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LISTING OF MINI-COURSES, STUDY GROUPS AND FIELD TRIPS FOR SPRING-SUMMER TERM 2008
Term runs April 28 – August 22, 2008
Unless otherwise noted as (1)  to (6), Study Groups and Mini Courses meet at
Turner Senior Resources Center, 2401 Plymouth Road, Suite C, Ann Arbor MAP.

(1)  University Commons, Houghton Hall,  817 Asa Gray, Ann Arbor  MAP
(2)
  Sunrise Assisted Living,  1901 Plymouth Rd., Ann Arbor, 48105   MAP
(3)  Jewish Community Center, 2935 Birch Hollow Dr. , Ann Arbor, 48108
(4)  University Living, 2865 South Main, Ann Arbor, MI 48103   MAP
(5) Brookhaven, Oakbrook St., between Ann Arbor Saline Rd and  S. Main   MAP
(6) Greenbrier,  3725 Greenbrier Boulevard,  off of Green Rd., Ann Arbor  48105  MAP

 OLLI membership from September 1 through August 31 -  is required.$15 per person  or $10 for balance of year      Telephone 734-998-9351.

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MONDAY
The Korean War–And Its Fifty-Five Year Long Truce
                                  (Mini Course)
Understanding Today’s China
Art Open Studio 
The Changing Role Of Religion In Politics
Take Stock Investment Club
Ethnic Dining
Purposes Of Art: A Cross-Cultural Survey Of Whys And Wherefores
     (Mini Course)
Field Trip U of M Law Library And Law Quadrangle

TUESDAY

Current Events I
French Conversation
Move Or Improve? That Is The Question
Healing Health Care In Michigan: Working Toward A Health Care System That Works
How The West Was Won – The Midwest, That Is                                          
(Mini Course)

How To Get The Most From aadl.org
Jazz: Recorded And Live

WEDNESDAY
Environment And People
                                                                                    (Mini Course)
Field Trip To Detroit Museum Of Contemporary Art
Opera Study Group
Camera Club
Ethics
Current Events II
PC Essentials
                                                                                                        (Mini Course)

THURSDAY
Memoirs and Personal Essays
                                                                      (Writing Group)
The Wonderful World Of Tea
Conflict And The Environment
Finding Health Information On The Internet
                                                 (Mini Course)
1968 And How It Shaped Us

FRIDAY

Write it!
                                                                                                                 (Writing Group)
Booked For Lunch Series
Everyone’s A Critic (A Movie Watching Study Group)
Try Your Hand At Art
Field Trip To Detroit’s Mexicantown
Evening Bird Walk
Live Jazz And Happy Hour At The Firefly Club
Field Trip To Arthur Miller Theater


SATURDAY
The Mikado At The Michigan Shakespeare Festival




MONDAY

 
The Korean War–And Its Fifty-Five Year Long Truce     NEW
    This course’s format will be informal lecture and discussion. It will deal with the background of the Korean War, a brief review of its military events, and attention to the intervening years of the truce situation. Lastly, we will look at the situation today on the Korean Peninsula.
    Professor Bailey is retired from the University of Michigan and has also taught U.S. Diplomatic History as a Fulbright Professor in China, with additional visiting professorial teaching in Poland and Australia during his career.

4/28–5/19    Weekly

Monday    1:30–3:00
Turner Senior Resource Center    $20
Al Bailey    Limit: 15

Art Open Studio
    We paint, draw, collage, whatever, help is provided; newcomers to art or to the class are most welcome.  Bring a bag lunch. We discuss art, have ideas, and, in general do the business of art.
 
5/6–TBA    Weekly
Monday    11:30-3:00
Turner Senior Resource
 Center     $25/year; $15/term
Barbara Anderson    Max: 12

Understanding Today’s China      NEW
  This discussion group will read China Road by Rob Gifford. He was the Beijing correspondent of National Public Radio for six years and has witnessed the most profound changes in the history of the country. To write this book, he traveled from booming Shanghai, across the Gobi desert and the Silk Road to the border of Kazakhstan, to capture the wildly contradictory fabric of life in China today. To read this book is to gain appreciation of the potential and the serious problems the lie ahead.
  The instructor will lead the discussion for the first week and volunteers will be requested to lead subsequent sessions. Gerald Lapidus has organized discussion groups on many popular books such as The Nine; American Theocracy; Guns, Germs and Steel; Freakonomics and From Beirut to Jerusalem. He is retired from a career in marketing and product management at AT&T and Lucent Technologies.

