SPRING COURSES AT-A-GLANCE
Registration opens Monday, March 2.
OLLI Enrichment Registration opens Monday, February 9.
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Denver (OLLI at DU) offers a wide range of courses, lectures, webinars, social events, and travel opportunities for adults 50+— no tests, no grades, just learning for the love of learning. With five locations across the Denver metro area and a variety of online and in-person programming, there’s something for everyone.
OLLI at DU is part of a national network of Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes endowed by The Bernard Osher Foundation.
Office Hours: Monday–Thursday, 9 AM–1 PM
Membership Has Its Benefits
A $35 Spring membership opens the door to a vibrant learning community and a host of benefits, including:
• 300+ online and in-person courses*
• Free Friday morning STEM webinars
• Fall Recess and Summer Shorts Webinar Series*
• Free weekly online fitness classes
• Member-only events and travel opportunities*
• A variety of Shared Interest Groups
• Discounts at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts
• Access to the DU Library
• Reciprocal membership with OLLI at CSU*
*Registration fees vary by course/activity.
In-Person
Denver
First Universalist Church 4101 E. Hampden Denver, CO 80222
Golden
Jefferson Unitarian Church 14350 W. 32nd Ave. Golden, CO 80401
Broomfield
Broomfield Community Center 280 Spader Way Broomfield, CO 80020
COURSE PRICING
8 week courses: $70
7 week courses: $65
6 week courses: $60
5 week courses: $55
4 week courses: $50
Special Event and Webinar Series:
Special events and webinars are individually priced.
If financial hardship is preventing you from participating, please contact the office to inquire about tuition assistance.
Class Locations
DU Campus
University of Denver, 2197 S. University Blvd. Denver, CO 80208 (On-campus locations may vary)
Littleton
Columbine United Church 6375 S. Platte Canyon Rd. Littleton, CO 80123
Come for the courses, stay for the connections!
Monday AM
Dates Title
3/30–4/20
Typical Class Times:
AM Sessions: 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
PM Sessions: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
OLLI ON THE MOVE: Music is Poetry: Browne, Kristofferson, Lennon, McCartney and Nelson
Facilitator(s) Location
Larry Tannenbaum; Pat Clisham Lowry
*This OLLI on the Move course is open to anyone, no OLLI membership required!
Monday PM
Dates Title
3/30–4/20
Traditional Chinese Medicine and Artificial Intelligence: Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Science
Location
Joseph Brady Online
3/30–4/20 Why Democracies Fail Terry Ortlieb Online
3/30–4/27 The Birth of Cinema: Origins of the Moving Image Mark Robert Garrett Online
3/30–5/18 Matinee at the Bijou - Walter Matthau and Friends Mac McHugh Online
3/30–5/18 UPSWING: America’s Journey from Individualism to Social Cohesion and Back
3/30–5/4 Bioethical Perspectives on Health and Wellbeing
4/27–5/18
4/6–4/27
Techniques to Distinguish Deep Fake AI from Real AI
Alice Howard; Barbara Lilly Online
Dennis Ryerson; Mark Levine Online
Terry Ortlieb Online
String Fever: Meet the String Instrument Workhorses of Classical Music Susan Lauscher Broomfield
Tuesday AM
Dates Title Facilitator(s)
3/31–4/21 Neuroplasticity Part IIIImproving Brain Performance with Breathing Drills, Reducing Stress, and Cerebellum Work
3/31–5/12 The Art of Writing: Seven Different Author Journeys
3/31–5/19 Awakened to Awe: Encounters With Beauty
3/31–5/19 Chaos and Collapse: Facing the Future of Civilization
3/31–5/19 Current Events - 1
3/31–5/19
Ed Sullivan’s Really Big Show: Shaping American Culture 1948-1971
Dutch Thomson Online
Jack Maher Golden
James Hartmann DU Campus
Kelly Beninga DU Campus
Richard Reinish; Sydney Myers Denver
Glenn Gravlee; Paul Simon Denver
3/31–5/19 Emerging World Issues in Water Resources James Kunkel; Timothy Steele Golden
3/31–5/19 Foundations of Ethics in History and Today Dan Putman Online
3/31–5/19 The Wild West in American History and Culture
3/31–5/19 The Woman Question: Women’s Struggle for Equity and Voice From Ancient Tmes Into the 21st Century.
