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May Mini Courses | May 22 - 25, 2023

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

IN-PERSON classes: will not be recorded; proof of full vaccination is required; currently 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.
 

Monday 5/22

The Second Middle Passage: America’s Domestic Slave Trade

Instructor: Richard Bell
ZOOM | 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Tuesday 5/23

Bay Area Filmmakers: Rick Goldsmith Stripped for Parts - American Journalism at the Crossroads (2023, rough cut)

Instructor: Michael Fox
IN-PERSON | 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Wednesday 5/24

The Personal is Political: The Evolution of Spain and its Citizens from Dictatorship to Democracy (1936-1992)

Instructor: Isidra Mencos
IN-PERSON | 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Fortress San Francisco

Instructor: John Martini
ZOOM | 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Thursday 5/25

Opera Goes To Hollywood: Operatic Music in the Movies

Instructor: Kip Cranna
HYBRID: IN-PERSON | 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Opera Goes To Hollywood: Operatic Music in the Movies

Instructor: Kip Cranna
HYBRID: ZOOM | 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Stem Cells 101

Instructor: Suzanne Peterson
ZOOM | 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Summer Session 2023 | June 5 - July 21

Multi-week courses are open to current members of OLLI at San Francisco State University. 

IN-PERSON classes: will not be recorded; proof of full vaccination is required; currently 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.
 

Mondays

Zoom / Delving into Documentaries

Instructor: Sarah Childress
Zoom | 10 a.m. - Noon

In-Person / Flash Memoir: Weaving Truth and Art

Instructor: Kathleen McClung
In-Person | 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

 

Tuesdays

(classes will skip July 4th)

In-Person / Joseph Haydn: A Composer at Musical Cross Roads

Instructor: John Prescott
In-Person | 10:00 a.m. - Noon

In-Person / Half the Sky: Improving the Lives of Women and Girls Around The World   

Instructor: Sara Seims
In-Person | 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Zoom / When Giants Ruled The Sky - A Historical Survey of the Golden Age of Airships

Instructor: John Geoghegan
Zoom | 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. (meetings for this course are 1.5 hours)

 

Wednesdays

In-Person / “How does my hair look?” The History of Portraiture and Self-Portraiture in Art and Photography   

Instructor: Charlie Goldberg
In-Person | 10:00 a.m. - Noon

In-Person / Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Robotics  

Instructor: Bebo White
In-Person | 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

 

Thursdays

Zoom / Thinking About Thinking: Recent Philosophy on the Power and Limit of Human Reason   

Instructor: David Peritz
Zoom | 10:00 a.m. - Noon

In-Person / Great Women of the American Songbook 

Instructor: Pamela Rose
In-Person | 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Zoom / A Good and Pleasant Thing, Short Fiction about Aging 

Instructor: Robert Weibezahl
Zoom | 3:00 pm - 5:00 p.m.

 

Fridays

Zoom / America’s Worst Hard Time: The Great Depression

Instructor: Jared Day
Zoom | 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Zoom / The End of Empire, The American Revolution and the British Empire

Instructor: Richard Bell
Zoom | 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

 

 

Purchase multi-course packages and save!

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.