February 2021 Program Offerings
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February 2021 Program Offerings OLLI Membership is required to attend an OLLI Course or Virtual Tour Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Indiana State University Phone: 812-237-9040 Web Site: www.indstate.edu/olli E-mail: [email protected] Courses Exploration of the Arctic From 350 B.C. to 2021 A.D. With Elmer Guerri Date: Mondays, February 1 and 8, 2021 Time: 10 AM - 12 PM Place: Zoom link will be sent to individuals registered Cost: $6 (Zoom only) Come along and experience the challenges faced by Arctic explorers who took advantage of rapidly developing technological advances during subsequent generations to make significant discoveries. Become familiar with explorers from the Greeks to the Vikings and those with names Bering, Amundsen, Ross, Franklin, Kane, Hayes, Hall, Shackleton, Nordenskiold, Nansen, and, of course, Parry, Peary, and Cook whose battled in the race to the North Pole. Enjoy the adventures of explorers who “went native” including Stefansson, Rasmussen, Freuchen, and Koch. The class will be rounded-out by examining the current legal and sovereign challenges as coun- tries compete for rights to oil, gas, and mineral resources of the earth’s “last remaining frontier” in a battleground whose rules of engagement are in the process of being negotiated and formalized. Don’t Stop the Carnival With Elmer Guerri and Bob Warn Date: Mondays, February 15 and 22, 2021 Time: 10 AM - 12 PM Place: Zoom link will be sent to Individuals registered Cost: $6 (Zoom only) Elmer Guerri and Bob Warn will conduct a two session class featuring the book and stage production Don ’t Stop The Carnival by Herman Wouk (1965). OLLI participants will read the book, and they will listen to the soundtrack from the stage production, which was composed by Jimmy Buffett. OLLI troubadour Coach Bob Warn will discuss the various musical compositions from the stage play score designed to highlight various scenes from the book. He will also entertain OLLI participants by playing on the guitar and accordion some of Buffet’s popular songs. Annual Membership $40 (September 2020 - August 2021) Winter 2021 Only Membership $20 (January - April 2021)
Transcript of February 2021 Program Offerings
February 2021 Program Offerings
OLLI Membership is required to attend an OLLI Course or Virtual Tour
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Indiana State University Phone: 812-237-9040 Web Site: www.indstate.edu/olli
E-mail: [email protected]
Courses
Exploration of the Arctic From 350 B.C. to 2021 A.D.
With Elmer Guerri
Date: Mondays, February 1 and 8, 2021 Time: 10 AM - 12 PM Place: Zoom link will be sent to individuals registered Cost: $6 (Zoom only) Come along and experience the challenges faced by Arctic explorers who took advantage of rapidly developing technological advances during subsequent generations to make significant discoveries. Become familiar with explorers from the Greeks to the Vikings and those with names Bering, Amundsen, Ross, Franklin, Kane, Hayes, Hall, Shackleton, Nordenskiold, Nansen, and, of course, Parry, Peary, and Cook whose battled in the race to the North Pole. Enjoy the adventures of explorers who “went native” including Stefansson, Rasmussen, Freuchen, and Koch. The class will be rounded-out by examining the current legal and sovereign challenges as coun-tries compete for rights to oil, gas, and mineral resources of the earth’s “last remaining frontier” in a battleground whose rules of engagement are in the process of being negotiated and formalized.
Don’t Stop the Carnival With Elmer Guerri and Bob Warn
Date: Mondays, February 15 and 22, 2021 Time: 10 AM - 12 PM Place: Zoom link will be sent to Individuals registered Cost: $6 (Zoom only) Elmer Guerri and Bob Warn will conduct a two session class featuring the book and stage production Don’t Stop The Carnival by Herman Wouk (1965). OLLI participants will read the book, and they will listen to the soundtrack from the stage production, which was composed by Jimmy Buffett. OLLI troubadour Coach Bob Warn will discuss the various musical compositions from the stage play score designed to highlight various scenes from the book. He will also entertain OLLI participants by playing on the guitar and accordion some of Buffet’s popular songs.
