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OLLI
E-News #39-09 of October 16, 2009
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 21ST
CENTURY COMMUNICATIONS FOR OLLI
From the executive
director
PERHAPS YOU REALIZE, AND PERHAPS YOU DON'T, but as you read this article in OLLI E-News you are taking
advantage of a truly unique vehicle for communications in the field of
lifelong learning. At OLLI-Mason, we sometimes take for granted our
outstanding communications. When I arrived here in January 2008, it was
evident that the tremendous spirit of volunteerism was responsible for
OLLI's outstanding program as well as its operations. I decided to
write an article for The
LLI
Review, the annual journal of the Osher
Lifelong Learning Institutes' National Resource Center. Volume 4, Fall 2009, is now
available online
(pdf). We also have a few hard copies available in each location.
If you borrow a copy, just remember to return it so that other members
can enjoy it.
The article that I wrote, entitled
"Twenty-first Century Communications for OLLI," is on pages 67-72, extracted
here (pdf),
and features quotes by many individuals who have been responsible for
the development of various communication vehicles over the years at
OLLI-Mason. We can all be truly proud of these accomplishments, but we
are always striving for new improvements. As I state in the conclusion
of the article, "The journey to
improve communication will continue to be both challenging and fun."
PHOTO OF THE MONTH
Selected by the OLLI Photography Club
"Summer
Lake" by Rita Leake.
by
members of the OLLI Photography Club, visit the club's Web site.
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FAIRFAX CITY FALL FESTIVAL
Lots of interest in OLLI's program
 By Carole Richard, Booth Coordinator
Crowds
at the Fall
Festival in Fairfax City on a prettier day.
OLLI NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME, especially how its members
inspire others to join. Saturday, October 10, was Fairfax City Fall
Festival Day. It was a day filled with intermittent rain, high winds
and continually falling temperature. At our booth, staffed by Beverly
George, Mel Goldfarb, Sherry Hart, Manny Pablo,
Gail Sullivan and Jack
Underhill, more people signed up for catalogs—22 to be exact—than at
any
of the other booths that I have coordinated.
I had invited representatives from Mason’s
Friends of Music and Friends of the Center for the Arts to join our
table; while they had many interested visitors, I have to admit in all
modesty that OLLI stole the show. The many comments about OLLI included—
- "I have been
hearing about you from a friend."
- "Do you have
a photography group?"
- "I just
retired, and you sound like my sort of group."
- "Oh great,
you have courses on languages, history, travel, and health.”
It was so much fun to be able to point to
specific courses whenever someone asked whether our program included a
particular subject area. OLLI has it covered. Well done, resource
groups!
Heartfelt thanks go to Ernestine and Benny
Meyer who brought the tent, chairs, table and “stuff" to the site and
helped Manny and me set up ... and to Jack Underhill who helped me
dismantle things and put them in his van for returning to Tallwood.
Carole
Richard was elected to
the Board
this spring; her Board term expires June 2012. You can read
Carole's
biography at this page.
FAREWELL TO THE TOMBES
Two key OLLI volunteers are moving away
THE
EDITOR ASKED AVERETT AND JANE TOMBES, OLLI members since early
2004, to share with
their OLLI colleagues some thoughts as they prepare to move to the
'slower pace' of Richmond, Virginia. Here is Jane's letter.
 Ave and I are leaving
Vienna, Virginia, at the end of this month and will move to the
Richmond area to be closer to our large family (three sons and nine
grandkids there and a daughter and two grandkids in Raleigh). I lived
in Richmond for several years before college, and we both received our
undergraduate degrees from the University of Richmond, so we know the
city well. We have already talked with the director of the University
of Richmond's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and feel that the
program there will be compatible with our interests.
After Ave retired from New Mexico State University, he and I returned
to Northern Virginia to start a consulting company. During that time, I
also became involved with the fund-raising support group for Mason’s
Great Performances series, Friends of the Center for the Arts. As a
result, Ave joined OLLI before I did.
However, Susanne Zumbro convinced me to join Readers' Theater, and
after one session, I was hooked. Having had considerable experience in
acting and directing over the years, I was delighted to know that I
could try my hand at that old game once again. In the meantime, Ave
began working with fellow scientifically minded OLLI members and
eventually took over the job of finding lecturers for the Science,
Technology and Health Resource Group. Then I agreed to help the
Literature, Language and Theater Resource Group as a co-chair.
