April
April 1 - 5, 2008
Appalachian Dance Ensemble
8 PM
Location: ASU's Valborg Theatre
Telephone: 828-262-3063
Appalachian Dance Ensemble's annual Spring dance production showcases choreography from faculty and students. Make plans to attend this diverse evening of dance, from ballet to modern and jazz.
Tickets: Adults: $10, Students: $6
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April 3 - 6, 2008
Street Scene by ASU Opera
8 PM
Location: Hayes Performing Arts Center
Telephone: 828-295-9627
$18, $9 students
Music by Kurt Weill, Lyrics by Langston Hughes, Book by Elmer Rice. Based on the Pulitzer Prize Winning Play Street Scene by Elmer Rice
The play takes place on the doorstep of a housing estate on the East Side of New York on a hot Spring day in 1946. It deals with the ordinary squabbles and gossips of the neighbors, as the mounting tensions between the irritable characters eventually builds into a tragedy of epic proportions.
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April 9, 2008
ASU Jazz Ensemble I&II
7:30 PM
Location: Hayes Performing Arts Center
Telephone: 828-295-9627
Admission $5
Two for one! ASU's Jazz Ensemble I and Jazz Ensemble II present an evening of big band jazz, swing and ballads.
The Hayes School of Music at Appalachian State University brings several evenings of its acclaimed concerts featuring student and faculty musicians to the Hayes Center. More events will be added once dates are confirmed.
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April 10, 2008
Montana Repertory Theatre: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
8 PM
Location: Farthing Auditorium
Telephone: 1-800-841-2787
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April 11, 2008
Concert to celebrate Scottish Heritage Month
7 PM
Location: White Hart Woods Center for Leadership & Cultural Arts in West Jefferson, NC
Telephone: 336-246-2600
Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser will return to the High Country, along with cellist Natalie Haas, for the first time since 2003.
Tickets are $20, which will include heavy hors d’oeuvres.Come and celebrate the Scots and what they have provided to North Carolina’s culture. Kilts are encouraged for this special gathering! This event is being produced in partnership with Celtic Force Enterprises and is sponsored in part by River House Inn (www.riverhousenc.com).
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April 11, 2008
Cashore Marionettes
7:30 PM
Location: Hayes Performing Arts Center
Telephone: 828-295-9627
$20, $14 students
THE CASHORE MARIONETTES are unmatched in artistry, grace and refinement of movement. The internationally acclaimed
Cashore Marionettes redefine the art of puppetry. The moving and humorous performances have astounded audiences in Europe, the Far East and across North America including stops at the Kennedy Center, Annenberg Center, Kravis Center, and many others.
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April 16 - May 16, 2008
HayesGrass Competition
7:30 PM
Location: Hayes Performing Arts Center
Telephone: 828-295-9627
Admission $10
HayesGrass dates are: Quarterfinal round: April 15, 16, 22 & 23; Semifinal round May 6-7; Final round, May 16; and Lonesome River Band, May 17. Tickets for the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds are $10 for all audiences; $15 for the final round. Bands will be paid an appearance fee based on each evening’s ticket sales.The eight groups will be selected by a jury of three, which includes a talent agent, a musician and a member of the Hayes Center staff (all of whom will remain anonymous until the selection process is complete), and announced on Feb. 23, 2008, during the Hayes Center’s John McEuen Concert. Participating bands do not have to be present to be selected.The contest will take place over four evenings, with the quarterfinal round consisting of two bands performing a 45-50-minute set on each night.
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April 16 - 19, 2008
"Pining...in Peach Blossom Land" by Sheng-Chuan Lai
8 PM
Location: ASU's Valborg Theatre
Telephone: 828-262-3063
Worlds collide in this contemporary Chinese favorite when two theatre groups are mistakenly booked in the same theatre for dress rehearsal. As the two groups struggle for control, the seemingly opposite themes and styles blend to form new meanings, and a universal yearning for a true "Peach Blossom Land."
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April 16, 2008
Philharmonic Wind Quartet of New York
8 PM
Location: Farthing Auditorium
Telephone: 1-800-841-2787
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April 19, 2008
Satchmo!
