TODAY
Performing Stand-Up Comedy Class Show
Sunday, November 3,
7-9 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center Manheimer Room
The College for Seniors
Performing Stand-Up Comedy 101 presents
its annual original show. Come join instructor Randy Robins
and his class at its premier performance, designed to have you
laughing, crying and rolling in the aisles. The show will include
adult language and situations.
This event is free and open to everyone.
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This Week:
Fall Theme Term on Appalachia
Community Conversation
Thursday, November 7, 9 - 11 a.m
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UNC Asheville's Reuter Center Manheimer Room
Whether you took classes, taught one, or participated in other Appalachia programs of OLLI, come and share your experience.
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Stitch in Time
Special Interest Group
Monday, November 4, 2 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center,
Atrium
This is a fellowship group for stitchers of all types (knitting, crochet, quilting, needlepoint, embroidery, cross stitch, sewing, etc) to help encourage, inspire, and support each other. All skill levels welcome!
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Aging and Brain Health:
Tips from the Latest Research
Thursday, November 7, 9-11 a.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center Room 206
Sponsored by
The Alzheimer's Association of WNC
, this series of lectures will be offered by
Denise Young, regional manager of the Alzheimer's
Association of Western Carolina chapter, along with
area experts.
This third presentation in a three-part series is titled "Exercising the Body and Brain to Age Well." We will explore the latest research surrounding the areas of physical activity, social and cognitive engagement, and how they relate to brain health as we age. We will learn practical tips on how to begin to form healthy habits now to reduce the risk of cognitive decline as we age.
This event is free and open to everyone.
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Aging in Place
Thursday, November 7, 4:15 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center, Room 206
Join us to discuss housing features you can change to improve safety in your home and extend the time you will be able to remain in your home as you age.
Guest Richard Duncan from the Universal Design Institute will highlight cost-effective housing alterations. His presentation will be followed by group discussion.
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Sierra Club:
"Climate Reality
and What You Can Do"
Thursday, November 7, 7 p.m.
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville,
1 Edwin Place (corner of Charlotte and Edwin)
Vice President Al Gore's Climate Reality program will be presented by Brad Rouse of Energy Savers Network, followed by a panel offering solutions, including Roger Helm who has taught College for Seniors classes on climate change solutions, and Sarah Duffer, who has won contests with Draw Down for reducing carbon.
Free and open to everyone
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OLLI VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
MANNA Food Bank
Working to end hunger and food insecurity in WNC
Veterans Restoration Quarters
Help Restore the Lives of Homeless Vets
Asheville Terrace Apartments Food Pantry
Provide On-Site Food Pantry Support
VOLUNTEER NOW...
Make A Difference!
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The Forum
Special Interest Group (SIG)
Friday, November 8, 1 - 3 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center,
Room 205
Topic: Financial Support for American Education
The weekly Forum encourages a free-flowing dialogue designed to enrich and expand participants' thinking on a wide variety of topics; the group frequently focuses on current events. All OLLI members are welcome to attend.
Upcoming Topics:
November 15: Current Events and Selection of Future Topics
SIG Contact: Beth Johnson johnson1ea@earthlink.net
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Plugged-In Buncombe
Local advocacy nonprofits are offering an opportunity to join their staff in attending various City of Asheville and Buncombe County advisory board meetings. These meetings have an impact on important policy decisions made by elected officials, and participation at this level of the governance process is a great way to make needed changes in our community. For details and to sign up,
click here.
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Meditation SIG
Monday, November 11, 4:15 - 5:45 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center Room 120
Awakening through Sanskrit Meditation
with Linda Go, E-RYT, YACEP
 Linda Go's
Awakening through Sanskrit Meditation is from an ancient Tantric Meditation practice from the 1200 year old text, Spandakarika, The Tantric Song of the Sacred Tremor. Linda Go, sound healer, Sanskrit and yoga instructor will share her experiences and a Yoga of Sound meditation sadhana [practice] called Spandakarika, The Song of the Sacred Tremor. Spandakarika is also the name of an ancient yogic text - a virtual " How to Be in Harmony with the Cosmos" guidebook downloaded from the great goddess to Vasugupta around 850 A.D. It is one of the essential texts of Kashmiri Shaivism and linked to the Tibetan Mystery Kagyu school of The Mahamudra or Great Seal of Secret Teachings. Linda will lead us through 3 Spandakarika meditation practices using simple Sanskrit sounds.
