The drag show is back with Miz Cracker headlining

Life can be a drag sometimes. But the drag queens coming to WCU on Friday, Sept. 27 certainly bring some color to your night! RuPaul’s Drag Race alum Miz Cracker will be joining local drag queens for a drag show to be held at the Ramsey Center. Tickets can be picked up on the second […]

Annual Youth Arts Festival entertains and educates children and families

Children and their parents bounced from booth to booth at the 12th annual Youth Arts Festival, creating art and enjoying fun in the sun in Green Energy Park, Dillsboro. Around 30 volunteers were stationed in various areas of the park Sept. 21 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., offering free activities to guests including face […]

Youth Arts Festival brings beauty and green energy this weekend

The 12th Annual Youth Arts Festival will brighten the landscape of Green Energy Park in Dillsboro, North Carolina, once again bringing art and green energy education to children and their families. The festival is on Sept. 21 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and is free to the public. Guests will be able to participate […]

Get ready for first PRIDE week at WCU

Pride week is set to kick off on Monday, Sept. 23, at the UC Grandroom with a Health and Resource Fair and a discussion on sexually transmitted disease (STD) and health. The fair starts at noon on the UC Lawn, and students can get free STD testings in the  UC Illusions.  The panel discussion will […]

WCU provost returning to faculty effective Oct. 1

Story from WCU’s Office of Communications and Public Relations. CULLOWHEE – Western Carolina University Chancellor Kelli R. Brown has announced that Alison Morrison-Shetlar, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, will be departing from that role effective Oct. 1 and will be assuming a position as a faculty member in the Department of Biology. Brown made […]

Hiplet Comes to the Mountains

“It’s not hip-hop dancing, it’s not ballet dancing, it’s something that is this beautiful fusion of the two in a way that we’ve never seen here.” This is what Brandon Lokey, assistant director for campus activities, said about the Hiplet Ballerina Company. The Hiplet Ballerinas are based out of the Chicago Multicultural Dance Center and […]