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TODAY
Autumn Players Readers Theater Performance
Sunday, March 30, 2014, 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. When their sexy young boarder plays temptress, however, an alcohol fueled explosion rips through a marriage too long based on broken dreams.
Tickets $5 at the door.
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Fab Friday Lecture
Friday, April 4, 11:30 am
Reuter Center Manheimer Room
Patient Safety & Advocacy: How You Can Help Reduce Medical Errors
by Lori Postal
 Lori Postal, RN, MHA, who has recently retired from Duke Medical Center as the director of nursing and patient safety officer in ambulatory care, is now a teaching member of OLLI. She will tell us how to be a proactive and engaged patient, and become an advocate for ourselves or loved ones. At some point in our lives we may become hospitalized, and doctors and nurses, who dedicate their lives to caring for people, will orchestrate our care. Healthcare can be complicated, and so it is important that everyone be familiar with practices that can keep us safe and reduce medical errors. Lori is currently the executive director of the Southern Pain Society and a member of the Mission Hospital Ethics Committee. This lecture is part of the Health Education Series.
Members and guests are invited to enjoy stimulating presentations and dynamic question-and-answer sessions from local experts during our Fab Friday lectures that are held most Fridays during the fall, winter, and spring College for Seniors terms. End your week and start your weekend with Fab Fridays! Free and open to the public. |
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Ahmad Amara Memorial
Sunday, April 6, 2:30 pm
Reuter Center Manheimer Room. 
Ahmad's keen intellect and gentle spirit created a spirit of tolerance and empathy in talking about the Middle East, a subject that is too often divisive. His gentle spirit and manner will be missed.
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Clothing Drive Now through April 4, 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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Leadership Asheville Seniors
Registration Now Open
The next program begins, Wednesdays, September 10 through November 5, 2014
 Leadership Asheville Seniors-a learning and civic engagement program planned and led by its graduates and community members-provides a multi-faceted view of Asheville and Buncombe County. Through a hands-on service project and discussions with community leaders in distinctive venues, newcomers and longtime residents alike can gain new perspectives and consider ways to contribute their diverse experiences and talents for the good of the community. Click here for downloadable
828-250-3871, ljerniga@unca.edu
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Open Lecture
Nietzsche without the Apologies: some (potentially) feminist themes
A Talk By Dr. Sheralee Brindell
University of Colorado, Boulder
Thursday, April 3, 6 pm
New Hall Room 118
Nietzsche's work is so famously (infamously?) littered with "remarks about women" - almost none of which is flattering - that it would seem no feminist worth the description is able to find his philosophical work  worthwhile without apologizing endlessly for such an interest. This lecture will offer compelling reasons both to re-evaluate the way such remarks are typically viewed, as well as some reasons for thinking that doing so is worth the effort for feminist thinkers.
Dr. Sheralee Brindell, Senior Instructor and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder, will speak in this lecture sponsored by . Contac Brian Butler bbutler@unca.edu for further information
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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, the free Senior Softball program - Starts mid-April
- Includes daytime play
- Incorporates modified rules for safety (no sliding; run through bases, double home plate and 1st base to avoid collisions.
- Supplies 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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Center for Jewish Studies
presents the
2014
Phyllis Freed Sollod
Memorial Lecture
The Stages of Memory:
From Berlin to New York
A talk with slides by renowned holocaust scholar James YoungSunday, April 6, 7:30 pmReuter Center's Manheimer Room Free and open to the public In this slid  e presentation, Professor Young will follow the arc of memorial vernacular from Maya Lin's Vietnam Veterans monument in Washington and its European inspirations, to Germany's Holocaust counter-monuments, to the National 9/11 Memorial in New York City, looking at all the respective "stages of memory" in their design processes and how memorial architecture at large has been inflected by Holocaust memory. James E. Young is Distinguished University Professor of English and Judaic Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he has taught since 1988, and Director of the Institute for Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies at UMass Amherst.
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LGBT Caregiver Education Forum  LGBT Caregiver Education Forum Rights & Support:
Finding Answers
Wednesday, April 16, 4-6:30 pm
Land of Sky Regional Council
339 New Leicester Highway
Asheville, NC 28806
Learn about signs of caregiver stress and tools to manage it. Hear caregivers share their personal experience and strategies to enhance a support system.
To register, contact kdmoore@alz.org or 800-272-3900
For more information on Alzheimer's disease or dementia, call 1-800-272-3900 or visit www.alz.org/northcarolina.
