLI member, you can access all Coordinator: Velma Berkey the online databases in the Mason library, but you Denise Gorski will demonstrate how to make a table MUST have a Mason G number and an acve Mason floral centerpiece for your spring celebraon. She will email address before taking this class. (They can be take you from start to finish on gathering your requested at any OLLI office and will take supplies, give you the inside informaon on where and approximately three weeks to obtain.) You will also how to pick your flowers (and even include clippings need basic computer skills. from your own yard), and rules of the trade to create The class will be taught by a librarian from the Mason an arrangement that will dazzle your table and make libraries. your family and friends know it’s a special occasion. At the end of the session Gorski will donate her creaon 978 Legalizaon of Marijuana to a lucky parcipant. Tuesday, 2:15–3:40, Apr. 16 Denise Gorski is the owner of Burke Florist at University Fairfax Lord of Life Mall in Fairfax. She’s a Midwesterner, born and raised in the Instructor: Senator David Marsden Cleveland area, but has been a resident of Fairfax for 18 This presentaon will cover a brief history of marijuana years. Prior to becoming a florist, she was a graphic use worldwide, as well as marijuana use and paerns designer for over 20 years, working in adversing, prinng. in the United States. Topics to be covered include:

myths and atudes about the drug; medical evidence 976 Soviet Sci Fi of the negave impacts of marijuana use; and Monday, 11:50–1:15, Apr. 15 medicinal uses of marijuana. In addion, the history of Loudoun the legal climate of producon and possession of Instructor: Patricia Means marijuana in Virginia and the legislave effort to This event will be a review of Andrei Tarkovsky’s legalize cannabis oil and THC‐A oil will be discussed. contribuons to cinema, as well as a special focus on Senator Marsden will outline his efforts, starng with his iconic interpretaon of the novel Solaris. Solaris, those with intractable epilepsy and moving on to created by Stanislaw Lem during the censorship in anyone that a physician believes can experience relief. Soviet‐dominated Poland, turned to the fantasies of He will also describe the polical process and lobbying science ficon to offer radical criques of modern life. effort which yielded the biparsan support he received Lem’s novels inspired both Tarkovsky’s film Solaris and in overcoming obstacles. He will conclude with a modern version by Steven Soderbergh and Czech

36 Special Events explaining how the medical marijuana business will be 981 Digital Literacy: Skills to Survive in structured and operated in Virginia. the Digital Age Virginia State Senator David W. (“Dave”) Marsden Wednesday, 2:15–3:40, Apr. 17 represents Virginia’s 37th district and is a longme resident Rose Gallery at Reston Community Center, Lake Anne of Burke. He has a unique perspecve on the policy maers Instructor: Douglas Povich that impact our economy and day‐to‐day lives. Digital literacy is the set of skills needed to survive in 979 Website Creaon: Yes, You Can! the Digital Age. Becoming digitally literate requires an understanding of the vast and ever‐changing array of Tuesday, 2:15–3:40, Apr. 16 informaon sources, how to manage or cope with the United Chrisan Parish Reston technology delivering the informaon, and how to Instructor: Chip Rome Bring your laptop and we’ll go step‐by‐step as you make sense of the huge amount of informaon that we create your own website, and it will be “live” on the are subjected to each day. Television, radio, magazines, Internet by the end of the session. You need to be able social media and, of course, the Internet are to log on to the Internet and use a mouse or trackpad. increasingly important sources of informaon We’ll keep it simple but give you a sense of how to necessary to our daily lives. This course will cover how expand on this strong start. to evaluate the informaon sources and delivery Chip Rome has been a computer nerd since the days of the technologies available, with a goal toward helping you Commodore 64 and Atari Nintendo. He is the person behind to effecvely use technology to find, idenfy, crically BuilderallAtlanc.com and has Ambassador status with that analyze, and process informaon in the Digital Age. website building plaorm. With 35 years of teaching Douglas Povich is a management analyst in the experience, he’s able to make complicated things simple, Communicaons Policy and Regulaon Division of Fairfax and can lead even the mid to be successful. County’s Department of Cable and Consumer Services, where he works on cable TV, media, and technology issues. 980 Trade in the Global Order Since Doug pracced telecommunicaons and technology law for World War II and Its Uncertain over thirty years, focusing on regulatory and transaconal Future maers in the wireline, wireless, and public safety Wednesday, 2:15‐3:40, Apr. 17 communicaons sectors. He holds a BA in English and Fairfax Lord of Life philosophy from Union College and a JD from Georgetown Instructor: Amy Porges University Law Center.

Trade rules and trade negoaons affect the price and 982 Ten Advantages of Aging for quality of the products you buy, the food you eat, and Psychological Health the services that people and companies can offer or Thursday, 11:50–1:15, Apr. 18 purchase. Since WWII, trade rules have provided Loudoun stability essenal to world trade as we know it. This Instructor: Diane Wagner talk will survey how these rules expanded world trade, Americans are living longer than ever. Although we including the broad trade rules that led to the tend to think of disadvantages associated with aging, establishment of the World Trade Organizaon (WTO) there are several advantages of aging as well. This in 1995, as well as the upsurge in regional trade presentaon will cover mulple advantages of aging agreements in the last 20 years—such as NAFTA, the and life experience and how to apply them to maintain Trans‐Pacific Partnership, and competor regimes. We and increase physical and psychological health. This is will also cover challenges to trade rules in the last two an opportunity to learn about the latest research years, including US‐China trade acons, new US findings on daily and weekly strategies in health protecve tariffs, revision of US trade agreements, and behaviors, social relaonships, intellectual and cultural challenges to the WTO. We can also discuss the US‐ acvies, and emoonal well‐being. Mexico‐Canada Agreement (USMCA) signed in 2018 as Dr. Wagner is a licensed clinical psychologist with experse a NAFTA successor and its pending approval. in working with older adults. She received her PhD from OLLI member Amy Porges is an internaonal trade lawyer at George Mason University and advanced training in Porges Trade Law PLLC, experienced in trade negoaons geropsychology during her internship at the Boston VA and trade law in the Office of the US Trade Representave, Medical Center and fellowship at the Salem VA Medical the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Secretariat, Center. She works in private pracce at Clinical Psychology and private pracce. She is a graduate of Harvard Law Services in Fairfax and conducts psychotherapy with adults School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. of all ages.

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983 Geng to Know Shakespeare’s Iago 985 Japan’s Biggest Secret During World Tuesday, 11:50‐1:15, Apr. 23 War II Loudoun Thursday, 11:50–1:15, Apr. 25 Instructor: Stacy Eldridge Loudoun This presentaon will look at the character Iago from Instructor: Jim Lewis Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor. We Through an unbelievable series of coincidences and will discuss how Iago succeeds and why every luck, the story you will hear came to light aer being character believes him. We will psychoanalyze him shrouded in mystery for more than half a century. The while also examining his true intenons, aack on Pearl Harbor had gone beer than planned, manipulaons, and his luck. The purpose of this although Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto had not destroyed course is to get students interested and excited about any aircra carriers. Yet he had succeeded in knocking Shakespeare and to explore Iago more closely while the United States out of the Pacific for six months, also including an analysis of the other main characters: buying precious me for Japan to conquer those Othello, Desdemona, and Emilia. naons with the most vital commodies and Stacy Rice Eldridge, an English/Literature instructor at consolidate the gains behind a strong southern NOVA, loves Shakespeare and has much experience defensive perimeter. Yamamoto knew a protracted war teaching his works and acng in his plays. She also led a against the United States would definitely not be in Shakespeare study abroad to England for 25 honors Japan’s interest. Therefore, he needed to find a way to students. She’s excited to share her knowledge and learn take the war directly to the US mainland and, from others! hopefully, deliver a knockout punch. The queson:

984 “Did You Know?” A Look at Some how? Japan’s fascinang response was fully developed Interesng and Lile‐known Facts and ready to be implemented before the end of the about George Washington war; however the war’s events prevented its usage. Wednesday, 2:15–3:40, Apr. 24 Numerous diabolical plots were planned and the Fairfax Lord of Life results could have been devastang. Instructor: Peter R. Henriques Jim Lewis is a noted Civil War and WWII historian, lecturer, Coordinator: Velma Berkey and local Civil War site tour guide. His WWII presentaons Rather than following his usual paern of focusing on include, “What Our Boys Faced on D‐Day,” “D‐Day +1 thru the Bulge,” and “The Japanese Empire’s Last Stand.” He has one aspect of George Washington’s remarkable life, recently released another American Civil War era Professor Henriques will touch on a variety of presentaon, “The Consummate Cizen‐Soldier—Charles interesng and relavely lile‐known facts about Russell Lowell, Jr.” Washington, including some that are not very complimentary. 986 Teaching Elementary Space Science Dr. Peter R. Henriques received his PhD in history from the with Music University of Virginia and is Professor of History Emeritus at Friday, 1:00–2:30, Apr. 26 George Mason University. His book, Realisc Visionary: A Tallwood Portrait of George Washington, is described as one of the Instructor: James Thorne five best books to understand our first President. Music is an ideal medium to teach children about space Henriques’s current book project in progress is entled, science. This presentaon will address teaching Matchless: The Leadership of George Washington and other elementary space science through story songs; music Essays. In 2012 he was the winner of the George as a teaching tool for aenon and content; and Washington Memorial Award given by the George Washington Masonic Memorial Associaon for his memorizaon using songs for standardized test contribuons to the study of George Washington. quesons. Space science content for schools is available from many sources, such as planetarium shows, Air and Space Museum events, and interacons with media—such as Children’s Music Network, University Radio, and the Grammys Commiee. The presentaon will also address TV shows based on space science adventure songs and other demonstraons of educaonal songs.

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Dr. James D. Thorne (Jim) rered from the US Air Force 989 The Holocaust: A Study in Values aer a career in space technology, acquision, and policy, with Rabbi A with research in orbital mechanics and space propulsion. Wednesday, 2:30–3:55, May 1 Thorne is a published recording arst with albums about Note me space exploraon for elementary science students and has Fairfax Lord of Life performed at the Air and Space Museum. Instructor: Rabbi Bruce A Coordinator: Velma Berkey 987 Cizen Kane: What Makes It Great? As we are about to commemorate Yom HaShoah, Saturday, 9:30–12:00, Apr. 27 Holocaust Commemoraon Day on May 2, we will be Tallwood looking at a number of ficonal characters who Note date and me represent different types of people who would have Instructor: Dan Sherman been alive during the Holocaust period. As Rabbi A At age 25, Orson Welles directed and starred in what presents their stories orally and through wrien some would say is the greatest film ever. Made nearly documentaon, we can talk about whether we think 80 years ago, Cizen Kane was immediately recognized these figures were responsible for this horrific for its technical brilliance and creave energy. This moment in history. Many of us may be familiar with presentaon will describe the making of this great the famous quote by the German theologian and film, its creators, and the controversies behind it. Lutheran pastor, Marn Niemoller, who said, “Then Although the course will include many clips from the ‘they’ came for me, and there was no one le to speak film, students are urged to watch the film beforehand for me.” What can we do to prevent hatred in our if they can. world? Dan Sherman has taught numerous OLLI courses on Rabbi A, a graduate of the Reconstrucon Rabbinical musical theatre and other topics in the Washington, DC College in Philadelphia with a master’s of social work from area. He holds his PhD in economics from Cornell University Temple University, has been the spiritual leader at and recently rered as a managing director at the American Congregaon Adat Reyim in Springfield for 27 years. In Instutes for Research. addion to his congregaonal responsibilies, he spent 29 years working at the BBYO Internaonal Kallah, a Jewish 988 Discussion with Vising Author and leadership program for teenagers. Feeding his passion for Director from George Mason’s improving race relaons, Rabbi A has served on the Internaonal Writer’s Center Operaon Understanding DC board for almost 20 years Tuesday, 11:50–1:15, Apr. 30 promong dialogue between Black and Jewish teens. He United Chrisan Parish Reston has been an adjunct professor at Marymount University, Instructor: Ma Davis George Mason University, and the University of Mary The Alan Cheuse Internaonal Writers Center at Washington. George Mason University facilitates the exchange of internaonal creave writers and wring in order to 990 It’s Not Just Nancy: Other Girl help foster tolerance and understanding in our Sleuths and Their Exploits interconnected world. Enjoy a presentaon on Wednesday, 2:15–3:40, May 1 internaonal literature by one of their vising Rose Gallery at Reston Community Center, Lake Anne internaonal writers and Cheuse Center Director Ma Instructors: Margaret Bercher, Catherine Noonan Davis. Class limit: 80 Ma Davis is an award‐winning writer with an MFA in Mystery readers know about Nancy Drew, but there creave wring from the University of Iowa and a master’s were other girl detecves just as adventurous and just degree in internaonal relaons from Johns Hopkins as clever. Reminisce about reading the adventures of University. He has been a Fulbright Fellow to Syria and some familiar friends like Connie Blair, Cherry Ames, Jordan; a Tom and Mary Gallagher Fellow at the Black Judy Bolton, and the Dana Girls. Mountain Instute at University of Nevada, Las Vegas; and Margaret Bercher graduated with an MLS from Texas is currently an Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fellow at New Woman’s University. She began her career with Fairfax America in Washington, DC. County Public Library (FCPL) as a children’s librarian. She is currently responsible for selecng adult ficon for FCPL and is certain that her love of mysteries began when she met friends like Nancy and Cherry. Catherine Noonan graduated with an MLS from Drexel University and is the branch

