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TODAY
Carolinas' Nature Photographers
Association Meeting
Sunday, April 12,
5:30 pm
The Carolinas' Nature Photographers Association (CNPA) was founded in 1992 to promote nature photography and to help conserve and preserve the diverse natural ecosystems in the Carolinas, and to educate those interested in nature and wildlife photography. The CNPA-Asheville Region's goal is to develop a group that will more fully experience the beauty of Western North Carolina through photography. Activities in the Asheville region include monthly meetings, photo outings, seminars, workshops, exhibits, photo contests, and image critiques. The monthly meetings are held at the Reuter Center on the second Sunday of each month. Sessions begin at 5:30 pm with a meet and greet; meetings begin at
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Love OLLI Project
 We want to hear from you the reasons you love OLLI, what OLLI means to you, how your life is changed as an OLLI member! |
Meditation SIG
 The Meditation Special Interest Group will meet on Monday April 13, 4:15 pm.
Stacey MacDonagh will lead a breath-centered meditation to bring you back to your center and enhance your well being. Stacey has an interesting history with meditation; join us to hear her story. This Special Interest Group is open to all. Please contact SIG coordinator Eileen Ayers eileena97@gmail.com for more information.
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SIG The Forum Meeting
Friday, April 17, 1 pm
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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 Audubon Society Meeting presentsHeather Hahn
North Carolina Audubon Executive Director
on recent Audubon initiatives
Tuesday, April 21, 7 pm
The Elisha Mitchell chapter of the Audubon Society (EMAS) was formed in 1986 with a mission to promote birding and an appreciation of all nature, and to preserve wildlife and natural ecosystems. The chapter spearheaded an effort to preserve a lakefront property and now owns and manages it as the Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary. EMAS offers free educational programs on the third Tuesday of the month at 7 pm and leads bird walks at the Sanctuary on the first Saturday of the month.
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Storying Symposium
Friday, April 17,
Beginning at 12 pm
UNC Asheville's
Whitman Room
in Ramsey Library
OLLI members are welcome at an afternoon symposium on the many important ways that stories express and shape our lives and ways of knowing. People both tell stories and utilize them in the processes of understanding the world and making knowledge. Our project shows, in a variety of ways, how a method familiar in the humanities--narrative--is important and effective also in disciplines other than humanities, as well as in the lives of "ordinary people" for both knowledge making and producing a coherent sense of a life/lived experience.
Everyone is welcome for all or part of the symposium and it is free and open to the public. If you wish to join us for the lunch session, please RSVP for lunch to Alice Weldon by emailing aweldon@unca.edu by Wednesday, April 15, and indicate any dietary restrictions you have.
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SIG Women's Group News
NEW OLLI Women's Group SIG # 11 seeks additional members in order to get their new group started. Contact Bobbie Bowen, 828-693-1523 or
919-539-5497 for more information. You must be an OLLI member to participate.
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Join OLLITalk and OLLIMeet
 OLLITalk is an optional email distribution list available to OLLI members only. This is the place to exchange general information, ask for and send recommendations or referrals. (It is not the place for person to person dialogue.) OLLIMeet is an optional email distribution list available to OLLI members to use as a way to contact other OLLI members about "meet ups" for cultural events, outdoor activities, and the like. Begin your email conversation here and then email person to person for follow-up.
Just send your email address to olli@unca.edu to join either or both lists!
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A/V Volunteer Needed
 The YMI Cultural Center, 39 South Market Street, is presenting a community forum titled
Communities of Color: Exclusionary Housing, the Unbanked and the Underbanked on
Thursday, April 30,
6-8:30 pm
The YMI is in need of a volunteer knowledgeable in using basic audio visual equipment to run the presentation and intermittent use of the Internet. A reliable, punctual volunteer is sought and would need to be at the YMI 5 pm- 8p m.
Interested volunteers please contact Monique A. Taylor, UNCA Chief Audit Officer,
828.350.4599, mataylor@unca.edu
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Smart Driver Class
The four-hour Smart Driver class offers numerous tips for coping with inevitable changes in perception and reaction time, as well as increased hazards on the roads with faster cars and busier traffic. Participants can expect to review the rules of the road, tips on dealing with aggressive drivers, and general safety tips such as how to make left turns into heavy traffic. The course, offered nationwide, is designed to help participants avoid crashes and remain safely behind the wheel.
