ART
August 26 – Reception with the Curator: Costume at the Turn of the Century: 1990-2015 – Receptions with Visiting Professor of Drama Igor Roussanoff, curator of Costume at the Turn of the Century: 1990-2015, the international exhibition making its U.S. debut at UNC Asheville, featuring more than 1,500 costume designs from 31 countries, with drawings, videos and actual costumes. Free and open to the public at 5 p.m. in Ramsey Library, Blowers Gallery, and continuing at 6 p.m. in Owen Hall, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery. Info: art.unca.edu.
September 23-25 – Conference: ReVIEWING Black Mountain College 8 – The eighth renewal of the annual conference exploring Black Mountain College’s legacy of innovation will feature a keynote talk by Helen Molesworth, chief curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, Sept. 23 at 5 p.m. in UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center. Conference registration is $75, with information at blackmountaincollege.org.
September 28-October 26 – Faculty Art Show – Works in varied media by faculty artists: Tamie Beldue, drawing; Robert Dunning, printmaking and drawing; Kathleen Hall, painting and drawing; Scott Lowrey, drawing; Jackson Martin, sculpture; Brent Skidmore, sculpture, craft, functional works; Carrie Tomberlin, photography; Eric Tomberlin, photography; Robert Tynes, painting; Matt West, sculpture, ceramics; Megan Wolfe, ceramics. Gallery open weekdays, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Reception from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 30 in S. Tucker Cooke Gallery in UNC Asheville’s Owen Hall. Free and open to the public. Info: art.unca.edu
September 30 – Faculty Art Show Opening Reception – Works in varied media by faculty artists: Tamie Beldue, drawing; Robert Dunning, printmaking and drawing; Kathleen Hall, painting and drawing; Scott Lowrey, drawing; Jackson Martin, sculpture; Brent Skidmore, sculpture, craft, functional works; Carrie Tomberlin, photography; Eric Tomberlin, photography; Robert Tynes, painting; Matt West, sculpture, ceramics; Megan Wolfe, ceramics. Reception with the artists from 6-8 p.m. in S. Tucker Cooke Gallery in UNC Asheville’s Owen Hall. Exhibition on view through Oct. 26, weekdays 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Free and open to the public. Info: art.unca.edu
AUTHORS
August 23 – Kevin Ashton: Creation, Invention and Discovery – Ashton, author of How to Fly a Horse and high-tech innovator who led pioneering work on RFID (radio frequency identification), co-founded the Auto-ID Center at MIT, and coined the term “the Internet of Things,” will present his ideas on Creation, Invention and Discovery. Free and open to the public at 7 p.m. in Kimmel Arena. Info: news@unca.edu
September 22 – Ben Fountain – UNC Asheville Visiting Writers Series – Reading and discussion by Ben Fountain, the author of the novel Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, which is scheduled to be released as a movie this fall, and of Brief Encounters with Che Guevara. Fountain’s reading will be hosted by best-selling novelist Wiley Cash, writer-in-residence this year at his alma mater, UNC Asheville. Free and open to the public at 7 p.m. in the Reuter Center. Info: english.unca.edu.
September 29 – Talk by Carolyn Finney, author of Black Faces, White Spaces – Finney, assistant professor of geography at the University of Kentucky explores how issues of difference impact participation in decision-making processes designed to address environmental issues. Her talk is part of UNC Asheville’s observance of the National Parks Service Centennial, and is co-sponsored by UNC Asheville’s NEH Distinguished Professor and its Center for Diversity Education, and Everybody’s Environment. Free and open to the public at 7 p.m. in Humanities Lecture Hall. Info: dmiles@unca.edu
DIVERSITY ISSUES
September 29 – Talk by Carolyn Finney, author of Black Faces, White Spaces – Finney, assistant professor of geography at the University of Kentucky explores how issues of difference impact participation in decision-making processes designed to address environmental issues. Her talk is part of UNC Asheville’s observance of the National Parks Service Centennial, and is co-sponsored by UNC Asheville’s NEH Distinguished Professor and its Center for Diversity Education, and Everybody’s Environment. Free and open to the public at 7 p.m. in Humanities Lecture Hall. Info: dmiles@unca.edu
ENVIRONMENT / SUSTAINABILITY
September 14 – Farm-to-Table Dinner on the Quad – Locally sourced three-course dinner, with music by UNC Asheville’s Bluegrass Ensemble, Cherokee storytelling, contra dancing, children’s activities and door prizes. Tickets $40 to benefit food and garden projects at UNC Asheville. Info and tickets: sustain@unca.edu.
