Each spring and fall term, OLLI offers an 8-week SAGE lecture series featuring a diverse and engaging set of speakers who explore contemporary issues and evolving cultural activities.
Spring 2026
Thank you to our guest speakers and to everyone who joined us for this season’s SAGE lectures.
SAGE lectures return in the fall!
SAGE+ Presents:
Historic Eastern Cemetery Tour (Portland)
Tour 1: Tuesday, June 16, 10 – 11:30 a.m. Full. If you’re on the wait list for Tour 1 and would like to be moved to Tour 2, please call the OLLI Office.
New! Tour 2: Tuesday, June 16, 12 – 1:30 p.m. Limited space available.
To complement Ron Romano’s SAGE program last fall, Ron is offering one of his famous tours of the Eastern Cemetery.
Tour Portland’s oldest public space — Eastern Cemetery — which was established in 1668. The hour-long walk through the site will include the oldest stone, a review of the types of materials used to decorate graves, and monument styles. We’ll see many gravestones produced in the shop of the region’s first stonecutter, Bartlett Adams, visit the 1875 Dead House, pause at gravestones undergoing conservation, and see how segregation of minorities and the effects of the Great Fire of 1866 changed the landscape over its 350 years. This promises to be a most interesting hour.
The registration fee will go directly to the cemetery’s conservation. Directions and instructions of where to meet will be provided with confirmation of registration. Please wear comfortable shoes as our walk is on uneven ground and involves inclines. No dogs allowed. For those wanting to learn more, books about the cemetery will be available for autographing and sale. A cemetery touring map is available.
$5; cash-only at the event.
Registration required. Call the OLLI office at (207) 780-4406 to register and for meeting location. Limited to 25 members.
Thank you to the Program Planning Committee that planned our Spring 2026 season!