Calendar of Events

Sandburg Home Tours – Thursday to Sunday at 11am, 1pm, 2pm.

*As of April 2022, tours are free until further notice. See rates below if they change before your visit. Online reservations are available at recreation.gov.

The Sandburg Home is a great place to start your visit! The ground floor of the home contains visitor information, exhibits, tour ticket sales, the park store, and you can watch the park video. The main and top level of the home are furnished with the Sandburg family belongings. Visitors may only access the furnished ares of the home on a guided tour.

• Tour Reservations: Reserving in advance lets you pick your preferred house tour time. Tours fill up quickly. Last-minute, in-person tickets may not be available on the day you visit. Plan ahead and reserve house tour tickets at recreation.gov.

• Passes: The park does not currently sell the America the Beautiful– National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Passes.
  *These passes do not waive the house tour fee, but do provide a discount.
  *You can purchase a pass online at America the Beautiful – National Parks & Federal Recreational Lands Annual Pass | USGS Store.
• 30-minute house tours are offered year-round, schedule varies by season. Visit recreation.gov for the current schedule.
• Visitors may only tour the Sandburg Home on a guided tour.
• Tours are limited to 6 persons.
• Strollers are not permitted on the house tour, but there is a place to leave them for storage. Infants and small children should be carried through the house while on tour.

  Sandburg Home Guided Tour Fee
  *Tours are free until further notice, this chart is the rate when fees resume.
  (credit card only)
  $10.00 for Adults 16 and older
  $6.00 for Adults age 62 and older and all interagency pass holders
  Free for Children age 15 and under

The Art of Food features works from important postwar artists, like Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, John Baldessari, Wayne Thiebaud, Ed Ruscha, Andy Warhol, David Hockney, and Jasper Johns, alongside the work of contemporary artists, like Alison Saar, Lorna Simpson, Enrique Chagoya, Rachel Whiteread, and Jenny Holzer, among others. The Art of Food features more than 100 works in mediums that include drawings, paintings, photographs, prints, sculptures, and ceramics by 37 artists. Each artist has a unique means of depicting food in their work that, when seen alongside others, creates a nuanced representation of the complex place food holds in everyday life. Cross-historical resonances between artists in the exhibition spark novel meditations on food and its discontents, while speaking to a broad range of audiences.

Included with admission

Back by popular demand, The Vanderbilts at Home and Abroad exhibition offers guests:

• An opportunity to view rarely-seen treasures from the Biltmore collection
• A first-hand look at the Vanderbilts’ lifestyle
• Deeper insights into George, Edith, and Cornelia’s personalities, both at home and on their extensive travels

Access to exhibitions at The Biltmore Legacy is included with Biltmore daytime admission.

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

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.

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

749 Fairview Road, Asheville

• • Dawn – Dusk

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

942 Haywood Road, Asheville

Library open hours

Buncombe County Landfill – Convenience Center85 Panther Branch Road, Alexander

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

Basketball

Open Play

Time scheduled for organized drop-in, pick-up, and open community games

Dr. Wesley Grant Sr. Southside Community Center, starts September 5

• Tuesday and Thursday, 6:30-9 p.m.
• Sunday, 12-5 p.m.

Join Blue Ridge Roller Derby as we kick off our home team season on Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023 at the Smoky Mountain Event Center with our Blocktoberfest Bout! This full-length roller derby game will feature a matchup between two of our league home teams, The Black Balsam Batties and The Swarm. Doors open at 1 p.m. with the first whistle at 2 p.m. Come out and support local roller derby! Tickets at $10 for ages 12 and up, free for kids 11 and under and can be purchased online or at the door.

Our Black Box series continues as we welcome to the stage the magnificent work of William Shakespeare. Surrender to a haunting story of ambition and its dark consequences, as a military hero and his wife conspire to seize political power. A terrifyingly prophetic tale of revenge, murder, and madness, Macbeth lays bare the fallout when the darkest side of humanity cheats its way into a position of power.  One of Shakespeare’s bloodiest, scariest, and yet, most popular tragedies.

The Perspective Café is kicking off 2023 with a classic bang! Grab your friends and join us each Sunday from 2pm to 5pm in the Perspective Café to play an assortment of board and card games. You can even bring your own favorite games from home to share with new friends.

The Perspective Café will be offering special snacks and cocktails to savor while you play and make a memorable afternoon! Enjoy the galleries and then head up to the rooftop.

