News & Events
Climbing PoeTree to Perform November 13
November 1, 2012
Climbing PoeTree – the duo of spoken word artists Alixa Garcia and Naima Penniman – will perform at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13 at UNC Asheville's Lipinsky Auditorium.
“Writers at Home” To Feature Award-Winning Local Authors
November 1, 2012
The Writers at Home series, sponsored by UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program, continues in November with works from authors Catherine Reid and Nancy Dew Taylor. The readings will take place at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 18 at Malaprop's Bookstore/Café, 55 Haywood St., in downtown Asheville. This event is free and open the public.
UNC Asheville Dance Program to Host 15th Annual “Everybody Can-Can” Benefit Show
November 1, 2012
UNC Asheville's Dance Program will host its 15th annual benefit performance, "Everybody Can-Can," at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, in UNC Asheville's Lipinsky Auditorium.
Theatre UNCA’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” Opens November 8
October 29, 2012
The UNC Asheville Drama Department presents Oscar Wilde's witty comedy, "The Importance of Being Earnest," Nov. 8-17 in Carol Belk Theatre on campus. Subtitled "A Trivial Comedy for Serious People," Wilde's play illustrates his belief that "life is much too important a thing ever to talk seriously about it."
“Faces of Afghanistan” Portrait Exhibit to Open at UNC Asheville
October 22, 2012
Skip Rohde, just returned from Afghanistan, will open an exhibition of portraits, "Faces of Afghanistan," at the S. Tucker Cooke Gallery in UNC Asheville's Owen Hall.
Congolese Band, Staff Benda Bilili, to Rock UNC Asheville in First US Tour
October 16, 2012
Staff Benda Bilili will bring its unique blend of vocals, guitars and tight rhythms to UNC Asheville for an 8 p.m. concert, Tuesday, Oct. 30, in Lipinsky Auditorium. The musicians, paraplegic men and boys who lived and played on the streets around the grounds of Kinshasa zoo in Democratic Republic of the Congo, caught the ear of a visiting Belgian record-producer. The band has now recorded two albums and performed in Europe, Japan and Australia. This is Staff Benda Bilili's first US tour.
New Sculpture Exhibit at UNC Asheville by Katie Johnson
October 15, 2012
"Fragmentation and Redemption," an exhibit of sculptures by UNC Asheville senior Katie Johnson, will open with a reception at 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 26, in Highsmith University Union Gallery on campus.
“Writers at Home” Highlights Great Smokies Review Authors
October 15, 2012
Cathy Vance Agrella, Terry Gess and LJ Faulkner will read from their works in the next installment of Writers at Home, from UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program (GSWP). All three are contributors to The Great Smokies Review, GSWP's online literary journal. The reading is free and open to the public, and begins at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 21, at Malaprop's Bookstore/Café, 55 Haywood St., in downtown Asheville.
Mystery Writer John Hart, Winner of Consecutive Edgar Awards, to Read at UNC Asheville
September 27, 2012
John Hart, author of bestselling and critically acclaimed mystery novels, will read from and discuss his books at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, in UNC Asheville's Sherrill Center, Mountain View Room. Hart is the only writer to win two consecutive Edgar Awards for Best Novel. The Edgars are awarded by the Mystery Writers of America.
Theatre UNCA to Perform Lois Lowry’s “The Giver”
September 19, 2012
Theatre UNCA, UNC Asheville's Department of Drama mainstage season, presents "The Giver," Lois Lowry's Newberry Medal-winning book, adapted for the stage by Eric Coble, September 27-30 at the Carol Belk Theatre on the campus.
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