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UPCOMING SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 
October 18, 2015
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Evening Star Gaze
Monday, October 19, 2015
7:30-10 p.m., 
UNC Asheville Parking Lot P10
Andromedia Galaxy
The UNC Asheville Departments of Physics and Education and the Astronomy Club of Asheville will host a special stargaze as part of the 
a national celebration of science, space, and technology.

Come join the fun in parking lot P8 on campus between 7:30 and 10 p.m., where we will have the lights turned off and several telescopes set up to view the moon, star clusters, nebulae, and other deep sky objects. Unlike our public stargazes at Lookout Observatory, registration is not required to attend. Friends and family are welcome! 

If you are driving, please park in the upper Reuter Center lot, lot P10, and walk across the road to lot P8. Those with special needs may be dropped off in P8. Overflow parking will be in lots P11 and P12. 

A determination about a possible cancellation due to the weather will be made prior to the stargaze and will be posted to lookoutobservatory.unca.edu no later than 5:30 p.m. on Monday, October 19. If the sky conditions are at all questionable, please check the site before you head out.
 
If you have any questions, please email Brian Hart at [email protected].

We look forward to seeing you under the stars on Monday night!
Audubon Society Meeting
Tuesday, October 20, 7 p.m.
Manheimer Room
 
"Bird-Friendly Gardening: 
Your Yard Matters!"
A lecture by Kim Brand
Bird-Friendly Communities Project Coordinator for Audubon North Carolina 
 
With native plantings, your yard can make a real difference for birds year-round. Find out which perennials, shrubs and trees provide food birds need to survive and thrive. Join members of the Elisha Mitchell Audubon Society for a slide presentation by Kim Brand, ornithologist and Bird-Friendly Communities Project Coordinator for Audubon North Carolina. From planting the native plants birds need to succeed to putting up birdhouses, people can play a critical role in fostering healthy bird populations.

Free and open to the public.
Fab Friday Lecture
Friday, October 23, 11:30 a.m.
Manheimer Room

The Mountains-to-Sea Trail Across North Carolina 
by Danny Bernstein

Walking through our state is a study in contrast: Fraser fir trees and pelicans, old grist and textile mills, working cotton and tobacco farms, Revolutionary War sites and two British cemeteries with flying Union Jacks.

Danny Bernstein will recount the highlights, challenges, and people of the Mountains to Sea Trail (MST). Her slide presentation and stories will captivate the curious and adventurous, the hiker and biker, and the history and culture buff. Her books will be available for sale.

This event is free and open to the public.
STEM Lecture
Tuesday, October 27, 4:30 p.m.
Reuter Center, Room 206

Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking): Benefits and Risks by Richard Wiener, PhD

Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) has been used in the oil and gas industry to increase production since the
1940s.  It has recently increased in importance with the breakthrough concept of producing oil and gas
from low permeability shale rock using horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing.

This event is free and open to the public.
OLLI Lost & Found

Can't find your jacket?  Keys? Umbrella?  Your lost item may just be at OLLI.  During each term, a wider variety of "lost" items find their way to the OLLI office and collect dust, waiting to be claimed by their rightful owner. 

Come by the OLLI office if you are searching for that lost jacket, hat, book, etc. At the end of the term, unclaimed items are donated to charity.

Special Thanks!  
OLLI would like to thank its Creative Retirement Exploration Weekend (CREW) tour leaders for their contributions to the program:
United Real Estate Asheville
www.unitedrealestateasheville.com

Mary Ellen Brown
[email protected]
828-280-7254
"My goal is to create smart, fun, and stress-free interactions for buyers and sellers through knowledgeable, experienced, and trustworthy service."

Debbie Leon
[email protected]
828-273-4887

CREW helps those considering relocation in retirement examine all their options carefully and make an informed decision about this major life transition.
UNC Asheville's Food Day
Saturday, October 24, 2015

What is Food Day?
Every October 24, thousands of events take place to bring Americans together to celebrate real, just, and sustainable foods. This year's focus, Toward a Greener Diet, is encouraging each of us to adopt healthy, sustainable, more humane food practices.  

UNC Asheville's Department of Health and Wellness, Dining Services, Lenoir-Rhyne University, and Food Connection are raising awareness about Food Day by partnering to host a cook-a-thon in the Sherrill Center Teaching Kitchen. Students, faculty, and staff will get together to cook 500 servings of a healthy plant-based meal that will be donated to Food not Bombs, ABCCM, and In Real Life at Asheville Middle School.
The purpose of this meal is to teach simple food preparation to college students, to celebrate our partnership with Food Connection, and to feed those in need.

