This reading by two UNC Asheville graduates with acclaimed new books, is a part of UNC Asheville's Visiting Writers Series, free and open to everyone at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 6 in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum.
The theme for OLLI's 2019-20 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineer and Math) Lecture Series is “Science vs. Science Denial.” This series is free and open to everyone at 4:30 p.m. in the Reuter Center, presented by members of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville.
As part of a theme term on Appalachia, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville (OLLI) will be offering a series of evening programs, free and open to everyone at 7 p.m. in the Reuter Center, Manheimer Room.
Visiting scholar Courtney Lewis will give a free public talk, "Sovereign Entrepreneurs: Cherokee Small Business Owners and the Making of Economic Sovereignity," at noon on Thursday, Oct. 10, in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum.
Christian Broyhill Swan and Hunt Broyhill of Broyhill Furniture company will lead a UNC Asheville Family Business Forum on "Critical Conversations," beginning at 8 a.m. in the Sherrill Center, Ingles Mountain View Room. Free to Forum members; $175 for all others.
UNC Asheville's Greenwood Field hosts a soccer doubleheader on Saturday, Oct. 12, with the Bulldog men facing Radford at 3:30 p.m. and the women taking on Charleston Southern at 6 p.m.
As part of a theme term on Appalachia, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville (OLLI) will be offering a series of evening programs, free and open to everyone at 7 p.m. in the Reuter Center, Manheimer Room.
The fifth annual African Americans in Western North Carolina and Southern Appalachia Conference returns to Asheville this fall, offering scholars and the community an opportunity to illuminate the African American experience in Southern Appalachia.
Conservationist and nature photographer Mike Talladen will present "Chasing Dreams: A Journey from Chicago to the Rainforest," from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 17 in Highsmith Student Union, Alumni Hall. This event, presented by UNC Asheville's Student Environmental Center, is free and open to everyone.
This talk, free and open to everyone and presented as part of the 10th anniversary celebration of UNC Asheville's Department of Religious Studies, takes place at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 17, in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum.
Painting by UNC Asheville BFA student Jodi O'Hara will be featured in a new exhibition, The Flyers: A Symbology of Hope, on view Oct. 18-29 at RAMP Studio Gallery, 821 Riverside Dr., Asheville. An opening reception will be held in the gallery from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 18.
Baltimore-based classical guitarist Zachary Grim will perform in a free concert at 5 p..m. on Friday, Oct. 18, and then join with UNC Asheville students Jake Bartholomew and Jack St. Jean for a classical guitar master class at 6:15 p.m.
This concert, a benefit for the Asheville Fire Fighters Association Local 332, features country artist Kelby Costner and Gal Friday, and takes place at 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 18 in Kimmel Arena on campus. Tickets are $30.
NOTE - To avoid approaching rains, the women's match will start at 10:30 a.m. and the men's match is now scheduled for 1 p.m.
Two UNC Asheville vocal ensembles, the University Chorale, directed by Chuck Taft, and the Asheville Singers, directed by Melodie Galloway, will perform in concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 20, in the Lipinsky Hall Lobby. The concert is free and open to everyone.
Student, faculty and community musicians will perform djembe drumming, Afro-Brazilian music, blues piano, choir spirituals and funk. This free concert takes place at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 20 in the Lipinsky Hall Lobby.
The film "Sankofa" will be screened at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 21 in the Highsmith Student Union Grotto. Free and open to everyone.
The theme for OLLI’s 2019-20 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineer and Math) Lecture Series is “Science vs. Science Denial.” This series is free and open to everyone at 4:30 p.m. in the Reuter Center, Manheimer Room, presented by members of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville.
Bulldog Madness, presented by Ingles, is a free pep rally and season preview with food and fun events for UNC Asheville basketball fans of all ages, beginning at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22, at Kimmel Arena on campus.
Rangi Matamua, professor and associate dean at The University of Waikato in New Zealand. will present a free public lecture at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22, in the Highsmith Student Union Blue Ridge Room. No tickets needed.
This traveling tabletop exhibition, curated by Khalid el-Hakim, has more than 5,000 items spanning from slavery to hip hop. It will be on view from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 23, in the Highsmith Student Union Blue Ridge Room, free and open to everyone. El-Hakim will also give a free public lecture at noon in the exhibition location.
