Bayard Wootten was a female pioneer in the field of photography from the early 1900s to 1950s, when men dominated the field.  All 35 photographs in this exhibition are of North Carolina subjects.  On loan through November 23rd from North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, UNC-CH.

Blood Drive

A cappella

Vs. USF

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Vs. Stetson

W. Soccer vs. Kennesaw State

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Cross Country WCU Invitational

vs. New Mexico

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Football @ East Carolina

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W. Soccer vs. Elon

September 6 is the registration kickoff for WCU Dance Marathon 2016.  Join members of the WCU Dance Marathon Executive Committee on the UC Lawn to get a special promo code to register for Dance Marathon for just $15 - that is a $5 savings off the regular registration price!

WCU Dance Marathon 2016 takes place on Saturday, November 12 from 10:00 am to 10:00 pm in the Campus Recreation Center.  Registration gets you 12 hours of entertainment, food and a t-shirt.  Best of all, your registration supports our Children's Miracle Network Hospital - Children's Hospital of Greenville Health Systems.

Once registered, dancers are encouraged to fundraise via their reigstration page.  See members of WCU Dance Marathon for information on how you can earn rewards for different levels of fundraising.

Volleyball vs. Appalachian State

Concert

September 6 is the registration kickoff for WCU Dance Marathon 2016.  Join members of the WCU Dance Marathon Executive Committee on the UC Lawn to get a special promo code to register for Dance Marathon for just $15 - that is a $5 savings off the regular registration price!

WCU Dance Marathon 2016 takes place on Saturday, November 12 from 10:00 am to 10:00 pm in the Campus Recreation Center.  Registration gets you 12 hours of entertainment, food and a t-shirt.  Best of all, your registration supports our Children's Miracle Network Hospital - Children's Hospital of Greenville Health Systems.

Once registered, dancers are encouraged to fundraise via their reigstration page.  See members of WCU Dance Marathon for information on how you can earn rewards for different levels of fundraising.

Concert

September 6 is the registration kickoff for WCU Dance Marathon 2016.  Join members of the WCU Dance Marathon Executive Committee on the UC Lawn to get a special promo code to register for Dance Marathon for just $15 - that is a $5 savings off the regular registration price!

WCU Dance Marathon 2016 takes place on Saturday, November 12 from 10:00 am to 10:00 pm in the Campus Recreation Center.  Registration gets you 12 hours of entertainment, food and a t-shirt.  Best of all, your registration supports our Children's Miracle Network Hospital - Children's Hospital of Greenville Health Systems.

Once registered, dancers are encouraged to fundraise via their reigstration page.  See members of WCU Dance Marathon for information on how you can earn rewards for different levels of fundraising.

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Danny Johnson will read from and sign his debut novel, The Last Road Home, on Thursday, September 8th at 6:30 p.m. at City Lights Bookstore.  Ron Rash, author of Serena said of the book, In this intense and well-written debut novel, Danny Johnson probes deep into the cauldron of racial relations in the 1960’s South. The Last Road Home introduces an exciting new voice in Southern Literature.”

Danny Johnson's writing follows the tradition of Southern authors whose characters most often represent the disenfranchised in society, examining their struggles to overcome in a world that does not acknowledge them to be of value nor recognize their humanity. His work has appeared inRemembrances of Wars Past Anthology, South Writ Large, Sheepshead Review and Fox Chase Review.

Open Mic Night

September 6 is the registration kickoff for WCU Dance Marathon 2016.  Join members of the WCU Dance Marathon Executive Committee on the UC Lawn to get a special promo code to register for Dance Marathon for just $15 - that is a $5 savings off the regular registration price!

WCU Dance Marathon 2016 takes place on Saturday, November 12 from 10:00 am to 10:00 pm in the Campus Recreation Center.  Registration gets you 12 hours of entertainment, food and a t-shirt.  Best of all, your registration supports our Children's Miracle Network Hospital - Children's Hospital of Greenville Health Systems.

Once registered, dancers are encouraged to fundraise via their reigstration page.  See members of WCU Dance Marathon for information on how you can earn rewards for different levels of fundraising.

vs. Coppin State

Get geared up for the first home football game of the season with the Kickoff in Cullowhee.  Come out to ride a mechanical bull, play your friends in a life-size game of Hungry Hippos, or splash around on the Tropical Slip and Slide.  

Dance Marathon will also be hosting a dunk tank where for various donation amounts you will have the opportunity to dunk different faculty, staff or students from WCU. Look for posts on social media about who can dunk and come out to support Dance Marathon and Children's Miracle Network.