Step into a world of magic, mystery, and self-discovery with the Tony Award-winning musical, Pippin. This Broadway classic, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Roger O. Hirson, tells the captivating story of a young prince on a daring quest for the ultimate meaning of life and fulfillment. From spectacular circus-inspired performances to stirring, emotionally-charged songs, “Pippin” unfolds as an exploration of the highs and lows of glory, love, and ambition. It’s a compelling narrative that continually asks one poignant question: is it more rewarding to live a simple life or to persist in relentlessly pursuing extraordinary feats? With its rich, allegorical storyline and memorable melodies, Pippin promises to enchant audiences, leaving them musing long after the final curtain call.

A talkback with the cast & crew of Pippin will be held following the performances on September 17th & 24th.

Jack of the Wood : Sunday-Irish Session 

Sundays

1 till who knows when?

Traditional Irish music is kept alive at Jack of the Wood with our unplugged Sunday session.

Jack of the Wood

95 Patton ave

Asheville, NC 28801

(828) 252.5445

http://www.jackofthewood.com/

John Devlin, conductor
Christylez Bacon, beatbox and rap
Caroline Shaw: Entr’acte
Evan Meier/Christylez Bacon: Migrations in Rhythm: A Concerto for Beatbox and Rhyme
Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5

Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte is a Haydn-inspired strings-rich piece that will pull you in. It’s what critic James Bennett called “juicy and ebullient…culminating with a succession of full-bellied chords that I may one day make my ringtone.”

Washington DC native and Duke Ellington School for the Arts alum beatboxer Christylez Bacon has created something totally new with this intersection of symphonic and hip hop tradition. You may have seen this Grammy nominee onstage with the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center.  He says, “The music is the lure and the lyric is the education that will destroy the many barriers that prevent us from recognizing our connections with each other.”

Soviet composer Dmitry Shostakovich premiered his fifth symphony in 1937 to overwhelming acclaim, with the audience standing to applaud for more than 40 minutes. This darkly dramatic work is the best one to start with if you’re experiencing Shosty (as musicians have nick-named him) for the first time. A simple internet search will reveal more details of the political turmoil surrounding Shostakovich’s previous compositions and the safety he reclaimed after writing this symphony, so do yourself a favor and dig in to what it was like to be an artist in 1930s Leningrad.

CLICK TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR & GUEST ARTIST

THE SPLATTER PLAY
By Abby Auman
Directed by Jessica Johnson

It’s the day of the open house for Tina’s childhood home, which also happens to be her deceased mother’s evil laboratory. Determined to turn the terrors of the lab into selling points, Tina and her optimistic realtor parade a cast of unsavory potential buyers through the home, tormented all the while by the resident creepies and crawlies who aren’t quite as ready to move on as Tina would hope. *Note: there will be blood, so much blood.

By Abby Auman
Directed by Jessica Johnson

It’s the day of the open house for Tina’s childhood home, which also happens to be her deceased mother’s evil laboratory. Determined to turn the terrors of the lab into selling points, Tina and her optimistic realtor parade a cast of unsavory potential buyers through the home, tormented all the while by the resident creepies and crawlies who aren’t quite as ready to move on as Tina would hope. *Note: this is an immersive experience and there will be blood, so much blood.

**Content notification: language; violence; blood; gore; strobe light effects; audience-immersive scenes that may include audience members being splattered with stage blood and gore.

JEFF SIPE BIO

Four-time Grammy nominee

Jeff Sipe, an alumni of Berklee College of Music and Shenandoah Conservatory of Music, Sipe has been recording, touring and teaching professionally since 1982.

Jeff wrote a book entitled

Rhythm Patterns for Drum Set

Available at jeffsipemusic.com

Jeff has toured and recorded with many highly renowned artists such as;

*John Mclaughlin (Meeting of the Spirits tour songs from the Mahavishnu Orchestra)

*Warren Haynes

*Bela Fleck

*Phil Lesh & Friends

*Jimmy Herring Band

* Trey Anistasio Band

Sarah Siskind & guest Bill Frisell

*Susan Tedeschi

*Derek Trucks

*Col. Bruce Hampton & the Aquarium Rescue Unit

*Leftover Salmon

Darrell Scott and his Electrifying Trio

*Jazz is Dead

*Alex Machacek

*Charles Hedgepath

*Zambiland Orchestra

*Debashish Bhattacharya

*Jonas Hellborg,Shawn Lane and Jeff Sipe (Hellborg Lane & Sipe)

*The Jeff Sipe Trio (w Mike Seal & Taylor Lee)

*Oteil & Friends

*Oz Noy

*Project Z (Jimmy Herring, Ricky Keller, Greg Osby, jason Crosby, Oliver Wells, Count MButu, Derrick Trucks)

(…And many more)

Visit: jeffsipemusic.com

MIKE SEAL BIO

Mike Seal is a grammy-nominated guitarist and composer based in Nashville, TN. Originally from Bridgewater, Virginia, he’s played out of Tennessee and Georgia for the past ten years, touring and recording with a wide variety of bands including: The Jerry Douglas Band, Sierra Hull, Bob Lanzetti, Jeff Sipe Trio, Sarah Siskind, The Jeff Coffin Mu-tet, Ike Stubblefield, Yonrico Scott, Keith L. Brown, Taylor Lee, The Black Lillies, and Robinella.

