Fall Theme Term on Appalachia
Special Programs
Revitalization of Traditional
Cherokee Artisan Resources
Ethnobotanist David Cozzo
Wednesday, October 9, 7 p.m.
Reuter Center Manheimer Room
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Ethnobotanist David Cozzo |
Ethnobotanist David Cozzo will discuss the revitalization of traditional Cherokee artisan resources, particularly river cane. (Live streaming will be available)
We have planned special programs to supplement the theme term on Appalachia: Tradition and Change. All presentations are scheduled for the Reuter Center Manheimer Room. Events are free and open to everyone, and seating is first-come, first served.
Wednesday, October 16, 7 p.m.: Affrilachian writer Crystal Wilkinson will discuss her work.
Friday, October 25, 7 p.m.: Kentucky writer and activist Silas House will discuss his work
Monday, October 28, 6 p.m.: As part of our Fall Member Social, Rodney Sutton will call a square dance, with live music from the Stoney Creek Boys.
Thursday, November
7, 9-11 a.m. OLLI Community Conversation on the theme term.
Whether you took classes, taught one or participated in other Appalachia programs of OLLI, come and share your experience.
Please mark your calendars to attend these wonderful programs. All programs are free and open to everyone and are funded by our Osher Foundation Endowment.
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OLLI Fall 2019 Registration
Continues through the Second Class Meeting
Although many classes are filled, add/drop continues through the second meeting of most classes.
Please remember to drop a class if you find it is not what you wanted or you are unable to attend. Although some classes do not allow participants to register after the first class meeting, many do. If you cannot or will not attend, everyone is grateful if you notify the office.
If you are on the waitlist for a course you will receive an email or can check your account to see whether you have been added to a course.
Important Dates for College for Seniors (CFS)
Fall 2019
- Fall term dates: September 16 - November 8, 2019
Winter 2020
- Winter catalog available: November 1, 2019
- Winter registration: November 6 -13, 2019
- Winter term dates: January 13 - February 24, 2020
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Parking Enforcement Begins Monday, Septemer 23
University police will be ticketing, so if you plan to be at the Reuter Center Monday through Friday before 5 p.m. you must have a 2019-20 community member decal.
When people have not been able to walk themselves through the process (and we recognize it's complicated) it can be a time-consuming task for us to walk them through. If you still need a decal and need help to navigate the system, please call the office at 828.251.6140 to make an appointment.
We know this is a complex system, but we worked with our campus transportation office to make the best use of all of our time.
By distributing decals here at OLLI, rather than having the entire process managed through the online system, we hope to be able to offer support to our members in a familiar location and to relieve our colleagues in the university police and transportation office from adding this support task to their many duties.
By taking on payment for decals through our system, OLLI is using revenue reserves to subsidize OLLI decals so that the cost is as low as we can make it. Parking decals for non-resident students cost $200 this year and are even more for many faculty and staff members. We cannot sustain this kind of subsidy forever, but we feel the current system meets our university's need to pay for parking lots, shuttles and security and OLLI members' needs to have access to parking near the Reuter Center.
If you break down the cost, parking under the current system costs $12.50 per month. If OLLI had to pay for the many services paid for by our university (security, housekeeping, utilities, IT and accounting support), our costs would much likely be much higher, so we feel this is a reasonable subsidy.
Remember that your $25 OLLI membership allows you to obtain a OneCard photo ID and a Passport sticker from our campus police that allows you to use Asheville transit at no cost. If you don't bring a car to campus, the costs for attendance are relatively low.
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Meditation SIG
Monday, September 23,
4:15 - 5:45 p.m.
Reuter Center, Room 120
 Jacquie Wollins is back to start off our fall Meditation SIG programs. Jacquie will discuss the benefits of Functional Meditation, and then she will lead us in a meditation. Based upon the work of Jose Silva, Functional Meditation
brings us into the Alpha level of consciousness so that we can access more of our cognitive functioning and operate in a state of alert relaxation. If you have never experienced the positive effects of meditation, Functional Meditation with Jacquie is a great place to start!
