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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.