Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at University of North Carolina Wilmington Spring 2014 Catalog

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Welcome

to the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Wilmington

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Note from the Director

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at UNCW is a university-led and member-supported organization that provides educational and experiential programming for adults ages 50 and over in Southeastern North Carolina.

Welcome to OLLI at UNCW!

Who we are OLLI at UNCW is a membership organization, endowed since 2007 by the Bernard Osher Foundation. As an OLLI, we are part of a national network of 117 lifelong learning institutes on college and university campuses in each of the 50 states (plus the District of Columbia).

When you become an OLLI member, you join more than 112,000 other lifelong learners nationally. In addition to attending our programs, our OLLI members contribute to the success and growth of OLLI at UNCW by serving on our advisory board, participating on committees, leading small group discussions, teaching seminars, and organizing functions and activities. There are no educational requirements or prerequisites for membership except “learning for the joy of it!”

Ou r programs

• Choose from more than 200 diverse annual

offerings, covering a wide array of subjects.

• Attend our academic courses, many taught by

UNCW faculty in their fields of discipline.

• Explore the outdoors, travel regionally or internationally.

• Connect with other OLLI at UNCW friends at

educational lunches and dinners.

• Join one of the societies and enjoy a series of

special interest presentations.

• Participate in OLLI Forums, small, lively,

thought provoking round table discussions and deliberations.

We have a tremendous lifelong learning organization here in Southeastern North Carolina.

Many of you are entering into your “Third Age,” which is about looking forward to a new phase of life. The journey into and through this phase of adulthood can be challenging, invigorating and rewarding—perhaps more so than at any other phase of life because we now have more contemplative time to explore life and experience greater satisfaction, happiness and emotional and physical wellbeing. OLLI at UNCW connects you with an extensive array of opportunities to become engaged in a personal and intellectual journey.

For example, OLLI at UNCW has started traveling again! A group recently returned from a fantastic trip to Iceland. We have two trips to Costa Rica scheduled for the spring 2014 semester; the first trip filled and a second was added due to membership demand. In August 2014, a group will be traveling to eastern Canada to the Maritimes. Our trips are designed for small groups to facilitate opportunities for you to connect more intimately with your travel experience.

The staff and volunteers are always working to create high-quality programs and learning opportunities that you will not find elsewhere. We enjoyed an unprecedented surge in our fall membership and expect those numbers to grow this spring semester as people either return or discover OLLI at UNCW for the first time.

I greatly appreciate the generous financial donations as well as the time and service of our OLLI at UNCW members.

Thank you!

Shelley L. Morse, Director Learn More, Live Better

• Gather with opera lovers at the dynamic Met Opera

Live in HD series shown in UNCW’s Lumina Theater or with theater lovers at the National Theatre Live in HD series at our OLLI Building.

• Attend the Adult Scholars Leadership Program for

six intensive days of learning about the Cape Fear region and discover potential volunteer opportunities in your community.

Become an OLLI member today!

OLLI at UNCW is the region’s best option/opportunity for lifelong learning for age 50+. Spring semester memberships are available for $30. To become a member and register for programs, visit www.uncw.edu/olli or call our registration office at 910.962.3195.

Note: We have discontinued the OLLI Academic Club

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membership level. There are two simple options for membership: annual and semester.

involvement at UNCW.

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OLLI Advisory Board 2013-14 Jim Strouse, chair Vince Lupoi, vice chair Mike Thompson, recorder

Ed DeMarco, president ASLA Tracy Meyer, Ph.D., UNCW associate professor Mark Moulin

Rick Olsen, Ph.D., UNCW chair, communication studies Lou Orlando

Ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s Tabitha Hutaff McEachern Lifelong Learning Speaker Series Dinners.................................................................................5 Lunches.................................................................................4

Olli courses Art History............................................................................5 Business................................................................................6 Central America....................................................................6 Creative Writing....................................................................7 English..................................................................................7 Film Studies..........................................................................9 Health and Wellness............................................................10 History................................................................................11 Music..................................................................................11 OLLI Literary Club................................................................7 Philosophy and Religion......................................................11 Psychology..........................................................................12 Public and International Affairs...........................................13 Technology..........................................................................13 The Great War.....................................................................14 Theatre................................................................................15

Special Events B. Frank Hall/Megivern Lecture...........................................11 Met Opera...........................................................................26 National Theatre Live..........................................................25

Outdoor Programs Aquatics..............................................................................31 Birds of Southeastern N.C...................................................28 Fort Fisher Kayaking Adventure..........................................30 Greenfield Lake Paddle and Boat Tour.................................30 Introduction to Mah Jongg..................................................33 Introduction to Yoga............................................................33 Kayak Moores Creek National Battlefield.............................29 Learn to Play Pickleball.......................................................31 Learn to Shag or Ballroom Dance........................................31 Tai Chi................................................................................32 Zumba Gold........................................................................33

OLLI Societies Oasis.................................................................................16 OLLI New Horizons Band...................................................13 PLATO................................................................................18 Sea and Coffee.....................................................................20 Women on Wednesdays......................................................19

Special Interest Forums Fourth Friday Discussion Group.........................................22 The Constitution III............................................................22 The Friday Forum...............................................................23 The Public Interest Forum...................................................23 Wine Society.......................................................................24

Travel Canadian Maritimes and Coastal Wonders...........................36

Calendar Index.......................................................34

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Enjoy an entertaining and educational dinner with UNCW’s most talented scholars and regional experts!

l u n che s The Folktale as Art Form with Joyce Grear, storyteller Tuesday, Jan. 21 • Noon – 1:30 p.m. $20 Register by Jan. 17 Joyce Grear introduces the folktale, a timeless art form that captures the oral tradition of defining culture through stories that were told and retold through the generations before they were ever written down. Grear has gathered stories from around the world, and each tale presents the essentials of good character: honesty, compassion, friendship, courage, perseverance, responsibility, self-discipline and faith. These wonderful tales and the virtues they illustrate come to life as told by Grear, actress and storyteller extraordinaire.

Online Learning with

Ed2Go

Round out your learning experience by taking an online course.

From computer fundamentals to digital photography Ed2Go offers something for you!

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Shipwrecks and Shoals: The Nautical History of Cape Fear with Don Albert, former U.S. Coast Guard officer Friday, Feb. 21 • Noon – 1:30 p.m. $20 Register by Feb. 18 The shoals of Cape Fear trapped hundreds of ships throughout the years. Civil War blockade runners caused Wilmington to become the most important port in the Confederacy.

World War II German U-boats sank ships along the N.C. coast. Join Don Albert as he sifts through our nautical history to share the most interesting stories of the Cape Fear region. Albert is a licensed captain and has chartered yachts in the Mediterranean, the Pacific Northeast and the Caribbean.

Gaming Your Way to a Better Memory with Karen Daniels, Ph.D. Tuesday, March 25 • Noon – 1:30 p.m. $20 Register by March 20

“ We don’t stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.” – George Bernard Shaw Memory loss is often viewed as an inevitable, sometimes even a natural, part of the aging process. However, recent

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scientific research points to games as potential tools for helping to improve our memories at any age. Karen Daniels, a UNCW researcher in the areas of memory, aging and the brain, will share the science on computer games, Sudoku, crossword puzzles and other games as relatively inexpensive brain training techniques that might help to maintain or even improve mental abilities like memory. Who says self-improvement can’t be fun?

Meet ’Em and Eat ’Em with Troy Alphin, research associate, UNCW Benthic Ecology Lab Monday, April 28 • Noon – 1:30 p.m. $29 Register by April 24 Meet the blue crab, aptly named Callinectes sapidus, or “beautiful savory swimmer,” and find out, in every sense, why this crab is both beautiful and delicious. Troy Alphin, research associate at the UNCW Benthic Ecology Lab, will talk about the habitat, biology and life history of the blue crab. Participants will then be treated to a delicious luncheon featuring this savory swimmer, created just for OLLI by the chef at Cape Fear Seafood. This special luncheon has limited seating, so reserve your space today.

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olli courses ART HISTORY 19th Century Paris: The City as a Work of Art with Amy Kirschke, Ph.D.

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Brothers, Not Twins: Separating Orville and Wilbur Wright with Elliot Engel Tuesday, March 11 • 6 – 8 p.m. $40 Register by March 6 The Wright brothers will always be enormously famous, but their individual personalities have been swallowed up in history. Through meticulous biographical research, Elliot Engel reveals two equally fascinating but utterly different individuals who, working together, produced– in the airplane–one of mankind’s most revolutionary inventions. Join OLLI for dinner, conversation and another entertaining, educational and memorable evening.

An Artist’s Journey with Ben Billingsley Tuesday, April 8 • 6 – 8 p.m. $30 Register by April 3 Ben Billingsley is a popular OLLI lecturer, artist and art historian who brings his subjects to life through his dynamic delivery and passion for his craft. Join us for an intimate dinner with Billingsley as he discusses his journey and the process of creating a temporary outdoor installation based upon folk mythology during his residency at the Pedvale Open Air Art Museum in Sabile, Latvia.

Wednesdays, March 19 – April 2 Three sessions • 1 – 2:30 p.m. $45 Register by March 17 Paris in the last third of the 19th century went through tremendous changes, which were recorded by the impressionists and post-impressionists.

Examine the city of Paris as it changed, through the eyes of the artists who observed its transformation.

UNCW art history chair Amy Kirschke specializes in modern art, including the art of the African Diaspora and African contemporary art. Her current research includes West African contemporary art, particularly the African biennial and the art of Ghana. She is interested in how artists create visual memories in postcolonial Africa.

Kirschke is the author of Aaron Douglas: Art, Race and the Harlem Renaissance (1995) and Art in Crisis: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Art of African American Identity and Memory (2007) which was awarded the 2007 SECAC Award for Excellence in Scholarly Research and Publication.

She has written numerous articles and exhibition essays in the field of African American and African art and is editing a volume on Women Artists of the Harlem Renaissance, University Press of Mississippi, 2010.

Abstract Expressionists: Pollock, Rothko and de Kooning with Sarah Richter, M.A. Thursdays, Feb. 6 – 20 Three sessions • 3 – 4:30 p.m. $45 Register by Feb. 4 In the early part of the 20th century, American art was not seen as influential or transformative to international artists.