Jacquie Wollins is a
professional health-care provider certified in physical therapy, cranio-sacral therapy, and the Feldenkrais Method. She finds t
eaching meditation at OLLI gives the participants keys to reach their optimum potential. Jacquie has been teaching classes at UNCA College for Seniors for several years.
All OLLI members are welcome at our programs. No previous knowledge or experience needed.
Meditation SIG contact: Sally Ekaireb
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Volunteers Needed for
Walk to End Alzheimer's
The Alzheimer's Association needs volunteers! Know anyone who might be interested in helping us on the day of the event?
Volunteers are needed to help with set-up, clean-up, registration, water stops, promise garden, the T-shirt tent and so much more.
All interested volunteers should contact: Kelly Stoner at 828.398.5780 or
ksstoner@alz.org for more information or to register to volunteer.
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Aging in Place/Thriving in Community
Special Interest Group (SIG) Meeting
Thursday, September 26 4:15-5:30 p.m.
Reuter Center Room 206
Do you, like most people, hope to remain in your own home as long as possible but worry that declining health or inability to drive might force you to leave? If so, get tips and learn about resources to help you age in your community and home at the Aging in Place SIG's monthly meetings, which mix formal presentations with informal discussions about the topics that the members find important.
Originally the group developed out of an OLLI course, Aging in Community. In past years the group has addressed housing alternatives, transportation, social isolation, and ways to make Asheville more "aging friendly." To better highlight its focus on aging in place
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the SIG has changed its name and, in response to the interests of members, will expand in 2020. While continuing to develop networks of volunteers and paid providers to bring services to where we live, we hope to do more advocacy for affordable, accessible transportation, the primary reason people have to leave their homes.
We are seeking new members with new ideas and eagerness to work on finding better choices about how and where to live as we age.
Everyone is welcome. Come help us shape our own futures. Questions: Meridith Miller mlmiller1020@gmail.com.
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It's Showtime
New OLLI Special Interest Group (SIG)
Friday, September 27, 11:30 a.m.
Reuter Center 120
Calling all writers, poets, singers, musicians, dancers, actors for the new SIG in town: It's Showtime!
Here is your opportunity to create, perform and have fun with other fun-loving OLLI members. Do you love to write but are too shy to perform? No problem. Plenty of show-offs will love to hog the limelight. The topic of this year's show is aging. We'll make 'em laugh. We'll make 'em cry.
If you play an instrument, we want you!
This new SIG starts with an organizational meeting, Friday, September 27, 11:30 a.m. in Room 120. Can't make that time but want to be included? Not a problem. We can arrange other times and places after the initial meeting.
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The Forum
Special Interest Group (SIG)
Friday, September 27, 1 - 3 p.m.
Reuter Center, Room 205
Topic:
Voter Suppression and How We Stop It
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.
- October 4: Is There a New Cold War Beginning?
- October 11: Current Events and Selection of Topics
SIG Contact: Beth Johnson johnson1ea@earthlink.net
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History Book Lovers SIG
Friday, September 27*, 1 p.m.
Reuter Center, Room 120
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
By Jeffrey Toobin
Join fellow history lovers in a discussion of The Nine. Acclaimed journalist Jeffrey Toobin takes us into the chambers of the most important-and secret-legal body in our country, the Supreme Court. Based on exclusive interviews with the justices and with a keen sense of the Court's history and the trajectory of its future, Toobin creates a riveting story of one of the most important forces in American life today.
History Book Lovers is an OLLI Special Interest Group (SIG) open to all OLLI members. Members of the group share beloved books, engage in discussion, and connect with other people who love history.
(*Please note date change)
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Better Angels Debate
Saturday, September 28, 10 a.m.
Reuter Center Manheimer Room
A message from Better Angels organizer Del Kimbler about the debate scheduled for Saturday, September 28 10 a.m., including a specific resolution:
Resolved: Local governments should move quickly to implement appropriate regulation of gun ownership.
Google poll participants have been sent an email from Eventbrite asking them to register there. Other people who are interested may also go there to register using the link below:
So, if there are people who are interested, but who have not done the Google poll, register using this link so that the debate organizers can plan on their participation.
