New Member Welcome
 Are you new to OLLI? Are you returning after being gone a while? Come to the New Member Welcome
Friday, March 21, 10 am, to learn about all that OLLI has to offer and about ways to get involved. Meet other members and discover your possibilities at OLLI!
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OLLI Town Hall Meeting
Plan to join us
Thursday, March 27, 4:30pm,
to hear about the results of our annual member survey, to meet the slate of candidates proposed by the nominating committee and to hear about various OLLI programs and activities. We invite you to ask questions and hear answers from the staff and OLLI Steering Council.
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"Living on the Edge of Rising Seas: Waterbirds of the Virginia and NC Barrier Islands"
by Dr. Mike Erwin
Tuesday, March 18, 7 pm,
Reuter Center, Room 206
Dr. Mike Erwin will provide an overview of the species of waterbirds that nest or migrate through the region and describe some unexpected scenarios of how  sea level rise will affect some of their long-term prospects. Dr. Erwin was most recently stationed at the University of Virginia where he was Research Professor of Environmental Science. His talk will be based on his thirty years of experience in research on waterbirds and wetlands in the Atlantic coastal regions. 
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 Opera Talk Friday, March 21, 3 pm
Free and open to the public Asheville Lyric Opera (ALO) brings great stories and music to Asheville's premiere theatrical stage, the Diana Wortham Theatre. Come enjoy a behind the scenes journey as ALO general director David Craig Starkey and a cast of professionals guide you through their operatic world. On Friday, March 21, 3 pm, ALO provides a lecture with guest artists from their spring opera, Mozart's Don Giovanni.  Click here for more information about the Asheville Lyric Opera. |
Clothing Drive
March 24-April 7, 2014
 
OLLI at UNC Asheville is sponsoring a clothing drive in partnership with Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina. Please bring your gently used professional attire and accessories to The Reuter Center, upper or lower level. These items will be provided, free of charge, to adult job seekers taking part in Goodwill's Workforce Development Programs.
Click here to read more about Success Outfitters.
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New at the YMCA
The YMCA of Western North Carolina invites OLLI members to one of two short information sessions presented on
Tuesday, March 25,
11 am and 2 pm,
Reuter Center at UNC Asheville
Come and discover how the new Y is not the Y of years past. Learn about programs designed to help older adults age healthy and well; discover how Y programs help prevent and reduce the impact of diabetes, discover how students in this area develop through our tutoring programs for students at risk, and through special camps and after school programs.
The Y also distributes food to families in need through a partnership with Manna Food Bank. Learn about special gardens and programs on nutrition for the Shiloh neighborhood. Meet Diane Saccone, the Community Wellness Manager, and lead on the Y's "Moving for Better Balance" and Falls Prevention Lead, and Active Older Adult Program Director. Welcome to the New "Y." We invite you to join us on March 25 as we march forward in our goal of improving the health and wellness of our community .
Light snacks provided at each session.
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Autumn Players Readers Theatre
Performance
Sunday, March 30, 2:30 pm
Reuter Center's Manheimer Room
Come Back, Little Sheba
by William Inge
Directed by RoseLynn Katz
Set in a Midwestern town in the 1950s, this play focuses on Doc and Lola, a married couple who seem to live a contented existence. But when their sexy young boarder plays temptress, an alcohol fueled explosion rips through a marriage too long based on broken dreams.
Tickets at the door: $5.
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OLLI at UNC Asheville will host a Reuter Center food drop bin from
April 7th - 14,
8 am-5 pm
in both the upstairs and downstairs lobby areas.
MANNA FoodBank has been providing food with hope and dignity to Western North Carolina since 1983.
Every dollar donated to MANNA helps provide enough food for three meals. MANNA accepts donations in the following ways:
Checks, which can be made out to "MANNA FoodBank," are accepted at their office.
You can mail your donation to:
MANNA FoodBank, 627 Swannanoa River Road, Asheville, NC 28805
You can make credit card donations though their website, MANNAFoodBank.org or by calling (828) 299-3663.
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Senior Softball
Do you still sometimes think ba  ck to when a glove, ball and bat were all you needed to find joy? Did you ever want to play, but just couldn't; life got in the way. Let's play ball!! Part of YMCA's Fit After 50 program, Senior Softball is - Free
- Starts mid-April
- Daytime play
- Modified rules for safety
- No sliding; run through bases
- Double home plate and 1st base to avoid collisions.
- Courtesy runners-if you cannot run, someone may run for you.
More information contact Mickey Trinité: mtrinite1@gmail.com or 484-8025.
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Get Growing, Organic Gardening Series
Date: April 1, 8, 15, 2014, 7-9pm
Location: Jubilee!, 46 Wall St. Asheville
Cost: $15/class; $40/series.
An exciting three-part series on all aspects of growing: planning, planting, production, and pests. Improve your established garden or start growing for the first time.