3/31–5/19 Understanding America’s Gun Violence: Should Regulation of Gun Possession and Use in America Be More Stringent?
3/31–5/19 Using Artificial Intelligence to Understand Human Stupidity
3/31–5/5 A National Issues Forum: Examining Perspectives
3/31–5/5 On The Road to Facilitating an OLLI@DU Course
Ron Yanosky DU Campus
Mary Caravalho DU Campus
Gary Wyngarden; Patricia Paul Online
Ralph Hughes; Alec Tsoucatos Golden
Kent Epperson Denver
Candace Hyatt Denver
Tuesday AM
Dates Title
3/31–5/5
4/7–5/19
The Story of Us: How Cultural Symbols Shape our World
The Roads to the First World War
Tuesday PM
Dates Title
3/31–4/21
3/31–4/21
3/31–4/21
Backyard Astronomy: What is in the Sky?
Colorado’s Railroads and Railroad Towns That May Not Ring a Bell
Making America: Stories Seldom Told – Four Dramatic Presentations of Historical Significance
3/31–4/28 For Brio, Breath and BrainSING!
Facilitator(s) Location
Sheila Jones Online
John Bowen Golden
Facilitator(s) Location
Ron Hranac DU Campus
Dave Erickson Golden
Angel Vigil DU Campus
Darcelia Beck Denver
3/31–4/28 Is Media Ruining America? Rebecca Winning; Beverly George Golden
3/31–5/11 A Passage to India (1924): E. M. Forster and the Twilight of the British Empire
3/31–5/12
3/31–5/12
3/31–5/12
3/31–5/19
Eyes on the Prize: A Videographic History of the American Civil Rights Movement
Lori Eastman DU Campus
Arthur Jones DU Campus
Building the Crucible of Faith Stewart Jones Online
Tell Me a Story: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales and Myths from a Jungian Perspective
Christine Chao DU Campus
Great Leading Women in the Golden Age of Hollywood Greg Petty; Larry Matten Online
Tuesday PM
Dates Title Facilitator(s)
3/31–5/19
American Mahjongg for Beginners
3/31–5/19 Conspiracy Theory: Misinformation/ Dsinformation, Legitimate Form of Societal Critique, or Something Else?
3/31–5/19 Current Events - 2
3/31–5/19 On the Home Front in World War II (Hybrid - In Person)
3/31–5/19 On the Home Front in World War II (Hybrid -Online)
3/31–5/19 The Ancient Engineers: How Did They Do It?
Wayne Cassell; Nancy Cassell Littleton
Dwight Smith DU Campus
Terry Casey DU Campus
Mac McHugh DU Campus
Mac McHugh Online
Charles Holt Littleton
3/31–5/19 Thinking About Technology: Past and Present Kathleen Ochs Golden
3/31–5/19 Through Another Lens: Documentaries That Changed Us Larry Howe Littleton
3/31–5/19 Understanding Islam: A Journey Through History and Faith
3/31–5/19 Who Are the Witches? Contemporary Paganism History and Practice
3/31–5/19 Who Owns the News? And Why We Should Care
3/31–5/19 The Frozen River – A Midwife’s Challenge to Patriarchy and Puritan Morality
Michael Prevedel Denver
Constance Wise Golden
Bill Baird Online
Bob Steele; Carol Steele Online
3/31–5/5 AI: Ready or Not, Here It Is Speaker Series Pat Smith; Jan Friedlander Littleton
3/31–5/5 Strolling Through DU’s Architectural Landscape
Mark Rodgers DU Campus
Tuesday PM
Dates Title
4/7–4/28 Environmental Challenges Facing the Colorado Front Range
4/28–5/19 Your Brain is You
Wednesday AM
Dates Title
4/1–5/20 Capitalism vs. Socialism: Comparing Economic Systems
4/1–5/13 Decades of Sound: A Time-traveling Tour of Four Decades, Countless Classics
4/1–5/20 Great Decisions 2026
