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- Adventures in Photography - Composition - Learning to see Creatively in Photography In Person
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Maximum Enrollment: 10
Learn the ingredients for a good photo. We will study the elements of design, perspective, composition, lighting, and color of light. Why are some pictures more appealing than others? They follow some simple rules: A. Simplicity. B. Drawing Attention to the Subject. C. Positioning the Subject. D. Knowledge of Graphic Design for Interest and Harmony. Understanding and using these guidelines will show you how to implement this knowledge and become a better photographer. Instruction will consist of lecture, class discussion & video presentations.
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- Bringing Nature Home: Using Native Plants to Create Your Own Backyard Paradise In Person
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Maximum Enrollment: 35
Picture that morning cup of coffee on your patio. Would you prefer to stare at a green square of grass or be surrounded by flowers with birds and butterflies flitting about? This workshop will discuss the ways, big and small, you can make your yard (or even balcony) into your own little paradise. Whether you want to grow just a few plants to attract hummingbirds or desire a full-scale yard make-over, this class is for you! Topics covered will include: the importance of native plants, how to select which ones work best for you, where to find them in this area, eliminating invasive plants, and how to install and maintain your beautiful new plantings. This class will deepen your understanding of pollinators and how we can help them "one yard at a time". Even if you don't have the space or ability to garden, you will enjoy this class if you love nature and want to learn more about ongoing conservation efforts.
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- Fashions of the Past: What We Wore, Who We Are In Person
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Maximum Enrollment: 25
Do you love historical costuming in movies and BBC-TV series? Does your family treasure an old christening or wedding dress? This course explores the story of fashion change during America's 250 years, and the economic, artistic and social forces that drive Western fashion in all periods. You can learn to find, identify, understand and care for apparel that survives from our past.
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- Get Much More Out of Your Mac
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THIS CLASS IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below.
In a hands-on classroom setting Mac users will learn how to become much more efficient on their computers. This is for both long-term Mac users and Windows users switching to the Mac. This is the live version of the Mac user manual designed to help you master all the essential information you need.
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- Great Decisions 2026: Toward a Fifth Age of American Foreign Policy?
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Fee: $30.00
Item Number: 2026 SCOR145301
Dates: 2/23/2026 - 3/30/2026
Times: 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Days: M
Sessions: 6
Building: Crestwood Christian Church
Room: Bradford Room
Instructor: Jeff Freyman
THIS CLASS IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below.
In his 2022 book "The Four Ages of American Foreign Policy", Michael Mandelbaum traces U.S. global relations through four historical periods: as a weak power (1765- 1865), as a great power (1865-1945), as a superpower (1945- 1990), and as a hyperpower (1990-2015). Have we entered a fifth age of U.S. foreign policy? If so, what are its chief features? The course will examine a number of specific current world problems in light of these questions. It is based on "Great Decisions", a curriculum created by the Foreign Policy Association, whose mission is to serve as a catalyst for developing informed opinion on U.S. foreign policy and global issues. The course involves reading the Great Decisions briefing book about a set of issues, listening to presentations about them, and then discussing them as a group. The book and presentations provide background information on policy options, while avoiding partisan politics. Topics from which to choose this year include: tariffs and the world economy, U.S.-China relations, the risk of nuclear proliferation, Ukraine and European security, international organizations, U.S. engagement with Africa, and human rights and international law.
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- Introduction to Adobe Photoshop Elements In Person
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Maximum Enrollment: 3
In this introductory course to Adobe’s Photoshop Elements program, we will learn to use the tools of this program to do basic photo editing including adjusting lighting and color, cropping, cloning and spot healing, red eye removal, and many other techniques. We will also discuss photo considerations prior to printing or sharing, introduction to layers, converting images to black and white, enhancing and restoring old photos, adding text, using brushes, graphics, templates, guided edits, filters and special effects, and a demonstration of how this program can create cards, calendars, slide shows, collages and photo books.
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- Introduction to Photography In Person
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Maximum Enrollment: 10
Students will learn to set up camera controls; choose presets and a subject; compose photographs; take photographs; review photographs; move photographs to their computer; and then view their photographs. Also, students will review their photographs and learn to make corrections. Additional camera controls, presets, and rules of composition will be reviewed along with a discussion of which memory cards and lenses are recommended for their camera.
