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OLLI Schedule of Classes for Fall 2009 (September - December)

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SUNDAYS

Full

1:30

 

Life After 50 [1410]

2:00

 

Exploring Cinema [1411]

Full

3:00

 

Intergenerational Ethics [1412]

 

 

 

 

 

MONDAYS

Full

8:45

 

Shakespeare in Music [1413]

Full

9:00

 

The Gift of Laughter [1414]

Full

10:00

 

Retirement Communities [1415]

Full

10:00

 

Eno River Valley [1416]

 

10:30

 

Cancer [1417]

 

11:00

 

A Broken World [1418]

 

11:00

 

Seeing with a Camera [1419]

 

11:00

 

Scenes Behind the Sounds [1427]

Full

11:00

 

The Age of Jackson [1420]

 

1:30

 

Existential Fiction [1422]

 

1:30

 

Duke Sports History [1421]

 

1:30

 

Joint-Freeing Exercises [1424]

Full

1:30

 

Belly Dance Fitness for Women [1425]

 

1:30

 

Exploring the Soul [1423]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMPUTERS

 

11:00

 

Intro to Computers (M/W) [1517]

Full

9:00

 

Windows XP Refresher (W) [1518]

Full

11:00

 

PowerPoint Without Pain (Tu) [1519]

Cancelled

9:00

 

How to Create a Newsletter (Tu) [1520]

 

11:00

 

Pages Word Processing for MAC (Th) [1521]

Full

9:00

 

Accessing Library Info on Internet (Tu) [1522]

Cancelled

9:00

 

New Glasses for Old Eyes (M) [1523]

Full

1:30

 

Digital Camera Experience .(Th) [1524]

11:00

 

Beginning Photo Editing (Tu) [1525]

Full

1:30

 

Photo Editing on the Macintosh (Tu/Th) [1526]

Full

1:30

 

Intermediate Photo Editing (M/W) [1527]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TUESDAYS

 

9:00

 

America in the 1950's and ‘60s [1426]

Full

9:00

 

Beginning Spanish [1428]

 

9:00

 

American Women in World War II [1429]

Full

9:00

 

Our Changing World [1430]

Full

9:00

 

Rise & Fall of Hitler [1431]

Full

9:00

 

Twin Falls [1438]

 

9:00

 

NIA: Moving with Joy [1433]

 

9:30

 

Ciompi Quartet [1434]

 

11:00

 

World through Arab Eyes [1435]

Cancelled

 11:00

 

Public Speaking [1436]

 

11:00

 

Advanced Genealogy [1437]

 

11:00

 

Politics of Health Care Reform [1432]

 

11:00

 

Consumer Health Strategies [1439]

 

11:00

 

India's Culture [1440]

 

11:00

 

Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice [1441]

 

11:00

 

Creative Nonfiction Writing [1442]

Full

11:00

 

Strength and Balance Training [1443]

Full

1:00

 

The Decalogue [1444]

 

1:30

 

Reading Poetry [1445]

 

1:30

 

Your Illustrated Life [1446]

Cancelled

 1:30

 

Garden Explorations [1447]

Cancelled

  1:30

 

Fifteen-Minute Rejuvenation [1448]

 

2:00

 

Genealogy I [1449]

 

2:00

 

Scientific Symposia [1450]

 

3:15

 

US History Through Song [1451]

 

3:30

 

Concert Band (Tu/Th) ($100) [1530]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WEDNESDAYS

 

9:00

 

Eleanor Roosevelt [1452]

Full

9:00

 

Diamonds, Gold & War [1453]

Full

9:00

 

Old Minds, New Possibilities [1454]

9:00

 

Taking Your Writing to the Next Level [1456]

9:00

 

Your Neuroplastic Self [1457]

Full

10:30

 

Warm Glass Fusing I [1458]

 

10:30

 

Knights and Ladies [1459]

 

11:00

 

Darwin & Evolution [1461]

 

11:00

 

Ethics & Morals [1460]

 

11:00

 

Sacred Music [1462]

 

11:00

 

Women Getting Things Done [1464]

Full

11:00

 

The World Today Section I [1465]

Full

11:00

 

The World Today Section 2 [1466]

Full

11:00

 

King Lear [1467]

Full

11:00

 

Collages—Rapp [1468]

Full

11:00

 

Women on Weights [1469]

1:00

 

Singers and Swingers [1470]

Full

1:30

 

Homer & the Homeric Age [1471]

1:30

 

The Spiritual Purpose in Life [1472]

1:30

 

Collages--Newman [1473]

Full

1:30

 

J. S. Bach: His Life and Music [1474]

2:00

 

Issues in Food Policies & Politics [1476]

Full

2:00

 

Sophocles: The Tragedies, Part II [1475]

 

2:00

 

The U S Marine Corps [1477]

 

2:00

 

Ballet 101 [1478]

 

3:15

 

Giuseppe Verdi: The Early Operas [1479]

Cancelled

3:15

 

Poetry as Memoir [1480]

 

3:00

 

New Horizons Chorus ($85) [1528]

 

 

 

Swing Band - 3:30, Dixie Dukes - 5:00 ($30) [1531]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THURSDAYS

Full

9:00

 

Happiness Through Self-Giving [1481]

 

9:00

 

Investments for Retirees [1482]

Full

9:00

 

Jonah, the Reluctant Prophet [1455]

 

9:00

 

Glenn Gould [1483]

 

9:00

 

The Age of Sail [1484]

Full

9:00

 

The Bloomsbury Group [1485]

 

9:00

 

T'ai Chi: Moving Meditation [1486]

Full

10:00

 

Memoir Writing With Jane [1487]

Full

10:30

 

Warm Glass Fusing II [1488]

Full

11:00

 

Life in the Universe [1489]

 

11:00

 

Three Ways to Do Life [1490]

 

11:00

 

Erasmus & Swift [1491]

 

11:00

 

Getting Ready for Health Care Reform [1492]

Full

11:00

 

Monuments of Western Architecture [1493]

 

11:00

 

Meditation [1494]

 

11:00

 

Smoke and Mirrors [1495]

Full

1:00

 

Exploring Dreams Through Art [1497]

Full

1:00

 

Penstrokes [1498]

Full

1:00

 

How to Design & Landscape [1540]

Cancelled

1:30

 

Examining American Indian Issues [1499]

Full

1:30

 

Great Conversations 3 [1500]

 

1:30

 

Genealogy II [1501]

 

2:00

 

If You Can Walk [1502]

 

2:00

 

Separation of Church and State [1504]

 

2:00

 

Does God Exist [1503]

Full

2:00

 

Poetry Workshop [1505]

 

2:00

 

The Thought of Karl Marx [1506]

Full

3:15

 

Faux Finishing [1507]

 

3:15

 

Two Novels by Charles Dickens [1508]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FRIDAYS

Full

9:00

 

Profiles in Courage [1509]

Full

9:00

 

Memoir Writing—Hilsabeck [1510]

Full

10:00

 

Memoir Writing—Frank [1511]

 

10:30

 

New York City History [1512]

Full

11:00

 

Looking/Reading/Watching [1513]

 

1:30

 

An Encounter with Beauty [1515]

 

1:30

 

Romance of Southern Culture [1514]

Full

3:15

 

Organizing Your Home [1516]