UNC Asheville’s Department of History, the Vance Birthplace State Historic Site, the Thomas Wolfe Memorial State Historic Site, and the North Carolina Room at Pack Memorial Library will present a two-day symposium, "You Have to Start a Thing": North Carolina Women Breaking Barriers, Sept. 12-13.
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.
Jacqueline Battalora, author of Birth of a White Nation: The Invention of White People and Its Relevance Today, will give a free public lecture at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 12 in UNC Asheville’s Highsmith Student Union, in the Blue Ridge Room.
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.
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.
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.
The UNC Asheville Bulldogs face Davidson at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 15, at Greenwood Field on the UNC Asheville campus.
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.
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.
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 – 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, 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.
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, 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.
UNC Asheville's Family Weekend brings together Bulldogs of all ages for a weekend filled with fun and UNC Asheville spirit.
UNC Asheville Greenfest, Sept. 20-29, celebrates and educates about sustainability and builds community. This year's theme is "home sweet home."
The 11th Annual ReVIEWING Black Mountain College conference takes place Sept. 20-22 in UNC Asheville's Reuter Center. Registration is required.
The Bulldogs face the Terriers at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21 at Greenwood Field on the UNC Asheville campus.
This rehearsed reading is the third 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.
Sold out!! UNC Asheville's fifth annual Farm-to-Table Dinner will be guest-hosted by Mko'Mosé (Andrew Judge), with the theme of Home Sweet Home, and a menu featuring wild and indigenous foods, complemented by our annual array of campus-grown produce and locally produced delicacies. The dinner takes place at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 23 on the UNC Asheville Quad.
Mko'Mosé (Andrew Judge), professor and coordinator of Indigenous Studies at Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning in Ontario, Canada, will deliver UNC Asheville’s Fall 2019 Greenfest Keynote Lecture at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 24. in the Highsmith Student Union Blue Ridge Room. Free and open to everyone.
This workshop presented by photographer Nicole McConville will take place from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 23, in the Highsmith Student Union in Alumni Hall. Admission is $30 ; UNC Asheville students are admitted free.
The Bulldogs face USC Upstate at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 25 at Greenwood Field on the UNC Asheville campus.
UNC Asheville will present its first archaeology lecture of the fall 2019 semester on Sept. 25, focusing on how archaeologists and other scientists can and must engage more successfully with the public in the current political and mass media climate. This talk is free and open to everyone at 7:30 p.m. in UNC Asheville’s Sherrill Center, Ingles Mountain View Room.
OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville, will host a Law Enforcement Forum featuring Buncombe County Sheriff Quentin Miller, Asheville Deputy Police Chief Wade Wood, and UNC Asheville Chief of Police Eric Boyce, from 4-6 p.m. on Friday, Sept 27, at the Reuter Center on campus, in the Manheimer Room. This event is free and open to everyone.
The 2019 North Carolina State Dinner of the Mathematical Association of America will take place Friday, Sept. 27, at the UNC Asheville Sherrill Center. The evening will feature poster presentations from selected undergraduate students from North Carolina universities and a talk by Jane Hawkins, professor emerita at UNC-Chapel Hill and treasurer of the American Mathematical Society.
Discovery Day: The UNC Asheville Open House takes place on Saturday, Sept. 28, giving college-bound students and their families a chance to talk with current students, meet one-on-one with faculty and staff, tour campus and discuss academic programs, financial aid, scholarships and the application process.
The Bulldogs face USC Upstate at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28 in the Justice Center on the UNC Asheville campus.
This workshop presented by digital marketers and UNC Asheville alumni Jesse Michel and Patrick Conant will take place from 2-6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 23, in the Highsmith Student Union in Alumni Hall. Admission is $25; UNC Asheville students are admitted free.
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.
The UNC Asheville Bulldogs will face Big South rival High Point in a soccer doubleheader, with the women's match beginning at 3:30 p.m. followed by the men's match at 6 p.m. at Greenwood Field on the UNC Asheville campus.
