Past Events

• Dead Man Walking Opera

  Presented by The Modern American Music Project

  8:00 PM Friday, Apr 26, 2013. Lipinsky Auditorium

  

  We have sold out of UNC Asheville affiliate discount tickets for Dead Man Walking.

  The show is not sold out yet; full price tickets are still available. To purchase ticket go to the producer's website: http://tmamp.org/productions.html or call their box office at 800-595-4849. Questions? email: david@tmamp.org.

  This concert style performance of Jake Heggie's critically acclaimed opera Dead Man Walking speaks of faith, redemption, and the bonds of family as seen through the eyes of a nun, Sister Helen Prejean,  who establishes a unique relationship with an inmate on Death Row at Louisiana's Angola State Prison. Out of that dreadful intimacy comes a moving spiritual journey confronting both the plight of the condemned and the rage of the bereaved; the needs of a crime-ridden society and the Christian imperative of love.

  The Modern American Music Project has gathered an extraordinary principal cast including international opera star  Ms. Jane Bunnell as the mother of the prisoner; rising star Ms. Elise Quagliata as Sister Helen; and the accomplished Christiaan Smith-Kotlarek as the condemned man. The cast also features UNC Ashevile Music faculty member Simone Vigilante. Additionally, The Celebration Singers of Asheville (children's chorus) will perform in our production along with an adult chorus and Sister Helen Prejean herself will grace the performance.

  
  Cultural Events & Special Academic Programs will offer a very limited number of tickets for UNC Asheville affiliates on a  first-come, first-served basis. 

  $5 students (Limit two per OneCard)
  $15 faculty/Staff/Alumni/OLLI (Limit two per OneCard)
  Cash or check only. Available only at the Highsmith Union front desk. Tickets will go on sale beginning April 1.
  This deal is for advanced tickets only. There will be no reduced rate tickets for UNC Asheville affiliates at the door.
  

  General public tickets are available at http://tmamp.org/productions.html

   

  Extending the Stage

  Jane Bunnell & Marc Embree: Vocal Master Class
  Thursday, April 25
  1:00-3:00 PM
  Lipinsky Auditorium
  Free

  Sister Helen Prejean Lecture: Dead Man Walking, The Journey Continues
  Friday, April 26
  2:30-3:30 PM
  Lipinsky Auditorium
  Free

  For more information about these events please contact David Troy Francis, Artistic Director, at david@tmamp.org

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• Principal Chief Michell Hicks

  Cherokee Sovereignty: Issues & Institutions

  12:30 PM Thursday, Apr 11, 2013. Highsmith Union, Alumni Hall

  

  UNC Asheville is honored to welcome Principal Chief Michell Hicks of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians as keynote speaker to the forthcoming 2013-14 Native American Speaker Series. Born and raised in Cherokee, North Carolina, Chief Hicks serves on a joint tribal, state and local government committee focused on homeland security, and boards of the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, the Cherokee Preservation Foundation, National Congress of the American Indian, National Indian Gaming Association, and several other organizations. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, North Carolina Certified Public Accountants and the Government Finance Officers Association.

  Free and open to the public.

   

   

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• Junior Walk

  Mountain Hero: Fighting Mountaintop Removal

  7:00 PM Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013. Highsmith Union, Alumni Hall

  

  From living with contaminated water in his own home as a child, to being forced out of his house for speaking out against the coal company, Junior Walk's path to activism was not an easy one. His courage and clear voice calling for change has been widely recognized. Today Walk works with Coal River Mountain Watch, Keeper of the Mountains Foundation, and RAMPS (Radical Action for Mountain People's Survival) to end mountaintop removal mining. He travels the country with the Keeper of the Mountains Foundation educating people about the long-term environmental, health and community degradation caused by coal mining. He was a recipient of the prestigious Brower Youth Awards in 2011. The late renowned environmentalist and climber David Brower famously said, "Tough mountains build bold leaders." Junior Walk is one of the many courageous and bold leaders whom the Appalachian Mountains have built.

  Free and open to the public.

   

  Extending the Stage

  Documentary: On Coal River

  7:00 PM Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Highsmith Union Grotto.
  Free and open to the public.

  "On Coal River" takes viewers on a gripping emotional journey into the Coal River Valley of West Virginia—a community surrounded by lush mountains and a looming toxic threat. The film follows a former coal miner and his neighbors in a David-and-Goliath struggle for the future of their valley, their children, and life as they know it. Local filmmakers Francine Cavanaugh and Adams Wood will be available for a Q&A after the screening. See the trailer at oncoalriver.com.
  
