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Music, Theater & Film

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Study Group: Families in International Films: Four Great Films from Four Countries - This offering is currently full please add yourself to the waitlist.

Fee: $45.00
Sessions: 4 | Days: M
Dates: 2/16/2026 - 3/30/2026
Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Building: Turner Senior Resource Center
Room: Debrodt
Instructor: Arlene Weisz

This class uses films for discussions about human relationships. During each of 4 sessions we will discuss one film, using discussion questions, and possibly film segments, selected by the class leader. In order of year of release, we plan to discuss: Autumn Sonata (1978, Sweden), Secrets and Lies (1996, England), Shoplifters (2018, Japan) and The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024, Iran). We will adjust our plan if any films are difficult to access for at-home viewing. Discussion will focus on how the films help us think about the world and family interactions. Discussions will range far beyond the discussion topics brainstormed by the class leader and will include opportunities for laughter despite the seriousness of most of these films.

Arlene Weisz is a retired social worker and social work professor who enjoyed using films as part of teaching and learning about families for about 20 years. Now she is happy to have a chance for great conversations with OLLI members!

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Study Group: Miraculous Silence of Gregorian Chant - Schedule: 2 Session(s) | F | 4/24/2026-5/1/2026 | 1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Fee: $25.00
Sessions: 2 | Days: F
Dates: 4/24/2026 - 5/1/2026
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Building: Morris Lawrence Building- Washtenaw Community Coll
Room: ML-130
Instructor: G. Phil Zepeda

This course will proceed as if you were a novice monk taking your very first course leading to performance of plainsong chant. You will learn about solfeging ("do-a-deer"); intervals; ancient musical staff (four lines instead of five--simple?); modes; recognizing nouns & their Latin names; and practice of simple hymns from the Liber Usualis, the very text prepared by the famous Monks of Solesmes. You may even come to recognize intervals contained in the current modern repertoire, including the famous Diabolus! This world-famous anomaly was made universally famous--a "paradigm shift"-- by none other than Leonard Bernstein in his beloved light-opera: Westside Story: Dominus vobiscum!

A Secular Franciscan, G. Phil Zepeda studied & applied skills in the practice of Chant for ten years in a Franciscan monastery.

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