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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
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
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
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