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Blue Ridge Orchestra will set the scene for Halloween right here at the Reuter Center.
 Musical Treat, Family Concert for Halloween
Sunday, Oct. 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 concert!
Tickets may be purchased at the door.
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Shuttle Service Information
 OLLI members and UNC Asheville students with valid parking decals may use the 68 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. Here is the shuttle schedule:
8-9:30 am - Shuttle leaves every 15 minutes to head to the Reuter Center
9:30-10:30 am - Shuttle will be on call
10:30 am-12 pm - Shuttle will leave every 15 minutes to the Reuter Center
12-1 p.m. - Shuttle will be on call.
1-2:30 pm - Shuttle will leave every 15 minutes to the Reuter Center
2:30-3:30 pm - Shuttle will be on call
3:30-4:30 pm - Shuttle will leave every 15 minutes to the Reuter Center
Those who wish to ride the Asheville City bus may go through campus and get off at the WT Weaver Health Center to use the shuttle to OLLI.
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STEM Lecture
New Developments in Environmental Studies
by Dr. Barbara Reynolds
Monday, October 27, 2014, 4:30 pm
Reuter Center Room 206
Free and open to the public.
The STEM Lecture Series is interdisciplinary with a focus
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on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Dr. Reynolds, professor and chair of the UNC Asheville Environmental Studies department, teaches ecosystem ecology, wildlife ecology, tropical ecology (including a field trip to Costa Rica), avian ecology, air pollution, and humanities. Her research interests include the role of birds and soil invertebrates in ecosystem functions, canopy herbivores, decomposition in forests, effects of forest gaps on soil microarthropod communities, and effects of hemlock woolly adelgid pesticides on soil fauna.
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Weimar Lecture Series
Is There a Jewish Architecture?
by Israeli filmmaker Duki Dror
Tuesday, October 28, 7 pm
Reuter Center's Manheimer Room
One of Israel's most prolific documentary filmmakers, Duki Dror, will present his award-winning film,
Mendelsohn's Incessant Visions, about the German Jewish expressionist architect Erich Mendelsohn. The lecture is part of the Evenings at the Cabaret Weimar series continues at 7 pm on Tuesday, Oct. 28 in the Manheimer Room at the Reuter Center on campus. Following the screening, Dror will discuss the film and take audience questions as part of this free, public event.
Evenings at the Cabaret Weimar is a series of six lectures co-sponsored by OLLI and
UNC Asheville's Center for Jewish Studies.
Outstanding scholars from Germany, Israel, Canada and the US
will examine the Jewish cultural renaissance of this inter-war period as they examine its legacy for today.
Free and open to the public.
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Fab Friday Lecture
Lungs in Health
and When Things Go Wrong by Dr. David Mouw
Friday, October 31, 11:30 am
Manheimer Room
Free and open to the public.You don't hear much about lungs; come and find out how amazing they are. Learn about normal lung function and what can go wrong. What is it about lung design that leads to sleep apnea, aspiration pneumonia, Heimlich maneuvers, and feeding tubes? Is there anything you can do to maintain lung function? Why are the lungs so hard to keep clean, and why is pneumonia so common? Why does heart disease make your lungs gurgle?
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practice) with added qualification in geriatrics, has given nine previous Health Education Series lectures and regularly uses the audience response system. This lecture is part of the Health Education Series.
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Special Thanks!
OLLI would like to thank its Creative Retirement Exploration Weekend (CREW) tour leader, Doug Sherry.  Preferred Properties of Asheville www.preferredprop.com 828-713-3719, cell doug@preferredprop.com "Having lived in Asheville since 1987 I have
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a very good grasp of the neighborhoods and various housing options available here and enjoy working with my clients to find the 'right' house for them. I look forward to talking with you about your listing or buying needs." CREW helps those considering relocation in retirement examine all their options carefully and make an informed decision about this major life transition.
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Call for Submissions
The Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine encourages creative works from writers and visual artists for publication online. The submission deadline for the Spring 2015 issue is December 1, 2014.
Click here to visit the SBLAM website --
Then select "Submissions Guidelines"
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Jazz Singer and Pianist
Thursday, October 30, 6 pm
Free Concert at Pack Library
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Pianist Michael Jefry Stevens will perform on Thursday, October 30 at 6 pm in the Lord Auditorium at Pack Memorial Library. He will be joined by Misty Daniels, a singer who has toured all over the Eastern US in both musical theater and as a
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vocalist.
