Calendar

December 2025

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	Major Engagements of the Civil War 9:30AM - 11:00AM Current Events 9:30AM - 11:00AM A Book Study: Aging, Zombie Cells, and the Fountain of Youth (OLLI @ U of A) 11:00AM - 12:30PM The 14th Amendment: The Second American Revolution 11:15AM - 12:45PM Fortunato Film School: Casablanca (OLLI @ ASU) 1:00PM - 2:30PM ABC Meeting 1:00PM - 2:00PM Waterfalls of the Finger Lakes and Western New York: Part 1 1:30PM - 3:00PM Express Yourself Through Writing Fiction 1:30PM - 3:30PM Tai Chi Project 3:30PM - 4:20PM	Romeo and Juliet 9:30AM - 11:00AM A Pocketful of Poems: Poetry without Tears 11:15AM - 12:45PM Memoirs 11:15AM - 12:45PM Fortunato Film School: Casablanca (OLLI @ ASU) 1:00PM - 2:30PM History and the Old Testament (OLLI @ U of A) 1:00PM - 2:30PM Let's Read Some (sort of) Modern Plays 1:30PM - 3:00PM Conversational French: Intermediate 1:30PM - 3:00PM	CANCELLED: Discussing The New Yorker Magazine 9:30AM - 11:00AM More than Words: How Talking Sharpens the Mind and Shapes Our World 9:30AM - 11:00AM Political and Economic Foundations of Capitalism and Socialism: The Moral Debate between Locke and Marx - Part 1 11:15AM - 12:45PM Contemporary Events 11:15AM - 12:45PM Writing Workshop 11:15AM - 12:45PM War: What Is it Good For? 11:15AM - 12:45PM American Education at the Crossroads: Challenges and Solutions (OLLI @ U of A) 1:00PM - 2:30PM The Great Financial Crisis of 2008: Its Causes and Economic Aftermath 1:30PM - 3:00PM What's New in Neuroscience 1:30PM - 3:00PM Bugs Rule! 1:30PM - 3:00PM Travel SIG 3:15PM - 4:30PM	You Be the Critic 9:30AM - 11:30AM Mozart: His Life and His Music 9:30AM - 11:30AM Dorothy L. Sayers's Greatest Novel: Gaudy Night 9:30AM - 11:00AM Conversational Spanish: Intermediate Level 1:45PM - 3:15PM Sherlock Holmes: From Silents to Today at the Cinema 1:45PM - 3:45PM The Magic Behind Film and TV Scores - Part I (OLLI @ U of A) 3:00PM - 4:30PM	Apple Devices SIG 11:00AM - 12:00PM Purls of Wisdom SIG (Knitting/Needlecrafts) 11:00AM - 1:00PM Tai Chi Project 1:30PM - 2:20PM Strategic Plan Committee Meeting 1:30PM - 2:30PM Arts & Lectures Committee Meeting 2:30PM - 3:30PM
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	Current Events 9:30AM - 11:00AM Major Engagements of the Civil War 9:30AM - 11:00AM A Book Study: Aging, Zombie Cells, and the Fountain of Youth (OLLI @ U of A) 11:00AM - 12:30PM Athenaeum Book Club 11:15AM - 12:45PM Express Yourself Through Writing Fiction 1:30PM - 3:30PM Tai Chi Project 3:30PM - 4:20PM	Romeo and Juliet 9:30AM - 11:00AM A Pocketful of Poems: Poetry without Tears 11:15AM - 12:45PM Memoirs 11:15AM - 12:45PM History and the Old Testament (OLLI @ U of A) 1:00PM - 2:30PM Conversational French: Intermediate 1:30PM - 3:00PM Let's Read Some (sort of) Modern Plays 1:30PM - 3:00PM	More than Words: How Talking Sharpens the Mind and Shapes Our World 9:30AM - 11:00AM CANCELLED: Discussing The New Yorker Magazine 9:30AM - 11:00AM War: What Is it Good For? 11:15AM - 12:45PM Political and Economic Foundations of Capitalism and Socialism: The Moral Debate between Locke and Marx - Part 1 11:15AM - 12:45PM Contemporary Events 11:15AM - 12:45PM American Education at the Crossroads: Challenges and Solutions (OLLI @ U of A) 1:00PM - 2:30PM Bugs Rule! 1:30PM - 3:00PM The Great Financial Crisis of 2008: Its Causes and Economic Aftermath 1:30PM - 3:00PM What's New in Neuroscience 1:30PM - 3:00PM	Dorothy L. Sayers's Greatest Novel: Gaudy Night 9:30AM - 11:00AM You Be the Critic 9:30AM - 11:30AM Mozart: His Life and His Music 9:30AM - 11:30AM Sherlock Holmes: From Silents to Today at the Cinema 1:45PM - 3:45PM Conversational Spanish: Intermediate Level 1:45PM - 3:15PM	Tai Chi Project 1:00PM - 1:50PM Social Event: Holiday Party 2:00PM - 4:00PM Fall Term Ends 4:30PM - 4:31PM
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	Winter Course Preview Event 10:00AM - 11:00AM Winter Course Fair/Open House 11:00AM - 12:00PM Tai Chi Project 3:30PM - 4:20PM	Winter Course Registration Opens Summer Seminar Committee Meeting 3:00PM - 4:00PM			Tai Chi Project 1:00PM - 1:50PM Pfaudler Committee Meeting 2:30PM - 3:30PM News & Events Submission Deadline 4:30PM - 4:31PM
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				OLLI/RIT Closed for Winter Break 12:01AM - 11:59PM	OLLI/RIT Closed for Winter Break 12:01AM - 11:59PM	OLLI/RIT Closed for Winter Break 12:01AM - 11:59PM
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OLLI/RIT Closed for Winter Break 12:01AM - 11:59PM	OLLI/RIT Closed for Winter Break 12:01AM - 11:59PM	OLLI/RIT Closed for Winter Break 12:01AM - 11:59PM	OLLI/RIT Closed for Winter Break 12:01AM - 11:59PM

March 2

Spring Course Proposals Due

4:30PM - 4:31PM

Location:

March 3

Course Offerings Committee Meeting

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Location: HYBRID: Room 1 & Zoom

Proposal Review

March 4

Executive Committee Meeting

3:15PM - 4:15PM

Location: HYBRID: Room 1 & Zoom

March 11

Travel SIG

3:15PM - 4:30PM

Location:

March 18

Council Meeting

3:15PM - 4:15PM

Location: HYBRID: Room 1 & Zoom

March 20

News & Events Submission Deadline

4:30PM - 4:31PM

Location:

Any member may submit their feedback, photos, shout-outs, or articles to oshernewseditor@gmail.com for the monthly newsletter.

March 23

Winter Term Ends

4:30PM - 4:31PM

Location:

March 30

Spring Course Preview Event

10:00AM - 11:00AM

Location: HYBRID: Zoom or In-Person at Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at RIT, 50 Fairwood Dr., Rochester, NY 14623

Interested in our learning community? Come preview courses being offered in the Spring Term. The course preview will also be available via Zoom.

March 30

Spring Course Fair/Open House

11:00AM - 12:00PM

Location: IN-PERSON: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at RIT, 50 Fairwood Dr # 100, Rochester, NY 14623, USA

Interested in our learning community? Come to our Course Fair to learn about the courses being offered in the Spring Term, meet members, and enjoy food and refreshments. Participating course leaders will be stationed throughout the building and available discuss their upcoming courses with attendees.

March 31

Spring Course Registration Opens

10:00AM - 10:01AM

Location: