We Remember
Edna E. Sanford
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Brevard Music Center
Sunday, October 5, 3 pm
Reuter Center's Manheimer Room.
Free & open to the public
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Marjorie Bagley
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This month, the new series Sundays with Brevard Music Center will be presenting violinist Marjorie Bagley and pianist James Douglass in recital. Marjorie enjoys a varied career as a performer and teacher. She is currently professor of violin at the University of North Carolina
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at Greensboro. James is currently the assistant professor of collaborative piano and auditions coordinator for applications to the accompanying and chamber music degree program at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. They will be performing a new and exciting program featuring works by Amy Beach, Bohuslav Martinu and others. Brevard Music Center is proud to be collaborating with OLLI and reaching out to the Asheville community.
Founded in 1936, the Brevard Music Center has matured into one of this country's premier summer training programs and festivals.
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Poetry Reading
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Peter Cole
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Peter Cole, MacArthur fellowship recipient, will be reading on
Wednesday, October 8, 7 pm
in the Laurel Forum in Karpen Hall on the UNC Asheville campus.
Peter is a translator of the Hebrew poetry of Muslim Spain, of the poetry of Kabbalah, of the work of the late, great Palestinian poet Taha Muhammad Ali, and others--and an astonishing poet.
Free and open to the public, sponsered by the Center for Jewish Studies.
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Lunar Eclipse
There will be a total lunar eclipse on the morning of Wednesday, October 8, visible in our area. The Astronomy Club of Asheville is partnering with the UNC Asheville Physics Department to showcase this event at Lookout Observatory on the UNC Asheville campus right above the Reuter Center.
The OLLI community is invited
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STEM Lecture
(Science Technology Engineering Mathematics)  "New Developments in
Applications of Game Theory"
by Lothar Dohse,
UNC Asheville mathematics faculty
Thursday, October 9, 4:30 pm
Reuter Center, Room 206
Game theory emerged as a branch of mathematics in the middle of the 20th century, and has since been applied to multiple areas in the sciences and social science.
In this presentation, the speaker will introduce the basic mathematical concepts of game theory and highlight their usefulness in helping us understand human interactions. These mathematical ideas will then be applied to analyze some of the more perplexing episodes in history and current political affairs.
In the name of truth-in-advertising, the speaker will explain why political situations end in a mess, not how to resolve the problems in politics.
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 Montford Park Players Perform
Thursday, October 9, 4:30 pm
Manheimer Room
Free and open to the public.
The Montford Park Players have been entertaining Asheville audiences with "Shakespeare in the park" for forty-two years. On Thursday, October 9, 4:30 pm, come spend time with The Montford Park Players analyzing some of Shakespeare's works; they will be presenting scenes from
Henry V, The Taming of The Shrew, and
A Winter's Tale. 
Hear from the founder of the theatre and see how it all began, and go behind the scenes with the directors, actors, a fight choreographer, and costumers to learn what it takes to make Shakespeare's plays an entertaining and educational experience.
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Fab Friday Lecture
The Family Store
And Other Contributions of the Jewish Community in the Development of
Western North Carolina
by Sharon Fahrer
Friday, October 10, 11:30 am
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Sharon Fahrer at her Montford home.
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Reuter Center's Manheimer Room
Free and open to the public.
A Jewish community in Appalachia? How did Jews find their way to Western North Carolina? How have they contributed to the development of the city and to UNC Asheville? Sharon Fahrer has collected material on the Jewish experience in WNC for the past ten years and leads walking tours on Jewish history in downtown Asheville.
Just in time for the HardLox Jewish Food and Heritage Festival on October 19, Sharon's presentation will include excerpts from the documentary "Down Home: Jewish Life in North Carolina" and information about the local members of the Jewish community who have six buildings and a track named in their honor on the UNC Asheville campus.
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SIG The Forum:
Dialogue to Challenge Our Thinking. Friday, October 10, 1 pm  A free-flowing dialogue designed to enrich and expand participants' thinking on topics ranging from changing demographics of retirees to nuclear disarmament.
The October 10th meeting topic will be "What Will the Future Be Like? And Why?"
Meetings open to all OLLI members. For more information contact Lou Millin, 828-298-3863 lmillin@bellsouth.net
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Smokey Blue Literary and Arts Magazine Launch Party
You're invited to a Launch Party!
The Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine (SBLAAM) is having a launch party to celebrate its first online issue. Please join us in the
Manheimer Room on
Friday, October 10, 7 - 8:30 pm to view photos and art work and listen to members of The Autumn Players read selected poetry and prose. Light refreshments will be served. Come celebrate with SBLAAM staff and the writers and artists published in the inaugural issue.
Click here to visit the then select "Issues"
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Film Screening
Fixed: The Science/Fiction
of Human Enhancement
Monday, October 13, 7:15 pm
Alumni Hall in UNC Asheville's Highsmith Student Union
From  botox to bionic limbs, the human body is more "upgradeable" than ever. But how much of it can we alter and still be human? Award-winning documentary, Fixed: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement, explores the social impact of human augmentation. Haunting and humorous, poignant and political, the creators of Fixed ask us to rethink "disability" and "normalcy" by exploring technologies that promise to change our bodies and minds forever.
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Hillbilly Land Lecture
The Arts and Crafts of Appalachia
by Becky Anderson & Anna Fariello
Saturday, October 18, 2014, 2 pm
Manheimer Room
Appalachia is known for its traditional culture, including music, storytelling, and crafts. Each of these traditions began as personal and grew outward into their
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communities and are now known the world over.
Becky Anderson, founding director of HandMade in America; and Western Carolina University professor and author Anna Fariello are teaming up to
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Anna Fariello
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present a brief history of the arts and crafts of Appalachia. Where did these forms come from and where are they practiced today? The two presenters will provide a context for understanding and appreciating today's creative arts, still practiced in the most remote sections of the Appalachian Mountains.
This program is open to the public. The fee to attend the presentation is $5 per person. Members of the Western North Carolina Historical Association are admitted free of charge. No reservations are required. If you want additional information, please call 828-253-9231 or email smh@wnchistory.org
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Choral Concert
 Home and Heritage: An Asheville Tribute
November 14 and 15
UNC Asheville's
Lipinsky Auditorium
Asheville Choral Society, UNC Asheville's Choral Ensembles, brass, organ, percussion
Celebrate with songs of hearth and home and a tribute to our men and women in uniform. This concert brings the best of Americana with the music of Randall Thompson's
Testament of Freedom; Leonard Bernstein's "Make Our Garden Grow," from
Candide; and Randall Stroope's moving Homeland
. We conclude by celebrating those in uniform with the choir and brass performing "A Salute to the Armed Forces!"
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Dear OLLI Members,
I had a productive week away from the office at an enlightening leadership institute program, but as always, I regret not being able to take part in the programs that enlighten, challenge, and delight OLLI at UNC Asheville members every day in our community.
I understand that there may have been some problems with the shuttle from the WT Weaver lot, but UNC Asheville's chief of campus police Eric Boyce has assured me that they will be running this week (please see the schedule in this newsletter). We encourage you to use the shuttle as a way to avoid circling or parking illegally; please let us know about your experiences. If the shuttles are not used, the campus will not be able to sustain this parking alternative.
We hope that you will take advantage of the wonderful variety of events coming up and that you will take a moment to study the photos of our first couple of weeks of College for Seniors courses. Many thanks to Henry Morrow who has coordinated the collection of photos that capture the spirit of our courses.
Thank you for all that you do to make our organization a model of success,
Catherine Frank
Executive Director
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Check the links here to see OLLI and UNC Asheville current events: 
When you're on the OLLI calendar page, try clicking on the Daily Schedule link to see where your class will meet!
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CAMPUS EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
10/2-6 Art: Art installation, "Geothermophone." A translucent globe that displays Earth's changing temperature visually and with sound. Part of UNC Asheville's Ecomusics 2014 Conference. Lipinsky Hall Atrium, free and open to the public. Info: ecomusicologies.org or 828.250.2312.
10/9 TEDx event: TEDxUNCAsheville Live Streams TEDGlobal 2014, followed by discussion and performances by spoken word poets. 9 am - 6 pm in UNC Asheville's Highsmith University Union Grotto. Free and open to the public. Info: nmadle@unca.edu.