4/1–5/20 Current Events - 3
4/1–5/20 Finding Joy, Discovering Happiness
4/1–5/20 Improving Your Bidding Judgment
4/1–5/20 Let’s Get Loose - With Watercolor
4/1–5/20 Tales Untold: A Short Story Writing Adventure
4/1–5/6 A Day at the Opera
Facilitator(s) Location
John Lanning Online
Barbara Adams Golden
4/1–5/6 Varian Fry in Marseille: The Triumph of Moral Courage over Public Opinion and Inhumane Government Policy
Facilitator(s) Location
Stan Folker; Ira Rifkin Littleton
Sue Bramley; Natalie Conklin Littleton
Dennis Brovarone DU Campus
Richard Reinish; Sydney Myers Denver
Chris Meagher; Janet Kester Littleton
Michael Holmes Online
Peggy Winn; Becky Stout Littleton
Edward (Ned) Ford DU Campus
Jan Friedlander; Neil Adelman Online
Natalie Baker DU Campus
Wednesday AM
Dates Title
4/8–5/13 Franklin to Gershwin and Beyond – America’s Classical Journey
4/8–5/6 Baseball Potpourri: Colorado Baseball Roots, the Rockies’ Future, Baseball’s New Realities and Charlie Brown
4/8–5/6 Practical Spirituality: Personal Wisdom for Life
4/8–5/15 Rock’s Vocal Revolution via California’s Laurel Canyon
Wednesday PM
4/1–5/20 Understanding Fracking: Close to Home and Beyond
4/1–4/29 For Brio, Breath & BrainSING!
4/1–5/13 50+ Years of Truly MindBlowing Research on Near Death Experiences and What Awaits Us After “Bodily Death”
4/1–5/20 Advanced NotebookLM / Hermeneutic Prompt Engineering
4/1–5/20 Ancient Britain: From Stonehenge to the Normans
4/1–5/20 Bridge Play and Defense Clinic
4/1–5/20 Disobedient Wives, Spirited Spinsters and Anxious Patriarchs: Creative Colonial American Women
4/1–5/20 Documentary Films
Betsy Schwarm Online
Greg Petty Online
Paula Staffeldt Broomfield
Paul Turelli Denver
Neil Bergstrom DU Campus
Darcelia Beck Littleton
Maria Arapakis Online
Ronald Knox Littleton
Stuart Gentry Littleton
Michael Holmes Online
Becky Stout Littleton
Richard Reinish Denver
Wednesday PM
Dates Title Facilitator(s) Location
4/1–5/20 Journeys, Learning Through Travel Barbara Werren Online
4/1–5/20 Soul Shakedown Party: Forty Years of Jamaican Music
Duke Weiss DU Campus
4/1–5/20 The Golden Age of English Detective Fiction Anne Marshall Christner Online
4/1–5/20 Who Portrays Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot Best? You Decide
4/1–5/6 Current Economic Issues: Facts and Fallacies
4/8–4/29
Unplugged Voices Book #2: Bring Your Story to Print in the Colorado Sequel
Alan Folkestad; Margie Folkestad Online
Leonard Sahling Online
Sara Frances Denver
4/8–5/6 The Peace Education Program: Discover Personal Peace Rich Foster; Monica Casco Online
4/8–4/29 Let’s think together about Adam Grant’s book - Think Again!
4/15–5/20 RIOT AT THE RITE: How Five Guys Made A Noise That Boomeranged Around the Music World for Over a Century!
Thursday AM
Dates Title
4/2–4/23 The Road to ModernityInnovation and Technology from the last Ice Age to AI
4/2–5/21 24 Movies of the Last 80 Years by Genre
Janeen Galligan Denver
John Parfrey DU Campus
Stephen Bennett Littleton
Robert Magnani Online
Thursday AM
Dates Title
4/2–5/21 From Hanseatic League to European Union: Trade, Power and Integration in Europe
4/2–5/21 History of the Rain by Niall Williams: An Irish Story of the Love of Family and Country.
