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Elegy Holocaust Remembrance Concert  On Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014 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.
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 Sneak Peek at the Winter Catalog
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SIG The Forum Meeting
November 14, 1 pm
Topic: "Changes in Work
and Income Inequality"  Members of the special interest group The Forum meet most Fridays at 1 pm to engage in dialogue designed to enrich and expand participants' thinking on topics ranging from nuclear disarmament to the current election process. All OLLI members are invited! For more information, |
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Special Thanks!
OLLI would like to thank its
Creative Retirement Exploration Weekend (CREW) Major Sponsor,
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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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Choral Concert
 Home and Heritage: An Asheville Tribute
Friday, November 14, 7:30 pm
and Saturday, November 15, 4 pm
UNC Asheville's
Lipinsky Auditorium
Asheville Choral Society,
UNC Asheville Choral Ensembles, accompanied by brass, organ, and 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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STEM Lecture
New Developments
in Climate Change
IPCC's 5th Assessment Report
by Dr. Lenny Bernstein
Monday,
November 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.
STEM Lectures are free
and open to the public.
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Special Interest Group
Stories for the Third Act
Tuesday, November 18, 4:30pm
Stories for the Third Act meets this week on the third Tuesday of the month,
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,
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Leadership Asheville Forum Luncheon
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
 The Asheville Symphony is using a $610,000 gift to fund music education at Hall Fletcher Elementary, one of Asheville's most innovative primary schools. The program, called "Music Works!," is patterned after El Sistema, a style of education begun 38 years ago in Venezuela to reach that country's most underserved and vulnerable children.The goal of the program is to teach more than just music. It's aimed at helping kids improve their academic achievement, learn personal responsibility and develop teamwork. It's the latest innovation at a school which has achieved remarkable results, though a majority of its pupils qualify for free or reduced price lunches.
At the November 19 Leadership Asheville Forum Critical Issues Luncheon, we'll hear more from the Symphony's Executive Director, David Whitehill, Hall Fletcher Principal Dr. Gordon Grant and Music Works! Program Director Brian Kellum. We hope you will join us.
LAF's Critical Issues Luncheon
The Country Club of Asheville,
170 Windsor Road
TIME: Food Service begins at 11:45 am, the program at 12:15 pm
COST: $18 for LAF members,
$22 for nonmembers
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED by Friday, November 14th.
RSVP to Nancy Williams atnwilliam@unca.edu or 250-2353 (email preferred).
NOTE: The Country Club of Asheville has a firm "no denim policy."
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Dear OLLI Members,
Even though classes have ended for the term, there are many opportunities this week to learn at OLLI. Today Pan Harmonia will perform its annual "Elegy: Holocaust Remembrance" performance in the Manheimer Room. On Tuesday our community partner The World Affairs Council of Western North Carolina will offer a lecture on Syria.
Next weekend you will be able to experience the talents of OLLI members in a couple of different ways. On Friday and Saturday, begin your seasonal shopping at the OLLI Art Bazaar, where your fellow members will be displaying and selling their handiwork in a wide array of media. And on Sunday, enjoy a performance of the music of Rogers and Hammerstein by the Reuter Center Singers.
Please watch your email next week for an opportunity to contribute to our Annual Fund. Thank you for your many contributions to our community,
Catherine Frank Executive Director
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Around the Center  | | Climate Control Class. |
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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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- 11/14 Lecture: Humanities Lecture: "Environmental Sustainability," Grace Campbell, humanities lecturer. 11:25 am in UNC Asheville's Humanities Lecture Hall. Free and open to the public. Info: humanities.unca.edu or 828-251-6808.
- 11/17 Film: "Cowspiracy" film screening. 7 pm in UNC Asheville's Humanities Lecture Hall. Free and open to the public. Info: environmentunca@gmail.com or 828-232-5143.
- 11/19 Sports: Men's Basketball: UNC Asheville vs. Johnson and Wales. 7 pm at UNC Asheville's Kimmel Arena. Tickets and info: visit uncabulldogs.com or call 828-258-7900.