After World War II, the U.S. emerged as the most powerful and wealthy democratic nation, and this was reflected in art of the period. This work was a combination of varying social, cultural, political and economic influences– ranging from the Great Depression to Mexican muralists, from surrealist thought to the threat of communism.

The work of Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning drastically changed the art world and situated America as an influential player in the world of art. Come examine the artistic development of American artists and the ways that abstract artists created a unique, American form of art.

Sarah Richter received her M.A. in art history from Richmond University in London in 2012, focusing on contemporary art, both western and African. A 2010 graduate of UNCW’s art history program, Richter returned to Wilmington to finish her dissertation, which focuses on identity issues in post-colonial Africa through the artistic use of repurposed materials. Her research interests include artistic identity exploration, the use of repurposed materials and the contemporary interpretation of the past.

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olli courses BUSINESS

global studies:

Current Investing Climate

focus on CENTRAL AMERICA

Biodiversity and Costa Rica

Art of Central America

Wednesdays/Thursday, Feb. 6 – 19 Three sessions • 6 – 7:30 p.m. $45 Register by Feb. 3

with Clay Moffett, Ph.D. Thursdays, March 13 – 20 Two sessions • 1 – 2:30 p.m. $30 Register by March 11 Review the current investing climate and learn how it has changed over the past 30 years. Clay Moffett discusses the implementation of high speed computer trading, greatly increased regulation and federal intervention in the markets, as well as current sources of reliable and unreliable information.

Moffett is a co-advisor for the Financial Management Association and teaches derivatives and investment courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels at UNCW. His research interests are in the field of synthetic replication of shorted securities, derivative markets, market micro-structure and portfolio theory. He has served for more than 20 years as a portfolio manager, derivatives trader, consultant to Fortune 100 companies and as the CFO of a regional publishing company.

with Benjamin Billingsley, M.F.A. Thursdays, March 6 – 20 Three sessions • 6 – 7:30 p.m. $45 Register by March 4 Benjamin Billingsley presents a variety of artworks from pre-Columbian to contemporary times. Countries of main focus include Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama, highlighting modern and contemporary Costa Rican artists like hyper-realist Gonzalo Morales Sáurez and architect/sculptor Ibo Bonilla. This course promises a broad overview of a fascinating region, with a special emphasis on contemporary art.

Billingsley is a painter and printmaker living in Wilmington. He holds an M.F.A. from UNC Greensboro.

Billingsley is a third-generation artist and art instructor. He has taught studio art and art history at Cape Fear Community College full-time since 2001.

In 2006, he received the Marilyn Goodman Anderson Endowed Award for Excellence in Teaching. He has twice participated in the Big Print Block Party organized by Cape Fear Press in Carolina Beach, printing large scale woodblocks with a steamroller.

Thursday, Feb. 6: Biodiversity in

the Tropics

with Brian Arbogast, Ph.D. Brian Arbogast shares information on global patterns of biodiversity and theories on why biodiversity is so much greater in the tropics relative to temperate regions, for most groups of terrestrial plants and animals.

He is a conservation biologist and mammalogist, associate professor and curator of mammals at UNCW, assistant director of the Wildsumaco Biological Station in Ecuador and a research associate at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University.

Areas of his research include: conservation biology, conservation genetics, biogeography and systematics of vertebrates, especially mammals.

Current research focuses on documenting biodiversity in the Sumaco Region of Ecuador, a biodiversity hotspot on the east slope of the Tropical Andes.

Each summer, Arbogast teaches a course for UNCW undergraduates titled “Tropical Ecology and Biodiversity in Ecuador” at the Wildsumaco Biological Station in Ecuador.

Become an OLLI member today!

Semester memberships are available for $30.

To become a member and register for programs, visit www.uncw.edu/olli or call our registration office at 910.962.3195.

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CREATIVE WRITING Three-Minute Fiction with Jason Frye, M.F.A. Wednesdays, March 19 – April 9 Four sessions • 3 – 4:30 p.m. $60 Register by March 17 The title says it all: you’ll be writing stories that can be read in three minutes or less. Based on the popular recurring contest started by NPR’s All Things Considered, embrace the fun and challenge of writing an original threeminute story based on in- and out-ofclass prompts. Study everything from the first sentence to the final revision and by the end of the course, feel confident to enter the official ThreeMinute Fiction contest.

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Wednesday, Feb. 12:

Costa Rican Sea Turtles

with Amanda Williard, Ph.D.

Wednesday, Feb. 19: The Secret Lives of Birds

with Stephanie Kamel, Ph.D.

Amanda Williard presents topics related to the biology and conservation of sea turtles, with a special emphasis placed on species that nest in Costa Rica. Learn aspects of sea turtle behavior, ecology, and physiology, as well as case studies of effective conservation strategies to protect endangered sea turtles.

Stephanie Kamel covers an array of unusual behaviors, and possible explanations, exhibited by Costa Rican birds, from sibling rivalry to cooperative breeding to mate choice.

Williard earned her doctorate in zoology from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, and has been a member of the faculty in the Department of Biology and Marine Biology at UNCW since 2005. Her research on the physiology and ecology of sea turtles has taken her to field sites in Costa Rica, Mexico and Australia, and her work with diamondback terrapins is conducted in the marshes of southeastern North Carolina.

Stephanie J. Kamel is an Assistant Professor in UNCW’s department of biology and marine biology. She received a Ph.D. in evolution and ecology from the University of Toronto.

Kamel’s research is primarily focused on marine invertebrates. Specifically, she is interested in the evolution, behavior, and how social dynamics among members within a group influence population productivity, persistence and ecosystem function in general.

Jason Frye is a freelance writer and editor and owner of Teakettle Junction Productions. His work has appeared in Our State and the StarNews and on VisitNC.com and OurState.com. His first book, a travel guide for the state of North Carolina, is due out in spring 2014.

ENGLISH OLLI Literary Club Tuesdays, Monthly Four sessions • 3 – 5 p.m. $60 Register by Feb. 7 The OLLI Literary Club invites you to explore great literary works. The interactive nature of the club enhances the experience, as members bring their insights and questions to discuss. Come connect with other readers, join the OLLI Literary Club. continued on next page

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olli courses OLLI Literary Club Session 1: Ken Kesey’s One

Flew over the

Cuckoo’s Nest

with Bob Baginski, Ph.D.

Session 2: Olive Ann Burns’

Cold Sassy Tree

with Nina de Gramont, M.F.A.

Tuesday, Feb. 11 • 3 – 5 p.m.

Tuesday, March 11 • 3 – 5 p.m.

Ken Kesey’s two great American novels, Sometimes a Great Notion and One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, sealed his enduring literary and cultural hero reputation. As a sociohistorical document, Cuckoo’s Nest addresses important concerns of the American 1960s, including mental institutions and prisons, Big Brother, technological horrors, insanity, freedom, minorities, civil rights and drugs. As a tight, poetic work, Cuckoo’s Nest extends the first-person narrator-agent technique which is central to the evolution of the American novel. In this session, we will discuss: content—the novel’s central themes in the context of the 1960s and today—and form—the narrative technique that gave us our beloved narrator (Chief Bromden) and mythic hero (Randle Patrick McMurphy).

Cold Sassy Tree is a 1984 historical novel

by Olive Ann Burns. It is a charming novel and love story that tackles deeper issues beneath the surface. Set in the U.S. state of Georgia in the fictional town of Cold Sassy in 1906, it follows the life of a 14-year-old boy named Will Tweedy, and explores themes such as religion, death, and social taboos.

Bob Baginski earned his doctorate in English from Ohio University, specializing in American literature and linguistics. He currently consults with corporations on international marketing and also serves as a guest lecturer at university programs.

Baginski has taught English literature and writing at four universities and has written and edited numerous academic and business journals.

Nina de Gramont is the author of the novels Meet Me at the River, Every Little Thing in the World, and Gossip of the Starlings, as well as the short story collection Of Cats and Men. She also co-edited an anthology called Choice.

Her work has appeared in Seventeen, Redbook, and the Harvard Review. She teaches creative writing at UNCW. Session 3: Raymond Chandler’s

The Big Sleep

with Dana Sachs, M.F.A. Tuesday, April 8 • 3 – 5 p.m.

The Big Sleep (1939) is a hardboiled crime novel by Raymond Chandler, set in Los Angeles. The story is the first to feature detective Philip Marlowe and has been adapted twice into film. The story is noted for its complexity, with many characters double-crossing one another and many secrets being exposed throughout the narrative.

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Dana Sachs, author of The Secret of the Nightingale Palace, has also published three previous books, The House on Dream Street: Memoir of an American Woman in Vietnam, the novel, If You Lived Here, and the nonfiction narrative history, The Life We Were Given: Operation Babylift, International Adoption, and the Children of War in Vietnam. She writes a blog for the Huffington Post and the “Lunch With a Friend” column in Wilmington’s Salt Magazine.

Session 4: Audrey Niffenegger’s

The Time

Traveler’s Wife

with Jason Frye, M.F.A. Tuesday, May 13 • 3 – 5 p.m.

The Time Traveler’s Wife is the debut novel of American author Audrey Niffenegger, published in 2003. It is both science fiction and romance, blending genres to examine issues of love, loss, and free will. Niffenegger uses time travel to explore miscommunication and distance in relationships, while also investigating deeper existential questions.

See more about Jason Frye under “Three Minute Fiction” on page 7.

Course Ambassadors Event Assistants

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FILM STUDIES

Veterans as Writers

A Glimpse at World Indigenous Film

with Claudette Cohen, M.F.A. Wednesdays, April 16 – May 7 Four sessions • 3 – 4:30 p.m. $60 Register by April 14 Some of the greatest literary works of humanity are, arguably, products of its most devastating act—war. You may know of Homer, Virgil, the Bhagavad Gita, and Tolstoy. You may also be familiar with the work of writers who are also veterans like Ernest Hemingway, Walt Whitman, Kurt Vonnegut, and Tim O’Brien. This course will take you even farther, into the work of lesser known veteran writers like Michael Stuart Burns, Karl Shapiro, Brian Castner, and others. It will also explore the map of the warrior’s journey, the cathartic process used as a tool to process the experience of war, and introduce you to what is happening among veteran writers both nationally and within the state.

