Fall 2013 OLLI Berkeleyuniversity of california Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
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Lectures An educational program for older adults who are learning for the joy of it. Community Fall 2013 Director’s Greeting Who We Are Starts Sept. 30 Mondays OLLI @Berkeley is an educational program Visit olli.berkeley.edu for syllabi, reading lists, and other course materials. OLLI @Berkeley is thriving, with new faculty, new programs, and for lifelong learners age 50 and up who are new offerings for a growing community of members. eager to explore traditional and new areas of knowledge — without exams or grades. While continuing to offer a wide range of courses, we are Distinguished Berkeley faculty members now organizing several course threads to support our core and other Bay Area teachers enjoy sharing programming. Around the theme of sustainability, we will their expertise with members whose life feature Nobel prize-winning scientist Dan Kammen, who will critique the financial experience and intelligence enrich the and political institutions that are unprepared for the transitions required for our exchange of ideas. world’s energy future. Author Susan Griffin will take a cultural approach to drawing Membership in OLLI @Berkeley is required connections between the exploitation of nature and the nature of social relations. to participate in the full range of offerings. It will be fascinating to learn from the scientist and the poet, to challenge our Joining OLLI @Berkeley means discovering assumptions on humanity’s relationship to the earth from two distinct viewpoints. new friends, new knowledge, and new ways to bring meaning and enjoyment to our lives. This term’s history thread explores both our individual and collective memories. OLLI @Berkeley is one of 117 Osher Roger Housden will take us to England’s breathtaking landscapes through the work Lifelong Learning Institutes nationwide. It is of its great writers and artists; Beverly Crawford and Christine Schoefer will ask us to supported by the University of California, reimagine Germany before and after it was divided; and Larry Bensky will kick off a Photo by ukgardenphotos Berkeley, OLLI members, and donors who new series, “Leaders in Our Lifetime,” with an in-depth look at Nixon. match the Bernard Osher Foundation’s Leaders in Our Lifetime: California State University, East Bay, where Discovering England Through contribution to OLLI. Continuing our successful relationship with the Lafayette community, we are pleased Nixon he has been on the faculty since 1992. Its Writers and Landscapes to offer two courses at the Lafayette Library. Film critic Michael Fox will discuss the Larry Bensky Director: Susan Hoffman Roger Housden 2013 Oscar contenders for the best documentary feature, and musicologist John Program Coordinator: Nicole Magnuson 10 a.m.–noon, UH Room 150 Joy of Singing 1–3 p.m., F&S Prescott will trace developments in classical music from the Middle Ages to today. Classroom Coordinator: Gerard Alcantara “Leaders in Our Lifetime” is a new series Lauren Carley Explore how English poetry and literature Communications Coordinator: Satya Levine This fall, whether you revisit the places you thought you knew or wander down of classes and lectures created and taught 10:30 a.m.–noon, UH Room 41B have created a richly layered landscape unexplored paths, we invite you on another extraordinary learning journey. Learn by Larry Bensky, who has been with OLLI Oct. 7 – Nov. 18 (no class on Sept. 30 or of the imagination that continues to more at the open house in Berkeley on Sept. 10 or at the info session in Lafayette since 2006. Future classes will study the Nov. 11) feed our idea of England today. The on Sept. 12. presidents since FDR. Whether you have always longed to sing landscape is a character as tangible as any When President Richard Nixon resigned in a chorus or have sung in one for years, other in the great novels, as well as the Susan Hoffman in 1974, he seemingly assured his status this course is open to you. Learn the subject of some of the greatest poetry. Director, OLLI @Berkeley as one of America’s lowest-ranking basics of sight-singing, as well as rounds, Through photos, paintings, and literary presidents. Yet a reevaluation is taking chants, and arranged music by composers excerpts, discover how and why the land
