Presented by the Asheville Buncombe Food Policy Council, the Food Waste Solutions Summit is a regional gathering to disrupt food waste issues facing our communities, expand our networks, and inspire dynamic solutions. The summit is free and open to everyone, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. in the Reuter Center on campus. Online registration is requested.
This reading, part of UNC Asheville’s Visiting Writers Series, is free and open to everyone at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14 in Highsmith Student Union, Blue Ridge Room.
Drawings by UNC Asheville BFA student K. Theo Stultz will be on view in a new exhibition, "Dreaming Chain," opening with a reception from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15 in the Highsmith Student Union Gallery. The exhibition will remain on view through Dec. 3. Admission is free to the reception and the exhibition. Highsmith Student Union is open daily until midnight, and until 1 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights.
Paintings by UNC Asheville BFA student Tiffany Jones will be featured in an exhibition which opens with a reception from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15 in the RAMP Studio Gallery, 821 Riverside Dr., Asheville. The exhibit remains on view through Dec. 3. Admission is free to the reception and the exhibition. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-8 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m.-8 p.m. on weekends, with evening and weekend entry through the French Broad Chocolate Factory entrance at RAMP.
The Bulldogs face Campbell at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15 in the Justice Center on the UNC Asheville campus.
The Bulldogs face Hampton at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 16 in the Justice Center on the UNC Asheville campus.
The Bulldogs take on Brevard at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 16, in Kimmel Arena.
The Reuter Center Singers, the community choir of OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, will sing Broadway hits at an off-campus concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 17, at Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376 Hendersonville Rd., Asheville. Admission is free; donations are welcome.
The UNC Asheville student Guitar Ensemble directed by Tim Doyle, will perform a concert at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 18 in Lipinsky Hall. The concert is free and open to everyone.
1 Million Cups Asheville will feature rapid-fire two-minute elevator pitches by UNC Asheville students for business ideas they have been working this fall semester. This event is free and open to everyone, from 9-10 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 20 at Asheville Social Hall, 81 Broadway, Asheville.
Acclaimed Iranian musician and master calligrapher Bahman Panahi will perform Persian classical music at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 20 in the Highsmith Student Union Grotto. This event is free and open to the public.
Ceramic art historian Margaret Carney will give a free public lecture, "10,000 Years of World Ceramics," at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 20, in Highsmith Student Union's Alumni Hall.
UNC Asheville student ensembles, the Camerata and String Quartet, both directed by Ben Smith, will perform at noon on Thursday, Nov. 21 in Lipinsky Hall. The concert is free and open to everyone.
Master calligrapher Bahman Panahi will show his works and discuss Persian calligraphy in an event called Calligraphy, the Image of Persian Beauty, at noon on Tuesday, Nov. 21 in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum. This event is free and open to the public.
The Bulldogs face St. Andrews at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 21, at Kimmel Arena.
UNC Asheville's Department of Art and Art History will hold a Student Ceramics and Art Sale from 4-8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 22, and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23, at 838 Riverside Dr., Asheville.
UNC Asheville's Fall Arts Fest 2019, showcasing student creativity in music, dance, film, literature, costume and design, and more, takes place 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 22, in and around the Highsmith Student Union Blue Rdige Room. All Arts Fest activities and performances are free and open to everyone.
UNC Asheville's Lookout Observatory, operated in partnership with the Astronomy Club of Asheville, will host a guided public stargazing session in celebration of the observatory's fifth anniversary, beginning at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 22. Pre-registration is required for this free event.
UNC Asheville advanced German students will present a staged reading, in German, of "Berlin: Ein Gruselkabinett," a drama they have written, for one performance only. This event takes place at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 22, in the Highsmith Student Union Grotto, free and open to everyone.
UNC Asheville's student Percussion Ensemble and African Drum Ensemble will perform at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 24, in Lipinsky Auditorium. The concert is free and open to everyone.
The 2019 Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium, featuring hundreds of undergraduate research and creative project presentations over the course of the day by UNC Asheville students, will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 26, in classrooms and public spaces across campus, and is free and open to everyone.
The Bulldogs take on UNC Greensboro at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 29, in Kimmel Arena.
The Bulldogs take on Montreat in a special weekday Education Day game with thousands of area elementary school students in attendance. The game begins at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 2, in Kimmel Arena.
Photographs by UNC Asheville BFA student Celine Guilbaud will be featured in a new exhibition, "Entropic Reverie: Dreams of More Natural Surroundings," which opens with a reception from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 6 Ramp Studio Gallery, 821 Riverside Dr., Asheville.