We both will miss the Washington area and especially the OLLI program
-- one that has grown considerably since we joined. If you are new at
OLLI, you are very lucky. You will find wonderful courses and very good
friends. Ave and I know because we are very sad to leave both.
-- Jane Tombes
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OLLI
PHOTOGRAPHY
CLUB
Meets Fri, Oct 23, at 9:30
Topic: Making images tack sharp
DURING THE OCTOBER MEETING OF THE
PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB (9:30
next Friday, October 23, at Tallwood), photographer John Naman will
focus on practical ways to make images tack sharp. John, a member of
the Northern Virginia Photographic Society, has
been assessing the techniques that lead to sharp, high-resolution
photos. His presentation will include printing techniques, the
relationship between contrast and resolution,
and ways shooters can customize their personal shooting techniques.
Would you like to learn a few secrets about
how to find and use the "sweet spot" on your cameras and lenses,
enabling you to create better photos? All OLLI members are welcome at
this and every meeting of the Photography Club. Attendees will
reap the benefits of John's intensive research into the techniques of
camera handling, lens control, and Photoshop editing that promote
sharper images. He will also tell us how to deal with some of the
impediments to success, ranging from motion blur to lenses that "go
soft" at the edges. Hope to see you there!
Contributed
by Photography Club Coordinator Dan Feighery.
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MARILYN ECKERT
Message regarding the late OLLI member
from her family
"Marilyn passed away on October 4,
2009. She was a much beloved mother, grandmother, mentor, teacher,
friend, physician and philanthropist. Her memorial service as a
celebration of her life is scheduled for St. David's Episcopal Church,
19917 Ashburn Rd., Ashburn, VA, on November 7, 2009 at 2 pm. In lieu of
flowers the family is asking that contributions be made in her honor to
St. David's Church in support of her work there for the poor of Loudoun
County, to benefit Interfaith Relief of Loudoun County.
Thank you all for your kind
thoughts, prayers, calls, visits, and cards which helped her through
her last months. We are grateful for her 83 awesome years with us and
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KEY CONTACT
INFORMATION
How to contact OLLI
HERE
IS A READY REFERENCE on how to contact OLLI. For email
addresses and phone numbers not listed below, please consult the online
Membership Directory (log in to Member
Portal).
- President:
Emmett Fenlon
- Executive
Director: Thom
Clement, phone 703-503-7866
- OLLI Office, phone
703-503-3384
- Tallwood
Administrator/OLLI Registrar: Maria
Buczek, phone 703-503-3384
- Board
members: See Organization page
(Note: To send an email to the
entire Board, send it to the office
or the OLLI
E-News editor, and your
message will be forwarded to all members of the Board)
- Committee
chairs, resource-group chairs: See Organization
page
- Suggestions: Online
suggestion box
- Letters to
the editor or letters to Ms. Ollie Ettakit
(etiquette
matters): OLLI
E-News Editor Rod Zumbro,
phone
703-569-2750
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MASON ARTS AND
MUSIC
Upcoming Mason performances, Oct 16-25
By Jan Bohall, OLLI
E-News Staff Writer
FOR
TICKETS, call
1-888-945-2468 (phone orders are handled by tickets.com)
or visit the Center for the Arts Box Office, Tue-Sat, 10:00-6:00. More
info on tickets at the CFA tickets page.
Virginia Opera
La Bohème
Fri, Oct 16, 8:00; Sun, Oct 18, 2:00
Puccini’s dramatic score is enhanced by the romantic tragedy of
struggling young artists in this well-loved work. Rodolfo and Mimi find
their love, but her failing health and their poverty threaten their
lives together. Sung in Italian with English supertitles.
Admission: Fri, $86, $72, $44; Sun, $98, $80, $48
Concert Hall
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GMU Wind Symphony Fall Concert
with
Special
Guests:
Fairfax
Wind Symphony and
Flutopia
Tue, Oct 20, 8:00
Admission: $10 seniors, $15 other adults, students free
Concert Hall
Jazz Combos Recital
Tue, Oct 20, 8:00
Admission: Free
Grand Tier III
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GMU Players Mainstage #1
Ah,
Wilderness
written
by Eugene O’Neill
directed
by Howard Vincent
Kurtz
Thu, Oct 22, Fri, Oct 23, Sat, Oct 24, 8:00
Sat, Oct 24, 2:00
Also Oct 29, 30, 31, 8:00
Oct 31, Nov 1, 2:00
This comedy, a departure for O’Neill, is set in an idyllic Connecticut
town in 1906 and gives a glimpse of small-town family values, teenage
angst and young love. Richard Miller, a young poet who rebels against
the conformity of his middle-class life, is intent on exploring the
mysteries of life through forbidden pleasures.
