Closed for Labor Day
Monday, September 7
 The OLLI office and the Reuter Center will be closed Monday, September 7,
in observation of Labor Day. We will reopen at 8 am on Tuesday, September 8.
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Pan Harmonia's
16th Season
Pan Harmonia is excited about their upcoming 16th season and invites you to come out and hear some of North Carolina's finest and most unique chamber music.
New offerings include
Chamber Music Chats at OLLI.
On Friday, September 11,
3 pm, Kate Steinbeck will discuss Pan Harmonia's upcoming 16th season.
For more information, visit Pan Harmonia's a brand new website! www.panharmonia.org
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New Member Welcome!
Are you new to OLLI at UNC Asheville? Are you returning after being gone awhile? Come to the New Member Welcome on Friday, September 18, 10 am, to learn about all that OLLI has to offer and about ways to get involved. Meet other members and get to know our community of teachers and learners.
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Teachers Wanted!
 We need the following volunteer instructors for College for Seniors: - Drawing
- Oil
- Acrylic
- Calligraphy
- Appalachian Crafts
- Photography
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Matthew Neil Null Book Talk
Sunday, September 13, 3 pm
 Mark your calendar to attend a book talk and signing by author Matthew Neill Null on his novel
Honey from the Lion,
Sunday, September 13, 3 pm in the Manheimer Room.
Matthew Neill Null is  a recipient of the Mary McCarthy Prize and the Michener-Copernicus Society of America Award, and his fiction appears in American Short Fiction, Ecotone, the Oxford American, Ploughshares, The PEN/O.Henry Prize Stories, and The Best American Mystery Stories 2014. A native of West Virginia, he holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and was a fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts, where he is currently the writing coordinator.
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Organic Growers Conference
Friday and Saturday,
September 11 and 12, 2015
AB Tech Campus
This conference is for backyard and urban growers, homesteaders, and all types of gardeners and features sessions on fall and winter growing, home cooking, fermentation, preservation, homestead skills, and self-reliance.
The fee for the conference is $45 by 8/7, $50 after. For more information, visit the Organic Growers website organicgrowersschool.org
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Storytelling Event 
JACKSON GILLMAN
in the
CHAMELEON CHRONICLES
Sunday, September 20, 2 pm
BeBe Theatre
20 Commerce Street, Asheville
Watch Jackson transform himself into eccentric characters and altered egos. He incorporates comedy, drama, music, dance, mime, and sign language into his own intimate style of theatre.
ALL SEATS $12 cash
Sponsor: The Asheville Storytelling Circle: 828.505.5019
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 Rick Bragg Reading
Saturday,
September 26,
3 pm
Sherrill Center Mountain View Room
Author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Rick Bragg is the author of six works of non-fiction, including four memoirs chronicling the history of his family in Alabama.
A journalist for many years, in 1996 Bragg was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his feature writing in The New York Times, "for his elegantly written stories about contemporary America." His first book, All Over But the Shoutin', earned several awards and was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Bragg is also the author of two biographies, Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story and I Am a Soldier Too: The Jessica Lynch Story. His new book, My Southern Journey, will be released September 15th.
This event is sponsored by UNC Asheville's Department of Literature and Language, the Goodman Endowment, and the NEH Distinguished Professor of the Humanities. For more information, contact Dawn McCann at dmccann@unca.edu or
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Dear OLLI Members,
We hope that you received your schedules for Fall courses. We had a record number of people applying for courses. We will begin to process Add/Drop forms on Tuesday, September 8, 8 am.
We have thanked our registration day and data entry volunteers. Now it's time to thank our schedule verifiers: Cleone Black, Donna DeSimone, Linda Fox, Bonnie Meyer, Brenda Painter, Elizabeth Pou, and Kim Rodine. As we have said many times, it takes a large number of people to process the volume of registrations we receive, and we cannot do anything here at OLLI without the many volunteers who make possible our community of teachers and learners.
We appreciate the passion each of you brings to your creative retirement,
Catherine Frank
Executive Director
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PROPOSED NEW
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP (SIG)
Friday, September 11, 2 pm
Organizational Meeting
Alliance of French-Speakers Special Interest Group 
If you speak French fluently and have a solid French vocabulary and if you are interested in meeting at the Reuter Center one or perhaps two times per month on Friday afternoon for discussions in French on specific subjects, please contact either
David Nelson (828-505-1874, dmn261034@mac.com) or
Gary Jay (828-654-9357, gmjay@sstelco.com).
Sorry, but this group will not be established to teach or improve beginners. A basic knowledge of French grammar is required. OLLI membership required to participate in SIGs.
