Join OLLI for a Special Event
Date/Time: Friday, May 8, 3:30 p.m.
Location:
34 Bedford Street, Wishcamper Center room 102, USM Portland Campus.
Free! Open to non-members.
A Little Bit of Broadway
Step into the spotlight for an unforgettable taste of Broadway magic! This hour-long concert features beloved classics and show-stopping favorites. From the heartfelt romance of Embraceable You and All I Ask of You, to the soaring inspiration of The Impossible Dream and Defying Gravity, each piece captures the spirit and emotion of the theater. Classics you know and love and perhaps a few that will be new to you.
Our 40-person choir invites you to join us for some timeless melodies that celebrate the very best of Broadway!
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.
Photo courtesy Classical Uprising.
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 (opens in a new window) 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.
Date: Tuesday, June 16
Tour 1 Time: 10 – 11:30 a.m. Full. Call the OLLI Office to be added to the wait list. If you are on the wait list for Tour 1 and would like to be moved to Tour 2, please call the office.
New! Tour 2 Time: 12 – 1:30 p.m. Limited spots remain.
Location:
Eastern Cemetery (meeting location to be shared upon registration)
$5 for OLLI members. Cash-only at the event. Registration required; call the OLLI office at (207) 780-4406.
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.
Illustration by Annie Spratt on Unsplash