Sponsored by the Alzheimer's Association of WNC, this lecture, free and open to everyone at 2 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 29 in the Reuter Center, will offer insight into dementia.
This screening of the documentary Connected by Coffee is hosted by UNC Asheville's Fair Trade Committee. Free and open to everyone at 6 p.m. in Karpen Hall room 038.
UNC Asheville Director of Instrumental Studies Fletcher Peacock will present Talkin' Trombone, a combination lecture/recital at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 30 in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum. This event is free and open to everyone.
UNC Asheville's Visiting Writer Series presents Therese Anne Fowler and Denise Kiernan at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct.30 in the Sherrill Center, Ingles Mountain View Room. This event is free and open to everyone.
photo+sphere is a project of Asheville's MAP (Media Arts Project) that explores the environment through photography and photo-media, and UNC Asheville people and facilities are involved in some of the events.
The Turning of the Maples, UNC Asheville's annual fall celebration, with food, music and fun, will take place from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 1, on the Quad.
UNC Asheville swimming and diving meets are held at the Justice Center Pool and admission is free. This meet begins at 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 2.
From 7-8:30 p.m. on Election Night, Nov. 6, UNC Asheville faculty members Ashley Moraguez and Patrick Bahls will discuss "the paradox of voting in the United States" when the Pint with a Professor series resumes at Habitat Tavern & Commons, 174 Broadway St. in Asheville. This event is open to everyone and admission is free; food and beverages are not.
Lina Benabdallah, Wake Forest University assistant professor of politics and international affairs, will share her observations. Her research has been quoted in The Washington Post and The New York Times, and she is a contributing editor to Africa is a Country. She is an executive board member of the Chinese in Africa/Africans in China network.
Retired civil rights attorney Frank Goldsmith, co-chair of the North Carolina Commission of Inquiry on Torture (NCCIT), will give a free public talk at noon on Thursday, Nov. 8, in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum.
Marcus Harvey, UNC Asheville assistant professor of religious studies, will present The Thing That Knowledge Can’t Eat, a lecture about Malidoma Somé and the future of Africana religious studies, at 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, N.C., in the McKee Building, room 214.
UNC Asheville's Visiting Writer Series presents Cris Beam at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 8 in UNC Asheville's Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum. This event is free and open to everyone.
"Tell Tale," an exhibition of ceramics by UNC Asheville senior Amelia Rosenberg, will be on view from Nov. 9-20 in Owen Hall, in the S. Tucker Cooke Gallery. An opening reception will take place from 6-8 p.m. in the gallery on Friday, Nov. 9. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-6 p.m. weekdays. Free and open to everyone.
The STEM Lecture Series at OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville, is free and open to OLLI members and non-members alike. The talks take place at 4:30 p.m. in Reuter Center Room 206.
The TheatreUNCA Fall Mainstage Season will continue in November with Metamorphoses, based on the ancient Roman myths of Ovid. Curtain for Metamorphoses will be 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 15-17, with a Sunday 2 p.m. matinee on Nov. 18.
The McIntosh County Shouters will bring the “ring shout” – probably the oldest surviving African-American performance tradition in North America – to UNC Asheville for an afternoon master class. The master class is free and open to everyone, and will take place from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 15 in Lipinsky Auditorium.
Joseph C. Ewoodzie Jr., author of "Break Beats in the Bronx: Rediscovering Hip-Hop's Early Years," will give a free public lecture at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 15, in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum. This event is free and open to everyone.
The McIntosh County Shouters will bring the "ring shout" - probably the oldest surviving African-American performance tradition in North America - to UNC Asheville for a rousing evening concert, and an afternoon master class.
The top six teams in the Big South Conference face each other in a single-elimination tournament Nov. 16-18 in UNC Asheville's Justice Center to determine the conference champion.
Arts Fest features art, presentations and more by students and faculty, 12:30-6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 16 in Owen Hall. All Arts Fest events are free and open to everyone.
In preparation for the 2018-19 season, the UNC Asheville track and field team will hold its annual Blue vs. White Intrasquad meet, starting at 10:45 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, at the Karl Straus Track on campus.
The TheatreUNCA Fall Mainstage Season will continue in November with Metamorphoses, based on the ancient Roman myths of Ovid. This special Sunday matinee performance begins at 2:30 p.m. in Belk Theatre.
Works by students in the Advanced Drawing and Painting courses will be on view Nov. 19-Dec. 3 in Ramsey Library's Blowers Gallery during regular library hours. The exhibit is free and open to everyone.
"Delicious," an exhibit of ceramic works by BFA student Sara Burton will be on view Nov. 26-Dec. 4 in Owen Hall's S. Tucker Cooke Gallery. A reception will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 30 in the gallery. Free and open to everyone.
This last music faculty lecture of the fall 2018 semester will feature UNC Asheville Assistant Professor of Music and vocalist Christine Boone. Her talk takes place at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 27 in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum.
UNC Asheville's German Club presents its fourth annual Weihnachtsmarkt, from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 29, in the Highsmith Student Union Grotto. The Weihnachtsmarkt is open to everyone.
UNC Asheville's "X-tet" student ensemble, directed by Jacob Rodriguez, offers a jazz concert at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 29, in Lipinsky Auditorium. The show is free and open to everyone.
The tailgate market features fresh local produce, meat and eggs, baked goods, cheese, crafts and more, with winter hours 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturdays, through Dec. 15, in parking lot P28.
UNC Asheville Writer-in-Residence Wiley Cash will read at Stories from the Issue, part of the Oxford American's 2018 North Carolina Music Issue statewide celebration, at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 1, at Malaprop's Bookstore and Café, 55 Haywood St., Asheville. This event is free and open to everyone.
Two student ensembles - percussionists directed by Matthew Richmond, and wind players directed by Fletcher Peacock - will perform in a free concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 2 in UNC Asheville's Lipinsky Auditorium.