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Aiming to foster a greater understanding and appreciation of the humanities in the local community.

04/21/2026

This Thursday, April 23rd from 6:00-7:00 PM, join the Music Humanities Community Conversations series for Professor Olivia H. Phillips’ (Appalachian State University) talk, “‘I Shall Not be Moved’: African American Music, Community, and Memory in Western Watauga County.”

Professor Phillips will discuss the musical lives of African American community members in Beaver Dam, North Carolina. Her talk draws from Folk-Legacy Records’ archival song recordings featuring Mount Olive Baptist Church congregation members and interviews with members of Beaver Dam’s historic Black community to illustrate the profound presence and influence of African American musical traditions in Appalachian culture.

This free public event will take place in the Broyhill Music Center in Schaffel Recital Hall. We hope to see you there!

04/14/2026

Thank you for joining us at the discussion of “Environment and Sustainability," and thanks to our speakers, Dr. Ozzie Ostwalt and Dr. Kirstin Waldkoenig! This event concluded our "Philosophy and Religious Studies in the Contemporary World" series, presented in collaboration with App State Philosophy & Religion.

We hope to see many of you again at one of the upcoming affiliate events, such as the Blowing Rock Art & History Museum's "Artist Talk with Patrick Dougherty" 🎨 (at the LLC Great Hall on Apr. 16 at 6:30 p.m.), or Toy Sheep Microcinema's screening of _Don't Let the Riverbeast Get You!_ 📽 (on May 1st at 8:30 p.m. at the Appalachian Theatre).

College of Arts and Sciences at Appalachian State University

03/29/2026

Community members, mark your calendars for our final event of the academic year!

High Country Humanities and the Department of Philosophy and Religion will host talks on 🌍 "Environment and Sustainability" with Dr. Ozzie Ostwalt (Religious Studies) and Dr. Kirstin Waldkoenig (Philosophy).

The event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. It will take place on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Belk Library and Information Commons 114, located at 218 College Street in Boone. Attendees may use the College Street Parking Deck next to the Belk Library and Information Commons free of charge beginning at 5 p.m.

For details, visit [email protected].

College of Arts and Sciences at Appalachian State University | App State Philosophy & Religion

03/26/2026

Community members, please join High Country Humanities and our affiliates for these upcoming events! All of them are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

On 4/2, the Blowing Rock Art & History Museum will present "Called to Response: Thomas McLamb explores Patrick Dougherty: Pilgrimage" from 6:00-7:00 p.m. in the Fort Gallery. Thomas McLamb will perform two pieces responding to Patrick Daugherty's Pilgrimage.

On 4/8, join High Country Humanities for two talks on "Environment and Sustainability" with Dr. Kirstin Waldkoenig (Philosophy) and Dr. Ozzie Ostwalt (Religious Studies). The event will take place from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Belk Library, room 114.

On 4/8, the Department of English will host Gary Wheeler as part of their Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series. A craft talk will take place from 3:30-4:45 p.m. in Plemmons, room 201B, and there will be a reading at 6:00 p.m. in the same location. This event will be followed by a book sale and signing.

On 5/1, join Toy Sheep Microcinema for a celebration and screening: "Cult Graduation Evening and Craig Fischer’s Birthday Party, featuring the film, _Don't Let the Riverbeast Get You_." The event will be at 8:30 pm in the Community Room of the Appalachian Theatre.

For details, visit hchumanities.appstate.edu.

College of Arts and Sciences at Appalachian State University

03/23/2026

This upcoming event presented by a HCH affiliate is FREE and OPEN to the public.

On Tuesday, March 24th, Dr. Ari Blatt (Professor of French at the University of Virginia) will give a talk on "Art & the Environs of Greater Paris." The event will take place in Plemmons Student Union 417 (Beacon Heights) at 5:00 p.m.

This event is presented by the Appalachian State University Dept. of Languages, Literatures and Cultures. For details, visit dllc.appstate.edu/news-events.

College of Arts and Sciences at Appalachian State University

03/22/2026

Thank you to all the families who joined us for International Story Time! A special thank you to Dr. Paul Worley and his students for their wonderful rendition of La Jugada del día by Ariadna Sánchez. We are also grateful to the Watauga County Public Library for hosting us and to Dr. Donna Bonner for organizing this series.

Community members, we hope you will join us for our last event of the semester. On Wednesday, April 8, 2026, Dr. Ozzie Ostwalt and Dr. Kirstin Waldkoenig will present "Environment and Sustainability" from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in room 114 of Belk Library.

This event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Attendees may use the College Street Parking Deck next to the Belk Library and Information Commons free of charge beginning at 5 p.m.

For details visit, hchumanities.appstate.edu.

College of Arts and Sciences at Appalachian State University

03/12/2026

On 3/19, join the Civil War Speakers Series for “Bodies on the Brink: The Surgeon’s Dilemma and the Vicksburg Campaign.” The event will take place from 6:00-7:30 p.m. in the I.G. Greer Auditorium (401 Academy Street). It will be presented by Dr. Lindsay Rae Smith Privette, associate professor of history at Anderson University and author of _The Surgeon’s Battle: How Medicine Won the Vicksburg Campaign and Changed the Civil War_.

This event is free and open to the public. Visit hchumanities.appstate.edu for more information.

College of Arts and Sciences at Appalachian State University

03/05/2026

Thank you to all who joined us at the discussion of "Mindfulness and
Mental Health." A special thanks to our speakers, Dr. Cuong Mai and Dr. Matt Ruble!

This event launched this year's "Philosophy and Religious Studies in the Contemporary World," presented by High Country Humanities in collaboration with App State Philosophy & Religion.

The next event in this series, "Environment and Sustainability" with Dr. Ozzie Ostwalt
and Dr. Kirstin Waldkoenig, will take place on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in room 114 of Belk Library. The event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

Attendees may use the College Street Parking Deck next to the Belk Library and Information Commons free of charge beginning at 5 p.m.

For details visit, hchumanities.appstate.edu.

College of Arts and Sciences at Appalachian State University

03/04/2026

We hope you'll join us for some of these free public events presented by High Country Humanities and our affiliates!

On Wed., 3/4, join us for "Mindfulness and Mental Health" with Dr. Cuong Mai and Dr. Matt Ruble in room 1102 of the Turchin Center of the Visual Arts from 6:30-7:30 p.m. with a light reception to follow. App State Philosophy & Religion

On Wed., 3/18, there will be a 3:30 p.m. reading and a 6:00 p.m. craft talk by Tim Earley in Plemmons Student Union 201B as part of the Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series. Department of English at Appstate

On Thurs., 3/19 from 3:30-4:30 p.m., we will host the fourth installment of International Storytime at the Watauga County Public Library with Dr. Paul Worley, who will read _La Jugada del día_.

Also on Thurs., 3/19 from 6:00-7:30 p.m., the Civil War Speaker Series will present “Bodies on the Brink: The Surgeon’s Dilemma and the Vicksburg Campaign” with Dr. Lindsay Rae Smith Privette in I. G. Greer Auditorium.

On Thurs., 3/26, there will be a 3:30 p.m. reading and a 6:00 p.m. craft talk by Lillian Yvonne-Bertram in Plemmons Student Union 201B as part of the Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series.

For details on these upcoming events and others, visit hchumanities.appstate.edu.

College of Arts and Sciences at Appalachian State University

03/03/2026

Many thanks to the many people who joined us at the Boone Docs Film Festival for the screening and discussion of _A Beast Touch the Mountain_!

A special thanks to the organizers, Beth Davison, Tom Hansell, Anne Ward (Appalachian State University Department of Communication), Jason Deathridge (Appalachian Theatre), and Krystal Carter, as well as to the filmmaker, James Mottern, and Dr. Julie Shepherd-Powell (Appalachian Studies) for leading the panel.

We hope that many of you will join us again on Wednesday, March 4 for talks on “Mindfulness and Mental Health” by Dr. Cuong Mai (Philosophy) and Dr. Matt Ruble (Religious Studies) from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, room 1102. This event is free and open to the public. Attendees may use the College Street Parking Deck next to the Belk Library and Information Commons free of charge beginning at 5 p.m.

For details, visit hchumanities.appstate.edu.

College of Arts and Sciences at Appalachian State University | Boone Docs Film Festival | App State Philosophy & Religion

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