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NOTICE CLOSED PARKING LOT
The Campus View Drive parking lot (entrance just past the Reuter Center's upper level parking lot) will be closed to OLLI on Tuesday, April 15, for the day. This reserved parking will be designated for an event at the Sherrill Center for UNC Asheville Women's Athletics. You may want to factor this crowded parking day into your travel plans on Tuesday. |
MANNA Food Drive
Bring your donations!
Drive ends April 18th!
OLLI's Civic Engagement Committee is working with MANNA Foodbank to hold a food drive. Bring your canned or boxed food items to the donation barrels in both upper and lower lobbies.
Manna particularly welcomes
- canned meats
- peanut butter (in plastic jars)
- dried & canned beans
- hearty canned soups
- meals in a can or box
- canned fruit or vegetables
- cereals and grains
- fruit & vegetable juice
- dry milk
Every dollar donated to MANNA helps provide enough food for three meals. MANNA accepts donations by check which can be made out to "MANNA FoodBank," accepted at their office or mailed to: MANNA FoodBank, 627 Swannanoa River Rd, Asheville, NC 28805; or make credit card donations though their website, MANNAFoodBank.org or by calling (828) 299-366
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Scholars Showcase
Thursday, April 17, 4:30 pm
Reuter Center Atrium
Join UNC Asheville students for a Scholarship Showcase in the Reuter Center atrium. This event will present a variety of ways today's liberal arts students are addressing the challenges facing their community, region, and world and...you're invited! Here's a look at who's presenting -
Max Miller (Mass Communication)- Development: The Past and Future of the Eagle-Market Street Neighborhood
Nambi Ndugga (Public Service Project/ Health & Wellness)- Promoting Community Well-being through the Restoration of the South Asheville Cemetery
Payton James- Painting
Kelly Olshan- Painting
Refreshments will be served.
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Fab Friday Lecture
Friday, April 18, 11:30 am
Reuter Center Manheimer Room Artisan Coffee: Globally Sourced, Locally Roasted by Andy Gibbon
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Leadership Asheville Seniors
Registration Now Open
The next program happens Wednesdays,
September 10 through
November 5, 2014
 Click here to learn more.
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COME FLY WITH ME!
The Reuter Center Singers
In Concert
Saturday, May 3, 7 pm
Sunday, May 4, 4 pm
 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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Asheville-Buncombe Senior Games
May 13- June 3, 2014
Join area Seniors for Friendly Competition in a variety of events.
Click here for a schedule of events.
Registration Deadline is
Friday, May 23, 2014
More information, contact
Dee Black at 259-5809 or dblack@ashevillenc.gov
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Asheville MS Service Day
Saturday April 26, 2014
 Many people living with MS have difficulty completing projects around their homes due to disability or limitations from the MS symptoms they experience. To people living with multiple sclerosis, having assistance with chores that range from changing light bulbs to painting or cleaning out gutters means so much! Join the MS Service Day! Whether you need assistance with a project around your home or would like to volunteer, this is a great opportunity! Click the appropriate link below to start the process. Once your application is received, you will receive an email with further instructions.
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Seven Singers and a
Songwriter Concert
May 2 &3, 2014, 7:30pm and May 4, 2014, 2:30pm
NCStage Tickets $15
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Dear OLLI Members,
We are just finishing our Paths to Creative Retirement weekend workshop. This facilitated discussion workshop brings people from all over the country to explore the ways to navigate and make the most of the transition from work to retirement. Many thanks to the OLLI members who serve as facilitators and guides: Anne Bonnyman, Carol Culler, Bob Dunn, Babs Guardenier, Nick Jordan, Ken Macfarlane, Henry Morrow, Barry Mundt, Lori Postal, Elizabeth Pou, Anne Sayers, and Lynn Sellers, and to Laurel Jernigan who is the program's director. Thanks also to Stan Binder, Chuck Fink, and Karen O'Hara for sharing their own retirement journeys with us. IIf you know someone who is contemplating this transition, please contact Laurel (ljerniga@unca.edu) for more information about the next Paths workshop. Laurel can also give you information about our "Gift of Time" and "Exploring CCRCs" workshops that take place this spring (see information in this newsletter) and also about Leadership Asheville Seniors that takes place this fall.
We have another busy week ahead at OLLI. On Wednesday, April 16, Tim Wise, antiracist lecturer and essayist, will be appearing in Humanities Lecture Hall on the UNC Asheville campus as part of the YWCA's Stand Against Racism. Wise is a dynamic speaker, and we expect a full house. Please arrive early for a good seat.
We also look forward to the "UNC Asheville Scholars Showcase" in the Reuter Center Atrium on Thursday, April 17 at 4:30 pm. UNC Asheville undergraduates will be available to talk about their research projects in a variety of disciplines. We hope that many OLLI members take advantage of this opportunity to learn more about the academic endeavors of the younger lifelong learners with whom we share the campus.
