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Monday,
January 13,
4:15 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center, Room 120
January programs:
January 13: Sally Ekaireb will teach and lead a One-Point Meditation.
Sally
started meditation in the 1970s. She became further interested in natural health and healing in the 1990s while raising a family. A graduate of Colgate University and The School of Homeopathy New York, Sally continued her studies to become a certified Tzaddi Healer and Counselor. She recently taught The Holistic Approach to Health and Wellness at OLLI and An Introduction to Meditation at Blue Ridge Community College. Sally has been organizing the OLLI Meditation Special Interest Group since 2015.
January 27th* Barbara Marlowe will lead the group in a 5 Rhythms Dance meditation
The Meditation SIG meets on the second and fourth Mondays of the month at 4:15 p.m. in the Reuter Center. All OLLI members are welcome at our programs. Please check the room schedule for the meeting room.
*Our meeting on January 27th will have a late start at 4:35 and be located in room 102b.
Meditation SIG contact:
Sally Ekaireb
skekaireb@gmail.com
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Travel SIG
Friday, January 17, 2 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center, room 102
Topic: Barcelona
Has Barcelona ever piqued your interest? Intrigued with where Salvador Dali spent time or the Spanish Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí designed several of the city's buildings? Come learn about this wonderful city and all it has to offer. Marilyn Cain will share with us her intimate knowledge of Barcelona, Spain.
The aim of this group is to share and solicit information on travel; to share past experiences of travel; to assist individual members' efforts in planning for independent travel, joining a tour group, or using the services of a travel agent.
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The Forum
Special Interest Group (SIG)
Friday, January 17, 1 - 3 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center,
Room 205
Topic: The Impact of Religion on American Politics
- January 24: Local Issues in Asheville and the Region
- January 31: Has America Lost its Moral Center?
- February 7: Current Events and Deciding Topics for February
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.
SIG Contact: Beth Johnson johnson1ea@earthlink.net
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History Book Lovers SIG
The Saboteur
by Andrew Gross
Friday, January 17,
1 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center, Room 120
Based on the stirring true story, The Saboteur is Andrew Gross's follow-up to the riveting historical thriller, The One Man. A richly-woven story probing the limits of heroism, sacrifice, and determination, The Saboteur portrays a hero who must weigh duty against his heart in order to singlehandedly end the one threat that could alter the course of the war.
Come join the fun to share beloved books, engage in discussion, and connect with OLLI members around the subject of history!
History Book Lovers meet at 1 p.m. on the 3rd Friday of each month.
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Perien Grey Memorial
Friday, January 17,
3:30 p.m
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UNC Asheville's Reuter Center,
Room 206
Perien Gray, long time instructor, student, staff member, and poet extraordinaire at OLLI, passed away recently after a long courageous battle with Parkinson's. Perien was one of the creators of the highly successful Poetry Lovers SIG. A few years ago a collection of her poetry was published, Think of Me Now and Then.
To honor her memory, a reading of Perien's poems will be held on Friday, January 17, at 3:30 pm in room 206. Light refreshments will be served. All members of the OLLI community and other friends are welcome. After a brief reading of Perien's poems by some of her close friends, any attendee will be welcome to share a memory or story about Perien. Please join us.
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Leadership Asheville Forum
Critical Issues Luncheon
"Buncombe County Faces a New Election Landscape in 2020"
Wednesday, January 22, 11:45 a.m.
Country Club of Asheville
170 Windsor Road
Presidential politics tends to dominate the headlines, but our lives are often more directly affected by state and local government agencies.
Thanks to court-ordered redistricting, Buncombe County's election maps have been re-drawn for this election year. That - coupled with the surprise decision by Congressman Mark Meadows not to run for re-election - adds to the air of uncertainty.
Although it's too early to predict what will happen, we can still get some insights from an acknowledged expert.
Dr. Chris Cooper,
Western Carolina University political science professor, will offer his assessment of the changes and take your questions.
