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Bardo Arts Center fall season announced
Mariachi Sol de México de José Hernàndez.
The Bardo Arts Center (BAC) at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee is excited to welcome patrons into its spaces for a dynamic series of events and exhibitions this fall.
The WCU Fine Art Museum is now reopened to the public, filled with exhibits that expand perspectives of our shared humanity. On Thursday, Sept. 29, the Performance Hall’s season is set to start with modern dance company Pilobolus and continue with many more exciting acts that will ignite the cultural curiosity of the viewer. • The Fine Art Museum is currently hosting “We Will Not be Silenced: Standing for Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women.” This show brings a voice to the international Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) movement through the lens of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Comanche Nation, Lumbee, and other Native American artists. • The exhibition “When Was the Last Time You Saw a Miracle? Prints by Corita Kent” is also being showcased. It engages the viewer through visually innovative arrangements of quotations, everyday slogans, and biblical scripture. • Additionally, the exhibit “The Way I’m Wired: Artist Reflections on Neurodiversity” invites artists with a range of cognitive and emotional lived experiences to share how they learn, understand, and experience the world. • In celebration of the International Year of Glass, the museum is extending the summer exhibition “Cultivating Collections: Glass” for continued viewing.
In this multi-year series, student researchers work closely with the museum’s curator to gather information about the artwork in the permanent collection and determine future collecting directions.
The “Cultivating Collections” series began in 2019 with WCU students enrolled in Exhibition Practicum, an annual course designed to familiarize students with the intricacies of museum spaces. Students developed an exhibition from start to finish by interviewing artists, selecting works for display, and writing labels about the museum’s objects.
Since 2019, students have continued this curatorial work, focusing each year on a new area of the collection, which includes over 1,800 works in a wide range of media by artists of the Americas.
Input from students brings a fresh perspective to the museum’s holdings and unlocks the potential for the museum to create a more diverse and inclusive collection. • The BAC Performance Hall opens the Fall 2022 season with a boundary-pushing “Pilobolus: The Big Five-OH!” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29. Audiences will have the opportunity to experience the worldrenowned modern dance company that has performed at events ranging from the Oscars and the Olympics and has appeared on television, in movies, and in advertisements. • Mariachi Sol de México de José Hernàndez will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10. The Grammy-nominated band is fronted by fifth-generation Mariachi musician, Mastero Hernàndez, who is an internationally recognized musician, composer, and educator. He has recorded with respected names in the industry, including Selena, Vincente Fernandez, Luis Miquel, Bryan Adams, and the Beach Boys.
While his family tree is rooted in the Mariachi musicians that hail from La Sierra del Tigre region of Jalisco, Hernàndez built on that foundation to grow Mariachi music in new territories, musical genres, and in the hearts of new audiences.
After forming Mariachi Sol de Mexico in 1981, Hernàndez charismatic arrangements and first-class musical direction led the group to instant and lasting success: playing in sold out halls from Madison Square Garden to Beijing, China and Pyongyang, North Korea.
Known as the “world’s premiere Mariachi group,” they gained the attention of the White House and have been invited to play for five U.S. presidents from Ronald Reagan to Barack Obama.
Hernandez’s classical arrangements have led to them sharing the stage with symphony orchestras such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Santa Rosa Symphony, San Francisco Symphony and Jalisco Symphony. • The Bardo Arts Center will also host the 13th Annual Handmade Holiday Sale from noon to 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17. The event features high-quality, handmade gifts created by WCU students, staff, and alumni. Items for sale include artwork, ceramics, sculpture, wearable accessories, and other handmade craft items. • A stage production of “The Nutcracker” featuring The Ballet Conservatory of Asheville will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, and 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10. Watch young Clara befriend a nutcracker that comes to life on Christmas Eve and wages a battle against the evil Mouse King.
