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OLLI
E-News #7-09 of February 20, 2009
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ARTICLES FOR OLLI E-NEWS. Backup Editor John West will be
editing the NEXT TWO
issues (Feb 27 and Mar 6).
Please submit all material for these issues to John via email.
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OLLI COMPUTER CLUB meets
tomorrow (Sat, Feb 21), 12:30-3:30, Tallwood. Read more.
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SPRING REGISTRATION is
Mon,
Feb 23, through Wed, Mar 4. From 10:00-12:00 staff will explain and
help you with the online registration system: Mon, Feb
23, Lake Anne Church; Tue, Feb 24, Loudoun; and Wed,
Feb 25, Tallwood. No need to sign up, just come and learn.
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CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR.
Member Ruta Sevo contributed a story in a new anthology, My Words Are Gonna Linger: The Art of
Personal History. For an excerpt and photo, click
here.
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS: FRI, FEB 20, 2009 Read
about OLLI E-News
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ARTICLES AND NOTICES
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> SOMETHING NEW FOR
PROSPECTIVE MEMBERS. From
the
executive director. By
Thom
Clement
> MAKE-UP
CLASSES.
List repeated this week, with two changes, as a reminder.
> A BUSHEL AND A PINT.
Valentine's Day party:
performance, fellowship,
caloric excess. By
Elizabeth Crawford
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PHOTO
OF THE
MONTH. Selected by the OLLI Photography Club.
> MEET NEW PEOPLE, HAVE FUN & HELP OLLI.
Your help is needed for the May 8
Silent Auction. By
John
Woods
> RERUNNING
OF A LEGENDARY COURSE. "Photographing
the Cold War." By
Michael Coyne
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| DEPARTMENTS |
> KEY
CONTACT INFORMATION.
How to contact OLLI.
> MASON
ARTS AND MUSIC. Upcoming Mason
performances. By
Jan
Bohall
> MASON
HIGHLIGHTS. Other Mason events. By
Barbara Kyriakakis
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COMING
ATTRACTIONS. Non-class events at OLLI for the next two weeks.
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SOMETHING NEW FOR PROSPECTIVE MEMBERS
From the executive
director
YOU
MAY HAVE NOTICED ON OUR WEB SITE or
in last week’s OLLI E-News
that we have a new option for people who are considering joining OLLI.
For a special introductory rate of $150, new members can register for
an unlimited number of courses at any of the three OLLI locations
during the spring 2009 term. During this time, these individuals will
enjoy all of the privileges of OLLI membership. Of course, we hope that
each of them will agree that OLLI is a great bargain … Where else can
you enjoy the collegial atmosphere of so many people who want to
participate just for the sheer joy of learning?
In order to continue membership, these new
members will just need to pay $250, which allows them full membership
for the next three terms – summer 2009, fall 2009, and winter 2010.
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As a reminder, OLLI has had a long-standing
policy of allowing prospective members to attend two classes (or club
activities) in consecutive weeks at no charge. Following that period,
the individuals must become OLLI members in order to continue
participation. Individuals who are interested in this opportunity
should contact the OLLI office to determine if there is space available
in the class(es) that they are interested in visiting. |
If you are a
current member of OLLI, why not contact some of your friends and
neighbors and let them know about these options for prospective members?
And while you’re at it, give them a copy of our wonderful spring
catalog! Extra copies are available in the OLLI office as well as at
OLLI/Reston and OLLI/Loudoun.
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MAKE-UP CLASSES
List repeated this week, with two changes,
as a reminder
HERE IS
THE LIST OF MAKE-UP CLASSES to be held next week. Note
that one class previously scheduled has been canceled, and another
class not mentioned last
week has been added.
FAIRFAX/TALLWOOD
9:30 Mon, Feb 23
F801 – Emergency Management
F601 – Plato's Republic
9:30
Tue, Feb
24
F201 – Tax Preparation
F402 – Alias Grace
F503 – Conversational Spanish
F202 – International Trade
11:30
Tue, Feb
24
F703 – Intelligence Failures
F403 – Poetry Workshop
2:00
Tue, Feb
24
F101 – Ballroom Dancing
F303 – Royalist Virginia
F802 – Chesapeake Bay
 Make-up class canceled (instructor accident)
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9:30
Wed, Feb
25
F203 – Portfolio Construction
F304 – NPS Potpourri
F404 – Playwriting Workshop
11:30
Wed, Feb
25
F204 – Investment Forum
F305 – Famous Trials
2:00
Wed, Feb
25
951 – Special Event: Aging in Place
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RESTON/LAKE ANNE
9:30 Tue, Feb 24
R308 – Nomads
R904 – Genealogy
11:30
Tue, Feb
24
R309 – Famous Trials
2:00
Tue, Feb
24
R206 – Identity Theft
R603 – Philosophy as a Guide to Living
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11:30
Wed, Feb
25
R410 – Literary Roundtable
LOUDOUN/STERLING
10:30 Mon, Feb 23
L311 – George Marshall
(meets at Dodona Manor)
1:00
Tue, Feb
24
L412 – History of Reading
10:30
Wed, Feb
25
L207 – Financial Planning
L906 – Understanding Sports
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Contributed by Tallwood Administrator/OLLI Registrar Maria Buczek.
