Halloween with ‘Rocky Horror’

  Bardo Arts Center brings the “Rocky Horror Shadow Cast” to WCU on Oct. 31 at 7:30 p.m. “Rocky Horror Picture Show” is a comedy musical originally released in 1975 as a movie. The film follows a newly engaged couple encounter with the eccentric Dr. Frank-N-Furter after the couple’s car breaks down.  They arrived at […]

Cabaret the classic musical speaks to audiences of today

Western Carolina University’s School of Stage and Screen opens its Mainstage theatre season with a performance of the musical Cabaret. Cabaret opens at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 27 in the Hoey Auditorium. The show will run until Sept. 30. However, on Sept. 30, the show will play at 3 p.m. Tickets are on sale now either […]

Drag Queens needed at WCU

Intercultural Affairs (ICA) and the Sexuality And Gender Alliance (SAGA) are hosting the 2018 WCU Drag Show, and for the first time ever, students will have the chance to audition to be a queen on stage! Auditions are on Sunday, Sept. 23 at 5 p.m. in the UC Theater, but students must email Tyler Melvin […]

Wi sculpture brings past and present together

Western Carolina University will unveil a sculpture of the Cherokee symbol Wi, meaning place, at 1 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 21 in the Killian Courtyard. The sculpture was created by Todd Martin, a fine arts student, and is part of last year’s academic theme “Cherokee: Community. Culture. Connection.” Cullowhee was once known as Judaculla Place, […]

Exhibit and a lecture on migrants at Bardo

A photo exhibit focusing on migrants opened on Sept. 17 at the Bardo Fine & Performing Arts Center. The exhibit will be followed by a lecture from a Latinx and multiethnic literature lecturer, Dr. Melissa Birkhofer, from WCU’s English Department, on Sept. 20. The trilingual photo-essay exhibit, “We Were Migrants: Chronicle of Indigenous Migrants from […]

The Catamount Singers and Electric Soul “Bring the Beat In”

Product collaborated with Kaylynn Wilson and Shayla Trent. “Bring the Beat In” is a performance that will forever go down in infamy at Western Carolina University.  On April 26, the Catamount Singers and Electric Soul took the stage in the Bardo Arts Center.  The performance sampled many different genres such as Pop, Country, R&B along […]