5/5–6/23    Weekly

Monday    1:00–3:00
Turner Senior Resource Center     $15
Gerald Lapidus    Limit: 20

Summer Discussion Group: The Changing Role Of Religion In Politics    NEW
  The attempt by religious interests to influence politics and laws is undergoing significant change that will have a big impact on the upcoming election. We will discuss the book Souled Out–Reclaiming Faith and Politics after the Religious Right by E.J. Dionne. Mr. Dionne makes the case that these changes do not reflect the decline of evangelicals, but rather their disentanglement from a political machine that sold them out to gain power. He is a columnist for the Washington Post and frequent guest on National Public Radio and public television.
  The instructor will lead the discussion for the first week and volunteers will be requested to lead subsequent sessions. Gerald Lapidus has organized discussion groups on many popular books such as The Nine; American Theocracy; Guns, Germs and Steel; Freakonomics and From Beirut to Jerusalem. He is retired from a career in marketing and product management at AT&T and Lucent Technologies.

 7/14–8/4    Weekly

Monday    1:00–3:00
Turner Senior Resource Center    $15
Gerald Lapidus    Limit: 20   

Take Stock Investment Club
  Members meet bi-weekly to manage their portfolios of assets. Group meets year-round. Limited number of openings available. Call the OLLI office, 998-9351 if interested in joining this group.

5/5    1st and 3rd Monday

Monday    1:00–2:30
University Commons    $25/year
TBD    Limit: 15

Tour Of The University Of Michigan Law Library And Law Quadrangle   NEW
The Law Quadrangle, completed in 1933, is one of the beautiful landmarks of the University of Michigan’s Central Campus. It was designed by the architecture firm York and Sawyer. The collection of buildings has undergone numerous updatings yet manages to maintain its Gothic character. The most notable addition is the Law Library. The Law Quadrangle’s address is 625 South State Street, Ann Arbor. For more information, read Kathryn Horste’s The Michigan Law Quadrangle: Architecture and Origins. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1997. The Bentley Library web site also has information about historically significant buildings on campus:  http://bentley.umich.edu/.
    We will utilize the self-guided tour materials provided by the Law School and Library and move as a group through the premises. Note that the Reading Room will not be part of the tour as it is undergoing renovation.

5/19    One time

Monday    10:00–12:15
Law Library    Free
Ann Tai    Limit: 10

Ethnic Dining
    Each month we shall meet for lunch and sample authentic cuisine from a country or region of the world. We shall decide on the succeeding month’s cuisine at each meal. Don’t forget to bring a list of restaurants that you would like our group to try. Price of the meal should be no more than $10. Bring cash to pay for your lunch each week.
Learning about native ingredients provides insights about the interplay of geography, language and traditions of the month’s selected country or region. Proposed cuisines so far include Turkish, French and German. Each member will be notified by mail or e-mail to confirm the address of the next month’s
restaurant.

6/23–7/28    Monthly

Last Monday    11:30–1:00
TSRC    $10 fee
Ann Tai    Limit: 8

Purposes Of Art: A Cross-Cultural Survey Of Whys And Wherefores   NEW
  Using a multitude of visual images, this lecture-discussion will explore a variety of motivations for the creation of works of “art.” Architecture, sculpture, costume, paintings from Asia, Africa, Pacific Rim, and by Indigenous Americans will be examined in light of their functions.
  Chris Craig received Bachelor of Art and Master of Art degrees from the University of Michigan and a Doctorate in Education from New York University. Chris is a working artist who creates oil on canvas and works on and of paper. She is professor emeritus of art from The College of New Jersey. She and her husband (a sculptor) have retired to Manchester where both of them maintain studios.

6/30    One time

Monday    5:00-6:30
Turner Senior Resource Center    $10
Chris Craig    Limit: 20

TUESDAY

Current Events I
   This is a discussion group. Group members keep informed about what’s happening locally, nationally and globally; and they are expected to choose a current topic or notable event, research it and present it for group discussion. We meet year-round with breaks for summer and holidays. Enthusiasm, optimism and good humor are the only pre-requisites. Bob Hammonds is retired from a career in commercial art and graphic design in England and the U.S.A. He finds the Current Events I meetings stimulating, and he enjoys the camaraderie of the membership.

