• May 19: Baba Commandant with Coconut Cake
• June 16: Victoria Victoria featuring Charlie Hunter with Josh Phillips
• July 21: The Rumble featuring Chief Joseph Boudreaux with Funk’N Around
• August 18: Asheville All-Stars with Asheville Rock Academy
• September 15: The Sensational Barnes Brothers with Alex Krug Combo

Wanna hear the best local music ​and​ drink the best local beers? Hop aboard LaZoom’s Purple Bus and rock out with a local band while we take you on a journey to Asheville’s premiere local breweries.

– ALL AGES
– LIMITED PATIO SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED

LUA FLORA

Lua Flora is the soundtrack of your favorite daydream. The Asheville, NC-based group’s sun-kissed melodies are rooted in the harmonies of Appalachia, rhythms of the West Indies, and lyricism of American folk. Live, the band allures listeners with gut-punching jams weaved between powerful lyrics. Lua Flora has supported Satsang, Franc Moody, Of Good Nature, Kendall Street Company, and more. Their recent debut album amassed over 150,000 streams in the first week.

“The musical embodiment of Asheville’s creative spirit”   -Face The Current

“…easy and melodic — a light, laidback recluse from the grind.”   -Top Shelf Music

“Lua Flora shows folk & reggae mix.”   -Grateful Web

Adapted from the three-time-Tony-nominated Broadway hit comes A Year with Frog and Toad KIDS. Based on Arnold Lobel’s well-loved books, the jazzy, upbeat score bubbles with melody. Part vaudeville, part make-believe, and all charm, A Year with Frog and Toad KIDS tells the story of a friendship that endures throughout the seasons.

This whimsical show follows two great friends – the cheerful, popular Frog, and the rather grumpy Toad – through four fun-filled seasons. Waking from hibernation, Frog and Toad plant gardens, swim, rake leaves, go sledding and learn life lessons along the way. Throughout the year, two best friends celebrate and rejoice in the differences that make them unique and special.

This production is done by our Prep students in 1st-8th Grade. For more information on the Prep program, please visit our website.

Game Highlight: Dollar Dog Fridays

$1 Hot Dogs presented by Blossman Gas and Mix 96.5

Promotion: Tourists Fireworks Night

The purpose of the Meet-up is to introduce you to a new revolutionary path of personal growth and transformation that is designed for busy Westerners. You no longer need to go live in a cave, leave your family and meditate 6-8 hours a day to achieve your full potential.

There will be a presentation by Marty Clemons, who is one of only a handful of Mastery Higher Brain Living facilitators in the country, She will explain the system and do a live demo of the technique.

Tickets are now on sale for the 7^th Annual Color Me Goodwill fashion show, presented by Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina. This year six design teams will compete in the show, which takes place on Friday, April 21, The Orange Peel in Asheville.

Each Color Me Goodwill design team is given $200 to shop for materials at local Goodwill stores, which they deconstruct and repurpose to create a five-piece collection based on a selected color. Designers compete for a first-place prize of $500, awarded by a panel of expert judges, and an audience choice prize of $200. Each collection features a model who has participated in Goodwill employment programs and services.

“We often say that Color Me Goodwill is ‘fashion with a mission,’” said Jaymie Eichorn, Goodwill’s chief marketing officer. “The inspiring stories of the program participants who have benefited from Goodwill’s services are at the heart of the show. Every year, the designers in Color Me Goodwill tell us that working with their client model is the most rewarding part of the experience.”

“Color Me Goodwill also celebrates the local sustainable fashion community and the talented creators who demonstrate the potential of reused materials,” Eichorn said. “This year’s show features designers who will be familiar to the Color Me Goodwill audience, as well as several new faces.”

The designers for the 7^th Annual Color Me Goodwill show are:

Rosanne Capone – PURPLE
Rosanne Capone has more than 20 years of experience creating costumes and reconstructing thrifted clothing. She participated for several years in the Condom Couture fashion show benefitting Planned Parenthood and the ACT Costume Drama show. She operates Gypsy Rose Creations, producing creative fashions inspired by vibrant colors and textures. Instagram: @GypsyRoseCreations

Valentina da Costa – YELLOW
Valentina da Costa attended the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) before pursuing a career in cosmetology. Valentina’s clothing designs are inspired by nature, mixing varied textures and unique materials within a color family. Instagram: @carnivalblues

Vivien Gough – ORANGE
Vivien Gough has been working in creative design since pre-school through Odyssey of the Mind events, school theatre, and producing accessories or McKinney Gough Design. She is currently a ninth-grade student at a local charter school. Vivien specializes in painting and dyeing reused textiles to create anime- and punk-inspired clothing and accessories. Instagram: @vi.vien3046