(Note:
The Oct 24 performance is OLLI Special
Event F961. You are invited to stay for a post-performance
discussion with the director and members of the company.)
Admission: $8 seniors/students, $12 other adults
TheaterSpace (Lower level of
Performing Arts Bldg, next to Black Box Theater. From Level 2 of
Parking Deck take the bridge. Enter first door on left and follow
hallway; go through gray doors and down stairs.)
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L. A. Theatre Works
War of the Worlds and
The
Lost World
Fri, Oct 23, 8:00
America’s premier radio theater company recreates Orson Welles’
chilling broadcast of War of the
Worlds from 1938, followed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s comedy, The Lost World, the story of a
hair-raising scientific expedition into the Amazon.
Admission: $36, $28, $18
Concert Hall
Come at 7:15 for a free artistic discussion on Grand Tier III.
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GMU Opera Review
An
Evening of American
One-Act Operas
Fri, Oct 23, Sat, Oct 24, 8:00
Two
operas will be presented, Gallantry
by Douglas Moore and The Telephone
by Gian Carlo Menotti.
Admission: $15 seniors/students, $20 other adults
Harris Theater
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Shaolin Warriors
Sat, Oct 24, 8:00
Sun, Oct 25, 4:00
The
group brings the skill, dramatic movement and imagery of the ancient
art of Chinese Kung Fu to the stage. The artists are trained from a
very young age in mental and physical exercises and are known for their
discipline and ferocious martial arts skills.
Admission: $44, $36, $22
Family Friendly: Youth grade 12 and under, half-price with an adult. (Note change from "age 12 and under" last
season.)
Concert Hall
Come at 7:15 for a free artistic discussion on Grand Tier III.
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MASON HIGHLIGHTS
Other Mason events
 By Helen Ackerman, OLLI
E-News Staff Writer
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- Voice
Recital: Ann
Marie White. Sat, Oct 17, 7:00. St. George's United Methodist
Church, Fairfax. Free. For more information, call the Music Department,
703-993-1380.
- Women
Entrepreneurs
as Peacemakers: Panel Discussion. Meet with Dorothy Tuma,
President of the Women's Center for
Job Creation, Minnesota and Uganda; Marga C. Fripp, Art
Marketing Coach and President, Empowered
Women International, VA; and Barbara Moller, President of Paper to Pearls, VA. Tue, Oct 20,
4:30. Johnson Center, Room F. Free.
- Cinema
Series: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.
Fri, Oct 23, 6:00 and 9:00, Sat, Oct 24, 6:00 and 9:00, Sun, Oct 25,
3:00 and 6:00. Johnson Center, Cinema. Mason students w/ID, free; Mason
faculty and staff w/ID, $1; general public, $3.
- Concert:
Mason
Combined Chorale. Sun, Oct 25, 7:00. Providence Presbyterian
Church,
9019 Little River Turnpike, Fairfax. Free. Directions.
- Freedom
Without
Walls: Berlin Wall Photographs. Natasha Muller, a Mason art
history student, presents a collection of Library of Congress photos
from Look magazine of the
construction of the Berlin Wall. One of several events at Mason to
celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Mon, Oct
26, to Tue, Nov. 3. Johnson Center, Room 116. Free.
- Judaism,
Monotheism,
and the Political: Panel Discussion.
In this symposium, a panel of leading scholars of Jewish philosophy and
political thought will address the question of the relationship between
Judaic monotheism and the political. Wed, Oct 28, 3:00-5:30. Research
I, Room 163. Read more, including
backgrounds of the six panelists.
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COMING
ATTRACTIONS
Non-class events at OLLI for the next two
weeks
THE FOLLOWING LIST
covering
the
next two weeks is extracted for your
convenience from the master calendar maintained by the office, with
direct Web links added when available. See Upcoming
Non-Class Events to view the real-time OLLI online calendar used by
the office. Note: Board,
committee, resource-group and 'membership-type' meetings/events below
are highlighted
in bold. OLLI members are
welcome at all Board, committee and resource-group meetings (except
during executive sessions).
