Western Carolina University’s Galaxy of Stars Series will light up the winter with a high-energy musical show, hosting “A Red, Hot … & Blue! White Christmas!” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12, at the Fine and Performing Arts Center on Western’s campus.
Western Carolina University’s School of Music will present its final Wind Ensemble concert for the fall semester at 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, in the performance hall of WCU's Fine and Performing Arts Center.
Naughty scenes from popular musicals are on the playbill for a showcase production by Western Carolina University students.
If you can’t go to Broadway, bring Broadway to you. Such is the thinking behind the Western Carolina University musical theater program’s new initiative to bring working theater professionals into the classroom.
Artists from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians recently were able to harvest river cane needed for baskets through the revival of a 60-year-old agreement by staffers with the Revitalization of Traditional Cherokee Artisan Resources, an initiative operated through Western Carolina University’s Cherokee studies program.
An adaptation of the Christmastime classic “It’s a Wonderful Life” set as a “live broadcast” from a 1940s-era radio station takes the stage this holiday season at Western Carolina University.
The living dead are the order of the day for the thesis art exhibition of nine Western Carolina University candidates for their bachelor of fine arts. An opening reception for “Nine Lives: Zombies for Art” will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10, at the Fine Art Museum on the WCU campus. The show will run through Tuesday, Nov. 25.
A collection of photographs of domestic violence will be on exhibit from Thursday, Nov. 6, through Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Fine Art Museum at Western Carolina University.
Western Carolina University’s grants office announced more than $1 million in funding recently awarded to faculty and staff.
Jack Sholder, director of the motion picture and television production program, will present a workshop and introduce “The Hidden,” a movie he directed, on Oct. 9 at the Sitges International Film Festival of Catalonia held near Barcelona.
Western Carolina University’s voice and musical theatre faculty and advanced students will present two vocal recitals, including solos, duets and other ensembles, Sunday, Sept. 14, and Tuesday, Sept. 16.
Amy Laughead-Riese, senior lighting designer for Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s department stores, will make a presentation from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, in Room 130 of the Fine and Performing Arts Center, on the campus of Western Carolina University.
Local residents are invited to enter their canned, dried or baked goods in “A Gathering In,” the traditional foods competition that is just one of the contests held in conjunction with Mountain Heritage Day, Western Carolina University’s annual celebration of traditional mountain culture.
Western Carolina University’s Lectures, Concerts and Exhibitions Series will show classic movies from around the world as part of a foreign film series that runs select Thursdays from September through April. Movies begin at 7 p.m. at the A.K. Hinds University Center
The Fine Art Museum at Western Carolina University will open its fall season with the first retrospective exhibition of work by Lewis Buck, a lifelong artist and longtime Asheville-area resident with what critics describe as unique artistic vision.
A performance by Fushu Daiko, a Japanese drumming ensemble, will launch Western Carolina University’s 2008-09 Lectures, Concerts and Exhibitions Series. Fushu Daiko will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, at the Fine and Performing Arts Center on the WCU campus.
P. Bradley Ulrich, professor of trumpet at Western Carolina University, will travel to Russia in October to teach a trumpet clinic and perform recitals.
Tickets go on sale Tuesday, Sept. 2, for a bluegrass concert featuring Western North Carolina’s own Balsam Range on stage at Western Carolina University’s Fine and Performing Arts Center.
Tickets for an October concert at Western Carolina University’s Ramsey Regional Activity Center by Corey Smith, an independent musician whose popularity has soared with an online audience, go on sale at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2.
Japanese drumming, contemporary dance, politically charged spoken word and more are on tap for Western Carolina University’s 2008-09 Lectures, Concerts and Exhibitions Series.
Western Carolina University’s department of modern foreign languages will present its second annual Spanish/Latin American Film Festival, which will run from Tuesday, Sept. 9, to Tuesday, Oct. 21.
Students and community members will have the opportunity to engage movie directors about their work as part of the 2008-09 Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers, the nation’s only regional tour of independent filmmakers and their films, running from September through April at Western Carolina University.
