Program Schedule
Co-sponsored with PLATO, a program of OLLI
Special Events
To register for special events, call 608-262-5823 or email slp@dcs.wisc.edu.
No special events are currently scheduled.
Lectures
Global Hot Spots
Friday, Sept. 25; Thursday, Oct. 15; Friday, Nov. 13; Friday, Dec. 11
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Pyle Center
Free but registration requested at 608-262-2551
Eloquence and Eminence
Sunday, Oct. 25: "The Theatre of the Holocaust"
2:00 to 3:00 pm
Pyle Center
No advance registration
Courses
The courses listed below are arranged by topic area. To see individual course description, click on the topic area heading and you will see a page with a complete list of courses. Scroll down through the alphabetical list until you find the title of your course. Or download Senior Learning Fall Catalog (pdf file).
Registration for courses is managed by conference services at the Pyle Center on the UW campus. There are a variety of registration methods available, including:
Mail: use the Printable Registration Form and mail with payment to: Registration Office, Pyle Center, Room 139, 702 Langdon St, Madison WI 53706
Phone: 608-262-2451 (TTY 265-2370)
Charge noncredit course(s) to your MasterCard, VISA or American Express card.
Fax: 608-265-3163; toll-free 800-741-7416
You may fax the Printable Registration Form if paying by credit card or purchase order.
Online: Links to online registration appear under each course
Art whimsy: creating figures from found objects (#2541)
Thursdays, Oct 29 to Nov 12
6:00 to 8:00 pm
Capitol Lakes Retirement Community
333 W Main St, Madison
Fee: $48
Register online
DANCE AND MOVEMENT
Dance Guest Artist Series: Jack Bray-Dancing Qigong (#1152)
Saturday, Oct 24
11:00 am to 12:30 pm
State Street Center, 3rd Floor Studio
122 State St, Madison
Fee: $15
Reservations required. To reserve a place contact Maureen Janson, 608-263-8927, or mjanson@dcs.wisc.edu.
HISTORY
Bach's cantatas (#5703)
Wednesdays, Oct 7 to Nov 18 (no class Oct 28)
7:30 to 9:00 pm
Lowell Center, 610 Langdon St, Madison
Fee: $65
Register online
Fee: $65
Better Living the Modern Way: Architecture of the 1930s in Wisconsin (#5704)
Wednesdays, Sept 30 to Oct 21 (no class Oct 14)
6:30 to 8:00 pm
Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St, Madison
Fee: $35
Register online
ONLINE: History of Communications Media (#3201)
Co-sponsored with the Wisconsin Alumni Association.
Tuesday, Oct. 13 to Thursday, Nov. 19 (Register by Oct 9)
Fee: $159, $139 for OLLI (including PLATO) and WAA members
[Register online…I have to set this up]
Intersections between Art and Literature in the Renaissance (#5707)
Wednesdays, Oct 21 to Nov 4
7:00 to 9:00 pm
Chazen Museum of Art
800 University Avenue, UW-Madison campus
Fee: $35
Register online
Maritime topics (#5706)
Wednesdays, Oct 28 to Nov 11
7:30-8:45 pm
Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St, Madison
Fee: $35
Register online
The Medieval World (#5702)
Section 1: A photographer's journey to prehistoric to Norman sites in Britain
Thursdays, Oct 8 to 29
7:30-8:45 pm
Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St
Section 2: How illuminated manuscripts shape our vision of the past
Tuesdays, Oct 13 to Nov 3
7:30 to 8:45 pm
Chazen Museum, 800 University Ave
Section 3: A pilgrimage to Canterbury and the east of England
Thursdays, Nov 5 to Dec 3 (no class Nov 26)
7:30-8:45 pm
Chazen Museum, 800 University Ave
Fees: $45 per section
Register online
Tombs, Temples and King Tut: The Wonders of Ancient Egypt
Program # 5705
Tuesdays, Oct 13 to 27
7:00 to 8:15 pm
Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St, Madison
Fee: $35
Register online
The Road to Two Irelands: Nationalism and Revolution, 1800-1916 (#5708)
Tuesdays, Nov 10 to Dec 1
7:30-8:45 pm
Lowell Center, 610 Langdon St, Madison
Fee: $45
Register online
LANGUAGES AND CULTURE
Sweden: Stories of Immigration (#4774)
Thursdays, Oct 8 and 15
6:00 to 7:30 pm
UW-Madison campus
Fee: $40
Register online
LITERATURE AND WRITING
Tuesday morning book talks at the library (#4101)
Section 2: Toni Morrison
Oct. 13 Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye
Oct. 20 Toni Morrison, Recitatif (short story)
Oct. 27 Toni Morrison, A Mercy
Section 3: Immigrant Journeys
Nov. 3 Leo Rosten, The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N
Nov. 10 Jhumpa Lahiri, Unaccustomed Earth
Nov. 17 Anne Tyler, Digging to America
Tuesdays, Sept 15 to Nov 17 (no class Oct 6)
9:30 to 11:00 am
Madison Public Library
201 W Mifflin St, Madison
Fee: $14/class, $34/session $79/nine-part series
Register online
Jane Austen as Monty Python: Her Girlhood Stories (#4103)
Thursdays, Oct 8 to 22
7:00 to 9:00 pm
UW-Madison campus
Fee: $24
Register online
A weekend with your novel (#7102)
Friday, Oct 23, 7:00 to 8:45 pm
Saturday, Oct 24, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm
Sunday, Oct 25, 9:00 to 11:30 am
Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St
Fee: $145 before Sept 25 / $165 after Sept 26
$95 for Saturday-only
MUSIC
Operas in Madison, 2009-2010 (#3706)
Tuesdays, Sept 29 to Oct 27 (Register by Sept 22)
7:00 to 8:45 pm
2511 Humanities Building, UW-Madison campus
455 N Park St, Madison
Fee: $70
Register online
Positively Polka! (#3734)
Wednesdays, Sept 30 to Nov 4 (register by Sept 23)
7:00 to 8:30 pm
West Middleton Lutheran Church
3763 Pioneer Rd, Verona
Fee: $84
Register online
Bach's cantatas (#5703)
Wednesdays, Oct 7 to Nov 18 (no class Oct 28)
7:30 to 9:00 pm
Lowell Center, 610 Langdon St, Madison
Fee: $65
Register online
The Broadway musical (#3704)
Thursdays, Oct 29 to Nov 19 (register by Oct 22)
10:00 to 11:30 am
Room 207, St Luke's Lutheran Church
7337 Hubbard Ave, Middleton
Fee: $56
Register online
TRAVEL
New York City Holiday Weekend (#1904)
Dec 3 to 6, 2009
New York, NY
Fee: $1,599; Single supplement available
Two Continents, Three Countries and Four Cultures:
Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar and Morroco (#6901)
Dec 24, 2009 to Jan 3, 2010
Fee: $3995; $395 single supplement.
Weekend on Broadway
May 6 to 9, 2010
Fees to be determined
Coming in Summer, 2010…
Tanzania
Medieval Pilgrimage: The East of England Study Tour
