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Announcements and Events from the For information, contact arogers@admin.usf.edu or call 813-974-5263 Registration is Open for Spring OLLI Programs! View the spring issue of Evergreen now. You can register online or by phone (813-974-2403, option 1). OLLI-USF is a fee-based, membership organization for active older adults; it focuses on programs in the liberal arts and computer training. The bulletin provides information on upcoming study groups, computer training courses, free weekly lectures, and special day trips for OLLI members. You must be a member of OLLI-USF to register for programs. Don’t miss out on this stimulating learning opportunity! Visit www.usfseniors.org or call 813-974-8036 for more information or to be placed on the mailing list. OLLI-USF Liberal Arts Study Groups − OLLI-USF offers a diverse selection of study groups. No matter what level of education you have attained, OLLI provides opportunities for learning in the arts, sciences, humanities and more. Study groups are led by OLLI members and others who are interested in sharing their knowledge and skills with each other. Explore academic subjects that intrigue, challenge and provoke your thinking in a casual and friendly environment. Spring programs include:
For more information on OLLI-USF study groups, email ollivol@gmail.com or call 813-974-8036. You can register online starting Feb. 22. OLLI-USF Computer Training − Introductory and advanced computer training sessions are offered at USF Tampa, Lake Magdalene United Methodist Church, and John Knox Village. Classes are geared for adults age 50 and over, and are taught by experienced older adult volunteers. Computers I is offered in both Vista and XP versions. Computer skills courses are taught in the areas of digital photography, eBay, email, graphics, the Internet, word processing and more. Spring programs include:
For information on OLLI computer training, email hbauer@admin.usf.edu or call 813-974-8037. You can register online starting Feb. 22. OLLI-USF Friday Lecture Series − The Friday Lecture Series brings a variety of speakers to the USF campus each Friday to address issues of current interest. Enroll for individual lectures for a parking fee of just $3 per lecture. Members with USF parking permits must register, but are not required to pay the parking fee. Registration deadline is two days prior to the event. All Friday lectures start at 12:15 p.m. and, except where noted, last one hour. Register online, 24 hours a day, at www.usfseniors.org or call 813-974-2403, option 1, Mon.-Fri., 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Mar. 12 - Fifty Years as a Painter Learn how an artist decides what subject to use for a painting and then proceeds to create a work of art. View projected images that represent a variety of abstract paintings that are based on specific subjects. Some of the artist’s recent large paintings feature the idea of birds and cages. Joan Duff-Bohrer will discuss what the selected paintings signify for her. She holds degrees from Bucknell University and Rutgers University and has studied at Skidmore College. She has been chosen to exhibit in many art shows, including the Gasparilla Festival of the Arts and the Mainsail Art Show. She has studios in Dunedin, FL, and Salem, NY, and is on the faculty at the Dunedin Fine Art Center. Fee: $0 • Parking: $3 • USF Tampa, MHA (Westside Conference Center) • Prog. #102XOSTSE014H Registration deadline: Mar. 10 Mar. 19 - Touring the Classics that Shaped Literature and Art Scenes from the classics come alive in this PowerPoint presentation. It illustrates scenes from the Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid and Metamorphoses. The speaker promises nudes and gore galore! Betsy Hatton Wood is a person of wide and varied interests, including travel and art. She leads popular study groups on the classics of literature. She holds a master's degree in humanities from USF. Fee: $0 • Parking: $3 • USF Tampa, MHA (Westside Conference Center) • Prog. #102XOSTSE014I Apr. 2 - Congressional Ethics: Missing in Action? The U.S. Congress is awash in ethics issues and scandals. More than 30 members of the House of Representatives are currently under investigation. Nor have members of the Senate escaped ethical pitfalls. What is happening in Washington? Are these instances simply bad apples in the barrel? Or is it a bad barrel that entices even well intentioned members of Congress to cross the line? Don Menzel will address these questions and others concerning the ethical challenges that confront the U.S. Congress. Don Menzel is a past president of the American Society for Public Administration, an author and an international speaker on ethics reform. Fee: $0 • Parking: $3 • USF Tampa, MHA (Westside Conference Center) • Prog. #103XOSTSE015A Apr. 9 - Tyler Perry's Films: Separating the Wheat from the Chaff What is Tyler Perry's attraction to his largely African American female audience, and why does his work generate disgust in the black academic and journalistic community? Reporters and film reviewers struggle to understand the appeal of director, writer and actor Tyler Perry's films (e.g., Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Madea's Family Reunion, Madea Goes to Jail, etc.). All feature his brainchild fictional character, Madea, short for Ma' Dear (Mother Dear), an irreverent black woman played by Perry. Kim Vaz, PhD, Associate Professor of Women's Studies, USF, will discuss these reactions. Fee: $0 • Parking: $3 • USF Tampa, MHA (Westside Conference Center) • Prog. #103XOSTSE015B Apr. 16 - Climate Change: Science and Consequences Through a blend of science, song and poetry, David Oliver will present known