Join OLLI for a Special Event
Katelyn Manfre
Date/Time: Thursday, April 23, 6 p.m.
Location:
In-Person: 34 Bedford Street, Wishcamper Center room 133, USM Portland Campus.
Online: Via Zoom. A link will be send out prior to the event.
Free! Open to non-members. Registration required; call the OLLI office at (207) 780-4406.
Celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday! What inspires contemporary theatrical companies to perform Shakespeare’s plays? Why do we still find them fascinating? Delve behind the scenes of the creative process and explore Shakespeare through a contemporary lens with Katelyn Manfre, board member of Portland’s Fenix Theatre Company which has been producing free Shakespeare in the Park for 18 summers. This summer Fenix will perform Henry IV, Part One. Portland’s Fenix Theatre Company presents this special lecture with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
To register, call the OLLI office at (207) 780-4406. Seats are limited.
This is an OLLI SAGE+ offering, free and open to the public. Each spring and fall OLLI offers the SAGE Lecture Series featuring a diverse and engaging set of speakers who explore contemporary issues and evolving cultural activities. Learn more about our SAGE Lectures.
Date/Time: Thursday, May 28, 10:00 a.m.
Location:
In-Person: 34 Bedford Street, Wishcamper Center room 133, USM Portland Campus.
Free! Open to non-members. Registration required; call the OLLI office at (207) 780-4406.
Join in a pre-concert learning event ahead of the Portland Bach Experience performance of Penelope. Inspired by Homer’s epic poem the Odyssey, Penelope is a meditation on what it means to come home. Told in a song cycle by Sarah Kirkland Snider, the concert tells the story of a woman who reads the Odyssey to her veteran husband and finds a way into his memory and trauma of war.
This lecture is hosted in partnership with Classical Uprising and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at USM. Participants will receive a discount code for the Portland Bach Experience concert to be performed May 28 in Portland and May 30 in Yarmouth.
To register, call the OLLI office at (207) 780-4406. Seats are limited.
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