The class will be held at the Reuter Center. Contact instructor Jan Stephanides, 828-443-1051 to register for one of two class dates
Friday, April 24, 1-5 pm
or
Friday, May 1,
8:30 am-12:30 pm
The cost is $20 or
$15 for AARP members.
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Special Thanks!
OLLI would like to thank its Creative Retirement Exploration Weekend (CREW) Sponsor, Deerfield for their longstanding support! An Episcopal Retirement Community 1617 Hendersonville Rd Asheville, NC 28803 (828) 274-1531 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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This is a busy time at the Reuter Center as classes are in full swing, as we prepare for the summer term (look for the link in next week's newsletter to a preview of summer classes) and as we host our ongoing special events with community partners.
Please remember that this Friday (April 17) we begin our Paths to Creative Retirement spring workshop. This means that the Reuter Center is closed to all other activities and classes, including College for Seniors courses, Special Interest Groups (SIGs), and Fab Fridays.
The Paths program is a workshop that helps people make the transition from work to retirement and attracts people from across the country. The program also attracts the attention of the national press (we have had mention in The New York Times, Consumer Reports Money Advisor, Money, and Kiplingers just this past year) in a way that highlights the many things that make our program unique and innovative. Participants particularly value the opportunity to learn from our members who serve as facilitators in the process of helping attendees develop strategies that lead to a successful and creative retirement. We have so many members who are great models of creative retirement, and we want to thank them for helping the program evolve to meet the changing needs of all of us in life's second half.
We also wanted to let you know that we will be sending out letters for the spring campaign for our annual fund some time this week. The annual fund supports scholarships and programs and allows us to improve the experience of all OLLI members by making possible purchases that are not covered by our endowments or operating fees. If OLLI enriches your life, we hope that you will consider a donation.
We appreciate the passion each of you brings to your creative retirement,
Catherine Frank
Executive Director
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Check the links here to see OLLI and UNC Asheville current events: 
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 April 2015 Campus Events Highlights
4/13 Lecture: Humanities Lecture: "Renaissance and Baroque Politics and Literature," Gary Ettari, associate professor of literature. 11:25 am in UNC Asheville's Humanities Lecture Hall. Free and open to the public. Info: humanities.unca.edu or 828-251-6808.
4/19 Music: Music Department Gala Concert - A festive end-of-year performance by many UNC Asheville student ensembles, 3 pm in Lipinsky Auditorium. Free and open to the public; donations accepted. Info: music.unca.edu/ or 828-251.-432.
4/20 Lecture: "Renaissance and Baroque Art & Music," Melodie Galloway, associate professor of music, and Ann Dunn, lecturer in humanities. 11:25 am in UNC Asheville's Humanities Lecture Hall. Free and open to the public. Info: humanities.unca.edu or 828-251-6808.
4/24 Sports: Baseball: UNC Asheville vs. Longwood. 6 pm at UNC Asheville's Greenwood Field. $5 adult, $3 youth. Tickets and info: visit uncabulldogs.com or call 828-258-7900.
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We had moved to Asheville 20 years ago
this month. I first took some classes offered by the College for Seniors at First Baptist Church, then classes were given in different buildings on the UNC Asheville campus. It is and has been a joy to come to classes at the Reuter Center.
OLLI has made a difference in my life by...
helping me meet new people as well as keeping me busy and entertained. Last but not least: learning new things.
What OLLI means to me...
OLLI gives me the opportunity to visit with others. It really fills my life. ~Lisette deGroot
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Evenings at the Cabaret Weimar
Else Lasker-Schüler:
"The Poet of Crossing Boundaries"
Tuesday, April 21, 7 pm
Reuter Center's Manheimer Room
Evenings at the Cabaret Weimar is a series sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies and OLLI that focuses on Jewish life in Germany between the world wars.
On April 21, this series welcomes University of British Colum  bia (Canada) professor Markus Hallensleben, who will explain why expressionist artist and writer, Else Lasker- Schüler, was "The Poet of Crossing Boundaries." Noted for her gender-defying costumes and avant-garde literary style, the long-forgotten Lasker-Schüler is being rediscovered in light of new scholarship. This presentation is free and open to the public.
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Fab Friday Lecture
Friday, April 24, 2015, 11:30 am
Africa: A Photo Journey by Bob and Ulana Mellor
 The Mellors are OLLI members and retired software designers and developers and have enjoyed taking nature-oriented photographic and educational trips around the world for over thirty years. During the winter of 2014 they spent three weeks fulfilling a twenty-five year desire to participate in an African safari photographing the wildlife of Kenya and Tanzania with a small group of like-minded people. Their slide presentation will highlight images of the different species and behaviors they saw, what a typical safari day was like, a Maasai village visit, and some of the planning required for such an adventure. This presentation is free and open to the public.
