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.
UNC Asheville Chair and Associate Professor of Music Brian Felix will give a free public lecture, Beethoven the Improviser, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 28, in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum.
Memphis-born blues-based poet, novelist, essayist Arthur Flowers will present a combination performance and lecture, "Literary Blues and the Hoodoo Way - In the Footsteps of MLK," at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 28, in the Highsmith Student Union Blue Ridge Room. To set the stage for Flowers' performance, UNC Asheville's Afro Music and Dance Ensemble will perform as the opening act. This free event is part of the University's 2020 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration.
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.
The Bulldogs face defending Big South champion Gardner-Webb at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 30, in Kimmel Arena.
The next edition of Behind the Scenes at NC Stage takes place at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 31, at UNC Asheville's Reuter Center, and offers a look at the company's upcoming production of "Jeeves at Sea," adapted by Margaret Raether and based on the stories of P.G. Wodehouse. Presented at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville, this event is free and open to OLLI members and non-members alike.
This exhibition by UNC Asheville students about urban renewal in Asheville's East End and Valley St. neighborhoods, is on view in Ramsey Library's Blowers Gallery through Feb. 27, during regular library hours, free and open to everyone.
The Bulldogs take on Big South rival Hampton at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1, in Kimmel Arena.
This film screening begins UNC Asheville's 10th Human Rights Film Festival, with movies nightly Feb. 3-7 at 7 p.m. in the Highsmith Student Union Grotto, free and open to everyone. The films will be followed by discussions joining together faculty, student and community viewers.
Patrick Foo, UNC Asheville associate professor of psychology and former director of the University's Neuroscience Program, will give a free talk, "The Neuroscience of Meditative Practices," at noon on Tuesday, Feb. 4, in the Highsmith Student Union Blue Ridge Room.
The Bulldogs take on Big South rival Longwood at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 4, in Kimmel Arena.
Members of UNC Asheville's music faculty and special guests will perform a varied program of music, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 4 in the Lipinsky Hall lobby. Admission is free, donations to support the music program are welcome.
This second film in UNC Asheville’s 10th Human Rights Film Festival, a documentary probing poverty wages, dangerous working conditions and environmental degradation that are part of the clothing industry, will be screened at 7 p.m., preceded by a free clothing swap from 6-7 p.m. Fair Trade snacks will be provided and the post-film discussion will be led by the university's Fair Trade Committee. Free and open to everyone in the Highsmith Student Union Grotto.
This first community dialogue in the The Odyssey Project: The Journey Home series will take place at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 5 in the Sherrill Center on campus, in the Ingles Mountain View Room. The series is free and open to everyone.
This film screening, part of UNC Asheville’s 10th Human Rights Film Festival, with movies nightly Feb. 3-7 at 7 p.m. in the Highsmith Student Union Grotto, is free and open to everyone. The films will be followed by discussions joining together faculty, student and community viewers.
This panel discussion features UNC Asheville Professor of History Samer Traboulsi and Elizabeth Overton Colton, retired U.S. State Department press attaché, and takes place at noon on Thursday, Feb. 6, in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum, free and open to everyone.
The Bulldogs take on Big South rival USC Upstate at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 6, in Kimmel Arena.
This film screening, part of UNC Asheville’s 10th Human Rights Film Festival, with movies nightly Feb. 3-7 at 7 p.m. in the Highsmith Student Union Grotto, is free and open to everyone. The films will be followed by discussions joining together faculty, student and community viewers.
UNC Asheville will host its 21st annual Southern Appalachian Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, Feb. 7-8, 2020, with presentations on a variety of topics by 12 undergraduate students whose papers were selected by a process of blind review. Conference highlights will be keynote lectures by the distinguished faculty judges. The conference takes place in Karpen Hall, in the Laurel Forum, and conference presentations are free and open to everyone.
This film screening concludes UNC Asheville’s 10th Human Rights Film Festival, and takes place at 7 p.m. in the Highsmith Student Union Grotto, is free and open to everyone. The film will be followed by discussion joining together faculty, student and community viewers.
UNC Asheville's student Mindfulness Club will host two "flash meditations," free and open to everyone, at 12:20 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday, Feb. 11 and 13, on the Quad.
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. Admission is $10 for the public, and free to members of the World Affairs Council and UNC Asheville students.
UNC Asheville's student Mindfulness Club will host a "flash meditation," free and open to everyone, at 12:20 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 13, on the Quad. In case of inclement weather, the meditation will move to Highsmith Student Union.
The Bulldogs take on Big South rival Longwood at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 13 in Kimmel Arena.
Richard J. Davidson, Ph.D., world-renowned neuroscientist and co-author of "Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body," will give a free public lecture at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 13, at UNC Asheville’s Lipinsky Auditorium.
