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Margaret Ann (Sam) Faeth, guest editor of The Great Smokies Review, will present her two Editor’s Choice writers, Anne Waters Green (left) and Paula Kane (right) as part of the June 9 Writers at Home reading at Malaprop’s. (Photo by Michael Mauney)

“Writers at Home” Reading at Malaprop’s Celebrates 10 Years of “The Great Smokies Review”

Malaprops Bookstore and Cafe 55 Haywood St.,, Asheville

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.

AP Institute, session 1

Zageir Hall 140/142

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.

Brody Hunt & The Handfulls

Concerts on the Quad 2019 – Brody Hunt and The Handfulls

University Quad

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.

Photo taken by Neil Armstrong of the lunar module on the moon’s surface, courtesy of NASA

To the Moon! Reflections on Apollo after 50 Years

Reuter Center, Manheimer Room (102)

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.

Historical photo of the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival - the Rough Creek Cloggers perform with the Stony Creek Boys

Mountain Dance and Folk Festival® Exhibit

Ramsey Library, Special Collections

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.

Image of mountains and city of Asheville in background, with date, time, location and event name superimposed over that image

Bulldog Block Party 2019 Presented by Ingles

Biltmore Town Square

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.

Che Apalache

Concerts on the Quad 2019 – Che Apalache

University Quad

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.

National Physical Education and School Sport Institute

Sherrill Center, Kimmel Arena

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.

$300

AP Institute, session 2

Zageir Hall 140/142

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.

musicians and dancers on stage

92nd Annual Mountain Dance and Folk Festival ®

The 92nd Annual Mountain Dance and Folk Festival ® comes to Lipinsky Auditorium with three different shows, each at 6:30 p.m., Thursday-Saturday, August 1-3, featuring traditional and
old-time musicians, ballad singers, mountain dance groups and cloggers. These are ticketed performances.

$5 – $25

Astronomy Club of Asheville Presentation/Meeting

Reuter Center, Manheimer Room (102)

The Astronomy Club of Asheville will hold a meeting, free and open to everyone, featuring a presentation, "Beyond Pluto: The New Horizons Mission to Ultima Thule," from 7-9 p.m. in UNC Asheville's Reuter Center, Manheimer Room.

Image of student and employer shaking hands along with event details

Employer Summit

Highsmtih Student Union, French Broad Room (125)

The Employer Summit, hosted by UNC Asheville's Career Center, is for Asheville-area businesses and will take place from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 6, in the Highsmith Student Union French Broad Room.

Student patting Rocky the Bulldog statue

Convocation 2019

Sherrill Center, Kimmel Arena

UNC Asheville is excited to welcome the Class of 2023 to campus on Friday, Aug. 16, 2019!

Convocation is the special ceremony that formally kicks off the 2019-2020 academic year and officially welcomes new students to UNC Asheville. At Convocation, students take their first good-luck walk past Rocky the Bulldog, a ritual that is repeated at graduation. All students, families, faculty and staff are invited to attend.

Bulldog Men’s Soccer Blue/White Game

The UNC Asheville Bulldogs men's soccer team begins the season with the split-squad Blue/White exhibition match at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 17 at Greenwood Field. Admission is free to exhibition matches.

OLLI Paths to Creative Retirement Workshop

Reuter Center

The Paths to Creative Retirement (Paths) workshop is designed to help participants create a meaningful retirement that matches their values and priorities. The workshop takes place Aug. 23-25 in the Reuter Center, home of OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville. Advance registration is required.

$850

Bulldog Soccer Doubleheader

The UNC Asheville Bulldogs will play a Friday afternoon/evening doubleheader, with the men taking on Marshall University in a 3:30 p.m. exhibition match, and the Bulldog women kicking off their season with a match against American University at 6 p.m., at Greenwood Field on campus.

LBGTQ Oral History Training Workshop

Highsmtih Student Union, French Broad Room (125)

This free oral history training workshop will teach participants interviewing and related skills as part of an effort to build a regional LGBTQ+ oral history archive. The workshop takes place from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 24. 

students eat and laugh in a dining hall

Taste of UNC Asheville Dining

Brown Hall

UNC Asheville Dining Services is excited to host Hickory Nut Gap, Mountain Foods and United Natural Foods on Monday, August 26th for a Taste of Dining experience.

Forum on Lowering Prescription Drug Prices

Reuter Center, Manheimer Room (102)

This event, presented by AARP and hosted by OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville, will take place from 10 a.m.-noon on Thursday, Aug. 29, in UNC Asheville's Reuter Center. Free. Advance registration is requested.

Jacqueline Osherow

Poetry Reading by Jacqueline Osherow

Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum

Jacqueline Osherow, author of eight collections of poetry, will read from her works at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 3, in UNC Asheville’s Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum, in the first event of the fall semester presented by the university’s Center for Jewish Studies and its Department of Religious Studies. This event is free and open to everyone.

Bulldog Men’s Soccer vs. VMI

The UNC Asheville Bulldogs have their first home match of the regular season, facing VMI of the Southern Conference at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 4 at Greenwood Field.

Bulldog Women’s Volleyball – UNC Asheville Invitational Tournament

Justice Center

The Bulldogs open their home season by hosting the UNC Asheville Invitational at the Justice Center Sept. 6-7. UNC Asheville will face Eastern Kentucky at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, North Carolina A-and-T at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, and Dartmouth at 6:30 p.m. also on Saturday.

