We Remember 
Jancy Dorfman
May 25, 2015
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 The Meditation Special Interest Group is scheduled to meet on Monday, June 8, 4:15 pm
Reuter Center, Room 102B
This special interest group is now on our summer schedule, meeting once monthly on the second Monday of the month at 4:15 pm. We will follow this schedule through August.
Our guest this meeting is Deb Criss. Deb has lived in the area for many years and is involved in many spiritual endeavors locally. In addition she is owner of the Heart Springs Sanctuary in Alexander. She will be speaking about Open Heart Meditation which is a calming, relaxing technique of opening our spiritual heart. This meditation will bring us to a heart dominated realm, rather than the brain dominated realm. This is a new meditation practice that we have not seen before in our Special Interest Group.
Look forward to seeing you all on Monday. New members are welcome. For our meditations you can sit in a chair or lie on the floor. Please bring what ever you need for personal comfort.
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Civic Engagement Committee offers summer volunteer opportunities 
Hall Fletcher is adding the 6th grade and pre-K to their school (previously K through 5th grade) beginning the 2015-2016 school year. Hall Fletcher knows how valuable the OLLI volunteers are and has turned to us for help.
The 3rd, 4th and 5th grade classrooms will be moved to make room for 6th grade. They would appreciate any help OLLI volunteers can offer on Friday, June 12- Monday, June 15
8 am-4 pm
If you have thought about volunteering for Hall Fletcher and are physically able, this is a great way to see the Hall Fletcher community in action.
Contact Jesselyn Gulla (Jesselyn.Gulla@asheville.k12.nc.us) to indicate when you are able to help them make room for the 6th graders
If you are already a Hall Flecther OLLI volunteer, you know how much the Hall Fletcher School community will appreciate your time and energy.
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Volunteers Needed
Americans Who Tell the Truth North Carolina (AWTT-NC) is a powerful and inspiring civic engagement/ traveling art exhibition featuring more than fifty portraits of courageous Americans, painted by artist Robert Shetterly.
If you would like to help when this exhibition comes to Asheville, attend
Volunteer Information Sessions
Tuesday, June 9 and
Thursday, June 25
1-4 pm each day
To RSVP, please email awttnc@gmail.com
AWTT organizers are fortunate to have connected with Sarah Reincke from OLLI Civic Engagement Committee and Steve Kaagan with Elders Fierce for Justice.We are hopeful that the dedicated people who are involved with these two community-focused organizations will see the value in volunteering for this meaningful project.
The portraits and accompanying narratives highlight citizens, who have or are now, courageously addressing issues of social, environmental, and economic fairness. The Asheville exhibit will be featured at the YMI Cultural Center, 39 S. Market St. in downtown Asheville,
September 19 - November 7, 2015.
Click here to learn more and see a description of volunteer opportunities associated with this event.
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f/32 Photography Group Meeting
Wednesday, June 10, 6:30 pm
f/32 is a diverse group that shares an appreciation and love of photography. Members range from amateurs who like to take point-and-shoot snapshots to working professional photographers. At monthly meetings, they share their work, learn new methods, and keep abreast of the latest industry news and equipment. OLLI members are offered free membership in f/32. Attend on Wednesdays, June 10 and July 8, 2015; meet and greet at 6:30 pm, meetings begin at 7 pm. For more information: www.f32nc.org |
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Volunteers Needed
Friday, June 12, 8 am -12 pm
The Asheville Fire Department needs volunteers to help their Hazardous Materials Response Team. They will be doing a live drill on June 12, 8 am -12 pm at the Buncombe County Emergency Services Training Center, 20 Canoe Lane, Asheville, NC 28804.
This drill will require the use of approximately eighty volunteers who will act as patients.
Volunteering will require
walking up and down stairs, squatting, kneeling, and standing for one hour and getting VERY wet!
