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.
The UNC Asheville Bulldog women’s tennis team will take on WCU at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 2 at the Asheville Racquet Club Downtown, 27 Resort Drive, Asheville. Admission is free.
Mark Gibney will present at the World Affairs Council's Great Decisions series at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 5, in UNC Asheville's Reuter Center, in the Manheimer Room. Admission is $10; UNC Asheville students free.
The UNC Asheville Bulldog men's tennis team will take on Tusculum College at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 6 at the Asheville Racquet Club Downtown, 27 Resort Drive, Asheville. Admission is free.
This 20th annual Southern Appalachian Undergraduate Philosophy Conference takes place Feb. 8-9 in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum, and is free and open to everyone. The conference begins at 4 p.m. on Friday afternoon and closes with a 5 p.m. reception on Saturday.
The Bulldogs take on Charleston Southern at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 9, in Kimmel Arena.
The UNC Asheville Bulldog men's tennis team will take on the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 10 at the Asheville Racquet Club Downtown, 27 Resort Drive, Asheville. Admission is free.
Corey Dolgon, professor of sociology at Stonehill College, will give a singing lecture, The Role of Folk Songs in Labor Organizing and Other Social Movements, at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 11, in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum. This event is free and open to everyone.
Cyber conflict will be explored in the World Affairs Council’s Cyber Conflict and Geopolitics lecture at UNC Asheville, which begins at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 12, in the university’s Reuter Center, in the Manheimer Room.
The UNC Asheville Bulldog women’s tennis team will take on Emmanuel College at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13 at the Asheville Racquet Club Downtown, 27 Resort Drive, Asheville. Admission is free.
This reading will take place at noon on Thursday, Feb. 14 in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum, and is free and open to everyone.
Guitarist and composer Mike Baggetta will lead a Harmony and Improvisation Master Class at 9:30 a.m. and a Guitar Workshop at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 15, in Lipinsky Hall room 018. Both are free and open to everyone.
Armin Mersmann will discuss his practice of making highly detailed graphite drawings, in a Visiting Artist Lecture at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 15, in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum. This talk is free and open to everyone.
The UNC Asheville Bulldog women’s tennis team will take on Radford University, with time TBA, on Saturday, Feb. 16 at the Asheville Racquet Club Downtown, 27 Resort Drive, Asheville. Admission is free.
UNC Asheville's Visiting Writer Series presents Crystal Hana Kim at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 19 in UNC Asheville's Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum. This event is free and open to everyone.
This event has been postponed until March 19 - apologies for any inconvenience.
The next Symphony Talk, providing a look at an upcoming performance by the Asheville Symphony Orchestra, will take place at 3 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 22, at the Reuter Center, home of OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville. Symphony Talk is free and open to everyone.