

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Goodman Endowed Visiting Writer Lecture with Leigh Ann Henion
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 27 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join UNC Asheville's English Department for the Spring 2026 Goodman Endowed Visiting Writer Lecture, featuring a reading by nonfiction writer and UNC Asheville alum Leigh Ann Henion. The event takes place on January 27 at 6:00 pm in the Highsmith Student Union's Blue Ridge Room.

This event is free and open to the public. Visit https://go.unca.edu/events/ for more information.

Henion is the New York Times bestselling author of Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark and Phenomenal: A Hesitant Adventurer’s Search for Wonder in the Natural World. Her work has appeared in Smithsonian, National Geographic, The Washington Post, Backpacker, The American Scholar, Garden &amp; Gun, and numerous other publications. She is a former Alicia Patterson Fellow, and her work has been supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Henion lives in Boone, North Carolina.

This event is part of the Visiting Writers Series. Henion is this year’s Goodman Endowed Visiting Writer at UNC Asheville.


Visitor Parking
Visitors are required to register their vehicles to park on campus. Please visit the UNC Asheville Visitor Parking Permit Registration site at https://parking.unca.edu/parking-permits/visitor-parking/ to obtain a temporary parking permit. Event signage will be posted to guide visitors to parking areas near the event location.

Accessibility
UNC Asheville is committed to providing universal access to all of our events. If you have any questions about access or to request reasonable accommodations that will facilitate your full participation in this event, such as ASL interpreting, captioned videos, Braille or electronic text, please contact Heather L. Lindkvist, assistant vice chancellor for institutional integrity and access, at hlindkvi@unca.edu or 828.232.5658.

Advance notice is necessary to arrange for accessibility needs. All requests must be made ten business days prior to the event. Late requests will be attempted, but cannot be guaranteed.
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- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, magic-show, trips-adventures
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 5

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://go.unca.edu/event/english-departments-goodman-lecture-with-leigh-ann-henion/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=asheville-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Asheville
- **state**: NC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1 University Hts, Asheville, NC, United States, North Carolina 28804
- **lat**: 35.61449
- **long**: -82.56199
- **full address**: 1 University Hts, Asheville, NC, United States, North Carolina 28804

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 27 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 1 University Hts, Asheville, NC, United States, North Carolina 28804
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** UNC Asheville
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, magic-show, trips-adventures
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Goodman Endowed Visiting Writer Lecture with Leigh Ann Henion ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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