High-energy a cappella group Chapter 6 will launch the 2008-09 Galaxy of Stars Series at Western Carolina University with its diverse repertoire of signature pieces and freshly arranged, comedy-infused jazz, pop, gospel and rock. Chapter 6 will play at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, in the performance hall of Western’s Fine and Performing Arts Center.
Students and community members will have the opportunity to engage movie directors about their work as part of the 2008-09 Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers, the nation’s only regional tour of independent filmmakers and their films, running from September through April at Western Carolina University.
Western Carolina University’s Ramsey Regional Activity Center will host the first stop on a 20-city national tour featuring country musician Jason Aldean and sponsored by the music network CMT.
Food vendors are being sought to participate in Mountain Heritage Day, Western Carolina University’s daylong celebration of mountain culture that will be held on the WCU campus Saturday, Sept. 27.
Subscribers to the University Theatre’s 2008-09 Mainstage season at Western Carolina University have a full menu of laughs, love, tragedy, song and dance. This season’s productions include the comedy “Plaza Suite” by Neil Simon, Shakespeare’s “Othello,” the classic musical “Fiddler on the Roof” and contemporary vignettes on love with “Almost, Maine” by John Cariani.
Interested in a volunteer opportunity requiring a little time and a big love of the arts? The Fine and Performing Arts Center at Western Carolina University seeks community members to donate time for everything from taking tickets to public outreach.
Thomas M. Salzman, past chair of the performing arts department at the College of Santa Fe, recently joined Western Carolina University as head of the stage and screen department.
The Kudzu Players will present two one-act comedic plays by James McLure, directed and acted by Western Carolina University faculty and students, from Thursday, Aug. 14, through Sunday, Aug. 17, at Niggli Theatre on the WCU campus.
The strength of home and family ties were common themes heard Friday (Aug. 1) as Western Carolina University held summer commencement exercises for approximately 430 graduating students at Ramsey Regional Activity Center.
The Fine Art Museum at Western Carolina University has announced winners in its exhibit “Fragile Earth: Reflections on the Environment.”
The summer company of WCU's Theatre in Education program will perform “Dogwood’s Search” at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 20, at the Colonial Theatre in Canton and then July 25 at a national theater conference in Atlanta.
Students in programs within Western Carolina University’s department of stage and screen excelled in the Asheville leg of an international competition that gives participants two days to make a short film.
The Western Carolina University Trumpet Ensemble recently participated in an intensive, weeklong program in Italy in connection with Orvieto Musica, an international chamber music festival.
A new community theatre company led by WCU students will stage Disney Channel’s “High School Musical” from Thursday, July 10, to Sunday, July 13, at the Swain County Center for the Arts.
Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center is among the first facilities in the nation chosen to receive the Connecting to Collections Bookshelf, a set of books relating to artifact conservation and proper museum practices.
Western Carolina University will welcome more than 50 budding theatre performers from across the Southeast during the Triple Arts Broadway Series, to be held Sunday, July 20, through Sunday, Aug. 3.
Western Carolina University will provide a showcase for the artists and young musicians of the state’s westernmost counties with the inaugural Summer Arts Festival, a free event beginning at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 13, at the Fine and Performing Arts Center on Western’s campus.
WCU’s Mountain Heritage Center has opened an exhibit focused on furniture handmade in Western North Carolina during the 1800s and early 1900s. The exhibit will be on display through December 15.
The history and culture of Western North Carolina are being presented to a worldwide audience through the Web site of the Digital Heritage Project at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center.
Chancellor John Bardo on Thursday, June 5, committed Western Carolina University to joining a community-university partnership focused on revitalizing the Cherokee language.
Noted Cherokee scholar Robert J. Conley, a prolific author with 80 books to his credit during a career spanning 40 years, is the new Sequoyah Distinguished Professor in Cherokee Studies at Western Carolina University.
More than 40 historically significant quilts from the collection of Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center are now on display for a worldwide audience following the launch of the Quilt Index, an online resource catalog.
