UNC Asheville Cultural Events & Special Academic Programs
REAL EVENTS Rediscovering Entertainment, A rts & L earning
2014–15
REAL EVENTS Rediscovering Entertainment, A rts & L earning
2014–15
cesap.unca.edu A Tribe Called Red Electric Pow Wow........................................................................
Ecomusics & Ecomusicologies 2014: Dialogues Multimedia Conference............................................................... Fry Street Quartet & Physicist Robert Davies— Multimedia Crossroads Project: Rising Tide............................
Mystical Arts of Tibet Weeklong Residency................................................................... Sacred Music, Sacred Dance for World Healing.....................
La Santa Cecilia
The Voice of Immigrants.............................................................
Byron Hurt
MLK Week Keynote Speaker......................................................
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Genealogy, Genetics and African American History.............
Heartbeat
Amplifying Youth Voices.............................................................
UNC Asheville Arts Fest 2015
Celebration of the Arts................................................................ Bolokada Conde—West African Djembefola......................... All events are subject to change.
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Sept. 24 Oct. 2–6 Oct. 2 Oct. 20–24 Oct. 22 Nov. 12 Jan. 22 Feb. 19 Mar. 19 Apr. 9–11 Apr. 10
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Front cover: Mystical Arts of Tibet—Mandala Sand Painting • Back cover: La Santa Cecilia
R E A L I N F O R M AT I O N How to Buy Tickets Online: uncatickets.com In Person: Lipinsky Hall second floor box office Box Office Hours: Mon.–Fri., 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Phone: 828.251.6674 At the Door: Any remaining tickets will be sold at the door starting one hour prior to the event. All ticket prices include 7 percent state sales tax. Campus Community Pricing Campus community rate is available to UNC Asheville faculty, staff, and alumni, and to members of UNC Asheville Family Business Forum and Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI). Campus community and UNC Asheville students may purchase up to two tickets at the reduced rate and should be prepared to show their OneCard or other UNC Asheville ID at point of purchase and at entry to event. Area Students and Children Area college students should be prepared to show their student ID at point of purchase and at entry to event. Area high school, middle and elementary students do not need an ID.
Children younger than school age that are sitting in a lap may be admitted free of charge. If sitting in a seat, they will need a ticket, which may be purchased at the area student/children rate. Group Rates Area schools, colleges, universities and nonprofit groups of 10 or more may request a group rate. Advance arrangements are required. Contact us at 828.251.6674.
Plan Your Visit Accessibility Parking lots and accessible parking spaces in the Weizenblatt/Library Lane parking area provide easiest access to Lipinsky Hall elevators and sidewalk ramps. Assisted listening devices and sign language interpreters are available upon request. For accessibility requests, please contact our administrative office at cultural@unca.edu or 828.251.6674. (Please call or email one week or more in advance, though every effort will be made to provide services for last-minute requests.)
Parking Parking in campus lots is available after 5 p.m. except in resident student parking lots. We recommend arriving at least 45 minutes before an event to ensure time to park and get to your seats. For directions and a map of campus: unca.edu/maps Doors and Seating Auditorium doors generally open 30 minutes prior to the performance. All events are general seating. Please Note: Since some performances may have audiences up on their feet and dancing, patrons should follow usher guidelines for seating.
For More Information Contact us or join the UNC Asheville Cultural Events & Special Academic Programs direct mail and e-newsletter list: cultural@unca.edu 828.251.6674 (main office) All programs and schedules are subject to change.
Locations Lipinsky Auditorium main entrance is located on the Quad.
Facebook: UNC Asheville Cultural Events
For locations of campus venues, go to unca.edu/maps.