For over a decade, Claudette Cohen has been researching various connections between war and the humanities. A family member of several veterans, she helped found the Veterans Writing Collective in Fayetteville. She is the winner of the 2013 Doris Betts Fiction Prize. An alumna of Agnes Scott College, University of Wyoming and UNCW, she taught writing at the University of Utah, the University of Wyoming and Cape Fear Community College. Her newest work will appear in North Carolina Literary Review and Phantom Manners: Contemporary Southern Gothic Fiction by Women.

with Lee Schweninger, Ph.D. Mondays, March 17 – 24 Two sessions • 6 – 7:30 p.m. $30 Register by March 13 In the past couple of decades, indigenous writers and/or filmmakers have managed to break into the market so firmly controlled by Hollywood. Films such as Whale Rider (2002) and Once Were Warriors (1994), both adaptations of novels by Aotearoa New Zealand Maori writers, for example, have become important modern “classics.” Lee Schweninger introduces participants to some of the major Indigenous films from New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, presenting some of the major themes of such films focusing on one film in particular–Whale Rider.

Schweninger is a professor in the Department of English at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, where he teaches early American literature and American Indian literature and film. His publications include books on Kiowa writer N. Scott Momaday (2001); on American Indians and the land: Listening to the Land: American Indian Literary Responses to the Landscape (2008); and on American Indian cinema: Imagic Moments: Indigenous North American Film (2013). He has also published essays on issues of American Indian repatriation and on American Indian literature and film. His current research is for a monograph on world indigenous film.

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olli courses HEALTH and WELLNESS Angst to Art: What Creative Genius Teaches Us about Health and Healing with Mark Gaskill, Ph.D. Fridays, Feb. 14 – 28 Three sessions • 2 – 3:30 p.m. $45 Register by Feb. 12 Explore the work and lives of highly creative individuals and how they teach us practical strategies for personal healing, recovery and productive living. Examine stories of well-known artists, writers, composers and innovators such as Elizabeth Layton, Leonardo da Vinci, Robert Schumann, Stephen King and Frieda Kahlo in terms of how each transcended grief, chronic illness, sadness, nightmares, addictions and obsessions.

For the past 20 years, Mark N. Gaskill has been a clinical psychologist in private practice and also an adjunct lecturer in creative writing, psychology, specialty studies and the Master of Liberal Studies program. His expertise is in expanding creative potential and creative thinking and finding new, holistic avenues to wellness.

Healthy Connections: Enhancing Relationships to Improve Quality of Life with Donna Hurdle, Ph.D. Thursdays, March 6 – 20 Three sessions • 2 – 3:30 p.m. $45 Register by March 4

Donna Hurdle discusses how social support and relationship quality impacts health through a review of current research. Explore methods for improving the quality of relationships, such as communication skills, active listening and empathy training, in a workshop-type format.

with Amy Keith Tuesdays, May 20 – June 10 Four sessions • 3 – 4:30 p.m. $25 Register by May. 16 OLLI at UNCW’s 2014 TEDTalks course will focus on the TED theme: “A Better You.” Each week, view and discuss selected heartfelt, inspiring video talks about self-improvement.

TED is a nonprofit devoted to “Ideas Worth Spreading.” It started in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: technology, entertainment and design. Since then its scope has become ever broader, including business, science, culture and the arts. The TED conference provides a venue for the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers to give the talks of their lives in 18 minutes.

Amy Keith is a graduate of UNCW with a B.A. in history. She has been a program coordinator at OLLI at UNCW for five years.

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Feb. 8 A Change is Gonna Come April 26 The Fountains of Rome

Kenan Auditorium

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TEDTalks: A Better You

Research indicates that the strength and quality of relationships strongly impact many aspects of physical and emotional health. However, building strong social connections is often challenging and changes over the life span.

Resolving differences, handling family dysfunction and individual growth patterns can all negatively impact interpersonal interactions. Building strong relationships with partners, family and friends is enhanced with improved communication, problemsolving and empathy skills.

Hurdle is a retired professor of social work. She has a Ph.D. in social work

from the University of South Carolina and taught primarily at UNCW and Arizona State University. Prior to academia, she directed health and human service agencies and was an individual and family therapist. Her publications focus on health issues and aging, women and adolescence.

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HISTORY The Jewish Middle Ages with Jarrod Tanny, Ph.D. Mondays, Feb. 3 – 24 Four sessions • 6 – 7:30 p.m. $60 Register by Jan. 30 Explore the history, religion and culture of the Jewish people during the “long middle ages” from the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 A.D. until the expulsion from Spain in 1492. Although the Jews experienced moments of severe persecution, this era was also marked by innovation and prosperity. As the Jewish people migrated to distant lands—Persia, North Africa, Spain and Poland—their customs and values evolved to meet the needs of their new environments.

Jewish life before modernity was characterized by its great diversity.

Yet amid this great diversity the Jews possessed a sense of unity, sustained by their religion and by the cherished memory of their mythic origins in the biblical days of the patriarchs and the prophets.

Jarrod Tanny is assistant professor of history and the Charles and Hannah Block Distinguished Fellow of Jewish History at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, focusing on Russian and Jewish history. His monograph City of Rogues and Schnorrers (2011) examines how the city of Odessa was mythologized as a Jewish city of sin, celebrated and vilified for its Jewish gangsters, pimps, bawdy musicians and comedians. Tanny researches Jewish humor in post-World War II America and its place within the larger context of the European Jewish past.

MUSIC The Myth of the Iron Ladies: Indira Gandhi, Golda Meir and Margaret Thatcher with Carole Fink, Ph.D. Tuesdays, Feb. 18, 25 and March 4 Three sessions • 3 – 4:30 p.m. $45 Register by Feb. 17 Three remarkable 20th-century women led their countries in times of war and political transformation. This course examines and compares their backgrounds, domestic and foreign policies and legacies in India, Israel and Great Britain.

Carole Fink, Humanities Distinguished Professor Emerita at The Ohio State University, is a former faculty member at UNCW. Author of one dozen books and some 50 articles on 20th-century European history, her most recent publication is Cold War: An International History (2014).

Giacomo Puccini: Viva Verismo with David Williams, B.M., M.M. Thursdays, April 3 – 17 Three sessions • 6 – 7:30 p.m. $45 Register by April 1 Survey the life, times and works of the composer hailed by George Bernard Shaw as the successor to Verdi. The sessions will explore the early years (La Villi and Manon Lescaut), the middle years (La Boheme, Tosca and Madama Butterfly) and the last years (Il Tritico and his unfinished masterpiece, Turandot).

Baritone David Williams has led an active career in music. With a master’s degree in music from University of Wichita, he has performed throughout the United States and abroad. He has held university positions teaching voice, opera and choral activities and was the director of music for Saint James Episcopal Church for 13 years. Now retired, Williams teaches music courses for Cape Fear Community College.

B. Frank Hall/Megivern Lecture Friday, March 21 • 7 p.m.

Free and Open to the Public

Memories and the Self

with Mark Rowlands, Ph.D., Oxford University According to many philosophers, my memories make me who I am. I am, in this sense, akin to a book of memories, a memoir. This idea, Rowlands believes, is partly true and partly false.

Rowland explores the idea of “Rilkean memory” and the role it can play in helping us understand what it is to be a person.

Mark Rowlands is a professor of Philosophy at the University of Miami. Rowlands is the author of a dozen books, translated into fifteen languages, on the philosophy of mind and cognitive science, applied ethics, in particular exploring the moral status of non-human animals and the natural environment. His memoir, The Philosopher and the Wolf is published by Granta in 2008.

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olli courses PHILOSOPHY and RELIGION

PSYCHOLOGY

The Promised Land

Mindfulness and Meditation

with Joe Gouverneur, Ph.D.

with Cameron Gordon, Ph.D.

Wednesdays, March 12 – 26 Three sessions • 6 – 7:30 p.m. $45 Register by March 10

Fridays, March 14 – 28 Three sessions • 2 – 3:30 p.m. $45 Register by March 12

Review the history of Israel/Palestine and the interaction, conflict and violence between Jews, Christians and Muslims in this most contested of regions.

Back by popular demand! This program introduces attendees to the concept of mindfulness. Mindfulness, a nonjudgmental awareness of the present moment, has a wide variety of potential implications, including benefits for memory and attention, pain management, dealing with stress and creating a more frequent and deeply satisfying connection to the positive things in life. The science regarding the benefits of mindfulness meditation will be reviewed. The primary emphasis will focus on teaching attendees how to engage in both formal and informal mindfulness meditation practices.

Joseph Gouverneur holds a master’s degree from Duke University and a Ph.D. from the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. He teaches at UNCW in the Departments of History and Philosophy and Religion.

He also teaches in the Department of Humanities and Fine Arts at Cape Fear Community College and works periodically for the University of Manchester in the U.K. Gouverneur’s main research interests are related to the study of underground movements.

He is currently at work on a book that looks at 20th century underground resistance movements.

Cameron Gordon received his M.A. and Ph.D. in psychology from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. He is a clinical psychologist with particular areas of expertise in positive

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Gordon directs a research lab at UNCW aimed at discovering ways to help individuals and couples achieve maximum fulfillment from their lives.

He also enjoys sharing principles of positive psychology through his teaching at UNCW and his therapy practice at Trinity Wellness Center in Wilmington.

Topics in Psychology Today: Neurofeedback with Julian Keith, Ph.D. Thursday, May 15 One session • 3 – 4:30 p.m. $15 Register by May 13 Julian Keith will share his interest in the field of neurofeedback, an emerging type of biofeedback that measures brain waves and uses video and sound feedback to teach self-regulation of brain wave activity. Keith will review current research, as well as discuss the potential and promise of new research using neurofeedback to help people with post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Keith received his Ph.D. in psychology and neuroscience from the University of Colorado, Boulder. He joined the UNCW faculty in 1990 and is a professor of psychology. His research on the brain, neuroplasticity and behavior has been supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, including current support for a clinical trial evaluating the effectiveness of neurofeedback for the treatment of symptoms of attention deficit disorder in adults.

He is co-director of the Pediatric Neurofeedback Clinic, a service hosted by UNCW for economically disadvantaged children, and the MARS Memory Health Network.

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TECHNOLOGY

collect/correlate/sell personal dossiers of your on-line behavior as well as what you can do to limit your digital exposure.

The China Dream: History, Politics and International Relations

Cybercrime and Digital Privacy

with Paige Tan, Ph.D.