8 PM
Location: Hayes Performing Arts Center
Telephone: 828-295-9627
$26, $20 students
Extraordinary jazz trumpeter Ramon Kenan gives an uncanny impersonation of the 20th century’s most legendary jazz musician, Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong in “Satchmo Live,” an evening with the great Louis Armstrong
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April 20, 2008
"Pining...in Peach Blossom Land" by Sheng-Chuan Lai
2 PM
Location: ASU's Valborg Theatre
Telephone: 828-262-3063
Worlds collide in this contemporary Chinese favorite when two theatre groups are mistakenly booked in the same theatre for dress rehearsal. As the two groups struggle for control, the seemingly opposite themes and styles blend to form new meanings, and a universal yearning for a true "Peach Blossom Land."
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April 20, 2008
The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron
7:30 PM
Location: Hayes Performing Arts Center
Telephone: 828-295-9627
$26, students $20
With a shrug of his shoulders or a hooding of his eyes or a crook of his neck, Robert Dubac seamlessly transforms himself into five alter egos - each offering their own brand of misguided advice while straddling the gender gap.
Hailed by critics and audiences alike, "THE MALE INTELLECT: an oxymoron?" Is a rare thing; a clever combination of theater and stand-up comedy that is laugh out loud funny, provocative and thoughtful, all at once.
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April 25, 2008
Fred Garbo Inflatable Theatre
7:30 PM
Location: Hayes Performing Arts Center
Telephone: 828-295-9627
$20, $14 Students
Fast-paced, energetic, universally engaging and theatrically clever, Fred Garbo Inflatable Theater Co. has won the praise and affection of audiences worldwide. Seen on the Late Show with David Letterman, at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, on Broadway at the New Victory Theater and on stage and television in Chile, Japan, Ireland and Brazil (just to mention a few). Come to the theater and see Fred Garbo and Daielma Santos share their unique inflatable inventions that are: “Helium light and hilarious” -The New York Times
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May
May 1 - 4, 2008
Your a Good Man Charlie Brown
7 PM
Location: Hayes Performing Arts Center
Telephone: 828-295-9627
$14, $7 students
By the Blowing Rock Stage Company Rocket Youth Players
Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner, Additional Music by Andrew Lippa
Book by John Gordon
Based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles M. Schulz in his comic strip Peanuts.
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May 4, 2008
Intimate Evening of Music at White Hart Woods
5 PM
Location: White Hart Woods Cultural Arts Center
Telephone: 336-246-3600
5:00pm $40.00. Reservations only. Limited seating.
A huge success to our Valentine Day's extravaganza, Monica is back with us by popular demand. Classical guitarist and songwriter, Monica's mellow tones and soothing lyrics are both recognizable and new. Join us for this very special afternoon which includes a full dinner buffet with cash beer & wine bar available. Enjoy our spring outdoor gardens in bloom at their finest!
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May 5, 2008
New River Earth Institute offering "Menu for the Future" course
7 - 8:30 PM
Location: White Hart Woods Cultural Arts Center
Telephone: 336-246-3600
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May 10, 2008
Kick Start Your Art at White Hart
10 AM - 4 PM
Location: White Hart Woods Cultural Arts Center
Telephone: 336-246-3600
Instructor: Raney Rogers. Renew that fabulous creative spirit which pulls you time and time again into the world of being totally you! If you have always wanted to paint or have painted before and want some encouragement to 'get back in the water', this class is for you. Open to all levels and all mediums. 10:00am-4:00pm. $135.00 - (lunch included) Advanced registration.
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May 10 - 31, 2008
Mose-Art: A Discussion of Craft Processes with Jose Fumero
10 AM - 3 PM
Location: At the Moses Cone Manor sponsored by the Parkway Craft Center
Telephone: 828-295-7938
Local Blowing Rock artist, Jose Fumero, will conduct several sessions focusing on techniques used in creating his famous fiber weavings as well as work by other artists. The discussion will be held on the sun porch of the Moses Cone Manor and is sponsored by Parkway Craft Center. (The sun porch is the area used to film a portion of the movie “The Green Mile”.) The discussion will center on a unique process Jose has developed called woven fiber mosaics.
