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UNC Asheville to Host Holiday Party for 108 Head Start Youngsters
November 30, 2011
UNC Asheville will host its annual Head Start Holiday Party from 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, in the Highsmith University Union, Alumni Hall, on the campus. Donated gifts are already wrapped and individually labeled for the 108 preschoolers in the Pisgah View and Barnardsville Head Start centers who are expected to attend.
UNC Asheville to Hold Annual Ceramic and Art Sale
November 22, 2011
UNC Asheville’s Art Department will hold its annual holiday sale of ceramics and art from 4-7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2 and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3 in the S. Tucker Cooke Gallery in Owen Hall. The sale is open to the public.
“Perspectives”- Theatre UNCA Presents Festival of Short, Student-Directed Plays
November 22, 2011
Theatre UNCA will present “Perspectives,” a festival of six short plays, directed and performed by UNC Asheville students. The festival is free and open to the public, from Dec. 2-5 in various campus locations.
“Symbiosis” – Exhibit of Digital Video Art Thursday Evening at UNC Asheville
November 8, 2011
“Symbiosis,” a site-specific exhibition featuring works in digital video art by UNC Asheville students, will take place from 7-10 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 10, on the UNC Asheville campus, in and around Zeis Hall.
“A Chat over Coffee” - Exhibition of Paintings Explores Cyber Café Dynamics
November 4, 2011
A new exhibition of paintings by UNC Asheville senior Katherine Knutsen examines the impact of wifi on coffee house atmosphere. “A Chat over Coffee,” Knutsen’s BFA Painting Senior Exhibition, opens with a reception from 6-8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11 in the university’s S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, in Owen Hall, first floor.
UNC Asheville Dance Program Hosts Benefit Performance, “Everybody Can-Can”
November 1, 2011
UNC Asheville’s Dance Program will host its 14th annual benefit performance, “Everybody Can-Can,” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4, in UNC Asheville’s Lipinsky Auditorium. Admission at the door is $5 or four cans of food. All canned goods will be donated to Manna Food Bank and cash proceeds will benefit UNC Asheville’s Dance Program.
Biltmore Industries Homespun Shops Factory Is Subject of UNC Asheville Photo Exhibit
October 27, 2011
“Artifacts,” an exhibition of photographs of a piece of Asheville history – the Biltmore Industries Homespun Shops factory – will be on display from October 28-November 8, in UNC Asheville’s Owen Hall Second Floor Gallery. “Artifacts” is the Bachelor of Arts in Photography Senior Exhibition by Charles Johnson of Black Mountain.
Sunday Concert Features University Singers, University Chamber Symphony and Reuter Center Singers
October 24, 2011
An afternoon of choral and orchestral music is in store when UNC Asheville’s University Singers and University Chamber Symphony perform with the Reuter Center Singers from 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, in UNC Asheville’s Lipinsky Auditorium. Admission to this concert is $5 at the door, and free to children and students with ID.
Radiohead Gets Jazz Treatment at UNC Asheville as Part of International Musical Collaboration
October 14, 2011
UNC Asheville’s Jazz Big Band will perform five pieces by Radiohead, and the Studio 18 Vocal Jazz Ensemble will sing a mix of jazz, pop, and Broadway tunes, in a joint concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23, in Lipinsky Auditorium on the campus.
Theatre UNCA to Perform Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town”
October 13, 2011
Theatre UNCA will stage Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “Our Town,” with seven performances from October 20-29. This family-friendly 1938 drama uses the daily life of a mythical small New England town to present a vision of love and marriage, death and eternity. All productions by Theatre UNCA are open to the public.
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