On March 15, 2021, 3:30 – 5:10 pm, Firestorm Books and Amanda Wray (UNC Asheville, English Department) will host a virtual discussion with Maggie Werner, author of Stripped: Reading the Erotic Body published by Penn State UP in 2020.
UNC Asheville’s Visiting Writer Series will continue with a reading and discussion on Zoom by novelist and essayist CJ Hauser on Tuesday, March 16, beginning at 7 p.m. This event is free and open to everyone, by UNC Asheville’s Department of English.
UNC Asheville will present Women in Asheville History: Histories of Local Women Presented by UNC Asheville Alumni and Students on Wednesday, March 17 at 6 p.m. This presentation is sponsored by the Department of History and the Program in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
The 2021 Winter Buzz Breakfast series, hosted by Leadership Asheville and the Asheville Area Arts Council, continues at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 18, with a discussion of equitable creative placemaking with Maria R. Jackson, institute professor at the Studio for Creativity, Place and Equitable Communities at the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University. This online event is free and open to everyone.
UNC Asheville will host a virtual panel discussion on the film Coded Bias titled Exposing Systematic Racism and Gender Bias in the Tech World at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 18. Panelists include Bill Barrs, Marietta Cameron, Sarah Judson, Susan Reiser and Anne Slatton.
UNC Asheville Classics Professor Sophie Mills will host three separate community conversations exploring the power of ecstatic experience as a sacred vehicle for transcendence. The three events will be on Thursday, March 18 at 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 14 at 7 p.m., and Monday, April 26 at 7 p.m. The April 14 event will be in person at Sunflower Diner in West Asheville.
The Philosophy Department at UNC Asheville will be presenting, as part of their "Philosophy for Hard Times" series, is Ethics for Hard Times: Why Do (Other) People Make Bad Decisions? The presentation will be given by Melissa Burchard on Friday, March 19 at 3:30 pm via Zoom.
UNC Asheville will host the Critical Perspectives Series in March and April with two virtual events. The first lecture, with scholar Kirstin Squint, will consider the recently published novel, Even As We Breathe in preparation for author Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle's visit the following week.
UNC Asheville’s biennial Queer Studies Conference, co-sponsored this year by Davidson College, will bring together scholars, artists and activists March 26-28 for virtual workshops and presentations. With keynote presentations by Wriply Bennet and Kay Ulanday Barrett, the conference will be based around the theme, Fitting In and Sticking Out – Queer Visibilities and the Perils of Inclusion.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville will host author Daniel S. Pierce for his discussion T he RAIL Project: Incarcerated Labor Remembered on Friday, March 26 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. as part of its Fab Fridays Lunch & Learn.
UNC Asheville will hold its Spring Greenfest 2021 from Monday, March 27 to Saturday, April 3.
Kick off your college search at Junior Preview Day, an open house experience designed just for high school juniors.
Join us March 29, 2021, 3:30 – 5 PM for Drag as Art and Activism. Four Performances + Audience Discussion with Western North Carolina drag artists.
Author Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle will discuss her novel, Even As We Breathe, at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 31.
UNC Asheville will present Philosophy for Hard Times: "On Zozobra" with Carlos Sanchez on Thursday, April 1 at noon as part of the philosophy department's Philosophy for Hard Times series. […]
The UNC Asheville Arts & Ideas program will present a multi-exhibit and performance celebration titled Art For Our Times from April 2 to April 10.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville will host Jacie Volkman to discuss COVID-19 as part of its Fab Friday series on Friday, April 2.
The Center for Jewish Studies at UNC Asheville will host two events in remembrance of the millions of lives extinguished in the Holocaust.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville will host Marsha Gordon to discuss "Screening Race" as part of its Fab Friday series on Friday, April 9.
UNC Asheville will host a public art exhibit from April 12 to April 23 with the work from Skillset over the last three years. The exhibit will be on display […]
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville will host Bob Roth on Monday, April 12 at 4:30 p.m. as he presents "Bringing Meditation To Everyone - And Why Science Says It's A Great Idea."
The UNC Asheville athletics department will host Muffet McGraw (ACC Network/Notre Dame) and Josh Pastner (Georgia Tech) as guests on the next edition of "Noontime with the Bulldogs," sponsored by Mako Medical. The webinar will take place on Wednesday, April 14 and will be hosted by Director of Athletics Janet R. Cone.
The 2021 Winter Buzz Breakfast series, hosted by Leadership Asheville and the Asheville Area Arts Council, will have its fourth and final session starting at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 15, with a panel discussion of local public art initiatives and exploring what equitable creative placemaking could look like in our community. The panel features government and student leaders. This online event is free and open to everyone.
UNC Asheville’s 36th annual Joseph M. Sulock Memorial Economic Crystal Ball Seminar will be held online at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 15. Noted economist David W. Berson will make forecasts on the business and financial outlook for the coming year, taking account of new federal tax policies and Federal Reserve decisions about interest rates.
