Arthur G. Helms
July 28, 2016
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Final Afternoon in Appalachia Program
Barbara Bates Smith in
"A Lee Smith Patchwork"
Sunday, August 7, 2 p.m.
Reuter Center Manheimer Room
Join us for this premier performance of Barbara Bates Smith's latest monodrama based on the work of North Carolina writer Lee Smith. Barbara will bring Lee's words and characters to life, and Jeff Sebens will provide musical accompaniment.
This event is free and open to the public. Donations are welcome.
This event is a program sponsored by OLLI's Appalachian Studies Committee.
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UNC Asheville's Communication and Marketing Department has created an interactive online Google map of campus that will replace the current campus map on maps.unca.edu. This new mobile-friendly map is designed to help tour groups, community members and visitors navigate campus more easily. They need people to help test the map.
How You Can Help?
Come to the Reuter Center lower lobby on Friday, August 12, 1 p.m.
Bring your smartphone or tablet (all brands and models are welcome).
Complete a few tasks we provide to test out the map. This may involve some walking and/or driving around campus.
Testing will take about an hour to complete.
Thank you for helping improve the campus map!
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Opera Talk
Friday, August 12, 3 p.m. 
"Approaching Ali: From Page to Stage"
Author Davis Miller joins David Starkey for a discussion about Miller's book Approaching Ali, a "biographical reclamation" of the life of Muhammad Ali. Lauded as one of the best pieces of sports journalism ever, the book gives us an intimate look at Muhammad Ali's life after boxing through the shared experiences of Miller and Ali. Our speakers will hold a talk about this international best seller and how the book has become an opera. They will also speak about how the impact of Ali's passing has prompted Miller and Starkey to begin developing a project to present the work in multiple cities in the South.
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Tim Lowry
Storytelling Event
Friday August 12, 7 p.m.
Reuter Center Manheimer Room
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Tim Lowry
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Whether slipping into the colorful lexicon of Gullah or anecdotes about his Great Aunt Nina Gwynn, or Harper Lee, Tim Lowry is ready with fascinating stories of culture and history.
He is a time traveler who takes us with him wherever he chooses to go. He has been telling stories "of the People, by the People, and for the People" for 15 years. Tim has been invited several times to the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee.
This
free event is cosponsored by OLLI and the Weaverville Library.
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Exploring CCRCs adds August/September
Session!
Are you considering a continuing care retirement community as a possible living option, or are you interested in learning more about them? We are excited to announce that we will be offering a second session of our "Exploring Continuing Care Retirement Communities" this year running
August 11 - September 16, 2016.
Contact Laurel Jernigan with questions or for more information. 828.250.3871 or ljerniga@unca.edu
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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.
Spaces are limited, so act now!
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Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center Event
69 Broadway, Downtown Asheville
"Josef Albers and
The Architecture of Color"
A Presentation by Marcia R. Cohen
Sunday, August 14, 4 p.m.
Free for BMCM+AC members + students w/ID // $8 non-members
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WNC History Association Lecture
Saturday, August 20, 2016, 2 p.m.
Manheimer Room
Cherokee Nation of WNC:
The Removal Era
and The Trail of Tears|
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Brett Riggs
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Please join accomplished archaeologist Brett H. Riggs, Ph.D. (Sequoyah Distinguished Professor of Cherokee Studies, Western Carolina University)
as he explores the crisis faced by the Cherokee Nation during the WNC removal era of the 1830s, the rise of Cherokee resistance, and the resulting Trail of Tears.
In addition Dr. Riggs will provide insight into Western Carolina University's Cherokee Studies program and current projects with Cherokee language, history and archaeology.
Dr. Riggs serves as an executive board member of the National Trail of Tears Association and previously served as the Deputy Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
Tickets sold at the door.
General public - $5 donation requested. WNCHA members free.
The program is sponsored by the Western North Carolina Historical Association.
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Hearing Loss Expo
Thursday, September 8, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Reuter Center
CapTel NC is hosting the second annual Hearing Loss Expo at the Reuter Center. This is an event for those interested in learning about the latest in technology to assist those with hearing loss. There will be vendors that specialize in hearing loss and promoting tools to aid in the home or recreation as well as presentations.
The Expo is open to professionals as well to provide education on communication access when working with the hard of hearing population.
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We hope we will see you this afternoon, Sunday, August 7, 2 p.m. for our final program in the "Afternoons in Appalachia" series. Barbara Bates Smith will premiere her newest monodrama, "A Lee Smith Patchwork" with musical accompaniment by Jeff Sebens. We want to thank the Appalachian Studies committee under the leadership of Meridith Miller and Tom Plaut for organizing this successful summer series.
We have a wealth of programs over the course of the next couple of weeks that highlight Appalachian heritage. We will host a performance by story teller Tim Lowry (in conjunction with the Weaverville Library) on August 12 and "Appalachian Tales and True Stories" on August 19. On August 20, the Western North Carolina Historical Association will sponsor a lecture by Brett H. Riggs on the Cherokee of Western North Carolina.
And if the Rio Olympics have you thinking of sports, we hope you will take advantage of the opportunity on Friday, August 12 to hear author Davis Miller and Asheville Lyric Opera director David Starkey discuss Miller's book Approaching Ali and their efforts to bring the book to the stage.
We are excited that our Fall 2016 catalog is now available online and to pick up at the Reuter Center. Registration begins online on Wednesday, August 10, and we will have staff and volunteers available to help at the Reuter Center. Registration runs through August 19.