place. Some people credit Nixon such as Bobby McFerrin — who creates remains the living history of the country’s Contact Us: More than 20 courses in two great locations! with achievements in environmental sound effects and percussion with his dreams, tragedies, aspirations, and artistic 1925 Walnut St. #1570 Meet faculty and OLLI members. protection, financial stability, and voice — and Ysaye Barnwell, a member achievements. University of California, Berkeley civil rights. Most historians, however, of the African American a cappella group Berkeley, CA 94720-1570 Roger Housden, a full-time author Open House Info Session cite militarism and subversion of the Phone: 510.642.9934 Sweet Honey in the Rock. Join us to and lecturer, has published 20 books, Fax: 510.642.2202 Berkeley Lafayette democratic process as his overwhelming strengthen your voice and confidence and including the six-volume best-selling Ten Tuesday, Sept. 10 Thursday, Sept. 12 legacy. Survey Nixon’s origins, character, make a joyful noise! E-mail: [email protected] Poems series, and three travel books: Web site: olli.berkeley.edu and education; his turbulent political 10 a.m.–noon (doors open at 3–4:30 p.m. Lauren Carley is the artistic director for Sacred Journeys in a Modern World; career; the development of the Nixon- 9:30 a.m.) Community Hall, Lafayette the community choruses Variety Pack Travels Through Sacred India; and Saved By Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse Library and Learning Center era Republican Party; and his legacy. Beauty: Adventures of a Romantic in Iran. 2020 Addison St. (at Shattuck) 3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd. and Rhythm Society. She leads women’s Larry Bensky, former national affairs retreats and teaches individuals and groups Housden moved to the United States correspondent for KPFA/Pacifica Radio, from England in 1998 and runs literary For information or to register, visit olli.berkeley.edu, call 510.642.9934, or to find their authentic voices through circle teaches “The American Presidency” at singing for joy, healing, and ritual. pilgrimages to England. email [email protected].
Fall 2013 term: Sept. 30 – Nov. 8 OLLI @Berkeley 1 Starts Oct. 1 Tuesdays Starts Oct. 2 Wednesdays Visit olli.berkeley.edu for syllabi, reading lists, and other course materials. Visit olli.berkeley.edu for syllabi, reading lists, and other course materials.
Ideas and Power
Harry Kreisler 10 a.m.–noon, F&S
“Conversations with History” are lively interviews with distinguished people from all over the world who talk about their lives, their work, and the critical issues shaping our world. Watch and discuss interviews focusing on themes such as public opinion; the women’s movement and the search for equality; globalization and the emerging economies; the politics of environmental change; technology and war; U.S. intervention in other countries; and U.S. foreign policy toward Iran. Visit conversations.berkeley.edu to get a Courtesy of Sesame Workshop Photo by Malakhi Helel head start. review of his work, this class will focus on and artistic direction of several TV series, School of Public Policy. He is the terrorist speech; protests at military The Future of Energy Harry Kreisler is the former executive founding director of the Renewable funerals; WikiLeaks and government Tagore’s quest for human freedom. including “Sesame Street” and “Fraggle Daniel Kammen director of the Institute of International and Appropriate Energy Laboratory. secrets; FCC attempts to prohibit Rock.” Contrast Henson’s early comedic 10 a.m.–noon, F&S Studies and host and executive producer Clare B. Fischer, retired professor of He is a coordinating lead author for the “indecency” on radio and television; movies, such as “Muppet Movie,” to the of “Conversations with History” at religion and culture at the Graduate Energy is at the heart of the challenges Intergovernmental Panel on Climate prohibiting the sale of violent video games fantasy and epic narratives found in films Theological Union, has been studying and opportunities we face in the 21st Change, which shared the 2007 Nobel to minors; campaign finance reform; and UC Berkeley. such as “Labyrinth.” Discover modern- Rabindranath Tagore for many years as century. The rapidly rising demand for Peace Prize. In 2010, Kammen was whether there is a “constitutional right day artists Heather Henson, Julie part of a larger project on South and energy — combined with the increasing appointed chief technical