We Remember
 Paul O'Neil
February 20, 2015
Rex Snodgrass
February 22, 2015
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T O D A Y
Autumn Players Readers Theatre
presents
"ANY WEDNESDAY "
by Muriel Resnick,
directed by Walter Goodrich
Sunday, March 1, 2:30 pm Manheimer Room
Tickets - $6 at the door, (includes North Carolina sales tax).  "A happy comedy with the giddy bubble of champagne." |
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SIG The Forum Meeting
Friday, March 6, 1 pm
Topic under discussion: "Is it possible for anyone as President of the United States to effectively govern?"  Join this free-flowing dialogue designed to enrich and expand participants' thinking on topics ranging from the changing demographics of retirees to nuclear disarmament. All OLLI members are encouraged to attend.
For more information, contact
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Elders Fierce for Justice
Friday, March 6, 3 pm
Elders Fierce for Justice (EFFJ) invites you to an Open Forum on Friday, March 6, 3 pm at the Reuter Center's Manheimer Room to give shape to a new idea: officially "retired" persons coming together to reclaim the traditional role of elder in the service of a more just, healthy, and compassionate community.
At the Forum, founding members of EFFJ will present our purposes and aspirations. Then we will invite you to join with us in dialogue, helping to shape our future efforts. EFFJ is in its early stages of evolution. We need your ideas, passion, wisdom, creativity and participation.
For more information, contact Steve Kaagan, stevekaagan@gmail.com
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SIG Financial Planning for Retirement Meeting Friday, March 6, 1:30 pm "Financial Planning in an Age of Uncertainty"  We will welcome special guest speaker, Chip Powell, Morgan Stanley, Asheville. Chip has over 30 years experience in retirement planning and wealth management and will be speaking on
1) The History of the Markets
2) Risk and Reward
3) The Efficient Frontier 4) Asset Allocation and 5) Rising Interest Rates
Mark Your Calendars and Bring your Questions! The meeting is open to all OLLI members. Email/call Kate Beatty for further information at kkbmom@yahoo.com or 828-231-7710.
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Reuter Center Singers Perform!
Thursday, March 19, 7:30 pm
First Baptist Church
5 Oak Street,
Asheville
Mozart March Madness Concert
An Asheville Amadeus Festival Event
The UNC Asheville University Singers, Asheville Singers, Reuter Center Singers, and an orchestra together present a concert representing glorious works of Mozart and emergent music of contemporary composers.
Dr. Melodie Galloway and
Mr. Chuck Taft, Conductors
Free Admission
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Special Thanks!
 OLLI would like to thank its Creative Retirement Exploration Weekend (CREW)Major Sponsor, Beverly-Hanks and Associates for their longtime support of our programming. Beverly-Hanks and Associates: "The Choice is Black and White: Unsurpassed Local Knowledge, Global Reach" 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,
For the past couple of weeks we have managed decisions about closings and delays that balance our need to maintain our busy programming schedule and preserve our members' safety. Here at the Reuter Center we will all be happy to see spring arrive.
One of the most difficult decisions we made was to change our registration to a random process. The decision seemed like the right one when we awoke on Tuesday, February 24, to a blanket of snow and icy roads. Over the course of the week that we received registrations, we took in over 1030 that have been assigned random numbers for data entry. Many people have said they welcomed a random process, and many have said that they are glad to be part of a "fair process" that takes very little time standing in line. Others would have liked to see a more refined process that also included the opportunity to make priority assignments since they felt that would give participants a chance to get at least one course they assigned a high priority. Still others willing to line up to ensure a prime spot are disappointed to lose that opportunity to have some control of their place in the courses they will attend. We have done our best to manage our resources under challenging circumstances. It is a testimony to the work of the curriculum committee and to our great College for Seniors instructors and staff that so many people are interested in learning for the love of it. We recognize that no registration system will meet the needs of all of our members equally. We also know that as a community we provide a wealth of learning and social opportunities, and we hope that whatever courses you get, you take this opportunity to find a new favorite instructor or enjoy the programming of a new community partner.
We will send schedules late on the afternoon of Monday, March 9, and the add/drop process will begin at 8 am on Tuesday, March 10.
We appreciate the passion each of you brings to your participation in our community, Catherine Frank Executive Director
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UNC ASHEVILLE CAMPUS EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
Month of March 2015
3/03 Lecture: "Unearthing the 'Weeping Time' and the 1859 Savannah Slave Auction: A Genealogy of People and Place," lecture by scholar of African-American history Kwesi DeGraft-Hanson. 12:30 pm in UNC Asheville's Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum. Info: contact Marcus Harvey at mharvey1@unca.edu or
828-251-6177.
3/15 Sports: Baseball: UNC Asheville vs. Charleston Southern University. 1 pm at UNC Asheville's Greenwood Field. $5 adult, $3 youth. Tickets and info: visit uncabulldogs.com or call 828-258-7900.
