LLI Weekly Updates and Announcements

For the week of October 27 - October 31, 2025

This Newsletter is meant to inform and update you about upcoming classes and events. We try to cover as much as we can each week, but it is not an exhaustive list of everything happening at LLI. We're a pretty busy place, and the Newsletter would turn into a novel if we listed everything!

So please note: Just because it isn't in the Newsletter doesn't mean it isn't happening! When in doubt about class times, event dates, or availability of social events, check out the LLI calendar on our website. That will always be the most up-to-date place so please check it regularly!

Classes beginning this week:

Crypto: What, How, Why?
October 27
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Ice House 117
Instructor: Pamela Drake

Using the iPhone to Improve Your Photography
October 28
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Ice House 104
Instructor: Frank Doherty

Hide and Seek
October 29
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Ice House 117
Instructor: Keola Timko

This week's events:

Noontime Knowledge: Changing the Way Foster Care Begins
October 28
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Ice House 117
Presenter: Isaiah 117 House

Seats to Fill:

Classes listed here are close to running or have plenty of room! If one catches your interest, sign up today to make sure the class happens!

Introduction to Mussar, a Jewish Ethical Study
Starts November 12
1:30 - 3:30 PM
Instructor: Peter Barbour

Sew Up Your Gift List
Starts November 4
1:30 - 3:30 PM
Instructor: Kathy Roletter

Reminders:

THIS SATURDAY! Don't miss out on your chance to win the 1st Ever Age 55+ Costume Competition (sponsored by JMU LLI!) Put on your best costume, enter at the HDR website, and you could win the following:

1st – $50 Cash, $50 Downtown Dollars & $150 Ruff Bucks
2nd – $25 Downtown Dollars & $50 Downtown Dollars
3rd- $50 Downtown Dollars

Learn more at: https://downtownharrisonburg.org

Community Events

JMU Star Parties:

A JMU Star Party is the public's opportunity to come on campus, look through our telescopes, and perhaps see craters on the Moon, the bands and moons of Jupiter, Saturn's rings, galaxies, stellar explosions, binary stars and much more!

Physics and Astronomy Department staff and students will be on hand to answer your questions and provide impromptu live, star talks highlighting the Valley sky! Learn more about star parties.

There are still several dates available for this fall!

October 30, 2025 7:30-9:00 pm
November 20, 2025 6:30-8:00 pm
December 4, 2025 6:30-8:00 pm

Screening: Nuclear Now:

Join JMU’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for a special screening of Nuclear Now, the acclaimed documentary by Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone. Nuclear Now explores the urgent need for clean energy and the role nuclear power could play in addressing climate change. The film presents a compelling case for rethinking our energy future, blending science, history, and policy in a narrative designed to inform and provoke thoughtful dialogue.

Following the abridged screening, Professor Polly Arnold, an internationally recognized expert in nuclear chemistry, will lead a panel discussion on the scientific, societal, and ethical dimensions of nuclear energy. This is a unique opportunity to engage with leading-edge research and policy perspectives on one of the most pressing issues of our time. Polly Arnold, Ph.D., OBE, FRS is a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, and Director of the Chemical Sciences Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. She is globally recognized for her pioneering research in actinide and rare earth chemistry, which advances sustainable catalysis and the safe management of nuclear waste.

Anyone who is curious about the future of energy should attend. All are welcome to this free event held at Harrisonburg’s Court Square Theater on Monday, November 3, at 5:30 pm.

Be sure to follow JMU Lifelong Learning on Facebook!

While we'll still use email as our primary communication tool, Facebook will also be a fun and interactive way to learn more about what is going at LLI! Announcements, events, throw back photos - you won't want to miss it! We just updated some of our photos so check it out.

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