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Appalachian Celebration: Jack Wilkins’ Blue and Green Project

Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts 733 Rivers St, Boone, NC

Presented by the Adrienne Finkel Jazz Residency FREE ADMISSION Hayes School of Music Alumnus Jack Wilkins will present an evening of original music inspired by Appalachian Mountain arts and culture, performing with an all-star group of musicians including prominent App State alumni and current students. See the concert program here! Jazz saxophonist and composer Jack […]

Event Series First Year Showcase

First Year Showcase

multi-site outdoor event

Directed by Marianne Adams and Dr. Gina Grandi First Year Showcase connects first-year and transfer students with upper-level classmen and faculty/staff in our program. Together, they create and devise a new artistic community, an inclusive production incorporating anyone who wants to be involved. Open to all students who are interested in majoring or minoring in any of […]

Event Series Rules for Living

Rules for Living

Valborg Theatre 480 Howard St, Boone, NC

by Sam Holcroftdirected by Derek Gagnier Rules for Living is a dark comedy about family dysfunction and societal norms. Playwright Sam Holfcroft explores coping with family dynamics and social constructs that limit behaviors through cognitive therapy. The play follows a family preparing for Christmas lunch; tensions begin to rise as they deal with family issues. […]

Event Series Rules for Living

Rules for Living

Valborg Theatre 480 Howard St, Boone, NC

by Sam Holcroftdirected by Derek Gagnier Rules for Living is a dark comedy about family dysfunction and societal norms. Playwright Sam Holfcroft explores coping with family dynamics and social constructs that limit behaviors through cognitive therapy. The play follows a family preparing for Christmas lunch; tensions begin to rise as they deal with family issues. […]

Event Series Rules for Living

Rules for Living

Valborg Theatre 480 Howard St, Boone, NC

by Sam Holcroftdirected by Derek Gagnier Rules for Living is a dark comedy about family dysfunction and societal norms. Playwright Sam Holfcroft explores coping with family dynamics and social constructs that limit behaviors through cognitive therapy. The play follows a family preparing for Christmas lunch; tensions begin to rise as they deal with family issues. […]

Event Series Rules for Living

Rules for Living

Valborg Theatre 480 Howard St, Boone, NC

by Sam Holcroftdirected by Derek Gagnier Rules for Living is a dark comedy about family dysfunction and societal norms. Playwright Sam Holfcroft explores coping with family dynamics and social constructs that limit behaviors through cognitive therapy. The play follows a family preparing for Christmas lunch; tensions begin to rise as they deal with family issues. […]

Event Series Rules for Living

Rules for Living

Valborg Theatre 480 Howard St, Boone, NC

by Sam Holcroftdirected by Derek Gagnier Rules for Living is a dark comedy about family dysfunction and societal norms. Playwright Sam Holfcroft explores coping with family dynamics and social constructs that limit behaviors through cognitive therapy. The play follows a family preparing for Christmas lunch; tensions begin to rise as they deal with family issues. […]

Emily Nemens

Plemmons Student Union 201-B Plemmons Student Union

This event is co-sponsored by The Schaefer Center Presents series and Appalachian Journal2023 Rachel Rivers-Coffey Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing, Novelist and Editor Emily Nemens is a writer, illustrator, editor, and educator. Her debut novel, The Cactus League, was published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in February 2020 and released in paperback by Picador in […]

Appalachian Symphony Orchestra and Asheville Youth Symphony

Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts 733 Rivers St, Boone, NC

This is just one of the 200 concerts a year held at Appalachian State University’s Hayes School of Music, most free to attend. Visit music.appstate.edu/performances for the most up-to-date information on our events and to watch live-streamed performances. If you would like concert listings and Hayes School of Music news in your email inbox every […]

Band Spectacular (Symphony Band and Wind Ensemble)

Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts 733 Rivers St, Boone, NC

This is just one of the 200 concerts a year held at Appalachian State University’s Hayes School of Music, most free to attend. Visit music.appstate.edu/performances for the most up-to-date information on our events and to watch live-streamed performances. If you would like concert listings and Hayes School of Music news in your email inbox every […]