Everyone who registers and attends is free to participate in all ways, or to simply watch and listen. Under Better Angels rules, everyone in the room may speak or ask questions, but no one is required to do so. Please, however, register using the link above.
Best regards,
Del Kimbler
Better Angels Debate Chair
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The Autumn Players
Readers Theatre
Tom Griffin's
Einstein
and the Polar Bear
Sunday, September 29, 2:30 p.m.
Reuter Center Manheimer Room
A renowned writer has it all, fortune, fame, women, and adoration, when one excruciating miscalculation causes him to lose everything. As penance he hides away in a small New England town where he runs a bookstore in a shambling farmhouse. Then comes a knock on his door. Can the lost be found? Can the sinner gain redemption?
The Autumn Players (affiliated with Asheville Community Theatre) is a troupe of seasoned actors dedicated to taking the theatre experience into the community. Their words jump from the page with conviction and emotion, and stories come to life.
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Poetry Reading
Authors from CFS
Poetry and Gender
Spring 2019 Course
Thursday, October 3, 4:15 p.m.
Reuter Center Room 206
OLLI poets will read poems written in the Poetry and Gender course offered in the Spring 2019 term by Bill Petz and Karen DePew. As expected, the class dealt with hot-button relational issues between men and women, but poets were also challenged to take things a step further by addressing and writing about LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning/queer) topics. The result was a collection of profound, thought-provoking poetry that was consciousness-raising for both the writers and the listeners. The OLLI poets invite you to join them as they share their work on October 3.
This event is free and open to everyone.
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Financial Strategies in Retirement SIG
Rethinking the Nest Egg,
with speaker Paul Donahue
Friday, October 4, 1:30 p.m.
Reuter Center, Manheimer Room
"Utilizing Housing Wealth to Succeed in the Age of Longevity"
Maintaining independence and securing our finances for the long term is a concern for us all.
We will discuss how the
new FHA insured
Home Equity Conversion Mortgage
can convert a portion of your
home nest egg
to increase cash flow, preserve and extend assets, reduce taxes and cover long term costs of housing.
We will discuss all the up- and downsides of this new option and look forward to your ideas and questions.
Paul Donahue
has been a home builder, as well as a Master Loan Originator, industry educator and consultant. As founder of Abacus Mortgage Training and Education, Paul has personally trained more than 45,000 mortgage professionals nationwide
and has been president of the North Carolina Association of Mortgage Professionals.
Today Paul leads the Reverse Mortgage Division for the Asheville team of Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation and specializes in helping retirees navigate the challenges of income planning, home-ownership,
and asset preservation.
The meeting is open to all OLLI members. Email/call Kate Beatty for further information at kkbmom@yahoo.com or 828-231-7710. Check the kiosks for room information.
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OLLI VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Energy Savers
Help Homeowners Reduce Energy Losses
The KEY to Ending Homelessness
Literacy Council ESOL Program
Empowering lives through literacy
VOLUNTEER NOW...
Make A Difference!
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Dear OLLI Members,
Special thanks to OLLI staff members Pascale Couturier-Armstrong, Hannah Furgiuele, Herb Gunn, Frankie Keller and Jacqueline Lowe for working together as a team to make our first week of Fall 2019 College for Seniors courses go so smoothly. Thanks to our College for Seniors curriculum committee for putting together such a vibrant series of courses and to the instructors who educate and delight us in the classroom. And thanks to all of our participants for working with us through the challenges of change and technology to create an engaged community of learners.
This Friday will offer a busy day of learning, and we hope that you will plan to take advantage of all that we have on offer. We have a lecture on Waynesville's Shelton House as part of our Fab Friday series, a talk on the many benefits of music from Melodie Galloway and members of the Asheville Choral Society, and finally, a Law Enforcement Forum featuring Chief Eric Boyce from UNC Asheville Campus Police, Buncombe County Sheriff Quentin Miller, and Asheville Police Department Deputy Chief Wade Woody in a forum to discuss how all of our local law enforcement agencies experience changes in policing and how they work together to create a safe community. All of these programs are free and open to everyone and represent the broad range of learning opportunities available every week right here at the Reuter Center.
