‘An Appalachian Evening’

arts & entertainment

Tyler Ramsey.

(photo: Bill Reynolds)

Orchard Coffee welcomes Tyler Ramsey

Acclaimed singer-songwriter and former member of Americana/indie juggernaut Band of Horses, Tyler Ramsey will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, July 15, at Orchard Coffee in downtown Waynesville.

Tickets are $25 per person and are available for purchase at the shop. There are a limited number of tickets. This show will sell out. 828.246.9264 or orchardcoffeeroasters.com.

Concerts On The Creek

The 13th season of Concerts On The Creek will continue with The Summit Church Band (rock/pop) from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, July 15, at Bridge Park in Sylva.

Everyone is encouraged to bring a chair or blanket. These events are free, but donations are encouraged. Dogs must be on a leash. No alcohol, smoking or coolers are allowed in the park. Food trucks will also be available.

These concerts are organized and produced by the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, the Town of Sylva and the Jackson County Parks and Recreation Department.

For more information, call the chamber at 828.586.2155, visit mountainlovers.com or Concerts On The Creek’s Facebook page.

Chamber music returns to Waynesville

The Chamber Music Society of the Carolinas (CMSC), formerly the Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival, returns to Waynesville after a two-year absence.

Concerts will be held at 4 p.m. July 17 and 31 at First United Methodist Church in Waynesville.

Works by Beethoven, Haydn, Dvorak, Mozart, Chopin and modern artists will all be featured. The society has been a premier chamber music festival in the Carolinas for 45 years. Internationally acclaimed musicians from all over the world have come to the mountains of North Carolina each year.

In past seasons, performers included the winner of the gold medal at the International Van Cliburn competition in Dallas, a silver medalist of the Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow, Grammy Award winners and Grammy-nominated ensembles.

Taking place in small venues, the festival creates an intimate interaction between performers and audiences. The Chamber Music Society of the Carolinas is a program of Warren Wilson College.

Season and individual tickets are available online or at the church. Students will be admitted with no charge. Single tickets will be $30, with tickets for both concerts $50.

For more information, click on cmscarolina.com, email chamber@warrenwilson.edu or call 828.400.6465.

Bryson City community jam

A community jam will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 21, at the Marianna Black Library in Bryson City.

Anyone with a guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, dulcimer, anything unplugged, are invited to join. Singers are also welcomed to join in or you can just stop by and listen. The jam is facilitated by Larry Barnett of the Sawmill Creek Porch Band.

The community jams offer a chance for musicians of all ages and levels of ability to share music they have learned over the years or learn old-time mountain songs. The music jams are offered to the public each first and third Thursday of the month — spring, summer, fall.

This program received support from the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of North Carolina and the National Endowment of the Arts. 828.488.3030.

Appalachian Road Show. (photo: Micah Schweinsberg)

The “An Appalachian Evening” series will continue at the Stecoah Valley Center in Robbinsville.

The annual summer concert series offers an ever-changing schedule of bluegrass, folk and old-time mountain music by award-winning artists — quality entertainment for the entire family. Rich in cultural heritage, the series continues to be a favorite with locals and visitors alike. All concerts will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the air-conditioned Lynn L. Shields Auditorium.

Performers include Appalachian Road Show July 16, The Jeff Little Trio July 23, Aubrey Eisenman & The Clydes July 30, The Wildmans Aug. 6, Nu-Blu Aug. 13, Pretty Little Goat Aug. 20 and The Kruger Brothers Aug. 27

For more information, call 828.479.3364 or click on stecoahvalleycenter.com.

Tommy Stinson. (photo: Glenn Cook)

Rock legend to play Franklin

Founding member of rock icons The Replacements and a longtime member of Guns N’ Roses, singer-songwriter Tommy Stinson will perform at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 14, at Yonder in Franklin.

Food and beverages will be available for purchase onsite. Doors are at 6 p.m. Tickets start at $25 per person. For tickets, click on eventbrite.com and search “Tommy Stinson Yonder.” 828.200.2169 or eatrealfoodinc.com.

• Blue Ridge Beer Hub (Waynesville) will host a semi-regular acoustic jam with the Main

Street NoTones from 7 to 9 p.m. on

Thursdays. Free and open to the public. blueridgebeerhub.com.