10/15 Spoken Word: Reading by Fred Bahnson, author of Salt and Sacrament: A Spiritual Memoir of Food and Faith. 7 pm in UNC Asheville's Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum. Free and open to the public. Info: cjs.unca.edu or 828.232.5027.
10/20- Event: Community Mandala Sand Painting. Monks of the Atlanta-based Drepung Loseling Monastery will train students and members of the campus and the public to create a community mandala sand painting. Construction begins with a ceremony of chanting and music at 1 pm in UNC Asheville's Highsmith University Union, lower level, and continues daily through the closing ceremony at 1 pm on October 24. Free and open to the public. Info: cesap.unca.edu or 828.251.6674.
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I love the moment when a
student's eyes light up as
they really "get" a new
Tai Chi movement or
concept.-
Terry Call
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Extra Parking with Shuttle Service!
 OLLI members and UNC Asheville students with valid parking decals may use the sixty-eight designated parking spots at 118 W.T. Weaver Boulevard (the former MAHEC building).
The shuttle service will pick up from the lot beginning at 8 am and make a circuit through campus that will include a stop at the Reuter Center's upper level main entrance. You may catch the shuttle back down to the parking lot from the same drop off point or any other shuttle stop around campus. The shuttle will run from 8 am until 5 pm.
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World Affairs Council of Western NC
Ireland's Political Future and the Strange Case of
2014's Scottish Referendum
Tuesday, October 7, 7:30 pm
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Safe Driving Class
On Friday, Oct. 10, 9 am-1 pm and Friday, Oct. 24, 1-5 pm,
OLLI, in partnership with AARP, will offer driver safe  ty refresher courses designed to help mature drivers remain safely on today's faster highways that present a variety of challenges for drivers of all ages.
The four-hour AARP Driver Safety course teaches valuable defensive driving techniques and provides a refresher about the rules of the road and tips for avoiding crashes.
The course is offered as a nationwide effort to keep drivers behind the wheel safely. The cost of the course is $15 for AARP members and $20 for non-members.
To register for October 10 course call Bob LaBreck at 828-299-0069 or e-mail pigeonrafter@yahoo.com. For October 24 course, call Karen O'Hara at 828-231-4863 or e-mail Karen@karenohara.com
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Tasting Red Wines of the World Workshop
Dates: October 11, 12, 18, 19, 2014 Times: 2 - 4 pm
Instructor: Jane Hartsfield 
Fee: $75/person
Location: Instructor's home
Materials fee: Approximately $140 per person (this amounts to $35 per tasting session for eight to ten wines). Final fee will be calculated from the actual cost of the wines.
All Workshops are open to the public. OLLI membership is not required to register.
We will utilize the Windows on the World Wine Course tastings for this workshop on red wines. We will taste together eight to ten wines at each session, and the class will consist of four sessions across two weekends.
* Session 1: Overview of red varietals
* Session 2: France: Bordeaux, Burgundy, Rhone
* Session 3: Italy and Spain: Rioja, Tuscany, Piedmont, Veneto
* Session 4: New World Wines: California, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Argentina
Jane Hartsfield (jandtwines@gmail.com) is a former distributor and importer of wines. She has done extensive wine tasting trips in France, Italy, Greece and California. She has successfully completed the Level I Sommelier Course with the Court of Master Sommeliers.
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Advance Care Planning Workshop
 Thursday, October 16,
7-9 pm
Reuter Center's Manheimer Room
Free and open to the public
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 NC Advance Care Planning (ACP) "Short Form." Click here to view/download the NC ACP Short Form
Preparation for you to do before the workshop: Talk to your possible "power of attorney for healthcare," the person who would make health care decisions if you are unable. If you have Internet-access, print the NC ACP "Short Form," study it and write down any questions you might have for the panel.
For more information, email the workshop coordinators, David Mouw and Mary Campbell, olli.acp@gmail.com. You may also call OLLI at 828-251-6140 or email olli@unca.edu
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NC Stage Presents A Visit with Golda Meir
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Written & Performed by RoseLynn Katz
Directed by David Novak
Wednesday, October 8 through Sunday, October 19, 2014
A Dramatic Portrayal of
Israel's Iron Lady
with scenes from her extraordinary life.
