Events Calendar

April

4/18/2025
1:30 PM — 2:30 PM
Spring Lecture: Liza Mundy, The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA Register here starting at 10:00 AM the Friday before the lecture date.
4/18/2025
  2:30 PM
Happy Hour Join fellow OLLI members after each spring Friday lecture for a happy hour at Pizzeria Paradiso!
4/21/2025
9:45 AM — 11:00 AM
AU Civic Life Community Seminar for OLLI: Should universities strive to have more conservative students and faculty? Registration required to attend; Limited to 12 people
4/21/2025
  12:15 PM
OLLI Lunch Club Register here for the OLLI Lunch Club meeting on April 21.
4/25/2025
1:30 PM — 2:30 PM
Spring Lecture: Terry Hartle, American Colleges and Universities: Challenges on the Road Ahead Register here starting at 10:00 AM the Friday before the lecture date.
4/26/2025
1:00 PM — 2:30 PM
TOUR: The Congressional Cemetery In-person tour of the Congressional Cemetery | $10/person | Registration required | No refunds

May

5/2/2025
1:30 PM — 2:30 PM
Spring Lecture: Alexa Chopivsky, A Generational Battle for our Shared Future: The Necessity to the West of a Free, Secure, and Prosperous Ukraine Register here starting at 10:00 AM the Friday before the lecture date.
5/2/2025
  2:30 PM
Happy Hour Join fellow OLLI members after each spring Friday lecture for a happy hour at Pizzeria Paradiso!
5/4/2025
Fall proposal deadline
5/7/2025
9:45 AM — 11:15 AM
Discussion Group - Round 3: First 100 Days In-person discussion of the first 100 days of this administration; Registration Required; up to 45 attendees
5/9/2025
  2:30 PM
Happy Hour Join fellow OLLI members after each spring Friday lecture for a happy hour at Pizzeria Paradiso!
5/9/2025
1:30 PM — 2:30 PM
Spring Lecture: Robert J. Lieber, Is the US Still Indispensable? Register here starting at 10:00 AM the Friday before the lecture date.
5/9/2025
Spring semester ends
5/12/2025
10:00 AM — 12:00 PM
Summer SGL Orientation Online via Zoom; No registration required - all new summer Study Group Leaders will be emailed the link.
5/13/2025
  3:30 PM
Board Meeting
5/14/2025
Study Group Leader Appreciation Luncheon Luncheon for February Shorts and spring SGLs. Please register to attend by May 2.
5/16/2025
10:30 AM — 12:00 PM
TOUR: American University Arboretum Campus In-person tour of American University Arboretum Campus; Registration required
5/21/2025
10:30 AM — 11:30 AM
May Lecture: Carolina Jimenéz Sandoval, Latin American & Trump 2.0: An Uneasy & Troubled Relationship Online via Zoom, no registration required.
5/23/2025
10:30 AM — 11:30 AM
May Lecture: Josh Stewart, Thinking Outside the Credit Box: Nonprofit Alternatives to Consumer & Community Lending Online via Zoom, no registration required.
5/26/2025
Memorial Day The OLLI office is closed.
5/30/2025
10:30 AM — 11:30 AM
May Lecture: Colin Hines, A UK and European View of 2025 Chaos in the US Online via Zoom, no registration required.

June

6/2/2025
3:30 PM — 5:00 PM
Serendipity: Ed Linz, So You Want to be a Writer? Online via Zoom, no registration required
6/2/2025
June Minis June 2-27
6/10/2025
  3:30 PM
Board Meeting
6/16/2025
3:30 PM — 6:15 PM
Bloomsday In-Person at OLLI; Please register to attend.

July

7/4/2025
4th of July The OLLI office is closed July 3-4.
7/7/2025
July Shorts July 7-11

September

9/1/2025
Labor Day The OLLI office is closed.
9/29/2025
Fall semester begins Sept. 29-Dec. 5

November

11/27/2025
Thanksgiving The OLLI office is closed Nov. 26-28.

December

12/5/2025
Fall semester ends