5/6–TBD    Weekly

Tuesdays     3:00–4:30
Turner Senior Resource Center    $15
Robert Hammonds    Max 15

French Conversation
    Students will learn to improve their conversational skills in French by discussing a variety of topics – e.g., French politics and culture – and by reading French literature. We will be using a book titled C’est comme ça, which contains many good conversation starters, and reading literary works such as Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Books are available from Borders or Barnes and Noble bookstores. The teacher, Jim McMurtrie, is a bonafide Francophile. He learned French from his mother.

5/6–7/22    Weekly

Tuesday    1:15–3:15
Sunrise Assisted Living at North Ann Arbor    $20
Jim McMurtrie    Max 10

Move Or Improve? That Is The Question
   NEW

    Learn how to age in the comfort and safety of your own home. General topics to be discussed are:
1) Achieving accessibility in entries, halls and baths,
2) Selecting durable, low-maintenance finishes,
3) making surroundings safe by providing adequate light, non-skid floors, grab bars, etc.,
4) maintaining a pleasant and aesthetic appearance. Photos of completed work and samples of products will be shown, followed by a question and answer session. Peg Trimble is a designer and owns Trimble Associates, Ltd. And David Rhoads is the owner of HSA Remodelers and Builders. Both are certified Aging in Place specialists and together they have several years of experience in helping many families age in place.

5/20    One Time

Tuesday    10:00–12:00
Jewish Family Services    $15
D. Rhoads & P. Trimble    Min.: 8

Healing Health Care In Michigan: Working Toward A Health Care System That Works     NEW
   Panelists will help to explain the dilemma that faces citizens, government organizations, and health care providers and will develop an understanding of the depth of the problem that faces Michigan and the nation as our un- and under- insured continue to grow. Class members should also know that there are organizations and individuals working to create solutions to the problems. The invited panelists are:
* Dr. Richard Lichtenstein, University of Michigan School of Public Health, speaking about health care policy
* Kim Kratz, MA, MSW, Executive Director of Packard Clinic, speaking on the role of non-profit health care providers
* Ellen Rabinowitz, Executive Director of the Washtenaw Health Plan
* Kelly Stupple, MSEd, Children's Health Insurance Advocate with Washtenaw County Health Plan.
   The presentation will be followed by a question and answer period. This event is co-sponsored by the Ann Arbor District Library.

5/27      One time

Tuesday    7:00–8:30
Ann Arbor District Library,    Main ( Downtown)     Free

How The West Was Won – The Midwest, That Is   NEW
       For a century after Jamestown, only a handful of "overmountain men" threaded their way through the Appalachian Mountains into Kaintuck and "the Ohio Country,” but their stories of rich lands brought a swarm of immigrants after them. This class will look at who settled those lands, why and how they traveled, and their reception by the Shawnee, Delaware, and others who already lived there. It is the story of the Old Northwest, now known as Big Ten Country.
   Tom Collier has been reading, studying, and teaching history for the better part of a century. He says he peaked several years ago but enjoys learning and teaching too much to quit.

6/3–6/17    Weekly

Tuesday    10:00–11:30
Turner Senior Resource Center    $15
Tom Collier    Limit: 20

How To Get The Most From aadl.org   NEW
   Learn what a great tool the Ann Arbor District Library Website, aadl.org, is for finding reviews, doing research or making reading a list for your lecture or book group. Also, see how to use My Account to access your current library transactions and holds, and get details about the high quality databases and many cultural events. This course prepared in collaboration with the Ann Arbor District Library.

6/24    One-Time

Tuesday    1:30-3:00
Malletts Creek Branch
Ann Arbor District Library    Free
Presenter TBA

Jazz: Recorded And Live
    New material from Hazen Schumacher plus his usual collection of recorded presentations will delight former and new students. Hazen Schumacher was the producer-host of the NPR program “Jazz Revisited” for thirty years. He is the retired Director of Broadcasting at the University of Michigan.
    See also the listing in this catalog for Jazz at the Firefly Club, where we will listen to live jazz following an introductory talk by Hazen Schumacher.
     
