OLLI SF State Courses

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 

• Register: In-Person or Zoom

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 

• Register: In-Person or Zoom

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 

• Register: In-Person or Zoom

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