– ALL AGES
– STANDING ROOM ONLY
– RAIN OR SHINE

J.M. Clifford

A songwriter and music educator from Brooklyn, NY. His music draws on folk, bluegrass, and classic singer-songwriter styles from the 60s and 70s. Clifford’s debut record, On a Saturday Night, was featured on The Bluegrass Situation and received rave reviews from Bluegrass Today and Holler Country.  Clifford will be performing as an official showcase artist at the IBMA conference in September 2023.  He performed at the IBMA Songwriter Showcase in 2022 and has been selected as a finalist in the 2023 Rocky Mountain Songwriting Festival.  Clifford’s upcoming record, slated for release in late 2023, was produced by platinum-selling artist Ron Pope and features Bronwyn Keith Hynes, Seth Taylor, and Jeff Picker.

Clifford works as an NYC elementary public school teacher in Brooklyn and leads a bluegrass ensemble at The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music.

Ages 18+

Rory Scovel Tickets | Asheville, NC | The Orange Peel (etix.com)

Rory Scovel can currently be seen starring as Danny in Apple TV+’s hour-long series PHYSICAL, as well as in Paramount Picture’s BABYLON. Prior to that, he starred in I FEEL PRETTY opposite Amy Schumer and can be seen in New Line’s feature THE HOUSE, ABC’s MODERN FAMILY, and NBC’s SUPERSTORE, as well as in his Comedy Central series ROBBIE, which he also created. His hour stand-up special RORY SCOVEL TRIES STAND-UP FOR THE FIRST TIME is currently streaming on Netflix.

~ ‘Rock and Roll’ is an an attitude that demands authenticity, strength, and success against the ‘mainstream doubtful mentality’. It is not a sole suggestion of any particular style of music. This RockNRoll Chorus does feature contemporary music that is not often crafted in schools (properly). However, our music is always executed through the vehicle of healthy, proper, ensemble singing while maintaining the feel and energy of each piece’s original intent.

~ Cantaff

It’s not collegiate a cappella. It’s not Glee, Pitch Perfect or The Sing-Off. It sounds like a nation of singers backed by a full-tilt rock band…but there’s no band! It’s high-energy, it’s unique, it’s amazing and you will find yourself singing along and rockin’ out like you’re in the middle of an arena concert! It’s THE ROCKNROLL CHORUS!

This talented act delivers all of your favorites, with a new edge. Enjoying high critical acclaim from 12 national tours, 6 full-length commercial CD releases, and working with legendary artists such as Bruce Springsteen, The Chieftains, Foreigner, Jefferson Airplane, and Kenny Loggins, New Jersey-based voices-only stage show, The RockNRoll Chorus (RNRC), is gearing up for their 2019 Summer Tour. A live arena-style show will explode across stages throughout the USA! Directed by Joe Cantaffa, and coached by Fredi Walker-Browne (RENT, The Lion King), Eric Thompson, Jessica Kolody, Lauren Ferguson, Courtney Kalafsy John Vines, and many other talented staff, these young professionals perform a high energy rock show with a focus on healthy vocal technique and high production values. AND….RNRC’s album “No Guilt Til Monday” is available on all major online outlets!

Get ready for another 13 city U.S. tour!

‘Rock and Roll’ is an attitude that suggests the ability to be unique and successful against the ‘mainstream doubtful mentality’. It is not a sole suggestion of any particular style of music. THE ROCKNROLL CHORUS does feature contemporary music that is not often crafted (properly). However, this music is always executed through the vehicle of healthy, proper, ensemble singing while maintaining the feel and energy of each piece’s original intent.

The RockNRoll Chorus—no instruments, just voices.

• Visit the The RockNRoll Chorus website
• Listen to the music of The RockNRoll Chorus
• Watch videos of The RockNRoll Chorus

The program will also include ensembles from THE ASHEVILLE ROCK ACADEMY. These young artists have played at White Horse many times and we never get tired of seeing and hearing the future of Rock and Roll. The future is in good hands.

• Visit the Asheville Rock Academy website

The “One Singular Sensation,” A Chorus Line, is coming to Flat Rock Playhouse for the first time and we are thrilled to share this award-winning musical with everyone! A Chorus Line is a celebration of those unsung heroes of the American Musical Theatre: the chorus dancers. The show follows 17 would-be dancers in their quest to make the cut for a new Broadway Musical. One by one, the dancers come forward to share the stories of their lives, giving it their all and putting themselves on the line to make the cut. Only eight will remain. Capturing the spirit, tension, and hope of an audition, A Chorus Line is the musical for everyone who’s ever had a dream and put it all out there to make it come true!