The Ballet Conservatory of Asheville (BCA) trains dancers to achieve their full potential by combining weekly technique classes, frequent master classes and multiple performance opportunities. Classes for children, teens and adults, and their celebrated pre-professional division include ballet, pointe, partnering, men’s class, tap, Broadway jazz, and modern are held at its headquarters in Asheville.
To learn more about all the events listed above, click on arts.wcu.edu/explore.
BY GARRET K. WOODWARD
Ode to the flood, ode to Cruso, Bethel and Canton
Sitting on a barstool at The Water’n Hole in Waynesville last Monday afternoon, I took a pull from the cold Budweiser bottle and let out a slight sigh. Stories and tales were being exchanged all along the bar counter about where folks were and what they were doing during “The Great Flood of 2021.”
It’s wild to think the flood that ravaged the small mountain communities of Cruso, Bethel and Canton was a year ago this Wednesday. But, time rolls on, as it always does, and with the memories, for good or ill, either somewhere back there in the rearview mirror, or carefully placed on the shelves of your mind for safe keeping.
Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. Trying to kick that week’s newspaper out the door and to the printer, dark clouds started to culminate over downtown Waynesville and greater Haywood County. Tropical Storm Fred was moving in, as the forecast said to prepare for heavy rains and possible flooding in the region.
By that evening, as I plopped down onto the couch and began to find something to watch on Netflix, my smart phone kept dinging. It was the newsroom group text. Apparently, word was getting around town that there was a serious flooding problem in Cruso, Bethel and Canton.
Reports were coming in from across Haywood County of extensive flooding, missing residents, houses destroyed, mud and debris everywhere. One source said downtown Canton was underwater and there was great fear as to how the flood would affect the paper mill and so forth.
Our publisher, Scott McLeod, said it would be “all hands on deck,” as every reporter would be sent out into the field as soon as the sun came up on Wednesday morning. By 6 a.m. images were starting to surface and be shared around Western North Carolina of the unimaginable destruction of people, places and things in Cruso, Bethel and Canton.
Over my 10 years at The Smoky Mountain News, I’ve made a lot of friends in those communities listed in the previous paragraph. Faces and interactions, memories and camaraderie.
Of which, I reached out to a good friend to see how her family was doing. Her folks live in Cruso, though she’s in Asheville these days. She said their house was spared, but the same couldn’t be said for countless others nearby.
By midday Wednesday, she picked me up in downtown Waynesville and we motored down to Jukebox Junction. At the crossroads, a heavy police presence stood guard at the entry point into Cruso, the epicenter of the natural disaster. My friend flashed her license with a Cruso address and we were let through.
Once we got past the gas station and meandered down towards the Pigeon River, the smell of mud and gasoline started to waft into the open car windows. Mud all over the roads, the fields and homes, as well as on any car or truck we drove by.
The river was filled with debris. Broken windows, doors and walls torn from buildings. Farm tractors. Garbage barrels. Materials of any and all origins. And those thousands of green peppers ripped from nearby fields mere days before they were to be picked for the late summer harvest. Those damn peppers — a symbol forever chiseled into our collective memory.
Further along U.S. 276, heading towards the Cruso Community Center, there were cars dumped up in trees on the riverbanks, a massive boulder in the middle of the road that had fallen from the cliff high above. By the time we reached the community center, we could see a mobile home smashed to pieces in the road, bridges washed away, and that enormous mudslide across U.S. 276, just narrowly missing a home several feet from where the mud and trees stopped.
And yet, a year later, what I remember most were all of the people, whether known or unknown, coming together to help one another, trying desperately to find missing
The Cruso landslide. (Garret K. Woodward photo)
loved ones or to simply salvage what was left of their once normal lives just a day prior.
A few days ago, when I wandered down to Cruso to do some interviews in preparation for this week’s rememberance, I found myself again drifting along the same route I took that fateful Wednesday morning with my friend. I kept comparing and contrasting what was in my memory and what was now the current reality in Cruso.
