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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260828T003246
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SUMMARY:Heritage Fire
DESCRIPTION:Taking 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 inspired\, heritage-breed proteins al fresco. The offerings include a wide array of meats and heirloom vegetables from the region’s top family farms and local purveyors. Brought to you by top culinary event producers a21\, Heritage Fire educates consumers and offers hands-on experience with honest food sourced straight from the farm. \nAn all-star cast of top chefs from Asheville and beyond will be on-site serving up delicious bites prepared over live fire. Participating talent include Alex and Ashleigh Baxevanis (Feta Flav Greek Taverna)\, Benjamin Sullivan (Cranford Bros BBQ)\, Brett Suess (The Silo Cookhouse at The Horse Shoe Farm)\, Daniel Valladares (Root & Bone)\, Fernando Desa (Goya Foods)\, Jason Sweeney (Asheville Proper)\, Mike Rednak (Indaco)\, Mountain Madre (Mountain Madre)\, Tory Bogin (Claywood)\, Tyler Slade (Bargello) and more!
URL:https://thelaurelofasheville.com/event/heritage-fire/
LOCATION:The Horse Shoe Farm\, 155 Horse Shoe Farm Drive\, Hendersonville\, 28791
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241101T110000
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SUMMARY:Exhibition | Anti Form: Robert Morris’s Earth Projects
DESCRIPTION:The 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 out of earth\, atmospheric conditions\, and built environments. Created in 1969\, the series marks an important moment when artists began to reimagine what art could be. Morris was a pioneer in conceptual art working at the forefront of Minimalism\, Process art\, and Land art.  \nImage: Robert Morris\, “Piles and Pits\,” from the “Earth Projects” series\, 1969\, color lithograph\, 20 13/16 × 27 7/8 inches. Museum purchase\, 2006.22.07.61d. © 2024 The Estate of Robert Morris / Artists Rights Society (ARS)\, New York.
URL:https://thelaurelofasheville.com/event/exhibition-anti-form-robert-morriss-earth-projects/
LOCATION:Asheville Art Museum\, 2 S Pack Square\, Asheville\, 28801
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250328
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SUMMARY:Identitas
DESCRIPTION:Tracey Morgan Gallery is pleased to present the group exhibition Identitas\, with work by Erika Diamond\, Marcus Dunn\, vanessa german\, Luis Alvaro Sahagun\, Daniel Simone\, & Liz Trader Williams. The works in Identitas examine culture & heritage through personal narratives\, reflecting each included artist’s distinctly unique perspective on self and experience. Paradoxically\, the word “identity” comes from the Latin “identitas” meaning “sameness\,” a profound reminder that at our core we are more similar than divergent.
URL:https://thelaurelofasheville.com/event/identitas/
LOCATION:Tracey Morgan Gallery\, 188 Coxe Avenue\, Asheville\, NC\, 28801\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250410T093000
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SUMMARY:Huge Book Sale
DESCRIPTION:The Friends of Madison County Public Library will hold our annual 2025 book sale on April 10\, 11 and 12 at the Marshall Library\, 1335 N Main Street in Marshall\, NC. Sale hours are Thursday and Friday 9:30-5:30 and Saturday 9:30-1:30. The sale is located in the main meeting room of the Library and will feature thousands of new and gently used donated and past library books as well as a good selection of DVDs\, music CDs\, puzzles and games. The sale includes a wide array of subjects covering both fiction and nonfiction sorted by subject area for easy access and books for all ages. Most adult books are hardcover. Great low prices! \nThere is a large parking lot for ease of access and parking. \nPayment will be accepted by cash\, check\, debit or credit cards. Purchases made at the sale enable the Friends to continue to support the Marshall Library.
URL:https://thelaurelofasheville.com/event/huge-book-sale/
LOCATION:Marshall Library\, 1335 N Main St\, Marshall\, 28753
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SUMMARY:Blue Ridge Humane Society Paws for a Purpose
DESCRIPTION:Support Local\, Save Local Animals\nJoin Blue Ridge Humane Society (BRHS) for Paws for a Purpose\, a signature fundraising weekend dedicated to raising awareness and funds to support our mission of ensuring the highest quality of life for animals in Henderson County and surrounding communities. \nThroughout the weekend\, local businesses and individuals host fundraisers\, helping animals in need while strengthening our community. By supporting small\, locally owned businesses during this event\, you contribute directly to the well-being of pets in our neighborhoods. In 2024\, over 50 companies participated. We can’t wait to see who signs up this year! \nGet Involved\nWe invite local businesses to participate by hosting fundraisers or special events. Whether it’s a percentage-of-sales donation\, a themed event\, or a pet-friendly gathering\, every contribution makes a difference! Check out our Business Sign Up Page for more info or to sign up! \nTo find out more information\, email events@blueridgehumane.org for more details.
