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FALL CLASSES START SEPTEMBER 2 — Registration & drop/add available through September 15
G – History
Wilmington (Arsht Hall) | September 2, 2025-November 11, 2025
Tuesday: 12:45 PM-2:00 PM
This course leads people through the founding of New Orleans as a French colony into its Spanish-ruled years, and onto the last 220 years as an American territory and state and a confederate state. Discover the official laws and unofficial customs that define this unique city. Topics covered include architecture, creole and Cajun cultures and cuisines, music, sex, crime and carnival.
This offering meets for a total of 11 session(s).
INSTRUCTOR: Suzanne Stone
STONE, SUZANNE — Volunteer tour guide in New Orleans, 2016 to 2024, providing French Quarter, architecture, cemetery, culinary and garden district tours as well as specialized tours. Volunteer, National WWII Museum; docent, The Historic New Orleans Collection; docent, Smithsonian National Museum of American History, 2001 to 2015. (G512)
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the University of Delaware
OLLI is an academic cooperative for adults 50 and over to enjoy classes, teach, exchange ideas and socialize together, with no exams or educational requirements for participation. OLLI welcomes you.
Kent/Sussex | Wilmington