BOONE—Homegrown entrepreneurs are vital to a community’s economy, and growth capital is the essential lifeblood of growing companies. But actually getting the money to start a business is challenging.
Musician William Westney, right, conducted what he calls an “un-master class” in Appalachian State University’s Hayes School of Music. Westney engages musicians with activities designed to build trust and break down barriers to artistic expression, and in the process, help musicians recapture their love of making music. He is the author of the book “The [...]
BOONE–Appalachian State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance will present the dark comedy “The Waiting Room” by Lisa Loomer Nov. 13-19 in I.G. Greer Studio Theatre. “The Waiting Room” contains mature themes and is not appropriate for young children.
Show times are 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and Monday, with a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, [...]
BOONE—The Boone Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and the Appalachian State University Hayes School of Music will present a Halloween Monster Concert, Wednesday, Oct. 31, at 8 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall. Admission is free and costumes are encouraged.
BOONE—A recital of woodwind chamber music will be performed by students in Appalachian State University’s Mariam Cannon Hayes School of Music Oct. 29. The 8 p.m. performance in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall is free and open to the public.
BOONE— Mezzo-soprano Mary Gayle Greene and soprano Penelope Jensen will perform Oct. 21 at 4 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall at Appalachian State University. Admission is free.
BOONE – Appalachian State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance, College of Fine and Applied Arts, and the Office of Cultural Programs will host the 2007 North Carolina Dance Alliance Annual Event: Weaving Communities Through Dance, Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 8-10.
BOONE—Robert Niblock, chairman and chief executive officer of Lowe’s Companies Inc., will speak Oct. 23 at the Fall Harlan E. Boyles Distinguished CEO Lecture at Appalachian State University.
BOONE—Cold Mountain Review, a literary journal housed in the Department of English at Appalachian State University, will unveil its Fall 2007 anniversary special issue and celebrate the journal’s 35th anniversary Oct. 27 from 6-9 p.m. at the Broyhill Inn and Conference Center.
BOONE—Rod Berry conducts Jazz Ensemble II in an Oct. 25 concert featuring soloist Todd Wright. The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall at Appalachian State University. Admission is free.
BOONE—The world-renowned Bread and Puppet Theater will perform Oct. 22 and Oct. 23 at Appalachian State University.
“The Divine Reality Comedy Circus” will be performed on Monday, Oct. 22, at 5 p.m. on Sanford Mall. In case of rain, the performance will be held in Plemmons Student Union.
BOONE – Appalachian State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance presents the North Carolina Dance Festival Oct. 25-27 at 8 p.m. in Valborg Theatre. Each evening will feature a different mix of work from professional dance troupes, as well as student and faculty choreographers and dancers.
For tickets and information, call the Valborg Theatre Box Office [...]
BOONE—Robert Morgan has departed from his usually foray into fiction by choosing one of the region’s most notable explorers for his latest work – a biography of Daniel Boone.
(FCS) visited early childhood education programs in Australia In May, and presented information about early childhood education focusing on Appalachian’s five-star rated program, the Lucy Brock Child Development Center, to faculty and about 120 students at Victoria University.
(FCS) presented “Early Childhood Education Down Under” at the North Carolina Association for the Education of Young Children (NCaeyc) International Conference Sept. 14 in Greensboro. Carpenter and her co-presenter, Catherine Hamm of Victoria University in Australia, used Skype technology to give the presentation while Carpenter was in Greensboro and Hamm was in Melbourne, Australia. Skype [...]
Appalachian State University is a public university located in Boone, North Carolina and the sixth largest institution in the University of North Carolina system. Appalachian (pronounced app-uh-LATCH-un) State is sometimes referred to as AppState, ASU, or simply App. The university has been ranked among the top 15 Southern "Masters Universities" since the U.S. News and World Report's America's Best Colleges Guide began publication in 1986. In 2001, Appalachian was recognized by TIME Magazine as a College of the Year.
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