Each date listed below will have morning and afternoon sessions per day; 10-12 am and 1-3 pm, and are free to the public. Because of the personal interaction and space available, each session will be limited to eight attendees. The following dates are available:
•May 10
•May 31
•July 14 and 16
•August 10
•September 20, 21
•October 10
Registration is required to allow for proper planning. To register, please call Parkway Craft Center at 828-295-7938 or e-mail at parkwaycraft@bellsouth.net.
May 10, 2008
Second Annual Bluegrass Festival on the Lake. Friends of Rendezvous Mountain
11 AM - 11 PM
Location: Rendezvous Mountain Educational State Forest, Wilkes County
Telephone: 336-973-4013
$10.00 In advance
$15.00 At the gate
Festival will take place Rain or Shine
Friends of Rendezvous Mountain have worked diligently to bring together great bluegrass bands for your enjoyment. Food and beverage vendors will be at the festival.
Proceeds from Bluegrass Festival on the Lake will be used exclusively to make further improvements to the trails for hikers, bikers, and horses in the Rendezvous Mountain Educational State Forest.
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May 11, 2008
Mother's Day & Graduation Brunch
10:30 AM - 3 PM
Location: Broyhill Inn and Conference Center
Telephone: 828- 262-6658 x159
A truly enhanced version of the already spectacular Sunday brunch menu to celebrate this momentous weekend.
Cost: $28.95 includes tax, gratuities and beverages
Additional charge for spirituous beverages
Call (828) 262-6658 x159 for reservations and seating times
(due to a high volume of guests only specific seating times will be available)
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May 17 - 18, 2008
Naturalist Weekend at Grandfather Mountain
8 AM - 4 PM
Location: Grandfather Mountain
Telephone: 800-468-7325
Joins us for two days filled with guided hikes and presentations on Grandfather's birds, wildflowers and history with special focus on the 30th anniversary of the Trails Program.
All programs and guided walks offered as part of the Naturalist's Weekend are included in the price of admission. Those who attend for both days should keep to their receipt on Saturday and present that for discount admission on Sunday. For details, phone 800-468-7325.
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May 17, 2008
46th Annual Art in the Park
10 AM - 5 PM
Location: Blowing Rock
Telephone: 828-295-7851
Saturday 10am-5pm
Location: American Legion Grounds in Downtown Blowing Rock
A juried art and craft show featuring 130 artists.
FREE trolley shuttles
Sponsored by the Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce
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May 17, 2008
Maestros Unleashed! presents Pizazzz! American Style
7:30 PM
Location: Hayes Performing Arts Center
Telephone: 828-295-9627
$20, $14 students
Broadways’ Smokin’, Pop Goes Wild & Beethoven’s Got The Blues! Take a quality musical performance, turn it upside down, add three parts pure exhilaration, two parts breathtaking variety, one part comedy and a dash of musical mischief and you have the recipe for this exciting production. Starring pianist & vocalist extraordinarie Brian Gurl, violin & fiddle whiz Lenny Ski and their dazzling rhythm section, Pizzazzz! American is a powerful, yet engaging, production featuring an amazing mosaic of American music performed with pop, jazz, blues, ragtime, latin and classical stylings. You’ll hear pieces such as “Phantom Of The Opera,” “Orange Blossom Special,” and “American Trilogy,” plus comedy routines including Jack Benny Meets Liberace.
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May 17, 2008
Lonesome River Band
7:30 PM
Location: Hayes Performing Arts Center
Telephone: 828-295-9627
$20, $14 students
Lonesome River Band has been one of the most popular and influential acts on the bluegrass festival and concert circuit since the release of their breakout CD, Carrying The Tradition, back in 1991. That band included current LRB band leader Sammy Shelor, as well as Dan Tyminski, Ronnie Bowman and Lonesome River Band founder, Tim Austin. They recorded a second project for Rebel Records, Old Country Town, before Tyminski accepted a gig with Alison Krauss & Union Station, and Austin decided to leave the road to focus on his recording studio, Doobie Shea. Like any band whose success has endured for 15 years, Lonesome River Band has seen some very talented musicians come and go.
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May 30 - June 8, 2008
Day out with Thomas the Tank Engine
Location: Tweetsie Railroad, Blowing Rock
Telephone: 800-526-5740
Thomas the Tank Engine pulls the train at Tweetsie! See Sir Topham Hat, have your picture made with Thomas and more!