Lawn games run until 9:00 pm

Concert

W. Soccer @ Morehead State

Cross Country @ UNCA

vs. William & Mary

vs. UNC Charlotte

Football vs. Gardner-Webb

WCU Football vs. Gardner-Webb

Game is played at E.J. Whitmire Stadium at the Ramsey Center.

White out (Wear white!!!) First 5000 fans receive a free T-shirt!

W. Soccer @ Eastern Kentucky

Presented by Chris Kolokowski on "Corrosion of Confederate Command in the West."  http://wnccwrt.blogspot.com

LIFE@Western Carolina meetings- Tuesdays from 10am-12pm

Guest Speaker, Royce Cowan, for the CHHS.  Sponsored by

the Department of Physical Therapy.

Volleyball @ Winthrop

Art of the Prank is an emotional and humorous journey following the evolution of artist Joey Skaggs, a fierce proponent of independent thinking and the man who has turned the media hoax into an art form. Famed for such media fictions as the Celebrity Sperm Bank, the Cathouse for Dogs, the Fat Squad, and Portofess (a mobile Catholic confessional booth), he is one of Americas most notorious sociopolitical satirists and media activists. Filmmaker Andrea Marini interweaves fascinating archival footage with a singular and unforgettable moment, when Skaggs decides to pull off the most demanding hoax of his career—setting his sights on film festivals to do it.

ELIZABETH ACEVEDO was born and raised in New York City and her poetry is infused with Dominican bolero and her beloved city’s tough grit.

She holds a BA in Performing Arts from The George Washington University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Maryland. With over twelve years of performance experience, Acevedo has been a featured performer on BET and Mun2, as well as delivered several TED Talks. She has graced stages nationally and internationally including renowned venues such as The Lincoln Center, Madison Square Garden, the Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts, and South Africa’s State Theatre, The Bozar in Brussels, and the National Library of Kosovo; she is also well known for poetry videos, which have gone viral and been picked up by PBS, Latina Magazine, Cosmopolitan, and Upworthy.

Acevedo is a National Slam Champion, Beltway Grand Slam Champion, and the 2016 Women of the World Poetry Slam representative for Washington, D.C, where she lives and works.

Her poems have been published or are forthcoming in Puerto Del Sol, Callaloo, Poet Lore, The Notre Dame Review, and others. Acevedo is a Cave Canem Fellow, Cantomundo Fellow, and participant of the Callaloo Writer's Workshop. She is the author of two poetry collections: her chapbook, Beastgirl & Other Origin Myths (Yes Yes Books, 2016) and her first full-length collect and winner of the of the 2016 Berkshire Prize, Medusa Reads La Negra's Palm (Tupelo Press, 2017).

Come and make a doll and learn more about how corn and corn shucks were used historically. 

Melissa Birkhofer contact person x3272

Thursday, September 15, 2016
7:00pm
UC Grand Room

Tim Wise is among the most prominent anti-racist writers and educators in the United States. He has spent the past 20 years speaking to audiences in all 50 states, on over 1000 college and high school campuses, at hundreds of professional and academic conferences, and to community groups across the country.

A recent graduate will come and talk about his industrial experiences.

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Cross Country @ ASU

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Football @ ETSU (BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY)

On Saturday, September 17th at 3 p.m., Linda Parsons and Sue Weaver Dunlap will visit City Lights Bookstore for a joint poetry reading. Linda will read from her fourth collection, This Shaky Earth. Parsons's poems are leavened with a hunger to understand the growing pains of childhood, to face the turning seasons with grace, to know that all will be well as we navigate this sometimes shaky earth. She is a poet, playwright and an editor at The University of Tennessee. Her poems have appeared inThe Iowa Review, The Georgia Review, Asheville Poetry Review and others.

Sue will read from her collection, Knead. Georgann Eubanks, author of the Literary Trails of North Carolina series, said of Knead, “Sue Weaver Dunlap has laid the table full. These warm and aromatic poems combine to create an Appalachian family memoir.” She lives in the deep Southern Appalachian Mountains in Tennessee.

To reserve copies of these poetry collections please call City Lights bookstore at 828-586-9499.

Performance

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W. Soccer vs. Tennessee Tech

Review session for first exam for Psy 150

Athletics will host Brian Boyer for his "Why I Carry My Backpack"

Concert

LIFE@Western Carolina meetings- Tuesdays from 10am-12pm

Guest Speaker, Royce Cowan, for the CHHS.  Sponsored by

the Department of Physical Therapy.

