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Live & Learn with OLLI!

We offer fall, spring and summer courses at various locations across Oklahoma City. Topics change each semester and range from art, history, culture, cinema, cuisine and more.
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Oklahoma City Summer 2025 Course Offerings

May 19 - June 18
  • OS25-111 | Let's Do Lunch: OKC Patio Places

    Mondays, 3wks, 5/19 - 6/9, 11a - 12:30p

    Format: Participation

    Facilitator: Lesley St.John
    Location: Various
    À La Carte Price: $10

    Note: Participants pay for own meals.

     

    In this course, we’ll meet weekly for lunch at a different locally owned restaurant with patio dining. At each one, we’ll learn about the history of the restaurant, the owner, the food and how the menu was inspired. Most importantly, we’ll eat.

     

    Planned locations:  

    5/19: The Bradford House Restaurant

    6/2: The Press in the Plaza District

    6/9: Hall's Pizza Kitchen

     

  • OS25-112 | Oklahoma's Wild West History

    Mondays, 4wks, 5/19 - 6/16, 1:30 - 3:30p

    Format: Lecture
    Instructor: Anna Davis, Historical interpreter and editor
    Location: Epworth Villa
    À La Carte Price: $25

    Recommended reading: The Real Wild West by Michael Wallis (ISBN 0312263813)

     

    Oklahoma has a rich history with Wild West Shows, from Pawnee Bill to Tom Mix. Join us to explore the amazing history of Wild West Shows and how they helped to shape popular culture and our American heroes. Stillwater's own pioneer history plays a role in these shows, from Captain David L. Payne to Captain Couch. Topics we’ll explore are Pawnee Bill and May Lillie, 101 Ranch, Tom Mix, Lucille Mulhall and Buffalo Bill. 

  • OS25-211 | Life, Loss, and Laughter

    Tuesdays, 4wks, 5/20 - 6/10, 10:00a - 12:00p

    Format: Participation
    Instructor: Conni Ohler Eckstein
    Location: Epworth Villa
    À La Carte Price: $25

     

    Discover how humor can offer connection, confidence, and even healing. In this uplifting class, a seasoned stand-up comic and improviser shares how laughter helped her thrive in a male-dominated career and how it sustained her through personal grief, the loss of her son. You’ll learn basic improv games and techniques in a supportive, lighthearted environment. No performance experience needed—just a willingness to laugh, share, and explore the joyful (and surprisingly powerful) role humor can play in your own life. 

  • OS25-212 | Understanding Oklahoma's Legislative Process

    Tuesdays, 4wks, 5/20 - 6/10, 2:00 - 3:00p

    Format: Presentation
    Instructor: Joe Dorman
    Location: Epworth Villa
    À La Carte Price: $20

     

    Description will be provided soon

  • OS25-311 | American Mah Jongg 

    Wednesday, 4wks, 5/21 - 6/11, 10:00a - 12:00p

    Format: Participation
    Instructor: Dr. Cristina Pickle DNP, RN
    Location: 3350 Bungalow Cove Edmond, OK 73034 
    À La Carte Price: $25  

    Materials Fee: $15 for 2025 Rule Card

     

    In this class, you will learn to: 

    Identify Items needed for American Mah Jongg. Set up the wall of tiles for American Mah Jongg. Pick a dealer to break the wall of tiles. Deal tiles. Arrange the tiles on a rack for strategic play. Read and interpret the American Mah Jongg Playing Card. Exchange tiles by doing the "Charleston" tile swap. Begin play. Call a pause. Trade for an exposed Joker. How to Mah Jongg.

  • OS25-0411 | Scissortail Park Tour

    Thursday, 1wk, 5/22, 10a - 12p

    Format: Tour
    Tour guide: Location Staff
    Location: Scissortail Park 
    À La Carte Price: $10

    Notes: Lunch is not included and there is a max of 10 people. 

     

    Silver Flyers Golf Cart tour of the park. Scissortail Park is a 70-acre urban oasis extending from the core of downtown Oklahoma City to the shore of the Oklahoma River. You’re probably most familiar with the Skydance Bridge that connects two sections of the park across I-40.  

    Afterwards, we’ll lunch at Social Capital (517 S. Hudson), Oklahoma’s craft beer headquarters with a rooftop patio overlooking Scissortail Park. Since this is an all-outdoor day, dress for rain, wind, and maybe bring a blanket for the golf cart ride if you run cold.  

     

     

  • OS25-0521 | Guthrie Tour

    Friday, 1wk, 5/30, starts at 10am

    Format: Tour
    Facilitator: Lesley St.John
    Location: Guthrie (various)
    À La Carte Price: $25

    Note: Lunch is not included. The tour will last approximately 2 hours. More specifics will be provide via email.

     

    Join us for this visit to Oklahoma’s first capital. Points in interest include the Oklahoma Territorial Museum and Carnegie Library, plus the Guthrie Scottish & Masonic Center. We’ll stop by the pharmacy museum and have a cute lunch at Stables Cafe, with time for candy and antique shopping.  

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