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TODAY
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Sundays with
Brevard Music Center &
Autumn Players
Readers Theatre
Sunday, May 1,
1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Reuter Center's
Manheimer RoomAt 1 p.m., Brevard Music Center will be in the house with a recital by Scott Rawls, viola, and Jihye Chang, piano, in a recital of music by Hindemith, Kapustin, and Putz. Click here to find more details of the day's program. Following a brief intermission, at 2:30 p.m., Asheville Community Theatre's Autumn Players will offer a readers theatre performance of My Name Is Asher Lev, by contemporary American playwright Aaron Posner and directed by Deborah Austin. Tickets $6. Click here to learn more about this play.
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Get in the Picture!
Monday, May 2,
11:15 a.m.
OLLI has scheduled the
2016 Big Picture Photo Shoot with John Warner,
Warner Photography,
Monday, May 2, 2016,
11:15 a.m.
We will gather at the front of the building, lower level to take a shot of a large group of OLLI members for use on the OLLI catalog for the next year.
Bring your smile and
get in the picture!
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Coffee Bar Clean Out
 Please take home any coffee mugs, beverage bottles, drink containers of any kind you have stored in the OLLI coffee bars on the upper and lower levels of the Reuter Center.
At the end of term this area will be professionally cleaned, so all personal drink containers need to be removed.
Any items left in the cabinet after Friday, May 6, will be donated to charity.
Thank you!
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Fab Friday Lunch and Learn Lecture
Cancelled
The lecture "Climate Change" by Dr. Leonard Bernstein,
scheduled for Friday, May 6,
has been cancelled.
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Blue Ridge Orchestra Concert
Homecoming: Vienna
Saturday, May 7, 7:30 p.m.
& Sunday, May 8, 3:30 p.m.
 The Blue Ridge Orchestra's Mothers' Day Weekend concerts celebrate the works of some of Vienna's greatest composers, with performances of Beethoven's Egmont Overture, Brahms' Double Concerto for Violin and Cello, and Vanhal's Symphony in G Minor (g2). The orchestra is joined for the Brahms by locally renowned soloists Kathryn Gardner on violin and Franklin Keel on cello. Saturday, May 7, 7:30 p.m.
Biltmore United Methodist Church
376 Hendersonville Road, Asheville
Sunday, May 8, 3:00 p.m.
Unitarian Universalist Congregation
of Asheville
1 Edwin Place, Asheville
Tickets: $15 General Admission,
$10 Friend of the Orchestra,
$5 Student
Or purchase tickets in person (cash or check only) at Soli Classica and Musician's Workshop.
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Marketing Committee
Volunteers Needed!
Do you like to write stories? Do you have an interest in social media? Would you like to work with videos? If so, the Marketing Committee at OLLI would like to talk with you. Please contact Kirk Borland at kirk.borland@gmail.com to learn more.
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Stand up Comedy Performance
Members of the College For Seniors course
Stand-Up Comedy 102 will give a one-night-only show
Friday, May 13, 7:30 pm
at the Grotto in the
Highsmith Student Union,
UNC Asheville campus
Admission is free, and the performance is open to the public. Parking is free and ample.
This performance will be hosted by instructor Randy Robins. Previous shows have been SRO performances.
Doors open at 7 p.m..
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GreenWorks
Needs Volunteers
 Do you love gardens? Here is an opportunity for you to enjoy beautiful gardens and help Greenworks continue their good works.
Asheville GreenWorks is putting on its 17th Annual Garden Tour Saturday, June 25 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. GreenWorks would love to have some OLLI members as docents in one of the gardens. This year, there are nine gardens in Kenilworth within a three mile range.
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 Join Pan Harmonia for a fabulous 16th season finale concert "Baroque Vibes" Sunday, May 22, 3 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church,
40 Church Street
Downtown Asheville
Baroque Vibes creates a unique, heart-felt, and swinging mosaic through the music of the Baroque masters and beyond. Harpsichord, vibraphone, flute and bassoon create sound combinations that are beautiful and exciting and take the music in a sweet and creative direction that is sure to delight. Works by G.P. Telemann, J.S. Bach, Corette, Rammeau, and dances from 17th century England will be featured.
Tickets are $15 in advance,
$20 day of,
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Blue Ridge Ringers Handbell Concert
Tuesday, May 24, 2016, 7 p.m.
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We hope that you will come to the Reuter Center tomorrow, Monday, May 2, 11:15 a.m. to take part in our annual group photo. We will use the photo beginning with our fall catalog and have felt that our photographer John Warner has done an exceptional job capturing the vitality of our programs with these shoots. Many thanks to Leanna Preston for her work organizing these sessions that help us create attractive publications in print and online.
As our spring term winds down, we hope you will enjoy the opportunity to hear the final World Affairs Council lecture of the season. OLLI member and College for Seniors instructor Jim Lenburg will speak about the evolving nature of U.S./China relations. It is sure to be thought-provoking and insightful.
This week NC Stage will bring the lyricist and composer and performers from their production of "Brave New World" to talk about the show. We are grateful to live in a community where so many talented people are willing to share their work to enhance our appreciation of their art.
With gratitude for the many people who contribute to OLLI's success,
Catherine Frank
Executive Director
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Check the links here to see OLLI and UNC Asheville current events: 
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World Affairs Council Meeting
Tuesday, May 3, 7 p.m.
Reuter Center Manheimer Room
"President Xi's Dream and Chinese Reality"
by Jim Lenburg
In this concluding talk of the World Affairs Council spring series at UNC Asheville Jim Lenburg, a long-time observer of China, will discuss the evolving
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nature of U.S-China relations over several decades and outline some of the questions and issues that will face the next U.S. administration. Lenburg, professor of history emeritus at Mars Hill University and popular College for Seniors instructor, has taught several courses on China and its centrality to Asian and world history. He has led several study groups to China, including one that coincided with the Tiananmen Square uprising in 1989.