specialist for to lie” about military service. Consider Taymor, and Bruce Schwartz, as well as pressures of climate change, fast-emerging India’s Visionary Artist: Southeast Asian visions of pilgrimage and renewable energy and energy efficiency at these and other major issues on the experimental puppet theater. Each week economies, and over a billion people Rabindranath Tagore the arts. She has taught classes on him the World Bank and serves the Secretary U.S. Supreme Court docket. will include a demonstration that shows without access to energy services — of State as an Environment and Climate Clare Fischer and visited his Bengali home, museum, William Bennett Turner has taught First how TV puppets are built and come to make our energy choices and their Partnership for the Americas (ECPA) 10 a.m.–noon, UH Room 41B and university (Santiniketan). Amendment courses at UC Berkeley for life on camera. impacts fundamental to managing a planet Fellow. He is the Lead Scholar for the the past 28 years. He practiced law for 45 in peril. Dramatic changes in the science Fulbright NEXUS program. Recipient of the 1913 Nobel Prize for Lee Armstrong, a puppeteer, started years and argued three cases before the and technology of solar power, natural Literature, Rabindranath Tagore remains The Art of the Puppeteer on Jim Henson’s “Fraggle Rock” and has gas, nuclear power, and the emerging Supreme Court. He graduated from the an exemplary contributor to the vision of Harvard Law School in 1963 and wrote Lee Armstrong co-owned Images in Motion for 20 years, ability to “engineer the planet” mean that Free Speech in the a world community. He expressed this Figures of Speech: First Amendment Heroes 1–3 p.m., UH Room 41B which specializes in puppets for TV and these choices are complex and planet- 21st Century ideal in poetry, plays, and the visual and and Villains. See williambturner.com. film. Projects have included everything altering. Explore the science and political musical arts, as well as provocative essays Explore the roots and influences of William Bennett Turner from “Being John Malkovich” to “Baby economy of this changing milieu. puppetry in America, primarily focusing 1–3 p.m., F&S on India’s destiny with respect to national Einstein.” She has received two regional on the extraordinary work of Jim Daniel Kammen is the Class of 1935 independence, village environment, and Emmys and is the video consultant for Bedrock principles established under the Henson. Compare the goals, themes, Distinguished Professor of Energy with social justice. Through conversation and a Puppeteers of America. 18th-century First Amendment on free appointments in Berkeley’s Energy and Resources Group and the Goldman speech are being put to the test by novel 21st-century controversies that include
2 OLLI @Berkeley 3 Starts Oct. 3 Thursdays Visit olli.berkeley.edu for syllabi, reading lists, and other course materials.
Wednesday Speaker Series Oct. 9 – Nov. 6 12:30–1:30 p.m.
Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse 2020 Addison St., Berkeley Free to OLLI members; $10 general admission Info: olli.berkeley.edu
Oct. 9 Ecology and Social Justice for the new millennium, Griffin has The Supreme Court’s Susan Griffin received a MacArthur Grant for Peace Last Term and International Cooperation, a Marshall Krause, professor, SF 10 a.m.–1 p.m., UH Room 41B Guggenheim Fellowship, and an Emmy State University; and William Four three-hour meetings on Oct. 3–24 Sokol, attorney and talk show host for her play “Voices.” Though popular media and politicians often imply that human welfare and Oct. 16 preserving the earth are incompatible, Superb Art Collections Telling Your Grandchildren unemployment, racism, and sexism are in America Wonderful Stories Reimagining Germany: Beverly Crawford teaches political Kerrin Meis Jake Warner, children’s author not separate from environmental issues. Divided and United economy and American foreign policy at and storyteller This outmoded way of thinking — one 1–3 p.m., F&S Beverly Crawford and Christine Schoefer UC Berkeley and is the associate director that divides humanity from nature — Take a virtual tour of America’s must-see 2–4 p.m., F&S of the Institute of European Studies. Her The J. Paul Getty Museum Oct. 23 creates both social injustice and the many recent books include Globalization Comes museums to understand the people and All Together Now: Stories environmental crises we