EVENTS

Paris Women during the Belle Époque, part two of a two-part series

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of the Pacific is a non-profit education program designed for people ages 50+ and open to all adult learners. Each year, OLLI provides intellectually stimulating non-credit classes, interest groups, local and international trips, and special events for its members.  OLLI Membership Fee is $65 per Semester.

The lecture series is FREE to all OLLI members as a benefit of the membership.  View the spring catalog online,  Sign up on or online.

Renata Bricka, MA in Fine Arts, Art History and Costume Designer – This two-part lecture series focuses on women’s private and social lives during the Belle Époque. From upper-bourgeois to artists, hat-makers and cancan dancers—all weaving a colorful socio-economic tapestry of Paris. In this time of prosperity, the wonders of the era were not the reality of life for a large economic underclass.

Please join us on…

Monday, February 24, 2020 (Part 2)
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
O’Connor Woods – West Hall
3400 Wagner Heights Road
Stockton, CA 95209

For more information, please call 209-956-3400.

 “Ireland with OLLI” – Jennifer Juanitas

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of the Pacific is a non-profit education program designed for people ages 50+ and open to all adult learners. In this series, travel enthusiasts meet every other Tuesday to discuss the history, culture and customs of people of different countries.

The presentation will be held at O’Connor Woods – Main Clubhouse, West Hall.  For more information, please call 209-956-3400.

View the spring catalog online,

Cost: $65 OLLI Membership Fee per Semester

Sign up at the lecture or online.

Phone: 209-956-3400

John Muir’s Grand Yosemite: Musing and Sketches

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of the Pacific is a non-profit education program designed for people ages 50+ and open to all adult learners. Each year, OLLI provides intellectually stimulating non-credit classes, interest groups, local and international trips, and special events for its members.  OLLI Membership Fee is $65 per Semester.

The lecture series is FREE to all OLLI members as a benefit of the membership.  View the spring catalog online,  Sign up on or online.

Mike Wurtz, Head of Special Collections and Archives at the University of the Pacific – Nineteenth-century naturalist John Muir made hundreds of drawings of Yosemite. In this presentation, we will determine where Muir made his sketches while in Yosemite, read from his writings and get a bit of background about Muir and the park—great preparation for those of you going to Yosemite in April!

Please join us on…

Monday, March 2, 2020
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
O’Connor Woods – West Hall
3400 Wagner Heights Road
Stockton, CA 95209

For more information, please call 209-956-3400.

Parkinson’s Support Group

Second Thursday of Each Month
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
O’Connor Woods – West Hall
3400 Wagner Heights Road
Stockton, CA 95209

Would you like to talk with people who understand what it means to live with Parkinson’s or who have loved ones with the disease?

Our group meetings focus on a different topic each month and center around Parkinson’s patients and their support team (family and friends). On occasion, we will invite guest speakers to present to the group.

You’re invited to join us on the 2nd Thursday of every month.  The group is open to newcomers, family members, and those who wish to learn more about Parkinson’s.

You may direct inquiries to Mary Ann Behrens at 209-477-6496.

Still Gorgeous at 90

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of the Pacific is a non-profit education program designed for people ages 50+ and open to all adult learners. Each year, OLLI provides intellectually stimulating non-credit classes, interest groups, local and international trips, and special events for its members.  OLLI Membership Fee is $65 per Semester.

The lecture series is FREE to all OLLI members as a benefit of the membership.  View the spring catalog online,  Sign up on or online.

Sylvia Minnick, author and historian – In 1930, at a cost of $240,000, Stockton’s Fox California Theatre became a showcase for the ages. This spring, she will be 90 years young. Stockton’s Fox was one of many other Fox theaters built around the same time and is now one of only 26 that have survived. The theatre has been host to many different entertainers over the years. Come hear her story including how she became the Bob Hope Theatre.

Please join us on…

Monday, March 16, 2020
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
O’Connor Woods – West Hall
3400 Wagner Heights Road
Stockton, CA 95209

For more information, please call 209-956-3400.

The Widowed Persons Association of California (WPAC) is a social organization and support group for widowed men and women of all ages.

All are invited to attend this monthly social gathering. Make new friends, enjoy a delicious lunch, and learn about all of the great outings and programs they have coming up.

This group meets on the third Saturday of each month in West Hall. If you aren’t sure if you would like to become a member just yet, you are welcome to attend the luncheon as a guest.

Social Hour:  11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Lunch Served: 12:00 pm.
Event Ends:   2:00 p.m.
Cost:  $20.00 (pay cash or check in-person at luncheon).

Please RSVP to Penny Francis at 209-476-4047 by the Tuesday before each session.

Metropolis, Found?

