The Osher Program is Closing! | |
Due to lack of funds, low enrollment, much too cheaply priced tuition, too many Zoom meetings, staff burnout, and no volunteer participation, we regret to inform you that the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is closing its doors. Thank you very much for your support over the past 20 years. | |
Only kidding. The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is alive and well, and looking forward to another 20 years at the University of Utah. But now that we have your attention: We do need more volunteer support, especially as we strive to regain lost ground, post-pandemic. Please stay tuned to this email newsletter for announcements regarding upcoming one-hour summer classes about volunteer opportunities to support Osher.
In the meantime, please volunteer to help us grow this spring by sharing copies of our spring and summer brochures around town at your favorite haunts: coffee shops and restaurants, local libraries and bookstores, and doctor’s and dentist’s offices. Help us get the word out by telling two friends about Osher and all of the wonderful classes, lectures, and special events we offer each term. Remember this funny TV ad from the 1980s? It’s exactly what Osher needs right now to keep thriving!
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We all have stuff at home that we don't know what to do with. Perhaps it is difficult to part with for sentimental reasons. Maybe it is too nice to drop at a thrift store. Come learn about community resources and have your questions answered by a professional organizer.
Thursday, April 25 at 9:30 am
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Discover new tips and tricks in Google Maps. Review navigation, create more lists and customize your maps to share with friends and family. Expand your knowledge and confidence in using Google Maps through demos and hands-on activities. Bring your laptop or tablet to class.
Monday, April 8 at 2:30 pm
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Learn how to use Google Sites to build websites quickly and easily. Google Sites is a free and user-friendly tool to create and share webpages. Bring your phone, tablet, or laptop to class. Access your website on Drive using your mobile devices or desktop computers. Let's have fun!
Tuesday, April 9 at 2:30 pm
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With Stan & Diane Henderson
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Looking at events and people in the run-up to the Civil War, we will trace the increasingly fractious divide between slave states and abolitionists. Included will be the Compromise of 1850, the concept of Popular Sovereignty leading to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858, Lincoln's Cooper Union speech and the run-up to secession, as well as analysis of John Brown's attack at Harper's Ferry. In the second hour, we will continue with a discussion of the novel as contemporary literature. Readers and history buffs welcome!
Friday, April 26 at 11:30 am
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Celebrating the 20th anniversary year for Osher at the U of U, we want to pull all the stops! ORCHESTRA: XPLOR is a brand new, professional orchestra with a new goal in mind: unwrapping some of classical music's most profound and enticing pieces of music. This performance and lecture will focus on Dvorak's Serenade for Strings, Op. 22 and will take the listener on an exploration through the history of Dvorak's life, his experiences with Moravian and Bohemian folk music, and an intimate guide through the serenade - melody by melody. This special performance will be the world premiere of ORCHESTRA: XPLOR and will feature a full 15-piece string orchestra LIVE and INTERACTIVE! Located at the Marriott Hotel Ballroom, the event will begin with a buffet dinner followed by a lecture and performance.
Registration deadline: Thursday, April 4
Thursday, April 11 at 5:00 pm
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Since 2009, Rhythms of Life, aka DrumBus, has been providing high-energy, professionally-facilitated, rhythm-based enrichment programs for all ages. The DrumBus is a mobile music room fully equipped with drums. Whenever the bright red DrumBus rolls into the parking lot excitement and energy come with it. The DrumBus provides a field trip experience without logistical hassles. Onboard individuals experience and neutral space which helps everyone feel comfortable and willing to participate regardless of ability or status.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Thursday, April 4
Thursday, April 11 at 1:00 pm
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Two things you wouldn't expect to see in the same sentence are hard cider and pickleball. But Second Summit Hard Cider and Pickleball did just that when they opened in 2023. In addition to their ever-changing list of hard ciders, they have four regulation pickleball courts and are offering Osher members a free lesson. Pickleball is now the fastest growing sport in the US because it is very inclusive, doesn't require a lot of running or strong athletic skills. Second Summit will provide as many pickleball coaches as needed to provide the free lesson to those in attendance. Stay to enjoy food and cider, available for purchase, and/or sign up for Second Summit's regularly scheduled events like bingo and arts and crafts.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Friday, April 5
Saturday, April 13 at 11:00 am
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A velvet dress, a woven blanket, a solitary coat on a hanger: how are textiles rendered in paintings and sculptures? What stories do they tell? Explore the UMFA's permanent collection--as well as the newest exhibition, Pictures of Belonging--with an eye toward fabrics we can all but reach out and touch. With educator Ashley Farmer and volunteer Veronica Montes.
Friday, April 19 at 3:00 pm
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Photo information: Miki Hayakawa, From My Window, 1935 Oil on canvas, 28 x 28 in. Collection of Sandra & Bram Dijkstra on loan at the Huntington Library and Museum | |
Southern Utah's 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre and Its Aftermath
Barbara Jones Brown, Director, Signature Books Publishing
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On September 11, 1857, a group of Mormon militiamen in southwest Utah coaxed a group of California-bound emigrants from the bulwark of their encircled wagons and then massacred them. The slaughter left the bodies of more than a hundred men, women, and children strewn across a highland valley called the Mountain Meadows. This presentation will elucidate the historical factors that led to the horrific crime as well as how healing and reconciliation can be achieved after such atrocities. Barbara Jones Brown was previously the executive director of the Mormon History Association, historical director of Better Days 2020, and content editor of Massacre at Mountain Meadows (2008).
Wednesdays, 12:00-1:00 pm
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Explore your artistic potential with Osher instructor Joon Bae. Inspired by the recently conserved Horses screen by Chiura Obata, as seen in the exhibition Chiura Obata: Layer by Layer, this fun and laid-back artist led event will showcase Joon’s sumi ink demonstration. Unleash your creativity as you learn all the tips and tricks for creating your own sumi ink masterpiece. Materials will be provided, and for those feeling especially adventurous, try your hand at drawing on a t-shirt! All levels of drawing experience are welcome. Bring your own sketchbook or current project to work on, and make some incredible art together!
Space is limited to fifty people, so be sure to arrive on time and don’t miss a thing!
Wednesday, April 3 from 1-3 pm and 6-8 pm
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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
801-581-6461 | osher@utah.edu
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