A BUSHEL AND A PINT
Valentine's Day party: performance,
fellowship, caloric excess
 By Elizabeth
Crawford, OLLI E-News
Staff Writer
Talent
show scenes:
Top
left, clown Carolyn Sanders, M.C. Manny Pablo, event organizer Debbie
Halverson; top right, winner of the candy counting, Charles Russo;
middle left, pianist/singer Thom Clement; middle right, singer Harriet
Kaplan; bottom left, actors Gordon Canyock and Susanne Zumbro; bottom
right, recorder player Norm Rosenberg. Photos by Gordon Canyock (photo of Gordon
& Susanne by Rod Zumbro).
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THIS YEAR AT
OLLI, FRIDAY THE 13TH WAS A LUCKY DAY for members who
appreciate performance, fellowship, and caloric excess. Thanks go to
the Membership Committee, especially Chairperson Debbie Halverson, who
recruited musicians, poets, actors, and singers for the Valentine's Day
Ice Cream Social and Variety Show. Committee members decorated the
annex and TA-1 in red, provided a wandering clown (Carolyn Sanders) to
hand out candy kisses, and served pints, quarts, and gallons of ice
cream, sauces, and too many toppings to count.
For the first hour, 75 participants ate and
socialized in a crowded but festive TA-1. Then, following a few remarks
from President Pat Carroll, the Recorder Consort opened with several
spirited selections. Jack Underhill and Mike McNamara read their love
poems, including a couple addressed to their wives, a reminder to all
of the blessing of enduring love. George Ewing coaxed a mellow sound
out of his harmonica, and Norm Rosenberg showed that klezmer music can
be played on the recorder. Harriet Kaplan sang a charming rendition of
"Summertime" and led the group in the chorus of "Molly Malone." Newly
discovered talent Thom Clement played the piano and sang "Let Me Be," a
spoof on the demands of his job as our executive director.
To view Dan Feighery's superb collage
full size, please
visit this page.
OLLI
thespians can be expected to enliven any
gathering and did not disappoint. In the short comedy, Fear of Flying, a long-suffering
wife (Susanne Zumbro) eventually persuaded her blustering husband
(Gordon Canyock) to do what she wanted him to do in the first place.
Later, in a new interpretation of Shakespeare, a dashing but very short
Romeo (Thelma Weiner) and a lovely but very tall Juliet (Mike McNamara)
tried to embrace, giving new meaning to the words, "Romeo, Romeo,
wherefore art thou, Romeo?"
In addition, a photographer was present to
take Valentine photos of couples and friends. For most closely guessing
the number of candies in a jar, Charles Russo won a Snoopy doll holding
a Valentine heart. Donations of pocket change were collected to be sent
to the American Heart Association. Our emcee, Manny King Pablo, master
of lip-synchronized "Unforgettable" and "When I Fall in Love,"
commented at the close on all the OLLI talents that had been hiding
under (bushel) baskets. The audience at the Valentine's Day celebration
was delighted to see their bright lights.
PHOTO
OF THE
MONTH
Selected by the OLLI Photography Club
"We're Too Old For This," by Ernestine Meyer.
THE
ORIGINAL LARGE PHOTO MAY BE VIEWED
on this
page
of the club's Web site.
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 MEET NEW PEOPLE, HAVE
FUN & HELP OLLI
Your help is needed for the May 8 Silent
Auction
By John Woods, Development Committee Chair
THE
MAJOR REVENUE-GENERATING EVENT for
the Friends of OLLI Fund is the Silent Auction. Friends of OLLI funds
provide improvements to our equipment and furniture and scholarships
for needy Mason students as well as other items. Last
year’s Silent Auction was a fun
social event which brought in roughly $3,000 at Tallwood and $550 at
Reston for the Friends of OLLI Fund.
This year the Silent
Auction, combined again with OLLI's Annual
Membership Meeting and a picnic, will be held
on Fri, May 8. We need your
help to make this year’s Silent
Auction a success.
Specifically, we need volunteers who will help
us--
- Process
the contributions given by members.
- Contact
outside organizations to request
contributions.
- Accept
the contributions and do the needed
processing the day before the auction.