Th3 Graces – RED
Th3 Graces are a three-person team including Susan Sertain, Hannah Wood, and Charlotte Murphy. Hannah creates Trollbinde Jewelry, a line of handmade talisman jewelry, for her boutique store in Burnsville. Susan, winner of several awards at the ACT Costume Drama show, owns Studio Vonceil, where she redesigns clothing for resale. Charlotte is an experienced costumer who won Best in Show at ACT Costume Drama 2018. As a team, Th3 Graces won best in category at the ACT Costume Drama 2019 and first prize at Color Me Goodwill in 2022. Instagram: @thr3gracesdesign

Mae Reilly Mueller – GREEN
With a background in costuming, Mae Reilly Mueller is inspired by the theatrics of design, such as silhouette, texture, and intricate detail. Mae is largely self-taught, and for several years has created clothing from repurposed materials for herself and friends, as well as building costumes for her high school’s theatre productions. Instagram: @maeday_cray_zay

Sybil Todd – BLUE
Sybil Todd started sewing and designing as a teenager. She began designing for the theatre, then established a name for herself in cosplay designs and has since transitioned to fashion design. She is heavily inspired by literature, history, and nature. Her signature is creating fantasy-inspired clothing that is reminiscent of days gone by. Sybil currently works with Vibe Wed Asheville to create unique designs for couples planning an off-the-beaten path wedding. Instagram: @whiteknightcosplay

Tickets for Color Me Goodwill are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Doors will open at 6 p.m., and the show begins at 7 p.m. Tickets may be purchased through The Orange Peel box office.

All participants and attendees must follow current local and venue-specific safety guidelines.

For more information, visit www.colormegoodwill.org.

DIFFERENT STROKES! PERFORMING ARTS COLLECTIVE PRESENTS

THREE SIX NINE MONOLOGUE AND SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL features a curated selection of original pieces written by emerging Black Playwrights, primarily from our emerging Black Playwright’s program, A Different Myth. Join us for nine evenings of heart-warming, dramatic, funny, heart-breaking, and provocative short plays and monologues. Three Six Nine features represents 3 weekends, 6 short plays, and 9 monologues. No two weekends will be the same, and neither will you. Join us as we mix and match 12 pieces over the course of 90 minutes on 9 very different evenings.

April 6-8, 2023
April 13-15, 2023
April 20-22, 2023
at 7:30 p.m. each evening

Music, Book, & Story by Steve Martin; Music, Lyrics, & Story by Edie Brickell

Set in our very own Blue Ridge Mountains, Bright Star tells the story of Alice at two different points in her life: as a young girl in the mountains, and 22 years later as the well-to-do editor of a successful Asheville magazine. A serendipitous encounter inspires Alice to face her past, and a stunning realization changes her life forever. Bright Star is based on the Grammy Award-winning bluegrass album, Love Has Come for You, and centers particularly on the song “Iron Mountain Baby.” Be sure to listen also for the song with our namesake – “Asheville”!

Content Warning: Bright Star contains swearing, language that some may find blasphemous, incidental drinking and smoking, and kidnapping.

Accessibility:

All performances: Accessible wheelchair/scooter seating available.

Saturday, May 6, 2023: ASL-Interpreted Performance

Daniel Donato Live in Concert at The Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium April 21 7:30pm. Tickets on sale NOW

Directed and adapted by Aaron Snook for the Drama Department from a new translation of Euripedes’ Electra by the Ancient Mediterranean Studies Department, and infused with original Appalachian roots music composed by the Music Department, this production of Elektra aims to spark a conversation around the cycles of violence that inherited hate produces.

The Civil War may have ended, but the blood that was spilled sowed the Appalachian soil with loss and grievance.  In the succeeding years, the Conservative cause nurtured those seeds with violence and intimidation, creating an inheritance of hate to be passed down to the younger generation.  In the sleepy mountain town of Mycenae, North Carolina this legacy is tearing at the heart of a young girl named Elektra.  Fatherless at the hands of her mother’s new husband, Elektra awaits her brother’s return and prays for vengeance.