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Beginners Seed Beading Jewelry Workshop Course Dates: Saturday, September 12
Times: 10 am - 4 pm 
Instructor: Linda Burns
Fee: $55/person
Materials fee: $22 per student, payable to the instructor, to cover the cost of beads, thread, needle, and magnets.
OLLI membership is not required to register.
Make a beautiful bracelet for yourself or to give as a gift. In this workshop you learn the spiral rope stitch. You are provided with all the beads you need for a sample bracelet. Participants will leave with at least one finished piece of jewelry.  You must be able to thread a needle and be prepared to do small detailed work. Please note that instructions are provided for right-handers, so left-handers may need to use their right hand.
Linda Burns (burnspet@aol.com) has taught elementary and middle school. She fell in love with seed beading twenty years ago and looks forward to sharing her joy and passion.
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Asheville History Center Lectures
Saturday, September 12, 3 pm (new start time)
Reuter Center
On Saturday, September 12, 3 pm., Tom Earnhardt, writer and host of UNC-TV's Exploring North Carolina, will present, "Where the Land is the Star", a talk related to Bartram's 1792 publication Bartram's Travels which details and illustrates the landscape of Western North Carolina.
Asheville History Center's Lecture Series introduces engaging speakers who expand the public's understanding of Western North Carolina history through discussion of events, people, and issues. During the center's exhibition cycle from May through October, speakers present unique perspectives on related themes. The center's 2015 exhibtion is "Bartram's Journey: The 1775 Journey of Williams Bartram to Western North Carolina."
Due to the Sept. 12 charity race on campus, access to the Reuter Center will be limited to Campus Drive (off Broadway)
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Special Interest Group (SIG):
Stories for the Third Act
Tuesday, September 15, 4:30-6 pm  Stories for the Third Act meets at the Reuter Center Tuesday, September 15, 4:30-6 pm. Come when you can; leave when necessary. We will hold a planning meeting for the year and sharing of stories. We are considering themes like "Unforgettable Summer Moments," "First Day of School," "My Favorite Attributes of Autumn," "A Story for Children," and "Travel Tales." Let's keep the stories coming! It will be great to see our returning members and to welcome new members. OLLI membership is required to attend. Questions? Call Sarah Larson at 828-450-5462.
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Volunteer Opportunity
From September 19 to November 7, 2015, the Asheville YMI Cultural Center will host a traveling exhibition of 52 portraits highlighting Americans who courageously address issues of social, environmental, and economic justice. OLLI at UNC Asheville will sponsor portraits of Frederick Douglass and Denise Giardina.
And, as OLLI members, you can become part of this historic exhibition. Throughout the 43 days of the show, volunteers are needed to greet visitors, take tickets and act as docents to answer questions about this one-of-a-kind initiative from artist Robert Shetterly.
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Second Annual Free
Electric Car Show & Ride
Sunday, September 13, 12 - 6 pm
Asheville Outlets,
800 Brevard Road,
Asheville, NC 28806
The Blue Ridge Electric Vehicle Club invites you to the 2nd Annual FREE Electric Car Show & Ride at the Asheville Outlets, 800 Brevard Road, Asheville, NC 28806 (I-26 exit 33)
- RIDE in a quiet, eco-friendly, and exhilarating electric car!
- See over 25 businesses displaying ten unique plug-in car models, electric motorcycles, electric bicycles, solar panel installers, green lawn care and equipment, and more.
- Get answers to your questions about electric transportation from dealers, owners and Professor Plug-In.
- Music, coupons, prize drawings and more!
- Click here to find more event details.
Co-sponsored by Asheville Outlets and
Land-Of-Sky Clean Vehicle Coalition
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Leadership Asheville Forum
presents Gina Sanchez Tuesday, September 15, 6 pm Reuter Center Stock markets going up, stock markets  going down, the Federal Reserve raising interest rates, the European Central Bank lowering interest rates ........ what's an investor to do? Gina Sanchez, founder and chairwoman of Chantico Global, LLC, guest host on CNBC, and accomplished institutional money manager, will be sharing her insights to aid investors in navigating these uncertain times. This event is free and open to the public.
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Volunteer Opportunity  UNC Asheville Cultural Events and Special Academic Programs is looking for volunteers to assist with ushering and event promotion for the REAL Events series. Anyone assisting with ushering receives two complimentary tickets to the show, or they can get one ticket for helping with event promotion. Contact Katie Cornell if you are interested in volunteering or if you have any questions; kcornell@unca.edu 828-251-6558 Tel: (828) 251-6558
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