UNC Asheville’s Visiting Writer Series will present its final reading and discussion of the spring semester, featuring poet, essayist, and literary critic Artress Bethany White on Thursday, April 15, beginning at 7 p.m. on Zoom. This event is free and open to everyone, by UNC Asheville’s Department of English.
UNC Asheville will present The 3 Pigs and the Red Line on April 16 at 7 p.m. and April 18 at 2 p.m. The 3 Pigs and the Red Line is a family-friendly adaptation of the classic fable, The 3 Pigs, inspired by the history of redlining and urban renewal in Asheville’s black community. Told through the magic of Toy Theatre, combining shadow puppetry, paper puppetry and crankies, the show aims to spark a conversation around our city’s complicated history and how it continues to affect us all today.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville will host Dr. Ryan Terlecki to discuss 'Men’s Health and Urology' as part of its Fab Friday series on Friday, April 16.
UNC Asheville will host Sean A. Wempe, assistant professor of Modern European History, California State University – Bakersfield to give talk, “Pandemic Racism: Historical Patterns of Disease Burden” on Friday, April 16 at 3:30 p.m.
UNC Asheville will hold its first-ever UNC Asheville Day of Giving from noon on April 21 to noon on April 22.
UNC Asheville will welcome adrienne maree brown to campus to present Social Justice as Science Fiction: The Queerness of Liberation on April 22 at 7 p.m.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville will host Jonathan Tetzlaff to discuss 'China, Surveillance Technology & Human Rights' as part of its Fab Friday series on Friday, April 23.
The UNC Asheville Student Ceramics and Art Sale will be held on Saturday, April 24, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the front parking lot at 838 Riverside Drive, the intersection with Broadway right off Rt 26 at exit 25.
Kick off your college search at Junior Preview Day, an open house experience designed just for high school juniors.
TheaterUNCA will present its spring dance performance "Changes: A Night of Dance and Media Performance" virtually on April 24 at 6 p.m.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville will host Fred Travis on Monday, April 26 at 4:30 p.m. as he presents "The Neuroscience of Meditation and Higher States of Consciousness."
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville will host Dr. Christine Lehman to discuss "Non-Surgical Options for Treating Joint Pain and Improving Function" as part of its Fab Friday series on Friday, April 30.
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville will host Tonia Plummet to discuss the Young Men's Institute as part of its Fab Fridays series on Friday, May 7 at 11:30 a.m.
UNC Asheville will celebrate the Class of 2021 spring graduates on Saturday, May 8 with two ceremonies.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville will host a panel to discuss Diabetes on May 14 at 11:30 a.m. as part of its Fab Friday series.
UNC Asheville and the Center for Craft will host ceramic artist Roberto Lugo and curator Michelle Millar Fisher for their lecture Activism and Overcoming Obstacles on Friday, May 14 at […]
The free movie, "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle," begins at dusk on a giant outdoor screen in the parking lot on Campus Drive nearest the Broadway Street entrance to campus.
UNC Asheville will host the 94th Mountain Dance and Folk Festival from Aug. 5 through Aug. 7.
UNC Asheville will host its 2021 Rockypalooza on Friday, Aug. 13. Note: This event is not open to the public. It is only open to the campus community.
This year's Live at 5 concert features Almost Owen (Isaac Haselkorn), who will be performing on the University Quad on Sunday, August 15 from 5:30 - 7 p.m.
UNC Asheville will host Experience UNC Asheville from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the University Quad. NOTE: This event is not open to the public. It is only open to the UNC Asheville community.
Retrospective: Robert Tynes will be exhibited at UNC Asheville's S. Tucker Cooke Gallery from August 20th to September 8th, 2021. This will be a celebratory retrospective of Robert Tynes' career, marked by his recent retirement after over thirty years of teaching and painting professionally. The artist kindly requests that all visitors are fully vaccinated and masked upon entering the exhibit due to being immunocompromised.
Ingles Markets and Pepsi are proud to bring the 2021 Downhome concert Series with Joe Lasher, Kaitlyn Baker, Commodore Fox and Lyric to the UNC Asheville Quad, Saturday, August 21st. Music starts at 6 p.m. Admission is free but please bring canned food items to donate to Manna Food Bank.
UNC Asheville will host the 2021 Bulldog Athletics Fund Scholarship Golf Classic from August 23-24 at The Country Club of Asheville.
An evening Humanities keynote lecture open to the public for anyone interested in learning more about Islam and Islamophobia, and receiving context to bridge divides.
The English Department's University Fellow for Faculty Diversity, Diamond Forde's debut collection, Mother Body, is the winner of the 2019 Saturnalia Poetry Prize. She has received numerous awards and prizes, including the Pink Poetry Prize, the Furious Flower Poetry Prize, and CLA's Margaret Walker Memorial Prize, and placed in the Frontier Poetry's New Poets Award. She is a Callaloo and Tin House fellow, whose work has appeared in Massachusetts Review, Ninth Letter, NELLE, Tupelo Quarterly and more.