Dr. Byrd Byrd and Dr. Hall

Volleyball @ UNC Asheville

Karaoke Night!

Part of a series of diversity awareness opportunities. For more information, please contact Ricardo Nazario-Colon, Chief Diversity Officer, at 828-227-7495 or rnazariocolon@wcu.edu.

Performance

Closing reception for exhibit.

Great Smoky Mountains: Vision & Vistas is and exhibition of sixty original photographs and drawings made by photographers and artists inspired by the grand vistas of the Great Smoky Mountains. Professional photographers include such notables as Jim Thompson, George Masa, and George Grant, as well as amateurs who hiked with the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club. Herbert Pelton and Nace Brock created images used by Asheville promoters to advocate for a national park in the Appalachians. Working for the National Park Service, Hiram Wilburn and Charles Grossman documented mountain culture within park boundaries and the road construction projects that forever altered it. Irving Fromer, J.D. Chaffin, and Alan Youngblood, men enrolled in the Civilian Conservation Corps, made pencil sketches of a wilderness previously unknown to them. Together, these artists focused on the grandeur of the landscape to lobby for a national park and promote conservation in the southern U.S. Without their vision, perhaps the Great Smoky Mountains National Park would not have come into being. Since its inception, the park has been a popular destination, setting visitation records topping 10 million annually. 

Speaker

Resident Alien, a brand new musical by WCU’s own Katya Stanislavskaya, is the story of Sasha, Sveta, and Nastya Berdichevsky, a family in the throes of Russian/Soviet immigration in the 1990’s. A professor stuck in the past, a musician willing to adapt, and a teenager whose culture shock coincides with her coming-of-age, the Berdichevsky’s represent the full spectrum of the successes and failures of the immigrant experience. Resident Alien is about the personal choices we face in a new world: which parts of ourselves to retain, and which to jettison in order to succeed.

Cross Country @ UNCC

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Congressional Debate

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W. Soccer @ Mercer

Resident Alien, a brand new musical by WCU’s own Katya Stanislavskaya, is the story of Sasha, Sveta, and Nastya Berdichevsky, a family in the throes of Russian/Soviet immigration in the 1990’s. A professor stuck in the past, a musician willing to adapt, and a teenager whose culture shock coincides with her coming-of-age, the Berdichevsky’s represent the full spectrum of the successes and failures of the immigrant experience. Resident Alien is about the personal choices we face in a new world: which parts of ourselves to retain, and which to jettison in order to succeed.

If you do not want to find out how the movie ends, DO NOT KEEP READING…

O.K…you have been warned….

Eric James O’Shea was born Sept 16, 19_ _ in New Haven, CT… he was an altar boy, SHY nerd, but future Dallas Cowboys QB/WR at St. Brendan’s School from K-8. From there and never having kissed a girl yet, he continued his dry spell attending an all boys high school at Fairfield Prep from grades 9-12 — again, no girls, but this is where his O.C.D. and A.D.D. became pronounced… what a stud. After this hell, he parlayed his manhood at Marquette University where he majored in Sports Broadcasting (the Dallas Cowboys thing didn’t work out when he found out he was allergic to pain)…. But after finding out he liked to TAKE HIS TIME with creating, the fast pace news business became a no-go…. But he still loved the stage and had “something to say”… what to do???!!! So on his birthday, he went up at the SAFE HOUSE and finished second to last in an open mic comedy compeition… but one joke DID work… and he was hooked on this thing where you can, “simply talk and make people laugh.”

…So for the next 3 years with his trusty Ford Escort (LX–sniff!), he traveled the midwest doing any show he could… paid or unpaid… then one open mic night at NYC’s Caroline’s Comedy Club, he got lucky and did the best 10 minutes he had…. It resulted in a coveted “holding” deal with ABC/DISNEY…. So he paid off college, moved to New York City, and discovered sushi….

When the deal ended, and still immature, he jumped into the wonderful, exciting world of the “college market”… 13 years later, he is still doing it, loving it, and won the “2007 National College Comedian of the Year” voted by over 5000 campuses nationwide…. He has kept busy traveling during that span, averaging over 70+ schools every year, along with CORPORATE SHOWS, FESTIVALS, and THEATRES—-and he can oddly place every highway on a blank U.S. map….

