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• Hiking Classes - Summer 2025

  • Start
    Monday, June 02, 2025
  •  
    3:00 PM
  • End
    Friday, August 15, 2025
  • Location
    Various Locations in Berkshire County

  Register

  Summer Hiking!

  
  

  Hiking has become a very popular OLLI at BCC offering.

  Registration is sold out
  

  To enable more people to be able to participate, registration for hiking classes will be done separately, through this event page.
  

  • All OLLI at BCC members can sign up for one hiking class.
    
  • Each class costs $55 and is a separate charge from Summer 2025 course registrations.

  
  Hiking Course Listings:
  

  For full descriptions, click on the class title.

  Exploring Lenox on Foot
  Instructors: Len Gray and Nancy Seguin
  Time: 9:30 a.m.
  Five Sessions - 6/3, 6/10, 6/17, 6/24, 7/1
  Limit: 14

  Hiking Old Growth Forests and Venerable Trees in the Berkshires
  Instructors: Amy Whitworth with Larry Bennett and Katherine Kidd
  Time: 9:30 a.m.
  Five Sessions - 6/5, 6/12, 6/26, 7/3, 7/10
  Limit: 15
  

  Discovering Accessible Walking Trails in Berkshire County
  Instructor: Bess Dillman
  Time: 9:30 a.m.  
  Four Sessions - 7/10, 7/17, 7/24, 7/31
  Limit: 15

  Hiking Mt Greylock
  Instructors: Len Gray, John and Katherine Kidd, and Amy Whitworth
  Time: 9:30 a.m.
  Six Sessions - 7/11, 7/18, 7/25, 8/1, 8/8, 8/15
  Limit: 15
  

  Register online or call 413.236.2190 (M-F 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.) to register by phone with a credit card.  
  

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• Summer 2025 OLLI Term

  • Start
    Monday, June 09, 2025
  • End
    Thursday, August 28, 2025
  • Location
    Online and In-Person

  OLLI at Berkshire Community College
  

  Summer 2025 Term

  
  

  June 2 - Mid August

  Second half of Summer classes begin July 7!

  ONLINE REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. PLEASE CALL 413-236-2190 TO REGISTER FOR COURSES.

  Our summer term runs June 2 - mid August, 2025, and includes a mix of in-person, online, and hybrid (online and in-person) courses. All classes take place in Eastern Time.

  Summer 2025 course descriptions can be found here.

  Hiking classes are using a separate registration form. Register for hiking classes here.
  

  Course cost:
  $55 for one class
  $100 for 2 classes
  $125 for 3 classes
  $150 for 4 classes or more

  To sign up for courses, you need to be an OLLI at BCC member. (Not a member yet? Join here.) Not sure which classes you want to take? Sign up for one or more Flexpasses, which allow you to attend six individual class sessions of your choice within a semester, as long as the class is not full. Click here to learn more about Flexpasses.

  Note that our online courses are recorded, unless otherwise noted. If you cannot attend live, or if you miss a session or two, you can access that course's Padlet for the recording link and watch it at your convenience.

  Watch this video to learn about summer programming at OLLI
  

  Questions? Contact us at olli@berkshirecc.edu or 413.236.2190. We look forward to hearing from you!

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• Osher Online Summer 2025

  • Start
    Tuesday, July 08, 2025
  • End
    Friday, August 15, 2025
  • Location
    Online

  

  Osher Online is a program from the Osher National Resource Center (NRC) at Northwestern University.  These classes are delivered by the Osher NRC via Zoom, with participants from all over the country. All times listed are Eastern time.

  OLLI at BCC is excited to be a part of this program. Space is limited! Register early.

  Osher Online classes are $60 each, and available to OLLI at BCC members only.
  

  Each class has a limit of 13 students from each participating OLLI. Register by June 23.

  Registration is closed.

  Osher Online classes are not recorded.

  After you register for Osher Online classes, you will receive a welcome email from the Osher NRC. This email will include an Osher Online username and password as well as a link to the Osher Online Website, through which you will access your classes.
  