• Concerts On The Creek (Sylva) will host The

Summit Church Band July 15 and The

Caribbean Cowboys (oldies/variety) July 22 at Bridge Park in Sylva. All shows begin at 7 p.m. Everyone is encouraged to bring a chair or blanket. These events are free, but donations are encouraged. 828.586.2155 or mountainlovers.com.

• Cowee School Arts & Heritage Center (Franklin) will host Chatham Rabbits (Americana/folk) 5 p.m. July 16. Tickets are $15 for adults, $7.50 for children. 828.369.4080 or coweeschool.org/music.

• Elevated Mountain Distilling Company (Maggie Valley) will host an Open Mic Night 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesdays and semi-regular live music on the weekends. Free and open to the public. 828.734.1084 or elevatedmountain.com.

• Farm At Old Edwards (Highlands) will host

Erick Baker (Americana/folk) 6 p.m. July 27.

Admission is $40 per person, which includes light bites. A cash bar is available. oldedwardshospitality.com/orchardsessions.

• Fontana Village Resort Wildwood Grill will host Doug Wilhite (singer-songwriter) 5 p.m.

July 15, Granny’s Mason Jar (Americana) 6 p.m. July 16 and Takeout July 23. Free and open to the public. 800.849.2258 or fontanavillage.com.

• Friday Night Live (Highlands) will host

Leadfoot Lily (Americana) July 15 and The

Johnny Webb Band (country/rock) July 22 at

Town Square on Main Street. All shows begin at 6 p.m. Free and open to the public. highlandschamber.org.

• Frog Level Brewing (Waynesville) will host

Trivia Night 7 p.m. July 14, Ross Hollow July 15, We Three Swing (jazz/fusion) 4 p.m. July 17, Sleepin’ Dogz 5:30 p.m. July 21, Grizzly

Goat (indie/folk) July 22 and J.J. Hipps & The

Hideaway (rock/blues) July 23. All shows begin at 6 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Free and open to the public. 828.454.5664 or froglevelbrewing.com.

• Innovation Brewing (Sylva) will host an

Open Mic Night every Wednesday, Shain Lyles

July 14, Kate Thomas (singer-songwriter) July 21 and Tina Collins (singer-songwriter) July 23. All shows begin at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Free and open to the public. innovation-brewing.com.

• Innovation Station (Dillsboro) will host

“Music Bingo” w/Hibiscus Sunshine every

Wednesday, Jason Lyles July 15, Liz Nance (singer-songwriter) 2 p.m. July 17 and Three

On The Tree 2 p.m. July 24. All events begin at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Free and • Lazy Hiker Brewing (Franklin) will host

Breeze Cable (singer-songwriter) July 16. All shows begin at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Free and open to the public. 828.349.2337 or lazyhikerbrewing.com.

• Lazy Hiker Brewing (Sylva) will host Trivia

Night at 6:30 p.m. every Wednesday, Old Time Jam 6:30 p.m. every Thursday and Log Noggins (rock/indie) July 15. All shows begin at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Free and open to the public. 828.349.2337 or lazyhikerbrewing.com.

• Marianna Black Library (Bryson City) will host Dusk Weaver (Americana/folk) 7 p.m.

July 14 and a Community Jam 6 p.m. July 21.

Free and open to the public. 828.488.3030 or fontanalib.org/brysoncity.

• Moss Valley (Franklin) will host Rumours (Fleetwood Mac tribute) 6 p.m. July 22. Gates at 6 p.m. Show from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Free and open to the public. Food trucks and beverages available onsite. Presented by Drake

Software.

• Mountain Layers Brewing (Bryson City) will host Open Mic Night with Ivor Sparks every

Wednesday, Kate Thomas (singer-songwriter)

July 15, Twelfth Fret (Americana) July 16,

Mountain Gypsy (Americana) 5 p.m. July 17,

Steve Heffker (singer-songwriter) July 22 and

Wyatt Espalin (singer-songwriter) July 24. All shows begin at 6 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Free and open to the public. 828.538.0115 or mountainlayersbrewingcompany.com.

• Nantahala Outdoor Center (Nantahala Gorge) will host Blue (bluegrass) July 15, Eddie

Clayton (rock) July 16, Somebody’s Child (Americana) July 22 and Brown Mountain

Lightning Bugs (Americana) July 23. All shows behind at 5 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Free and open to the public. noc.com.