39 Special Events manager at the Fairfax County Martha Washington Library. will be discussed. The lecture will describe how the Reading all those mysteries has helped her solve many a federal government aempted and eventually failed to puzzling and somemes mysterious reference queson. polically reconcile these diverse interests, leaving both sides to resort to war to sele their claims and 991 Two Tales of Misia grievances. Thursday, 11:50–1:15, May 2 Randy Ferryman is a rered CIA senior officer and Loudoun currently a consultant in naonal security. During a 40‐year Instructor: Marianne Metz career in intelligence, he has served in a number of Ever hear of Misia Zofia Olga Zenajda Godebska analycal, staff, and managerial posions. Ferryman Natanson Edwards Sert? If you lived in Paris 100 years conducts tours of the Geysburg balefield for naonal ago, you’d certainly have known of her. Pianist, art security professionals, and has been a student of that bale patron, and friend, model and muse to arsts like for 24 years. A previous OLLI instructor, Ferryman has a BA Renoir, Bonnard and Toulouse‐Lautrec, Misia also in history from Concordia College (Moorhead, MN) and an MA in administraon from the University of Maryland, presided over the most gliering arsc and University College. He is a member of the Bull Run Civil War intellectual salon in Paris. Serge Diaghilev and Coco Roundtable. Chanel were her close friends. Misia has been described as “a collector of geniuses, all of them in 994 Maximize Your Photo Safari love with her.” In this class we’ll hear Misia’s story, as Experience told in a new musical about her. The score for this Wednesday, 9:40–11:05, May 8 musical was composed by Vernon Duke in 1949; its Fairfax Lord of Life lyrics and libreo were created more than half a Instructor: Roz Schanzer century later. The genesis of the musical Misia is a Coordinator: Angie Talaber fascinang story in itself. Come ready to hear both Photo safaris led by world‐famous photographers Misia stories. Although the musical has yet to be allow small groups of 10 to 16 like‐minded folks to find produced, we will hear a top‐notch audio recording of photo opportunies they could never arrange on their its songs. Be among the first to enjoy this melodious own. See what’s possible when the real pros hook you new/old musical. up and help you move your photography to the next Marianne Metz enjoys sharing music of the mid‐20th level. century with fellow OLLI members, and has done so in more Rosalyn Schanzer is a naonally ranked Masters swimmer than 20 classes. and avid photographer who has taken pictures of wild lions and elephants in Africa from two feet away, swum with 992 Cizen Kane: What Makes it Great? sharks in Belize, and kayaked with whales in Alaska, Canada Thursday, 1:45–3:45, May 2 and Mexico. She has hiked the Andes, fished for piranhas, and explored ancient Incan ruins in Peru and Bolivia. And United Chrisan Parish she has raed through whitewater in the lush rainforests of Note me Costa Rica, tasted tamarinds in the remote dry forests of Instructor: Dan Sherman Ecuador, photographed golden temples in Thailand and This is a repeat of 987. marine iguanas in the Galapagos, and helped sail a world‐

famous racing boat from Bermuda to Boston. 993 Descent to Civil War Monday, 11:50–1:15, May 6 995 A Literature Review by the Authors Loudoun of the Novel America at Instructor: Randy Ferryman Armageddon The current period of quarrelsome naonal discourse Wednesday, 2:15–3:40, May 8 inspires discussions of a second American civil war. Fairfax Lord of Life This presentaon covers the strategic causes for Instructors: Paul Murad, John Brandenburg America’s plunge into its devastang Civil War and the Authors John Brandenburg and Paul Murad discuss similaries and dissimilaries between then and now. their new novel America at Armageddon. The novel The class will focus on the contenous 15 years prior explores why America is not idenfied in the Book of to the outbreak of the Civil War, in April 1861. Revelaon, a book of prophecies. The novel looks at a Northern resolve for union and free labor, Southern new translaon of Revelaon that portrays America as resolve for states’ rights and sovereignty and its way of soaring like an eagle over the end‐mes. The authors life—tethered ghtly to slavery—are key factors that provide alternave interpretaons about Babylon,

40 Special Events comments of Jeremiah and Daniel, and George Balalaikas. Dick Hulan, kontrabass balalaika, also plays a Washington’s prophesies about America’s future. The number of other folk instruments and is a member of the book posits that America will fulfill its God‐given Beltway Balalaikas. Jane Purcell, sekunda balalaika, also desny, through Armageddon and beyond, as God’s plays piano and has performed in several choral and dance groups. Janet Bohm, prima balalaika, is president of the superpower on Earth. The instructors assert that The Washington Balalaika Society. She is a member of the Book of Revelaon proclaims that America will not Beltway Balalaikas and the Reston Chorale. Jim Pope, alto perish but be what they call “the Eagle of Revelaon” balalaika and vocals, also plays prima balalaika, piano, and whose “mighty wings” rescue Israel and will forewarn has performed in choral groups at the Kennedy Center and the world of God’s coming wrath. across Europe. Kaa Bogdanov, vocals, has a master’s in Paul Murad worked in the aerospace industry and choral conducng and voice. She has been singing solo with government as an engineer/scienst on technical issues groups her whole life. from the Apollo to Russian weapon systems. The author supported the Pentagon on the Persian War aspects 997 The Second Amendment regarding Babylon. He is the author of nine books and has Thursday, 11:50–1:15, May 9 given OLLI courses on the US‐Russian space race, wing‐in‐ Loudoun ground ships, the U‐2/SR‐71, nuclear explosions on Mars, Instructor: Wes Clark genocides, UFOs, gravitaon, pulsars, and many other topics. This presentaon will examine the history of the John Brandenburg is a theorecal physicist who is a Second Amendment and what it means in light of DC contributor to the History Channel and has wrien: Life and vs. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008). This case addressed Death on Mars, Dead Mars Dying Earth, and many others. whether the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to keep and bear arms for self‐ 996 Russkie Musikan Russian Music defense. Performance See 964 for instructor informaon. Thursday, 11:50–1:20, May 9 Note me 998 Hearing Aids: Beware and Be Wise! Church of the Good Shepherd Friday, 1:00–2:30, May 10 Performers: Russkie Musikan ensemble Tallwood The Russkie Musikan is an ensemble under the Instructor: Bonnie O’Leary Washington Balalaika Society, the largest Russian folk This session reviews hearing loss, the hearing orchestra in the United States. Wearing tradional evaluaon, and the differences between an Russian costumes and performing on authenc folk audiologist and a hearing instrument specialist. It instruments, the ensemble will delight you with a explains the audiogram, telecoil and bluetooth sampling of Russian and Eastern European music, features, and looks at the types and styles of hearing including some that was especially composed for aids, their benefits, and limitaons. Parcipants will these folk instruments. The ensemble consists of also learn what devices can be used in conjuncon balalaikas, domras, accordion, a variety of percussion with hearing aids and what is available for folks who instruments, and features two vocalists. More aren’t ready for the hearing aid adventure but want informaon about the Russkie Musikan and the something to help them in specific listening situaons. Washington Balalaika Society can be found at See 968 for instructor informaon. www.balalaika.org. Cindy Stroup, prima domra, organizes concerts and music. 999 The Enigma of Shostakovich She also plays mandolin in the Takoma Mandoleers. Penny Monday, 11:50–1:15, May 13 Weissman, prima and alto domra, also plays classical Loudoun guitar. She is the ensemble leader and responsible for Instructor: Jon Goldberg arrangements and arsc direcon. Lisa Bell, tenor domra, has played violin and mandolin in various groups. Living in The years following the Russian Revoluon saw the Croaa for six years led to her interest in Slavic music. Peter establishment of a brutally repressive Communist DiGiovanni, accordion, plays piano, arranges music, is an regime. This was a difficult me for all the arts as award winning composer and president of Washington creavity was to be used only for the glorificaon of Metropolitan Accordion Society. Kathy Hulan, prima domra, the state. Many composers, including Prokofiev and is CFO of the Washington Balalaika Society. She also plays Stravinsky, fled to the West. However, Shostakovitch sekunda balalaika and is a member of the Beltway stayed, spending the rest of his life in a connuous

41 Special Events cycle of disgrace or approval, at mes fearing for his with specific examples of transformave work and very life. Was his music compromised? There is no accomplishments. In addion, the presentaon will easy answer. We will take a close look at several of emphasize the importance of the development of the Shostakovich’s composions as we look for clues to Inova Schar Cancer Instute (ISCI) and the impact that unravel this enigma. this instute will have on the health of our cizens. The Jon Goldberg holds a master’s degree in music from the role of interdisciplinary care provided in a central site, Manhaan School of Music and teaches music theory at augmented by the spectacular psychosocial support NOVA. He is founder and conductor of the Endymion program of the ISCI Life with Cancer, will be explained Ensemble, an internaonally recognized chamber orchestra and numerous examples provided. that has performed at Carnegie Recital Hall and has several Dr. Trump is a medical oncologist who specializes in recordings. He conducted the world premiere of the prostate, bladder, and kidney cancer; paent care; and orchestral version of Night Journey, wrien by William research. He has worked in leadership posions in naonally Schuman for Martha Graham, and recorded it for CRI recognized cancer centers for more than 40 years and came records. He also arranged the chamber orchestra version of to Inova in 2015 to serve as CEO of the newly established William Schuman’s A Song of Orpheus for cello and ISCI. Dr. Sage Bolte serves as the execuve director of Life orchestra, and conducted the world premiere of that work with Cancer and associate director of psychosocial programs with the Endymion Ensemble. for the Inova Schar Cancer Instute. She is a licensed clinical

social worker and cerfied sex therapist; she brings 1000 Empowering Older Drivers: Finding extensive experience in psychosocial oncology research and the Keys paent care. Most recently, she was named Chief Tuesday, 9:40–11:05, May 14 Philanthropy Officer and president of the Inova Health Tallwood Foundaon, where she will work closely with leadership, Instructor: Mike Perel stakeholders, and volunteers to establish a culture of During all the years that we’ve been driving, we’ve philanthropy for our community across the enre changed, traffic has changed, and our cars have organizaon. changed. What do these changes portend for driving safety? What are the keys to staying safe as we age? 1002 An Army Colonel Tells His Story: This informave and interacve presentaon will 1931 thru the End of the War in the address these quesons by focusing on the myth of Pacific (1945) the unsafe older driver, how aging might affect driving Wednesday, 2:15–3:40, May 15 performance, what drivers can do to stay safe, and Rose Gallery at Reston Community Center, Lake Anne how new automobile technologies can help us avoid Instructor: Ron Davis Ron Davis will present “My Dad’s Call to Duty,” a March crashes and reduce injuries. Mike Perel rered from his 39‐year career at the US 1999 video interview with his father, Colonel Ray Davis, Naonal Highway Traffic Safety Administraon (NHTSA) in US Army rered. During this interview, Col. Davis recalls 2009. He headed a research group that focused on vehicle his military experiences, beginning with the Michigan systems that can help prevent crashes, such as forward Naonal Guard in 1931 and ending aer WWII. At the lighng, rear signaling, mirrors, and advanced driver me he was interviewed he was 86. Aer Col. Davis assistance technologies. His work also explored how crash passed away at 91 in 2003, Ron collected his father’s risk could be affected by impairments due to driver age, memorabilia and photographs to create this video. fague, alcohol, and distracon. He is currently the vice Many have found Col. Davis’ story fascinang, tying in chair of the Fairfax Area Commission on Aging. polical, economic, and military events. The video presentaon has two parts: 1001 What’s New in Cancer in 2019? ● Part 1: 1931–Dec 6, 1941. The state of the army Wednesday, 9:40–11:05, May 15 before WWII, his unit’s role in a huge, depression‐era Fairfax Lord of Life labor strike at General Motors in 1937, and the pre‐war Instructor: Donald Trump, MD, FACP, Sage Bolte, PhD mobilizaon of Guard units. The progress in understanding the causes of cancer, ● Part 2: Dec 7, 1941–1945. Post‐Pearl Harbor, the genec makeup of tumors, and most importantly including his unit’s movement to the west coast, development of new and beer treatments has been deployment to Australia and New Guinea, and truly astounding in the past 10 years. While there is assignments during his three‐year tour. much work remaining to be done, this overview will Ron Davis is a rered career intelligence officer who emphasize the areas in which progress has been made

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Tallwood 1003 Music and the Arthurian Legend Instructor: Diane Boyd Wednesday, 2:15–3:40, May 15 Technology is everywhere. Most of us have at least one Fairfax Lord of Life of these devices: personal computer, laptop, smart Instructor: Stephen Brown phone, tablet, or electronic virtual assistant like Alexa. Coordinator: Carolyn Kramer What’s your comfort level? Do you feel you are geng This course is a lecture‐recital of music for the piano the most out of your device? Mastering a device and a inspired by the Arthurian legends, including an few programs (also called “apps”) can bring new operac paraphrase by Liszt, a sonata by the American acvies and knowledge to your doorstep: keep in composer Edward MacDowell, and an original touch with friends, enjoy free books and music, visit transcripon of music from the score of the Hollywood virtual museums, and take care of everyday business film Knights of the Round Table by Miklos Rosza. tasks. This session will discuss and compare available Stephen Brown has a BA from Brown University and a devices and demonstrate Internet services. Parcipants DMA from Catholic University. He taught piano at George will explore types of available programs and websites, Washington University and at a private studio in Falls Church, Virginia. He is a church musician at Calvary Hill and as an example we will use technology to plan a Bapst in Fairfax. visit to Colmar, an historic French town on the Alsace Wine Route. The instructor will offer suggesons on 1004 Catherine the Great how to obtain help with your device whenever you Thursday, 11:50–1:15, May 16 need it, thereby pung the Internet at your service. Loudoun Diane Boyd, PhD, is a social sciences researcher who uses Instructor: Stephanie Campbell technology to help answer clients’ quesons. She has helped numerous colleagues and members of the public learn to How did a German princess from a minor noble family use their devices to achieve personal and professional goals. become empress of Russia and one of the most formidable, fascinang, and extraordinary rulers of all 1006 Biparsan Perspecves on Issues me? It certainly was not by happenstance; Catherine Before the Virginia Assembly the Great’s intelligence, charm, and sheer Tuesday, 1:30–3:00, May 21 determinaon propelled her to the forefront of 18th Church of the Good Shepherd century Enlightenment polics and culture, with a Instructors: Delegate David Bulova, Delegate Chris military capable of challenging the Ooman Empire, Collins and a court that could rival Versailles. This lecture will Note date and me explore her humble beginnings and brief marriage, Join Virginia lawmakers for biparsan and friendly along with the domesc rebellion, cultural repartee on the policy issues confronng the developments, and foreign wars that occurred during commonwealth. Delegates David Bulova (D) and Chris her reign. And, last but not least, we will discuss her Collins (R) are coming to OLLI for an informave salacious private life, which has become the stuff of aernoon of rare and construcve collegiality on topics legends. There is no queson as to why this enduringly such as educaon, transportaon, health care, budget, capvang woman earned the tle “The Great.” or whatever issue strikes your fancy. Stephanie Campbell aended the College of William & Delegate David Bulova represents the 37th District in the Mary, where she earned a BA in history and a second BA in Virginia House of Delegates. He serves on the Educaon, medieval and Renaissance studies. She then aended General Laws and Agriculture, Chesapeake, and Natural Catholic University, where she earned an MA in history with Resources commiees, as well as the Housing Commission a concentraon in medieval history. Her special interests and the Joint Commission on Health Care. He received a BA include the history of persecuon, the Black Death, and the in government from the College of William & Mary and a Carolingian Empire. She currently works as a full‐me master’s of public administraon from Virginia Tech. instructor at Northern Virginia Community College where Delegate Chris Collins represents the 29th District in the she teaches western civilizaon and world civilizaon Virginia House of Delegates. He serves on several classes, and is the acng faculty advisor to the Loudoun commiees, including Courts of Jusce, Educaon, and