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Film and Discussion
The Key Center for Community Citizenship & Service-Learning and
The Department of Foreign Languages 
present MAESTRA: a documentary about how in 1961 Cuba 250,000 volunteers taught 700,000 people how to read and write. 100,000 of the teachers were under 18 years old. Over half were women.
Thursday, April 17, 6-7 pm
Highsmith University Union 104
UNC Asheville Campus
Guest Speaker Sila Reyna from La Vallita, Cuba, will share her personal experiences as a maestra following this 30 minute documentary.
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COME FLY WITH ME!
The Reuter Center Singers
In Concert
Saturday, May 3, 7 pm
Sunday, May 4, 4 pm
The Reuter Center
 Come fly with us back in time in a concert featuring music of The Rat Pack - Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr. Enjoy reminiscing with renditions of such favorites as The Tender Trap, Something's Gotta Give, Everybody Loves Somebody, High Hopes, Just One of Those Things and New York, New York.Director: Chuck Taft
Accompanist: Nora Vetro
Free Admission
Donations Welcome Limited Seating
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Dear OLLI Members,
I hope you will take the time to read Kirk Borland's story on Chuck Fink in this week's newsletter. Chuck's Men's Wisdom Works program is one of the unique special interest groups that distinguishes OLLI at UNC Asheville. Many thanks to the marketing committee for their ongoing commitment to celebrate the stories of our community.
We had a full house on Thursday, March 27, for our annual Town Hall meeting, where we heard an analysis of the Annual Member Survey, celebrated our achievements over the course of the past year, and talked a bit about the future. We will post links to the presentation early next week. We will also send out a survey on Monday to allow members to affirm the slate of officers proposed by our OLLI Steering Council Nominating Committee (or to write in other names). If you would like to serve, please contact any of the Steering Council members or any members of the OLLI staff.
Many thanks to those of you who have donated clothes to the Goodwill Success Outfitters program. Those of you who still have gently used professional clothing, we will have the collection boxes at the Reuter Center through next Friday, April 4. Starting April 7 we will have bins for the collection of food and funds for Manna FoodBank.
Those of you who would like the chance to commemorate the life of Ahmad Amara will have an opportunity at a memorial service to be held Sunday, April 6, 2:30 pm at the Reuter Center.
Those of you who are committed to making OLLI a more inclusive place and to understanding issues of race in challenging ways will want to mark your calendars for Wednesday, April 16, 6:30 pm, when Tim Wise, an antiracist author and educator, will appear in the Humanities Lecture Hall on the UNC Asheville campus. This lecture is sponsored by Mission Health, in conjunction with the Center for Diversity Education and OLLI at UNC Asheville as part of participation in the YWCA's Stand Against Racism.
With gratitude for our community of teachers and learners,
Catherine Frank
Executive Director
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This Week March 30-April 5 2014
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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Next Week April 6-12, 2014
Wednesday, April 9, 7 pm, f/32 Photography Group meeting
Wednesday, April 9, 7 pm, Blue Ridge Orchestra Open Rehearsal
Friday-Sunday, April 11-13, Paths Workshop (Reuter Center closed to all other activities)
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
Tuesday, April 15, 7 pm, Audubon Society meeting
Wednesday, April 16, 7 pm, Blue Ridge Orchestra Open Rehearsal
Friday, April 18, 11:30 am, Fab Friday Lecture "Artisan Coffee: Globally Sourced, Locally Roasted"
Friday, April 18, 3 pm, Opera Talks with Asheville Lyric Opera's David Starkey
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 Events for the week of March 30, 20143/31 Lecture: Humanities Lecture: "On Society in the Medieval & Renaissance World," Rodger Payne, chair and associate professor of religious studies. 11:25 am in UNC Asheville's Humanities Lecture Hall. Free and open to the public. Info: humanities.unca.edu or 828/251-6808.
-5/17 Art: International Photo Exhibit, displaying photos taken by UNC Asheville students, faculty and staff during travels abroad. On display in UNC Asheville's Ramsey Library, Blowers Gallery. Free and open to the public, during regular library hours. Info: Info: bullpup.lib.unca.edu/library or call 828.251.6436.