Tuesdays, Feb. 18 – 25 Two sessions • 1 – 2:30 p.m. $30 Register by Feb. 17

Mondays, April 14 – 28 Three sessions • 1 – 2:30 p.m. $45 Register by April 10 According to China’s People’s Daily, “the greatest dream of modern times is realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.” This is “the China Dream” referred to by the country’s leader, Xi Jinping.

This series of three lectures will focus on Chinese history, politics and international relations to tell the tale of how China fell behind the West, the various strategies the country has adopted to try to catch up with the West and how China’s relations with the rest of the world are both part of China’s strategy of national resurgence and a stage on which the national rebirth is played out.

Paige Johnson Tan, Ph.D. is an associate professor of political science and assistant chair in UNCW’s Department of Public and International Affairs. Her research focuses on political parties and their role in democratization. Tan has contributed articles on Asian topics to Current History, Indonesia, Contemporary Southeast Asia, Education about Asia, Asian Perspective and the Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation. She has consulted on Asian governance topics with SeaChange Partners, Singapore; the Drug Enforcement Administration and the State Department, Washington, D.C.; the World Bank, Jakarta, Indonesia; and U.S. military, Fort Bragg and Camp Lejeune.

with Daniel Venese, M.S.

Cybercrime is simply crime committed over the internet, and it is evolving, fast.

As the real and online worlds converge, cybercrime has become a growing threat as criminals exploit computer flaws to penetrate systems. Venese shares the current state of cybercrime and discusses the vast ecosystem that has arisen to

Daniel Venese has an M.S. in computer science and spent his career in high tech in the Northern Virginia area. He was a senior security engineer and manager for several companies developing secure systems. He was the executive director of engineering for GTE and Sprint in their data systems division. Most of his career was with the MITRE Corporation, a federally funded research and development center. He has experience in cybersecurity, data mining, financial fraud, command and control systems, counterdrug and homeland security.

OLLI New Horizons Band

“It’s Never Too Late” with John LaCognata, Ph.D. Department of Music, UNCW Mondays, Jan. 27 – April 28 13 sessions • 7 – 9 p.m. $79 members, $109 nonmembers Register by Jan. 26 • 910.962.3195 Concert is Tuesday, April 29 • 7:30 p.m. • Kenan Auditorium Strike up the band! In cooperation with the UNCW music department, the OLLI New Horizons Band provides an ensemble experience for adult brass, woodwind and percussion players interested in making music. The band welcomes all adults who are currently playing their instrument as well as those individuals who participated in their school music programs and may not have played for a long time. The band is led by John LaCognata, Ph.D., director of bands, Department of Music, UNCW. Each weekly session includes sectionals and full band recitals. The band performs one concert at the conclusion of each semester.

John LaCognata received his bachelor of science degree in music education from the University of Illinois, his master of music degree in trumpet performance from Auburn University and a Ph.D. in music education with an emphasis in wind conducting at the University of Florida. He continues to teach and perform as a trumpet player.

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The GREAT WAR

100 Years Later

An in-depth study

WWI Book Club Tuesdays, Jan. 28 – April 22 Four sessions • 6 – 7:30 p.m. $60 Register by Jan. 24 This monthly club reads and discusses important non-fiction works about WWI. Lisa Pollard facilitates and UNCW history department faculty lead each session.

Jan. 28: Joachim Remak,

The Origins of WWI 1871–1914

with Susan McCaffray, Ph.D. A member of the UNCW faculty, Susan McCaffray teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on the history of Muscovite, Imperial and Soviet Russia as well as Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries. Read more about Susan McCaffray on page 13.

Feb. 25: Charles Emmerson,

1913: In Search of

the World Before

the Great War

with Paul Townend, Ph.D. Paul Townend completed his Ph.D. in 1999 at the University of Chicago in modern and early British and Irish history and taught at the University of Chicago and Villanova University before joining UNCW’s history department in 2001. His research interests include alcohol and temperance history, nationalism, the Celtic fringe (particularly Northern Ireland) and the Irish in America. His first book, Father Mathew, Temperance, and Irish Identity, 1838-1848 was published in 2002 by Irish Academic Press. Townend teaches courses in modern European history, modern and early modern British and Irish history, and the British empire.

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March 25: Modris Eksteins,

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with Jarrod Tanny, Ph.D. Read more about Jarrod Tanny on page 11.

April 22: John Ellis, Eye-Deep

in Hell

with Michael Seidman, Ph.D. Michael Seidman is a professor of history at UNCW. His research specialty is modern Europe and social/individual history. Seidman is the author of three books including topics of Paris in the 1960s and the Spanish Civil War. His latest book is The Victorious Counterrevolution: The Nationalist Effort in the Spanish Civil War.

Music and the Great War with Barry Salwen, D.M.A. Tuesdays, Jan. 28 – Feb. 11 Three sessions • 1 – 2:30 p.m. $45 Register by Jan. 27 World War I was a huge global event which affected creative artists greatly.

Join Barry Salwen to explore the war’s musical resonance and repercussions.

Salwen is a UNCW faculty member in the Department of Music. He holds doctorate, master’s and bachelor’s degrees from the Juilliard School.

He is a recipient of the Fulbright Scholar’s Grant and has taught at the Frieberg Conservatory of Music in Germany. He is an international concert pianist who has performed and given master classes in the U.S., Europe,

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Reflections on the Great War Tuesdays, Feb. 4 – 18 Three sessions • 6 – 7:30 p.m. $45 Register by Jan. 30 On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I, join UNCW historians as they offer perspectives on the war, particularly its causes.

Feb. 4: Susan McCaffray offers an interpretation of the diplomatic circumstances that led up to the war.

McCaffray has been a member of the UNCW faculty since 1988. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on the history of Muscovite, Imperial and Soviet Russia as well as Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries. Her special interests include the history of economic thought and policy, including labor relations and serfdom and the history of St. Petersburg. McCaffray received her B.A. at the College of Wooster and her M.A. and Ph.D. at Duke University.

Feb. 11: Mark Spaulding discusses economic and diplomatic matters, focusing on Eastern Europe. Spaulding studied at the University of Rochester, the Universität zu Köln and Harvard University, where he received his Ph.D. He is now a professor of history with interests in European and international political economy and foreign relations.

He received the UNCW Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence Award in 2005.

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Feb. 18: Lisa Pollard looks at the societal context that allowed Europe to stumble somewhat unknowingly into such a destructive war. Lisa Pollard holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of California, Berkeley, with interests in Middle East history, the history of modern imperialism and colonialism and Arabic literature. Pollard has been a faculty member at UNCW since 1997.

Theater Games: Re-discovering the Joy of Acting

20th-Century War Poetry

with John Denison, M.A.

with Alex Porco, Ph.D. Wednesdays, Feb. 19 – 26 Two sessions • 3 – 4:30 p.m. $30 Register by Feb. 17

THEATER

Porco focuses on 20th-century war poems, especially those poems composed in response to the physical and emotional traumas of the first and second world wars and poems composed as critiques of nationalistic warmongering. Come consider the various ways in which war is represented through poetry— from the “witness” testimonies of civilians and prisoners to first-person reportages from soldiers on the front lines. The course is guided by two questions, in particular: How does poetry communicate the experience of war? And how does war change poetic language?

Tuesdays, April 15 – 29 Three sessions • 2 – 4 p.m. $45 Register by April 11

Alex Porco is an assistant professor of English at UNCW. His research and teaching focus on 20th-century poetry and poetics. He received his Ph.D. from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo.

Reader’s Theater with Eric Robinson

Eric Robinson brings plays to life by having a small group of participants read them aloud. You do not have to venture out under the lights to experience and enjoy a good script.

Come try out your speaking, listening and interpretive skills to enter the world of the play and discover just what the playwright had in mind.

OLLI member Eric Robinson is a recent arrival in Wilmington, having lived and worked in Germany for the last 35 years.

He has been involved in theater since the mid 1990s, both as an actor on stage and, behind the scenes, as technical director, set, lights and sound designer, stage manager and artistic director.

Wednesdays, Feb. 19 – March 5 Three sessions • 10 – 11:30 a.m. $45 Register by Feb. 17 Acting can be a demanding and complex craft, but it can also be a lot of fun.

Recapture the joy of play by engaging with others in a variety of games and activities designed to develop selfawareness, confidence, creativity and teamwork. Become more expressive by using your body, voice and mind in class activities such as improvisation, role playing, story building, concentration, miming and game playing.

An actor, singer, producer, director and teacher, John Denison has worked on more than 100 productions during a 40-year career in educational, community and professional theater.

Before coming to Wilmington in 2012, he taught literature, speech and theater in New York and, most recently, at Southeastern Louisiana University, where he taught theater history and acting.

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OASIS Eight sessions • 10 a.m. – Noon $40 Register by Jan. 30 chaired by Owen Wexler

Sharing Your Life Through Memoir Writing with Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams, author

Feb. 17

Specializing in Photographic Art

with Courtney Johnson, photographer

Feb. 24

Blending Colors into Glyphics

with Charley Robertson, encaustic painter

A happy coincidence of the lack of typical painting materials enabled Charley Robertson to “rediscover” encaustic painting almost 40 years ago. Recently relocated to Wilmington, Robertson hails from Missouri, studied art at Southern Illinois University and practiced his art most recently in New York. He was the featured artist at the Art Factory in Wilmington in October 2013 with his work “Encaustics: The Art of Antiquity.” Even as a septuagenarian, Robertson says that he remains an emerging artist based on the vitality of creativity. He shares his continuing journey of the life of an artist.

Recipient of the 2013 Whiting Writers’ Award and the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer’s Award, given to women writers who demonstrate excellence and promise in the early stages of their careers, Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams is a professor of English at UNCW. The latter award was earned with The Following Sea, a memoir about the lives of her parents who raised her on a yacht in the South Pacific. She also wrote The Man Who Danced with Dolls. Abrams explains how inspiration turned her experiences growing up into an insightful creative work.

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with Mike D’Angelo, jazz percussionist

As one of the leading scholars of the photographic cliché-verre technique and a specialist in photographic alternative processes, Courtney Johnson can testify about how creativity helps her interpret the world through a camera lens. Her work has been featured in 11 solo exhibitions throughout the Americas and is in numerous permanent collections around the world. She shares her special perspective on photographic art.

