Tuesday, April 9, 2024 (11)

Apr 9, 2024
March 13, 2024
Wednesday
  • Masters and Masterpieces Updated Weekly Topics

  • Mar 13, 2024 at 2:00 to May 1, 2024 at 2:00
  • Location: OLLI at FAU, 777 Glades Rd. Bldg. CEH 31D, Boca Raton, Fl 33431 561-297-3185 olliboca.fau.edu
  • Description:

    Many creative artists work with similar themes and ideas, but their resulting art invariably differs. Approaches to subject matter are markedly dissimilar as each artist experiences objects in personal ways, and representations generally echo percept

  • Created by: OLLI at FAU
  • Tags: art
March 20, 2024
Wednesday
  • Robert Frost

  • Mar 20, 2024 at 12:30 to Apr 10, 2024 at 14:30
  • Location: OLLI at FAU, 777 Glades Rd. Bldg. CEH 31D, Boca Raton, Fl 33431 561-297-3185 olliboca.fau.edu
  • Description:

    Join Jeffrey Morgan, Ph.D., as we enter the world of Robert Frost. You will never look at his work the same way again. Guided by Morgan, everything you thought you knew about Frost's work will be challenged, and a whole new perspective will be opened

  • Created by: OLLI at FAU
  • Tags: frost, poems, poetry
March 21, 2024
Thursday
 
  • 1939: The Year Hollywood Could Do No Wrong

  • Mar 21, 2024 at 15:00 to May 9, 2024 at 17:00
  • Location: OLLI at FAU, 777 Glades Rd. Bldg. CEH 31D, Boca Raton, Fl 33431 561-297-3185 olliboca.fau.edu
  • Description:

    Almost every field of human endeavor has a favorite year, a calendar date that pulsates with meaning. In terms of cinema, that year is unquestionably 1939. For that year, Hollywood's 25th, all the stars aligned. Consider that the nine nominees for Be

  • Created by: OLLI at FAU
March 25, 2024
Monday
March 29, 2024
Friday
  • Death of a Salesman

  • Mar 29, 2024 at 20:00 to Apr 14, 2024 at 22:00
  • Location: 201 Clematis St
  • Description:

    This Pulitzer Prize-winning, groundbreaking play changed American theatre in the person of its everyman tragic hero, Willy Loman, a dime a dozen, disappointed, disillusioned, and delusional traveling salesman with a skewed vision of the American Drea

  • Created by: Kenzie Frysztak
April 3, 2024
Wednesday
April 4, 2024
Thursday
  • The Wise Wo/man Years: Finding Joy and Fulfillment as We Grow Older

  • Apr 4, 2024 at 12:30 to Apr 25, 2024 at 14:00
  • Location: OLLI at FAU, 777 Glades Rd. Bldg. CEH 31D, Boca Raton, Fl 33431 561-297-3185 olliboca.fau.edu
  • Description:

    As we approach, enter, and exist in our wisewo/man years, the best thing we can do for ourselves is to be open to change rather than resist it. By choosing to be carried by life's flow, we invite unexpected pleasures and new discoveries into our live

  • Created by: OLLI at FAU
April 9, 2024
Tuesday
  • Why is Murder Wrong? Exploring Philosophical Ethics

  • Apr 9, 2024 from 10:00 to 11:30
  • Location: OLLI at FAU, 777 Glades Rd. Bldg. CEH 31D, Boca Raton, Fl 33431 561-297-3185 olliboca.fau.edu
  • Description:

    We all probably agree that the murder of an innocent person is wrong. But why? Pinning down a reason is extremely difficult. Philosophers have developed multiple philosophical theories, from ethical subjectivism to cultural relativism, from divine co

  • Created by: OLLI at FAU
  • Tags: philosophy, ethics
 
  • Shalom, Y'All: Jews of the South

  • Apr 9, 2024 from 12:30 to 14:00
  • Location: OLLI at FAU, 777 Glades Rd. Bldg. CEH 31D, Boca Raton, Fl 33431 561-297-3185 olliboca.fau.edu
  • Description:

    Jewish migration to the Western Hemisphere included many who went to what became the American South. From colonial times, they established communities and a strong presence. They also overcame anti-Semitism and inner conflict to form a lasting legacy

  • Created by: OLLI at FAU
  • Tags: jews, south
 
  • Our History: The Names Behind Boca’s Key Places and Roads

  • Apr 9, 2024 from 15:00 to 16:30
  • Location: OLLI at FAU, 777 Glades Rd. Bldg. CEH 31D, Boca Raton, Fl 33431 561-297-3185 olliboca.fau.edu
  • Description:

    Have you ever wondered how Clint Moore Road got its name? Who Yamato and Butts were? What about Don Estridge, the Lynn Family, George Snow, and many others whose names dot the Boca Raton landscape? In this lecture, we will travel in time to the earli

  • Created by: OLLI at FAU
  • Tags: history, florida