4/2–5/21 Mysterious Places: Dark & Stormy II
4/2–5/21 That Wascally Wabbit--The History and Cultural Impact of Looney Tunes!
4/30–5/21
AI Update – What’s There to be Afraid Of?
Larry Walling Littleton
Don Batt; Gracie Batt Online
Linda Lange; Thomas Corona Online
Gregory Moody Littleton
Stephen Bennett Littleton
4/30–5/21 Writing for Wellbeing: Learning to Bend, Not Break Heather Martin Online
Thursday PM
Dates Title
4/2–4/23 Borderlands – Living in Two Worlds, the Story of Hispanics in the American Southwest
4/2–4/23 Discovering Those Aha! Moments: Telling Life Stories
4/2–5/21 Golden Age Legends: The Songwriters Who Defined Broadway and Hollywood
4/2–5/21 Come Read with Me: Apeirogon by Colum McCann (author of Let The Great World Spin)
Facilitator(s) Location
Angel Vigil Online
Connie Shoemaker Littleton
Lee Kaufman Online
Sally Walling Online
4/2–5/21 Fundamental Techniques of Watercolor Mitra Verma Online
4/2–5/21
Great TV Sitcoms that Changed America Jim Sieke Littleton
Thursday PM
4/2–5/21 Heart, Humor, and Conviction: The Films of Rob Reiner
Dixie Vice; John Lungerhausen Online
4/2–5/21 Understanding America’s Gun Violence: Should Regulation of Gun Possession and Use in America Be More Stringent? Gary Wyngarden; Patricia Paul Littleton
4/2–5/7 No Partner Needed: Line Dancing for Fun Chris Meagher; Ellen Meagher Littleton
Discover Osher Online Courses
Expand your learning horizons with Osher Online, an exciting opportunity for OLLI members! These six-week online courses, created by the Osher National Resource Center at Northwestern University, feature distinguished instructors from Osher Institutes nationwide. Each course includes weekly 1.5-hour sessions.
Osher Online
Dates Title
Facilitator(s) Location
4/1–5/6 Siberia: Russia’s Frozen Wasteland or Economic Heartland? Pereltsvaig Online
4/1–5/6 A History of Street Art Shirey Online
4/2–5/7 JFK’s Quest for Peace: Lessons for Turbulent Times Blum Online
4/2–5/7 AI for Regular People Kurman and Lipson Online
4/7–5/12 Place, Memory, and Environmental Psychology Blanco Vidal Online
4/9–5/14 Great Science Stories Hendrickson Online
4/21–5/26 Frank Lloyd Wright and Modern Architecture Gray Online
OLLI Enrichment
We’re excited to announce a new addition to the OLLI @ DU learning community—OLLI Enrichment, a collection of short courses, lectures, and evening/weekend programs formerly offered through DU’s Enrichment Program. These offerings are open to the public, no OLLI membership required, and designed for curious learners seeking flexible, high-impact learning experiences. As an added benefit, OLLI members will receive discounted pricing on OLLI Enrichment programs. Complete pricing details for OLLI Enrichment courses will be available in the full Spring catalog.
Registration opens Monday, February 9.