  You will also have access to a pre-class orientation, where you'll get helpful information for accessing your class. There you'll find the class Zoom link, syllabus, discussion board and Customer Care contact information.

  Available Courses:
  

  History of Beer

  Tuesdays 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Eastern time

  July 8 - August 12

  Instructor: Karl Bworn

  
  

  Enjoying the Past and Present New York City: A History of Recreation in the Big Apple

  Wednesdays 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 pm Eastern time

  July 9 - August 13

  Instructor: Adam Kocurek

  
  

  Architectural Oddities: An Off-the-Beaten Path Look at Unconventional Architecture

  Thursdays 1:00 - 2:30 pm Eastern time

  July 10 - August 14

  Instructor: Eleanor Schreader

  
  

  100 Years of Magic: The Disney Legacy and Influence

  Thursdays 7:00 - 8:30 pm Eastern time
  July 10 - August 14
  Instructor: Maria Massad

  Class details and videos from instructors can be found here.

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• Creative Composition - Developing Your Creative Vision

  • Start
    Friday, July 11, 2025
  •  
    9:30 AM
  • End
    Friday, July 25, 2025
  •  
    11:30 AM
  • Location
    In-person at various locations
  • Spaces left
    0

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  Creative Composition - Developing Your Creative Vision

  with Thadeus Kubis
  

  Fridays, July 11, 18, and 25, 2025
  

  9:30 - 11:30 a.m. EST
  In-person at Various Locations

  

  This 3-session workshop will explore all the basic and some of the expanded templates used as well as start to develop your own personal visual style.

  Today you need more than your inner creative vision to create magical photographs, you need a balance of creative vision, camera modes and options as well as the ability to convey the meaning of your image.

  Using DSLR/Mirrorless, Smartphones, or film camera systems, we will enjoy creating dynamic images in three very different subjects. From the simple beauty of Canoe Meadows to the complexity of the eclectic landscape of Housatonic, an old mill town, to the rawness of the Berkshires largest city, Pittsfield. Join me for three sessions of observation expanding workshop.

  The group will meet at trails and outdoor locations so be prepared for uneven terrain, and to stand and for two hours.

  Thaddeus B. Kubis has a broad base of photographic related experience, working within various industries including travel and leisure, manufacturing, banking, financial services, marine and sailing. He is an active photographic instructor/lecturer and consultant and teaches smartphone/iCamera photography as well as DSLR, film, large format, composition, seeing and preparing to observe to groups or individuals. He is a certified Apple Teacher.

  Workshop Cost:
  OLLI at BCC Members: $30
  Non-members: $35

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• Small Group Tours of Tanglewood

  • Start
    Friday, July 11, 2025
  •  
  • End
    Friday, August 08, 2025
  •  
  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    Tanglewood

  Register

  Private Small Group Tour of Tanglewood for OLLI Members

  
  

  Three options on Fridays (all tours are the same):

  June 20, July 11, or August 8

  10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
  at Tanglewood, Lenox MA

  In-person only.

  OLLI members will be offered a private tour of Tanglewood by Howard Arkans MD Chair of the Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers (BSAV).

  Howie has been a Tanglewood volunteer for over 20 years and a tour guide for over 10 years. The tour will take 1 1/2 hours and cover all of Tanglewood with history, stories and insights into the cultural gem of the Berkshires. The tour will be offered on three different Fridays at 10:00 a.m.

  Howard Arkans BA, MD Stanford has given many OLLI courses in the past 20 years. Presently he is Chair of the BSAV and a tour guide. He is a past president of OLLI.
  

  Cost: $10 for OLLI at BCC members
  

  Sign up today!
  

  Register online or call 413.236.2190 (M-F 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.) to register by phone with a credit card.  
  

