BOONE—A symposium designed to develop new educational opportunities for students, teachers and the community to better understand the Holocaust will be held June 25-29 at Appalachian State University. [more]

BOONE- Appalachian State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance will present the comedy “Moon Over Buffalo” in the Valborg Theatre Feb. 14-17 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 19 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 and $6 and can be purchased at the Valborg Theatre Box Office or online at www.theatre.appstate.edu. Call 262-3063 for more information. [more]

BOONE—The Fourth Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition seeks entries from amateur and professional photographers. [more]

BOONE—Pianists Thomas LaForgia, Mike Runyun and Allie Utley will perform during the Student Honors Recital Series Feb. 7 at Appalachian State University. All are music majors in Appalachian’s Mariam Cannon Hayes School of Music. [more]

BOONE—Kit Gruelle, a domestic violence activist, educator, volunteer and film producer, will speak Thursday, Feb. 8, at 7 p.m. in Room 114 in Appalachian State University’s Carol G. Belk Library and Information Commons. [more]

BOONE—A nine-member woodwind ensemble called Blazing Bassoons will perform Sunday, Feb. 11, at 4 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall at Appalachian State University. [more]

BOONE—The Appalachian Heritage Council at Appalachian State University will sponsor a barn dance Friday, Feb. 2, at Legends. [more]

BOONE—Appalachian State University’s Hayes Chamber Players will present a program of contemporary and classical works Feb. 6 in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall. The program begins at 8 p.m. Admission is free. [more]

Students at Appalachian State University learned about internship and volunteer opportunities during an information fair held Jan. 24 in Plemmons Student Union. More

than 30 corporations and agencies that offer internship and volunteer opportunities participated in the event. Participants included the Biltmore Estate, Moore Wallace, the largest printing company in North America, and Vanguard investment management company. [more]