The Laurel of Asheville‘s Community Events Calendar
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The Laurel of Asheville is a lifestyle magazine focused on the arts, culture, and communities of Western North Carolina, and submitted events should fall within this context. If your event occurs over several days, please submit multiple events. Events extending beyond a month will not be accepted. All submissions are subject to editorial approval and edits for clarity and style before being published online. If you are going to include a photograph, please be certain that you have the rights to utilize that image. If there is a question about image rights, we may remove the image. Also, images should be no larger than 2000 pixels wide. Large images will prevent the event from being submitted. Please allow up to 5 days for your even to be posted. If you encounter difficulties submitting an event, please email [email protected].
Deck the Trees
Monte Vista Hotel 308 W. State Street, Black MountainDeck the Trees Celebrates 14th Anniversary to Support Swannanoa Valley Christian Ministry's Fuel Fund December 6, 2024 – January 6, 2025 Black Mountain, NC – November 6th, 2024 Deck the […]
Heritage Fire
The Horse Shoe Farm 155 Horse Shoe Farm Drive, HendersonvilleTaking place at The Horse Shoe Farm in Asheville on Sunday, July 13, the all-inclusive, walk- around tour will feature a lineup of local chefs and artisans, each grilling globally […]
sov·er·eign·ty: Expressions in Sovereignty of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Museum of the Cherokee People 589 Tsali Blvd., CherokeeOn view from March 15, 2024 through February 28, 2025, ‘sov·er·eign·ty: Expressions in Sovereignty of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians’ illuminates the complexities of tribal sovereignty and the Eastern […]
Exhibition | Forces of Nature: Ceramics from the Hayes Collection
Asheville Art Museum 2 S Pack Square, AshevilleCeramic artists throughout history have become masters of all four elements—creating clay from a mixture of earth and water to shape their work, drying it in air, and hardening it […]
Exhibition | Forces of Nature Ceramics from the Hayes Collection
Asheville Art Museum 2 S Pack Square, AshevilleCeramic artists throughout history have become masters of all four elements—creating clay from a mixture of earth and water to shape their work, drying it in air, and hardening it […]
Exhibition | Ginny Ruffner Reforestation of the Imagination
Asheville Art Museum 2 S Pack Square, AshevilleThe Asheville Art Museum is pleased to present Ginny Ruffner’s Reforestation of the Imagination, organized and toured by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The exhibition imagines an apocalyptic landscape of […]
An Artful Journey: Exploring the Best Art Exhibitions of 2024 with Art Historian Julianna Caro
Black Mountain Center for the Arts 225 W. State Street, Black MountainJoin us for an artful journey to the world’s most exciting art centers: Paris, New York, London, and Venice to virtually tour this year’s best museum exhibitions. Each artful journey […]
Exhibition: The Farm at Black Mountain College
Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center 120 College Street, AshevilleBuilt on more than a decade’s worth of deep, original archival research, this exhibition will constitute a comprehensive new history of Black Mountain College. By focusing on the farm, the […]
Exhibition | American Made: Paintings and Sculpture from the DeMell Jacobsen Collection
Asheville Art Museum 2 S Pack Square, AshevilleAmerican Made: Paintings and Sculpture from the DeMell Jacobsen Collection features more than 70 works of art by renowned American artists. American Made beautifully illustrates distinctive styles and thought-provoking art […]
Exhibition | Anti Form: Robert Morris’s Earth Projects
Asheville Art Museum 2 S Pack Square, AshevilleThe Asheville Art Museum presents Anti Form: Robert Morris’s Earth Projects. The suite of lithographic drawings by Robert Morris presents a series of ideas for ten works of art shaped […]
Nina Howard, Modern Artist – Raffle
OnlineFolkmoot USA is pleased to offer an opportunity to own a gorgeous original painting created by modern abstract artist Nina Howard. A long time supporter, Ms. Howard has graciously […]
Book Your Own Tour At PARI
The Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute 1 PARI Drive, RosmanCome for a self guided tour and explore our museum! See how our telescopes work today, and how they communicated with satellites long ago. Learn about historic NASA artifacts like […]
Handcrafted Holiday Market
Tryon Arts & Crafts School 373 Harmon Field Rd., TryonJoin us for our annual Handcrafted Holiday Market, a festive craft market with one-of-a-kind gifts and artwork! This market will run from November 21 through December 19, and we invite […]
All Is Calm
NC Stage Company 15 Stage Ln, AshevilleThe Western Front, Christmas, 1914. Out of the violence a silence, then a song. A German soldier steps into No Man’s Land singing “Stille Nacht.” Thus begins an extraordinary time […]
Historic Johnson Farm Christmas Tours
Historic Johnson Farm 3346 Haywood Road, HendersonvilleOn weekdays from December 2 through 20, Historic Johnson Farm will host daytime Christmas tours. Tour the decorated historic house, visit the Heritage Weavers & Fiber Artists, and enjoy hot […]
It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
Hendersonville Theatre 229 South Washington Street, HendersonvilleFrank Capra’s beloved American holiday classic film is reimagined as a live 1940s radio broadcast. Set in Studio A at WBFR in Manhattan on Christmas Eve 1946, this hilarious re-enactment, […]
Asheville Nativity Exhibition “Oh Tidings of Comfort and Joy: Christmas Crèches from Around the World”
First Baptist Church of Asheville 5 Oak Street, Asheville“Oh Tidings of Comfort and Joy: Christmas Crèches from Around the World” First Baptist Church of Asheville, 5 Oak St, downtown Asheville Free Admission Over 250 Nativity sets from more […]