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• Member Meet-up at Tanglewood

  • When
    Sunday, July 13, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    Tanglewood

  Register

  
  

  OLLI at BCC Meet-up at Tanglewood
  (Ticket to Tanglewood not provided)
  

  Sunday, July 13 from 12:00 - start of concert.

  Gather with your OLLI friends and meet new friends on the lawn at Tanglewood. Guests are welcome!
  

  Look for the OLLI banner and balloons.  You can find us by going straight from the Main Gate past the Shed so that when you are standing and looking at the Shed, we will be to the right.
  

  Bring your own ticket, chair, snacks and drinks.
  (You can order Tanglewood Tickets through the BSO or purchase on site at the box office)

  This is a great opportunity to bring a friend to introduce them to other OLLI at BCC folks.  Also, don't forget that this is Berkshire Day, so if you have a Berkshire County address you can pick up a free ticket at the box office (some folks have been getting free Shed tickets!).
  

  Can't wait to see you there!

  Your friends on the OLLI Member Services Committee     

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• The U.S. View of the Egyptian Revolution: Misreadings and Missed Opportunities

  • When
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025
  •  
    1:30 PM
  • Location
    Online and In-person at Berkshire Community College

  Register

  The OLLI Distinguished Speakers Series presents
  The U.S. View of the Egyptian Revolution: Misreadings and Missed Opportunities

  with James Ketterer
  

  Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 1:30 p.m. ET

  Hybrid - In-person at BCC and online

  This lecture will not be recorded.

  James Ketterer moved to Egypt immediately after the Egyptian Revolution in early 2011 and was there through the regime change in 2013. He was director of an educational and cultural affairs NGO that strengthens ties between the U.S. and the Middle East and works closely with the U.S. embassy and the Egyptian government. This gave him an up-close view of the turbulent events, misread circumstances and missed opportunities that have strained U.S.-Egyptian relations. This presentation will explore what went right, what didn't and where things stand now (including discussions about a US senator being convicted of colluding with Egyptian intelligence services, the role of Egypt in regional conflicts and possible changes with the new US administration).

  James Ketterer is Senior Fellow at the Center for Civic Engagement at Bard College in New York state. At Bard, he previously served as Dean of International Studies and Director of the Bard Globalization and International Studies program in New York City. Ketterer also served as Dean of the School of Continuing Education at the American University in Cairo and as Egypt Country Director for AMIDEAST, a large educational NGO represented across the Middle East and North Africa. While in Egypt he worked on several public diplomacy projects with the US Embassy, including cultural exchange programs and jazz diplomacy. He was at the State University of New York for several years, serving as Vice Chancellor for Policy and Planning, Deputy Provost, and Director of the Center for International Development, where he implemented large capacity building projects supported by the US Agency for International Development USAID). These projects worked with parliaments and other institutions in many countries across Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and Europe. He has also worked in government, including at the National Security Council, the New York Senate, and the New York Commission on Higher Education.

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  This lecture will not be recorded.

  Ticket information:
  

  Admission:
  $10 for OLLI at BCC and
  $15 for the general public.
  

  Admission is free for students, staff and faculty from Berkshire Community College, MCLA, Simon's Rock, and Williams; youth 17 and under, and those holding WIC, EBT/SNAP, or ConnectorCare cards.

  Pre-registration is required. Register safely and securely online or call 413.236.2190 (M-F 9am-4pm) to register by phone with a credit card.

  
  

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• Jacob's Pillow with OLLI at BCC

  • When
    Friday, July 18, 2025
  •  
    11:45 AM
  • Location
    Jacob's Pillow, 358 George Carter Road Becket, Massachusetts 01223
  • Spaces left
    9

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  The OLLI at BCC Special Events Committee presents an afternoon at
  

  Jacob's Pillow
  Friday, July 18, 2025

  Norton Owen, Preservation Director,
  will talk at Blake’s Barn at 11:45 a.m.