Twitter@uncacultural
BOX OFFICE: 828.251.6674
Instagram: UNCACulturalEvents
A TRIBE CALLED RED WEDNESDAY SEPT. 24 7 P.M. Lipinsky Auditorium UNC Asheville students $6 area students $8 campus community $13 general $22
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Electric Pow Wow Bursting forth from Canada’s capital, native producer/DJ crew A Tribe Called Red is producing a truly unique sound that’s impacting the global electronic scene. The Juno Award-winning group—made up of two-time Canadian DMC Champion DJ Shub, DJ NDN and DJ Bear Witness— mixes traditional pow wow vocals and drumming with cutting-edge electronic music and powerful visuals. Presented as part of the Native American Speaker and Performance Series, an authentic opportunity to engage in dialogue around the lived realities of native people and to deconstruct and challenge popular stereotypes of American Indians. Native American Speaker and Performance Series
Intertribal Stickball Game Exhibition & Demonstrations Friday, Sept. 5 • 6 p.m. UNC Asheville Intramural Fields • Free
Ecomusics & Ecomusicologies 2014 Dialogues Oct. 2–6
The sound of green comes to UNC Asheville’s campus through this multimedia conference on ecomusic with presentations by experts in the field and performances by acclaimed artists.
Co-sponsors: The Collider & The Callen Center: In league for resilience OM Sanctuary UNC Asheville Office of Sustainability
4 For conference event information, go to: ecomusicologies.org
Fry Street Quartet & Physicist Robert Davies— Multimedia Crossroads Project: Rising Tide
Conference Highlights Thursday, Oct. 2
Opening Event: Fry Street Quartet & physicist Robert Davies—multimedia Crossroads Project: Rising Tide
Friday, Oct. 3
Solo Concert by seven-time Grammy winner Paul Winter
Saturday, Oct. 4
Performance of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Luther Adams’ “outdoor” composition for 99 percussionists, Inuksuit
Sunday, Oct. 5
The Mast “Tidal”—EDM Meets Ecomusic This five-day conference aims to foster common ground through the theme of “dialogues.” Ecomusic scholars from around the world will converge in Asheville to discuss such topics as musical collaboration (in, for, or with the environment), improvisation (human and non-human), the music industry, the sound of “green,” acoustic ecology, ecopoetics and sound, race/class/gender, sustainability, and the musician/academic-as-activist.
MYSTICAL ARTS OF TI BET WEDNESDAY OCT. 22 7 P.M. Lipinsky Auditorium UNC Asheville students $6 area students $8 campus community $13
Sacred Music, Sacred Dance for World Healing Experience sacred music and dance with the monks of the Drepung Loseling Monastery. This performance is part of the Mystical Arts of Tibet tour, endorsed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to promote world peace and healing by sharing Tibet’s rich and authentic sacred performing and visual arts with modern audiences across the globe. The monks will be at UNC Asheville for a weeklong residency and will train UNC Asheville students to design and create a community sand mandala.
general $22
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“Remarkable ... the music and the dance invoke sacred ecstasy...” —The New York Times
Weeklong Residency The following events are free and open to the public. Go to cesap.unca.edu for event info and schedules.
Mandala Sand Painting Opening Ceremony Mon., Oct. 20 • 1 p.m. Highsmith Union Lower Level
Mandala Sand Painting Exhibition & Community Sand Mandala
Oct. 20–24 Highsmith Union Lower Level
“Death & Dying: The Tibetan Tradition”
Mon., Oct. 20 • 11:25 a.m. Lipinsky Auditorium
“Meditation: A Tool for Conscious Living” Tues., Oct. 21 • 7 p.m. Humanities Lecture Hall
“Symbolism of the Sand Mandala”
Thurs., Oct. 23 • 7 p.m. Humanities Lecture Hall
Mandala Sand Painting Closing Ceremony & Procession Fri., Oct. 24 • 1 p.m. Highsmith Union Lower Level
Cognitively-Based Compassion Training: Introduction & Practice with Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi, Ph.D., and Dr. Jennifer Mascaro Sat., Sept. 27 8 a.m. to noon Sherrill Center Mountain View Room This program is part of an engaged humanities project, “The Inquiring ‘I’: First Person Inquiry Across Disciplines and Domains,” sponsored by UNC Asheville’s NEH Professor of Humanities, the Roy Carroll Professor of Honors Arts & Sciences, the UNC School of Medicine Asheville and Mars Hill University.
This residency is funded, in part, by a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the North Carolina Arts Council.
