The STEM Lecture Series at OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville, is free and open to OLLI members and non-members alike. The talks take place at 4:30 p.m. in Reuter Center Room 206.
The McIntosh County Shouters will bring the “ring shout” – probably the oldest surviving African-American performance tradition in North America – to UNC Asheville for an afternoon master class. The master class is free and open to everyone, and will take place from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 15 in Lipinsky Auditorium.
Joseph C. Ewoodzie Jr., author of "Break Beats in the Bronx: Rediscovering Hip-Hop's Early Years," will give a free public lecture at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 15, in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum. This event is free and open to everyone.
The McIntosh County Shouters will bring the "ring shout" - probably the oldest surviving African-American performance tradition in North America - to UNC Asheville for a rousing evening concert, and an afternoon master class.
The TheatreUNCA Fall Mainstage Season will continue in November with Metamorphoses, based on the ancient Roman myths of Ovid. Curtain for Metamorphoses will be 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 15-17, with a Sunday 2 p.m. matinee on Nov. 18.
The top six teams in the Big South Conference face each other in a single-elimination tournament Nov. 16-18 in UNC Asheville's Justice Center to determine the conference champion.
Arts Fest features art, presentations and more by students and faculty, 12:30-6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 16 in Owen Hall. All Arts Fest events are free and open to everyone.
In preparation for the 2018-19 season, the UNC Asheville track and field team will hold its annual Blue vs. White Intrasquad meet, starting at 10:45 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, at the Karl Straus Track on campus.
The TheatreUNCA Fall Mainstage Season will continue in November with Metamorphoses, based on the ancient Roman myths of Ovid. This special Sunday matinee performance begins at 2:30 p.m. in Belk Theatre.
Works by students in the Advanced Drawing and Painting courses will be on view Nov. 19-Dec. 3 in Ramsey Library's Blowers Gallery during regular library hours. The exhibit is free and open to everyone.
"Delicious," an exhibit of ceramic works by BFA student Sara Burton will be on view Nov. 26-Dec. 4 in Owen Hall's S. Tucker Cooke Gallery. A reception will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 30 in the gallery. Free and open to everyone.
This last music faculty lecture of the fall 2018 semester will feature UNC Asheville Assistant Professor of Music and vocalist Christine Boone. Her talk takes place at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 27 in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum.
UNC Asheville's German Club presents its fourth annual Weihnachtsmarkt, from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 29, in the Highsmith Student Union Grotto. The Weihnachtsmarkt is open to everyone.
UNC Asheville's "X-tet" student ensemble, directed by Jacob Rodriguez, offers a jazz concert at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 29, in Lipinsky Auditorium. The show is free and open to everyone.
The tailgate market features fresh local produce, meat and eggs, baked goods, cheese, crafts and more, with winter hours 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturdays, through Dec. 15, in parking lot P28.
UNC Asheville Writer-in-Residence Wiley Cash will read at Stories from the Issue, part of the Oxford American's 2018 North Carolina Music Issue statewide celebration, at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 1, at Malaprop's Bookstore and Café, 55 Haywood St., Asheville. This event is free and open to everyone.
Two student ensembles - percussionists directed by Matthew Richmond, and wind players directed by Fletcher Peacock - will perform in a free concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 2 in UNC Asheville's Lipinsky Auditorium.
This all-day event is free and open to everyone and takes place in many campus locations. The symposium features hundreds of undergraduate research and creative project presentations by UNC Asheville students, and presentations about their service-learning experiences. Classes are suspended for the day so students can not only present, but attend the presentations.
UNC Asheville's University Chorale - a large chorus directed by Chuck Taft - will perform at noon on Tuesday, Dec. 4 in the Lipinsky Hall Lobby. This concert is free and open to everyone.
This monthly series features UNC Asheville faculty discussing issues in their field at Habitat Tavern, 174 Broadway St., Asheville. English Lecturer Jessica Pisano and community writer/activist DeWayne Barton will together present Write Here: Place-Based Writing and Community Activism at 7 p.m. This event is open to everyone and admission is free; beer is not.
Stan Dotson and Kim Christman, local pastors who have served as chaplains and leaders of two churches in Matanzas, Cuba, will provide an on-the-ground view of Cuban life. Dotson is the author of Cuba: A Day In the Life; he and his wife Christman have visited Cuba more than 25 times through the Alliance of Baptists’ partnership with the Fraternity of Baptist Churches of Cuba.
Alli Marshall, arts and entertainment editor for Mountain Xpress and UNC Asheville's 2018 Ramsey Library Community Author, will give a free public reading and take part in a reception, on Wednesday, Dec. 5, in the library's Whitman Room. Refreshments will begin at 5:30 p.m. with the reading beginning shortly after 6 p.m.
Works by seniors in the BA program will be on view Dec. 7-15 in two campus galleries: the Owen Hall Second Floor Gallery and Ramsey Library's Blowers Gallery. An opening reception will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 7 in both galleries. Free and open to everyone.
The Asheville Singers - UNC Asheville's premiere vocal ensemble directed by Melodie Galloway, present present a candlelight concert at 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 7 in the Lipinsky Hall Lobby. This concert is free and open to everyone.
