BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CalDiscovery//caldiscovery//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH DESCRIPTION:Discovered and maintained by CalDiscovery (https://caldiscover y.com). Event details belong to their publishers. Contains information fro m CalDiscovery\, which is made available under the ODbL 1.0. SOURCE:https://caldiscovery.com/asheville-nc/src-8996.ics X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H X-WR-CALDESC:Discovered and maintained by CalDiscovery (https://caldiscove ry.com). Event details belong to their publishers. Contains information fr om CalDiscovery\, which is made available under the ODbL 1.0. X-WR-CALNAME:CalDiscovery - asheville-nc BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Shape of Repair: Patchwork in Wood Exhibition DTSTART:20260820T040000Z DTEND:20260912T035959Z DTSTAMP:20260814T050907Z UID:10000112-1787184000-1789171199@www.unca.edu CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:The S. Tucker Cooke Gallery presents an exhibition of work by sculptor Laura Petrovich-Cheney. Using salvaged architectural wood\, Petro vich-Cheney creates quilt-inspired wall pieces that explore memory\, repai r\, and renewal. Her geometric compositions draw on the visual language of patchwork while transforming discarded materials into contemporary works of art. The exhibition is on view August 20 through September 11 and is fr ee and open to the public. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Accessibility\nUNC Ashe ville is committed to providing universal access to all of our events. If you have any questions about access or would like to request reasonable ac commodations that will facilitate your full participation in the film scre enings\, please contact Stephanie Bullick\, Director of Accessibility\, at  accessibility@unca.edu. LAST-MODIFIED:20260814T050907Z URL:https://www.unca.edu/event/the-shape-of-repair-patchwork-in-wood-exhib ition/ X-SOURCE-NAME:UNC Asheville X-SOURCE-URL:https://go.unca.edu/campus-rec/esports END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Canoe Battleship DTSTART:20260909T230000Z DTEND:20260910T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260814T050907Z UID:10000124-1788980400-1788987600@www.unca.edu CATEGORIES:outdoors DESCRIPTION:Take on other Bulldogs in a fun and friendly game of Canoe Bat tleship at the SRC Pool. Work with a team to navigate the pool\, strategiz e\, and try to sink the competition. Come ready to get in the water and ha ve some fun! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Accessibility\nUNC Asheville is commi tted to providing universal access to all of our events. If you have any q uestions about access or would like to request reasonable accommodations t hat will facilitate your full participation in the film screenings\, pleas e contact Stephanie Bullick\, Director of Accessibility\, at accessibilit y@unca.edu. LAST-MODIFIED:20260814T050907Z URL:https://www.unca.edu/event/canoe-battleship/ X-SOURCE-NAME:UNC Asheville X-SOURCE-URL:https://go.unca.edu/campus-rec/esports END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Building Something That Endures: Roy Williams on Teams\, Talent\, and Leadership DTSTART:20260910T204500Z DTEND:20260910T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T002815Z UID:10000132-1789058700-1789061400@www.unca.edu CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Wake Forest University Center for Private Business present s a moderated conversation with three-time national championship coach Roy Williams. Drawing from more than three decades of building successful pro grams\, Williams will share insights on recruiting talent\, sustaining cul ture\, and leading through change. The event is open to the public and wil l take place at Kimmel Arena on the UNC Asheville campus. Click here to re gister. \nVisitor Parking Notice\nVisitors are required to register their vehicles to park on campus. Please visit the UNC Asheville Visitor Parking Permit Registration website to obtain a temporary parking permit. Event s ignage will be posted to guide visitors to parking areas near the event lo cation. \n\nAccessibility\nUNC Asheville is committed to providing univers al access to all of our events. If you have any questions about access or would like to request reasonable accommodations that will facilitate your full participation in the film screenings\, please contact Stephanie Bulli ck\, Director of Accessibility\, at accessibility@unca.edu. LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T002815Z URL:https://www.unca.edu/event/building-something-that-endures-roy-william s-on-teams-talent-and-leadership/ X-SOURCE-NAME:UNC Asheville X-SOURCE-URL:https://go.unca.edu/campus-rec/esports END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:First Year Firelight DTSTART:20260911T010000Z DTEND:20260911T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T002815Z UID:10000133-1789074000-1789077600@www.unca.edu CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Kick off the weekend in sparkling style!  