Mondays, 6wks, 9/30-11/4, 10a-12p

Format: Presentation
Instructors: Various
Location: Epworth Villa

Price: Free

 

Join us for an eclectic mix of weekly speakers who will present information such as the personal history of Oklahoma legend, Alice Roberts, the Silver Tsunami, baseball history and, mineral management and estate planning. Plus, learn about the life-changing program going on at OSU-OKC's Center for Social Innovation.

 

Speakers and Topics

9/30	Kathy Dickson	Alice Robertson
10/7	Destenie McMillan	Mineral Management
10/7	Jandra Cox, J.D.	Estate Planning
10/14	Kevin Richardson	The Silver Tsunami
10/21	OKC CVB	Speaker TBA
10/28	Doug Wedge, Author	Baseball History/Author Talk
11/4	Ariel Moore, Senior Director	Center for Social Innovation, OSU-OKC

Tuesdays, 4wks, 10/15-11/5, 10a-12p

Format: Presentation
Instructors: City of OKC Leadership
Location: Epworth Villa
À La Carte Price: $25

 

You won’t want to miss this weekly update from your city officials on topics including infrastructure, governance, law enforcement and more. Hear directly from OKC’s elected, appointed and administrative city leaders about issues they’re tackling and how they impact you and your community. This four-week course is a great way to stay informed and connected with the people shaping OKC’s future.

Tuesdays, 4wks, 10/15-11/5, 1:30-3:30p

Format: Lecture
Instructor: Carol Schmitz, Educator and Historian
Location: Epworth Villa
À La Carte Price: $25

 

Oklahoma has produced fascinating women who were valuable contributors to different occupations. Some left their stamp in a prominent way, with their portraits or statues in the state capital, but others have been almost lost to history. Every one of the nine women you will meet is worthy of study. Let’s learn and remember their contributions in fields of history, art, governance, activists, hospitality, aviation and more. Let their engaged, passionate lives excite you with the proud heritage of Oklahoma’s most inspiring women.

Wednesdays, 4wks, 9/18-10/9, 1:30-3:30p

Format: Presentation
Instructor: Michael Williams, Director, Oklahoma Territorial Museum, Guthrie
Location: Multi Activity Center, Mitch Park
À La Carte Price: $25

 

Director of the Oklahoma Territorial Museum will answer the common question: “What’s in those stacks?” The stacks in question are filled with volumes original to the library’s opening in 1903, including William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. We’ll take a historical look at the books, authors and the context of the times in which they were written.

Wednesdays, 4wks, 10/16-11/6, 11:30a-1p

Format: Participation
Instructor: Various
Location: At restaurants
À La Carte Price: $10
Note: Fee does not include lunch.

 

We’ll meet weekly for lunch at a different locally owned restaurant. 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: 74 Restaurant, 1492 New World Latin Cuisine, and Nunu’s Mediterranean Café. The group will vote on a fourth restaurant to visit.

Wednesdays, 4wks, 10/16-11/6, 1:30-4p

Format: Presentation
Instructor: Dennis Scott, Film Historian
Location: Epworth Villa
À La Carte Price: $25

 

Let’s review the movies of Robert Redford, an icon of his generation. We’ll start with him and Jane Fonda in Barefoot in the Park (1967) and move to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), the role which became the namesake of the Sundance Film Festival he helped found. Next, we’ll watch him with Dustin Hoffman in All the President’s Men (1976), and finally with Kristen Scott Thomas in The Horse Whisperer (1998).

Fridays, 4wks, 9/20-10/11, 10a-12p

Format: Participation
Instructor: Various
Location: Various
Price: $30 (all membership levels)

 

The OKC metro is home to some top-tier facilities. We’ll visit some: the exhibition of movie costumes by storied Hollywood designer Edith Head at the OKC Museum of Art; learn a different angle at “The Osage Reign of Terror: The Untold Legal History” exhibit at the Federal Judicial Learning Center and Museum; take a guided tour of the OKC Amazon Facility; and learn about women’s flying heritage at the 99s Museum of Women Pilots, founded by 99 women pilots in 1929.