Daylight Savings Time
Don't forget to set your clocks back one hour today!
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TODAY
Double Header! Sunday, November 1, 2015
Manheimer Room 
Sundays with
Brevard Music Center
1-2 p.m.
Today's performance will feature Brevard Music Center artist faculty member and pianist Donna Lee with cellist Keith Robinson, performing works by Bach, Debussy, Piazzola, and Brahms.
Autumn Players Readers Theatre
2:30 p.m.
Autumn Players Readers Theatre will offer a performance The Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan, directed by Anita Chapman. Based on a real case and set just before World War I, this moving legal drama challenges the abuse of power by the strong over the weak.
Open to the public, the performance begins at 2:30 p.m. and tickets are $6 (including sales tax) at the door
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World Affairs Council Meeting
Tuesday, November 3, 2015,
7:30 p.m.
Manheimer Room
Israeli-Palestinian Borders:Issues and Dilemmas
by Harvey Starr
 Starr's research and teaching interests include theories and methods in the study of international relations, war and international conflict, geopolitics and diffusion analyses, and domestic influences on foreign policy (revolution; democracy).
Come to the Reuter Center for the World Affairs Council's fascinating lectures and discussions that aim to advance international awareness and foster Western North Carolina's global ties.
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. Lecture
Thursday, November 5, 2015
7 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Kimmel Arena
Genealogy, Genetics and African-American History
by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Leading scholar and documentarian Henry Louis Gates Jr. of Harvard University and PBS fame will present a free public lecture at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 5 in Kimmel Arena. Click here for more information.
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OLLI Art Bazaar
Friday, November 13,
noon - 6 p.m.
Saturday, November 14,
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
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!
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 Fab Friday Lunch and Learn Lecture scheduled for Friday, November 6, 2015, 11:30 a.m. has been cancelled. We look forward to a new series of Fab Friday lectures to begin in January 2016.
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Blue Ridge Orchestra Concert 
Britain to Brazil
Chuck Taft, Season Conductor
Saturday, November 7, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 8, 3 p.m.
Rainbow Community School Auditorium (formerly West Asheville Church of God)
58 State Street in West Asheville
Britain to Brazil showcases the Blue Ridge Orchestra's talented musicians with energetic works that feature solo selections from all corners of the orchestra. Come join us for this unique musical experience!
Tickets ($15 general admission;
$10 Friend of the Orchestra;
$5 Student)
are available via paypal at www.blueridgeorchestra.org/britain-brazil and in person (cash and check only) at Musician's Workshop (319 Merrimon Avenue) and Soli Classica (1550 Hendersonville Road, Suite #14)
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U.N. General Assembly President Lecture
Monday, November 16, 11 a.m.
Manheimer Room
 Mogens Lykketoft, President of the U.N. General Assembly, will be giving a talk entitled
"The United Nations at 70: Reflections on the Past, Prospects for the Future."
Lykkeftoft is a former Danish politician who was unanimously elected for a term that began on September 15, 2015. The United Nations will be addressing many issues this year, including: the Syrian refugee crisis; the Sustainable Development Goals; Climate Change; and the Israeli-Palestinian situation, just to mention a few. Free and open to the public.
Sponsored by UNC Asheville's Political Science Department and OLLI.
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FREE Medicare Couseling
Monday through Wednesday,
November 16, 17 & 18, 2015
Reuter Center Room 120
The Council on Aging of Buncombe County and Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) volunteers will be providing Medicare counseling for OLLI members on
November 16, 17 and 18, 2015 in Room 120 at the Reuter Center. You must have an appointment. Call the Council on Aging of Buncombe County, 828.277.8288, to schedule your appointment and request a Medicare appointment for OLLI. Specify that you are an OLLI member and want to be seen at OLLI on one of those days.
Medicare beneficiaries should review their drug plans every year as well as their Medicare Advantage plans. Be sure to bring your Medicare card, list of medications including the name of the drug, strength and frequency for taking it. These appointments are intended for current Medicare enrollees who need to make a decision before December 7th.
