Osher at RIT Hosts Lecture with Michael Lasser

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Rochester Institute of Technology is offering a lecture with Michael Lasser for the second in a series of summer seminars.

Lasser, the nationally recognized host of WXXI’s syndicated program, “Fascinatin’ Rhythm,” will speak from 10 a.m. to noon on Monday, July 7, at Osher’s Athenaeum Building, 150 Research Blvd. The event is free and open to the public.

The topic of his talk, “A Helluva Town—the New York shows of Comden and Green,” coincides with the Shaw Festival’s classic musical, “Wonderful Town,” which runs through Oct. 5 at the Festival Theatre. The show, which features music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Comden and Green, tells the story of two sisters who pack up their belongings and move from Columbus, Ohio, to the big city lights of New York during the 1930s.

For more information about the Lasser lecture, call Osher Lifelong Learning at (585) 292-8989 or visit www.rit.edu/osher.

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at RIT is a membership-led organization that stimulates minds and forges friendships among people ages 50 and older who live in Greater Rochester. Members participate in classes, discussions, lectures, social events and travel, while engaging in a range of courses to include the arts, literature, sciences, history and government. The organization was founded in 1987 as The Athenaeum, an affiliate of Rochester Institute of Technology. In 2006, it became an Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, joining a growing national network of more than 100 university-based centers.