The smell of mud and gasoline is no longer present. And so are the green peppers scattered all over the road, river, fields and front lawns. The emergency vehicles and rescuers returned home many months ago. Only recently have the countless RVs that were damaged have been removed from the campgrounds and riverbanks.
Pulling into the Cruso Community Center, I put the truck into park and got out to take a look around. There were still a couple of construction cranes next to the newlybuilt bridge. The riverbanks were still filled with innumerable trees ripped from their roots. And certain parts of the river still have debris that was either unreachable, too heavy to remove, or simply forgotten by the sands of time.
The mobile home that was smashed up against the tree next to community center is long gone, with a new trailer now placed in its former location. The landslide a few houses down also remains, and probably forever will, with green grass slowly overtaking the dirt — a true sign of the passage of time.
Getting back in the truck, I sat there for a brief second, just to listen. I didn’t hear any sirens, nor the voices of rescuers or flood victims. I didn’t hear construction vehicles or dump trucks. All there was, was silence, and the slight sound of the nearby Pigeon River continuing on in its ancient rhythm.
1The 13th season of Concerts On The Creek will continue with SKA City (ska/pop) from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, at Bridge Park in Sylva.
2A stage production of “The Book of Will” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 19-20, 25-27 and at 2 p.m. Aug. 21 and 28 at the Haywood Arts Regional Theatre in Waynesville.
3The annual Franklin Area Folk Festival, “A Celebration of Appalachian Heritage,” will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, at Cowee School Arts & Heritage Center.
4The “An Appalachian Evening” series will continue with Pretty Little Goat (Americana/folk) at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, at the Stecoah Valley Center in Robbinsville.
5Poet and naturalist Brent Martin will present his new book, “George Masa’s Wild Vision,” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18, at the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva.
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Pretty Little Goat.
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 Pretty Little Goat Aug. 20 and The Kruger Brothers Aug. 27. For more information and/or to purchase tickets, call 828.479.3364 or click on stecoahvalleycenter.com.
August 17-23, 2022 Fleetwood Mac tribute at Lazy Hiker
The Andrew Thelston Band will perform a special tribute show to Fleetwood Mac at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, at Lazy Hiker Brewing in Franklin.
Throughout his exploration of these mountains, Thelston has remained a sponge of sorts, always soaking in the knowledge and wisdom of astute musicians.
The culmination of these experiences and interactions remains the fire of intent within Thelston to hold steady and navigate his own course, which currently is The Andrew Thelston Band — a rock/soul ensemble of power and swagger.
Free and open to the public. 828.349.2337 or lazyhikerbrewing.com.
Country music legends The Gatlin Brothers will hit the stage at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin.
Celebrating 65 years in show business, Larry, Steve and Rudy, known to the world as The Gatlin Brothers, have accrued a lifetime of noteworthy achievements, including a Grammy Award, three ACM Awards (“Album of the Year” and “Male Vocalist of the Year”), along with multiple nominations and honors. The brothers have also accumulated eight No. 1 singles, 30 top-forty records, 24 studio albums and five BMI “Million-Air” Awards.
Tickets start at $25 per person, with priority seating available. To purchase tickets or to find out more information, click on smokymountainarts.com or call 866.273.4615.
SKA City.
Concerts On The Creek
The 13th season of Concerts On The Creek will continue with SKA City (ska/pop) from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, 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.
Interested in learning the dulcimer?
The Pic’ & Play Mountain Dulcimer Players will be resuming in-person jam sessions at the St. John’s Episcopal Church basement fellowship hall in Sylva.
The group welcomes all beginners and experienced dulcimer players, including mountain (lap) dulcimer and hammered dulcimer players. Songs played include traditional mountain tunes, hymns, and more modern music. The group meets at 1:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Saturday of every month in the basement of St. John’s.
