News & Events
Award-Winning Author Bret Anthony Johnson to Visit UNC Asheville
February 28, 2011
Bret Anthony Johnson, author of the award-winning collection, "Corpus Christi: Stories," will visit UNC Asheville at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, in UNC Asheville's Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum. The San Francisco Chronicle called Johnson an "author with a pitch-perfect ear for dialogue and a dead-on eye for conjuring an entire universe with one simple detail." Johnson's presentation will include a reading, question-and-answer period and book signing. The event is free and open to the public.
Graphic Novelist Gareth Hinds to Present Lecture on Artistic Process and Career
February 24, 2011
Gareth Hinds is the creator of several critically-acclaimed graphic novel adaptations of classic literature, including Beowulf, King Lear, and the Odyssey. His multimedia presentation will focus on his artistic process and career, including his choice of classic themes, as well as touching on aspects of production and marketing. The presentation will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, in UNC Asheville's Humanities Lecture Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
Third Annual Asheville Jewish Film Festival Features Israeli Oscar Winner and James Franco as Poet Ginsberg
February 24, 2011
The Asheville Jewish Film Festival returns this year, touching "light" subjects like Jewish foods and Israeli sumo wrestlers, and probing even more weighty topics like protest movements in the West Bank, the lives of Jewish Civil War soldiers, the lessons of genocide survivors, and the obscenity trial of poet Allen Ginsberg. The festival is presented by the Center for Jewish Studies at UNC Asheville, in partnership with the Asheville Art Museum and the Fine Arts Theater. The films will be screened from March 26-April 1 at the Fine Arts Theater, 36 Biltmore Ave., downtown Asheville.
Registration Now Open for College for Seniors Spring Term
February 14, 2011
UNC Asheville's nationally renowned College for Seniors has opened registration for spring term courses, held March 21-May 13. Course catalogues were mailed today and course listings are available online. Classes will take place at UNC Asheville's Reuter Center, home of the North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement.
Greek Art and Archeology Expert to Lecture on Development of Western Greek Culture
February 9, 2011
Greek art and archeology expert Barbara Barletta will present a lecture on the early art of Western Greece and the relationships with other cultures that influenced Greek development. The lecture will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, in the Whitman Room of UNC Asheville's Ramsey Library, and will explore architecture, sculpture and painting. The event is free and open to the public.
Writers at Home Continues with Readings by Master of Liberal Arts Students
February 3, 2011
Members of UNC Asheville's Master of Liberal Arts program will present their creative writing works in the next installment of UNC Asheville's Writers at Home series. Authors include Nathan Cook, Jordan Dolfi and Carolyn Ogburn. The reading begins at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20, at Malaprop's Bookstore/Café, 55 Haywood St., downtown Asheville. It is free and open to the public
Laura Hope-Gill's Poetry and Photographs by John Fletcher Jr. to be Featured at UNC Asheville
January 28, 2011
UNC Asheville's Ramsey Library will present the collaborative work of poet Laura Hope-Gill and photographer John Fletcher Jr. during the month of February. An exhibit of their paired poems and photos will be on view in Ramsey Library's Blowers Gallery from February 1-28. Hope-Gill and Fletcher will also present a slideshow and poetry reading at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8 in the library's Whitman Room.
UNC Asheville’s Super Saturday Program Offers Super Classes for Kids
January 25, 2011
Saturdays are super this spring at UNC Asheville! Academically gifted, creative, and/or highly motivated students in grades 3-8 have the opportunity to explore foreign language, model rocketry, magic, and much more at UNC Asheville’s spring semester Super Saturday program, beginning March 5. More than 12,000 children from across Western North Carolina have explored their special interests through hands-on learning on the UNC Asheville campus as part of Super Saturdays.
Dan Pierce Headlines Faculty Book Talk Series
January 19, 2011
Dan Pierce, UNC Asheville history professor, will kick off the spring semester series of Brown Bag Book Talks with UNC Asheville Faculty Authors with a reading from his acclaimed book, "Real NASCAR: White Lightning, Red Clay, and Big Bill France." The reading will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 25, in the Special Collections Reading Room of Ramsey Library.
Weaving, Woodworking and Printmaking Featured in “Meet the Maker” Series
January 18, 2011
UNC Asheville’s Craft Studies Initiative will continue its series, “Meet the Maker: Conversations of Meaning with Craftspeople,” with a presentation by Windgate Fellowship recipients Andrea Donnelly and Dustin Farnsworth. The evening will include a lecture and reception, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23, at Owen Hall, room 302.
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