Free concerts planned for the seventh annual Western Carolina University Trumpet Festival will feature performers including jazz musician Bobby Shew, recording artist Malcolm McNab and Paul Merkelo, principal trumpet of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.
Community members are invited to visit artists’ studios, preview upcoming exhibits, view demonstrations and create their own works of art during a free, informal open house hosted by the School of Art and Design, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21, at WCU’s Fine and Performing Arts Center.
The mountain rock band Cullowhee, named for the community where its sound was born, will reunite for a show at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, in the recital hall of the Coulter Building at Western Carolina University.
Students and community members will have the opportunity to engage movie directors about their work as part of the 2008-09 Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers, the nation’s only regional tour of independent filmmakers and their films, running from September through April at Western Carolina University.
Western Carolina University’s Last Minute Productions will host a series of free concerts Tuesdays and Thursdays this summer on the lawn of the A.K. Hinds University Center. All performances are at 7 p.m. The rain location is Club Illusions, on the third floor of the University Center.