- Set
up the room, including placement of tables
and donated items.
- Oversee
the items and answer questions during
the auction.
- Assist
in the check out process.
The
volunteers last year met
new OLLI members and had a lot of fun helping make the auction a
success. We need more volunteers this year. We
hope you will come to our Silent Auction organizing
meeting at Tallwood
next Thu, Feb
26, at 1:00 when we will set up teams to work
on the auction. You can also share your experiences
with
similar activities and suggest ways to make our auction
more effective and efficient. See you on the 26th!
"Photographing the Cold War"
 By Michael
Coyne, OLLI Webmaster
IN AN
OLLI E-NEWS ARTICLE LAST NOVEMBER, Program Committee Chair
Kathryn Russell invited OLLI members "to provide input regarding
courses you'd like to see repeated." She listed a number of reasons
members might have missed a course when it was originally presented.
One reason she didn't mention was that you might not even have been a
member of OLLI at the time.
Such would be the case for possibly over half
of all Tallwood and Reston members depending on when the original class
was held. Rerunning a legendary Tallwood or Reston course at Loudoun
would certainly be of interest to all OLLI members who have joined
since then. But they would need to know that the course is being redone.
In that spirit I would like to call the
attention of Tallwood and Reston members to a rerunning of Garrett
Cochran's course on three spy-satellite photographic programs the
government ran during the cold war. These programs were extremely
expensive, technically advanced, and made an immense contribution to
U.S. intelligence. Garry's course, "Photographing the Cold War," will
be presented again at Loudoun during the spring term. Garry says he has
reorganized the four-session lecture he first presented in the fall of
2005 to include additional information.
Check the spring catalog here
for the course description and look for course L805 when you register.
Remember, it is a free course for full OLLI members.
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: Pat Carroll
- 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
(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
MASON ARTS AND
MUSIC
Upcoming Mason performances, Feb 20-Mar 1
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.
L.A. Theatre Works
The
Great Tennessee Monkey
Trial
Fri, Feb 20, 8:00
America’s foremost radio theater company brings us the debate of
evolution vs. creationism, which grew from John Scopes’ teaching of
evolution in the classroom, a challenge to Tennessee law in 1925. Ed
Asner starred in the original stage play as William Jennings Bryan with
John de Lancie as Clarence Darrow. Transcripts from the original trial
are used in this production.
Admission: $38, $30, $19
Concert Hall
Come at 7:15 for a free artistic discussion on Grand Tier III.
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Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra
Sat, Feb 21, 8:00
This Washington, D.C.,-based orchestra will feature traditional jazz by
Duke Ellington, Count Basie and other jazz greats. Jim Carroll, the
group’s artistic director, is also director of jazz studies at George
Mason, and has performed at Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall and the
White House with groups like Woody Herman’s Thundering Herd, The
Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra and the Stan Kenton Orchestra.
Admission: $38, $30, $19
Family Friendly: Children 12 and under, half price with an adult
Concert Hall
Come at 7:15 for a free artistic discussion on Grand Tier III.
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DRUMLine Live
Sun, Feb 22, 7:00
The
hit movie DRUMLine first brought to our attention the percussion-driven
performance of this group. The program will include music from popular
brass-based groups like Earth, Wind and Fire and Tower of Power, as
well as hip-hop and R&B groups, bringing music of marching bands to
the theatrical stage.
Admission: $44, $36, $22
Family Friendly: Children 12 and under, half price with an adult.
Concert Hall
Come at 6:15 for a free artistic discussion on Grand Tier III.
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GMU Wind Symphony & Symphonic Band
Winter Concert
Tue, Feb 24, 8:00
Admission: $10 senior/student, $15 other adult
Concert Hall |
GMU Players #2
Last
Days of Judas Iscariot
Written
by Stephen Adly
Guirgis
Directed
by Heather
McDonald
Thu, Feb 26, 8:00
Fri, Feb 27, 8:00
Sat, Feb 28, 2:00 & 8:00
Sun, Mar 1, 2:00
In
this satirical courtroom drama set in downtown New York City, attorneys
argue whether Judas should be admitted into heaven, calling such
witnesses as Mother Teresa, Sigmund Freud and Satan.
Admission: $6 senior/student, $12 other adult
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Parsons Dance
Sat, Feb 28, 8:00
This dazzling New York City company, with David Parsons as
choreographer, performs contemporary American dance with extraordinary
artistry and uplifting spirit.
Admission: $44, $36, $22
Concert Hall
Come at 7:15 for a free artistic discussion on Grand Tier III. |
United States Army Concert Band
"Pershing’s
Own"
COL
Thomas Rotondi, Jr.,
conducting
With
special guest
conductor Tony Maiello
SFC
Leigh Ann Hinton,
vocal soloist & announcing
Sun, Mar 1, 3:00
After Intermission, for the final three selections on the program, the
band will be joined on stage by students from the GMU Music Department.
