Arts & Cultural

Appalachian Journal, founded in 1972, is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed quarterly featuring field research, interviews, and other scholarly studies of history, politics, economics, culture, folklore, literature, music, ecology, and a variety of other topics, as well as poetry and reviews of books, films, and recordings dealing with the region of the Appalachian mountains.

Appalachian Journal marks 50 years of spotlighting Appalachia
Mar 9, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University’s Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review marks its 50th anniversary this academic yea...

March 1-5: A Fable for Now
Feb 23, 2023

A Fable for Now is a satirical and allegorical fable about the present and future of the earth. It calls out all of humanity on many fronts...

An App State student reads on the banks of Boone Creek in Durham Park, located at App State’s Boone campus. Photo by Chase Reynolds

6 award-winning authors to visit App State for spring 2023 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series
Feb 22, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Six acclaimed authors will visit Appalachian State University’s Boone campus this spring, as part of the university’s 2022–23&nb...

Dr. Paul Worley, professor and department chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, and Dr. Melissa Birkhofer, visiting assistant professor in the Department of English

Worley and Birkhofer receive North Carolina Literary Review honor
Feb 21, 2023

The 2023 Ehle Prize is awarded to Melissa D. Birkhofer and Paul M. Worley for their essay, “She Said That Saint Augustine Is Worth Nothing Compared ...

Appalachian State University’s The Schaefer Center Presents and Appalachian Journal present the Spring 2023 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series.

The Spring 2023 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series
Feb 13, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University’s The Schaefer Center Presents and Appalachian Journal present the Spring 2023 Hughlene Bostian Frank V...

February 25: Second Annual Boone Docs Film Festival
Feb 8, 2023

2nd Annual Boone Docs Film FestivalSaturday, February 25, 2023, from 2-5 p.m.Appalachian Theatre of the High Country (559 West King Street, Boone, NC ...