Annual Membership $40 (September 2020 - August 2021) Winter 2021 Only Membership $20 (January - April 2021)
A Tour of the Orchestra – Viola
Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 Time: 1 - 2:30 PM Place: Zoom link will be sent to those registered Cost: $3 (Zoom only) Join Samantha Johnson-Helms, Executive Director and Principal Clarinet, and Esteban Hernandez Parra, Violist for the Terre Haute Symphony as they discuss the viola and its role in the symphony orchestra. Esteban will present a brief history of the viola, demonstrate the instrument’s mechanics and popular orchestral excerpts, and give a performance of a short solo piece. The presentation will close with a short question and answer session.
Planning Your Summer Yard With Tom Cummings of The Apple House and Jim Martin of Bunch Nurseries
Date: Thursdays, February 18 and 25, 2021 Time: 2 - 4 PM Place: Zoom link will be sent to Individuals registered Cost: $6 (Zoom only) In an effort to combat the mid-winter doldrums and to inspire early searches through landscaping and lawn and seed catalogs, come join local lawn and garden experts with special knowledge and skills to help you start thinking of warmer times and being outside. Tom Cummings of The Apple House will discuss specific plants for specific sunlight and seasonal applications and how to lay out a flower garden. Participants will become familiar with annuals and perennials and species which will allow seasonal long colors, including the use of wildflower species. Tom will discuss soil preparation, planting of seeds, and the best times to begin planting. Jim Martin of Bunch Nurseries will discuss various yard, and garden, and landscape features, as well as valuable tips for making sure adequate drainage is planned for plants, beds, and ornamental landscape structures. Class participants will be asked if they have any landscape issues that can be discussed in class with Jim giving his excellent advice. OLLI is also working on a special walking tour through the large inventory of trees, shrubs, ornamentals and landscaping materials maintained by Bunch Nurseries in the coming warmer months.
Courses
Virtual Tours OLLI Happy Hour - Trivia
Date: Thursday, February 4, 2021 Time: 2 - 3 PM Place: Zoom link will be sent to those registered Cost: FREE (Zoom only) Join the OLLI Program Administrator, Michelle Bennett, for Happy Hour! You supply your own drinks and snacks and she will provide a trivia filled hour of fun and friends. Come join other OLLI members for a not so fast paced trivia game that is sure to brighten your February blues.
Virtual Tours Virtual Cooking with Butler’s Pantry
With Kris Kraut, Chef and Owner of Bulter’s Pantry
Date: Thursday, February 18, 2021 Time: 5 - 6 PM Place: Zoom link will be sent to those registered Cost: $30 (Zoom only) Come join Kris for our third virtual cooking presentation. This presentation will feature a Carnival Theme connection with the OLLI class titled “Don’t Stop the Carnival” . Even better you don’t have to go shopping for the ingredients! You will pick up your complete kit the day before the event at The Butler's Pantry. More information will be sent out to those registered!
Swope Art Museum Virtual Tour: Psychodiagnostik
With Edward Trover, Curator of Collections & Exhibitions Swope Art Museum
Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 Time: 2 - 3 PM Place: Zoom link will be sent to those registered Cost: $3 (Zoom only) Join Ed for a look at ten selections from the Swope’s permanent collection to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Hermann Rorschach’s book Psychodiagnostik. This book contained the results of his studies on mental patients, and the ten cards that became the foundation of the Rorschach test. While still a medical student, he wondered why different people saw different things in art, and began showing inkblots to children and analyzing their responses. Join us for this virtual tour and ask yourself, What do you see? And why? (You might want to register for the Wednesday February 3
presentation in advance of this tour.)