As always, our newsletter is packed with events here at the Reuter Center, organized by our members and also by our community partners.
We do hope that you will mark your calendars to attend the remaining programs in our Fab Friday and in our Appalachia: Tradition and Change series and that you will take advantage of all the wonderful programming offered on the UNC Asheville campus.
With gratitude for all that you do to make possible our community of teachers and learners,
Catherine Frank
Executive Director
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UNC Asheville Bulldog Athletics
***A limited number of free tickets for OLLI members are available for some events. Email Jacqueline Lowe for information: jdlowe@unca.edu***
Big South! Women's Soccer: UNC Asheville vs University of South Carolina Upstate
Wednesday, September 25, 6 p.m., Greenwood Soccer Field
Big South! Men's Soccer: UNC Asheville vs. High Point University
Wednesday, Oct 2, 6 p.m., Greenwood Soccer Field
Big South! Men's Soccer: UNC Asheville vs. Radford
Saturday, Oct 12, 3:30, Greenwood Soccer Field
Men's Soccer: UNC Asheville vs. Wofford
Saturday, September 21, 6 p.m., Greenwood Soccer Field
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 OLLI Members'
New Online Community,
OLLIChat
OLLIChat, the replacement online community for OLLITalk, is starting to invite OLLI Asheville members to join over the coming weeks.
The volunteer leaders for the project are looking for a few more volunteers. If you are a friendly, computer-savvy user, please email
OLLIChatAVL@gmail.com
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Food Donation Drive to Benefit the Rathbun House
 The
Rathbun House, a hospitality house located in
Asheville and operated by MountainCare, provides lodging and a supportive environment in a home-like atmosphere for patients and their families coming to the city for medical treatment. The facility opened to guests in 1994.
Rathbun House operates solely on donations of money, food and supplies.
Currently, the pantry is critically low in most, if not all, areas. Please consider helping those that are in need by bringing non-perishable foods including such items as
coffee, sugar, creamer, granola bars, crackers and assorted "grab and go" snacks. Canned food items such as soups, chili, stew, fruit, vegetables and pasta would also be appreciated.
The food drive will last until the end of October. Please help! Your generous donation will be tremendously appreciated. Look for the food drive bin upstairs in the Reuter Center lobby.
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STEM Lecture
"
Science vs. Science Denial"
by Howard Jaslow
Monday, September 23, 4:30 p.m.
Reuter Center Manheimer Room
This is the first in a series of lectures on "Science vs. Science Denial". This series is especially
important today in light of the current state of science denial, which is having a detrimental
effect on health, the environment and the progress of science.
Covered in this lecture will be the sciences denied, denial factors, and the organizations
denying science and their denial strategy. Then, those advocating for science and their
approaches will be presented. Finally, for the sciences and technologies that are accepted as
valid, there will be a discussion on science constraints with respect to long term concerns,
ethics and dangerous consequences if pursued.
Subsequent lectures will go into more detail on the value and importance of science, climate
change, vaccination, evolution, and ethics.
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UNC Asheville Greenfest Keynote Lecture
"A Meditation on Remembering What It Means to Be Human:
Knowledge for a Changing Climate"
Tuesday, September 24, 7 p.m.
UNC Asheville Highsmith University Union Blue Ridge Room
Although the Farm-to-Table dinner is sold out, you can attend the Greenfest Keynote Lecture: A Meditation on Remembering What it Means to be Human: Knowledge for a Changing Climate" with Mko'Mose.
MkoMosé is a professor and coordinator of Indigenous Studies at Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning in Ontario, Canada. He specializes in traditional indigenous knowledge and works with elders across North America to support "the conscious awakening of his students and himself." Judge is an initiated Mayan day-count keeper and regularly participates in the ancient ceremonial practices of his Anishinaabe ancestors.
He is currently developing programming in Indigenous land-based practices and invites his students to work with traditional medicines and foods to learn the ways of the ancestors.
