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OLLI Needs You!
Volunteers are needed to help with the Membership Roundup
Summer Social on
Wednesday, July 15.
We need help with food preparation, set up, serving wine, and clean up.
Thank you in advance to all who can help with this fun event!
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The Forum
Special Interest Group (SIG) Meeting
 Friday, June 19, 1 pmReuter Center
Mark your calendar to attend the next Forum SIG meeting where the topic under discussion will be the question: "Has the U.S Role Diminished in the Eyes of the World and US Citizens Since WWII?"
The SIG Forum promotes a free-flowing dialogue designed to enrich and expand participants' thinking on topics ranging from changing demographics of retirees to nuclear disarmament. OLLI membership is required to attend. Click here to see more about this SIG and others!
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 Montford Park Players: A Peek Behind the Scenes Friday, June 19, 11:30 am Reuter Center
Enjoy a behind the scenes look at "A Midsummer's Night Dream" as Montford Park Players previews their 2015 Outdoor Season. 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. Please note that this event has been rescheduled.
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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. 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.
AWTT organizers are fortunate to have connected with Sarah Reincke from OLLI 's Civic Engagement Committee and Steve Kaagan with Elders Fierce for Justice.We are hopeful that the dedicated people involved with OLLI will see the value in volunteering for this meaningful project.
Click here to learn more and see a description of volunteer opportunities associated with this event.
A Volunteer Information Session will be held at the Reuter Center Room 206, Thursday, June 25 , 1-4 pm. To RSVP, please email awttnc@gmail.com
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Hearing AssociationMeeting
Saturday, June 20, 10:30 am
CarePartners,
68 Sweeten Creek Road, Asheville
 Did you know that seeing is an important part of hearing? This is true in the sense that we all develop awareness of visual cues to aid our hearing. Gestures, the shape of our mouths as we speak, body language, all help us to interpret speech more accurately. Learn more about communication issues and hearing loss at the June meeting of the Asheville chapter of the Healing Loss Association of America.
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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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Community Garden Helpers Needed
 Bountiful Cities is seeking volunteers to help maintain the George Washington Carver Edible Park, a public orchard and community garden located next to the Stephens Lee Recreation Center, off Charlotte Street.
Tasks in the garden and orchard change with the seasons, but generally include weeding, pruning, bed preparation and planting, watering, spreading compost and mulch, and controlling invasive plant species.
Volunteer work days are on the first and third Mondays of the month, from 5 - 7 pm. Tools and gloves are provided on site. We suggest you bring water and wear weather appropriate clothing and footwear.
For more information contact Ben Rippe at Ben@grass2greens.com
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Dear OLLI Members,
We look forward to seeing you back at the Reuter Center tomorrow, Monday, June 15. Despite our problems with catalog delivery, we managed to have a robust enrollment for summer courses, so the Reuter Center will be a lively place during these warm days. If you would like to find out where your class or meeting is being held, click here to find the daily schedule of room assignments. As always, there will be people to greet you and guide you to your classroom when you arrive. There are still open classes; remember that you may add as many courses as you can schedule.
We hope that you will take advantage of the Advance Care Planning Workshop this Wednesday, June 17. There will be experts on hand to answer questions and notaries to make your directives "official."
Also, we hope you will enjoy lecture/performances at the Reuter Center by the Montford Park Players and members of the Asheville Lyric Opera this Friday, June 19, and the return of UNC Asheville's Concerts on the Quad this Monday, June 15. While we may see summer as a quieter time, there is still plenty to learn and savor.
We appreciate the passion each of you brings to your creative retirement,
Catherine Frank
Executive Director
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Class Starts Tomorrow! 
The College for Seniors program of summer classes begins tomorrow, Monday, June 15,
at 9 am. Remember you will need a current parking decal on your car to park at the Reuter Center. The Reuter Cafe is not open in the summer, so plan either to use the dining hall on campus, to bring snacks and lunch, or to enjoy one of the nearby restaurants on Merrimon Avenue. There are still open classes to be added to your schedule, so check the open class list outside the office on the upper level of the Reuter Center. |
Check the links here to see OLLI and UNC Asheville current events: 
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Elisha Mitchell Audubon Society Meeting
Tuesday, June 16, 7 pm
Reuter Center
"Bring Back the Monarch"
Lecture by Nina Veteto,
Founder, Monarch Rescue
The Monarch Butterfly population has declined dramatically in recent years. While the issues surrounding their decline are global, simple local solutions can help Monarchs survive. Learn about ways to help bring back the Monarch Butterfly in this informational program by Nina Veteto, founder of the Asheville-based Monarch Rescue. Veteto will discuss the life cycle of the Monarch, its extraordinary migration and the importance of milkweed to Monarchs. Free milkweed seeds will be given to all who attend. All EMAS programs are free and open to the public.
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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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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!
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Opera Talk
Friday, June 19, 3 pm
 Performers, directors, and those who work behind the scenes of Asheville Lyric Opera's summer collaborative production of 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 benefitted. 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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Silverlearning Survey
OLLI at UNC Asheville has been contacted by researchers from the University of of Tubingen, Germany, to have our members participate in an international Silverlearning Study to investigate the formal lifelong learning behavior of mature adults in the U.S. and Germany. This topic has received little scientific attention thus far and, keeping our aging society in mind, much more research is needed to prepare for future educational challenges.
The study addresses learners age 65 and older who are currently taking or auditing courses/lectures (non-credit or for-credit) or who are otherwise involved in an organized learning experience.
With increasing life expectancies and changing educational landscapes, this international comparative study can make a meaningful scientific contribution
to the American and European lifelong learning landscape.
We have been assured that this survey is completely anonymous and 100% non-commercial. All research records will be at all times strictly confidential. At no point will any research material of participants be released to any third party. The only use of the collected data is for statistical evaluation. Your participation is strictly voluntary.
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The Asheville History Center
is pleased to announce its exhibition:
"Bartram's Journey; The 1775 Journey of
William Bartram to Western North Carolina."
 The exhibition runs through the end of October.
The exhibition will examine Bartram's expedition during which he collected plant specimens, created illustrations of local flora and fauna, and interacted with the Cherokee Indians. These experiences were related in his late 1780s book "Travels Through North and South Carolina, East and West Florida . . . Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions."
The exhibition will also include artwork inspired by nature by Asheville area artists as well as native mammals prepared by local taxidermists. Related programing and special events during the exhibition will highlight Bartram's connection to both the natural world and Western North Carolina. Visit www.wnchistory.org for further information. |
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