Events

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. Chris Patti is an associate professor in the Department of Communication and affiliate faculty member in the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies at Appalachian State University. Photo by the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources on Flickr (https://flic.kr/p/2pmghin)

February 20: Compassionate Communication with Dr. Chris Patti
Jan 29, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University's Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies (CJHPS) invites the public to a lecture on compassionate communication on Thursday, February 20, 2025, from 7-9 p.m.

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Join High Country Humanities and the Blowing Rock Art and History Museum (BRAHM) for “Beulah Campbell’s Legacy: Celebrating Children’s Literature and Art,” led by University Libraries faculty members Margaret Gregor and Jackie Eagleson, on Thursday, February 27, 2025, from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. at BRAHM (159 Ginny Stevens Lane in Blowing Rock).

February 27: “Beulah Campbell’s Legacy” with Margaret Gregor and Jackie Eagleson
Jan 4, 2025

“Beulah Campbell’s Legacy: Celebrating Children’s Literature and Art” with Margaret Gregor and Jackie Eagleson
Thursday, February 27, 2025, from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

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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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Studio Saturdays: Comic Art Storytelling with Dr. Craig Fischer and Jennifer Garonzik will take place on January 11, 2025, from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Blowing Rock Art and History Museum.

January 18: Studio Saturdays: Comic Art Storytelling
Dec 3, 2024

Studio Saturdays: Comic Art Storytelling with Dr. Craig Fischer and Jennifer Garonzik
Saturday, January 18, 2025, from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. (Note: Due to inclement weather, the date of this event has changed from January 11 to January 18.)

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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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