L A S A N TA C EC I L I A WEDNESDAY NOV. 12 7 P.M. Lipinsky Auditorium UNC Asheville students $6
The Voice of Immigrants 2014 Grammy winners and Los Angeles natives La Santa Cecilia exemplify the modern-day creative hybrid of Latin culture, rock and world music. The group draws inspiration from all over the world, utilizing PanAmerican rhythms like cumbia, bossa nova, rumba, bolero, tango, jazz, rock and klezmer music. Their unique sound and colorful, passionate performances leave fans and new listeners mesmerized.
area students $8 campus community $13 general $22
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“A buzz-magnet of a bicultural, ambitious young Los Angeles band.” —The Washington Post
MLK Week • Jan. 19–23 A weeklong campus observance promoting the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In January, check for workshops, film screenings and volunteer workdays at:
msp.unca.edu
BYRON HURT THURSDAY JAN. 22 7 P.M. Lipinsky Auditorium
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MLK Week is hosted by the Intercultural Center, Office of Multicultural Student Programs, Center for Diversity Education, Key Center for Community Citizenship and Service Learning, and Cultural Events & Special Academic Programs.
MLK Week Keynote Speaker Byron Hurt is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, published writer, anti-sexist activist and lecturer. For more than 20 years, Hurt has been using his craft, his voice and his writings to broaden how people think about gender violence, race, music, visual media and food justice. Byron’s latest film, Soul Food Junkies, offers a fascinating exploration of the soul food tradition, its relevance to black cultural identity, and its continuing popularity despite the known dangers of high-fat, high-calorie diets.
“It’s a very smart film, alarming but not shaming, about how vexing it is to tell people to eat differently...” — NPR
Black History Month Join in UNC Asheville’s celebration of Black History Month this February, and enjoy a variety of special events and activities to honor our history and consider our future. Go to msp.unca.edu in February for more information on Black History Month.
H E N R Y L O U I S G AT E S J R . THURSDAY FEB. 19 7 P.M. Lipinsky Auditorium Free
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Genealogy, Genetics and African American History Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University, as well as director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research. His ten-part documentary series, Finding Your Roots, aired on PBS in 2012. Professor Gates is editor-in-chief of TheRoot.com. He is the author of several works of literary criticism focusing on race and black culture, and he has written for Time, The New Yorker, The New York Times and The Root. He has also produced and hosted several documentaries for PBS. Before joining the faculty of Harvard in 1991, he taught at Yale, Cornell and Duke Universities. Professor Gates has received 51 honorary degrees, as well as a 1981 MacArthur Foundation “Genius Award.” Professor Gates was named one of Time magazine’s “25 Most Influential Americans” in 1997, and one of Ebony magazine’s “100 Most Influential Black Americans” in 2005.
H E A R T B E AT THURSDAY MAR. 19 7 P.M. Lipinsky Auditorium UNC Asheville students Free
Amplifying Youth Voices Based in Jerusalem, Heartbeat is an international nonprofit organization uniting musicians, educators and students to build mutual understanding and transform conflict through the power of music. Founded in 2007 under a Fulbright-MTVu award, Heartbeat creates opportunities and spaces for young Israeli and Palestinian musicians to work together, hear each other, and amplify their voices to influence the world around them.
area students $8 campus community $13 general $22
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“Heartbeat was born to not only teach young musicians how to make music and perform, but to coexist respectfully among one another.” —The Huffington Post
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April 9–11
Drum-up some excitement during this three-day celebration of the arts, including music, theater, art, new media, prose and poetry.
BOLOK A DA CONDE FRIDAY APR. 10 7 P.M. Lipinsky Auditorium
4 $6 all tickets
UNC Asheville Arts Fest is sponsored by the Arts and Ideas Program, with support from departments across campus, with free and ticketed events.
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West African Djembefola Headliner for Arts Fest 2015, Bolokada Conde is a Djembefola (master drummer), expert of Malinke Rhythms and one of the world’s best djembe players. Bolokada was a young musical prodigy who became a sensation in the Sankaran region of Guinea, West Africa. As a master folklorist, he became the premier djembe player in the major village celebrations in the region for many years. Join Bolokada Conde and local drummers and dancers for an evening of high-energy rhythms.