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May 31, 2008
Saturday Workshops
Location: Cheap Joe's Art Stuff
Telephone: 828-262-5459
Pastel Techniques on Multimedia Artboard
with Paul de Marrais
Call or visit website for more details
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June
June 1, 2008
Glenn Bolick
Location: Hayes Performing Arts Center
Telephone: 828-295-9627
$10
Time: TBA
Local Musician and master potter Bolick spins some old-time bluegrass on guitar and banjo. A descendent of the first Appalachian pioneers, Bolick preserves the art of his people through music, stories and homespun humor.
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June 2 - July 18, 2008
Silent Auction Extravaganza Begins, Farthing Auditorium
Location: An Appalachian Summer Festival kickoff
Telephone: 828-262-4046
Auction opens Monday, June 2
Closes Friday, July 18
Win items from your favorite spas, golf clubs, restaurants, hotels, attractions, artisans and boutiques while supporting the arts! The festival's largest, single fundraising event takes place during the months of June and July, and offers festival-goers the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the finest businesses and organizations in the region and have some fun at the same time! All proceeds benefit An Appalachian Summer Festival.
The fesitval's much-anticipated Silent Auction, generously sponsored by Peabody's Wine & Beer Merchants, will feature a more spectacular selection of items than ever before! View this extraordinary selection of products and services from the area's most distinctive merchants and artisans, including spa and golf packages, restaurant and hotel getaways, handcrafted ceramics, original artwork and tickets to area attractions.
The auction will close after intermission during the performance by Doug Varone and Dancers on Friday, July 18, and auction items may be picked up at this time.
Advance registration is required; bidders need not be present to win.
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June 2 - 15, 2008
Remarkable Rhododendron Ramble at Grandfather
Location: Grandfather Mountain
Telephone: 800-468-7325
This new special program at Grandfather Mountain is centered around the annual blooming of the red Catawba rhododendron.
The staff naturalists will be leading walks through the rhododendron sharing interesting facts and history about the shrub. (There will also be a slide program available for inclement days.)
These rhododendron focused activities will be included in the cost of park admission ($14 adults / $6 children).
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June 13, 2008
Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame
6 PM
Location: Wilkes Heritage Museum
Telephone: 336-838-6260
Mike Cross to Host Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony!
The Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame was created in 2006 to recognize and honor musicians and others who have contributed to the special heritage of the Blue Ridge Mountains sharing and maintaining it as it has evolved since the first American Indians performed their own musical traditions through today. The Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame will be housed in the Wilkes Heritage Museum located at 100 East Main Street, Wilkesboro, NC. Wilkesboro is located less than twenty miles from milepost 235, or the halfway point on the Blue Ridge Parkway, easily accessible for anyone wanting to visit the Hall of Fame or Museum.
Dinner will start at 6:00 pm and the Induction Ceremony at 8:00 pm. A limited number of dinner tickets are available with a cost of $75. Tickets for the Induction Ceremony are $25. For additional information or to inquire about Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame partnerships (sponsorships) or advertising, please contact Jennifer Furr at 336-667-3171.
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June 14, 2008
46th Annual Art in the Park
10 AM - 5 PM
Location: Blowing Rock
Telephone: 828-295-7851
Saturday 10am-5pm
Location: American Legion Grounds in Downtown Blowing Rock
A juried art and craft show featuring 130 artists.
FREE trolley shuttles
Sponsored by the Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce
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June 19 - 22, 2008
Southern Voices 2008: Stories, Poems & Humor "Celebrating the South"
7:30 PM
Location: Lees-McRae College Summer Stage Productions
Telephone: 828-898-8709
Admission $12
June 19,20,21 at 7:30pm
June 22 at 2pm
Contact box office for further information
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June 21, 2008
Cheap Joe's Art Stuff "Boone in June" Tradeshow
Location: ASU Convocation Center
Telephone: 800-227-2788
Show features local and national vendors, artist demonstrations all day, live music and Bandana's barbecue. Half-day art workshops available Thursday and Friday Pre-registration required.
