TODAY
Sundays with
Brevard Music Center
Sunday, March 6, 3 p.m.
harpist Ina Zdorovetchi in a recital of music by Bach, Saint Saens, Faure, and Tournier. Zdorovetchi has established a reputation as one of the leading harpists of her generation, having performed as soloist with orchestras in Europe, North America and the Middle East, as recitalist in Carnegie Hall, Jordan Hall, World Harp Congress, American Harp Society National Conference and as recording artist for SONY, Naxos, Albany Records, WGBH Radio-Boston, Israeli Broadcasting Authority and Moldova National TV.
This event is free and open to the public.
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NCUR Volunteers Needed 
As an OLLI Volunteer for NCUR, you will be able to attend plenary sessions by internationally renowned speakers without paying the $200 registration fee. Join your OLLI colleagues.
Questions? Email or call: Mark Harvey, Director, Undergraduate Research Program, UNC Asheville, 828-251-6831, mharvey@unca.edu
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Special Interest Group Meeting
The Forum
Friday, March 11, 1 p.m.
Reuter Center
The Forum will hold a discussion on
The Future of Political Parties:
Where Are They Going?
The Forum: Dialogue to Challenge Our Thinking meets weekly in 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
welcome to attend
For more information contact Eugene Jaroslaw, ejwestwood@gmail.com
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Symphony Talk with Daniel Meyer
Friday, March 11, 3 p.m.
Reuter Center
Manheimer Room
Join us for a discussion of the symphony's upcoming performance of Elgar's
Chanson de matin and Chanson de nuit,
Mozart's
Piano Concerto No. 21 with soloist Shen Lu, and selections from Berlioz' Romeo and Juliet
The best way to enjoy the Asheville Symphony Orchestra's Masterworks concerts is to come to the Symphony Talk for the inside scoop on the music, composers, and soloists. Asheville Symphony Orchestra's music director and conductor Daniel Meyer will speak about the performance for the next evening's concert and local music aficionado Chip Kaufmann will speak about the composers. Come early to get a seat; this popular series is very well attended.
For more information about the Asheville Symphony Orchestra, or to find out how to purchase tickets for performances at the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, visit ashevillesymphony.orgFree and open to the public.
Please note:
The Big South basketball tournament is scheduled for play all day Friday, March 11th, so parking lots surrounding the Sherrill Center will be especially busy including the Reuter Center lots. You may wish to carpool or plan some extra travel time anticipating parking challenges.
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Storytelling Event
Sunday, March 13, 3 p.m.
Reuter Center
A storytelling event titled "How Asheville Called Me Home" is scheduled in the Reuter Center's Manheimer Room. Tellers are brought to you by Stories on Asheville's Front Porch. Donations are requested to support the free Saturday morning storytelling sessions in downtown Asheville in July 2016.
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A Concert for Peace
Lipinsky Auditorium
UNC Asheville Campus
"Peacemakers," by Karl Jenkins, British composer, is a fascinating work about world peace and global connection that includes texts by Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Teresa, Percy Shelley and Anne Frank. This concert combines choir, percussion, including ethnic percussion instruments, brass and soloists in a joyous expression of people of all races and creeds coming together in singing. The UNC Asheville combined choirs, under the direction of Dr. Melodie Galloway, in collaboration with the beautiful voices of the Reuter Center Singers, Chuck Taft, Conductor and the UNC Asheville Percussion Ensemble, Director, Matthew Richmond.
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Family-to-Family Education Program
Begins Tuesday, March 8,
6:30 p.m. 
NAMI Western Carolina will offer its free Family-to-Family Education Program for family, caregivers and friends of individuals living with a mental illness. This 12-session signature program was designated as evidence-based practice in 2013 by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Classes are taught by trained family member volunteers. Class size is limited. Pre-registration is required.
The course will be held at a convenient Asheville location on: Tuesdays, March 8 - May 24, 2016 6:30-9:00 pm
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Literacy Council of Buncombe County Spelling Bee
April 14, 2016
 Do you want to learn more about how to form a team to compete in this event that will benefit the Literacy Council of Buncombe County?
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Dear OLLI Members,
We want you to be aware that this is spring break week at UNC Asheville, which means there will be no shuttles running. Because the university is hosting the 2016 Big South Women's Basketball Championship beginning on March 10, parking on campus may be challenging on Thursday and Friday. If you are planning to come to SIGs or the Symphony Talk on Friday, please leave some extra time to find a spot.
We will be sending out schedules for Spring 2016 late tomorrow afternoon (Monday, March 7). Add/Drop will begin Tuesday, March 8, 8 a.m. You may come by the Reuter Center or phone us to let us know what courses you wish to add or drop. We do not post a list of open courses online because the list changes so often during the process. Please remember that you may apply for a full refund for CFS term fees if you apply by Friday, March 18, 3 p.m.
With gratitude for the many people who contribute to OLLI's success, Catherine Frank Executive Director |
Check the links here to see OLLI and UNC Asheville current events: 
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World Affairs Council
Tuesday, March 8, 7:30 p.m.
Reuter Center's Manheimer Room
Stan Dotson Presents
Cuba Reconnected 
Dotson, who recently returned from a visit to Cuba, will review the latest developments and possibilities for the country. Given the recent change in diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba and President Barack Obama's upcoming trip to Cuba, Dotson's lecture should be significant as well as timely.