September 29 – Talk by Carolyn Finney, author of Black Faces, White Spaces – Finney, assistant professor of geography at the University of Kentucky explores how issues of difference impact participation in decision-making processes designed to address environmental issues. Her talk is part of UNC Asheville’s observance of the National Parks Service Centennial, and is co-sponsored by UNC Asheville’s NEH Distinguished Professor and its Center for Diversity Education, and Everybody’s Environment. Free and open to the public at 7 p.m. in Humanities Lecture Hall. Info: dmiles@unca.edu
FOOD
September 14 – Farm-to-Table Dinner on the Quad – Locally sourced three-course dinner, with music by UNC Asheville’s Bluegrass Ensemble, Cherokee storytelling, contra dancing, children’s activities and door prizes. Tickets $40 to benefit food and garden projects at UNC Asheville. Info and tickets: sustain@unca.edu.
HEALTH
September 7 – Successful Aging Health Fair – A daylong event for older adults, caregivers, and anyone interested in aging successfully from the Council on Aging of Buncombe County. Breakout sessions focus on health and wellness and topics relating to aging. A bag lunch will be provided. Register at www.coabc.org. Free and open to the public, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., at UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center, home of OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville. Info: Zoe Trout zoet@coabc.org828-277-8288.
September 16 – Medicare Choices Made Easy – Information session from the Council on Aging of Buncombe County, with trained volunteers from the North Carolina Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program. Come at noon to meet with representatives of the Social Security Administration, and stay for Medicare Choices Made Easy at 2 p.m. Reserve your space at www.coabc.org. Free and open to the public at UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center, home of OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville. Info: olliasheville.com or 828.251.6140.
September 21 – OLLI STEM Lecture: Exploring Gene and Cell Therapies for Cardiac Arrythmias by Richard Robinson, professor of pharmacology at Columbia University Medical Center. Free and open to the public at 4:30 p.m. at UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center, home of OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville. Info: olliasheville.comor 828.251.6140.
September 30 – Fab Friday lunch-and-learn with Patrick Foo, associate professor of psychology at UNC Asheville and director of the university’s neuroscience program. Part of OLLI’s health education series. Free and open to the public from 11:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m. at the Reuter Center home of OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville. Info: olliasheville.comor 828.251.6140.
September 30 – Alzheimer’s Association Forget Me Not series – Know the 10 Signs: Early Detection Matters – Denise Young, regional manager of the Alzheimer’s Association of Western Carolina, and area experts will present. Free and open to the public at 1:30 p.m. at the Reuter Center home of OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville. Info: olliasheville.com or 828.251.6140.
INNOVATION / TECH
August 23 – Kevin Ashton: Creation, Invention and Discovery – Ashton, author of How to Fly a Horse and high-tech innovator who led pioneering work on RFID (radio frequency identification), co-founded the Auto-ID Center at MIT, and coined the term “the Internet of Things,” will present his ideas on Creation, Invention and Discovery. Free and open to the public at 7 p.m. in Kimmel Arena. Info: news@unca.edu
September 7 – OLLI STEM Lecture: X-Planes by Jim Tyson, OLLI College for Seniors faculty and pilot. Free and open to the public at 4:30 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.
September 21 – OLLI STEM Lecture: Exploring Gene and Cell Therapies for Cardiac Arrythmias by Richard Robinson, professor of pharmacology at Columbia University Medical Center. Free and open to the public at 4:30 p.m. at UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center, home of OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville. Info: olliasheville.comor 828.251.6140.
September 23-25 – Conference: ReVIEWING Black Mountain College 8 – The eight renewal of the annual conference exploring Black Mountain College’s legacy of innovation will feature a keynote talk by Helen Molesworth, chief curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, Sept. 23 at 5 p.m. in UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center. Conference registration is $75, with information at blackmountaincollege.org.