Richard J. Davidson, Ph.D., world-renowned neuroscientist will give a free public master class at 9 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 14, in the Highsmith Student Union Blue Ridge Room
This special Bulldog Pride Day doubleheader will feature the a performance of the national anthem by the Asheville Gay Men's Chorus before the first game. The hoops action begins at 2 p.m. when the women tip off against Winthrop. Then at 4:30, the men face Charleston Southern
The next installment of the monthly Writers at Home series, featuring writers from the Prose Master Class taught by Elizabeth Lutyens at UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program, takes place at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 16, at Malaprop’s Bookstore/Café, 55 Haywood St., in downtown Asheville. This event is free and open to everyone.
Matthew Richmond of UNC Asheville's music faculty will perform his own original works for percussion, together with many guest artists, at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 16 in Lipinsky Auditorium. This concert is free and open to everyone.
Carolina Public Press will present a "Newsmakers Forum" on the future of Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests in North Carolina, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 19, in UNC Asheville's Reuter Center, Manheimer Room. This event is free and open to everyone with advance online registration requested.
This lecture takes place at 7:30 p.m., on Wednesday, Feb. 19, in the Highsmith Student Union Mountain Suites. It is free and open to everyone.
UPDATE at 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 20 -- THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO THE WEATHER.
OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville will hold an advance care planning (ACP) workshop from 7-9 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20 in the Reuter Center, in the Manheimer Room. Free and open to everyone, this workshop is co-sponsored by the Osher Life Long Learning Institute and Mission Health Partners.
UNC Asheville alumni, students and families will celebrate Homecoming 2020 with many special events, headlined by a Bulldog basketball doubleheader, the Alumni Awards Banquet, and special closeout parties for alumni and students, on and off campus.
February's Death Café will be held from 5-6:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 21, at UNC Asheville's Reuter Center, home of OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Center. This event is free and open to everyone.
The Bulldog men's and women's teams will face Big South rivals in a Homecoming weekend doubleheader at Kimmel Arena. The action begins at 2 p.m. on Saturday when the women tip off against USC Upstate. Then at 4:30, the men face Presbyterian in their final home game of the regular season.
This joint concert, Music Leads the Way, will celebrate the women's suffrage movement, and feature the University Chorale and Reuter Center Singers, both directed by Chuck Taft, and the student musicians of UNC Asheville's Wind Ensemble, directed by Fletcher Peacock, the university's director of instrumental studies. The concert takes place at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 23 in Lipinsky Auditorium, free and open to everyone.
Disability is Diversity Week is an annual event at UNC Asheville, formerly known as Disability Awareness Week. The week's workshops, films and more, all free and open to everyone, focus on disability as an identity of diversity and difference to be not only accepted but celebrated.
Guitarist and UNC Asheville music faculty member Andy Jurik will give a free public lecture, "It is always three o’clock in the morning" - Dowland, Britten, Melancholy, Death, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 25, in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum.
TheatreUNCA will present four performances of Henrick Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, adapted by Patrick Marber, directed by Aaron Snook. Curtain will be 7:30 p.m. on Thursday-Saturday, and 2 p.m. for Sunday's matinee. General admission tickets are $12.
This second community dialogue in the The Odyssey Project: The Journey Home series will take place at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 27 in the Sherrill Center on campus, in the Ingles Mountain View Room. The series is free and open to everyone.
Middle and high school students from the region will present their original research during this N.C. Student Academy of Sciences District 8 Competition, which takes place from 12:30-5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 28 in Highsmith Student Union, Alumni Hall.
Erik Larson, in conversation with Denise Kiernan, will discuss his new book, The Splendid and the Vile – A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz. This ticketed event takes place at 6:30 p.m. in the Highsmith Student Union Blue Ridge Room, presented in partnership by Malaprop’s Bookstore/Café, and UNC Asheville’s Great Smokies Writing Program and Departments of English and History.
Elodia Castillo and Roderico Y. Diaz, two Mayan leaders from Guatemala, will speak and present photographs at noon on Tuesday, March 3, in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum. This event is free and open to everyone.
UNC Asheville will screen the documentary, narrated by Jodie Foster, "Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché," at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3, in the Highsmith Student Union Blue Ridge Room. This event, part of the University's Women's History Month observance, is free and open to everyone.
The Bulldogs take on defending Big South champion Radford at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4, in Kimmel Arena. In this final home game of the regular season, the Bulldogs will honor the graduating seniors at halftime.
Bill Plympton will present and discuss his works as an independent animator at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4, in Rhoades Robinson Hall Room 125. This event is free and open to everyone.
UNC Asheville will present a conference for people interested in getting teacher certification, whether currently in high school, college, or considering a return to college as a post-bac student. In addition to learning about teacher certification programs at UNC Asheville, attendees will hear from English teacher Bobbie Cavnar, 2017 N.C. Teacher of the Year and 2018 NEA Foundation Top Public School Teacher in the Nation. This conference is free and online registration is available.
UNC Asheville will host its third biennial Philosophy of Disability Conference, March 6-7, 2020, in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum. All conference presentations are free and open to everyone.
The sixth seeded UNC Asheville women's basketball team will fact Charleston Southern in the first round of the Hercules Tires Big South Championship Tournament at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 10 in Kimmel Arena on campus.