Presented by UNC Asheville's Office of Sustainability and the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program, Fall Greenfest is the university's semi-annual celebration of environment and sustainability.
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Greater Asheville Science for All Book Club
Inheritors of the Earth:
How Nature is Thriving in an Age of Extinction and
Kingdom of Rarities
Wednesday, September 25, 6:30 - 9 p.m.
Reuter Center Room 206
The principal selection for the Greater Asheville Science-For-All Bookclub, (GASFAB), for September is
Inheritors of the Earth: How Nature is Thriving in An Age of Extinction by Chris D. Thomas.
The "deeper dive" selection is the
Kingdom of Rarities by Eric Dinerstein. Both are available at Malaprops Bookstore and Café at a 10% discount for GASFAB participants.
GASFAB meets every other month and our next gathering is Wednesday, September 18th, 2019, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Refreshments will we served, and new members are welcome. For more information, visit Facebook, (Greater Asheville Science-For-All), or contact our Acting Coordinator, Rachel Muir at dr.nature@gmail.com.
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Fab Friday
"
Shelton House:A Look Into WNC History, Heritage, and Crafts"
Friday, September 27, 11:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m.
Reuter Center Manheimer Room
 The Shelton House, in Waynesville, NC, has a rich and vibrant history. In 1979, it became the first property in Haywood County to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Charleston-style farmhouse was constructed beginning in 1875. Today, the Shelton House is a Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Site, home to collections showcasing Appalachian agricultural living, Native American crafts, and North Carolina handicrafts. The site provides insights about Western North Carolina's Revolutionary War and Civil War history. For this presentation, a representative from the Shelton House will be discussing the Shelton family history and the heritage crafts displayed throughout the museum, barn, and grounds. Join us for a look into the fascinating world of traditional Western North Carolina artistry and craftwork and hear how the house has developed through the years.
Coming up:
October 4: Eat Well, Move Well, and Be Well After 50,
with Christine Rosenbloom
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Asheville Choral Society
Speaker Event
Friday, September 27, 1:30 p.m.
Reuter Center Manheimer Room
You know that music can make you feel happier. Did you know it can also make you healthier? Melodie Galloway, professor of music at UNC Asheville and Artistic Director for the Asheville Choral Society (ACS), will explore the psychological, mental, and physical advantages of music, specifically how singing can contribute to overall well-being. Galloway helps singers improve their technique by concentrating on their posture and breathing, which are essential, especially as we age. She will be joined by ACS members who will help demonstrate some of these techniques, and the audience will be encouraged to try these exercises that promote well-being.
This event is free and open to everyone.
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Travel Special Interest Group
Friday, September 27, 2 - 4 p.m.
Reuter Center
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. Also, the group hopes to reach out for travel companions; to discuss pros and cons of traveling alone or with a companion.
Please join us on
Friday, September 27 for two great Travel SIG
presentations. The first from 2-3 p.m. will be by Greg Sutter on the
Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC. The second presentation is from 3
to 4 p.m. by Katie and Nancy Moore on northern Spain.
Spoleto Festival
USA in Charleston, Greg Sutter: South Carolina, is one of America's premier arts festival. Established as a counterpart to the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy, the festival fills Charleston's theaters, churches and outdoor spaces with opera, theatre, dance and music. See renowned musicians and emerging artists perform chamber, symphonic, choral and jazz music.
Northern Spain, Katie and Nancy Moore:
This amazing region of Europe has deep historical roots and a thriving local food culture. Join us to learn, listen and experience.
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Law Enforcement Forum
Friday, September 27, 4-6 p.m.
Reuter Center Manheimer Room, the
OLLI's Inclusion Committee will host a Law Enforcement Forum with Asheville Police Deputy Chief Wade Woody, UNC Asheville Vice Chancellor for Public Safety Eric Boyce, and Buncombe County Sheriff Quentin Miller. The panel will address the continuing evolution and challenges of policing and the ways that their departments work together to promote public safety throughout our community. The panel will be moderated by members of the OLLI inclusion committee and there will be time for questions from the audience.