  Bring a Bag Lunch – OLLI chefs provide desserts and drinks
  

  The Sarasota Ballet
  

  

  Schedule:

  11:45 a.m. Talk with Norton Owen, Preservation Director, at Blake’s Barn

  12:30 p.m. Lunch (bring a bag lunch with you, our OLLI chefs will provide dessert and drinks) 

  1:00 p.m. Dessert

  2:00 p.m. Performance

  Beloved among ballet fans the world over, The Sarasota Ballet returns to Jacob’s Pillow for the first time in ten years. Pushed to new heights under the leadership of director Iain Webb, assistant director Margaret Barbieri (both formerly of The Royal Ballet), and Joseph Volpe executive director (formerly of the Metropolitan Opera), the company has garnered a reputation for its truly diverse repertoire of works.

  This summer, the company returns to the Ted Shawn Theatre with a mixed program including a piece by Sir Frederick Ashton and a world premiere work by American choreographer Jessica Lang, the Virginia B. Toulmin & Muriel O’Neil Artist in Residence at Sarasota Ballet, who has presented three previous world premieres at Jacob’s Pillow with her own company.

  The Sarasota Ballet is recognized for its unparalleled active repertoire of the choreography of Sir Frederick Ashton, and is known worldwide as the main exponent of his ballets outside of the United Kingdom.
  

  Tickets to the ballet are sold out.

  We are still selling the talk and dessert.

  Seating will be in order received. 

  Handicapped seating is available, be sure to note that when you register.

  Tickets for guests to open on May 15th if any seats left.

  Ticket Prices:
  

  • OLLI at BCC Members: $74
  • Guests: $80
  • Dessert only with your own Jacob's Pillow Subscription: $9

  No refunds unless space is filled from a waiting list!
  This program is in-person at Jacob's Pillow
  358 George Carter Rd., Becket, MA

  Thank you to OLLI at BCC's Special Events Committee for organizing this and so many other great OLLI events!

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• Bogus Astronomy

  • Start
    Tuesday, July 22, 2025
  •  
  • End
    Tuesday, July 29, 2025
  •  
  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    Berkshire Community College
  • Spaces left
    0

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  Bogus Astronomy

  with Kenneth Bechis

  
  

  Two sessions:
  July 22 and 29 from 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
  at Berkshire Community College

  In-person only.

  Is it true that "In space no one can hear you scream"? Do Hollywood movies accurately portray spaceship battles, laser cannons, and explosions? Are space aliens invading Earth really ill-advised? How well do Earthbound media and the general population understand astronomical concepts -- e.g., why is it hotter in the summer than the winter? Does it matter that our Sun travels yearly through 14 constellations, not just the 12 familiar Zodiacal ones?

  Why does astronomy, unlike other sciences, have conspiracy theories -- e.g., did Stanley Kubrick help NASA fake the Moon landings? Or, did Martians construct a giant Face on their planet along with canals?

  Let's explore these and other topics in a two-part discussion-based workshop with lots of videos, celestial images, and fun!
  

  Kenneth P. Bechis retired from Northrop Grumman as Chief Scientist in the Space Operations/Environmental Solutions Division, and as a Distinguished Technical Fellow in the Intelligence Systems Sector. He holds a bachelor's in astronomy from Harvard College, a master's of science in physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a doctorate in astrophysics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and is a former NASA Payload Specialist Astronaut.

  
  

  Cost: $30 for OLLI at BCC members,
             $35 for non-members

  Sign up today!
  

  Register online or call 413.236.2190 (M-F 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.) to register by phone with a credit card.  
  

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• OLLI at BCC and BNRC Joint Hike Tom Ball Mountain

  • When
    Wednesday, July 23, 2025
  •  
    9:30 AM
  • Location
    Tom Ball Mountain, Great Barrington/Alford
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  OLLI at BCC and Berkshire Natural Resources Council (BNRC) Joint Hike

  
  

  Wednesday, July 23 at 9:30 a.m.