With gratitude for your commitment to our community of teachers and learners,
Catherine Frank
Executive Director
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Around the Center  OLLI members limber up in a recent Pilates class.
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A New Look at the Calendar 
We have made a change in the OLLI newsletter calendar listing to make it easier to see all that is happening at OLLI and on campus.
Instead of posting a separate calendar list for each week, we provide below links to OLLI's calendar and to the UNC Asheville Master Calendar (which also has an OLLI option). We encourage you to use and become familiar with both calendars; they are a great resource for information about current events.
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Stand Against RacismTim Wise LectureWednesday, April 16, 6:30 pm
Humanities Lecture Hall. Free and open to the public Seating is limited
Click here to view event flierTim 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.
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
Other Stand Against Racism events in the area:
AB Tech Employment Opportunity and Equality Conference on April 28th from 8 am - 12:30 pm
"Talking Together About Race" film viewing and discussion on April 29th at 6 pm presented by the Jubilee Community at Jubilee. Click here to read more
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SIG: Stories for the Third Act Stories for the Third Act- the Storytelling Special Interest Group will be convening this Tuesday at 5:30pm at Hana Restaurant downtown on Biltmore Avenue for dinner and stories. Please RSVP to Sarah Larson ( sarahlarso@gmail.com) if you have intention to attend. All are welcome to tell, listen and or celebrate our stories. It's April! Do your thoughts turn to baseball?, golf? showers that bring flowers? or trains? Maybe you have a story about one of those topics to share. Please join us.
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Lunar Eclipse Observation
Tuesday, April 15, 1:30 - 5:30 am
Reuter Center Lower Parking Lot
The Astronomy Club of Asheville and the UNC Asheville physics department will have telescopes set up in the Reuter Center Lower Parking Lot to observe this event and also the planets Mars and Venus.
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Registration Is 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, contact Laurel Jernigan at 828.250.3871, ljerniga@unca.edu.
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Over the last fifty years, Dr. Robert Moog and his company Moog Music have pioneered and developed tools that give artists the ability to create and express themselves in new and limitless ways. Moog Music synthesizers and other electronic musical instruments are designed and lovingly built in the Moog factory in downtown Asheville, N.C.
Since 2004, Moogfest has been a gathering for the musicians that worked closely with Bob and his instruments. When Moog Music brought the festival home to Asheville in 2008, it adopted a three-day multi-stage format to include contemporary bands and producers that exemplify the innovative spirit of electronic music. This year, Moogfest is amplifying its vision to include a conference of conversations and creative collaborations that eclipse any typical festival. Moogfest is charting the course for a future of unknown sight and sound.
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CyberSecurity - Protect Your Identity, Private Information and Computers Workshop
Dates: Saturday, April 26, 2014
Times: 9 am - 3 pm
Instructor: Neil Rosenberg
Fee: $40/person
All it takes is one false move and  your identity is stolen, your online accounts are compromised, or your computer is ZAPPED! With so much danger from viruses, malware, phishing, contaminated web sites, bad emails and more, it is essential to practice safe computing. This workshop gives you practical and easy-to-understand methods of protecting yourself and your data -- don't become an "Email Zombie" or worse.
Click here for more workshop information
Neil Rosenberg (neil@vectorr.com) is an engineer, an educator and a graduate of MIT and Stanford. His current work includes creating CyberSecurity curriculum for a major federal contractor. He also has a knack for making technology understandable by non-technical persons.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - OLLI MEMBERSHIP IS NOT REQUIRED TO REGISTER
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Travel Information Session
Wednesday, April 16, 2 pm
Reuter Center Room 207  Bryan McDowell, National Director, with World Cultural Tours (Wilmington, NC), will be here to speak with OLLI members about two upcoming international travel opportunities for November 2014. The first opportunity is a nine-day tour to Tuscany in Italy, including visits to Florence, Pisa, Lucca, Pienza, Montalcino, Rome, and more. The second opportunity is a tour through Northern Italy and Switzerland with time in Parma, La Spezia, the Cinque Terre, Rapallo, Stresa, and Lugano.
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OLLI member Gay Lambirth enjoying her art class.
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Silver Arts Showcase
Tuesday , May 27, 2014Reuter Center's Manheimer Room
Silver Arts Showcase 4 pm. Awards & dinner 5 pm.
"A celebration of the creative expression of
older adults in North Carolina"
Silver Arts is a component of the Asheville-Buncombe Senior Games & contributes to the total wellness and creativity of our community.
Silver Arts provides a stage for the creative talent of artists in the visual, heritage, literary, and performing arts.
Registration Deadline: Friday, May 23, 2014
For More Information
Contact Dee Black at 259-5809 or dblack@ashevillenc.gov
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