Special Events

The Rosen-Schaffel Young Artist Competition

Event date: 
Sunday, July 24, 2011 - 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: 
Rosen Concert Hall
Admission: 
$7

An Appalachian Summer Festival proudly announces the inaugural season of The Rosen-Schaffel Young Artist Competition! Co-presented by the festival and the university's highly acclaimed Hayes School of Music, the competition has been established in memory of Mrs. Muriel Rosen, who with her husband Arnold served as founding patrons of An Appalachian Summer Festival.

Sponsor: 
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Contact name: 
Farthing Auditorium Box Office
Contact email: 
boxoffice@appstate.edu
Contact telephone: 
(800) 841-ARTS or (828) 262-4046
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Open Rehearsal: Arsenic & Old Lace and new dance works-in-progress

Event date: 
Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Valborg Theatre
Admission: 
Free

Join us for "Open Rehearsal Night" as the university's highly acclaimed Department of Theatre & Dance prepares for its upcoming "Front of the Curtain Festival," scheduled for August 10 - 13, 2011.

Sponsor: 
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Contact name: 
Farthing Auditorium Box Office
Contact email: 
boxoffice@appstate.edu
Contact telephone: 
(800) 841-ARTS or (828) 262-4046
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Movies on the Lawn: Wild & Scenic Film Festival

Event date: 
Saturday, July 16, 2011 - 9:00pm - 10:30pm
Location: 
Duck Pond Field
Admission: 
Free

Pack a late night snack, bring your blanket or lawn chair, and join us for movies under the stars featuring these and other short films!

Bag It

Try going a day without plastic. In this touching and often flat-out-funny film, "everyman" Jeb Berrier embarks on a global tour to unravel the complexities of our plastic world. What starts as a film about plastic bags evolves into a wholesale investigation into plastic and its effect on our planet and lives. We see how our crazy-for-plastic world has finally caught up to us and what we can do about it. Today. Right now.

Sponsor: 
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Contact name: 
Farthing Auditorium Box Office
Contact email: 
boxoffice@appstate.edu
Contact telephone: 
(800) 841-ARTS or (828) 262-4046

Film series: Séraphine

Event date: 
Monday, July 18, 2011 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Farthing Auditorium
Admission: 
$10

Pre-film talk at 8pm; film starts at approximately 8:30pm.

Awestruck by the vibrant and imaginative artwork of uneducated housekeeper Séraphine Louis, German art critic, Wilhelm Unde, takes the promising painter under his wing. Though her neighbors and others dismiss Séraphine's work, Unde is determined to turn the obscure French artist into a star in this revelatory biopic.

Unrated; Directed by Martin Provost (2008); 125 minutes

Sponsor: 
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Contact name: 
Farthing Auditorium Box Office
Contact email: 
boxoffice@appstate.edu
Contact telephone: 
(800) 841-ARTS or (828) 262-4046
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Film series: Mao's Last Dancer

Event date: 
Thursday, July 7, 2011 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Farthing Auditorium
Admission: 
$10

Pre-film talk at 8pm; film starts at approximately 8:30pm.

11-year-old peasant villager Li Cunxin is chosen by Madame Mao's Beijing Dance Academy to study ballet in far-off Beijing, where he trains for seven grueling years to become one of China's greatest dancers. His efforts win him the opportunity to dance in America, opening his eyes to a new love and the possibility of a dramatic defection from China in this remarkable true story based on Cunxin's autobiography.

Rated PG; Directed by Bruce Beresford (2010); 117 minutes

Sponsor: 
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Contact name: 
Farthing Auditorium Box Office
Contact email: 
boxoffice@appstate.edu
Contact telephone: 
(800) 841-ARTS or (828) 262-4046
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The Broyhill Chamber Ensemble

Event date: 
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Rosen Concert Hall
Admission: 
$18 / $16.20 / $10
Sponsor: 
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Contact name: 
Farthing Auditorium Box Office
Contact email: 
boxoffice@appstate.edu
Contact telephone: 
(800) 841-ARTS or (828) 262-4046
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The Broyhill Chamber Ensemble

Event date: 
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Rosen Concert Hall
Admission: 
$18 / $16.20 / $10

Left: Gil Morgenstern. Right: Hiromi Fukuda.

Sponsor: 
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Contact name: 
Farthing Auditorium Box Office
Contact email: 
boxoffice@appstate.edu
Contact telephone: 
(800) 841-ARTS or (828) 262-4046
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The Broyhill Chamber Ensemble

Event date: 
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Rosen Concert Hall
Admission: 
$18 / $16.20 / $10

Clockwise from top left: Gil Morgenstern, Dan Panner, Benjamin Ho

Sponsor: 
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Contact name: 
Farthing Auditorium Box Office
Contact email: 
boxoffice@appstate.edu
Contact telephone: 
(800) 841-ARTS or (828) 262-4046
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The Manhattan Transfer

Event date: 
Saturday, July 30, 2011 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Farthing Auditorium
Admission: 
$40 / $35.60 / $22 / $21 / $15

"...arguably the most honored and respected vocal quartet today." - Goldmine Magazine

Sponsor: 
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Contact name: 
Farthing Auditorium Box Office
Contact email: 
boxoffice@appstate.edu
Contact telephone: 
(800) 841-ARTS or (828) 262-4046

Mountain Heart with Tony Rice

Event date: 
Friday, July 29, 2011 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Farthing Auditorium
Admission: 
$28 / $24.92 / $16 / $15 / $10

Sponsored by SkyBest Communications, Inc. and Goodnight Brothers.

Acoustic music proves timeless with the union of these two groundbreaking artists. Legendary guitar master Tony Rice shares the stage with breakout stars Mountain Heart as they share their innovative ways of altering traditional acoustic music to make a sound all their own.

Sponsor: 
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Contact name: 
Farthing Auditorium Box Office
Contact email: 
boxoffice@appstate.edu
Contact telephone: 
(800) 841-ARTS or (828) 262-4046