Join Bolokada Conde on the Quad, Saturday, April 11, for a free interactive drum workshop as part of Arts Fest 2015.
extending the stage Rediscovering Entertainment, Arts & Learning
D I V E A L I T T L E D E E P E R into the context, concepts, skills and values of our performers and speakers through workshops, film screenings, master classes, meet and greets, and hands-on activities. Check the UNC Asheville Cultural Events & Special Academic Programs website for updates about extended activities offered in conjunction with each of the performances:
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UNC Asheville All events are held in Lipinsky Auditorium unless otherwise noted. UNC Asheville students free with OneCard, $5 all others.
FALL 2014 Free Mid-Day Concert Sept. 3 • 12:45 p.m.
Studio 18 Jazz Vocal Ensemble & Scholarship Jazz Ensemble Oct. 30 • 7:30 p.m.
SPRING 2015
Symphony & Wind Ensemble Nov. 9 • 3 p.m.
UNC Asheville Jazz & Contemporary Music Ensembles (Isis, West Asheville) Mar. 1 • 6 p.m.
University Singers with Asheville Choral Society & Orchestra Nov. 14 • 7:30 p.m.
Faculty Showcase Sept. 9 • 7:30 p.m.
University Singers with Asheville Choral Society & Orchestra Nov. 15 • 4 p.m.
Percussion Ensembles Sept. 30 • 7:30 p.m.
Percussion Ensembles Nov. 18 • 7:30 p.m.
Ecomusics & Ecomusicologies 2014: Dialogues A five-day conference including concerts, sound walks, workshops & outings around the Asheville area. Oct. 2–6
Asheville Singers Holiday Concert Nov. 20 • 7:30 p.m.
UNC Asheville Jazz & Contemporary Music Ensembles (Isis, West Asheville) Oct. 12 • 6 p.m.
Gala Concert Nov. 23 • 3 p.m. UNC Asheville Jazz & Contemporary Music Ensembles (Isis, West Asheville ) Nov. 23 • 6 p.m.
Visit music.unca.edu for more events & information.
Faculty Showcase Jan. 27 • 7:30 p.m.
Percussion Ensembles Mar. 3 • 7:30 p.m. University Singers & Reuter Center Singers (First Baptist Church, Asheville) Mar. 19 • 7:30 p.m. (Suggested donation $5) Studio 18 Jazz Vocal Ensemble & Scholarship Jazz Ensemble Apr. 9 • 7:30 p.m. Symphony & Wind Ensemble Apr. 12 • 3 p.m. Gala Concert Apr. 19 • 3 p.m. UNC Asheville Jazz (Isis, West Asheville) Apr. 19 • 6 p.m. Percussion Ensembles Apr. 21 • 7:30 p.m.
Photo by Frank Zipperer
Music Department
Performances & Events Art Department Annual UNC Asheville Art Faculty Exhibition Aug. 22–Sept. 19 Opening Reception: Friday, Aug. 22 • 6–8 p.m. S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, Owen Hall Resident Artist of Penland Exhibition Sept. 26–Nov. 4 Opening Reception: Thursday, Sept. 25 • 6–8 p.m. S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, Owen Hall Lecture: Diarmuid Kelley, Award-winning British Artist Sunday, Sept. 28 • 6 p.m. Humanities Lecture Hall Lecture: “Biblical Archaeology Through the Ages—From Its Origins to the Present” Eric Cline, George Washington University Professor of Classics & Anthropology Chair, Department of Classical and Near East Languages and Civilizations Wednesday, Nov. 5 • 7:30 p.m. Red Oak Room, Ramsey Library Student Holiday Art Sale Nov. 21–22 S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, Owen Hall
Diarmuid Kelley, Indian Red (detail), oil on linen, 42" x 48", 2013
Sixth Annual Juried Drawing Discourse Jan. 16–Mar. 1 Opening Reception: Friday, Jan. 16 • 6-8 p.m. S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, Owen Hall
Theatre UNCA Mainstage Season Visit drama.unca.edu for upcoming theatre performances and ticket information.
Student Spring Art Sale Apr. 24–25 S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, Owen Hall
Visit art.unca.edu for more events and information.
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