UNC Asheville's 22nd Annual S. Dexter Squibb Lecture Series in Chemistry will take place October 3, 2019 with the theme “Understanding Air Quality and Climate Change.” Visiting scholar Kerri Pratt will lecture at 11:45 a.m. and at 7 p.m. on two related topics. Both take place in Highsmith Student Union, free and open to all.
Nationally noted author and attorney Kenneth S. Stern, who for 25 years was the American Jewish Committee’s expert on antisemitism, will give a free public lecture, "Antisemitism through a Hate Studies Lens," at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3, in UNC Asheville’s Highsmith Student Union, Blue Ridge Room.
The Bulldogs face Winthrop at 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 4 in the Justice Center on the UNC Asheville campus.
The Blue Ridge Orchestra, Asheville's community orchestra, will perform two concerts, 7:30 p.m. on Saturday and 3 p.m. on Sunday, in Lipinsky Auditorium. General admission seating is $15; $5 for students.
The Bulldogs face Gardner-Webb at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5 in the Justice Center on the UNC Asheville campus.
Mildred Barya, UNC Asheville assistant professor of English, now coordinates the monthly Poetrio series and will read from her works, along with poets Ryan Walsh and Annie Woodford, at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 6, at Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, 55 Haywood St., Asheville. Free and open to everyone.
This reading by two UNC Asheville graduates with acclaimed new books, is a part of UNC Asheville's Visiting Writers Series, free and open to everyone at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 6 in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum.
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, presented by members of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville.
As part of a theme term on Appalachia, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville (OLLI) will be offering a series of evening programs, free and open to everyone at 7 p.m. in the Reuter Center, Manheimer Room.
Visiting scholar Courtney Lewis will give a free public talk, "Sovereign Entrepreneurs: Cherokee Small Business Owners and the Making of Economic Sovereignity," at noon on Thursday, Oct. 10, in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum.
Christian Broyhill Swan and Hunt Broyhill of Broyhill Furniture company will lead a UNC Asheville Family Business Forum on "Critical Conversations," beginning at 8 a.m. in the Sherrill Center, Ingles Mountain View Room. Free to Forum members; $175 for all others.
UNC Asheville's Greenwood Field hosts a soccer doubleheader on Saturday, Oct. 12, with the Bulldog men facing Radford at 3:30 p.m. and the women taking on Charleston Southern at 6 p.m.
As part of a theme term on Appalachia, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville (OLLI) will be offering a series of evening programs, free and open to everyone at 7 p.m. in the Reuter Center, Manheimer Room.
The fifth annual African Americans in Western North Carolina and Southern Appalachia Conference returns to Asheville this fall, offering scholars and the community an opportunity to illuminate the African American experience in Southern Appalachia.
Conservationist and nature photographer Mike Talladen will present "Chasing Dreams: A Journey from Chicago to the Rainforest," from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 17 in Highsmith Student Union, Alumni Hall. This event, presented by UNC Asheville's Student Environmental Center, is free and open to everyone.
This talk, free and open to everyone and presented as part of the 10th anniversary celebration of UNC Asheville's Department of Religious Studies, takes place at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 17, in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum.
Painting by UNC Asheville BFA student Jodi O'Hara will be featured in a new exhibition, The Flyers: A Symbology of Hope, on view Oct. 18-29 at RAMP Studio Gallery, 821 Riverside Dr., Asheville. An opening reception will be held in the gallery from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 18.
Baltimore-based classical guitarist Zachary Grim will perform in a free concert at 5 p..m. on Friday, Oct. 18, and then join with UNC Asheville students Jake Bartholomew and Jack St. Jean for a classical guitar master class at 6:15 p.m.
This concert, a benefit for the Asheville Fire Fighters Association Local 332, features country artist Kelby Costner and Gal Friday, and takes place at 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 18 in Kimmel Arena on campus. Tickets are $30.