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February 5, 2008
“American Pictures” – photography by Jacob Holdt

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If you have not already signed up for the blood drive on Tues., Feb. 19, 1-6 p.m., in Canon Lounge, it’s not too late. You can sign up at http://www.membersforlife.or/cbsr/bdc and enter sponsor code 3216. In addition, you can sign up between 5-6 p.m. outside of the Gladfelter dining hall. You can also call the Service Learning Office at ext. 3065 to schedule your donation. There is a current need for blood in the area. Following is a current inventory of the types that are the lowest according to our local Red Cross chapter:0 negative = 1.6 day's supplyA negative 1.9 day's supplyB negative = 1.7 day's supply

Service for Gillie Scanlon

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The New Southern Ramblers will be performing as part of the Appalachian Music Concert Series on Wed., Feb. 6, 7-8 p.m. at Sage Cafe. The New Southern Ramblers is an old-time Appalachian stringband from Western North Carolina. For over twenty years, they accompanied legendary Tennessee fiddler Ralph Blizard at concerts, festivals, and workshops throughout United States. With driving southern fiddle music, traditional vocals, and flatfoot dancing, they have entertained audiences and dancers from Florida to Alaska and New England to California. Past performances include the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Merlefest, and the Swannanoa Gathering. The band consists of John Herrmann (fiddle), Gordy Hinners (banjo), Phil Jamison (guitar), and Meredith McIntosh (bass).

Farm sale

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Konrad Zoll’s “Visual Notes from the Appalachian Trail” will be exhibited Feb. 8 to March 26 at the Elizabeth Holden Gallery of Warren Wilson College. An opening reception, including an artist’s talk, is Feb. 8 at 6:30 p.m. Regular gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Call 828-771-3034 for more information.

Havdalah with Billy Jonas

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Lunch and Learn Speaker Series, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., Canon Lounge.

March 24 - Sustainable Development Practices at the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation by Brandon Stephens, Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation. April 7 - Building for an Aging Population: Ideas for a Shifting Demographic by Phillip Gibson (WWC ELC), Alison Climo (WWC faculty), Michele Skeele (Council on Aging) and Julia Gibson (Pisgah Valley Retirement Community).

Info: Phillip Ray Gibson, ext. 3781 or http://www.warren-wilson.edu/~ELC/New_ELC_Website_/lunchlearn.php

Gary Lilley to read at the Hub City Writers Project

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Monday, Feb. 11, 7 p.m., Zabriskie Hall, Cathedral of All Souls, Asheville. The lecture, free and open to the public, is an offering of the Kay Falk Literary Project. Peter Turchi, director of the MFA for writers program at WWC, is the author of Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer; Suburban Journals: The Sketchbooks, Drawings, and Prints of Charles Ritchie, in collaboration with the artist; a novel, The Girls Next Door; a collection of stories, Magician; and The Pirate Prince, co-written with Cape Cod treasure hunter Barry Clifford. He has also co-edited, with Andrea Barrett, The Story Behind the Story: 26 Stories by Contemporary Writers and How They Work and, with Charles Baxter, Bringing the Devil to His Knees: The Craft of Fiction and the Writing Life. Info: Emilie White, etwhite8@charter.net.

The History of Whitewater Paddling in Western North Carolina, 1923 to 1980

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Sat., Feb. 16, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., UNCA Highsmith Center. Topics include education, housing, law enforcement, heath care and more. To learn more visit: http://www.unca.edu/news/BlackAsheville.html. To register visit: http://www.unca.edu/news/SOBA_registration.html or call 251-6634. Sponsored by UNC Asheville and the Africana Studies Program.

Art faculty/alumni exhibit

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Fairtrade Coffee is organic, shade-grown coffee produced by farmer cooperatives in many developing nations of the world and sold in different flavors and roasts. The Warren Wilson Presbyterian Church participates in this project four times a year. Order forms and information are available in the narthex of the chapel on Sunday mornings from 10-11 a.m. or in Jon Hettrick's office in the Orr Cottage. Orders will be taken until Feb. 10.

Description Beggared or the Allegory of WHITENESS opens Valentine’s Day

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Ken Patterson, global grassroots manager at RESULTS and Cathy Kramer’s husband, will speak on grassroots advocacy at the Service Learning office on Wed., Feb. 20, 4-5 p.m. All are invited to attend.

Hooray for . . .

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