Second floor of Hunter Library.  Exhibit curated by Ann Miller Woodford in parternship with the Mountain Heritage Center.  Sponsored by One Dozen Who Care, INc.

concert

Official WCU Ring Event at Campus Bookstore

Purchase Your WCU Class Ring!

Friday, May 5  1:00pm-5:00pm

Saturday, May 6  10:00am-2:00pm

Baseball vs. Wofford

Graduation Sale At The WCU Bookstore!

May 6-7, 8:00am-6:00pm

10% Off Alumni Merchandise

$5 Off Diploma Frames

Cannot be combined with other discounts/coupons.

Official WCU Ring Event at Campus Bookstore

Purchase Your WCU Class Ring!

Friday, May 5  1:00pm-5:00pm

Saturday, May 6  10:00am-2:00pm

Softball vs. Samford (DH)

Baseball vs. Wofford

Graduation Sale At The WCU Bookstore!

May 6-7, 8:00am-6:00pm

10% Off Alumni Merchandise

$5 Off Diploma Frames

Cannot be combined with other discounts/coupons.

Softball vs. Samford

Baseball vs. Wofford

May 8 - 28 Fine Art Museum will be closed to install new exhibits for the 2017 Summer Season.

We will reopen for regular museum hours on May 29.

Michael Hill, Supervisor of Historical Research, NC Dept of Archives & History, will share the contents of the recently published, "North Carolina Civil War Atlas," which tells the story of the Tarheel State's involvement in the Civil War. 

Softball @ SoCon Tournament

Softball @ SoCon Tournament

Softball @ SoCon Tournament

Baseball @ Ball State (Muncie, IN)

Location will be at Soul Infusions in Sylva.

Road Works, Western Carolina University’s outreach program that offers free music, film and theatrical events to communities throughout the region, is presenting a musical variety show titled “Livin’ the Dream” this summer.

The production features a cast of five student singers: Claire Lemke, Justin Gray, Marquita Someliana, Jacob Plaisted and Keely Smith, presenting an eclectic and exciting mix of tunes, some with musical accompaniment, said Jon Henson, WCU’s assistant director of athletic bands. Song selections range from Michael Jackson’s “Wanna Be Starting Something” to Aerosmith’s “Dream On” and Adele’s “Someone Like You.” Other featured artists whose hits will be covered are James Brown, Justin Timberlake, Ella Fitzgerald and Pentatonix, and a couple of songs from the hit movie “Dreamgirls” are included.

The contact for booking “Livin’ the Dream” is  Jon Henson, at jhenson@email.wcu.edu or 828-227-2711.

Softball @ SoCon Tournament

Baseball @ Ball State (Muncie, IN)

Baseball @ Ball State (Muncie, IN)

Location will be at Swain Arts Center

1415 Fontana Rd, Bryson City, NC 28713

Road Works, Western Carolina University’s outreach program that offers free music, film and theatrical events to communities throughout the region, is presenting a musical variety show titled “Livin’ the Dream” this summer.

The production features a cast of five student singers: Claire Lemke, Justin Gray, Marquita Someliana, Jacob Plaisted and Keely Smith, presenting an eclectic and exciting mix of tunes, some with musical accompaniment, said Jon Henson, WCU’s assistant director of athletic bands. Song selections range from Michael Jackson’s “Wanna Be Starting Something” to Aerosmith’s “Dream On” and Adele’s “Someone Like You.” Other featured artists whose hits will be covered are James Brown, Justin Timberlake, Ella Fitzgerald and Pentatonix, and a couple of songs from the hit movie “Dreamgirls” are included.

The contact for booking “Livin’ the Dream” is  Jon Henson, at jhenson@email.wcu.edu or 828-227-2711.

Open House

Baseball vs. Presbyterian

Baseball @ Mercer (Macon, GA)

Baseball @ Mercer (Macon, GA)

The Jackson County Chamber of Commerce will present the inaugural Hook, Line and Drinker Festival on Saturday, May 20, 2017. The event will be held from noon until 4:30 p.m., at the Bridge Park Pavilion in Sylva, N.C.

The festival will feature at least 10 craft beer vendors, three food trucks, 17 fishing guides and/or fishing industry vendors, and a farmers market from 9 a.m. until noon. Admission to the event is free with donations encouraged.

