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- Drop-in Watercolors
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Dates: 1/8/2024 - 6/10/2024
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: M
Modality: In-Person
Building: OLLI Campus
Instructor: Barbara Laber, Robert Newbury
Have you thought of dusting off your watercolors and paintbrushes, but need ideas about what to paint or feel a little rusty? Perhaps you have never tried painting with watercolor but would like to give it a try? Bring your supplies, and join OLLI members twice a month to paint and share ideas in a friendly, open environment. Find out what watercolorists are doing and, perhaps, learn about projects such as making personal greeting cards or sketching impressions from your travels.
Meets 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month at 9:30 a.m. First class of Spring 2024 is Monday, January 8.
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- Mystery Books Discussion Group
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Dates: 1/8/2024 - 6/10/2024
Times: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Days: M
Modality: Hybrid
Building: OLLI Campus
Instructor:
Join fellow mystery buffs to discuss mysteries of all types - from cozies to hard-boiled crime fiction. Everyone who is interested is welcome to join the discussion. See http://ollirenomysterybg.blogspot.com for more information.
- January 8: Small Mercies by Denis Lehane
- February 12: The Last Remains by Elly Griffiths
- March 11: The Scarred Woman by Jussi Adler-Olsen
- April 8: Mrs. March by Virginia Feito
- May 13: Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger
- June 10: While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams
Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.
Meets the second Monday of every month The first class for Spring 2024 is Monday, January 8, 2024.
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- French 2 - Conversation
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Dates: 1/8/2024 - 6/17/2024
Times: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Days: M
Modality: Hybrid
Building: OLLI Campus
Instructor: Cora Robey
For students who have some previous knowledge of French and would like to review and build on that knowledge. We will practice dialogues written to help travelers and those who love France and its cultural traditions. Students will also have plenty of opportunities to talk in French about their experiences and interests.
Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.
Meets weekly at noon on Mondays. The first class Spring 2024 is Monday, January 8, 2024. Classes in January and February will be held online only.
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- OLLI Chorus
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Dates: 1/8/2024 - 5/20/2024
Times: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Days: M
Modality: In-Person
Building: OLLI Campus
Instructor: Jim Heller
Weekly OLLI chorus rehearsals provide an opportunity to enhance your singing ability, including four-part harmony. Members perform at OLLI functions and community events in the Reno-Sparks area. Participants are asked to bring drinking water and a black, three-ring binder for each session. Music packets will be distributed at the first rehearsal.
Meets in-person weekly on Mondays at 2 p.m. First class of Spring 2024 is Monday, January 8, 2024.
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- Italian 2
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Dates: 1/8/2024 - 6/3/2024
Times: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Days: M
Modality: In-Person
Building: OLLI Campus
Instructor: Costantina Cunningham
Italian 2 is a continuation of Italian 1 for beginners, and it is intended for people who already have some knowledge of the language. With an emphasis on listening and speaking, participants will learn to communicate quickly in a series of situations. Grammar and new vocabulary will be introduced through dialogues and readings. Grammar notes and worksheets will be provided by the instructor. Proficiency will be built through communicative activities set in real-language contexts.
Meets weekly on Mondays at 2 pm. First class in spring is Monday, January 8.
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- Warm Hats for Cool Heads
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Dates: 1/8/2024 - 6/10/2024
Times: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Days: M
Modality: Hybrid
Building: OLLI Campus
Instructor:
Join us in person or online to knit and/or crochet hats and scarves for Reno's homeless and needy. If you don’t know how to knit or crochet, someone will be happy to teach you. We’ll share patterns, techniques, and inspiration while satisfying our need to create and our desire to support the community. You’ll experience the glow of gratification by providing a thing of beauty and comfort to a fellow human in need.
Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.
Meets on the 2nd and 4th Mondays at 2 p.m. First session for Spring 2024 is January 8, 2024.
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- Spanish 3 - Advanced Conversation
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Dates: 1/9/2024 - 6/18/2024
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: Tu
Modality: In-Person
Building: OLLI Campus
Instructor: Sandra Bailey
Intermediate level students with some prior knowledge of Spanish will engage in interactive practice in speaking, listening, and writing with limited translation. Students will practice verb tenses, grammatical structures, and vocabulary while learning about travel, food, shopping, and holidays such as the Day of the Dead, current events, well known persons, art, folk art, and points of interest in the Spanish-speaking world.
Class meets every Tuesday at 10 a.m. First class for Spring 2024 is January 9, 2024.
