News Release | Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, OLLI, Cal State L.A., The Immigrant Experience, CSULA - Apr. 9, 2008

April 9, 2008

Film, food, literature depicting immigrant experience

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Cal State L.A. presents its spring/summer offerings 

 

Los Angeles, CA – Cal State L.A.’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) invites individuals age 50 and older to explore “The Immigrant Experience: A Journey to Becoming American” through film, food and literature.

The series, offered as part of OLLI’s spring/summer course offerings, will be held at the Arcadia Community Center (240 West Huntington Drive, Arcadia 91066) on Tuesdays, May 6 - July 24, from 10 a.m. to noon.

Taught by Cal State L.A. faculty members, the series will consist of three courses: “The Kaleidoscopic Camera: Viewing the Diversity of the Immigrant Experience Through Film,” “Our Food: Immigrant, Ethnic and American,” and “American Dreams, American Realities: The Literature of Immigration and the Ethnic American Experience.”

OLLI’s spring/summer offerings will also feature a field trip to the Huntington Library and Gardens (1151 Oxford Road, San Marino 91108) and a summer celebration at the South Pasadena Community Room (1115 El Centro Street, South Pasadena 91030).

Other classes available include: “Memories and Memoirs” and “Tai Chi” to be held at Cal State L.A.’s Applied Gerontology Institute (Salazar Hall C98); “Nutrition and Aging” and “Jazz Tap” to be held at the Hollenbeck Palms (573 South Boyle Avenue, Los Angeles 90033); “All the World’s a Stage: Explore the Dimensions of Shakespeare’s Writings,” “Einstein’s Life and Work” and “Local Issues and Quality of Life in Los Angeles” to be held at the Griffith Park Adult Community Center (3201 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles 90027); and “Literature Discussion Group” and “Poetry with Potter” to be held at the South Pasadena Senior Center (1102 Oxley Street, South Pasadena 91103).

For details on the OLLI (non-credit) classes and more, go to www.calstatela.edu/exed/profdeve/osher/. Individual class meetings cost $10 for non-members; members receive a discount. The OLLI annual individual membership fee is $25. (Family, organizational and “Friends of OLLI” memberships are also available.)

To register for classes or become a member of OLLI, call (323) 343-4695 or e-mail [email protected]. For campus map and location of permit parking lots, go to www.calstatela.edu.

Cal State L.A.’s OLLI was established in 2004 through a grant from the Bernard Osher Foundation, which has funded 90 similar programs throughout the country.

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