A CONCERT CELEBRATING

THE LAUNCH OF THE NEW

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN

NON-PROFIT

Come Celebrate With Us

Enjoy Great Live Music

and

Learn More About The Exciting

Benefits of Becoming a

Supporting Member

The Celebration will feature performances by:

Tony Cedras

(performed with Paul Simon, Harry Belafonte, and

Hugh Masekala),

Anne Coombs

(founder of Asheville’s ‘Rock Academy’ and

legendary Asheville-based performer),

BJ Leiderman

(Songwriter and entertainer of NPR fame),

Connell Sanderson

(Extraordinary Celtic Piper),

Palmardelu

(featuring Ecuadorian native Patricia Kayser,

founder of Autism and Music)

Black Mountain’s own

David LaMotte

(singer, songwriter, author,

founder of PEG Partners)

and

Bob Hinkle

the founder and owner of the White Horse

White Horse Black Mountain has a long history of service to our community and our region. We love hosting benefits for worthy causes, and nourishing community through shared experiences of music and other events. Our new non-profit status will allow us to expand our ability to serve. We will be better able to collaborate with other organizations on events, pursue grants, and do a wide variety of new and exciting things.

We are inviting YOU to join us in our efforts to impact individual lives, impact our community, impact our region— and impact the world. We are kicking off the new non-profit with a BIG musical celebration on Friday, April 21, and YOU are invited to celebrate with us! The night will feature this awesome lineup:

Everyone will be warmly welcomed to all White Horse shows, with or without membership, but the members will have some extra perks that we are excited to share with you, including discounts on event tickets and merchandise, a cool White Horse lapel pin, private member events, public gratitude at the White Horse, and the knowledge that you are a part of the team that makes the White Horse a resource for the whole community.

To learn more about membership, email: [email protected]

And by the way, if you join us on the 21st, you can become a ‘founding member’! And if you can’t make it to the big celebration event, you can become a member any time at www.WhiteHorseBlackMountain.com/membership

The April 21st Celebration is going to be one of those events that people will talk about for years to come, and we hope you will join us!

From the songbook of Johnny Cash comes this unique musical about love and faith, struggle and success, rowdiness and redemption, and the healing power of home and family. More than two dozen classic hits including “I Walk the Line,” “A Boy Named Sue,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” and, of course, “Ring of Fire.” Performed by a multi-talented cast.

Director Ben Hope adds “Having spent many years working on various productions of Ring of Fire (this production will be my personal 10th!), The most extraordinary thing I keep finding about Mr. Cash is how unanimously loved he is, even now, 20 years since his death. No other project seems to attract such a varied and enthusiastic crowd as the music of Johnny Cash. I think it’s because he wrote for the ordinary. His words and music are authentic and simple, and he speaks plainly about things we all connect with. He was fallible, with personal demons and shortcomings. He makes us feel like our own imperfections are normal and mundane, and he teaches us that there’s beauty and hope, even in despair. I love Johnny Cash, and I know Flat Rock audiences are going to love Ring of Fire’.”

Don’t miss this inspiring story, all the great music, and an evening of iconic Johnny Cash!

Ring of Fire is presented by WHKP and Carolina Ace Hardware. Flat Rock Playhouse’s 2023 Season is supported by Charlotte & Bob Otto, Optimum, WHKP, and WTZQ as well as the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. www.NCArts.org

For a complete lineup with show descriptions and to purchase tickets, visit www.flatrockplayhouse.org.

FISH
By Cyndi Williams
Directed by Ashleigh Goff

When two characters connect unexpectedly in a lonely bar, they wind up playing a dangerous game. Who will survive, and how can they forgive themselves in the process?  Shifting timelines and unearthing skeletons, Fish is a fever dream twisting through memory, fantasy and the present.

This nationally renowned company, led by a husband-and-wife duo, brings an exciting collection of contemporary choreography that’s as “sensual” (Washington Post) as it is “humorous, elegant, and wild” (Seattle Dances). Working with writers, musicians and storytellers, these cross-genre collaborators cultivate the craft of storytelling through movement — even choreographing music videos for Moses Sumney, Sylvan Esso and Ben Phantom. Premiering in this performance is an all-new, exhilarating piece created just for the Wortham Center stage.

Connect with the Art and Artists

• Dance Workshop: Open level, 90-minute dance workshop for ages 16 and up. April 22 at 11 a.m. Henry LaBrun Studio. Learn more and register.
• Pre-show Discussions: April 21 & 22 at 7 p.m. Henry LaBrun Studio.

“This is a phenomenon.”- New York Magazine, Sara Holdren

All rise for Academy Award® winner Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork. The New York Times Critic’s Pick TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is “the most successful American play in Broadway history” (60 Minutes). With direction by Tony Award® winner Bartlett Sher, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD — “the greatest novel of all time” (Chicago Tribune) — has quickly become “one of the greatest plays in history” (NPR).

Emmy Award®-winning actor Richard Thomas will play the role of Atticus Finch in the National Tour.

Live Music at Hickory Tavern, 9:00 p.m. until 12:00 a.m.

A Disney Channel Dreams & 2000s pop throwback Dance Party in Asheville, presented by Le Petite Fete!