  Tom Ball Mountain, Great Barrington/Alford

  https://www.bnrc.org/reserves/tom-ball-mountain
  

  Tom Ball Mountain is BNRC’s newest trail which opens in late June.  The trail includes views of Long Pond and Round Pond to the east.  The trail is moderate with both up and downhill stretches.  Hikers can see the amazing trail building skills of the BNRC and Greenager crews who helped build this wonderful new trail that will eventually become part of the High Road.

  OLLI at BCC and the BNRC are offering joint hikes on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month in May, June, and July. These hikes are free for OLLI at BCC and BNRC members.  You must register in advance and space is limited.

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• A Chester Duet 2025 with OLLI at BCC

  • When
    Thursday, July 24, 2025
  •  
    11:30 AM
  • Location
    Chester Theatre
  • Spaces left
    1

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  The OLLI at BCC Special Events Committee presents:
  

  A Chester Duet

  Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 11:30 a.m.

  A Delicious Lunch plus a Great Afternoon of Theater  
  

  This program is in-person at Chester Railway Museum and Chester Theatre Company in Chester, MA
  

  
  

  11:30 a.m. Chester Railway Museum

  A national historic landmark where OLLI chefs create lunch and Dave Pierce, Director, tells station history and tales.

  

  2:00 p.m. Chester Theatre Company
  A Case for the Existence of God
  By Samuel D. Hunter
  Directed by Daniel Elihu Kramer   
  

  Winner of the 2022 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play. With humor, honesty and time-bending theatricality, Hunter intertwines the lives of two ordinary men, both outsiders to the forces that govern their lives.

  Cost: $73 for OLLI at BCC members
             $83 for guests/non-members
             $20 Lunch only with your own Chester Theatre subscription

  Handicapped seating is available, be sure to note that when you register. Seating will be in order received.

  Only 40 tickets available! SIGN UP SOON! 

  Event Leader: Judy Keshner, Special Events Chair: Arline Breskin

  Register online or call 413.236.2190 (M-F 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.) to register by phone with a credit card.  

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• Composing Music: The Creative Process of Eric Nathan

  • Start
    Monday, July 28, 2025
  •  
  • End
    Tuesday, July 29, 2025
  •  
  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    Berkshire Community College
  • Spaces left
    11

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  Composing Music: The Creative Process of  Eric Nathan

  
  

  Two sessions:
  July 28 and 29 from 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
  at Berkshire Community College

  In-person only.

  Composer and Brown Associate Professor of Music Eric Nathan will discuss his creative process as a composer and will take the class through the fascinating process of how his works come to be – from their initial inspiration, to their composition, rehearsals and then premieres. Nathan will discuss his music over two sessions – one devoted to orchestral music and the other to chamber music. Come to learn and appreciate this wonderful music and talent.
  

  Eric Nathan’s (b. 1983) music has been called “as diverse as it is arresting” with a “constant vein of ingenuity and expressive depth” (San Francisco Chronicle), and “thoughtful and inventive” (The New Yorker). A 2013 Rome Prize Fellow and 2014 Guggenheim Fellow, Nathan has garnered acclaim internationally through performances by Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Scharoun Ensemble Berlin, Dawn Upshaw, Jennifer Koh, Stefan Jackiw, and Gloria Cheng. His music has been featured at the New York Philharmonic’s 2014 and 2016 Biennials, Carnegie Hall, and the Aldeburgh, Tanglewood, and Aspen festivals. Recent projects include three commissions from the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Opening (2021), co-commissioned by the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation at the Library of Congress, was premiered by the MSO and broadcast nationally on PBS. He has received commissions from the New York Philharmonic, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Barlow Endowment, Fromm Music Foundation, Tanglewood Music Center, and Aspen Music Festival, and has been honored with a Goddard Lieberson Fellowship and Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Nathan has completed residencies at Yellow Barn, Copland House, and American Academy in Rome, and is a 2022 Civitella Ranieri Foundation fellow. Nathan’s most recent album, Some Favored Nook, was released in 2023 on New Focus Recordings. He serves as Associate Professor of Music at Brown University and is currently the Artistic Director of Collage New Music, a Boston’s oldest contemporary music ensemble, now in its 52nd season, as well as Composer-in-Residence with the New England Philharmonic. He received his doctorate from Cornell.