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Transportaon. He graduated from James Madison 1008 A Visit to the Smithsonian‐Mason University with a bachelor of science in economics and School of Conservaon received his JD from the University of Balmore School of Friday, 8:30–4:00, Apr. 12 Law. He is currently a defense aorney in Winchester, VA. Facilitator: Robert Barre Coordinator: Alice Slayton Clark 1204 “Buddy” Poppies and “Hello” Girls, Bus Trip: $54 Odd WWI Bedfellows Tour limit: 26 Thursday, 1:00–3:00, May 23 The Smithsonian‐Mason School of Conservaon Note me (SMSC) is partnering with the Friends of the Naonal Tallwood Zoo (FONZ) to offer OLLI members a guided van tour See complete descripon in the Between Term Events and briefing that includes wildlife viewing areas at its secon. 3,200‐acre site in Front Royal, VA. The Smithsonian

Conservaon Biology Instute (SCBI) and George Mason University have partnered through SMSC to Performances and Trips help address the ever‐evolving threats to biodiversity by developing proacve and innovave approaches to conservaon biology learning. The visit will begin with 1007 A Tour of the McConnell Public a guided van tour and animal viewing, followed by Safety and Transportaon lunch on your own in the SMSC cafeteria, capped off Operaons Center with a lecture about SMSC research and a walking tour Friday, 9:45–12:00, Mar. 29 of the campus to see the facilies and labs where the Coordinator: John Nash excing research is conducted. Please wear Carpool comfortable shoes. Important note: There are no Tour limit: 30 restroom facilies during the 2‐hour tour and animal You face an emergency situaon and, in a panic, dial viewing, so plan accordingly. Also keep in mind that 9‐1‐1. Immediately a calm, professional voice answers, this is a closed research facility so there are no gets informaon about your situaon, and assures guarantees of the level of wildlife acvity you will you that help is on the way. And it is! Fairfax County experience. The guided van tour of SCBI is free; residents have access to one of the fastest and most however, the fee of $47, covering bus transportaon reliable 9‐1‐1 emergency response systems in the to Front Royal and bus driver gratuity, is payable to naon. On this tour of the McConnell Public Safety OLLI at me of registraon. The bus will leave and Transportaon Operaons Center (MPSTOC), OLLI promptly at 8:45 from Fair Oaks Mall parking lot 57, members will see the nerve center hosng the which is outside the circular road in front of Mantech county’s 9‐1‐1 call center where emergency calls Corp. Please be on the bus no later than 8:30. come in and are routed to the closest emergency unit Esmated me of return is 4:00. Registraon for this for assistance. In addion to the 9‐1‐1 call center, you event is on a first‐come, first‐served basis. will learn how the MPSTOC brings together mulple agencies from the county and commonwealth to 1009 Lunch at Russia House Restaurant enhance public safety, including the Office of Friday, 12:00–2:30, May 17 Emergency Management as well as the Virginia Coordinator: Judy Sapienza Department of Transportaon and Virginia State Carpool Police. The MPSTOC is located at 4890 Alliance Drive, Event limit: 46 Fairfax 22030, right off West Ox Road and across from Fee: $45 the Fairfax Costco Plaza. There is adequate parking in добро пожаловать (welcome!) In celebraon of the the front parking lots. The two‐hour tour will begin culture, history, and food of Russia, we are pleased to promptly at 10:00, so arrive at 9:45 to assemble in the present a magnificent luncheon at the Russia House front hall of the building. Be sure to bring a valid Restaurant of Herndon. Aer 22 years, the Russia driver’s license to show to security staff upon House has transioned to a new locaon in quaint Old entering. You will not be admied to the building Historic Herndon at 724 Pine Street. The venue is without it. Registraon is on a first‐come, first‐served decorated with Russian anques, art works, and basis. Sign up quickly to learn about another terrific Matryoshka stacking dolls. The main dining room resource available to Fairfax County residents. boasts historic murals on the walls and classical music

44 Special Events in the background. Russia House welcomes diners with 1206 The OLLI Players and The Tallwood tradional Russian and French fare. Eat, drink, and be Trio with Nancy Riley Present merry and understand what true Russian elaborate Sherlock Bones and the hospitality means. You will meet Ali and Homerya Unfortunate Demise of Elvis Darugar, owners and chefs of the restaurant. Choices Friday, 10:00–12:00, May 31 for our OLLI luncheon include tradional borscht soup Church of the Good Shepherd or the Russian house salad; choice of entrée: broiled See complete descripon in the Between filet of salmon with champagne sauce, chicken Kiev, Term events secon. lamb shashlik, beef stroganoff, or for vegetarians, sautéed spring vegetables and noodles; choice of 1208 Tour the Naonal Portrait desserts: chocolate mousse, crème puffs with Gallery chocolate sauce, or apple strudel. The fee of $45, Tuesday, 8:45–3:15, June 18 payable to OLLI at the me of registraon, includes Bus trip: $32 food, coffee or tea, and p. Other beverages will be See complete descripon in the Between Term Events paid for on an individual basis. Registraon for this secon. event is on a first‐come, first‐served basis. Parking is limited on the street, but available behind the Russia House building, or in Herndon’s town parking at the end of Pine Street. The restaurant is handicapped accessible. хороший –аппетит! (good appete!)

1010 A Walk with a Forester: Learn to Idenfy Your Local Trees Friday, 1:00–2:30, May 17 Fairfax County Government Center, 12055 Government Center Pkwy, Fairfax Instructor: Joan Allen Coordinator: Fred Kaiser Carpool Event limit: 20 OLLI Bus Trip Policy Learn to idenfy trees commonly found in Fairfax County. The leisurely tree walk will be held at the All OLLI members parcipang in acvies that Fairfax County Government Center. Tree idenficaon entail bus transportaon must sign a bus waiver will be taught as well as life histories of various trees. form, either by signing a course registraon form or Plan to meet at the flagpole near the front of the online when registering through the Member Portal. government center building at 1pm. Park in the The waiver releases OLLI from any and all claims for visitors’ area near the entrance of the government injury or damage sustained by, through, or as a center facility where you will find ample spaces. result of such acvies, and holds OLLI harmless for Students should expect to stand for extended periods any claims resulng therefrom. of me and walk over some uneven terrain. The walk will occur rain or shine, unless you receive an email from OLLI stang the event is canceled because condions are unsafe. Joan Allen is an urban forester for the Fairfax County Urban Forest Management Division. She has worked for Fairfax County for over 10 years, having earned a BS in environmental forest biology from the State University of New York and a master’s of natural resources from Virginia Tech.

45 Special Events spring term at OLLI Reston! Celebrate old friendships Social Events and make new ones with coffee, refreshments, and friendly conversaon. New members will have the opportunity to meet and engage with members of the 1201 Grab ‘n’ Gab Coffee Klatch OLLI leadership. Registraon for this event will be Thursday, 9:30–11:00, Mar. 7 taken on a first‐come, first‐served basis. Note date and me Tallwood 1104 Super Salad Social See complete descripon in the Between Term Events Friday, 12:30–2:30, Apr. 26 secon. Note date and me Rose Gallery at Reston Community Center, Lake Anne 1101 Loudoun Spring Term Coffee and Coordinator: Beth Lambert Conversaon with Musings Join us for lunch with fellow OLLI members and an from Delegate Ken Plum opportunity to hear the candidates for the Board of Thursday, 10:30–12:30, Mar. 21 Directors. Please bring a salad (green salad, pasta Note date and me salad, grain salad, or fruit salad), fruit, or dessert to Speaker: Del. Ken Plum share. Registraons for this event will be taken on a Coordinator: Judy Sapienza first‐come, first‐served basis. Event limit: 26 Come one, come all, longstanding and recent 1105 Spring 2019 Annual Business members, to welcome new members and kick off the Meeng and Picnic spring term at OLLI Loudoun! Celebrate old friendships Friday, 10:00, May 3 and make new ones with coffee, nibbles, and friendly Note me conversaon. New members will have the opportunity Tallwood to meet and engage with staff, OLLI Board members, Coordinator: Jennifer Disano and commiee chairs. You will also enjoy some The annual OLLI business meeng starts at 10:00, musings from Delegate Ken Plum as he provides followed by the picnic at 11:00. You will learn about “Ramblings Around Virginia by One of Her Nave the programming and operaons of OLLI, as well as Sons.” Registraon for this event will be taken on a hear from the candidates for the Board of Directors. first‐come, first‐served basis. Vong for the Board will also begin on this day. Following the meeng, join other members for the 1102 Fairfax Spring Term Kick‐Off Coffee annual picnic and enjoy the beauful gardens and Friday, 10:00, Mar. 22 landscaping at Tallwood. Register as you would for a Note date and me spring term special event. When you register, make Tallwood note: registrants for the picnic are asked to bring a Coordinator: Elaine Leonard dish to share based on your last name: salad (A‐G), Come one, come all, longstanding and recent side dish (H‐O), or dessert (P‐Z). Registraon will be members, to welcome new members and kick off the taken on a first‐come, first‐served basis. PLEASE NOTE: spring term at OLLI Fairfax! Celebrate old friendships You must register to aend the picnic. and make new ones with coffee, refreshments, and friendly conversaon. New members will have the opportunity to meet and engage with staff, OLLI Board members, and commiee chairs. Registraon for this event will be taken on a first‐come, first‐served basis.

1103 Reston Fall Term Kick‐ Off Coffee Friday, 10:30–12:00, Mar. 22 Note date and me United Chrisan Parish Reston Coordinator: Beth Lambert Come one, come all, longstanding and recent members, to welcome new members and kick off the

46 Special Events 1106 Aernoon Tea and History: Friends stories. This class uses videos to provide fresh of OLLI Special Fundraising perspecve on musicals by looking at how archetypes Event are brought to life in song, word, and performance. Friday, 2:00‐4:00, May 10 Tricksters, beguilers, and bamboozlers include the likes Historic Bleinheim, 3620 Old Lee Highway Fairfax of Pseudolus, J. Pierpont Finch, Dolly Levi, PT Barnum, Coordinators: Lesley Bubenhofer, Manny Pablo Bloody Mary, Max Bialystock, and the Music Man Fee: $65 ($50 of which is a tax‐deducble donaon to himself, “Professor” Harold Hill. Sages and mentors are Friends of OLLI) praccal voices of wisdom and experience. This Event limit: 60 archetype is parcularly displayed by older characters Treat yourself to an elegant aernoon with friends in relaon to the journeys taken by the young, and enjoy a lovely Brish aernoon tea. The event dispensing encouragement, perspecve, cauonary will be catered by Kathleen Pablo and will feature an wisdom, or humor. We’ll see Oklahoma’s earthy Aunt amazing array of luscious, incredible goodies. Ella, shrewd Uncle Arvide from Guys and Dolls, Kathleen will also provide a companion informave Pippin’s life‐embracing grandmother, and George presentaon on the history of tea. Addionally, a Washington’s mentor‐like role in Hamilton. Gain new Blenheim docent will be on site, who will give an insights about favorite shows, moments, and informave talk about the Civil War site, answer characters or make the acquaintance of new ones. quesons and guide a tour of the museum. Registraon for this event is on a first‐come, first‐ Registraon for this event is on a first‐come, first‐ served basis. served basis. Sign up as soon as possible, so you do Barry Bortnick, PhD, is a composer, lyricist, and book not miss this memorable occasion! Cost $65.00, with writer of musicals performed on both coasts and in London. $50.00 of that amount is a donaon to Friends of He is the former program director for humanies at UCLA OLLI. A donaon leer for tax purposes will be sent to Extension and founding director of the UCLA OLLI. He you aer the event. received his PhD from Harvard University. He has taught courses on the American musical at various OLLIs around the country. Sharon Newman has been an acng teacher, audion coach, talent manager, and stage director. She is a 1200 Between Term Events former director of the American Conservatory Theater’s Young Conservatory, has taught at a number of professional acng schools in California, and helped seniors fulfill their lifelong dreams of performing. She holds an MFA from the 1201 Grab ‘n’ Gab Coffee Klatch University of Utah and BFA from the University of Miami. Thursday, 9:30–11:00, Mar. 7 Tallwood 1203 AARP Smart Driver Class Coordinator: Toni Acton Tuesday and Wednesday, 9:30‐1:30, March 12–13 Event limit: 30 Note dates Grab a cup of coffee and some cookies in the Social Note: Class usually finishes early. Room, and enjoy between‐term socializing in the Tallwood Annex next door. All members—new and old—are Instructor: David Hall welcome to enjoy the casual conversaon and Class limit: 50 camaraderie. Registraon for this event is on a first‐ Fee: $15 for AARP members, $20 for non‐members come, first‐served basis. The goal of this class is to help senior drivers in