  
  

  
  
  

  This talk replaces our previously scheduled talk by the late Larry Gibson 1946-2012

  Larry Gibson died of a heart attack on Sunday, September 9, 2012 while working on his family's land on Kayford Mountain, which he spent the last decades of his life protecting from mountaintop removal. Larry successfully protected 50 acres of his homeplace and he inspired people nationwide to take action to stop mountaintop removal coal mining.

  Kayford Mountain was the site of Larry's birth, the final resting place of 300 ancestors stretching back to the 18th century, and the site of Larry's annual 4th of July festival celebrating life in the mountains. On September 13, 2012, in a private funeral, Larry was laid to rest on the mountain that he loved.

  Larry is survived by his wife Carol, two sons Cameron and Larry, Jr. and his daughter Victoria. He was sixty-six years old.

  “Larry Gibson is a hero who has worked tirelessly for almost 25 years to end mountaintop removal coal mining and preserve Appalachian land and heritage.”
  — iLoveMountains.org

  
  All programs are subject to change.

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• Celtic Crossroads

  High-Energy Irish Fusion

  8:00 PM Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013. Lipinsky Auditorium

  

  AN EXHILARATING FUSION of Eastern European Gypsy music, bluegrass, classical and jazz, Celtic Crossroads features seven world-class musicians playing more than 20 instruments onstage. Magical interludes from the haunting uilleann pipes, low whistles and Irish harp will transport you to the crossroads of Ireland—the place where neighboring communities used to meet between villages to socialize, play music and dance. The tempestuous fiddle, banjo, mandolin, accordion, bouzouki and percussion build thunderous sounds and rhythms as dancers seem to defy the laws of speed and gravity. Come and be transported to the crossroads!

  $5 UNC Asheville students (limit one per OneCard)
  $7 All area students (limit one; valid student I.D. required)
  $15 UNC Asheville faculty/staff/alumni/OLLI (limit one per OneCard)
  $20 General public

  Tickets are available approximately three weeks prior to the event:
  Click on uncatickets.com or in person at the Highsmith Union front desk.
  
  

  Celtic Crossroads Master Class

  Tuesday, Feb 26, 4-5pm
  Lipinsky Auditorium
  Free and open to the public

  Celtic Crossroads shares the history of Irish song and dance from the Bodhran (Irish frame drum) to fiddle and to harp as well as traditional social and performance dances.
  
  “A truly fantastic show not to be missed.”
  —The Guardian (London)

   

  All programs are subject to change.

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• Savion Glover

  SoLe Sanctuary: A Hoofer’s Meditation on The Art of Tap

  7:30 PM Thursday, Jan 24, 2013. Western Carolina University

  

  We have sold out of UNC Asheville reduced rate tickets to Savion Glover. 
  You may still purchase a ticket at full price directly through WCU. http://www.wcu.edu/6047.asp#/?i=1

  In SoLe Sanctuary, Savion Glover shares his reverence for the art, history and craft of tap, while paying tribute to tap-dancing greats. He is as much a composer as a choreographer and dancer, and Glover has been teaching tap since he was 14 years old. He received a Tony Award for Best Choreography for "Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk" in 1996, but he is also well known for his role in Sesame Street from 1991–95.

  $5 UNC Asheville students (limit one per OneCard, plus one addition ticket at $15)
  $15 UNC Asheville faculty/staff/alumni/OLLI (limit two per OneCard)
  $15 General Public (Through WCU only: http://www.wcu.edu/6047.asp#/?i=1)

  Free shuttle (and snacks!) to WCU for UNC Asheville ticket holders and UNC Asheville affliates with OneCard.
  We can take UNC Asheville affiliates with OneCard on the shuttle even if you have not purchased a ticket through us.
  Must show OneCard. After all people with UNC Asheville tickets have a seat, it will be first come, first served for remaining seats.

  The shuttle will begin loading in front of Brown Hall (Dining Hall) beginning at 5:15. Shuttle will depart for Cullowhee at 5:45 p.m.

  We cannot take community members or anyone who does not show their OneCard on the shuttle.

   

  MLK Week: Remembering the Past, Looking to the Future
  Jan. 21–25

  The Intercultural Center, Office of Multicultural Student Programs, Center for Diversity Education, and Cultural Events & Special Academic Programs, along with other campus organizations, host a week-long campus observance promoting the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In January, check for workshops, film screenings and volunteer work days at msp.unca.edu.

   

  All programs are subject to change.

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