face. Through The division of Germany raises many the passions that drove their collections. Kerrin Meis, an expert in 15th- through of Activism Home: How Globalization is Changing a series of visiting writers, thinkers, and fascinating issues around themes such as Among our stops are the Morgan Library 19th-century European painting, has Joe Lambert, director, Center for America; Power and German Foreign Policy: activists, we will critique the assumptions Digital Storytelling nationalism and militarism, communism and Museum and the Frick Collection in taught art history at San Francisco State Embedded Hegemony in Europe; and The that drive current policies and explore versus democracy, protest movements, New York; the Isabella Stewart Gardner University, College of Marin, and OLLI Convergence of Civilizations: Constructing a how challenging these positions can Oct. 30 and coming to terms with the country’s Museum in Boston; the collection of at Dominican University. She lectures Mediterranean Region. change a course that is equally destructive Ending Slavery in the past. Explore what has survived from pre- Albert C. Barnes in Philadelphia; the for Road Scholar, the College of Marin to society and the earth we share. World’s Greatest Empire 1945 Germany; what changed — both Christine Schoefer did her doctoral and modern art collection of Duncan Phillips Emeritus program, and Humanities West Adam Hochschild, journalist, positively and negatively — in both West post-doctoral research on East and West Susan Griffin’s classic, Woman and in Washington; the Sterling and Francine program in San Francisco. In addition, lecturer, and author of King and East Germany and in the world as a Germany in the political science department Clark Institute in Williamstown; the Leopold’s Ghost and Bury the Chains Nature, inspired both ecological and she teaches art history classes at Book result of the Wall; how these differences at UC Berkeley. She currently teaches at Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth; the feminist movements. A Chorus of Passage in Corte Madera. changed once Germany was reunited Mills College, and her forthcoming book is Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena; and Nov. 6 Stones: The Private Life of War was a Over There: My Life with the Berlin Wall. Anders Zorn: Sweden’s in 1990; and what was gained or lost NY Times Notable Book and a finalist the Getty Museum campuses in Malibu Master Painter through unification. for the Pulitzer Prize, among other and Los Angeles. Johan Cederlund, Swedish art recognitions. Named by Utne Reader historian, author, and museum as one of a hundred visionaries director
4 OLLI @Berkeley 5 CALENDAR Visit olli.berkeley.edu for syllabi, reading lists, and other course materials.
Mondays Tuesdays Wednesdays Thursdays Fridays Sept. 30 – Nov. 4 Oct. 1 – Nov. 5 Oct. 2 – Nov. 6 Oct. 3 – Nov. 7 Oct. 4 – Nov. 8
10 a.m.–noon, UH Room 150 10 a.m.–noon, F&S 10 a.m. –noon, F&S 10 a.m.–1 p.m., UH Room 41B* 9:30–11:30 a.m., Berkeley Nixon The Future of Energy Ideas and Power City Club* Ecology and Social Justice Larry Bensky Daniel Kammen Harry Kreisler Susan Griffin Great Piano Music Alfred Horowitz 10:30 a.m.–noon, UH Room 41B* 1–3 p.m., F&S 10 a.m.–noon, UH Room 41B 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Joy of Singing Free Speech India’s Artist: Tagore Lafayette Library* 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Berkeley Art Studio Lauren Carley William Bennett Turner Clare Fischer 2013 Oscar Documentaries Michael Fox Fired Up for Pottery 1–3 p.m., F&S 1–3 p.m., UH Room 41C 1–3 p.m., UH Room 41B (workshop) Nathan Ring Discovering England Memoir (workshop) The Art of the Puppeteer 1–3 p.m., F&S Roger Housden Louise Nayer Lee Armstrong Superb Art Collections 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Kerrin Meis UH Room 41B 1–3 p.m.,UH Room 41C* 5–7 p.m., UH Room 28 2–4 p.m., F&S The Expanded Self 2013 Academic Calendar Contemporary Poetry Tech 2.0 (workshop) Reimagining Germany 1–3 p.m., UH Room 41C (workshop) (workshop) David Casuto Beverly Crawford and Christine Schoefer Writing Between the Lines Lauren Vanett Fall 2013 Richard Silberg (workshop) FILLED Open house: Sept. 10 Deborah Lichtman 2-4 p.m. UH Room 41C* Fee assistance deadline: Sept. 20 TEO (Teaching Each Other) Term dates: Sept. 30 – Nov. 8 1:30–3:30 p.m., Kay Lawson and Marian Whitehead Winter 2014 Lafayette Library Wednesday Speaker Series Open house: Jan. 7 Oct. 9 – Nov. 6 Classical Music Fee assistance deadline: Jan. 17 12:30–1:30 p.m. John Prescott Term dates: Jan. 27–March 7 Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse Spring 2014 2020 Addison St., Berkeley Open house: March 11 Free to OLLI members; $10 general admission Fee assistance deadline: March 14 Term dates: March 31–May 9 See page 4 for details
