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Calendar & Announcements
Upcoming Schedule of Events
Sept 30-Oct 6, 2012
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Dear OLLI members,
We found out late Friday afternoon that Vice President Joe Biden will be appearing on Tuesday afternoon, October 2, at the Justice Center on the UNC Asheville campus. To read the campus press release, including information about how to get tickets for the event, click here to be directed to the university's webpage. According to a message issued by our campus police, "For security reasons, access to the Justice Center and areas nearby will be affected prior to the event." The Sherrill Deck, Zageir Deck, Lot 9, Lot D (at the Reuter Center), Lot 16 beside the Justice Center and portions of Lot 12 will be closed all day on Tuesday, October 2. Because faculty, staff, student and OLLI membe parking will be affected, the university will operate a satellite parking lot with shuttle service from Silverline Plastics parking lot at 900 Riverside Drive, beginning at 7:40 am and ending at 5:30 pm. To find a link to a map and directions to the Silverline Plastics parking lot, click here.
Because we did not find out about this closing until late Friday, we have not yet been able to contact all College for Seniors instructors and SIG leaders to discuss alternate plans. We will send out a separate email tomorrow, Monday, October 1, with detailed information about the ways we will accommodate postponing classes and other meetings. We do know that Jim Lenburg has decided to postpone his course that meets on Tuesdays at 9 am, "Coming Apart: American Life in the '60s" and will add an extra class at the end of the schedule to cover all of the relevant material. Although this is a very long newsletter, we want to direct your attention to the article at the bottom about Jim that expresses his great enthusiasm for our community of teachers and learners.
We recognize that Vice President Biden's visit and the potential for postponed or extended classes will represent an inconvenience for some of you, but we must cooperate with all of the Secret Service and police officials on our campus to make sure that this historic visit happens safely.
Thank you for your understanding,
Catherine Frank
Executive Director
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We Remember
Jules Resnick
September 23, 2012
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- T O D A Y -
Light Up the Sky
by Moss Hart
directed by Arnold Sgan
Sunday, September 30, 2:30 pm Reuter Center Manheimer Room
produced by The Autumn Players
A Readers Theatre Showcase production
in memory of Bernie Hauserman 1937-2009
"all passes - art alone endures"
-- $5 cash at the door --
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Mystery Writer
John Hart,
Friday, October 5
2 pm
UNC Asheville's Sherrill Center
Mountain View Room
John Hart, author of bestselling and critically acclaimed mystery novels, will read from and discuss his books at 2 pm, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012 in UNC Asheville's Sherrill Center, Mountain View Room. Hart is the only writer to win two consecutive Edgar Awards for Best Novel. The Edgars are awarded by the Mystery Writers of America.
Hart won his Edgar Awards for Down River (St. Martin's Press, 2007) and The Last Child (St. Martin's Press, 2009). His other novels include The King of Lies (St. Martin's Press, 2006), and his most recent, Iron House (St. Martin's Press, 2011).
Hart's reading, the inaugural event in the new Goodman Endowed Literary Writer Series, is free and open to the public. For more information, call 828/251-6411.
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27 Views of Asheville: A Southern Mountain Town in Prose & Poetry
Saturday, Oct. 13, 3pm
Reuter Center
Manheimer Room
Join Rick Chess, Dale Neal, Daniel Pierce and other writers who call this famous town home. They capture Asheville's sense of place in essays, short stories, and poems that reflect the community's social, historic and literary fabric.
Meet the authors at this reading and discussion.
Free and open to the public.
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Asheville Storytelling Circle
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Sunday, October 14
3-5 pm
Reuter Center, Manheimer Room
The Asheville Storytelling Circle invites you to celebrate the Chinese year of the Dragon, 2012. Come share an afternoon of dragon tales, original, literary, and traditional stories focusing on the magical, mystical, powerful dragon.
The Asheville Storytelling Circle (ASC) is a non-profit organization of folks who love stories. Some of the members are professional tellers, others are amateur tellers, and still others just love listening to stories.
Suggested $5 donation
at the door.
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 Spontaneous Happiness!
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Join us for an evening with noted wellness expert
Dr. Andrew Weil
Kimmel Arena
inside the Sherrill Center
Friday, October 19, 7 pm
UNC Asheville student tickets are only $15, OLLI members tickets are discounted to $20.