Linda Go plans to offer
The Sanskrit Effect at OLLI Spring 2020. She offers private Sanskrit classes, voice lessons, and yoga classes at Weaverville Yoga, Asheville Community Yoga and OM Sanctuary.
All OLLI members are welcome at our gatherings.
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History Book Special Interest Group
Friday, November 15, 1 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center Room 120
Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
by Richard Hofstadter
Anti-intellectualism in American Life was awarded the 1964 Pulitzer Prize in Non-Fiction.
Hofstadter set out to trace the social movements that altered the role of intellect in American society from a virtue to a vice. In so doing, he explored questions regarding the purpose of education and whether the democratization of education altered that purpose and reshaped its form.
In considering the historic tension between access to education and excellence in education, Hofstadter argued that both anti-intellectualism and utilitarianism were consequences, in part, of the democratization of knowledge.
SIG contact: Mike Wang, 267-243-3011,
Come join the fun to share beloved books, engage in discussion, and connect with other OLLI members whose favorite subject is history!
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Travel SIG
Home Exchange
Friday, November 15, 2 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center Room 206
Come learn all about home exchanging from an experienced home exchanger (55 to date). Home exchanging is a wonderful way of traveling, allowing you to be more than a tourist. Our speaker will cover all aspects of home exchanging, from finding exchange websites, composing a listing, what to look for when corresponding with potential exchangers, and more. Everyone always has lots of questions and they will all be answered. By doing a home exchange you will save at least 50% of typical travel expenses. Imagine having a house or apartment instead of a hotel room to live in. Picture having a kitchen to cook meals in, living in a residential neighborhood, meeting neighbors and shopping in local markets. It opens an entirely different way of traveling the world.
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Death Cafe
Friday, November 15, 5 - 6:30 p.m.
UNC Asehville's Reuter Center Atrium
Death Café is a conversation about a subject too often ignored in our death phobic culture. A new movement, a shift, is at play in recovering the ritual of being with death through personal storytelling of fears and loss. A deepening ritual emerges, and we build a culture of dying wisely. Join us at our next Death
Café. Facilitated by Thirdmessenger's Karen Sanders, Greg Lathrop, and Sa'id Osio.
This event is free and open to everyone.
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The Reuter Center Singers Present:
Broadway Now and Then!
**Sunday, November 17, 3 p.m.
Biltmore United Methodist Church - Asheville
It's a celebration of
Broadway Now & Then!
Come musically experience past and present Broadway show tunes and hits. The performance will showcase musical selections from
Hamilton
,
Grease
,
Showboat, Oliver
,
Fiddler On The Roof
,
Opening Night!
and more.
Chuck Taft, who has directed the choir for its full 20-year history, will conduct, and Nora Vetro will accompany on the piano.
With 20 years as a singing organization, the Reuter Center Singers have fostered connections among members and the community at large from the beginning. The group is now based at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville. They rehearse on Monday evenings from 6:15-8:15 p.m. at the Reuter Center and welcome new members.
Free and open to everyone. Donations at the door are welcome.
**corrected date
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Storytelling Performance:
OLLI Members Tell All
Wednesday, November 20, 7 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center
Manheimer Room
College for Seniors instructor Chuck Fink hosts an evening with performances by graduates of the class Moth Storytelling: Telling Personal Stories, coaches, and guest tellers from the class sessions. Come and enjoy listening to your fellow OLLI members tell stories about what makes life special for them and now for you.
This event is free and open to everyone.
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The Autumn Players
The Last Night of Ballyhoo
by Alfred Uhry, Directed by Wendy Strauss
Sunday, November 24, 2:30 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center
Manheimer Room
Join us for this performance of the Tony Award for Best Play by the author of Driving Miss Daisy. Nazis have just started rounding up Jews in Europe, while the elitist German Jews in 1939 Atlanta are busily focused on the social event of the season, affording marriageable daughters a golden opportunity to find proper husbands for themselves. When a decent young man of Eastern European background enters the picture, romantic plans get humorously tangled up, and personal beliefs are put to the test.