8/5–8/21    2 times each week
Tuesday &Thursday    9:00-11:00
University Commons    $15
Hazen Schumacher    Minimum: 8

WEDNESDAY

Environment And People
   With a background in both history and geography, Professor Murphey will lead a course in assessing the influence of environmental elements, such as climate, water, soils, minerals, etc., on the growth and development of peoples and cities throughout history. He recommends to his students the Rand McNally Goode's World Atlas because of its many thematic maps covering climate, rainfall, soils, minerals, forested regions, and similar characteristics world wide.
    Professor Murphey, a retired professor from the University of Michigan, has a joint degree in History and Geography from Harvard University. He has lived and worked in the United Kingdom, France, India, China, Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia. He has also visited Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil, South Africa, Kenya and Australia. He has taught Osher Lifelong Learning Institute geography and history classes for many years.

5/7–6/25    Weekly

Wednesday    10:00–12:00
Turner Senior Resource Center    $20
Rhoads Murphey    Limit: 20

Field Trip To Detroit Museum Of Contemporary Art   NEW
    Located on Woodward Avenue, between the Cultural Center and Downtown Detroit, this innovative museum functions as a place for the exploration of emerging ideas in the contemporary arts. The 22,000 square foot building is a former auto dealership, and renovators were successful in maintaining the historic character of the building. In addition to exhibit space, the museum has a bookstore, a café and performance spaces. The current exhibit (title unavailable at press time) featuring local artists will be the highlight of the guided tour. Refreshments are available for sale at the MOCAD Café. Donations by museum goers are suggested.
    A 
Signed Participant Release Agreement and completed Medical Information Form are required of each participant. Additional forms available at the OLLI office, 2401 Plymouth Rd., Suite C, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; park in the parking lot of Traverwood II, north of Turner Senior Resource Center.

6/11    One day

Wednesday    12:00–3:30
Meet at Turner Senior Resource Center    $20
Minimum: 6    Limit: 12

Opera Study Group
    Members of this new study group meet monthly to study, view, and discuss well-known operas. Members take turns leading the discussion of an opera from a list determined by the group. Brief introduction, viewing a DVD or videotape and then group discussion is the general pattern of each meeting. New members are welcome. We plan on meeting year-round.

5/21–TBD    Monthly

Wednesday (3rd)    1:00-3:00
University Commons    $20/year
Lonni Vitale    Limit: 20
  
Camera Club
    If you want to challenge your old techniques for shooting landscapes, people and close-ups, this group is for you. We are a “hands-on” group; we go to photo exhibits and may invite experts. Topics may include learning how to mat and making note cards and calendars to show off one’s work. We meet year-round. This group is for users of either digital or film cameras.
5/7–TBD    Monthly
Wednesday     1:00–3:00
Turner Senior Resource Center    $15/year
Beverly Chethik and
Ruth Tabler    Limit: 20

Ethics
    This course will begin with a brief introduction to ethics and then deal with a different ethical theme or issue each week: personal ethics, health care ethics, political ethics, and the ethics of war. There will be short lectures, but mostly discussion about these different ethical issues and situations. We will examine both traditional ethical understandings and modern ethical dilemmas. Participants are encouraged to read at least one book or article about ethics to prepare for class discussion. The Encyclopedia Britannica has an interesting and accessible article on ethics.
    Ken Phifer’s work as a minister was constantly involving him in ethical questions. He has come to feel that most people, however far short of the ideal they fall, want to know what is the good and how they can do the good. This course addresses this need.
5/7–6/11    Weekly
Wednesday    10:00–11:30
Brookhaven     $20
Ken Phifer    Limit 20

Current Events II
   Members of this study group meet weekly to share their thoughts and information on current and not-so current events. All opinions receive a courteous hearing. The group meets year-round. Class members pay $25 for the entire year or $15 per term.
 
5/7–TBD    Weekly
Wednesday    3:00–4:30
Turner Senior Resource Center     $25/year
Norm McIver    Limit 15

PC Essentials
    This course will provide basic information on PC basics including the Windows XP/Vista operating systems, file structure, system tools, and operating system maintenance. Additionally, introductory instruction on the use of email applications, Internet browsers (specifically MS Internet Explorer), and MS Office software will be provided. The instruction will be adapted to the specific needs of the participants and is intended for individuals interested in information regarding Intel-based PCs and Microsoft operating systems and software (Apple computers and operating systems will not be discussed). Sessions include short, interactive lectures followed by individualized one-on-one interaction.