To learn more and find out how you may participate, click here. 

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Dear OLLI Members,
Representatives of OLLI staff and volunteer leadership just returned from the Osher National Resource Center conference held this year in Charlotte, NC. These meetings offer rich opportunities to learn and share best practices for our unique organizations that rely on the rich collaboration of volunteers and staff.  It's very gratifying to know that our program is highly regarded and also to know that we have a great deal to teach and to learn.  Thank you all for your part in making our OLLI such a model program.

Part of the strength of our programs originates in the strong relationship to UNC Asheville and to many different organizations who celebrate and preserve the beauty and history of our region.  In the upcoming week you can learn more about the natural beauty of the region in a star gaze sponsored by the Astronomy Club of Asheville, a lecture on bird-friendly gardening by the Elisha Mitchell Audubon Society, and the celebration of National Food Day by a variety of local organizations.  On Friday, attend Danny Bernstein's lecture on the Mountains-to-Sea Trail to learn more about the ways that our region connects to the rest of the state. 

This week you can also learn and enjoy the rich culture and talent that enriches our region.  You can hear performers from Asheville Lyric Opera's production of Barber of Seville or jazz from local chamber music group Pan Harmonia.  You can learn more about the history and present of the region by attending ceremonies for Asheville Living Treasures or UNC Asheville's second annual African Americans in Western North Carolina Conference.  These opportunities are all in addition to our rich curriculum in the College for Seniors and Workshops programs. And you can even take care of your health through Heart Health Screenings offered by the Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC). We are lucky to be in a place that offers ways to nurture our bodies, minds, and spirits.

Many thanks for all that you do to make OLLI such a vibrant learning community,
 
Catherine Frank
Executive Director

Free Heart Health Screenings
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Tuesday, October 20, 2-4 p.m.
Tuesday, October 27, 2-5 p.m.
Friday, October 30, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Reuter Center, Room 205
 
Love your heart for the sake of your loved ones! Are you between the ages of 40-75 and interested in getting your blood pressure and cholesterol checked for FREE?

For more info and to schedule an appointment, call the MAHEC Community Screening Nurse for Healthy Heart Buncombe: 828-257-4471; it is helpful if you call several days in advance to schedule a screening.

Screenings take about 15 minutes and are scheduled at the Reuter Center.
Special Interest Group:
 Stories from the Third Act
Tuesday, October 20, 4:30 p.m.
Reuter Center
More Halloween
Stories From the Third Act, a storytelling SIG, will meet Tuesday, October 20, 
4:30 p.m. at the Reuter Center.  Halloween is just around the corner. Bring stories about Halloween, ghostly stories,  or if that's not what you're working on, bring a story on any topic you like.  If you are a new member, please join us.  If you haven't been in a while, we look forward to seeing you again!  Let the stories begin!
Special Interest Group: The Forum Meeting
Friday, October 23, 1 p.m.
Reuter Center Room 205 
   The Forum meetings offer a free-flowing dialogue designed to enrich and expand participants' thinking on topics ranging from changing demographics of retirees to nuclear disarmament.
All OLLI members are invited, and OLLI membership is required to attend.  Contact Eugene Jaroslaw, 828-255-9925, [email protected]
Asheville Lyric Opera
Barber of Seville Concert 
Friday October 23, 3-5 p.m.
Reuter Center Manheimer Room

Come hear some of the leads of 
Asheville Lyric Opera's production of Barber of Seville perform a special concert of classics from this opera buffs (comic opera). Hear their songs, hear their stories, and hear how they will make Barber an exciting and humorous production. Meet the director, conductor, and artists who will bring Barber to life in an intimate setting. Asheville Lyric Opera will be producing this opera-audience favorite on Friday, October 23 and Sunday, October 25 at the Diana Wortham Theatre.



American Mosaic 2 Concerts

 Friday, October 23, 7:30 p.m. * Black Mountain Center for the Arts, 225 W State Street
Sunday, October 25, 3 p.m. * All Souls Parish Hall, 9 Swan Street, Asheville
 
Kate Steinbeck, flute * Rosalind Buda, bassoon * 
Byron Hedgepeth, marimba & percussion
 
This music is jazzy, grooving, and simply good fun! This may seem like an unlikely combination, but pieces like Koshinski's "Get It" for bassoon, cajon, and high-hat and Ewazen's "Mosaics" will win listeners over with energetic rhythms and incredible sonorities.  
 