* Exceptions to standard six-week schedule are noted in course descriptions
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University Hall, 2199 Addison St. (UH) Maximum capacity Workshops / $195 each Room 28 18 Room 41B 35 Visit olli.berkeley.edu for syllabi, reading lists, and other course materials. Room 41C 24 Room 150 90 Writing and Appreciating to draw out the pleasures and mysteries Deconstruction of the Blues. He is author Contemporary Poetry of contemporary poetry. The class will of Reading the Sphere: The Geography of UC Berkeley Art Studio 18 Richard Silberg appeal to appreciators and writers alike. Contemporary Poetry. His translations include Freight & Salvage, 2020 Addison St. (F&S) 300 Mondays, Sept. 30 – Nov. 4 Suggestions will be offered weekly for The Three Way Tavern, the poetry of Ko Un, Lafayette Library Community Hall 150 (No class Oct. 14. One more class TBD.) exciting poetry readings happening in the and I Must be the Wind, the poetry of Moon 3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette (not on map) 1–3 p.m., UH Room 41C Bay Area. Chung-hee. Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave. (at Ellsworth) Richard Silberg is associate editor of Poetry In this course, we will read, talk, and think OLLI Office, 1925 Walnut St. (at University) Flash. His two most recent books are Photo by David Schmitz about the work of six contemporary poets, as well as about our own poems, The Horses: New and Selected Poems and 8 OLLI @Berkeley 9 previous experience is necessary. See This hands-on journey uses mindfulness the course webpage for information on and evidence-based practices from Workshops / $195 each required materials. Please note: Working positive psychology, builds awareness of Visit olli.berkeley.edu for syllabi, reading lists, and other course materials. with clay and a potter’s wheel is a physical how to move beyond self-limiting beliefs, activity. If you have questions about the and exposes hidden truths about your physical requirements, please contact the own capacities. The interactive nature of OLLI office. this work also builds community in the classroom so that none of us is alone in Nathan Ring has taught the pottery becoming our expanded selves. navigation, digital photography, graphic course for OLLI @Berkeley in the past. design, and other tricks of the trade. He Lauren Vanett coaches leaders and Fired Up for Pottery also teaches at OLLI SFSU, AcademyX, individuals facing change by choice or and Synergy School, and runs his own Nathan Ring The Expanded Self circumstance. She founded and directs training consulting firm. Fridays, Oct. 4 – Nov. 8 Lauren Vanett the Core Strengths Coaching Skills 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Berkeley Art Studio, Fridays, Oct. 4 – Nov. 8 Program at SF State University Extended Campus 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m., UH Room 41B Learning, where she teaches positive Writing Between the Lines psychology. An educator for more than (FILLED) This introductory course will let you dive Appreciate who you have become over right into clay. Learn how to make pots 30 years, she has also taught language Deborah Lichtman your lifetime. Reflect on past successes, on the potter’s wheel using basic methods and communication skills and intensive Thursdays, Oct. 3 – Nov. 14 gain tools for cultivating self-compassion, for finishing and glazing your pieces. No creative process through painting. (no meeting Oct. 10) and envision your best possible future. 1–3 p.m., UH Room 41C
