You MUST be a current member of Osher to enroll in a class or event. No exceptions.
- Membership is nonrefundable, regardless of whether you are able to enroll in your desired course.
- We no longer process refunds for courses, except for the classes that are cancelled by the OLLI office, hospitalization, death or a significant life event, which prevents you from participating.
- You will no longer need a login (username and password) to register for classes and events.
- All class enrollments are online with a credit card on our secure server.
- We no longer process phone orders.
- If your desired courses are sold out, please add your name to the wait list here.
Winter 2020 Courses:
- Catalog
- Course Registration begins, Wednesday, December 11 at 10 AM
- Courses Start Monday, January 6 - Friday, March 20
- Sold Out: Add your name to the Wait List
Long Courses:
- Unpacking the Enduring Popularity of True Crime, with Kate McQueen - Starts February 11
- Turn! Turn! Turn! - The Folk-Rock Revolution (Part 2), with Richie Unterberger - Starts February 12 (Sold Out)
- The Lives of Great Photographers, with Brian Taylor - Starts February 12
- Reforms, Wars, and Crises: California in the 20th and 21st Centuries, with Robert M. Senkewicz - Starts February 13 (Sold Out)
- Meet the Instruments, with Deborah Rosengaus - Starts February 25
Short Courses:
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World Class Art in Your Backyard: The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, with Diane Levinson - Starts February 14
- The Building Blocks of Great Cities, with Michael Kahan - Starts February 14 (Sold Out)
- Opera in Your Neighborhood: Il Trovatore and The Magic Flute, with Dana Sadava - Starts February 14
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The Rise of the Roman Republic, with Gaius Stern - Starts February 15
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Medical Ethics, with Matthew Frise - Starts February 20
- Theatre Behind the Scenes: Sifting Through Dry Powder, with Aldo Billingslea - Starts March 1
Spring 2020 Courses:
- Course Registration begins, Thursday, March 19 at 10 AM
- Courses Start Monday, March 30 - Saturday, June 6
Long Courses:
- Einstein's Theory of Relativity for Everyone, with Awanish Mishra - Starts March 30
- Happiness and the Meanings of Life, with Michael Meyer - Starts March 30
- Shakespeare 2020: The Play's the Thing, with Arlene Okerlund - Starts March 31
- Reading Vergil’s Aeneid, with Barbara Clayton - Starts April 2
- Cuba Enters the Seventh Decade of its Revolution, with Michael L. Conniff and Anne (Anita) Fountain - Starts April 7
- Jazz, Politics, & Society in America, with Clifford Brown, Jr. - Starts April 9
- Celebrating 100 years of The Woman’s Vote: The History of Women’s Suffrage and
Its Impact, with Margo McBane - Starts April 17
- The Great Choreographers, with Kathryn Roszak - Starts April 18
- Historic Presidential Elections, with Gerald Uelmen - Starts May 5
- The Ottoman Empire: From 1250 to the Birth of Modern Turkey, with Robert Cirivilleri - Starts May 6
- The Trojan War: The Myths, the Facts, & the Gossip, with Mary Lynn Wilson - Starts May 8
- 19th Century Russian Composers, with John Kendall Bailey - Starts May 30
Short Courses:
- Early Christian and Early Byzantine Art, with Kathleen Maxwell - Starts March 30
- Armchair Traveler: Myanmar's Iconic Sites in the Lives of Local People, with Jim Guyot - Starts April 3
- ‘S Wonderful Gershwin, with Anthony Rivera - Starts April 15
- Inside the Jury Room, with SunWolf - Starts April 24
- Vine to Wine: Defeating the Terror of Terroir, with Prudy Foxx - Starts May 2
- Congress v. the Presidency, with Matt Harrigan - Starts May 5
- Theatre Behind the Scenes: The Revolutionists, with Michael Zampelli, S.J. - May 6
- Artist & Muse, with Brigid Barton - Starts May 7
- Immigration & Nativism in U.S. & California History, with Glen Gendzel - Starts May 15
- Internet Law in Your Daily Life, with Eric Goldman - Starts May 21
- Behind the Scenes of The Secret Garden, with Kimberly Mohne Hill - Starts May 27
Distinguished Speaker Series:
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Judicial Independence: Too Precious to Lose, with Judge LaDoris H. Cordell (Ret.) - May 2