Last Updated on January 29, 2024 1:55 pm
Mountainfilm on Tour, the annual tour of the most inspiring short films featured at that year’s Mountainfilm Festival in Telluride, Colorado, is coming to Lees-McRae on Saturday, Feb. 17. The tour has been bringing exciting, cutting-edge short films about the great outdoors to cities throughout the country since 1999, and for the first time the tour will be stopping in Banner Elk as part of the college’s High Country Adventure Film and Speaker Series.
The screening will be held on the college’s North Campus in Hayes Auditorium. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show begins at 7 p.m. Tickets for the show are $10 per person for members of the community and $5 per person for Lees-McRae students, faculty, and staff if bought in advance online. Tickets will also be available at the door day-of at $15 per person for community members and $10 per person for Lees-McRae students, faculty, and staff.
Prior to the screening, the college will be hosting a winter carnival on Tate Lawn from 4−7 p.m. The carnival is free for all attendees and will feature sledding, winter games, food trucks, gear shops, and more. Come out and celebrate the beautiful winter season with Lees-McRae College.