Event Series Passage

Passage

Valborg Theatre 480 Howard St, Boone, NC

Directed by Ray Miller Passage is a play that revolves around the question: Can citizens from Country X really be friends with citizens from Country Y? In a world that is increasingly smaller in which countries and cultures can easily misunderstand one another, can we ever learn to really know each other and to cooperate on […]

Jazz Ensemble I

Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts 733 Rivers St, Boone, NC

This is just one of the 200 concerts a year held at Appalachian State University’s Hayes School of Music, most free to attend. Visit music.appstate.edu/performances for the most up-to-date information on our events and to watch live-streamed performances. If you would like concert listings and Hayes School of Music news in your email inbox every […]

Event Series Passage

Passage

Valborg Theatre 480 Howard St, Boone, NC

Directed by Ray Miller Passage is a play that revolves around the question: Can citizens from Country X really be friends with citizens from Country Y? In a world that is increasingly smaller in which countries and cultures can easily misunderstand one another, can we ever learn to really know each other and to cooperate on […]

Event Series Passage

Passage

Valborg Theatre 480 Howard St, Boone, NC

Directed by Ray Miller Passage is a play that revolves around the question: Can citizens from Country X really be friends with citizens from Country Y? In a world that is increasingly smaller in which countries and cultures can easily misunderstand one another, can we ever learn to really know each other and to cooperate on […]

Event Series Passage

Passage

Valborg Theatre 480 Howard St, Boone, NC

Directed by Ray Miller Passage is a play that revolves around the question: Can citizens from Country X really be friends with citizens from Country Y? In a world that is increasingly smaller in which countries and cultures can easily misunderstand one another, can we ever learn to really know each other and to cooperate on […]

Event Series Passage

Passage

Valborg Theatre 480 Howard St, Boone, NC

Directed by Ray Miller Passage is a play that revolves around the question: Can citizens from Country X really be friends with citizens from Country Y? In a world that is increasingly smaller in which countries and cultures can easily misunderstand one another, can we ever learn to really know each other and to cooperate on […]

Ashleigh Bryant Phillips and Matthew Wimberley

Plemmons Student Union 201-B Plemmons Student Union

This event is co-sponsored by The Schaefer Center Presents series and Appalachian JournalASHLEIGH BRYANT PHILLIPS is from Woodland, North Carolina. Her debut short story collection, Sleepovers, won the 2019 C. Michael Curtis Short Story Book Award. Sleepovers was called "elegant and mesmerizing" by the New Yorker and "blunt and life-affirming" by Publisher's Weekly. Stories from it appear in […]

Climate Change on Canada’s Highest Peak with Alison Criscitiello

Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts 733 Rivers St, Boone, NC

photo: Leo Hoorn/National GeographicThis event is sponsored by the College of Arts & Sciences, Office of Sustainability, Honors College, Department of Geography & Planning, and Department of Geological & Environmental Sciences   KEYNOTE PRESENTATION WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER DR. ALISON CRISCITIELLO What can glacier ice tell us about our past, present, and future? That’s what […]

Event Series Fall Appalachian Dance Ensemble

Fall Appalachian Dance Ensemble

Valborg Theatre 480 Howard St, Boone, NC

The Fall Appalachian Dance Ensemble (FADE) is a popular semi-annual concert featuring Appalachian faculty and students showcasing their talents in choreography and performance. The 2023 FADE includes original choreography by Dance Studies faculty members Sherone Price, Kevin Warner, and Chris Yon. Student choreographers creating new works for each program will be announced at a later date. As many as […]

Event Series Fall Appalachian Dance Ensemble

Fall Appalachian Dance Ensemble

Valborg Theatre 480 Howard St, Boone, NC

The Fall Appalachian Dance Ensemble (FADE) is a popular semi-annual concert featuring Appalachian faculty and students showcasing their talents in choreography and performance. The 2023 FADE includes original choreography by Dance Studies faculty members Sherone Price, Kevin Warner, and Chris Yon. Student choreographers creating new works for each program will be announced at a later date. As many as […]