Spring 2019 OLLI Catalog
The Osher Lifelong Learning at California State University Dominguez Hills is a program of educational, cultural, and social opportunities for retired and semi-retired individuals age 50 and above. Members experience taking courses in a relaxed atmosphere for the pure pleasure of learning.
The Osher Lifelong Learning at California State University Dominguez Hills is a program of educational, cultural, and social opportunities for retired and semi-retired individuals age 50 and above. Members experience taking courses in a relaxed atmosphere for the pure pleasure of learning.
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PEER-LED CLASSES (Omnilore)<br />
(R&H) The Broadway Musicals<br />
of Rodgers & Hammerstein<br />
Originators of such classic American musicals as Oklahoma,<br />
Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music,<br />
the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein pioneered<br />
the serious musical play. In his new book, Todd Purdum looks back<br />
at this songwriting team in a revelatory portrait of the creative<br />
partnership that transformed musical theatre.<br />
Join us as we learn and discuss this profitable and powerful<br />
entertainment business duo, as viewed 75 years after the success<br />
of their first musical. What impact did they have then, and what<br />
impact remains today? Presentations will discuss the chapters in<br />
the book as well as classmate favorites from the Rodgers and<br />
Hammerstein collection of musicals and songs.<br />
Common Reading:<br />
Something Wonderful:<br />
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s<br />
Broadway Revolution,<br />
by Todd S. Purdum (April 2018)<br />
(RWD) Reel Women Directors:<br />
Pioneers of the Cinema<br />
You say that there have only been a few women directors in the<br />
history of film making? Not true! This class will discover that there<br />
have been a plethora of women directors over the years. In the<br />
recommended text, Reel Women: Pioneers of the Cinema,<br />
Volume II, the class will begin its “exploration” with the year 1960.<br />
The main focus will be watching the movies directed by such filmmakers<br />
as: Elaine May, Lee Grant, Barbra Streisand, Penny Marshall,<br />
Jodie Foster, Nora Ephron, Sophia Coppola, Katherine Bigelow,<br />
Jane Campion, Patty Jenkins, as well as many others. The movies<br />
will be viewed at home, and the presenters will generate discussion<br />
questions for class participation. Presentation topics will include the<br />
discussion of the films and bios of the directors themselves. Here’s<br />
a chance to see Hollywood’s accomplishments with films by female<br />
directors. Don’t miss the opportunity.<br />
Common Reading:<br />
Reel Women; Pioneers of the<br />
Cinema, The First Hundred Years,<br />
Vol. II 1960-2010<br />
by Ally Acker (Copyright 2016)<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2019</strong> | www.csudh.edu/olli | (310) 243-3208 43
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