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Events

An Appalachian Summer Festival
Saturday, July 31, 2021 / 8 p.m.

Grammy Award-winning Ranky Tanky released their eponymous debut on Oct. 20, 2017. By December of that year, the group had been profiled on NPR’s “Fresh Air with Terry Gross” and their album soared to the #1 position on the Billboard, iTunes, and Amazon jazz charts.

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An Appalachian Summer Festival
July 2 - 31, 2021
An Appalachian Summer Festival will feature nearly 30 days of live, in-person, socially distanced and COVID-compliant performances, plus additional livestreams and virtual programming.
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Weicholz Global Film Series: Complicity (2018)
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
7 p.m.
Cheng Liang is a young Chinese immigrant living illegally in Japan who gets caught up in a theft ring, stealing water heaters and the like from homes and businesses in order to survive. Desperate for legitimate work, he buys and assumes a false identity at a considerable cost.
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Julian Gargiulo: Pianist with the Hair
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Friday, July 30, 2021
7 p.m.
Julian Gargiulo, commonly referred to as “Pianist with the Hair” because of his distinctive look, is a renowned classical pianist and composer who performs all over the world, in prestigious venues from New York’s Carnegie Hall to Singapore’s Symphony Stage.
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Ranky Tanky
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Saturday, July 31, 2021
8 p.m.
Grammy Award-winning Ranky Tanky released their eponymous debut on Oct. 20, 2017. By December of that year, the group had been profiled on NPR’s “Fresh Air with Terry Gross” and their album soared to the #1 position on the Billboard, iTunes, and Amazon jazz charts.
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The Cub
High Country Triple Crown
Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021
8 a.m.
The Cub, a.k.a. “Valle Crucis 7-Miler,” showcases the beautiful mountain community and countryside of Valle Crucis, N.C. The High Country Triple Crown is a well-established mountain running race series developed for the purpose of raising funds for organizations serving kids in Northwest North Carolina.
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Founders Day 2021
A celebration
Friday, Sept. 17, 2021
Our annual fall celebration honors our founders and the first day of classes held in 1899 at Watauga Academy — the small school that flourished into the App State we know today.
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Family Weekend
Sept. 17 - 19, 2021
Immerse yourself in the Appalachian Experience and join other Appalachian parents, families and friends for a wonderful, fun-filled weekend on campus during one of the High Country’s most beautiful seasons. This special weekend is your opportunity for a taste of campus life. Visit your son's or daughter's favorite spots on campus, get to know fellow members of the Appalachian Family, and cheer on the Mountaineers to a football victory!
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The Knob
High Country Triple Crown
Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021
8 a.m.
The Knob — 2 miles of pure hill! The Knob begins in historic downtown Boone and ascends nearly 1,000 feet to Howard's Knob Park. The High Country Triple Crown is a well-established mountain running race series developed for the purpose of raising funds for organizations serving kids in Northwest North Carolina.
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Virtual 6th Annual Women in Educational Leadership Symposium (WIELS)
Oct. 1 - 2, 2021
WIELS is a partnership between faculty members in the Leadership and Educational Studies at Appalachian State University and practicing educators. Our mandate is the development of an 'armoring process' that will equip women with pragmatic knowledge, skills, and dispositions that prepare them for success as educational leaders.
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Fall 2021 Open House (in person)
Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Open House is your opportunity to learn more about App State. Meet faculty and current students, tour campus, and learn more about financial aid, scholarships, the admissions process, and what student life at App State is really like.
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Spooky Duke 5k, 10k and Costume March
Parent to Parent Family Support Network
Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021
9 a.m.
The “Spooky Duke” is a certified 5K and 10K race with a free Costume March and contest where children, adults and pets can all show off their unique costumes and share in the fun. All proceeds to this race enable Parent to Parent FSN-HC to continue to support local families who have children with special needs.
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Fall 2021 Open House (virtual)
Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Open House is your opportunity to learn more about App State. Meet faculty and current students, tour campus, and learn more about financial aid, scholarships, the admissions process, and what student life at App State is really like.

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Every Olive Tree in the Garden of Gethsemane: Wendy Babcox

June 4 – Nov. 6, 2021
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts

Every Olive Tree in the Garden of Gethsemane is a suite of photogravure images of each of the twenty-three olive trees in the garden. Situated at the foot of the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem, the Garden of Gethsemane is known to many as the site where Jesus prayed the night before his crucifixion. The oldest tree has been carbon-dated to 1092, a date almost coincidental with the first of the Crusades.