TWO IN-PERSON SHOWS! 5PM & 8PM (+ LIVESTREAM for 8PM) PAULA POUNDSTONE A Schaefer Popular Series Event Series Sponsorship provided by Westglow Resort & Spa, made possible through the generosity of Bonnie and Jamie Schaefer. Performance Sponsorship provided by Boone Area Visitors Bureau, Mast General Store, Goodnight Brothers, SkyBest Communications, Inc., and Appalachian Home Care LLC […]
THE BROYHILL CHAMBER SERIES presentsEMERSON STRING QUARTET Sponsored by McDonald’s of Boone This year’s series is dedicated to the memory of Larry Freiman, a generous and devoted supporter of An Appalachian Summer Festival’s classical music programming. Philip Setzer, Violin (1st in Beethoven)Eugene Drucker, Violin (1st in Purcell and Shostakovich)Lawrence Dutton, ViolaPaul Watkins, Cello The Emerson […]
Nikyla Boxley and Mariah Guillmette Weicholz Global Film Series presentsQuo Vadis, Aida? In Bosnian, Serbo-Croatian, Dutch and English with English subtitlesBosnia/Herzegovina, Not Rated, Directed by Jasmine Zbanic (2020), 103 minsStarring: Jasna Djuricic (Aida), Izudin Bajrovic (General Ratko Mladic) On July 11, 1995, the Serbian Army, under the command of Gen. Ratko Mladic, overran the […]
BROYHILL CHAMBER SERIES presentsCANADIAN BRASS Sponsored by McDonald’s of Boone This year’s series is dedicated to the memory of Larry Freiman, a generous and devoted supporter of An Appalachian Summer Festival’s classical music programming. Chuck Daellenbach - tubaElmer Churampi and Caleb Hudson - trumpetsAchilles Liarmakopoulos - tromboneJeff Nelsen - horn With an international reputation as one […]
The Lunch and Learn Lecture Series features interesting and informative virtual programming that provides a behind-the-scenes view of the festival’s offerings in the visual arts, music, theater and dance. Where are the birds? Retracing Audubon is an exhibition and book project reexamining John James Audubon’s epic life journey and the production of his hugely popular Birds […]
Jackie Alexander, NC Black Repertory Company Artistic DirectorMEET THE ARTISTS OF FREEDOM SUMMER In advance of NC Black Repertory Company's production of Freedom Summer, streaming on Thursday, July 15 as part of An Appalachian Summer Festival, NCBRC Artistic Director Jackie Alexander moderates this behind-the-scenes panel discussion with playwright Cynthia Grace Robinson and the leads of […]
Weicholz Global Film Series presentsThe Road to Mandalay In Burmese with English subtitlesMyanmar/Thailand, Not Rated, Directed by Midi Z (2016), 108 minStarring: Kai Ko (Guo), Ke-Xi Wu (Lianqing) Two young Burmese immigrants flee their country's civil war and desperate poverty to work illegally in Thailand. During their journey from Myanmar to Thailand, Guo falls in […]
Mariah Guillmette and Nikyla BoxleyNORTH CAROLINA BLACK REPERTORY COMPANY presentsFREEDOM SUMMER Written by Cynthia Grace RobinsonDirected by Jackie Alexander Freedom Summer tells the story of two sisters — Nora, who has started a new life “passing” as a white woman in Boston, and Carrie, who is preparing to travel to the deep South to register […]
THE BROYHILL CHAMBER SERIES presentsTESSA LARK AND MICHAEL THURBER Sponsored by McDonald’s of Boone This year’s series is dedicated to the memory of Larry Freiman, a generous and devoted supporter of An Appalachian Summer Festival’s classical music programming. Award-winning violinist Tessa Lark and virtuoso composer/bassist Michael Thurber have come together to create a duo unlike […]
The Lunch and Learn Lecture Series features interesting and informative virtual programming that provides a behind-the-scenes view of the festival’s offerings in the visual arts, music, theater and dance. Dulatown, located in Lenoir, North Carolina, is a community settled in 1855 and populated mostly by African Americans who share a kinship and the last name […]
photos by Dario AcostaTHE BROYHILL CHAMBER SERIES presentsTESLA QUARTET Sponsored by McDonald’s of Boone This year’s series is dedicated to the memory of Larry Freiman, a generous and devoted supporter of An Appalachian Summer Festival’s classical music programming. “Though free to think and act, we are held together, like the stars in the firmament, with […]