6/4–6/25    Weekly
Wednesday    10:00–12:00
Turner Senior
Resource Center    $20
Wayne DeLoria    Limit: 8

THURSDAY

Memoirs And Personal Essays
    This writing group is an ongoing one; most of its members have been in it for several years. We focus on writing memoirs without specific assignments; read aloud each week what we have written; and make suggestions to each other for clarification or further development. We encourage the use of narrative techniques – the development of characters and setting, the use of dialog – to tell the stories about our lives that are meaningful to us and that, if well told, may be meaningful to others. The important thing is to find one’s own voice. In the process we discover that we learn more about ourselves.

5/1–TBA    Weekly

Thursday    2:30–4:30
Turner Senior Resource Center    $25/year
Helen Hill    Limit:14

The Wonderful World Of Tea   NEW
    Tea Time! Steep yourself in the wonderful world of tea! Learn about important health benefits of black, oolong, green and white tea, including powerful antioxidant activity which may reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer. Sip and sample popular teas and tea blends, including flavored and scented teas. Learn the art of preparing and serving tea (teapots, teacups, infusers, teakettles, etc.). Choose sample teas to take home and enjoy later. Bring your favorite teacup (choose one with a story to tell – perhaps a family heirloom – or one purchased on a special trip, or a gift from someone close…), as we will share our stories while enjoying some healthful dessert to accompany our tea. Treat yourself to some relaxing moments with us!
    The presenter is Karen Koeppe, MS, RD, CDE, Nutritionist and Certified Diabetes Educator at Packard Community Clinic. Karen has taught many classes on tea over the years, most recently at the Ann Arbor Public Library in January.

5/22    One Time

Thursday    2:00-4:00
Village at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital    No charge
Karen Koeppe

Conflict And The Environment
    We will examine the ways in which environmental problems (shortages and excesses) lead to conflict and ways in which conflict – especially war – damages the environment. Under each general topic, each class member will select a case or two that are illustrative and will initiate discussion of the case(s).
    J. David Singer is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Michigan, founder of the Correlates of War Project, former President of the International Studies Association and of the Peace Science Society, recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Conflict Processes section of the Political Science Association, and author of a forthcoming memoir entitled Knowledge Versus War: Confessions of an Abolitionist.
     
5/29–6/26    Weekly
Thursday    2:00–4:00
University Commons    $20
J. David Singer    Limit: 20

Finding Health Information On The Internet

   Learn to find quality information about diseases, drugs and therapies on the Internet. Medical librarians will give user-friendly orientation to several important health websites and describe services available at University of Michigan health libraries. Pre-requisite: interest in using the Internet and basic computer skills. Pat Martin and Anna Schnitzer currently work at the University of Michigan Taubman Medical Library providing educational support to faculty, staff and students.
  
7/10 and 7/17    Weekly
Thursday    2:00 – 4:00
Taubman Medical Library.    $10
Pat Martin and Anna Schnitzer    Limit: 10

1968 And How It Shaped Us
    Do you remember Chicago in August? Paris in Mai? Prague in Spring? March in My Lai? April in Memphis? Black Panthers? SNCC? SDS? Yippies? In this study group we will reminisce and read about what happened in 1968: arts, music, politics, literature and cinema, culture (food trends and fashion), world history, the war, the role of women, religion and the working world and how it shaped us. For the first day bring mementos of 1968, recorded music, a reading list of your favorite literature from 1968, and notes to get discussion started.
    At the second session we will meet at the Hatcher Graduate Library. Julie Herrada, Curator of the Labadie Collection, will discuss some of the events of 1968 and show some artifacts from the holdings of one of the largest research collections on radical social protest movements in the world. The Labadie Collection is on the 7th Floor of the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library on the University of Michigan campus.
NOTE: We will meet at the Labadie Collection on August 14 at 1:50 p.m. on August 14. Use the Hatcher Library entrance near the President’s House.

