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The Bernard Osher Foundation
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Summer Courses | July 7 - August 20
Mondays
OSHER ONLINE ZOOM: The Rehnquist Court, 1986-2005: Moves Toward Small Federal Government
with Osher National Resource Center, 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Osher Online*
IN-PERSON: An Introduction to Taoist Tai Chi™
with Jennifer Spencer, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM In-Person
IN-PERSON: Transformations in Six 20th-century Short Stories
with Sarita Cannon, 12:30 - 2:30 PM In-Person
IN-PERSON: Graphic Storytelling—Using Comics to Tell a Story
with Tyler Cohen, 3:00 - 5:00 PM In-Person CANCELED
Tuesdays
OSHER ONLINE ZOOM: The Economics of Public Policy Issues
with Osher National Resource Center, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Osher Online*
IN-PERSON: Crafting Poems of Resilience and Resistance
with Kathleen McClung, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM In-Person
ZOOM: Women Psychoanalysts: Stories and Theories (Class skips July 22, ends August 19)
with Oliva Espin, 12:30 - 2:30 PM Zoom
IN-PERSON: Early Modern Europe
with Steve Harris, 3:00 - 5:00 PM In-Person
OSHER ONLINE ZOOM: History of Beer
with Osher National Resource Center, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Osher Online*
Wednesdays
IN-PERSON: Women Artists in Renaissance Italy
with Maureen O'Brien De Geller, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM In-Person
OSHER ONLINE ZOOM: Stories of Adventure: The Norse Sagas
with Osher National Resource Center, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Osher Online*
ZOOM: Last of the Romanovs and the Russian Revolution
with Asya Pereltsvaig, 3:00 - 5:00 PM Zoom
Thursdays
ZOOM: Your Write to Resilience
with Kathryn Goldman, 10:00 - 11:30 AM Zoom
IN-PERSON: Cultivating Joy
with Sara Orem, 12:30 - 2:30 PM In-Person
ZOOM: The Dead Sea Scrolls: Past Present and Future
with Jehon Grist, 3:00 - 5:00 PM Zoom
Fridays
HYBRID (IN-PERSON): Sound and Vision: The Visuals of Popular Music
with Richie Unterberger, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM In-Person (Hybrid)
HYBRID (ZOOM): Sound and Vision: The Visuals of Popular Music
with Richie Unterberger, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Zoom (Hybrid)
IN-PERSON: Musicology: Music and Culture
with Steven Savage, 12:30 - 2:30 PM In-Person
Notes for OLLI Courses:
IN-PERSON classes: will NOT be recorded; masks are optional in the classroom. Classes meet at 160 Spear Street, 5th Floor.
ZOOM classes: will be recorded unless noted; recordings are available upon request to those who are enrolled in the class. olli@sfsu.edu
HYBRID classes: are subject to both of the above depending on whether you register for the In-person or the Zoom section. If you plan to attend some in person and some on Zoom, please register for the In-Person class. All Hybrids will be recorded. The Zoom link will be provided to students of both in-person and Zoom sections.
*OSHER ONLINE classes: are produced by the Osher National Resource Center and are intermixed with the Fall session above. Note that you will not receive a Zoom link to log in for these classes but will log into a portal. (Instructions will be provided to those registered.) These courses will be presented on Zoom via a portal and will not be recorded. Space is limited. Osher Online can be contacted at osheronline@northwestern.edu. If you have a course package that you would like to use, please contact olli@sfsu.edu
September Mini Courses | September 2 - 19
OLLI SF State's "Mini" courses are open to ALL — members and non-members.
Monday
September 15
ZOOM: The Sistine Chapel
with Nancy McAfee, 10:00 - 12:00
September 15
IN-PERSON: Vanished San Francisco
with Lorri Ungaretti, 1:30 - 3:30
Tuesdays
September 9
ZOOM: America's Musical Roots - The African American Musical Experience
with Leona Lewis, 10:00 - 12:00
September 2, 9, & 16
IN-PERSON: A New Downtown for San Francisco: 1906-1930
with Linda Day, 1:30 - 3:30 PM (2 classes in classroom and 1 walking)
Wednesdays
September 3, 10, & 17
ZOOM: The Great American Songbook - Berlin, Porter, and Gershwin
with Thomas Cimarusti, 3:00 - 5:00
Thursdays
September 11 & 18
ZOOM: Art in Your Backyard: Rediscovering SFMOMA
with Diane Levinson, 10:00 - 12:00
September 11, 18 & 25
IN-PERSON: An Offbeat View of California History: The Legacy of E Clampus Vitus
with Bebo White and Joseph Amster, 1:30 - 3:30
Fridays
September 12 & 19
ZOOM: Fifty Years of San Francisco Jazz, 1916-1966, Coda
with Dave Radlauer, 10:00 - 12:00
Notes for OLLI Courses:
IN-PERSON classes: will NOT be recorded; masks are optional in the classroom. Classes meet at 160 Spear Street, 5th Floor.
ZOOM classes: will be recorded unless noted; recordings are available upon request to those who are enrolled in the class. olli@sfsu.edu
HYBRID classes: are subject to both of the above depending on whether you register for the In-person or the Zoom section. If you plan to attend some in person and some on Zoom, please register for the In-Person class. All Hybrids will be recorded. The Zoom link will be provided to students of both in-person and Zoom sections.
Purchase multi-course packages and save!
Course packages are good for one year and can be used in the 4 sessions available during the year. When the package is purchased will determine which session comes first as a package can be purchased any time during the year.
Any left over classes cannot be carried forward after 12 months.
Find options in the Multi-Week Course Catalog. Available to current members of OLLI at San Francisco State University.
3 Course Package - $360
6 Course Package - $660
10 Course Package - $1000