OLLI co-sponsors the World Affairs Council talks, along with the council and UNC Asheville's Department of Political Science. Admission to the World Affairs Council talks at OLLI is $10; council members and UNC Asheville students are admitted without charge. OLLI members are eligible for a discount on World Affairs Council Annual membership. The World Affairs Council talks will resume at UNC Asheville in September.
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Peace Corps Information Session:
"Volunteer at Any Age"
Wednesday, May 4, 9:30 a.m.
 Special guest will be the Peace Corps car .. check it out here. In this multi-media information session, local area Peace Corps Representative and returned 50+ Volunteer, Deborah Buckley (Romania 2009 - 2011, Environment; 2013, Roma youth), will lead a visual and audio presentation about the agency as well as share stories, photos, and artifacts from returned volunteers / OLLI members who also served later in life.Contact Deborah directly at 704.905.3074.
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Sierra Club Meeting
"Organic Backyard and Patio Gardening"
NC Agricultural Agent
Wednesday, May 4, 7 p.m.
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville
1 Edwin Place
corner of Charlotte and Edwin
Learn tips to create successful vegetable and berry gardens to benefit your health & the planet -- just in time for spring planting season.
Free and open to the public
Contact: judymattox@sbcglobal.net, 828-683-2176
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Astronomy Club of Asheville
"Star Formation Through
Radio Eyes"
Thursday, May 5, 7 p.m.
Reuter Center Manheimer Room
The discovery of radio frequency radiation from the Milky Way by Karl Jansky in the early 1930s marked the birth of radio astronomy. The full potential of this field was not realized until a few decades later with the discovery of radio emissions from a variety of different molecules that exist throughout the interstellar medium, particularly in the densest and coolest regions of space called molecular clouds, the "birth places of stars." Dr. Thompson will discuss the motivation and methods for radio observations of molecular clouds and will present an overview of what we have learned about the star formation process from such observations.
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SIG The Forum
Topic Under Discussion
"American Education and
Where It Is Going"
Friday, May 6, 1 p.m.
The Special Interest Group The Forum meets on Fridays at 1 p.m. to engage in 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 encouraged to attend!
For more information, contact Eugene Jaroslaw, 828.255.9925, ejwestwood@gmail.com
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N.C Stage Behind the Scenes
"Brave New World"
Friday, May 6, 1:30 p.m.
Reuter Center Manheimer Room 
For this "NC Stage Behind the Scenes" session, member of the company will explore the ideas behind the company's production of Brave New World, by speaking to the lyricist, Bill Russell, and one of the composers, John McDaniel. Mr. Russell is the book writer and lyricist for many musicals, including the 1997 Broadway production,
Side Show, which garnered him a Tony Award nomination for Best Book and Score of a Musical . Mr. McDaniel has been the musical director and supervisor for numerous Broadway shows and has won a Grammy Award for producing the cast album of the 1999 Broadway revival of
Annie Get Your Gun.
They will discuss what goes into writing songs for a musical and talk specifically about their work on
Brave New World The Musical. Joining them will be one of the lead actors from the show, Robby Haltiwanger, who will sing one of the songs Russell and McDaniel wrote.
Admission is free and open to the public.
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Choral ConcertSaturday, May 7, 7:30 p.m.
Central United Methodist Church
27 Church Street, Downtown Asheville
Asheville Choral Society (ACS) presents
"The Music of the Living:
A Celebration of the Human Spirit"
This concert closes the ACS season with some of the best in contemporary styles and classical treasures. Music expresses that which cannot be expressed by words, and this promises to be an evening of that unforgettable and indescribable expression. Come hear the music of Norman Dello Joio, Dan Forrest, Aldo Finzi and Pentatonix!
This uplifting program concludes with rousing spirituals arranged by Moses Hogan and Stacey Gibbs, such as, "I'm Gonna Sing When the Spirit Moves in My Heart," and, "If I Got My Ticket," and others. Come celebrate the joy of singing and the beautiful music of 100+ singers!
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Women's Group #1 Seeks New Members
This group meets at Atlanta Bread Company, 633 Merrimon Avenue, on the first and third Mondays of the month, 1 p.m.
Women participate in non-judgmental sharing, for pleasure, friendship, and mutual enrichment. Topics may include such subjects as grace; humor; guilt; joy; exploring beliefs about aging; how to say "no"; health; death of loved ones; retirement; working retirement; parenting "old" children; parenting our aging parents; sex in the second fifty years, in-lawing, grand parenting, etc.
Contact Linda Orowitz, ashevilledeals@gmail.com
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SIG Financial Strategies in Retirement MeetingTuesday, May 10, 2016, 4 p.m.
(NOTE CORRECTED TIME)
Reuter Center Room 206
"All You Ever Wanted to Know About Finance But Were Afraid to Ask"
We will welcome a panel of special guest speakers, Jason Likens and Faith Doyle, financial advisors, Oppenheimer & Co., Asheville; Lorin Page, estate attorney, Strauss & Associates, and a tax specialist, to be announced. Each speaker will give a brief presentation; then the floor will be opened for your questions.
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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Stories for the Third Act SIG Meeting
Tuesday, May 17, 4:30 p.m.
 Stories for the Third Act will meet to plan for next years meetings and to tell and listen to stories.
"A great story is neither a lesson or a motivational anecdote to prove a point only. A great story is never a strategy. A great story is a shared experience. The telling awakens the source of inspirations sharing and becomes the motivating force of empowerment and insight."
Laura Simms
"A story is the shortest distance between two people."
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