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Common Reading 25th Anniversary: A Celebration of Voices from Junaluska

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

This event is co-sponsored by The Schaefer Center Presents series According to McFarland, the book’s publisher, Junaluska is “one of the oldest African American communities in western North Carolina and one of the few surviving today.” This year's Common Reading selection is not only a history of the “village within a village” but also a […]

An Evening with Author John Elder Robison

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

ABOUT THE BOOK Be Different: My Adventures with Asperger's and My Advice for Fellow Aspergians, Misfits, Families, and Teachers In Be Different, New York Times bestselling author of Look Me in the Eye shares a new batch of endearing stories about his childhood, adolescence, and young adult years, giving the reader a rare window into the Autistic mind. In his […]