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REMIMDERS

Wagner Ring Cycle

The first program in the Meadowbrook Mall offering of the Metropolitan Opera’s Ring Cycle will be Monday evening, May 7, at 6:30 p.m. in the Cinemark: Wagner’s Dream, a documentary about the Met’s total production. The Mall is located just off I-79 on Exit 121 (Bridgeport).

Carpooling

If anyone is interested in carpooling for this event, speak with Nancy in the office.

Fallingwater/Kentuck Knob

There is still a little space available for this trip on May 22. Call Nancy if you would like to go along.

Lewisburg/Greenbrier Trip

There is also still room on the bus to Lewisburg on May 4th and 5th. Call Nancy quickly if you are interested!


COMMUNITY EVENTS

Walk for Alzheimer’s

The local Alzheimer’s Association is sponsoring a Walk to End Alzheimer’s on this Sunday, April 29, at the WVU Coliseum. Registration is at 1:00 p.m. and the 2.5 mile walk begins at 2:00 p.m. For more information, call Pam Shriver at (304) 599-1159.

"Abduction from the Seraglio”

The bus for Pittsburgh for this opera at the Benedum Theater will leave from the Coliseum Blue Gate at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 6.


Chat 'N' Chew Every Month!
Attention Members and Non-Members

OLLI would like to invite you to Chat n Chew, a monthly get-together for individuals who would enjoy participating in good conversation with good friends.  Topics for discussion may include current local, regional or national issues or anything which interest CHAT n' CHEW participants.  The only requirement you must have an opinion (and you know what they say, everyone has one!).

WHERE: Shoneys, Monongahela Blvd., Morgantown, WV.
WHEN:  9:00 a.m., First Monday of each month.


Participants may purchase what they wish from the menu.  Shoneys does not approve of bringing  food or drink into the restaurant.
 
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at WVU, Center on Aging (OLLI at WVU) is a membership organization open to anyone age 50 or older regardless of educational background. It was founded in 1993.

Our goal is to provide intellectually stimulating classes and discussions with our peers along with an opportunity for social and recreational activities such as field trips to environmental and historic sites and for appreciation and study of the arts.


See the 2012 Spring Term Courses:

  1. Classroom A/V Training Course
  1. Flatwater Kayak Seminar/Trip
  2. Mah Jong
  3. Paying for Long Term Care
  4. Gothic Cathedrals
  5. New Yorker Discussion Group
  6. Yoga
  7. Mississippi Steamers
  8. How Can We Conserve?
  9. 21st Century Investing
  10. How to Complain Effectively
  11. Medical School 101
  12. WV and Dunmore's War
  13. Writing Poetry
  14. Basic Computing
  15. Tony Kushner and Angela
  16. Indian Removal
  17. Eugene O'Neill
  18. Introduction to Watercolor
  1. From Mt. Everest
  2. Interesting Places to Visit
  3. Rock and Roll II
  4. The Horizontal Well Act
  5. What's in a Name?
  6. Singing with Accompaniment
  7. Space, The Final Frontier
  8. Shaping and Transforming Loss
  9. Basic Estate Planning
  10. Morgantown's Soil "Food" Web
  11. WV Botanic Garden
  12. Writing Retreat
  13. The Organs of Morgantown
  14. The Sounds of English
  15. Personal and Family History
  16. Roots - Mini Series
  17. The Arab Spring 2011-2012
  18. Digital Photography
  19. The Aging Eye
  20. The Stars Come Out at Night

Upcoming 2012 Trips:

   
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