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- Johnson Recreational Center/Alumni Gym In Person
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Fee: $0.00
Dates: 2/2/2026 - 5/31/2026
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Days: Su D Sa
Sessions: 118
Building: Johnson Recreational Center
Room:
Instructor: UK Staff UK Staff
Maximum Enrollment: 100
Johnson Recreational Center (additional fee required)
430 Complex Dr, Lexington, KY 40506
https://studentsuccess.uky.edu/campus-recreation/johnson-center
Spring schedule begins February 2, 2026 Hours of Operation (subject to change): Sunday: 11 a.m. - 12 a.m. Monday - Friday: 6 a.m. - 12 a.m. Saturday & Sunday: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Alumni Gym (additional fee required)
Gatton Student Center, 160 Avenue of Champions, Lexington KY 40508
https://studentsuccess.uky.edu/campus-recreation/alumni-gym
**(students can check dates and times by using the link above)
** Additional fee payable to JC/Alumni Gym; this fee allows members access to both facilities. Please visit JC/Alumni Gym website for current membership rates.
Spring schedule begins February 2, 2026 Hours of Operation (subject to change): Sunday: 11 a.m. - 12 a.m. Monday - Friday: 6 a.m. - 12 a.m. Saturday & Sunday: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
OLLI members are welcome to take advantage of the wellness opportunities on UK’s campus. Members are subject to all facility rules and regulations. An additional fee is required and can be paid directly to the Johnson Center/ Alumni Gym.
HOW TO REGISTER:
Register by listing as a course on your registration form. A list of OLLI members registering for the following will be sent to the facilities.
Complete the 2025 - 2026 OLLI Risk Release on the back of the registration form (pg 41 & 42) and return it to OLLI at UK prior to participation. Contact UK Transportation at 859-257-5757 for information on parking locations and fees.
**Pay additional fee directly to Johnson Center/Alumni Gym.
No Class May 25, 2026
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- Lancaster Aquatic Center (LAC) In Person
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Fee: $0.00
Dates: 2/2/2026 - 5/31/2026
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Days: Su D Sa
Sessions: 118
Building: Lancaster Aquatic Center
Room: Pool
Instructor: UK Staff UK Staff
Maximum Enrollment: 300
Lancaster Aquatic Center (no additional fee required)
Corner of Complex Drive and University Drive https://studentsuccess.uky.edu/campus-recreation/lancaster-aquatic-center
**(students can check dates and times by using the link above)
** Access begins February 2, 2026 Lap swim hours (Dates and times subject to change, and hours may vary due to campus events; check the website link above before visiting): Monday - Friday: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Monday - Thursday: 6:15 - 8:15 p.m. Friday: 6:15 - 7:15 p.m. Saturday: 2 - 4 p.m. Sunday: 12 - 2 p.m.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
1. Register with OLLI
2. Upon arrival, request a swipe card in the pool lobby.
**Please check dates and times before you go as they are subject to change.
No class May 25, 2026
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- Masters Teaching Masters - Shaping the Future of Art In Person
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Maximum Enrollment: 30
Ever wonder who taught and gave inspiration to artists like Leonardo, Titian, Michelangelo and Matisse? In this course we will explore the connections between several artists and their teachers. We will look at Leonardo’s early work when in the studio of Verrocchio, who in turn was trained by Donatello. While at the Ecole des Beau-Arts, Gustave Moreau had Matisse and Georges Rouault as students in his studio. In Venice, the Bellini brothers trained both Titian and Giorgione.
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- Move to the World's Music In Person
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Maximum Enrollment: 25
The music comes from another time and place – the haunting violin of a Romani tune, the vitality of a Cossack dance, the kind of rhythmic melody that made Zorba so Greek. Move to the World’s Music promotes world community through dance. Get a gentle workout while enjoying the favorite music and social dance of the Balkans, Europe, the Americas, Israel and beyond. Participants will learn some of the easier and simpler ethnic dances. They may range from slower rhythms to more aerobic and dynamic steps. Dances are done in lines, circles and individually. No prior dance experience is necessary – just a pair of comfortable shoes.
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- OLLI Fitness (Hybrid) In Person
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Maximum Enrollment: 75
This course features aerobic and strength training to improve physical fitness, strength, flexibility and cardiovascular endurance. A typical class begins with cardiovascular work for 30 minutes. Class will also include rhythmic limbering and endurance work, strength work using light weights, muscle toning and stretching. Yoga blocks required. Class will always incorporate exercises for abdominals and core strength, ending with flexibility training and cool down.
REQUIRED MATERIALS: Water bottle, weights, and mat.
No Class April 3
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- OLLI Fitness (Hybrid) Zoom Only
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Fee: $40.00
Dates: 1/26/2026 - 5/8/2026
Times: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Days: M W F
Sessions: 44
Building: ZOOM
Room: Online Only
Instructor: Josette Garstka, Karie Boneau
Maximum Enrollment: 75
This course features aerobic and strength training to improve physical fitness, strength, flexibility and cardiovascular endurance. A typical class begins with cardiovascular work for 30 minutes. Class will also include rhythmic limbering and endurance work, strength work using light weights, muscle toning and stretching. Yoga blocks required. Class will always incorporate exercises for abdominals and core strength, ending with flexibility training and cool down.