Vigo County History Center Virtual Tour: Fort Harrison
With Kerri Wilhelm, Executive Director for the Vigo County Historical Society & Museum
Date: Monday, February 22, 2021 Time: 2 - 3 PM Place: Zoom link will be sent to those registered Cost: $3 (Zoom only) Join Kerri Wilhelm, the new director for the Vigo County Historical Society & Museum, for a more in depth look at Fort Harrison. Fort Harrison was a War of 1812 era stockade constructed in October 1811 on high ground overlooking the Wabash River on a portion of what is today the modern city of Terre Haute, Indiana.
A Tour of the Orchestra – The Double Bass
Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2021 Time: 1 - 2:30 PM Place: Zoom link will be sent to those registered Cost: $3 (Zoom only) Join Samantha Johnson-Helms, Executive Director and Principal Clarinet, and Brian McAnally, Principal Bass for the Terre Haute Symphony as they discuss the double bass and its role in the symphony orchestra. Brian will present a brief history of the bass, demonstrate the instrument’s mechanics and popular orchestral excerpts, and give a performance of a short solo piece. The presentation will close with a short question and answer session.
Wednesday Presentations
Pain Management With Jennifer L. Hutchens, PsyD, HSPP Clinical Psychologist for Union Hospital Health Group
Pain Management Center
Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2021 Time: 1:30 - 3 PM Place: Zoom link will be sent to those registered Cost: FREE but registration is required (Zoom only) Come learn about “whole” patient treatment for pain management and why it is important to determine the cause(s) of pain and how diet, nutrition, exercise, and mental health can play a role in easing physical pain.
Leonardo da Vinci's Hidden Message: Leonardo's Knots
With Caroline Cocciardi, Writer and Filmmaker
Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 Time: 1:30 - 3 PM Place: Zoom link will be sent to those registered Cost: FREE but registration is required (Zoom only) Author Caroline Cocciardi focuses on a facet of Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci’s artwork that has been overlooked for centuries but visual to the naked eye. Leonardo’s placement and use of inspired knots throughout his artwork as seen in such iconic works as “Mona Lisa” to ‘The Last Supper.” The intertwining knot Leonardo invents tells the story of a hidden message unlocked by Cocciardi and revealed in Mona Lisa’s embroidery pattern. This lecture is based on Caroline’s book, Leonardo’s Knots.
What Do You See? The Rorschach Test With Liz O’Laughlin, Professor and Director of
Training ISU Psychology Department
Date: Wednesday, February 3, 2021 Time: 1:30 - 3 PM Place: Zoom link will be sent to those registered Cost: FREE but registration is required (Zoom only) In preparation of our Swope Art Museum Virtual Tour: Psychodiagnostik on February 16, ISU Professor Liz O’Laughlin will explain what the Rorschach Test is and what it isn’t and how it is administered and interpreted. In addition, we will also look at the history and changes that have occurred to the test over the years. Finally, we will learn what purposes the Rorschach test is typically used for (i.e., personality assessment, to assess for disordered thinking) which will touch on mental health.
The New Vigo County Jail, An Update With John Plasse, Vigo County Sheriff
Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2021 Time: 1:30 - 3 PM Place: Zoom link will be sent to those registered Cost: FREE but registration is required (Zoom only) Join Vigo County Sheriff John Plasse for an update on the new Vigo County Jail and plans for the future. The current Vigo County Sheriff’s Office and jail was built in 1980 and was later expanded to a total of 268 rated beds in 2000. The new jail is slated to open in 2021 and will be able to hold 500 inmates.
Danube Explorer September 5, 2022 21 Meals: 9 breakfasts, 5 lunches, and 7 dinners
Deadline for registration is March 31, 2021 Experience the Danube River aboard an Emerald Waterways Star-Ship on a seven-night cruise through four countries. Includes two nights in Prague and escorted shore excursions with English-speaking guides in six cities. (Use the December registration form to request a trip brochure)
Highlights
OLLI Extras
Personal listening device for on-board excursions
Most meals included onboard with a variety of
international cuisine
Complimentary regional wines, beer and soft drinks
accompany onboard lunches and dinners
Two-night hotel stay and touring in Prague, the Czech
Republic
Airport transfers on tour dates when air is provided by
Mayflower Cruises & Tours
Visit five countries
Seven-night cruise in a suite or stateroom of your choice
on-board the vessel
First-class service by an English-speaking crew
Shore excursions with English-speaking local guides
Indiana State University Student Recreation Center Membership
A new benefit to OLLI at ISU Membership!
