Arts & Cultural

The Spring 2026 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writer Series will feature five performances of a production by playwright Kira Rockwell (top left) and presentations by authors Tim Earley (top right), Lillian-Yvonne Bertram (bottom left), and Gary Wheeler (bottom right). Photos submitted

Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series presents Spring 2026 lineup
Jan 20, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University's Spring 2026 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series will kick off with five theatrical performan...

Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review (vol. 53, no. 2)

Appalachian Journal (vol. 53, no. 2) now available
Jan 9, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — The latest issue of Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review (volume 53, number 2), will arrive in subscribers’ mailboxes...

The second edition of As the Crow Flies, the new open-access expansion of Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review, goes live on Dec. 15.

Winter 2025 edition of As the Crow Flies now available
Dec 15, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — The second edition of As the Crow Flies, the new open-access expansion of Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review, goes live on...

Dr. Cuong Mai (top left), Dr. Matt Ruble (top right), Dr. Ozzie Ostwalt (bottom left), and Dr. Kirstin Waldkoenig (bottom right) will present as part of the second “Philosophy and Religious Studies in the Contemporary World” series, scheduled for the Spring 2026 semester.

High Country Humanities announces Spring 2026 “Philosophy and Religious Studies in the Contemporary World” series
Dec 5, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University's High Country Humanities—in collaboration with the Department of Philosophy and Religion—is pleased ...

Dr. Darci Gardner (top left), Dr. Alexandra Sterling-Hellenbrand (top right), Dr. Paul Worley (bottom left), and Dr. Wendy Xie (bottom right)

App State and High Country Humanities bring world languages to young learners through new series with Watauga County Public Library
Nov 13, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University's Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures and High Country Humanities – in collaboration wit...

An ofrenda (altar) created by instructors and students in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures. Photo submitted by Dr. Karola Rico García

Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures honors Día de los Muertos
Nov 7, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — The Appalachian State University Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures honored the Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) t...

Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review (vol. 53, no. 1)

Appalachian Journal (vol. 53, no. 1) now available
Oct 13, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — The new issue of Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review (vol. 53, no. 1) focuses on the foods and recipes that enrich and refl...

William Ritter, Sheila Kay Adams, and Donna Ray Norton. Photograph by Kara Leinfelder

Folk Revival After Helene [faculty, alumni featured]
Oct 7, 2025

On a warm Wednesday in August, the crowded patio of the Old Marshall Jail Hotel in Marshall, North Carolina, falls silent as seventh-generation ballad...

Joe Dancy and Jenna Shaw stand in front of their flooded and mud-filled home in Swannanoa after Hurricane Helene. Photo by Jesse Barber

App State and regional artists channel Helene’s impact into creative works of hope and healing
Oct 1, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — Hurricane Helene is often remembered for scenes of destruction — but at Appalachian State University and in the surrounding communit...

As the Crow Flies, the new open-access expansion of Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review

Appalachian Journal debuts open-access expansion As the Crow Flies
Sep 12, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — As the Crow Flies, the new open-access expansion of Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review, goes live on Sept. 15. Appalachian...