The series is taught by Ruth Gonzalez, a former market farmer, current gardener, and local food advocate. She has written numerous local food and gardening articles, blogs about local food here and writes the "Ask Ruth" Gardening Column for Organic Growers School. As a Horticulture Consultant at Reems Creek Nursery, Ruth offers advice on all sorts of gardening questions, and benefits daily from the shared wisdom of local gardeners.
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We look forward to seeing new members (and any of our members who want to learn more about OLLI opportunities) at our New Member Welcome this Friday, March 21, 10 am in the Manheimer Room at the Reuter Center. Thanks to Ann Cowden and Kathy Rouse of the membership committee for doing everything to make sure that our members are welcomed to OLLI.
This newsletter includes notices of a number of programs that suggest that OLLI members want to make a difference not only at the Reuter Center but in the wider Asheville community. Over the past couple of years our civic engagement committee has focused on issues of food insecurity and education. As a result, we are sponsoring a Manna FoodBank food drive the second two weeks of classes and also offering a volunteer opportunity at Asheville Middle School's "Reality Store" (see information on both opportunities in this newsletter) for people who want to get a taste of helping in the community. The committee has worked successfully with the Asheville City Schools Foundation to create ongoing opportunities for our members to participate in the Read to Succeed program and to serve as mentors and tutors for middle school and high school students and to help at the schools in a variety of meaningful ways. Special thanks to Sarah Reincke, Chuck Rosenblum, and Kathy Rouse for innovative thinking about how to make a difference in solving some of Asheville's challenges.
We are sponsoring a Goodwill Success Outfitters clothing drive March 24 - April 7 to gather gently used professional clothing. This project arose from a program to connect OLLI members and UNC Asheville undergraduates entering the professional arena. Many thanks to Jim Lenburg and Dick Murray for working with the UNC Asheville Career Center to make this mentoring program happen.
These various programs are all the result of good ideas carefully and persistently managed by our members, as are all of the programs here at OLLI. With gratitude for our community of teachers and learners,
Catherine Frank
Executive Director
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This Week March 16-22, 2014
Tuesday, March 18, 3 pm, Updated class schedules sent
Tuesday, March 18, 7 pm, Audubon Society lecture
Friday, March 21, 10 am, New Member Welcome
Friday, March 21, 3 pm, Opera Talk
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Next Week March 23-29, 2014
Monday, March 24, 9 am, Spring CFS classes begin
Tuesday, March 25, 11 am and 2 pm, Y Information Session
Tuesday, March 25, 7 pm, Women's Issues Discussion (registration required)
Wednesday, March 26, 7 pm, Blue Ridge Orchestra's Open Rehearsal
Thursday, March 27, 4:30 pm, OLLI Town Hall meeting
Friday, March 28, 11:30 am, Fab Friday Lunch and Learn Lecture ~ "Travel to Pakistan" by Mickey Buckwalter
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
Sunday, March 30, 2:30 pm, Autumn Players Readers Theater ~ Come Back, Little Sheba
Tuesday, April 1, 7:30 pm, World Affairs Council ~ "Cuba"
Wednesday, April 2, 7 pm, Blue Ridge Orchestra Open Rehearsal
Thursday, April 3, 7 pm, Astronomy Club of Asheville
Friday, April 4, 11:30 am, Fab Friday Lunch and Learn Lecture ~ "Patient Safety and Advocacy" by Lori Postal
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 Events for the week of March 16, 20143/17 Humanities Lecture: "Myth, Ritual, Performance," David Hopes, professor of literature and language. 11:25 am in UNC Asheville's Lipinsky Auditorium. Free and open to the public. Info: humanities.unca.edu or 828/251-6808.
3/20 Lecture: "Life from Plants to God: some Reflections on Article 27 of Henry of Ghent's Summa," lecture by Silvia Negri, philosophy department of the Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg, Germany. 12:30 pm in UNC Asheville's Ramsey Library, Whitman Room. Free and open to the public. Info: Jo Steininger, jsteinin@unca.edu or 828.251.6415.
3/21 Humanities Lecture: "Black Freedom Struggle," Sarah Judson, associate professor of history. 11:25 am in UNC Asheville's Humanities Lecture Hall. Free and open to the public. Info: humanities.unca.edu or 828/251-6808.
3/23 Woman's History Month Film screening: "Beyond Somewhere Inbetween," follows the lives of four teenaged girls adopted from China and now living in the United States. 1:30 pm in UNC Asheville's Highsmith University Union, Alumni Hall. Free. Info: Deborah Miles, dmiles@unca.edu or 828.232.5024.
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Announcing a New Special Interest Group
The Hooks and Needles SIG has just formed and will begin meeting the first and third Mondays each month, 2-4 pm in the lower lobby.
