In 2021, OLLI celebrates its 30th year of classes for seniors. This feature provides fun facts and interesting milestones about our institute each week that E-News is published throughout the first half of this year.
July 2
Learning in Retirement (LRI) had been publishing both the LRI Notices and the newsletter LRI Times. Because of the confusion in the names, the title for the newsletter was changed to the Tallwood Times beginning in 1997.
Grab ‘n’ Gab Coffee Klatch on July 9: Let's Celebrate Independence Day
By Toni Acton, Member Services Committee Chair
Join your OLLI friends at the Grab ‘n’ Gab Coffee Klatch on Friday, July 9, from 10:00 to 11:30 to celebrate Independence Day! Share your memories of July 4th celebrations in the past. How did you celebrate this year? See how much you know with our July 4th Trivia Contest. Register for Event #1101 via the member portal or contact the registrar at ollireg@gmu.edu
Calmness could have been the name of this
anonymous small oil painting, the cow not only
distant but indistinct, her grazing form
belonging to the field, blending with the
rough grass along the stream and a hazy
light descending through old trees.
It might be good to spend a summer afternoon
within its frame, seated on a low rock,
inconspicuous and almost out of sight.
Or wandering along the other side of the stream,
a small figure in brown unnoticed by the cow,
blending and belonging, also anonymous.
Virtual Performances
Although Mason’s Fairfax campus is shut down, online entertainment and events at the Hylton Center continue for us to access and enjoy. Dr. Linda Apple Monson produces a periodic “Notes from the Director.” This email is full of interesting online performances by the students and faculty of the School of Music. If you would like to receive these bulletins, just send an email to Brianna Schoen atbschoen@gmu.edu. Also, the Center for the Arts has a website,Mason Arts at Home, which has a calendar of online events and access to many past performances.
All Mason Arts & Music events are postponed until September.
Please note: Physical meetings for clubs and activities are canceled until further notice in accordance with Mason’s guidelines. OLLI is conducting its classes and activities online. Refer to the university's coronavirus website for official university updates and check the OLLI calendar for revised information.
The following list covering the next two weeks is extracted for your convenience from the master online calendar maintained by the office. The list is accurate as of mid-week but for the most up-to-date information, please view the latest forecast of coming events on our website (News/OLLI Calendar). Note: All OLLI members are welcome at, and encouraged to attend, meetings of the Board of Directors, committees and resource groups, kick-off coffees, etc. (bolded below). The OLLI office has sent (or will send) emails with links and meeting passwords to club members; you may also log in at the member portal and click on ZOOM CLASS LINKS.
Sat Jul 3
10:30 am
Tai Chi Club
Tue Jul 6
4:30 pm
Tai Chi Club
Wed Jul 7
4:00 pm
Mah Jongg Club
Thu Jul 8
12:15 pm
4:30 pm
Special Events Program Planning Group Meeting
Tai Chi Club
Fri Jul 9
9:30 am
9:30 am
10:00 am
11:00 am
11:30 am
2:30 pm
Photography Club
Craft and Conversation
Coffee Klatch: Independence Day Coffee and Trivia
Homer, etc.
Cooking Club
Tallwood Book Club
Sat Jul 10
10:30 am
Tai Chi Club
Tue Jul 13
4:30 pm
Tai Chi Club
Wed Jul 14
2:00 pm
Memoir and More Writing Group
Thu Jul 15
4:30 pm
Tai Chi Club
Fri Jul 16
9:30 am
10:00 am
11:00 am
Craft and Conversation Board of Directors Meeting
Homer, etc.
OLLI E-News was created by Rod Zumbro, who served as its editor from 2005 to 2013.
Chief Editor: Paul Van Hemel
Associate Editor: David Gundry
Weekly Editor Team: David Gundry, John Nash, Sheri Siesseger, Paul Van Hemel Proofreaders: Rebecca Jann, Susan Van Hemel, Tom Appich, Roz Stark, Jane Hassell
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