Pic’ & Play has been playing together since 1995. The more experienced members welcome new players, help them navigate their instruments, and guide them through some of the basics of tuning, strumming, and playing.
The mountain dulcimer, also known as a fretted dulcimer or a lap dulcimer, is a uniquely American instrument. It evolved from the German scheitholz sometime in the early 1800s in Appalachia and was largely known only in this region until popularized more broadly in the 1950s.
For more information, call Kathy Jaqua at 828.349.3930 or Don Selzer at 828.293.0074.
Bryson City community jam
A community jam will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18, 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.
Franklin Area Folk Festival
The annual Franklin Area Folk Festival, “A Celebration of Appalachian Heritage,” will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, at Cowee School Arts & Heritage Center.
Celebrating all things Appalachian, this family-friendly festival features live heritage demonstrations, Appalachian crafts, SEBA jammin’ sessions of old-time mountain and bluegrass music, Civil War reenactors/camp, kids activities, food, textiles, and more.
This free event is co-sponsored annually by the Folk Heritage Association of Macon County and the Cowee School Arts & Heritage Center, with support from the Franklin/Nantahala Tourism Development Committee and the Franklin Tourism Development Authority.
For more information visit franklinfolkfestival.com or call 828.524.6564.
• Balsam Falls Brewing (Sylva) will host an open mic from 8 to 10 p.m. every Thursday.
Free and open to the public. 828.631.1987 or balsamfallsbrewing.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. For more information, click on blueridgebeerhub.com.
• Boojum Brewing (Waynesville) will host karaoke at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, trivia at 7 p.m. on Thursdays, Day & Dream with
Pink Eye Aug. 20 and Woofstock 7:30 p.m.
Aug. 26. All shows begin at 9 p.m. unless otherwise noted. 828.246.0350 or boojumbrewing.com.
• Concerts On The Creek (Sylva) will host SKA
City (ska/indie) Aug. 19 and Dashboard Blue (classic hits/beach) Aug. 26 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.
• Currahee Brewing (Franklin) will host Blue
Jazz 7 p.m. Aug. 20. Free and open to the public. 828.634.0078 or curraheebrew.com.
• Farm At Old Edwards (Highlands) will host
Nicole Witt (singer-songwriter) as part of its
“Orchard Sessions” 6 p.m. Aug. 17. Tickets start at $25 per person. To purchase tickets, click on oldedwardshospitality.com/ orchardsessions.
• Folkmoot Friendship Center (Waynesville) will host Bryan White (singer-songwriter) with Andrea Pearson and Ronnie Call & The
Waterz Edge Band at 7 p.m. Aug. 20. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door. For tickets, click on folkmoot.org.
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• Fontana Village Resort Wildwood Grill will host Mountain Homecoming Singing 7:30 p.m. Aug. 18. Free and open to the public. 800.849.2258 or fontanavillage.com.
• Friday Night Live (Highlands) will host The
Foreign Landers (Americana) Aug. 19 and
Silly Ridge (Americana/acoustic) Aug. 26 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
Kind Clean Gentlemen Aug. 19, Krave Amiko
Aug. 20 and Kevin Dolan & Paul Koptak 3 p.m. Aug. 21. 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 “Trivia
Night with Kirk” from 7 to 9 p.m. every
Tuesday, Open Mic Night every Wednesday,
Mathew Kelly Aug. 18, Red Zephyr Aug. 20,
Derrick Pace Aug. 25 and Calico Bear Aug. 27. 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” with Hibiscus Sunshine every
Wednesday, The Water Kickers 2 p.m. Aug. 21 and Balsam Hot Club Aug. 28. All events begin at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Free and open to the public. innovation-brewing.com.
• Lazy Hiker Brewing (Franklin) will host The
Andrew Thelston Band (Fleetwood Mac tribute) Aug. 20. 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,
Aimlessly Dead (Grateful Dead tribute) Aug. 19 and McKinney Aug. 26. 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 a Community Jam 6 p.m. Aug. 18 and
Liz Nance (singer-songwriter) 7 p.m. Aug. 25. Free and open to the public. 828.488.3030 or fontanalib.org/brysoncity.