4/3 Lecture: "Sisterhood Tweets and Blogs into the 21st Century," lecture by Robin Morgan, editor of the 1970 anthology, Sisterhood Is Powerful, 7pm in UNC Asheville's Humanities Lecture Hall. Free. Info: Lori Horvitz, lhorvitz@unca.edu or 828.251.6590.
4/4 Theater: Theatre UNCA presents "Midsummer Night's Dream" - UNC Asheville's student theater company presents Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream," directed by Scott Walters, drama professor. 7:30 pm, April 4 & 5, 10 am-12 pm; April 6, 2 pm in UNC Asheville's Carol Belk Theatre. Info: drama.unca.edu/theatre-unca or 828-232-6610.
4/5 Sports: Men's and Women's Tennis: UNC Asheville vs. Campbell. 12 pm at Asheville Racquet Club Downtown. Free admission. Info: visit uncabulldogs.com or call 828.258.7900.
4/5 Sports: Baseball: UNC Asheville vs Coastal Carolina 2pm at UNC Asheville's Greenwood Field. Tickets and info: visit uncabulldogs.com or call 828.258.7900.
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New SIG: Conversing in Spanish
(Por fin llegó el día!)
Interested in maintaining and growing your Spanish speaking and listening Skills?
Aquí está su oportunidad!
This new SIG will provide a place that students can gather to engage in Spanish conversation in order to sharpen their skills.
Come to the organizational meeting of the new SIG: Conversing in Spanish
Wednesday, April 2, 4pm
Reuter Center Room 102B
For more information, contact Gracemarie Warren grco22412@gmail.com or Margarita McGuire margaritamcguire@gmail.com
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 Registration Is Now Open for OLLI 2014 Life Transitions Programs! Exploring Continuing Care Retirement Communities helps you assemble the relevant information and ask the right questions to see whether the CCRC is a living option that meets your needs and helps you choose among the options available to you. Thursdays May 22 - June 26, 2014. Cost: $150 The Gift of Time program will provide tools, resources, and a supportive environment in which to think about how to plan and communicate your end of life wishes to spouses, partners, children and parents. Tuesdays May 20 - June 24, 2014. Cost: $100 members/ $110 non-members For questions or to register for either program, please contact Laurel Jernigan at 828.250.3871
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 Hand Painted Silk Scarves Workshop
Dates: April 5, 2014 Times: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Instructor: Donna Trunk
Fee: $65/person
Materials Fee: $15, collected by instructor at the first class for Habotai 100% silk scarf (11" x 60") and paints provided by instructor
Create a unique hand painted silk scarf. Learn watercolor techniques using salt, stamps and resists to design your own accessory. Bring photos, pictures or drawings to use as motifs. Silk scarves, brushes and paints will be provided by instructor.
Donna Trunk (donna.trunk@yahoo.com)  is a fiber artist and teacher presently living in the Asheville area. She has taught fiber arts in New York for the last ten years in her studio, libraries, and schools. Over the last two years she has been awarded grants in art education from the New York State Council on the Arts. She has exhibited and sold her work in galleries in the Northeast, Asheville, and St. John, US Virgin Islands. For more, visit the instructor's website Open to the public; OLLI membership not required to register.
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Robin Morgan Talk
Thursday, April 3, 2014, 7 pm
UNC Asheville's Humanities Lecture Hall
Free and open to the public
Robin Morgan will present a talk: "Sisterhood Tweets and Blogs into the 21st Century." Robin Morgan is an American poet, author, political theorist and activist, journalist, 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. Her 1970 anthology Sisterhood Is Powerful has been widely credited with help
ing to start the general women's movement in the US, and was cited by the New York Public Library as "One of the 100 most influential Books of the 20th Century," along with those of Sigmund Freud and Karl Marx. She has written more than 20 books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, and is also known as the editor of Ms. Magazine.
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Tim Wise Lecture
 Stand Against Racism
Wednesday, April 16, 6:30 pm Humanities Lecture HallFree and open to the public Seating is limited Tim Wise, whom scholar and philosopher Cornel West calls, "A vanilla brother in the tradition of (abolitionist) John Brown," is among the nation's most prominent antiracist essayists and educators. He has spent the past 20 years speaking to audiences in all 50 states, on over 1000 college and high school campuses, at hundreds of professional and academic conferences, and to community groups across the nation. He has also lectured internationally, in Canada and Bermuda, and has trained corporate, government, law enforcement and medical industry professionals on methods for dismantling racism in their institutions.This lecture is presented as a partnership between Mission Health, the Center for Diversity Education, and OLLI at UNC Asheville as part of the YWCA's annual Stand Against Racism Click here to read more |
Pack Memorial Library presents a 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 titled "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 the April 23 session 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. |
MANNA Food Drive 
OLLI at UNC Asheville has made arrangements with Manna FoodBank to host a Reuter Center food drop bin from April 7-18, 8am-5pm in both the upstairs and downstairs lobby areas.
