12 events found.
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Hunger & Health Coalition: A Simple Gesture Bag Pick Up
Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce 132 Park Ave, Blowing Rock NC, NC, United StatesHunger & Health Coalition: A Simple Gesture Bag Pick Up. Please drop off bag by Noon the day of pick up. Replacement green bags can be provided at the Chamber. Suggested Donation Items: Rice, Beans, Soups, Canned Veggies and Fruits, Cereal, Mac and Cheese, Pasta.
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Business After Hours: Mystery Hill – with Boone Area Chamber
Mystery Hill 129 Mystery Hill Lane, Blowing Rock, NC -
Porsche Concours
First Baptist Church 350 Sunset Dr, Blowing Rock, NCOn Saturday, September 11, the Appalachian Region of the Porsche Club of America will hold a Porsche Concours (car show) at the First Baptist Church. The show is open to the public, and there will be about 40 Porsches from the 50’s to current models on display from 11:00 am to 1:30 pm. Come by and see the cars and talk cars with a bunch of Porsche enthusiasts! The Appalachian Region of the Porsche Club of America will be visiting Blowing Rock from September 9 to September 12, bringing about 100 members.
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Scholars & Scones: Ginseng
Blowing Rock Art & History Museum 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, United StatesDr. Jim Hamilton is Watauga County's Director of Cooperative Extension. For the last ten years, he's been huntin', plantin', transplanting, consuming, and teaching workshops about ginseng. Dr. Hamilton will discuss the significance of ginseng to western North Carolina, its role in local and global markets, and other cultural nuances of ‘seng.
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Beautiful Needle Felted Landscapes
Blowing Rock Art & History Museum 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, United StatesAttendees will learn to needle felt a beautiful landscape using dyed wool roving. Using only barbed needles, students learn to turn a pile of fluff into a memorable scene of our amazing mountains. No experience needed and all are welcome. Kits will be provided. Participants are encouraged to bring photos of their favorite mountain scene to use as inspiration. A complete instruction booklet and resource list is also included.
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Afternoon Art
Blowing Rock Art & History Museum 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, United StatesChildren ages 6 - 10 are invited to join us for creative art-making activities through a variety of media, from watercolor to clay. Each week features a famous artist, book, or theme to serve as inspiration and guidance for the art-making activity.
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The Thanksgiving Play
Valborg Theatre 480 Howard St, Boone, NC, United StatesIn The Thanksgiving Play, good intentions collide with absurd assumptions in Larissa FastHorse’s wickedly funny satire, as a troupe of terminally “woke” teaching artists scrambles to create a pageant that somehow manages to celebrate both Turkey Day and Native American Heritage Month. Larissa FastHorse (a proud member of the Sicangu Lakota Nation) is a 2020 MacArthur Fellow, award-winning writer and choreographer, and co-founder of Indigenous Direction, the nation’s leading consulting company for Indigenous arts and audiences.
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Doodlebug Club
Blowing Rock Art & History Museum 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, United StatesPreschool-age children and a parent/guardian are invited to Doodlebug Club — a fun, educational art program focused on basic art skills (holding your paintbrush, identifying primary colors, etc.).
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Henry Cho, Comedian at ATHC
Appalachian Theatre of the High Country 559 West King Street, Boone, NC, United StatesHenry Cho is an American stand-up comedian. His work can be heard nationwide several times weekly on XM Radio’s Channel 151, Laugh USA, Sirius Radio’s Blue Collar Radio Channel 103, and Pandora Radio’s PG Comedy Radio Channel. Cho is notable for being one of the only Asian acts to appear regularly on the Grand Ole Opry. See ATHC website for covid safety information and to purchase tickets.
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Reggie Harris: Music and the Underground Railroad
Virtual Event. The Underground Railroad is one of the most important chapters in American History. This engaging concert of songs, stories and narratives about slavery and the quest for freedom reveals the hope, power and eventually, the triumph that was accomplished by a network of multicultural allies. Music and the Underground Railroad provides an understanding of the secrets and passion of this powerful era and an understanding of the use of song to communicate information during this time in American history. Part of the APPlause! K-12 Performing Arts Series.
Free, registration required.
