Topic: Arts and Cultural

Joining the band will be guests Rob Falvo, who will play the vibraphone, and Jonathon Sale, who will perform a solo on a set of steel pans called guitars.

From Australia to Venezuela and points in-between, writer Leigh Ann Henion has chronicled some of nature’s wonders in her debut book “Phenomenal: A Hesitant Adventurer’s Search for Wonder in the Natural World” published by Penguin Press on March 24.

The Global Films Series will show three films as part of its spring series at Appalachian State University.

Fulbright-Nehru doctoral research scholar Mukulika Dattagupta will present the talk “The Journey of Women in Animated Disney Films.”

The exhibition is organized by the Smith Gallery and juried by Mary Anne Redding, curator at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts on campus.

Music by women composers will be performed by faculty and students from the Hayes School of Music.

Cellist Gee and pianist Mackey began performing as a duo in 2004. They have performed in venues in Florida, New York, West Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Europe and Africa.

Appalachian State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance presents the costume drama “The Countess.” Dr. Paulette Marty, a theatre faculty professor who specializes in theatre history, dramatic literature, dramaturgy, and cross-disciplinary topics, directs the production.

The Appalachian Repertory Orchestra performs works by Telemann, Bach, Sibelius and Holst at Appalachian State University.