The Wilmington area’s quality of life is greatly enhanced by the richness of its arts community. Come and explore the creative process of local artists with OASIS: OLLI Arts Society In Session.

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Interpreting Music Through Jazz

Mike D’Angelo has played percussion in many mediums including symphony orchestra, wind ensemble, chamber ensembles, jazz ensembles and solo concerts. In 2011, he was invited to participate in the Ravinia Festival’s Steans Music Institute for Jazz in Chicago.

He has performed throughout the United States and internationally.

As a jazz performer and teacher, D’Angelo interprets music from the perspective of the individuality that the genre allows. He shares his experiences developing his own style and how he influences his students.

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Utilizing Space and Metal to Garner Reaction

with Andi Steele, installation artist

Trained as a sculptor at the University of Georgia, Andi Steele uses existing space, metal fabrication and other materials to create sitespecific pieces. Her interest in individual reaction and response to change contributes to her creative growth. She has exhibited throughout the country, including solo exhibitions. As an associate professor in studio art at UNCW, Steele shares her knowledge and process with her students as with OLLI in this presentation.

March 10

Artistically Enhancing Portraits

with Kenny Barnes, photographic painter

With more than 26 years in the Wilmington area, Kenny Barnes is recognized and well-respected for his artistically enhanced or photographic painting. He was the Arts Council of Wilmington featured artist during summer 2013 in conjunction with Wilmington’s Fourth Friday Gallery Night Tour. He specializes in artistically enhanced portraits of children, families, brides and executives.

March 17 Creating Theatre through Puppetry

with Gina Gambony, puppeteer Puppetry as a form of theatre or performance has existed for 3,000 years.

Gina Gambony uses the storytelling form to teach and communicate through creative drama and theatrical performance. She has served as director of education at Thalian Hall, artistic director of Stageworks Youth Theater, teaching artist for the Dreams Center and writer/performer with Brawdeville: Women in Performance Art. She has also directed the Port City Puppet Festival for Puppeteers of America. She shares her knowledge and the joy of performance through puppetry.

March 24 Integrating Color, Texture and Light to

Create Glass Art

with Bernie Iovine, glass art

With no formal education in art, Bernie Iovine spent many years as an apprentice in several major glass studios. He became a master glass artist by learning the traditional methods of stained glass window creation and restoration. He has been inspired by artists such as Wassily Kandinsky, Marc Chagall and Piet Mondrian. He creates original glass objects that are both useful and decorative. He tells how he brings his love of color and glass texture with interplay of light to make original pieces.

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Beckwith Recital Hall Cultural Arts Building, UNCW Sunday, Jan. 26 Collage: Music and Poetry Music of Dvorak, Bartok and Brahms Cavani String Quartet with poet, Mwatabu Okantah and Barbara McKenzie, piano Sunday, April 6 Meet the Composer: Eric Gould New Work World Premiere

Season 2013-14 Concerts The “ART OF LISTENING” OLLI at UNCW and Chamber Music Wilmington offer a dynamic music enrichment program to enhance your musical understanding and concert enjoyment.

Join us for a pre-concert “informance” the Friday prior to each concert. Meet and speak with the artists in this informal presentation.

Audience participation is encouraged. Ask questions of the performers and get an in depth look at what it takes to prepare a chamber music concert. The “Art of Listening” is free and open to the public.

Ticket information at Kenan Box Office 910.962.3500 www.chambermusicwilmington.org 910.343.1079

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PLATO, (People Learning Actively Teaching Ourselves), is meaningful and fun peer interaction at its best. Classic PLATO sessions are led by guest speakers while book and international issue sessions are led by PLATO members.

Tuesdays, Jan. 21 – May 13 16 sessions • 10 a.m. – Noon $55 Register by Jan. 16 chaired by Richard Graham Jan. 21

Translating the Bible. What does It Say? led by George Zervos, Ph.D., UNCW

Jan. 28

Women in The Wild Blue, led by David Stallman, author

Feb. 4

Regional Economic Outlook, led by William Hall, Ph.D., UNCW

Feb. 11

Designer Babies: Where We Are, Where We’re Going? led by Mike Wang

Feb. 18

The Home I Built in Bocas Del Toro, Panama, led by Judith Chisholm

Feb. 25

The Attack on the USS Liberty, led by John McDermott

March 4

The Art of Writing and How The Collectibles Trilogy Was Developed, led by James J. Kaufman, author

March 11 China in Africa: Savior or Self-Interest? led by

Vince Lupoi March 18 A Regional Plan for Sustainable Development in

Southeastern North Carolina, led by Al Sharp and

Adrienne Cox, FOCUS March 25 TED Talks: How Schools Kill Creativity, led by Rich Cooper

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Nuclear Power: Fundamentals and the Future, led by Herb Strickler

April 8

Soaring With Fidel and Other Osprey Stories, led by David Gessner, author, UNCW

April 15

North Carolinas in the 1700s, led by N ancy Hoyt

April 22

Pharma, Fish Farming, Fuel: Growing Biotechnology in Southeastern North Carolina, led by Randall Johnson

April 29

The 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, led by Phyllis Oakes

May 6

No class

May 13

Fifteen-minute Talks about Memorable Trips: Poland by Margaret Sevek, South Africa by Mary Walker, Family Wedding in Israel by Janice Kingoff, To the Rescue in Nigeria by Richard Graham

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shape to the so-called “bicycle craze” of the 1890s, influencing both public attitudes about women’s right to participate in the craze and the material design of the machine itself.

Wednesdays, Feb. 5 – April 9 10 sessions • 10 a.m. – Noon $60 members Register by Jan. 31 chaired by Lynn Gattone and Stephanna Tewey

A forum for women to connect with interesting regional women to discuss meaningful subjects.

Please note: The location has been changed to accommodate a greater number of members.

Feb. 5 Remembering Unruly Women in U.S. History Candice Bredbenner, UNCW associate professor of history, reveals the remarkable lives of three “unruly” women from the late 19th and early 20th century who boldly challenged laws and policies that limited their access to the rights and privileges of American citizenship.

Feb. 12 Deft, Decisive, and (Dull?): Angela Merkel and Contemporary German/European Politics Carole Fink, humanities distinguished professor at The Ohio State University and a former faculty member at UNCW, discusses Europe’s most powerful leader and a major global figure in the context of German history since the end of World War II. Feb. 19 I Like Your Skin Color: Ghanaian Women and

the Functioning of Skin Bleaching Nana Amponsah, UNCW assistant professor of African history, opens a window into how contemporary commercialization, globalization and racialization of skin color challenge the lives of women in Africa.

Feb. 26 Nineteenth-Century Women Write the Bicycle Sarah Hallenbeck, UNCW assistant professor of English, speaks about how American women writers, inventors and doctors gave

March 5 Human Trafficking: Increasing Awareness and

Protecting Victims Robin Davis, RN and clinical education specialist at New Hanover Regional Medical Center, and MaLisa Johnson Umstead, cofounder of the Centre of Redemption and A Safe Place, examine human trafficking nationally, regionally and locally and identify legislation that protects victims. They offer information about New Hanover County services that provide for and empower victims.

March 12 Celebrating 25 Successful Years of a Wilmington Family Owned Asian Restaurant Joe Hou, owner of Szechuan 132 and prominent chef, describes his world managing a popular local Asian restaurant. He demonstrates the skills needed for chopping and marrying ingredients used in wok cooking.

March 19 Women, Alcohol and Cognition: How Do We Think When We Drink?

Nora Noel, UNCW professor of psychology, presents research on what happens to women’s cognitive abilities when they imbibe.

Her emphasis is on the acute effects of alcohol on women’s working memory, attention and impulsive risk-taking. She has new data from her laboratory that illustrates how drinking can lead us to say, “It seemed like a good idea at the time!”

March 26 Afternoon Tea Traditions and the Carolina Connection Helen Von Salzen, a retired educator and certified tea and etiquette consultant, describes the history and traditions of Afternoon Tea as a social custom and opportunity for women to network. She explains how tea was introduced to the English and how the first tea on this continent was cultivated in the Carolinas.

Come join us for tea.

April 2 Poetic Reflections on the Life of Georgia O’Keefe Lavonne Adams, UNCW creative writing department MFA coordinator, poet and author of Through the Glorieta Pass, presents her extensive research on the iconic artist Georgia O’Keefe. She writes poetry about the paintings that reflect key incidents in the artist’s life. Adams shares her work which focuses on O’Keefe’s tumultuous relationship with photographer Alfred Stieglitz.

April 9 The Native Plants of the Coastal Carolina Landscape Melanie Doyle, horticulturist at Fort Fisher Aquarium, analyzes our unique coastal ecosystems, including soils, climate and geography.

She describes wonderful native plant species that fit beautifully into local community landscapes and our home gardens.

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Science and Environmental Academy (SEA) and Coffee meets weekly to present relevant topics from the fields of science and the environment. UNCW professors, as well as knowledgeable community presenters, share their expertise and offer opportunities for enjoyable interaction in a friendly, relaxed setting.

Thursdays, Jan. 30 – May 8 14 sessions • 10 a.m. – Noon $55 • Register by Jan. 23 chaired by Meredith Glicksman and Larry Goodgion

Jan. 30 Stormwater Management Implications for Southeastern North Carolina Stormwater management research on wetlands, rainwater harvesting and street retrofitting that has been conducted from Brunswick to Craven Counties is highlighted with a focus on how North Carolina’s designers can incorporate these findings into future development.

Feb. 20

Blue Crabs Biology and Skeleton Research

Blue crabs are the most important fishery in North Carolina, but they are just as interesting as they are delicious! We’ll talk about the natural history and life cycle of blue crabs and find out some unusual features about their biology that make them ideal subjects for the study of how animals make skeletons.

William Hunt, Ph.D., North Carolina State University Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department

Robert Roer, Ph.D., biology and marine biology

Feb. 6 Using Brown Pelicans to Monitor Mercury

Feb. 27 Electricity Supply/Demand and Climate Change: Global to Local Trends and Issues

Since mercury is a toxic metal that causes serious neurological problems, monitoring its distribution and concentration is vital to environmental health. Here, we use tissue from brown pelicans breeding in coastal North Carolina to analyze spatial trends in mercury.