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Autumn Players Readers Theatre
Sunday, April 26, 2:30 pm
Reuter Center's Manheimer Room
HUMBLE BOY
by Charlotte Jones, directed by Andy Reed 
A quirky comedy with echoes of Hamlet, this play introduces us to Felix, a brilliant Cambridge astrophysicist with a nervous stutter, who returns home for his father's funeral. There he finds that his mother has gotten rid of the bees that her husband so devoutly kept, and that she has long been having an affair with a family friend. The play has been praised by one reviewer as "rich, original, funny and touching with characters you come to care about."
Scheduled in the Reuter Center's Manheimer Room
Tickets are $6 at the door, (includes North Carolina sales tax)
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Is Long Term Care Insurance Right for Me? Workshop
Dates: April 25, 2015 Times: 9 am - 2 pm
Instructor: Betty Doll
Fee: $55/person
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - OLLI MEMBERSHIP IS NOT REQUIRED TO REGISTER
Long term care insurance: it's not for everyone  but is it right for you? What does it cover? What does it really cost? What does it really do? How do you choose a good company? How much coverage is right? Through discussion, presentation, and exercises, you will gain a better understanding of whether this coverage should be considered as part of your financial and retirement planning.
Betty Doll, MBA,CLTC (Betty@LTCOnly.com) is a nationally recognized speaker and trainer on topics related to long term care insurance and promises to "make the discussion of long term care planning easy, enlightening, and even enjoyable." Betty is the owner of Doll & Associates, Long Term Care Insurance Services. See Betty's website:
www. LTCOnly.com
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Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine
The Spring/Summer issue of Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine (SBLAAM) is now available online. S  BLAAM is an online magazine begun by members of OLLI Asheville to showcase the creativity that comes in "life's second half." The magazine is independently run and features fiction and non-fiction narratives, poetry, art, and photography. Writers and artists of all ages are welcome to submit.
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Asheville Chapter of the Hearing Loss Association of America Meeting
Saturday, April 18, 10:30 am
CarePartners' Seymour Auditorium 68 Sweeten Creek Road, Asheville 
The first session of the new Asheville Chapter of the Hearing Loss Association of America took place on Saturday, 21st March, with an attendance of about 55 people. This was a great beginning. Kim Reed, of the Asheville office of the North Carolina Health and Human Services Department's Division of Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, gave a succinct and informative review of their considerable range of services. The next session, again at Care Partners' Seymour Auditorium at 68 Sweeten Creek Road, will be at 10.30 am. Saturday, April 18. Click here to read more.The organizers would like your input and hope to see you there
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Nuclear Weapons: Our Prevention is the Only Cure
Tuesday, April 28, 6:30 pm
 Western North Carolina Chapter Physicians for Social Responsibility (WNC/PSR) Presents "Nuclear Weapons: Our Prevention is the Only Cure" based on WNC/PSR recent work on the medical consequences of nuclear war. Click here to read more.
Tue., April 28, 6:30 - 8:30 pm MAHEC, Biltmore Campus, 121 Hendersonville Rd., Balsam Room
For: Physicians, Nurses, health care workers, and concerned citizens
Speakers: Mary Olson, Southeast Regional Director, Nuclear Information Resource Services, Member WNC/PSR & Steve Gilman, Member PSR National Board,Member WNC/PSR
This event will offer light refreshments and is free and open to the public. For more see www.transitionasheville.org.
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"Human Hearing: The Science and Innovations in Technology to Enhance Performance"
Thursday, April 30, 2015, 7 pm
Reuter Center Manheimer Room
 In this lecture scheduled for Thursday, April 30 2015, 7 pm (originally scheduled for April 16, 2015), Dr. Beth Fountain, AuD, and Dr. Perry Sprawls, PhD, will begin with a brief review of the physics and characteristics of sound and the role it plays in human communications, including frequency, loudness, noise, and environmental conditions.
They will then conduct an illustrated discussion of the human hearing process and limitations that can develop, including the effects of aging. An emphasis will be placed on the many innovations in technology that can enhance and optimize hearing, addressing various personal limitations and environmental conditions.
This lecture is presented by the WNC IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) and is free and open to the public.
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is scheduled at the Reuter Center April 17-19, 2015 during which time, no other activities are held.
