Blog

The OLLI Blog showcases the voices and perspectives of the OLLI @Berkeley community as well as news from and about OLLI. Have a submission? Please contact Nancy Murr to learn more.

Steven Savage is the Executive Director of Blue Bear School of Music and holds a Ph.D. in musicology. An active record producer and recording engineer, he has worked on seven…
When longtime member Bob Brewer first retired — “for the second or third time” he laughs — he found himself wondering what came next. His daughters were grown, and life had slowed…
Ice skating at Rockefeller Center in the 1950s It’s that time of year — the holiday season — which for me recall memories of rituals and traditions from my childhood in New York…
Marjorie Medress's long connection to OLLI began when she and her late husband, Mark, walked into the first OLLI classrooms two decades ago. "OLLI was a big part of Mark’s life…
Kathleen Moran is a founder and faculty member of UC Berkeley's American Studies Program and has taught courses in History, English, Film, Geography, Architecture and Art History.
Richard B. Rosenthal is an appellate lawyer who has been involved in high stakes, high-profile legal disputes across the nation. He has served as a personal attorney to President Barack Obama and is a lifelong friend of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Looking back on my interest in the history of travel and tourism, I recall my first presentation, “Travel, History and the Researcher at Mills,” presented at a Mills Family…
We're delighted to be featured in the October issue of East Bay magazine, which devoted its cover story to the vital role of lifelong learning in maintaining long-term brain…
Our winter brochure lands in mailboxes soon and we couldn't be more excited about what's inside — dozens of courses designed to provide clarity and context, along with doses of beauty, joy and inspiration. (A little escapism, too.)
A recent invitation to write a chapter on “Monuments and Memorialization” for the Handbook of Heritage and Tourism, a book to be published by Routledge, led me to the study of monuments, their history, and why they are so important to us.
Bob Solomon taught at Yale Law School for decades before moving to UC Irvine as a Clinical Professor of Law. Henry Weinstein is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Lawyering Skills at UC Irvine.
We are thrilled to announce a brand-new addition to our travel adventures: an extraordinary small-group journey through Italy, curated by Collette, our trusted travel partner. …