1202 Tricksters, Sages, and Other northern Virginia drive safely longer. The class will Colorful Archetypes in Broadway review the effects of aging on the senior driver as a Musicals demographic group. It will cover driving strategies, technology, new laws, and trends. We will address the Saturday, 11:30–1:30, Mar. 9 Note date and me queson: “Should I be thinking about liming my Rose Gallery at Reston Community Center, Lake Anne driving?” The class will include video clips, Instructor: Barry Bortnick infographics, lectures, personal experiences, and Dramac reader: Sharon Newman relevant Q&A. An AARP guidebook and the latest DMV Coordinator: Marianne Metz rules of the road will be provided. This class is Like other forms of culture, musicals oen draw for approved by the Virginia legislature, which mandates their appeal on enduring kinds of characters and an appropriate auto insurance discount for three years 47 Special Events aer a compleon cerficate is presented to the 1205 ETHEL with Guest Arst Robert insurance company. The class is $15 for AARP Mirabal Present “The River” members and $20 for non‐members and is payable at Sunday, 7:00 pm, May 26 (6:15 for pre‐show) the first class. Bring cash or check and your AARP Note date and me number if you are a member. Feel free to bring a Reston Community Center Hunters Woods snack. Registraon for this class is on a first‐come, Capacity: 20 first‐served basis. Fee: $15 David Hall is an MIT graduate with a bachelor’s degree in ETHEL and Robert Mirabal, Nave American musician, electrical engineering. He has conducted over 100 AARP instrument builder and three‐me GRAMMY Award senior driver classes. His special interests are opcal and winner, present their next evoluon of the cross‐ cognive funcons as they relate to driving. cultural concert experience. The inspiraon this me is “Water as the embodiment of Spirit, and its essenal 1204 “Buddy” Poppies and “Hello” Girls, role in Life on Earth.” The audience is immersed in a Odd WWI Bedfellows flow of music, narrave, and ritual that evokes Thursday, 1:00–3:00, May 23 meless Nave American tradions through Note date and me contemporary musical arstry. As delivered by these Tallwood master performers, the effect is breathtaking, even Instructor: Bob Coffin ecstac. Arrive at 6:15 for a pre‐show conversaon The class tells two disparate tales of the “war to end with Robert Mirabal. Registraons will be taken on a all wars”—and, in some minor part, the women first‐come, first‐served basis. Tickets will be reserved behind them. You’ve all seen the VFW and American in your name and available for pick‐up at the Reston Legion veterans passing out the red paper poppies on Community Center Box Office. OLLI cannot guarantee Memorial and Veterans Day in remembrance of those a refund for this event once you have paid for your who fought for our country. Maybe you’ve stopped to reservaon. donate to support the injured and their families. An esmable cause—but, where did it come from? Why 1206 The OLLI Players and The Tallwood the common field poppy as a remembrance? What Trio with Nancy Riley Present was the connecon to “In Flanders Fields?” When did Sherlock Bones and the this become a naonal symbol? How were an Unfortunate Demise of Elvis American and a French woman deeply entwined in Friday, 10:00–12:00, May 31 this story? As to the “Hello Girls,” perhaps you saw the Note date and me Veterans Day film on these forgoen Church of the Good Shepherd American heroines. This course tells their tale as well, Directors: Kathie West, Skip Bromley but from a more singular viewpoint—of one Hello Girl Fee: $25 donaon to benefit the Mason Office of who kept an incredibly detailed scrapbook of her Military Services experience. There are descripons from “work rules” Eat dessert, collect hints and determine “Who Done to calamies to billets‐doux, and a personal It?” The Tallwood Trio and the OLLI Players are commendaon from Black Jack Pershing. The combining forces to provide hints in a new OLLI scrapbook will be on display, and hang in there for the murder mystery, called Sherlock Bones and the Paul Harvey‐ish “rest of the story.” Unfortunate Demise of Elvis. Help Sherlock Bones, Dr. LTC USA (RET) Bob Coffin is a frequent contributor to OLLI. Flotsan , Mrs. Budinsky, Irene Addled, Colonel Barker, His eclecc presentaons include cheese, olive oil, tomato, Elvis, Loosy Floozy, and many more, with the Blue and heirloom apple tasngs; the Legato School (a one room Suede Shoes Trio and Fancy Nancy and other schoolhouse); a Tom Lehrer retrospecve; and a review of characters to discover “who done it.” Those who help 1947. He is a rered intelligence analyst and Fairfax County decipher the hints will receive their just desserts! A history and special educaon teacher who believed in $25 per person fee serves as a donaon to the Office providing an honors curriculum educaon to learning of Military Services at George Mason University. disabled students. Registraons for this event will be taken on a first‐ come, first‐served basis.

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1207 An Evening with Nancy Giles: CBS 1208 Tour the Naonal Portrait Gallery News Commentator and Comedian Tuesday, 8:45–3:15, June 18 Saturday, 8:00 pm, Jun. 1 Note date and me Note date and me Coordinators: Doris Weisman, Rita Way Reston Community Center Hunters Woods Bus trip: $32 Event limit: 20 Tour limit 38 Fee: $25 The Naonal Portrait Gallery, part of the Smithsonian The Accidental Pundee: Musings, Complaints, Instuon, is an historic art museum which introduces Shrieks, and Sighs on American Polics. CBS Sunday visitors to the figures who have shaped the United Morning contributor, comedian, actress, and self‐ States. The museum collecon tells the American story described “Accidental Pundee,” Nancy Giles is a from pre‐colonial mes to the present. This will be a funny, percepve and provocave observer of today’s docent‐led tour lasng about one hour. There will be world. For more than 14 years, Giles’ work on the me to view exhibits not included in the tour. Some Emmy Award‐winning CBS Sunday Morning has displays at the me of our gallery visit will be: Votes received acclaim for its unique blend of common‐ for Women—an American awakening 1840‐1920; sense wisdom, laugh‐out‐loud humor, and social and American Art and the Vietnam War 1965‐1975; polical commentary. Giles believes “humor bridges Storied Women of the Civil War; and the Obama what divides and can even stop people from shoung portraits. The adjacent American Art Museum may at each other.” On topics from polics and race to pop also be visited. Lunch will be on your own, either in culture and body image, she says, “I want to make the museum Courtyard Café or at a nearby restaurant. people laugh, and I want to entertain them, but I also A fee of $32 payable to OLLI at the me of registraon want to provoke thought and discussion.” covers transportaon and bus driver gratuity. Registraons will be taken on a first‐come, first‐served Registraon is on a first‐come, first‐served basis. The basis. Tickets will be reserved in your name and bus will leave promptly at 9:00 from Fair Oaks Mall available for pick‐up at the Reston Community Center parking lot 57 which is located outside the circular Box Office. OLLI cannot guarantee a refund for this road in front of ManTech Corp. Please be on the bus event once you have paid for your reservaon. no later than 8:45.

Closing Policy

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

Regardless of decisions regarding closings or delays, it is important for OLLI members to use personal judgment about the safety of travel to and from campuses during inclement weather.

Important Priority Registraon Dates

Spring priority registraon begins on Thursday, February 21, at 9:00 and ends on Friday, March 1, at noon.

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Clubs/Ongoing Activities Fairfax/Loudoun/Reston  Register for clubs and ongoing acvies once each calendar year. Registraon allows us to maintain current club rosters, and ensures that you will receive any emails about your club’s acvies and events.  All club registraons are Add to Cart. Please remember to check your cart aer you register for a club. Annex Art Club Cooking Club Tuesdays, May 21–June 18, 9:30–12:00 Monthly, dates to be determined Tallwood Tallwood Coordinator: Sue Goldstein [email protected] Coordinator: Ute Christoph‐Hill [email protected] All arsts, whether you use pencil, ink, pastels, This club is for OLLI members who enjoy preparing charcoal, or paint, are welcome to finish or to start food and sharing hands‐on, homemade dishes in a pictures. The group consists of OLLI members at all small‐group seng. We meet during the day, skill levels. Join us! somemes in members’ homes and other mes at Tallwood or alternave sites. We oen have a theme Bridge Club for our meengs, but our format is flexible. We also Wednesdays parcipate in food‐related events, such as ethnic Mar. 27–May 15, 1:45–3:45 cooking demonstraons and restaurant oungs. If May 22–May 29, 10:00–12:00 these acvies appeal to you, please contact Ute Mondays, June 3–June 17, 10:00–12:00 Christoph‐Hill for more informaon. Tallwood

Coordinators: Jerry Remson [email protected] Russell Stone 703‐323‐4428 or Cra and Conversaon Group [email protected] Fridays Drop in and enjoy the friendly atmosphere of “party Mar. 29–June 21, 9:30–11:00 bridge.” Players of all skill levels are welcome. Skill (No meeng Apr. 19 and May 3) levels of players vary from beginner to average. Tallwood Partnerships are rotated every four hands. The Bridge Coordinators: Doris Bloch [email protected] Janet Porter [email protected] Club meets in the morning between terms and in the We meet weekly to work on our cra projects and to summer, and in the aernoon during the other terms. share product sources, experse, and inspiraon. Our For details on the club’s rules and bidding system, see ongoing conversaons encourage camaraderie, and a its web page on the OLLI website. group seng movates us to progress with our Classic Literature Club current projects. Interested OLLI members are invited to join us to see what we are creang. For more Fridays informaon, please contact Doris Bloch. Mar. 29–May 17, 11:00–12:30

(no meengs on Apr. 19 or May 3) Tallwood Dirty Knee Club Coordinator: Bob Zener 703‐237‐0492 As needed during growing season. This club was formed to discuss great works of world Tallwood literature selected through a consensus of club Coordinators: Sigrid Carlson [email protected] members. We supplement our discussions with taped SallyBerman [email protected] lectures, when available. For the spring term, we will The OLLI Landscaping Commiee, fondly known as the be reading two works: F. Sco Fitzgerald's The Great Dirty Knee Club, creates, plants, and maintains the Gatsby, and Philip Roth's Goodbye Columbus. (Roth's gardens at Tallwood. Gardening experse is not story was wrien as an updated version of Fitzgerald's required, but a willingness to get dirty knees is! novel.) We will also be watching film versions of both Members are asked to parcipate in general garden works and listening to three taped lectures on the workdays, primarily in the spring and fall, plus join Fitzgerald novel. another team member to water, weed, and maintain the gardens during the growing season. Each two‐ member team serves one week, rotang about every five weeks.

50 Ongoing Activities Doctor Who Club Karamazov. Drop in at the Tallwood Annex any Friday First and third Fridays, Apr. 5, May 17, 12:30–2:30 morning; new members are always welcome. (No meeng Apr. 19 or May 3) Tallwood Loudoun Non‐Ficon Book Club Coordinator: Wendy Campbell [email protected] Generally fourth Tuesdays This club is for those of you interested in Timey Wimey Mar. 26, Apr. 23, 2:15–3:40 pm stuff. We meet to watch Doctor Who on the “big Loudoun screen” in a Tallwood classroom. We will follow each Club limit: 20 presentaon with discussion. Some of us are new to Coordinators: Barbara Wilan [email protected] Who; some of us are longme fans. Everyone is Dick Crocker [email protected] welcome. It’s going to be fantasc—so allons‐y and This is a book discussion club for OLLI members who may I just say—Geronimo! “Always remember to be find non‐ficon literature of keen interest. We look for kind.” books of highest review, from memoirs and biographies to exploraons of human behavior. Come Ethnic Eats Lunch Club join us, enjoy good reads, lively discussions, and help Monthly, usually on Wednesdays or Fridays, to choose selecons for future debate! dates to be determined Our spring term selecons are: Mar.26: Guns, Germs, Locaon: Local ethnic restaurants and Steele by Jared Diamond; Apr. 23: Astrophysics for Coordinator: Le Labell le@verizon.net People in a Hurry, by Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Do you love to eat? Are you interested in learning about foods from other cultures? Northern Virginia Mah Jongg Club has an abundance of ethnic restaurants. This club will First and third Wednesdays meet for lunch monthly to explore various cuisines. If Apr. 3, Apr. 17, May 1, May 15, 1:30–3:30 this sounds like your cup of tea (or chai or té or thé), June 5, June 19, 10:00–12:00 contact Le Labell. Tallwood Coordinator: Marian Drohan History Club [email protected] Wednesdays We welcome all members who want to learn Mah Apr. 3, May 1, 2:15–3:40 Jongg or already know how to play. Stretch your mind Tallwood and have fun with a game that is (maybe) easier than Coordinator: Beth Lambert bridge, but definitely challenging! For more [email protected] informaon, contact Marian Drohan or visit the Mah We welcome all OLLI members who are interested in Jongg Club blog at hps://olli.gmu.edu/mah‐jongg‐ discussing historical events or in sharing reviews of club/. arcles, books, or other interesng historical topics. Our meengs feature speakers who present on Memoir—and More—Wring Group historical topics ranging from the Silk Road through Wednesdays, usually 2:00–4:30 the present crises in the Middle East—and everything Tallwood or vicinity in between. For more informaon about the History Coordinator: Bey Smith [email protected] Club, contact Beth Lambert. We meet every other week during most of the year but only twice during the fall and spring terms. In Homer, etc. addion to memoir, we write ficon, poetry, and Fridays personal essays. At our meengs we gently crique Mar. 29–June 21, 11–12:30 each other’s work. Wring groups need to be small, so (No meengs on Apr. 19 or May 3) we regreably have to limit numbers, but spaces do Tallwood somemes open up. So, if you’re interested, please Coordinator: Jan Bohall [email protected] or register for the club and Bey Smith will be in touch if 703‐273‐1146 there is room. E‐mail her if you have any quesons . Join us to read aloud a tradional or contemporary classic. Currently, we are reading Tolstoy’s novelee, Hadji Murad, and will follow that with The Brothers