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of the Pacific is a non-profit education program designed for people ages 50+ and open to all adult learners. Each year, OLLI provides intellectually stimulating non-credit classes, interest groups, local and international trips, and special events for its members.  OLLI Membership Fee is $65 per Semester.

The lecture series is FREE to all OLLI members as a benefit of the membership.  View the spring catalog online,  Sign up on or online.

Philip Merlo, Director of Education for the San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum – In previous lectures, Metropolis Lost I and II, segregation has been identified as a primary driver of Stockton’s urban crisis. In “Metropolis, Found?” the history of revitalization in Stockton will be covered in full—from segregationist urban renewal, through “Save Our Streets” and “Reinvent Stockton”—examining how each movement has defined and addressed the city’s fundamental challenges.

Please join us on…

Monday, March 23, 2020
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
O’Connor Woods – West Hall
3400 Wagner Heights Road
Stockton, CA 95209

For more information, please call 209-956-3400.

“Paris: The Middle Ages, Art Expos and WWI” – Vahl and Pam Clemensen

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of the Pacific is a non-profit education program designed for people ages 50+ and open to all adult learners. In this series, travel enthusiasts meet every other Tuesday to discuss the history, culture and customs of people of different countries.

The presentation will be held at O’Connor Woods – Main Clubhouse, West Hall.  For more information, please call 209-956-3400.

View the spring catalog online,

Cost: $65 OLLI Membership Fee per Semester

Sign up at the lecture or online.

Phone: 209-956-3400

Black Art Life: An Art Life Memoir

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of the Pacific is a non-profit education program designed for people ages 50+ and open to all adult learners. Each year, OLLI provides intellectually stimulating non-credit classes, interest groups, local and international trips, and special events for its members.  OLLI Membership Fee is $65 per Semester.

The lecture series is FREE to all OLLI members as a benefit of the membership.  View the spring catalog online,  Sign up on or online.

Joseph Schoenleber-Osborne, Alumnus of the San Francisco Art Institute – An Art Life Memoir begins with a paint-by-numbers kit given as a Christmas present to a 6-year-old that starts the child’s lifelong identity as an artist. Joseph will discuss his journey through the decades as he maintains his space for unique fine art. He will share examples of his paintings and his unique development that culminated into receiving his BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute.

Please join us on…

Monday, March 30, 2020
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
O’Connor Woods – West Hall
3400 Wagner Heights Road
Stockton, CA 95209

For more information, please call 209-956-3400.

It’s the Season to Grow!

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of the Pacific is a non-profit education program designed for people ages 50+ and open to all adult learners. Each year, OLLI provides intellectually stimulating non-credit classes, interest groups, local and international trips, and special events for its members.  OLLI Membership Fee is $65 per Semester.

The lecture series is FREE to all OLLI members as a benefit of the membership.  View the spring catalog online,  Sign up on or online.

Julie Morehouse, Horticultural Advisor and Garden Coach – Let your creativity blossom in a theme garden. Julie will show you how to rescue a garden space that’s just not working and add color and interest to existing designs. With her extensive expertise, she will get you started, share how to plan and plant and assist you with developing your own creative outlet.

Please join us on…

Monday, April 6, 2020
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
O’Connor Woods – West Hall
3400 Wagner Heights Road
Stockton, CA 95209

For more information, please call 209-956-3400.

Parkinson’s Support Group

Second Thursday of Each Month
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
O’Connor Woods – West Hall
3400 Wagner Heights Road
Stockton, CA 95209

Would you like to talk with people who understand what it means to live with Parkinson’s or who have loved ones with the disease?

Our group meetings focus on a different topic each month and center around Parkinson’s patients and their support team (family and friends). On occasion, we will invite guest speakers to present to the group.

You’re invited to join us on the 2nd Thursday of every month.  The group is open to newcomers, family members, and those who wish to learn more about Parkinson’s.

You may direct inquiries to Mary Ann Behrens at 209-477-6496.

Polarization and Decline: America’s 21st Century Decline and Pushback, part one of a three-part series

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of the Pacific is a non-profit education program designed for people ages 50+ and open to all adult learners. Each year, OLLI provides intellectually stimulating non-credit classes, interest groups, local and international trips, and special events for its members.  OLLI Membership Fee is $65 per Semester.

The lecture series is FREE to all OLLI members as a benefit of the membership.  View the spring catalog online,  Sign up on or online.