Click here to view an event flier
Visit SherrillCenter.com or call the Box Office at 258-7900 for details or to purchase tickets.
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New SIG
No Kidding!
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 "No Kidding" will provide opportunities for friendship, support and fun for those who don't have children or grandchildren. While we hope to also address the unique needs and concerns not having children present; we are mostly a social SIG providing opportunities for friendship with other "no kidders."
For more information please email Dennis Desimone at myfrienddennis@att.net
If you can help our forming SIG, that would great!
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PRIUS SIG
Efforts are underway to create a Special Interest Group (SIG) for PRIUS owners interested in exchanging information/tips about Toyota Hybrids. See our notice on bulletin boards on the upper and lower levels of the Reuter Center for more information and to express your interest.
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Jones Elementary School Needs Volunteers!
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Volunteers are need to help with the school's dramatic production of "The Jungle Book." Five or six adult volunteers are needed to help lead small groups of students during rehearsals, which take place Mondays after school from 2:30-4:30 pm.
Production week is November 12-16th. No experience is required, just a willingness to work with K-5 students!
Interested? Contact Molly Russell at molly.russell@asheville.k12.nc.us
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olli@unca.edu 828.251.6140
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This Week
Sept 30-Oct 6, 2012
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Sunday, Sept 30, 2:30 pm, Autumn Players Readers Theatre "Light Up The Sky"
Monday, Oct 1, 2:30 pm, Triad Series~Frauds & Scams
Tuesday, Oct 2, 7:30 pm, World Affairs Council meeting
Wednesday, Oct 3, 7 pm, Blue Ridge Orchestra concert
Thursday, Oct 4, 7 pm, Astronomy Club of Asheville meeting
Friday, Oct 5, 11:30 am, Fab Friday Lunch & Learn lecture - Dr. Mark Hoch- Navigating and Integrating Complementary Medicine
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Click here to see the OLLI calendar and then click on each event to discover times, event specifics and more.
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Next Week
Oct 7-13, 2012
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Monday, Oct 8, 2:30 pm, TRIAD series~Prescription Drugs
Monday, Oct 8, 7 pm, Astronomy Club of Asheville meeting
Tuesday, Oct 9, 7 pm, Craft lecture
Wednesday, Oct 10, 7 pm, f/32 Photography Group meeting
Friday, Oct 12, 11:30 am, Fab Friday Lunch & Learn lecture ~ Lenore Baum on healthy soups
Friday, Oct 12, 3 pm, Symphony Talk with Daniel Meyer
Saturday, Oct 13, 27 Views of Asheville presentation
Click here to see the OLLI calendar and then click on each event to discover times, event specifics and more.
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And Beyond
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Sunday, Oct 14, 3 pm, Asheville Storytelling Circle
Monday, Oct 15, Deadline for College for Seniors course proposals for courses taught in the Spring 2013 term
Monday, Oct 15, TRIAD series~Planning
Tuesday, Oct 16, 11:30 a.m., RSVP info session
Tuesday, Oct 16, Audubon Society meeting
Wednesday, Oct 17, Blue Ridge Orchestra open rehearsal
Friday, Oct 19, 11:30 a.m., Fab Friday Lunch and Learn lecture ~ Dr. Leigh Ann Schweitz on allergies
Click here to visit the OLLI calendar where you will find details on the above listed events and more.
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Fragrance Allergies and Sensitivities
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Please be res pectful of others and limit the use of perfumes and colognes. Many people have fragrance allergies and sensitivities and can suffer mild to severe health consequences when exposed to certain fragrances. In the close confines of our classes and meeting rooms, it is best to keep fragrances to a minimum to preserve the health and safety of everyone.
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 TRIAD Series of Buncombe County
TRIAD denotes a three-way commitment among the chief of police, sheriff and older or retired leaders in a city, county or town. They agree to work together to reduce the criminal victimization of the elderly and enhance the delivery of law enforcement services to older persons. TRIAD of Buncombe County is offering an educational outreach series at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville.
This eight-part series is scheduled in the Reuter Center, Room 102B, 2:30-3:30 pm and is free and open to the public. Here are the dates and topics:
- October 1 - Frauds & Scams - "Seniors are Targets- Don't Be the Next Victim" with speakers from the Asheville Police Department and the Buncombe County Sherriff's Office
- October 8 - Prescription Drug Issues - "Unlikely Suspects-Who's After Your Pills?" with speaker Ken Razza, Buncombe County Sheriff's Office Anti-Crime Task Force.
