Evan Kafka: Trophies & Billboard Selfies

Ramsey Library, Blowers Gallery

An exhibit featuring photographer Evan Kafka, “Trophies & Billboards Selfies” is on display at the Blowers Gallery in Ramsey Library until March 31.

Free

History Day

Highsmith Student Union 1 University Heights, Asheville

On March 16, from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., UNC Asheville’s Department of History will host History Day!

UNC Asheville Annual Pi-Day Fun-Run

Carrier Park 220 Amboy Road, Asheville

Celebrate Pi Day at UNC Asheville's annual fun-run on March 17, starting at 3:14 pm sharp. Whether you prefer to run, walk, skip, or trot the 3.14-mile distance, come take part in honoring the mathematical marvel that is Pi at Carrier Park, 220 Amboy Rd Asheville, NC 28806.

$10 – $20

“GIS and Humanities: A Partnership Made in Space”

Rhoades Robinson 125

On March 18 at 11 a.m., Joseph Kerski from the Environment Rating Scales Institute will be speaking on the connections between Digital Humanities and Geotechnologies.

Free

Common Word Community Read: “Political Violence as Terrorism”

Reuter Center, Manheimer Room (102)

On March 18 at 6 p.m. Mark Gibney, Carol G. Belk Distinguished Professor of Political Science at UNC Asheville will discuss the link between politics, violence, and terror, relating the events of this semester’s Community Read book, “Wilmington's Lie,” to contemporary crises around the globe.

Free

Visiting Writers: Natalie Baszile

Highsmith Student Union, Blue Ridge Room (202/203)

On March 20 at 7 p.m. in the Blue Ridge Room of UNC Asheville’s Highsmith Union, Natalie Baszile will present readings from her recent work.

Free

Live at Lunch: Latin Jazz Ensemble

Lipinsky Hall

Catch the student Latin Jazz Ensemble on March 21 at 12 p.m., live on the Quad in front of Lipinsky!

Free

Paint the Sky with Music

Lipinsky Hall Lobby

Join the Asheville Singers for their choral concert “Paint the Sky with Music” in the Lipinsky Hall lobby from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on March 26. 

Free – $10

Live at Lunch: NOIRE

Lipinsky Hall

Check out the student ensemble NOIRE on March 28 at 12 p.m., live on the Quad in front of Lipinsky!

Free

The Breakfast Club Concert

Lipinsky Hall 018

Join The Breakfast Club student ensemble for a performance of your favorite songs from the 1980’s in the Lipinsky Hall Room 018 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on March 28. 

Free – $10

Becoming Beholden: Floods, Fires, and Acts of Witness

Highsmith Student Union, Alumni Hall (114)

On March 28 at 7 p.m. in Alumni Hall of Highsmith Student Union, Shannon Gayk will explore how premodern accounts of biblical flood and fire probe the ethics of seeing ecological catastrophe and responding to the suffering it generates.

Free

Jewish Perspectives on Reproductive Rights

Highsmith Student Union, Blue Ridge Room (202/203)

Lisa Fishbayn Joffe, Shulamit Reinharz Director of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute at Brandeis University, explores how Jewish texts, Jewish law, and contemporary Jewish ethics inform questions of reproductive health issues.

Free

Wayne Shorter & Latin Jazz Ensembles

Lipinsky Hall Auditorium

On April 4 at 7 p.m. in Lipinsky Auditorium, UNC Asheville student ensembles will perform the music of Wayne Shorter, American jazz saxophonist, and Latin Jazz.

Hate Ends Now

Reed Plaza 1 University Heights, Asheville

A powerful exhibit about the Holocaust will be visiting the UNC Asheville campus April 9 to April 12, open from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. in Reed Plaza.

Free

Live at Lunch: Wayne Shorter Ensemble and Studio 18

Lipinsky Hall

Check out the student ensembles Wayne Shorter Ensemble and Studio 18 on April 11 at 12 p.m., live on the Quad in front of Lipinsky! The ensembles will perform a variety of jazz music, instrumental and vocal.