Bulldog Women’s Soccer vs. ECU

The UNC Asheville Bulldogs face ECU at 1 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 6, at Greenwood Field on the UNC Asheville campus.

Off Campus Faculty Theater – “Father Abraham – The Loves of Mr. Lincoln”

The Block off Biltmore 39 S. Market St., Asheville

This rehearsed reading is the first of three weekly performances about Abraham Lincoln written by David Brendan Hopes, with direction and live music by John Crutchfield, both members of UNC Asheville's faculty. It takes place at 7 p.m. at The Block off Biltmore, 39 S. Market St., Asheville.

Cherokee Stickball Exhibition

Intramural Fields

UNC Asheville will host the Wa le La "The Hummingbird" team in a traditional Cherokee stickball game at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 11 at the intramural fields behind the Sherrill Center. Free and open to everyone.

Bulldog Women’s Soccer vs. Mars Hill

The UNC Asheville Bulldogs face Mars Hill at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 11, at Greenwood Field on the UNC Asheville campus.

$4 – $6
UNC Asheville's Bee Hotel

*CANCELED* Bee Hotel Reception

Pollinator Gardens

This special ticketed event, part of Asheville's Chow Chow Festival, takes place from 3-4:30 p.m. at the University's Bee Hotel, which is located in the main pollinator garden on University Heights, just across from Parking Lot P28.

$20

OLLI New to Medicare Class

Reuter Center

This free workshop takes place from 2-4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 26 at the Reuter Center, home of OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville.

Flyer has same event information as elsewhere in this posting, with photos of the four speakers

Symposium: Closing the Opportunity Gap: Black Children Thriving in School

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville 1 Edwin Pl., Asheville

NOTE -- THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL TO CAPACITY WITH NO MORE REGISTRATIONS BEING ACCEPTED. This symposium is presented by Expanding Equity in Our Schools and UNC Asheville's Africana Studies Program, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14, at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Pl., Asheville.

Off Campus Faculty Theater – “Father Abraham – Earthly Power”

The Block off Biltmore 39 S. Market St., Asheville

This rehearsed reading is the second of three weekly performances about Abraham Lincoln written by David Brendan Hopes, with direction and live music by John Crutchfield, both members of UNC Asheville’s faculty. It takes place at 7 p.m. at The Block off Biltmore, 39 S. Market St., Asheville.

Bulldog Women’s Soccer vs. Davidson

The UNC Asheville Bulldogs face Davidson at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 15, at Greenwood Field on the UNC Asheville campus.

$4 – $6
Flor de Toloache band members pose on the Brooklyn Bridge

Flor de Toloache Residency

The all-female mariachi fusion band Flor de Toloache, will be in residency at UNC Asheville offering afternoon master classes and an evening concert, all free and open to everyone.

Lecture by Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Sally Kestin

The Department of Mass Communication is pleased to present a campus talk by Sally Kestin on Wednesday, September 18 from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. in Highsmith Student Union room 225/226. Sally Kestin is a former investigative reporter at the Sun Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale.

Bulldog Soccer Doubleheader: Women vs. WCU and Men vs. UNCG

The Bulldog women's soccer team takes on mountain rival Western Carolina at 3:30 p.m. in the first match of a doubleheader. Then at 6 p.m., it's UNCA vs. UNCG when the Bulldogs take on the Spartans in men's soccer at Greenwood Field on the UNC Asheville campus.

Flor de Toloache band members pose on the Brooklyn Bridge

Flor de Toloache in Concert

Flor de Toloache – the New York City-based all-female quartet whose latest album features John Legend – will bring their boundary-breaking update on mariachi music to UNC Asheville for a 7 p.m. concert at Lipinsky Auditorium on Wednesday, Sept. 18. This concert is free with no tickets required.

Dispatches from the Borderland

Highsmith Student Union, Alumni Hall (114)

Dispatches from the Borderland, a video conference with activists in South Texas, will take place from noon-1:15 p.m. in the Highsmith Student Union, Alumni Hall. This event is free and open to everyone.

Breathless by Erika Diamond.

Artist Lecture: Staying Alive with Erika Diamond

STEAM Studio 821 Riverside Dr., Asheville

Textile-focused conceptual artist Erika Diamond will give a free public lecture on her artwork and career on Thursday, Sept. 19 from 4-5 p.m. at UNC Asheville's STEAM Studio, 821 Riverside Dr., Asheville, with a reception to follow.

Dave Isay

Talk by StoryCorps Founder Dave Isay

Dave Isay, founder of StoryCorps and author of five books, will give a free public talk at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 19, In Lipinsky Auditorium. No tickets are required.

Family Weekend graphic

Family Weekend 2019

UNC Asheville's Family Weekend brings together Bulldogs of all ages for a weekend filled with fun and UNC Asheville spirit.

Poster for greenfest has dates and "home sweet home" theme spelled out in embroidered looking letters with images of the earth instead of letter O

Fall 2019 Greenfest

UNC Asheville Greenfest, Sept. 20-29, celebrates and educates about sustainability and builds community. This year's theme is "home sweet home."

ReVIEWING Black Mountain College 11

Reuter Center

The 11th Annual ReVIEWING Black Mountain College conference takes place Sept. 20-22 in UNC Asheville's Reuter Center. Registration is required. 

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