3/17 Film: "Feminist Stories from Women's Liberation," film screening and discussion by filmmaker Jennifer Lee. 7 pm in UNC Asheville's Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum. Free and open to the public. Info: lhorvitz@unca.edu or 828-251-6590
3/25 Music: "Music of the Holocaust" lecture and performance by Bandana Klezmer, sharing some of the tunes and the musicians that survived the Holocaust and later brought about the revival of Klezmer music. Local scholar Holocaust survivor Walter Ziffer will share his story of liberation from Gross-Rosen concentration camp. 7 pm in UNC Asheville's Highsmith University Union, Alumni Hall. Info: dmiles@unca.edu or call 828-232-5024.
3/31 Lecture: "Developing, Implementing, & Sustaining a Food Assistance Incentive Program for Farmers' Markets: Lessons Learned in South Carolina" with Darcy Freedman of Case Western Reserve University. 7 - 8:30 pm in UNC Asheville's Sherrill Center, room 417. Info: kmoore@unca.edu or 828- 251-6550.
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World Affairs Council Meeting
Tuesday, March 3, 7:30 pm
Reuter Center's Manheimer Room
India Changes Course
by Keya Maitra, UNC Asheville
Fed up with corruption, dynastic
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Keya Maitra
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policies and ineffective public services, Indian voters catapulted Narenda Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party to power in the country's 2014 elections. For voters, Modi embodied real change and an India that wasn't stumbling, but running, to greatness. But for the US, change in India brings its own set of unknowns, heralding an age ruled by a prime minister new to national office and other policymakers who have been out of the public eye for a decade. Now, the US has to determine how to best secure its interests as India asserts itself on the world stage. Free admission for WAC members and students; $10 general public. For more details about programs, consult the WAC website.
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Brevard Music Series Concert
Wednesday, March 4, 2015, 3 pm
Reuter Center, Manheimer Room
On Wednesday, March 4, 3 pm Brevard Music Center will be presenting  cellist Alistair MacRae and soprano Allison Pohl in recital. Mr. MacRae teaches cello at Princeton University and is on the faculty of the Brevard Music Center.  Ms. Pohl made her professional operatic debut as Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro at Boston Lyric Opera. She has performed widely in the United States as well as in Italy and China, drawing positive reviews for her "sparkling voice" (outerstage.com) and "exuberant" performances ( Opera News). This event is free and open to the public.
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STEM Lecture
"New Developments in Digital Dentistry"
Dr. Mark Knollman
Thursday, March 5, 4:30-6 pm
Reuter Center
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The STEM Lecture Series is interdisciplinary with a focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. On Thursday, March 5, (rescheduled from February 19, 2015) the STEM lecture topic is "New Developments in Digital Dentistry" by Dr. Mark Knollman, dentist. Scheduled in the Reuter Center,
4:30-6 pm, this lecture is free and open to the public.
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Astronomy Club of Asheville
"The Mercury Chronicles:
An Overview of
the Great MESSENGER Adventure"
A presentation by NASA MESSENGER team member
Mark "Indy" Kochte
Thursday, March 5, 7 pm
Manheimer Room, Reuter Center
On March 18, 2011, space exploration history was made when the NASA MESSENGER spacecraft became the first probe from Earth to go into orbit around Mercury. Since that time, MESSENGER has taken more than 200,000 images and made millions of spectra observations. Scientists have been able to learn more about our solar system's innermost world from these images than they had dreamed to ask at the onset of the mission. Join MESSENGER team member Mark '"Indy" Kochte as he takes you on a historic journey to one of the most elusive bodies in our solar system, where not even the powerful Hubble Space Telescope can peer. Click here to learn more about the Astronomy Club of Asheville.
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The Sierra Club of Western North Carolina presents
"Asheville Beyond Coal: Update on Efforts to Phase Out Asheville's Coal Powered Electric Plant"
Wednesday, March 4, 2015, 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. Emma 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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"I have chances to work with materials I find fascinating; I meet interesting folk with questions and ideas that give me an opportunity to rethink what I thought I knew; and (most important) I feed my insatiable ego." - Farley Snell
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Hearing Loss Association To Hold First Public Meeting  Contact: Sally Gooze, sallyrosannegooze@gmail.com, 828-772-0222
The Asheville Area Chapter of the Hearing Loss Association of America will hold its inaugural meeting
Saturday, March 21, 10:30 am - 12 pm at Seymour Auditorium, Care Partners, 68 Sweeten Creek Road, Asheville. The meeting is free and open to all interested persons, their families and friends.
Kim Reed, Hearing Specialist with the North Carolina Division of Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, will speak on "Local Help for the Hard of Hearing: Access to Services." Kim will explain the functions of her North Carolina state office in Asheville with time for questions and comments. Refreshments will be served; free parking.
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