Blood donations will be collected by the American Red Cross between 10:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct.23 in the Highsmith Student Union, in Alumni Hall on the lower level.
UNC Asheville will commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in what is now the United States with a keynote address at 6 p..m. on Oct. 24 in Lipinsky Auditorium by Molefi Kete Asante, a leading philosopher and scholar of African American studies. Free and open to everyone
As part of a theme term on Appalachia, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville (OLLI) will be offering a series of evening programs, free and open to everyone at 7 p.m. in the Reuter Center, Manheimer Room.
Renowned classical pianist Hwa-Jin Kim will perform in concert at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 25 in UNC Asheville's Lipinsky Audiorium. General admission tickets are $20, available online and at the door.
Applying to college? Get help filling out your FAFSA - the Free Application for Federal Student Aid form that is required when applying for financial aid at colleges and universities. This event is open to everyone, from 9 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Oct. 26, in Zageir Hall in the Computer Lab (room 101).
The Bulldogs play their final match of the regular season, facing Presbyterian at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26 at Greenwood Field on the UNC Asheville campus.
C-SPAN staff will conduct an open-to-the-public class at 11 a.m. in Highsmith Student Union room 225, and C-SPAN's Battleground States Tour bus - a 45-foot customized mobile classroom and production studio, parked outside of Highsmith Student Union between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., will host tours, and conduct interviews about the election, on Tuesday, Oct. 29.
This reading, part of UNC Asheville's Visiting Writers Series, is free and open to everyone at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 29 in Highsmith Student Union, Blue Ridge Room.
The Bulldogs open their 2019-20 season with a home exhibition game vs. Bob Jones University at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 31, in Kimmel Arena. Admission is free!
Drawings by UNC Asheville BFA student Sydney Levitt will be featured in a new exhibition on view Nov. 1-12 at RAMP Studio Gallery, 821 Riverside Dr., Asheville. An opening reception will be held in the gallery from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, Nov.1. 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 Charleston Southern at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1 in the Justice Center on the UNC Asheville campus.
The Bulldogs face Presbyterian College at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2 in the Justice Center on the UNC Asheville campus.
This lecture begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Reuter Center, Manheimer Room. Admission is $10 for the public; free to members of the World Affairs Council and UNC Asheville students.
The Bulldog men's soccer team plays its final match of the regular season at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 6, at Greenwood Field on the UNC Asheville campus.
Historian, archivist and UNC Asheville alum Kaye Lanning Minchew will give a free public talk - Two Presidents with Southern Connections: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Jimmy Carter - at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 6, in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum. Kaye Lanning Minchew Minchew, who is now working on a book on Jimmy Carter, is […]
Candis Cox, a lecturer and LGBTQ advocate, will present a free public talk, "This is Me: Musings about Co-starring with Cate Blanchett, RuPaul’s Drag Race and Being a Black Transgender Woman in the South," at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7, in UNC Asheville’s Lipinsky Auditorium. This lecture is presented by the university’s student Sociology and Anthropology Club.
The seventh annual OLLI Art Market, presenting works of art and crafts for sale, will take place from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 8, and from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 9, at the Reuter Center, home of OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville.
Discovery Day: The UNC Asheville Open House takes place on Saturday, Nov. 9, giving college-bound students and their families a chance to talk with current students, meet one-on-one with faculty and staff, tour campus and discuss academic programs, financial aid, scholarships and the application process.
UNC Asheville will celebrate Cherokee Cultural Week with special activities Nov. 13-15 and a keynote address by Principal Chief Richard G. Sneed of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14, in UNC Asheville's Highsmith Student Union Blue Ridge Room. All Cherokee Cultural Week activities are free and open to everyone.
The Bulldogs open their 2019-20 season hosting Lenoir-Rhyne at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13, in Kimmel Arena.
TheatreUNCA will perform an entirely student-run production of She Kills Monsters, a fantasy play written by award-winning playwright Qui Nguyen, with four performances in UNC Asheville’s Carol Belk Theatre. Directed by UNC Asheville senior drama student Lea Gilbert, the show will premiere Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m. with evening performances running until Nov. 16. One matinee will be offered at 2 p.m. on Nov. 17.
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.