Ice Dyeing Workshop
Come have fun playing with color! No previous experience needed. You will use powdered fiber reactive dyes to add permanent, beautiful color and patterning to your fabric or garment using an ice-dyeing technique. Ice-dyeing produces a character of color blending unique from that of other dying techniques. Any natural fiber can be dyed with this […]
Naturally Dyed Bandannas
Haywood Handmade Gallery 86 N. Main Street, Waynesville, NC, United StatesParticipants will experiment with basic tie-dye and shibori techniques to fold, roll, bind, or manipulate lightweight organic cotton bandannas. Multiple natural dye pots will be available, for different color options. The tied/bound bandannas will simmer for an hour, while we discuss some of the principles and basics of naturally dyeing fabric at home. Participants will […]
Summer Concert Series: Buncombe Turnpike
Cowee School Arts & Heritage Center 51 Cowee School Drive, Franklin, NC, United StatesSummer Concert Series at Brasstown Community Center with The Marshall Brown Band
Brasstown Community Civic Center 255 Settawig Road, Brasstown, NC, United StatesThis band is new to us, so let’s make sure they get a nice Brasstown welcome! The current touring Marshall Brown Bluegrass Band consists of Asheville based musicians John Duncan, Zeb Gambill, Jacob Brewer, and Marshall Brown. Each of these musicians has a unique background of musical influences, but they share a love of traditional […]
An Appalachian Evening with Mac Arnold and Plate Full O’ Blues
A South Carolina native, Arnold began playing music in the 1950s when he and his brother built a guitar from a steel gas can, broomsticks, wood, nails and screen wire. His first band, J Floyd & the Shamrocks, included a young James Brown on piano. Arnold moved to Chicago in 1965, where he joined the […]
Ashe County Studio Tour
Ashe Arts Center 303 School Avenue, West Jefferson, NC, United StatesTour participants will discover art studios located all over the county – in and around West Jefferson, Jefferson, Crumpler, Laurel Springs, Todd, Creston, Warrensville, and Lansing. Most of the studios are not usually open to the public, so this is a rare opportunity for people to see where these artists work and at select locations, […]
Friday Night Live Concert Series: Ezra & Katie
Town Square 343 Main Street, Highlands, NC, United StatesHusband and wife duo, Ezra and Katie have been playing acoustic music together for over 10 years. These Highlands natives recently spent seven years in Los Angeles pursuing their creative endeavors before returning to the area.
The Way We Connect with the World
Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville 87 Haywood Street, Asheville, NC, United StatesIn its third year, Museum of the Cherokee People's signature event highlights Native pop culture and showcases timely perspectives for Cherokee people, primarily by Cherokee people. These community-centered events put Native self-representation in the spotlight and uplift creative work that explores identity through artistic expressions in film, music, visual art, and more. This year's event […]
2024 Summer Tracks: Hearts Gone South
Rogers Park Amphitheater 55 W. Howard Street, Tryon, United StatesHearts Gone South delivers straight-up honky-tonk with a side of classic country—full of heart and laced (as it should be) with wit and woe. Based out of Asheville, this five-piece band has played their original tunes of love, loss, and victory for the underdog— along with beloved standards—on sawdust-strewn floors and festival stages from Anchorage […]
Fun with Fabric Dye
Come have fun playing with color. We will use permanent textile dyes to add beautiful color & patterning to fabric using easy low water immersion techniques. Learn how to dye a range of colors. Any natural fiber can be dyed with this type of dye (cotton, linen, rayon, bamboo as well as silk) with colorfast […]
An Appalachian Evening with Mean Mary
A singer and songwriter with a gift for connecting with sounds of the past, Mean Mary (real name, Mary James) has gained a loyal following for music that draws on vintage country, bluegrass, and traditional folk with just a touch of modern-day flash. A performer since she was six years old, she developed a taste […]