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Personal Computer User Group Recorder Consort Generally third Saturdays Fridays Apr. 20, May 18, June 15, 1:00–3:00 Mar. 29–June 21, 9:15–11:30 Tallwood (No meengs Apr. 19 and May 3) Coordinators: Paul Howard [email protected] Tallwood Mel Goldfarb [email protected] Coordinator: Helen Ackerman In partnership with the Potomac Area Technology and [email protected] Computer Society (PATACS), the OLLI PC User Group If you have been part of the consort or have previously (OPCUG) focuses on Windows and Mac computers and played the recorder and would like to expand your soware for enhancing our lives. Members and abilies, please join us on Fridays. There will be on‐ presenters also discuss smartphone and tablet apps and off‐campus performances. You may need to across Android and iDevices, the Internet, digital purchase music. photography, related technology, and open‐source soware. Our aim is to bring broad experse about Reston Book Club technology and topics of interest to aendees. PC Thursdays clinics for members are offered twice yearly. Our Mar. 28, Apr. 18, May 9, 2:15–3:40 target audience encompasses all computer users, from United Chrisan Parish Coordinators: Luci Martel [email protected] complete beginners to intermediate amateurs to Nancy Scheeler [email protected] experts. Our moo is “users helping users.” Club dues This Reston‐based book club focuses on literary ficon. (currently $5 per year) are payable at the first meeng We look for good novels on the long and short lists of aended in each calendar year. Dues‐paying members book compeons such as the US Naonal Book can view monthly sessions online via the Zoom cloud Award, the UK Man Booker Prize, and other major meeng service, on a variety of devices from home, or literary prizes. This term we will examine three novels anywhere with an internet connecon. More details featuring interconnected short stories. On March 28, are available on the group’s website, we will discuss Nobel Prize winner Alice Munro’s The www.olligmu.org/~opcug. Lives of Girls and Women. Munro, it turns out, is a

favorite of Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout, and Photography Club Munro’s influence on Strout is apparent. On April 18, Second and fourth Fridays we will examine Strout’s Anything is Possible, and on Apr. 12, May 10, June 14, 9:30–11:30 May 9, we will read My Name is Lucy Barton. Strout Apr. 26, May 24, 12:00–2:00 reports that she wrote both these books at the same Tallwood Coordinators: Angie Talaber [email protected] me, populang them with characters with rich Dave Talaber [email protected] backstories. The interconnecons of characters and Meet with experts and others interested in events both within and between the two books are photography and develop skills by parcipang in fascinang, parcularly when examined in this order. theme‐based monthly photo submissions. The Photography Club welcomes all members, whether Spanish Club you use a basic camera or specialized equipment, and Second and fourth Tuesdays (out of term) whether you are novice or experienced photographer. Tuesday, 10:00–11:30, May 21 We discuss technical aspects of photography, as well Second and fourth Wednesdays (in term) as the arsc aspects of visual design. We have guest Wednesdays, 1:45–3:15 Mar. 27, Apr. 10, Apr. 24, May 8 speakers on the second Friday of each month, and on Meengs TBD for June the fourth Friday, we hold workshops covering specific Tallwood topics in detail. We also regularly plan field trips in the Coordinators: Dick Cheadle [email protected] local area. Contact Angie or Dave Talaber for further Mark Ramage [email protected] informaon. This club is designed for those who are in the intermediate stage of understanding and speaking Spanish—further along than 1‐2‐3 and A‐B‐C, but not fluent. The club members leading a parcular class will

52 Ongoing Activities choose the subject and prepare the lesson for that see shows on Broadway. This year, we will also be class. Members will not have to parcipate beyond supporng George Mason University’s School of their comfort level. Theater and its excellent offerings at Mason. We try to arrange carpools to our events. Your family, friends, Tai Chi Club and guests are always welcome to aend TLG events Saturdays with you. For more informaon, join us at our Mar. 30–June 22, 10:30–11:30 meengs, watch for arcles in the E‐News, or email Tallwood Norma at [email protected]. To receive emails about Coordinators: Russell Stone 703‐323‐4428 upcoming TLG events, sign up for the club via the Susanne Zumbro 703‐569‐2750 member portal. *Note: To accommodate OLLI The Tai Chi Club meets nearly every Saturday, year‐ members at the Reston and Loudoun campuses, we round. It is open to all OLLI members. Please register have formed a Theater Lovers' Group ‐ Reston. Please for the Tai Chi Club once per year to be on the email see the lisng for TLG ‐ Reston. list for noces and changes. Theater Lovers’ Group ‐ Reston Tallwood Book Club Fourth Fridays of month Second Wednesdays, Second Monday in June 2:15‐3:40 Apr. 10, May 8, 1:30–3:00 Reston June 10, 10:00‐11:30 Coordinator: Norma Jean Reck [email protected] Tallwood All OLLI members are invited to join the newly formed Coordinator: Ceda McGrew 703‐323‐9671 Theater Lovers' Group ‐ Reston (TLG‐R). We are These are our spring 2019 selecons: planning to aend plays, usually at manees, Apr. 10: March: Book One by John Lewis throughout the year. Generally, we will have lunch or May 8: Desny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, dinner at a nearby restaurant aer the show. We are Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candace also planning other theater‐related acvies of Millard interest to our members, such as a Play Readers group, June 10: The Great Alone by Krisn Hannah a holiday luncheon, and taking a theater trip. No experience needed. Just come, relax, enjoy! Your The Tom Crooker Investment Forum family, friends, and guests are always welcome to aend TLG‐R events with you. To receive emails about Wednesdays between terms upcoming TLG‐R events, sign up for the club via the May 22–June 19 , 10:30–12:00 Tallwood member portal. For more informaon, join us at our Moderator: Al Smuzynski meengs and watch for arcles in OLLI E‐News. For acvity descripon see course F206. Quesons? Email Norma at [email protected].

Theater Lovers’ Group‐Fairfax* Walking Group Last Fridays of the month Weekly 10:00–11:30 Tallwood/Fairfax Swimming Pool Parking Lot Tallwood Coordinator: Jerry Remson [email protected] Coordinators: Norma Jean Reck [email protected] When OLLI is in session, the Walking Group meets one All OLLI members are welcome to join and parcipate morning each week, generally an hour before the first in the acvies of the Theater Lovers' Group (TLG). morning class. We gather in the Fairfax Pool parking lot The TLG members enjoy aending a variety of plays next to Tallwood and walk for about 45 minutes, throughout the year, usually at a manee. Generally, arriving back at Tallwood in me for the start of we have an oponal pre‐theater lunch or dinner at a classes. Because our goal is camaraderie as well as nearby restaurant. Besides plays, we aend other exercise, all levels of walking ability and speed are theater related programs and classes to learn about a accommodated. The day of the week is determined by specific play or the many facets of theater, as well as our schedules and the weather, so it may change from meet the people who make theater possible. We week to week. Between terms we connue to walk on partner with groups such as the Shillelagh Travel Club a weekly basis, but for longer distances and at more for overnight motor coach trips to New York City to varied locaons. Contact Jerry Remson for more informaon.

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What’s in the Daily News? Connued Mondays May 20–June 17, 10:00–11:30 (No meeng May 27) Register for clubs/ongoing acvies once Tallwood Moderators: Dorsey Chescavage [email protected] each calendar year. Registraon allows John Quinn [email protected] the office to maintain current club rosters Dennis Van Langen and ensures that OLLI Members will [email protected] receive correspondence specific to each This is the between‐term connuaon of the discussion group for news junkies who can’t wait to club’s acvies and events. express their opinions and discuss current events.

OLLI on Facebook Become Part of the Social Media Wave! Interact with OLLI on Facebook! OLLI has an organizaonal page where you can find news about the Instute and its programming. OLLI also has a group page where you can see and make posngs about any type of event or news of interest to the OLLI community.

To access the organizaonal page, log into your Facebook account and search for the “Osher Lifelong Learning Instute at George Mason University.” Click “pages” then the OLLI swoosh icon to arrive at the OLLI organizaonal page. The page hosts the latest OLLI organizaonal pictures and news of interest to the public. This page serves as OLLI’s organizaonal plaorm for the general public on social media, just as the OLLI webpage serves as the organizaon’s public plaorm on the Internet. If you “like” the organizaonal page, you will receive periodic noficaons of posngs on your newsfeed in Facebook.

To access or join the OLLI Facebook group, log into your Facebook account and search “OLLI Mason.” Click into “OLLI Mason” to view OLLI’s Facebook group. OLLI members and staff use this page to post a wide range of events and news of interest to OLLI members. Send us a “join group” request and we’ll accept you into the group so you too can post items and be nofied when others do the same.

54 Membership and Registration Policies and Procedures

JOINING OR RENEWING courses or activities. For security reasons, we cannot OLLI MEMBERSHIP accept the form by email or fax. Applications are available on DocStore (under Main Menu/ Welcome to OLLI Mason, one of the best lifelong Documents) on the OLLI website olli.gmu.edu or by learning instutes in the United States! If you are a emailing the OLLI office at [email protected]. returning member, you already understand the great  Financial Assistance. OLLI offers financial value of your membership at OLLI Mason. Thank you for assistance for members or prospecve members being a valued OLLI member. who find it a hardship to pay the full membership Two Types of OLLI Membership fee. Email the registrar at [email protected] or visit  Annual membership. Register for unlimited courses Tallwood for an applicaon. All inquiries are kept confidenal. and activities held at any OLLI Mason location for four consecutive terms. You will be eligible for a Mason ID Refunds card to receive certain university privileges and Members may obtain a full refund of their dues only by discounts (see p. iii). The cost for full membership is applying in wring to the execuve director before the $435. third week of classes in the first term of the year of  Introductory membership. Register for unlimited enrollment or re‐enrollment. courses and acvies held at any OLLI Mason locaon for just one term, one me only. An Prospecve Members introductory membership is not available to former Not ready to commit? Prospective members may OLLI members; it is intended for new members who experience OLLI by vising one or more classes during want to sample OLLI before comming to a full any consecuve two weeks of a term, provided the year. Introductory members are not eligible for a course is not oversubscribed. Check with the registrar at Mason ID card or its privileges. The one me [email protected] before aending a class.

introductory membership is $150. REGISTRATION PROCESS If the expiration date on your catalog mailing label is 3/1/19 or earlier, it is me to renew. You will need to log How to Register into the member portal and purchase your membership  Online. You may register for OLLI classes online at renewal before you can view classes or register. olli.gmu.edu. Click on Register/Member Portal

under Quick Links on the home page. Payment Opons  Hardcopy Registraon Form. You may also  Online. You may join or renew online at register for classes using the registraon form. The olli.gmu.edu. Click Join OLLI/Sign In or the form can be mailed or hand delivered to the OLLI

Register/Member Portal link under Quick Links on main office at 4210 Roberts Road, Fairfax, VA 22032. the home page. Credit card payment is required when joining/renewing online. **Emailed registraon forms will not be accepted. **  Hardcopy Registraon Form. If you join or renew using the registraon form, payment by For a demonstraon of the registraon system, check is preferred. The form can be hand delivered click “New Registraon System Videos” under or mailed to the OLLI main office at 4210 Roberts “Quick Links” on the OLLI home page: Road, Fairfax, VA 22032. olli.gmu.edu  Installment. OLLI encourages members to pay in full at time of registration. However, for those unable OLLI Photo Policy to do so, OLLI offers a payment plan of 12 equal Occasionally, OLLI staff/members take pictures or monthly installments by credit or debit card. Your videos for promoonal purposes. If a member application for the installment plan must be filled out objects to use of his/her photo or video in OLLI completely, submitted to the main office, and materials or on the OLLI website, please do so in approved each year before you can register for wring to the execuve director.

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When to Register Payment for these courses and special events with

Priority Registraon Period fees must be made at the me of registraon.  Members are encouraged to register for courses and  You are urged to register early for Add to Cart special events during the priority registration period offerings, especially trips and performances. These (see back cover of catalog for priority registration popular offerings can fill up quickly. Early registration dates). Requesting classes during this period offers will increase your chances for enrollment. registrants the best chance to gain access to classes  Please remember to go to View Cart and Check Out they most desire. to complete enrollment before logging off the member portal.  When you register, you must click Request Class to add a class to your selections. Making Changes to Your Registraon (Add/Drop)  To complete your registration, you must list the  You may add classes at any me either online or by courses and events you want in priority order—the using an add/drop form (available in the Tallwood order of their importance to you. To prioritize classes office and, during the term, at the Reston and or to see what you have requested, click Prioritize/ Loudoun locaons). Finalize on the left side toolbar of the member  If you are unable to aend a course or event in which portal. Courses and events are prioritized separately. you are enrolled, please drop the course or event as  Members are placed in courses and events based on soon as possible. You may drop courses by emailing the priority number they assign to their requests. [email protected] or by turning in an add/drop form  If class enrollment reaches capacity (a number limited to the Tallwood main office. by the instructor or room size), those who have  Watch OLLI communicaons to sign up for classes

designated that course as priority one will get in first, with spaces sll available.

then the priority twos, and so on. Confirmaon and Class Payments  In addition, a random number is assigned by the  Once classes are assigned, you will receive a series of registration system to each class request. If all emails with your confirmed class enrollments and members of a priority group cannot be included in the wait‐listed courses. If you do not have an email course, those with the lower random numbers will be address on file, the confirmations will be mailed to admitted into the course first. Therefore, requesting a you. Confirmation emails for Add to Cart classes will class does not guarantee enrollment. be sent immediately only once after checkout.

Space‐Available Registraon Period  Read your confirmation emails and letters carefully. Space‐available registraon begins aer the priority They will include any updates to classes, including period ends. You may sll register for classes and changes in times or locations. special events, but you will be placed into classes on a  Event fees must be paid in full by all parcipants space‐available basis aer all registrants in the priority regardless of any special transit, food, or other period have been assigned. arrangements. OLLI cannot guarantee a refund for courses or events once you have paid and are Request Class vs. Add to Cart enrolled. As such, please consider carefully before  Request Class is the button you click when you are signing up for courses with fees. registering for a class or event during the priority registration period. These require a priority Wait Lists assignment.  OLLI does everything possible to maximize  Add to Cart is the button you click when you are enrollment in classes, including changing venues and registering for classes or events in which you are adjusng class capacies. If you do not make it into a immediately enrolled or which are designated in the class, you will be wait‐listed based on the priority you catalog as first‐come, first‐served. This includes all assigned to the class. clubs and ongoing activities. All Add to Cart courses  When someone drops a class, the OLLI office will call and special events are clearly indicated throughout members on the wait list unl the vacancy is filled. In the catalog with the following shopping cart icon: most cases, the office will not leave a message. If there is a fee associated with these offerings, they will also be clearly marked with a shopping cart followed by a dollar sign: $

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Office Use Only OLLI Registration Form: Spring 2019 Date Received______

Date Processed______Mail or hand deliver this completed form to: OLLI, 4210 Roberts Road, Fairfax, VA 22032. Dues Chk______|______CC____

Spec Chk______|______CC____

Check this box if there are changes in your membership Spec Chk______|______CC____

informaon since your last submission. FOLLIChk______|______CC____ Membership Informaon: Please print and fill in all spaces completely. Dr. Mr. Mrs. Ms. (CIRCLE ONE) ______, ______, ______LAST NAME PREFERRED FIRST NAME MI Address ______, ______, ______, ______STREET CITY STATE ZIPCODE Phone ______Cell ______Email ______

Emergency Contact ______Relaonship ______Phone ______

Preferred Member Portal User Name ______License Plate #______(for new members only) 6 OR MORE CHARACTERS

New member? How did you hear about OLLI?