Then one night, tring to combine his broadcasting background with comedy, he created his “Songs for Commercials” bit, which not only got over 4 MILLION hits on YOUTUBE, but also a RAVE review from Mr. Steven Spielberg…. He was so honored and simply in awe of how fast the sketch spread all over the world…. People have even written from Dubai, Iraq, and Australia…. He doesn’t know where they are on a map….

But he does know where L.A. is…and thank goodness…when Eric was invited to perform his “Commercials” LIVE at the 2009 CREATIVE EMMY AWARDS! Walking the red carpet, hangin with some legends, and stealing celebrity gift bags–it was an amazing evening…(and got to perform with Carol Burnett, Betty White, Seth MacFarlane, Ted Danson, and Jamie Lynn Siegler, to name a few.)

Eric continues working hard, appreciating his family, health, and simplicity…. He is always trying to put a fun spin on things, while not losing sight of the most important thing–empathy for others…. He is so thankful to all that support him on his journey, stays humble, and gets better looking every year….

Now for how the story ends….

C’mon, he doesn’t know… did you really think he did?!?! He has no idea… but how bout this?!? Just keep laughing, and we’ll write it together….

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FOOTBALL OPEN DATE

Western Carolina University's annual celebration of Southern Appalachian culture: art, craft, food, music, dance, Cherokee sports, hayrides, children's activities and a century's worth of fun packed into one day.

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Resident Alien, a brand new musical by WCU’s own Katya Stanislavskaya, is the story of Sasha, Sveta, and Nastya Berdichevsky, a family in the throes of Russian/Soviet immigration in the 1990’s. A professor stuck in the past, a musician willing to adapt, and a teenager whose culture shock coincides with her coming-of-age, the Berdichevsky’s represent the full spectrum of the successes and failures of the immigrant experience. Resident Alien is about the personal choices we face in a new world: which parts of ourselves to retain, and which to jettison in order to succeed.

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W. Soccer @ The Citadel

Resident Alien, a brand new musical by WCU’s own Katya Stanislavskaya, is the story of Sasha, Sveta, and Nastya Berdichevsky, a family in the throes of Russian/Soviet immigration in the 1990’s. A professor stuck in the past, a musician willing to adapt, and a teenager whose culture shock coincides with her coming-of-age, the Berdichevsky’s represent the full spectrum of the successes and failures of the immigrant experience. Resident Alien is about the personal choices we face in a new world: which parts of ourselves to retain, and which to jettison in order to succeed.

Volleyball vs. Citadel

Info Table

guest speaker

Take Back the Night is an international event taking place in over 30 countries with a mission of ending sexual, relationship, and domestic violence in all forms.

Athletics and the Office of Leadership are joining to speak with studnet-athletes about leadership on a team and campus.

UC ILLUSIONS

Join us as we watch our Presidential candidates discuss important issues and topics. Snacks and drinks will be provided.

LIFE@Western Carolina meetings- Tuesdays from 10am-12pm

The Language of Weaving : contemporary Maya textiles
SEPTEMBER 12 – NOVEMBER 7

RECEPTION SEPTEMBER 29

The Language of Weaving challenges what Western cultures traditionally consider literature. Through a lexicon of designs and patterns, Maya weavers provide rich narratives for the readers of their textiles. This exhibition examines the work of three distinct communities of Maya fiber artists in Mexico. Viewers will experience examples of the work of two female-led cooperatives of Maya fiber artists located in Chiapas state, Tsobol Anzetik in Chenalhó and Jalabil in Oxchuc, as well as the work of the Bonilla family in Santa Elena in Yucatan state. The Language of Weaving translates, for Spanish and English speaking audiences, the woven Maya tales of these communities.

Info Table

Lecture by art historian Karen Britt.

The Language of Weaving : contemporary Maya textiles
SEPTEMBER 12 – NOVEMBER 7

RECEPTION SEPTEMBER 29

The Language of Weaving challenges what Western cultures traditionally consider literature. Through a lexicon of designs and patterns, Maya weavers provide rich narratives for the readers of their textiles. This exhibition examines the work of three distinct communities of Maya fiber artists in Mexico. Viewers will experience examples of the work of two female-led cooperatives of Maya fiber artists located in Chiapas state, Tsobol Anzetik in Chenalhó and Jalabil in Oxchuc, as well as the work of the Bonilla family in Santa Elena in Yucatan state. The Language of Weaving translates, for Spanish and English speaking audiences, the woven Maya tales of these communities.

Info Table

Psychology Research Colloquium; invited lectures.

