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September Mini Courses | September 26 - 28, 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; 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.
Tuesday
Pop Up Street Art Saunter - Balmy Alley
with Annice Jacoby - 9/26, 10 a.m. – noon, in-person
Peter the Great and the Origins of Modern Russia
with Jared Day - 9/26, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m., Zoom
Wednesday
[TO BE RESCHEDULED] West Side Story, 1961: All About the Dance
with Susan Kennedy - 9/27, 10 a.m. – noon, in-person
Brexit: Causes and the Consequences for a Post-EU United Kingdom
with Florence Bouvet - 9/27, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m., Zoom
Thursday
Pop Up Street Art Saunter - Lilac Alley
with Annice Jacoby - 9/28, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., in-person
My Native Land is Memory: Stories of a Cuban Childhood
with Oliva M. Espín - 9/28, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m., Zoom
Fall Session 2023 | October 9 - November 17
One outlier will run September 27 - November 29
Most multi-week courses are open to current members of OLLI at San Francisco State University. Osher Online courses are open to non members as well.
IN-PERSON classes: will not be recorded
ZOOM classes: will be recorded unless noted below; recordings are available upon request to those who are enrolled in the class.
Mondays
Understanding Abstract Art
with Avril Angevine, 10 a.m. – noon, hybrid
How to Write a Poem that Tells the Story of Your Soul
with Diane Frank, 12:30 – 2:30 p.m., Zoom
Around the World Art History
with Hugh Leeman, 3 – 5 p.m., Zoom
Tuesdays
Women & The American Revolution
with Richard Bell, 10 a.m. – noon, Zoom
A Tourist Tour of the Universe (with astronomer Andrew Fraknoi)
with Andrew Fraknoi, 12:30 – 2:30 p.m., Zoom
Reading in Community: Virginia Woolf's To The Lighthouse
with Mark Wallace, 3 – 5 p.m., in-person
Wednesdays
Dead Sea Scrolls, Christian Origins, Pre-Talmudic Judaism
with David Meir-Levi, 10 a.m. – noon, in-person
Themes in Philosophy, Part 1
with David E. Smith - 9/27 - 11/29, 1 – 2:30 p.m., Osher Online via Zoom. 90 minutes.
- Please note that the dates are not consecutive.
- The course meets 9/27, 10/4, 10/18, 11/1, 11/15 & 11/29
- This course will not be recorded.
- One does not need a membership to sign up for this course.
Bach's B Minor Mass - Genesis, Meaning, and Symbolism
with Alexandra Amati, 3 – 5 p.m., Zoom
Thursdays
Banned, Burned, Beloved: How Censorship Affects What We Read and Write
with Jill Bronfman, 10 a.m. – noon, in-person
[TO BE RESCHEDULED] Female Writers of Classic Noir Films (and some who are still at it)
with Mary Scott, 1 – 3:30 p.m., in-person
How the Modern World is Made: The Story of Modern Manufacturing Processes and the Things They Make
with Eliot Bethke - 10/5 - 11/9, 2 – 3:30 p.m., Osher Online via Zoom. 90 minutes.
- This course will not be recorded.
- One does not need a membership to sign up for this course.
Fridays
Equality, Equity, and the Journey toward Justice
with Atia Thurman - 10/5 - 11/9, 9 – 10:30 a.m., Osher Online via Zoom. 90 minutes.
- This course will not be recorded.
- One does not need a membership to sign up for this course.
Is it Deco or Art Nouveau?
with Charlie Goldberg, 10 – noon, in-person
Celtic Soul: Van Morrison, Poet-Songwriter-Musician
with Jannie Dresser, 3 – 5 p.m., Zoom
December Mini Courses | November 29 - December 13, 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; 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.
Monday
Funk Art, Nut Art, and the Hairy Who
with Diane Levinson - 12/4, 10 a.m. – noon, in-person
Tuesday
Opera for Laughs
with Clifford "Kip" Cranna - 12/5, 10 a.m. – noon, Hybrid
Pueblo and Rancho Adobes of Alta, California
with Linda Day - 12/5, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m., in-person
Wednesday
Early Elvis: Elvis Presley in the 1950s
with Richie Unterberger - 11/29, 12/6, 12/13, 10 a.m. – noon, Hybrid
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