September 26 – Squibb Lecture in Chemistry – This year’s UNC Asheville Squibb Lecture, focusing on the significance of chemistry at the interface of biochemistry and other sub-disciplines, will be delivered by Heather Allen, winner of the American Chemical Society Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences. Allen is professor of chemistry and biochemistry at The Ohio State University, leading research in molecular organization at interfaces, with a focus on understanding the structure of aqueous surfaces. Free and open to the public at 7 p.m. in UNC Asheville’s Highsmith Union, Alumni Hall. Info: chemistry@unca.edu or 828.251.6443.
MUSIC
September 6 – Hobo Old Time Country Music Legacies – Brody Hunt of the Carolina Cud Chewers plays rare & unknown 78 RPM country hobo records of the 1920’s & 30’s from his collection, and talks about his life bumming on America’s freight trains. Part of the Carolina Cud Chewers’ residency at UNC Asheville, Sept. 6-8. Free and open to the public from 3:15-4:45 p.m. in Lipinsky Hall room 044. Info: cesap.unca.edu.
September 7 – Away Out On the Mountain: Asheville at 78 RPM – 78 RPM records by Asheville-area musicians in the 1920s and 1930s presented by Brody Hunt, of the Carolina Cud Chewers. Hunt is an independent country music researcher and record collector. Part of the Carolina Cud Chewers’ residency at UNC Asheville, Sept. 6-8. Free and open to the public at 7 p.m. in Humanities Lecture Hall. Info: cesap.unca.edu.
September 8 – Percussion Workshop with Roy “Futureman” Wooten and Wayne Kirby – Grammy-winning Roy “Futureman” Wooten of Béla Fleck and the Flecktones and UNC Asheville Paddison Distinguished Professor of Music Wayne Kirby, close associate of Bob Moog, will present a lecture outlining traditional views of rhythm and introducing new theories of musical time. Wooten and Kirby will discuss their work as scientists, inventors, programmers and composers that led to the creation of the ‘RoyEl’—a keyboard that can be tuned to the ratios of the Golden Mean (Phi) and is styled after the table of the periodic elements. The duo will then explain how principles behind the startling new tunings can also be applied to rhythms. Audience members are invited to bring their hand-held percussion instruments in order to explore viscerally what the lecture presents intellectually. Free and open to the public at noon in Lipinsky Hall room 018. Info: music.unca.edu.
September 8 – Carolina Cud Chewers in Concert – . The Carolina Cud Chewers are a Carolina stringband devoted to preserving the force and beauty of classic performances of the 1920’s & 30’s. Led by core members Brody Hunt and Antone Costa, the instrumentation variously includes finger-style banjo, bowed cello, Hawaiian guitar, Spanish guitar, blue yodeling, mandolin, musical saw, bones, and fiddle. This culminating performance of the Carolina Cud Chewers’ residency is free and open to the public at 7 p.m. in Humanities Lecture Hall. Info: cesap.unca.edu.
September 9 – Opera Talk – Asheville Lyric Opera General Director David Craig Starkey hosts a unique conversation or performance about a current topic or production in the opera season with surprise special guests. 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.
September 9 – Electro-Music Concert Featuring Roy “Futureman” Wooten and Wayne Kirby – Percussionist Roy “Futureman” Wooten has five Grammy Awards to his credit for work with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. He is also the creator and producer of the Black Mozart Ensemble. Wayne Kirby is the Ruth Paddison Distinguished Professor of Music at UNC Asheville and founding director of the university’s Bob Moog Electronic Music Studio. As a student at Juilliard, Kirby formed the psycheldelic rock group The Wind in the Willows with Debbie Harry (Blondie) which recorded two albums on Capitol Records. Free and open to the public at 2 p.m. in Lipinsky Auditorium at UNC Asheville. Info: music.unca.edu.
September 9 – Chamber Music Chat – The musicians of Pan Harmonia, directed by flutist Kate Steinbeck lead informal sessions sharing their process, inspiration, and the music they love. Free and open to the public 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.