Fri Oct
16 9am
Recorder Lessons - TA-3
10am Drama Club - TA-3
10am Recorder Consort
- TA-2
11am Homer Group -
Social Room Annex
1pm Special Event
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F958, The
World’s 10 Greatest Ocean Liners - Tallwood
1pm Flu Shot Clinic -
TA-1 and Annex
Sat Oct 17
1pm
OLLI
PC Users Group
(OPCUG) - Tallwood
Tue Oct
20 11am
Knitting and Needlework Club
Wed Oct 21
1:45pm Bridge Club -
TA-3
2pm Special Event
- F959, It
Smiles Even in its Tears, Lecture - Tallwood
Thu Oct 22 1pm - Special Event - L970, Land
of the Midnight Sun - Loudoun
Fri
Oct 23 8am - Special Event - F960, It
Smiles Even in its Tears, Bus Trip
9am
Recorder Lessons - TA-3
9:30am Photography
Club - TA-1
10am Drama Club - TA-3
10am Recorder Consort
- TA-2
10am Special
Event
- R968, Concert
of Songs You Love - Lake Anne
10am Board of Directors
Retreat - ICAR
10:30am Classic
Fiction Book Club - Cascades Library
11am Homer Group -
Social Room Annex
Sat Oct
24 2pm - Special Event
- F961, Eugene
O'Neill's Ah, Wilderness!
- GMU
TheaterSpace
Tue Oct 27
11am
Knitting and Needlework
Club - Lake Anne Church
Wed Oct 28 12pm
Special Event - L971, Discussion
with Elderhostel - Loudoun
1:45pm Bridge Club -
TA-3
2pm Special
Event - F962,
Fall
Prevention - Tallwood
Fri Oct 30
9am
Recorder Lessons - TA-3
10am Drama Club - TA-3
10am Recorder Consort
- TA-2
10am Special Event - F963, The
Supreme Court - Bus Trip
11am Homer Group -
Social Room Annex
12:30pm Loudoun Let's Eat Out
- Time
and Location to be Announced
1pm Special Event
- F964, Tea
Seminar and Tasting - Tallwood
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About OLLI E-News and the
member/volunteers who
produce it
Rod
Zumbro
Editor |
John West
Deputy
Editor |
Barbara Kyriakakis
Associate
Editor |
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Review Team: Gordon Canyock,
Michael Coyne, Barbara Kyriakakis, John West, Susanne Zumbro
Database
Manager: Barbara
Kyriakakis; Photo
Editor: Michael Coyne
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- About
this newsletter. OLLI's
weekly newsletter, OLLI E-News,
is emailed to current
OLLI
members with email addresses on Fridays. When classes are in
session, printed copies of this newsletter are distributed in
classrooms. Comments,
suggestions or complaints? Please contact Editor Rod
Zumbro or Communications Committee Chair Gordon
Canyock.
- Submissions. We
encourage members
to submit news items, articles and photos for this newsletter. The deadline
to
the editor is 7:00 pm Wed (7:00 pm Mon for letters to the editor
for which an
OLLI response is appropriate) for that
week's issue; submissions earlier in
the week are strongly encouraged and greatly appreciated. Please
limit
articles to about 250 words. Submit material via email to Editor Rod
Zumbro
(email rzumbro@gmu.edu).
- Read the latest
issue early. The
new weekly issue of OLLI E-News
is posted to the OLLI Web site Thursday evening. Read it by visiting http://www.olli.gmu.edu/pubs.htm#enews,
where you will find a list of the last 12
issues; click the latest issue listed.
- Viewing or searching past
issues. Your options for finding items in past issues of OLLI E-News include viewing the last 12
issues; searching the content of
ALL issues for any word or words; and searching our
archive of all past issues by date or issue number.
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Updated: October 16, 2009
Copyright © 2009 Osher
Lifelong Learning Institute at
George Mason University. Materials in this publication subject to
OLLI-Mason copyright may be reproduced for noncommercial educational
purposes as long as credit is given to OLLI-Mason.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at George
Mason University, 4210 Roberts Rd., Fairfax, VA 22032-1028
Phone: (703) 503-3384; Email: olli@gmu.edu;
Fax: (703) 503-2832
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