UNC Asheville’s Cultural and Special Events Season continues with an entertaining evening with "This American Life" commentators Sarah Vowell and David Rakoff at 8 p.m. Friday, October 26, in UNCA’s Lipinsky Auditorium.

Local National Public Radio fans will delight in hearing Vowell and Rakoff’s witty observations live. Vowell has written about everything from her father’s homemade cannon and her obsession with "The Godfather" films to the New Hampshire primary and her Cherokee ancestors’ forced march on the Trail of Tears. An education columnist for "Time," she has appeared on "Nightline" and "The Late Show with David Letterman." A writer and actor, Rakoff is a frequent contributor to "The New York Times Magazine" and "Outside" magazine. He has worked in theater with David and Amy Sedaris and has appeared on television talk shows and dramas.

General admission tickets are $18 may be purchased between 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the UNCA Office of Student Life, Highsmith Center room 27, and may be charged by phone by calling 828/232-5000 during the hours listed above. General admission tickets are also available from Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe in downtown Asheville.

For a brochure of the UNCA 2001-02 cultural and special events season and for more information, call 828/232-5000 or click here.

Media Contacts:

• Barbara Halton, UNCA Cultural and Special Events, 828/251-6674
• Jill Yarnall, UNCA Public Information Assistant, 828/251-6526