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UPCOMING SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 
November 2, 2014
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DOUBLE HEADER!
Sunday, November 2
Manheimer Room, 
 Reuter Center
Autumn Players
2:30 pm
Brevard Music Center
5 pm
2:30 pm
Asheville Community Theatre's Autumn Players present
Other Desert Cities
by Jon Robin Baitz, directed by Anita Chapman.  This play involves viewers in the lives 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 will be served) the second half of the "double header" begins.

5 pm
Sundays with Brevard Music Center 
presents 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 fourteen years.  He will be performing a vibrant and passionate program featuring works by Franz Schubert, Frederic Chopin and others. 
 Free and open to the public.
Sneak Peek at the Winter Catalog

Click here to view a class list

The Winter 2015 catalog mails and is posted on-line on November 18, 2014.
Book Talk and Signing
Kevan Frazier, author of
Legendary Locals of Asheville, is celebrating the publication of his new book at several upcoming events. Meet the author and discover the fascinating stories of unique individuals and groups, past and present, who have had a lasting impact on the community. OLLI is proud to host one of these celebrations.
Tuesday, November 4, 12 pm
Reuter Center
If you cannot attend the signing at the Reuter Center, plan to attend the official launch


Thursday, November 13, 7 pm
Asheville Masonic Temple
80 Broadway, Asheville, NC 28801

The book will be available for purchase at the events, as well as area bookstores, independent retailers, online retailers, and the publisher www.legendarylocals.com
or 888-313-2665
Sierra Club Meeting


"Sustainable Transportation" 

Wednesday, November 5, 7 pm
Unitarian Universalist Congregation
1 Edwin Place at Charlotte St.
Asheville

The Sierra Club will present "Sustainable Transportation" with Dave Erb, automotive engineer, and a panel of electric car owners.   
Free & open to the public.

More information, contact: [email protected]    
828-683-2176

Fab Friday Lecture   

 The Widow Spy
by Martha Peterson

Friday, November 7, 11:30 am
Manheimer Room 
Free and open to the public

   Martha Peterson spent her thirty-two-year career in the CIA as a clandestine operations officer, beginning her professional service on the CIA's front line in Moscow during the Cold War. Her contribution to her country originated in Pakse, Laos, during the Vietnam War, where she accompanied her husband, John, a CIA paramilitary officer.

When he was killed in a helicopter crash in 1972, Martha returned to the US and began her work for the CIA. Following extensive training in covert tradecraft and lengthy Russian language study, she was assigned to Moscow in 1975. Her exploits, including her arrest, are on display in the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C., as well as in the KGB museum in Moscow, Russia. Although her story appears in many books about the Cold War, she reveals her true experiences in her book The Widow Spy, as only she can.  

Stories for the Third Act 

Special Interest Group 

Tuesday, November 18, 4:30 pm
Story Telling BW
Stories for the Third Act meets this week on the third Tuesday of the month from 
4:30-6 pm.  Come share a story you are working on, come to listen, come to be inspired to find a story uniquely yours.
 Come when you can and leave when you have to within our scheduled time and look for the room assignment on the day's posting.  We are preparing for several performances, so come and be inspired and entertained by stories for every audience.  Stories are, after all, the shortest distance between two people.
Questions, contact Sarah Larson,
Choral Concert
Home and Heritage:  An Asheville Tribute
November 14, 15, 2014
UNCA's Lipinsky Auditorium
Asheville Choral Society, UNCA 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!"

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"

Dear OLLI Members,
We hope that you remembered to set back clocks to return to standard time and that you were able to enjoy the vision of Asheville as both a fall and a winter wonderland this weekend. Also, we hope that you participate in this important election by voting on Tuesday 

You can fill your afternoon today, Sunday, November 2, with performances by the Autumn Players and members of the Brevard Music Center in a "cultural double header." Mark your calendars to attend a book signing by one of our favorite lecturers and historians Kevan Frazier on Tuesday.  You can also hear a lecture on Biblical archaeology on Wednesday, and find out more about Cold War espionage and learn about the training of opera singers on Friday.  That's just this week at the Reuter Center! How lucky we are to be surrounded by natural beauty and talented people here in Western North Carolina.

There is still time to respond to our Annual Member Survey: click here to follow the link to the survey.
 
Thank you for all that you do to make OLLI at UNC Asheville a success,
Catherine Frank
Executive Director

Check the links here to see OLLI and UNC Asheville current events:
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When you're on the OLLI calendar page, try clicking on the Daily Schedule link to see where your class will meet!

I enjoy the challenge of teaching fun bridge to adults--some of whom go on to 
outscore Marilyn
and me! 
- Bob Evans
  Opera Talk
Friday, November 3, 3 pm
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.  Join us at the Reuter Center on Friday, November 7, 3 pm as Starkey examines "How to Train an Opera Singer," his second lecture on the subject in this series. 
Biblical Archaeology Through the Ages: 
From Its Origins to the Present Lecture 
by Dr. Eric Cline
Wednesday, November 5, 7:30 pm
Manheimer Room
Dr. 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.
Eric Cline
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.
Elegy Holocaust Remembrance Concert
Sunday, November 9, 
5 pm
Manheimer Room
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 V�teˇzslava Kapr�lov� 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

War Crimes Trials in an Uncertain World:  Justice for Syria
Tuesday, November 11, 7:30 pm
 Manheimer Room

As October's event on the Scottish referendum was timely and pointed, November's event promises WAC-WNC members insight into another topical and important issue.  Namely the events in Syria and the conflicts raging there - particularly the developing refugee crisis and the rise of ISIS that raise human rights questions and conflicted issues of international response. 

Professor David Crane will share with us his perspectives on and concerns about Syria. Dr. Crane is the founding Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (the chief prosecutor in the Charles Taylor trial) and Professor of Practice at the Syracuse University College of Law, The Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism, and The Maxwell School of Public Citizenship.  He is chair of the board of the Robert H. Jackson Center.

If you haven't already signed up for this year's membership (2014-2015), you may do so at this meeting.  Consult with Dave Hudleson at the door as you come in.  OLLI members are eligible for a discounted annual subscription fee.  UNC Asheville students are admitted without charge.  
Single admissions for this lecture are $10 each.
OLLI Art Bazaar
arts and crafts
November 14-15, 2014
Mark your calendar to attend the  
OLLI Art Bazaar, 
Friday, November 14, 
 12-5 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 and 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.
IT'S A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING!
The Reuter Center Singers In Concert
Sunday, November 16, 4 pm
The Reuter Center - UNC Asheville Campus
Reuter Center Singers (l-r) Allan Brown, Jennifer Kantonen, Kaye Hand, and Ladd Painter.  Photo courtesy of Alexander Pappas
It's a grand night for singing many of Rodgers and 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
STEM Lecture
(Science Technology Engineering Mathematics)

New Developments in Climate Change
IPCC's 5th Assessment Report
by Dr. Lenny Bernstein

Monday, Nov. 17,
4:30 pm, Reuter Center, Room 206
 
Several reports issued in the past year have enriched our understanding of climate change.  The broadest was the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Fifth Assessment Report, which reviewed our knowledge of the science of climate change, its impacts, and opportunities for adaptation to and mitigation of those impacts.  The 2014 US National Climate Change assessment presented a detailed picture of how climate change is already affecting the US and projected increased impacts in the future. 
A variety of other studies evaluated specific vulnerabilities.  For example, the Audubon Society made a detailed study of the impacts that projected climate change would have on U.S. bird species.  The message from these studies is that we are likely to feel the impacts of climate change sooner and more severely than previously
thought.
Take advantage of this opportunity to hear from an expert in the field on a timely subject.
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