- October 15 - Planning for Life Events - "Spare Your Family the Tsunami: Get Your Ducks in a Row by Planning for Life's What-If's" with speaker Carole Spainhour, elder law attorney.
- October 22 - Investment Fraud - "Guarding Your Assets in a Scary World" with speaker John Maron, Director, Investor Education Program , NC Department of the Secretary of State, Securities Division.
- October 29 - Personal Safety - "Your Safety at Home and Out 'n' About" with speakers Deputy Robyn Michalove and Lt. Helen Hall with the Buncombe County Sherriff's Office.
- November 5 - Life Event Issues - "Are You Prepared?" with speaker Katie McElroy, HomeInstead, Community Service Representative.
- November 12 - Safer Driving - "No Crash - Tips for Safer Driving" with speaker Gene Williamson, State Trooper, NC Highway Patrol.
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UNC Asheville is offering two public lectures during the upcoming China Symposium, on Monday, Oct 1 & Tuesday, Oct 2, 2012. Both talks will be free and open to the public The theme for this year's China Symposium is "Chinese Histories in Global Contexts" Shana Brown, a specialist in modern Chinese intellectual and cultural history, will present "The Culture, Politics and Philosophy of a Long Revolution." Brown, an associate professor of history at the University of Hawaii, has spent years working and studying in East Asia. She is the author of Pastimes: From Art and Antiquarianism to Modern Chinese Historiography (University of Hawaii Press, 2011). Brown's talk will take place at 6:30 pm on Monday, Oct. 1, in UNC Asheville's Laurel Forum (Karpen Hall 139). Paola Zamperini, associate professor of Chinese literature and director of Chinese Studies at Amherst College, will present "Moving Fashions: Wearing Gender in Late Imperial China." Zamperini's book, Lost Bodies: Prostitution and Masculinity in Late Qing Fiction (Brill University Press, 2010) examines the ways in which women and men in fiction deal with desire, love, and sexuality in late imperial novels. Zamperini's talk begins at 9:30 am on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 in UNC Asheville's Laurel Forum (Karpen Hall 139). Please note that parking on campus on Tuesday will be very limited. If you plan to attend this lecture, plan to park at the Silverline Plastics lot at 900 Riverside Drive and take the shuttle. To read more about the China Symposium, click here. | |
in cooperation with the UNC Asheville Political Science Department and
OLLI at UNC Asheville
Ambassador James Larocco
Director of the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center
For Strategic Studies, Washington, DC
The Arab Spring: Is it Summer (or Winter) Yet,
And Why Does it Matter?
Tuesday, October 2, 2012 7:30 pm,
Reuter Center, Manheimer Room
Ambassador Larocco joined the NESA Center as a distinguished professor in August 2009 after serving more than 35 years as a diplomat and was appointed its director in 2010. During the past 15 years, he held key leadership assignments related to the Near East region, including Director General of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO), 2004-2009; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East, 2001-2004; U.S. Ambassador to the State of Kuwait, 1997-2001, and Deputy Chief of Mission and Charge D'Affaires in Tel Aviv, 1993-1996.
This program is free to subscribing members of the World Affairs Council of Western North Carolina, joint WACWNC-OLLI members, and full time UNC Asheville students. Admission is $8 for all others. For information contact George Peery 828.242.6380; gpeery@mhc.edu
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Campus Events Highlights
Week of 9/30/12
- Ongoing-Annual Art Front Members Exhibition - Members of UNC Asheville's student art organization present art in various media juried by art history students at Highsmith Union Gallery through Oct. 23. Free, open to public, 9 am -6 pm M-F, 12-6 pm and weekends 12-6pm
- Oct 3-Lecture/Talk by Lauren Winner "The Art of Spiritual Memoir" - Writer and historian Winner talks about her books and philosophy at UNC Asheville's Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum at 7pm. Karpen Hall is located on the western edge of the Quadrangle near the police station. Parking is open to anyone after 5.
- Oct 5-Humanities Lecture: "Women & Inequality". Karin Peterson, professor of sociology, and Lyndi Hewitt, assistant professor of sociology at 11:25 am in UNC Asheville's Humanities Lecture Hall behind Ramsey Library. Park in Lot 7 A or B in white striped areas only.
