Drawing Discourse 2020
UNC Asheville’s juried international exhibition, Drawing Discourse, will open with special events on Jan. 17-18 featuring renowned artists including juror William Beckman.
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“Intergalactic Soul” – Multimedia Afrofuturistic Exhibition
Intergalactic Soul, a multimedia Afrofuturistic exhibition, will be on view Jan. 27-March 15 in the Highsmith Student Union Art Gallery. A master class with the artists will take place at noon on Tuesday, Feb. 4 in Highsmith Student Union Room 223 (the 1927 Room), and a reception will be held at 6 p.m. that same day, also in Highsmith, in the Blue Ridge Room foyer. All these events are free and open to everyone.
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Leadership Asheville Winter Buzz Breakfast: Climate Resilience
Leadership Asheville Winter Buzz Breakfast: Climate Resilience
Leadership Asheville, a program of UNC Asheville, will host its 2020 Winter Buzz Breakfast series with the theme, “How Resilient Are We as a Community?” Breakfast begins at 8 a.m. and the program begins at 8:30 a.m., at the Expo Center of the Crowne Plaza, 1 Resort Dr., Asheville.
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Master Class: Shared Poetics Across Disciplines: Cultivating Global Citizenship
Master Class: Shared Poetics Across Disciplines: Cultivating Global Citizenship
UNC Asheville presents a master class, free and open to everyone, Shared Poetics Across Disciplines: Cultivating Global Citizenship, at 1:20 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 28 in Lipinsky Hall, Room 018. This event is part of the University's 2020 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration.
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Beethoven the Improviser – Lecture by Brian Felix
Beethoven the Improviser – Lecture by Brian Felix
UNC Asheville Chair and Associate Professor of Music Brian Felix will give a free public lecture, Beethoven the Improviser, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 28, in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum.
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Poet Arthur Flowers: “Literary Blues and the Hoodoo Way – In the Footsteps of MLK”
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.
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OLLI STEM Lectures: Amanda Maxwell – “Vaccines vs. Vaccine Deniers”
OLLI STEM Lectures: Amanda Maxwell – “Vaccines vs. Vaccine Deniers”
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, Manheimer Room.
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Bulldog Men’s Basketball vs. Gardner-Webb
Bulldog Men’s Basketball vs. Gardner-Webb
The Bulldogs face defending Big South champion Gardner-Webb at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 30, in Kimmel Arena.
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Behind the Scenes at NC Stage – “Jeeves Saves the Day”
Behind the Scenes at NC Stage – “Jeeves Saves the Day”
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.
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Ramsey Library Exhibition: “MISSING: Stories of Urban Renewal in Asheville’s Historic East End and Valley Street Neighborhoods”
This exhibition by UNC Asheville students about urban renewal in Asheville's East End and Valley St. neighborhoods, is on view in Ramsey Library's Blowers Gallery through Feb. 27, during regular library hours, free and open to everyone.
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Bulldog Women’s Basketball vs. Hampton
Bulldog Women’s Basketball vs. Hampton
The Bulldogs take on Big South rival Hampton at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1, in Kimmel Arena.
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Documentary Film by Ai Weiwei: “Human Flow”
Documentary Film by Ai Weiwei: “Human Flow”
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.
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The Neuroscience of Meditative Practices – Lecture by Patrick Foo
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.
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Bulldog Women’s Basketball vs. Longwood
Bulldog Women’s Basketball vs. Longwood
The Bulldogs take on Big South rival Longwood at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 4, in Kimmel Arena.
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Spring 2020 Music Faculty Showcase Concert
Spring 2020 Music Faculty Showcase Concert
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.
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Documentary Film: “The True Cost”
Documentary Film: “The True Cost”
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.
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The Odyssey Project: The Journey Home, Part One
The Odyssey Project: The Journey Home, Part One
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.
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Documentary Film: “One Child Nation”
Documentary Film: “One Child Nation”
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.
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Panel Discussion: “Beating the Drums of War? Iran and the USA after Soleimani’s Assassination”
Panel Discussion: “Beating the Drums of War? Iran and the USA after Soleimani’s Assassination”
This panel discussion features UNC Asheville Professor of History Samer Traboulsi and Elizabeth Overton Colton, retired U.S. State Department press attaché, and takes place at noon on Thursday, Feb. 6, in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum, free and open to everyone.
