Events

Matthew Wimberley grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains and is the author of two poetry collections — the award-winning “All the Great Territories” and “Daniel Boone’s Window,” which was selected by Dave Smith for the Southern Messenger Poets series. His chapbook, “Snake Mountain Almanac,” won the Rayne Arroyo Chapbook Contest from Seven Kitchens Press. His writing has appeared most recently in the Poem-a-Day series from the Academy of American Poets, Blackbird and Threepenny Review. He is an assistant professor of English at Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk and serves as the 2021–22 Rachel Rivers-Coffey Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing at App State.

Vendors from the community and App State departments will have tables to provide information about their offerings. You will also be able to learn more about Health Promotion for Faculty and Staff facilities, exercise programs, screenings and outreach. For the vaccine clinic, please bring your APP Card, Photo ID and insurance card.

Dreaming of traveling the world? Let the University Singers and Chamber Singers take you on an international trip - no passport or plane tickets required. The concert is filled with love songs, lullabies, sacred pieces, and images of nature from the minds of composers around the world. The choirs will sing in many different languages.

“Trust Me” is a feature-length documentary exploring human nature, information technology, and the need for media literacy to help people trust one another, bring them together and create a more resilient population. The panel discussion will include Appalachian’s Dr. Theresa Redmond, associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Mark Coltrain, associate professor in the library and alumna Jimmeka Anderson ’17.

As the highlight of its short-time residence at Appalachian, Bread & Puppet, one of the oldest non-profit political theater companies in the U.S., stages a brand-new production in the tradition of the iconic B&P Circuses that began at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont in 1970. Traditional circus tropes are recast, with the help of Bread and Puppet's distinctive folk iconography, to draw attention to the urgent issues of the day.