News & Events
New UNC Asheville Faculty Make Local Debuts with Jazz Presentations
August 17, 2011
The fall music season at UNC Asheville begins with free midday presentations by the two newest members of the Music Department faculty, William Bares and Brian Felix, both assistant professors, and both keyboard artists.
UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program Announces Fall Workshops
August 9, 2011
Some of the area’s best authors and instructors are featured in the new fall lineup of workshops from UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program (GSWP). Courses will help hone the skills of writers of poetry and prose, including memoir, novels, and creative nonfiction. Some classes are open to interested writers of all levels; some are restricted to more advanced writers. In all cases, class size is limited and early registration is suggested.
Math Meets Craft to Raise Awareness of Threats to Coral Reefs
May 16, 2011
Western North Carolina is joining a global effort to crochet a coral reef. As part of the unique project, the "Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef" by the Institute For Figuring (IFF) in Los Angeles, which unites non-Euclidean hyperbolic geometry with ancient craft techniques, area artisans are working to create beautiful and lifelike models that will raise awareness of threats to the world's coral. The Asheville Reef, organized by UNC Asheville's Center for Craft, Creativity & Design, will involve crochet groups in Brevard and Hendersonville, as well as UNC Asheville, Appalachian State University and Western Carolina University.
Still "Feelin' Groovy" – Reuter Center Singers to Present '60s Folk Songfest
April 26, 2011
The Reuter Center Singers will present a '60s Folk Songfest at 3 p.m. Sunday May 15, at UNC Asheville's Reuter Center. A chorus of more than 50 voices, the Reuter Center Singers stage spring and fall concerts at the North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement, and perform in many other community venues, including Biltmore House, the Veterans' Administration Hospital, churches and retirement homes.
UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program Offers Summer Workshops
April 22, 2011
Local writers will have the opportunity to hone their skills with UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program's summer workshops in poetry and prose. Classes are open to all interested writers but class size is limited; early registration is suggested.
Spring Issue of "The Great Smokies Review" Now Online; Authors Offer Public Reading May 15
March 31, 2011
The Spring 2011 issue of The Great Smokies Review, a Web-based literary magazine published by UNC Asheville’s Great Smokies Writing Program (GSWP), is now online at thegreatsmokiesreview.org.
UNC Asheville’s Sophie Mills Honored for Teaching Excellence by UNC Board of Governors
March 29, 2011
Sophie J.V. Mills, known for her academic rigor, passion for teaching and commitment to her students, was named today a recipient of the 2011 Award for Teaching Excellence from the University of North Carolina’s Board of Governors. Mills, professor and longtime chair of UNC Asheville’s Classics Department, was nominated by a committee of the UNC Asheville faculty. She will receive a commemorative bronze medallion and a $7,500 cash prize.
Theatre UNCA Stages "Reefer Madness: The Musical"
March 29, 2011
Theatre UNCA will probe political parallels between the 1930s and the present through a satirical comedy, "Reefer Madness: The Musical," with five performances from April 13-17 in UNC Asheville's Carol Belk Theater. Tickets go on sale April 7, with student, senior citizen and general admission pricing.
"Matzoh Ball Gumbo" Author Marcie Cohen Ferris Presents Culinary Tales of the Jewish South
March 29, 2011
“What does it mean to be both southern and Jewish?” Culinary historian Marcie Cohen Ferris will present a mix of oral history, archival resources and recipes that help answer that question, when she delivers the third annual Sam Hill Lecture in Southern Religious History, 7 p.m. Thursday, April 14, in UNC Asheville's Humanities Lecture Hall.
Distinguished Visiting Lecturer Offers "Speak Of Me As I Am: Othello Now and Then"
March 28, 2011
The nature of evil and issues of domestic violence and race as they are portrayed in Shakespeare's "Othello" will be explored by award-winning professor Ron Herzman in his lecture, "Speak Of Me As I Am: Othello Now and Then." The lecture will take place at 7 p.m. Monday, April 4, in UNC Asheville's Humanities Lecture Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
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