Western Carolina University’s Last Minute Productions will host a series of free concerts Tuesdays and Thursdays this summer on the lawn of the A.K. Hinds University Center. All performances are at 7 p.m. The rain location is Club Illusions, on the third floor of the University Center.
The Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble will make an appearance at Western Carolina University at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at the Fine and Performing Arts Center as the final event in the 2007-08 Galaxy of Stars/Something for Everyone Series.
The Fine Art Museum at Western Carolina University seeks artist entries for a summer art exhibition titled “Fragile Earth: Reflections on the Environment.”
The Fine Art Museum at Western Carolina University will exhibit a portfolio of regional photographs by Ken Abbott that it recently acquired as part of its permanent collection. “Hickory Nut Gap Farm Portfolio: Photographs by Ken Abbott” will run from Tuesday, June 3, to Saturday, June 28, at the museum, in WCU’s Fine and Performing Arts Center.
The Fine Art Museum on the campus of Western Carolina University will begin its summer series with an exhibit featuring the fine furniture of three regional artists. “Contemporary Furniture: Innovation in Wood from Appalachian Traditions” will run from Tuesday, June 3, to Saturday, June 28, at the museum, in WCU’s Fine and Performing Arts Center.
Western Carolina University’s Last Minute Productions will host a series of free concerts Tuesdays and Thursdays this summer on the lawn of the A.K. Hinds University Center. All performances are at 7 p.m. The rain location is Club Illusions, on the third floor of the University Center.
The College of Fine and Performing Arts at Western Carolina University presents the lineup for the 2008-09 Galaxy of Stars Series, eight shows of theater, music and dance from September to May in the performance hall of the Fine and Performing Arts Center on Western’s campus.
Three WCU interior design students recently took top honors at the annual National Kitchen and Bathroom Association’s Carolinas Chapter student design competition in Flat Rock.
Western Carolina University’s School of Music recently initiated its own chapter of Pi Kappa Lambda, the national music honor fraternity, in a ceremony in the recital hall of the Coulter Building.
Western Carolina University’s Brass Quintet will perform at the inauguration of Betty Young, the fourth president at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, on Friday, May 2.
Will Peebles, professor of music at Western Carolina University, has been named one of the best teachers in the University of North Carolina system, earning praise for helping students discover how to teach themselves.
Children will be introduced to the art of quilting during an Arti-Facts! program from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, May 4, at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center.
The Raleigh Ringers, an acclaimed community handbell choir, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 21, in the main performance hall of the Fine and Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University.
Two Western Carolina University students recently received awards for their interior design entries in the first biennial Waters for Life student-design competition.
Western Carolina University ceramics students will donate handmade bowls to help the Community Table’s annual “Empty Bowl” fundraising event from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 25.
Students will be featured as conductors and soloists during a performance of Western Carolina University’s Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 1, in WCU’s Fine and Performing Arts Center.
Jack Sholder, professor and director of the motion picture and television production program at Western Carolina University, will be a judge and presenter at Eastern New Mexico University’s High Plains Film Festival.
Western Carolina University’s Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet will give its final performance of the academic year in the recital hall of the Coulter Building at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 29.
“A Quilter’s Garden,” an exhibit of traditional and non-traditional quilts, wall hangings and pillows created by Jackson County textile artist Laura Nelle Goebel, will be on display at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center through Friday, May 23.
Western Carolina University’s department of stage and screen will present its spring dance showcase at 7:30 p.m. April 25 and 26 in the Fine and Performing Arts Center.
David M. Sokol, art history professor emeritus and director of museum studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will present a lecture titled “Otto Neumann and the Modern German Tradition of Art and Literature” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 23, in Room 130 of the Fine and Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University.
The School of Music at Western Carolina University will present two free concerts as it sponsors the High School Invitational Choral Clinic on Friday, April 18, and Saturday, April 19.
Students from Western Carolina University’s stage and screen department will bring the world premier of “That’s What We Love About You, Hardy Boys” to Hoey Auditorium April 9-13.
