Topic: Arts and Humanities

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Bass-baritone Frank Ward Jr. performs Sept. 18 at Appalachian
Aug. 24, 2015
Ward will be accompanied by pianist Deborah Yasutake. He also will conduct masterclasses for students in the Hayes School of Music. Included on the recital will be a performance of songs and spirituals by H.T. Burleigh, with the Hayes School of Music Faculty String Quartet.
‘The Denim Dynasty’ documentary to be shown Sept. 10 at Appalachian
Aug. 20, 2015
Appalachian faculty member and documentary filmmaker Beth Davison’s “The Denim Dynasty” is a documentary about the legacy of the Cone family that shaped prominent features of North Carolina’s landscape.
“Beauty in All Things” exhibit displayed at Looking Glass Gallery
Aug. 20, 2015
The exhibit, featuring work from Professor Elaine O’Quinn from the Department of English, will be on display through Sept. 10.
Sights and sounds of Ethiopia
Aug. 17, 2015
Doctoral and master’s-level students in Appalachian State University’s Reich College of Education and one undergraduate in Appalachian's Beaver College of Health Sciences traveled to Ethiopia in May 2015 to explore social/educational change in East Africa, as well as human rights and social justice from a cross-cultural perspective.
Appalachian’s Visiting Writers Series begins Sept. 3
Aug. 17, 2015
Authors of memoirs, poetry collections, novels and literary history comprise the speakers for the fall Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series at Appalachian State University. All programs are free and open to the public.
Dave by the Bell: Welcome Freshmen
Aug. 14, 2015
Dave interviews brand new Mountaineers in the freshmen move-in special edition of Dave by the Bell. Featuring a special appearance by Chancellor Sheri N. Everts!
R.T. Smith named Rachel Rivers-Coffey Distinguished Professor in Creative Writing
Aug. 6, 2015
Writer R.T. (Rod) Smith has been named the 2015-16 Rachel Rivers-Coffey Distinguished Professor in Creative Writing at Appalachian State University. Smith will lead an eight-week colloquium during fall semester for students in Appalachian’s creative writing program.
Dave by the Bell: The Fine Folks at Food Services
Aug. 4, 2015
Classes have yet to begin and students are scarce so Dave chats it up with Food Services employees hoping to discover the one thing they love the most about their jobs.
Appalachian’s Community Music School opens online registration Aug. 3
July 28, 2015
The Community Music School provides non-credit music instruction for youth and adults in the local community as well as surrounding Western North Carolina counties.
Student literary publication receives three national awards
July 20, 2015
The spring 2015 edition of The Peel Literature & Arts Review won three national awards from the AEJMC (Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication) Magazine Division.
Appalachian student is a finalist in the North American Printing Skills Competition
June 30, 2015
Student teams from 21 schools across North America participated in the competition using a cloud-based simulator software to solve common printing press related problems, such as color misregistration, causes of wrinkled paper, settings or environment-related conditions that affect the quality of the printed job. Scoring was based on producing the most cost-efficient printed job.
Looking Glass Gallery exhibit Sensual Synesthesia on display
June 29, 2015
The exhibit Sensual Synesthesia is on display through July 24 in Looking Glass Gallery located in Appalachian State University’s Plemmons Student Union.
Dave by the Bell: Fatherly Advice
June 19, 2015
In this Father's Day edition of Dave by the Bell, Dave asks Appalachian State University students for the best fatherly advice their dad ever gave them.
Award-winning novelist and playwright Jim Grimsley to speak July 16 at Appalachian
June 19, 2015
Grimsley's book “How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Racist Lessons of a Southern Childhood,” published in April by Algonquin Books, has been called “a powerful meditation on race” by former U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey, and “a sensitive memoir that probes the past to discover what and how Grimsley learned about race, equality and democracy ‘from the good white people’ in his family and community,” according to Kirkus Reviews.
Find Your Art: Ben Butler
June 11, 2015
Ben Butler is interested in the natural world. "I look at the natural sciences as one example of how we interact with our world and understand it," he says. "And really at the root, my work is about understanding the world."

Butler's Elegy to the Disappearance of Objects exhibited at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, March 6 - June 6, 2015.
Dave by the Bell: Fun Under 21
June 10, 2015
Dave gathers tons of suggestions for interesting and exciting activities you can participate in even if you haven’t yet reached your 21st birthday.
Dave by the Bell: Parental Orientation
June 3, 2015
Dave heads to the Schaefer Center to chat with parents of incoming App State Freshmen about their hopes and dreams for their children as well as their big plans for their child's room back at the house. Renovations and Reverence in the latest Dave by the Bell.
NASCAR sports writer Tom Higgins will speak at Appalachian June 12
June 2, 2015
Tom Higgins, who has been called NASCAR’s storyteller, will talk about his sports writing career. Higgins wrote about motorsports for the Charlotte Observer for more than three decades.