8/7–8/14    Weekly

Thursday    2:30–4:00
Turner Senior Resource Center, then Harlan Library    $10
Staff & Julie Herrada    Minimum: 6

FRIDAY

Booked For Lunch Series   NEW
   Bring a brown bag lunch and discuss a book selection once a month. We will read the books below. All books listed are in paperback and are readily available from local libraries, local booksellers and internet booksellers. If one enrolls for only one session the fee is $8; for two sessions, $14; for three sessions, $18; and for all four sessions, $20.

1) The Great American Read Selection: Ernest Hemingway's The Nick Adams Stories

     Join other Michiganders by reading The Great Michigan Read Selection: Ernest Hemingway’s The Nick Adams Stories. New York: Scribner Paperback edition 2003. Hemingway’s tales of his summers spent in Michigan as a young boy and as an adolescent. The Great Michigan Read is a program of the Michigan Humanities Council.

5/23, Friday    12:00-1:30

Sunrise Assisted Living at North Ann Arbor
TBD    Minimum: 4

2)  Encore: Finding Work That Matters In The Second Half Of Life

   June’s selection is Marc Freedman’s Encore: Finding Work that Matters in the Second Half of Life. New York. Public Affairs, 2007. Retirees are creating a new trend in how they will spend their 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. Read about how one’s personal vision of retirement can be shaped not only for continued income, but for the promise of more meaning and the chance to do work that matters.

6/27, Friday    12:00-1:30
Sunrise Assisted Living at North Ann Arbor
TBD    Minimum: 4

3)  Skinner’s Drift (tentative)
   July’s selection is Lisa Fugard’s Skinner’s Drift, New York: MacMillan, 2007. Lisa Fugard’s novel is set in South Africa and narrates a moving family drama, subtly set against the backdrop of a country in turmoil.

7/25, Friday    12:00-1:30
Sunrise Assisted Living at North Ann Arbor
TBD    Minimum: 4

4)  A History Of God: The 4000-Year Quest Of Judaism, Christianity And Islam
   August’s selection is Karen Armstrong’s A History of God: The 4000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. New York: Ballantine Books. 1994. Paperback reprint. The author traces the history of how three religions have perceived and experienced God.

8/22, Friday    12:00-1:30
Sunrise Assisted Living at North Ann Arbor
TBD    Minimum: 4
     
Write It!
    You write what you enjoy writing: short stories, plays, poetry, novels and memoirs. At each meeting, authors supply a typed copy for all and read their work aloud for appreciative comment. We celebrate talent and offer gentle editorial suggestions. No meeting on July 4, 2008 (Independence Day holiday). Members who paid for this study group in September 2007 need not enroll again.
 
5/2-TBA    Weekly
Friday    10:00?12:00
Turner Senior Resource Center    $25/year $15/term
Joy Rome    Limit: 14

Everyone’s A Critic (A Movie Watching Study Group)
    We will meet at Quality 16 Movie Theater (3686 Jackson Road, Ann Arbor, for a pre-selected movie matinee every Friday. Let’s meet 15 minutes before the trailers begin. Buy your own ticket and popcorn, if desired. Afterward, if there is interest, we will go to Carlyle’s next door for discussion of the film.  Members are notified by e-mail one to two days before the meeting date. For movie schedule, go to http://www.gqti.com. The Quality 16 movie theater’s telephone number is (734) 623-7469. Robert VanDyke is a retired Detroit Public School biology teacher and a long time movie buff from Manchester. He has an MA in Humanities Psychology.
    Call the OLLI office at (734) 998-9351 for confirmation of the week’s movie time and to get the title of this term’s first film. Registration for this study group is required. No meeting on July 4, 2008.

To be announced    Weekly

Friday    Time TBA
Quality 16 Theater unless notified
Robert Van Dyke    No limit

Try Your Hand At Art
     Nobody can teach art, it is within us. One can only teach the use of art and handicraft materials. This is the object of this class. Since he was six years of age, Dr. Epstein experimented with all kinds of art and handicraft materials. He used to teach art in primary and high schools in Argentina. He has worked continually on creating art over the years.
     
5/9–TBD    Weekly
Friday    10:00–12:00
Lurie Terrace    $10
Julio Epstein    Limit: 6

Field Trip To Detroit’s Mexicantown    NEW
    One of Detroit’s vibrant and older communities is undergoing revitalization. We will have a step-on guide to point out the old, new and future elements of this vibrant district. Lunch (dutch treat, $10-$15) follows the bus tour. After lunch we will tour historic St. Anne’s church. At the end of the day we will have a better understanding of the elements that contribute to a community’s revitalization as well as a snapshot of Mexican-American culture.
    
