Works from the Studio Foundations faculty at Kennesaw State University's School of Art & Design near Atlanta, GA are displayed in Ramsey Library's Blowers Gallery. Diapason is a diverse exhibition […]
UNC Asheville’s Open House gives students and families a chance to see what makes the UNC Asheville experience unique. Through distinctive academic and student life showcases, students can meet one-on-one with faculty, learn about life inside and outside the classroom, hear from current students, tour campus, and get to know Asheville, one of the coolest cities in the Southeast.
Ukrainian quartet DakhaBrakha brings their unique brand of “Ethno-chaos” to UNC Asheville.
UNC Asheville's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) in partnership with Malaprop's is pleased to present an event with New York Times bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver in celebration of her latest book, "Demon Copperhead."
Autumn Kent, professor of mathematics at University of Wisconsin and UNC Asheville alumna, will present this year’s Parsons Lecture, “Atari and the Multiverse of Doughnuts,” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 27 in Lipinsky Auditorium.
Embrace Halloween with the cast of UNC Asheville’s TheatreUNCA and their updated production of Little Shop Of Horrors.
Join UNC Asheville’s English Department, in partnership with the Global Studies Center, for an evening with Ugandan author Doreen Baingana as she reads new works in the Whitman Room in Ramsey Library.
The Common Word Community Read, curated by New York Times Bestselling author and fellow UNC Asheville alumnus, Wiley Cash ’00, brings the UNC Asheville community together to engage in a […]
Sullivan is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, and the southern editor of The Paris Review. He writes for GQ, Harper’s Magazine, and Oxford American, and is […]
TheatreUNCA presents A Wrinkle In Time, adapted from the award-winning young adult novel first published in 1962, A Wrinkle in Time tells the story of Meg Murry, a teenager transported […]
The fall UNC Asheville Student Art and Ceramics Sale will be held Friday, November 18, from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm, and on Saturday, November 19, from 9:00 am to […]
The symposium features hundreds of undergraduate research and creative project presentations by UNC Asheville students and presentations about their service-learning experiences. To learn more visit the Undergraduate Research Program website. […]
The UNC Asheville Wind Ensemble presents the Space Concert, directed by Dr. Emily Mariko, with live visuals by UNC Asheville student Benjamin Green.
Join us in celebrating our Fall 2022 graduates on December 9, 2022 in Kimmel Arena. Guest seating will begin around 3 p.m., and tickets are not required.
UNC Asheville presents "Our History, Reimagined," a Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Address from keynote speaker Clint Smith in Lipinsky Hall on Wednesday, January 18.
During the 2020 lockdown, Jeremy Phillips, UNCA Alum and adjunct professor of Humanities, started painting interiors of his house in West Asheville.
Twelve students from schools across the country will present at the Southern Appalachian Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, Feb. 10-11 in the Laurel Forum, Karpen Hall. The symposium provides a professional style philosophical forum for aspiring undergraduates to present significant and original work.
LEAF musician and educator Adama Dembele will lead a performance team of students, showcasing the role and importance of drums and dance in the ancient and present day tradition of his home country of Cote d’Ivoire.
UNC Asheville will host an exhibition featuring the works of alumni artists through March 10 in the Owen Hall S. Tucker Cooke Gallery. This exhibition includes the recent work of […]
UNC Asheville welcomes students, families and teachers to Owen Hall Day, a drop-in open house on Saturday, Feb. 18 from 9 a.m. to noon. Attendees are invited to explore the […]
The Common Word Community Read, curated by New York Times Bestselling author and fellow UNC Asheville alumnus, Wiley Cash ’00, brings the UNC Asheville community together to engage in a […]
Adrian Miller will give a lecture entitled "Southern Black Chefs in the White House" from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Blue Ridge Room on February 22, 2023 as part of the Thomas Howerton Distinguished Professor Speaker Series, "Diverse Roots at the Common Table: Culinary Conversations in the American South." Adrian is a culinary historian […]
Chris Mara, owner of Nashville’s Welcome to 1979 recording studio, will present a lecture, "Cutting Grooves,” at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23 in Lipinsky Auditorium. Mara, along with his wife Yoli, have run the Welcome to 1979 recording studio in Nashville, Tennessee since 2008, and have recorded artists such as Jason Isbell and Lake […]
Pianist Martin Bejerano and his Cuban American Trio will perform at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23 in Lipinsky Auditorium, as part of the UNC Asheville Loves Piano Series. Bejerano, a native of Miami, Florida, has been active as a professional musician since the age of 15. Over the course of his career he has […]
Kick off your college search at Junior Preview Day, an open house experience designed just for high school juniors, on Saturday, Feb. 25, from 12:30 to 3:45 p.m.
UNC Asheville welcomes award-winning author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates in conversation in the Sherrill Center's Kimmel Arena on Tuesday, February 28. The event, which will include a reading and question-and-answer session, is free and open to all but requires advanced registration through Eventbrite. Books will be available for purchase at the event.
The panelists will discuss the economic future of news generally, while also branching out into topics including the attention economy, politics as entertainment, and the role of investigative journalism.
Laura Jones, associate professor of Health & Wellness and Athletics Mental Health Coordinator at UNC Asheville will present “Mental Health Behind Bars: The Role of Mental Health in the U.S. Legal System,” at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 15 at UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center in the Manheimer Room. Jones’ lecture is part of the Common […]
John DeVille, a Macon County Schools educator, will present "Teaching History in the Public School Today" at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 19, in Whitesides Hall, room 016. DeVille's lecture will focus on how educators can navigate an increasingly polarized climate where they are under unprecedented scrutiny by school boards, parents and citizens, especially when it comes to teaching the United States' history of slavery, disenfranchisement, terrorism, and economic injustice.