The Western Carolina University Concert Choir will perform at two Jackson County churches on Sunday, April 13, to help raise money to send the 26 student choir members on a European concert tour in May.
The “Living with the Land” folk life series will continue at Western Carolina University on Tuesday, April 8, with the presentation “Rooting Our Mountain Existence: The Cultural and Environmental Significance of Ramps” by Buncombe County natives Bert Abrams and Erica Abrams Locklear.
A series of 10 vitreographic prints by artist Erwin Eisch depicting scenes from a Nazi attack on Germany’s Jewish population will show from Thursday, March 27, through Thursday, May 1, at the Fine Art Museum on the campus of Western Carolina University.
Western Carolina University will present the opera “The Barber of Seville,” produced by the Asheville Lyric Opera, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, in the main performance hall of the Fine and Performing Arts Center on Western’s campus.
Atlanta Contemporary Art Center curator Stuart Horodner will make a public presentation at Western Carolina University at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, in Room 130 of the Fine and Performing Arts Center.
WCU's musical theatre program will hold a weeklong summer camp for high school and college students ages 16 to 22 who are interested in learning the art and craft of musical theatre performance.
The creative writing of Western Carolina University students will be featured as the 2007-08 edition of the Appalachian Cultural Lunchtime Series continues Wednesday, April 2, at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center.
Linda Gabel, an interior designer with an expertise in large-scale health care design projects, will make two presentations on the campus of Western Carolina University during an upcoming visit.
Musician Jim Witter will bring “The Long and Winding Road,” a multimedia exploration of the complicated songwriting relationship between Paul McCartney and John Lennon of the Beatles, to Western Carolina University at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 18, in the main performance hall of the Fine and Performing Arts Center.
Artwork by students in Western Carolina University’s art education program is on display through July on the main floor of Hunter Library on the WCU campus. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
Artist Brian Bishop will lecture about his paintings and drawings and at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 17, in Room 223 of the Fine and Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Jo Q. Nelson, an artist from New York, will host a talk at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 27, in Room 130 of the Fine and Performing Arts Center at Western Carolina University.
Local residents will have an opportunity to learn about the history of their quilts as Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center holds Quilt Discovery Day from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 30.
The annual Artist-In-Residence Orchestra Masterworks Concert will be presented at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 30, in Western Carolina University’s Fine and Performing Arts Center.
Internationally known artist Norie Sato will make a public presentation at Western Carolina University at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 10, at the Fine and Performing Arts Center.
The One O’Clock Lab Band, a celebrated jazz ensemble from the University of North Texas, will headline the annual Jazz Festival, from Thursday, April 10, through Saturday, April 12, on the campus of Western Carolina University.
An exhibit of photographs showing females ranging from birth to nearly 100 years old will be on display from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, April 7, to Wednesday, April 9, in the multipurpose room of the A.K. Hinds University Center on the campus of Western Carolina University. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
The final get-together of Western Carolina University’s 2007-08 series of old-time and bluegrass music jam sessions will be held Thursday, March 20, at WCU’s Mountain Heritage Center.
The Western Carolina University Symphony Band will present a free concert at 8 p.m. Monday, March 17, in WCU’s Fine and Performing Arts Center.
Western Carolina University’s Catamount Concert Series will host a faculty recital featuring flute music by Eldred Spell on Tuesday, March 11, at 8 p.m.
Joyce Kozloff, a leading artist in the Pattern and Decoration movement of the 1970s, will speak about her work retrospectively at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 8, in Room 130 of the Fine and Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University.
The cooking and food seasonings of the 18th-century Carolinas backcountry will be the focus of a program at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 16, at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center.
The rocks and minerals of Western North Carolina will be explored during a “Nature’s Tracks” program at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 16, at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center.
The “Living with the Land” folk life series will continue at Western Carolina University on Tuesday, March 11, with a presentation on Southern Appalachian environmental history by Donald Davis, author of “Where There Are Mountains: Environment and History in the Southern Appalachians.”
