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OLLI Spring 2023 Catalog
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Cover: Lester Boronda  
Departure of the Wedding Party

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Bonapartes in America | Livestream Zoom
Mondays, Mar. 20, 27; Apr. 3 *1:00 - 2:30pm* (3 sessions)

C.S. Lewis: Surprised by Joy | In Person (Closed)
Tuesdays, May 2, 9, 16 *3:00 - 5:00pm* (3 sessions)

Cardmaking | In Person (Closed)
Monday, May 15 *10:00 - 1:00pm* (1 session)

Charles Ponzi | Gentrain MPC
Wednesday, Apr. 5 *1:30 – 2:30 p.m.* (1 session)

Covering Dylan | In Person
Tuesdays, Apr. 11, 18, 25 *10:00am - noon* (3 sessions)

Dawn of Modernism: Armory Show of 1913 | In Person
Wednesdays, Mar. 29; Apr. 5 *1:00 - 3:00pm* (2 sessions)

Economics with David R. Henderson | In Person *NEW DATES: MAY 10 & 17*
New Dates: May 10, 17 *1:00 - 2:30pm* (2 sessions)

Equine Healing | EHC (Group A *10:00 - 11:30am*) (Closed)
Monday, May 1 *10:00 - 11:30am* (1 session)

Equine Healing | EHC (Group B *1:00 - 2:30pm*) (Closed)
Monday, May 1 *1:00 - 2:30pm* (1 session)

Expedition Isla del Coco: Reef Fish Behavior | In Person
Wednesday, Apr. 19 *3:30 - 5:00pm* (1 session)

Exploring Goldberg Variations | Livestream Zoom + Recorded
Thursday, May 18 *10:00 - 11:30am* (1 session)

Extremism in Film | In Person (Closed)
Tuesdays, Apr. 4, 11, 18, 25 *2:00 - 5:00pm* (4 sessions)

Films of Jim Jarmusch | Livestream Zoom
Thursdays, Apr. 6, 13, 20, 27 *3:00 - 4:30pm* (4 sessions)

From Photon to Fork: Ocean Biology from Space | In Person
Tuesday, Apr. 4 *10:00 - 11:30am* (1 session)

Garden History of Monterey | Ryan Ranch + Offsite (Closed)
Thursdays, Apr. 20, 27 *10:00am - noon* (2 sessions)

Global Jihad: A Brief History | In Person
Thursday, Apr. 13 *1:00 - 2:30pm* (1 session)

Great Decisions Discussion Group | Livestream Zoom
Tuesdays, Feb. 7, 21, 28; Mar. 7, 14, 21, 28; Apr. 4 *3:30 - 5:30pm* (8 sessions)

Human Microbiome | Livestream Zoom + Recorded *NEW DATE: MAY 30*
New Date/New Single Session: Tuesday, May 30 *1:00-3:00pm* (1 session)

Meetings with Even More Masterpieces | Livestream Zoom + Recorded
Tuesdays, May 16, 23, 30 *10:00 - 11:30am* (3 sessions)

Ocean in a Drop: Genomic Methods | Livestream Zoom + Recorded
Wednesday, Apr. 12 *1:00 - 2:30pm* (1 session)

OLLI Glee Club | Zoom + In Person *DATE CHANGE: APR. 21*
New April Date: Fridays, Feb. 10; Mar. 10; Apr. 21; May 12 *2:00 - 3:30pm* (4 sessions)

Peter Watts' "Blindsight" | In Person
Wednesdays, Apr. 5, 12, 19, 26 *10:00am - noon* (4 sessions)

Plein Air Writing Practice | Offsite *NEW DATE: JUN 14* (Closed)
Please note revised dates: Wednesdays, Mar. 8; Apr. 12; May 10; Jun 14 *10:00am - noon* (4 sessions)

Poetry and Art | In Person
Thursdays, Apr. 6, 13 *10:00am - noon* (2 sessions)

Railroad Museum Tour | MSVRR, Salinas [Small Group 25] (Closed)
Wednesday, Apr. 19 *11:00am - 1:00pm* (1 session)

Samuel Barber | In Person
Wednesdays, Apr. 19, 26; May 3 *1:00 - 3:00pm* (3 sessions)

Seeing from the Heart: Singular Vision of Martha Casanave | Ryan Ranch + CPA
Thursdays, May 18, 25 *1:00 - 3:00pm* (2 sessions)

Seventeeth Century: Birth of the Modern Mind | In Person
Mondays, Apr. 10, 17, 24; May 1 *3:30 - 5:00pm* (4 sessions)

Tackling Tough Ones: Gerald Murnane | In Person
Fridays, Mar. 31; Apr. 7, 14, 21, 28; May 5 *10:30am - 12:30pm* (6 sessions)

