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TODAY
Sundays with
Brevard Music Center
Sunday, February 1, 3 pm OLLI now has a partnership with historic Brevard Music Center, a summer training program and festival, offering presentations with performance, Sundays with Brevard Music Center. These events are free and open to the public.
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Gwendolyn Dease
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On February 1, 3 pm, Sunday with Brevard Music Center offers a program featuring Brevard Music Center artist faculty member Gwendolyn Dease with guest flutist Dilshad Posnock performing works by Bach, Piazzola, and more.
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Sneak Peek at Spring 2015 Classes
 It's a great line up! And remember, the Spring 2015 catalog mails and is online February 13.
The Spring 2015 term runs
March 23-May 15, 2015.
Registration day for Spring 2015 term is on Tuesday, February 24!
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Volunteers Needed
to assist with the
Winter Member Social on Thursday, February 12,
4:30-6:30 pm  We need help with food preparation, set up and clean up. An hour or two of your time to volunteer would be greatly appreciated. Please contact Jeanne Smolkin at jsmolkin@gmail.com if you can volunteer.
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Alexander Book Talk
Tuesday, February 3, 11:30 am
 Did you attend high school in the 1950s, '60s or '70s? The Fall of Summer, a novel by OLLI member Ted M. Alexander, is a leap back in time, a coming-of-age thriller laced with a touch of tabloid sizzle. In small-town America, murder intrudes, but sex binds.
In a heartbreaking and humorous testament to the enduring power of friendship and youth, The Fall of Summer is a bittersweet glance back to a simpler time, when the Beatles had just hit American shores, the Yankees couldn't lose a pennant, and life's promise was still within reach.
Tuesday, February 3, 11:30 am in the Manheimer Room for a reading/signing of the book that former HarperCollins editor Gabe Robinson calls, "A fantastic story that transcends time while also managing to so beautifully evoke days gone by." This event is free and open to the public.
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OLLI Black History Month Events
 OLLI is proud to announce its February Black History Month program. The program includes a film and discussion about two important abolitionist crusaders, the reminiscences of one of UNC at Asheville's first African-American faculty members, a lecture about slavery in Asheville and a discussion of policing and the African-American community.
Scheduled in the Reuter Center's Manheimer Room, all the events are free and open to the general public.
Friday, February 6, 9:30 am
Film screening and discussion, "The Grimke Sisters: Abolitionist Activists" led by Catherine Frank, PhD, OLLI executive director and Jim Lenburg, PhD, retired Mars Hill University faculty
Friday, February 6, 11:30 am
Fab Friday lecture: "An African-American Woman's Perspective on UNC Asheville" by Dee James, PhD, UNC Asheville faculty
Friday, February 13, 9:30 am
Lecture and discussion: "Policing and Minority Communities" by Buncombe County Sheriff Van Duncan and Wade Wood, Deputy Chief of Police and Interim Chief at Asheville Police Department
Friday, February 20, 9:30 am
Presentation: "History of Slavery in Asheville" led by Deborah Miles, Director of UNC Asheville's Center for Diversity Education, and Darin Waters, PhD, UNC Asheville history faculty
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Special Interest Group Financial Strategies in Retirement
 The SIG Financial Strategies in Retirement will meet Friday, February 6, 1:30 pm, Reuter Center Room 205
with the topic:
"TAKING STOCK: 2015"
Our members will present their investment recommendations for 2015, and the reasons for their choices. Come just to listen and ask questions or come prepared with your own investment selections.
This is always an interesting and educational session! All OLLI members are invited to attend.
