OLLI SF State Courses

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In-person classes: 160 Spear Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105

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Spring Session Courses | April 2 - May 13

Session courses are open to members only. To register for an annual membership, visit Membership.

IN-PERSON classes: will not be recorded; vaccination and masks are encouraged in the classroom.

ZOOM classes: will be recorded unless noted below; recordings are available upon request to those who are enrolled in the class.

OSHER ONLINE classes:

-Osher Online Courses are produced by the Osher National Resource Center at Northwestern University. Members of OLLIs across the country participate.
- Osher Online courses will be presented via Zoom through a provided portal, and will not be recorded. Space is limited.
- Osher Online courses are open to OLLI SF members and non OLLI SF members and are $100 each.
- If you have a course package that you would like to use, please contact olli@sfsu.edu

 

Mondays
 

Impressionists on Water

with Maureen O’Brien DeGeller, 4/8 - 5/13, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM  In-Person 

 

Vanished Kingdoms of Eastern Europe

with Asya Pereltsvaig, 4/8 - 5/13,  12:30 - 2:30 PM  Zoom 

 

The Art of Invention – Poetry Workshop

with Diane Frank, 4/8 - 5/13, 3:00 - 5:00 PM  Zoom 

 

Tuesdays

Women, Sainthood and Power: Feminist and Sociocultural Perspectives

with Oliva M. Espín, 4/2 - 5/7, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM  Zoom 

 

Female Writers of Classic Film Noirs (and some who are still at it)

with Mary Scott, 4/2 - 4/30, 1:30 - 4:00 PM  In-Person 
This class is 2.5 hours x 5 weeks
 

Wednesdays

 

Forgotten Stars of American Jazz, Blues and Swing, 1925 - 1955

with Dave Radlauer, 4/3 - 5/8, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM  Zoom 

 

New Wave Cinemas – How Six National Film Movements Changed Cinema Forever

with Sarah Childress, 4/3 - 5/8, 3:00 - 5:00 PM   Zoom 

 

Thursdays

 

Vienna to Versailles: International History in the 19th Century

with Steve Harris, 4/4 - 5/9, 12:30 - 2:30 PM  In-Person 

Golden Girls: Some Essential California Women Writers

with Robert Weibezahl, 4/4 - 5/9, 3:00 - 5:00 PM  Zoom

 

Fridays

Intimate Landscapes - Reading the Personal Essay

with Mark Wallace, 4/12 - 5/17, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM  In-Person

 

Gate-Crashing the Party: 500 Years of Immigration to America

Register: In-Person or Zoom

with Douglas Kenning, 4/5 - 5/10, 12:30 - 2:30 PM  Hybrid 

 

Goya: The Birth of a Modern Artist

with Isidra Mencos, 4/5 - 5/17, 3:00 - 5:00 PM  Zoom

March Mini Courses | March 5 - 15, 2024

Mini Courses are open to all! Please bring a friend and get to know OLLI SF State!

IN-PERSON classes: will not be recorded

ZOOM classes: will be recorded unless noted below; recordings are available upon request via email to those who are enrolled in the class.
 

Monday, March 11

Unpacking the Lehman Trilogy

with Carey Perloff - 9:30 - 11:30 am, on Zoom

 

The Extraordinary Lives and Achievements of Russian Emigres

with Asya Pereltsvaig - 1:30 - 3:30 pm on Zoom

 

Tuesdays, March 5 and 12

The Life and Poetics of Paul Simon: A Bard for Our Times

with Alan Goldberg - 1:30 - 3:30 pm, on Zoom

     

    Wednesday, March 13

    Painting the Stethoscope; How Doctors, Nurses, Patients, and Diseases are Portrayed in Art

    with Charlie Goldberg - 10:00 am – noon, In-Person at 160 Spear St.

     

    Putin’s Russia: Two Years into the War

    with Asya Pereltsvaig - 1:00 – 3:00 pm, on Zoom

     

    Thursday, March 14

    The Golden Ages of Sicily: Her Art and Architecture

    Register: In-Person or on Zoom 

    with Douglas Kenning - 10:00 am – 12:30 pm, In-Person at 160 Spear St.

     

    Democracy and the Constitution

    with Steve Harris - 1:30 - 3:30 pm, In-Person at 160 Spear St.

     

     

    Purchase multi-course packages and save!

    Course packages are good for one year and can be used in the 5 sessions available during the year: Winter, Spring, Summer, Late Summer and Fall. 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 canot 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

    12 Course Package - $1000