Kiersten Newtoff, graduate student, marine biology

Feb. 13 N.C. Aquarium at Fort Fisher How our local aquarium functions with particular focus on conservation; part of its present mission.

Energy sources for electricity generation are shifting from the coal-based economies of the past to multiple sources today including natural gas and renewables. What role does each form play now and in the future both globally and locally? How do population dynamics, GDP, new emissions rules and climate change impact demand? And what are we doing here in North Carolina? We will take a wide-ranging look at the current and future electricity demand.

Roger Shew, M.S., M.Sci., geography and geology

Peggy Sloan, director, N.C. Aquarium at Fort Fisher

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March 6 Human Skeletal Identification The first part of the presentation illustrates some of the key differences between human and nonhuman bones, bone fragments and skeletal elements and how to recognize them in various outdoor environments, such as when going for a leisurely walk along the beach or through the woods. The second part of the presentation comprises the sharing of forensic case studies where anthropological analyses helped contribute to establishing positive identifications and trauma findings for deceased and unknown missing persons from our area.

April 10 Natural History and Management of Alligators

in North Carolina This presentation will cover the natural history of alligators at the northern edge of their range and the biological and social aspects of having an apex predator coexisting in the urban/suburban/rural interface.

Thomas Padgett, North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission

April 17 No Class

Midori Albert, Ph.D., anthropology

April 24 Nanotechnology Overview

March 13 J.E.L. Stormwater Wetlands

Nanotechnology—what is it? Where did it come from and where is it going? Tim Black will discuss the meaning of nanotechnology–its past, its current status and its future prospects.

Hewletts Creek drains a large suburban watershed and as such is impacted by high fecal bacteria loads and periodic algal blooms from nutrient loading. During 2007, a 7.6-acre wetland was constructed to treat stormwater runoff from a 589-acre watershed within the Hewletts Creek drainage. Learn more about a sampling program carried out in 2009-10 to evaluate the efficacy of the wetland in reducing pollutant loads.

Mike Mallin, Ph.D., UNCW Center for Marine Science

March 20 Sea Level Rise Geological evidence of past ages demonstrates that major ice sheets, such as those in Greenland and Antarctica, are susceptible to even moderate climate warming, resulting in rapid sea level rise. Dr. Hearty will transport us back to the Pliocene period (3 million years ago), when carbon dioxide levels were 400 parts per million, a benchmark we exceeded in May 2013 for the first time in human history.

Paul Hearty, Ph.D., UNCW Environmental Studies

March 27 Deep Sea Reefs Steve Ross discusses his study of ocean reefs deeper than 1,000 feet and their amazing biodiversity. Learn how these ecosystems function and how changes in Earth’s climate may influence even the deep sea.

Steve Ross, Ph.D., UNCW Center for Marine Science

April 3

Be a Farmer, Grow a Garden

Evan Folds explains the intricacies and composition of our soil in the Wilmington area. He shows us the best way to beautify our yards, our gardens and our homes, while exploding some myths about traditional yard care. His motto is “don’t feed the grass, feed the soil.”

Tim Black, Ph.D., physics and physical oceanography

May 1 Hurricanes–Past, Present and Future Hurricanes are easily the most dramatic weather disasters coastal regions face. They have changed history, shaped coastlines, wreaked havoc and fascinated us as few natural phenomena can. Science has helped us better understand the dynamics of these monster storms, but significant questions remain, particularly how global climate change and sea level rise might alter the risks and hazards they pose.

Larry Cahoon, Ph.D., biology and marine biology

May 8 Efforts to Develop Environmentally Superior Technology for Treating Swine Waste–Progress

and Challenges During the past decade considerable research has been directed to the development of affordable innovative technologies to treat swine waste that would serve as alternatives to the lagoon spray field system.

An overview of the environmental, social and political issues will be presented and discussed as well as available options, their economic costs and progress to date. Topics will include technology applications to address nutrient impact to surface and ground water, emissions of ammonia, odor and pathogenic bacteria. The topic of antibiotic resistant bacteria and their threat to public health will also be covered.

Mike Williams, Ph.D., North Carolina State University, Animal and Poultry Waste Management Center, director

Evan Folds, Progressive Gardens

Wednesdays In Nature is a weekly nature program bringing a diverse look at the unique flora and fauna of our coastal North Carolina region.

WIN will be on hiatus until new volunteer chairs are in place.

If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please call Shelley Morse at 910.962.3644.

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FOURTH FRIDAY DISCUSSION GROUP with Dan Kubley, Clauston Jenkins, Mike Wang and Elwood Walker The Fourth Friday Discussion Group is designed for OLLI members interested in studying various aspects of a single theme. Participants commit to reading background material distributed prior to each class and to joining in the discussion. The discussion leader is responsible for providing background reading material (10 to 40 pages) and creating a set of questions broad enough to stimulate an open-ended discussion but specific enough to keep the conversation focused. Classes are limited to 25 students.

Dilemmas in Medical Practice Jan. 24 and Feb. 28 Two sessions • 9:30 a.m. – Noon $19 Register by Jan. 23 Jan. 24 Preserving Patient Confidentiality and Protecting Community Health Feb. 28 Limiting Unnecessary Treatments and Reducing Malpractice Litigation

Founding Fathers Who Were Not Presidents Alternate Wednesdays, March 26 – May 21 Five sessions • 10 a.m. – Noon $29 Register by March 21 March 26 Benjamin Franklin April 9 Alexander Hamilton April 23

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THE CONSTITUTION III: Amendments to the Constitution with Mike Burke, Lou Orlando, Paula Rice, Myron Swetlitz and Mike Wang Fridays, Feb. 14, March 14, April 11 and May 9 Four sessions • 9:30 a.m. – Noon $30 Register by Feb. 8 Course members will exam the Constitution, concentrating on selected issues from ratification to the present day.

Participants will discuss the Bill of Rights; how they appeared in the original state constitutions, the fight to include them in the United States Constitution and their interpretation by the Supreme Court.

The class is limited to 20 participants.

Feb. 14 Creation of the Bill of Rights and the First Amendment March 14 The Second Amendment April 11 The Fourth Amendment May 9 The Fifth Amendment

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From the Constitution to Public Interest to Wine, O L L I Sp e cial In terest Foru ms are thought-provoking roundtable discussions on a single topic.

The forums are smaller (20-30 people) than the societies and many require pre-reading on the assigned topic. Forum participants are encouraged to suggest topics, lead the discussion on topics of special interest to them and help develop the agenda for future Forum sessions.

The Friday Forum with Ron Miller, Linda Rogala, Mike Ryan, Murray Sherman and Ed Welker First and third Fridays, Jan. 17 – May 2 Seven sessions • 9:30 a.m. – Noon $45 Register by Jan. 10 Join this class for an adventure in collaborative learning and informed conversation. Group members take turns leading discussions. The discussion leader distributes reading material and questions (via email) for consideration prior to the session and at the beginning of the meeting introduces the topic and facilitates the ensuing exchange of ideas.

Classes start with a half hour of coffee, snacks and socializing and then convene for a two-hour discussion of the topics.

Jan. 17 The Future of the Automobile Feb. 7 Does the World Court Advance the Cause of

Justice in our World Society?

Feb. 21 The Obsolescence of Marriage and Other Social Revolutions March 7 Legalizing Drugs March 21 Genetic Testing: Getting What You Want and Avoiding What You Don’t April 4 New Voter ID Laws: Needed Reforms or

Voter Suppression?

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Will Our Fiscal Policies Lead to a Cataclysm for Future Generations?

The Public Interest Forum The Public Interest Forum is a special-interest group for those interested in understanding major political, economic and societal issues. Members will be provided with short background articles on most topics. The format will include lectures by UNCW faculty experts, presentations by members, a book discussion and facilitated discussions of current events programming from Moyers & Company or Fareed Zakaria GPS. Alternate Mondays, Jan. 13 – April 7 Seven sessions • 1 – 3 p.m. $45 Register by Jan 10 Jan. 13 Ghana’s Reproductive Health Policy on Abortion with professor Nana Amponsah, Ph.D. Jan. 27 Stephen Kinzer, Reset: Iran, Turkey and

America’s Future, a book discussion facilitated

by Ed DeMarco Feb. 10 Iran and America Face Each Other with

professor Dan Masters, Ph.D. Feb. 24 Meet Wendell Berry, Poet, Crusader for Sustainability. Moyers & Company, facilitated

by Rich Cooper March 10 The Politics of Climate Change with professor

Jennifer Biddle, Ph.D. March 24 Poverty in the USA and its Amelioration with

Murray Sherman April 7 The Affordable Care Act – Will It Work? with

Tom Fulda and Bob Gimpel

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Three Monthly Tastings $60 • Register by Feb. 21 An Exploration of the Wines of South Africa, the Rainbow Nation Wednesday, Feb. 26 • 6 – 8 p.m.

Join us as Wine Society member, Jim Strouse, takes us on a tour of South Africa, the land and the wines. The selected wines take the vibrancy, drinkability and fruit of the New World and combine it with the structure, elegance and food-friendliness of the old.

Secrets of the Sommeliers: A Guide to Blind Tasting Wednesday, April 30 • 6 – 8 p.m.

How do they do it? Out of the oceans of wine out there, both good and bad, how could they possibly identify one particular wine? Join us for an informational and interesting wine tasting evening with Wine Society members, Doug Wille and Tony Longo, as we explore the world of the sommelier.

Far from Ordinary, Welcome to the Wines from Spain Wednesday, May 28 • 6 – 8 p.m.

Where once there was Rioja and Jerez with not much in between, we now have an explosion of new ideas and flavors coming out of Spain. Regions that had fallen into obscurity are now revitalized and thriving. Old vines are once again producing fruit for new bodegas that seek to incorporate the past into the new modern era. Wilmington Wine will help us explore some lesser known grapes that are making headway on the international wine scene.

Special Event at Taste the Olive Cafe Monday, Jan. 27 Save the Date!

Time and cost to be determined.

The OLLI Wine Society is planning a special wine and food pairing at Taste the Olive Cafe in the Forum Shopping Center.

You won’t want to miss this special event. More information coming soon in the weekly OLLI email.

