Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at FAU Ft. Lauderdale

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Re-Evaluating the Most Hated Queen of France: The Life and Death of Marie Antoinette

Presented by: Claudia Dunlea

In 1770, the 14-year-old Austrian archduchess Maria Antonia, youngest daughter of famous Empress Maria Theresa, left Vienna for Versailles to marry th[…]

Tuesday, November 29
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

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Reaching Across the Racial Divide

Presented by: Betty Kilby Fisher Baldwin and Phoebe Kilby

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had a dream that "the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at […]

Thursday, December 1
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

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Excursion: The Gumbo Limbo Nature Center

Presented by: Guided Tour

Join us for an excursion to The Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, located in Boca Raton, FL. Founded in 1984, it is a unique cooperative project of the City […]

Tuesday, December 6
10:00 am – 1:00 pm

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Hart Crane: Precarious Modernist Poet

Presented by: Taylor Hagood

Many Modernist poets are household names, from T. S. Eliot to Gertrude Stein to e. e. cummings. Far lesser-known but extravagantly talented was the po[…]

Monday, December 12
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

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Biden at the Halfway Point: Looking Forward, Looking Back

Presented by: Kevin Wagner

In this lecture, Dr. Wagner evaluates the current state of American politics at the midpoint of President Biden's term. Using, data, statistics, a[…]

Thursday, January 26
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

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The Bonnet House: Main House & Tram Tour

Presented by: Bonnet House

Join us on a guided tour of Ft. Lauderdale's historic Bonnet House! By the time early settler Hugh Taylor Birch purchased the Bonnet House site in[…]

Friday, February 3
10:00 am – 12:00 pm

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Faulkner

Presented by: Taylor Hagood

William Faulkner is unique in American literary history. His fiction stands alone in content, bringing dense prose and philosophical weight to bear on[…]

Wednesdays, February 8, 15, 22; March 1
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

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What It Was: Growing Up When the Music Mattered

Presented by: James Pagliasotti

The Classic Era of Rock & Roll music was a time of incredible creativity in the arts and, in artful ways, of living. It was a tumultuous time, too[…]

Tuesday, March 7
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

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Behind the Scenes of Theater Lab: "Refuge" – Co-created by Satya Jnani Chávez & Andrew Rosendorf

Presented by: Matt Stabile

Join us for an in-depth discussion of Theatre Lab's upcoming World Premiere production of "Refuge," co-created by Satya Jnani Chá[…]

Tuesday, March 14
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Most of our programs will be offered on location in the HEC 312 classroom on the 3rd floor of the Higher Education Complex at our FAU Fort Lauderdale Campus or via Zoom live so that you will have the choice to either join us in the classroom or online. Some programs such as field excursions will take us to new and exciting places in the South Florida Community.

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Meet Board Member Susan Kah

Susan Kah has served as the Chair of the Board of Advisors for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at FAU, Fort Lauderdale since September 2020, having served as Vice Chair the previous inaugural year. She believes strongly that the Board’s standing committees are what determine the success of the Board’s mission to provide advice to OLLI at FAU, …
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