The tailgate market features fresh local produce, meat and eggs, baked goods, cheese, crafts and more, with winter hours 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturdays, through Dec. 15, in parking lot P28.
UNC Asheville's student jazz and contemporary music ensembles present the final performance of the fall semester, from 3-7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec.11 at Lipinsky Hall room 018.
The Bulldogs take on Winthrop at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 5, in Kimmel Arena.
"Ad Lucem: Masking and the Resilience of a Human Spirit," Shawn Winebrenner's BFA exhibition of photographs, is now on view in Ramsey Library's Blowers Gallery through Jan. 30 during regular library hours. Free and open to everyone.
The Blue Ridge Orchestra will present its rescheduled BRO Revels! 2018 concert, featuring Joe Newberry and April Verch, at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019 at UNC Asheville's Lipinsky Auditorium. Tickets are $25 general admission, and $15 for friends of the BRO.
The UNC Asheville Bulldog women’s tennis team will take on Lenoir-Rhyne University at 3 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 18 at the Asheville Racquet Club Downtown, 27 Resort Drive, Asheville. Admission is free.
UNC Asheville Lecturer in Economics Elizabeth Porter will deliver this month's Science Pub Talk at AMOS, the Asheville Museum of Science, from 5:30-7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 18. This event at AMOS, 43 Patton Ave., Asheville, is free and open to everyone.
Baseball Night in Asheville, an event to benefit UNC Asheville Bulldog Athletics and featuring food and drink, and a talk by Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Oliver Drake, will take place from 6-9 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 18, at Highland Brewing, 12 Old Charlotte Hwy., Asheville. Tickets are available online and at the door.
On Senior Day, the Bulldogs will recognize nine graduating seniors. The meet begins at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 19. UNC Asheville swimming and diving meets are held at the Justice Center Pool and admission is free.
The action begins with the women taking on High Point at 2 p.m., and then the men will tip off against Radford at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 19, in Kimmel Arena.
The UNC Asheville Bulldog women’s tennis team will take on Davidson College at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 20 at the Asheville Racquet Club Downtown, 27 Resort Drive, Asheville. Admission is free.
Pianist Richard Shulman, an adjunct instructor in UNC Asheville's Department of Music, will perform starting at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 20, at White Horse Black Mountain, 105 Montreat Rd., Black Mountain. Tickets are available online and at the door.
Mildred Barya, UNC Asheville assistant professor of English will read her poetry, and works by Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou at the annual Martin Luther King Jr Day reading of the Asheville Poetry Series. The reading will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 21, at THE BLOCK off biltmore, 39 S. Market St., Asheville. Please bring a $5 donation at the door.
The next meeting of the UNC Asheville's Family Business Forum will feature Todd Morse, fourth-generation owner of Chimney Rock, who will share stories of his family's decision to sell the property in 2007 to the state of North Carolina. This event takes place at noon on Thursday, Jan. 24 in the Sherrill Center, Ingles Mountain View Room. Admission is free to forum members and $99 for the public.
The 2019 WNC Private School Fair takes place from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 24, in the Sherrill Center, Ingles Mountain View Room. This event, free and open to everyone, is organized by off-campus sponsors, using UNC Asheville facilities under the auspices of University Enterprises.
Tamika D. Mallory, national co-president of the Women’s March, will deliver the keynote address for UNC Asheville’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Week. Mallory’s talk is free and open to everyone, with no tickets required, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2018, in UNC Asheville’s Lipinsky Auditorium. The doors will open at 6 p.m. and seating is first-come, first-served.
The UNC Asheville Bulldog men's tennis team will take on Mars Hill University at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 26 at the Asheville Racquet Club Downtown, 27 Resort Drive, Asheville. Admission is free.
January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day as designated by the United Nations.
Open tryouts will be held from 1:30-4 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 27 at Greenwood Field on the UNC Asheville Campus. The tryout is open to 40 registrants and a $50 fee is required.
The UNC Asheville Bulldog men's tennis team will take on Lenoir-Rhyne University at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 27 at the Asheville Racquet Club Downtown, 27 Resort Drive, Asheville. Admission is free.
The UNC Asheville Bulldog women’s tennis team will take on N. Greenville University at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 29 at the Asheville Racquet Club Downtown, 27 Resort Drive, Asheville. Admission is free.
Holocaust survivor Walter Ziffer, a local scholar now in his 90s, will provide an abbreviated history of anti-Semitism in a free, public talk at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 31, at UNC Asheville’s Highsmith Student Union, in The Grotto.
"Perimeter," an exhibition of works by David Hopes, are on view through Feb. 28 in the Ramsey Library Blowers Gallery during regular library hours. The exhibit is free and open to everyone.
The UNC Asheville Bulldog women’s tennis team will take on Mars Hill University at 1 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 1 at the Asheville Racquet Club Downtown, 27 Resort Drive, Asheville. Admission is free.
The Bulldogs take on Winthrop at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 2, in Kimmel Arena.
This hands-on program for children at AMOS, the Asheville Museum of Science, is presented by UNC Asheville's Chemistry Department ACS (American Chemical Society) Student Chapter. It takes place from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 2, as part of the SatSTEAM series at AMOS, 43 Patton Ave., Asheville. The program is included with paid admission to the museum.