______ Check this box if you DO NOT want to appear in the directory.  Check here if you DO NOT want to Home Campus/Where to Pick Up Nametag: receive paper catalog mailings.  Fairfax (Tallwood)  Reston  Loudoun Dues and Donaons Informaon (Please check the appropriate boxes below) Redeeming an eGi Card? Print # here ______Enclosed is my payment for:  Annual Membership ($435) One year of unlimited courses at OLLI. $ ______(Offered to new, renewing, and previous members.) Introductory Membership ($150) One term of unlimited courses at OLLI. $ ______(Offered ONLY to new members, not renewing or previous members.)  Add to Cart Fees $______(If paying by check, separate check required for each purchase.)  Contribuon to Friends of OLLI $ ______ Check if you want to be an anonymous donor.  Purchase OLLI eGi Card (enter at right the value you want on card)  Mail eGi Card code to recipient  Email eGi Card code to recipient $ ______Recipient’s name, address, email: ____ Total $ ______

By signing this form, I agree to all OLLI policies and procedures, and waive OLLI liability for any bus trip on which I parcipate: ______Signature Payment Informaon:  Enclosed is a CHECK payable to OLLI (PREFERRED)  Please charge my  VISA  MASTERCARD  DISCOVER:

Name as it appears on the credit card ______

Expiraon Date: / ** P C S R S F ** 57

COURSES REQUIRING PRIORITIZATION Please include the enre course number including the F, L or R. Number Course Title Liaison Number Course Title Liaison 1st priority 7th priority 2nd priority priority 8th 3rd priority 9th priority 4th priority 10th priority 5th priority 11th priority 6th priority 12th priority SPECIAL EVENTS REQUIRING PRIORITIZATION Number Course Title Liaison Number Course Title Liaison 1st priority 7th priority 2nd priority 8th priority 3rd priority 9th priority 4th priority 10th priority 5th priority 11th priority 6th priority 12th priority

ADD TO CART/FIRST‐COME, FIRST‐SERVED COURSES, EVENTS, and TRIPS Select Trip/Acvity Title Fee Select Trip/Acvity Title Fee F703 Great Decisions $30 1103 Reston Fall Term Kick- Off Coffee $0

L706 Great Decisions $30 1104 Super Salad Social $0

R815 Kundalini Yoga and Meditation $60 1105 Annual Business Meeting and Picnic $0

F901 Mason Faculty Club Series, Part 1 $30 1106 Afternoon Tea and History Fundraiser $65 F902 Mason Faculty Club Series, Part 2 $30 1201 Grab ‘n’ Gab Coffee Klatch $0 951 Complete Works of Shakespeare perfor- $25 1202 Tricksters, Sages in Broadway Musicals $0 952 Russian Coffee and Pastries $6 AARP Smart Driver Class 1203 (pay fee with cash or check at first class: $15 $0 1007 Public Safety/Transportation Center Tour $0 AARP member, $20 non-member) 1008 School of Conservation Bus Trip $54 1204 Buddy Poppies and Hello Girls $0 1009 Lunch at Russia House Restaurant $45 1205 ETHEL with Guest Artist Robert Mirabal $15 1010 A Walk with a Forester $0 1206 Murder Mystery Fund Raiser $25 1101 Loudoun Spring Coffee and Conversation $0 1207 An Evening with Nancy Giles $25 1102 Fairfax Spring Term Kick-Off Coffee $0 1208 National Portrait Gallery Bus Trip $32

CLUB ENROLLMENT: List the clubs in which you wish to enroll. Register once per calendar year.

Registraon Instrucons for All OLLI Offerings  Prioritize your selections separately for prioritized courses and special events without fees.  For Add to Cart courses, trips or events with fees, you must provide payment NOW by attaching a sepa- rate check or credit card information. Enter payment amount on the front of this form. 58

Spring 2019 Schedule Thursday Mar. 7 March 25–May 17 1201 Grab and Gab Coffee Klatch, 9:30-11:00 Tuesday, Wednesday Mar. 12, 13 1203 AARP Smart Driver Class, 9:30-1:30 Fairfax Friday, Mar. 22 Shaded classes are one time presentations. 1102 Kick-Off Coffee. 10:00 Bolded classes have unusual dates and/or times.

TIME Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Mar. 25 Mar. 26 Mar. 27 Mar. 28 Mar. 29 9:40-11:05 F401 OLLI Players (8) F103 Music Sampler (8) 9:30 F106 Chinese Traditional Arts (4) F306 British Side of American Revolution (4) Friday, Mar. 29, 9:45-12:00 F601 The Road Less Traveled (8) F104 DSLR Photography (8) F204 Estate Planning (3) F504 Latin III (8) 1007 Public Safety Center Tour F701 What’s in the Daily News? (8) 9:30 F404 Sheer Playfulness (8) F407 Arthurian Legend (4) F604 Faith, Doubt, Tradition (8) Carpool F901 Mason Faculty Club Part 1 (3) 9:30 F502 Spanish Culture/Language (6) F503 Spanish Conversation Forum (8) F652 Philosophical Foundations (8) F904 Introduction to Chess (7) F704 Legal Issues in Trump Era (6) Friday, Mar. 29, 1:00-2:30 959 Senior Citizen Waiver Program 11:50-1:15 F101 Choreography Sampler (4) F303 Civil War Beyond Battles (7) F107 Introduction to Watercolor Art (8) F110 Memorable Artist Scandals (4) (1) F301 Russia Gate (4) F651 Events of Profound Influence (6) F206 Tom Crooker Investment Forum (8) F410 Musicals (8) F402 Readers’ Theater (8) F703 Great Decisions (8) F408 Trollope’s Can You Forgive Her (8) F411 So You Wanna Write Poetry (8) F803 Cybersecurity (6) F409 Putting it All Together (4) F602 Breath of Heaven (2) 2:15-3:40 F302 The Tudors (3) F105 Drawing and Sketching (8) F109 Dabbling Artists (8) F111 Singing for Fun (8) F403 Film Noir (8) 1:40 F405 English Short Stories (8) 957 Virtual Reality (1) F112 Watercolor Painting (8) F501 Sign Language for Beginners (6) F406 Poetry Workshop (8) F307 Off the Beaten Path (8) F903 Trip Tales (8) 953 Fall Prevention (1) F605 Story of Joseph in the Qur'an (8) 954 Can Facebook Steal my Stuff (1) F807 Stop Complaining (4) F808 Tai Chi (8) Apr. 1 Apr. 2 Apr. 3 Apr. 4 Apr. 5 9:40-11:05 F401 OLLI Players (8) F103 Music Sampler (8) 9:30 F106 Chinese Traditional Arts (4) F306 British Side of American Revolution (4) Friday, April 5, 1:00-2:30 F601 The Road Less Traveled (8) F104 DSLR Photography (8) F204 Estate Planning (3) F504 Latin III (8) 966 Volunteering in Retirement (1) F701 What’s in the Daily News? (8) 9:30 F404 Sheer Playfulness (8) F407 Arthurian Legend (4) F604 Faith, Doubt, Tradition (8) F901 Mason Faculty Club Part 1 (3) 9:30 F502 Spanish Culture/Language (6) F503 Spanish Conversation Forum (8) F652 Philosophical Foundations (8) F904 Introduction to Chess (7) F704 Legal Issues in Trump Era (6) 11:50-1:15 F101 Choreography Sampler (4) F303 Civil War Beyond Battles (7) F107 Introduction to Watercolor Art (8) F110 Memorable Artist Scandals (4) F301 Russia Gate (4) F651 Events of Profound Influence (6) F206 Tom Crooker Investment Forum (8) F410 Musicals (8) F402 Readers’ Theater (8) F703 Great Decisions (8) F408 Trollope’s Can You Forgive Her 8) F411 So You Wanna Write Poetry (8) F803 Cybersecurity (6) F409 Putting it All Together (4) F602 Breath of Heaven (2) 2:15-3:40 F302 The Tudors (3) F105 Drawing and Sketching (8) F109 Dabbling Artist's (8) F111 Singing for Fun (8) F403 Film Noir (8) 1:40 F201 Selling Your Home (4) 963 Health Reform (1) F112 Watercolor Painting (8) F501 Sign Language for Beginners (6) F405 English Short Stories (8) F307 Off the Beaten Path (8) F903 Trip Tales (8) F406 Poetry Workshop (8) F605 Story of Joseph in the Qur'an (8) 961 Slavery in Middle Atlantic (1) F807 Stop Complaining (4) F808 Tai Chi (8) Apr. 8 Apr. 9 Apr. 10 Apr. 11 Apr. 12 9:40-11:05 F401 OLLI Players (8) F103 Music Sampler (8) 9:30 F106 Chinese Traditional Arts (4) F306 British Side of American Revolution (4) Friday, Apr. 12, 8:30-4:00 F601 The Road Less Traveled (8) F104 DSLR Photography (8) F204 Estate Planning (3) F504 Latin III (8) 1008 Bus Trip to Mason School of F701 What’s in the Daily News? (8) 9:30 F404 Sheer Playfulness (8) F407 Arthurian Legend (4) F604 Faith, Doubt, Tradition (8) Conservation F901 Mason Faculty Club Part 1 (3) 9:30 F502 Spanish Culture/Language (6) F503 Spanish Conversation Forum (8) F652 Philosophical Foundations (8) F904 Introduction to Chess (7) F704 Legal Issues in Trump Era (6) 11:50-1:15 F101 Choreography Sampler (4) F303 Civil War Beyond Battles (7) F107 introduction to Watercolor Art (8) F110 Memorable Artist Scandals (4) Friday, Apr. 12, 1:00-2:30 F301 Russia Gate (4) F651 Events of Profound Influence (6) F206 Tom Crooker Investment Forum (8) F410 Musicals (8) 975 Creating Floral Centerpieces (1) F402 Readers’ Theater (8) F703 Great Decisions (8) F408 Trollope’s Can You Forgive Her 8) F411 So You Wanna Write Poetry (8) F803 Cybersecurity (6) F409 Putting it All Together (4)

2:15-3:40 F302 The Tudors (3) F105 Drawing and Sketching (8) F109 Dabbling Artists (8) F111 Singing for Fun (8) F403 Film Noir (8) 1:40 F201 Selling Your Home (4) 972 Things You Didn't Know (1) F112 Watercolor Painting (8) F501 Sign Language for Beginners (6) F405 English Short Stories (8) F307 Off the Beaten Path (8) F903 Trip Tales (8) F406 Poetry Workshop (8) F605 Story of Joseph in the Qur'an (8) F804 Mindfulness/Stress Reduction (2) F807 Stop Complaining (4) 969 Search for Life Beyond Earth (1) F808 Tai Chi (8) Apr. 15 Apr. 16 Apr. 17 Apr. 18 Apr. 19 9:40-11:05 F401 OLLI Players (8) F103 Music Sampler (8) 9:30 F106 Chinese Traditional Arts (4) F306 British Side of American Revolution (4) F601 The Road Less Traveled (8) F104 DSLR Photography (8) F407 Arthurian Legend (4) F504 Latin III (8) F701 What’s in the Daily News? (8) 9:30 F404 Sheer Playfulness (8) F503 Spanish Conversation Forum (8) F604 Faith, Doubt, Tradition (8) F502 Spanish Culture/Language (6) F704 Legal Issues in Trump Era (6) F652 Philosophical Foundations (8) F904 Introduction to Chess (7) 11:50-1:15 F101 Choreography Sampler (4) F303 Civil War Beyond Battles (7) F107 Introduction to Watercolor Art (8) F110 Memorable Artist Scandals (4) F301 Russia Gate (4) F651 Events of Profound Influence (6) F206 Tom Crooker Investment Forum (8) F410 Musicals (8) F402 Readers’ Theater (8) F703 Great Decisions (8) F408 Trollope’s Can You Forgive Her 8) F411 So You Wanna Write Poetry (8) F803 Cybersecurity (6) F409 Putting it All Together (4) 2:15-3:40 F403 Film Noir (8) 1:40 F105 Drawing and Sketching (8) F109 Dabbling Artists (8) F111 Singing for Fun (8) F501 Sign Language for Beginners (6) F201 Selling Your Home (4) 980 Trade in the Global Order (1) F112 Watercolor Painting (8) F903 Trip Tales (8) F405 English Short Stories (8) F307 Off the Beaten Path (8) F406 Poetry Workshop (8) F605 Story of Joseph in the Qur'an (8) F804 Mindfulness/Stress Reduction (2) F807 Stop Complaining (4) 978 Legalization of Marijuana (1) F808 Tai Chi (8)

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Spring 2019 Schedule Fairfax, Continued