  
  

  Cost: $30 for OLLI at BCC members,
             $35 for non-members

  Sign up today!
  

  Register online or call 413.236.2190 (M-F 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.) to register by phone with a credit card.  
  

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• Ukraine-Russia War in the Era of Trump 2.0 with James Brooke

  • When
    Wednesday, August 06, 2025
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Online via Zoom

  Register

  Ukraine-Russia War in the
  Era of Trump 2.0
  

  with James Brooke

  An informative update and lively discussion on the Russia-Ukraine war with former New York Times foreign correspondent and former Ukraine reporter James Brooke

  Wednesday, August 6 at 7 p.m. ET

  Online via Zoom
  Free & open to all
  

  Veteran foreign correspondent James Brooke is back to give OLLI another in-depth analysis of the war in Ukraine. Jim draws on a total of 14 years living and working Kyiv and Moscow --  as bureau chief for Bloomberg and then Voice of America. Previously, he made numerous reporting trips to Russia The New York Times.
  

  This event will be recorded and posted to our YouTube channel: OLLI: The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Berkshire Community College

  See past updates from James Brooke on Ukraine in a YouTube playlist.
  

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• The Art of Tableaux Vivants at Chesterwood

  • When
    Friday, August 08, 2025
  •  
    3:00 PM
  • Location
    Chesterwood 4 Williamsville Road Stockbridge, MA, 01262
  • Spaces left
    22

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  The OLLI Special Events Committee presents 
  

  The Art of Tableaux Vivants at Chesterwood

  
  

  Friday, August 8, 2025

  3:00 p.m.

  In-person only

  Be swept up into the creation of “living pictures,” a Victorian form of entertainment often produced by sculptor Daniel Chester French and his friends while at Chesterwood. Chesterwood, a National Trust for Historic Preservation site since 1969, is the former summer home, studio, and gardens of French, an American Renaissance sculptor (1850-1931).

  At this event in French’s historic studio, actors creatively use costumes and props to re-create famous works of art while the audience tries to guess the painting they are portraying. 

  Costs:
  OLLI at BCC Member: $28
  Non-Member: $34

  Questions? Special Events Chair: Arline Breskin (413) 446 4102

  Register online or call 413.236.2190 (M-F 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.) to register by phone with a credit card.  

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• Engineering Trustworthiness: Moving from Broken to Whole

  • When
    Tuesday, August 19, 2025
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Online via Zoom

  Register

  The OLLI Distinguished Speakers Series presents:

  Engineering Trustworthiness: Moving from Broken to Whole

  with Dr. Julia Wattacheril

  Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. ET
  

  Online via Zoom

  

  While physicians and scientists have traditionally been among the most trusted professionals worldwide, recent years have seen a significant erosion of that trust. Systemic failures, conflicting incentives, and institutional betrayals have contributed to this decline, leaving many searching for a better way forward.
  
  In this talk, Dr. Wattacheril will explore a physician-scientist’s perspective on making meaning out of suffering, broadening our understanding of what it truly means to care for others, and teaching, inspiring, and implementing the most valuable dimensions of science and healthcare.

  Julia Wattacheril, MD, MPH is an associate professor of medicine, physician scientist, inventor and director of the Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) program at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Her clinical and translational work spans the multidisciplinary care of MASLD patients at all stages of their disease to the investigation of rare genetic variants influencing the development and progression of MASLD before and after liver transplantation. She currently leads an interdisciplinary research group using machine learning to identify at-risk and protected phenotypes within the electronic health record (EHR) for multi-omic analysis. Of particular interest for clinical outcomes discovered through EHR phenotyping include rapid progression to advanced liver disease, need for transplantation and hepatocellular carcinoma. She recently was awarded the Department of Surgery Innovation Award and Columbia Department of Biomedical Engineering Ignition Award for these software applications as they move into medicine.