A UNC Asheville tra dition where first-year students gather on the Quad to set personal intent ions\, build community\, and connect with peers.  \nAccessibility\nUNC A sheville is committed to providing universal access to all of our events. If you have any questions about access or would like to request reasonable accommodations that will facilitate your full participation in the film s creenings\, please contact Stephanie Bullick\, Director of Accessibility\, at accessibility@unca.edu. LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T002815Z URL:https://www.unca.edu/event/first-year-firelight/ X-SOURCE-NAME:UNC Asheville X-SOURCE-URL:https://go.unca.edu/campus-rec/esports END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Bulldogs Serve: National Day of Service DTSTART:20260911T170000Z DTEND:20260911T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T002815Z UID:10000134-1789131600-1789146000@www.unca.edu CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Start the semester by giving back to the community you now cal l home. Join fellow Bulldogs for hands-on service projects across campus a nd Asheville. Sign up to participate in the National Day of Service.\nAcce ssibility\nUNC Asheville is committed to providing universal access to all of our events. If you have any questions about access or would like to re quest reasonable accommodations that will facilitate your full participati on in the film screenings\, please contact Stephanie Bullick\, Director of Accessibility\, at accessibility@unca.edu. LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T002815Z URL:https://www.unca.edu/event/bulldogs-serve-national-day-of-service/ X-SOURCE-NAME:UNC Asheville X-SOURCE-URL:https://go.unca.edu/campus-rec/esports END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Reynolds Ball DTSTART:20260911T232700Z DTEND:20260912T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T002637Z UID:10000125-1789154820-1789164000@www.unca.edu CATEGORIES:dance,music DESCRIPTION:Update: The Reynolds Ball has been shifted to Saturday\, Septe mber\, 12th. \nCelebrate at the Reynolds Ball with an evening of music\, d ancing\, and Bulldog spirit. Enjoy a DJ and a dance floor on the Mini Quad . \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Accessibility\nUNC Asheville is committed to pro viding universal access to all of our events. If you have any questions ab out access or would like to request reasonable accommodations that will fa cilitate your full participation in the film screenings\, please contact S tephanie Bullick\, Director of Accessibility\, at accessibility@unca.edu. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T002637Z URL:https://www.unca.edu/event/reynolds-ball/ X-SOURCE-NAME:UNC Asheville X-SOURCE-URL:https://go.unca.edu/campus-rec/esports END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Appalachian Flooding in Fact and Fiction DTSTART:20260916T213000Z DTEND:20260916T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260814T050907Z UID:10000114-1789579800-1789585200@www.unca.edu CATEGORIES:education,literary DESCRIPTION:In “Appalachian Flooding in Fact and Fiction\,” Nico Zegre \, Ph.D.\, explores how floods work\, what flooding looks like in Appalach ia\, and why floods are changing. He will discuss how the region’s steep topography\, narrow valleys\, and limited flat land for development contr ibute to significant flood risks\, as well as how flooding connects Appala chian communities through space and time. \nLiterary scholar Jessica Cory\ , Ph.D.\, examines representations of flooding in Appalachian literature\, from early works to contemporary depictions in twenty-first-century texts \, including the recent anthologies Had I a Dove: Appalachian Poets on the Helene Flood\, edited by Hilda Downer\, and Troublesome Rising: A Thousan d-Year Flood in Eastern Kentucky\, edited by Melissa Helton. Through mappi ng literary floods across the region\, Cory explores how water connects us \, even in disastrous ways. \nThis event is free and open to the public\; however\, registration is encouraged. Register Here \n  \n“Appalachian Flooding in Fact and Fiction” is the third event in the “Rising Waters : Writing Place and Environment” Thomas Howerton Professorship lecture s eries presented by the UNC Asheville English Department. This three-year s eries features humanities scholars in conversation with natural sciences s cholars about issues affecting us all. \nJessica Cory\nJessica Cory\, Ph.D .