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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
 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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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 15, 1 - 3 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center,
Room 205
Topic: Current Events
and Selection of Future Topics
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 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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UNC Asheville Men's Basketball
Special OLLI Discount Game!
Saturday, November 16, 6 p.m.
Kimmel Arena
UNC Asheville vs. Brevard
Go Bulldogs!
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The Reuter Center Singers Present:
Broadway Now and Then!
**Sunday, November 17, 3 p.m.
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Biltmore United Methodist Church,
376 Hendersonville Road, Asheville, NC 28803
It's a celebration of
Broadway Now & Then!
Come experience the past and present music of 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.
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Poetry and Gender
Last spring, OLLI poets explored the topic of Poetry and Gender in a class led by Bill Petz and Karen Depew. The poems they wrote explored gender identity as it played out in various contexts.
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OLLI'S OWN STORYTELLING SHOWCASE:
PERSONAL STORIES FROM OLLI MEMBERS
Wednesday, November 20, 7 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center
Manheimer Room
Join us for a special performance of graduates and guest coaches from two College for Seniors storytelling classes, "Moth Personal Storytelling" and "In The Appalachian Tradition of the Spoken Word". Instructor Chuck Fink hosts the evening with performances by storytelling class coaches David Joe Miller, Dave Castel, and Mike Sena, and star class graduates: Tina Garret, Mark Threlkeld, Nancy Hammell, and David Fillpot. This is a free show. Come early to make sure you get a good seat. As Confucius
meant to stay
, "1000 words are worth more than one picture".
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Leadership Asheville Forum (LAF)
November 20th Critical Issues Luncheon
Meet Buncombe County's New Manager
Food service begins
at 11:45 a.m.
Program begins at 12:15 p.m.
The Country Club of Asheville 170 Windsor Road
She'll be just eight months into one of the most high-profile jobs in Buncombe County. And at LAF's November 20th Critical Issues luncheon event, Avril Pinder will tell us what it's like to take over as Buncombe County manager in the wake of the Wanda Greene scandal. After a six-month nationwide search, she was chosen by a unanimous vote of the county commissioners from a list of 40 candidates.
 Ms. Pinder has plenty of job experience, having been deputy manager of New Hanover County before coming to Asheville. She's also aware of the special situation which confronts her. As she put it in a recent interview, "After everything that has happened recently, I am committed to regaining the public's trust..."
We hope you can join us.
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED by Friday, November 15th.
or 828-250-2353
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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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The World Affairs Council
Inda:
Modi Begins
His Second Term
Dr. Keya Maitra
Tuesday, December 3, 7:30 p.m.
UNC Asheville Philosophy Department chair and associate professor Dr. Keya Maitra holds a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Connecticut and another from the University of Hyderabad in India. A Bengali native, she and her husband and son returned there this summer. She specializes in Indian philosophy and language. Dr. Maitra is a member of the Indian Philosophical Society, the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, and the Association for Asian Studies.
The World Affairs Council presents lectures and discussions that aim to advance international awareness and foster Western North Carolina's global ties.
Admission to World Affairs Council presentations at UNC Asheville's Reuter Center is $10, but is free to members of the World Affairs Council and UNC Asheville undergraduate students. OLLI members are eligible for discounts on World Affairs Council membership.
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NC Stage
Behind the Scenes
"Handle with Care"
Friday, December 6, 1:30 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center Manheimer Room
Go behind the scenes of professional theatre with NC Stage Artistic Director and co-founder Charlie Flynn-McIver. Explore the themes of this season's plays, talk with the actors, directors and designers about design concepts and the rehearsal process, and experience a scene or two performed live. Join us for an insider's view of how theatre happens!
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Dear OLLI Members,
Don't forget that registration for Winter 2020 will end on Wednesday, November 13 at noon. We will have helpers here at the Reuter Center Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, if you need help.
We may have some snowy weather on Tuesday, so please read OLLI's adverse weather policy in this newsletter.
Read Kirk Borland's story on Erik Vedeler, the chair of the OLLI Steering Council and a wonderful instructor at College for Seniors. Volunteers and leaders like Erik (and like Kirk, who was also chair of the Steering Council and has served as chair of the Communications Committee) are the heart of our community. We hope they will inspire all of you to be part of the OLLI community.
Many thanks to everyone who made all of last week's events so successful. We had a good turnout for our Community Conversation on the theme term on Appalachia and for the information meeting to discuss engagement with curriculum committees and instruction at College for Seniors. Please see the list of volunteers who made the OLLI Art Market happen.
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. Print copies of the catalog are available at the Reuter Center.