Mike has performed and recorded on many projects as a guitarist, pianist, arranger and composer. Jerry Douglas’ latest album, ‘What If’, features his guitar work and composition work. His background is primarily in jazz, but you will hear him performing a wide range of music spanning many genres.

TAYLOR LEE BIO

Taylor was a prodigy of the bass guitar at a young age. With the guidance of his mentor Steve Bailey, the bar was set high from the beginning. In 2008, Taylor received a full scholarship and attended the prestigious Berklee College of Music where he studied and performed with the likes of Lincoln Goines and Mark Whitfield. Since Berklee, Taylor has been on tour internationally with Warner Bros Recording Artists Nico and Vinz, members of the Tedeschi Trucks Band, Jeff Sipe Trio, Bela Fleck, Bill Evans, Oteil Burbridge and Marcus King. Taylor has played on David Letterman, The Today Show, The NFL pro-bowl and many other live television programs. With this release of his debut album “Lightning Man” new grounds are being broken and a new voice has emerged for the electric bass!

“Lightning Man” Features several world class bassists, including Taylor’s long time instructor Steve Bailey, as well as Oteil Burbridge (The Dead and Co, Allman Brothers, Aquarium Rescue Unit), Mathew Garrison (John McLaughlin, Scott Kinsey, Ravi Coltrane) and the great banjoist Bela Fleck (Bela Fleck and the Flecktones).

Taylor has assembled a tour de force for his rhythm section featuring guitarist Mike Seal (Jerry Douglas, Jeff Sipe Band,Jeff Coffin) and Drummer Micheal D’Angelo.

Guest performers include Otto Gross and Lennar Razzor on keyboards, and wife Sara Lee on lead vocals. Also featured are Joshua Mayfield on drums, and Steven J Collins on talkbox.

Every Sunday Modelface Comedy brings you the best comedians from all over the country. This week we have two very silly boys that both started comedy in Asheville before moving on to Atlanta and Chicago!

Kenny Stempien

Kenny Stempien is an Atlanta comic, by way of Asheville NC. He’s opened for nationally touring acts like Emma Willmann, David Gborie, and Zak Toscani. You can see him touring all throughout the Southeast, but mainly Atlanta and Asheville.

Derek Boscovich

Derek Boskovich is an up-and-coming standup based in Chicago, IL. As a child growing up in North Carolina, everyone laughed at him. Constantly. Mercilessly. When he grew up he decided he would use that to his advantage and became a stand-up. When he isn’t performing at clubs and bars all over the country, he is tending bar at a middle-of-the-road Italian restaurant. Derek’s comedic style is sometimes dead-pan wit about the relatable tedium of everyday life, sometimes disarming non-sequitur about random absurdities, but always delivered in a mumbly drawl. If he doesn’t make you laugh, rest assured that it’s probably your fault.

featuring James Harrod and Allison Shelnut

ages 18+

doors at 6pm, show at 6:30pm

Join us for Black Mountain’s original Sunday Jam! Hosted by Spiro and Friends, this jam features original jams and favorite covers. Bring your instrument! Sign-ups at the stage starting at 6 PM!

Pisgah Beer, Gluten Free and N/A options available. Family and dog friendly venue.

The taproom is open from 2:00 to 9:00 PM with music beginning at 6:30 PM.

This absurd farce asks, “If we had to start the human race over with only four highly flawed individuals, would we be up to the task?”

Karl, the Magnificent!

by William Missouri Downs

THE STORY: Maggie and Raymond have just flunked their hostile workplace training seminar. The only way they can keep their jobs is to put their microaggressions aside and attend the birthday party for the employee they bully the most, Karl, the office nerd. They don’t know that Karl is the only person on earth who can save humanity from destruction. That’s right, the world is ending, and Karl is the savior. Or is Karl just an evil genius who has staged the evening to seek revenge? Karl, The Magnificent is an absurd farce that asks the question, “If we had to start the human race over with only four highly flawed individuals would we be up to the task?” Or are Homo sapiens a lost cause, an evolutionary mistake, a dud?