OLLI's Inclusion Committee promotes inclusion of people from diverse backgrounds in all OLLI programs and partners with people from diverse backgrounds to offer culturally rich programs, activities and events in hopes of positioning OLLI and its members as allies in supporting local efforts to create a more equitable and inclusive community.
This event is free and open to everyone.
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Pan Harmonia's Celtic Corner presents:
The Reel Sisters - Music of the Irish Baroque
Friday, September 27, 7 - 9 p.m.
Revolve at Ramp South Studio, 821 Riverside Dr. #179 Asheville, NC
The Reel Sisters return to Pan Harmonia's Celtic Corner Series to present a concert of music for harp, bassoon, Scottish smallpipes and whistle this September. This program will focus on the legendary music of blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan, who was one of Ireland's most famous traveling minstrels and composers. Working around the turn of the 18th century, his songs and compositions blended the spirit and style of the Baroque court with the music of native Ireland.
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Katherine Grenier
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World Affairs Council
Tuesday,
October
1,
7:30 p.m.
Reuter Center Manheimer Room
"Britain, Brexit, and Beyond"
Speaker: Katherine Grenier
Katherine Grenier, professor of history at The Citadel for more than 25 years, will look at what lies ahead for Britain, currently embroiled in political battle over Brexit. Grenier specializes in British social and cultural history and in modern Scotland.
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.
This year's fall series at the Reuter Center includes the following
Tuesday,
November 5, 7:30 p.m. Consul General Nadia Theodore of Canada's South-Eastern Consulate in Atlanta will speak on "Canada-U.S. Trade Relationship: A 21st Century Partnership"
Tuesday, December 3, 7:30 p.m. UNC Asheville Philosophy Department Chair and Associate Professor Dr. Keya Maitra will speak on
"India: Modi Begins His Second Term"
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Leadership Asheville Forum Presents
North Carolina Public Higher Education:
How Could it Be More Effective in Building Our Future?
Wednesday, October 2, 6-7:30 p.m.
Reuter Center Manheimer Room
Are there ways to make higher education more affordable and accessible?
How do we align educational services with the needs of the future economy?
By what means may we fund the growth of our public colleges and universities?
What measures could improve the recruitment and retention of faculty?
Is the governance of our University system effective?
How may our community colleges play a larger role in higher education?
Speakers:
- W. Louis Bissette, Jr. - Past Chair, UNC Board of Governors; Board Chair of Western Carolina Industries; former Mayor of Asheville
- Paul Fulton - Former president of Sara Lee Corporation; former Dean of UNC School of Business; former member of UNC Board of Governors
- Emma Battle - President and CEO of Higher Ed Works
- Dr. William Sederburg - Former college president; former Interim Chancellor of UNC Wilmington; Senior Scholar for the American Association of State Colleges and Universities
Speakers will take questions following the presentations.
This event is free and open to everyone. Please come early for a seat.
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Astronomy Club of Asheville
Bernard Arghiere presents
"November 11, 2019's Transit of Mercury"
Thursday, October 3, 7 p.m.
Reuter Center Manheimer Room
On November 11, 2019, Mercury will transit across the disk of the Sun, providing a great opportunity to view it easily during daylight with a safely, filtered telescope.
Mr. Arghiere, who teaches at OLLI's College for Seniors, will explain how, when and why planetary transits occur, as well as a brief history of Mercury transit observations, dating back to the year 1631, only 22 years after Galileo pointed a telescope for the first time toward the heavens above. He will also share some other amazing facts about our solar system's innermost and smallest planet, including how Einstein's general relativity theory finally accounted for a long-known peculiarity with Mercury's orbit that Newtonian laws of motion and gravity failed to explain.
Lastly, Mr. Arghiere will share just how, when and where you may safely observe this rare 5½ hour, Mercury transit event in the Asheville area on November 11.
The Astronomy Club of Asheville meets the first Thursday of each month (except January and July) from 7-9 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 specific information about programs, visit
www.astroasheville.org
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Sierra Club
Thursday, October 3, 7 p.m.