  The teams Dr. Wattacheril leads are made of individuals with computational acumen and clinical expertise and include the relational and ethical capacities required in the care of humans, by humans, across data science. Her current projects test hypotheses at scale across populations. She has a particular commitment to develop and translate science and medicine not just across disciplines but to those most affected and often least included in the conversation.

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  Ticket information:
  

  Admission is $10 for OLLI at BCC members and $15 for the general public.

  Admission is free for students, staff and faculty from Berkshire Community College, MCLA, Williams, and Columbia University; youth 17 and under, and those holding WIC, EBT/SNAP, or ConnectorCare cards.

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• Workshop: At Risk for Falls?

  • Start
    Monday, August 25, 2025
  •  
    9:30 AM
  • End
    Wednesday, August 27, 2025
  •  
    11:00 AM
  • Location
    Berkshire Community College
  • Spaces left
    20

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  Workshop: At Risk for Falls? 

  
  

  Two sessions:
  August 25 and 27 from 9:30 - 11:00 a.m.
  at Berkshire Community College

  In-person only.

  Falls are some of the greatest risks older adults face.  As we age body systems change. By 65, 1 in 4 older adults falls each year. A fall can lead to injury, pain and decreased quality of life. Even if an individual does not sustain an injury, the fall can negatively impact an individual’s confidence and limit their activities. Efforts to maintain quality of life, participation in physical activities and confidence can be impacted by a fall.

  Recognizing risk factors and identifying mechanisms to reduce the risk of falls are important in maintaining quality of life and well-being. On Day 1 participants will complete a questionnaire and participate in a brief falls screening to examine to risk.  On Day 2, factors contributing to falls and strategies participants can employ to reduce the incidence of falling will discussed.   Participants should be dressed in comfortable, movable clothing with closed-toe shoes. 

  Dr. Dale Scalise-Smith has held key leadership positions in higher education.  She has published in the area of motor development and control in typically and atypically developing children.  She led students, faculty and practitioners on humanitarian trips to Albania and Romania. As a consultant, she works with university leaders exploring diverse and innovative educational opportunities in physical therapy.  She has served in key positions for the American Physical Therapy Association’s Academy of Pediatrics and currently holds the position as Vice President for the International Organisation for Physical Therapists in Paediatrics, a subgroup of World Physiotherapy. Dr. Scalise-Smith currently resides in the Berkshires with her husband and dogs.  

  Cost: $30 for OLLI at BCC members,
             $35 for non-members

  Sign up today!
  

  Register online or call 413.236.2190 (M-F 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.) to register by phone with a credit card.  
  

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• Stanley Brown on The New York Historical’s Exhibition, Robert Caro’s The Power Broker at 50

  • When
    Thursday, September 04, 2025
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Online via Zoom

  Register

  The OLLI Distinguished Speakers Series presents
  

   Stanley Brown on The New York Historical’s Exhibition, Robert Caro’s The Power Broker at 50.

  Thursday, September 4, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. ET
  

  Online via Zoom

  Robert Caro's Pulitzer prize winning biography of Robert Moses, The Power Broker:  Robert Moses and the Fall of New York is as relevant today as when it was published in 1974 .  Robert Moses never held elective office and in fact ran a disastrous campaign for Governor of New York.  Yet he is probably the most powerful politician in the history of that state who molded the state, for better or worse, according to his vision.  The New York Historical's exhibition, through contemporary  photographs, Caro manuscripts, notes, letters and other documents drawn from the Robert A. Carol Archives acquired in 2019, will be presented in this zoom webinar.  Using those documents, the webinar will examine not only how Moses obtained, used and manipulated his power to shape New York but how Caro was able to write the biography of a man who for decades has blocked every attempt to tell Moses' real story.  David Halberstem called The Power Broker "surely the greatest book ever written about a city" and anyone who is interested in how cities and towns are shaped and the consequences of government decisions should read it.  

