Thursday, Oct. 05, 2023
From the day I turned 79 years old in mid-2022, I began obsessing about living into my 80th year. This obsession, which carried negative implications about getting quite old, created anxiety and worry within me and detracted from the potential joys of reaching that advanced age intact and in good health.
Thursday, Oct. 05, 2023
To say we are excited about our winter term would be an understatement. We are positively wowed by the range of subjects and the exceptional instructors who will bring them to…
Friday, Sep. 29, 2023
Lauren Tamaki is the illustrator of the award-winning book "Seen and Unseen" published in 2022. The book documents the experiences of Japanese Americans who were incarcerated during World War II under President Franklin Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066.
Friday, Sep. 01, 2023
Henry E. Brady is the Monroe Deutsch Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at UC Berkeley, the Research Director for California 100, and former Dean of…
Friday, Sep. 01, 2023
The opening of The Odyssey describes Odysseus as polytropos, a man “much turned” and “much turning.” He makes much happen, and much happens to him. When I selected The Odyssey as the first text for my English 101 course at San Quentin Prison, I worried about the choice.
Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023
Drucie Saal Belman has given talks on a range of contemporary artists from Gerhard Richter to Mark Bradford, Joan Mitchell and Team Lab. She has worked in numerous museums and…
Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023
Can you imagine a country where 109 languages are spoken and refugees and others from around the world are embraced and welcomed and fully included in their society? Well, that country does exist and is also where 375,000 people reside.
Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023
The adults are the first to arrive. From the back of their SUVs they carry to the field two batting nets and a spring-loaded pitching machine. With a line-striping cart, they…
Monday, Aug. 14, 2023
Recently, OLLI members enjoyed a field trip to the Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive to explore the first retrospective exhibition of the work of longtime Bay Area…
Thursday, Aug. 03, 2023
Bebo White is retired from the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, the U.S. National Laboratory at Stanford University. He currently holds faculty appointments at multiple…
Wednesday, Aug. 02, 2023
It felt like a kick in the stomach. Exploring an ancestry website, I discovered an 1860 Slave Schedule showing that my great-great-grandfather, William Henry Robertson of Mason County, Kentucky, owned 13 slaves. I had often wondered if any of my ancestors were slave owners. Now I knew.
Wednesday, Jul. 26, 2023
Depth, breadth, choice — there is an abundance of courses this fall that signal our turning the corner on the pandemic and taking your suggestions to heart.
We Asked, You…