For more information and/or to volunteer, contact Shane Mackey
Asheville Fire Department
828-242-3292
smackey@ashevillenc.gov
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Montford Park Players Perform
Friday, June 19, 11:30 am
On Friday, June 19, 11:30 am (new date/time), come to the Reuter Center to enjoy a behind the scenes look at "A Midsummer's Night Dream" as MPP's 2015 Outdoor Season begins. You will have a front row seat! Meet the director and some actors who will present Shakespeare's most beloved and fanciful romantic comedy.
Peek in on a rehearsal and see the fairies cavort, the lovers squabble, and the rude mechanicals plot their hilarious charade!
Come support Asheville's own iconic cultural treasure, North Carolina's longest running Shakespeare festival, The Montford Park Players. The presentation will include a look at the MPP's upcoming season, and is free and open to the public.
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OLLI Art Bazaar
Registration is now open for exhibitors for the Annual OLLI Art Bazaar scheduled for
November 13-14, 2015.
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Interested in OLLI Talk or OLLIMeet?
 OLLITalk is an email distribution list available to OLLI members who choose to participate. It is a place to exchange general information, ask for and send recommendations or referrals about goods and services.
OLLIMeet is the place 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.
If you are a current OLLI member and are interested in joining OLLITalk and or OLLIMeet, just send your email request to be added to the distribution list to olli@unca.edu
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UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program Announces Summer 2015 Workshops
Local writers will have the opportunity to hone their skills with UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program (GSWP) workshops in poetry and prose. All summer classes will be five weeks long, and held various locations in Asheville and Black Mountain. Class size is limited, so early registration is suggested. Courses include instruction on writing strategies, fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
For more information or to register, visit the program's website or call 828-250-2353
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Dear OLLI Members,
I apologize for being a little late today. We have just wrapped up the 24th session of the Creative Retirement Exploration Weekend. 106 people from 26 states have come to Asheville to learn about the issues of relocation in retirement and about 80 of them stayed for a session today to learn about the unique pleasure of relocating to Asheville. If you know someone who is struggling with this issue, please have them contact Laurel Jernigan to learn more about how to register for our next session. Please take some time to read the LONG list of people who help to make this stimulating workshop possible.
Also, take some time to check out the list of open courses for our summer term. Remember that an open course may only have one seat available, so call Jessika Bond at 828-251-6140 to find out more.
Watch for an announcement in the next couple of days about a new College for Seniors program manager!
We appreciate the passion each of you brings to your creative retirement,
Catherine Frank
Executive Director
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Around the Center
In between terms at the Reuter Center, many maintenance projects are scheduled - - new automatic door closures in the Manheimer Room (no more bright orange door stops), carpets cleaned, and pictured here window washers working to clean all the windows in the Center!
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Check the links here to see OLLI and UNC Asheville current events: 
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Open Course/Workshop List for Summer Term
Here is a listing of summer courses and workshops that are open to registration. Check it out! If you are already registered, just call or come by the Center to add a course to your schedule. If you haven't yet registered, there are still seats in a great line up! And remember availability changes rapidly as folks sign up.
Click here to read more about each course.