• Orchard Coffee (Waynesville) will host Tyler

Ramsey (Americana/indie) at 8 p.m. July 15.

Tickets are $25 per person and are available for purchase at the shop. 828.246.9264 or orchardcoffeeroasters.com.

• Pickin’ In The Park (Canton) will host

Running Wolfe & J. Creek Cloggers July 15 and Rick Morris & Appalachian Mountaineers

July 22. Shows are 6 to 9 p.m. at the Canton

Rec Park located at 77 Penland St. Free and open to the public. cantonnc.com.

• Pickin’ On The Square (Franklin) will host

Friends (blues/country) July 23. All shows begin at 6 p.m. at the Gazebo in downtown.

Free and open to the public. franklinnc.com/pickin-on-the-square.html. Wilson Big Band (swing/jazz) July 23 at Kelsey-Hutchinson Park on Pine Street. All shows begin at 6 p.m. Free and open to the public. highlandschamber.org.

• The Scotsman (Waynesville) will host The

Carter Giegerich Trio (Celtic/bluegrass) from 2 to 5 p.m. every Sunday and semi-regular live music on the weekends. All shows begin at 9 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Free and open to the public. 828.246.6292 or scotsmanpublic.com.

• SlopeSide Tavern (Sapphire) will host Skies

Of Avalon July 21. All shows begin at 6 p.m.

Free and open to the public. 828.743.8655 or slopesidetavern.com.

• Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing

Arts (Franklin) will host The Swingin’

Medallions (rock/R&B) 7:30 p.m. July 23.

Tickets start at $18 per person. smokymountainarts.com or 828.524.1598.

• Stecoah Valley Center (Robbinsville) “An

Appalachian Evening” live music series will include Appalachian Roadshow July 16, The

Jeff Little Trio July 23, Aubrey Eisenman & The

Clydes July 30, The Wildmans Aug. 6, Nu-Blu

Aug. 13, Pretty Little Goat Aug. 20 and The

Kruger Brothers Aug. 27. All shows begin at 7:30 p.m. For more information and/or to purchase tickets, call 828.479.3364 or click on stecoahvalleycenter.com. • Unplugged Pub (Bryson City) will host Cliff

Williamson July 13, Tricia Ann Band July 14 and 15, and Carolina Freighshakers (classic rock) July 16. All shows begin at 8 p.m. Free and open to the public. 828.538.2488.

• Valley Cigar & Wine Co. (Waynesville) will host Karaoke 6 p.m. July 14 and Bridgett

Gossett (singer-songwriter) 2 p.m. July 17.

Free and open to the public. 828.944.0686 or valleycigarandwineco.com.

• Valley Tavern (Maggie Valley) will host

Bridget Gossett (singer-songwriter) July 14,

The Loudes July 15, Mile High (classic rock) 3 p.m. July 17, Ricky Gunter (singer-songwriter) July 21 and Melissa McKinney (singer-songwriter) 3 p.m. July 24. All shows begin at 6 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Free and open to the public. 828.926.7440 or valley-tavern.com.

• Whiteside Brewing (Cashiers) will host Doug

Ramsay & Company (singer-songwriter) 6 p.m. July 15. 828.743.6000 or whitesidebrewing.com.

• Yonder (Franklin) will host Tommy Stinson (singer-songwriter) 6 p.m. July 14. Tickets start at $25 per person. For tickets, click on eventbrite.com and search “Tommy Stinson

Yonder.” 828.200.2169 or eatrealfoodinc.com.

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CHATHAM RABBITS

North Carolina is a place so identifiable by its separate regions – the mountains, the piedmont, the coast – that it has the tendency to feel indescribable, meaning one can conceptualize the state as a mashup of places rather than a single locale. The art and artists born from the state often embody that same sense of blended regions, borrowing from broad cultural traditions and plumbing the histories of others’ stories on the way to telling their own. Because of this, many NC artists can call a particular region home, but their work belongs to the state because the entirety of the state has opened itself to them and they have opened themselves to it. Chatham Rabbits exemplify NC’s tradition of producing artists who embrace the state’s many cultural resources and diverse musical traditions.

Saturday, July 16 • 5PM • Flying Cloud Food Truck Outside on the Green Bring your chairs, blankets, etc., and spread out!