-summary from New Play Exchange

In keeping with our Mission Statement, BC Theatre Dept. seeks to encourage student and community growth and purposeful interaction with a range of ideas. We mindfully tell this story with the deliberate aim of ensuring both open-mindedness and personal safety.

INFORMATION ABOUT TALKBACKS AND RECEPTIONS!

Thursday, 10/5 7:00p performance: Check back here for more information coming soon!

Friday, 10/6 7:00p performance: Check back here for more information coming soon!

Saturday, 10/7 7:00p performance: Check back here for more information coming soon!

CAST

Karl / Karl the Magnificent: Sierethene Chepes

Punk Waitress: Lyric Contarino

Maggie: Mickey Lasco

Raymond: Taylor Sparrow

CREATIVE TEAM

Director: Grace Dempsey

Faculty Mentor / Intimacy Director: Abbey Toot

Lighting Designer: Andrea Boccanfuso

Sound Designer / Fight Consultant: Dan Toot

Scenic Designer: Emily Rich

Costume Designer: Sarah Haga

Hair and Makeup Designer: Naomi Firebaugh

Production Stage Manager: Roxxane Petryshak

Assistant Stage Manager 1 / Dramaturg / Community Engagement: Oliver Morgan

Assistant Stage Manager 2 / Dramaturg / Community Engagement: Roz Xenakis

Light Board Op: Ava Bonner

Sound Board Op: Eli Hughes

Props Supervisor: Lacey Treese

Props Assistant: Graycie Barnett

Costume Shop Manager: Gwyn Jennings

Wardrobe Supervisor / Dresser 1: Evy Higdon

Dresser 2: Marina Mullin

Hair and Makeup Applicator: Camille Bonnin

Scenic Charge: Anna Ervin

Scenic Paint: Nell O’Brien

House Manager: Jodi Wyse

Box Office Manager: Abby Reeves

Video Manager: Scott Douglas

Usher / Video Crew: Sidi Podolan, Erick Meglii, Jaylen Dickerson

 

 

Kyshona has always lent her voice and music to those that feel they have been silenced or forgotten. She began her career as a music therapist, writing her first songs with her patients–the students and inmates under her care. She soon found the need to write independently and find her own voice, and endeavor which led her to the fertile ground of the Nashville creative community and songwriting culture. Since then, she has learned how to balance her music career with her passion to heal the hurting. Audiences will find a common thread of empowerment, overcoming adversity, and finding hope in her work.

After her powerful performances, concertgoers often ask, “What can I do?” Her response? “Listen.”

“…wherever she plants her feet, she does so with righteous conviction and a strong sense of her own
voice.” – NPR Music

“Listen highlights Kyshona’s descriptive songwriting and soulful vocals alongside a versatile blend of
folk, rock and R&B influences.” – Billboard

“One of the most compassionate and uplifting young voices in Nashville today.” – Ann Powers/ NPR Music’s World Cafe

Pink Talking Fish is a Hybrid Tribute Fusion Act that takes the music from three of the world’s most beloved bands and creates a special treat for fans of the music.

Pink Floyd, The Talking Heads and Phish are all more than just bands… they are Phenomenons.  Their creations have artistically inspired people and their mind-blowing live performances have brought people together to form a special sense of community around the love for their favorite band.

Although the music from each act is different, Pink Talking Fish has discovered that fusing the material together creates an amazing story.  The epic emotion of Pink Floyd…. The funky, danceable layerings of The Talking Heads…. The multitude of styles, unique compositional structures and pure fun of Phish…. to merge these three into one gives music lovers a special experience.

Pink Talking Fish features Eric Gould on bass, Richard James on keyboards, Zack Burwick on drums and Cal Kehoe on guitar.  This is a band created by musicians who love the music of these acts.  It’s purpose is to heighten people’s passion for this music by creating something fresh and exciting for fans.

Discovering connections is part of the fun:  Pink Floyd’s “On The Run” seamlessly fitting in the middle of the composition of Phish’s “You Enjoy Myself”.  Perfectly placing Phish’s “Sand” into the groove of The Talking Head’s “Slippery People”.  Segued collections from all three acts such as Run Like Hell > Making Flippy Floppy > Piper > Run Like Hell or Mike’s Song > Have A Cigar > Once In A Lifetime > Weekapaug Groove.  These ideas are the spirit behind Pink Talking Fish.

The story is ever evolving.  The experience is always exciting.  Come join Pink Talking Fish for the ultimate fusion tribute and celebrate the love of this music in unique fashion.