OLLI Enrichment
Date(s)
Tue., March 3, 10, 17, 6:308:30 pm
Wed., March 4, 11, 6:308:30 pm
Thr., March 5, 12, 19, 26, 6:30-8:30 pm
Title
The Art and Science of Persuasion
Unlocking the Secrets of the Cosmos: A Journey Through Space Telescopes
From Franklin to Gershwin and Beyond: America’s Classical Journey
TBD Spirits, Séances, and Skeptics: Colorado’s Curious History of Talking to the Dead
Mon., March 9, 16, 7:009:00 pm
Wed., March 18, 7:009:00 pm
Sat., March 21, 28, 10:0012:00 pm
How to Use AI in Your Everyday Life
Whiskey Wisdom: Distilling History from Grain to Glass: Class 1
Missions, Myths and the Missouri: 1776 in Continental Context
Instructor(s)
Location
Krista Kafer DU Campus
Greg Wirth DU Campus
Betsy Schwarm Online
James Lopez Off-Site
Dave Taylor Online
Ryan Stoltzfus Bear Creek Distillery
Judy Okun Online
OLLI Enrichment
Date(s) Title
Sat., March 21, 28, 9:0012:00 pm
Mon., March 23, 30, 6:308:30 pm
Wed., March 25, 6:308:30 pm
Fri., March 27, 7:009:00 pm
Mon., April 6, 13, 6:308:30 pm
Tue., April 7, 6:30-8:30 pm
Wed., April 8, 15, 22, 7:00-9:00 pm
Thr., April 9, 7:00-9:00 pm
Fri., April 10, 6:30-8:30 pm Clyfford Still Museum visit, Sat., April 11, 10:00 am
Tue., April 14, 21, 6:308:30 pm
Wed., April 15, 22, 29, 6:30-8:30 pm
Instructor(s) Location
Mosaics: Ancient Craft, Modern Expression Pam Farris DU Campus
Dancing is Healing Paige FraserHoffman Online
Smart Choices About Supplements: Separating Facts from Fads
Chamberlin Observatory: Denver’s Victorian Gem of Science and Architecture
The Forensic DNA Journey: A Denver Perspective
Jessie McGinty Online
Bill Kast DU Campus
Mitch Morrissey; Gregg Laberge DU Campus
Explore the World with the DU Pioneer Journeys Travel Program
The Great Folk Music “Scare”—and Why It Mattered
Whiskey Wisdom: Distilling History from Grain to Glass: Class 2
America’s First Western Art Movement
Sarah Doody Online
Marc Shulgold DU Campus
Ryan Stoltzfus Bear Creek Distillery
Kaitlyn Tucek DU Campus
Save the Bees, Birds, and Butterflies: Gardening for Biodiversity
Contemporary Geopolitics: Understanding a World in Transition
Jared Del Rosso Online
Scott McLagan; Amanda Cahal DU Campus
OLLI Enrichment
Date(s) Title
Thr., April 16, 30, 6:30-8:30 pm Newman Center performance, Thur., April 23, 7:30-9:30 pm
Sat., April 18, 25, and May 2, 1:003:00 pm
Wed., April
22, 6:308:30 pm
Mon., April 27, May 4, 11, 6:30-8:30 pm
Thr., April 30 and May 7, 7:00-9:00 pm
Bird-Watching Field Trips, Sat., May 2, 9, 9:00-1:00 pm
Fri., May 1, 2:00-4:00 pm
Tue., May 5, 12, 6:308:30 pm
Thr., May 7, 14, 6:308:30 pm
Sat., May 9, 16, 9:0012:00 pm
Sat., May 9, 16, 2:005:00 pm
The Lighter Side of Opera—and Lamont!
Bonjour, Paris! Great Art Museums in the City of Light
The War on Cars: Rethinking Streets, Public Space and Belonging
A Few Choice Words: The %$#@! Evolution of Swearing
Nature’s Grandest Spectacle: The Spring Migration of Birds
Penguins of Antarctica— How Do They Manage?
American Bandstand: More Than Just a Dance Show
Japanese-American Journeys: History, Identity and the Future in Colorado
An Introduction to Working with Glass: Class 1
An Introduction to Working with Glass: Class 2
Instructor(s) Location
Betsy Schwarm DU Campus
Molly Medakovich DU Campus
Jill Locantore DU Campus
Geoffrey Stacks DU Campus
Ted Floyd DU Campus
Jean Pennycook Online
Barbara Kreisman DU Campus
Cody Walizer; Derek Okubo Sakura Square
Jon Wade Glass Class Denver
Jon Wade Glass Class Denver
Stay Active. Stay Connected. Enjoy Our
Free Member Benefits.
Keep your body moving and your mind engaged with our OLLI Fit classes and Friday STEM Webinars FREE with membership!
OLLI FIT
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Tuesday 3/31–5/19
Wednesday 4/1–5/20
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