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Weekly Events at Lost Province Brewing Co.

Monday April 18

Family Night-Buy any regularly priced pizza and receive one free kid’s meal.

Tuesday April19

Get LOST for a Cause with KAMPN Silent Auction

Silent Auction benefiting KAMPN at 6:00pm
KAMPN (Kids with Autism Making Progress in Nature) is a 501-(c)3 organization located in Deep Gap, NC. KAMPN was started in 2011 as a nature-based, cost-free, summer camping program for children with autism and their families- this camping program was named KAMPN’s Camp Cogger. After 4 summers, KAMPN’s Camp Cogger is going strong and the organization has begun to develop plans for KAMPN’s newest undertaking- the LIFE Village. KAMPN’s LIFE (Living Innovations For the Exceptional) Village will be a supported housing community for adults with autism and related disorders in the local Boone area. The overall mission of both KAMPN’s Camp Cogger and KAMPN’s LIFE Village stems from the simple belief that we are all here to live in a community of joy and that with acceptance and support this belief will become a reality for all.  For more information on KAMPN’ Camp Cogger or LIFE Village check out our website at www.KAMPN4autism.appstate.edu.

Wednesday April 20

½ Off Beer and Wine Specials.

7pm-9pm Trivia Night: Beginning at 7pm, Lost Province will be hosting Trivia Night with John Fortenberry. Compete on your own or on a team! The competition gets started at 7pm so come a little early for a pizza and a pint and get your seat!

Thursday April 21

$3.00 Thursday-$3.00 pints on all Lost Province brewed beers (except high gravity).

College Night 7:00pm-Live Music with Jameilyara Moore. Jameilyara Moore is a student at App State with a never ending passion for making music. She has been playing guitar and singing and song-writing since she was 11. Jameil has performed at the Evening Muse in Charlotte, NC and has performed for church services as well as talent shows. She mostly enjoys indie music but also shares a love of post hardcore music and techno music. Eager to pursue a career in the music industry, Jameil hopes to have her music heard world-wide one day.

Friday April 22

Tapped at 5pm, we feature something fun and new every Friday. Get it while it lasts; there is only a limited amount!

7:30pm-Closing Live Music: Analog Poets. Dedicated to providing Flow and Harmony thru Music, the Analog Poets are comprised of Dustin Hofsess- Guitar, Jonathan Priest- Drums, and Ben McPherron- Bass.

Saturday April 23

7:30pm-Closing Live Music: Danny Whittington and A Killa Band

Jonathan Priest, Mike Runyon and Douglas James join Danny for some tasty R&B, and seriously groovin’ funk.

Sunday April 24

Lost Province Sunday: Residents of “The Lost Province” (Watauga, Ashe, Avery and Alleghany) receive 10% off food with verification of residency.

Child Fest at Mitchell High Set for April 23

Blue Ridge Partnership for Children will host Child Fest 2016 at Mitchell High School from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 23. Enjoy activities for all including inflatables, a magician, a teddy bear clinic, face painting, healthy snacks, the tooth bus, bike rodeo, door prizes and crafts. Parents will receive information on child safety, quality child care, literacy and health and nutrition. During the day, BRPC will give away its 100,000th book. Sponsors include BRPC and Child Care Resource and Referral.

Springtime Poetry Celebration: April 19

Springtime celebration of unity – voices from East and West

There will be a celebration of unity in poetry with voices from East and West in the meeting room at Watauga Public Library at 6.30 – 7.30pm on Tuesday 19 April.    April is National Poetry Month. All are welcome and admission is free.    The meeting is sponsored by the Baha’is of Boone.   For more information call Mary Gray at 264 5620.

Community “Favorite Poem” Event Saturday at the Library

Saturday, April 23, 2O16
11:OO am—12:3O pm

Meeting Room, Watauga County Public Library

In observance of April as National Library Month, you are invited to bring your favorite poem! Poetry lovers of all ages may present their own poem, a favorite poem, or be the audience. Please come in early to sign in, if you wish to read a poem. Co-Sponsored by Behind the Stacks, a local poetry group, and The Friends of the Watauga County Public Library.
For more information call Paula at (828) 963-1164 or Ross at the Library Reference Desk, (828) 264-8784,Extension 2.
Persons with special needs please contact the Library five or more days  before the events in order that reasonable arrangements may be made.

April 30 Author Visit: Eva Nell Null Wike

Saturday, April 30, 11 am

Meeting Room, Watauga County Public Library

Author Visit: Eva Nell Mull Wike, author of Fiddler of the Mountains

Storyteller and author Eva Nell Mull Wike, PhD., travels to Watauga Library to present her book, Fiddler of the Mountains – Attuned to the Life and Times of Johnny Mull.

