This six-week seminar will cover nutrition requirements as we age, including easy-to-prepare recipes with demonstrations; exercises to build and maintain muscle strength from the core out to major muscle groups,  balance training, brain and cognitive health, and the importance of recovery and sleep.  Learn how the rhythm of eat-move-sleep-repeat leads to greater quality of health and longevity.  Find support for your journey and answers to your questions with trusted resources.

What do your favorite poems or lyrics from songs say about you and what do they have in common? Probably more than you think. This class will examine how the two genres intersect in terms of rhyme, repetition, line structure, etc. and why and how they became your favorites. Some of my treasured poets/poems will be shared: Robert Frost, Mary Oliver, Sharon Olds, Walt Whitman, Galway Kinnell, Anne Sexton, and others. Some of my best-loved singers/songwriters will also be examined: Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Paul Simon, and others. This will be your chance to share with the class the power of words/lyrics/music that have resonated deeply within you. If you are not well versed (pun intended) in the favorite poetry category fear not because we will use Good Poems edited by Garrison Keillor as a reference and I will share my favorite poems/poets with the class.

Creative photography goes beyond the documentation of point and shoot photos.  It involves the photographer in designing a composition highlighting the elements--subject, light, and technique to create a fine art picture.  Participants will consider how the “magic” of photography comes alive when the photographer becomes not just an observer, but an artist.

This repeats and updates the seminar that was offered in the UDOLLI spring term of this year. In this class we’ll explore the development of the three strands of Christian nationalism (CN); a rapidly growing and disquieting movement that casts a dark cloud over America in our present hyper-polarized political moment. Adherents to these religio-political movements
have the goal of turning America into a theocracy: One nation under God; but their God and for their ends. Concerningly, they see themselves as preparing for what they contend to be the final battle between Good and Evil.
Scholars and social critics alike suggest that there are those among us who have one unshakeable goal: To establish in the United States the Kingdom of God, one ruled by the Elect, and premised on authoritarian and patriarchal principles. Their objective is to radically remake key aspects of American government and education so as to impose their version of Christianity and morality upon the rest of us.
This seminar will challenge participants to reflect on the rise of CN -- a movement that can only be viewed as a perversion of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. To set the stage we’ll look at some of the historical antecedents to today’s expression of CN going back to the 1920s and 1930s with the rapid rise of Christian fundamentalism. And we’ll also speak to the challenges that CN presents to the Constitutional principle of separation of church and state.

During World War II, the small town of North Platte, Nebraska, became the site of an extraordinary act of hospitality. Over four years, local volunteers welcomed and fed millions of traveling soldiers at a Union Pacific depot, often working up to 20 hours a day. This seminar will tell the inspiring story of the North Platte Canteen and the community spirit that helped sustain service members far from home.

Continue your Zentangle journey in this relaxing and creative six-week seminar, the third and final class in the three-part Zentangle series. Participants should have completed at least one previous Zentangle class before enrolling, as this seminar will build on basic Zentangle techniques. The class will introduce additional patterns and explore creative ways to use them in projects and Zentangle-inspired art.

Additional Fee(s)/Information: Basic Zentangle supplies will be provided by the moderator for a fee of $15 per participant.  During the course of the seminar, occasionally we might use colored pencils or markers which will not be provided, so participants will need to bring their own.