• Moss Valley (Franklin) will host The End (Beatles tribute) Aug. 19. 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. Bring a lawn chair. Presented by
Drake Software.
• Mountain Layers Brewing (Bryson City) will host Open Mic Night with Ivor Sparks every
Wednesday, Steve Heffker (singer-songwriter)
Aug. 19 and 27, The Dirty French Broads (Americana) Aug. 20, Zip Robertson (singersongwriter) 5 p.m. Aug. 21 and Mountain
Gypsy 5 p.m. Aug. 28. 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 (Americana/bluegrass)
Aug. 19, Beer & Loathing (rock/honky-tonk)
Aug. 20, Somebody’s Child (Americana/folk)
Aug. 26 and Eddie Clayton (singer-songwriter) Aug. 27. All shows behind at 5 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Free and open to the public. noc.com. • Pickin’ On The Square (Franklin) will host
Jack Mollette (country) Aug. 20. 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.
• Quirky Birds Treehouse & Bistro (Dillsboro) will host Natti Love Joys (reggae/soul) 8 p.m.
Aug. 27. Free and open to the public. 828.586.1717 or facebook.com/quirkybirdstreehouse.
• Saturdays On Pine (Highlands) will host
Peggy & Paula (oldies/soul) Aug. 20 and
Blaze The City (pop/dance) Sept. 3 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.
• Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing
Arts (Franklin) will host The Gatlin Brothers (classic country) at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 26. • Stecoah Valley Center (Robbinsville) “An
Appalachian Evening” live music series will include Pretty Little Goat Aug. 20 and The
Kruger Brothers Aug. 27. All shows begin at 7:30 p.m. 828.479.3364 or stecoahvalleycenter.com.
• Unplugged Pub (Bryson City) will host
Caribbean Cowboys Aug. 18, Explode The
Myth Aug. 19 and Virginia & The Slims Aug. 20. All shows begin at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Free and open to the public. 828.538.2488.
• Valley Tavern (Maggie Valley) will host Ricky
Gunter (country/rock) 3 p.m. Aug. 21 and
Funk-N-Around 3 p.m. Aug. 28. 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 & Friends (singer-songwriter) 6 p.m.
Aug. 19 and 26. 828.743.6000 or whitesidebrewing.com.
• Yonder Community Market (Franklin) will host “Songwriter Sundays” with Jackson
Grimm (Americana/folk) 2 p.m. Aug. 28. Free and open to the public. Donations encouraged. 828.200.2169 or eatrealfoodinc.com.
The Cherokee Bonfire is a family-friendly gathering.
Cherokee Bonfire & Storytelling
The Cherokee Bonfire & Storytelling will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays through Oct. 31 at the Oconaluftee Islands Park in Cherokee.
Sit by a bonfire, alongside a river, and listen to some of Cherokee’s best storytellers. The bonfire is free and open to the public. There will be no bonfire events in September.
For more information, call 800.438.1601 or click on www.visitcherokeenc.com.
