Next Brown Bag event on June 20th: SIG Brown Bag and a Movie!
It’s great fun, and every member is welcome to join us. Members can bring a friend who may want to join our Osher program.
Where: Osher Learning Center, Cyert Hall
When: 3rd Friday of each month
Lunch Time 11:30, Movie 12:15
*NEW COURSE ID* Register for ID: 5584 to be notified of the upcoming movies!
Summer/Fall 2025 Schedule
Theme: Not Just For Kids: Animation
June 20: Monsters Inc. - 2001
The film centers on two monsters, the hairy James P. "Sulley" Sullivan, and his one-eyed partner and best friend Mike Wazowski, who are employed at the titular energy-producing factory Monsters, Inc., which generates power by scaring human children. However, the monster world believes that the children are toxic, and when a little human girl, Boo sneaks into the factory, she must be returned home before it is too late.
July 18: Ratatouille – 2007
The title refers to the French dish ratatouille, and also references the species of the main character, a rat. Set mostly in Paris, the plot follows a young rat Remy who dreams of becoming a chef at Auguste Gusteau's restaurant, and tries to achieve his goal by forming an unlikely alliance with the restaurant's garbage boy, Alfredo Linguini.
August 15: Wall E – 2008
An animated romantic science fiction film that follows a solitary robot named WALL-E on a future, uninhabitable, deserted Earth in 2805, left to clean up garbage. He is visited by a robot called EVE sent from the starship Axiom, with whom he falls in love, and pursues across the galaxy.
September 19: Inside Out – 2015
A coming-of-age film that follows the inner workings of the mind of Riley, a young girl who has trouble adapting to her family's relocation as five personified emotions administer her thoughts and actions.
October 17: Sing – 2016
An animated, jukebox musical comedy film set in a world inhabited by anthropomorphic animals, the film focuses on a koala named Buster Moon, a struggling theater owner who stages a singing competition in an effort to prevent his theater from entering foreclosure, as well as how the competition interferes with the personal lives of its contestants.
November 21: Coco – 2017
The film follows a 12-year-old boy, named Miguel, who is accidentally transported to the Land of the Dead, where he seeks the help of his deceased musician great-great-grandfather to return him to his family and reverse their ban on his playing music.