Three times each summer, the green at the Historic Banner Elk School comes to life with Art on the Greene, featuring high-quality, handmade arts and crafts from select regional and national artisans. The show includes metal artists, glass artists, potters, jewelry makers, painters, wood carvers and…
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Written by “Hamilton” composer, Lin-Manuel Miranda, “In the Heights” spans three generations of music representing the inhabitants of Washington Heights, New York. Following a dream, the people share memories of home, fall in love, worry about the changes in the neighborhood, and…
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The lawn at the Historic Banner Elk School becomes a market for the arts three times each year as 40 to 60 artists exhibit their handiwork for Art on the Greene.
The second show takes place July 7-8 (the weekend after Independence Day), while the third installment takes place Labor Day weekend,…
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An all-American celebration takes place each Fourth of July in Banner Elk. It’s a day that makes Uncle Sam proud, starting with the Banner Elk Fourth of July Parade at 11 a.m. The parade begins at the Lees-McRae campus library and goes down Main Street. The parade concludes with a Party in the…
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Lees-McRae Summer Theatre opens its season with “The Wiz,” a retelling of “The Wizard of Oz” with a “soulful” twist. Every song is uplifting, and every journey is a parable telling us how to see a better world. Magical places with outlandish characters helped this show earn seven Tony Awards…
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Join Lees-McRae Summer Theatre for “Passport Please!,” an exciting adventure that teaches children about the diversity and beautiful cultures that make up the world. This new interactive musical, written by Janet Barton Speer and John Thomas Oaks, the creators of “The Denim King” and “Screen…
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