Monthly Archives: July 2011

Member Picnic and Ball Game

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Sunday, August 28, 11:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Join us for the last game of the Eugene Ems season. We have a reservation for an all-you-can-eat picnic on the first base line at beautiful P.K. Park, plus reserved box seats for the Ems vs. Spokane. Our reserved seating is in the shady box seat area—comfortable no matter what weather August may bring!

Picnic lunch includes your choice of grilled chicken breasts, hamburgers, or hot dogs served with “Red Bliss” potato salad, baked beans, and seedless watermelon, plus two beverages (beer, soda or bottled water).

Come enjoy your fellow members’ company for the barbecue picnic and an afternoon at the ball park! The cost is only $21 for the lunch and box seat, plus $3.00 for parking. We need twenty enthusiastic baseball fans to secure this discount price so please sign up with the OLLI-UO office today.

Paid reservation deadline: Thursday, August 11.

 

 

Author Event

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“Portland’s Goose Hollow”
with Author Tracy J. Prince

Wednesday, July 27, 1:30–3:30 p.m.

Did you know that Tanner Creek, a fifty-foot deep trench, once bisected Portland’s west side? Or that it emptied into Couch Lake, a catfish-rich basin sweeping across much of what we know as Old Town?

On Wednesday, July 27, historian Dr. Tracy J. Prince will speak about her new book, Portland’s Goose Hollow. In her presentation, Prince will show slides of Goose Hollow, one of Portland’s oldest neighborhoods, through its amazing transformation as well as answer definitively how Tanner Creek Gulch was filled and how Goose Hollow got its name.

About the Author

Tracy J. Prince, PhD, is a Scholar-in-Residence at Portland State University’s Portland Center for Public Humanities. She uncovers forgotten or overlooked historical moments by digging through archives and interviewing folks who like to talk about the good ol’ days.

Dr. Prince has lived all over the world, having taught in or spent extensive research time in Turkey, Australia, England, Canada, and throughout the US (Oregon, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Arkansas). She has taught in Humanities, English, and Urban Studies and Planning departments.

Her book, Portland’s Goose Hollow, will be available to purchase following her presentation.

For more information on this lecture or OLLI-UO in Portland, contact the OLLI-UO office.

 

Meeting Minutes

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Snack and Yak
July 13, 2011

Snack and Yak is an informal gathering to chat about all things OLLI-UO, while enjoying coffee, fruit, cheese and crackers. All members are invited to attend; new members are especially encouraged to participate. Program ideas, OLLI updates, and general announcements will be shared at this monthly gathering. Bring your ideas and suggestions or just come to listen and enjoy the refreshments.

Phone Survey

Volunteer members will begin calling absent or less active members on Friday, July 18–Monday, July 25.

Results of this survey will be discussed in-depth in a special membership meeting to be held in August and then shared with the membership. Check weekly announcements for more information or call 503-412-3653.

Lecture/Series Suggestions

  • Media and Democracy
  • Disruptive Technology
  • Human Ecology
  • Criminology
  • Willamette Pedestrian Coalition; Pedestrian Law
  • Afghanistan
  • Rachel Corrie and Israeli/Palestinian Conflict
  • Art Historian on Detecting Forgeries
  • Series on the Brain
  • Oregon Humanities Conversation Projects
  • Lecture by Federal Public Defender
  • Legacy: The Origin of Civilization (DVD)
  • Blue Gold (DVD)

Outreach

  • Lecture or series held at off-site venues in specific neighborhoods
  • Lecture or series held at active retirement communities
  • Week of welcome that coincides with back to school season
  • Fall Open House
  • Open lectures
  • Talk news radio interview—KBOO

Our next meeting, Snack and Yak, will be held on Wednesday, August 10, from 12:30–1:30 p.m. We hope to see you there!

If you have questions about Snack and Yak or are unable to attend but would like to submit a suggestion for review, contact the OLLI-UO office at 503-412-3653.

 

 

 

Open Lecture—She Cried for Mother Russia: The Mystery of a Russian Princess

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Thursday, July 14, 4:00-5:30 p.m.

Friedl Semens Bell, retired teacher and author of She Cried For Mother Russia, grew up on the central California coast during World War II listening to her mother, a recent German immigrant, and Tanya Kelley, a refugee Russian noble woman, lament the loss and destruction of their respective countries. Tanya, the former Princess Tatiana Volkonsky of czarist Russia, had escaped death at the hands of the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution of 1917. Tanya died in 1988 but the discovery in 2005 of a small box of Russian documents provided clues in reconstructing her brutal flight from Russia, the part of her past the young princess could not bear to remember. Ms. Bell, of Eugene, published Tanya’s story in October 2009. She will recount the tale and tell of the discoveries made after the princess’ death.

Join OLLI-UO at the Deschutes Public Library, Brooks Room, 601 N.W. Wall Street in downtown Bend. This lecture is open to the public.

Open Lecture: The Crisis of Geographical Ignorance: Why Should We Care?

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Monday, July 18, 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Much is made about how little Americans know about geography, but why does it matter that most people are geographically ignorant? How does the failure to think geographically hamper efforts to confront the challenges of the twenty-first century?

Alexander B. Murphy, professor of geography at the University of Oregon, where he also holds the James F. and Shirley K. Rippey Chair in Liberal Arts and Sciences, addresses these questions through an exploration of the importance of geographical thinking and analysis for confronting some of the key geopolitical and environmental challenges facing the planet today.

Professor Murphy specializes in political, cultural, and environmental geography, with regional emphases in Europe and the Middle East. He is Senior Vice President of the American Geological Society and a Past President of the Association of American Geographers.

This lecture is open to the public. Please join us at the UO Baker Downtown Center, 975 High Street, Eugene.