An Epicurean Delight with CFCC March 26 Your wine committee, together with the Culinary Institute of Cape Fear Community College, is planning our second annual Cape Fear Community College/ OLLI dinner and wine tasting. This is a wonderful opportunity to sample excellent food prepared by CFCC students paired with complementary wines. Those of you who attended last year’s event know what a truly enjoyable evening it was. Last year’s event sold out quickly.

Watch for details in the weekly OLLI email.

Discount is valid on best available, section A seating and is only available by calling the Symphony Box Office at 919.733.2750 and mentioning the promo code. The promotional code is given upon the purchase of an OLLI membership.

SPECIAL OFFER TO ALL OLLI MEMBERS!

Save up to 30% off regular ticket prices for remaining concerts in the 2013-14 season.

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Broadcast from the National Theatre in London and shown in high definition (HD).

Coriolanus

by William Shakespeare Thursday, Jan. 30 • 2 – 5 p.m. $18 OLLI members, $20 nonmembers Register by Jan. 29 National Theatre Live broadcasts the Donmar Warehouse’s production of Coriolanus, Shakespeare’s searing tragedy of political manipulation and revenge, with Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers, War Horse (film), BBC’s The Hollow Crown) in the title role and Mark Gatiss (Season’s Greetings at the National Theatre, BBC’s Sherlock) as Menenius, directed by the Donmar’s Artistic Director Josie Rourke.

When an old adversary threatens Rome, the city calls once more on her hero and defender: Coriolanus. But he has enemies at home too. Famine threatens the city, the citizens’ hunger swells to an appetite for change, and on returning from the field Coriolanus must confront the march of realpolitik and the voice of an angry people.

war horse Thursday, Feb. 27 • 2 – 5 p.m. $18 OLLI members, $20 nonmembers Register by Jan. 29 National Theatre Live will broadcast War Horse live from London’s West End to UNCW Lumina Theater on Feb. 27, 2014.

Since its first performance at the National Theatre in 2007, War Horse has become an international smash hit. Based on Michael Morpurgo’s novel and adapted for the stage by Nick Stafford, War Horse takes audiences on an extraordinary journey from the fields of rural Devon to the trenches of First World War France. Filled with stirring music and songs, this powerfully moving and imaginative drama is a show of phenomenal inventiveness. At its heart are astonishing life-sized puppets by South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company, who bring breathing, galloping, charging horses to thrilling life on stage.

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Lu m i n a T h e at e r, F i s h e r St u d e n t C e n t e r There will be pre-performance lectures 45 minutes prior to each screening.

Please join us in Lumina Theater for guest lecturers.

RUSALKA

The Met: Live in HD, the Metropolitan Opera’s awardwinning series of live transmissions to movie theaters presents the 2013-14 season to opera lovers around the world. Behind the scenes features include live interviews with cast, crew and production, giving an unprecedented look at what goes into the staging of an opera at one of the world’s great houses.

Saturday, Feb. 8 • 1 – 5 p.m. $20 OLLI members, $24 nonmembers The great Renée Fleming returns to one of her signature roles, singing the enchanting “Song to the Moon” in Dvorák’s soulful fairy-tale opera. Tenor Piotr Beczala co-stars as the Prince, Dolora Zajick is Ježibaba, and dynamic young maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin is on the podium.

All shows are screened in UNCW’s Lumina Theater and subtitled in English.

All performances are live and in high definition unless noted as an ENCORE, which means the performance is a rebroadcast of the original.

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PRINCE IGOR Saturday, March 1 • Noon – 4:30 p.m. Note: early start at noon. $20 OLLI members, $24 nonmembers Borodin’s defining Russian epic, famous for its Polovtsian Dances, comes to the Met for the first time in nearly 100 years. Dmitri Tcherniakov’s new production is a brilliant psychological journey through the mind of its conflicted hero, with the founding of the Russian nation as the backdrop. Star bass-baritone Ildar Abdrazakov takes on the monumental title role, with Gianandrea Noseda conducting.

WERTHER Saturday, March 15 • 1 – 4:15 p.m. $20 OLLI members, $24 nonmembers Two of opera’s greatest artists—Jonas Kaufmann and Elina Garanca—appear together for the first time at the Met in Massenet’s sublime adaptation of Goethe’s revolutionary and tragic romance. It is directed and designed by Richard Eyre and Rob Howell, the same team that created the Met’s recent hit production of Carmen. Rising young maestro Alain Altinoglu conducts.

LA BOHÈME Saturday, April 5 • 1 – 4:30 p.m. $20 OLLI members, $24 nonmembers Puccini’s moving story of young love is the most performed opera in Met history—and with good reason. Anita Hartig stars as the frail Mimì in Franco Zeffirelli’s classic production, with Vittorio Grigolo as her passionate lover, Rodolfo.

COSÌ FAN TUTTE Saturday, April 26 • 1 – 5:15 p.m. $20 OLLI members, $24 nonmembers Music Director James Levine makes his long-awaited return to the Met podium to conduct Mozart’s beloved opera about testing the ties of love. The cast is filled with youthful Met stars: Susanna Phillips and Isabel Leonard are the sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella, Matthew Polenzani and Rodion Pogossov are their lovers, with Danielle de Niese as the scheming Despina.

LA CENERENTOLA Sunday, May 11 • 1 – 4:45 p.m. (ENCORE) $20 OLLI members, $24 nonmembers A peerless pair of Rossini virtuosos joins forces in La Cenerentola—a vocal tour de force for mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, singing her first Met performances of the Cinderella title role, and the high-flying tenor Juan Diego Flórez, as her Prince Charming. Alessandro Corbelli and Luca Pisaroni complete the cast, with Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi leading the effervescent score.

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The Birds of Southeastern North Carolina Spring Nesting Season with Jill Peleuses Monday, Feb. 10, (classroom preparation) • Tuesdays, Feb. 11 – May 13, (field trips) Five sessions • 8 – 10 a.m. $69 • Register by Feb. 4 Located along the Atlantic Flyway, Southeastern North Carolina is a haven for many different bird species. Join us to discover the birds of our region and bird watch in some of our area’s great birding hotspots. Throughout this class, students observe and learn how to identify spring migrants, backyard birds, shorebirds and resident songbirds during nesting season.

You’ll soon be hooked on this lifelong hobby. Jill Peleuses leads all sessions with help from area experts.

Feb. 10 Spring Nesting Season

and Bird Identification Program (OLLI Classroom)

with Jill Peleuses, owner,

Wild Bird & Garden Feb. 11

Poplar Grove Plantation Bird Walk with Carson Wood, Coastal Plain Conservation Group

May 13

Wrightsville Beach Shorebird Walk with Lindsay Addison, N.C. Audubon Society coastal biologist

March 11 Brunswick Town and

Orton Pond Bird Walk

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Airlie Gardens Bird Walk with Matt Collogan, environmental educator, Airlie Gardens

April 8

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Kayak Moores Creek National Battlefield with Don Harty and Jill Peleuses

surrounded by spring color and the birds that call this creek home. After your morning of kayaking, a ranger leads a history tour of the battlefield.

Kayaks and kayak instruction will be provided along with professional birder and guides. Participants bring their own bag lunch and water. No prior paddling experience is necessary.

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Wednesday, April 23 8:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. $79 Register by April 16

Explore historic Moores Creek and Moores Creek National Battlefield with Don Harty, owner of Mahanaim Adventures, and Jill Peleuses, owner of Wild Bird & Garden. Participants will experience this creek by kayak while learning about the area birds and fauna.

This is a leisurely 3- to 4-mile paddle on a slow-moving black water creek,

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WHQR IS: Listener-Supported Award-Winning Local and National News, Information, and Music for the

Coastal Carolinas.

Greenfield Lake Paddle and Boat Tour

Fort Fisher Kayaking Adventure

with Cape Fear River Watch

with Don Harty and Jill Peleuses

Monday, April 28 10 a.m. – Noon $29 Register by April 22

Wednesday, May 14 8:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. $79 Register by May 1

Join us on this popular OLLI tour of Greenfield Lake by kayak, canoe or on the motorized “big boat” with Scott Whitham and Kemp Burdette of Cape Fear River Watch. Learn about the history, plants and animals of the lake and its importance as the largest catch basin in New Hanover County. There are six seats on the “big boat” for those who prefer not to paddle, available on a firstcome, first-served basis. This is a repeat of a sold-out outing in the fall. Reserve your space today.

Join Don Harty and Jill Peleuses to explore The Basin at Fort Fisher and Zeke’s Island, located just below the Fort Fisher Ferry departure point in New Hanover County. This lagoon complex is one of the most unusual areas of the North Carolina coast. The largest of the three islands in this lagoon is Zeke’s Island and is located along the rock wall that borders the Cape Fear River. This area has extensive marshes and tidal flats that are excellent viewing places for different sea birds and other migratory birds.

Scott Whitham is the Greenfield Lake boathouse manager, and Kemp Burdette is the Cape Fear RIVERKEEPER®

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Harty and Peleuses will guide you through this beautiful lagoon while discussing the diverse habitats of the birds and wildlife. Kayaks and kayak instruction will be provided along with professional birder and guides.

Participants need to bring their own bag lunch and water. No prior paddling experience is necessary.

Special Thanks

to the UNCW Bookstore and Barnes & Noble for their continuing support of the opera at UNCW.

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Beginner/Intermediate Aquatics

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Enjoy the benefits of water fitness and get a great workout without stressing your joints. Classes are held in the beautiful, warm chlorine-free, bromine treated water therapy pool at Brightmore Independent Living. All fitness levels are welcome. Includes warm-up followed by cardiovascular and resistance training ending with cool down stretches for posture and balance.

New spots open for the Mon. – Wed. class! Call now to reserve your space in the Monday and Wednesday session.

Mondays/Wednesdays with Fran Tabor

Learn to Shag and/or Ballroom Dance with OLLI

Learn to Play Pickleball

with Verna Jordan

with Kevin Chandler

Sundays, Jan. 19 – March 2 Six sessions (no class Feb. 3)

Thursdays, Jan. 23 – Feb. 27 Six sessions • 2 – 4 p.m. $59 Register by Jan. 20

Series I:

Get in on the growing Pickleball craze with OLLI! Pickleball is played on a badminton court with the net lowered to 34 inches at the center. It is played with a perforated plastic baseball (similar to a whiffle ball) and wood or composite paddles. Since it is played on a smaller court at a slower speed than tennis, it has drawn the attention of many who loved to play tennis but now enjoy a slower pace. It is easy for people of any age to learn, but has also developed into a competitive game for experienced players. Learn how to play this fun new game with Kevin Chandler, the Wilmington Ambassador for the USA Pickleball Association.

