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Poet Arthur Flowers: “Literary Blues and the Hoodoo Way – In the Footsteps of MLK”

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.

Behind the Scenes at NC Stage – “Jeeves Saves the Day”

Reuter Center, Manheimer Room (102)

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.

Overview of tents at Nizip Syrian refugee camp, Gaziantep, Turkey om photo from Human Flow

Documentary Film by Ai Weiwei: “Human Flow”

Highsmith Student Union, Grotto (108)

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 attaches wires to a 64-channel electroencephalogram (EEG) cap that monitors brain activity

The Neuroscience of Meditative Practices – Lecture by Patrick Foo

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. 

music faculty with their instruments

Spring 2020 Music Faculty Showcase Concert

Lipinsky Hall Lobby

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.

Crowded room full of people at sewing machines, many wearing face masks

Documentary Film: “The True Cost”

Highsmith Student Union, Grotto (108)

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.

Old map shows route of Odysseus

The Odyssey Project: The Journey Home, Part One

Sherrill Center, Ingles Mountain View Room

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.

poster for film shows couple and child and says "the truth behind the propaganda"

Documentary Film: “One Child Nation”

Highsmith Student Union, Grotto (108)

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.

Image from the film shows woman in traditional Indian sari with a man looking at her

Documentary Film: “A Suitable Girl”

Highsmith Student Union, Grotto (108)

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 Hosts Southern Appalachian Undergraduate Philosophy Conference Feb. 7-8

Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum

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.

Film Screening: “Beasts of No Nation”

Highsmith Student Union, Grotto (108)

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.

Flash Meditation Feb. 11

University Quad

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.

World Affairs Council Lecture by Sonia Kapur: India-Pakistan-Kashmir

Reuter Center, Manheimer Room (102)

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.

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Flash Meditation Feb. 13

University Quad

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.

Richard J. Davidson, Ph.D.

POSTPONED: Richard Davidson Lecture – “Well-Being is a Skill”

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.

POSTPONED: Richard Davidson Master Class

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

Poster has rainbow-color striped graphic with date/time information

Bulldog Pride Day Basketball Doubleheader Feb. 15

Sherrill Center, Kimmel Arena

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

Writers at Home at Malaprop’s – Readings by Great Smokies Writing Program Prose Master Class

Malaprops Bookstore and Cafe 55 Haywood St.,, Asheville

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.

CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER — OLLI Advance Care Planning Workshop

Reuter Center, Manheimer Room (102)

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.

photo of Blue Ridge Mountains with text saying "The Mountains Are Calling You Home"

Homecoming 2020

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.

Death Café February

Reuter Center

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.

Bulldog Basketball Homecoming Doubleheader Feb. 22

Sherrill Center, Kimmel Arena

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.

UNC Asheville Wind Ensemble, University Chorale and Reuter Center Singers in Concert

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 2020

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.

Arden Stockdell-Giesler poses in period constume with pistol

TheatreUNCA Presents Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler”

Carol Belk Theatre

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.

Old map shows route of Odysseus

The Odyssey Project: The Journey Home – Part Two

Sherrill Center, Ingles Mountain View Room

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.

N.C. Student Academy of Sciences District 8 Competition

Highsmith Student Union, Alumni Hall (114)

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

Erik Larson Book Event with Denise Kiernan: “The Splendid and the Vile”

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.

“In Voice and Image” – Guatemalan Mayan Leaders Speak

University Quad

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. 

Bulldog Women’s Basketball vs. Radford

Sherrill Center, Kimmel Arena

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.

Frame from Bill Plympton's "Footprints" (2014) shows meadow full of flowers

Presentation by Independent Animator Bill Plympton

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.

Future Teachers Conference 2020

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.

Elizabeth Barnes in the classroom

2020 Philosophy of Disability Conference

Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum

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.

Pints with Professors – Ashley Moraguez and Anne Jansen

Archetype Brewing 174 Broadway St.,, Asheville

Ashley Moraguez and Anne Jansen, UNC Asheville assistant professors of political science, will be the presenters at the next Pints with Professors gathering, from 5-7 p.m. on Monday, March 16, at Archetype Brewing, 174 Broadway St., Asheville. Admission is free; food and beverages are not.

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