Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of North Texas

These performances are produced and directed by Molly Fillmore, Chair of Vocal Studies and a great partner of our Discovering Classical Vocal Recitals Special Interest Group!

THE MAGIC FLUTE—DISCO VERSION—FAR OUT: Don’t miss director Molly Fillmore’s groovy twist on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s, “The Magic Flute.” The Music Building Spec’s Charitable Foundation Courtyard hosts this 1970s themed FREE presentation. Sung in English and German with Molly Smith as music director, be sure to witness the opera this SUNDAY at 5 p.m. and next TUESDAY at 6 p.m. Can you dig it?!

Don’t be square - be sure to allow extra time for parking. Both Sunday and Tuesday, area schools hold their commencement ceremonies at UNT's Coliseum. You’re encouraged to enter campus from the North side and park North of the Music Building. No performance ticket is needed. Rain location is the Music Building Recital Hall, room 301.

We're now accepting proposals for our Fall 2026 semester, which will take place in September, October, and November. We welcome submissions from University of North Texas faculty, staff, and teaching fellows, as well as passionate subject matter experts in the community who have substantial teaching experience.

The deadline for fall proposals is Wednesday, May 13. For details or to submit a proposal, please visit olli.unt.edu/teach.

Our summer schedule is now available to view online! Go to https://olli.unt.edu to search our new web calendar or download the catalog as a PDF. Enrollment for the summer semester will open at 10:00am on Tuesday, May 5.

You can also watch the recording of our Virtual Kickoff, during which our staff provided details about our summer semester and registration options: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qreFCBASdjk

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNT Summer 2026 Virtual Kickoff

Day of Giving is here! For the next 24 hours, we'll be pursuing our goal of $20,000 for the OLLI at UNT Support Fund. We're grateful to everyone who gave early over the past couple of weeks, putting us about $3,500 closer to our overall goal.

Go to https://olli.unt.edu to make a donation today and learn about our two Day of Giving challenges.

This Day of Giving, every gift counts, which is why we created a challenge to encourage at least 100 donors to give any amount in support of our OLLI. Once we reach our 100th donor in this campaign, OLLI will commit to offering a bus trip to the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame and Museum in Ft. Worth after it has completed its 16,000 square foot expansion. Former museum docent Dr. Jean Greenlaw will join us on the trip!

Early giving is open now at https://olli.unt.edu.

Last week, our members enjoyed a guided tour of the Denton County Office of History & Culture Historical Park, where they visited the Bayless-Selby House, Victorian Garden, African American Museum, and the Taylor Log Cabin and Outhouse. We're grateful to our guides for sharing this history with us!

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Last week, we learned all about the history (and future) of the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo from its Executive Vice President Lauren Lovelace Murray. She also spoke about her personal history as a cowgirl and the path in her career that led her to being the first woman in her current role.

This presentation wrapped up our OLLI After Five series for the spring semester. We're grateful to Dr. Jean Greenlaw, who provided inspiration for this semester's country western theme and helped us curate the speakers.

This is Student Employee Appreciation Week here at UNT, and we want to close it out with a special shoutout to our Student Assistant, Will. Will is an IT major and a Dean's Honor Roll student. Many of you have gotten to know him as the host of our classes in the UNT SSB. He's also assisted many of you over the phone, by email, or in person. In addition to those important duties, Will helps our staff by performing a variety of administrative tasks in our office. We had a lot of fun celebrating with him this morning during an hour of games and donuts here in the office!

Congratulations to Dr. Phelps and Dr. Goldmann!

This semester, Dr. Phelps co-presented one of our OLLI After Five lectures, which was on the History of Country Music. OLLI members have had the opportunity to learn about the history of American horror movies from Dr. Goldmann for several years, as she developed her lecture into this award winning online class for UNT History students!

Each year, we offer hundreds of non-credit classes and other fun educational activities at 6 classroom locations from Denton to Dallas. Help us continue delivering meaningful experiences to lifelong learners across North Texas. Go to olli.unt.edu to make a contribution today!