We Remember
 Cheryl L. Dietrich January 20, 2015
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T O D A Y
Inside the Music
with Melodie Galloway
and the
Asheville Choral Society
Sunday, February 15, 3 pm
Reuter Center Manheimer Room
 Melodie Galloway, UNC Asheville music department faculty and artistic director for Asheville Choral Society (ACS), will offer an inside look into the choral performance scheduled for next Friday, February 20, "A Life in Music: Celebrating the Legacy of Dr. Robert Keener," a sneak peek at upcoming ACS season, and a performance by a featured vocalist for your enjoyment!
Click here to find out more about the Asheville Choral Society's programming.
This event is free and open to the public.
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Class Reps Needed!
As you plan your schedule for OLLI spring classes and events, we want to remind you to sign up to be a Class Rep. Class Reps act as valuable assistants to the instructors in class and ensure that College for Seniors classes run smoothly. Being a class rep is simple to do and takes very little time.
Check the Class Rep box in the CFS section on the spring registration form.
For more information contact: Anita Shields at 828-253-5624 or Jacque Morgan at
828-658-9738.
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OLLI Black History Month Event
OLLI's final Black History Month event is scheduled for
Friday, February 20, 9:30 am
Mark your calendar to attend a presentation - "History of Slavery in Asheville" led by Deborah Miles, director of UNC Asheville's Center for Diversity Education, and Dr. Darin Waters, faculty member in UNC Asheville's history department
Scheduled in the Reuter Center's Manheimer Room, this event is free and open to the general public.
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On February 13th, Sheriff Van Duncan and APD Asst Chief Wade Wood presented on "Policing and Minority Communities."
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Special Interest Group
The Forum
Meeting
Friday, February 20, 1 pm
Mark your calendar to attend the next Forum meeting when the topic will be
"Hot Spots/Flash Points Throughout the World"  The Forum engages in a free-flowing dialogue designed to enrich and expand participants' thinking on topics ranging from changing demographics of retirees to nuclear disarmament.
All OLLI members are invited to attend!
for more information.
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Opera Talk
Food, Wine, and Opera
Friday, February 20,
3 pm
Reuter Center Manheimer Room
Guest chefs from around the Asheville region will explain the importance of food and wine in opera.
Asheville Lyric Opera (ALO) brings great stories and music to 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. These talks are free and open to the public.
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We Need YOU!
Click here for a list of classes we'd like to offer. The members of the College for Seniors curriculum committee want to find instructors for these classes and remain interested in hearing all ideas for classes and for great instructors who want to share a passion!
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'Seeing Selma' Project 
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Harriet Tubman: A Chautauqua-style reenactment
by Becky Stone
Tuesday, February 17, 7 pm
Chautauqua is often called "history that won't stay in a  book."
Listen to Harriet Tubman talk about her life and ask her questions.
Then Becky Stone will field questions as actor/scholar. Place: aSHEville Museum, 35 Wall St., Asheville NC
Cost: $4- youth
$5- member
$8- non-member
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Storytelling Event
Monday, February 23, 7 pm
Blackbox Storytelling Theatre presents
"Local Vocals"
 John Thomas Fowler,
award-winning Appalachian storyteller, Chuck Fink, local storyteller, Jeff and Tiffany Santiago, husband & wife storytelling duo
Doors open at 6 pm at the New Mountain SOL Bar, 38 N. French Broad Avenue, downtown Asheville
Tickets available at NewMountainAVL.com
$10 at the door or
$8 in advance online
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Special Thanks!
 OLLI would like to thank its Creative Retirement Exploration Weekend (CREW) tour leader, James Baudoin at Prudential Lifestyle Realty, 828-279-4835, jamesglen@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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Dear OLLI Members,
Special thanks to Jeanne Smolkin and all of the people who helped make our Winter Membership Social such a great success. Jeanne does an amazing job of organizing a team of people to put together events that create a great feeling of warmth and camaraderie. We cannot thank her enough for the ways she helps us build community or for the hours and talents she brings to the task of providing such great food and drink.
We have another week of impressive special events planned as we wind up our College for Seniors winter courses. Today Melodie Galloway's will offer a presentation "Inside the Music," about the Asheville Choral Society's upcoming performances. Special events continue on Monday with a presentation by hearing loop advocate Juliette Sterkens, a Tuesday evening presentation by the World Affairs Council, and on Thursday afternoon a STEM lecture on digital dentistry and one of our quarterly Advance Care Planning workshops. You can wrap up the week on Friday with a morning lecture by Dr. Darin Waters and Deborah Miles on slavery in Western North Carolina, a Fab Friday lecture on Florence, Italy, by College for Seniors "rock star" instructor Mark Smith, and an Opera Talk about food and wine in opera. Mark your calendar to begin next week with a book talk next Sunday by Dr. Ron Manheimer about his new publication,Mirrors of the Mind: Reflecting on Philosophers' Autobiographies.
With such a great line up of events planned, we hate to miss anything, but we are expecting some cold and possibly snowy weather this week. The best way
to find out about any weather related changes to the OLLI schedule is to watch your own email. We follow the university's lead and cancel classes, events, and meetings when the university cancels for weather or other related emergencies. We will send an email announcement to all of our active members as soon as we make any decisions about weather cancellations. We will, as soon as possible, put information on the OLLI website (olliasheville.com) and on our phone lines at 828-251-6140 and 828-251-6188.
Please remember that in making decisions about closings and delays that we try to balance our desire to provide learning with our concern for your safety. Also remember that ours is a program of "learning for the love of it." If weather is unsafe where you are, please don't venture out. While we may not be able to repeat every program, we will find ways to continue to provide imaginative and innovative programming for you to enjoy when it is safe for you to travel.