TIME Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday/Saturday Apr. 22 Apr. 23 Apr. 24 Apr. 25 Apr. 26/27 9:40-11:05 F401 OLLI Players (8) F103 Music Sampler (8) 9:30 F205 Federal Debt, Taxes, Spending (4) F412 Dante’s Paradiso (4) Friday, Apr. 26, 1:00-2:30 F601 The Road Less Traveled (8) F104 DSLR Photography (8) F503 Spanish Conversation Forum (8) F504 Latin III (8) 986 Elementary Space Science (1) F701 What’s in the Daily News? (8) 9:30 F404 Sheer Playfulness (8) F603 Voices of Radical Reform (4) F604 Faith, Doubt, Tradition (8) F902 Mason Faculty Club Part 2 (3) 9:30 F502 Spanish Culture/Language (6) F704 Legal Issues in the Trump Era (6) F652 Philosophical Foundations (8) Saturday, Apr. 27, 9:30-12:00 F904 Introduction to Chess (7) 987 Citizen Kane (1) 11:50-1:15 F102 Smartphone Photography (4) F303 Civil War Beyond Battles (7) F107 Introduction to Watercolor Art (8) F410 Musicals (8) F402 Readers’ Theater (8) F651 Events of Profound Influence (6) F108 Japanese Culture (4) F411 So You Wanna Write Poetry (8) F801 Udvar-Hazy Highlights/Wings of War (2) F703 Great Decisions (8) F206 Tom Crooker Investment Forum (8) F806 Medical Updates (4) F803 Cybersecurity (6) F305 The Gilded Age (4) F408 Trollope’s Can You Forgive Her (8) 2:15-3:40 F403 Film Noir (8) 1:40 F105 Drawing and Sketching (8) F109 Dabbling Artists (8) F111 Singing for Fun (8) F501 Sign Language for Beginners (6) F201 Selling Your Home (4) 984 Facts About George Washington(1) F112 Watercolor Painting (8) F903 Trip Tales (8) F202 Capital in the 21st Century (4) F307 Off the Beaten Path (8) F405 English Short Stories (8) F605 Story of Joseph in the Qur'an (8) F406 Poetry Workshop (8) F808 Tai Chi (8) F809 Psychology Potpourri (4) Apr. 29 Apr. 30 May 1 May 2 May 3/4 9:40-11:05 F401 OLLI Players (8) F103 Music Sampler (8) 9:30 F205 Federal Debt, Taxes, Spending (4) F412 Dante’s Paradiso (4) Friday, May 3, 10:00 1105 Annual Meeting and Picnic F601 The Road Less Traveled (8) F104 DSLR Photography (8) F503 Spanish Conversation Forum (8) F504 Latin III (8) ( 1) F701 What’s in the Daily News? (8) 9:30 F404 Sheer Playfulness (8) F603 Voices of Radical Reform (4) F604 Faith, Doubt, Tradition (8) F902 Mason Faculty Club Part 2 (3) 9:30 F502 Spanish Culture/Language (6) F704 Legal Issues in the Trump Era (6) F652 Philosophical Foundations (8)

11:50-1:15 F102 Smartphone Photography (4) F303 Civil War Beyond Battles (7) F107 Introduction to Watercolor Art (8) F410 Musicals (8) F402 Readers’ Theater (8) F703 Great Decisions (8) F108 Japanese Culture (4) F411 So You Wanna Write Poetry (8) F501 Sign Language for Beginners (6) F803 Cybersecurity (6) F206 Tom Crooker Investment Forum (8) F806 Medical Updates (4) F801 Udvar-Hazy Highlights/Wings of War (2) 977 Search Like a Librarian (1) F305 The Gilded Age (4) F408 Trollope’s Can You Forgive Her (8) 2:15-3:40 F403 Film Noir (8) 1:40 F105 Drawing and Sketching (8) F109 Dabbling Artists (8) F111 Singing for Fun (8) F903 Trip Tales (8) F202 Capital in the 21st Century (4) 989 The Holocaust (1) 2:30 F112 Watercolor Painting (8) F405 English Short Stories (8) F307 Off the Beaten Path (8) F406 Poetry Workshop (8) F605 Story of Joseph in the Qur'an (8) F805 80 Years of Computer History(3) F808 Tai Chi (8) F809 Psychology Potpourri (4) May 6 May 7 May 8 May 9 May 10/11 9:40-11:05 F401 OLLI Players (8) F103 Music Sampler (8) 9:30 F205 Federal Debt, Taxes, Spending (4) F412 Dante’s Paradiso (4) Friday, May 10, 1:00-2:30 F601 The Road Less Traveled (8) F104 DSLR Photography (8) F503 Spanish Conversation Forum (8) F504 Latin III (8) 998 Hearing Aids (1) F701 What’s in the Daily News? (8) 9:30 F404 Sheer Playfulness (8) F603 Voices of Radical Reform (4) F604 Faith, Doubt, Tradition (8) F902 Mason Faculty Club Part 2 (3) 9:30 F904 Introduction to Chess (7) 994 Photo Safari (1) F652 Philosophical Foundations (8) Friday, May 10, 2:00-4:00 1106 Afternoon Tea and History (1) 11:50-1:15 F102 Smartphone Photography (4) F303 Civil War Beyond Battles (7) F107 Introduction to Watercolor Art (8) F410 Musicals (8) F402 Readers’ Theater (8) F304 Close Up on US History F108 Japanese Culture (4) F411 So You Wanna Write Poetry (8) F703 Great Decisions (8) F206 Tom Crooker Investment Forum (8) F806 Medical Updates (4) F305 The Gilded Age (4) 996 Russian Music Performance (1) F408 Trollope’s Can You Forgive Her (8) 2:15-3:40 F403 Film Noir (8) 1:40 F105 Drawing and Sketching (8) F109 Dabbling Artists (8) F111 Singing for Fun (8) F903 Trip Tales (8) F202 Capital in the 21st Century (4) 995 America in Armageddon (1) F112 Watercolor Painting (8) F702 American Foreign Policy (3) F405 English Short Stories (8) F307 Off the Beaten Path (8) F406 Poetry Workshop (8) F605 Story of Joseph in the Qur'an (8) F805 80 Years of Computer History(3) F808 Tai Chi (8) F809 Psychology Potpourri (4) May 13 May 14 May 15 May 16 May 17/18 9:40-11:05 F401 OLLI Players (8) F103 Music Sampler (8) 9:30 F205 Federal Debt, Taxes, Spending (4) F412 Dante’s Paradiso Friday, May 17, 1:00-2:30 F601 The Road Less Traveled (8) F104 DSLR Photography (8) F503 Spanish Conversation Forum (8) F504 Latin III (8) 1005 Technology at Your F701 What’s in the Daily News? (8) 9:30 F404 Sheer Playfulness (8) F603 Voices of Radical Reform (4) F604 Faith, Doubt, Tradition (8) Service (1) F904 Introduction to Chess (7) 1001 What’s New in Cancer 2019 (1) F652 Philosophical Foundations (8) 1000 Empowering Older Drivers (1) Friday, May 17, 1:00-2:30 11:50-1:15 F102 Smartphone Photography (4) F203 Stock Selection and Analysis (2) F107 Introduction to Watercolor Art (8) F410 Musicals (8) 1010 A Walk with a Forester (1) F402 Readers’ Theater (8) F304 Close Up on US History F108 Japanese Culture (4) F411 So You Wanna Write Poetry (8) F702 American Foreign Policy (3) F651 Events of Profound Influence (6) F206 Tom Crooker Investment Forum (8) F806 Medical Updates (4) F802 Aging and Physical Activity (2) F703 Great Decisions (8) F305 The Gilded Age (4) F408 Trollope’s Can You Forgive Her (8) 2:15-3:40 F403 Film Noir (8) 1:40 F105 Drawing and Sketching (8) F109 Dabbling Artists (8) F111 Singing for Fun (8) F903 Trip Tales (8) F202 Capital in the 21st Century (4) 1003 Music and the Arthurian Legend (1) F112 Watercolor Painting (8) F702 American Foreign Policy (3) F405 English Short Stories (8) F307 Off the Beaten Path (8) F406 Poetry Workshop (8) F605 Story of Joseph in the Qur'an (8) F805 80 Years of Computer History(3) F808 Tai Chi (8) F809 Psychology Potpourri (4)

Monday, May 20 Tuesday, May 21 Thursday, May 23 Friday, May 31 Tuesday, June 18 F702 American Foreign Policy (3) 2:15 F203 Stock Selection and Analysis (2) 11:50 1204 Buddy Poppies (1) 1:00 1206 Murder Mystery (1)10:00 1208 National Portrait Gallery Tour 1006 Issues before Virginia Assembly (1) 1:30

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Spring 2019 Schedule Friday Mar. 21 March 25–May 17 1101 Coffee and Conversation with Loudoun Ken Plum, 10:30-12:30

Shaded classes are one-time presentations Bolded classes have unusual dates and/or times.

TIME Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Mar. 25 Mar. 26 Mar. 27 Mar. 28 Mar. 29 9:40–11:05 L308 Big History (8) L413 Memoir Writing (8) L415 Writers’ Workshop (8) L607 Story of Joseph in the Qur'an (8) L606 Russian Orthodox Christianity (4) L812 Air and Space Museum Artifacts (4) L706 Great Decisions (8) 11:50–1:15 952 Russian Coffee and Pastries (1) L414 What is a Poem (4) L505 Chartres: Une Ville Française (4) L113 Drawing and Painting (8) 958 History of HIV/AIDS (1) 2:15-3:40 L705 Hot Topics (8) 2:30 L416 Amsterdam Noir (7) L313 Oddball Russian Aircraft (5) L417 Good Omens (8) Apr. 1 Apr. 2 Apr. 3 Apr. 4 Apr. 5 9:40–11:05 L308 Big History (8) L413 Memoir Writing (8) L415 Writers’ Workshop (8) L607 Story of Joseph in the Qur'an (8) L606 Russian Orthodox Christianity (4) L812 Air and Space Museum Artifacts (4) L706 Great Decisions (8) 11:50–1:15 L414 What is a Poem (4) L505 Chartres: Une Ville Française (4) L113 Drawing and Painting (8) 965 Fall Prevention (1) 2:15-3:40 L705 Hot Topics (8) 2:30 L416 Amerdam Noir (7) L313 Oddball Russian Aircraft (5) L417 Good Omens (8) Apr. 8 Apr. 9 Apr. 10 Apr. 11 Apr. 12 9:40–11:05 L308 Big History (8) L413 Memoir Writing (8) L415 Writers’ Workshop (8) L607 Story of Joseph in the Qur'an (8) L606 Russian Orthodox Christianity (4) L812 Air and Space Museum Artifacts (4) L706 Great Decisions (8) 11:50–1:15 967 Making Every Vote Count (1) L309 Native American Veterans (2) L505 Chartres: Une Ville Française (4) L113 Drawing and Painting (8) L414 What is a Poem (4) 974 Myths, Misconceptions, Realities (1) 2:15-3:40 L705 Hot Topics (8) 2:30 L416 Amsterdam Noir (7) L313 Oddball Russian Aircraft (5) L417 Good Omens (8) Apr. 15 Apr. 16 Apr. 17 Apr. 18 Apr. 19 9:40–11:05 L308 Big History (8) L413 Memoir Writing (8) L415 Writers’ Workshop (8) L607 Story of Joseph in the Qur'an (8) L606 Russian Orthodox Christianity (4) L812 Air and Space Museum Artifacts (4) L706 Great Decisions (8) 11:50–1:15 976 Soviet Sci Fi (1) L309 Native American Veterans (2) L207 Transition: Homeowner’s Guide (3) L113 Drawing and Painting (8) L414 What is a Poem (4) L505 Chartres: Une Ville Française (4) 982 Ten Advantages of Aging (1) 2:15-3:40 L705 Hot Topics (8) 2:30 L416 Amerdam Noir (7) L313 Oddball Russian Aircraft (5) L417 Good Omens (8) Apr. 22 Apr. 23 Apr. 24 Apr. 25 Apr. 26 9:40–11:05 L308 Big History (8) L310 US Ex Ex (2) L415 Writers’ Workshop (8) L607 Story of Joseph in the Qur'an (8) L413 Memoir Writing (8) L706 Great Decisions (8) 11:50–1:15 960 Five Pillars of Brain Health (1) L810 Living Longer, Living Stronger (2) L207 Transition: Homeowner’s Guide (3) L113 Drawing and Painting (8) 983 Shakespeare’s Iago (1) 985 Japan’s Biggest Secret (1) 2:15-3:40 L705 Hot Topics (8) 2:30 L416 Amsterdam Noir (7) L313 Oddball Russian Aircraft (5) L417 Good Omens (8) Apr. 29 Apr. 30 May 1 May 2 May 3 9:40–11:05 L308 Big History (8) L310 US Ex Ex (2) L415 Writers’ Workshop (8) L607 Story of Joseph in the Qur'an (8) L413 Memoir Writing (8) L706 Great Decisions (8) 11:50–1:15 L311 Jerusalem’s Holy Sites (3) L207 Transition: Homeowner’s Guide (3) L113 Drawing and Painting (8) L810 Living Longer, Living Stronger (2) 991 Two Tales of Misia (1) 2:15-3:40 L705 Hot Topics (8) 2:30 L416 Amsterdam Noir (7) L417 Good Omens (8) May 6 May 7 May 8 May 9 May 10 9:40-11:05 L308 Big History (8) L312 The Flag of the US (2) L415 Writers’ Workshop (8) L607 Story of Joseph in the Qur'an (8) L413 Memoir Writing (8) L706 Great Decisions (8) 11:50-1:15 993 Descent into Civil War (1) L311 Jerusalem’s Holy Sites (3) L813 Mindfulness/Stress Reduction (2) L113 Drawing and Painting (8) L811 Demystifying AI (2) 997 Second Amendment (1) 2:15-3:40 L705 Hot Topics (8) 2:30 L416 Amsterdam Noir (7) L314 The Grey Ghost (2) L417 Good Omens (8) May 13 May 14 May 15 May 16 May 17 9:40-11:05 L308 Big History (8) L312 The Flag of the US (2) L415 Writers’ Workshop (8) L607 Story of Joseph in the Qur'an (8) Friday, May 17 L413 Memoir Writing L706 Great Decisions (8) 1009 Lunch at Russia House 11:50-1:15 999 The Enigma of Shostakovich (1) L311 Jerusalem’s Holy Sites (3) L813 Mindfulness/Stress Reduction (2) L113 Drawing and Painting (8) 12:00-2:30 L811 Demystifying AI (2) 1004 Catherine the Great (1) 2:15-3:40 L705 Hot Topics (8) 2:30 L417 Good Omens (8) L314 The Grey Ghost (2)

61 Spring 2019 Schedule

March 25–May 17 Saturday, Mar. 9 1202 Ticksters/Sages in Broadway Musicals (1) 11:30-1:30 Reston Thursday, Mar. 21 R114 Meet the Artists (6) 2:15-3:40 Shaded classes are one time presentations. Friday, Mar. 22 Bolded classes have unusual dates and/or times. 1103 Kick-off Coffee, 10:30-12:00

