Past Events (15270)

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January 17, 2024
Wednesday
 
  • 3000 Years of Jewish Resistance: From Exodus to the IDF

  • Jan 17, 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:

    "Israel is the very embodiment of Jewish continuity: It is the only nation on earth that inhabits the same land, bears the same name, speaks the same language, and worships the same God that it did 3,000 years ago."  - Charles Krauthammer.  In this s

  • Created by: OLLI at FAU
January 15, 2024
Monday
  • MLK Jr Day Celebration

  • Jan 15, 2024 from 13:00 to 18:00
  • Location: Sara Sims Park (209 NW 9th AVE)
  • Description:

    The community is invited to join us for the 2024 Reverend Dr. MLK Jr. Celebration on Monday, January 15 beginning at 1:00 pm at Sara Sims Park (209 NW 9th AVE). 

    This outdoor, family-friendly event will feauture music, history, education, food rucks,

  • Created by: Glenn Weiss
  • Tags: free event, family event, mlk
 
  • MLK Jr Day Celebration

  • Jan 15, 2024 from 13:00 to 18:00
  • Location: Sara Sims Park (209 NW 9th AVE)
  • Description:

    The community is invited to join us for the 2024 Reverend Dr. MLK Jr. Celebration on Monday, January 15 beginning at 1:00 pm at Sara Sims Park (209 NW 9th AVE). 

    This outdoor, family-friendly event will feauture music, history, education, food rucks,

  • Created by: Glenn Weiss
  • Tags: free event, family event, mlk
January 13, 2024
Saturday
  • Memphis Lightning

  • Jan 13, 2024 from 20:00 to 22:00
  • Location: Arts Garage
  • Description:

    Sweet Tone recording artist and internal touring act Memphis Lightning is a force to be reckoned with. Built up from world class and award winning artists, featuring one of today’s greatest guitar slingers Lightning Thiboutot, compared to the likes o

  • Created by: Arts Garage
  • Tags: rock, blues, live music, concert
 
  • The Most Influential Psychological Experiments in History

  • Jan 12, 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:

    Psychology is essentially the study of mind and behavior. It includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. This entertaining presentation will highlight some of the top psychological experiments that have

  • Created by: OLLI at FAU
  • Tags: psychology
 
  • 20th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Inspirational Luncheon

  • Jan 12, 2024 from 11:45 to 14:00
  • Location: 1111 Parrot Jungle Trail Miami, FL 33132
  • Description:

    The YMCA of South Florida’s 20th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Inspirational Celebration, which honors Dr. King and his legacy through activities that bring communities together in celebration and service to others, continues Friday, Jan. 12 with a

  • Created by: Abby Diamond
 
  • Agatha Christie: Mistress of Mystery

  • Jan 12, 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:

    World-renowned for her ability to create edge-of-your-seat mysteries, Agatha Christie had a fascinating personal life. This lecture explores three different types of Christie’s mysteries, "Murder on the Orient Express," "And Then There Were None," an

  • Created by: OLLI at FAU
 
  • 20th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Inspirational Breakfast

  • Jan 12, 2024 from 7:30 to 9:45
  • Location: First Baptist Fort Lauderdale 301 East Broward Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
  • Description:

    The YMCA of South Florida’s 20th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Inspirational Celebration, which honors Dr. King and his legacy through activities that bring communities together in celebration and service to others, kicks off on Friday, Jan. 12 with

  • Created by: Abby Diamond
January 11, 2024
Thursday
  • Death Experiences &Life Foundation

  • Jan 11, 2024 from 12:30 to 14:00
  • Location: OLLI at FAU, 777 Glades Rd. Boca Raton, FL 33431 561-297-3185 olliboca.fau.edu
  • Description:

    So much of how we deal with death and grief is wrapped up in our first death experiences, culture, and family background. This discussion group will embrace philosophy and theory that will help support the understanding of your life/death foundation.

  • Created by: OLLI at FAU
  • Tags: discussion
January 10, 2024
Wednesday
  • The Greenwich Village Music Scene of the 60sOlli

  • Jan 10, 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:

    Beat Generation poets held forth in the parks and coffee houses of New York's Greenwich Village in the 1950s, but by the next decade, a new movement was taking over, a wave of socially conscious, guitar-strumming poets who turned the Bohemian coffeeh

  • Created by: OLLI at FAU
  • Tags: music, concert
January 8, 2024
Monday
  • The Magical Kingdom of Walt Disney

  • Jan 8, 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:

    During a 43-year Hollywood career, Walter Elias Disney established himself and his products as an authentic part of Americana. Beginning his career as an advertising cartoonist in Kansas City, he relocated to Hollywood in 1923, where he created and m

  • Created by: OLLI at FAU
  • Tags: disney
 
 
  • Joseph Goebbels: The Man Who Seduced a Nation!

  • Jan 8, 2024 from 10:00 to 11:30
  • Location: Barry and Florence Friedberg Auditorium
  • Description:

    Adolf Hitler's coming to power in Germany in 1934 presents a fitting occasion to take a closer look at his mouthpiece, Joseph Goebbels. Through his perfidious use of propaganda, this quintessential Nazi was not only able to turn the Dictator into a w

  • Created by: OLLI at FAU
  • Tags: history, nazis, wwii, germany
January 7, 2024
Sunday
  • Arthur Migliazza Boogie Woogie Piano

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

    When you hear the sounds of boogie woogie blues, it’s hard to keep your toes from tapping. This season, Arthur Migliazza will have you jumping out of your seat and into the aisles with Boogie Woogie Piano. A historian and storyteller, Migliazza takes

  • Created by: Arts Garage
  • Tags: piano, jazz, music, concert
 
  • Arthur Miglazza Boogie Woogie Piano

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

    When you hear the sounds of boogie woogie blues, it’s hard to keep your toes from tapping. This season, Arthur Migliazza will have you jumping out of your seat and into the aisles with Boogie Woogie Piano. A historian and storyteller, Migliazza takes

  • Created by: Arts Garage
  • Tags: music