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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 

Winter Session Courses | January 22 - March 2, 2024

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

San Francisco Noir—Crime Short Stories      

with Richard Cass - 01/22/24 - 02/26/24, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. on Zoom

 

A World in a City - Museums and Murals in SF

with Simon Kenrick  - 01/22/24 - 02/26/24, 12:30 - 2:30 p.m., In-Person at 160 Spear St.
 

Tuesdays

Savoring French Opera

with Kip Cranna - 01/23/24 - 02/27/24   10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Hybrid 

RegisterIn-Person or Zoom

 

The Manhattan Project    

with Bebo White - 01/23/24 - 02/27/24, 12:30 - 2:30 p.m., In-Person at 160 Spear St.

 

Shakespeare’s Two Timeless Tragedies: Hamlet and King Lear

with Jackie Davis Martin - 01/23/24 - 02/27/24, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m., In-Person at 160 Spear St.

 

    Wednesdays

    Contemporary West Coast Poets as Guides   

    with Kathleen McClung - 01/24/24 - 02/28/24, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., In-Person at 160 Spear St.

     

    Stories that Stick With you – Six Memorable Short Stories

    with Caroline Smadja - 01/24/24 - 02/28/24, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. on Zoom

     

    Made in America: The History, Mission, and Vision of the Public Library

    with Caroline Nappo - 1/10/2024 - 2/14/2024, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m., Osher Online

     

    Thursdays

    Ruth Bader Ginsburg  

    with Lauren Anderson - 01/11/24 - 02/15/24, 8:00 - 9:30 a.m. - Osher Online

     

    Fate of the World The American Revolution Beyond the British Empire

    with Richard Bell - 1/25/24 - 02/29/24, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. on Zoom

     

    San Francisco in Film and in Literature: Crime in the City II    

    with Monika Trobits - 01/25/24 - 03/07/24, (skips 2/29), 12:30 - 2:30 p.m., In-Person at 160 Spear St.

     

    Writing Your Memoir - Turning Points

    with Lynne Kaufman - 01/25/24 - 02/29/24, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. on Zoom

     

    Fridays

    Francis Ford Coppola - Mainstream Maverick

    with Cary Pepper - 01/26/24 - 03/01/24, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., In-Person at 160 Spear St.

     

    The New Wave Alternative Rock from the Mid-1970s to the Early 1980s       

    with Richie Unterberger - 01/26/24 - 03/01/24, 2:30 - 2:30 p.m., Hybrid

    Register: In-Person or Zoom

     

    Judaism and Christianity

    with Jason Hensley - 01/26/24 - 03/01/24, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. on Zoom

     

    Saturdays

    Fake News: Keys to Ethical and Impactful Journalism 

    with Annie Krall - 02/24/24 - 03/30/24, 6:00 - 7:30 a.m., Osher Online   
     

    January Mini Courses | January 5 - 19, 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; 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

    San Francisco’s Sunset District from Sand Dunes to Thriving Community

    with Lorri Ungaretti - 10 a.m. – noon, on Zoom

       

      Wednesday

      West Side Story, 1961 - All About the Dance

      with Susan Kennedy - 1/10, 10 a.m. – noon, In-Person at 160 Spear St.

       

      Thinking about Reparations for African Americans

      with Dee Seligman - 1/10, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m., In-Person at 160 Spear St.

       

      Thursday

      Communists, Berkeley, and the Bomb

      with Robert Cherny - 1/11, 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., on Zoom

       

      iPhoneography- Take Your iPhone Photography To The Next Level

      with Yoni Mayeri - 1/11, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m., on Zoom

       

      Fridays

      Our Brains: How Do We See, Hear, and Remember?    

      with Peter Ralston - 3 weeks: 1/5, 1/12, 1/19, 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