There will be live music from 12:30 until 4:30 p.m. by two of the region's most popular bands. Unspoken Tradition will perform hard core bluegrass from 12:30-2:15 p.m., followed by Terri Lynn Queen and the Stingers, who will perform classic rock hits from 2:45-4:30 p.m. Professor Whizzpop will provide strolling entertainment for children and adults alike from 2:30-4:30 p.m., including balloons, bubbles, magic and more.

Jackson County is the proud home of the WNC Fly Fishing Trail and the NC Trout Capital. In 2016, the N.C. General Assembly proclaimed Jackson County as the state's "Premier Fly Fishing Destination." The WNC Fly Fishing Trail features 15 hot fishing spots that run from the northern end of the county to the southern end of the county along the Tuckaseigee River. Jackson County is stocked with more trout than any other county in the state.

The chamber will partner with the Tuckaseigee Chapter of Trout Unlimited and American Rivers to organize the inaugural Scotts Creek Cleanup on Sept. 9, 2017. Festival goers can sign up to volunteer.

For more information, please visit www.mountainlovers.com or call 828-586-2155.

Terry Roberts will visit City Lights Bookstore on Saturday, May 20th at 3 p.m. to present his new novel. Set in the summer of 1866, a year after the Civil War has ended, That Bright Land is the story of Jacob Ballard, a former Union soldier and spy who has been sent south into the North Carolina mountains to find a serial killer who is carrying out his own private war in an isolated community. His journey also takes him home to the mountains where he was born. As he searches for the killer, he meets a war widow who helps him heal his own wounds and make peace with his past. Based on true events, That Bright Land paints a compelling picture of a violent and fragile nation in the wake of the Civil War.

Terry Roberts’ direct ancestors have lived in the mountains of Western North Carolina since the time of the Revolutionary War. His family farmed in the Big Pine section of Madison County for generations and is also prominent in the Madison County town of Hot Springs, the setting for both A Short Time to Stay Here and That Bright Land. His debut novel, A Short Time to Stay Here, won the Willie Morris Award for southern fiction. Born and raised near Weaverville, North Carolina, Roberts is the Director of the National Paideia Center and lives in Asheville, North Carolina.

Location will be Biltmore Town Square outside theatre area

1 Town Square Blvd, Asheville, NC 28803

Road Works, Western Carolina University’s outreach program that offers free music, film and theatrical events to communities throughout the region, is presenting a musical variety show titled “Livin’ the Dream” this summer.

The production features a cast of five student singers: Claire Lemke, Justin Gray, Marquita Someliana, Jacob Plaisted and Keely Smith, presenting an eclectic and exciting mix of tunes, some with musical accompaniment, said Jon Henson, WCU’s assistant director of athletic bands. Song selections range from Michael Jackson’s “Wanna Be Starting Something” to Aerosmith’s “Dream On” and Adele’s “Someone Like You.” Other featured artists whose hits will be covered are James Brown, Justin Timberlake, Ella Fitzgerald and Pentatonix, and a couple of songs from the hit movie “Dreamgirls” are included.

The contact for booking “Livin’ the Dream” is  Jon Henson, at jhenson@email.wcu.edu or 828-227-2711.

Mini musical shows

mini musical theatre shows

Location will be at Macon County Public Library

149 Siler Farm Rd, Franklin, NC 28734

Road Works, Western Carolina University’s outreach program that offers free music, film and theatrical events to communities throughout the region, is presenting a musical variety show titled “Livin’ the Dream” this summer.

The production features a cast of five student singers: Claire Lemke, Justin Gray, Marquita Someliana, Jacob Plaisted and Keely Smith, presenting an eclectic and exciting mix of tunes, some with musical accompaniment, said Jon Henson, WCU’s assistant director of athletic bands. Song selections range from Michael Jackson’s “Wanna Be Starting Something” to Aerosmith’s “Dream On” and Adele’s “Someone Like You.” Other featured artists whose hits will be covered are James Brown, Justin Timberlake, Ella Fitzgerald and Pentatonix, and a couple of songs from the hit movie “Dreamgirls” are included.

The contact for booking “Livin’ the Dream” is  Jon Henson, at jhenson@email.wcu.edu or 828-227-2711.