Storyteller and balladeer Bobby McMillon will be the featured presenter as the 2007-08 edition of the Appalachian Cultural Lunchtime Series continues Wednesday, March 12, at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center.
New York sculptor Emily Thompson will show images of her work in a presentation in Room 130 of Western Carolina University’s Fine and Performing Arts Center at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, March 18.
The 2007-08 old-time and bluegrass music jam session series at Western Carolina University will continue Thursday, March 6, with a performance by Charles Shuler and Friends, followed by a jam session in which local musicians are invited to participate.
Tickets are still available for the University Players production of the Broadway musical “Guys and Dolls,” showing at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 21-23, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, in the performance hall of the Fine and Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University.
What does it mean to be an American? The production “Inspired by America,” coming at 7:30 p.m. Friday, February 29, to Western Carolina University, explores that complicated question with a combination of history-driven documentary film, spoken word and live music.
Jack Sholder, director of the program in motion picture and television production, will serve on the international jury for the film competition at the Fantasporto Oporto International Film Festival.
The Women’s Center at Western Carolina University will launch its recognition of National Women’s History Month with an opening celebration from 3-5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, in the Star Lobby of the Fine and Performing Arts Center.
Burgoo, the traditional stew of Kentucky, will be the focus of a program Sunday, Feb. 24, at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center, and attendees will even get to taste a sample.
The internationally recognized All-American Boys Chorus will perform “A Salute to America and Her Music” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 14, in the Fine and Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University.
The “Living with the Land” folk life series will continue at Western Carolina University on Tuesday, Feb. 12, with a presentation on the Center for Cherokee Plants by Sarah McClellan and Kevin Welch.
Free French films will show at 7 p.m. Wednesdays through April in Room 121 of the McKee Building on the campus of Western Carolina University. Students and the public are welcome.
Stage and screen actor and director Terrence Mann will direct the University Players in a production of the Broadway musical “Guys and Dolls” from Feb. 21-24 in the performance hall of the Fine and Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University.
Author Casey Clabough will be featured on Wednesday, Feb. 6, at 12:20 p.m. during the first of three literary presentations that will be held as part of the 2007-08 Appalachian Cultural Lunchtime Series at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center.
The 2007-08 old-time and bluegrass music jam session series at Western Carolina University will continue Thursday, Feb. 7, with a performance by Chuck Norris and Daybreak, followed by a jam session in which local musicians are invited to participate.
WCU and the Women’s Center will present Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues” at the Fine and Performing Arts Center as part of a global movement to stop violece against women and girls.
Western Carolina University’s School of Music will host the 2008 Western Regional All-District Band festival on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 8-9.
WCU will present a variety show and choir performance on Friday, Feb. 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the recital hall of Coulter Building as a benefit event for a group of 30 students, alumni and sponsors who will travel to Europe this spring on a 10-day concert tour.
The workshop “Hi-Definition Workflow – From Stage to Screen” will be held Saturday, Feb. 16, in the sound and television studios of the Center for Applied Technology at WCU.
The Western Carolina University School of Music will be presenting a “Faculty Showcase” concert with its first-ever sponsor, Heinzelmannchen Brewery of Sylva, on Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 8 p.m. in the recital hall of the Coulter Building.
Quilts donated by Western North Carolina families to Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center will be on display at the museum through March in the biennial exhibit “Airing of the Quilts.”
The Lectures, Concerts and Exhibitions Series at WCU will feature seven cultural arts programs during the 2007-08 academic year, including a theatrical show, spoken word and an opera.
Ken Sedberry, a potter from Loafers Glory, will hold demonstrations and speak about his art during a daylong workshop Thursday, Feb. 14, at the Fine and Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University.
The creative work of faculty members at Western Carolina University’s School of Art and Design is the focus of a show from Jan. 23 through March 15 at the Fine Art Museum on the WCU campus.