Signed Participant Release Agreement and completed Medical Information Form are required of each participant. Additional forms available at the OLLI office, 2401 Plymouth Rd., Suite C, Ann Arbor, MI 48105. Deadline for registration is May 9, 2008.
    Be on the bus at 9 a.m. and we’ll return at approximately 4. Board the bus at Parking Lot Section I of the Meijer Store on Ann Arbor-Saline Road. See also Tom Collier’s presentation titled, ‘Mexican-American War” on May 9 for related information.

6/16    One day

Friday    9:00-4:00
Fee: $35    Minimum: 30

Evening Bird Walk    NEW
    Come and see birds with Dee Armstrong, Ann Arbor’s City Ornithologist. Let’s meet at the paddleboat dock near Canoe Livery of Gallup Park. Recommended reading: Roger Tory Peterson's Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North American, (any edition). Bring: binoculars, water, hat, portable seat (if needed), and insect repellant. You will be walking on level surfaces for about 1 mile.
   
Signed Participant Release Agreement and completed Medical Information Form are required of each participant. Additional forms available at the OLLI office, 2401 Plymouth Rd., Suite C, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

5/30    One day

Friday    6:00–8:00 p.m.
Gallup Park      Fee: $5
Dee Armstrong    Minimum: 6

Live Jazz And Happy Hour At The Firefly Club
    NEW
   Come and join other OLLI members to hear Hazen Schumacher talk about timeless jazz music. This will be followed by happy hour and listening to the Easy Street Jazz Band. Pay your own $10 cover charge. Call the OLLI office, (734) 998-9351 to reserve a place at the Firefly Club.
   The address of the club is 637 South Main, Ann Arbor and their phone is (734) 665-9090. Downbeat Magazine rates the Firefly Club as one of the 100 Great Jazz Clubs of the World in their February 2007 issue.

   See also Hazen Schumacher’s “Jazz Recorded and Live” class which meets at the University Commons beginning August 5, 2008.

8/8  and/or  8/22    2 meetings

Friday    4:30–8:00
Firefly Club    Cover charge
Hazen Schumacher

Field Trip To Arthur Miller Theater      NEW
   The Arthur Miller Theatre is located within the Charles R. Walgreen, Jr. Drama Center on U-M’s North Campus, home to the School of Music, Theatre & Dance; School of Art & Design; School of Architecture, and College of Engineering. The drama center opened in March 2007 and is the new home of the Department of Theatre and the Department of Musical Theatre. State-of-the-art facilities feature set building and costume design departments along with the latest high-tech lighting and sound equipment. We will meet at the theater lobby.
   The Walgreen Center’s address is 1226 Murfin Ave Ann Arbor. Barry LaRue of University Productions will be our tour guide.

  
Signed Participant Release Agreement and completed Medical Information Form are required of each participant. Additional forms available at the OLLI office, 2401 Plymouth Rd., Suite C, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
 
6/27    One day
Friday    1:00-2:30
Walgreen Drama Center    No charge
Barry LaRue    Minimum: 10

SATURDAY

The Mikado At The Michigan Shakespeare Festival     NEW
   We shall drive together to Jackson Community College in Jackson, Michigan and watch W.S Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan’s The Mikado. This popular operetta is presented in cooperation with the U-M Gilbert & Sullivan Society and the Jackson Symphony Orchestra. A comic opera in two acts, it opened on March 14, 1885, in London, where it had the second longest run for any work of musical theatre and one of the longest runs of any theatre piece up to that time. Setting the operetta in Japan, an exotic locale far away from Britain, allowed Gilbert to satirize British politics and institutions more freely by disguising them as Japanese.
   The non-refundable fee consists of $24 theater ticket plus transportation costs.

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Signed Participant Release Agreement and completed Medical Information Form are required of each participant. Additional forms available at the OLLI office, 2401 Plymouth Rd., Suite C, Ann Arbor, MI 48105.  Registration deadline is July 3, 2008.
     
8/2      One time
Saturday    12:15–6:15
Jackson, MI    $45
Ann Tai    Minimum: 10