OLLI-UW 2026 Program Catalog
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Summer Courses & Field Trips
July 2026
In-Person
Field Trip to Big Four Ice Caves – OLLI 1053
Jul 7, 2026
Visit to Olympia: Washington’s Capital – OLLI 0560
Jul 8, 2026
Seattle Asian Art Museum – OLLI 1056
Jul 15, 2026
Native Trees of Washington – OLLI 1054
Monday, Jul 27, 2026, Seattle Area. Speaker: Theodore Hoss
Seattle Art Museum – OLLI 0418
Friday, Jul 31, 2026, Seattle Area. Speaker: Kolya Rice
Online
Discovering Portugal (National Osher Online) – OLLI 9011
Tuesdays, Jul 7-Aug 11, 2026, Online. Speaker: Alison Roberts
Canals & the Making of the Modern World (National Osher Online) – OLLI 9012
Wednesdays, Jul 8-Aug 12, 2026, Online. Speaker: Bernie Carlson
Revolutionary Echoes in Washington, D.C. (National Osher Online) – OLLI 9013
Thursdays, Jul 9-Aug 13, 2026, Online. Speaker: Kasey Sease
Deaf Culture & History (National Osher Online) – OLLI 9014
Thursdays, Jul 9-Aug 13, 2026, Online. Speaker: Matthew Cooper
The Indispensable Founder: George Washington (National Osher Online) – OLLI 9015
Mondays, Jul 13-Aug 17, 2026, Online. Speaker: Dede Petri
August 2026
In-Person
Hidden Spaces/Public Places Walking Tour – OLLI 0270
Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026, Seattle Area. Speaker: Seattle Architecture Foundation
The Denny Regrade Walking Tour – OLLI 0469
Tuesday, Aug 11, 2026, Seattle Area. Speaker: David B. Williams
Frye Art Museum – OLLI 0245
Wednesday, Aug 19, 2026, Seattle Area. Speaker: Kolya Rice
Framed Pressed Flower Keepsakes – OLLI 1055
Sunday, Aug 23, 2026, UW Seattle. Speaker: Meg Brown
Autumn Courses & Field Trips
September 2026
In-Person
Walking Tour of the University of Washington Campus – OLLI 0276
Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026, UW Seattle. Speaker: Ross Coen
It Happened in Laurel Canyon – The Birth of California Folk Rock – OLLI 1032
Thursdays, Sep 17-Oct 8, 2026, Mercer Island Community and Event Center. Speaker: David Robison
America in the 1790s – OLLI 0133
Thursdays, Sep 24-Oct 22, 2026, Trilogy at Redmond Ridge. Speaker: James Rigali
UW Olmsted Campus Walk: The UW Campus & the 1909 Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition – OLLI 0552
Tuesday, Sep 29, 2026, UW Seattle. Speaker: Friends of Seattle Olmsted Parks
Online (Zoom)
Sociology 101: Resilience in Troubled Times – OLLI 1057
Thursdays, Sep 3-Oct 1, 2026, Online. Speaker: Ellen Berg
Fall Is Here & Bird Migration Is in Full Swing – OLLI 1058
Tuesdays, Sep 8-22, 2026, Online. Speaker: Connie Sidles
Writing Your Personal Essay – OLLI 0588
Wednesdays, Sep 9-16, 2026, Online. Speaker: Natalie Serianni
A Geologic Tour of Washington, Part 2 – OLLI 1059
Wednesdays, Sep 23- Oct 14, 2026, Online. Speaker: Dale Lehman
Mexico City: Empires, Revolutions & Everyday Life (National Osher Online) – OLLI 9016
Tuesdays, Sep 29-Nov 3, 2026, Online. Speaker: William (Bill) Beezley
The Birth of the Beat Generation (National Osher Online) – OLLI 9017
Tuesdays, Sep 29-Nov 3, 2026, Online. Speaker: Kurt Hemmer
October 2026
In-Person
Readers Theater – OLLI 0398
Fridays, Oct 2-30, 2026, Mercer Island Community and Event Center. Speaker: Mark Waldstein
Contesting the Status Quo: 20th Century Art & Social Action – OLLI 1060
Mondays, Oct 5-26, 2026, UW Seattle. Speaker: Kolya Rice
Spanish for Travel: Language, Culture & Conversation – OLLI 1061
Wednesdays, Oct 14-Nov 4, 2026, UW Seattle. Speaker: Vilma Illanes
Listening Between the Lines: How People Quibble Over Who Knows What – OLLI 1069
Wednesday, Oct 21, 2026, Mercer Island Community and Event Center. Speaker: Rachel Bristol
Puget Sound Rocks: From the Olympics to the Cascades & Snoqualmie Falls Field Trip – OLLI 1062
Wednesdays, Oct 21-Dec 2, 2026, Trilogy at Redmond Ridge. Speaker: Dale Lehman
The President, the Congress & the Administrative State – OLLI 1063
