Attend a lively musical performance, go dancing at one of the many street festivals planned throughout the Blue Ridge Mountains, explore regional gem mines, sample your way across a food and wine festival, or explore a new art exhibit. There’s no shortage of cool things to do here in Western North Carolina. Here’s a list of some of the best events taking place this month.
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Community Viewing Night
July 13, 2018 @ 9:30 pm
One event on July 14, 2018 at 9:30 pm
One event on July 20, 2018 at 9:30 pm
One event on July 21, 2018 at 9:30 pm
One event on August 3, 2018 at 9:30 pm
One event on August 4, 2018 at 9:30 pm
One event on August 10, 2018 at 9:30 pm
One event on August 11, 2018 at 9:30 pm
One event on August 17, 2018 at 9:30 pm
One event on August 18, 2018 at 9:30 pm
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Join us for an evening of stargazing as you’ve never seen before! You will have the opportunity to view the moon, planets and stars through our 34″ diameter Sam Scope, as well as our smaller planetary telescope. With the assistance of our observatory manager, up to 25 people will spend two hours viewing and learning about the dark skies.
Famous astronomical objects in the sky this month include:
Jupiter
Saturn
Sombrero Galaxy
Whirlpool Galaxy
Hercules Great Globular Cluster
Blackeye Galaxy
Ring Nebula
Messier Deep Sky Objects
Advance tickets required.
