BOONE—Alpha Delta Pi sorority at Appalachian State University is hosting a spring carnival March 21 from 1-4 p.m. on Duck Pond Field.

This will be a family friendly event. Organizations will host carnival booths with games for children. There also will be music, inflatable bounce objects and food. [more]

BOONE—Jess Walter visits Appalachian State University March 25 for a Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series presentation.

Walter will present a craft talk titled “The Shape of the Thing: Finding Structure in Voice” at 3:30 p.m. in Plemmons Student Union’s Price Lake Room followed by a 7:30 p.m. reading in the student union’s Table Rock Room. [more]

BOONE—Appalachian State University and its Alumni Association will honor four individuals during its Spring Alumni Banquet April 24.

They are Alice Williams Brown of Burlington, Jerry Moore of Boone, James K. Reaves of Kernersville and Richard G. Sparks of Boone. [more]

BOONE—Author Gurney Norman will be on the campus of Appalachian State University April 2-3 to conduct writing workshops and to share work inspired by Beech Mountain storyteller Ray Hicks.

On Friday, April 2, Norman will join Watauga County storyteller Orville Hicks to present “Jack Tales: Yesterday and Tomorrow.” The presentation begins at 1 p.m. in Plemmons Student Union’s Table Rock Room. [more]

BOONE—Veteran documentary filmmaker Elizabeth Barret will screen her award-winning documentary “Stranger with a Camera” Thursday, April 1, at 12:30 p.m. in the Greenbriar Theater in Appalachian State University’s Plemmons Student Union. [more]

BOONE – Four students and an alumnus from Appalachian State University are winners of seven 2010 Broadcasting Education Association Festival of Media Arts, including “Audio Best of Festival.”  This is the fourth year in a row students have won national awards in this competition. [more]

BOONE – Cold Mountain Review, a literary journal housed in the Department of English at Appalachian State University, has released its fall 2009 issue.

Copies of the journal are available for purchase at Black Bear Books in Boone and at the University Bookstore on Appalachian’s campus. Copies are also available by contacting Betty Miller Conway at conwaybm@appstate.edu or by subscription. For more information, visit www.coldmountain.appstate.edu. [more]

BOONE—Scott Kallestad conducts the saxophone choir in a performance of chamber music March 22 at Appalachian State University.

The performance begins at 8 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall. Admission is free. [more]

BOONE – The Institute for Health and Human Services (IHHS) at Appalachian State University announces the High Country Triple Crown, a series of three challenging and fun races covering beautiful mountain terrain.  All proceeds will benefit Girls on the Run of the High Country, a self-esteeming building program for girls in the 3^rd-5^th grade. [more]