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Mar. 25 Mar. 26 Mar. 27 Mar. 28 Mar. 29-31 9:40–11:05 R418 Mystery’s Histories (8) R608 Destroyer of the Gods (4) R423 Sheer Playfulness (8) R316 John Adams (8) R653 Civil Rights in Biblical Times (8) R654 Big Issues, Complex Challenges (8) R425 English Short Stories (8) 11:50–1:15 R419 Shakespeare’ Sonnets (6) R609 The Parables of Jesus (5) R424 Literary Roundtable (8) R708 All the News (8) R814 Einstein's Theory of Relativity (3) R707 Supreme Court Cases (7) 956 Controlling Invasive Plants (1) 2:15-3:40 R420 Classic Film Festival (8) 1:30 955 The Golden Age of Radio (1) 951 Reduced Shakespeare (1) 8:00 pm R114 Meet the Artists (6)

Apr. 1 Apr. 2 Apr. 3 Apr. 4 Apr. 5-7 9:40–11:05 R418 Mystery’s Histories (8) R608 Destroyer of the Gods (4) R423 Sheer Playfulness (8) R316 John Adams (8) R653 Civil Rights in Biblical Times (8) R654 Big Issues, Complex Challenges (8) R425 English Short Stories (8) 11:50–1:15 R419 Shakespeare’ Sonnets (6) R609 The Parables of Jesus (5) R424 Literary Roundtable (8) R708 All the News (8) R814 Einstein's Theory of Relativity (3) R707 Supreme Court Cases (7) 964 What’s in Your Wallet? (1) 2:15-3:40 R420 Classic Film Festival (8) 1:30 962 Taking Charge of Your Health (1) R114 Meet the Artists (6)

Apr. 8 Apr. 9 Apr. 10 Apr. 11 Apr. 12-14 9:40–11:05 R418 Mystery’s Histories (8) R608 Destroyer of the Gods (4) R423 Sheer Playfulness (8) R316 John Adams (8) R653 Civil Rights in Biblical Times (8) R654 Big Issues, Complex Challenges (8) R425 English Short Stories (8) 11:50–1:15 R419 Shakespeare’ Sonnets (6) R609 The Parables of Jesus (5) R424 Literary Roundtable (8) R708 All the News (8) R814 Einstein's Theory of Relativity (3) 968 Techie Stuff to the Rescue (1) 971 Policing Black Bodies (1) 2:15-3:40 R420 Classic Film Festival (8) 1:30 970 Henrik Ibsen (1) 973 Meet the Movie Man (1) R114 Meet the Artists (6)

Apr. 15 Apr. 16 Apr. 17 Apr. 18 Apr. 19-21 9:40–11:05 R418 Mystery’s Histories (8) R608 Destroyer of the Gods (4) R423 Sheer Playfulness (8) R316 John Adams (8) R653 Civil Rights in Biblical Times (8) R654 Big Issues, Complex Challenges (8) R425 English Short Stories (8) 11:50–1:15 R419 Shakespeare’ Sonnets (6) R609 The Parables of Jesus (5) R424 Literary Roundtable (8) R708 All the News (8) R707 Supreme Court Cases (7) 981 Digital Literacy (1) 2:15-3:40 R420 Classic Film Festival (8) 1:30 979 Website Creation (1) R114 Meet the Artists (6)

Apr. 22 Apr. 23 Apr. 24 Apr. 25 Apr. 26-28 9:40–11:05 R418 Mystery’s Histories (8) R654 Big Issues, Complex Challenges (8) R423 Sheer Playfulness (8) R316 John Adams (8) Friday, Apr. 26, 12:30-2:30 R653 Civil Rights in Biblical Times (8) R425 English Short Stories (8) 1104 Super Salad Social 11:50–1:15 R419 Shakespeare’ Sonnets (6) R609 The Parables of Jesus (5) R424 Literary Roundtable (8) R115 Surrealism (4) R707 Supreme Court Cases (7) R816 Decision Making Tools for Health (4) R708 All the News (8) 2:15-3:40 R420 Classic Film Festival (8) 1:30 R315 Rangers’ Choice (4) R114 Meet the Artists (6) R506 French Geography (4) Apr. 29 Apr. 30 May 1 May 2 May 3-5 9:40–11:05 R418 Mystery’s Histories (8) R654 Big Issues, Complex Challenges (8) R423 Sheer Playfulness (8) R316 John Adams (8) R653 Civil Rights in Biblical Times (8) R425 English Short Stories (8) 11:50–1:15 R208 Transition: Homeowner’s Guide (3) R707 Supreme Court Cases (7) R424 Literary Roundtable (8) R115 Surrealism (4) R419 Shakespeare’ Sonnets (6) 988 Discussion with Visiting Author (1) R816 Decision Making Tools for Health (4) R708 All the News (8) 2:15-3:40 R420 Classic Film Festival (8) 1:30 R315 Rangers’ Choice (4) 990 Other Girl Sleuths (1) 992 Citizen Kane (1) 1:45 R506 French Geography (4) May 6 May 7 May 8 May 9 May 10-12 9:40-11:05 R418 Mystery’s Histories (8) R654 Big Issues, Complex Challenges (8) R423 Sheer Playfulness (8) R316 John Adams (8) R653 Civil Rights in Biblical Times (8) R425 English Short Stories (8) 11:50-1:15 R208 Transition: Homeowner’s Guide (3) R421 Stan Lee and Marvel Comics (3) R424 Literary Roundtable (8) R115 Surrealism (4) R707 Supreme Court Cases (7) R816 Decision Making Tools for Health (4) R708 All the News (8) 2:15-3:40 R420 Classic Film Festival (8) 1:30 R315 Rangers’ Choice (4) R506 French Geography (4) R422 Newman and Lambert in Paris (2) May 13 May 14 May 15 May 16 May 17-19 9:40-11:05 R418 Mystery’s Histories (8) R654 Big Issues, Complex Challenges (8) R423 Sheer Playfulness (8) R316 John Adams (8) R653 Civil Rights in Biblical Times (8) R425 English Short Stories (8) 11:50-1:15 R208 Transition: Homeowner’s Guide (3) R421 Stan Lee and Marvel Comics (3) R424 Literary Roundtable (8) R115 Surrealism (4) R707 Supreme Court Cases (7) R816 Decision Making Tools for Health (4) R708 All the News (8) 2:15-3:40 R420 Classic Film Festival (8) 1:30 R315 Rangers’ Choice (4) 1002 Army Colonel Tells his Story (1) R506 French Geography (4) R422 Newman and Lambert in Paris (2)

Mondays, 6:15-7:45 pm, Mar. 26-May 6 (6) Tuesday, May 21, 11:50-1:15 Sunday, May 26 Saturday, June 1 No class Apr. 15 R421 Stan Lee and Marvel Comics (3) 1205 The River, 7:00 pm, Pre-show, 6:15 pm 1207 An Evening with Nancy Giles, 8:00 pm R815 Kundalini Yoga and Meditation

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

Contributions for January 1–November 30, 2018

Thank you to the generosity of the donors who gave to Friends of OLLI last year. From January through November of 2018, 220 Friends of OLLI donated $27,878.94, goods and services. Donaons to Friends of OLLI go a long way in enhancing the OLLI experience, supporng equipment updates, literary journals, outreach, landscape beauficaon and more. Importantly, donaons also support student scholarships in the departments at Mason that send teachers to the OLLI classrooms. Overall, Friends of OLLI donaons help OLLI beer serve its membership while fomenng stronger es with the Mason community. We gratefully acknowledge the Friends of OLLI listed below:

Benefactors ($500 and over) James & Suzanne Dann Allen Taylor Paulee Lichtman‐Panzer Special Contributors Bill & Helen Ackerman Bernard Doe Megann Thompson Sandra Lisiewski Amazon Smile Foundaon Rick & Eleanor Bochner Evan & Brenda Douple Jack Underhill Robert Malloy Anchin, Block & Anchin, LLP Barbara Brehm Judith Erickson Tom Urman Philip & Margaret Massey AT&T/FEMA Friends Garre & Janet Cochran Carol & Michael Flicker Patricia & Robert Deborah McCormick The Fairmont Thomas Crooker William Forster Warakomsky Melvin Mikosinski FXFowle Architects, LLP Jennifer Disano Pamela Garcia John Ware Robert Miller George Mason University Janet Hartne Susan Gates Clifford Warfield Jeffrey Milstein Potomac Area Technology & Robert Kelberg & Gertrude Beverly George Thelma Weiner Ruth Moe Computer Society Sherman Ligia Glass Michael Whitehouse John Olsen Verizon Margot Marino Melvin Goldfarb Henry Wolf Richard Parker Charles Murphy Janine & Ralph Elisabeth Wolpert Theodore Parker John Woods Greenwood Tracy Yuan & Rui Tan Martha Powers Donaons were received in Donald Yesukais Alan & Jacqueline Anonymous (3) Jim Quinn memory of: Anonymous (2) Gropman Roz Rakoff Robert Bohall, Thomas Joan Gupta Donors (Up to $100) Allan Ratner Hartne, Richard Lanterman, Patrons ($250 to $500) Doug Hill & Marge Bradley Doris Avery Susan & Fred Rexroad James Marino, & Kathleen Toni & John Acton Steven House Patricia Barbarowicz Carol Rosenhoch Meyer Robert Baker Sidney Koslow Elizabeth Benne Kathryn & Mel Russell Lesley Bubenhofer Elaine Leonard Michelle Blandburg Susan Safran Silent Aucon Robert & Patricia Carroll Paige Lowther Brenda Bloch‐Young Harvey Schwartz Change for OLLI Dick & Brenda Cheadle David Lynch Nancy Bowen Mary Selden Membership Raffle Donald & Lisa Ferre Carol Mailander Sally Burdick Annee Smith Bob Gibson Jane McCulloch Victor Calder Claire Smith Dorothy & Larry Gordon Rosemary McDonald William Campbell, Jr. Shirley Springfloat Eric & Carol Henderson Margaret McLane Kenneth Cohn Valerie Stucky Paul Howard John Meier Kevin & Charleen Deasy Margaret Telesca Jim & Sue Price Karen Murphy Marcel Desrosiers Preston Thompson Rala & Russell Stone Peg O'Brien Louise Donargo Joel Ticknor Steve & Linda Tracy Robert Overholtzer Muriel & Roger Doyon Rita Toscano Charlene & Robert Ward Anson & Patricia Parish Mimi & Conrad Geller Stephanie Trachtenberg Roberta & Henry Wulf Catherine Parker Karen Gentemann Gary Voegele Craig Zane & Ginny Garretson Gwen & Jerome Paulson Barbara Gillis Donald Walter Mary Petersen Virginia Hammell Audrey Webb Supporters ($100 to $250) Lloyd Poer, Bethany & Marilyn Harriman Enid Weber Charles Allen Barbara Bohall Veronica Herczogh Mark Weinstein Gay Alper Andre Pugin Linda Hilbert Doris Weisman Herald & Joanne Beale Norman Qualtrough Shara Hofing Andrew Werthmann Sherri Berthrong Jeffrey Rosendhal Anna Hooper Lynelle Wilkins Doris Bloch Anthony Rounds William Hunt Anonymous (2) Janice Bohall Michael Rubin Doris James Robert Brown Edward Sadtler Pauline Johnsen Thomas Brown Judith Sapienza Jay Johnson Dorsey Chescavage Barbara Schell Lorraine Johnson Ute Christoph‐Hill Elaine Schwartz Richard Joyce Michael Cosgrove & Chrisne Charles Silver Joanne Kunz Poston Patricia Simon Harlan Lenius Karin & Michael Custy Thomas Stanley Julie Lichtenstein 63

Guide to Program Locations

Driving direcons and parking informaon for all 1. Mason‐in‐Loudoun is located at 21335 Signal Hill Plaza, Sterling, VA 20164 diagonally across Route 7 from OLLI sites can be found on the map page of our the Potomac Run Shopping Center. website at hps://olli.gmu.edu/map‐and‐ direcons‐2018/ 2. Reston Lake Anne sites: Reston Used Book Shop (1623 Washington Plaza, North, Reston, VA 20190) and Reston Community Center (RCC) Lake Anne including the Rose Gallery (1609 Washington Plaza, North, Reston, VA 20190) are located at the northern end of Lake Anne off North Shore Drive. If using an electronic map, set desnaon as the Lake Anne Mobil (11410 N. Shore Drive, Reston, VA 20190) across the street from the entrance to the Lake Anne parking lot. 3. United Chrisan Parish Church (UCP) is located at 11508 North Shore Drive, Reston, VA 20190. 4. Reston Community Center Hunters Woods: CenterStage is in the Hunters Woods Village Center. If using an electronic map, use the Ledo Pizza address (2254 Hunters Woods Plaza, Reston, VA 20191). A walkway beside Ledo Pizza leads to a plaza and the community center. 5. Tallwood is located at 4210 Roberts Road, Fairfax, VA 22032. Roberts Road can be accessed from Route 236 (Main Street) or Braddock Road. Additional parking is available in the swimming pool lot next door. 6. Church of the Good Shepherd (COGS) at 9350 Braddock Road, Burke, VA 22015 is at the corner of Braddock Road and Olley Lane. Enter the parking lot from Olley Lane. 7. Lord of Life Lutheran Church, Fairfax is located at 5114 Twinbrook Road, Fairfax, VA 22032. From Maps drawn by Dick Young Braddock Road, turn south on Twinbrook Road, and the parking lot will be on your right. 8. Bus Trip Pick up Locaon at Fair Oaks Mall, parking lot 57 (see adjacent map) is located at 11750 Fair Oaks Mall, Fairfax, VA 22033. The lot is outside the circular road in front of ManTech Corporaon near the Macy’s closest to Sears. 9. Cascades Library located at 21030 Whiield Place, Potomac Falls, VA 20165. From Route 7 exit North onto Cascades Parkway. Turn right onto Palisades Parkway, then right onto Whiield Place.

Bus Trip Pick up Locaon

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