As a member of OLLI, you are now eligible to purchase a membership to the Student Recreation Center on Indiana State University’s campus. Members who want a membership to the SRC will need to reach out directly to the OLLI Office to start the application process. Visit Campus Recreation Website to learn more about facility hours and offerings at https://www.indstate.edu/student-affairs/campus-rec. If you have additional questions, please contact Associate Director of Operations, Brittani Lee at 812-237-3915 or by email at [email protected]
Amenities
Elevated walking/jogging track Cycling room, for instructor-led classes A lap pool, leisure pool, 22-person spa, sauna, and water volleyball and basketball Wet classroom for aquatic programs such as lifeguarding and special programs Fitness center outfitted with cardio and strength-training equipment Three-court gymnasium for basketball, volleyball, badminton and pickleball Multi-purpose activity studios, suitable for aerobics, martial arts and fitness classes
OLLI Education Affiliate Rates: 6 month membership: $195 or 12 month membership: $348
The OLLI water aerobics class is not included in the SRC membership fee. The membership does include access to all of the SRC “normally programmed” group exercise classes.
Thank You Sponsors!
Preview of OLLI Programming Topics for March 2021
Award-winning Historian and Author Tim Crumrin will detail the struggles of woman during pioneer days at his presentation titled Her Daily Concern.
We continue to help you plan your summer yard and garden with a presentation by John
Devereaux from Graham Grain about spring plants. Music of the Big Bands Era 100 Years of Paul Whiteman featur ing a recital by pianist John
Spicknall Join OLLI Program Administrator, Michelle Bennett for a look at the life and legacy of Ruth
Bader Ginsburg in How She Changed the World. Virtual Cooking with Butler’s Pantry teaches you to prepare a tasty meal for two. Continuation of Virtual Tours * Swope Art Museum
* Vigo County Historical Museum * Terre Haute Symphony - A Tour of the Orchestra
Membership Form February 2021
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(Zoom link will be sent out 7 days prior to program start date)
Programs Requiring Payment or RSVP Cost Per Person # Total
Annual Membership $40 (September 2020 - August 2021) $40
Winter Semester Membership ONLY (January 2021 - April 2021) $20
Courses
Exploration of the Arctic From 350 B.C. to 2021 A.D. February 1 & 8 (Zoom only) $6
Don’t Stop the Carnival February 15 & 22 (Zoom only) $6
Planning Your Summer Yard February 18 & 25 (Zoom Only) $6
Virtual Tours
OLLI Happy Hour - Trivia February 4 (Zoom only) FREE
A Tour of the Orchestra – Viola February 9 (Zoom only) $3
Swope Art Museum Virtual Tour: Psychodiagnostik February 16 (Zoom only) $3
Virtual Cooking with Butler’s Pantry February 18 (Zoom only) $30
Vigo County History Center Virtual Tour: Fort Harrison February 22 (Zoom only) $3
A Tour of the Orchestra – The Double Bass February 23 (Zoom only) $3
Wednesday Presentation
What Do You See? The Rorschach Test February 3 (Zoom only) FREE
Pain Management February 10 (Zoom only) FREE
Leonardo da Vinci's Hidden Message: Leonardo's Knots February 17 (Zoom only) FREE
The New Vigo County Jail, An Update February 24(Zoom only) FREE
OLLI Extras
Request for Danube Explorer Brochure FREE
Indiana State University Student Recreation Center Membership Application FREE
Donation to OLLI $
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