MANNAFoodBank has been providing food with hope and dignity to Western North Carolina since 1983. According to Map the Meal Gap 2013 report, 194, 690 individuals in WNC are food insecure. This means that these individuals are often unsure how or when the next meal will come.
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 or you can mail to: MANNA FoodBank, 627 Swannanoa River Rd, Asheville, NC 28805
You can make credit card donations though their website, MANNAFoodBank.org or by calling (828) 299-3663.
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Tuesday, April 15, 7pm,
Reuter Center's Manheimer Room
"The WNC Nature Center's 2020 Vision"
Join the Elisha Mitchell Audubon Society as WNC Nature Center Director Chris Gentile shares the Center's very ambitious strategic plan for its future. Highlighting the unique wildlife of the Southern Appalachian region both past and present, the Nature Center will become a true gateway to the incredible world of our mountain home.
Free and open to the public.
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UNC Asheville Chancellor Search Information
To keep OLLI members members in the informational loop regarding UNC Asheville's search for a new chancellor, we provide the link below to the Chancellor's Search webpage along with a link to a 'Leadership Statement' publication. Click here to view the Chancellor's Search webpage
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Chuck Fink - Bringing people together
by Kirk Borland
 Chuck Fink is often seen around OLLI at UNC Asheville where he both takes courses and teaches. Those who have met Chuck know he has a personality that sees life as a celebration, and he wants everyone to be at the party! He is also an aspiring thespian and recently appeared in a performance of Gypsy at Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre (SART.)
Chuck Fink lived and worked most of his life in Cincinnati, Ohio. His first real job was with the Black Angus Meat Market where he learned the value of hard work, the importance of customer service, and the dangers of letting your finger get to close to the carving knife. After college and a brush with a Washington, DC, law firm, Chuck went into sales until the sight of an accident between a sedan and an 18-wheeler gave him second thoughts about life on the road. Next stop -- Chuck formed his own training and consulting company with the somewhat lyrical name of Fink Inc.
One of his clients, a chemical company in the midst of major labor issues, invited Chuck to speak on the subject of total quality and the lessons of Dr. W. Edward Deming, a scholar, teacher and consultant to business leaders. This proved to be a seminal moment. At some point that day, Chuck found himself in the role of facilitator and coach; he noticed that members of both management and labor recognized the essential honesty in his comments and were moved to place their trust with him. Looking back at that moment, Chuck knew he had a gift for gathering people together in a very positive way. That experience would presage the launch of Men's Wisdom Works (MWW) more than 20 years later.
Chuck and his wife, Cindy Berryman-Fink, explored Asheville in 2006 as part of their investigation into "life's second half." They quickly knew this was the place for them; but Chuck was not prepared for the deceleration from business and the company he left behind.
Then an event at OLLI reawakened and challenged his innate ability for bringing people together. The AARP speaker that day told the assembled audience that men and women go through transitions on very similar terms but that men do not have the same resources and social networks that women draw upon. Chuck thought about this and decided to tackle the concept of men and their ability for social bonding. Out of this thought process came the first Men's Wisdom Works group with ten men in October, 2009.
The concept for Men's Wisdom Works is simple, but not always easy to execute: set aside your tendency to try to control things, stop competing, and be authentic. There are two core principles---what is said in the room stays in the room and the practice of psychology is prohibited. The group is not there "to fix one another"; it succeeds by building trust through open, honest, and non-judgmental sharing of whatever is on the participants' minds.
Today the group that started with ten men has expanded to nine groups with over 100 men between the ages of 55 and 92. And Chuck is now seeking to raise the conversation and extend awareness with his blog: groupsformen.blogspot.com. He has also launched a website for his Men's Wisdom Works: www.mwwasheville.com. In all these endeavors, Chuck exudes an appreciation and devotion to OLLI, a place he describes as "a community of the most wonderful people, continuous learning and social engagement, thanks to an incredibly dedicated staff." That's something we can all come together to celebrate!
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