Auditions are under way as Western Carolina University offers an opportunity for young artists to experience the art and craft of musical theatre performance with Broadway stars Terrence Mann and Charlotte D’Amboise this summer during the Triple Arts Broadway Series.
Bob Buckner, director of athletic bands at Western Carolina University, won the 2007 Music Education Advocate Award from the North Carolina Music Educators Association.
Legendary trumpet virtuoso Allen Vizzutti will be the featured performer at the sixth annual Western Carolina University Trumpet Festival, the largest event of its kind in the United States, taking place on the WCU campus during the Jan. 18-20 Martin Luther King Jr. weekend.
The enslaved cooks who prepared food at Monticello, the Virginia home of President Thomas Jefferson, will be the focus of a presentation at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center on Tuesday, Jan. 15.
The “Living with the Land” folk life series will continue at Western Carolina University on Tuesday, Jan. 15, with a presentation on “Sustainable Approaches to Forest Management” by forester and WCU faculty member Peter Bates.
The 2007-08 old-time and bluegrass music jam session series at Western Carolina University will continue Thursday, Jan. 3, with a performance by the McDowell Family, followed by a jam session in which local musicians are invited to participate.
The Asheville Symphony Orchestra will perform at Western Carolina University at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 15, at the Fine and Performing Arts Center.
The 33-member drumline from Western Carolina University’s Pride of the Mountains Marching Band will share the stage Thursday, Dec. 6, with country music superstar Keith Urban in a concert at the BiLo Center in Greenville, S.C.
An educator from South Carolina will lead a program focusing on the female photographers of World War II during her visit to the Western Carolina University campus on Thursday, Dec. 6, and Friday, Dec. 7.
The 2007-08 old-time and bluegrass music jam session series at Western Carolina University will begin Thursday, Dec. 6, with a performance by Don Pedi and Bruce Greene, followed by a jam session in which local musicians are invited to participate.
The fall “Living with the Land” folk life series will continue at Western Carolina University on Tuesday, Dec. 4, with a program featuring music scholar Betty Smith.
“Holiday Crafts” will be the topic of an Arti-Facts! program on Sunday, Dec. 2, at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center.
Western Carolina University’s School of Music will present its annual “Sounds of the Season” concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, in the performance hall of the Fine and Performing Arts Center.
The Wind Ensemble of Western Carolina University will perform its second concert of the season on Tuesday, Dec. 4, at 8 p.m. in the Fine and Performing Arts Center.
WCU's efforts to ensure that students are fully engaged in the process of learning, both in and out of the classroom, earned high marks on a national survey measuring the quality of undergraduate education based upon student involvement with their studies, professors and campus communities.
Frank Brannon, an artist and printer who specializes in fine limited editions, will be visiting Western Carolina University’s School of Art and Design on Monday, Nov. 19, to deliver a public lecture about his work and conduct a workshop with students in the book arts studio.
A Massachusetts college professor will present a musical lecture, “The Commonwealth of Toil: Folksongs and the U.S. Labor Movement,” when he visits the Western Carolina University campus on Wednesday, Nov. 14.
The fall “Living with the Land” folk life series will continue at Western Carolina University on Tuesday, Nov. 13, with a presentation by Great Smoky Mountains National Park ranger Brad Free titled “Trade, Timber and Tourism: The Trans-Mountain Road of the Smokies.”
Although high school marching bands from four states attended the competition, only Dobyns-Bennett High School from Kingsport, Tenn., was named grand champion of Western Carolina University’s Tournament of Champions, an invitational event hosted by Western’s Pride of the Mountains Marching Band on Saturday, Oct. 13.
The Western Carolina University Trumpet Ensemble has been invited to perform at the Orvieto Musica Trumpet Festival in Italy in June 2008.
Author Robert Morgan will discuss his most recent work, a biography about legendary frontiersman Daniel Boone, as the 2007-08 edition of the Appalachian Cultural Lunchtime Series continues Wednesday, Nov. 7, at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center.
Bhutanese painter Kama Wangdi will visit the campus of Western Carolina University on Monday, Nov. 12.
