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Quilts: The Stories They Tell

Mountain Heritage Center Hunter Library, 176 Central Drive, WCU, Cullowhee, NC, United States

Twenty-five quilts from the Mountain Heritage Center's extensive collection featuring Album, Crazy, and Patchwork quilt styles. Stories of makers, families, and community members as well as local and national patterns, […]

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Mountain Legacies: Exploring Appalachian Culture

Transylvania Heritage Museum 189 West Main Street, Brevard, NC, United States

The Transylvania Heritage Museum's new exhibit, Mountain Legacies: Exploring Appalachian Culture, is now on display. This exhibit shows how early settlers made their way into the Appalachian Mountains and made […]

The Banner House Museum Summer 2022

Banner House Museum 7990 Hickory Nut Gap Road, Banner Elk, NC, United States

The Banner House Museum is excited to announce hours, tours, and tickets for Summer 2022!  Experience 19th-century life in Banner Elk and the High Country in the home of Samuel […]

Carl Sandburg Home Summer Plays & Sing-Alongs

Carl Sandburg Home NHS 81 Carl Sandburg Lane, Flat Rock, NC, United States

In mid-June, Carl Sandburg Home will offer free summer children’s plays and family sing-alongs. The park will also expand Sandburg Home hours to four days per week.   Apprentice actors […]

Blue Ridge Blueberries: U-Pick Farm

Blue Ridge Blueberries 267 Altapass Church of God Road, Spruce Pine, NC, United States

We are launching our U-Pick Blueberry farm this year:  www.blueridgeblueberries.com.  We are located about 1.5 miles off the parkway at mile marker 327 where Altapass Hwy intersects the parkway between North […]

Heather Gillis at The Stage @ Jones von Drehle

Jones von Drehle Vineyards and Winery Old Railroad Grade Road, Thurmond, NC, United States

MUSIC IN THE VINEYARD! Join us for an evening of the musical artistry of Heather Gillis and her band. A taste of southern blues led by the gifted Heather Gillis […]

Grandfather Glows: Bioluminescent Evenings on Grandfather Mountain

Grandfather Mountain 2050 Blowing Rock Highway, Linville, NC, United States

Have the rare opportunity to see Synchronous Fireflies, Blue Ghost Fireflies and Glowworms, weather and conditions permitting (rain dates provided). Tickets go on sale May 23 at 10 a.m. The […]

Grandfather Glows: Bioluminescent Evenings on Grandfather Mountain

Grandfather Mountain 2050 Blowing Rock Highway, Linville, NC, United States

Have the rare opportunity to see Synchronous Fireflies, Blue Ghost Fireflies and Glowworms, weather and conditions permitting (rain dates provided). Tickets go on sale May 23 at 10 a.m. The […]

Valdese Independence Day Celebration

Old Rock School 400 Main Street West, Valdese, NC, United States

2022 Independence Day will be held in conjunction with Valdese Summer Concert Series on July 1, 2022. Each year the Town of Valdese celebrates Independence Day by holding an impressive […]

First Fridays – Gretchen Griffith

The Hub Station Arts Center Cedar Valley Road, Hudson, North Carolina, United States

The Art of Story Catching with author Gretchen Griffith. Join author Gretchen Griffith, a self-proclaimed "story catcher" for a reception and evening of Appalachian history. Gretchen has been instrumental in […]

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