UNC Asheville’s Spring 2019 Arts Fest, a full day and evening of arts-related exhibitions, performances, demonstrations and activities, will take place on April 19, beginning at 11 a.m. with many events clustered in and around Lipinsky Hall on campus. All Arts Fest events are free and open to everyone except where noted.
Sara Sanders, director of UNC Asheville's STEAM Studio, will provide a public presentation about Wake, the giant animatronic sculpture created by students and faculty with renowned artist Mel Chin and its installation in New York City's Times Square. This free event takes place at 6 p.m. on Friday, April 19, at The Collider, 1 Haywood St., Asheville, and is part of the AMOS (Asheville Museum of Science) Science Pub series.
The UNC Asheville Bulldogs will take on Big South rival Charleston Southern in the final game of a three-game series at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Greenwood Field.
Cas Mudde, the Stanley Wade Shelton Professor at the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia, will give a free public talk on right-wing extremism and populism in the U.S., from 4-5:30 p.m. on Monday, April 22, in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum.
To celebrate Earth Day, the documentary film, Naboba, will be screened at 6 p.m. on Monday, April 22, in Highsmith Student Union Room 114. The film will be followed by a cross-cultural discussion featuring Mamo Enemía Izquierdo and Teirungumu Torres from the Ikü Nation, Colombia, starting at 7:30 at the Mullen Park Fire Pit on campus. These events are free and open to everyone.
The UNC Asheville Bulldogs will host Wofford for a game at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23 at Greenwood Field on campus.
UNC Asheville students will perform their own compositions at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23, in Lipinsky Hall room 018. This concert is free and open to everyone.
Installation kicks off with an afternoon concert on the Quad, hosted by the Student Government Association and featuring campus music and environmental activities.
Eight of the iconic maple trees that line the University Quad will each be named for one of UNC Asheville’s previous chancellors in recognition of their steadfast leadership and enduring commitment to the University.
This roundtable talk features Jon Peede, Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Dr. Lynn Pasquerella, President of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, and Dr. Lawrence T. Potter, Chief Academic Officer and Provost at the University of the District of Columbia.
UNC Asheville will hold a special room naming ceremony in honor of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and its lasting partnership with UNC Asheville. The ceremony for the ᏙᎩᏯᏍᏗ (To Ki Ya Sdi) room will take place in the renovated Highsmith Student Union, Room 238.
This roundtable talk will be led by Dr. Rita Charon, Founder of Narrative Medicine, Dr. A. Wesley Burks, CEO of UNC Healthcare, and Dr. Jeff Heck of MAHEC.
The roundtable talk will be led by Al Whitesides, Buncombe County Commissioner; Debra Campbell, City Manager, City of Asheville; Kimberlee Archie, Equity and Inclusion Manager, City of Asheville; Dr. Lawrence T. Potter, Chief Academic Officer and Provost at the University of the District of Columbia; and Frank Goldsmith, retired civil rights attorney who currently works as a mediator and arbitrator throughout Western North Carolina.
The UNC Asheville student Wind Ensemble, joined by the Smoky Mountain Brass Band and James Curnow, will perform in concert at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 25 in Lipinsky Auditorium.
Bryan Stevenson, the attorney, activist and best-selling author who led the team that created the first national memorial to victims of lynching, will speak at UNC Asheville’s Kimmel Arena at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 25. Doors will open at 6 p.m. The talk is free and open to everyone, with support from The David and Lin Brown Visionary Lecture Series and The Van Winkle Law Firm Public Policy Lectures.
UPDATE: DUE TO CLOUDY SKIES, THE COMMUNITY STARGAZE HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
This roundtable talk will be led by Dr. Eboo Patel, author, Founder and President of Interfaith Youth Core, and Rhodes Scholar whose most recent text is "Interfaith Leaders."
Deputy Director and Senior Scientist at Woods Hole Max Holmes will lead this roundtable.
Chancellor Cable will be formally installed as UNC Asheville's Eighth Chancellor in a special ceremony in Kimmel Arena.
UNC Asheville Dance Program's Spring 2019 Dance Sharing will take place at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 26, in Belk Theatre. The performance is free and open to everyone.
The annual spring UNC Asheville Student Ceramics and Art Sale will be held from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, at 838 Riverside Drive, at the intersection with Broadway Street.
UNC Asheville's Creative Writing Program presents a reading of works created in the university's Senior Seminar in Creative Writing. Free and open to everyone, this reading takes place at 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum.
The UNC Asheville Bulldogs will host ETSU for a game at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30 at Greenwood Field on campus.
The "Our Turn to Play Scholarship Luncheon" presented by Wells Fargo will be held on Wednesday, May 1, 2019, from 11:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at Kimmel Arena in the Wilma M. Sherrill Center on campus. Sports broadcasting legend Lesley Visser will be the featured speaker. This event is free and open to everyone, but you must pre-register to attend.
The Reading of Names – commemorating victims of the Holocaust, will take place on the Quad on Thursday, May 2.
Murry Sidlin discusses his multimedia concert/drama that commemorates the Jewish concentration camp prisoners who, with one smuggled score, performed Verdi's celebrated oratorio 16 times. Sidlin's talk takes place at 2 p.m. in the Reuter Center, home of OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Center at UNC Asheville. Free and open to everyone.
The Blue Ridge Orchestra, directed by Milton Crotts, with clarinet soloist Gary Spaulding, will perform music by Copland and Brahms at 3 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday, May 4-5 in Lipinsky Auditorium. General admission tickets are $15; $5 for students.