September 13 – Music Faculty Showcase Concert – UNC Asheville’s music faculty present a varied program. Admission is free; donations to the university’s music program accepted. 7 p.m. in Lipinsky Auditorium. Info: music.unca.edu.
September 16 – Inside the Music with the Asheville Choral Society – Conversation and performance from Asheville Choral Society soloists and conductor Melodie Galloway, chair and associate professor of music at UNC Asheville. This session will focus on the upcoming performance of Annelies, a choral setting of the diary of Anne Frank, by composer James Whitbourn. Free and open to the public at 1:30 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.
September 16 – Symphony Talk with Daniel Meyer – Asheville Symphony Orchestra Music Director and Conductor Daniel Meyer and WCQS music host Chip Kaufmann will discuss the symphony’s upcoming all-Tchaikovsky concert. Free and open to the public 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.
September 30 – Opera Talk – Asheville Lyric Opera General Director David Craig Starkey hosts a unique conversation or performance about a current topic or production in the opera season with surprise special guests. 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 – OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE AT UNC ASHEVILLE
September 6 – World Affairs Council Talk about Russia by Steven Solnick – Solnick, president of Warren Wilson College, spent a decade in Moscow as representative of the Ford Foundation and before that was coordinator for Russian Studies at Columbia University’s Harriman Institute. Co-sponsored by the World Affairs Council of WNC and UNC Asheville. 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.
September 7 – Successful Aging Health Fair – A daylong event for older adults, caregivers, and anyone interested in aging successfully from the Council on Aging of Buncombe County. Breakout sessions focus on health and wellness and topics relating to aging. A bag lunch will be provided. Register at www.coabc.org. Free and open to the public, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., at UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center, home of OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville. Info: Zoe Trout zoet@coabc.org828-277-8288.
September 7 – OLLI STEM Lecture: X-Planes by Jim Tyson, OLLI College for Seniors faculty and pilot. Free and open to the public at 4:30 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.
September 9 – Opera Talk – Asheville Lyric Opera General Director David Craig Starkey and members of the cast guide you through their operatic world. 1 p.m. at UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center, home of OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville. Info: olliasheville.comor 828.251.6140.
September 9 – Chamber Music Chat – The musicians of Pan Harmonia, directed by flutist Kate Steinbeck lead informal sessions sharing their process, inspiration, and the music they love. Free and open to the public 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.
September 16 – OLLI New Member Welcome – Learn more about OLLI programs and ways to get involved, and meet OLLI members. 10 a.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.
September 16 – Medicare Choices Made Easy – Information session from the Council on Aging of Buncombe County, with trained volunteers from the North Carolina Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program. Come at noon to meet with representatives of the Social Security Administration, and stay for Medicare Choices Made Easy at 2 p.m. Reserve your space at www.coabc.org. Free and open to the public at UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center, home of OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville. Info: olliasheville.com or 828.251.6140.
September 16 – Inside the Music with the Asheville Choral Society – Conversation and performance from Asheville Choral Society soloists and conductor Melodie Galloway, chair and associate professor of music at UNC Asheville. This session will focus on the upcoming performance of Annelies, a choral setting of the diary of Anne Frank, by composer James Whitbourn. Free and open to the public at 1:30 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.
September 16 – NC Stage Behind the Scenes – Artistic Director and co-founder Charlie Flynn-McIver takes you behind the scenes of the professional productions of NC Stage, with a look at the themes of the plays, the rehearsal process, the design process, talks with actors, directors and designers and a scene or two from the upcoming show, Grounded. Free and open to the public at 1:30 p.m. at UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center, home of OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville. Info: olliasheville.comor 828.251.6140.
September 16 – Symphony Talk with Daniel Meyer – Asheville Symphony Orchestra Music Director and Conductor Daniel Meyer and WCQS music host Chip Kaufmann will discuss the symphony’s upcoming all-Tchaikovsky concert. Free and open to the public 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.