Weicholz Global Film Series presentsTransit In Hebrew, Filipino, Tagalog, and English with English subtitlesPhillipines/Israel, Not Rated, Directed by Hannah Espia (2014), 103 minStarring: Irma Adlawan (Janet), Ping Medina (Moises), Mercedes Cabral (Tina), Jasmine Curtis-Smith (Yael), Marc Justine Alvarez (Joshua) Janet, Moishe and Tina have left their homeland in search of a better life in Israel. […]
The Lunch and Learn Lecture Series features interesting and informative virtual programming that provides a behind-the-scenes view of the festival’s offerings in the visual arts, music, theater and dance. Dr. Alfred Münzer, Holocaust Child. Introduction by Racelle Weiman. Dr. Al Münzer, who was born to a Jewish family in the Netherlands during World War II, […]
ROSEN-SCHAFFEL COMPETITION: 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION featuring Andrew René and Morgan Short This event is dedicated to the memory of An Appalachian Summer Festival's longtime friend, generous supporter and competition benefactor Mark Tafeen. This performance and other classical music events at An Appalachian Summer Festival are supported by the Rosen-Schaffel Endowment for Classical Music Programing. Created […]
The Lunch and Learn Lecture Series features interesting and informative virtual programming that provides a behind-the-scenes view of the festival’s offerings in the visual arts, music, theater and dance. Rumination (noun) 1. a deep and considered thought about something. Cheryl Prisco is an abstract artist who is addicted to color and pattern, drawn to irreverence and visual […]
Weicholz Global Film Series presentsComplicity In Japanese and Mandarin with English subtitlesJapan/China, Not Rated, Directed by Kei Chikaura (2018), 116 minStarring: Yulai Lu (Liu Wei/Chen Liang), Tatsuya Fuji (Otousan, the Soba Master), Sayo Akasaka (Hazuki) Cheng Liang is a young Chinese immigrant living illegally in Japan who gets caught up in a theft ring, […]
photo by Kenneth Goldberg Festival Announcement: An Evening with Sarah Jones Rescheduled for October 7 Due to an unforeseen conflict with her filming schedule, Sarah Jones is rescheduling her July 29 performance with An Appalachian Summer Festival. Her new performance date will be Thursday, Oct. 7 as part of the Schaefer Center Presents series. We […]
Jody Servon, Pandemic LintThe Lunch and Learn Lecture Series features interactive and informative programming that provides a behind-the-scenes view of the festival’s offerings in the visual arts, music, theater and dance. Turchin Center Curator Mary Anne Redding moderates a panel discussion with Appalachian State University Art Department faculty members featured in the current biennial exhibition, […]
The Lunch and Learn Lecture Series features interactive and informative programming that offers a behind-the-scenes view of the festival’s offerings in the visual arts, music, theater and dance. Dale Pollock is a renowned film critic, movie producer and film professor who served as Dean and taught in the celebrated film school at UNC School of the Arts, where he […]
The Lunch and Learn Lecture Series features interactive and informative programming that provides a behind-the-scenes view of the festival’s offerings in the visual arts, music, theater and dance. Film Screening: DocuAppalachia: A Half Century Focus on the Environment. In 2017 an untitled, silent 16mm film reel from the 1970s was discovered in storage in Boone, NC. […]
The festival proudly presents the 11th annual Rosen-Schaffel Concerto Competition for Young & Emerging Artists, known for the pivotal role it has played in launching the careers of some of our region’s most promising young artists. This year the competition, in partnership with the Hayes School of Music, expands its eligibility to undergraduate collegiate musicians […]
PK camera team shooting in an unknown ghetto, c. 1941 (Image courtesy of Yad Vashem)The Lunch and Learn Lecture Series features interactive and informative programming that offers a behind-the-scenes view of the festival’s offerings in the visual arts, music, theater and dance. Most of the visual documentation of WWII, from the German side, originates from […]