Stay warm and safe this week, study the wonderful learning opportunities provided by our curriculum committee for the spring term, and dream of the approach of spring,
Catherine Frank
Executive Director
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Around the Center
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For those not in the class but interested in learning more, mark your calendar to attend 'Meet Mozart' lectures on
Wednesday, March 18, 10 am-12 pm or 2-4pm. As a part of the Asheville Amadeus Festival, in cooperation with the Asheville Symphony Orchestra (ASO), these two lecture/performances are offered to learn about Mozart through analysis of historical background, lively discussion and performances by Asheville Symphony Orchestra musicians led by Alicia Chapman,ASO oboist and lecturer.
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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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Announcing OLLIMeet!
The OLLI Membership Committee announces a new OLLI meet up! This is your opportunity to discover members who share common interests, to reach out to others to share your hike, enjoy a concert, or dine at a favorite restaurant. OLLIMeet can help you connect with other members for a one-time meet up or a weekly walk or...you decide! Begin your email conversation at OLLMeet then continue the conversation person to person. OLLIMeet is an optional email distribution list available to OLLI members only. To join, email olli@unca.edu and you'll receive back a confirmation you're connected. Enjoy!
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AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HEARING LOOPS!
Monday, February 16, 7 pm
Reuter Center Manheimer Room
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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, loops 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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SIG Stories for the Third Act Meeting
Tuesday, February 17, 4:30 pm
Reuter Center, Room 120
 Come share your stories. Come when you can; leave when you have to.Other February storytelling: Friday, February 20, 5:30 pm, Its the Thought That Counts Storytelling at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church on Merrimon Avenue, dress rehearsal. Sarah Larson is in the line-up of six tellersSunday, February 22, 5 pm. It's the Thought That Counts Storytelling moves to Avenue M Restaurant on Merrimon Avenue.
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World Affairs Council
Tuesday, February 17, 7:30 pm"Privacy in the Digital Age"
by Jagdeep Bhandari, Mars Hill University  The idea of "privacy" has undergone significant changes in the digital age, as has the idea of privacy "harm." Fearful of British spying, influence and intervention, the founding fathers granted citizens significant protections in the Constitution. Now, the tables have turned. Concerns about what some see as a US "dragnet" and unwarranted privacy intrusions have compelled other countries to revamp their own privacy protections. Legislation, both at home and abroad, hasn't kept pace with technological developments, leaving some wondering if privacy as we know it is long dead. Free admission for WAC members and students; $10 general public. For more details about programs, consult the WAC website.
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STEM Lecture
Thursday, February 19, 4:30 pm
Reuter Center
New Developments
in Digital Dentistry
Dr. Mark Knollman
The STEM Lecture Series is interdisciplinary, with a focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The upcoming lectures for the spring term are designed around the theme of new developments in STEM disciplines. These lectures are organized by OLLI member Howard Jaslow and are free and open to the public.
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Advance Care Planning Workshop
Thursday, February 19, 2015, 3 pm
 Reuter Center Room 206 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 NC Short form. |
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. Fridays, 11:30 am, Reuter Center Manheimer Room. Free and open to the public.
"The New Renaissance in Florence, Italy" by Mark Smith.
Friday, February 20, 11:30 am
From food to sustainable tourism, Florence is in the midst of remarkable changes. The core culture of the city is confronted with challenges as basic as graffiti and as complex as managing the crush of thousands of tourists the city is ill prepared to manage. Mark Smith has explored different regions of Italy for over thirty-five years and is the author of three books about Italy. He is fluent in spoken Italian and has led many small groups in exploration of Italy. Smith is a popular instructor at OLLI's College for Seniors.
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Ron Manheimer Book Talk and Signing
Sunday, February 22, 3 pm
Dr. Ronald Manheimer, author of
A Map to the End of Time, is celebrating the publication of his new book Mirrors of the Mind:Reflecting on Philosophers' Autobiographies. Ron will hold a book talk and sign copies of his new work at the Reuter Center on Sunday, February 22,
3 pm. Here's what author Harry R. Moody (The Five Stages of the Soul) says about Ron's book: "Imagine you could sit down and talk personally with the greatest philosophers of all time. Imagine having coffee with Augustine or Rousseau or Kierkegaard. Ever had a fantasy about chatting with Sartre and de Beauvoir in a Paris cafe? Well, read the chapters in Ronald Manheimer's book, and you will have the 'feel' of being in the presence of these and other thinkers. This is a one-of-kind book in which masterful scholarship is concealed behind a delightfully readable text. It can be recommended both to those with an academic grasp of philosophy and those coming to the great philosophers for the first time. The book is irresistible and not to be missed."
Copies of the book can be ordered through the website, JorvikPress.com.
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I learn just as much from the students as they learn from me! - Liz Ridley
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The Sierra Club of Western North Carolina will present
"Asheville Beyond Coal: Update on Efforts to Phase Out Asheville's Coal Powered Electric Plant"
Wednesday, March 4, 7 pm
Unitarian Universalist Congregation,
1 Edwin Place ( Charlotte Street & Edwin Place.)
Join Emma Greenbaum of Asheville Beyond Coal for an update on the campaign to retire the Asheville coal plant, the largest single source of carbon emissions in Western North Carolina and the largest source of toxic air pollution from the industrial sector. Greenbaum will discuss recent events and successes, as well as ways to get involved in the movement against climate disruption. Join us to hear how you can be a critical piece in the movement for a clean energy future for Asheville. Contact: judymattox@sbcglobal.net, 828-683-2176
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