- Terrified child in a Russian pogrom
- Gutsy young activist in Milwaukee
- Pilgrim to Palestine to work on a kibbutz
- Defying critics with her iron clad support of Israel
- Meeting world leaders, and (yes, its true!) Elvis Presley
- Becoming Prime Minister of Israel
Visit the NC Stage website for tickets and more.
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Asheville Living Treasures Recognition EventSunday, October 19, 2014
 The Asheville Living Treasures Committee will induct its newest Treasures, Isaac F. Coleman and Ray L. Kisiah, at the Fall Recognition Ceremony on Sunday, October 20,  | |
Isaac F. Coleman
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1:30
pm in OLLI's Manheimer Room at Reuter Center. The public is invited to attend and speak briefly in support of a Treasure. If you care to speak or have questions, please contact Carmen Ramos-Kennedy at 828-423-6476, ashevillelivingtreasures@gmail.com. A light reception will follow the Recognition Ceremony. For more information visit our website. Asheville Living Treasures' (ALT) mission is to
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honor elders of Asheville and Buncombe County, who who have greatly contributed to making our community a better place to live. Seniors from all walks of life, age 70 or older, residing in Asheville/Buncombe County are eligible for nomination. Living Treasures are selected twice a year and are publicly honored at a Recognition Ceremony in the spring and fall. |
North Carolina Walk for Hearing!Sunday, October 19, 2014
 WakeMed Soccer Park, 940 E. Chatham Street, Cary, NC (22 miles east of Chapel Hill). Registration-11am, Walk begins at noon.
If you are interested in carpooling, contact Ann Karson (akarson57@gmail.com). If you can't be there, please contribute to the cause of Better Hearing for All. Our (only) team in the west of the state is called HEAR IN THE MOUNTAINS. You may donate online, either directly to the team, or in the name of someone you know who is walking. OLLI member Ann Karson will be walking.
Donations made to this walk and walkers are the major revenue source for local chapters of the Hearing Loss Association of America. Next year, we'll walk for a new Asheville Chapter. This year our only 'local' one is located in Brevard. Donations to the walk cover projects for people with hearing loss that chapters initiate, and advocacy work at both the national and the local level.
This notice comes to you from OLLI's Hearing Advocates. For more information, contact Ann Karson, 828-665-8699, or
akarson57@gmail.com.
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Audubon Society Meeting
 Tuesday, October 21, 7 pm
The Southern Appalachians boast some of the highest biodiversity in the world and are legendary for the magnificent variety of spring wildflowers, but wildflower diversity pales in comparison to other organisms.
Our presenter, Dr. Jennifer Frick-Ruppert will describe some of the diversity that exists in the region among both plants and animals, and will explain which factors contribute to the region's biodiversity. You'll be glad to learn that all that rain is good for something! Most of the images are drawn directly from mountain nature. Dr. Jennifer Frick-Ruppert is a professor of biology and environmental science at Brevard College and author of Mountain Nature: A Seasonal Natural History of the Southern Appalachians. Click here to view an event flier.
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 Blue Ridge Orchestra will set the scene for Halloween right here at the Reuter Center with performances the weekend before Halloween.
Prelude to All Hallows' Eve
Saturday, October 25, 7:30 pm
Musical Treat, Family Concerts for Halloween
Saturday, October 25, 4 pm
Sunday, October 26, 4 pm
It's time to discover this fine symphony orchestra
if you haven't already. Get into the musical spirit of Halloween with the Blue Ridge Orchestra's festive October concerts:
three performances made to order for lovers of
music and autumn holidays.
Admission to all performances is $15 general admission, $10 for Friends of the Blue Ridge Orchestra, and
$5 for students (including OLLI members).
Musical Treat: Family Concerts for Halloween will be performed both weekend afternoons showcasing excerpts from the evening concert. These family oriented afternoon concerts provide a fascinating avenue for introducing young people to symphonic music while making fine orchestral music available for those who enjoy afternoon concerts.
In addition to tickets at advertised prices, admission to
Musical Treat can be gained by arriving at the concert in costume with a reservation and a contribution for MANNA FoodBank.
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Eric Vincent
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Eric Vincent In Concert
Saturday, November 1, 4 pm
Manheimer Room French singer/songwriter and world musician  Reception to follow and tickets $10 at the door.
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