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Luck o’ the Lassie fundraiser will be held March 19 to benefit Girls on the Run
March 1, 2017
The event will feature wine and beer tastings, food prepared by The Best Cellar chefs and a live auction. Auction items include Appalachian State University athletic event tickets; custom jewelry; lift tickets to local ski resorts; Appalachian Arts and Cultural Programs event tickets; Deer Valley Racket Club membership; area accommodations and restaurant gift certificates; and many other items.
Turchin Center hosts Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition and Pieces of the Puzzle: Community Outreach
Feb. 28, 2017
Two exhibitions that occur annually at Appalachian State University’s Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, “Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition” (AMPC) and “Pieces of the Puzzle: Community Outreach,” will open on March 3, which coincides with the First Friday Downtown Boone Art Crawl.
Visiting scholar to lecture March 1 on ‘Failures of Ethics: Comprehending Genocide and Atrocity’ at Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
Feb. 27, 2017
John K. Roth is a renowned and prolific scholar of philosophy, religion and Holocaust studies. He served as the founding director of the Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights (now the Center for Human Rights) at Claremont McKenna College.
Appalachian’s Hayes School of Music to present concerts March 5 and 6
Feb. 24, 2017
The Hayes School of Music at Appalachian State University will present concerts March 5 and 6.
Percuba Ensemble to perform music for percussion March 4 at Appalachian; Cuban group also to lead master classes
Feb. 24, 2017
Percuba, which consists of six musicians, fuses elements of classical, folkloric and popular Cuban music. The result is a “very original style in which the combination of musical and visual elements elevate every instrument or gesture to a main role.”
Appalachian’s Hayes School of Music to present three concerts between Feb. 28 and March 2
Feb. 21, 2017
The Hayes School of Music at Appalachian State University will present three concerts between Feb. 28 and March 2.
Appalachian’s Department of Theatre and Dance announces spring season
Feb. 17, 2017
The Appalachian State University Department of Theatre and Dance will present four shows between Feb. 22 and April 30, in either the Valborg Theatre or the I.G. Greer Studio Theatre on the university campus. Productions include “Silence,” “The Mischief Makers,” “Flight from the Mahabarath,” and a performance by the Spring Appalachian Dance Ensemble.
Q&A with poet Rose McLarney, Visiting Writers Series guest March 2
Feb. 17, 2017
McLarney is one of the leading lights on today’s poetry scene. An assistant professor of creative writing at Auburn University, she has published two collections of poems from which she will read at Appalachian: “Its Day Being Gone” (Penguin Books, 2014), which won the National Poetry Series; and “The Always Broken Plates of Mountains” (Four Way Books, 2012).
Campus emergency siren test to be conducted March 1
Feb. 17, 2017
Appalachian State University will test its campus siren warning system at 11:55 a.m. on Wednesday, March 1.
Miguel Zenón Quartet to perform at Appalachian March 7
Feb. 17, 2017
The quartet of acclaimed jazz saxophonist/composer Miguel Zenón will perform in support of “Típico,” their new album.
Appalachian’s doctoral program hosts open house for prospective students March 2
Feb. 16, 2017
Have you considered earning an doctor of education degree, or Ed.D.? Appalachian State University’s Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership will host an open house for prospective students.
Appalachian’s Department of Theatre and Dance presents ‘Silence’ Feb. 22-26
Feb. 16, 2017
Set in England at the turn of the first millennium, “Silence” is described as Monty Python meets “Game of Thrones.”
Appalachian’s Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series will resume March 2 with Rose McLarney; other writers will be Bianca Spriggs, Al Young and Robert Gipe
Feb. 15, 2017
Fans of poetry and fiction will have opportunities to experience how the work of three leading writers is defying stereotypes about Appalachia. They will also become reacquainted with a prolific native of the South who guest-taught poetry at Appalachian in 2003 and was appointed California’s poet laureate two years later.
Appalachian’s sustainable development department to host author Jeff Biggers Feb. 17
Feb. 14, 2017
The Goodnight Family Department of Sustainable Development at Appalachian welcomes author, performer and educator Jeff Biggers for his multimedia theatrical piece “An Evening at the Ecopolis: Envisioning a Regenerative City.”
Appalachian’s Hayes School of Music to present three concerts between Feb. 19 and 23
Feb. 13, 2017
The Hayes School of Music at Appalachian State University will present three concerts between Feb. 19 and 23.
Former coal miner Nick Mullins to present ‘Blood on the Mountain’ Feb. 21 as part of Appalachian’s Sustainability Film Series
Feb. 13, 2017
Nick Mullins, a former coal miner interviewed in the film “Blood on the Mountain,” will introduce the award-winning documentary Feb. 21 during the Sustainability Film Series at Appalachian State University.
Students and visiting artists to be featured in music performances Feb. 12-18
Feb. 10, 2017
The Hayes School of Music at Appalachian State University will present five concerts between Feb. 12 and 18.
Faculty of Appalachian’s Hayes School of Music will present concerts Feb. 5 and 7
Feb. 3, 2017
The Hayes School of Music at Appalachian State University will present faculty concerts Feb. 5 and 7.