Zombies from the Beyond, a Musical
April 9-12; 7:30 pm on April 9, 10, 11; 2:30 pm on April 12
Zombies from the Beyond is an American musical comedy with book, music, and lyrics by James Valcq. The show examines American ideals and foibles during the era of President Dwight D. Eisenhower in a tone that is often parodistic and sometimes genuinely satiric, all following closely the structural form of grade-B space paranoia films that were popular during the 1950s. Directed by Joel Rogers; $10 for adults, free for students.
HIV/AIDS Education Panel
April 10, 11 am – 2 pm, Peterson Conference Room, Moore Building
The HIV/AIDS Education Panel will include an HIV positive speaker; information on HIV/AIDS; free, confidential HIV testing; and the opportunity to ask confidential questions about HIV/AIDS. The event will be in Peterson conference room located in the Blackwell building. The event is hosted by Dr. Tom Destino, professor of education, and Dakota Martin, a social work major.
Fiddlin’ 5K “Run for the Music” Road Race
April 11, 9 am – 12 noon, Upper Quad, MHU
The Fiddlin’ 5K is hosted by MHU’s Liston B. Ramsey Center for Regional Studies, to benefit the Bascom Lamar Lunsford “Minstrel of Appalachia” Festival and the Junior Appalachian Musicians, a program of the Madison County Arts Council that teaches mountain traditions through music and dance education.
The race will begin and end on the upper quad of the university and includes a kids’ dash, as well as traditional music all along the route. Special performances by The Midnight Cowboys on the quad. Register or get more information at lunsfordfestival.com/home/fiddling-5k/, or contact Hannah Furguiele at hfurguiele@mhu.edu of 828/689-1571.
Senior Exhibiton: Grace Diepenbrock, Hollie Reid, Allison Ward
April 13 – May 8, 2015, Weizenblatt Gallery
Opening Reception: April 16, 6-8 pm; Open weekdays, 10 am – 4 pm.
Allison Ward is a senior from Wilmington, NC, who will graduate with two degrees in art and art therapy and a minor in psychology. The work she will exhibit will focus on photography of nature and people.
Hollie Reid is a senior from Woodfin, NC. Her favorite media are photography and graphic design. She will graduate with a degree in art with a concentration in graphic design and a minor in Art History. Her exhibited work will focus on nature photography in the Appalachian Mountains.
Grace Diepenbrock is a senior from Wilmington, North Carolina. She will graduate with a bachelor’s degree in studio art, with minors in art history and English. Her artistic studies at Mars Hill have focused on drawing and painting, and she seeks to combine elements of the two in her senior art exhibition entitled “Mechanics: A Retrospective on Relationships.”
Crossroads Chapel Service
April 14, 11 am, Broyhill Chapel
Community Engagement Convocation: presentation of community service awards, including the G. McLeod Bryan Award, the Michael Emory Award, and the I. Ruth Martin Christian Service Award.
Empty Bowls Event Fundraiser for Neighbors in Need
April 15, 7:30 pm, Mars Hill Baptist Church
The Empty Bowls Dinner is a fundraising event for Neighbors in Need, a Madison County non-profit organization that provides food and heating assistance to those in need in Madison County.
Tickets to the event are $15, for which a participant receives a meal and a pottery bowl, made by an MHU student or a local potter. Live local musicians will perform at the event, and participants may purchase additional pottery outright or through a silent auction. Canned food items may also be donated to Neighbors in Need at the event. Tickets are available at the door.
Last year roughly $ 2,500 went to Neighbor in Need from the event. This year’s event is sponsored by Mars Hill University’s Center for Community Engagement, the Mars Hill University Art Department, Mars Hill Baptist Church, and various other students of Mars Hill University and local churches and people.
Rep. Michele Presnell to Speak on Human Trafficking
April 24, 7:00 pm, Broyhill Chapel
Rep. Michele D. Presnell, Republican – District 118, will speak on campus, April 24 at 7:00 pm in Broyhill Chapel on the issue of human trafficking. This event is sponsored by the MHU College Republicans. Everyone is welcome.
Presidential Lecture: The Ethics of Suffering
April 27, 7 pm, Moore Auditorium
Dr. Ray Barfield, MD, Ph.D., a faculty member of both the Duke Medical and Duke Divinity School will bring the spring 2015 Presidential Lecture, titled The Ethics of Suffering: Reintroducing Love Into (Medical) Decision-Making. Dr. Barfield, who is a pediatric oncologist, will set up a conversation about the tension between the medical establishment and the human condition – eg. when suffering becomes over-medicalized, with the importance of truthfulness, compassion, hope, and calling. The event is sponsored jointly by President’s Office and the Ethics Across the Curriculum Program at Mars Hill University.
ONGOING EXHIBITIONS
Rural Heritage Museum Exhibition
“Qualla Arts and Crafts: Tradition and Innovation”
Now through May 29, 2015, Rural Heritage Museum, Montague Hall
Free admission; open 11-5 pm daily except Mondays
“Qualla Arts and Crafts: Tradition and Innovation” is a traveling exhibit organized by Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center, The exhibit will tour throughout Georgia and the Carolinas over the next two years, and showcases the work of several Cherokee artists, including Joel Queen, Karen George, Fred Wilnoty, Geraldine Walkingstick and Davy Arch. The exhibition includes sixty-six objects ranging from archeological artifacts to contemporary crafts. A video accompaniment allows visitors to see and hear the artists. For more information, contact the museum at 828-689-1400, or www.mhu.edu/museum.