and established science surrounding climate change. He will discuss ongoing research because research probes questions not fully understood. The consequences of climate change, including uncertainties, will be addressed. David Oliver, PhD Physics, MIT, is retired from GE-Corporate Research and Development after 32 years in science and management. He also consulted on how to use models to develop complex systems and engineering tools. Because these important issues involve both our hearts and minds, he has added song and poetry to topics like climate change. Fee: $0 • Parking: $3 • USF Tampa, MHA (Westside Conference Center) • Prog. #103XOSTSE015C Apr. 23 - No Longer the Unknown Front: The Eastern Front in World War I Historian and author Jack Tunstall, Jr., will present a preview of his two forthcoming books. They shed new light on an often-overlooked front during World War I – the Eastern front. His presentation will highlight the importance of the Eastern front in relation to the Western, Italian and Balkan fronts. Jack Tunstall is a faculty member in the USF History Department and executive director of the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society. Fee: $0 • Parking: $3 • USF Tampa, MHA (Westside Conference Center) • Prog. #103XOSTSE015D Apr. 30 - Stories to Tell From quirky and serious assignments in Florida to hair-raising adventures around the world, television producer Larry Elliston shares the stories behind the stories. Larry Elliston is an Emmy-winning producer, reporter and documentary filmmaker. His PBS documentary The Florida Dream has been praised as filmmaking at its best. Born in Tampa, he is a USF graduate. Fee: $0 • Parking: $3 • USF Tampa, MHA (Westside Conference Center) • Prog. #103XOSTSE015E May 7 - Violence and the Irish Uprising of 1641 The uprising of 1641 was a crucial act of Irish resistance to English rule in the early modern period, and it shaped British and Irish relations for centuries afterward. This lecture examines the uprising itself, how we can understand the Irish acts of violence, and how the English accounts of the uprising were told, retold and exaggerated as narratives of Catholic as well as Irish atrocities. John Ball, PhD, Johns Hopkins University, bases his presentation on dissertation research done in Dublin, Ireland, when he was supported by a Fulbright grant. Ball is a member of the history faculty at Hillsborough Community College. Fee: $0 • Parking: $3 • USF Tampa, MHA (Westside Conference Center) • Prog. #103XOSTSE015F May 14 - The Christian Century in Japan, 1549-1650 Learn the story of the Portuguese missionaries and the 300,000 peasants, samurai and nobles who were converted but then suppressed by the Shoguns in programs of torture and death. Those events led Japan to seclude itself from the West for another 200 years, although traces of the converts are still found in Nagasaki today. Paul Schmidt has followed the history of early Western medicine as it went with traders and conquerors around the world. He is the historian of the International Society of Blood Transfusion and Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology at USF. Fee: $0 • Parking: $3 • USF Tampa, MHA (Westside Conference Center) • Prog. #103XOSTSE015G May 21 - Operation Bon Appetit: Feasting and Drinking for Social Change Operation Bon Appétit (OBA) provides tools, opportunities and support for convivialists (feasters and drinkers in merry company) to engage in cooperative actions for sustainability. It also sustains a global community of artisans through their production of goods for OBA gatherings. Conviviality is a powerful way to engage ordinary people in social change. Jan Roberts has been a social entrepreneur since the 1970s. She has established five nonprofits (three still in operation), is a published author, and is a lover of good food and wine with engaging conversations among friends. She brings all of that together in her newest nonprofit, the Cultural Innovations Agency (CIA). Its first initiative is Operation Bon Appétit, www.operationbonappetit.org. Fee: $0 • Parking: $3 • USF Tampa, MHA (Westside Conference Center) • Prog. #103XOSTSE015H OLLI-USF Day Trips. Our special programs planning group has been hard at work arranging a variety of day trips. Come along for the ride! The New Tampa Museum of Art Join other OLLI members for a look at the brand-new Tampa Museum of Art. Dawn Johnson, the educational curator of the museum, will give a preview of educational programming as well as the current and future exhibits featured at the museum. Docents will be available for those wishing to tour the gallery. Coffee and Danish will be provided. Please park in the Poe Garage on Ashley Street (fee charged). Meet inside the museum for the talk and tour. Fee: $0 • Parking: On your own • Register by calling Andrea at 813-974-1903 by Mar. 12 Florida Aquarium and Eco-Tour Meet at the front entrance of the Florida Aquarium for a fun-filled day! We will start by having a guided tour of the Aquarium and lunch on your own at the Aquarium restaurant. After lunch, board a 72-foot powered catamaran for a 90-minute journey through Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay is home to more than 500 bottlenose dolphins and is one of the best places in Florida to view endangered manatees and numerous species of birds. One of the main goals of the eco-tour program is to help educate participants about the bay in an enjoyable and fun setting. We must have 15 members for this tour. OLLI members who also hold Aquarium membership may sign up for the Eco-Tour only for $25. Parking is $6. Trip Leader: Mike Fisher is an OLLI member and chair of the Special Programs Committee. Fee: $40 (lunch on your own) • Parking: On your own • Florida Aquarium, AQUA • Prog. #102XOSTSE0111 Ybor City Walking Tour We will meet at the entrance to the Ybor City Museum at 9:45 a.m. The guided tour begins at 10:00 and includes a casita, a circa 1895 cigar worker's cottage. It is furnished as it might have been in Ybor City's golden era. We will tour landmark sites such as the immigrant social clubs, Centennial Park, cigar rolling storefronts, cigar factories, Mafia "hangouts" and assassination locales, and the first Catholic church in Ybor City. Characteristic architecture will be viewed and explained. Some attention will be paid to Ybor's reputation as one of the most haunted districts in North America. This 2-hour tour will be followed by lunch on your own at Carmine's Restaurant, 1802 E. 7th Ave. We need 20 people to have this walking tour. Parking on your own is extra. Trip Leader: Mike Fisher is an OLLI member and chair of the Special Programs Committee. Fee: $15 • Parking: On your own • Ybor City Museum, YBRCM • Prog. #102XOSTSE0071 USF’s Solar Rotary The Solar Rotary only looks simple. Jack Robinson, archaeo-astronomer and professor emeritus at USF, collaborated on the project. He spent approximately 100 hours fixing the sun's coordinates, when it seems to stand still for a moment during the day of the summer solstice. Complications arose since we are far enough north of the equator never to have the sun truly overhead and the land itself is uneven. Holt's design was even more site-specific. The eight-point star pattern integrates it with the grid of walkways that runs throughout the campus. Meet at Cooper Hall at 11:45 a.m. to view a DVD, followed by a question-and-answer session. We will then proceed to the Solar Rotary to view the special alignment that happens only on this date and time. Trip Leader: Jack Robinson, astronomer and USF professor emeritus, has created and taught several computer and science courses for OLLI. He enjoys making complex concepts understandable and interesting. Fee: $0 • Parking: $0 • USF Tampa, CPR204 • Prog. #103XOSTSE0161 DaVinci, the Genius Join us to see the "DaVinci, the Genius" exhibit at MOSI. In addition to full-sized replicas of his inventions and machines, the exhibit features reproductions of Leonardo's most famous Renaissance art works. It includes the new and revealing "Secrets of Mona Lisa" exhibit from Paris. Admission also includes access to the other MOSI galleries and one IMAX Dome Theatre film. We can view Hubble, the movie that depicts astronauts making final repairs to the Hubble telescope. On-site parking is free and lunch is available on your own at the MOSI cafe. Meet at the information desk in MOSI's lobby at 9:45. We must have at least 15 people to receive this discounted ticket price. Trip Leader: Pat Slade enjoys discovering interesting people and places. She has been organizing day trips for us since 2004; prior to that she led similar trips for a lifelong learning institute in upstate New York. Fee: $20 • Parking: $0 • Museum of Science and Industry, MOSI • Prog. #103XOSTSE0131 Sunken Gardens in St. Petersburg Sunken Gardens is a botanical paradise in the midst of a bustling city. As St. Petersburg's oldest living museum, this 100-year-old garden is home to some of the oldest tropical plants in the region. Unwind as you stroll through meandering paths, lush with exotic plants from around the world. Explore cascading waterfalls, beautiful demonstration gardens and more than 50,000 tropical plants and flowers. We will meet at the entrance to Sunken Gardens at 10:45; a guided tour begins at 11:00. The walking tour is about 1½ hours. After the tour we will have lunch on our own at Fourth Street Shrimp Store, 1006 4th St. North. We will need a minimum of 15 people in order to have this tour. Fee is $6 at the door. Trip Leader: Pat Slade enjoys discovering interesting people and places. She has been organizing day trips for us since 2004; prior to that she led similar trips for a lifelong learning institute in upstate New York. Fee: $6 at the entrance • Parking: $0 • Sunken Gardens, SUNK • Prog. #103XOSTSE0171 Florida Orchestra Coffee Concert at Mahaffey Theater Among the selected movements for this performance of the Florida Orchestra are “Wonderful Waltzes” with Alastair Willis as conductor. We will also hear Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty; Richard Rogers’ Carousel; and Strauss’s Blue Danube. Meet at the Mahaffey Theater at 10:00 a.m. for complimentary coffee and donuts and to interview the orchestra members. The concert begins at 11:00 a.m. We must register one month in advance for these premium tickets and have a minimum of 20 reservations to take advantage of this price. Parking on your own is $6. Trip Leader: Mike Fisher is an OLLI member and chair of the Special Programs Committee. Fee: $47 • Parking: On your own • Mahaffey Theatre, MTSP • Prog. #102XOSTSE0121 Western Art Collection at Raymond James Headquarters The Tom and Mary James/Raymond James Financial Art Collection is one of Florida's largest private art collections. Open to the public only through privately guided tours, the collection consists of more than 1800 works of art. We will tour the Western art exhibit which comprises more than half of the collection. It includes works by Roy Anderson, Earl Biss, J. D. Challenger, Glenna Goodacre, Dave McGary, Dan Namingha, Ray Swanson and others. We will meet in front of the Raymond James Financial Center. Trip Leader: Don Clark is a seasoned OLLI-USF study group leader who shares his discoveries of the known and the unique from around Tampa Bay. Fee: $0 • Parking: $0 • Raymond James Financial, Inc., RJFI • Prog. #103XOSTSE0181 Visit the web at www.usfseniors.org or call USF Continuing Education at 813-974-2403. |