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- Recorder 2 - Intermediate
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Dates: 1/9/2024 - 6/18/2024
Times: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Days: Tu
Modality: In-Person
Building: OLLI Campus
Instructor: Sandy Young
Continue to learn to play the recorder. Participants should have some experience from the beginner's class and have a soprano or alto recorder and a music stand. Participants must also be able to read treble clef notes. Class text, The Recorder Guide by Johanna E. Kulbach and Arthur Nitka, is available for purchase online. Class is limited to eight members. Please contact Sandy Young at sandypiano7@gmail.com for pre-registration and more information.
Meets weekly on Tuesdays at 12 p.m. First class for Spring 2024 is April 2, 2024.
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- Recorder 1 - Beginners
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Dates: 1/9/2024 - 6/18/2024
Times: 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Days: Tu
Modality: In-Person
Building: OLLI Campus
Instructor: Sandy Young
Feel the joy in playing music: learn the basics of playing the recorder. Participants need to have a soprano or alto recorder and a music stand. Participants must also be able to read treble clef notes. Class text, The Recorder Guide by Johanna E. Kulbach and Arthur Nitka, is available for purchase online. Class is limited to eight members. Please contact Sandy Young at sandypiano7@gmail.com for pre-registration and more information.
Meets weekly on Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m. First class for Spring 2024 is Tuesday, April 2.
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- From Soup to Nuts: A Colloquy
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We discuss questions submitted by participants. Topics include anything galactic, international, national, state, and local. Because any subject is possible, this is a fun way to expand your understanding of the world around us. Come experience the camaraderie of fellow OLLI members, each bringing their own, unique perspective! For more information, email the Framptons at fpframpton@gmail.com
Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.
Meets weekly on Tuesdays at 2 p.m. First class Spring 2024 is Tuesday, January 9, 2024
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- French 1 for Beginners
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Dates: 1/10/2024 - 5/29/2024
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: W
Modality: In-Person
Building: OLLI Campus
Instructor: LeeAnn Wade
French 1 is a structured beginning class. Vocabulary and grammar concepts are sequentially introduced to help students build a solid foundation. We are using the workbook Easy French Step-by-Step, 1st Edition, by Myrna Bell Rochester. Participants should purchase this text on their own. All levels of beginning abilities are invited to join. Short stories, conversations, songs, videos, and games will have you speaking French in no time.
Meets weekly on Wednesdays at 10 a.m. First class for Spring 2024 is Wednesday, January 10, 2024.
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- Nature Lovers' Book Discussion Group
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Dates: 1/10/2024 - 6/12/2024
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: W
Modality: Hybrid
Building: OLLI Campus
Instructor:
Discuss books with topics of wildlife, ecology, and the natural world and our place in it. Explore the literature of landscape, place, natural history, and the environment. Everyone who is interested is welcome to join us.
- January 10: Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon by Melissa L. Sevigny
- February 14: Unsettled: What Climate Science Tell Us, What It Doesn't, and Why it Matters by Steven Koonin
- March 13: The Invention of Air: A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution, and the Birth of America by Steven Johnson
- April 10: Bretz's Flood: The Remarkable Story of a Rebel Geologist and the World's Greatest Flood by John Soennichsen
- May 8: Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe by Phillip C. Plait
- June 12: I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong
Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.
This class meets on the 2nd Wednesday of the month Spring 2024 First class is Wednesday, January 10, 2024.
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- Tech Help for Computers and Personal Devices
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Dates: 1/10/2024 - 6/12/2024
Times: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Days: W
Modality: In-Person
Building: OLLI Campus
Instructor: Rick Barsan
This is a drop-in class for anything electronic: Computers (Apple or Microsoft), software (Word, Excel, Zoom, e-mail, etc.), cell phones (Apple or Android), etc. Remote tech help is also available between meetings by sending questions to: tech@ollireno.com.This class meets every Wednesday at 12 noon. Frist class for Spring 2024 is January 10, 2024., No class 6/19/2024, No class 6/26/2024, No class 7/3/2024, No class 7/3/2024
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- From Soup to Nuts: A Colloquy
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We discuss questions submitted by participants. Topics include anything galactic, international, national, state, and local. Because any subject is possible, this is a fun way to expand your understanding of the world around us. Come experience the camaraderie of fellow OLLI members, each bringing their own, unique perspective! For more information, email the Framptons at fpframpton@gmail.com
Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.
Meets weekly on Thursdays at 10 a.m. First class for Spring 2024 is Thursday, January 11, 2024.
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- Spanish 2
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Dates: 1/11/2024 - 6/20/2024
Times: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Days: Th
Modality: In-Person
Building: OLLI Campus
Instructor: Judy Aukeman
This class is for those with a good background in basic Spanish—one college semester or equivalent. We will continue using the online Annenberg Destinos series . We began the series last January, and will continue this semester from where we left off in December. In addition to the videos, we use related materials developed for this course, including grammar instruction, reading passages and audio exercises. Contact judyaukeman@yahoo.com if you have questions. This class meets every Thursday at noon beginning January 11, 2024 and ending June 20, 2024.