What is the relationship between form and content? How do writers create suspense with syntax? How can an Introduction to Memoir Award Finalist). She is the recipient of Lafayette Library Community Hall effective sentence become a brilliant six California Arts Council Awards, a info session, Sept. 12, 3–4:30 p.m. (3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette) Louise Nayer one? Explore these questions by studying member of the San Francisco Writer’s Tuesdays, Oct. 1 – Nov. 5 the techniques of some great prose Grotto, and blogs for the Huffington Post. Visit olli.berkeley.edu for syllabi, reading lists, and other course materials. 1–3 p.m., UH Room 41C stylists. Examine literary passages to see There are many ways to uncover potent how they work, and apply what you’ve Top Docs: The 2013 Michael Fox has been a film critic and is humorous but wonder why you’re not moments from our past — swinging Tech 2.0 for Lifelong learned to writing exercises that will take Oscar Nominees journalist since 1987; his current outlets laughing? Trace the major developments through the trees at twilight as a child, or Learners place in class. Lectures will cover topics such as diction, imagery, and cadence. Michael Fox include KQED.org/arts, Fandor.com/ in classical music from the Middle Ages gazing out the window after the death David Casuto Together we will heighten our attention Thursdays, Oct. 3–31 blog, and The (East Bay) Monthly. He into the 21st century. Explore important of a loved one. Learn about the basic Tuesdays, Oct. 1 – Nov. 5 to language and expand our repertoire as 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Community Hall curates and hosts the weekly CinemaLit developments in melody, harmony, rhythm, elements of memoir such as sensory 5–7 p.m., UH Room 28 creative writers of fiction and nonfiction. series at the Mechanics Institute in San and instrumentation. You do not need to detail, scene versus summary, dialogue, The Academy Award nominees for Anti-virus software, malware, streaming Francisco, and teaches documentary be able to read music to enjoy this class. time shifts, tension, and character Deborah Lichtman has taught literature Documentary Feature are hailed as the videos, cloud computing, embedding courses at the SF Art Institute and OLLI Learn, listen, and join in the adventure. development. Read great memoirists and writing for 25 years. She directed the best theatrically released nonfiction films videos. … If these computer terms at SF State. He is a member of the San and a reader to help you get started. Do Master of Fine Arts in Writing Program of the year. We’ll watch one of the 2013 John Prescott has received several sound intimidating, this course will help Francisco Film Critics Circle. in-class exercises and work with peers. at the University of San Francisco, where finalists each week — The Invisible War, 5 academic honors, including opportunities you understand them. Each week will Hand in weekly pages for comprehensive she developed and taught courses Broken Cameras, How to Survive a Plague, to study at St. John’s College in Cambridge, begin with a general tech-related lecture, instructor feedback. Leave the class with in creative writing. She was associate The Gatekeepers, and Searching For Sugar A Listener’s Introduction to England, and Oxford University’s followed by time devoted to your a body of writing. professor of writing at USF, and visiting Man. We’ll discuss their goals, strategy, Classical Music Worcester College. He wrote his questions. This class is for both Mac and professor at Mills College and storytelling, social utility, artistic qualities, and doctoral dissertation on John Stanley, the Louise Nayer has been a professor of PC users. Bring your laptop or use one of John Prescott UC Berkeley. She holds a doctorate ethics. We’ll consider the filmmaker’s point 18th-century blind organist, conductor, English and creative writing for more the PCs in the lab. Thursdays, Oct. 3 – Nov. 7 violinist, and impresario. He has taught at than 30 years. She has written four and a master’s degree in English from of view, the effect of the camera’s presence, 1:30–3:30 p.m., Community Hall UC Berkeley and at The Crowden School books, most recently Burned: A Memoir David Casuto is the founder of Senior UC Berkeley, and is advisor to the Post- the balance between information and Do you like classical music but don’t know in Berkeley, and was the musicologist for (winner of the 2011 Wisconsin Library Surf (senior-surf.org), a Bay Area Baccalaureate Certificate Program in emotion, and the need to entertain. the difference between a symphony and a the San Francisco Elderhostel Arts and Association Award, Oprah Magazine nonprofit that empowers older adults Writing at UC Berkeley Extension. sonata? Have you read that Haydn’s music Humanities Program. “Good Read,” and a USA Book News to become savvy at email, Internet
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