Series III: May 19 – June 25

Register by May 14

Beginner Shag • 3:30 – 4:25 p.m.

Register by Jan. 15 $89 Beginner Ballroom • 4:30 – 5:25 p.m.

Register by Jan. 15 $89 Join the fun in a professional dance studio! Learn to dance and feel comfortable on the floor at dance clubs, casual evenings out, special events or even at your own wedding. The shag is a popular dance, born in the Carolinas and a favorite at local clubs and parties. This fun-filled beginner’s class gets you up to speed with the fundamental steps in the Carolina Shag, dancing to the fabulous and legendary music of our area.

The starter ballroom dance class includes beginning steps and technique in waltz and Latin dance addressing the basic of leading and following. No prior dance experience is necessary for either class.

Verna Jordan is a professional, certified, pro-am ballroom/Latin dance instructor and adjudicator. She has taught ballroom and Latin dancing at UNCW for 12 years.

12 sessions • Noon – 1 p.m. $109 Jan. 13 – Feb. 19 Register by Jan. 10

Series II: March 10 – April 16

Register by March 7

Fran Tabor has been teaching group fitness for 25 years. She has taught step and water aerobics as well as weight lifting and running. She is certified through the Arthritis Foundation and teaches arthritis water aerobics at Brightmore Independent living.

Tuesdays/Thursdays with Bonnie Ryan Series IV: Jan. 14 – Feb. 20

Register by Jan. 10 Series V:

March 11 – April 17 Register by March 7

Series VI: May 20 – June 26

Register by May 14 Bonnie Ryan is certified in aerobics as a shallow water lifeguard and in aqua arthritis. She has taught water aerobics at Brightmore and at the YMCA for more than 17 years, leading classes in both high- and low-impact water exercises.

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Tai chi can also boost energy, increase stamina and agility while sharpening reflexes and providing an overall sense of well-being. This gentle beginners’ class is perfect for anyone who would like an introduction to this beautiful and beneficial form of movement.

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Introduction to Mah Jongg with Dennis Conlon Tuesdays, March 4 – April 8 Six sessions • 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. $69 Register by Feb. 19

The student will learn about the composition of the mah jongg set, the mechanics of playing the game, how to formulate a strategy to win and tactics to prevent others from winning. Several sessions of supervised play will illustrate the lessons and confirm the student’s ability to play the game either socially or in a competitive atmosphere.

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The history of mah jongg is shrouded in myth. Is it truly thousands of years old or does it only date back to the mid1800s? Was it created by Confucius as is fabled or as a game for the royal court which was forbidden to commoners?

What is not a mystery is the popularity of this game of strategy and chance all over the world.

OLLI is partnering with the Wilmington Yoga Center (WYC) which has designed the following program with our members in mind. All classes will be held at WYC. Participants will need a yoga mat and comfortable clothing. Mats are also available to rent for a nominal fee.

and simple postures in a supportive environment that stresses safe alignment and modifications for your body type and fitness level. There are no prerequisites for this series, just an open mind and willing spirit. Live with grace in a body that feels good each and every day.

active older adults. Easy to follow choreography guarantees a fun, yet safe, total body workout. This class is designed for people who may not be able to withstand the high impact motions taught in regular Zumba classes while maintaining a high energy environment.

Introduction to Yoga

Zumba Gold

Tuesdays, Jan. 21 – Feb. 25 Six sessions • 2 – 3 p.m. $89 Register by Jan. 16

with Kathy Senna

Kathy Senna is a retired health and physical education teacher who loves to dance. She has a B.S. in health and physical education from East Stroudsburg University and an M.S. in Exercise Science from Kean University.

She has been teaching Zumba and Zumba gold since 2012.

In this introductory series, you’ll learn basic and gentle yoga stretches to increase your flexibility and muscle strength while promoting good health and wellness. Learn conscious breathing

Wednesdays, Jan. 22 – March 26 Ten sessions • 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. $89 Register by Jan. 16 Zumba Gold creates a party-like atmosphere by bringing exciting Latin and international dance rhythms to

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event calendar index January 13 Public Interest Forum.................... pg 23 13 Beginner/Intermediate Aquatics...... pg 31 14 Beginner/Intermediate Aquatics...... pg 31 17 Friday Forum................................ pg 23 19 Learn to Shag............................... pg 31 19 Learn to Ballroom Dance............... pg 31 21 The Folktale as Art Form................ pg 4

19 Theatre Games: Re-discovering the

Joy of Acting................................ pg 15

15 Reader’s Theater.......................... pg 15

21 Shipwrecks and Shoals: Nautical

History of Cape Fear..................... pg 4

23 Kayak Moore’s Creek National Battlefield.................................... pg 29

25 Introduction to Mah Jongg............. pg 33

26 Mozart’s COSI FAN TUTTE.............. pg 27

26 Wine Society................................ pg 24

28 Meet ‘Em and Eat ‘Em................... pg 4

27 War Horse.................................... pg 25

28 Greenfield Lake Paddle and Boat Tour

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16 Veterans as Writers....................... pg 9

21 PLATO......................................... pg 18

March

21 Introduction to Yoga...................... pg 33

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Borodin’s PRINCE IGOR.................. pg 27

May

22 Zumba Gold................................. pg 33

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Art of Central America................... pg 6

11 Rossini’s LA CENERENTOLA........... pg 27

23 Learn to Play Pickleball................. pg 31

6 Healthy Connections: Enhancing

Relationships to Improve Quality of Life............................................. pg 10

15 Topics in Psychology Today: Neurofeedback............................. pg 12

10 Beginner/Intermediate Aquatics...... pg 31

19 Beginner/Intermediate Aquatics...... pg 31

28 Music and the Great War............... pg 14

11 Separating Orville and Wilbur Wright

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20 TEDTalks: A Better You.................. pg 10

28 Taste the Olive: Wine Pairing.......... pg 24

11 Beginner/Intermediate Aquatics...... pg 31

28 WWI Book Club............................. pg 14

12 The Promised Land....................... pg 12

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30 SEA and COFFEE.......................... pg 20

13 Current Investing Climate............... pg 6

30 Coriolanus................................... pg 25

14 Mindfulness and Meditation........... pg 12

25 Canadian Maritimes International Trip

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February

15 Massenet’s WERTHER.................... pg 27

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17 A Glimpse at World Indigenous Film.

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24 FOURTH FRIDAY............................ pg 22 27 New Horizons Band....................... pg 13 27 Tai Chi: Gentle Beginners............... pg 32

The Jewish Middle Ages................ pg 11

3 OASIS.......................................... pg 16 4

Reflections on the Great War.......... pg 14

5 WOW........................................... pg 19

19 3 Minute Fiction........................... pg 7

Abstract Expressionists: Pollock, Rothko and de Kooning.................. pg 5

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Biodiversity and Costa Rica............ pg 6

23 Costa Rica International Trip

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Dvorak’s RUSALKA........................ pg 26

25 Gaming Your Way to a Better Memory

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11 OLLI Literary Club......................... pg 7 14 Angst to Art: What Creative Genius

Teaches Us about Health and Healing

.................................................. pg 10 14 The Constitution III........................ pg 22 18 The Myth of the Iron Ladies: India

Gandhi, Golda Meir and Margaret Thatcher...................................... pg 11 18 Cybercrime and Digital Privacy....... pg 13 19 Twentieth-Century War Poetry........ pg 15

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20 Beginner/Intermediate Aquatics...... pg 31

19 19th Century Paris: The City as a

Work of Art.................................. pg 5

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10 Birds of Southeastern NC............... pg 28

14 Fort Fisher Kayaking Adventure...... pg 30

21 B Frank Hall/Megivern Lecture....... pg 11

26 Founding Fathers (Not Presidents) pg 22 26 Epicurean Delight at CFCC............. pg 24

April 3

Giacomo Puccini: Viva Verismo....... pg 11

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Puccini’s LA BOHEME.................... pg 27

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Costa Rica International Trip II

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An Artist’s Journey: Ben Billingsley. pg 5

14 The China Dream: History, Politics and

International Relations................... pg 13

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Learn more about these programs in the OLLI catalog online and in print! www.uncw.edu/olli

Register online or by phone www.uncw.edu/olli 910.962.3195 A confirmation letter and program information will be sent to you via email. If you do not have an email address, you will receive these materials at the address you provide. Specific course location will be provided at registration.

We must receive your registration information and payment at least three (3) university working days prior to the program start date unless otherwise noted.

Refunds/Cancellations: Fees can only be refunded if a written notification of withdrawal is received three (3) university working days prior to the start of the program unless otherwise noted. A processing fee of $10 is charged on cancellations.

We are located at 620 South College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403-5614.

UNC Wilmington is committed to and will provide equality of educational and employment opportunity. Questions regarding program access may be directed to the Compliance Officer, UNCW Chancellor’s Office, 910.962.3000, Fax 910.962.3483.

UNCW complies with all provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Accommodations will be made available upon request. If you have special needs and would like to participate in this program, please contact the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNCW, 910.962.3195 ten (10) days prior to the event so proper consideration may be given to the request. This publication is available in alternative format on request. The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of North Carolina Wilmington follows an open admissions policy.

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Canadian Maritimes and Coastal Wonders Aug. 25 – Sept. 4, 2014 11 Days – 17 meals Join OLLI friends as we uncover the treasures of the Canadian Maritimes.

From the rugged Cabot Trail to the amazing Fundy tides, fun and adventure await. Marvel at the incredible views at Halifax’s Peggy’s Cove.

See the four-story high flowerpot-shaped Hopewell Rocks and enjoy a lobster lunch. In Prince Edward Island, visit the Anne of Green Gables house. Learn about the region’s Gaelic heritage and experience local culture at the celebrated Saint John City Market. Be inspired by the many inventions of Alexander Graham Bell at his museum. Savor a salmon barbeque at a remote fishing lodge on the Fundy Trail. Travel along the striking Lighthouse Route. Don’t miss the beaches, picturesque fishing villages, and rich seafaring history of this amazing region. visit www.uncw.edu for prices and details

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