Food service begins at 11:45 a.m.; the program at 12:15 p.m. The cost is
$25 for Leadership Asheville Forum members, $30 for nonmembers
Reservations are required by Friday, January 17th. RSVP to Nancy Williams at
nwilliam@unca.edu
or 250-2353 (email preferred).
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Seven Singers Singing
Friday and Saturday,
January 31 and February 1, 7:30 p.m.
and Sunday, February 2, 2:30 p.m.
Magnetic Theatre
Seven Singers Singing is cabaret-style musical revue, featuring some of the area's finest vocal talent. The songs, are written by local musician, playwright, composer, lyricist, pianist, and College for Seniors instructor Dave Bates and run the gamut from bouncy show tunes to soulful ballads to comic novelty songs to uplifting inspirational numbers. If you've ever said you want to leave the theatre with a song to hum, this is the show for you.
For more information, contact Barbara Wallk:
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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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6th Annual Thomas Wolfe Short Story Book Club
Thursday, February 13,
5:30 p.m.
Thomas Wolfe
Memorial State Historic Site
52 N. Market Street, Asheville
Thomas Wolfe Story: "The Four Lost Men"
Discussion leader: Brandon Johnson
Assistant Registrar and Instructor of English at Mars Hill University
Thomas Wolfe Book Club meetings will take place every 2nd Thursday of the month from January through April, 5:30-7 p.m. Refreshments will be served from 5:30 to 5:45; the discussion will take place from 5:45 to 7 p.m. Our text, from which all story selections have been made since 2015, is
The Complete Short Stories of Thomas Wolfe
, edited by Francis E. Skipp with a Foreword by James Dickey (New York: Scribner's, 1987). This book is on sale at the Thomas Wolfe Memorial and at local bookstores.
Upcoming discussions:
Thursday, March 12
- Thomas Wolfe short story: "For Professional Appearance"
- Discussion leaders: Dan Clare, English teacher, A.C. Reynolds High School and Ana Clare, member, Thomas Wolfe Memorial Advisory Committee
Thursday, April 9
- Thomas Wolfe short story: "Oktoberfest"
- Discussion leader: Ellen Brown, author of John Apperson's Lake George
About the Wilma Dykeman Legacy
The Wilma Dykeman Legacy is a tax-exempt non-profit organization founded in 2012 to sustain and promote Wilma Dykeman's values by sponsoring workshops, events, and other programs. The core values of this extraordinary woman from Buncombe County included environmental integrity, social justice, and the power of the written and spoken word. For more information, visit
www.wilmadykemanlegacy.org
. You may also want to visit out Facebook page at
www.facebook.com/wdlegacy
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Bill McKibb
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Save the Date!
Bill McKibben:
2020's Brown Visionary Lecturer
Thursday, April 2, 2020
UNC Asheville's
Kimmel Arena
Bill McKibben is an internationally renowned expert on climate change and related issues, recipient of the Gandhi Peace Award and the Sierra Club's John Muir Award, as well as a number of other distinctions, including honorary degrees from a number of colleges and universities. His work has elevated the conversation on climate change and environmental degradation for the past few decades, in countless articles and public appearances and in nearly twenty books since the 1989 publication of his groundbreaking work
The End of Nature.
Many thanks go to the Browns for providing support to continue to bring such prominent speakers to our community! We look forward to providing you with updates as details regarding this event come into clearer focus.
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Become a Youth Literacy Tutor in January 2020
Literacy Council of Buncome County tutors work 1-to-1 with students from low-income households who read or write below grade level, often due to a learning disability such as dyslexia. The group uses a phonics-based program and multisensory strategies to help children strengthen basic literacy skills and build self-confidence to discover a new version of themselves as learners.
The next training sessions will take place January 27-31 (Monday-Friday) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Experienced
K-5 educators or experienced tutors may be offered an abbreviated training schedule.
