We Remember 
Leland Bartholomew
May 22, 2016
Lotte and Seymour Meyerson
May 28, 2016
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Elisha Mitchell Audubon Society (EMAS) Meeting
Reuter Center's Manheimer Room
"If You Want to Feed the Birds, First Feed the Bugs!"
by Dr. James Costa,
Executive Director of the Highlands Biological Station and
Professor of Biology at
Western Carolina University
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Dr. Costa will present an ecological appreciation of insects in your garden to help you learn how you can help birds by making your garden a place they want to visit.
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Opera Talk
Friday, June 24, 3 p.m
Young Artist Program Performance and
"Talk Back"
The Summer Young Artists of Asheville Lyric Opera will perform a collection of opera highlights, art songs, and classical pieces they have developed and perfected during their program. These up and coming singers hark from around the country and come to this program to jump start their professional opera career. They participate in an in intensive program for six weeks to develop all aspects of their craft from voice technique to character development to body movement and more. Come listen and learn about these young and aspiring singers first-hand!
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Western North Carolina Historical Association
Saturday, June 25, 2 p.m. Reuter Center's
Manheimer Room
Taking Another Look: New Views of the
Blue Ridge Parkway
Please join Dr. Anne Mitchell Whisnant, UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, as she explores the complicated and often contentious processes that brought the Blue Ridge Parkway into being from the 1930s to the 1980s. Looking at stories of Asheville, Little Switzerland, Ashe County, Cherokee and Grandfather Mountain she develops historical conflicts over land purchases, routing, and Parkway access and use. Drawing from her experience as the scholarly adviser to the online portal "Driving Through Time: The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway," Dr. Whisnant will demonstrate how new technologies (especially the ability to overlay historic and present-day maps) are changing how we can teach and learn about the Parkway's past in order to create a vision for its future. Questions form the audience will be encouraged.
Tickets sold at the door.
General Public - $5.00 donation requested.
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Volunteer Opportunity
The Workshop Committee at OLLI is exploring new horizons. We are seeking new members to host and market existing workshops scheduled through Fall 2016 and to find unique ways to serve as we develop new ways of working together.
"The mission of the OLLI Workshop Committee is to serve as a gateway to OLLI for a diverse cross-section of people by facilitating short-term,
hands-on, unique and intensive learning experiences that appeal to members of the center and the greater community."
If you wish to learn more, Laurel Jernigan (staff liaison) and Ian Rudick, (committee chair) would love to meet with you!
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Dear OLLI Members,
Sorry the newsletter is a little late this week. With the excitement of online registration and the activity of a very successful Creative Retirement Exploration Weekend, we have been very busy.
We hope you received your schedule for Summer 2016 classes on Friday. Please call on Monday morning if you did not receive a schedule that you expected or if you are not sure how to interpret what you received.
Thanks to the many wonderful people who helped with the Creative Retirement Exploration Weekend (CREW). We had informative and thought-provoking presentations from Steve Barone, David Castel, Patrick Chitwood, Tina Reinke, Lauren Halpren, Tanya Fletcher, and Kimberly Payne Lee. Kathleen Cantwell, Marty Gillen, Peter Landis, Kathleen Mainardi, Dwight Oltman, Lori Postal, Glenn Rimes, and Dorothy Routh shared their experiences choosing a retirement relocation destination. Marie Bauer, Joe and Lenore Baum, Peter and Bebe Landis, Lois Penn, Sarah and Terry Reincke, Honey and Howard Solomon, and Barbara Von Hauzen all facilitated stimulating conversations. Binna Green, Christie Melear, Doug Sherry and Greg Walker all provided ways for participants to learn more about the Asheville real estate market. Marie Bauer, Pat and Ron Hart, Gayle and Tom Hoffman, Doris Howard, Audrey Kipp, Lee and Linda Orowitz, and Lois Penn all helped with every area of logistics. We cannot thank Fred and Linda Cardina enough for the many ways that they continue to help with the design and running of this program. And of course many thanks to Laurel Jernigan for keeping everything in line and for making the program better every year.
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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Carolinas' Nature Photographers Association Meeting
"Understanding and Photographing
the Black Bear"
Bill Lea
Sunday, June 12, 5:30 p.m.
