We Remember
Dorothy F. Busey
June 4, 2016
Don Locke June 9, 2016
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TODAY
Carolina 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 is well known for his photography of the Smokies and Cades Cove. Beyond landscape photography, Bill's passion is using photography as an avenue for education, primarily concerning the area's black bear population. Bill sees himself as a black bear advocate who counteracts the untruths about black bears.
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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.
Free and open to the public,
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Opera Talk
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. 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 will examine historical conflicts over land purchases, routing, and Parkway access and use. Drawing from Dr. Whisnant's experience as the scholarly adviser to the online portal "Driving Through Time: The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway," the program 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 donation requested. WNCHA members free.
Click here to view an event flier.
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Workshop Committee
Volunteer Opportunity
The Workshop Committee at OLLI is exploring new horizons. We are seeking new members to host and market existing workshops
scheduled through the Fall of 2016, and 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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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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Hearing Loss Association of America Meeting
"Assistive Listening Devices: Getting More From Your Hearing Aids"
Saturday, June 18,
10:30 a.m.
Seymour Auditorium,
Care Partners Campus,
68 Sweeten Creek Road
Hearing aids are not able to help a lot beyond about six feet, and cochlear implants have similar limitations. Did you know that there is help for that and for other aspects of coping with hearing loss besides these two common types of assistive devices? If you know that OLLI has hearing loops installed in Rooms 102 and 206, then you have some awareness of that.
The speaker will be Charles Spencer, a hearing loop installer who also has a lot of experience of other devices. He will be calling on some other folks to share their experience too.
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Dear OLLI Members,
We have had a successful open registration period using our new online registration system. Thanks to staff and volunteers who made this first online registration such a success. We were able to enroll everyone in at least one course of their choosing and have a record 689 people registered for our summer term.
We hope that you have marked your calendar to attend our Advance Care Planning Workshop this Thursday, June 16, 7 p.m.. If you have already completed an advance directive, please let important people in your life know about this free workshop. Thanks to OLLI members Mary Campbell and David Mouw and to OLLI staff members Ann Cadle and Leanna Preston for their hard work on this quarterly workshop. If you would like to serve as a witness for those having their Short Form notarized, please reply to this email. We are looking for four people to make sure that the process runs smoothly.
Finally, we look forward to seeing you at a performance Sunday, June 19, 2 p.m. by Barbara Bates Smith of her monodrama "Ivy Rowe," based on Lee Smith's novel Fair and Tender Ladies. This is a rare opportunity to see a compelling performer right in the Manheimer Room at no charge. Seating will be first come, first served and donations will be gratefully accepted.
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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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 adults of all ages. For more information, email the workshop coordinators, David Mouw MD,PhD and Mary Campbell BSN, COHN-S at: olli.acp@gmail.com
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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.
A play written
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Gary Carde
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by Gary Carden with music by Joe Penland. 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.
Written and acted by Barbara Bates Smith. Based on characters from Lee Smith's stories Devil's Dream and
Saving Grace, this will be the premiere of Barbara's newest monodrama.
All shows scheduled in the
Reuter Center's Manheimer Room.
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UNC Asheville's Concerts on the Quad
Mondays, June 20 and 27, and
July 11 and 18,
7-8:30 p.m.
Free live music! Bring chairs and blankets.
Concessions on site.
UNC Asheville's Concerts on the Quad will return this summer with four free Monday evening shows, ranging from folk, bluegrass and country, to soul, funk, rock, Latin and jazz. Attendees are invited to bring chairs, blankets and picnics to enjoy along with the music. Meals, treats and drinks will be available from concession stands on the Quad. Concerts on the Quad are sponsored by the Asheville Citizen-Times and Ingles.
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Our Day of Hope: A Summit for WNC Women
Friday and Saturday, August 5 & 6Reuter Center's
Manheimer Room
Register by
June 15 to save your space for the convocation of women of diverse ethnicity, race and faith practice. We will have opportunities to share our hopes in open conversation, share in song with Womansong, and experience laughter yoga as well as be entertained with women's stories throughout time.
Mail your name and contact information with a suggested donation of $15 to Our Day of Hope, PO Box 1774, Fletcher, NC 28732
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SIG The Forum
Friday, June 17, 1 p.m.
Discussion topic at the June 17 meeting will be
"World-Wide Immigration and Its Consdquences"
The Forum provides dialogue to challenge our thinking. in a free-flowing dialogue designed to enrich and expand participants' thinking on topics ranging from changing demographics of retirees to nuclear disarmament.
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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.
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SIG The Alliance of French-Speakers
Friday, June 24, 12:30 p.m. (new time)
 The Alliance of French-Speakers SIG will meet at an earlier time on Friday, June 24, 12:30 p.m. not 1:30 p.m. The Alliance of French-Speakers SIG meets one Friday each month, usual time of 1:30-3 p.m. This SIG is for those francophones who speak French fluently and possess a solid French vocabulary. The group meets for discussions in French on specific, programmed subjects. The group does not teach or improve beginners. A basic knowledge of French grammar is essential, as is a keen interest in French culture and civilization.
For more information, contact: Gary Jay, 828.654.9357, garymichaeljay@gmail.com or David Nelson, 828.505.1874, dmn261034@mac.com
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The Meditation SIG
Monday, June 27, 4:30 p.m.
Reuter Center's Room 102B
The Meditation SIG will be on a summer schedule for June, July, and August with only one meeting each month. Our June meeting will be held on Monday, June 27th. Our speaker will be John Muecke who teaches an Introduction to Buddhism class at College for Seniors. All OLLI members are welcome at the Meditation SIG's programs.
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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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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 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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Fiddler Roger Howell Concert and Film
Saturday June 25, 7 p.m.
Altamont Theatre, downtown Asheville
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The evening will combine master performance and a screening of the documentary, " A Mighty Fine Memory: Stories and Tunes from the Fiddler of Banjo Branch," which was completed in October 2015. The film tells the story of Howell's childhood and youth on Banjo Branch Road in Mars Hill, North Carolina as well as his introduction and life-long commitment to old-time music.
Click here for tickets or visit the box office located at 18 Church Street in downtown Asheville. Price is $15 in advance and $20 at the door. VIP tickets, at $30, ensure seating in the first three rows. For any additional information about the event or documentary, please contact Hannah Furgiuele at 828-689-1571 or hfurgiuele@mhu.eduClick here to view an event flier
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