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Wednesday, September 27, 2023
The following is a press release from Rachel Hood, the Bardo Arts Center marketing manager | 828.227.2505 | rhood@wcu.edu Cullowhee, NC | The best-selling author and well-known NPR humorist, playwright, and comedian David Sedaris returns to Cullowhee for An Evening with David Sedaris. With more than 16 million copies of […]
The School of Stage and Screen will be presenting “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, the first play of the semester, at 7:30 p.m. October 5-7 and 3 p.m. on October 8. The stage crew has been rehearsing and preparing since June with the cast joining rehearsals since August 29. Director […]
The Bardo Arts Center stage will come to life on Monday, October 23 at 7:30 for a full screening of “Coco” in Spanish accompanied by a 20-piece Latin ensemble. There will be an English screening October 24 at 7:30. The BAC welcomes all ages to an immersive journey through Disney […]
The following is a press release from Rachel Hood, the Bardo Arts Center marketing manager | 828.227.2505 | rhood@wcu.edu Cullowhee, NC | This August, the WCU Fine Art Museum opens the exhibition Spark of the Eagle Dancer: The Collecting Legacy of Lambert Wilson, featuring over 140 works of contemporary Native American art […]
Contact: Rachel Hood | Marketing Manager | Bardo Arts Center 828.227.2505 | rhood@wcu.edu Cullowhee, NC | Coming April 10, 2023, outside Western Carolina University’s Apodaca Science Building is a new sculpture by Spruce Pine artist Hoss Haley, titled Staurolite, that will be installed in the coming weeks. This new work is part of […]
The following is a press release from Hailey Hogan (hmhogan3@catamount.wcu.edu) Cullowhee, NC | It’s a classic battle, good vs. evil. Come see the WCU’s School of Stage & Screen’s production of “Jekyll & Hyde” on stage at the WCU Bardo Arts Center. Stage and Screen alum Cory Phelps directs this […]
On March 17, Campus Activities partnered with Student Government Association and Intercultural Affairs to bring the annual drag show back to Cullowhee. Axis Security ensured the community was safe. The show was hosted by Katarina SynClaire and featured Mayhem Miller, a drag queen who appeared on “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and […]
Aleaha Waldroup, a fine arts major, is trading her paint and brushes for ink, needles and human canvases as an apprentice at a tattoo shop in Hayesville, North Carolina. Waldroup enrolled at WCU in 2018 hoping to get a Bachelor of Arts with a concentration in painting. Instead of finishing […]
With bird collisions happening all around campus, there is one student advocating and fighting for these creatures through art. Studio Art major Amber Rousseau is a senior at WCU and is one of the first Bird Friendly Campus members. She focuses on birds through her art and scientifically through her […]
The 21st Spring Literary Festival will be held from March 20-23 on WCU’s campus. Numerous featured writers will be in attendance. Starting from WCU’s Visiting Writers Series, the Literary Festival has become an annual four-day event where local and visiting writers show their work to the students of Western with […]