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- Great Novels Discussion Group
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Dates: 1/11/2024 - 6/13/2024
Times: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Days: Th
Modality: In-Person
Building: OLLI Campus
Instructor: Ronald Foster, Nita Jameson, Tom Wolf
Join lovers of great literature in discussing book-length fiction from the classics to the contemporary. For more information, send email to olli.great.novels@gmail.com.
- February 8: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
- March 14: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
- April 11: White Teeth by Zadie Smith
- May 9: Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
- June 13: As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Meets monthly on the 2nd Thursday at 2 p.m. The first class of Spring 2024 is Thursday, February 8. First class in January was canceled due to a snow day.
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- Espionage Books Discussion Group
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Dates: 1/12/2024 - 6/14/2024
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: F
Modality: Hybrid
Building: OLLI Campus
Instructor:
Join other readers to discuss spy novels and discover new authors and plot twists. Everyone is welcome to join the discussion. See https://ollirenoebgebg.blogspot.com for more information.
- January 12: A Coffin for Dimitrios by Eric Ambler
- February 9: Place of Treason by Jason Matthews
- March 8: Secret Asset by Stella Rimington
- April 12: Damascus Station by David McClosky
- May 10: The Matchmaker by Paul Vidich
- June 14: Spies by Calder Walton
Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.
This class meets on the 2nd Friday of every month. The first class in Spring 2024 is Friday, January 12, 2024.
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- French 3
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Dates: 1/12/2024 - 6/21/2024
Times: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Days: F
Modality: In-Person
Building: OLLI Campus
Instructor: Arlette Lessig
This class is for students who are fluent enough to exchange ideas comfortably with others in a relaxed conversational setting. Some new vocabulary will be introduced on topics of interest to the students.
Meets weekly on Fridays at noon. Spring 2024 classes begin on Friday, January 12, 2024.
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- Reading Poetry Together
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Dates: 1/17/2024 - 6/5/2024
Times: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Days: W
Modality: Hybrid
Building: OLLI Campus
Instructor: Tom Wolf
Meet with other OLLI poetry lovers to explore insights and pleasures in response to poetry. Group members will share poems that are meaningful to them, For more information, email Tom Wolf at tewolf1960@gmail.com with "POETRY" in the subject line.
Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.
Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at 2 p.m. The first class in Spring 2024 is Wednesday, January 17, 2024.
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- Reading Great Literature Discussion Group
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Dates: 1/18/2024 - 6/20/2024
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: Th
Modality: In-Person
Building: OLLI Campus
Instructor: Cora Robey
Read and discuss a variety of recognized literature selections. Together we explore themes, characters, plot, settings, and authors of the readings in historical and contemporary context. Group members will facilitate the discussions.
Spring 2024: Selections from the Norton Anthology of Drama, Shorter Second Edition ISBN 978-0-393-92340-7 available from Amazon or used booksellers.
- January 18: Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
- February 1: Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
- February 15: Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
Meets in person at 10 a.m. on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month. First class for Spring 2024 is January 18, 2024.
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- Big Questions Book Discussion Group
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Dates: 1/18/2024 - 6/20/2024
Times: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Days: Th
Modality: In-Person
Building: OLLI Campus
Instructor: Ronald Foster, Nita Jameson, Tom Wolf
A challenging and engaging book discussion group for individuals seeking new insights into the big questions of our lives. Past areas of inquiry have been science, religion, philosophy, history, politics, and economics. Group members select, read, and then discuss a book for several sessions. The class is built on the respectful exchange of ideas and perspectives as we read and enjoy thoughtful discussions about the big questions. For more information, email olli.big.questions@gmail.com.
Meets monthly on 1st and 3rd Thursdays at 2pm; The first class of Spring 2024 is Thursday, January 18, 2024.
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- Warm Hats for Cool Heads
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Dates: 7/8/2024 - 12/9/2024
Times: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Days: M
Modality: Hybrid
Building: OLLI Campus
Instructor:
Join us in person or online to knit and/or crochet hats and scarves for Reno's homeless and needy. If you don’t know how to knit or crochet, someone will be happy to teach you. We’ll share patterns, techniques, and inspiration while satisfying our need to create and our desire to support the community. You’ll experience the glow of gratification by providing a thing of beauty and comfort to a fellow human in need.
Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.
Meets on the 2nd and 4th Mondays at 2 p.m. First session for Fall 2024 is July 8, 2024. No class November 11.
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