In the author’s own words:

“My book won the North Carolina Historical Society Award and it comes with a CD of my Uncle Johnny’s music. You may view it and read reviews on AMAZON.COM. The music was restored in the National Recording Studio in Rome, Georgia, from the old acetate records which were recorded in Canton, Ohio in the 1940s & 50s. It all seems like some kind of a miracle that I ‘accidentally’ got my Uncle Johnny’s personal photos from a dear friend who had worked with Johnny up in Canton, in the 1950’s. I no sooner got the photos from him, ‘til a few days later he upped and died during open-heart surgery in Atlanta!

About the same time, the Ohio landlady sent me the old acetate records which had been stored away in her closet for decades! Then just a few days later, her son called me to say that she had passed away. So in between sad times, I got down to business and wrote Johnny’s story. And dog-on if my book didn’t win the North Carolina Society of Historian’s AWARD!”

Copies of the book will be available for purchase, and each copy includes a CD of rare music performed by mountain fiddler Johnny Mull.

Persons with special needs please contact the Library five or more days before the event so that reasonable arrangements may be made. Thanks to the Friends of the Library for sponsoring our events.

Young Adult Financial Literacy: Check It on April 25

April 25, 2016 – Watauga County Public Library
The Watauga County Public Library would like to invite you to join us for the next in a series of Financial Literacy Workshops for teens and young adults on April 25th from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm at Watauga County Public Library.

Presenter: Amber Mellon, Lecturer in Mathematical Sciences at Appalachian State University.

As digital natives, teens have grown used to the online world but do they know enough to protect themselves?

This month we will attempt to answer this question within the context of identity theft and online fraud. We will learn to identify common scams as well as strategies for protecting ourselves both online and in real life.

Food will be served at the event!

To RSVP or for more information please call
(828) 264-8784 ext. 2.

LA Poet Laureate Luis J. Rodriguez to Speak April 28 at ASU

Luis J. Rodriguez, the official Poet Laureate of Los Angeles, will read from his work April 28 at Appalachian State University. His presentation is sponsored by the Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series.

Rodriguez will present a talk for area middle school youth April 28beginning at 3:30 p.m. in Blue Ridge Ballroom. The public also is invited to attend. His reading will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the student union’s Blue Ridge Ballroom. Books will be available for sale and signing.

His campus visit is co-sponsored by Appalachian’s Diversity Speakers Series, which is a part of the Office of Multicultural Student Development. Appalachian’s GEAR UP office has arranged for middle school groups from Wilkes, Ashe and Yadkin counties to attend the afternoon talk for youth. Western Youth Network will also bring students from its two Watauga County sites.

In addition to writing poetry, Rodriguez is also a novelist, memoirist, short story writer, and children’s book writer, as well as a community and urban peace activist, mentor, healer, youth and arts advocate.

He has published 15 books, including the best-selling memoir “Always Running, La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A.”  His latest book is the sequel “It Calls You Back: An Odyssey Through Love, Addiction, Revolutions, and Healing.” His poetry collections include “The Concrete River,” “Poems Across the Pavement,” and “Trochemoche.”

About the Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series 

The visiting writers series is named in honor of Hughlene Bostian Frank (class of 1968). Frank is a member of the Appalachian State University Foundation Board, a 2013 Appalachian Alumni Association Outstanding Service award recipient, past member of Appalachian’s Board of Trustees and generous supporter of the university.

The 2015-16 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series is supported by the Appalachian State University Foundation, Appalachian’s Office of Academic Affairs, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of English, the Office of Multicultural Student Development, the university’s Common Reading Program, the University Bookstore, Belk Library and Information Commons and the Appalachian Journal.

Business sponsors are The Gideon Ridge Inn, the New Public House & Hotel and The Red Onion Restaurant. Community sponsors include John and the late Margie Idol, Paul and Judy Tobin, Alice Naylor and Thomas McLaughlin.

Parking is free on campus after 5 p.m. The Library Parking Deck on College Street, which opens to the general public after 5:30 p.m., is recommended. To reach Plemmons Student Union, cross College Street and follow the walkway between the chiller plant and the University Bookstore, passing the University Post Office and entering Plemmons Student Union on the second floor.

For further parking information or a map, see http://parking.appstate.eduor call the Parking and Traffic Office 828- 262-2878.

For further information on the spring season, call 828-262-2871 or seewww.visitingwriters.appstate.edu. To receive Appalachian’s “This Week in the Arts” announcements by email, contact arts-events@appstate.edu.

Hayes Alumni Choir Concert Saturday

Appalachian State University’s Hayes School of Music will present an alumni choir concert on Saturday, April 23, at 8 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall. Admission is free.

The concert will be conducted by Stephen M. Hopkins. The choir features 48 graduates of the Hayes School of Music.