Gene Bigler, Retired Visiting Professor – This three-part lecture will examine the growth of political polarization and economic inequality in the U.S. since 1970. Part two will focus on how meritocracy and corruption have co-mingled to further undermine American institutions. The final lecture will focus on the people and forces who are fighting to overcome America’s decline before the lines are fully drawn for the 2020 national elections. Prominent geo-historian Jared Diamond concludes his latest book, “Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis,” by speculating whether the United States may have already begun a national crisis as momentous as those of the Japanese Shogunate, Weimar Germany, Chile under Allende, Sukarno’s Indonesia and other cases he compares in his study. The growing controversies related to the Trump administration, the potential for an impeachment contest, the worsening of the stalemate in Congress and the deterioration of America’s global economic position have led other respected commentators to similar conclusions, such as Steven Brill in “Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America’s Fifty-Year Fall.”

Please join us on…

Monday, April 13, 2020
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
O’Connor Woods – West Hall
3400 Wagner Heights Road
Stockton, CA 95209

For more information, please call 209-956-3400.

The Widowed Persons Association of California (WPAC) is a social organization and support group for widowed men and women of all ages.

All are invited to attend this monthly social gathering. Make new friends, enjoy a delicious lunch, and learn about all of the great outings and programs they have coming up.

This group meets on the third Saturday of each month in West Hall. If you aren’t sure if you would like to become a member just yet, you are welcome to attend the luncheon as a guest.

Social Hour:  11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Lunch Served: 12:00 pm.
Event Ends:   2:00 p.m.
Cost:  $20.00 (pay cash or check in-person at luncheon).

Please RSVP to Penny Francis at 209-476-4047 by the Tuesday before each session.

Polarization and Decline: America’s 21st Century Decline and Pushback, part two of a three-part series

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of the Pacific is a non-profit education program designed for people ages 50+ and open to all adult learners. Each year, OLLI provides intellectually stimulating non-credit classes, interest groups, local and international trips, and special events for its members.  OLLI Membership Fee is $65 per Semester.

The lecture series is FREE to all OLLI members as a benefit of the membership.  View the spring catalog online,  Sign up on or online.

Gene Bigler, Retired Visiting Professor – This three-part lecture will examine the growth of political polarization and economic inequality in the U.S. since 1970. Part two will focus on how meritocracy and corruption have co-mingled to further undermine American institutions. The final lecture will focus on the people and forces who are fighting to overcome America’s decline before the lines are fully drawn for the 2020 national elections. Prominent geo-historian Jared Diamond concludes his latest book, “Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis,” by speculating whether the United States may have already begun a national crisis as momentous as those of the Japanese Shogunate, Weimar Germany, Chile under Allende, Sukarno’s Indonesia and other cases he compares in his study. The growing controversies related to the Trump administration, the potential for an impeachment contest, the worsening of the stalemate in Congress and the deterioration of America’s global economic position have led other respected commentators to similar conclusions, such as Steven Brill in “Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America’s Fifty-Year Fall.”

Please join us on…

Monday, April 20, 2020
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
O’Connor Woods – West Hall
3400 Wagner Heights Road
Stockton, CA 95209

For more information, please call 209-956-3400.

Polarization and Decline: America’s 21st Century Decline and Pushback, part three of a three-part series

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of the Pacific is a non-profit education program designed for people ages 50+ and open to all adult learners. Each year, OLLI provides intellectually stimulating non-credit classes, interest groups, local and international trips, and special events for its members.  OLLI Membership Fee is $65 per Semester.

The lecture series is FREE to all OLLI members as a benefit of the membership.  View the spring catalog online,  Sign up on or online.

Gene Bigler, Retired Visiting Professor – This three-part lecture will examine the growth of political polarization and economic inequality in the U.S. since 1970. Part two will focus on how meritocracy and corruption have co-mingled to further undermine American institutions. The final lecture will focus on the people and forces who are fighting to overcome America’s decline before the lines are fully drawn for the 2020 national elections. Prominent geo-historian Jared Diamond concludes his latest book, “Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis,” by speculating whether the United States may have already begun a national crisis as momentous as those of the Japanese Shogunate, Weimar Germany, Chile under Allende, Sukarno’s Indonesia and other cases he compares in his study. The growing controversies related to the Trump administration, the potential for an impeachment contest, the worsening of the stalemate in Congress and the deterioration of America’s global economic position have led other respected commentators to similar conclusions, such as Steven Brill in “Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America’s Fifty-Year Fall.”

Please join us on…

Monday, April 27, 2020
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
O’Connor Woods – West Hall
3400 Wagner Heights Road
Stockton, CA 95209

For more information, please call 209-956-3400.

 “Guatemala” – Dianne Bingham

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of the Pacific is a non-profit education program designed for people ages 50+ and open to all adult learners. In this series, travel enthusiasts meet every other Tuesday to discuss the history, culture and customs of people of different countries.

The presentation will be held at O’Connor Woods – Main Clubhouse, West Hall.  For more information, please call 209-956-3400.

View the spring catalog online,

Cost: $65 OLLI Membership Fee per Semester

Sign up at the lecture or online.

Phone: 209-956-3400