This fall, the Osher Institute is offering these Special Events:

• Creativity in Motion!

• Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life

• Behind the Scenes at Idaho Public Television

• Chemistry for the Curious

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Creativity in Motion!

Just three years ago the Trey McIntyre Project sent the national dance scene spinning with its debut performance at the Vail International Dance Festival in 2005. Where does it start, all this remarkable movement? How does imagination shape itself into fluid movement that correlates with the rhythms, mood, and context of a specific piece of music? Expect to see creativity in motion when Trey McIntyre choreographs before you with dancers from his vibrant company. Anticipate intensity, passion, nuance, clarity and energy as you observe the exchange of ideas, movement and emotion between the choreographer, the dancers and the music. This company uses classical ballet as a departure point, then stretches to new levels of artistic expression.

Discussion with Trey, the dancers and the audience will follow the choreography session.

Trey McIntyre, one of the most sought-after choreographers working today studied at North Carolina School of the Arts and later with Houston Ballet Academy. He served as Choreographic Assistant to the Houston Ballet and has created a canon of over 70 works for companies domestically and abroad, including Stuttgart Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, New York City Ballet and Ballet de Santiago (Chile). McIntyre has received numerous prestigious grants and awards, including two choreographic fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and a Choo-San Goh Award for Choreography. Now leading his own company, which has received overwhelming positive critical acclaim, he and his dancers are engaged in a 25-city tour. The company, which currently calls Boise their home base, will perform for the 25th anniversary of Boise’s Morrison Center on September 20.

Date: Thursday, September 11

Time: 3 p.m. -  4:30 p.m.

Location: Special Events Center in Boise State Student Union, corner of Lincoln and University. Park in the garage across from the Union. Parking fees are $1 per hour. Entrance is on Belmont and Lincoln.

Cost: $15

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Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life

(Presented in conjunction with the Idaho Friends of Jung)

The Osher Institute is delighted to be a co-sponsor of this lecture presented by distinguished lecturer and Jungian analyst, Dr. James Hollis. His lecture will be based on his recent book, Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life. According to Dr. Hollis,
“The second half of life presents a rich possibility for spiritual enlargement, for we are never going to have more lessons of history from which to learn, and never possess more emotional resilience, more insight into what works for us and what does not, or a deeper, sometimes more desperate, conviction of the importance of getting our life back.”

The Idaho Friends of Jung will sponsor a less formal daylong workshop on Saturday, October 25, during which Dr. Hollis will continue the discussion, focus on raising consciousness of deeply engrained ideas that autonomously govern our lives with time provided for questions and reflection. Cost for the workshop is $75. You may make reservations for the workshop via this email address: maryclagett@fiberpipe.net. The Osher Institute will not be able to make workshop reservations for you.

Dr. James Hollis, a Zurich trained Jungian analyst, is the Executive Director of the Jung Education Center and a Senior Training Analyst in the Inter-regional Society of Jungian Analysts. Dr. Hollis, who maintains a private practice in Houston, is the author of twelve books. A highly regarded presenter, he lectures across the nation and internationally.


Presenter: Dr. James Hollis

Date: Friday, October 24. Please reserve your seat by October 16; we are holding 50 seats for Osher members.

Time: 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Location: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 6200 Garrett Street, Garden City.
Parking is available adjacent to the building.

Cost: $10 (Friday lecture only)

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Behind the Scenes at Idaho Public Television

Assassination: Idaho’s Trial of the Century; Barbara Morgan: No Limits; Outdoor Idaho 25th Anniversary Special. Did you catch any of these outstanding documentaries on Idaho Public Television? These productions, produced locally, require hundreds of hours, miles of film, the collaborative efforts of a producer, a director, an editor, a videographer, a graphic artist, and others plus a good deal of thought, patience and talent.

Come to the studios of Idaho PTV to learn directly from dedicated individuals who develop the documentaries you value. Expect a powerful lecture/discussion with remarkable video clips, tours of the editing bay, the production room and studios and “hands on” demonstrations. In addition General Manager Peter Morrill will present an overview of the new world of digital television.

Our hosts will be the production staff of Idaho Public Television – including Bruce Reichert, Marcia Franklin, Joan Cartan-Hansen, Jim Peck, John Crancer, Jeff Tucker, Pat Metzler, and Jay Krajic.


Date: Wednesday, November 12

Time: 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Location: Idaho Public Television studio, 1455 North Orchard St., Boise.
Parking is available adjacent to the building.

Cost: $15

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Chemistry for the Curious

Check your adulthood at the door and release your inner child and prepare to have fun as you enter this session. Have you ever wondered why salt causes ice to melt? Why oil and water do not mix? Why wood combusts? Why vinegar and baking soda react? Why aspirin works? The answers to all of these questions (and many others) come from chemistry. Chemistry is all around us and in us. Unleashing the power of chemistry can lead to some amazing, thrilling, and quite often unexpected experiences. Now is your chance to experience chemistry at full throttle!

Dr. Henry Charlier will share his favorite demonstrations. Then it will be your turn to enter the lab and join the fun for hands on experience with experiments doable in your kitchen using materials available at the grocery store. You’ll leave prepared to share these experiments with the young scientists in your life. Dr. Henry Charlier received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the Medical College of Wisconsin in 1997. He is now an associate professor of chemistry and is currently the president of the Idaho Academy of Science. As his altar ego, “Dr. Pickelstein”, he shares his love of chemistry with students of all ages throughout the Treasure Valley. Chemistry is his vocation and his hobby. He also is devoted to improving cancer therapy and his research laboratory focuses on making commonly used cancer chemotherapy regimens safer for patients. If there is interest, Dr. Charlier will discuss his cancer research for the Institute and invite members to participate in the research with him in his lab next spring.

Date: Saturday, November 8

Time: 9 a.m. – Noon

Location: Science/Education Building, Room 109, Boise State University Campus. Best parking will be in parking structure at University Drive and Brady Street. Fees are $1 per hour.

Cost: $15