We Remember
Sharon A. Schuster
May 21, 2014
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Advance Care Planning Workshop
Thursday, June 19, 7-9 pm
at the Reuter Center
The 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 Five Wishes format.
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Stories on Asheville's Front Porch
Presents
August Storytelling Performance of
True Stories Told Live
at the Reuter Center Manheimer Room
Theme: A Twist of Fate
Thursday, August 21, 7:15 pm
$10 at the door  Enjoy Storytellers: OLLI Members: Ann Karson, Dave Castel, Fran Fedor, Chuck Fink, James Hilderbrandt, Sarah Larson, Mike Sena,
and
Creator of the Jonesborough Storytelling Guild & Member of Asheville's Front Porch Board of Directors, David Joe Miller
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Audubon Society Meeting
Tuesday, June 17, 7 pm
Reuter Center 
Ocean Sustainability
A lecture by Dr Ed Hauser
Climate change, habitat destruction, ocean acidification, and overfishing severely impact the ability of our oceans to support coral reefs, kelp beds, and fisheries. The implications are enormous for both human and bird life. Learn about the environmental issues affecting the ocean biome and what will be needed to alter negative trends. Dr. Hauser is a retired professor emeritus from the university system in Ohio and a board member of Elisha Mitchell Audubon Society.
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WNC 2014 Mountains Program
July 16 - August 22, 2014
 N C State University's Forestry & Environmental Outreach Program is co-sponsoring a series of four workshops for private forest landowners in Western NC. The series of workshops is titled, "Woodland Steward Series:
2014 Mountains Program."
This program is designed to empower forest landowners to manage their properties to promote environmental and forest health through increased awareness, experience and access to resources. The series takes place
July 16-August 22, 2014 at various locations in the Asheville area.
Each workshop will be a 1.5 day meeting led by natural resource and land management specialists, including both hands-on activities in the field and instruction in the classroom. Pre-registration and a modest fee are required. Landowners are encouraged to attend the full series of four workshops, but individual workshop registration is available.
Registration is offered online, by mail or by phone. Call Addie Thornton, 919-515-5065
addie_thornton@ncsu.edu
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Interested in OLLI Talk?
OLLITalk is an email distribution list available to OLLI members who choose to participate. It is a place to exchange general information, ask for and send recommendations or referrals about goods and services. If you are a current OLLI member and are interested in joining OLLITalk, just send your email request to be added to the distribution list to olli@unca.edu
And to view an archive of OLLITalk emails, click here. Enjoy!
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Dear OLLI Members,
Only one more week until the beginning of summer term courses! We have been hard at work putting the final touches on the program for the 2014 Southern Regional Lifelong Learning Meeting to be held at the Reuter Center July 30 - August 1 ( click here to view the conference website), and we are anxious to have our members teaching and learning in full force, beginning June 16.
We live in a city rich in learning and cultural opportunities. The Western North Carolina Historical Association (WNCHA) has just opened at the Smith-McDowell House on the A-B Tech campus an exhibition tracing the stereotypes and realities of the Southern mountaineer (click here to learn more about the exhibit and the lectures and other events sponsored by WNCHA). Many of our favorite people, including Dr. Gordon McKinney, Dr. Erica Abrams-Locklear, and Dr. Dan Pierce have had a hand in putting the exhibit together. Please read more in this newsletter and plan to spend time at the exhibit and in lectures absorbing the rich blend of photographs, objects, and texts, to learn more about this part of Appalachian history.
Another Appalachian tradition, storytelling, is an interest of OLLI members. "Stories on Asheville's Front Porch" will be holding a performance at the Reuter Center in August, and OLLI members are planning a trip at the end of June to Jonesborough, Tennessee, to hear story-teller Bill Harley (see the details in this newsletter).
You have probably already heard, but there is a rumor that President and Mrs. Obama are seriously considering purchasing a home in Asheville. Think of the curriculum committee, civic engagement, and life transition possibilities of having a former POTUS and FLOTUS in our midst! Then again, wouldn't they be enriched by joining the company of all of the amazing people who share their time and talent with OLLI every day?
With gratitude, Catherine Frank Executive Director |
Around the Center
On Friday, we gathered for a 'salad bar' lunch to thank registration volunteers for their hard work. We couldn't keep the doors open without our wonderful volunteers. Thanks again!
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Check the links here to see OLLI and UNC Asheville current events: 
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f/32 Photography Group Meeting
Wednesday, June 11, 7 pm
 f/32 is a group of photographers who share an appreciation and love of photography. Members range from the young to the young at heart, from the amateur to the advanced, from those who just like to take pictures to the professional photographer. The members of f/32 use a wide range of equipment to produce images, including traditional film cameras, digital cameras, and flatbed scanners. Each month we meet to share our work with each other and receive input from our peers, to see the work of other members, to learn new methods, techniques, and tricks of the trade, to hear about the latest industry news and equipment and to enjoy good old fashioned fellowship with other photographers. Scheduled at the Reuter Center, this event is free and open to the public. |
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Staged Reading of Three One-Act Plays
MemoryCare's staged reading and discussion at OLLI at UNC Asheville on
Thursday, June 26,
5-6:30 pm
Free and open to the public. Please RSVP to calling 828-274-4801.
Click here to learn more.
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Field Trip to Jonesborough, TN
for a storytelling performance of nationally famous Bill Harley! Wednesday June 25, 2014
Meet at the Reuter Center at 11 a.m. to carpool, have lunch in Jonesborough, TN and then go to a 2 pm performance at the beautiful Storytelling Center, Main Street
Call 800- 952-8392 for your tickets- $11.00
Email sarahlarso@gmail.com if you are coming and mention if you are willing to be a driver.
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Hillbilly Land Lecture Series
The Universal and the Particular:
The Southern Mountaineer as an American
Panel Discussion
Saturday, June 14, 2 pm
Ferguson Auditorium, A-B Tech Campus
The Asheville History Center-Smith McDowell House will present a panel of experts in Appalachian studies who will address the subject of "The Southern Mountaineer as American" on Saturday, June 14, 2 pm in Ferguson Auditorium on the AB-Tech campus in Asheville. The program is presented in conjunction with
Hillbilly Land: Myth and Reality of Appalachian Culture
the current exhibition showing at the Asheville History Center - Smith McDowell House.
The panel will be a rare opportunity to see and hear four outstanding writers, researchers, teachers and lecturers on the mountain people of the great Appalachian region, in one program. Led by Dr. Gordon McKinney the panel will also include Dr. Tony Harkins, Dr. Dan Pierce and Dr. Ted Olson.
All programs sponsored by the Asheville History Center are open to the public. Admission is $5.00 per person. Members of the Western North Carolina Historical Association are admitted free of charge. Reservations are requested but not required and may be made by calling 828-253-9231 or by emailing smh@wnchistory.org
Click here to read more about upcoming lectures in the series.
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USO-Style Dance
Saturday, June 14, 7-11 pm
Woodland Hills Church Gymnasium
$20/person;$35/couple
1940s Costume Contest!
Refreshments, live music (featuring Maddy Winer and the North Buncombe High School Jazz Band) and dancing!
All proce  eds to benefit the North Buncombe High School Marching Blackhawks' December 2014 trip to the Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade. Contact Theresa, 828-545-5754 for tickets
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OLLI Art Bazaar
 November 14-15, 2014Mark your calendar for this year's art bazaar. And if you are artistic and creative, please join the fun by becoming an exhibitor. Contact Leanna Preston, 232-5181, lpreston@unca.edu for more information. Click here for a registration form
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