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Dear OLLI Members,
This is truly a week to celebrate the many talents of OLLI members. This evening you may attend a performance of Randy Robins' students in
Performing Stand-Up Comedy 101.
On Wednesday
Hermann Gucinski will offer
the latest in the STEM lecture series on climate change and climate change deniers. On Thursday come to discuss your insights and give thanks to instructors and planners for the theme term on Appalachia, and on Friday plan to find out more about how you can be engaged on the curriculum committees or an instructor for College for Seniors. Finally, next Friday and Saturday please plan to attend the annual OLLI Art Market, where you can admire the many talented OLLI artists and enjoy the treats prepared by OLLI bakers.
We also hope you will mark your calendars to attend Florence Mensah's talk on her experiences as an educator in Ghana or find out more about legacy planning from Dave Smith (please note that there is no cost for the legacy planning event, but you must let us know that you will be coming).
With gratitude for all that you do to make possible our community of teachers and learners,
Catherine Frank
Executive Director
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 Important Dates for OLLI's Winter 2020
College for Senior Registration
- Click here for a link to the OLLI at UNC Asheville Winter 2020 catalog. We will send an email when Winter 2020 print catalogs arrive at the Reuter Center on Monday, November 4.
- Wednesday, November 6, 10 a.m.- Wednesday, November 13, noon: Priority Allocation Registration
- Tuesday, November 26, late afternoon: Winter 2020 schedules mailed
- Wednesday, November 27-Monday, December 2. 8 a.m. Reuter Center and OLLI Office closed for Thanksgiving Holiday.
- Monday, December 2, 10 a.m.: Winter 2020 Add/Drop and Open Registration opens
- Friday, January 10, 2020, 3 p.m.: Last Day Drop CFS Courses for a Full Refund
- Monday, January 13, 9 a.m.: Winter 2020 CFS Courses Begin
- Monday, February 24: Last day of Winter 2020 CFS Courses
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Registration for OLLIChat, the replacement online community for OLLITalk, is now open to new members.
OLLIChat is an online community where OLLI Asheville
members may share information of common interest with each other. It is designed to look and function like the old OLLITalk.
To get started, send an email to OLLIChatAVL@gmail.com, and the OLLIChat volunteers will send you an invitation. See the article below for more information.
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Need tech help?
Check out The Geek Bar
Tuesday, November 5, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Reuter Center Atrium
 Are you having technical problems or questions regarding your smart phone, tablet, or laptop?
OLLI is happy to announce The Geek Bar, offered on Tuesdays, 12:30-1:30 p.m. beginning Tuesday, November 5, in the Reuter Center Atrium.
Bring your device and question, and one of the Geek Bar Experts will try to address your issue.
All platforms are welcome (Android, Apple, Windows, etc.). The Geek Bar is on a first-come, first-served basis. We offer no guarantees, but our Geeks will do our best to be of help. Note
: This is not software instruction and is generally meant for specific, quick-answer issues.
If you have questions, or if you are a Geek who would like to work at the Geek Bar, feel free to contact Julia Loughran at: julia@thoughtlink.com
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World Affairs Council
"Canada-US Trade Relationship: A 21st Century Partnership"
with Nadia Theodore
Tuesday, November 5, 7:30 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center Manheimer Room
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Nadia Theodore |
Following October's Canadian national elections, Consul General Nadia Theodore of Canada's south-eastern consulate in Atlanta will visit Asheville to report on Canada's evolving trade relationships with the U.S. Prior to her current appointment in 2017 Ms. Theodore functioned in executive leadership roles in several of Canada's international trade negotiations, notably, with the European Union (EU) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, positions which followed her early civil service career in Canada's Permanent Missions to the World Trade Organization and the United Nations.
World Affairs Council (WAC) lectures and discussions aim to advance international awareness and foster Western North Carolina's global ties. Meetings offer a lively line up of topics and compelling presenters. OLLI members receive a discount on WAC annual membership fee. Lectures are free to WAC members and UNC Asheville undergraduate students. All others are $10 at the door. For more details about programs, consult the WAC website, www.main.nc.us/wac/.