Free

Visiting Writers: Neema Avashia

Highsmith Student Union, Blue Ridge Room (202/203)

On April 16 at 7 p.m. in the Blue Ridge Room of UNC Asheville’s Highsmith Union, Neema Avashia will present readings from her recent work.

Free

Give UNC Asheville 2024

On April 17, from midnight to midnight, our community unites as Bulldogs for Give UNC Asheville, the University’s biggest day of giving.

Sincerely, The Egg

Carol Belk Theatre

Two shows, one experience! From April 18 through the 21, TheatreUNCA will host two productions “Sincerely,” and “The Egg” in the Carol Belk Theatre. 

Advanced Skywarn Spotter Training

Rhoades Robinson 125

UNC Asheville’s Atmospheric Sciences will host an advanced Skywarn storm-spotter training course at 6:30 p.m. on April 23, at UNC Asheville’s Robinson Hall, room 125.

Free

Spring 2024 Student Art & Ceramics Sale

Owen Hall, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery

A wide variety of functional and decorative pottery, prints, and other artwork created by UNC Asheville students will be on sale in the S. Tucker Cooke Gallery of Owen Hall on April 26 and 27.

Free

BA Salon Exhibition

Owen Hall, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery

Explore visual works of expression from graduating Art majors at the annual BA Salon Exhibition, presented by the UNC Asheville Department of Art and Art History

Free

Holocaust Remembrance Day – YomHaShoah

Highsmith Student Union, Blue Ridge Room (202/203)

A community remembrance of the Holocaust will be hosted at UNC Asheville on May 5 from 3 to 5 p.m in the Blue Ridge Room of Highsmith Union. The event will feature the keynote speaker, Michèle Taylor, a U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council.

Free

(CANCELLED) Fall Open House

Sherrill Center, Kimmel Arena

UNC Asheville's Open House offers high school students, transfer students, and family members a chance to learn about the people and experiences that make our university special.

Fall Open House

Sherrill Center, Kimmel Arena

UNC Asheville's Open House offers high school students, transfer students, and family members a chance to learn about the people and experiences that make our university special.

Owen Hall Day 2025

Owen Hall

Tour our Owen Hall facilities featuring art history, ceramics, drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, printmaking, and new media. Events include department tours, portfolio reviews, open studios, exhibitions, alumni panel discussions, and campus & STEAM tours.

Junior Preview Day 2025

Highsmith Student Union, Blue Ridge Room (202/203)

Kick off your college search at Junior Preview Day, an experience designed just for high school juniors. Discover how UNC Asheville offers an affordable and endlessly relevant education as a top-10 public liberal arts and sciences university in the nation.

UNC Asheville Special Collections Exhibit – Isaiah Rice Photos

Ramsey Library Special Collections is proud to present the Isaiah Rice Photography Exhibit which showcases the African American community in Asheville. The photos in the exhibit are a sample of the approximately 1,400 images which illustrate urban Appalachia as depicted through the lens of an African American man during some of the nation's most pivotal events of the mid-20th century.

Material Worlds – Show Opening and Reception

Owen Hall

From February 28 to March 21 the Owen Hall New Media Gallery will host an exhibition exploring the craft of place for animation and interactive media, featuring 15+ regional and international artists.

Admitted Student Day, March 2025

Admitted Student Days provide an in-depth opportunity to learn more about UNC Asheville and to meet the people who will support your student experience here.

FIRST Robotics Competition

Sherrill Center, Kimmel Arena

On March 15 and 16 in the Kimmel Arena, high school students from across the state will be pitting robots they designed against each other in a 2-day competition.

Under the Sycamore Tree: An Audio Drama

Carol Belk Theatre

Under the Sycamore Tree, a 30 minute audio drama follows the story of four young girls who met every day under a lonely sycamore tree to play a game of […]