UC THEATER

Come learn more and give feedback.

• What is DegreePlus?
• What does it mean for you?
• What does it mean for your unit?
• What does it mean for students?

The Language of Weaving : contemporary Maya textiles
SEPTEMBER 12 – NOVEMBER 7

RECEPTION SEPTEMBER 29

The Language of Weaving challenges what Western cultures traditionally consider literature. Through a lexicon of designs and patterns, Maya weavers provide rich narratives for the readers of their textiles. This exhibition examines the work of three distinct communities of Maya fiber artists in Mexico. Viewers will experience examples of the work of two female-led cooperatives of Maya fiber artists located in Chiapas state, Tsobol Anzetik in Chenalhó and Jalabil in Oxchuc, as well as the work of the Bonilla family in Santa Elena in Yucatan state. The Language of Weaving translates, for Spanish and English speaking audiences, the woven Maya tales of these communities.

Info Table

The Language of Weaving : contemporary Maya textiles
SEPTEMBER 12 – NOVEMBER 7
RECEPTION SEPTEMBER 29
Gallery talk with Dr. Paul Worley 5pm – 6pm
Wine & Appetizer Reception 6pm – 7pm

The Language of Weaving challenges what Western cultures traditionally consider literature. Through a lexicon of designs and patterns, Maya weavers provide rich narratives for the readers of their textiles. This exhibition examines the work of three distinct communities of Maya fiber artists in Mexico. Viewers will experience examples of the work of two female-led cooperatives of Maya fiber artists located in Chiapas state, Tsobol Anzetik in Chenalhó and Jalabil in Oxchuc, as well as the work of the Bonilla family in Santa Elena in Yucatan state. The Language of Weaving translates, for Spanish and English speaking audiences, the woven Maya tales of these communities.

Tim Barnwell will return to City Lights Bookstore on Friday, September 30th at 6:30 p.m. to present his new book. In Great Smoky Mountain Vistas, Tim Barnwell offers panoramic photographs from overlooks in and around the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, aerial photographs of western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee, and articles on popular area attractions and activities to create this unique and comprehensive guidebook. He identifies the mountain peaks you can see from each overlook along Newfound Gap Road, Foothills Parkway and Blue Ridge Parkway that view the park, in Cataloochee Valley and Cades Cove, and 360-degree/6-page panoramic views from Clingmans Dome and Max Patch.  

While the mountain peak identifications are a unique component of the book, in also includes a host of articles about activities in and around the park including camping, picnicking, fishing, hiking and waterfalls, horseback riding, bears, and nature photography. It features sections detailing the main attractions of the park including Newfound Gap Road, Cades Cove, Oconaluftee, Sugarlands, Little River Road,  Cataloochee Valley, and hidden gems in and outside its boundaries, off the beaten path, such as the Cherohala Skyway, Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, Greenbrier, Max Patch, Tail of the Dragon and the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail, making this the ideal travel guidebook, possibly the most comprehensive available on the park and its environs. Great Smoky Mountains Vistas celebrates the National Park Services 100th Anniversary in 2016 and is an invaluable companion to Mr. Barnwell’s best-selling Blue Ridge Parkway Vistas: A Comprehensive Identification Guide to What You See from the Many Overlooks.

The Language of Weaving : contemporary Maya textiles
SEPTEMBER 12 – NOVEMBER 7

RECEPTION SEPTEMBER 29

The Language of Weaving challenges what Western cultures traditionally consider literature. Through a lexicon of designs and patterns, Maya weavers provide rich narratives for the readers of their textiles. This exhibition examines the work of three distinct communities of Maya fiber artists in Mexico. Viewers will experience examples of the work of two female-led cooperatives of Maya fiber artists located in Chiapas state, Tsobol Anzetik in Chenalhó and Jalabil in Oxchuc, as well as the work of the Bonilla family in Santa Elena in Yucatan state. The Language of Weaving translates, for Spanish and English speaking audiences, the woven Maya tales of these communities.

Online lecture with archaeologist in Chiapas. Event in conjunction with Tzakbu Performance at BAC.

Skype interview with archeologist Dr. Fanny Lopez

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W. Soccer vs. ETSU

Volleyball @ Furman

Tzakbu (The Red Queen); live pre-hispanic music, dance, rituals, and magnificent costumes recreate priests, servants, warriors, and rulers in a fascinating performance full of colors, aromas, and sensations that will transport us into the heart of the Mayan world. Theatre performance inspired by a historical event.

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