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STEM Lecture
Climate Change Vs. Climate Change Deniers
with Hermann Gucinski
Wednesday, November 6, 4:30 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center Manheimer Room
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Global climate change science, as any other branch of science, rests on the skeptical demands by its practitioners to see that observations are accurate and systematic, experiments subject to review, replication by other scientists, and correction. Hypotheses should become theory only after careful review, testing, and acceptance in following the standards of the science at this point in time. We discuss the science of global climate change and compare it to bad, misguided, or poorly done science that can lead to setbacks or delay implementation of solidly researched principles.
We will also discuss how denial of scientific advances that is based not on moving science forward, but espousal of political or other rejections of science itself, is not part of the scientific process. Hence, understanding these forms of denial is critical to overcome impediments that have nothing to do with the science itself. We show the range of these, and focus on forms of denial highly likely to sow discord, promote misunderstanding, and benefit groups with a fiscal, political or related prior interest to affect the outcome of pure research.
STEM Lectures are free and open to everyone.
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Be Dazzled at OLLI's Art Market November 8 and 9
Meet the Artists (3 of 3): John Bullock
John Bullock is one of 30 talented OLLI artists whose work will be on display and for sale at OLLI's Art Market Friday and Saturday, November 8 and 9. Mark the dates to get a head start on your holiday shopping! Admission and parking are free.
John
, a retired math teacher and current nature photographer, was inspired to try his hand at photography from his dad, a longtime amateur photographer whose subjects were often wildlife and landscape. John inherited his dad's Pentax camera as well as his love of photography, and took off from there.
November 8 and 9: Friday's Art Market hours are 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday hours are 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Admission and parking are free.
The Sweet & Savory Café will offer tempting bites and beverages. Proceeds from the Café and table rentals benefit OLLI's College for Seniors Scholarship Fund.
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Dave Smith
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Conversation and Coffee on Legacy Planning
Friday, November 8, 8:30 a.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center Room 205
Enjoy a morning conversation on legacy planning options used to help your heirs and the institutions you love. Dave Smith of the Heaton Smith Group, LLC will lead our conversation and provide insights from his 20+ years of working with nonprofit organizations. Space is limited. Coffee and a light breakfast will be served. Click here to let us know of your interest in the information session.
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Florence Mensah |
Building Education for Sustainable Development: A Conceptual View
With Florence Mensah,
Fulbright Visiting Scholar
Friday, November 8, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center Room 206
Florence Mensah will discuss how education can be built for sustainable development in the context of Ghana. She has reviewed literature on education for sustainable development, sustainability in education and best practices of sustainable education and has built a conceptual model of sustainable education for Ghana's education system.
This event is free and open to everyone.
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College for Seniors
Curriculum Committees:
What Makes Them Tick?
You Do!
Informational Meeting
Friday, November 8, 9-11 a.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center, Room 206
OLLI members volunteer to serve on one of the 11 Curriculum Committees, which consider course proposals, interview instructors, and develop the curriculum for College for Seniors.
You can learn more about joining one as a way to create the exciting learning opportunities that our members enjoy every term.
Come to an informational meeting on Friday, November 8, 9-11 a.m. in Room 206.
Herb Gunn and Pascale Couturier will be on hand to answer your questions. Call Herb at 828.251.6873 or email hgunn@unca.edu
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Carolinas' Nature Photographers Association Meeting
Member Portfolio Challenge
Sunday, November 10, 5:30 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center, Room 206
This twice per year member's portfolio challenge is designed to showcase member's work by having them present a common themed portfolio. Their collection may be taken from images over the years. If you are interested in sharing, please notify the co-coordinators at coordinator@cnpa-asheville.org.
The Carolinas' Nature Photographers Association (CNPA)-Asheville Region helps members more fully experience the beauty of Western North Carolina through photography. Activities in the Asheville Region include monthly meetings, photo outings, seminars, workshops, exhibits, photo contests, and image critiques. Meetings are held at the Reuter Center the second Sunday of the month, beginning at 5:30 p.m. with a meet and greet; the program begins at 6 p.m. For more
information visit www.cnpa-asheville.org
These meetings are free and open to everyone.