Call Rebecca at 828-254-3442 x202 /
rebecca@litcouncil.com
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MANNA Food Helpline Volunteer Training
MANNA Food Bank Needs Helpline and Rural Outreach Volunteers. Training equips volunteers to serve as phone agents on MANNA's Food Helpline and to do onsite outreach at food distribution events in a16-county service area.
Helpline Agents and Rural FNS Outreach Volunteers assist MANNA staff in providing information on food resources in NC. They make referrals to local food pantries, and they assist eligible clients to complete a SNAP/FNS application (formerly known as food stamps). One in six NC residents is food insecure. That means that they do not know where their next meal is coming from. MANNA partners with over 200 organizations across 16 counties in WNC to distribute healthy food. To further combat hunger, MANNA provides FNS (Food and Nutrition Services) outreach. The difference in the two positions is that Helpline Agents are offering over-the-phone assistance, and FNS Rural Outreach Volunteers are traveling to sites within our 16 county service area and doing face-to-face assistance at food distribution sites. Helpline volunteers normally work one four-hour shift per week during weekday office hours.
This 15-hour training will take place over the course of 3 days at MANNA Food Bank.
Tuesday, February 25, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Thursday, February 27, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Monday, March 2, 1:30-4:30 p.m.
Both of these volunteer positions require a three-day FNS Outreach Training (group), followed by two to three half-day shifts of job-shadow training. The job shadowing will be scheduled on an individual basis.
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Loving Food Resources Volunteer Opportunity
Loving Food Resources is a food pantry that supports people facing food insecurities who are living with HIV/AIDS or receive in home Hospice care regardless of diagnosis.
The group has immediate openings for Saturdays from 10:45 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Positions include:
- Cart Room Attendant
- Aisle Assistants
- Frozen Foods Counter
- Produce Department
Each position is here to assist clients as they make selections while shopping in a food pantry.
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R2S Reading Tutor Training
The Read2Succeed Winter Training schedule for 2020 is here! Read To Succeed Asheville/ Buncombe is a local non-profit and our mission is
"to inspire and teach children to read."
They need caring individuals who are interested in supporting the children in our community. They train volunteers to become reading tutors for K-3rd grade students. Tutors spend one hour, one to two days a week, throughout the school year.
julie.claywell@r2sasheville.org
828-767-0943
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Men's Wisdom Works
Special Interest Group
Each of MWW's 16 groups is comprised of 8-12 men.
Groups meet at various times and places twice a month for two hours to discuss issues of personal importance.
Groups socialize over breakfast, lunch, happy hour, and other social activities.
Men on the waiting list will either be added to existing groups, or we will form a new group if numbers suffice.
To learn more or to sign up on our wait list contact: Roger Gilmore at: rlg455@hotmail.com
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Dear OLLI Members,
We look forward to the first day of classes on Monday, January 13. This is the first day for UNC Asheville undergraduate classes as well, so it's important to be patient and careful as you navigate campus. Some campus offices like the library or OneCard office may be crowded, so please wait until next week to take advantage of those services on campus. Also remember that that the OLLI office, the Reuter Center and the rest of the university will be closed on Monday, January 20, to observe the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Plan to attend a keynote address by Charlayne Hunter-Gault
and many of the other events planned for January to commemorate the work of Dr. King.
We are pleased to announce that beginning January 2, Frankie Keller officially became the OLLI Business Coordinator, a role she has been filling since August. We will begin advertising soon for someone to fill the role of Member Relations Coordinator. All the office staff is working to fill this critical role, so we appreciate your patience and kindness, as always.
We have a number of classes with waitlists, so if you find you cannot do not wish to attend a course, please send us an email at olli@unca.edu to let us know which course you wish to drop. You will make it possible for another member to attend.
We are truly thankful for the wonderful community we create together,
Catherine Frank
Executive Director
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Winter 2020 Registration Reminders
Using OLLI's online registration system you may add yourself to courses with openings and add yourself to waitlists. You may continue to add and drop courses until the second class in most courses.