September 23 – The 2016 Election and The Future of Our Country – Panel discussion featuring George Peery, professor emeritus of political science at Mars Hill University and Ashley Moraguez, assistant professor of political science at UNC Asheville on the national election; Asheville Citizen-Times political reporters Mark Barrett and Joel Burgess on North Carolina and local elections. This Fab Friday lunch-and-learn is free and open to the public from 11:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m. at the Reuter Center home of OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville. Info: olliasheville.com or 828.251.6140.
September 21 – OLLI STEM Lecture: Exploring Gene and Cell Therapies for Cardiac Arrythmias by Richard Robinson, professor of pharmacology at Columbia University Medical Center. Free and open to the public at 4:30 p.m. at UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center, home of OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville. Info: olliasheville.comor 828.251.6140.
September 30 – Fab Friday lunch-and-learn with Patrick Foo, associate professor of psychology at UNC Asheville and director of the university’s neuroscience program. Free and open to the public from 11:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m. at the Reuter Center home of OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville. Info: olliasheville.com or 828.251.6140.
September 30 – Alzheimer’s Association Forget Me Not series – Know the 10 Signs: Early Detection Matters – Denise Young, regional manager of the Alzheimer’s Association of Western Carolina, and area experts will present. Free and open to the public at 1:30 p.m. at the Reuter Center home of OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville. Info: olliasheville.com or 828.251.6140.
September 30 – Opera Talk – Asheville Lyric Opera General Director David Craig Starkey hosts a unique conversation or performance about a current topic or production in the opera season with surprise special guests. 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.
POLITICS
September 6 – World Affairs Council Talk about Russia by Steven Solnick – Solnick, president of Warren Wilson College, spent a decade in Moscow as representative of the Ford Foundation and before that was coordinator for Russian Studies at Columbia University’s Harriman Institute. Co-sponsored by the World Affairs Council of WNC and UNC Asheville. 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.
September 23 – The 2016 Election and The Future of Our Country – Panel discussion featuring George Peery, professor emeritus of political science at Mars Hill University and Ashley Moraguez, assistant professor of political science at UNC Asheville on the national election; Asheville Citizen-Times political reporters Mark Barrett and Joel Burgess on North Carolina and local elections. This Fab Friday lunch-and-learn is free and open to the public from 11:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m. at the Reuter Center home of OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville. Info: olliasheville.com or 828.251.6140.
SPORTS
August 19 — Women’s Soccer opening match: UNC Asheville vs. Tennessee Tech. 7 p.m. at UNC Asheville’s Greenwood Field. $6 adults; $4 age 5-17. Tickets and info: uncabulldogs.comor 828.258.7900.
August 20 — Men’s Soccer exhibition match: UNC Asheville vs. Georgia Southern. 7 p.m. at UNC Asheville’s Greenwood Field. $6 adults; $4 age 5-17. Tickets and info: uncabulldogs.com or 828.258.7900.
August 30 — Women’s Volleyball: UNC Asheville Bulldogs vs. Montreat College. 7 p.m. at UNC Asheville’s Justice Center. $6 adults; $3 age 5-17. Tickets and info: uncabulldogs.com or 828.258.7900.
September 4 – Women’s Soccer: UNC Asheville Bulldogs vs. Kennesaw State. 1 p.m. at UNC Asheville’s Greenwood Field. $6 adults; $4 age 5-17. Tickets and info: uncabulldogs.com or 828.258.7900.
September 11 — Men’s Soccer: UNC Asheville Bulldogs vs. UNC Greensboro. 5 p.m. at UNC Asheville’s Greenwood Field. $6 adults; $4 age 5-17. Tickets and info: uncabulldogs.com or 828.258.7900.
September 15 – Cherokee Stickball Demonstration – The Wa Le Lu team returns to UNC Asheville to demonstrate Cherokee stickball, part of the university’s Native American Speaker and Performance Series. Free and open to the public at 5 p.m. on the intramural fields. Info: cesap.unca.edu
September 16 — Women’s Soccer: UNC Asheville vs. North Dakota State. 7 p.m. at UNC Asheville’s Greenwood Field. $6 adults; $4 age 5-17. Tickets and info: uncabulldogs.com or 828.258.7900.
September 17 – Women’s Swimming: UNC Asheville Bulldogs Blue & White Intrasquad Meet. Noon at the Justice Center. Free and open to the public. Info: uncabulldogs.com or 828.258.7900.
