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UCR's Osher program embraces everyone, welcoming members from all walks of life. Whether you're joining us from another Osher program or you're a longtime member returning to enrich your learning journey, we're delighted to have you with us. Our doors are open to all, and we celebrate the richness that each individual brings to our community.

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Fall Events   

  • The Edward A. Dickson Emeritus/a Professorship Lecture Series: Signature Rocks: Emigration and the Signed Landscape in Indian Country 1830-1869
  • Fee: $0.00
    Dates: 10/21/2025 - 10/21/2025
    Times: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 1
    Building: EUV Riverside
    Room: EUV 1101
    Instructor: 
    Seats Still Available: 47

    Signature Rocks is the first systematic study of the surviving "signatures" inscribed by the emigrants, as they called themselves, on both the famous and not so famous rock formations that line the overland trails through Indian Country from the Missouri River to the Pacific from the 1830s to 1869. Once numbering in the hundreds of thousands, only several thousand have survived. Following the overland crossing, we read these inscriptions--an unrecognized and vanishing American archive--in light of a number of motivations to signing culled from the over two thousand emigrant journals and other accounts that have come down to us. The result is a new understanding of this completely overlooked aspect of one of the most iconic episodes in the history of the United States.

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  • The Creatures & Effects of Ray Harryhausen, Master Stop-Motion Animator
  • Fee: $0.00
    Dates: 11/10/2025 - 11/10/2025
    Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Online Classroom
    Room: Zoom Classroom
    Instructor: Mark Glassy
    Seats Still Available: 100

    When it comes to motion picture special effects, there is only one name that personifies movie magic, Ray Harryhausen (1920-2013). Harryhuasen was a master animator and special effects creator who produced stop-motion animation effects known as "dynamation", in which animated stop-motion characters interact with the live action world. Learn more about the man who is said to have created the greatest stop-motion fame-by frame sequence ever filmed.

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  • Interactive Legacy Storytelling Workshop: Capturing and Sharing Life Stories
  • Fee: $0.00
    Dates: 11/18/2025 - 11/18/2025
    Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 1
    Building: UCR-Palm Desert Center A
    Room: A-113
    Instructor: Jeffry O'Connor
    Seats Still Available: 33

    In this interactive workshop, you’ll learn how to uncover and preserve the stories that shape your family’s history—while also beginning to craft your own legacy. Discover techniques for interviewing loved ones to draw out meaningful memories, life lessons, and untold experiences, and gain tools for writing personal narratives that reflect your own journey. Through guided exercises, you’ll practice asking thoughtful questions, capturing vivid details, and transforming conversations into written keepsakes. You’ll leave with a clear plan and fresh ideas to begin writing your legacy stories, ready to capture them fully on your own after the workshop.

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