The purpose of this SIG is to bring knitters, crocheters, and other needle crafters together to share projects, tips, and creative ideas, in a casual social setting.
So bring your needles and yarn or whatever you're working on and join the fun! Next meeting scheduled for
Monday, March 17, 2-4 pm
SIG contact: Barbara Stein, 828-505-0736, barb@mbstein.net
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Volunteer Opportunity 
On Friday, March 28, OLLI members are invited to volunteer at Asheville Middle School's financial education simulation called, "Reality Store." This "hands on" volunteer project teaches all 250 6th grade students about budgeting skills by participating in fun real world scenarios!
Each student will have the chance to "purchase" basic household needs like electricity, car insurance, and childcare from "stores" staffed by OLLI volunteers. Students have to make purchase decisions while not breaking their budgets. This is a fun, interactive service opportunity that the students look forward to each year.
OLLI members will be given unique roles and trained on role-play before the event begins. We hope you'll join us for this fun event that supports student financial education.
Date: Friday, March 28, 2014
Time: 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
To Register: Call or email Laurel Jernigan at 828-250-3871 or ljerniga@unca.edu
Click here to view an event flier
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 Anyone Can Draw! Workshop
March 22 & 23, 2014, 9a.m. - 4p.m.
Fee: $105/member; $115/non-member
Estimated materials costs: $50 plus approx $15 for optional textbook. Shopping list will be provided in advance of first session. The ability to draw is not a magical talent. Rather, it is a learned perceptual skill that improves with training and practice. In this class, drawing is presented as a learnable skill. Exercises focus on training the eye to perceive line, relationship, and value in a 3-D world, then translating that onto 2-D paper. All levels of experience are welcome. Jane  Snyder is passionate about teaching art, and has studied watercolor and drawing for over 17 years. In addition to instructing all levels of classes, Jane pursues an on-going study of studio and on-location watercolor painting, drawing and paper art. Open to the public; OLLI membership not required to register. Click here to download a Workshop registration form.
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Women's Issues Discussion Sessions
In preparation for writer, activist and poet Robin Morgan's visit to UNC Asheville to give a talk on April 3, 2014, 7 pm in the Humanities Lecture Hall, Dr. Lori Horvitz, Director of UNC Asheville's Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, will moderate two intergenerational discussions/workshops about feminism's past, present and future. A short packet of writing by Morgan will be sent to participants.
Contact Jessika Carney at the OLLI main office, 828-251-6140, to sign up to participate in a discussion session. Here are the dates and locations:
Thursday, March 20, 4:15-5:45 pm, Laurel Forum (first floor of Karpen Hall)
Tuesday, March 25, 7-9 pm, Room 206, Reuter Center
Robin Morgan is an American poet, author, political theorist and activist, jou  rnalist, lecturer. Since the early 1960s she has been a key feminist member of the American Women's Movement, and a leader in the international feminist movement. This event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program.
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PACK MEMORIAL LIBRARY PRESENTS FILM DISCUSSION SERIES
20th Century Women Leaders:
Catalysts for Change
In downtown Asheville, Pack Memorial Library will host a film and discussion series every Wednesday evening in April, 20th Century Women Leaders: Catalysts for Change.  Each session will focus on one woman leader and will include the screening of scenes from documentary films, followed by discussions facilitated by Dr. Sarah Judson, UNC-Asheville history professor. The series will run Wednesdays, April 2 - April 30. All events will be 6-8 pm except for the April 23 session which will run until 9 pm to accommodate showing a film in its entirety. The series will focus on five 20th century women leaders from different cultures who have been catalysts for political or societal changes and who were all elected to leadership positions by the democratic process. This series is free and open to the public. Light refreshments are provided. Click here to learn more |
Sierra Club Meeting
Wednesday, April 2, 7 pm
Unitarian Universalist Congregation
"Moving Beyond Coal & Coal Ash Spills"
Em  ma Greenbaum of Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign will discuss the current status of coal ash spills, regulations, law suits, and plans for moving beyond coal use. Free & open to the public.
Location: Unitarian Universalist Congregation, One Edwin Place, Asheville, NC
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Asheville Chamber Music Series
Final Concert of the 2013-14 Season
AMERICAN CHAMBER PLAYERS
Friday, May 2, 8 pm
Biltmore United Methodist Church
The Asheville Chamber Music Series (ACMS) will present its final concert of the 2013-14 season with a performance by the acclaimed American Chamber Players, Friday, May 2, at the Biltmore United Methodist Church at the corner of Hendersonville Road and Yorkshire Street. The concert will begin at 8 pm.
"The American Chamber Players are one of the most popular ensembles to have appeared in recent years in this esteemed chamber series," says ACMS President, Polly Feitzinger. "Join us on Friday, May 2nd to hear them perform again and learn for the first time who we will be featuring in our up-coming 2014-15 season."
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