\, is a settler scholar and the editor of Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review\, published since 1972 at Appalachian State University. Sh e holds a PhD in Native American\, African American\, and environmental li teratures from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and is also the editor of Mountains Piled upon Mountains: Appalachian Nature Writing i n the Anthropocene (WVU Press\, 2019) and the co-editor (with Laura Wright ) of Appalachian Ecocriticism and the Paradox of Place (UGA Press\, 2023). Her chapbook\, Disposable\, was published in 2026 with Sheila-Na-Gig edit ions. Cory’s scholarship and creative writing have appeared in the North Carolina Literary Review\, ISLE\, North Dakota Quarterly\, Still: The Jou rnal\, and many other venues. Born and raised in the foothills of southern Ohio\, she now calls western North Carolina home. \nNico Zegre\nNicolas Z egre\, Ph. D.\, is a professor of forest hydrology and director of the Mou ntain Hydrology Lab and River Conservation & Management Program at West Vi rginia University. His research and teaching focus broadly on freshwater s ecurity at the intersection of landscape\, people\, and climate in the App alachian Mountains. He is committed to developing meaningful\, accessible\ , and actionable knowledge\, data\, tools\, and applications that inform a daptation\, enhance public discourse\, and promulgate policy. Zegre uses t ools such as field measurements\, experiments\, models\, and technology to explore how watersheds work. Likewise\, he uses participatory action and community-engaged research approaches that aim to expand participation in knowledge generation and resilience planning. He sees our world through th e lens of water shaped by a lifetime of river exploration. Zegre holds a P hD in forest engineering with a focus on hydrology from Oregon State Unive rsity. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Accessibility\nUNC Asheville is committed t o providing universal access to all of our events. If you have any questio ns about access or would like to request reasonable accommodations that wi ll facilitate your full participation in the film screenings\, please cont act Stephanie Bullick\, Director of Accessibility\, at accessibility@unca .edu. LAST-MODIFIED:20260814T050907Z URL:https://www.unca.edu/event/appalachian-flooding-in-fact-and-fiction/ X-SOURCE-NAME:UNC Asheville X-SOURCE-URL:https://go.unca.edu/campus-rec/esports END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Rockypalooza DTSTART:20260918T210000Z DTEND:20260919T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260821T002654Z UID:10000127-1789750800-1789761600@www.unca.edu CATEGORIES:community,festival,food,music DESCRIPTION:Rockypalooza brings the campus community together on the Quad for a festival-style evening filled with great food\, live entertainment\, student performances\, interactive activities\, games\, and more! Connect with fellow Bulldogs\, explore campus organizations\, celebrate school sp irit\, and enjoy a night of music\, fun\, and community. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ n\n Accessibility\nUNC Asheville is committed to providing universal ac cess to all of our events. If you have any questions about access or would like to request reasonable accommodations that will facilitate your full participation in the film screenings\, please contact Stephanie Bullick\, Director of Accessibility\, at accessibility@unca.edu. LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T002654Z URL:https://www.unca.edu/event/41485/ X-SOURCE-NAME:UNC Asheville X-SOURCE-URL:https://go.unca.edu/campus-rec/esports END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Choosing Peace After Loss: Israel/Palestine\, Civil Discourse\, an d the Courage to Listen DTSTART:20261004T180000Z DTEND:20261004T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T002859Z UID:10000128-1791122400-1791129600@www.unca.edu CATEGORIES:community,literary DESCRIPTION:The UNC Asheville Center for Jewish Studies presents Aziz Abu Sarah\, co-author of “The Future Is Peace: A Shared Journey Across the H oly Land.” Drawing from his experiences and work in peacebuilding\, Abu Sarah will explore nonviolence\, dialogue\, shared humanity\, and the poss ibility of choosing peace after profound loss. \nThe presentation will be followed by a book signing. This event is free and open to the public and will take place in the Blue Ridge Room of Highsmith Student Union. \nClick here to register for this event. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Accessibility\nU NC Asheville is committed to providing universal access to all of our even ts. If you have any questions about access or would like to request reason able accommodations that will facilitate your full participation in the fi lm screenings\, please contact Stephanie Bullick\, Director of Accessibili ty\, at accessibility@unca.edu. LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T002859Z URL:https://www.unca.edu/event/choosing-peace-after-loss-israel-palestine- civil-discourse-and-the-courage-to-listen/ X-SOURCE-NAME:UNC Asheville X-SOURCE-URL:https://go.unca.edu/campus-rec/esports END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Katherine Min Memorial Reading with Jennifer Sperry Steinorth DTSTART:20261008T220000Z DTEND:20261009T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T184651Z