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UNC Asheville Student Group Hosts Latino Scholarship Festival
April 14, 2009
UNC Asheville Hispanic student group, Club HOLA, will host its Second Annual Latino Scholarship Festival from noon-9 p.m. Saturday, April 18, on UNC Asheville's Quad. In case of rain, the event will be moved to Alumni Hall, located on the lower level of the Highsmith University Union. Proceeds will benefit local Latino youth who are pursuing college.
The event will feature traditional dancing, informational booths, a silent auction, food, art, games and live music. Headliners include the B*Side Players, of San Diego, Calif.
Area's Oldest Tailgate Market Reopens for Season at UNC Asheville on April 18
April 14, 2009
The North Asheville Tailgate Market, a Saturday morning institution for those who love fresh produce, herbs and flowers, will reopen for the season on Saturday, April 18, on the UNC Asheville campus. The area's oldest producer-only farmer's market continues to expand, adding three new vendors this year. The market is open from 8 a.m. to noon in UNC Asheville's northeast parking lot off Edgewood Road every Saturday until Christmas.
UNC Asheville Hosts Evening with Noted Local Author Sarah Addison Allen; Alumna Will Read from Recent Work on April 15
April 10, 2009
UNC Asheville's Literature Club will host an evening with New York Times best-selling author Sarah Addison Allen at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 15, at UNC Asheville's Laurel Forum. Allen, a 1994 graduate of UNC Asheville, will read from her second novel "The Sugar Queen," which will be released in paperback this month. A book signing will follow her talk. The event is free and open to the public.
TheatreUNCA to Stage the Musical Comedy "Urinetown" April 22-26
April 9, 2009
TheatreUNCA will stage the Tony Award winning musical comedy "Urinetown" April 22-26 at UNC Asheville's Carol Belk Theatre. Curtain is 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday with a 2 p.m. Sunday matinee. All shows are open to the public.
Acclaimed Avant-Garde Pianist Margaret Leng Tan to Speak April 15-16; Events are the 2009 Annual Dorr Lectures in Aesthetics
April 6, 2009
Acclaimed avant-guarde pianist Margaret Leng Tan will speak at two events at UNC Asheville on April 15-16. Her talks are the University’s 2009 Laurence and Joyce Door Lectures in “Aesthetics: Thinking Beyond Experience.” Events are free and open to the public.
New Website Shows Live Webcam Images of Local Weather Conditions
April 6, 2009
As a possible April snowstorm approaches, eyes are turned to the sky. Now weather buffs won't have to look out the window to get a glimpse of regional weather, thanks to a new weather watching Web site created by staff and student researchers at the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) at UNC Asheville. The Web site, http://www.weatherwebcams.org, gives viewers access to images from dozens of local webcams, showing nearly real time weather in more than 100 locations across North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia.
UNC Asheville Holds Eighth Annual Multimedia Arts and Sciences Juried Student Exhibition
April 6, 2009
UNC Asheville's Eighth Annual Multimedia Arts and Sciences Juried Student Exhibition will be on view April 10-21 at UNC Asheville's Highsmith University Union Gallery. An opening reception will be held 3-6 p.m. Friday, April 10, in the gallery. The exhibition is free and open to the public.
Noted Educator Les Purce to Deliver Commencement Address; Purce, Doc Watson to Receive Honorary Degrees at May 16 Ceremony
April 2, 2009
UNC Asheville Chancellor Anne Ponder will confer honorary doctoral degrees on Evergreen State College President Thomas "Les" Purce and legendary musician Arthel "Doc" Watson at the University's spring Commencement Ceremony. The ceremony will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 16, on UNC Asheville's Quad. Purce will give the commencement address to some 385 graduates.
North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement to Celebrate Commissioned Artists; Public Invited to View Art Work, Meet Tucker Cooke, Bernie Rowell and Jack Stern
March 31, 2009
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center, home to the nationally acclaimed North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement, has recently commissioned three distinctive art pieces for permanent display inside the 20,000-square-foot facility. The pieces will be unveiled at a special reception at 4 p.m. Monday, April 6, at the Center. The commissioned artists Tucker Cooke, Bernie Rowell and Jack Stern will also be honored. The event is free and open to the public.
UNC Asheville Offers Community Storm Spotter Training Course
March 30, 2009
UNC Asheville's Atmospheric Sciences Department will host advanced Skywarn storm spotter training at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, at UNC Asheville's Robinson Hall, room 125. Justin Lane of the Greenville-Spartanburg National Weather Service Forecast Office will lead the two-hour course. Representatives from emergency response agencies, amateur radio operators and interested weather watchers are encouraged to attend. The event is free and open to the public.
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