- Now through Wednesday, November 13, noon: Priority Allocation Registration
- Registration help is available Monday and Tuesday, November 11 and 12, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. and Wednesday, November 13, 8:30 a.m. - noon.
- 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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OLLI Adverse Weather Policy
OLLI classes, events, meetings, and other activities will be canceled or delayed when UNC Asheville classes are canceled or delayed for adverse weather. We occasionally will cancel or delay classes when the university does not if conditions in the area or on campus may pose a danger to our members.
As soon as possible on bad weather days, the OLLI staff will post specific program information on our outgoing messages at 828.251.6140 and on our website at olliasheville.com. We will, if possible, send an email to OLLI members explaining how weather will affect events scheduled on bad weather days.
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Thanks to OLLI Art Market Volunteers!
Sweet & Savory Café Volunteers
Linda Bushar
Susan Coyle
Patti Oppenheim
Kathy Tempelaar-Lietz
Linda Cardina
Alexa Dann
Kim Speer
Kitty Curran
Flo Byron
Tom Bushar
Volunteers for Day's Events and Publicity
Ellen Boyd
Jill Breaux
Tom Bushar
Susanna Euston
Fran Fedor
Bruce Jones
Judy LaMee
Jacque Morgan
Dennis Murphy
Barbara Wilson
Organizers
Tom and Gayle Hofmann
Gay Lambirth
Sheila Murphy
Many thanks to OLLI Facilities and Communications Coordinator Jacqueline Lowe, the UNC Asheville Facilities crew led by Roger Penley, and our wonderful UNC Asheville student workers for making this event possible.
All proceeds from the sale of booths and treats will support College for Seniors scholarships.
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Registration for OLLIChat, the replacement online community for OLLITalk, is now open to new members.
Please join OLLIChat, the replacement for OLLITalk. It's free 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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Today
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 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 The Asheville Region's website.
These meetings are free and open to everyone.
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Erik Vedeler: In Pursuit of Excellence
By Kirk Borland
Engage in a brief conversation with Erik Vedeler, this year's Chair of the Steering Council for OLLI at the University of North Carolina Asheville, and you might take him to be a laid back, Type B science geek. But scratch this modest exterior and you will discover a serious competitor who is passionate about such diverse subjects as running an Olympic marathon, unlocking secrets of the universe or celebrating Nikola Tesla.
CLICK HERE to read more!
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Safe Driving Program
Tuesday, November 12
12:30 - 5 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center, Room 206
The
AARP will offer a driver safety refresher course designed to help mature drivers remain safely on today's faster highways with a myriad of challenges. The four-hour AARP Safe Driving course teaches valuable defensive driving techniques, highlights hazards particular to seniors, and provides a refresher about the rules of the road and tips for avoiding crashes. The course is offered as a nationwide effort to keep drivers behind the wheel safely. The cost of the course is $15 for AARP members and $20 for non-members.
To register, contact instructor Celeste Selwyn, 828-708-7404 or email csel@mindspring.com
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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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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 a 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
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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Trekking in Nepal at 65! RU Crazy?
A photographic extravaganza by
Roger Helm and Mark Cobb
Thursday, November 21, 5:30 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center
Manheimer Room
The observations, exertions, and photographs of three middle-60 Baby Boomers hiking the Annapurna Circuit Trek in Nepal
will be showcased. As Lonely Planet's Trekking in the Nepal Himalaya book notes
, this trek "has long been considered one of the world's great treks." We look forward to sharing with you our experiences of two weeks trekking that involved: 40,000 feet plus in elevation changes, crossing a freezing pass at nearly 18,000
feet, huge boulders, amazing waterfalls, stunning mountains, welcoming and hardworking people, decent food and lodging, terrifying transportation, and interesting wildlife.
Free and Open to All OLLI Members. Please join us.
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Astronomy Club of Asheville
8th Annual Club
Holiday Social and Auction
Thursday, December 5, 6-9 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center
Manheimer Room
The Astronomy Club of Asheville will celebrate our 8th Annual Club Holiday Social and Auction event! The club will have refreshments, door prizes, and a large selection of exciting items to bid on during our silent and live auctions. They will also welcome the return of a hilarious auctioneer whose previous stellar performances have often been a comedy highlight for many club members!
Auction items will be on display beginning at 6:30 p.m., with the live auction starting by 7:30 p.m. The evening is open to all, so bring family and friends, bid on an item or two, just try to suppress your laughter, and show your support for our club!
The Astronomy Club of Asheville meets the first Thursday of each month, from 7- 9 p.m.
, (except for January and July), with an interesting lineup of speakers and topics. OLLI members may attend club meetings and stargazes, with club members on hand to advise and assist them in the basics of astronomy and the techniques of observing celestial phenomena.
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