If you wish to drop a course
, please send an email to olli@unca.edu giving us your name and the name of the course or courses you wish to drop. You may also call us at 828.251.6140. If you call, please leave your name, phone number and the title of the couse you wish to drop. If you are not able or do not wish to attend a course, please notify us that you wish to drop. We had many courses with waitlists, and taking a few minutes to drop may mean another member is able to attend.
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 Important Dates for OLLI's Winter 2020
College for Seniors Registration
and Information about Spring Term
- Monday, January 13, 9 a.m.: Winter 2020 CFS courses begin
- Monday, February 24: Last day of Winter 2020 CFS courses
- Monday, February 17, 10 a.m. through Monday, February 24, noon: Spring 2020 Registration
- Monday, March 23-Friday, May 15: College for Seniors Spring 2020 courses
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Greater Asheville
Science for All Book Club
Wednesday, January 15, 6 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center
Room 206
The topic will be the "science of sunshine." Members of the club will consider
Chasing the Sun: How the Science of Sunlight Shapes Our Bodies and Minds, by Linda Geddes. For those interested in a deeper dive the choice is
The Emerald Planet: How Plants Changed Earth's History by David Beerling. Both are available in paperback and both should be availab
le at Malaprops Bookstore and Cafe in downtown Asheville. Just identify yourself as a member of the Greater Ashevill Science for All Bookclub (GASFAB), and you will receive a 10% discount.
The January meeting is the group's second anniversary, so they are planning a bit of celebration. Come at 6 p.m. for birthday cake and other goodies.
As always, if you have questions, suggestions or comments, contact club coordinator Rachel Muir by email, dr.nature@gmail.com or 703-946-6763.
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Blue Horizons Energy Project
Friday, January 17, 11:30 a.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center Manheimer Room
Blue Horizons Project Coordinator Sophie Mullinax will present the Blue Horizons Project. The project is a community-wide
effort dedicated to creating a clean energy future for Asheville
and Buncombe County by providing information, resources,
and tips. Learn about programs designed to help your home
or business become more energy efficient and contribute to
efforts to control our area's energy demand. The Blue Horizons
Project grew out of a nationally-unique partnership between
the City of Asheville, Buncombe County, and Duke Energy to
avoid investments in new fossil fuel infrastructure and instead
invest in energy efficiency, demand management, and clean
energy.
Fab Friday Lunch and Learn Lectures take place, Fridays, 11:30 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. in the Reuter Center's Manheimer Room, in our Fall, Winter, and Spring terms. Members and guests are invited to socialize and then participate in presentations and question and answer sessions. Purchase lunch in our Reuter Café or bring your own brown bag.These programs are free and open to everyone.
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Death Cafe
Friday, January 17, 5 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center,
Atrium
Death Café is an engaging gathering with storytelling and
conversation about a topic that too often alienates people in
our death-phobic culture. At Death Café participants break into
small groups of five or six people and discuss personal stories
related to the death of loved ones, loss of jobs, relationships or
marriages, or loss or death of parts of ourselves. These programs
are facilitated by Karen Sanders, Greg Lathrop and Said Osio
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration
Charlayne Hunter Gault
Master Class: Up Close and Personal
Tuesday, January 21, 4 p.m.
Highsmith University Union
Room 228
Keynote Address:
From Jim Crow America to Apartheid South Africa and Beyond - An Activist Journalist's Journey
Tuesday, January 21, 7 p.m.
Highsmith University Union
Blue Ridge Room
Support for Charlayne Hunter-Gault's visit to UNC Asheville comes from Biltmore Farms Hotels, Blue Ridge Public Radio, and Our State
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Thursday, January 23, 5 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center, Room 206
OLLI Authors is a book talk series designed to recognize the many very talented poetry and prose writers among OLLI members. OLLI Authors features readings by two published authors. OLLI Members will be the featured writers, reading from their works.
Maria Thomas
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Born in Israel, Maria
married an Australian and lived in Australia for 20 years. Maria d
iscovered North Carolina and became attached to the mountains and the people. She has lived here for the last 20 years and has never tired of Asheville growing with her. Maria discovered the gift of poetry when she really needed it. Writing poetry is a steady support that never failed her.