Program selections will be chosen from the following: “Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit” by William L. Dawson, “If Music Be the Food of Love” by David C. Dickau, “Flanders Fields” by Paul A. Aitken, “I Am in Need of Music” by David Brunner, “Feller From Fortune” arranged by Harry Somers, “Loch Lomond” arranged by Jonathan Quick, “Let Me Fly” arranged by Robert DeCormier, and “My Shepherd Will Supply My Need” arranged by Mack Wilberg.

Appalachian Concert Band to Perform April 25

The Appalachian Concert Band will perform Monday, April 25, at 8 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall.

The performance will be conducted by John Stanley Ross and John Whitwell and graduate conductors Matthew Brusseau and Onsby C. Rose.

The performance will begin with “Procession of the Academics” by David Maslanka. The band will then perform “March Des Parachutistes Belges” by Pierre Leemans and arranged by Charles A. Wiley. Next is a performance of “Blessed Are They” by Johannes Brahms, scored by Barbara Buehlman, followed by Gustav Holst’s “Brook Green Suite,” transcribed by James Curnow.

The concert band will also perform “Canterbury Chorale” by Jan Van der Roost, “American Civil War Fantasy” by Jerry Bilik and “Variations on a Shaker Melody” by Aaron Copland. The concert will conclude with “Semper Fidelis” by John Philip Sousa.

The Appalachian Concert Band will perform Monday, April 25, at 8 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall.

The performance will be conducted by John Stanley Ross and John Whitwell and graduate conductors Matthew Brusseau and Onsby C. Rose.

The performance will begin with “Procession of the Academics” by David Maslanka. The band will then perform “March Des Parachutistes Belges” by Pierre Leemans and arranged by Charles A. Wiley. Next is a performance of “Blessed Are They” by Johannes Brahms, scored by Barbara Buehlman, followed by Gustav Holst’s “Brook Green Suite,” transcribed by James Curnow.

The concert band will also perform “Canterbury Chorale” by Jan Van der Roost, “American Civil War Fantasy” by Jerry Bilik and “Variations on a Shaker Melody” by Aaron Copland. The concert will conclude with “Semper Fidelis” by John Philip Sousa.

Appalachian Symphony Band to Perform April 26

The Appalachian Symphony Band will perform Tuesday, April 26, at 8 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall on the Appalachian State University campus. Admission is free.

The Hayes School of Music band will be conducted by Kevin Gray Richardson and John Whitwell in addition to graduate conductors Matthew Brusseau and Onsby Rose.

The program begins with “Gavorkna Fanfare” by Jack Stamp. Then, the symphony band will perform “Psalm for Band” by Vincent Persichetti.

Third on the program is “Second Suite in F” by Gustav Holst, followed by “Chorale and Allegro” by Vaclav Nelhybel. The symphony band will also perform Ralph Vaugh Williams’ “Rhosymedre” and “Concord” by Clare Grundman.

The Appalachian Symphony Band will conclude the performance with “Pas Redoublé” by Camille Saint-Saëns.

Appalachian Wind Ensemble Performance Set for April 27

The Appalachian Wind Ensemble will perform Wednesday, April 27, at 8 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall on the Appalachian State University campus. Admission is free.

The Hayes School of Music ensemble features performers on 21 wind instruments. The ensemble will be conducted by John Stanley Ross in addition to graduate conductors Matthew Brusseau and Onsby Rose. The ensemble features 2016 Appalachian Wind Ensemble Concerto Competition winner Devin Glasgow on flute and guest conductor John L. Whitwell, director of bands emeritus at Michigan State University.

The program begins with “Concerto for 23 Winds” by Walter S. Hartley, followed by “Colonial Song” by Percy Aldridge Grainger.

Then, the wind ensemble will perform “Concertino for Flute and Winds” by Cecile Chaminade, featuring Glasgow as flute soloist.

Next, the ensemble will perform “Canzona” by Peter Minnin, followed by “Amazing Grace” by Frank Ticheli. The program will conclude with “American Salute” by Morton Gould.

Faculty and Alumnus Piano Recital April 21

An Appalachian State University faculty and alumnus piano recital featuring Bair Shagdaron and Maxim Shagdaron will be held Thursday, April 21, at 8 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall. Admission is free.

Maxim Shagdaron will begin the recital with “Prelude in B Minor, BWV 855a” by Bach, followed by “Arabesque No. 1, Andantino con moto” and “Clair de Lune” by Claude Debussy.

Next, Bair Shagdaron will perform “Sonata in C Minor, Op. 111” by Beethoven.

