Robert Olen Butler, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, has written 16 novels and six volumes of short fiction. He describes “Perfume River,” his latest novel, as “the best book I’ve ever written.” There are likely many reasons.

The Looking Glass Gallery in Appalachian State University’s Plemmons Student Union presents “Art of the Book,” a student and alumni juried exhibition through Nov. 11.

The program will feature chamber music composed or arranged for multiple clarinets and/or piano, and it will feature two selections arranged for clarinet choir. Andrea L. Cheeseman, a professor of clarinet at Appalachian, directs the Appalachian Clarinet Choir, a 19-member ensemble, and she coaches the smaller ensembles.

Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity to see a master at work! Tony Award-winner Ben Vereen's legendary performances transcend time and are woven into the fabric of this country’s artistic legacy.

The plant, called Spiraea virginiana, has been on the federal government’s list of threatened species since 1990. It dwells solely in white water, high-gradient streams in drainage from the Tennessee, Cumberland and New rivers in North Carolina.

Seven Dr. Willie C. Fleming Scholarship recipients were recognized at a ceremony Friday, Oct. 21, in the Solarium of the Plemmons Student Union – four of whom potentially will complete four years at Appalachian State University incurring no in-state tuition and fees.

Miron’s talk is titled “Modern Jewish Historiography: Between ‘Usable Past,’ National Narrative and the Transnational Challenge.” Miron is a professor of Jewish history and the chair of the Department of History, Philosophy and Jewish Studies at the Open University of Israel.

Back around 2003, when graphic novelist Carol Tyler received a call from her father, Chuck Tyler, the conversation took a surprising turn.

“Love and Information,” one of the most recent works by the British Obie award-winning playwright, premiered at London’s Royal Court Theatre in 2012. The Appalachian production is part of a campus theatre season devoted solely to the works of female playwrights.