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Wallace Bohanan - Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. His father was a Cub Scout Master, and Wallace was both a Cub Scout and a Boy Scout. He ran track in high school where he graduated with no distinguishing merits. He joined the Army immediately after high school to try and miss the coming war in Indo China. A year before he got out he was sent into combat in Vietnam.
He subsequently joined the Black Panthers, was arrested and jailed three times, earned a bachelor's degree in education and an master's in counseling, and became active in a spiritual church.
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Dying Well Series
Friday, January 24, 4:15 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center, Room 206
The purpose of the twelve-month
Dying
Well series
is to bring
awareness of our final transition into everyday conversations and
culture. We will address these life events through a variety of topics
and resources including participants' interests, small group
discussions, speakers, multimedia venues, and the arts.
At our first meeting on Friday January 24 at 4:15 PM in room 206 we
will provide an overview of the series, explore how being a caretaker
affects us, and OLLI members will have the opportunity to help
prioritize topics for upcoming sessions.
The Dying Well series is facilitated by Sandi Taylor and Maurice Frank.
For more information email:
OLLIDyingWell@gmail.com
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Guiding OLLI into the Roaring Twenties
by Jim Barroll
As OLLI prepares to begin an exciting new decade, we can smile and think back several decades on what was also an exciting time for a 12-year-old Winston-Salem girl making her first trip to Asheville with her mother. That young woman, then a student at the prestigious North Carolina School of the Arts, is none other than OLLI Executive Director Catherine Frank. Her mother and father were both readers and lovers of words and language. On that visit to Asheville, her mother took her to the Thomas Wolfe House and bought her a copy of Wolfe's
Look Homeward, Angel
. Frank says she credits her mom at that point with having started her interest in Asheville, including Wolfe's view of Asheville, where Catherine now lives with her husband and their high school-age daughter. 
That path to western North Carolina and ultimately OLLI was forged in the state's crucible of higher learning, the area around UNC-Chapel Hill where Frank earned her doctorate in English literature. It's also where she became director of the local preservation society, learning to work with a board, doing budgeting and also working through the UNC system. Her introduction to an OLLI-style lifelong learning program actually began with the Duke Institute for Learning in Retirement, where a neighbor on the curriculum committee convinced her she would love teaching there. She did, ultimately heading up the program, known then as OLLI at Duke University, before jumping at the chance to take the reins at OLLI at UNC Asheville in 2010.
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Dr. Richard Davidson
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Dr. Richard Davidson
"Well-Being is a Skill"
Thursday, February 13,
7-8 p.m.
UNC Asheville's
Lipinsky Auditorium
Richard J. Davidson, Ph.D., world-renowned neuroscientist and co-author of
Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body, will give a free public lecture Thursday, February 13, 7 p.m. at UNC Asheville's Lipinsky Auditorium, and a free public master class Friday, February 14, 9 a.m. in the Highsmith Student Union Blue Ridge Room.
Davidson's lecture, "Well-Being is a Skill," will consider scientific evidence that we can change our brains by cultivating habits of mind that will improve well-being. His analysis stems from his decades of research focused on the neural bases of emotion and emotional style, and methods to promote human flourishing including meditation and related contemplative practices.
To set the stage for Davidson's campus visit, UNC Asheville Associate Professor of Psychology Patrick Foo will give a free talk, "The Neuroscience of Meditative Practices," Tuesday, February 4, noon, also in the Blue Ridge Room.
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How Does College for Seniors consider courses?
Through the eleven curriculum committees
Would you consider volunteering?
Let us know!
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Please join OLLIChat, the replacement for OLLITalk.
It's free for all 2019-20 OLLI members and easy to use.
OLLIChat is an online community where OLLI at UNC 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.