September 18 — Women’s Soccer: UNC Asheville vs. Alabama A&M. 1 p.m. at UNC Asheville’s Greenwood Field. $6 adults; $4 age 5-17. Tickets and info: uncabulldogs.com or 828.258.7900.
September 21 — Men’s Soccer: UNC Asheville Bulldogs vs. Georgia State. 7 p.m. at UNC Asheville’s Greenwood Field. $6 adults; $4 age 5-17. Tickets and info: uncabulldogs.comor 828.258.7900.
September 24 — Men’s Soccer: UNC Asheville Bulldogs vs. Longwood University. 3 p.m. at UNC Asheville’s Greenwood Field. $6 adults; $4 age 5-17. Tickets and info: uncabulldogs.com or 828.258.7900.
September 27 — Men’s Soccer: UNC Asheville Bulldogs vs. Appalachian State. 7 p.m. at UNC Asheville’s Greenwood Field. $6 adults; $4 age 5-17. Tickets and info: uncabulldogs.com or 828.258.7900.
September 28 — Women’s Soccer: UNC Asheville vs. Radford University. 7 p.m. in UNC Asheville’s Greenwood Field. $6 adults; $4 age 5-17. Tickets and info: uncabulldogs.com or 828.258.7900.
September 30 — Women’s Volleyball: UNC Asheville Bulldogs vs. Liberty Universisty. 7 p.m. at UNC Asheville’s Justice Center. $6 adults; $3 age 5-17. Tickets and info: uncabulldogs.com or 828.258.7900.
THEATER
September 16 – NC Stage Behind the Scenes – Artistic Director and co-founder Charlie Flynn-McIver takes you behind the scenes of the professional productions of NC Stage, with a look at the themes of the plays, the rehearsal process, the design process, talks with actors, directors and designers and a scene or two from the upcoming show, Grounded. Free and open to the public at 1:30 p.m. at UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center, home of OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville. Info: olliasheville.comor 828.251.6140.
WNC CULTURAL HERITAGE
September 6 – Hobo Old Time Country Music Legacies – Brody Hunt of the Carolina Cud Chewers plays rare & unknown 78 RPM country hobo records of the 1920’s & 30’s from his collection, and talks about his life bumming on America’s freight trains. Part of the Carolina Cud Chewers’ residency at UNC Asheville, Sept. 6-8. Free and open to the public from 3:15-4:45 p.m. in Lipinsky Hall room 044. Info: cesap.unca.edu.
September 7 – Away Out On the Mountain: Asheville at 78 RPM – 78 RPM records by Asheville-area musicians in the 1920s and 1930s presented by Brody Hunt, of the Carolina Cud Chewers. Hunt is an independent country music researcher and record collector. Part of the Carolina Cud Chewers’ residency at UNC Asheville, Sept. 6-8. Free and open to the public at 7 p.m. in Humanities Lecture Hall. Info: cesap.unca.edu.
September 8 – Carolina Cud Chewers in Concert – . The Carolina Cud Chewers are a Carolina stringband devoted to preserving the force and beauty of classic performances of the 1920’s & 30’s. Led by core members Brody Hunt and Antone Costa, the instrumentation variously includes finger-style banjo, bowed cello, Hawaiian guitar, Spanish guitar, blue yodeling, mandolin, musical saw, bones, and fiddle. This culminating performance of the Carolina Cud Chewers’ residency is free and open to the public at 7 p.m. in Humanities Lecture Hall. Info: cesap.unca.edu.
September 15 – Cherokee Stickball Demonstration – The Wa Le Lu team returns to UNC Asheville to demonstrate Cherokee stickball, part of the university’s Native American Speaker and Performance Series. Free and open to the public at 5 p.m. on the intramural fields. Info: cesap.unca.edu
September 23-25 – Conference: ReVIEWING Black Mountain College 8 – The eight renewal of the annual conference exploring Black Mountain College’s legacy of innovation will feature a keynote talk by Helen Molesworth, chief curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, Sept. 23 at 5 p.m. in UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center. Conference registration is $75, with information at blackmountaincollege.org.