We Remember
Stephen P. Jones
January 9, 2015
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 UNC Asheville, the OLLI office, and the Reuter Center will be closed on Monday, January 19, 2015 for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
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Opera Talk
Survey of Opera History
Friday, January 23, 3 pm
 At Opera Talks,
representatives of the Asheville Lyric Opera (ALO) bring to life the greatest stories and music in opera. 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.This month's lecture will be a "survey of opera history." Starkey taught opera literature repertoire as a professor over the last fifteen years and will use his knowledge to give a general introduction to the opera repertoire. H ighlights will include the beginning roots of opera and discussion about the transition of opera from the 20th century to the 21st century. Scheduled in the Reuter Center's Manheimer Room; this event is free and open to the public.
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Special Interest Group
The Forum 
Friday January 23, 1 pm
"The State of the Nation"
A free-flowing dialogue designed to enrich and expand participants' thinking on topics ranging from changing demographics of retirees to nuclear disarmament.
OLLI members are invited and encouraged to attend! More information, contact Lou Millin, 828.298.3863, lmillin@bellsouth.net
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Ya Gotta Laugh! Mark your calendar to attend the
Original Stand-Up
Comedy Show
Sunday, January 25, 3 pm
Scheduled in UNC Asheville's Highsmith Union's Grotto
This is an Alumni Show, featuring new as well as former performers, with some additional surprises! All performers are graduates of the OLLI stand up comedy class taught by Randy Robins. Ample free parking, free admission and a money back guarantee...no kidding.
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Eating Locally and
Well in the Winter
Year-round Locavorism
Kick Off Event
Tuesday, January 27,
11:30 am - 1 pm
Reuter Center's Manheimer Room
This event is free and
open to the public.
Come learn from local experts how (and why) to keep eating locally throughout the winter and early spring seasons.
Share your ideas on eating locally in the wintertime.
Consider joining a local foods study.
Enjoy tasting locally grown and produced foods!
Event sponsored by the Year-round Locavorism Team, funded through a grant from the North Carolina Center for Health and Wellness.
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Law Enforcement Leaders to Discuss Policing and
Minority Communities as
Part of OLLI at UNC Asheville's Black History Month Series
Friday, February 13, 9:30 am: Buncombe County Sheriff Van Duncan and Asheville's Interim Police Chief Wade Wood will present "Policing and Minority Communities" in UNC Asheville's Reuter Center. This lecture and discussion comes in the wake of months of protest and unrest across the United States following police killings of several unarmed African-Americans. This event is part of the OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) at UNC Asheville Black History Month series.
All events in the series are free and open to the public and take place in UNC Asheville's Reuter Center.
All events in the series:
Friday, February 6, 9:30 am: The Grimke Sisters: Abolitionist Activists - A film screening and discussion led by Catherine Frank, executive director of OLLI, and Jim Lenburg, retired professor of history and humanities at Mars Hill University.
Friday, February 6, 11:30 am: Fab Friday Lecture, "An African-American Woman's Perspective of UNC Asheville," A presentation by Dee James, UNC Asheville alumna and professor of language and literature.
Friday, February 13, 9:30 am:"Policing and Minority Communities," a lecture and discussion featuring Buncombe County Sheriff Van Duncan and Asheville Interim Police Chief Wade Wood.
Friday, February 20, 9:30 am: "A History of Slavery in Asheville," a presentation by Deborah Miles, director of UNC Asheville's Center for Diversity Education, and Darin Waters, assistant professor of history at UNC Asheville.
For more information, contact OLLI at 828.251.6140 or olliasheville.com.
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Sierra Club Meeting
 Using Climate Data to Create Business Opportunities: The Collider"
by Robin Cape
Wednesday, February 4, 7 pm
Sierra Club, Mountain True (formerly WNC Alliance) and Green Drinks will present "Using Climate Data to Create Business Opportunities: The Collider" by Robin Cape on Wednesday, February 4, 7 pm.
Free and open to the public. Location: Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 1 Edwin Pl on Charlotte Street in Asheville. Contact: judymattox@sbcglobal.net, 828.683.2176
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 Hearing Loop in Room 206
A second assistive hearing system has been installed at the Reuter Center in Room 206 in addition to the assistive hearing system in Room 102 A/B.
This assistive hearing system or "hearing loop," helps those with a hearing aid equipped with a t-coil, hear with clarity any amplified sound that comes through a microphone or speakers.
A hearing loop is a hidden copper wire that invisibly circles a room. It captures the sound from a speaker's microphone and sends it wirelessly to your hearing aid! The speaker's voice sounds like it is
next to you, and room noise is virtually eliminated. Those without hearing aids can borrow an equivalent headset from the office.
Hearing aids need the t-coil installed and activated to pick up the signal. Not sure if your hearing aid has this? Now is the time to
check with your audiologist or provider.
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Dear OLLI Members,
Please remember that UNC Asheville, the Reuter Center, and the OLLI office will be closed tomorrow, Monday, January 19, to commemorate the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.
I want to thank OLLI member Cindy Berryman-Fink (working in her capacity as a member of the newly formed Inclusion Committee) for collaborating with Lucia Daugherty of the Asheville Buncombe Community Relations Council and representatives of the YWCA to create an incredibly successful intergenerational conversation about race at the YWCA this past Friday. At 5 pm on a Friday evening the event was packed, with OLLI members well represented, to listen, learn, and contribute to an understanding about the challenges and opportunities to make our community more equitable and inclusive. The evening was successful not only because of the great turnout but because of the wonderful panelists (including OLLI member and community activist Carol Rogoff Hallstrom) who spoke from the heart and spoke with great insight into the current difficulties in our community and also challenged members of the audience not only to talk but to act to make a difference.