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place
Bird Migration of America and Europe with Simon Thompson
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limate change is causing changes in bird patterns of arrival/departure dates and even food availability along the way.
Join local ornithologist and Ventures Birding Tours owner, Simon Thompson, for an insight into bird migration both here in Eastern North America and Europe. We will enjoy learning about some of the birds, such as warblers, vireos, tanagers and hummingbirds that migrate through Western North Carolina twice a year and where best to see migration happening.
These events are free and open to everyone.
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Blue Ridge Orchestra 2019-20 Season Opening Concert
The Young Masters: Bach, Beethoven and Weber in their 30s
Saturday, October 5, 7:30 p.m.
and
Sunday, October 6,,3 p.m.
Lipinsky Auditorium, UNC Asheville Campus
The Blue Ridge Orchestra is thrilled to kick-off its 2019-20 season with "
The Young Masters
," featuring works composed by Bach, Beethoven and Weber while in their 30's. This all German program has something to please every listener, with classic masterpieces from the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic musical eras. We hope you will join us!
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OLLI Authors
Kay Duncan and Paul "Schepp" Scheberle
Thursday, October 17, 5 p.m.,
Reuter Center, Room 206
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Kay Duncan grew up in a Chicago suburb, jumped from that small pond to a slightly larger one at Northern Illinois University where she graduated with a BS in sociology. She then lit out for the territories to seek her fortune: the enormous pond of Houston, where she reveled in city life, earned her master's at the University of Texas School of Public Health, then promptly changed careers to her true love, graphic design.
More true love came with finding Covenant, a liberal Christian church, developing a coterie of friends, and meeting and marrying Dennis. After 40 years of the good life in Houston, they sought more outdoor living and relocated to Asheville, replete with forested beauty, lots of live music, the richness of OLLI, and plenty of al fresco dining. Here Kay runs a free-range poetry farm, featuring sustainable metaphors and organic wordplay. Her work has been published in the Great Smokies Review.
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 Paul "Schepp" Scheberle's writing draws from his roots, growing up on the Northeastern plains of Colorado. As a child he often wondered,
"Where do the roads lead, after they leave town?" He couldn't wait to be old enough to find the answer in every new adventure. Along the way, from one adventure to the next, Schepp met many colorful characters. He had no idea that someday he would become a writer and have the opportunity to share these characters with you the reader or listener.
Schepp worked many different jobs and met many different characters over the years. Often times he's the character in the story or poem being shared. He has been a shoe-shine boy, played the drums in beer joints as an adolescent and worked as a road musician with many different traveling bands over the years. Alcoholism, drug addiction, bullying, suicide, love and life are some of the topics that Schepp writes about.
Schepp is currently working on a book which is a combination of his poetry, flash fiction and digital art, about the life of a beat up road musician. Schepp Scheberle is married to Gloria Ray-Scheberle, who is also his best friend, soulmate and mistress. The Scheberles moved to Asheville four years ago. Gloria is reconnecting to her love for acting in theatre, and sings in the Wild Asheville Community Chorus, after retiring as a public school teacher of thirty plus years.
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Thursday, October 17, 7 - 9 p.m.,
Reuter Center Manheimer Room
 This workshop will feature a panel whose members are experienced in addressing end-of-life issues. Discussion will include communicating your treatment wishes to loved ones and to medical personnel, ethical and legal issues, and the uses of advance directives. Ample time will be reserved for questions. Assistance will be provided for anyone wishing to complete a legally valid advance directive, including the notarization required in North Carolina, using the NC ACP "Short Form".
If you have never been admitted to Mission Hospital, but want your advanced directives added to the Mission Medical Record,
click here for an Advance Directive Permission form to fill out. Also, if you have existing advance directives, you may mail the "Permission Form" along with a copy of your existing Advance Directive to Mission for addition to the Mission medical record (or you can get help doing this at the next ACP workshop).
This workshop is free and open to everyone, adults of all ages. For more information, call OLLI, 828.251.6140 or email
olli@unca.edu.
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