Thursdays, Oct 29-Nov 19, 2026, Trilogy at Redmond Ridge. Speaker: Rick Hanson
Online (Zoom)
Expressionism to Surrealism – OLLI 0226
Tuesdays, October 6-27, 2026, Online. Speaker: Kolya Rice
Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck – OLLI 1066
Wednesdays, Oct 7-Nov 4, 2026, Online. Speaker: Paul (Jake) W. Jacob
Haunted Enlightenment: The Supernatural in 18th–Early 19th Century Literature and Art – OLLI 1067
Thursdays, Oct 8-29, 2026, Online. Speaker: Brian Gutierrez
The 60s Through the Great Speeches (National Osher Online) – OLLI 9018
Fridays, Oct 9-Nov 13, 2026, Online. Speaker: Arthur (Buck) Benedict
How Empires Shaped Global Cuisine – OLLI 1082
Mondays, Oct 12-Nov 2, 2026, Online. Speaker: Darina Regio
Power & the People: The Evolution of the U.S. Federal Judiciary (National Osher Online) – OLLI 9019
Thursdays, Oct 15-November 19, 2026, Online. Speaker: Lauren Andersen
The Invisible Thread: 3,500 Years of Global Supply Chain (National Osher Online) – OLLI 9020
Mondays, Oct 19-Nov 23, 2026, Online. Speaker: Scott Jones
November 2026
In-Person
Museum Masterpieces in the United States, Part 2 – OLLI 0347
Mondays, Nov 2-23, 2026, Mercer Island Community and Event Center. Speaker: Kolya Rice
History of Alaska – OLLI 1064
Mondays, Nov 2-Dec 7, 2026, Trilogy at Redmond Ridge. Speaker: Ross Coen
Masters of the Italian & Northern Renaissance – OLLI 0334
Tuesdays, Nov 3-Dec 15, 2026, Trilogy at Redmond Ridge. Speaker: Kolya Rice
Shakespeare’s The Tempest – OLLI 1065
Mondays, Nov 9-Dec 7, 2026, UW Seattle. Speaker: Sean Taylor
Online (Zoom)
Writing a Memoir: Your Story of Becoming – OLLI 0585
Thursdays, Nov 5-Dec 3, 2026, Online. Speaker: Ronit Plank
Science a Noble Pursuit – OLLI 1068
Tuesday, Nov 10-Dec 1, 2026, Online. Speaker: Bharat Pathakjee
Autumn Lectures
Community Lectures
Community lectures are free and open to the public, but you must register to attend.
Salmon: King of Fish Lecture – OLLI 1070
Friday, Sep 4, 2026, Trilogy at Redmond Ridge. Speaker: Ed Sobey
Money, Memory & Machines: An Economist's View of Dementia & AI Lecture – OLLI 1071
Friday, Sep 11, 2026, Mercer Island Community and Event Center. Speaker: Jing Li
Gold Fever: A Short History of Alaska's Gold Rushes Lecture – OLLI 1073
Friday, Oct 2, 2026, Trilogy at Redmond Ridge. Speaker: Ross Coen
Human Language Origins Lecture – OLLI 1021
Monday, Oct 19, 2026, Mirabella Seattle. Speaker: Rachel Bristol
Climate Change at the Poles Lecture – OLLI 1075
Wednesday, Oct 28, 2026, Online. Speaker: Liam Kirkpatrick
Being BearWise in Western Washington – OLLI 1083
Friday, Nov 6, 2026, Trilogy at Redmond Ridge. Speaker: Rich Beausole
Crows: The Avian Einsteins – OLLI 0197
Friday, Nov 20, 2026, Mercer Island Community and Event Center. Speaker: Constance Sidles
Forged, Stolen, Looted: The Criminal Side of Art Lecture – OLLI 1078
Thursday, Dec 10, 2026, Trilogy at Redmond Ridge. Speaker: Kolya Rice
Glorious Gulls Lecture – OLLI 1080
Monday, Dec 14, 2026, Mirabella Seattle. Speaker: Connie Sidles
Member Zoom Lectures
Member Zoom lectures are free for current OLLI-UW members. You must register to attend.
Shortcuts Your Brain Takes Without Telling You Lecture – OLLI 1072
Friday, Sep 25, 2026, Online. Speaker: Rachel Bristol
Set in Seattle: Movies That Take Place or Were Filmed Here Lecture – OLLI 1074
Friday, Oct 9, 2026, Online. Speaker: Kris Hambrick
Fluoride & Oral Health: Separating Facts From Myths Lecture – OLLI 1076
Wednesday, Nov 4, 2026, Online. Speaker: Ana Baldiotti
Communicating Mathematics Through WNBA Stats in the Age of Social Media Lecture – OLLI 1077
Wednesday, Nov 18, 2026, Online. Speaker: Madeline Brown
RAG: “Open Book” vs “Closed Book” Conversations With AI Lecture – OLLI 1078
Wednesday, Dec 2, 2026, Online. Speaker: Rebecca Peltz
Seeding Potential: Agriculture in a Changing Climate Lecture – OLLI 1081
Tuesday, Dec 15, 2026, Online. Speaker: Masha Vernik