Thanks also to Steve Kaagan, Allen Brailsford, Carol Cohen, Larry Haas, Deborah Miles and all of the members of the OLLI Inclusion Committee for their work to underscore OLLI's commitment to making ours a more well-informed, welcoming, and inclusive community. Special thanks to Jim Lenburg for putting together a series of programs for Black History Month to help us continue to learn (see the full line-up in this newsletter).
Thank you for all that you do to continue to think about ways to make our community even better, 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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Fab Fridays Lunch & Learn Lectures
You are invited to enjoy stimulating presentations and dynamic question-and-answer sessions from local experts, about everything from music to travel and medications to wellness. Purchase lunch in the Reuter Cafe or bring your own brown bag to enjoy during the talk. Fridays, 11:30 am - 1:15 pm, Reuter Center Manheimer Room. Free and open to the public.
January 23, 2015, Pet Nutritition: How to Make Sense of All the Hype The pet goods and services industry is one of the fastest growing industries in America. Every day a new company appears promising to care for your pet. Products are marketed as "all natural," "human-grade," "better and healthier than the poisons the big pet food conglomerates are trying to sell you."
Since the pet food and supplement industry is minimally regulated, how can
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Karel Carnohan
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you tell if companies' claims about their products are accurate? How do you sort through all that information on the Internet? Who should you trust? Dr. Karel Carnohan of the Cat Care Clinic of Asheville will give you valuable information about pet nutrition, how to read a pet food label, and how to use common sense to do the right thing when taking care of your pet. She will bust some myths and help you make good decisions.
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 Medicare Information Workshop
Friday, January 23, 2 pm
Reuter Center Room 206
Are you new to Medicare? Are you confused by the many choices? Unbiased and accurate information is available from trained volunteers from the North Carolina Seniors' Health Insurance Information Program. In partnership with OLLI, a free class will be held on
Friday, January 23, 2-4 pm in the Reuter Center.
The class will provide important information to assist you in understanding how Medicare works and what you need to do to obtain benefits and save money. Spaces are limited so reserve your space by registering online at www.coabc.org or calling the Council on Aging, 828-277-8288
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Newly Formed Meditation
Special Interest Group
Monday, January 26,
4:15-6 pm,
Reuter Center
Room 120
The Meditation SIG will meet twice a month from January through June on the 2nd and 4th Mondays from 4:15 - 6 pm at the Reuter Center in Room 120. Please mark your calendar. This meditation group is modeled on Jackie Wollins Functional Meditation course, supplemented with guest speakers who will lead the group with other meditation styles. Please bring blankets, pillows, yoga mats, and name tags. See you all on Monday, January 26.
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 Would you like to do something easy to benefit you and your community? Help us learn more about how engaging with food may impact food purchasing and health behaviors by enrolling in our study! If you enroll in the study, you will be asked to:- Answer questions about your food consumption and buying preferences.
- Attend 1 or more food event(s) that will take place on or near campus this semester. These events may include a cooking class, garden tour, food talk, food tasting, etc.
Your participation will automatically enter you to
Thank you for your interest from your UNCA local food team,
Jessica Speer, Department of Economics
Nickolas Gold-Leighton, Department of Health & Wellness
Lance Mills, Department of Environmental Studies
Dr. Amy Joy Lanou, Department of Health & Wellness
Dr. Leah Matthews, Department of Economics
This research is funded by the North Carolina Center for Health & Wellness.
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Mary Lynn Manns
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The Zumba participants make me smile continually throughout our workout - Mary Lynn Manns
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Curriculum Committee Needs Volunteers!
Are you interested in stimulating volunteer work?  The Curriculum Committee needs volunteers for the following topic groups:
- Music, theater arts, and performing arts
- Dance and recreation
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Advance Care Planning Workshop
Thursday, February 19, 3 pm
 Manheimer Room, Reuter Center
Consider making this workshop one of your New Year's resolutions and have the peace of mind that planning ahead brings!
OLLI will hold an advance care planning workshop Thursday,
February 19, 3 pm
at the Reuter Center; 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 N.C. Short form.
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Asheville Choral Society offers a look
Inside the Music
Sunday, February 15, 3 pm
Reuter Center's Manheimer Room
Bach, Brahms, Vaughan Williams, and the delightful Jerome Kern....just some of the highlights on the upcoming concert by the Asheville Choral Society (ACS) to be held on Friday, February 20 and Saturday, February 21 at the Central United Methodist Church, downtown Asheville, honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Robert Keener, founder of the Asheville Choral Society.  To fully enjoy the concert and learn more about the music, mark your calendar to attend on Sunday, February 15, 3 pm. Inside the Music will led by ACS artistic director and conductor, Dr. Melodie Galloway, UNC Asheville music department chair and director of choral activities. Inside the Music is in part, a conversation with the conductor and also, a performance by soloists from the ACS event. Galloway will be sharing insights about the music and gifted singers and instrumentalists will be performing.
Inside the Music, a new series of musically oriented presentations by the Asheville Choral Society, is free and open to the public.
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Special Thanks!
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Ellen McGui
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"I am an Asheville native who understands the importance of customer service as well as the dynamics of Asheville. I would love to help you find that 'perfect home."'"
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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The first meeting of the 