If you have a future effective date for Medicare, please schedule an appointment after the annual election period which ends on December 7th
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Special Thanks!
Beverly-Hanks & Associates
 Camilo Monroy-Buendia
camilo@beverly-hanks.com
407.908.4612
Dawn Clayton
dawnclayton@beverly-hanks.com
828.778.2656
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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Dear OLLI Members,
We hope that you have remembered to turn your clocks back as daylight savings time ended this morning at 2 a.m.
Please take some time to read marketing committee member David Langdon's article about OLLI member, artist, and community volunteer Donna Schramek. Donna exemplifies the kind of purposeful engagement that makes for a creative retirement. Don't forget to mark your calendars for the OLLI Art Bazaar, November 13 and 14; Donna works with OLLI staffer Leanna Preston and OLLI member Sheila Murphy to make this event happen (and she will have her beautiful weaving on display).
Even as our fall College for Seniors term winds down, we have another rich week of activities coming up right here at the Reuter Center and on the UNC Asheville campus. Today you can hear a performance from Brevard Music Center faculty and then a performance from The Autumn Players of "The Winslow Boy." On Tuesday, the World Affairs Council offers an opportunity to hear about the Middle East and on Thursday, you can venture to campus for a dialogue about terrorism between a UNC Asheville professor and an undergraduate student. Later on Thursday you can choose between a talk from the Astronomy Club of Asheville and a rare opportunity to hear Professor Henry Louis Gates at Kimmel Arena, in a talk on "Genealogy, Genetics, and African American History." We suggest that you arrive early to get a good seat for the Gates lecture (and a parking space) and that you realize that bags will be searched before you are admitted to the arena. On Friday, Charlie Flynn-McIver comes to give us a "behind-the-scenes" look at the work of NC Stage. And next Sunday, November 8, 5 pm, PanHarmonia will offer its annual Elegy Holocaust Remembrance concert, this year titled "Songs of Lamentation" and featuring the music of Ernest Bloch, Hilary Tann, Joseph Jongen and Felix Mendelssohn.
An article recently ran inThe Charlotte Observer about our programs. I had calls from a number of Charlotte retirees wondering why they did not have this kind of program in their area. Some OLLI staff and volunteers recently attended the Osher Institutes National Conference (also in Charlotte this year). Time and again people told us how much they envied all the varied programming we offer. We all know that these programs only happen with the hard work and passion of our OLLI staff and members. I am very grateful to be part of our community here at the Reuter Center and on the UNC Asheville campus, Thanks for your many contributions to our work.
With gratitude,
Catherine Frank
Executive Director
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Check the links here to see OLLI and UNC Asheville current events: 
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 UNC ASHEVILLE EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
Month of November, 2015
November 2 - Film, Citizen Autistic - Directed by William Davenport, this film looks at those at the forefront of autism activism. Part of UNC Asheville's Disability is Diversity Week. Free and open to the public at 7 p.m. in Highsmith Union. Info: oaa.unca.edu/disability-diversity-week
November 3 - Lecture"Looking at Appalachia", accompanying the opening of the photo exhibition of the same name. UNC Asheville faculty members Erica Abrams Locklear and Dan Pierce, and student George Etheredge will discuss the exhibition and the history of photographing Appalachia. Free and open to the public at noon in the S. Tucker Cooke Gallery in UNC Asheville's Owen Hall. Info: 828.258.7723 or ctomberl@unca.edu
November 5 - Lecture Henry Louis Gates Jr.:
Genealogy, Genetics and African-American History. Harvard University Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., one of America's most prominent intellectuals and an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, delivers a free public lecture. 7 p.m. in UNC Asheville's Kimmel Arena. Info: cesap.unca.edu or 828.251.6674.
November 6 - Lecture"Looking at Appalachia" exhibition opening reception and companion lecture by exhibition creator, documentary photographer Roger May. Talk at 5 p.m. in UNC Asheville's Humanities Lecture Hall, followed by 6 p.m. reception in S. Tucker Gallery in Owen Hall on campus. Free and open to the public. Info: 828.258.7723 or ctomberl@unca.edu Click here to view an event poster.