This celebration of Building Bridges' 25 years in pursuit of social justice is an all-day event on Saturday, May 4, in the Highsmith Student Union Blue Ridge Room on campus. This is a ticketed event; $35 per person; $25 for students; lunch included.
OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville, will host a World Affairs Council talk on Brexit by Andrew S. Terrell, head of the UK Government Office in Raleigh, at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 7, in the Reuter Center, Manheimer Room. Admission is $10; students free.
SCHEDULE UPDATE - Due to expected inclement weather on the weekend, the UNC Asheville Bulldog baseball series against Big South rival Radford will now have one game at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 9, and a doubleheader on Friday, May 10, with start time TBA, at Greenwood Field on campus.
OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville, will host a public forum featuring local African American Entrepreneurs, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 16, in the Reuter Center's Manheimer Room. This event is free and open to everyone.
Parking will be available in Lot P28 on the morning of Friday, May 17 for the rally by presidential candidate Bernie Sanders at the off-campus venue, the Salvage Station, 446 Riverside Dr., Asheville. The Sanders campaign event will provide shuttle service between campus and the Salvage Station.
The AARP will present a showing of the documentary film, "Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution," with a post-screening discussion, at OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville, from 1-4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 22 in the Reuter Center, Manheimer Room. This event is free and open to everyone.
UNC Asheville's student ECM Ensemble, led by Associate Professor William Bares on piano, will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 22, at the White Horse Black Mountain, 105c Montreat Rd., Black Mountain, N.C. Admission is $10 in advance, $12 at the door; $6 for students.
UNC Asheville will host a community meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 23, in the Reuter Center, Manheimer Room to provide an update on the Edgewood Road parking lot project in collaboration with Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church. This meeting is open to all. Representatives from both the university and the church will be present to share an updated parking lot design incorporating feedback from the community.
The Isaiah Rice Photo Collection, which provides a window into Asheville's African American history through vivid images of life in the city's black community from the 1950s through the 1970s, will be on view May 24-Aug. 24 at the new Eagle Market Place Community Exhibition Space, 19 Eagle Street, Asheville, An opening reception will be held at the exhibition space from 5:30-8 p.m. on Friday, May 24. The reception and exhibit are free and open to everyone.
This forum will be held from 8:45 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. on May 24 hosted by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville, in the Reuter Center's Manheimer Room. The forum is free and open to the public. NOTE - This event is now sold out!!
ContinuuCon 2019, the fourth annual international Haken Continuum conference, will place at UNC Asheville from May 30 through June 1. The participating electronic musicians will perform in a concert, free and open to everyone at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 1 in Lipinsky Auditorium on campus. Multi-instrumentalists Rob Schwimmer, Sally Sparks, and UNC Asheville Padisson Distinguished Professor Wayne Kirby will be among the performers.
This workshop takes place from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 1, in UNC Asheville's Highsmith Student Union Blue Ridge Room. It is free and open to everyone; pre-registration is encouraged.
This three-day gathering for users of WordPress will take place June 7-9 at UNC Asheville's Highsmith Student Union. Registration is now closed.
The Great Smokies Review, the online literary magazine published by UNC Asheville’s Great Smokies Writing Program, has just completed 20 issues and 10 years of publication and to celebrate, some of the magazine’s contributing writers will offer a reading of their works. The reading, part of the Writers at Home series, is free and open to everyone at 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 9 at Malaprop’s Bookstore/Café, 55 Haywood St., downtown Asheville.
The Elisha Mitchell Audubon Society will hold a meeting and presentation by Cherie Pittillo, Jaguars and Birds of the Pantanal, at 7 pm. on Tuesday, June 18, in UNC Asheville's Reuter Center, in the Manheimer Room. This event is free and open to everyone.
This four-day program from UNC Asheville's Office of Professional Education is for high school teachers with a a desire to learn more about their content areas, pedagogy, and methodology while becoming certified to teach Advanced Placement credit courses.
UPDATED Monday, June 24, at 9 a.m. - TONIGHT'S CONCERT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO EXPECTED BAD WEATHER.
The 2019 season of Concerts on the Quad – UNC Asheville’s free, outdoor Monday evening concert series – will feature concerts beginning at 7 p.m. each night with music that spans many genres, Concerts on the Quad are family-friendly and informal, with lawn chairs, blankets and picnics welcome.
UNC Asheville and the Astronomy Club of Asheville will present a special commemoration, and weather permitting, a lunar viewing. At 7:30 p.m. in the Reuter Center, Dominic Lesnar, president of the Astronomy Club of Asheville, will give a talk titled "To the Moon! Reflections on Apollo after 50 Years." This event is free and open to everyone.
To celebrate the festival's presence on campus this summer, UNC Asheville’s Ramsey Library Special Collections is hosting a special exhibit featuring photos and materials from the university's Mountain Dance and Folk Festival Collection as well as materials from the Bascom Lamar Lunsford Collection at Mars Hill University. The exhibition, on the library’s third floor, is open during regular library hours through Aug. 31. Free and open to everyone.
UNC Asheville athletics will hold its second annual Bulldog Block Party at Biltmore Park Town Square from 9-11 a.m. on Saturday, July 13.
The 2019 season of Concerts on the Quad – UNC Asheville’s free, outdoor Monday evening concert series – wraps up with a 7 p.m. show on July 15 by Che Apalache, Concerts on the Quad are family-friendly and informal, with lawn chairs, blankets and picnics welcome.
This annual event for PE teachers and coaches will take place July 22-24 in UNC Asheville's Sherrill Center. The institute is presented by Great Activities Publishing and is co-sponsored by UNC Asheville's Department of Health and Wellness, and the N.C. Center for Health and Wellness.