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Greater Asheville Science for All Book Club
Wednesday
, November 13, 6:30 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center, Room 206
This month the club will consider Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death by Bernd Heinrich and our deeper dive selection is All That Remains: A Renowned Forensic Scientist on Death, Mortality, and Solving Crimes by Sue Black.
Both books are now available at Malaprops Bookstore and Cafe, Asheville, with a 10% discount if you identify yourself as a member of the Greater Asheville Science for All Book Club. Questions or comments, please contact Rachel Muir, Acting Coordinator, dr.nature@gmail.com.
These meetings are free and open to everyone.
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Symphony Talk
Friday, November 15, 3 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center Manheimer Room
The best way to enjoy Asheville Symphony Orchestra's (ASO)
Masterworks concerts is to come to Symphony Talk.
ASO conductor Darko Butorac will
appear with the soloist for upcoming concerts to talk about
how the orchestra prepares and to offer ways to listen to the
performance. For more information about the ASO or to find out
how to purchase tickets for performances at the Thomas Wolfe
Auditorium, visit ashevillesymphony.org.
This Masterworks performance is titled "From Russia with Love" and feature
Glinka's overture from Ruslan and Lyudmila, Lalo's Cello
Concerto, and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6, with cello
soloist Zlatomir Fung.
Symphony Talks are free and open to everyone.
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Thomas Wolfe Literary Award Ceremony
Saturday, November 16, 4 p.m.
Asheville Renaissance Hotel
31 Woodfin Street
The Western North Carolina Historical Association has announced the five finalists for this year's Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award, an annual recognition of distinction for qualifying works of fiction, nonfiction, drama or poetry.
The five finalists, chosen from 21 nominations, are
- Robert Beatty, "Willa of the Wood," a Serafina series thriller about an orphan in the Great Smoky Mountains set in 1900
- George Ellison and Janet McCure, "Back of Beyond: A Horace Kephart Biography," about an early national park advocate
- David Joy, "The Line That Held Us," a novel about a Blue Ridge Mountains murder cover-up
- Meredith McCarroll, "Unwhite: Appalachia, Race and Film," an examination of the region and depiction of residents in movies
- Terry Roberts, "The Holy Ghost Speakeasy and Revival," a novel about a traveling preacher in the mountains during Prohibition
During the
awards ceremony finalists will offer readings.
The first award in 1955 was given to Wilma Dykeman for her landmark "The French Broad." Last year's winner was bestselling author Charles Frazier for his historical novel "Varina" about the Confederate first lady. Others who have received the award over the years include such notables as Robert Morgan, John Parris, Gail Godwin, John Ehle, Robert Brunk, Michael McFee, Lee Smith, Ron Rash, Wiley Cash, Wayne Caldwell, Fiona Ritchie and Doug Orr.
The WNC Historical Association is a nonprofit organization with a mission to promote and preserve regional history, recognize significant contributors and broaden cultural awareness. For more information, call WNCHA at 828-253-9231 or visit
www.wnchistory.org
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Elisha Mitchell Audubon Society program:
Audubon's Legacy: Artist, Scientist, Writer, and Conservationist
Tuesay, November 19, 7 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center Manheimer Room
 In partnership with the Asheville Art Museum, the Elisha Mitchell Audubon Society is pleased to present a program celebrating John James Audubon and a new Asheville Art Museum exhibit. Naturalist and painter John James Audubon is best known for his seminal work,
Birds of America, which featured 435 life-sized prints based on Audubon's paintings. The volume remains an inspiration for artists in a variety of media today. Join author and collector Bill Steiner for a look at Audubon, his contributions to art and science, and his later work
The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. Steiner is joined by Cindy Buckner, associate curator, for a preview of
A Telling Instinct: Audubon and Contemporary Art, the Museum's upcoming exhibition examining Audubon's anthropomorphic and storytelling approach, and its resonance with contemporary artists.
Elisha Mitchell Audubon Society programs are free and open to the public.
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