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French film critic André Bazin stated that, "To understand what a film is trying to say is to know how it is saying it." How do filmmakers communicate ...  View More

Why write our own stories? Perhaps your family has been after you to tell your life story. Perhaps you want to reflect on where you’ve been and what y ...  View More

Why write our own stories? Memoir writing may help us capture enduring portraits of the people in our lives, recreate with words the landscapes we onc ...  View More

Why write our own stories? Memoir writing may help us document our experiences, revisit old memories, remember the people who have made a difference i ...  View More

Practice and grow your photography skills while capturing Chicago images. Every other week the study group will receive information on a notable place ...  View More

In the words of George Scialabba, “modernity is the ensemble of changes—intellectual, political, economic, social, cultural, technological, aesthetic— ...  View More

Come listen to special guest speakers from the world of theatre, learn about current and upcoming cultural events in the Chicago area, and hear inform ...  View More

All of us in OLLI were around during the Cold War Era. Some of us will vividly remember the HUAC/McCarthy Communist “witch hunts,” the Korean War, the ...  View More

Curtain Up! is based on three core activities: reading aloud the script of a play currently being presented in a Chicago theatre; attending the perfor ...  View More

Everyone tells and listens to stories. It’s the human condition. Join this study group to write your own stories in whatever form you wish: fiction, p ...  View More

Artists through the ages have worked in the media of their day while seeking to expand the parameters of the possible, whether in the traditional medi ...  View More

Join us for our continuing adventure into the fascinating world of documentary films. In each session, we will view a film of artistic, political, his ...  View More