A Chorus Line once held the record as the longest running show on Broadway with over 6000 performances, and heralds nine Tony® Awards including Best Musical, Best Director and Best Choreographer, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Conceived and Originally Directed and Choreographed by Michael Bennett. Book by James Kirkwood & Nicholas Dante, Music by Marvin Hamlisch, Lyrics by Edward Kleban. Co-Choreographed by Bob Avian. Original Broadway production produced by the New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp, Producer, in association with Plum Productions, Inc.

Beginner’s workshop lesson at 7:30 P.M., then 8-11 P.M. Contra Dance with Country Waltzing at the break and the final dance. This is a partner dance but it’s not necessary to come with a partner. We have different live bands and callers.

Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Tony-winning triumph takes everyone’s favorite storybook characters and brings them together for a timeless, yet relevant, piece. With a book and score that are both enchanting and touching, the Brothers Grimm hit the stage and come to life in an epic fairytale about wishes, family, and the choices we make.

PERFORMANCE & ARTIST DETAILS
Janiec Opera Company of the Brevard Music Center
Brevard Festival Orchestra
Craig Kier, conductor

STEPHEN SONDHEIM Into the Woods

Sung in English with English supertitles

Auditorium seating is reserved.

From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the six wives of Henry VIII take the microphone to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a Euphoric Celebration of 21st-century girl power! This new original musical is a global sensation that everyone is losing their head over! Featuring an all-woman cast and all-woman band, SIX has won 23 awards in the 2021/2022 Broadway season, including the Tony Award® for Best Original Score (Music and Lyrics) and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical. The New York Times says SIX “TOTALLY RULES!” (Critic’s Pick), and The Washington Post hails SIX as “Exactly the kind of energizing, inspirational illumination this town aches for!”  The SIX: LIVE ON OPENING NIGHT Broadway album debuted at Number 1 on the Billboard cast album charts and surpassed 6 Million streams in its first month.

Some Notes on Dating During Outbreak”: After being quarantined to an empty dining room in a fancy restaurant, two strangers must decide whether to fight for their lives or simply enjoy the last night they may ever have on earth. 

Poetry Open Mic Hendo is the all-new sister event of Poetry Open Mic Asheville, the
longest-running open mic in Western North Carolina, this weekly event welcomes all people and all forms of creative expression at
Hendersonville’s only Kava lounge.

Recommended for ages 12+ (adult content).

Truly a one-of-a-kind dance theater spectacle, Heather Maloy’s ‘Cleopatra’ is the crowning jewel of Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance’s 20th Anniversary Season. Featuring a cast of critically acclaimed dancers from ballet and contemporary companies across the US and abroad, the story of history’s first sex symbol is filled with intrigue, violence, splendor, love and tragedy.

The innovative dance theater’s most lavish production to date, ‘Cleopatra’ embodies the opulence and wonder of Cleopatra’s Alexandria, a city whose riches and scientific innovations were centuries ahead of their time. Runway worthy costumes with a contemporary flair inspired by ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt, plus a two story set, multiple projection screens and the incomparable Terpsicorps dancers bring to life a true story more exciting than any piece of fiction.

Originally intending to title the work Antony & Cleopatra, Maloy’s research into the history of Egypt’s last Pharaoh introduced her to a woman much too complex, powerful and brilliant to share a title with any man. A scholar and scientist, diplomat and single mother, lover and calculating strategist… Cleopatra seduced the most powerful men in the world with her wit, intellect and sexuality. Let yourself be seduced. We dare you!

Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance has been producing cutting edge, world class dance in Asheville since 2003. Utilizing hand picked professional dancers in the summers when they are off contract from critically acclaimed dance companies, has given the dance lovers in our community the opportunity to enjoy performances of a caliber seldom seen outside of major metropolitan cities.

– ALL AGES
– STANDING ROOM ONLY

THE NTH POWER

The Nth Power believes in the healing power of music. This all-pro alignment of sharp and seasoned musical vets delivers a transcendent blend of soul, funk, rock and rhythm and blues with multi-part vocal harmonies and songs that inspire audiences to dance, groove, make love or just stand there with goose bumps.