- 11/21 Art: UNC Asheville Department of Art Holiday Art Sale, featuring UNC Asheville student works in ceramics, prints, photographs, paintings, glass and sculpture. Prices beginning at $5. 4 pm in UNC Asheville's Owen Hall, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery. Info: art.unca.edu or 828-251-6559.
- 11/24 Lecture: Humanities Lecture: "Where have we been? Where are we? Where are we going? The Ebb and Flow of Empires," Ann Dunn and John McClain, humanities lecturers. 11:25 am in UNC Asheville's Lipinsky Auditorium. Free and open to the public. Info: humanities.unca.edu or 828-251-6808.
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  "I believe one learns from teaching and now I'm learning from some of the brightest, wisest people I've met.Teaching at OLLI enhances my brain power." - Chuck Fink
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War Crimes Trials in an Uncertain World: Justice for Syria
Tuesday, November 11, 7:30 pmManheimer Room As October's World Affairs Council (WAC) lecture 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.
On Tuesday, November 11, Professor David Crane shares 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.
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OLLI Art Bazaar
Mark your calendar to attend the OLLI Art Bazaar, Friday, November 14,
12-5 pm
Saturday, November 15,
10 am-4 pm,
at the Reuter Center
You will discover a delightful selection of watercolor and oil paintings, fiber arts (including cross stitched items and scarves), photography, jewelry (including everything from precious metals to vintage button necklaces), assemblage (mixed media), handcrafted soaps and lotions, cards and paper art, pottery, wood art (including one-of-a-kind wood-turned bowls) and so much more!
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, 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 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
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Symphony Talk with Daniel MeyerFriday, November 21, 3 pmManheimer Room, Free and open to the public. 
The best way to enjoy the Asheville Symphony Orchestra's Masterworks concerts is to come to the Symphony Talk for the inside scoop on the music, composers, and soloists. Come early to get a seat; this popular series is very well attended. Asheville Symphony Orchestra's music director and conductor Daniel Meyer will speak about the performance for the next evening's concert, and local music aficionado Chip Kaufmann will speak about the composers. At this Symphony Talk, Asheville Symphony Orchestra's own timpanist Todd Mueller and the Atlanta Symphony timpanist Mark Yancich will speak with Maestro Meyer about their upcoming performance of Oliverio's Dynasty Timpani Concerto. Daniel Meyer will also speak about Tchaikovsy's Symphony No. 4 and the work of living composer Barbara Higdon. Click here to find out more about purchasing tickets for Asheville Symphony performances at the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium.
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Folk Art Center - Blue Ridge Parkway
Sunday, November 23, 3 pm
Tickets at the door $10
It's time for Tellabration!, when thousands of people around the world gather in small towns and big cities to celebrate storytelling during the last week-end before Thanksgiving. The international celebration of storytelling, known as Tellabration! serves to build grassroots community support for the age-old art of storytelling. Since its inception in 1988, the annual observance has grown into one of the most impressive collective events in the history of the modern storytelling revival.
Citizens from Asheville and surrounding areas join the global Tellabration! Spirit for the seventeenth year, as Asheville Storytelling Circle hosts the local event Sunday, November 23, 3 pm at the Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
 The outstanding and diverse line-up once again showcases accomplished storytellers, headlined by Tennessee's own nationally known storyteller and author Minton Sparks. Fusing music, poetry, and her intoxicating gift for storytelling, this National Storytelling Festival veteran paints word pictures of the rural South that put you square in the middle of the people and the places she knows like the back of her hand. The line-up also includes outstanding Asheville Storytelling Circle tellers Pete Koschnick, Zane Chait, Daphne Darcy, and MC Karen-eve Bayne. General Admission: $10; proceeds help enable future storytelling events and activities in the WNC area. Tickets are sold on a first-come, first-serve basis, and are available at the door on the day of the event.
More information, 828-667-4227 or 828-777-9177
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