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LOCATION:NC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250412T150000
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SUMMARY:Doubt: A Parable
DESCRIPTION:Reader’s Theatre Presentation\nBy John Patrick Shanley\nPresented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing\, LLC\, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com) \nApril 12-13\, 2025 \nSaturday at 3 pm\nSunday at 3 pm \nDirector: Patricia Sands \nApproximate Run Time: 1 hour\, 45 minutes\nRating: PG-13 due to adult themes and suggestions of sexual abuse. \nRecipient of the 2005 Tony Award® for Best Play and Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner. In this brilliant and powerful drama\, Sister Aloysius\, a Bronx school principal\, takes matters into her own hands when she suspects young Father Flynn of improper relations with one of the male students. \nThe cast of Doubt\, A Parable: \nAna-Alicia Carroll* – Mrs. Muller \nSkyler Goff – Father Brendan Flynn \nJoan Rinchisen – Sister Aloysius Beauvier \nMary Weisgerber* – Sister James \n*Making their Hendersonville Theatre debut
URL:https://thelaurelofasheville.com/event/doubt-a-parable/
LOCATION:Hendersonville Theatre\, 229 South Washington Street\, Hendersonville\, NC\, 28739\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250412T190000
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SUMMARY:Courting the Morning Star: Falling Angels\, The Desire Body & the Aesthetics of the Heart Chakra
DESCRIPTION:Stories from Stardust is a one of a kind story-telling\, stargazing deep-dive that braids together myth\, cosmology & poetics with intellectual history\, cultural remembering\, practical astronomy & heart-centered teachings. These events are a form of ritual attunement that weave together imagination\, landscape\, cross-cultural star-lore\, wonder\, ancient perceptions & an alchemical courting of the night sky. I tell stories the way our ancestors did: under the night sky\, around a fire\, along shorelines\, communing with the treasure trove of constellational images and folklore that is our starry heavens. Doing it this way is an inheritance that reaches deep into an embodied culture of belonging and plucks the long-forgotten heartstrings of the human psyche.\n*** \nWhat do you know about love\, desire\, and the realm of Venus? \n“The heart breaks and breaks and lives by breaking. It is necessary to go through the dark and deeper dark and not to turn.” -Kunitz\, The Testing Tree \nJames Baldwin once wrote\, “You have to remember that the role of the artist is the same as the role of the lover.  If I love you\, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see. Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle\, love is a war; love is a growing up.” This discourse of love & art & war takes place mostly on Venusian soil. As our Morning Star\, she is known as Venus-Phosphorus—“the light bringer\,” also known as Lucifer\, the one who announces the return of the Sun. And as Morning Star\, Venus was reputed to be the Goddess of War. The Mayans used Venus cycles to predict warfare\, and in India Venus is Asuracharya—the teacher of the Asuras\, the demonic demigods. Goddess of Love\, she also rules the heart chakra and governs our worldly desires. \nLike human desire\, Venus is complicated & sophisticated business.  \nDe sidere (Latin)\, desire: “await what the stars will bring” \nIt’s no secret that the desires of the body & longings of the heart are braided together with the light of Venus. On April 12th\, with a full moon in Libra\, Venus will station direct in her exaltation of Pisces. In honor of our brightest neighbor we’ll gather for a night of veneration & aphroditic stories. We’ll adorn our imaginations with some of the old images and mythic rememberings to feed the heart chakra\, and gain a deeper understanding of how Venus shows up in the esoteric & alchemical astrology traditions. Love is a battle\, a battle towards the expansive aesthetics of the devotional heart. This one’s for the hummingbirds\, the jeweled messengers of the Morning Star.\n*** \nDate: Saturday\, April 12th \nTime: 7pm \nWhere: 65 Sanford Way\, Barnardsville – The Sundial at The High Meadow\n~or~ the Pavilion at Wild Abundance (if rainy)\n*important parking info below\, carpooling encouraged*\n(will also be livestreamed on Zoom – info below) \nSuggested donation: $12-36\, no one turned away for lack of funds\nYou can Venmo @MedicineOfTheStarryHeavens\, book a ticket on Eventbrite\, or bring cash the night of the event. \nBring warm clothes\, cushions\, blankets\, chairs\, whatever you need to be comfy and open to the medicine of the starry heavens… \nZoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85985421599\nMeeting ID: 859 8542 1599
URL:https://thelaurelofasheville.com/event/courting-the-morning-star-falling-angels-the-desire-body-the-aesthetics-of-the-heart-chakra/
LOCATION:The High Meadow @ Wild Abundance\, 65 Sanford Way\, Weaverville\, 28787
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250412T193000
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SUMMARY:Marcus King Band
DESCRIPTION:Formed in South Carolina in 2013 by singer-songwriter-guitarist Marcus King\, the Marcus King Band is a Southern rock and blues band with a devoted fan base. The Greenville\, SC native’s 2020 album El Dorado received a nomination for Best Americana Album at the 2021 Grammy Awards ceremony.
URL:https://thelaurelofasheville.com/event/marcus-king-band/
LOCATION:Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts\, 733 Rivers St\, Boone\, NC\, 28607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250412T200000
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SUMMARY:Asheville Symphony Orchestra Masterworks 6: Fate
DESCRIPTION:Darko Butorac\, conductor\nJoshua Roman\, cello \nArtists have always been drawn to the troubling but profound notions of fate\, destiny\, and inevitability. Verdi’s La forza del destino explores destiny as an irresistible force bringing two lovers together only to wrench them apart through accidental deaths\, tragic misunderstandings\, and mistaken identities. The Awakening cello concert\, composed and performed by Joshua Roman\, reflects on a fateful journey from darkness and anger to personal rebirth through the support of others and the affirmation that no one is alone. Our final exploration of inevitability is Tchaikovsky’s relentless Fifth Symphony; suffused with emotional intensity\, introspective depth\, and undaunted optimism\, the work is centered around a single compelling theme\, intricately woven through each movement and rumored to be symbolic of the unrelenting call of fate itself. \nVerdi: Overture from La forza del destino\nRoman:  Awakening\nTchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
URL:https://thelaurelofasheville.com/event/asheville-symphony-orchestra-masterworks-6-fate/
LOCATION:First Baptist Church\, 5 Oak Street\, Asheville\, NC\, 28801\, United States
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