UNC Asheville and the WNC chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) offer this lecture, free and open to everyone via Zoom, beginning at 7:30 p.m., as part of the AIA’s 125th Lecture Program.
UNC Asheville will host the Future Teacher Conference on Thursday, March 4 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event will be held virtually.
UNC Asheville will welcome visual arts curator and writer Sarah Tanguy as part of its Visiting Scholar Lecture series on Thursday, March 4 from noon to 1:30 p.m. The event will be held virtually.
The Philosophy Department will host a series of Zoom events focusing on the use of philosophical skills for tackling contemporary issues.
UNC Asheville's Drama Department will put on two virtual performances of Hindsight 2020 on Friday, March 5 and Saturday March 6, both at 7 p.m.
UNC Asheville will host three virtual talks with indigenous activists and writers in March as part of its “Worlds ~ Words” multilingual indigenous speaker series.
Center for Craft, in partnership with UNC Asheville, will host Crafting Resilience, a virtual program series exploring how craft can cultivate strength and sustainability in individuals, spaces, and communities in the face of adverse conditions from March 11 to April 20. The program will bring together interdisciplinary and intersectional voices, and will animate dialogue and reflections on collective memory, healing, and social justice in the study and practice of craft.
UNC Asheville will host an intergenerational and intercommunity conversation titled The African Before Black History Month: Indigenous African Political Thought, Systems, and Institutions on Thursday, March 11 from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
UNC Asheville & The Marvelous Math Club are hosting a virtual fun-run from March 12 to March 14. Proceeds benefit the Asheville Initiative for Math!
On March 15, 2021, 3:30 – 5:10 pm, Firestorm Books and Amanda Wray (UNC Asheville, English Department) will host a virtual discussion with Maggie Werner, author of Stripped: Reading the Erotic Body published by Penn State UP in 2020.
UNC Asheville’s Visiting Writer Series will continue with a reading and discussion on Zoom by novelist and essayist CJ Hauser on Tuesday, March 16, beginning at 7 p.m. This event is free and open to everyone, by UNC Asheville’s Department of English.
UNC Asheville will present Women in Asheville History: Histories of Local Women Presented by UNC Asheville Alumni and Students on Wednesday, March 17 at 6 p.m. This presentation is sponsored by the Department of History and the Program in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
UNC Asheville Classics Professor Sophie Mills will host three separate community conversations exploring the power of ecstatic experience as a sacred vehicle for transcendence. The three events will be on Thursday, March 18 at 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 14 at 7 p.m., and Monday, April 26 at 7 p.m. The April 14 event will be in person at Sunflower Diner in West Asheville.
The 2021 Winter Buzz Breakfast series, hosted by Leadership Asheville and the Asheville Area Arts Council, continues at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 18, with a discussion of equitable creative placemaking with Maria R. Jackson, institute professor at the Studio for Creativity, Place and Equitable Communities at the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University. This online event is free and open to everyone.
UNC Asheville will host a virtual panel discussion on the film Coded Bias titled Exposing Systematic Racism and Gender Bias in the Tech World at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 18. Panelists include Bill Barrs, Marietta Cameron, Sarah Judson, Susan Reiser and Anne Slatton.
The Philosophy Department at UNC Asheville will be presenting, as part of their "Philosophy for Hard Times" series, is Ethics for Hard Times: Why Do (Other) People Make Bad Decisions? The presentation will be given by Melissa Burchard on Friday, March 19 at 3:30 pm via Zoom.
UNC Asheville will host the Critical Perspectives Series in March and April with two virtual events. The first lecture, with scholar Kirstin Squint, will consider the recently published novel, Even As We Breathe in preparation for author Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle's visit the following week.
UNC Asheville’s biennial Queer Studies Conference, co-sponsored this year by Davidson College, will bring together scholars, artists and activists March 26-28 for virtual workshops and presentations. With keynote presentations by Wriply Bennet and Kay Ulanday Barrett, the conference will be based around the theme, Fitting In and Sticking Out – Queer Visibilities and the Perils of Inclusion.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville will host author Daniel S. Pierce for his discussion T he RAIL Project: Incarcerated Labor Remembered on Friday, March 26 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. as part of its Fab Fridays Lunch & Learn.
UNC Asheville will hold its Spring Greenfest 2021 from Monday, March 27 to Saturday, April 3.
Kick off your college search at Junior Preview Day, an open house experience designed just for high school juniors.
Join us March 29, 2021, 3:30 – 5 PM for Drag as Art and Activism. Four Performances + Audience Discussion with Western North Carolina drag artists.
Author Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle will discuss her novel, Even As We Breathe, at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 31.
UNC Asheville will present Philosophy for Hard Times: "On Zozobra" with Carlos Sanchez on Thursday, April 1 at noon as part of the philosophy department's Philosophy for Hard Times series. […]
The UNC Asheville Arts & Ideas program will present a multi-exhibit and performance celebration titled Art For Our Times from April 2 to April 10.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville will host Jacie Volkman to discuss COVID-19 as part of its Fab Friday series on Friday, April 2.