The band’s electric live performances have been flooring audiences ever since the group formed in New Orleans during an impromptu jam during Jazzfest nearly a decade ago. After an EP, studio album and two live albums, the band returned in 2021 in support of their second full-length studio release, Reverence, which was featured on the first-round nominations ballot for the 2022 Grammy Awards.

The Nth Power hails from diverse musical backgrounds, races and creeds, but the universal language of love and its power to change lives is the thread that binds them. The trio features drummer Nikki Glaspie, whose credentials include Beyonce, Maceo Parker, Dumpstaphunk and countless more; guitarist and lead vocalist Nick Cassarino, known best for his previous work with Jennifer Hartswick and Big Daddy Kane; and bassist Nate Edgar of reggae giant John Brown’s Body.

“It’s my dream team,” said Glaspie, “each one of us is a songwriter, so when we get together, everything becomes that much stronger.” Beyond raw skill, however, Glaspie cites a deep spiritual connection as the glue that binds them together. “Music is what brought us together, but it’s the spiritual bond that makes us play so in touch with each other,” she explained.

The Nth Power’s inspirational sets have floored audiences at music festivals like Electric Forest, High Sierra, Peachfest, North Coast Music Festival and Hulaween. They maintain New Orleans as their spiritual home, and the celebratory essence of that city’s music culture is audible in each performance – garnering high profile festival appearances and national acclaim from outlets like Relix, Modern Drummer, Huffington Post, Glide, Consequence, Okayplayer and Sirius XM.

Simply put, there is something pretty magical happening in this band, and they’re only just getting started. “Were going as far as you can go on the planet Earth and playing music,” explains Glaspie, “I don’t know how many times we’ve said it, we are so blessed.”

We are excited to host this annual tournament and invite you to join us for a fun-filled day

with collogues and friends supporting our local community!

Join us…

• Single Golfer or Team of Four – Register
• Gold, Silver, or Bronze Sponsor including golfing benefits
• Schedule
  • 7:30 am – Check-in, a light breakfast, and master pack and raffle ticket sales.
  • 9:00 am – Shot-gun start.

After course dues and fees are paid, United Way of Henderson County (UWHC) will be the recipient of all donations. UWHC is a longtime community partner whose work has been supporting the health, education, financial stability and basic needs of Henderson County since 1953. At Kimberly-Clark, we value their commitment to our community and we are committed to showing them our support. Click here to learn more about United Way of Henderson County.

Spectators are welcome to attend and admission is free. It is highly recommended to bring a chair. Please leave your dog comfortably at home.

Purebred and mixed-breed dogs, from throughout the southeast, will compete at various levels of difficulty, against each other and the clock.

The UKI trial includes the Agility Biathlon, Team Challenge and Masters Series Heat. These titling classes include Agility, ¬Jumping, Gamblers, Snooker and Speedstakes.

The best-scoring dog from each jump height is produced from the overall results in the Agility Biathlon and Masters Heat. The Winner will be granted a bye into Round 2 of the National Championship Class at the 2023 US Open plus an automatic Bye into the West Coast Open Agility Stakes Final.

UK Agility International is an organization that promotes the growth of agility and its standards. Reward-based dog training is encouraged in a competitive arena.

Dogs compete according to their experience level, as the rules and courses become more difficult at the higher levels.

Agility is a competitive team sport comprised of a handler and his or her dog. The object of agility is for the handler to navigate the dog through a timed obstacle course without the dog making a mistake. The agility course is comprised of jumps, weave poles, tunnels and climbing apparatuses. Agility rules focus on safety for the dog. The sport of agility combines control, training and drive into a challenging game for both the handler and the dog.

Blue Ridge Agility Show

Free. Bring a chair.

Food Scraps Drop Off

The City of Asheville, in partnership with Buncombe County and the Natural Resources Defense Council, is offering a FREE Food Scrap Drop-Off program in two locations for all Buncombe County residents.  This organic matter will be collected and turned into good clean compost, keeping it OUT of our landfill and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Register for Food Scraps Drop Off

Need a handy kitchen countertop food scrap bin?  Let us know on the registration form! We’ll be having bin giveaways at city and county facilities and would love to give you one.

