OLLI Summer One Semester Open House

You're invited to OLLI's FREE

Summer One Semester

Open House

showcasing our Summer One 2022 classes & instructors

Thursday, May 5, 2022
at 2:00 pm Eastern
Online via Zoom (link to be sent to registrants)

Click here to RSVP. Free and open to the public.

Whether you are brand new to OLLI at BCC or a seasoned member of our learning community, you'll enjoy hearing from our terrific instructors and getting a sneak peek of our Summer One semester of non-credit classes at our free open house. No tests, no grades, just learning for the love of learning.

Join us Thursday, May 5 at 2:00 pm EDT to hear more about our Summer One classes from their instructors. Click here to RSVP for our free Online Open House.

Our Summer One Semester runs May 31 through June 28, 2022, and includes a mix of in-person, online, and hybrid (online & in-person) courses. 

Our Summer One courses will be:

Tuesdays

11:30 am – 1:00 pm  Mitch Albom’s Tuesdays With Morrie | John Trainor | In-person at Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield MA   Limited Registration: 20

1:30 – 3:00 pm  Science, Sex, and the Secrets of the Universe: Three Prize-Winning Plays | Philip Pechukas and Barbara Waldinger | In-person at Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield MA   Limited Registration: 30

3:30 – 5:00 pm  The Poetry of Animals: What They Teach Us and How They Help Us Heal | Jerri Chaplin | In-person at Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield MA   Limited Registration: 30

Wednesdays

9:30 - 11:00 am  William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing | Ann Berman | Online 

11:30 am – 1:00 pm  Today’s Headlines | Len Tabs | Online  

2:00 – 3:30 pm  Recreational Mathematics | Andy Pauker | Online 

Thursdays

9:30 – 11:00 am  In the Steps of Melville: Hiking in the Berkshires | John Dickson | In-person at various locations in Berkshire County, MA   Limited Registration: 20

11:00 am – 12:30 pm  Berkshire Galleries | Chelly Sterman | In-person at various locations in Berkshire County, MA   Limited Registration: 15

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm  Science Conversations | Peter Bluhm and Tony Segal | Online 

Fridays

10:00 – 11:30 am  Music in Art at the Clark | Laura Dankner | Online only or Online & In-person     Limited Registration for In-person 6/24: 40

2:30 – 4:00 pm   Honoring Our Indigenous Heritage: Native People, Plants, Pollinators | Vivian Orlowski | Online 

Course fees for OLLI Members are $50 for one, $95 for two or three, and $125 for four or more within a semester. Not yet a member? Join OLLI at BCC to register for classes! Finances a challenge? Scholarships are available for those who qualify. Contact us at 413.236.2190 for details. Many OLLI courses are recorded and can be made available for participants who have missed classes to further review.

Contact us at olli@berkshirecc.edu or 413.236.2190 with any questions. OLLI offices are open Monday through Friday, 9am - 4 pm Eastern. We look forward to meeting you!