November 15 - Concert UNC Asheville Symphony concert - Free and open to the public at 7:30 p.m. in Lipinsky Hall lobby on campus. Info: music.unca.edu or 828.251.6432
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Keeping busy in retirement is good!
Having a good balance in your life
is even better!
By David Langdon
Donna Schramek is one of those people who likes to be involved in a lot of interesting things in retirement. Although she spends a good deal of time helping at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at UNC Asheville, she also makes time for her other passions, which include working with dogs and cats at Brother Wolf, doing creative weaving projects, and enjoying foreign travel.
Donna's husband, Greg, retired in 1993 from a long career in the telecommunications industry; Donna considered herself a professional "trailing spouse" for many years. In 1998 they started a bed and breakfast in the Charlotte area and ran it for eight years.
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Sierra Club Meeting
Wednesday, November 4, 7 p.m.
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville
1 Edwin Place
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.
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Political Science Lecture
Thursday, November 5, 2015, noonKarpen Hall's Laurel Forum  ISIS: Terror in the Name of Islam
by Dr. Samer Traboulsi,
Department of History
Mr. Tristan Mead,
UNC Asheville undergraduate student,
with Provost Joe Urgo, discussant
The Middle East is living its bleakest days. Terror, ethnic cleansing, rape and slavery, cold-blooded beheading and destruction of major world heritage sites became part of the daily life of millions under the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) since its takeover of vast parts of Syria and Iraq rich in natural resources and world heritage sites. The panel discussion led by Dr. Samer Traboulsi, associate professor of history, and Mr. Tristan Mead, a sophomore undergraduate student and an expert on ISIS and radical groups in the Middle East, aims to address the causes leading to the rise and success of this terrorist organization and discuss solutions to this world crisis.
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Astronomy Club Meeting
Thursday, November 5, 7 p.m.
Reuter Center's Manheimer Room
"The Search for Life in Our Solar System"
The assertion that our  solar system is sterile everywhere except Earth has been an important one throughout the past half century, but new research casts some doubt on this pessimistic view. We will review why it is easy to believe that we are alone in the solar system and what has changed this view. In particular, we will discuss Mars and the Jovian moons, as NASA spacecraft have shown them to us. Free and open to the public.
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NC Stage Behind the Scenes
Friday, November 6, 1:30 p.m.
Reuter Center's Manheimer Room
 Join NC Stage Artistic Director and co founder Charlie Flynn-McIver as he takes you behind the scenes of the professional productions of NC Stage. We'll look into the themes of the plays, the rehearsal process, the design process, talk to actors, directors and designers and even have a scene or two from the upcoming show. Get an insider's view of the workings of a professional theatre. This lecture series is free and open to the public.
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Friday, November 6, 1 p.m.,
Reuter Center, Room 207 
The members of The Forum meet weekly for a free-flowing dialogue designed to enrich and expand participants' thinking on topics ranging from changing demographics of retirees to nuclear disarmament. At the November 6th meeting the topic will be
"Political Correctness and Truth in Politics."
All OLLI members are invited to attend. For more information, contact: Eugene Jaroslaw, 828.255.9925, ejwestwood@gmail.com
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SIG Financial Strategies in Retirement Meeting
Friday, November 6, 2015, 1:30pm  "For Investors Who Are Retired and Want to Stay Retired" by guest speaker: Skip Helms, Helms Wealth Management, LLC
Mr. Helms is a 30-year financial service veteran with an occasionally irreverent view of Wall Street. He will share how retirees can assess the building blocks of their financial strategies and take a close look at how retirement planning and investments are packaged by the financial industry and how (or if) they have evolved since 2008. Lively discussion is encouraged! Bring your questions. If you have a written financial plan, please bring that too. No personal information needs to be shared, but it might be helpful to have your own blueprint in hand for our discussion. The meeting is open to all OLLI members. Email/call Kate Beatty for further information at kkbmom@yahoo.com or 828-231-7710.
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