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Special Interest Group: The Forum
 The SIG: The Forum will meet Friday, February 6, 1:30 pm.Reuter Center Room 207 with the topic:
"Taxes and Tax Policy"
A free-flowing dialogue designed to enrich and expand participants' thinking on topics ranging from the changing demographics of retirees to nuclear disarmament. SIG contact: Lou Millin,
All OLLI members are
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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 in Asheville. Contact: judymattox@sbcglobal.net,
828-683-2176
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Integrative Health and Wellness Seminar
Saturday, February 7, 2 pm
Reuter Center's Manheimer Room
Mark your calendar to attand an afternoon seminar on "Integrative Health and Wellness" presented by Dr. John C. Williams, N.M.D.
Integrative medicine embraces the concept of collaborative effort of practitioners combining methodologies that guide patients in lifestyle modifications toward proper nutrition, pure water, clean air, and supplements necessary to maintain a balanced metabolic chemistry, assuring preventive care and good health for our society.
Dr. Williams is an N.M.D. and certified clinical nutritionist and a member of the American Association of Nutritional Consultants.
For more information, contact Phyllis Williams, phyllislwilliamseq@gmail.com, 202-460-7437
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Dear OLLI Members,
Our weekly newsletter is filled with the wealth of events organized by our members and community partners. This week you can enjoy a musical performance by members of the faculty of Brevard Music Center and attend a reading and book signing by one of our talented members, Ted Alexander. You can learn more about the changing dynamics in the Middle East during a World Affairs Council lecture or see a performance of scenes from Shakespeare's plays by the Montford Park Players. You can understand the challenges of transporting humans to Mars with the Astronomy Club of Asheville, and on Friday can learn more about the early history of abolition and the current challenges of creating a diverse and inclusive community at UNC Asheville at some of our planned Black History Month events. You can discuss investments with the Financial Strategies in Retirement SIG or taxes with The Forum. You can finish the day with an understanding of various energy sources with a film and discussion led by CFS instructor Richard Wiener. All of this happens in addition to the rich curriculum of our College for Seniors winter classes. Don't forget to take a look at the "Sneak Peek" of Spring 2015 courses.
Of course all of this activity happens in part because so many of our members volunteer their time and talent. You can lend a hand by volunteering at the winter member social or by reviewing the list of courses sought by the curriculum committee to see if there is something that you could teach or persuade someone to teach.
Thank you for all that you do to make OLLI a success, full of varied and challenging programs,
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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World Affairs Council
Tuesday, February 3, 7:30 pm
Syria's Refugee Crisis
by Nora Nassri of the University of South Carolina
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Nora Nassri
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Syrians have for a century welcomed over a million refugees from Armenia, Palestine, Iraq and other countries around the region. Now, thanks to a multi-year civil war, they are on track to become the source of the world's largest refugee population in a matter of months. As Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and other neighbors strive to accommodate millions of Syrians, the risk of allowing Syrians to become dependent on emergency aid and forming a "lost generation" remains. Ultimately, though, the safety of displaced Syrians rests with the whole international community. Admission to World Affairs Council meetings is $10 at the door, $8 for OLLI members, students get in free.
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 Montford Park Players PerformThursday, February 5, 2 pm
Is Shakespeare Relevant?
Presented by Adrian Suskauer of The Montford Park Players, and Montford Park Players actors. The Montford Park Players will be pleased to present a lecture on th e modern relevance of William Shakespeare's works and continued influence that they bear on our lives. The lecture will include performances of selections from several of Shakespeare's plays.
This event is free and open to the public.
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Asheville Astronomy Club MeetingThursday, February 5, 7 pm
"The Path to Mars:
The Challenges Getting Humans to Mars"
 The Astronomy Club of Asheville meets the first Thursday of most months at 7 pm, with an interesting lineup of speakers and topics. OLLI members may attend the club meetings and star gazes; club members will be on hand to advise and assist in the basics of astronomy and the techniques of observing celestial phenomena. Participation at club meetings and events is free to OLLI members. For more information on the Astronomy Club of Asheville, visit their website.
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Fab Fridays Lunch & Learn LecturesAn African-American Woman's Perspective on UNC Asheville by Dee James Friday, February 6, 11:30 am
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. Fridays, 11:30 am - 1:15 pm, Reuter Center Manheimer Room. Free and open to the public.