Adults $15 / Children 6-18 $7.50 / Under 6 Free

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Ready for the ‘Chopstick Challenge’?

In partnership with the Japanese Outreach Initiative at Western Carolina University, the Marianna Black Library will be hosting a Japanese “Chopstick Challenge” from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday, July 18, in the auditorium of the library in Bryson City.

Nanaka Okamura, JOI Coordinator, started Japanese Calligraphy at the age of six. She is a certified master of Japanese Chopsticks and will be leading this free workshop. Children are welcome to participate if they are old enough to sit calmly by themselves. Okamura came to the US last July and has been teaching Japanese culture (such as Japanese Calligraphy, origami, seasonal events, manner, etc.) and the Japanese language to people in the community here in Western North Carolina.

Look for more events at the library through July and August. Space is limited. Please reserve your spot at https://forms.gle/KhwtvzkUVYUDc4R7A or contact the library at 828.488.3030.

Front Street Arts & Crafts

The annual Front Street Arts & Crafts Show will showcase some of the finest regional artisans from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 16, in downtown Dillsboro. Dozens of booths will display and have for your perusal the handmade craftsmanship of regional fine artists and crafters intermingled with the sounds of family entertainment.

Vendors will line Front Street offering a choice of many handmade items, including soaps, baskets, pottery, jewelry, bird houses, and much more. There will also be a performance by the J. Creek Cloggers (11 a.m.), as well as live music from singer-songwriter Suzie Copeland (noon and 1 p.m.) and jazz/pop trio We Three Swing (2 p.m.).

The arts and crafts show is free and open to the public, with a small parking fee that includes a shuttle from Monteith Park directly to the festival itself. You can even bring your dog (on a leash).

For more information, call 828.506.8331 or click on visitdillsboro.com.

The “Friday Night Street Dance” will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. July 22 in front of the historic courthouse in downtown Waynesville. Live

mountain music and clogging. Participation encouraged. Free to attend. downtownwaynesville.com/calendar. A Shot Above photo

• “Peach Jam” will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, July 16, at Darnell Farms in Bryson City. Food trucks, live music, vendors, bounce houses, kids activities, pie eating contests, and more. For more information, email hotheadevents@gmail.com. • “Flights & Bites” will be held starting at 4 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays at Bosu’s

Wine Shop in downtown Waynesville. For more information on upcoming events, wine tastings and special dinners, click on waynesvillewine.com. • A free wine tasting will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. every Thursday and 2 to 5 p.m. every

Saturday at The Wine Bar & Cellar in Sylva. 828.631.3075. • “Take A Flight” with four new wines every

Friday and Saturdays at the Bryson City Wine

Market. Select from a gourmet selection of charcuterie to enjoy with your wines. Educational classes and other events are also available. For more information, call 828.538.0420. • “Uncorked: Wine & Rail Pairing Experience” will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on select dates at the Great Smoky Mountains ALSO: Railroad in Bryson City. Full service all-adult first-class car. Wine pairings with a meal, and more. For more information and/or to register, call 800.872.4681 or click on gsmr.com.

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HART presents ‘The Music Man’

There will be a special stage production of “The Music Man” at 7:30 p.m. July 14-16, 2123, 28-30 and at 2 p.m. July 17, 24 and 31 at the Haywood Arts Regional Theatre in Waynesville.

The audience will be transported to River City, Iowa, where you’ll meet a slew of incredible characters, from a School Board turned Barbershop Quartet to the Gossiping Pick-aLittle Ladies to an All Boys Marching Band.

“The Music Man” would be nothing without the Music Man himself: Professor Harold Hill, played at HART by Dominic Michael Aquilino. Hill is a traveling salesman who promises to save your town from the big trouble it’s in by forming a Boys Marching Band.

The only trouble is, “Professor” Hill knows nothing about music and the local Librarian, Marian Paroo, played at HART by Emily Dake, has a library full of reference books and a great knowledge of music that could expose him. Add this town of quirky Iowans and you have a night full of entertainment and delight.

Tickets range from $14 to $36 per person. You can purchase tickets by clicking on harttheatre.org or calling HART’s Box Office at 828.456.6322.

• Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort (Cherokee) will host legendary comedians

Chris Tucker July 16 and Rodney Carrington

July 23. caesars.com/harrahs-cherokee.

