Hello Folks,
The fall session of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) will begin next week, on Wednesday, September 14. Our talks are always on Wednesday, always at 1:30 to about 3:00 (except the films), sometimes in Montpelier, sometimes in Barre. For those of you who are not familiar with OLLI, it is a nationwide organization which offers seniors (although anyone of any age is welcome to participate) weekly lectures on various topics. In Vermont, we have 8 OLLI chapters, with the main office situated at UVM in Burlington. I will list our program below. Folks are welcome to become a member or to just come to any of the talks that interest you. Membership is $40 ($20 for first-time members). Individual talks are at $5 suggested donation. For more information, email me, call 479-2602, or go to: www.learn.uvm.edu/osher.

September 14: Author M.T. Anderson ''Symphony for the City of the Dead:'' Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad''
Barre Aldrich Library
September 21: Musician/Conductor Lou Kosma ''Arts and the Community'' Barre Aldrich Library
September 28: Field trip, Barre Granite Museum, guided by Exec. Dir. Scott McLaughlin
7 Jones Brothers Way, Barre
October 5: Political Columnist Jon Margolis '' 2016 Politics or Is This the End of the World as We Know It?''
Noble Hall, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier
October 12: Librarian/Bookseller George Spaulding ''Mysteries: Why we Read 'Em and Who We Ought to Read''
Montpelier Senior Activity Center (MSAC)
October 19: Mathematician Bob Rosenfeld ''Polls, Politics, and Probabilities''
MSAC
October 26: Neurologist Robert Hamill, M.D. ''The Brain: How Does It Work and How Can We Preserve It?''
MSAC
November 2: Children's Author Leda Schubert ''Valentia to Heart's Content: The Story of the Transatlantic Telegraph
Cable'' MSAC
November 9: Astronomer Bobby Farlice-Rubio ''Lives of the Stars!''
Barre Aldrich Library
November 16: Trekker Reidun Nuquist ''Green Mountain Girls: Women of the Long Trail''
Barre Aldrich Library
November 30: Film (theme: everyday life in Northern Ireland during the violence-filled period known as ''The Troubles'')
''The Boxer'' Savoy Theatre 12:30-2:30
December 7: Film (same theme) ''Some Mother's Son''
Savoy Theatre 12:30-2:30
December 14: Film (same theme) ''Bloody Sunday''
Savoy Theatre 12:30-2:30

I will also send out a weekly reminder before each presentation.

Thanks! Hope to see you at any or all of our talks!