Locations Holidays call for hours

Buncombe County Landfill – Convenience Center

85 Panther Branch Road, Alexander

• • Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
  • Saturday, 8 a.m. – 12:30 pm

Murphy Oakley Community Center and Library – “Food Scrap Bin Shelters” on the east side of the parking lot

749 Fairview Road, Asheville

• • Dawn – Dusk

Stephens-Lee Recreation Center “Food Scrap Shed” next to the Community Garden on the North side of the parking lot

30 Washington Carver Avenue, Asheville

• • Monday – Friday, 7 a.m. – 6 p.m.
  • Saturday, 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
  • Sunday, 12 – 4 p.m.

West Asheville Library – “Food Scrap Bin Shelters” on the south side of the building

942 Haywood Road, Asheville

• • Library open hours

The WNC Farmers Market is the premier destination for buying and selling the region’s best agriculture products directly from farmers & food producers to household & wholesale customers in an environment that celebrates the region’s diverse culture, food & heritage.

House of Operation:

WNC Farmers Market: 24/7, 361 days a year market access for farmers
Office: Monday- Friday, 8am-5pm
Market Shops: 7 days a week, 8 am-5 pm
Wholesale and Truck Sheds: 7 days a week

Included with admission

Embark on a scenic journey across George Vanderbilt’s Italy with a large-scale outdoor display that combines brilliant botanical designs with authentic messages written by Vanderbilt himself.

Beautifully handcrafted of natural elements, each sculptural postcard depicts a location or landmark Vanderbilt visited more than a century ago. This captivating complement to Biltmore’s Italian Renaissance Alive exhibition reveals Vanderbilt’s passions for travel, culture, architecture, and art as well as his personal experience of such renowned Italian cities as Milan, Florence, Venice, Pisa, and Vatican City.

Adding to the charm and visual appeal of Ciao! From Italy—sure to be a hit among kids of all ages—is the G-scale model train that travels in and out of each postcard in this enlightening display!

Funds for Fields: Youth Wellness Initiative

Pisgah Health Foundation is raising funds for renovations to the Ecusta Field, which is currently used by area athletes and community members and is in dire need of upgrades. The upgraded facility will allow for the expansion of youth athletic programs as well as open the field up for more events and recreational activities for everyone in Transylvania County.

With your donations and support, you can positively impact the lives of young athletes now! Soccer and other sports are integral in youth development, fostering physical, mental, and emotional growth. Additionally, outdoor recreational facilities are vital to our community’s wellbeing, especially since the pandemic led to higher levels of anxiety, depression, and stress as a result of decreased physical activity.

Along with others in our community, we hope you will join us in raising funds to renovate this field for all to enjoy in Brevard.

SUMMER ART CAMP 2023

Join us at the Museum for Summer Art Camp! Offered to rising K–12 grade students, all classes are age appropriate. Enrollment is limited, and pre-registration is required. Registration includes Museum admission and all materials necessary for each class. Classes are offered weekly June 19–August 7, 2023. Morning (9am–noon) and Afternoon (1–4pm) sessions are offered each week of camp. Students may sign up for both morning and afternoon and stay for both sessions. Register for Camp Now.

Cost:
Morning (9am–noon) or Afternoon (1–4pm) ½ day session either morning or afternoon: $130
All Day (9am–4pm both Morning and Afternoon sessions): $250
Members receive a 10% discount.

Waiting List:
If your desired session is sold out upon checkout, add your student’s name to our waiting list.

Financial Aid:
Email [email protected], or call 828.253.3227 x122 to inquire.
The Museum is committed to making our programs accessible to everyone, regardless of economic means. With support from the Walnut Cove Members Association, we are able to provide a limited amount of financial aid to help students who could not otherwise afford to enroll in our programs.

Judy Pfaff, …wind-deer and the honey-grass…, 2017, woodcut, hand painted dye and ink, archival inkjet, clear plastic film, varied edition of 12, 49¼ × 105 inches. 2017 Collectors’ Circle purchase, 2017.33.01

Volunteers will help remove Canada Blackberry (Rubus canadensis) and other woody vegetation from Round Bald to help maintain globally rare, grassy habitat. This is a great chance to learn about what SAHC does to manage these rare habitats, without the commitment of a long hike in. In general, we will be working within less than a 0.5 mile from the parking area. We encourage anyone who is new to conservation or to the Roan to join us for this event.

Rita de Maintenon will be demonstrating heritage crochet lace techniques, with project samples of the various types, and an extra chair in her booth for curious visitors who might want some hands-on fun! You will find Rita in the lobby of the Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Visitors are encouraged to watch and ask questions while the demonstrators work and talk about their creative process! Call ahead for the latest updates: 828-358-3192.