Composer and Steinway artist Michael Jefry Stevens performs extensively in Europe, Latin America, and North America. He has composed over 400 works for both large and small ensembles. Stevens has released over 80 CDs featuring his own music and has performed with many of the top names in jazz. Misty Daniels was the featured singer on the Unblued album by the Tommy Money Orchestra, and also provided the voice of Sae in the Japanese anime series, The Magic User's Club.
This jazz program, which lasts for about an hour, is sponsored by the Friends of Pack Library. Admission is free and the public is encouraged to come and enjoy this talented jazz duo. For further information, call 250-4717 or email library@buncombecounty.org
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French Vocalist in Concert
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Eric Vincent
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Eric Vincent In Concert
Saturday, Nov. 1, 4 pm
Manheimer Room
French singer/songwriter and world musician
Reception to follow and tickets $10 at the door.
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Dear OLLI Members,
We have another newsletter full of events that will enrich your learning and enjoyment of our community. This week be sure to enjoy Deborah Hart's story College for Seniors instructor and Special Interest Group leader Bruce Jones. Remember that while most College for Seniors courses will end on November 7, we will have a busy roster of events and activities so that you can continue "discovering your possibilities" even when we are on break between fall and winter courses.
Look tomorrow for a separate email with a link to our Annual Member Survey. Many thanks to Martha McKinney and Steve Schleifer for coordinating with our OLLI committee chairs and other stakeholders to create this survey which will help us to continue to improve our services and programs for our members.
Thank you for all that you do to model creative retirement, Catherine Frank Executive Director
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Around the Center  Chuck Rosenblum, OLLI Civic Engagement Committee chair, opening the September 15, 2014 Call to Action event
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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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 "Of the wonderful people who take
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courses there, whom I feel a real personal responsibility for, whom I want to grow intellectually, whom I want to challenge. I teach, now, in memory of my best student, friend, critic, lover, and wife for over forty years." - Mario DiCesare
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HOW ARE WE DOING? 
It's time for OLLI's 2014 Member Survey!
Each fall, we conduct a member survey to:
- Assess members' satisfaction with current programs and practices
- Develop ideas for new programming and member services
- Track changing member demographics
- Identify areas for improvement
On October 27, 2014, you will receive an email with the link to our online survey.
Paper copies will be available at the front desk for members preferring not to submit their responses electronically.
All individual responses will be kept anonymous with results reported in aggregate form.
Please help us make your OLLI experience the best possible by participating in this important survey!
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Bruce Jones - From Software Developer to Master of Games
 By Deborah Hart Bruce Jones' sociable demeanor and love of games have made his backgammon and Texas Hold'em poker classes a favorite around OLLI at UNC Asheville. As a master of games, the structured thinking and strategic skills honed in his software career serve him well.
Bruce started his career as an electrical engineer in the Bell System in New Jersey. Although he spent much of his working life in California, he has traveled to many places with his work such as Chicago, IL; Jackson, MS; Hope, AK; Wilmington, NC and Fargo, ND. About 20 years ago, Bruce launched his own software development company, where he really enjoyed the corporate training he did for small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in database applications such as inventories, billings, failure rates, and website development.
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SIG The Forum: Dialogue to Challenge Our Thinking
Friday, October 31, 1 pm
 A free-flowing dialogue designed to enrich and expand participants' thinking on topics ranging from changing demographics of retirees to nuclear disarmament.
Meetings open to all OLLI members. For more information contact Lou Millin, 828-298-3863 lmillin@bellsouth.net
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Opera Talk
Asheville Lyric Opera (ALO) brings great stories and music to life on 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 industry professionals guide you through their operatic world. Scheduled on Fridays at 3 pm in the Manheimer Room these events are free and open to the public, and are as follows:
October 31: "Opera 101: Opera in the 21st Century"
November 7: "How to Train an Opera Singer, Part II"
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A Cultural Double Header on Sunday,
November 2, 2014
Asheville Community Theatre's Readers Theater
The Autumn Players (part of Asheville Community Theatre) is a troupe of seasoned actors dedicated to taking the theatre experience into the community. Readings of great literature by experienced performers can spark deep understanding and kindle lastin g interest. On Sunday, November 2, 2:30 pm, The Autumn Players present Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz, directed by Anita Chapman. This play tells the story of a family with differing political views and a long-held family secret and achieves a balance between comedy and intense family drama. Tickets are $6 at the door.