• A stage production of the beloved tale “Alice in Wonderland” will be held on select dates throughout this spring at the Mountainside

Theatre in Cherokee. The production is an original work by Havoc Movement Company that will be joining the Cherokee Historical

Association for the spring season. cherokeehistorical.org/alice-in-wonderland.

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• The “Cultivating Collections” exhibit will be showcased through July 29 in the Fine Art

Museum at the Bardo Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University in

Cullowhee. This year’s exhibition highlights three areas of the collection — vitreographs, glass, and works by Black artists. The pieces on view convey the stories of bold innovators and speak to the importance of Western North Carolina in the history of glass and printmaking.

Regular museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tuesday through Friday, and until 7 p.m. on

Thursday. 828.227.ARTS or bardoartscenter.wcu.edu. • “Drive-In Movie Night” will screen “Dirty

Dancing” at 8 p.m. Saturday, July 23, at

Darnell Farms in Bryson City. Concessions available onsite. Admission is $20 per car.

You must have a parking ticket. 828.488.2376 or darnellfarms.com. • Southwestern Community College Swain

Arts Center (Bryson City) will host an array of adult workshops, including “Cherokee

Language Printing” 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday,

July 14, “Sketching For Wellness” 11 a.m. to noon Thursday, July 21, “Oil Painting

Workshop” 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday, July 21 and

“Etching Press Intro” 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Friday, July 22. southwesterncc.edu/ scc-locations/swain-center. • Southwestern Community College Swain

Arts Center (Bryson City) will host an array of children’s workshops, including “Mushroom

House Kids Class” 2 to 3:30 p.m. Friday, July 15. southwesterncc.edu/scclocations/swain-center. • Haywood County Arts Council (HCAC) will host the following events onsite at the

Haywood Handmade Gallery in downtown

Waynesville: “Fused Glass Flower Garden” class 5 to 7 p.m. July 15 and a “Garden

Harvest Basket & Wine Tasting” class 5 to 7 p.m. July 22. For more information and/or to register for a class, haywoodarts.org. • “Thursday Painters” group will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursdays at The

Uptown Gallery in Franklin. Free and open to the public. All skill levels and mediums are welcome. Participants are responsible for their own project and a bag lunch. For more information, call The Uptown Gallery at 828.349.4607 or contact Pat Mennenger at pm14034@yahoo.com. franklinuptowngallery.com. • A “Foreign Film Series” will be held at the

Jackson County Public Library in Sylva. Each month, on the second and fourth Friday, two movies from around the globe will be shown.

This program is in the Community Room and is free of charge. To find out what movie will be shown and/or for more information,

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please call the library at 828.586.2016. This event is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Jackson County Public Library. The Jackson County Public Library is a member of Fontana Regional Library. To learn more, click on fontanalib.org.

Open call for art grants

The Haywood County Arts Council (HCAC) in Waynesville is now accepting applications for grants funded by the Grassroots Arts Program and has over $27,000 in funds to award.

Since 1977, the North Carolina Arts Council’s Grassroots Arts Program has provided North Carolina citizens access to quality arts experiences. HCAC serves as the North Carolina Arts Council’s partner in awarding grants to local organizations for arts programs in Haywood County.

In November 2021, the North Carolina General Assembly passed a state budget that included an additional $10 million in funding for the Grassroots Arts Program. The source of the additional funds was from the American Recovery Act Plan.

“With this large infusion of additional funds, the North Carolina Arts Council made several temporary amendments to the guidelines that increased eligible organizations and projects” said HCAC Executive Director Morgan Beryl. “This is great news for Haywood County nonprofits who do some kind of art programming but aren’t necessarily considered arts organizations.”

Projects must occur between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023.

Grant application requirements and the application can be found on HCAC’s grant webpage: haywoodarts.org/grantsfunding. The application form is a fillable PDF. Applicants should download, fill out and email the final application to director@haywoodarts.org with the subject line: “Grassroot Application — Organization Name.”

All applications must be provided via email no later than 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, July 30, 2022. Hard copies will not be accepted.

• Farmer’s Market (with artisans) will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays through October at 117 Island Street in Bryson City. Stop by the old barn by the river for local, homegrown produce, as well as baked goods, jellies and preserves, authentic crafts, and more. Food truck, picnic tables and live music. Leashed pets are welcome. Outdoor event. 828.488.7857.