Taking Sides with Dr. Bell | Livestream Zoom + Recorded *NEW DATES: APR. 21 & 28*
New Dates: Fridays, Apr. 21, 28 *4:00 - 5:15pm* (2 sessions)

Western Flyer: Literary History Heads Back to Sea | Gentrain MPC
Wednesday, May 3 *1:30 – 2:30 p.m.* (1 session)

Women Remaking America | In Person
Fridays, Mar. 17, 24, 31 *1:00 - 3:00pm* (3 sessions)

Write the Morning Away | In-Person
Saturdays, Feb. 18; Mar. 18; Apr. 15; May 20 *9:30am - 12:30pm* (4 sessions)

Write Your Voice Open | In Person
Monday, Apr. 3 *9:30am - 12:30pm* (1 session)

[Past Event] Black Death: Mother of All Pandemics | In Person
New Dates: Tuesday, Mar. 28 and Thursday, Mar. 30 *3:00 - 5:00 p.m.*

[Past Event] Brit Bennett Fiction with Dr. Renee Curry | Livestream Zoom
Fridays, Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24; Mar. 3, 10 *10:00 am - noon* (6 sessions)

[Past Event] Collecting Ourselves | Locations Vary
Wednesdays, Mar. 15, 22, 29 *10:00am - noon* (3 sessions)

[Past Event] Conversations with Artists | Livestream Zoom + Recorded
Thursdays, Feb. 9, 16, 23 *10:00am - 11:30am* (3 sessions)

[Past Event] Daughters of Smoke and Fire | In Person
Wednesday, Mar. 29 *3:30 - 5:00pm* (1 session)

[Past Event] Elkhorn Slough Safari | Moss Landing
Thursday, Feb. 2 *1:00 - 2:00pm* (1 session)

[Past Event] Elkhorn Slough Safari | Moss Landing
New Date: Friday, Feb. 3 *2:30 - 4:30pm* (1 session)

[Past Event] Evolution of Blues – Part III | In-Person
Tuesdays, Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28 *10:00am - noon* (4 sessions)

[Past Event] Films of Mike Leigh | In Person
Tuesdays, Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28 *1:00 - 4:30pm* (4 sessions)

[Past Event] Hearing the Lives of Oceanic Giants | In Person
Tuesday, Mar. 28 *1:00 - 2:30pm* (1 session)

[Past Event] Here's... Johnny! | Livestream Zoom
Thursdays, Mar. 16, 23, 30 *10:00 - 11:30am* (3 sessions)

[Past Event] History of Animation | Livestream Zoom
Wednesdays, Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22 *4:00 - 5:30pm* (4 sessions)

[Past Event] Homage to Ukraine | Livestream Zoom
Tuesdays/Thursdays, Mar. 2, 7, 9, 14 *10:00am - noon* (4 sessions)

[Past Event] International Crime Fiction: Japan | Livestream Zoom
Thursdays, Mar. 2, 9, 16, 23 *1:00 - 2:30pm* (4 sessions)

[Past Event] Interview with Elmarie Dyke – A Staged Reading | Gentrain MPC
Wednesday, Mar. 1 *1:30 – 2:30 p.m.* (1 session)

[Past Event] Landscape Architecture | Livestream Zoom
Wednesdays, Mar. 1, 8, 15, 22 *1:00 - 3:00pm* (4 sessions)

[Past Event] Maritime Chronicles | In Person
Tuesdays, Mar. 21, 28 *10:00am - noon* (2 sessions)

[Past Event] Masters in Glass: Tiffany and La Farge | Livestream Zoom
Wednesday, Feb. 15 *1:00 - 2:30pm* (1 session)

[Past Event] Motown: Sound of Young America (Part 2) | Livestream Zoom
Mondays, Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27; Mar. 6, 13 *10:00am - noon* (6 sessions)

[Past Event] Religion and America's Founders | Livestream Zoom + Recorded
Thursdays, Mar. 2, 9, 16, 23 *3:30 - 5:00pm* (4 sessions)

[Past Event] Russian Revolution | Livestream Zoom + Recorded
Mondays, Feb. 20, 27; Mar. 6, 13 *3:30 - 5:00pm* (4 sessions)

[Past Event] Sea of Cortez and the Western Flyer | Livestream Zoom + Field
Wednesdays, Feb. 1, 8, 22; Mar. 1, 8 *10:00 am - noon* (5 sessions + optional field trip)

[Past Event] Shakespeare's "Cymbeline" | In-Person
Thursdays, Feb. 9, 16, 23 *1:00 - 3:30pm* (3 sessions)

[Past Event] Visualizing Science | Gentrain MPC
Wednesday, Feb. 1 *1:30 – 2:30 p.m.* (1 session)