Finally, there is still time to register for the College for Seniors Skills Talks. We also hope you will let us know if you are able to come to our farewell to College for Seniors staff member Anne Mock on August 24 and that you will take time to sign her guest book to thank her for her decade of service to our programs.
With gratitude for the many people who contribute to OLLI's success,
Catherine Frank
Executive Director
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Anne Mock's Retirement Reception 
You are cordially invited!
Please help us celebrate Anne Mock's
decade of service to OLLI as she retires.
A reception in her honor will be held on
Wednesday, August 24, 3-5 p.m.
Reuter Center's Manheimer Room
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August Events at UNC-Asheville
ARTS
August 22-September 21 - "Costume at the Turn of the Century: 1990-2015." Exhibit features more than 1,500 costume designs from 31 countries, with drawings, videos and actual costumes. Reception Friday, August 26, 6 p.m. in S. Tucker Cooke Gallery in Owen Hall. Free and open to public weekdays from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. in S. Tucker Cooke Gallery and Owen Hall Second Floor Gallery.
August 23 - UNC Asheville Professor of Music Wayne Kirby and Spanish costume/performance artist Maríaelena Roqué. Part of "Costume at the Turn of the Century." Free and open to the public Tuesday, August 23, 6 p.m. in Highsmith Union Grotto.
SPORTS
August 19 - Women's Soccer opening match: UNC Asheville Bulldogs vs. Tennessee Tech. Friday, August 19, 7 p.m. in Greenwood Field. Tickets and info for all events: uncabulldogs.com or 828.258.7900
August 20 - Men's Soccer exhibition match: UNC Asheville Bulldogs vs. Georgia Southern. Saturday, August 20, 7 p.m. in Greenwood Field.
August 30 - Women's Volleyball: UNC Asheville Bulldogs vs. Montreat College. Tuesday, August 30, 7 p.m. in Justice Center.
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Special Interest Group (SIG) Meeting
The Forum
Friday, August 12, 1 p.m. 
The Forum engages in
a free-flowing dialogue designed to enrich and expand participants' thinking on topics ranging from changing demographics of retirees to nuclear disarmament.
At the August 12th meeting the topic will be:
"The Revolution in Our Political Parties"
All OLLI members are invited to attend. For more information, contact Eugene Jaroslaw, 828.255.9925, ejwestwood@gmail.com
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Carolina Nature Photography Association Meeting
Sunday, August 14, 5:30 p.m.
Reuter Center's Manheimer Room 
"Training Tips to Get That Pop
Out of Your Image"
This will be a chance for us all to brush up on our photography post processing skills.
We are fortunate as a group to have some awesome photographers who really know their stuff! They will present the following:
- Woody Hill, "Capturing the Image, RAW vs JPG." Woody will go to the very basics of digital capture, and explain why we need to do post-processing.
- Bonnie Allen, "Improving Your Backgrounds in Close-up Photography." Learn the secrets of lens choice, positioning, depth of field and other considerations that make Bonnie's beautiful images of flowers such knock-outs!
- Chris Allen, "Finding and Polishing Your Gem Amidst the Rubble." Chris will walk us through working a scene in the field to get the best composition, light and other elements (finding the gem) and then working it in post-processing to bring out the best (polishing the gem).
- Matt Kraus, "Post Processing with the Orton Effect." In addition to other post processing techniques, Matt uses this tool to some degree on almost all of his images, be they IR, black & white or color. As opposed to the usual sharp in-focus photographs we usually make, this technique gives images a mystical, ethereal look.
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Friday, August 18
Workshops and Networking for prospective, new and experienced instructors
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Appalachian Tales and True Stories
Friday, August 19, 7 p.m.
Reuter Center Manheimer Room
Telling real Appalachian tales and true stories, the super star line-up for the evening features:
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Connie Regan-Blake, who has appeared on NPR's
All Things Considered, PBS,
ABC's Good Morning, America, and CNN. Connie delivers humor and pure Southern charm and serves as a host and featured performer at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee.
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David Joe Miller is in his 27th year of telling stories. He's a native of Jonesborough, TN, former staff storyteller for the National Storytelling Association and now serves as the executive director of David Joe Miller Presents. He produces shows in Asheville, Jonesborough and around the globe.
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Tom Godleski, an Asheville native, is a storyteller, and lead performer for the musical group, Buncombe Turnpike. Tom entertains audiences from 7 to 95 years old. Tom wrote several plays such as "Fresh Preserves" and "Snowbound," to be performed at the Asheville Community Theatre in December 2016.
This event is
free and open to the public
Donations at the door are appreciated.
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The Death Cafe
Friday, August 19, 4:30 p.m.
Reuter Center Room 206
In our Asheville community we are finally starting to come to terms with our mortality. The global Death Cafe movement is reflecting an appetite for exploring these matters. Sitting in intimate groups of four or five, we come together for reflection and community and explore our own experiences of loss, sorrow, grief and dying. Death informs life, and by talking about it, by holding the conversation and hearing each others' stories as caring listeners we have a loving experience. That experience is why we hold Death Cafés.
The next Death Cafe will be brought to the Reuter Center by Thirdmessenger whose mission is to shift the phobic culture of fear of death through public service events bringing the message that we are all living into dying. The question is whether we can bring to our dying a conscious death experience. You can learn more about Death Cafe at http://deathcafe.com/
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