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June 22, 2008
84th Annual Singing on the Mountain
Location: Grandfather Mountain
Telephone: 800-468-7325
All-day gospel sing, church bazaar, and dinner-on-the-grounds held at the base of Grandfather Mountain. Features nationally known speaker and top groups
Free admission
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June 28, 2008
Saturday Workshops
Location: Cheap Joe's Art Stuff
Telephone: 828-262-5459
Handmade Paper Greeting Cards
with Norma Suddreth
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June 28 - July 19, 2008
Youre' a Good Man, Charlie Brown (A Children's Show)
10 AM
Location: Lees-McRae College Stage Productions
Telephone: 828-898-8709
Admission $12/$8
June 28
July 5, 12 and 19
all shows at 10am
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June 28, 2008
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
8 PM
Location: An Appalachian Summer Festival
Telephone: 828-262-4046
$25 / $18 / $15 / $10 / $5
Farthing Auditorium
Ricky Skaggs is well on the way to showing the world that "country rocks, but bluegrass rules!" By age 21, he was already considered a "recognized master" of bluegrass, but his career took him in other directions, catapulting him to popularity and success in the mainstream of country music. Now the road has brought him back to where it all began - bluegrass music.
The all-star lineup of Kentucky Thunder includes Andy Leftwich (fiddle), Cody Kilby (lead guitar), Mark Fain (bass), Darrin Vincent (baritone vocals, rhythm guitar), Paul Brewster (tenor vocals, rhythm guitar) and Jim Mills (banjo).
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June 29 - July 6, 2008
A Chorus Line
7:30 PM
Location: Lees-McRae College Summer Theatre
Telephone: 828-898-8709
$24 adults/$13 Students/Children
Evenings 7:30pm
Matinees 2pm
Check website for further date/time information
Show description:
In an empty theatre, on a bare stage, casting for a new Broadway musical is almost complete. The field’s been narrowed down to just 17 dancers.
For these men and women, this audition is the chance of a lifetime. It’s what they’ve worked for — with every drop of sweat, every hour of training, every day of their lives. It’s the one opportunity to do what they’ve always dreamed of. Not to be the star, but to get the job … to have the chance to dance and come through. Performed as a series of vignettes, A CHORUS LINE is a celebration of those unsung heroes of the American Musical Theatre and a celebration of the American Musical itself.
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June 29, 2008
The Broyhill Chamber Ensemble: Falling Bodies
8 PM
Location: An Appalachian Summer Festival
Telephone: 828-262-4046
$18 / $10 / $5
Rosen Concert Hall
Gil Morgenstern, Artistic Director
The ensemble will perform a special preview of Falling Bodies, a work co-commissioned by An Appalachian Summer Festival and Nine Circles Chamber Theatre. Falling Bodies is a multidisciplinary work that explores the lives of the Italian scientist-poet Galileo Galilei and the Italian poet-scientist Primo Levi, with music by Bruce Saylor and story by Jonathan Levi. This work will be premiered in full during the 2009 celebration of the festival's 25th anniversary. The ensemble will also perform Brahms' Piano Quintet in f minor.
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June 30 - July 2, 2008
Art-I-Facts: Art & The Enchanted Object
10 AM - 4 PM
Location: An Appalachian Summer Festival
Telephone: 828-262-3017
Community Art School Workshops
Wey Hall, Room 103
For teens, adults and Appalachian students
Facilitators: Melissa C. Ball-Martin, Rebekah King
Magic mirrors, glass shoes, keys to the universe - enchant ordinary objects into the aesthetic. Record your personal journey of discovery and investigation in an altered book format as you explore the relationship between your collectibles and myth, folklore and the archetypal catalyst for change. Discuss everything from Cinderella to Duchamp, Faberge eggs to the power tie. Challenge yourself - and your students - to question the need for material objects and your power to transform them into the extraordinary. Targeted to teachers, enjoyed by all!
Pre-registration is required. Minimum enrollment of ten (10). Free for certified art teachers.
This event is presented as part of the Programs for Teens, Adults, and Appalachian Students program.
Cost:
$60 for TCVA members
$100 for non-members
Free for certified art teachers.
Pre-registration is required.
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Date and time to be announced
Bonnie Angelo
Location: Lees-McRae Forum
Telephone: 828-898-8748
Speaker, Journalist and Author of "First Mothers: The Women Who Shaped the Presidents"
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