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SUMMARY:Decoda Chamber Music at The NC Arboretum
DESCRIPTION:Arboretum\, by Decoda bassoonist Brad Balliett\, is a unique musical work featuring a collection of solos and duets inspired by different tree species. Performed simultaneously throughout the gardens\, the piece creates an immersive soundscape that invites audiences to stroll along the paths and move freely among the musicians. As the music unfolds across the landscape\, the Arboretum itself becomes a living\, breathing musical environment. \nRepeat performances at 10:30am and 11:30am \nFree with admission: https://www.ncarboretum.org/ \nThis experience is a part of the Decoda Chamber Music Festival (DCMF) which returns to the Asheville area for its 12th season. This unique and transformative program is dedicated to training the next generation of outstanding young musicians to rethink and reimagine their role in society. Through chamber music concerts\, creative collaboration\, and hands-on project design and development\, DCMF cultivates the vision of community through music with the young artists of tomorrow.
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LOCATION:NC Arboretum\, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way\, Asheville\, NC\, 28806\, United States
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SUMMARY:All This Resinous\, Unretractable Earth: An Afternoon with Jane Hirshfield at the NC Arboretum
DESCRIPTION:Hellbender Gathering of Poets Presents: An Afternoon with Poet Jane Hirshfield\nOctober 5 @ 1:00 pm – 5:30 pm \nWriting “some of the most important poetry in the world today” (The New York\nTimes)\, Jane Hirshfield is one of American poetry’s central spokespersons for\nconcerns of the biosphere. Her honors include fellowships from the Guggenheim\nand Rockefeller Foundations\, an NEA\, the Poetry Center Book Award\, the\nCalifornia Book Award\, long listing for the National Book Award\, and finalist\nselection for the National Book Critics Circle Award. A former Chancellor of\nthe Academy of American Poets\, Hirshfield was elected in 2019 into the\nAmerican Academy of Arts & Sciences. \nIn 2017\, she founded Poets for Science in conjunction with the first March for\nScience in Washington\, D.C. The interactive project (hosted at Kent State’s Wick\nPoetry Center) has been installed across the country at universities\, museums\, and\nresearch centers\, and\, we’re proud to announce\, will be on display at the\nArboretum for this event. \nWelcome reception at 1:00 pm\, ET\, followed by reading and book signing at 2:30 pm.  Reading & Discussion with poet Jane Hirshfield co-sponsored by the Western North Carolina Arboretum and Malaprop’s Bookstore\, WNC Arboretum Educational Center\, 20 Frederick Law Olmsted Way\, Asheville\, NC.  IN-PERSON ONLY. Free & open to the public\, but registration required. \n_____ \nThe Hellbender Gathering of Poets aims to nurture a community hellbent on\nfinding the words that protect and repair our climate-changed world. Through\nan annual festival that celebrates the power of poetry\, we welcome writers and\nreaders alike into a joyful rising—one galvanized by environmental science\,\nawareness\, courage\, and hope. \nJane Hirshfield will be part of the inaugural faculty for the Hellbender\nGathering of Poets next year\, from October 5 to 11\, 2026.\nTo learn more about this event or the Hellbender Gathering of Poets\, please\ncontact Nickole Brown at hellbenderpoetry@gmail.com.
URL:https://thelaurelofasheville.com/event/all-this-resinous-unretractable-earth-an-afternoon-with-jane-hirshfield-at-the-nc-arboretum/
LOCATION:NC Arboretum\, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way\, Asheville\, NC\, 28806\, United States
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