Following a short intermission (complimentary light refreshments served), the second half of the "double header" begins at 5 pm with a piano recital, part of the Sundays with Brevard Music Center.
Sundays with Brevard Music Center
On
Sunday, November 2, 5 pm,
Sundays with Brevard Music Center will
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be presenting pianist Craig Nies in recital. Nies has been on the piano faculty at the Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University, since 1991, serving as co-chair of the piano department for 14 years.
He will be performing a vibrant and passionate program featuring works by Franz Schubert, Frederic Chopin and others. Brevard Music Center is proud to be collaborating with OLLI and reaching out to the Asheville community. Free and open to the public.
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Biblical Archaeology Through the Ages: From Its Origins to the Present
by Dr. Eric Cline
Wednesday, November 5, 7:30 pm,
Manheimer RoomDr. Eric Cline is a professor of archaeology at George Washington University and the director of the Megiddo Expedition and the Tel Kabri Excavations in Israel.
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Based on his book that was awarded the Biblical Archaeology Society's 2011 prize for "Best Popular Book on Archaeology," Biblical Archaeology: A Very Short Introduction; Oxford University Press, 2009, Dr. Cline will present an overview of the history of biblical archaeology. The lecture will focus on the early pioneers and the major controversies that first prompted explorers to go in search of objects and sites that would "prove" the Bible. Other highlights of his lecture include Megiddo (believed to be Armageddon), Jerusalem, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
The lecture is free and open to the public and is co-sponsored by the UNC Asheville Classics Department
and the Archaeological Institute of America.
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SIG Financial Strategies for Retirement Meeting
 The SIG Financial Strategies in Retirement, will welcome special guest speaker, Carol King, CPA, for our meeting onFriday, November 7, 1:30 pm
with the topic
"The 2014 North Carolina Tax Code Changes:
Effect on Seniors and Mitigating Strategies"
Carol King founded her own accounting business in Asheville in 1989 and since then her firm has served a wide variety of clients across the United States.
Open to all OLLI members. Bring your auestions!
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Elegy Holocaust Remembrance Concert 
On
Sunday, November 9,
5 pm
Pan Harmonia presents "Elegy: The Sixth Annual Holocaust Remembrance Concert," celebrating the power of the human spirit to triumph over adversity through music. This concert is presented in commemoration of Kristallnacht or the Night of Broken Glass, a coordinated attack on Jewish people and their property in Nazi Germany and Austria through the night of November 9, 1938.
Music of Leo Smit and Víteˇzslava Kaprálová will  be performed by Kate Steinbeck, flute, Fred Lemmons, clarinet, John Ravnan, viola, and Ivan Seng, piano. "Elegy" is a production of Pan Harmonia and is made possible through the generosity of the Weiner Family. Admission is free. For more information, visit the Pan Harmonia website
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OLLI Art Bazaar
November 14-15, 2014
Mark your calendar to attend the OLLI Art Bazaar,
Friday, November 14, 1
2-5 pm and
November 15,
10 am-4 pm
at the Reuter Center.
You will discover a delightful selection of paintings, fiber arts, photography, jewelry, scarves, assemblage (mixed media), handcrafted soaps & lotions, cards and paper art, pottery, wood art and so much more!
The beautiful artwork on offer includes watercolor and oil paintings, cross stitched gift items, one of a kind wood-turned bowls and art pieces, unique jewelry items from precious metals to vintage button necklaces.
Home baked cookies & lemonade will be on sale.
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IT'S A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING!
The Reuter Center Singers In Concert
Sunday afternoon - November 16, 4 pm
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Reuter Center Singers (l-r) Allan Brown, Jennifer Kantonen, Kaye Hand, and Ladd Painter. Photo courtesy of Alexander Pappas
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It's a grand night for singing many of the Rodgers & Hammerstein's greats! Relive with us the grand joy of musical renditions from Carousel, The King and I, Oklahoma!, State Fair, The Sound of Music, and South Pacific.
Director Chuck Taft Accompanist Nora Vetro
Free Admission Donations Welcome Limited Seating Reception Following
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Choral Concert
 Home and Heritage: An Asheville Tribute
November 14, 15, 2014
UNC Asheville's Lipinsky Auditorium
Asheville Choral Society, UNC Asheville Choral Ensembles, brass, organ, percussion ensembles
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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