  
  The webinar will be presented by Stanley Brown, a docent at The New York Historical who has led numerous groups through the exhibition, including city planners, journalists and people interested in this great book.  He is a former partner and Senior Counsel Emeritus at Hogan Lovells, a global law firm,  and has both represented and sued cities in connection with development issues.

  
  

  
  

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  Admission is $10 for OLLI at BCC members and $15 for the general public.

  Admission is free for students, staff and faculty from Berkshire Community College, MCLA, and Williams; youth 17 and under, and those holding WIC, EBT/SNAP, or ConnectorCare cards.

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• Walking Tours: Indian Town, Stockbridge

  • Start
    Saturday, September 06, 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • End
    Sunday, October 05, 2025
  •  
    3:00 PM
  • Location
    Stockbridge, MA

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  Walking Tours:
  Indian Town, Stockbridge, Mass.

  
  

  Eight Sessions to Choose From!

  All tours are in person and onsite, rain or shine.

  • Saturday, September 6 at 10:00 a.m.
  • Sunday, September 7, 10:00 a.m.
  • Saturday, September 13, 10:00 a.m.
  • Sunday, September 14, 1o:00 a.m.
    
  • Saturday, September 20, 10:00 a.m.
  • Sunday, September 21, 1:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, September 27, 10:00 a.m.
  • Saturday, September 27, 1:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, October 4, 10:00 a.m.
  • Sunday, October 5, 1:00 p.m. 

  
  

  Indian Town was chartered in 1737 as a mission to the Mohican tribe to teach them English, about Christianity and about English agricultural practices. Recently, the Stockbridge-Munsee community in Wisconsin worked with Housatonic Heritage and other local partners to create a tour of the most important Mohican sites along the main street of Stockbridge. Trained by one of the creators of the walking tour, OLLI members will lead participants along Main Street to learn about the Mohicans, who lived in what is now Stockbridge for thousands of years, and aspects of their culture which are still present today. Stops include the Carriage Barn at the Mission House, the burial grounds and the site of the 2021 archeological dig for the Mohican meeting house.
  

  This walk is approximately 1.5 mi. round trip, and the sidewalks are accessible. Participants should be prepared to be walking and standing for about two hours.

  This walking tour has been developed by the Stockbridge-Munsee Community highlighting the years in which they lived in Stockbridge. Presented in partnership with Housatonic Heritage. The walking tours are free and open to the public. 

  NOTE--Does not include a tour of the museum interior. An inside tour, for a fee, can be arranged before or after the free Heritage Walk.
  

  For more information about the Stockbridge-Munsee Community, click here: https://www.nativeamericantrail.org/stockbridge-walking-tour/

  
  

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• Mass MoCA Building Tour

  • When
    Thursday, September 25, 2025
  •  
    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Mass MoCA, North Adams
  • Spaces left
    15

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  Mass MoCA Building Tour
  with Nancy Seasholes

  
  

  Thursday September 25
  2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
  

  In-person only

  Here's a chance to find out about the MASS MoCA buildings themselves -- when were they built? by whom? why? who has occupied them? how have these occupants used the buildings?  This walking tour will address these and other questions in an exploration of present MASS MoCA buildings. 

  The tour is on one level, but participants will need to walk and stand for the 90 minute tour. Small stools are available to borrow from the museum.

  Nancy S. Seasholes is an historian of Boston whose books include Gaining Ground: A History of Landmaking in Boston, Walking Tours of Boston's Made Land, and The Atlas of Boston History.  She has taught at Harvard Extension and conducted numerous walking tours of Boston.  She moved to Williamstown in 2018 and has since researched and developed this tour about the history of the MASS MoCA buildings.

  Cost: $10 for OLLI at BCC members with a Mass MOCA membership*, $32 for OLLI at BCC members who need an entrance ticket.
  

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  *Don't forget your membership card!
  

  Register online or call 413.236.2190 (M-F 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.) to register by phone with a credit card.  
  

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