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Deb Mears
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'When teaching our seniors, I use the "armed forces" approach: I tell them what I'm going to tell them; I tell them; I tell them what I've told them. And because I teach skill courses, I SHOW them, then I give them written instructions. Inevitably, after all that, they do it their way! I love the confidence that says, "At my age, I'll do it MY way!'
- Deb Mears
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Switch Energy Film
Friday, February 6, 2 pm
Reuter Center Manheimer Room
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Dr. Scott Tinker in the laboratory.
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Switch Energy Project Video is moderated by Dr. Scott Tinker, Chair of the Bureau of Economic Geology at University of Texas at Austin, former president of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. This award-winning video represents the culmination of several years of research on energy, with global visits to different energy sources, such as geothermal in Iceland, hydroelectric in Norway, and solar, biofuels and fossil fuels in the US. The video explores the benefits and costs of different energy types, including environmental and economic impacts. The video is 98 minutes and will be followed by a question and answer period, moderated by Dr. Richard Wiener, College for Seniors instructor, who is currently teaching a course on energy at OLLI.
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Parking and Shuttle Information
OLLI members with a valid parking decal displayed in the rear window of their vehicles may park in the lots adjacent to the Reuter Center (P10) and the parking lot right above the Reuter Center (P8)*. If you circle these parking lots and don't find a parking spot, consider the overflow parking lot on W.T Weaver Blvd (P31). Click here to view a campus map.
You may safely park there and catch the shuttle up to the Reuter Center. Look for the Red Shuttle and tell the driver you want a ride to  the Reuter Center. The Red Shuttle runs every 12 minutes and may be boarded at the 118 WT Weaver building entrance. When you are ready to leave the Reuter Center, please have someone in the office contact the university police to make sure a shuttle is available to pick you up. *OLLI members may park in any white striped parking space on campus.
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Inside the Music
Sunday, February 15 and Friday, May 1, 3 pm
Reuter Center Manheimer Room
 Mark your calendar to attend this new series offered by Melodie Galloway, UNC Asheville music department faculty and artistic director for Asheville Choral Society (ACS). Dr. Galloway will give an inside look into the choral performance, a sneak peek at upcoming ACS season, and will bring to the stage a featured vocalist for your enjoyment!
These events are free and open to the public.
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AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HEARING LOOPS!
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Juliette Sterkens
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Dr. Juliette Sterkens, Wisconsin audiologist and national speaker, representing the Hearing Loss Association of America to promote the installation and use of hearing loops, will be paying Asheville a return visit on Monday, February 16, 7 pm,
in the Manheimer Room. This presentation and loop demonstration is free and open to the public.
Hearing loops enable access by people with hearing loss to amplified sound in all sorts of settings. There are two loops at the Reuter Center, in Room 102 and Room 206. From the users' point of view they are the best and easiest of assistive listening devices. The Hearing Loss Association of America would like to see hearing loops installed in more Asheville venues.
If you wear hearing aids, in a looped setting you should be able to access amplified sound via the loop at the touch of a button or switch. That's because most hearing aids have a t-coil. If you aren't sure, you should check with your hearing aid provider. Some require activation.
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Advance Care Planning Workshop
Thursday, February 19, 2015, 3 pm
 Reuter Center Manheimer Room
OLLI will hold an advance care planning workshop Thursday, February 19, 3 pm; 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. |
Harriet Tubman Re-enactment Tuesday, February 17, 2015, 7 pm
35 Wall Street, Asheville, NC 28801
828-785-5722
Tickets at the door $8 non-members;
$5 member; $4 youth
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Special Thanks!
 OLLI would like to thank its Creative Retirement Exploration Weekend (CREW) tour leader, Harry Philip.
Prudential Lifestyle Realty, 828-808-9404, hjphilip@prulifestylerealty.com
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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