The FORUM Entertaining Music Series at Lees-McRae College enters its 45th season in summer 2024. Returning for the fifth straight year, Symphony of the Mountains has a strong and proud heritage. The orchestra began when a small group of musicians in Kingsport, Tennessee, dreamed of having a civic orchestra in 1946. Through the decades, musical […]

The FORUM Entertaining Music Series at Lees-McRae College enters its 45th season in summer 2024. Returning for the fifth straight year, Symphony of the Mountains has a strong and proud heritage. The orchestra began when a small group of musicians in Kingsport, Tennessee, dreamed of having a civic orchestra in 1946. Through the decades, musical […]

Beginning in late May and continuing through late July, wildlife biology and pre-veterinary medicine students at Lees-McRae College give weekly public wildlife presentations. These presentations take place at the amphitheater at Tate-Evans Park in downtown Banner Elk. At each presentation, Lees-McRae students bring an animal ambassador that is being rehabilitated or cared for at the […]