Educational consultant José Medina will offer a lecture on bilingual education advocacy, “Liberación Lingüística For All,” at 3 p.m. on Friday, March 17, via Zoom.
UNC Asheville & The Marvelous Math Club are hosting a fun-run on Sunday, 3/19. Proceeds benefit the Asheville Initiative for Math!
UNC Asheville welcomes United States Poet Laureate Ada Limón for an evening of poetry on at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 20 in the Blue Ridge Room, Highsmith Union.
Nationally-acclaimed storyteller Motoko will present “Tales of Now & Zen” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 21 in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum. A native of Osaka, Motoko blends ancient lore and oral memoirs from her childhood in Japan and her life as an immigrant in the U.S. Motoko is the recipient of the National Storytelling […]
Alexis Castor, associate professor of Classics at Franklin & Marshall College, will present a lecture, "More Than Glitter: Ancient Jewelry in Greece and Italy” at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22, in Highsmith Student Union, rooms 225-226. Castor will address the multiple uses of jewelry and personal ornament in the ancient world. While such prestige […]
Rita Felski, the John Stewart Bryan Professor of English at the University of Virginia, will present a lecture, "On Resonance," at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 23, via Zoom. Could the idea of resonance offer another slant on what’s defended, though also derided, as a “love of literature,” while also clarifying how critical theory can […]
"Philosophy professor Nathan King will present ""Beyond Knowledge and Skills: Education for Intellectual Virtue,” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 23 in Highsmith Union, Alumni Hall. King will discuss the importance of intellectual virtues, such as curiosity, carefulness, autonomy, humility, and open-mindedness. King’s lecture will explore why these virtues matter, and how students and professors can develop them.
UNC Asheville will host its biennial Queer Studies Conference from March 24-26 on campus, bringing together scholars, artists and activists for workshops and presentations focusing on the theme “Blooming: Metamorphoses and Seasons of Queerness.” This conference is open to the pubic and free for all attendees, with a suggested donation of $20-60. Registration is required and available here.
UNC Asheville's Visual & Performing Arts Program will perform "Tempting Fate, Finding Fortune: Carmina Burana," at 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 25 in Lipinsky Auditorium.
Greenfest is a semi-annual series held on the campus of UNC Asheville in September and March/April that celebrates sustainability, students, and community.
UNC Asheville English faculty Lori Horvitz and Jennifer McGaha will present readings from their newest respective works at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 27 in the Sherrill Center, Mountain View Room. Horvitz will read from “Collect Call to My Mother: Essays on Love, Grief, and Getting a Good Night’s Sleep,” a collection of short memoir […]
UNC Asheville will host a panel on Indigenous ways on Wednesday, March 26 from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in Lipinsky Auditorium. The conversation with panelists Byron Tenesaca, artist and educator, and Shennelle Feather, education program coordinator at the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, will shed light on how local artists and educators are creating […]
This spring, UNC Asheville will host the Rail and Incarcerated Laborer (RAIL) Project Symposium from March 30 to April 1. The three-day event consisting of panels, conversations, and field opportunities, will take place on the UNC Asheville campus and in areas surrounding the RAIL Memorial site in Old Fort, North Carolina. The event is free […]
Broadway actor and singer-songwriter Bryan Terrell Clark will present "Finding Your Purpose: From Baltimore, to Broadway's Hamilton," at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 30 in the Mullen & James Humanities Hall.
Visiting lecturer and New York-based new media artist Ayodamola Tanimowo Okunseinde will offer a keynote address for the opening reception of the 2023 New Media Student Juried Exhibition at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 31 in Owen Hall, room 102.
Elaine Auyoung, professor of English at Univeristy of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts, will present a lecture, "Literary Study and Learning to Notice," at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4 in UNC Asheville's Laurel Forum, Karpen Hall.
UNC Asheville will host a screening of the documentary, "Black in Asheville," with filmmaker Todd Gragg, on Wednesday, April 5 at 6 p.m. in the Mullen & James Humanities Hall. "Black In Asheville" brings together Asheville residents and historians to recount Asheville’s Black history, beginning with the Antebellum Period and exploring Reconstruction, Jim Crow and […]
Award-winning author Jamel Brinkley will present a reading at 7 p.m. on Thurday, April 6 in UNC Asheville's Sherrill Center, Mountain View Room.
UNC Asheville Writer-in-Residence Wiley Cash will join award-winning author Charles Frazier in conversation to celebrate the release of Frazier's new book, "The Trackers," on Monday, April 10 at 7 p.m. in Lipinsky Auditorium. Barrett Smith from the Steep Canyon Rangers will also perform Woody Guthrie/Depression era tunes.
The week-long event features an outdoor concert on the UNC Asheville Quad on Friday, April 14 with Indigenous hip-hop artists, a DJ, and mural artists from North and South America to celebrate hip-hop culture and highlight the power of music and literature as tools for promoting awareness about Indigenous and African American realities in Abiayala (the Americas).
UNC Asheville will host a screening of "The Right to Read" at 2 p.m. and again at 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 13 in Highsmith Union, The Grotto. "The Right to Read" shares the stories of an NAACP activist, a teacher, and two American families who fight to provide our youngest generation with the most […]