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The Asheville Art Museum and UNC Asheville Launch Student Membership Initiative and Educator Memberships as Part of Grand Re-Opening Celebration
Beginning January 1, 2020, UNC Asheville faculty and staff, as well as members of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, are eligible for discounted Museum memberships for educators and seniors for $50 annually.
CLICK HERE to read more!
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STEM Lecture Series
Vaccines vs. Vaccine Deniers
Presented by Amanda Maxwell
Thursday, January 30, 4:30 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center Manheimer Room
Amanda Maxwell, UNC Asheville Pre-Health Professions Advising Coordinator and Lecturer in Health and Wellness Promotion, will speak on "Vaccines vs.Vaccine Deniers"
The STEM Lecture Series is interdisciplinary with a focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The 2019-2020 series theme is "Science vs. Science Denial." This topic is especially important in light of the current environment of science denial. It is more important than ever to emphasize the benefits we receive from science and technology, and to expose
the detrimental effects of denying science.
STEM Lectures are free and open to everyone.
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NC Stage Behind the Scenes
"Jeeves Saves the Day"
Friday, January 31, 1:30 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center Manheimer Room
Join artistic director and co-founder Charlie Flynn-McIver for an insider's view of this season's professional productions of NC Stage. We'll explore themes of the plays, the rehearsal process and the design process, hear from actors, directors, and designers, and experience a scene or two from the upcoming show performed live. For more information about NC Stage visit ncstage.org.
"Jeeves Saves the Day" is an all new world premiere! Once again, Bertie finds himself suffering the slings and arrows of misfortune at the hands of his relatives, caught between the magisterial machinations of his fierce Aunt Agatha and the plaintive pleadings of his cousin Egbert. Sir Roderick Glossup and his daughter add to another priceless predicament calling upon the redoubtable Jeeves to save the day.
Behind the Scenes presentations are free and open to everyone.
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Astronomy Club of Asheville
"Astrobiology:
One Group's Search for the
Chemical Signatures of Life on Earth and Beyond"
Thursday, February 6, 7 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center Manheimer Room
Highly sensitive organic analysis is key to understanding the processes that shape an extraterrestrial location, its potential habitability, and whether it could host life presently or in the past. However, some extraterrestrial locations, like those of the surface of icy moons, are challenging to access with a soft lander, making high-impact kinetic penetrators an attractive mission platform. Laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) detection systems and microfluidic devices provide highly sensitive organic analysis. However, neither have been developed for high-impact performance.
Dr. Stockton will share the development of an impact-robust optical stack for laser-induced fluorescence detection, tested and demonstrated to survive impacts at 12,000 g, 25,000 g, and 50,000 g. This work proves that optical detection systems, including those for highly sensitive laser-induced fluorescence detection, can be made robust to the high impacts of a kinetic penetrator.
The Astronomy Club of Asheville meets the first Thursday of the month (except January and July) at 7 p.m., with an interesting lineup of speakers and topics. OLLI members may attend club meetings and star gazes, with club members on hand to advise and assist them in the basics of astronomy and the techniques of observing celestial phenomena. For more information on the Astronomy Club of Asheville, visit their website at astroasheville.org
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Financial Strategies in Retirement
Current Trends in Financial Fraud
and How to Protect Yourself
Guest Speaker: Connie Olsen
Friday, February 7, 1:30 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center Manheimer Room
Connie Olsen is the former director at the Better Business Bureau and current AARP volunteer. She will address
- Popular scams including investment fraud and persuasion tactics used.
- Understanding victim mentality.
- Strategies to use to avoid becoming a target.
Don't miss this opportunity to learn about this important topic!
The meeting is open to all OLLI members. Email/call Kate
Beatty for further information at
kkbmom@yahoo.com or 828-231-7710.
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Phone 855.720.2435
information@livingstoneconstruction.com
www.livingstoneconstruction.com
CREW helps those considering relocation in retirement examine all their options carefully and make an informed decision about this major life transition."
For more information, contact Hannah Furgiuele at hfurgiue@unca.edu or 828-250-3871
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