Dotson is the founder of In Our Elements, a leadership and curriculum development resource for churches and community organizations, and has taught at the Ecumenical Theological Seminary in Matanzas, Cuba.
Cuba Reconnected
is the final spring lecture of the Great Decisions 2016 series, sponsored by the WNC chapter of the World Affairs Council, OLLI at UNC Asheville, and UNC Asheville's department of political science.
Admission to World Affairs Council (WAC) presentations at UNC Asheville is $10 for the public and free to members of the World Affairs Council and UNC Asheville students.
OLLI members receive a discount on WAC membership.
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Meditation Special Interest Group Meeting
Schedule of Upcoming Events
The Meditation SIG will present the following programs to introduce the OLLI community to various meditation practices. No previous meditation experience is necessary to attend. Just come with an open heart and open mind. All events are scheduled for the Reuter Center. Please check the daily schedule for meeting rooms.
Monday, March 14, 4:15 p.m.- Steve Stevens, who teaches tai chi chih at the College for Seniors, will instruct us in the movements and the breathing meditation which Justin Stone used to create the tai chi chih practice.
Monday, March 28, 4:15 p.m. - Dr. Azra Bertrand and Seren Bertrand will lead an experiential meditation in the tradition of ancient feminine spiritual paths.
Monday, April 11, 4:15 p.m. - Su shen Huang, who teaches Healing with the Seasons at the College for Seniors, will lead the meditation presentation.
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Special Thanks!
OLLI would like to thank its Creative Retirement Exploration Weekend (CREW) sponsor Gillespie Dentistry for their support!  Timothy E. Gillespie, DMD, FAGD Cosmetic Implant, & General Dentistry 36 Orange Street, Asheville, NC 28801, 828.252.9351 www.drtimgillespie.comCREW 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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The UNC Asheville Center for Jewish Studies,
UNC Asheville Hillel and
Asheville Jewish Community Center present
About Man and God and Law:
Bob Dylan and Religion
A Lecture by Dr. Stephen Hazan Arnoff
Monday, March 14, 7 p.m.
Mission Health Mountain View Room,
Sherrill Center
Learn how Bob Dylan, a self-defined religious outlaw, makes sense of his own creed: "To live outside the law you must be honest." Dr. Stephen Hazan Arnoff, president and CEO of the Jewish Community Center Association, has authored book chapters on Dylan and religion, and Bruce Springsteen and the Bible. His writing also appears in the Huffington Post, the American Jewish newspaper The Forward, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz and on his blog about music, art, and religion,
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UNC Asheville's Wellness Activities for Successful Aging (W.A.S.A.) Program
Begins March 14, 2016
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2015 W.A.S.A. fitness class
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The W.A.S.A. program is designed to positively affect the health, sense of well-being and health knowledge of older adults while providing a service learning opportunity for students. Click here learn more about the program.For more information or to register for the WASA program please contact:
Kathie Garbe, Ph.D., MCHES, Associate Professor
UNC Asheville Department of Health and Wellness
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Elisha Mitchell Audubon Society Meeting
My Favorite Spring Wildflowers
of the Blue Ridge Mountains
A lecture by Tim Spira
Tuesday, March 15, 2016, 7 pm
Botanist Tim Spira will show beautiful photographs of common and not-so-common spring wildflowers in the Blue Ridge Mountains including trilliums, trout lily, wild ginger, mayapple, bearcorn, Jack-in-the-pulpit, pink lady's slipper, Oconee bells, Carolina silverbell, yellow buckeye, spicebush and pawpaw. Along the way, he'll describe interesting features of wildflowers including interactions between plants and their pollinators, herbivores and frugivores.
Tim Spira is a plant ecologist and professor emeritus
of botany at Clemson University where he taught field botany and plant ecology for 22 years. He received a doctorate in botany from University of California Berkeley and conducted post-doctoral research on plant-pollinator interactions. Tim has published numerous papers in scientific journals including a cover article in the journal Nature. He's also the author of the award-winning book, Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont. His latest book is Waterfalls and Wildflowers in the Southern Appalachians. Tim spends his free time hiking and gardening with native plants.
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 The Autumn Players present Freud's Last Session by Mark St. Germain Sunday, March 20, 2:30 p.m. Reuter Center Manheimer Room
The legendary Dr. Sigmund Freud and the young C.S. Lewis meet to address the greatest questions of all time: love, sex, the existence of God, the meaning of life, and suicide, weeks before Freud took his own life. The performance features Kermit Brown and Jim Reid as a two-man readers theatre. Admission is $8 at the door. |
Volunteer at the Acclaimed 14th Annual
Blue Ridge Classic High School Track Meet
Saturday, April 23, 2016
A.C. Reynolds High School, Asheville
The Blue Ridge Classic is the premier high school track and field meet in NC with over 1000 young athletes competing each year. The meet takes place at AC Reynolds High School in Asheville, is staffed by over 200 dedicated volunteers of all ages, and raises money for local high school and middle school track and field teams.
Volunteers are needed and the shifts provide opportunities to both lend a hand and enjoy the meet activities. No training required! Click here for more details.
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