Aprons will be the topic of an Arti-Facts! program for children on Sunday, Nov. 4, at Western Carolina University's Mountain Heritage Center.
The University Players at Western Carolina University will present “Lucky Stiff,” a comedic musical of farce and suspense, Thursday, Nov. 8, through Sunday, Nov. 11.
Mario Gaetano, professor of music, won the 2007 Hinda Honigman Cup for his composition “Scenes from Earth” for piano and percussion.
The Southeast Section of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology selected a WCU faculty member and student to represent the region at the national conference to be held in Houston this spring.
The School of Music at Western Carolina University will present “An Evening of German Romantic Music for Clarinet and Piano” on Friday, Nov. 2, and Tuesday, Nov. 6, as part of the Catamount Concert Series.
Western Carolina University’s first Spanish/Latin American Film Festival will continue through the end of November with the screening of five thought-provoking films.
A “Nature’s Tracks” program on gourds will be held from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21, at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center.
The Fine Art Museum at Western Carolina University will feature “To Rise and Begin Again,” an exhibition of illustrations to be published in two Cherokee children’s books, beginning Thursday, Nov. 1, and continuing through Saturday, Dec. 1.
Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Day, held Sept. 29 on the campus in Cullowhee, gave local residents a chance to show off their foot speed, chain saw prowess and other skills in a variety of contests.
WCU will host “The Sublime Nine,” an art exhibition by nine art seniors, that will open Thursday, Oct. 18, in the Fine Art Museum on campus.
Last Minute Productions at WCU will host a performance by actor and comedian Jamie Kennedy at the Ramsey Regional Activity Center at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26.
For decades, American colleges and universities have rewarded faculty members with promotion and tenure based upon their professorial performance in the areas of classroom teaching, traditional research activities and public service. An innovative reward system adopted this fall at WCU adds an additional element designed to move faculty promotion and tenure decisions into the “real world.”
Visiting performers from Bread and Puppet Theater will perform a free outdoor show after the Homecoming football game on Saturday, Oct. 20.
The fall “Living with the Land” folk life series will continue at Western Carolina University on Tuesday, Oct. 9, with a presentation by ethnographer Tom Sheridan on “Wilderness and Working Landscapes: Putting People Back in Nature.”
A new exhibit exploring Southern food traditions, “Southern Stews: Traditions of One-Pot Cooking,” opens Thursday, Oct. 4, at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center.
Children will have a chance to learn about the history of photography during an Arti-Facts! program on Sunday, Oct. 7, at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center.
Renowned ceramists Don Reitz and John Jessiman will visit Western Carolina University’s School of Art and Design on Tuesday, Oct. 16, for public demonstrations and slide presentations.
Western Carolina University presented its Mountain Heritage Awards for 2007 on Saturday (Sept. 29) to the “dean” of Western North Carolina fiddlers and to a traditional dance group that is re-creating the ancient dances of the Cherokee in performances throughout the United States and overseas.
Asheville photographer and author Tim Barnwell will discuss his latest book, “On Earth’s Furrowed Brow: The Appalachian Farm in Photographs,” as the 2007-08 edition of the Appalachian Cultural Lunchtime Series continues Wednesday, Oct. 3, at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center.
Music of a traditional tone will be echoing around the Western Carolina University campus on Mountain Heritage Weekend – Friday and Saturday, Sept. 28-29 – as an acoustic music legend pays a visit for a concert at the Ramsey Center and the university holds its 33rd annual Mountain Heritage Day festival.
Twenty-three top high school marching bands from four states will assemble for WCU's seventh annual Tournament of Champions, an invitational competition hosted by Western’s Pride of the Mountains Marching Band at E.J. Whitmire Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 13.
The Western Carolina University Wind Ensemble will present its first concert of the season at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2 in the Fine and Performing Arts Center.
“The Prince of Dark Corners,” the new film adaptation of a play written by Sylva’s Gary Carden, will be premiered at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center.
The University Chorus will present an evening of choral and vocal music at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, in the recital hall of Coulter Building at Western Carolina University.
Student Aaron Putnam's spoof “Cosmo of 1932” carried off nine of the possible 19 awards at the recent 48 Hour Film Festival, including the Best Film Award and Audience Award.
The University Players of Western Carolina University will open the 2007-08 theatre season with Larry Shue’s comedy “The Nerd” Sept. 26-30.
The Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet, the resident brass quintet of Western Carolina University, will perform a benefit “Sunday in the Park” concert on Sunday, Sept. 16, to help raise funds for Alzheimer’s disease research.
Performance and event schedules have been announced for Mountain Heritage Day, Western Carolina University’s annual celebration of mountain culture coming up Saturday, Sept. 29.
Rare glimpses of the African-American experience in Appalachia are featured in “Let the Thunder Roar: A Pictorial History of African-Americans of Jackson County, N.C.,” a new exhibit on display through Wednesday, Oct. 17, at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center.
The fall “Living With the Land” folk life series will begin at Western Carolina University on Tuesday, Sept. 11, with a presentation by Dave Cooper, a Lexington, Ky., resident who travels across the nation educating communities about the effects of the mountaintop removal involved in coal extraction.
Local residents are invited to enter their canned, dried or baked goods in “A Gathering In,” the traditional foods competition that is just one of the contests held in conjunction with Mountain Heritage Day, Western Carolina University’s annual celebration of traditional mountain culture.
The Mountain Heritage Center extended an exhibit on natural history explorer William Bartram through Sunday, Sept. 30.
Local history writer and book critic Rob Neufeld will be the featured presenter as the 2007-08 edition of the Appalachian Cultural Lunchtime Series begins Wednesday, Sept. 5, at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center.
Actress and singer Linda Lavin, a star of stage and screen with a Tony and two Golden Globe awards to her credit, will be performing at WCU at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 8, in the Fine and Performing Arts Center.
Western Carolina University is ready to raise the curtain on its 2007-08 theatre season as the University Players hit the stage with three full-length selections—“The Nerd,” “Lucky Stiff” and “Guys and Dolls”—as well as a Festival of One Acts.
Charlotte d’Amboise, Tony Award-nominated star of the revival of “A Chorus Line” on Broadway, is one of the visiting artists taking part in the inaugural “Broadway in the Mountains” summer camp at Western Carolina University.
The Fine Art Museum at Western Carolina University will begin its 2007-08 season with a celebration of the life and work of acclaimed North Carolina ceramic artist Norm Schulman.
WCU will host the 18th annual Mountain Artisans Summertime Fine Art and Craft Show in the Ramsey Regional Activity Center on Saturday, July 7, and Sunday, July 8.
Western Carolina University will continue with its Summer Concert Series on Tuesday, July 10, with electric violinist Tracy Silverman.
Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center will offer a “Mini-Camp for Middle Schoolers” for rising sixth- and seventh-graders from 8:30 a.m. to noon June 26-28.
Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center will offer “Mountain Mysteries,” a camp for rising fourth- and fifth-graders, from 8:30 to noon June 18-22.
The Mountain Heritage Center at Western Carolina University recently opened a new exhibit on natural history explorer William Bartram.
The Master of Fine Arts Program at Western Carolina University will host a series of presentations by visiting artists Thursday, June 14, through Wednesday, July 25.
Western Carolina University’s Fine and Performing Arts Center will offer its third annual Galaxy of Stars Series, set to premiere on September 8.
Singer and songwriter Tom Fisch of Flat Rock will kick off the Summer Concert Series at Western Carolina University on Tuesday, June 5.
The old joke goes that the only way you can get to Carnegie Hall is to practice, practice, practice. Or, you could simply join the Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet at the famous music hall for the group’s debut in New York this summer. The quintet, composed of Western music professors, will perform at Carnegie Hall on Friday, June 8.
Members of the WCU music faculty contributed their own money to create an $850 scholarship for an incoming freshman student for the upcoming fall semester.
