One of the best perks of turning 50 is now I can enroll in the OLLI at ASU program. I first heard about Osher Lifelong Learning Institute last year and immediately wanted to join and start taking classes, but I wasn't 50 years old yet. But now I am. :-)
The other great perk is starting this Fall, ASU will be holding classes at the brand new Maravilla in Scottsdale. They held an open house at Maravilla on Monday to talk about the program coming to Scottsdale. Even Mayor Jim Lane was there speaking on how happy he is to have this type of program being offered in Scottsdale. Besides having several speakers, they served a nice lunch, had gift giveaways, and entertainment too. Matthew Weiner, artistic director from Actors Theatre was on hand to talk about his company and brought along actor Ron May to perform a piece from his one man show, The Agony and Ecstacy of Steve Jobs.
What I like about this program is the classes are geared towards cultural exploration, plus they usually are only 4-weeks long, and 90 minutes each. Each semester the program will partner with a few cultural institutions to offer workshops and classes. This Fall you can take different types of art classes at Phoenix Art Museum, music workshops at the Musical Instrument Museum, or the craft of storytelling with Childsplay Theatre.
The BEST part of the program is that there are no books to buy, homework assignments, or tests to take...only fun to be had while broadening your spectrum.
