From major concerts by world-renowned entertainers to Broadway-caliber shows, gallery exhibits, recitals and festivals, WCU provides ample opportunity for students, faculty, staff and members of the surrounding community to enjoy the finest in arts and entertainment.
The Fine Art Museum at Western Carolina University will open its fall season with the first retrospective exhibition of work by Lewis Buck, a lifelong artist and longtime Asheville-area resident with what critics describe as unique artistic vision.
Students and community members will have the opportunity to engage movie directors about their work as part of the 2008-09 Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers, the nation’s only regional tour of independent filmmakers and their films, running from September through April at Western Carolina University.
High-energy a cappella group Chapter 6 will launch the 2008-09 Galaxy of Stars Series at Western Carolina University with its diverse repertoire of signature pieces and freshly arranged, comedy-infused jazz, pop, gospel and rock. Chapter 6 will play at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, in the performance hall of Western’s Fine and Performing Arts Center.
Students and community members will have the opportunity to engage movie directors about their work as part of the 2008-09 Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers, the nation’s only regional tour of independent filmmakers and their films, running from September through April at Western Carolina University.
Western Carolina University’s Ramsey Regional Activity Center will host the first stop on a 20-city national tour featuring country musician Jason Aldean and sponsored by the music network CMT.
Subscribers to the University Theatre’s 2008-09 Mainstage season at Western Carolina University have a full menu of laughs, love, tragedy, song and dance. This season’s productions include the comedy “Plaza Suite” by Neil Simon, Shakespeare’s “Othello,” the classic musical “Fiddler on the Roof” and contemporary vignettes on love with “Almost, Maine” by John Cariani.
Interested in a volunteer opportunity requiring a little time and a big love of the arts? The Fine and Performing Arts Center at Western Carolina University seeks community members to donate time for everything from taking tickets to public outreach.
Thomas M. Salzman, past chair of the performing arts department at the College of Santa Fe, recently joined Western Carolina University as head of the stage and screen department.
The summer company of WCU's Theatre in Education program will perform “Dogwood’s Search” at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 20, at the Colonial Theatre in Canton and then July 25 at a national theater conference in Atlanta.
Western Carolina University’s Last Minute Productions will host a series of free concerts Tuesdays and Thursdays this summer on the lawn of the A.K. Hinds University Center. All performances are at 7 p.m. The rain location is Club Illusions, on the third floor of the University Center.
Three WCU interior design students recently took top honors at the annual National Kitchen and Bathroom Association’s Carolinas Chapter student design competition in Flat Rock.