Kentucky author, Kim Michele Richardson will return to City Lights Bookstore for a discussion on the path to publication on Saturday, May 27th at 3 p.m. Kim Michele is the author of two novels, Liar’s Bench and Godpretty in the Tobacco Field. She also has a new novel coming out in late November titled, The Sisters of Glass Ferry. She will discuss best practices in the publishing process and take questions.

Kim Michele Richardson has volunteered for Habitat for Humanity, building houses, and is an advocate for the prevention of child abuse and domestic violence, partnering with the U.S. Navy globally to bring awareness and education to the prevention of domestic violence. She is a contributor to the Huffington Post and writes for the New York Journal of Books. She is currently working on her fourth novel.

TTPA's annual dance recital

Triple Threat Performing Arts Annual Dance Recital

Water Portraits: Barbara Tyroler
May 29 –August 25 2017
Reception Thursday June 15, 5-7pm

Barbara Tyroler is an artist, photographer, educator, and community worker based in Chapel Hill, NC. This exhibition features select works from her water portrait photography. Her water portraits of individuals, groups, and couples are semi-abstractions produced from within or outside of various swimming pools. In some photos, her subjects’ bodies are recognizable, in others, only an impressionistic surface is visible. Tyroler’s portraits are lyrical studies of form and design as well as the story of people and places visually transformed by the reflective properties of water.

This exhibition coincides with the Barbara Tyroler’s workshop, “Considering Abstraction with the Camera” offered through Cullowhee Mountain Arts. The workshop will take place at Western Carolina University from June 11 – 16, 2017.

MUSEUM HOURS: M-F 10am-4pm/ Th 10am-7pm
Closed weekends & University holidays
828.227.3591

Print Plus One: Beyond the Glass Matrix

MAY 29– JULY 28, 2017
Reception Thursday July 27, 5-7pm

In the late 1970s, Harvey K. Littleton, founder of the Studio Glass Movement, relocated to Spruce Pine, NC. Here, Littleton continued his experiments in vitreography, a printmaking technique that eventually became the creative focus of his workshop, Littleton Studios. Print Plus One: Beyond the Glass Matrix, features the work of seventeen artists who produced vitreographs at Littleton Studios. Many of these artists did not typically work in the print medium but were painters, sculptors, ceramists, or glass artists. The exhibition pairs vitreographs with objects made in these artists’ primary medium from the collections of the WCU Fine Art Museum and Asheville Art Museum.

MUSEUM HOURS: M-F 10am-4pm/ Th 10am-7pm
Closed weekends & University holidays
828.227.3591

Ancient Forms, Modern Minds: Contemporary Cherokee Ceramics

MAY 29 – NOVEMBER 10, 2017

The pottery of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians originated in Western North Carolina nearly 3,000 years ago. Pottery techniques have changed and altered over time, from initial constructions of large, thin-walled pots with stamped geometric designs, to blackware from the early 20th century. Using contemporary techniques, Cherokee potters often incorporate Cherokee syllabary and other popular Cherokee symbols and forms into their work. This exhibition features the work of 11 Cherokee artists, such as Joel Queen and Davey Arch, and brings together both historic and contemporary pottery techniques. Ancient Forms, Modern Minds was organized by the Asheville Art Museum and made possible through the generous support of the Cherokee Preservation Foundation. The WCU Fine Art Museum is the last venue to host this important touring exhibition.

MUSEUM HOURS: M-F 10am-4pm/ Th 10am-7pm
Closed weekends & University holidays
828.227.3591

Location at Swannanoa Library Outdoor Theater

101 W Charleston Ave, Swannanoa, NC 28778

Road Works, Western Carolina University’s outreach program that offers free music, film and theatrical events to communities throughout the region, is presenting a musical variety show titled “Livin’ the Dream” this summer.

The production features a cast of five student singers: Claire Lemke, Justin Gray, Marquita Someliana, Jacob Plaisted and Keely Smith, presenting an eclectic and exciting mix of tunes, some with musical accompaniment, said Jon Henson, WCU’s assistant director of athletic bands. Song selections range from Michael Jackson’s “Wanna Be Starting Something” to Aerosmith’s “Dream On” and Adele’s “Someone Like You.” Other featured artists whose hits will be covered are James Brown, Justin Timberlake, Ella Fitzgerald and Pentatonix, and a couple of songs from the hit movie “Dreamgirls” are included.

The contact for booking “Livin’ the Dream” is  Jon Henson, at jhenson@email.wcu.edu or 828-227-2711.