CRN Course Title
30002 Literary Witness Elie Wiesel
30004 Yoga for More Energy
30006 T'ai Chi Sampler
30007 Meryl Streep Onscreen
30008 Spirituals, Hymns, and Gospel
30011 Wine Essentials
30013 Short Stories: Print & Film
30014 Six Films by Orson Welles
30017 Revolution in Geology
30018 Shakespeare & the Modern Reader
30020 Authentic Pilates: Mat 2
30022 Today's Terrorists
30023 Beginning Digital Camera
30025 Laid or Darning Needlepoint
30026 Museums of Philadelphia
30027 Brevard Opera at OLLI
30028 America's Economic Restraints
30029 Chair Yoga for Well Being
30030 Enter the Fiddler's Shtetl
30031 Frank Lloyd Wright
30032 Living Well in Summer
30034 Ballparks We Grew Up In
30035 Roth's American Pastoral
30037 Black Mountain College
30038 Building a Better Brain
30040 Painting Water: Watercolor
30041 Seniors in Cinema I
30042 Beginning Crochet
30043 Bernard Shaw: Man of Paradox
30044 Asheville on the Cheap
30045 US Exploring Expedition 1838-42
30046 Innovators: Computer & Internet
30047 The Walk by Richard Paul Evans
30049 Older, Wiser, Sexually Smarter
30051 Seniors in Cinema II
30052 T'ai Chi for Balance & Agility
30053 Lawn Bowling
30054 Therapeutic Yoga
30055 Photographic Composition Workshop
30056 Watercolor Resist Painting Workshop
30057 Watercolor: Feathers, Fins, Furs Workshop
30058 Enhancing Your Bridge Skills Workshop
30059 Joyous Alcohol Inks Workshop
30060 Jump Start Your Creativity Workshop
30061 Create & Publish-YouTube Video Workshop
30063 White Wines of the World Workshop
30065 Android Smartphone Photography Workshop
30066 Foolproof Portrait Drawing Workshop
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Autumn Colors by David Simchock
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Workshops are a short term learning experience enhanced by knowledgeable instructors and small class size. Those with busy schedules looking for evening and weekend learning opportunities will find workshops tailored to their needs. Workshops are open to the public, OLLI membership is not required to register. Enrollment is limited. Come join the fun! |
Advance Care Planning Workshop
Wednesday, June 17, 7 pm, Room 102
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 the NC ACP "Short Form". Click here to access a copy of the form.
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Carolinas' Nature Photographers Association
Sunday June 14, 5:30 pm 
The Carolinas' Nature Photographers Association (CNPA) was founded in 1992 to promote nature photography in the Carolinas, to help conserve and preserve the diverse natural ecosystems in the Carolinas, and to educate those interested in nature and wildlife photography. The monthly meetings are held on the second Sunday of each month. Sessions begin at 5:30 pm with a meet and greet; meetings begin at 6 pm. For more information please visit CNPA's website. On Sunday, June 14, 5:30 pm, meet acclaimed photographer, Clay Bolt, and enjoy his presentation, "The Dance: A Look at the Interwoven Lives of Pollinators, Plants, and Predators." Co-sponsored by Bee City USA. Click here to visit Clay Bolt's website. |
Opera Talk
Friday, June 19, 2015, 3 pm
 Performers, directors, and those who work behind the scenes of Asheville Lyric Opera's summer collaborative production, Rigoletto, will be the special guests for this lecture. They will discuss the exciting collaboration between the Asheville Lyric Opera and Brevard Music Center to prepare a show of this caliber, what they've learned, and how both organizations benefited. Performances are to be held June 25 and 27 at Brevard Music Center and July 2 and 5 at the Diana Wortham Theatre. This lecture is free and open to the public.
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Thank You CREW Volunteers
Thank you to these OLLI members who volunteered during CREW Workshop. They helped with so much before, during, and after, from notebook stuffing to design and presenting, and hosting dinner tables.
Fred and Linda Cardina Bruce Jones
Steve Barone Maryann Jones
Cathy Battle Catherine Jordan
Marie Bauer Jerry Jordan
Cindy Berryman-Fink Cathy Keckeley
Anne Bonnyman Laura Lilly
Sandy Bowles Kathleen Mainardi
Tom Bowles Carlo Mainardi
Kathleen Cantwell Cherie Morris
Dave Castel Nancy Newlin
Judith Chitwood Bill O'Connell
Patrick Chitwood Randy Omark
Ann Cowden Cal Oppenheim
Carol Culler Patti Oppenheim
Len Ennis Lee Orowitz
Chuck Fink Linda Orowitz
Tanya Fletcher Terry Peters
Ellen Garrison Sarah Reincke
Marty Gillen Terry Reincke
Lowell Grabel Glenn Rimes
Susan Grabel Dorothy Routh
Binna Green Kathy Rouse
Barbara Griswold Doug Sherry
Larry Griswold Honey Solomon
Robin Harben Howard Solomon
Sam Harben Fran Vincent
Gayle Hofmann Barbara vonHauzen
Tom Hofmann Greg Walker
Barbara Jaslow Patrick Weaver
Howard Jaslow Ali Wiley
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