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Bulldog Men’s Basketball vs. USC Upstate
Bulldog Men’s Basketball vs. USC Upstate
The Bulldogs take on Big South rival USC Upstate at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 6, in Kimmel Arena.
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Documentary Film: “A Suitable Girl”
Documentary Film: “A Suitable Girl”
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.
5 events,
UNC Asheville Hosts Southern Appalachian Undergraduate Philosophy Conference Feb. 7-8
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.
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Film Screening: “Beasts of No Nation”
Film Screening: “Beasts of No Nation”
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.
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Flash Meditation Feb. 11
Flash Meditation Feb. 11
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.
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World Affairs Council Lecture by Sonia Kapur: India-Pakistan-Kashmir
World Affairs Council Lecture by Sonia Kapur: India-Pakistan-Kashmir
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
Flash Meditation Feb. 13
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.
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Bulldog Men’s Basketball vs. Longwood
Bulldog Men’s Basketball vs. Longwood
The Bulldogs take on Big South rival Longwood at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 13 in Kimmel Arena.
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POSTPONED: Richard Davidson Lecture – “Well-Being is a Skill”
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.
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POSTPONED: Richard Davidson Master Class
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
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Bulldog Pride Day Basketball Doubleheader Feb. 15
Bulldog Pride Day Basketball Doubleheader Feb. 15
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
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Writers at Home at Malaprop’s – Readings by Great Smokies Writing Program Prose Master Class
Writers at Home at Malaprop’s – Readings by Great Smokies Writing Program Prose Master Class
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.
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Faculty Recital by Matthew Richmond – Original Works for Percussion, featuring guest artist Kevin “Kalimbaman” Spears
Faculty Recital by Matthew Richmond – Original Works for Percussion, featuring guest artist Kevin “Kalimbaman” Spears
Matthew Richmond of UNC Asheville's music faculty will perform his own original works for percussion, together with many guest artists, at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 16 in Lipinsky Auditorium. This concert is free and open to everyone.
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The Future of Pisgah, Nantahala National Forests in North Carolina – Newsmakers Forum from Carolina Public Press
The Future of Pisgah, Nantahala National Forests in North Carolina – Newsmakers Forum from Carolina Public Press
Carolina Public Press will present a "Newsmakers Forum" on the future of Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests in North Carolina, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 19, in UNC Asheville's Reuter Center, Manheimer Room. This event is free and open to everyone with advance online registration requested.
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Archaeology Lecture by Maxime Lamoureux-St.Hilaire of Davidson College: “State expansionism, colonialism, and stranger-kings among the Classic Maya”
Archaeology Lecture by Maxime Lamoureux-St.Hilaire of Davidson College: “State expansionism, colonialism, and stranger-kings among the Classic Maya”
This lecture takes place at 7:30 p.m., on Wednesday, Feb. 19, in the Highsmith Student Union Mountain Suites. It is free and open to everyone.
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CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER — OLLI Advance Care Planning Workshop
CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER — OLLI Advance Care Planning Workshop
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.
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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.
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Death Café February
Death Café February
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.
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Bulldog Basketball Homecoming Doubleheader Feb. 22
Bulldog Basketball Homecoming Doubleheader Feb. 22
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.
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UNC Asheville Wind Ensemble, University Chorale and Reuter Center Singers in Concert
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.
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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.
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Music Lecture by Andy Jurik – “It is always three o’clock in the morning” – Dowland, Britten, Melancholy, Death
Music Lecture by Andy Jurik – “It is always three o’clock in the morning” – Dowland, Britten, Melancholy, Death
Guitarist and UNC Asheville music faculty member Andy Jurik will give a free public lecture, "It is always three o’clock in the morning" - Dowland, Britten, Melancholy, Death, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 25, in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum.
5 events,
TheatreUNCA Presents Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler”
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.
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The Odyssey Project: The Journey Home – Part Two
The Odyssey Project: The Journey Home – Part Two
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.
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N.C. Student Academy of Sciences District 8 Competition
N.C. Student Academy of Sciences District 8 Competition
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.
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Erik Larson Book Event with Denise Kiernan: “The Splendid and the Vile”
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.