OLLI CONNECTS
Monthly Magazine

August 2025

Marie Curie

Herstory Unveiled

Marie Curie exemplifies the fact that ability and accomplishment are equal between the sexes, but recognition isn’t. We’ll offset that a little in this issue, as Sheryl Long and Gerald Stulc introduce you to several brave, brilliant, and talented women you’ve never heard of. We also have a spot-on cartoon from Art Henrikson and some delightful creative writing from women you attend OLLI classes with. As always, we invite your comments in the space following each story.

Women Who Didn’t Make the History Books —
Sheryl Long
My Abuela —
Ceci LaDuca
River Views —
Barbara Drake
Marilyn Myerson
In Her Own Lines —
Victoria Dym, Evelyn Romano
Lennie Hay

Features

Essays | Themes | Research

Manet's Le Dejeuner
Le déjeuner sur l’herbe, Edouard Manet, oil on canvas 1863

Blame It On Eve:
A History of the Woman
in Art and Anatomy

— Gerald Stulc

The Observer

Commentary | Reviews | Extras

yoga and mindfulness
Yoga for Mindfulness
and Balance

— Jennifer Leavy
Pose by Pose Yoga

Nothing to Hyde
My Absolutely Favorite
Places in the World …

— George Hyde

Art Henrikson for Observer
Women and the ERA,
a cartoon

— Art Henrikson

The 2025 Fall Catalog is available now! Visit the OLLI-USF website to review everything OLLI has to offer during the Fall Term. Writing Classes are listed below. Registration begins August 25th.

Writing Flash Memoir | Dianna Graveman |Tue 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM • 9/30-10/14 • 3 mtgs • $40 • Blue Palms Village at Fletcher Ave.

Creative Fiction | You Have a Book in You | Wed 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM • 10/15-11/19 (Skips 11/5) • 5 mtgs • $65 • Discovery Village

Writing Your Story | Chantelle MacPhee | Wed 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM • 10/29-11/19 • 4 mtgs • $50 • Blue Palms Village at Fletcher

The Memoir Blueprint: How to Stop Overthinking and Start Writing | Kerry Kriseman | Wed 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM • 10/29 • 1 mtg • $15 • St. Petersburg, SLC 2100

New Adventures in Writing | Marilyn Myerson | Thu 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM • 10/30-11/20 • 4 mtgs • $50 • Lake Magdalene Church, Room 301

Get Inspired with Generative Poetry Writing | Stephen Lindow | Tue 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM • 12/2 • 1 mtg • $20 • First Presbyterian Church of Brandon

Community of Readers and Writers — This SIG (Shared Interest Group) meets via zoom for discussion and special events and to share reading of current novels, non-fiction, short stories, memoirs and essays. We offer feedback through group conversation with experienced readers and train newcomers in our supportive methods. Our private Facebook site is a resource of ideas for developing your storytelling and literary skills. Contact readersandwriters.too@gmail.com.

A History of China | Gerald Stulc | Thu 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM • 10/9-11/20 • 7 mtgs• $75 • Online

Great Decisions 2025: Part 1: Foreign Policy Discussion Group | Aracelis Rogers, Peter Neame | Mon 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM • 9/22-10/13 • 4 mtgs • $50 • Online

Great Decisions 2025: Part 2: Foreign Policy Discussion Group | Aracelis Rogers, Peter Neame | Mon 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM • 10/27-11/17 • 4 mtgs • $50 • Online

Yoga for Healthy Aging at Pose by Pose | Jennifer Leavy | Tue 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM • 10/7-10/28. • 4 mtgs •

She Created What? Artistic Women Who Didn’t Make the History Books | Sheryl Long | Tue 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM • 9/16-9/23 • 2 mtgs • $40 • Online

The Impact of Covid 19 | Rich Kennedy | Tue 1:00 PM – 3 PM • 10/28 – 11/4 • 2mtgs • $45 • Ashton Gardens
The Impact of Covid 19 | Rich Kennedy | Wed 1:00 PM – 3 PM • 10/29 – 11/2 • 2 mtgs • $45 • Compton Park Meeting Rooms

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