Past Events (15346)

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April 9, 2024
Tuesday
  • 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
 
  • 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
 
  • 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
April 8, 2024
Monday
 
  • It’s Your Time To Shine: A Strength-Based Course

  • Apr 8, 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:

    In personal development lectures, we often hear about what’s lacking, our weaknesses, what’s not working, and what we need to improve at. That’s not what this lecture is about. In this lecture/workshop, we will learn what’s right with us, what’s stro

  • Created by: OLLI at FAU
April 7, 2024
Sunday
  • Philippe Lemm Trio

  • Apr 7, 2024 from 19:00 to 20:30
  • Location: Arts Garage
  • Description:

    The Philippe Lemm Trio, one of the most exciting and dynamic jazz groups of the last decade, makes a major statement with their latest release First Steps. A follow up to their 2018 OiM debut City Birds, First Steps demonstrates the trio’s unique, dy

  • Created by: Arts Garage
  • Tags: jazz, jazz concert, delray beach
April 6, 2024
Saturday
  • Stanley Jordan Plays Jimi – 6PM

  • Apr 6, 2024 from 18:00 to 19:30
  • Location: Arts Garage
  • Description:

    World-renowned guitarist Stanley Jordan has developed a new live show called “Stanley Jordan Plays Jimi.” This is a tribute show, but it’s not pure imitation. Instead Stanley builds on Jimi’s legacy in a creative way. As Stanley explains it, “This is

  • Created by: Arts Garage
 
  • Free Fun Saturday

  • Apr 6, 2024 from 11:00 to 16:00
  • Location: The Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum
  • Description:

    From 10 am to 4 pm on the first Saturday of each month, The Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum (SBRHM) offers a fun, informative, and often craft-based activity for youngsters at 2 pm—and the regular admission is waived for all visitors.

  • Created by: Jessica Coates
  • Tags: boca history museum
April 5, 2024
Friday
  • Art of Laughter with Headliner Joey Avery

  • Apr 5, 2024 from 20:00 to 22:00
  • Location: Arts Garage
  • Description:

     

    Get ready for The Art of Laughter: A Hysterical Stand-Up Comedy Series at Arts Garage!
    Come see some of the best touring comedians from South Florida and beyond, the first Friday of every month.

    PERFORMER BIO:
    Joey Avery is a comedian on the rise headl

  • Created by: Arts Garage
 
  • 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 3, 2024
Wednesday
 
April 2, 2024
Tuesday
 
  • Holocaust by Bullets: Remembering the Babi Yar Massacre

  • Apr 2, 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:

    The systematic slaughter of Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators in other countries was not initially or exclusively about concentration camps, deportations, gas chambers, or crematoria. In this lecture, Dr. Berkowitz will examine the beginning

  • Created by: OLLI at FAU
  • Tags: holocaust
April 1, 2024
Monday
  • Women Sing the Blues

  • Apr 1, 2024 from 16:00 to 17:30
  • Location: OLLI at FAU, 777 Glades Rd. Bldg. CEH 31D, Boca Raton, Fl 33431 561-297-3185 olliboca.fau.edu
  • Description:

    Although blues music was sung as an oral tradition by enslaved people on Southern plantations, classic female blues emerged early in the 20th century as a mixture of traditional folk blues and urban theater music. Dazzling pioneers like Ma Rainey, Be

  • Created by: OLLI at FAU
  • Tags: women, blues, music
 
  • Dramawise: Death of a Salesman

  • Apr 1, 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:

     Willy Loman is holding tight to his vision of the American Dream, despite its devastating impact on his family. "Death of a Salesman," by Arthur Miller, is regarded as one of the most important plays of the 20th century and a searing look at illusio

  • Created by: OLLI at FAU
  • Tags: theatre
March 30, 2024
Saturday
  • Indigenous

  • Mar 30, 2024 from 20:00 to 22:00
  • Location: Arts Garage
  • Description:

    Indigenous takes center stage, channeling the driving force of their powerful blues-rock sound deeply grounded in Native American heritage and influenced by legends like Jimi Hendrix and B.B. King. Guided by the frontman Mato Nanji, the upcoming show

  • Created by: Arts Garage
  • Tags: rock, rock concert