Reuter Center's Manheimer Room
 Bill Lea, well known for his photography of the Smokies and Cades Cove, is passionate about using photography as an avenue for education, primarily concerning the area's black bear population. Bill co-founded a sanctuary for black bears in Northern Minnesota in 1995 and does most of his bear photography there and in the Smokies. Bill sees himself as a black bear advocate to let people see what bears are really like and to counteract all the of the untruths about black bears.
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Advanced Care Planning Workshop
Thursday, June 16, 7 p.m.
Reuter Center's Manheimer Room
This workshop will feature a panel whose members are experienced in addressing end-of-life issues. Discussion will include communicating your treatment wishes to loved ones and to medical personnel, ethical and legal issues, and the uses of advance directives. Ample time will be reserved for questions. Assistance will be provided for anyone wishing to complete a legally valid advance directive, including the notarization required in North Carolina, using the NC ACP "Short Form".
This workshop is free and open to the public,
adults of all ages are welcome.
For more information, email the workshop coordinators, David Mouw MD,PhD and Mary Campbell BSN, COHN-S at: olli.acp@gmail.com, call OLLI at 828-251-6140 or email olli@unca.edu.
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Three Afternoons in Appalachian
Summer Theater Series
A joint project of OLLI and The Autumn Players
Ivy Rowe
Sunday, June 19, 2 p.m.
A monodrama by Barbara Bates Smith
Adapted from Lee Smith's novel
Fair and Tender Ladies
by Mark Hunter and Barbara Bates Smith
Outlander
Sunday, July 31, 2 p.m.
Outlander, a play written
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Gary Carden
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by Gary Carden with music by Joe Penland will be performed by The Autumn Players. The play tells the story of Horace Kephart's troubled and complex relationship with his Southern Highland neighbors and with his own demons.
Tickets at the door: $6
Patchwork Perspectives
Sunday, August 7, 2 p.m.
Based on characters from Lee Smith's stories "Devil's Dream" and "Saving Grace," this play will be the premiere of Barbara Bates Smith's newest monodrama.
All shows scheduled in the
Reuter Center's Manheimer Room.
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Buncombe County Chatauqua 2016
"American Adventures"  Monday through Thursday
June 20-23, 7 p.m.
A-B Tech's Ferguson Auditorium
American Adventures will be held June 20-23 in Ferguson Auditorium at A-B Tech in Asheville. This year's Buncombe County Chautauqua will present some wildly courageous and adventurous characters. The Save Our Buncombe Chautauqua Committee presents Chautauqua 2016 with support from several friends of the library groups, community organizations and local businesses in Buncombe County and many interested individuals. Click here to learn more.
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SIG The Forum
Friday, June 10, 1 p.m.
Topic at the June 10 meeting will be
"Break Through in Medicine"The Forum provides dialogue to challenge our thinking. in a free-flowing format designed to enrich and expand participants' thinking on topics ranging from changing demographics of retirees to nuclear disarmament.
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Auditions
Tuesday, June 28, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Reuter Center's Manheimer Room
The Autumn Players are holding auditions for a Reader's Theatre production of Gary Carden's Outlander, a play about Horace Kephart and the creation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Performance:
Sunday, July 31, 2 p.m. - Reuter Center Manheimer Room
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OLLI Art Bazaar Exhibitor Registration Open
Registration is now open for exhibitors for the OLLI Art Bazaar scheduled for November 11-12, 2016. Click here to download an exhibitor registration form (also available at OLLI office) to complete and return with payment to secure your spot at the Bazaar. Spaces are limited and go in a hurry, so act now!
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Storytelling Event
Wednesday, July 13,
7 - 9 p.m.
Reuter Center's Manheimer Room
Dust off your stories, comedy routines, or poems and share them with your friends at OLLI
PROCESS for OPEN MIC PERFORMERS
- Performers may tell a story, recite a poem, or deliver stand-up comedy
- Each performer will have 10 minutes, and the time limit will be enforced
- We have time allotments for 10 performers
- Please arrive no later than 6:30 p.m. if you want to perform
- Names will be randomly drawn
- Please prepare a short bio for introductions
Free admission for all in attendance
For more information contact Chuck Fink, chuck@mwwasheville.com
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