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A Taste of OLLI at BCC Community Fest

When
Saturday, August 16, 2025
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location
In-person at BCC

Registration

Free registration

You're invited to:

A Taste of OLLI at

BCC's Community Fest

Berkshire Community College (BCC), the first community college in the Commonwealth, is celebrating its 65th anniversary. To celebrate, BCC is hosting Community Fest on campus and everyone is invited!

During the celebration, OLLI will be offering a series of mini classes for a "Taste of OLLI" so this is a great opportunity to introduce friends to OLLI and the BCC campus.

This is going to be a huge party with sporting events, food trucks, a beer and wine garden, and so much more! Click here for the full schedule.

Saturday, August 16
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

In-person at Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield.

Free and open to the public.

Registration not required.

Preliminary "Taste of OLLI" Schedule, please note updated times:

10:30 a.m.	Deborah Reinisch – “The Language of Film”
11:00 a.m.	Douglas Cooper – “Thomas Paine's Unique Life, Times, and Writing"
11:30 a.m.	OLLI at BCC Information Session with Carol Allman-Morton, Executive Director
12:00 noon	Gordon Josephson – “Milestones in Medicine”
12:30 p.m.	Noel Staples Freeman – “African Rooted Dance”
1:00 p.m.	OLLI at BCC Social Time Have a cold drink and meet other OLLI folks before you head out to grab lunch at one of the yummy food trucks!

...and more to come!

OLLI at BCC offices are open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Eastern.

We look forward to welcoming you!

Free and open to the public.

Registration not required.

No tests, no grades, just learning for the love of learning.

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