An exhibition featuring works by 13 graduating seniors in many different media, spread into two galleries, will open with receptions from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 6 in the Blowers Gallery in Ramsey Library and the Highsmith Student Union Gallery. The exhibition and receptions are free and open to everyone and will remain on view through Dec. 13.
The Bulldogs take on South Carolina State at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 8 in Kimmel Arena.
UNC Asheville's student jazz and contemporary music ensembles will perform the afternoon of Sunday, Dec. 8 at The Mothlight, 70 Haywood Rd., West Asheville. Performances begin at 3 p.m. Admission is $6; $4 for students.
The Reuter Center Singers, the community choir of OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, will present their annual holiday concert at 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 9, at UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center, Manheimer Room. Admission is free; donations are welcome.
The Bulldogs take on UT Martin at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14, in Kimmel Arena.
The Bulldogs take on Stetson at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 17, in Kimmel Arena.
The Bulldogs take on Chattanooga at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 21, in Kimmel Arena.
The Bulldogs take on Presbyterian in the first Big South Conference match-up of the season, at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 28, in Kimmel Arena.
The Bulldogs take on Big South rival Campbell in their first game of the new year at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 4, in Kimmel Arena.
The Bulldog men's team takes on Big South rival Campbell at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 8, in Kimmel Arena.
The Bulldogs face Big South Conference rival High Point at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 9, in Kimmel Arena.
The Bulldogs take on Big South rival Charleston Southern at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 14, in Kimmel Arena.
UNC Asheville’s juried international exhibition, Drawing Discourse, will open with special events on Jan. 17-18 featuring renowned artists including juror William Beckman.
The next Death Café will be held from 5-6:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan 17, at UNC Asheville's Reuter Center, home of OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Center. This event is free and open to everyone.
The Bulldogs face Big South Conference rival Hampton at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18, at Kimmel Arena.
Annie Frazier, Luke Hankins, Tommy Hays, Vicki Lane, and Sebastian Matthews, all spring 2020 faculty members in UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program, will read from their works when the monthly Writers at Home series returns at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 19, at Malaprop’s Bookstore/Café, 55 Haywood St., in downtown Asheville. This event is free and open to everyone.
UNC Asheville’s annual commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. will feature a keynote address by the award-winning journalist, author and civil rights pioneer Charlayne Hunter-Gault, free and open to everyone, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 21, in the Highsmith Student Union Blue Ridge Room on campus. She also will lead a master class at 4 p.m. the same day, in Highsmith Room 228.
The Bulldogs face Big South Rival Gardner-Webb at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 21, in Kimmel Arena.
This public hearing will take place beginning at 6 p.m. in the Highsmith Student Union Beaucatcher Mountain Room (225), with speaker registration beginning at 5:30 p.m. This event is free and open to everyone.
The documentary film focusing on lynching, "Always in Season," will be screened at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 22 in the Highsmith Student Union Grotto. This screening, free and open to everyone, is part of the University's 2020 Commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr.
The next event in the OLLI Authors series features readings by OLLI members Marie Thomas and Wallace Bohanan, and takes place at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 23, in the Reuter Center, home of OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville. Free and open to OLLI members and non-members alike.
Cortina Caldwell will lead a workshop, Why We March. How We March: The Culture of Organizing and Community Building, at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 23, in Highsmith Student Union Mountain Suites. This free event, open to everyone, is part of UNC Asheville's 2020 Commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr.
The Bulldogs face Big South rival Radford at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 23, at Kimmel Arena.
Intergalactic Soul, a multimedia Afrofuturistic exhibition, will be on view Jan. 27-March 15 in the Highsmith Student Union Art Gallery. A master class with the artists will take place at noon on Tuesday, Feb. 4 in Highsmith Student Union Room 223 (the 1927 Room), and a reception will be held at 6 p.m. that same day, also in Highsmith, in the Blue Ridge Room foyer. All these events are free and open to everyone.
Leadership Asheville, a program of UNC Asheville, will host its 2020 Winter Buzz Breakfast series with the theme, “How Resilient Are We as a Community?” Breakfast begins at 8 a.m. and the program begins at 8:30 a.m., at the Expo Center of the Crowne Plaza, 1 Resort Dr., Asheville.
UNC Asheville presents a master class, free and open to everyone, Shared Poetics Across Disciplines: Cultivating Global Citizenship, at 1:20 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 28 in Lipinsky Hall, Room 018. This event is part of the University's 2020 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration.