Category Archives: The Arts

Tweet Amanda Elliott of Lees-McRae College received the third annual North Carolina Campus Compact Community Impact Student Award during the Compact’s Student Conference held at High Point University last. Twenty-seven college students across the state received the award for making … Continue reading →

Tweet Celebrated novelist Lee Smith will present a program on her work in the Stafford Room of the Carson Library at Lees-McRae College on Thursday, April 23, at 1:00 p.m. Sponsored by the Stephenson Center for Appalachia, the event is … Continue reading →

Tweet On Tuesday, February 10, award-winning Cherokee singer/songwriter, Michael Jacobs, will visit Lees-McRae College, performing in MacDonald Dining Hall at noon and in Evans Auditorium at 3:30 p.m. So who is Michael Jacobs? There is no doubt that Cherokee recording artist … Continue reading →

Tweet Distinguished poet, novelist, and biographer Robert Morgan will present a program on his latest project, Boone: A Biography at Lees-McRae College on Thursday, February 5 at 7:00 p.m. in Evans Auditorium. Morgan, a native of Hendersonville, North Carolina, grew … Continue reading →

Tweet Lees-McRae College honored Dorothy M. “Dotti” Shelton and R. Edwin “Ed” Shelton, of Dobson and Banner Elk, NC, with the Rev. Edgar Tufts Founder’s Medal, the most prestigious non-academic award given by the College, as part of the College’s … Continue reading →

Tweet The Global Community Center at Lees-McRae College took on a new face last fall with the hire of director Scott Crawford. Crawford replaces previous director Robert Black and intern Justin Eads, who, along with Center founder and campus chaplain … Continue reading →

Tweet The John B. Stephenson Center for Appalachia at Lees-McRae College presents a poetry reading by Dr. Don Johnson, professor of English at East Tennessee State University on Monday, Nov. 24 at 7 p.m. in Evans Auditorium in the Cannon … Continue reading →

Tweet Lees-McRae College will offer an enrichment lecture series on Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning Oct. 28 led by Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant, Rashid Al-Hinai from Oman. Lecture topics will range from Ramadan and fasting to the legacy of the … Continue reading →

Tweet Lees-McRae College Performing Arts will present Godspell, a delightful musical retelling of the book of Mathew, Oct. 1-5 in Hayes Auditorium in Banner Elk. Parables from the Bible demonstrate truths that transcend many beliefs and religions throughout time: kindness, … Continue reading →

Tweet Lees-McRae College Performing Arts announces the 2008-2009 academic season performance schedule including Godspell, Dead Man Walking, The Roar of the Grease Paint…the Smell of the Crowd, and The Love of the Nightingale . The season will open Oct. 1 … Continue reading →

Tweet Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking and The Death of Innocents, is the featured speaker during Lees-McRae College’s Convocation ceremony Wednesday, August 27 at 3:30 p.m. in Hayes Auditorium. Convocation is an important part of the academic … Continue reading →

Tweet Learn more about Appalachian culture and the region during the John B. Stephenson Lecture Series on Appalachia at Lees-McRae College Wednesday evenings in July. Named in honor of the late Dr. John B. Stephenson, noted Appalachian and Scottish Highlands … Continue reading →

Tweet As an addition to the John B. Stephenson Center Lecture Series on Appalachia at Lees-McRae, Dr. Warren Doyle, a noted Appalachian scholar and member of the faculty at Lees-McRae, will present a series of lectures called Summer Sunday Evenings … Continue reading →

Tweet Daniel de Granville, Brazilian photojournalist and guide, will present slides of Brazil’s Pantanal: Flora, Fauna and People at Lees-McRae College June 24. The presentation will be held in King-Shivell Gallery in the Cannon Student Center from 7-8 p.m. Following … Continue reading →

Tweet Lees-McRae College offers exciting and enriching programs throughout the summer months, and is pleased to announce the schedule for summer 2008. Programs include exceptional Summer Theatre performances, fun and educational non-credit courses and enriching lectures on Appalachia. If you … Continue reading →

Tweet     More than 450 Lees-McRae College students, faculty and staff completed over 30 service projects during the College’s 4th Annual Mountain Day of Service on Thursday, April 17. Several groups chose to work on campus, planting flowers and spreading mulch, … Continue reading →

Tweet Join Lees-McRae’s wildlife rehabilitation students Monday, April 14 at 7 p.m. in Evans Auditorium as they share stories, photos and video from their month-long service trip to New Zealand. A group of ten students and two staff members from … Continue reading →

Tweet Lees-McRae College is set to host its annual Global Community Series April 7-10. The topic this spring focuses on moral leadership from the Baha’i perspective. The series will feature guest speakers and a dance performance. “This semester’s Global Community … Continue reading →

Tweet Lees-McRae College is one stop on the two-week tour of Tour Baby Deux! to raise $500,000 for collegiate cycling and the Davis Phinney Foundation. The tour makes a stop in Banner Elk on February 5 in Evans Auditorium with … Continue reading →

Tweet Lees-McRae College’s Division of Performing Arts will end the fall 2007 season with two performances of the annual Candlelight Christmas Concert in Hayes Auditorium. The first will be held following the High Country Christmas Reception, an Avery County alumni … Continue reading →

Tweet The Division of Performing Arts at Lees-McRae College has been rehearsing for weeks to prepare for the challenging Tennessee Williams play, Summer and Smoke. Come and see this interesting and entertaining show that runs Oct. 31 through Nov. 4. … Continue reading →

Tweet Dr. Curtis R. Ryan, Associate Professor of Political Science at Appalachian State University in Boone, is the lecturer for Lees-McRae College’s annual Staley Lectureship Series in September. The first of three lectures, “Christians in the Middle East” looks at … Continue reading →

Tweet       Kerry Kennedy, human rights activist and daughter of the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy, will be on campus at Lees-McRae College September 19.      At 2 p.m. in Hayes Auditorium, Kennedy will discuss with students and the community … Continue reading →

Tweet Lees-McRae College’s Opening Convocation ceremony is set for Wednesday, August 29 at 2 p.m. in Hayes Auditorium. This year’s convocation speaker is Erik Reece, author of Lost Mountain: A Year in the Vanishing Wilderness, the 2007 Summer Reading Book, … Continue reading →

Tweet Lees-McRae College is pleased to announce a gallery exhibition of selected paintings and permanent text installation by James Thatcher titled “Excerpts”. The selected paintings and permanent text installation will be on display in the King-Shivell Lounge of the Cannon … Continue reading →

Tweet      Join Lees-McRae College’s resident Appalachian expert and living legend Dr. Warren Doyle for three Sundays in July and explore the Appalachian Trail, Appalachian poetry and hear some 30,000 miles worth of trail stories.      On July 1, Doyle … Continue reading →

Tweet      Lees-McRae College welcomes author Dr. Len Indianer July 9 at 7 p.m. in Evans Auditorium for a presentation on his recently published novel, A Bridge to Elne. A reception and book signing will follow the presentation.      Based on … Continue reading →

Tweet      Due to inclement weather in mid-April, Kerry Kennedy, human rights activist and daughter of the late Robert F. Kennedy, who was scheduled to be on campus at Lees-McRae College April 16, has rescheduled her visit to September 19, 2007.      The … Continue reading →

Tweet Once On This Island Dates: Oct. 4-6 at 7:30 pm, Oct. 7 at 8:00, Oct. 8 at 2:00 pm The Little Mermaid story told in Haiti. This Musical offers Wonderful dancing and story telling. Directed by Janet Barton Speer … Continue reading →

The Lees-McRae College Board of Trustees voted unanimously to appoint Dr. David W. Bushman as the next president of the College on Monday, April 11, 2005. The appointment followed a national search over the past six months involving more than 90 qualified candidates for the presidency. Dr. Bushman’s appointment is effective immediately. Continue reading →

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