TICKETS: $15 advance / $20 at the door / $5 Students + 7% NC tax (+ Handling for credit card purchases) BUY TICKETS
Asheville Living Treasures  Recognition  Ceremony
Sunday, October 25, 1:30 p.m.
 Reuter Center Manheimer Room
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The Fall 2015 Asheville Living Treasures  are
Clark Olsen, O.L. Sherrill, and Oralene Simmons.
  Click here to learn more about these amazing individuals.

Asheville Living Treasures (ALT) is an organization whose mission is to honor elders of Asheville and Buncombe County who have devoted their lives to making our communities a better place to live. ALT publicly honors selected older adults and their achievements and records their stories for future generations. Any person, age 70 or older, residing in Asheville/Buncombe County is eligible for nomination.

The October 25th recognition ceremony 
is free and open to the public.

For more information visit ashevillelivingtreasures.com or contact ALT Chair, Carmen Ramos-Kennedy,
[email protected] or 828-423-6476.


Artful Knitting Outside the Lines Workshop

Saturday, October 31, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Reuter Center

Instructor: Judi Jetson
Fee: $65/person

Would you like to knit, purl, and think creatively? Then this is the workshop for you. Learn three techniques: flowers and other three dimensional embellishments, entrelac, and domino knitting. You'll have time to practice each technique with instructor guidance. At the end of the day, share your work and see additional free-spirited examples to try. A free reunion one month later will inspire you to put the techniques to work and share your results. This class is for the advanced beginners or intermediate knitter. Participants should be able to knit and purl and have some experience reading patterns.

Judi Jetson ([email protected]) is a fool for fiber. She spins, knits, dyes, and weaves. Working in bold colors and textures, she loves to teach locally and at John C. Campbell Folk School. Judi is also a fiber activist and founder of Local Cloth, a non-profit growing our fiber economy. www.judijetson.com 

Second Annual African Americans in Western North Carolina Conference 
Thursday and Friday, 
October 22-23, 2015 
at the YMI Cultural Center 
and UNC Asheville's Highsmith Union

The conference starts on Thursday, October 22 at the YMI Cultural Center with a 6:30 p.m. reception and special presentation for community service followed by The Jesse and Julia Ray Lecture given by the Honorable Floyd McKissick Jr. The evening includes a special performance by the LEAF Delta House Jazz Band.

Friday, October 23 will feature panel discussions in UNC Asheville's Highsmith Union, as well as details about the unveiling of the Isaiah Rice Photography Collection. The photos have been donated to UNC Asheville by the family of Darin Waters, assistant professor of history and conference organizer. Click here for more information about individual presentations and panels and to learn more about the conference.

The conference is sponsored by UNC Asheville, including the Deans of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Howerton Professor of Humanities, The Interdisciplinary Distinguished Professor of the Mountain South, NEH Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities, History Department, Humanities Program, Africana Studies Program, Office of the Provost, and the Center for Diversity Education; The Wilma Dykeman Legacy; and The YMI Cultural Center. The two-day conference is free and open to the public.

Psychology Lecture
Monday, October 26, 12:30 p.m.
Sherrill Center Room 417

"Overreactions to Trivial Events: 
Why Do People Sometimes 'Lose It' 
Over Minor Things?" 
by Dr. Mark Leary

Dr. Mark Leary is professor of psychology and neuroscience and director of the Interdisciplinary Behavioral Research Center at Duke University. 
Sponsored by UNC Asheville's Club Psych and Psi Chi, the international psychology honors society, this event is free and open to the public.
OLLI Art Bazaar
arts and crafts
Friday, Nov. 13, 12-6 p.m.; Sat., Nov. 14, 10am-2pm
Manheimer Room & Atrium

Mark your calendar for the Third Annual OLLI Art Bazaar, where you will discover a showcase of members' talents in painting, photography, jewelry, textiles, and much more.

Member exhibitors will have a wide variety of handcrafted items on display and for sale. This is a perfect event to find one of a kind items and to begin holiday shopping!

Green Opportunities Open House
Wednesday, Oct.  21   5:30-8 PM
Arthur Eddington Center, 133 Livingston Street  Asheville

 
Sierra Club Meeting 
Wednesday, November 4,  7 p.m.
Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 
1 Edwin Place
Asheville, NC
 
The Impact of Climate Change on Food Production by  Laura Lengnick  
Dr. Lengnick is a retired professor of sustainable agriculture at Warren Wilson College.  The meeting will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place, (corner of Charlotte & Edwin).  This meeting is free and  open to the public.
For more information, contact, Judy Mattox, [email protected], 828-683-2176

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