REQUIRED MATERIALS: Water bottle, weights, and mat.
No Class April 3
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- Photography: Seeing the Light In Person
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Maximum Enrollment: 10
Lighting can make a difference in taking a good photograph versus a great one. You will learn how the camera sees light and ways to manipulate light to enhance the photograph. Topics that will be covered include electromagnetic spectrum, setting monitor color space, white balance, color temperatures and histograms, filters, hard and soft light, and backlighting.
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- Steamboats on Kentucky's Ohio River (Hybrid) In Person
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Maximum Enrollment: 25
Kentucky’s northern boundary, the Ohio River, was the Commonwealth’s first thoroughfare, facilitating early settlement and downstream commerce. In 1811, the first Ohio river steamboat, the NEW ORLEANS, proved that this modern invention could go up the river as well. For decades following, the cry “Steamboat a comin’!” would bring locals to the riverbank hoping to catch a glimpse of an elegant craft pouring smoke and cinders out of its tall stacks as it rumbled and belched its way up or down the river, in the latter case at the incredible speed of 12 miles an hour! Boats connected to the Evansville, Louisville, Cincinnati and Maysville trades would stop at the small Kentucky towns along the river, providing an outlet for commerce and an opportunity for travel. This course discusses the first 50 years of steamboat history on the Kentucky side of La Belle Riviere, its triumphs and its tragedies.
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- Steamboats on Kentucky's Ohio River (Hybrid) Zoom
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Fee: $30.00
Dates: 2/2/2026 - 3/2/2026
Times: 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Days: M
Sessions: 5
Building: ZOOM
Room:
Instructor: Kenneth Golliher
Maximum Enrollment: 25
Kentucky’s northern boundary, the Ohio River, was the Commonwealth’s first thoroughfare, facilitating early settlement and downstream commerce. In 1811, the first Ohio river steamboat, the NEW ORLEANS, proved that this modern invention could go up the river as well. For decades following, the cry “Steamboat a comin’!” would bring locals to the riverbank hoping to catch a glimpse of an elegant craft pouring smoke and cinders out of its tall stacks as it rumbled and belched its way up or down the river, in the latter case at the incredible speed of 12 miles an hour! Boats connected to the Evansville, Louisville, Cincinnati and Maysville trades would stop at the small Kentucky towns along the river, providing an outlet for commerce and an opportunity for travel. This course discusses the first 50 years of steamboat history on the Kentucky side of La Belle Riviere, its triumphs and its tragedies.
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- The Axial Age - How New Answers to Old Questions Transformed the World
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THIS CLASS IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below.
Some twenty-five hundred years ago across the globe a new generation of thinkers and do-ers arose who were dismayed and discouraged by the chaos and violence that was sometimes all too dominant in their societies. This new generation of philosophers was able to imagine a world that could be different, and they began to influence others and to teach about a new way of being. Between about 800 and 300 BCE profound changes in schools of thought and societies gave rise to new ideas that have changed and continue to change the world. In Persia, there was Zoroaster. In India Vedantic Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism began transforming people’s lives. Confucius and Lao-Tse in China began to teach about new ways of living. The concept of monotheism transformed Judaism in the Ancient Middle East, and in Greece new ideas of polity gave rise to the idea of democracy. Although rooted in a distant past, these ideas reshaped our world profoundly and continue to resonate in the lives of people today. In this course we will study these radical movements, considering what came before them, how they arose, and the many ways in which they are still reshaping our world today.
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- The Benefits of Strength Training For Life's Journey (Zoom) Zoom Only
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Fee: $20.00
Dates: 2/9/2026 - 2/9/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Days: M
Sessions: 1
Building: ZOOM
Room: Online Only
Instructor: Katie Starr, Eric Levitan
Maximum Enrollment: 125
Join Dr. Katie Starr and Eric Levitan, experts in healthy aging, for a 1-hour webinar exploring the science of strength training as we age. Learn how staying strong boosts mood, sleep, and memory, and discover key strategies for success, including the role of protein and everyday ways to incorporate strength training into your routine.
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- The Near-Death Experience: Examining What is Known In Person
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Maximum Enrollment: 25
Since Raymond Moody's book, Life After Life (1976), was published many other books and hundreds of professional journal articles have appeared in print on the topic of neardeath experiences. Scientists, physicians, and others have explained the phenomenon in terms of anoxia, the influence of medications, or a maneuver of dying brains to distract us from a rapid approaching death. On the other hand, clergy, other professionals, and common people have related remarkable stories about their near-death episodes. This course will explore the phenomenon in terms of examining historic and current research with PowerPoint presentations, lectures, and discussion.
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