News & Events
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.
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.
“The Deaf Community at a Crossroads” – Gallaudet University President Emeritus I. King Jordan to Speak at UNC Asheville
October 9, 2012
I. King Jordan, who made history when he was appointed as the first deaf president of Gallaudet University, will deliver a talk, "The Deaf Community at a Crossroads" at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, in UNC Asheville's Highsmith University Union. Jordan will also speak to smaller groups of students during his visit to UNC Asheville as part of the university's first Disability Awareness Week.
“Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War” - UNC Asheville to host national exhibit, along with local diaries, portraits, and slave deeds
September 27, 2012
"Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War," a national traveling exhibition, will open at UNC Asheville's Ramsey Library on October 15. The exhibit examines how President Lincoln viewed the Constitution as applied to three intertwined crises of the Civil War—the secession of Southern states, slavery and wartime civil liberties.
“Women in Islam” Panel to Examine Role of Muslim Women in Islamic Culture and the Western World
September 24, 2012
"Women in Islam," a panel discussion featuring three prominent Muslim women, will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, in UNC Asheville's Humanities Lecture Hall. This event is free and open to the public and is sponsored by two UNC Asheville student organizations, the Muslim Student Association and the Feminist Collective Club.
China Symposium Brings Asian History, Culture to UNC Asheville
September 24, 2012
UNC Asheville's two-day symposium, October 1-2, "Chinese Histories in Global Contexts," will feature two presentations which will be free and open to the public:
Lauren Winner to Present “The Art of Spiritual Memoir” at UNC Asheville
September 17, 2012
Lauren Winner, a writer, historian and theologian known for chronicling her own spiritual journeys, will present "The Art of Spiritual Memoir" at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 3 in UNC Asheville's Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum.
UNC Asheville’s Second Annual Well-A-Bration Features Three Days of Health Activities; Keynote Talk by Dan Savage
August 23, 2012
UNC Asheville's second annual Well-A-Bration, September 13-15, will feature music, a sports expo, healthy cooking and exercise workshops, and a keynote talk by author, activist and sex-advice columnist Dan Savage.
Renowned Sculptural Ceramicist Magdalene Odundo to Speak in Asheville
August 10, 2012
Magdalene Odundo, the renowned Kenyan-born sculptural ceramist and professor, will speak about her work at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 14, at the Asheville Art Museum. Her talk is presented in partnership with UNC Asheville's Center for Craft, Creativity & Design (CCCD), which has sponsored Odundo's visit as artist-in-residence in Western North Carolina.
Ron Rash and Charles Frazier to Headline Summer Author Speaker Series at UNC Asheville
May 16, 2012
A quintet of great Southern writers, including Ron Rash and Charles Frazier, will speak in July at UNC Asheville's Reuter Center as part of the Summer Authors Speakers Series. The series of talks, produced by the Appalachian Studies Program of the College for Seniors at UNC Asheville's N.C. Center for Creative Retirement, is free and open to the public, 3-4:30 p.m. Sundays. NOTE - THIS IS NOW A TICKETED EVENT.
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