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Appalachian Mountain Brewery hosted its fourth annual Daniel Boone Rail Jam Saturday. It was a ski and snowboarding event open to the public and held on slopes made of snow produced on site, despite the warm weather. The event was hosted on St. Patrick’s Day at Horn in the West and included new ramp locations
Art department assistant professor Joshua White held an event called Tin for $10 on Feb. 23 to help fund photography students’ trip to the Society of Photographic Education conference in Philadelphia. For $10, participants posed for tintype photos, images chemically printed onto metal sheets. Check out the process here. Photos by: Lindsay Vaughn, Senior Photographer
On Feb. 27, Appalachian State University hosted Christopher Everett’s documentary “Wilmington on Fire,” which documents the Wilmington coup of 1898. “‘Wilmington on Fire’ chronicles the bloody attack on the African-American community that unseated elected officials in the port city of Wilmington, North Carolina, on November 10, 1898,” according to the description for the movie. “The
Dance Marathon is an annual charity event organized by Appalachian and the Community Together that took place Saturday in Legends. It lasted 15 hours and consisted of dancing, face painting, food and more. The intent of the Dance Marathon is to raise money for two local nonprofits, Western Youth Network and Parent to Parent Family Support
The Cultural Awareness and Student Engagement council presented their annual Tunnel of Oppression event on Monday in a collaboration with 12 other campus organizations. The Tunnel of Oppression featured a series of interactive exhibits discussing social issues faced by students on campus. The event’s organizer, Ana Dell, said that orchestrating and holding Tunnel of Oppression
The hip-hop group Migos will be performing at the Holmes Convocation Center on April 5, according to an announcement published on the Appalachian Popular Programming Society website on Feb. 20. Migos is a hip-hop trio hailing from Lawrenceville, Georgia. The group’s members are known by their stage names, Quavo, Takeoff and Offset. Their third album,
On Feb. 15, 16 and 17 at 7 p.m., Appalachian’s Playcrafters will be holding their annual New Play Festival in the I.G. Greer Studio Theatre. Playcrafters, a student organization affiliated with the university’s Department of Theatre and Dance, was founded in 1933 and is one of the oldest student organizations at the university. This spring’s
On Feb. 16, the Henderson Springs LGBT Center will revamp the glitz and glam of the high school prom in the organization’s annual Second Chance Dance. The dance, which will feature music, food and a photo booth, is intended as an opportunity for LGBT students to attend a prom while feeling comfortable bringing who they
This February is Black History Month, a month dedicated to the celebration of black culture, history and the contributions black people have made to our country and world. At Appalachian State, campus organizations are partnering to offer community-wide educational and celebratory events throughout the month. Among the countless events being held this month are movie
On Feb. 10, Appalachian State will officially celebrate the 10th Annual Old-Time Fiddlers Convention in the Plemmons Student Union. For nine years, Appalachian has celebrated the traditional sound of the mountains through an event that invites local musicians, artisans and vendors to Appalachian State in the valley. On Feb. 10, the convention will begin at 10
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