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Trevor McKenzie is the director of Appalachian State University's Center for Appalachian Studies. Photo submitted

March 27: Blue Ridge Ballads Revisited with Apalachian Studies' Trevor McKenzie
Jan 30, 2025

This presentation and performance traces the history behind ballads from the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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The 2025 Boone Docs Film Festival

February 21-22: 4th Annual Boone Docs Film Festival
Jan 30, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — The 2025 Boone Docs Film Festival, showcasing short documentaries focused on the people who live and work in Appalachia, expands this year to include four blocks across two days – Feb. 21 and Feb. 22.

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Dr. William ("Billy") Schumann ’94 ’99 ’00, professor of community-based research in Appalachian State's Department of Rural Resilience and Innovation, has been appointed the 2024-27 Sharpe Chair. Photo by Ellen Burnette

Dr. William Schumann ’94 ’99 ’00 appointed 2024-27 Sharpe Chair
Jan 30, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — Dr. William ("Billy") Schumann ’94 ’99 ’00 has been appointed the 2024-27 Sharpe Chair. Made possible through an endowment established by Hiddenite Arts and Heritage Center founders R.Y.

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Jesse Barber '24, an alumnus of the Appalachian studies program, photographed in October 2024. Photo courtesy of Barber (jesse-barber.com)

Jesse Barber '24 documents Hurricane Helene
Jan 10, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — Jesse Barber '24, an alumnus of the Appalachian studies program, has been a key documentarian in media efforts to cover the stories Western North Carolina mountain communities after the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene.

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Appalachian State University's High Country Humanities—with support from North Carolina Humanities and the Watauga Arts Council —is pleased to present a public listening workshop, followed by a free concert. These events will form a two-part program titled “Resounding Resistance: Folk-Infused Classical Music, 1937-1945,” which will take place on Sunday, May 4, 2025, from 3:30-5:30 p.m. at the Rosen Concert Hall in Appalachian's Broyhill Music Center at 813 Rivers Street in Boone. Doors will open at 3:00 p.m

May 4: Folk-Infused Classical Music: Listening Workshop and Concert
Dec 20, 2024

“Resounding Resistance: Folk-Infused Classical Music, 1937-1945”
Sunday, May 4, 2025, from 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Rosen Concert Hall, Broyhill Music Center

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Appalachian State University's High Country Humanities is pleased to present “Documenting Our Common Humanity: Climate, Community, Resilience” on Saturday, February 22, 2025, from 7:00-8:30 p.m. at the Appalachian Theatre of the High Country, located at 559 West King Street in Boone. The event is free and open to the public, and doors will open at 6:30 p.m.

February 22: Documenting Our Common Humanity: Climate, Community, Resilience
Dec 13, 2024

Documenting Our Common Humanity: Climate, Community, Resilience
Saturday, February 22, 2025, from 7:00-8:30 p.m. (Doors open at 6:30 p.m.)
Appalachian Theatre of the High Country (559 West King Street)

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Appalachian State University's High Country Humanities—in collaboration with the Department of Philosophy and Religion—is pleased to present “Philosophy and Religious Studies in the Contemporary World,” a series of four presentations by App State faculty members throughout the Spring 2025 semester.
Appalachian State University's High Country Humanities—with support from North Carolina Humanities—is pleased to present “Pickin’ Apart Bartók: How to Hear Folk Sounds in Classical Music” on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Jones House Cultural Center, located at 604 West King Street in Boone.

April 2: Pickin’ Apart Bartók: How to Hear Folk Sounds in Classical Music
Nov 25, 2024

“Pickin’ Apart Bartók: How to Hear Folk Sounds in Classical Music”
Wednesday, April 2, 2025, from 5:30-7 p.m.
Jones House Cultural Center (604 West King Street, Boone, NC, 28607)

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Appalachian State University's High Country Humanities—with support from North Carolina Humanities—is pleased to present “Bartók: From Opposing Ethnic Cleansing to Inventing Ethnomusicology” on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, from 5:30-7 p.m. in Room 1102 of Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, located at 423 West King Street in Boone.

March 4: Bartók: From Opposing Ethnic Cleansing to Inventing Ethnomusicology
Nov 25, 2024

“Bartók: From Opposing Ethnic Cleansing to Inventing Ethnomusicology”
Tuesday, March 4, 2025, from 5:30-7 p.m.
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Room 1102

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Appalachian Journal (vol. 52, no. 1-2)