Maxim Shagdaron will return to will perform “Prelude Op. 28, No. 4 in E Minor,” “Prelude Op. 28, No. 13 in F-sharp Major,” “Prelude Op. 28, No. 15 in D-flat Major” and “Etude Op. 25, No. 1 in A-flat Major” by Chopin.

Bair Shagdaron will conclude the recital with “Widmung, Op. 25, No. 1” by Robert Schumann and two pieces by Chopin, “Nocturne in E Major, Op. 62, No.2” and “Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise brillante, Op.22.”

Bair Shagdaron was born in Moscow and began studying music at age 4. He studied at the prestigious Moscow Gnesin Music School for Gifted Children and then the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, where he obtained a doctorate degree in piano performance. He is an accomplished soloist and has performed throughout the U.S., Russia, Japan, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Belgium and Mongolia. He joined Appalachian’s faculty in 2000 and serves as professor of piano.

Son of Bair Shagdaron, Maxim Shagdaron is a graduate of Appalachian’s Hayes School of Music. He is a prizewinner of several piano competitions, including the Concerto-Aria Competition at Appalachian. He is currently the pianist/organist at Grace Lutheran Church in Boone.

Register Now for May 30 Color Run

On Memorial Day – May 30th – 2016, Hospitality House AmeriCorps VISTA project Welcome Home Thriftique will host the Third Annual Mast General Store Memorial Day Color Blast 5K. This 5K Run/Walk will raise funds, awareness, and support for men, women and children experiencing homelessness and poverty in the High Country. The Color Blast 5K will begin at 5pm on the Boone Greenway Trail at Clawson-Burnley Park.

“I really enjoy having a chance to host our third annual Memorial Day Color Blast 5K,” says NC Campus Compact AmeriCorps VISTA and Welcome Home Thriftique project manager Ethan Flynn. “Since Memorial Day is a school day for our community, we gear this unique event to parents, teens and kids.”

A color blast is an event that showers runners in an environmentally safe, cornstarch-based colored powder at certain locations along the trail. The main idea is to tie-dye each runner’s white event t-shirt by the end of the run. The untimed 5K welcomes competitive runners, casual runners, joggers, walkers, people with disabilities, families, and all those who are willing to give back to their community.  Sorry, no pets.  A guide to the Color Blast is posted online at HospHouse.org and will be included in each registration packet.

Participants can expect free yogurt provided by Menchie’s in Boone, Anna Banana’s photo booth with fun props, face painting, music, finish line celebrations and water and fruit provided by Ingles.  A “Fun Run” will be held at 6:30 for kids under 10 to run a lap on the dirt track through clouds of color. The cost is $5 and kids can sign up at the event with parental assistance.

Early registration is $25 for adults and $10 for kids under 12. Early registration is online now atwww.HospHosue.org  and www.WelcomeHomeThriftique.com. Early registration by May 6thguarantees an event T-shirt.

 On-site registration will begin at 4pm and t-shirts will be first come first serve.  On-site registration will be $30 for adults and $15 for kids under 12. Cash, check, and credit cards will be accepted.

Those who pre-register can pick up their packets on May 26th and 27th between 11:00am and 6:00pm or May 28th between the hours of 10:00am and 4:00pm at Welcome Home Thriftique, 182 Boone Heights Drive – behind Burger King.

Food donation bins for canned goods, boxed goods and dry goods, like coffee, sugar, tea and bread, will be located at the picnic shelters beside the start and finish of the race.

Flynn has been organizing the event, and all proceeds will support Welcome Home Thriftique’s Foundation For Success, a job skills training program and AmeriCorps initiative of Hospitality House.

Welcome Home Thriftique, a four-year cooperative project between Hospitality House, Appalachian State University’s ACT (Appalachian and the Community Together) program, North Carolina Campus Compact, and AmeriCorps, has been open since July 25, 2014. All items sold in the store have been donated by the community and 100 percent of profits go to support the men, women and children of Hospitality House. Merchandised items include art, furniture, antiques, collectibles, home goods, décor, name brand clothing and the Anna Banana’s Overstock Shop.

The Mast General Store Memorial Day Color Blast 5K is also sponsored by OP Smiles, Anna Banana’s and Menchie’s of Boone. Event organizers are still welcoming sponsors. For more information, please contact Ethan Flynn at ethan@hosphouse.org or call Welcome Home Thriftique at (828) 355-9703.

Welcome Home Thriftique is located at 182 Boone Heights Drive. Store hours are MondayFriday 11am-6pm and Saturday10am-4pm. To learn more go to http://www.welcomehomethriftique.com, check out their Facebook pagehttps://www.facebook.com/welcomehomethriftique and follow them on Pinterest http://www.pinterest.com/Thriftique182

To learn more about Hospitality House, visit them online at www.HospHouse.org, follow them on Twitter @HospHouseBoone or on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/HospHouse