Admission: Free, no tickets required
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Other Mason events
 By Barbara Kyriakakis, OLLI
E-News Staff Writer
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• Cinema
Series – Twilight – Fri, Feb. 20 and
Sat, Feb. 21, 6:00 and 9:00; Sun, Feb 22, 3:00 and 6:00, JC Cinema; Goldfinger – Thu, Mar 5, 6:00
and 9:00, JC Cinema. $1.00 with Mason ID.
• Post-Socialist
Film Series from China, Eastern Europe and Russia – Blind Shaft (Mang jing).
Mandarin with subtitles. Deals with the brutal social realities
associated with China’s coal mining industry. Free. Tue, Feb 24, 7:00,
SUB II, Front Ballroom. Good Bye Lenin! German with
subtitles. A comedy about the collapse of socialism in East Germany.
Free. Tue, Mar 3, 7:00, SUB II, Rooms 1-2.
• Energy
Roundtable Series – "Earth, Wind and Fire: Powering the Future."
Panelists will focus on renewable energy. Wed, Feb 25, 7:00, 163
Research I.
• Top
That – Waffle Day 2009 – Sing-a-longs, games and waffles
with toppings of your choice. Mon, Mar 2, 11:30 to 12:30, Johnson
Center, Dewberry Hall. Free.
• Astronomy Observing Session –
Wed, Mar 4, 7:00, Research I Observatory.
• Center
for Health Policy Research and Ethics Research Seminar Series –
"Caregiving and Justice in the Context of Globalization," presented by
Lisa Eckenwiler, Director of Healthcare Ethics, Center for Health
Policy Research and Ethics. Flyer
(pdf). Wed, Mar 4, 12:00 to 1:30, SUB I, Rooms A-B.
• Faculty
Artist Series – Kelly Ker-Hackleman, piano. Free. Wed, Mar 4,
8:00, Harris Theater.
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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 (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).
Friday
Feb 20 Winter Term Ends
(except for makeup classes)
10am
Recorder Club - TA-2
10am Drama
Club - TA-3
10am Board of Directors
Meeting - TA-1
11am Homer
Group - Social Room Annex
12noon Reston Member
Meeting - Reston Community Center
1:30pm
OLLI Players Performance - TA-3
2pm
Special Event - 958 Sailing into History - TA-1
2pm Philosophy, Religion
& Ethics Resource Group Meeting - Annex
Saturday Feb 21
12:30pm OLLI Personal Computer User Group - Tallwood
Monday
Feb 23 Spring Registration
Begins
10am Science, Technology
& Health Resource Group Meeting - TA-2
Tuesday
Feb 24 2pm Art & Music Resource
Group Meeting - Annex
Wednesday Feb 25
10am Investment Forum - TA-1
1pm OLLI
Players - Annex
1:30pm
Bridge Club - TA-3
1:30pm Literature, Language
& Theater Resource Group Meeting - TA-2
Thursday Feb 26
10am Registration System
Meeting - TA-1
1pm Silent
Auction Planning Meeting - TA-1
Friday Feb 27
9:30am Photography Club - TA-1
10am Planning Committee
Meeting - Social Room
10am
Recorder Club - TA-2
10am Drama
Club - TA-3
10:30am
Classic Fiction Book Club - Cascades Library
11am Homer
Group - Social Room Annex
12:30pm
Loudoun Let’s Eat Out - The Dock at Lansdowne
Tuesday Mar 3
11am Fiction Writers Club - Kings Park Library
Wednesday
Mar 4 Spring Registration Ends
10am
Investment Forum - TA-2
10am
History Club - TA-1
10am
Bridge Club - TA-3
10am Special Events
Resource Group Meeting - TA-2
1pm OLLI
Players Practice- Annex
Thursday
Mar 5 10am Communications Committee
Meeting - Annex
Friday Mar 6 10am
Recorder Club - TA-2
10am Drama
Club - TA-3
11am Homer
Group - Social Room Annex
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Rod
Zumbro
Editor
Karen
Hamilton
Deputy
Editor
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About this newsletter. OLLI's weekly newsletter, OLLI E-News, is emailed to OLLI
members with email addresses on Fridays. When classes are in
session, printed copies of this newsletter are distributed in
classrooms, primarily for members without email. 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; earlier submissions are 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, and clicking 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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Editorial
Staff
Backup Editor
John West
Database
Manager
Barbara Kyriakakis
Photo Editor
Michael Coyne |
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Updated: February 20, 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.
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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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