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Fridays
Sept. 25–Nov. 13 (no meeting on Nov. 6) 11:00–12:30
Online 

Coordinator: Bob Zener                                    703-237-0492
This club was formed to discuss great works of world literature. For the fall term, we will focus on two novels by Virginia Woolf: Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse. We will supplement our reading with Michael Cunningham’s novel The Hours (a modern version of Mrs. Dalloway), and a viewing of the film version of Cunningham’s novel, starring Meryl Streep.

The Zoom link for online clubs meetings can be found under zoom links page in the member portal and the Daily Schedule email.

Tuesdays (out of term)

9:30–12:00
Coordinator: Sue Goldstein     ms.goldstein@verizon.net

All artists, whether you use pencil, ink, pastels, charcoal, or paint, are welcome to finish or to start pictures. The group consists of OLLI members at all skill levels. Join us!

The Zoom link for online clubs meetings can be found under zoom links page in the member portal and the Daily Schedule email.

 

Thursdays
Nov. 12,  4:00
Online 

Coordinators: Luci Martel          martel28@gmail.com
                          Nancy Scheeler      nscheeler@verizon.net
This is a book discussion club for OLLI members who find it convenient to meet on the OLLI Reston campus. Our focus is on serious contemporary fiction. We look for good novels on the long lists, short lists, and winner lists of the US National Book Award and the UK Man Booker prize and other major prizes. Our September book will be Exit West by Pakistani writer Mohsin Hamid, a novel that was short-listed for the 2017 Man Booker Prize. Our October book will be Pachinko by American Min Jin Lee, a National Book Award finalist. Our November book will be Sing, Unburied, Sing by American Jesmyn Ward, her first novel since she won the National Book Award for Salvage the Bones.

The Zoom link for online clubs meetings can be found under zoom links page in the member portal and the Daily Schedule email.

Kick-off fall term with a Back to OLLI event at the Loudoun campus on Friday, September 16, from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm.  You may attend the OLLI Board Meeting (via video conference), get reacquainted with fellow OLLI members during a Coffee and Conversation hour, attend Dr. Peter Stearns' presentation (via video conference): The Status of Fear in the United States.

You also may pick up your parking permit, have your photo taken for your Mason ID, and acquire information on OLLI volunteer opportunities.

F418 OLLI Players Workshop

Mondays, 9:40–11:05, Jan. 25-Feb. 15
Clifton Lord of Life
Instructor: Kathie West
This is a continuing acting and producing workshop for serious theater-minded participants by The OLLI Players, an amateur theater group affiliated with George Mason. We have already performed at various venues. In our repertoire we have lyrics, short scenes, and are currently working on a play. This will be continued from the spring session and then performed. We will premiere the play at OLLI and then perform for possible other venues. If you have a scene or a play you would like to see put on, bring it along, and we will try it. You will learn the ins and outs of presentation, memorization skills, and acting tricks. If we are asked to perform at a hospital, senior center or other venues, you must be willing to travel during the day. Be able and willing to tout OLLI and your talents!
Kathie West, an OLLI member, is a former high school theater teacher at Robert E. Lee High School and Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.

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Coordinators: Norma Reck, Nancy Scheeler

We are developing an e-mail list of those OLLI members who are interested in attending the theater. For example, we will choose a play, date, and time, then e-mail list members the info. Those interested will e-mail their intent to attend the performance with other interested OLLI members (and their guests). Meeting points, transportation, dinner or lunch options, etc., will be addressed. No need to miss another play you want to see. Send an email titled "Yes, I want to do theater" along with your name and email address to Norma at njreck@cs.com or Nancy at nscheeler@verizon.net. A fun, informal way to do theater!