• “Mater Fest” will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, at Darnell Farms in Bryson City. The event celebrates the tomato harvest with live music, vendors, dreamwhips, food trucks, watermelon eating contest, bounce houses, and other activities. For more information, email hotheadevents@gmail.com. • “Paint & Sip” will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24, in The Gem downstairs taproom at Boojum Brewing in
Waynesville. For more information on the event and/or to purchase tickets, click on monetandchardonnay.events/product/boojum-brewery-taproom. • “Wine & Workshop” will present a silk painting class at 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, at the Haywood Handmade Gallery at the
Haywood County Arts Council in Waynesville. Led by artist Pamela Winn, attendees will make a fun piece of art, all while tasting a flight of wine and complimentary charcuterie donated by Bosu’s Wine Store. Class cost is $100. To register, click on haywoodarts.org/wine-workshop-series. • “Paint Your Pet” will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, at the Innovation
Station in Dillsboro. For more information on the event and/or to purchase tickets, click on monetandchardonnay.events/product/innovation-station-dillsboro. • “Art After Dark” will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. each first Friday of the month (May-
December) in downtown Waynesville. Main
Street transforms into an evening of art, music, finger foods, beverages and shopping as artisan studios and galleries keep their doors open later for local residents and visitors. Dates include Sept. 2, Oct. 7, Nov. 4 and Dec. 2. For more information, click on facebook.com/galleriesofhaywoodcounty. • WNC Paint Events brings you “Paint & Sip.”
This is a two-hour event, and you leave with your painting. Anyone 21 and up are welcome. Events will be held at the following locations once a month: 828 Market on Main (Waynesville), Balsam Falls Brewing (Sylva),
BearWaters Brewing (Canton), Mountain
Layers Brewing (Bryson City) and the
Rathskeller Coffee Haus & Pub (Franklin).
For more information, click on wncpaint.events. • Mountain Makers Craft Market will be held from noon to 4 p.m. the first Sunday of each month at 308 North Haywood St. in downtown Waynesville. Over two dozen artisans selling handmade and vintage goods. Special events will be held when scheduled. Mountainmakersmarket.com. • “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. See more about Macon County Art Association at franklinuptowngallery.com and like, follow and share the Uptown Gallery on Facebook. • 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. Masks are required in all Jackson County buildings. To find out what movie will be shown and/or for more information, 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. • Farmer’s Market (with artisans) will be held ALSO: 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.
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• “Rivers & Brews” small town craft brewers festival will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, at ALSO: the Nantahala Outdoor Center in the Nantahala Gorge. Live music, food and craft beer. For more information and ticket pricing, click on noc.com/events/rivers-and-brews. • “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. 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
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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The cast of ‘The Book of Will.’
A stage production of “The Book of Will” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 19-20, 25-27 and at 2 p.m. Aug. 21 and 28 at the Haywood Arts Regional Theatre in Waynesville.
Set in 1616, “The Book of Will” tells the story of how the lone survivors of William Shakespeare’s acting company worked together to save the plays. In the beginning, we discover that there are no copies to be found. All of Shakespeare’s originals were in the Globe Theatre when it burned to the ground. This is the story of a treasure hunt. Somewhere in London the plays or parts of them must exist, but where?
The play by Lauren Gunderson uses a handful of actors playing multiple roles to tell the tale. Gunderson has become one of the shining lights in American Theatre and in 2017 and 2019 she was the most produced playwright in America. In “The Book of Will,” she weaves humor, mystery, tragedy and a high spirit of theatricality to tell the compelling story of how the plays we now take for granted were saved.
HART’s production is being directed by Steven Lloyd and the cast features: Dillon Giles, William Ezzell, David Spivey, Kathy O’Connor, Brandi Andrade, Cheyenne Morris, Emily Dake, Dakota Mann, James Cloninger and Aaron Ybarra.
To make reservations, call the HART Box Office at 828.456.6322 from 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday or click on harttheatre.org.
‘Unto These Hills’ explores the Cherokee heritage.
This decades-old acclaimed outdoor drama traces the Cherokee people through the eons, through the zenith of their power, through the heartbreak of the Trail of Tears, finally ending, appropriately, in the present day, where the Cherokee people, much like their newly re-scripted drama, continue to rewrite their place in the world — a place based on traditional Cherokee values and modern sensibilities.
For more information on show dates and/or to purchase tickets, go to visitcherokeenc.com and click on the “Events” tab.
• A stage production of the beloved tale “Alice in Wonderland” ALSO: 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. For more information and/or to purchase tickets, click on cherokeehistorical.org/alice-in-wonderland.
