OLLI-UW 2026 Program Catalog
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Winter Courses & Field Trips
March 2026
In-Person
Geology of National Parks, Part 2 – OLLI 0250
Wednesdays, Mar 11-Apr 1, 2026, Mercer Island Community & Event Center. Speaker: Dale Lehman
The Social Ape – OLLI 1014
Thursdays, Mar 12-Mar 19, 2026, Trilogy at Redmond Ridge. Speaker: Rachel Bristol
Online (Zoom)
The Age of Artificial Intelligence – OLLI 0458
Wednesdays, Mar 4-Mar 25, 2026, Online. Speaker: Matt Welsh
Seeing & Creating Landscape - OLLI 1011
Mondays, Mar 9-Mar 30, 2026, Online. Speaker: Miha Sarani
Winter Lectures
Community Lectures
Community lectures are free and open to the public, but you must register to attend.
Cryptocurrency: What Is It? Lecture - OLLI 1024
Friday, Mar 6, 2026, Trilogy at Redmond Ridge & Online. Speaker: Wei Cai
Threads of Survival: A Family’s Journey Through the Holocaust Lecture – OLLI 1049
Friday, Mar 13, 2026, Rosehill Community Center. Speaker: Susan Covey
Member Zoom Lectures
Member Zoom lectures are free for current OLLI-UW members. You must register to attend.
Technology & the Heart Lecture - OLLI 1029
Friday, Mar 20, 2026, Online. Speaker: Bharat Pathakjee
From Peaks to Patterns: Insights From the Burke Herbarium’s 50 Peaks Project Lecture - OLLI 1025
Wednesday, Mar 25, 2026, Online. Speaker: David Giblin
Spring Courses & Field Trips
March 2026
In-Person
Chihuly Garden & Glass Tour – OLLI 1015
Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026, Seattle.
UW Cherry Blossoms Tree Tour – OLLI 1042
Monday, Mar 30, 2026, UW Seattle. Speaker: Theodore Hoss
Icons of Art: 1960-1990 – OLLI 0299
Tuesdays, Mar 31-Apr 28, 2026, UW Seattle. Speaker: Kolya Rice
Online (Zoom)
Realism, Impressionism & Post Impressionism – OLLI 0242
Mondays, Mar 30- Apr 20, 2026, Online. Speaker: Kolya Rice
The Scopes Monkey Trial: Then & Now (National Osher Online) – OLLI 9006
Tuesdays, Mar 31-May 5, 2026, Online. Speaker: Douglas Mishkin
April 2026
In-Person
Museum Masterpieces: Europe, Part 2 – OLLI 0349
Wednesdays, Apr 1-May 6, 2026, Trilogy at Redmond Ridge. Speaker: Kolya Rice
The Social Ape – OLLI 1014
Fridays, Apr 10-17, 2026, Mercer Island Community & Event Center. Speaker: Rachel Bristol
Readers Theater – OLLI 0398
Wednesdays, Apr 15-May 20, 2026, Mercer Island Community & Event Center. Speaker: Mark Waldstein
Writing a Memoir: Your Story of Becoming – OLLI 0585
Wednesdays Apr 22-May 13, 2026, Trilogy at Redmond Ridge. Speaker: Ronit Plank
The Ice Age Floods Story – OLLI 0486
Thursdays, Apr 23 -May 28, Mercer Island Community & Event Center. Speaker: Dale Lehman
Environmental History in the Pacific Northwest – OLLI 1030
Thursdays, Apr 23-May 14, 2026, UW Seattle. Speaker: Nathan Roberts
It Happened in Laurel Canyon – The Birth of California Folk Rock – OLLI 1032
Thursdays, Apr 30-May 21, 2026, Trilogy at Redmond Ridge. Speaker: David Robison
Online (Zoom)
Siberia: Russia's Frozen Wasteland or Economic Heartland? (National Osher Online) – OLLI 9007
Wednesdays, Apr 1-May 6, 2026, Online. Speaker: Asya Pereltsvaig
JFK's Quest for Peace: Lessons for Turbulent Times (National Osher Online) – OLLI 9008
Thursdays, Apr 2-May 7, 2026, Online. Speaker: Charles Blum
The Lost Generation (National Osher Online) – OLLI 9009
Wednesdays, Apr 15-May 20, 2026, Online. Speaker: Ferda Asya
Two Paths, One Quest: Christian & Hindu Spiritual Wisdom – OLLI 1031
Thursdays, April 16-May 14, 2026, Online. Speaker: Paul W. (Jake) Jacob
Frank Lloyd Wright & Modern Architecture (National Osher Online) – OLLI 9010
Tuesdays, Apr 21-May 26, 2026, Online. Speaker: Jennifer Gray
May 2026
In-Person
Color Perception: From Biology to Culture – OLLI 1004
Mondays, May 4-11, 2026, UW Seattle. Speaker: Rachel Bristol
Museum Masterpieces USA, Part 1 – OLLI 0346
Tuesdays, May 5-Jun 2, 2026, Mercer Island Community & Event Center. Speaker: Kolya Rice
Online (Zoom)
NATO: Past, Present and…? – OLLI 1046
Thursdays, May 21-28, 2026, Online. Speaker: David Fenner
June 2026
In-Person
UW Medicinal Herb Garden – OLLI 1047
Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026, UW Seattle.
Make Your Own Greeting Cards – OLLI 1043
Wednesday, Jun 10, 2026, Mercer Island Community & Event Center. Speaker: Ray Pfortner
Spring Lectures
Community Lectures
Community lectures are free and open to the public, but you must register to attend.
Beavers: Ecosystem Engineers – OLLI 1033
Wednesday, Apr 1, 2026, Online. Speaker: Joe Mouser
Lessons from the Sky: Forecasting Change With Clarity – OLLI 1034
Friday, Apr 10, 2026, Trilogy at Redmond Ridge & Online. Speaker: Mike Everett
Bringing the Garden Indoors: Houseplants, Terrariums & Living With Green – OLLI 1035
Monday, Apr 13, 2026, Mirabella Seattle. Speaker: Tassy de Give
LIGO, Black Holes & Our New View of the Universe – OLLI 1036
Friday, Apr 17, 2026, Rosehill Community Center. Speaker: Joey S Key
Gold, Pirates & Treasure Fleets – OLLI 1040
Friday, Jun 5, 2026, Trilogy at Redmond Ridge & Online. Speaker: Ed Sobey
A Legacy Rediscovered: Northwest Women Artists 1920-1970 – OLLI 1048
Friday, Jun 12, 2026, Rosehill Community Center. Speaker: David Martin
Member Zoom Lectures
Member Zoom lectures are free for current OLLI-UW members. You must register to attend.
Opportunities for the Co-Location of Marine Energy & Aquaculture – OLLI 1037
Friday, Apr 24, 2026, Online. Speaker: Laura Nelson
The Composer-Violinist Legacy – OLLI 1038
Friday, May 15, 2026, Online. Speaker: Ilana Zaks
Garden-Ready for Spring Birds – OLLI 1039
Wednesday, May 20, 2026, Online. Speaker: Constance Sidles
Anselm Kiefer: History & Memory – OLLI 1041
Friday, Jun 12, 2026, Online. Speaker: Kolya Rice
Living Through Time: The Suquamish People & the Salish Sea – OLLI 1050
Wednesday, Jun 17, 2026, Online. Speaker: Leonard Forsman
Study Groups
Best American Short Stories Study Group
Wednesdays, Nov 19, 2025-Apr 1, 2026, Seattle area.