- Oct 5-Literary Writer Series, Novelist John Hart winner of two consecutive Edgar Awards, reading and discussing his works at the inaugural Literary Write Series, 2 pm in the Mountain View Room at Sherrill Center. This event is free. Parking at the Reuter Center or at the Sherrill Center.
Click here to view the UNC Asheville Events calendar
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NBA Basketball
Training Camp 
$100 VIP tickets to the open practice on October 4 in the Kimmel Arena include:
- VIP Meet & Greet
- Food and beverages
- Bobcat gift bag
- Courtside seating
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Family History Research: Beyond the Basics Workshop
CRN#: 60103
Instructor: Edith Garrett Date: Saturday, October 13, 9 am - 4 pm
Fee: $50/person Material Fee: $10/person. Payable to the instructor.
Find out where you came from! In this workshop you get tips on Internet sites to visit, how to avoid fraudulent information and how to use other people's research to your advantage.
In the second part of the workshop you will learn how to use historic photos to identify persons of interest, locations, and dates. Lastly you will learn about several kinds of documentation (land deeds, probate records, wills, etc.) that can help you trace your heritage. This workshop is designed for attendees who already have some experience researching ancestors. If you want to attend but have not started your research, we recommend you use the free website www.familysearch.org to conduct searches for specific ancestors.
While experimenting with this site, get acquainted with the census records, death certificates and other vital records that may turn up in your search as we will be discussing them beyond the basics. Basic computer ability is required.
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Professor Jim Lenburg
didn't know that teaching
could be so much fun!
By Carol Gillen
Over the years Professor Jim Lenburg has taught many College for Seniors (CFS) courses on subjects such as American foreign policy, modern China, and the social history of the US. Some have been lecture courses and others have been learning circles. He states, "I have been a professor for over 30 years, teaching both graduate and undergraduate students. I have taught in prisons, in Spain and in China, and in many other settings, but my best and most rewarding experiences have been teaching at CFS. Before coming here I didn't know that teaching could be so much fun!"
Jim developed a love for history when he was an undergraduate student in the '60s at Butler University in Indianapolis. He went on to earn his master's degree in history at Bowling Green State University and got his doctorate at Penn State University in 1973. After completing his studies, he got a job at Mars Hill College and taught there for 33 years.
Jim remembers teaching at CFS before there was even a Reuter Center. He started teaching various courses on American foreign policy while still working as a history professor. He recalls feeling excitement when he realized the potential that the Center had to grow and to actively engage adults in life's second half.
During the early 2000s Jim served as president of the World Affairs Council for three years and was also engaged in other volunteer pursuits locally. But when he retired in 2006, he began focusing his energy on teaching courses at CFS.
He loves it here because he can explore ideas with people who enjoy sharing their many experiences with him and with the rest of the class. He feels that adult learners have a much longer attention span than undergraduates. They are willing to dig deeper and explore subjects more thoroughly. Their personal insights and wealth of knowledge make for lively and rewarding discussions. He says, "I appreciate teaching seniors, and it makes me want to work hard to put forth the best presentation I can. I realize that I can't go in there sloppy or unprepared because these active learners will not let me get away with it." He appreciates being corrected by people who have lived through periods that he is teaching about.
This fall he is teaching a course titled "Surviving the '60s," which consists of two courses taught each week - a lecture series on the topic and a smaller group in a learning circle. The class covers the Civil Rights Movement, the debate over the Vietnam War and the changing culture.
Jim hopes to continue teaching at CFS in the coming years. Over the next five years or so, he has other plans as well. He and his wife, Pat Freeman, are very close to his nephew, Brandon Freeman, who will be finishing law school next year. Since Brandon is working full-time while going to law school full-time, Jim and his wife plan to reward him with a comprehensive trip throughout Europe.
He is also excited to be the Chair-Elect of our Steering Council. He has many new and fresh ideas to put forth in developing our association with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute in the coming years. He states, "I embrace new adventures and the chance to do something different for an organization that I respect. The tone on the board is crisp and to the point. And the bottom line is that people who are this involved are dedicated to this institution. They accomplish a lot with considerable fun in the process."
We are happy that Jim Lenburg feels this way! And we know that when he is having fun, his enthusiasm will be reflected in the classroom, in the boardroom and will permeate everything that he does. The future here is getting more and more exciting!
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