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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
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