UID:10000131-1791482400-1791489600@www.unca.edu CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Jennifer Sperry Steinorth will visit UNC Asheville for the Kat herine Min Memorial Reading. The reading will be held in the Blue Ridge Ro om of Highsmith Student Union and is free and open to the public. \nAbout Jennifer Sperry Steinorth \nJennifer Sperry Steinorth’s books include “Boys Behind Glass\,” “Her Read: A Graphic Poem\,” and “A Wake w ith Nine Shades.” She is a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Prize\, a recipi ent of the Foreword Reviews Bronze Prize for Poetry\, and a recipient of t he Fred Whitehead Award from the Texas Institute of Letters. A poet\, educ ator\, interdisciplinary artist & licensed builder\, she has received gran ts from Yale\, Vermont Studio Center\, the Sewanee Writers Conference\, an d the Community of Writers & the Institute for Research on Women & Gender at the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor\, where she is a lecturer in the English Department. She is currently at work on a biography of American p oet\, C.D. Wright. \nThis event is part of the 2026-27 Visiting Writers Se ries presented by the UNC Asheville English Department. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n Accessibility\nUNC Asheville is committed to providing universal acc ess to all of our events. If you have any questions about access or would like to request reasonable accommodations that will facilitate your full p articipation in the film screenings\, please contact Stephanie Bullick\, D irector of Accessibility\, at accessibility@unca.edu. LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T184651Z URL:https://www.unca.edu/event/katherine-min-memorial-reading-with-jennife r-sperry-steinorth/ X-SOURCE-NAME:UNC Asheville X-SOURCE-URL:https://go.unca.edu/campus-rec/esports END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Lea and Heffernan of Wheelchair Sports Camp DTSTART:20261009T190000Z DTEND:20261010T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T184651Z UID:10000130-1791558000-1791576000@www.unca.edu CATEGORIES:community,music DESCRIPTION:Gaelynn Lea and Kalyn Rose Heffernan of Wheelchair Sports Camp will visit UNC Asheville for an afternoon talk and evening performance. \ nAt 3 p.m.\, Lea and Heffernan will discuss disability culture\, access\, and activism\, sharing their experiences as artists and advocates working to make the arts more inclusive. \nAt 6 p.m.\, Wheelchair Sports Camp will take the stage for a free performance. Lea\, winner of NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Contest\, is an accomplished violinist\, songwriter\, composer\, and disability advocate who has performed around the world and composed the s core for Macbeth on Broadway.  \nWheelchair Sports Camp\, led by wheelcha ir-using rapper Kalyn Rose Heffernan\, blends hip-hop\, humor\, and high-e nergy performance. The Denver-based band has expanded its work beyond musi c into performance art\, museums\, theater\, film\, and activism. \nBoth e vents are free and open to the public and will take place in the Blue Ridg e Room of the Highsmith Student Union. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Accessibili ty\nUNC Asheville is committed to providing universal access to all of our events. If you have any questions about access or would like to request r easonable accommodations that will facilitate your full participation in t he film screenings\, please contact Stephanie Bullick\, Director of Access ibility\, at accessibility@unca.edu. LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T184651Z URL:https://www.unca.edu/event/gaelynn-lea-wheelchair-sports-camp/ X-SOURCE-NAME:UNC Asheville X-SOURCE-URL:https://go.unca.edu/campus-rec/esports END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Birding English: A History of the English Language Through Birds DTSTART:20261015T220000Z DTEND:20261015T231500Z DTSTAMP:20260901T002637Z UID:10000129-1792087200-1792091700@www.unca.edu CATEGORIES:outdoors DESCRIPTION:Join Jeremy Withers\, Ph.D.\, of Iowa State University in the Laurel Forum (KAR 139) for a discussion of his new book\, “Birding Engli sh”\, which explains key moments in the history of the English language through birds. This event is ideal for word nerds and bird nerds alike! \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nAccessibility\nUNC Asheville is committed to provi ding universal access to all of our events. If you have any questions abou t access or would like to request reasonable accommodations that will faci litate your full participation in the film screenings\, please contact Ste phanie Bullick\, Director of Accessibility\, at accessibility@unca.edu. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T002637Z URL:https://www.unca.edu/event/birding-english-a-history-of-the-english-la nguage-through-birds/ X-SOURCE-NAME:UNC Asheville X-SOURCE-URL:https://go.unca.edu/campus-rec/esports END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR