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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History Cafe Webinar: Preserving the South Asheville Cemetery
History Cafe Webinar: Preserving the South Asheville Cemetery
An online zoom lecture on the efforts to preserve the South Asheville Cemetery, a historic African-American cemetery of Asheville.
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Old Toll Road 4WD Caravan to Camp Alice
Old Toll Road 4WD Caravan to Camp Alice
Join the Swannanoa Valley Museum for this popular 4-wheel drive caravan up the historic Old Toll Road to Camp Alice on Mt. Mitchell. Once a major tourist attraction, the “Old Toll Road” made the “apex of Appalachia accessible” for the cost of $1 per person. Contact info: Saro Lynch-Thomason, svmvolunteer@gmail.com
History Explorers for Kids: Life on a Farmstead
History Explorers for Kids: Life on a Farmstead
In this program, children will learn about life in the Swannanoa Valley 200 years ago, and then spend time being “history detectives” and guessing the uses of several historic artifacts. The program will end with a “What would you bring?” activity in which children will plan what tools they will need to bring for their […]
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Webinar: The Art of Hairwork Jewelry- A Brief History of Its Sentiments and How It Was Made
Webinar: The Art of Hairwork Jewelry- A Brief History of Its Sentiments and How It Was Made
Join the Swannanoa Valley Museum a 1-hour Zoom presentation with Gina Iacovelli of Mementos Entwined, on the 19th century techniques used to create sentimental and mourning jewelry with human hair, and the sincerity it represented in a modernizing world.
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Lit Cafe
Lit Cafe
Has the quarantined and socially distanced lifestyle sent you searching for good books? Would you like to discuss them and catch up with other avid readers and authors in the process? We at Western North Carolina Historical Association invite you to join us for our Lit-Café, a book discussion group with a purpose. We will […]
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SVM Book Club: An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States
SVM Book Club: An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States
Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day with an online discussion of An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States. The discussion will be facilitated by Delesslin George-Warren and Kassidy Maeghan Plyler of the Catawba Cultural Preservation Project. Registrants will receive a Zoom invite before the event begins. From the Publisher: “The first history of the United States […]
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History Explorers for Kids: Ancient American Indian Artifacts
History Explorers for Kids: Ancient American Indian Artifacts
This program will encourage children to be “history detectives” as they use their observation skills to infer the uses of ancient American Indian tools and contemporary crafts made by Cherokee artisans. Children will also learn how to play the butter bean game, a historic Cherokee counting game. The program will include a blowgun and atlatl […]
History Explorers for Kids: Ancient American Indian Artifacts
History Explorers for Kids: Ancient American Indian Artifacts
This program will encourage children to be “history detectives” as they use their observation skills to infer the uses of ancient American Indian tools and contemporary crafts made by Cherokee artisans. Children will also learn how to play the butter bean game, a historic Cherokee counting game. The program will include a blowgun and atlatl […]
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History Cafe: “You Have to Start a Thing” Early Women in North Carolina Governance
History Cafe: “You Have to Start a Thing” Early Women in North Carolina Governance
In 1894, Asheville became the birthplace of the women’s suffrage movement in North Carolina when Helen Morris Lewis formed the Equal Suffrage Association of North Carolina, the first of its kind in the state. In this online talk via Zoom, Catherine Amos and Katherine Cutshall will explore how Helen Morris Lewis, Lillian Exum Clement Stafford, […]
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50th LEAF Festival
LEAF prepares to celebrate a 25-year landmark tradition with the 50th LEAF Festival and we’re going SOLID GOLD for the occasion! From Thursday May 14th to Sunday May 17th, 2020 we will be welcoming world music, art, culture, and community into the heart of the beautiful WNC Blue Ridge Mountains. Throughout its storied history, this […]
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The Haunted Valley Rally Driving Tour
Take a driving tour through the myths and legends of the Swannanoa Valley. This approximately two hour tour will take you to some of the most haunted, historical and mythological places in the Valley. Learn about the ghosts who haunt the windows of Black Mountain homes, the mystery skeleton of the McKoy Building, the Spanish […]
Mountain Acoustics Luthier Invitational
Mountain Acoustics Luthier Invitational
The second annual Mountain Acoustics Luthier Invitational celebrates hand-built stringed instruments with an emphasis on the artists who craft them and the musicians who play them. Featuring some of the most talented luthiers in the region, the three-day event includes concerts, exhibits, workshops and more. Jay Lichty of Tryon, NC, once again serves as host luthier. Festivities […]
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Mountain Acoustics Luthier Invitational
Mountain Acoustics Luthier Invitational
The second annual Mountain Acoustics Luthier Invitational celebrates hand-built stringed instruments with an emphasis on the artists who craft them and the musicians who play them. Featuring some of the most talented luthiers in the region, the three-day event includes concerts, exhibits, workshops and more. Jay Lichty of Tryon, NC, once again serves as host luthier. Festivities […]
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Mountain Acoustics Luthier Invitational
Mountain Acoustics Luthier Invitational
The second annual Mountain Acoustics Luthier Invitational celebrates hand-built stringed instruments with an emphasis on the artists who craft them and the musicians who play them. Featuring some of the most talented luthiers in the region, the three-day event includes concerts, exhibits, workshops and more. Jay Lichty of Tryon, NC, once again serves as host luthier. Festivities […]
