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Bryan Stevenson (photo by Nina Subin)

Public Lecture by Bryan Stevenson, Founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative

Sherrill Center, Kimmel Arena

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.

Lookout Observatory telescope

Community Stargaze

Lookout Observatory

UPDATE: DUE TO CLOUDY SKIES, THE COMMUNITY STARGAZE HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

Chancellor Cable at Convocation 2018

Installation Ceremony & Reception

Chancellor Cable will be formally installed as UNC Asheville's Eighth Chancellor in a special ceremony in Kimmel Arena.

students dancing on library steps

Spring 2019 Dance Sharing

Carol Belk Theatre

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.

UNC Asheville Spring 2019 Student Ceramics and Art Sale

838 Riverside Drive

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. 

Literature Reading by UNC Asheville Students

Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum

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.

Bulldog Baseball vs. ETSU

The UNC Asheville Bulldogs will host ETSU for a game at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30 at Greenwood Field on campus.

Lesley Visser

Our Turn to Play Scholarship Luncheon with Lesley Visser

Sherrill Center, Kimmel Arena

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. 

Holocaust Remembrance: Murry Sidlin’s Defiant Requiem – Verdi at Terezín

Reuter Center

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.

Blue Ridge Orchestra Concerts

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.

$5 – $15
A group of people posing together.

Building Bridges 25th Anniversary Celebration

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. 

$25 – $35

World Affairs Council Talk at OLLI – Brexit, with Andrew Terrell

Reuter Center, Manheimer Room (102)

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.

UNC Asheville baseball players at a game.

SCHEDULE UPDATE – Bulldog Baseball vs. Radford

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.

African American Entrepreneurs Public Forum

Reuter Center, Manheimer Room (102)

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 for Bernie Sanders Rally

Parking Lot P28

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.

Documentary and Discussion – “Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution”

Reuter Center, Manheimer Room (102)

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 ECM Ensemble

ECM Ensemble at White Horse Black Mountain

White Horse Black Mountain 105 Montreat Rd., Black Mountain

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.

$6 – $12

Community Meeting – Update on Edgewood Rd. Parking Project

Reuter Center, Manheimer Room (102)

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.

Photo shows well-dressed African Americans crossing a downtown Asheville street; part of the Isaiah Rice Collection

Isaiah Rice Historical Photo Exhibition

Eagle Market Place Community Exhibition Space 19 Eagle Street, Asheville

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.

Health Equity Forum on Dogwood Health Trust

Reuter Center, Manheimer Room (102)

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!!

Electronic musicians shown performing at ContinuuCon 2018

ContinuuCon Electronic Music Conference and June 1 Concert

Lipinsky Hall

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.

Asheville WordCamp 2019

Highsmith Student Union 1 University Heights, Asheville

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.

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.

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