|
T O D A Y
 The Reuter Center Singers In Concert
Sunday,
November 16, 4 pm
Manheimer Room
It's a grand night for singing
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
|
|
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 U.S. and projected increased impacts in the future.
Come to enjoy this unique opportunity to hear from an OLLI member on the front lines of this important global issue.
|
Sneak Peek at the Winter Catalog
of courses to be offered by the College for Seniors in Winter 2015
The Winter catalog mails and is posted on-line on Tuesday, November 18. |
|
SIG Stories for the Third Act
Tuesday, November 18, 4:30 pm
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 your 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,
|
Meditation
Special Interest Group (SIG)
 The first meeting of this new SIG will be on Tuesday, December 9, 3-5 pm. in Room 102B at the Reuter Center. We will have a guided meditation and discuss our 2015 program. Please bring yoga mats, blankets, and pillows. This SIG is for participants with prior experience with meditation; it is not a beginner group. If you are interested in attending but cannot attend this meeting, please drop Eileen Ayers a note to indicate your future interest.
Questions, contact Eileen Ayers. eileena97@gmail.com.
|
Special Thanks!
OLLI would like to thank its
for their longtime support
of our programming. Blue Ridge Bone and Joint is a center for orthopaedic surgery and musculoskeletal care, and their support of CREW is a crucial part of the program's continued success. For more information, visit
CREW helps those considering relocation in retirement examine all their options carefully and make an informed decision about this major life transition.
|
|
Lecture by UNC Asheville
Interim Chancellor Doug Orr
Tuesday, November 18, 7 pm
Humanities Lecture Hall
UNC Asheville Campus
All are cordially invited to hear UNC Asheville Interim Chancellor Doug Orr, the guest speaker at the Phi Alpha Theta Initiation.
Chancellor Orr will guide us on a musical voyage across oceans, linking people and songs through centuries of adaptation and change as he presents the music and stories of Appalachia's heritage, as told in his newly- published book,
co-authored with Fiona Ritchie, host of National Public Radio's
Thistle and Shamrock.
|
|
Leadership Asheville Forum Luncheon
Wednesday, November 19,
11:45 am lunch, 12:15 pm program
Country Club of Asheville
170 Windsor Road
 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 that began 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 Nov. 19, 2014 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.
COST: $18 for LAF members,
$22 for nonmembers
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED.
Contact Nancy Williams atnwilliam@unca.edu or 250-2353 (email preferred). NOTE: The Country Club of Asheville has a firm no denim policy.
|
The OLLI office and the Reuter Center will be closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday
November 26-30, 2014
|
|
|
|
|
Dear OLLI Members,
We had a great opportunity this past Friday and Saturday to witness the artistic talents of our OLLI community. Please see the list below of all the people who made the Art Bazaar possible.
This week our Winter Catalog will be mailed and available on the website. Watch the newsletter for more information about registration on December 2.
Don't miss the Reuter Center Singers performance of music by Rogers and Hammerstein this afternoon (Sunday, November 16) at 4 pm. Donations are always happily accepted to support the work of this dynamic chorus. Remember that in addition to performances at OLLI, the group performs throughout the community, most recently at the Veterans Day celebration in Weaverville and as part of holiday celebrations at the Biltmore House. The group represents OLLI well and has a great time performing and learning new music.
If you are volunteering in the Asheville City Schools or interested in learning how you might be part of efforts to close the education achievement gap, plan to attend the Civic Engagement Committee's meeting this Wednesday, November 19, 4-5 pm at the Reuter Center.
We are truly lucky to be part of a talent and generous community! Catherine Frank Executive Director |
Thanks for making the OLLI Art Bazaar
a great success!
Thanks to Sharon Kopstein, Sheila Murphy, and Leanna Preston for organizing an opportunity for 38 of our talented OLLI members to display and sell their work. Thanks also to the following people who helped with baking, set up and clean up.
Tobi Arbiter
Linda Bushar
Linda Cardina
Jacob Cohen
Susan Coyle
Judy Creed
Fran Fedor
Bee Frame
Nancy Gordon
Thomas and Gayle Hoffman
Marcelle Martin
Jacque Morgan
Dennis and Sheila Murphy
Patti Oppenheim
Elizabeth Pou
Kitty Schaller
Donna and Greg Schramek
Kim Speer
Kathy Tempelaar-Leitz
Rosemary Walton
Jacquie Wollins
|
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!
|
 
'I am passionate about top quality, emotional sports history story-telling, both print and broadcast, and many of our members are too.'-Larry Griswold
|
Call to Action Announcement
Do you volunteer at a school? The OLLI Civic Engagement Committee invites all OLLI members, especially those who are volunteering in any school, to learn about
Closing The Education Achievement Gap
Wednesday, November 19, 4-5 pm
Manheimer Room
Presented by Julia Shuster, Director of Volunteer Training and Outreach for the Asheville City School Foundation  Julia Shuster joined the Asheville City Schools Foundation as Director of Volunteer Training and Outreach in July 2014. She received her MA in international education and leadership at the School for International Training, and her BA in German studies from Penn State University. Julia has long been advocate for public education and especially for local schools since her time as K-12 Program Director at the Center for Diversity Education.
|
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.
|
 Center for Diversity Education Conversation American Jewish World Service President Ruth Messinger and Kenyan LGBT Rights Activist Essy Thursday, November 20, 12:30 pm Highsmith Union, 223 and 224 UNC Asheville Campus |
|
UNC Asheville's Art Department Holiday Art Sale
 Friday, November 21,
4-7 pm
and Saturday,
November 22,
10 am-2 pm
S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, ground floor of Owen Hall on the UNC Asheville campus
UNC Asheville's Department of Art will hold its annual Holiday Ceramic and Art Sale in UNC Asheville's S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, located on the ground floor of Owen Hall. The sale is open to the public.  A wide variety of functional and decorative pottery, drawings, prints, photography, glass, and sculpture crafted by UNC Asheville students will be on sale with prices starting at $5. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Department of Art.
More info: 828-251-6559.
|
Hillbilly Land Lecture
The Social Function of Narrative
in Appalachian Society
by Charlotte Ross
Saturday, November 22, 2 pm
 The stereotype of the Appalachian hillbilly has great power, prevalence, and persistence from the nineteenth century through the present. The Western North Carolina Historical Association has created an exhibition at the Asheville History Center/ Smith McDowell House (on view through December 31, 2014) titled "Hillbilly Land: Myth and Reality of Appalachian Culture" to explore the stereotypical images of the religion, music, arts and crafts, moonshine, and ignorance/backwardness of the region. This is part of a series of lectures to explore the subject. All lectures are open to the public, and a $5 donation is requested in support of the Center's exhibition and related programming. Members of the Western North Carolina Historical Association are admitted free. For more information call 828-253-9231 or email smh@wnchistory.org.
|
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.
 The outstanding and diverse line-up 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
|
Sundays with Brevard Music Center
Sunday, November 30, 3 pmOLLI is delighted with to be partnering with historic Brevard Music Center, one of this country's premier summer training programs and festivals. More than 400 gifted students, ages 14 through post-college, come to the Music Center to study with members of a distinguished artist faculty and with renowned guest artists.  The "Sundays with Brevard Music Center" series will present free performances each month at the Reuter Center. On Sunday, November 30, 3 pm, bassoonist Susan Barber will perform. Dr. Barber is an active performer and clinician, presenting workshops and recitals throughout the United States. Scheduled in the Manheimer Room, this concert is free and open to the public. Click here to visit the Brevard Music Center website.
|
Stay Connected
 Click the icon to like OLLI on Facebook
|
|
|
|
|
