• Appalachian Symphony Band and Appalachian Wind Ensemble: “Around the World”

    Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts 733 Rivers Street, Boone, NC, United States

    The Appalachian Symphony Band and Appalachian Wind Ensemble present a program of works in homage to history, culture, and adventure from around the world! Among the pieces are Julie Giroux’s KHAN, which depicts Genghis Khan and his army on the move, and Percy Grainger's Lincolnshire Posy, a bunch of “musical wildflowers” based on folksongs collected in Lincolnshire, […]

    Free
  • Magic Carpet Ride

    She Kills Monsters
    IG Greer Studio Theatre 401 Academy Street, Boone, NC, United States

    The First Year Showcase is a short, immersive, welcoming process for incoming first year and transfer students. Working with upper-level students and faculty mentors, students create a collaborative, site-specific promenade performance. Participants work together to frame how we look at architecture and our environment through movement and performance. The 2026 performance, Magic Carpet Ride, will specifically […]

  • PVRIS

    Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts 733 Rivers Street, Boone, NC, United States

    PVRIS (pronounced “Paris”) burst onto the scene blending haunting atmospheres with razor-sharp hooks, led by the powerhouse that is Lynn Gunn. Hailing from Massachusetts, they quickly made waves with their genre-blurring sound — melding rock, synthpop, and dark electronica into anthems built for both the club and the mosh pit. Debut album White Noise became […]

  • Magic Carpet Ride

    She Kills Monsters
    IG Greer Studio Theatre 401 Academy Street, Boone, NC, United States

    The First Year Showcase is a short, immersive, welcoming process for incoming first year and transfer students. Working with upper-level students and faculty mentors, students create a collaborative, site-specific promenade performance. Participants work together to frame how we look at architecture and our environment through movement and performance. The 2026 performance, Magic Carpet Ride, will specifically […]

  • Magic Carpet Ride

    She Kills Monsters
    IG Greer Studio Theatre 401 Academy Street, Boone, NC, United States

    The First Year Showcase is a short, immersive, welcoming process for incoming first year and transfer students. Working with upper-level students and faculty mentors, students create a collaborative, site-specific promenade performance. Participants work together to frame how we look at architecture and our environment through movement and performance. The 2026 performance, Magic Carpet Ride, will specifically […]

  • Appalachian Symphony Orchestra: “Fire”

    Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts 733 Rivers Street, Boone, NC, United States

    The Appalachian Symphony Orchestra starts the year off with fire, performing Stravinsky's breathtakingly colorful “The Firebird Suite,” Marquez’s joyous “Conga del fuego nuevo,” and the world premiere of Hayes School of Music alumna Caroline Goforth’s “Springtime in the Mountains,” winner of the 2025 HSOM Composition Competition. The ASO will also be joined by HSOM violin […]

    Free
  • Life Sucks.

    She Kills Monsters
    Valborg Theatre 480 Howard Street, Boone, NC, United States

    Adapted by Aaron Posner from Anton Checkhov’s Uncle Vanya Directed by Elizabeth Parks This is a play about love and longing. In this contemporary reworking of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, a group of old friends, ex-lovers, estranged in-laws, and lifelong frenemies gather to grapple with life’s thorniest questions, the state of the world, and each other. Over drinks, fights, […]

  • Life Sucks.

    She Kills Monsters
    Valborg Theatre 480 Howard Street, Boone, NC, United States

    Adapted by Aaron Posner from Anton Checkhov’s Uncle VanyaDirected by Elizabeth ParksThis is a play about love and longing. In this contemporary reworking of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, a group of old friends, ex-lovers, estranged in-laws, and lifelong frenemies gather to grapple with life’s thorniest questions, the state of the world, and each other. Over drinks, fights, and moments […]

  • Life Sucks.

    She Kills Monsters
    Valborg Theatre 480 Howard Street, Boone, NC, United States

    Adapted by Aaron Posner from Anton Checkhov’s Uncle VanyaDirected by Elizabeth ParksThis is a play about love and longing. In this contemporary reworking of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, a group of old friends, ex-lovers, estranged in-laws, and lifelong frenemies gather to grapple with life’s thorniest questions, the state of the world, and each other. Over drinks, fights, and moments […]

  • Life Sucks.

    She Kills Monsters
    Valborg Theatre 480 Howard Street, Boone, NC, United States

    Adapted by Aaron Posner from Anton Checkhov’s Uncle VanyaDirected by Elizabeth ParksThis is a play about love and longing. In this contemporary reworking of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, a group of old friends, ex-lovers, estranged in-laws, and lifelong frenemies gather to grapple with life’s thorniest questions, the state of the world, and each other. Over drinks, fights, and moments […]

  • Life Sucks.

    She Kills Monsters
    Valborg Theatre 480 Howard Street, Boone, NC, United States

    Adapted by Aaron Posner from Anton Checkhov’s Uncle VanyaDirected by Elizabeth ParksThis is a play about love and longing. In this contemporary reworking of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, a group of old friends, ex-lovers, estranged in-laws, and lifelong frenemies gather to grapple with life’s thorniest questions, the state of the world, and each other. Over drinks, fights, and moments […]

  • C.S. Lewis On Stage: Further Up & Further In

    Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts 733 Rivers Street, Boone, NC, United States

    presented by Fellowship for the Performing Arts – US Tours Award-winning actor Max McLean’s tour de force performance captures C.S. Lewis’ magnetic personality, astonishing eloquence and laugh-out-loud wit to create an onstage experience venturing deep into the soul of one of the most influential thinkers of the past century. Using Lewis’ own words, this dazzling, multi-media […]