Dec. 1 – Racing to Extinction Documentary with Race Car Driver Leilani Münter – UNC Asheville’s Student Environmental Center presents a free screening of the documentary Racing to Extinction, and discussion by race car driver Leilani Münter about her environmental activism and her role in the film. Free and open to everyone at 7 p.m. in UNC Asheville’s Highsmith Union, room 104. Info: sec@unca.edu
ART
Dec. 2-3 – Student Art Sale – Handmade, affordable works by UNC Asheville art students – ceramics, paintings and many other media – for a head start on holiday shopping. 4-7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 2 and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3 in S. Tucker Cooke Gallery in UNC Asheville’s Owen Hall. Info: art.unca.edu
Through Dec. 20 – Care Artifacts, an exhibition of works by Megan Van Deusen, will be on view in UNC Asheville’s Owen Hall in the Second Floor Gallery. Gallery Hours 9 a.m.-6 p.m. weekdays. Info: art.unca.edu
DANCE
Dec. 1-2 – Fall Dance Sharing – Works from faculty and students in UNC Asheville’s Dance Program and by visiting artists. Free and open to everyone at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1 and Friday, Dec. 2, in UNC Asheville’s Belk Theatre. Info: dance.unca.edu
MUSIC
Dec. 4 – Choral Music Concert – UNC Asheville’s University Singers and Asheville Singers, both directed by Melodie Galloway, perform in a free concert at 3 p.m. in the Lipinsky Hall Lobby. Info: music.unca.edu/upcoming-events
Dec. 4 – UNC Asheville Jazz and Contemporary Music Ensembles at Isis – A variety of student ensembles – Guitar Ensemble, Large Jazz Ensemble, Wayne Shorter Ensemble, Nina Simone Ensemble and the Xtet, perform beginning at 7:30 p.m. $10 at the door; $5 for students. Isis Restaurant and Music Hall, 743 Haywood Rd., West Asheville. Info: music.unca.edu/upcoming-events
Dec. 5 – Reuter Center Singers Holiday Concert – The Reuter Center Singers, the community choir based at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville, directed by Chuck Taft and accompanied by Nora Vetro on piano, perform holiday favorites in a free concert, open to everyone, at 5 p.m. in UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center. Info: olliasheville.com or 828.251.6140.
Dec. 9 – Opera Talk – Asheville Lyric Opera General Director David Craig Starkey hosts a conversation with performance excerpts and surprise special guests. Free and open to everyone at 3 p.m. at UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center, home of OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville. Info: olliasheville.com or 828.251.6140.
OLLI – The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville
Dec. 5 – Reuter Center Singers Holiday Concert – The Reuter Center Singers, the community choir based at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville, directed by Chuck Taft and accompanied by Nora Vetro on piano, perform holiday favorites in a free concert, open to everyone, at 5 p.m. in UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center. Info: olliasheville.com or 828.251.6140.
Dec. 9 – Opera Talk – Asheville Lyric Opera General Director David Craig Starkey hosts a conversation with performance excerpts and surprise special guests. Free and open to everyone at 3 p.m. at UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center, home of OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville. Info: olliasheville.com or 828.251.6140.
Dec. 6 – World Affairs Council Talk: International Human Rights: At what cost to the rest of international law? – The speaker will be Ingrid Wuerth, the Helen Strong Curry Chair in International Law, and Director of the International Legal Studies Program at Vanderbilt Law School. Wuerth will discuss the impact of the “responsibility to protect” – the global political commitment endorsed by all U.N. member states. Admission $10; free to council members and UNC Asheville students. 7:30 p.m. at UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center, home of OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville. Info: olliasheville.com or 828.251.6140.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Through Dec. 16 – All My Relations – exhibition of photos of the Cherokee by Eastern Band artist Shan Goshorn. These 40 black and white photographs of contemporary Cherokee people were taken over a 25-year period. Free and open to everyone at the Blowers Gallery in UNC Asheville’s Ramsey Library, during regular library hours. Info: events.unca.edu.
POLITICS
Dec. 6 – World Affairs Council Talk: International Human Rights: At what cost to the rest of international law? – The speaker will be Ingrid Wuerth, the Helen Strong Curry Chair in International Law, and Director of the International Legal Studies Program at Vanderbilt Law School. Wuerth will discuss the impact of the “responsibility to protect” – the global political commitment endorsed by all U.N. member states. Admission $10; free to council members and UNC Asheville students. 7:30 p.m. at UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center, home of OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville. Info: olliasheville.com or 828.251.6140.
SPORTS
Dec. 10 – UNC Asheville Bulldog Women’s Basketball vs. Wofford – 2 p.m. in Kimmel Arena. Tickets $6; $4 age 15-17. Info: uncabulldogs.com
Dec. 10 – UNC Asheville Bulldog Men’s Basketball vs. Warren Wilson College – 7 p.m. in Kimmel Arena. Tickets $9-17; $5 age 15-17. Info: uncabulldogs.com
Dec. 17 – UNC Asheville Bulldog Men’s Basketball vs. Western Carolina – 4:30 p.m. in Kimmel Arena. Tickets $9-17; $5 age 15-17. Info: uncabulldogs.com
Dec. 19 – UNC Asheville Bulldog Men’s Basketball vs. UNCG – 7 p.m. in Kimmel Arena. Tickets $9-17; $5 age 15-17. Info: uncabulldogs.com
Dec. 31 – UNC Asheville Bulldog Men’s Basketball vs. Gardner-Webb – 2 p.m. in Kimmel Arena. Tickets $9-17; $5 age 15-17. Info: uncabulldogs.com