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  • September 2025

  • Tue 30

    Exhibition: The Shape of Color – Understanding Color Theory in BRAHM’s Collection

    August 6, 2025 @ 11:00 am - December 27, 2025 @ 6:00 pm
    Blowing Rock Art & History Museum 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, United States

    This exhibition explores key milestones in the history of color theory through seven case studies, each centered on a single work of art from BRAHM’s Permanent Collection. Alongside these works, diagrams and historical models illustrate how color has been classified, studied, and understood over time. By examining these varied approaches, The Shape of Color invites us to consider the ways in which color influences our perception, emotions, and the visual world around us.

    Free Entry
  • Tue 30

    Exhibition: Mary Lou Higgins – Sibylline Faces

    August 6, 2025 @ 11:00 am - November 15, 2025 @ 6:00 pm
    Blowing Rock Art & History Museum 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, United States

    This exhibiton presents a selection of ceramic works and drawings by MaryLou Higgins (1926–2012), an artist active in North Carolina throughout her prolific career. Best known for her illustrative approach to ceramics, Higgins worked across multiple media, creating a body of work defined by intricate draftsmanship and a focus on the female figure.

    Free Entry
  • Tue 30

    Exhibition: Arlee Mains – A Life in Watauga

    August 6, 2025 @ 11:00 am - November 29, 2025 @ 6:00 pm

    This intimate installation of ten “memory paintings” by Arlee Mains (1935–2019) offers a vivid and affectionate portrait of early 20th-century life in the mountains of western North Carolina. A lifelong resident of Watauga County and a self-taught artist, Mains drew upon family stories, personal recollections, and regional traditions to create painted scenes of everyday Appalachian life.

    Free Entry
  • Tue 30

    Hawk Watch

    September 1, 2025 @ 10:00 am - September 30, 2025 @ 5:00 pm
    Grandfather Mountain 2050 Blowing Rock Highway, Linville, NC

    All throughout September, guests are invited to join the mountain’s naturalists as they count and celebrate the annual spectacle of fall raptor migration.

    Included with Admission
  • October 2025

  • Wed 1

    Mindfulness Meditation Group at BRAHM

    October 1, 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
    Blowing Rock Art & History Museum 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, United States

    Make time for yourself on Wednesday evenings for a weekly mindfulness and meditation Group. The gatherings will explore meditation, mindfulness and consciousness. Combining years of meditation practice experience with his lifelong passion of living in service to others, Eric DeVere will be guiding the weekly meditation group.

    Free
  • Thu 2

    Pattern Mapping: Reception

    October 2, 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
    Blowing Rock Art & History Museum 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, United States

    5:30 pm - 6 pm Reception with a cash bar

    6pm - 6:20 pm Andrea Keys Connell will be in conversation with BRAHM’s curator of exhibitions and collections, Ian Gabriel Wilson.

    6:20 - 7 pm The public is invited to explore the exhibition with the artist and BRAHM’s curator.

    Registration Required
  • Thu 2

    Tunes at the Trout – Thursdays

    October 2, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    The Speckled Trout Restaurant & Bottle Shop 922 Main Street, Blowing Rock, NC

    Head over to The Speckled Trout Restaurant & Bottle Shop to get your tunes fix and hear some live music! Thursdays from 6-8pm.

  • Sat 4

    Fall Color Rambles

    October 4, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Fall Color Rambles
    Grandfather Mountain 2050 Blowing Rock Highway, Linville, NC

    From Oct. 4 through 12, guests enjoy short, guided nature walks that highlight Grandfather Mountain’s fall colors. The Fall Color Rambles take place daily, weather permitting, and are included in your admission ticket. The short excursions begin at 1 p.m. and typically last for 30 minutes. Rambles will start outside the entrance of the Wilson Center for Nature Discovery.

    Included with Admission
  • Sat 4

    ASU Home Football Game

    October 4, 2025 @ 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm
    Kidd Brewer Stadium 733 Rivers Street, Boone, NC

    App State Vs. Oregon State

  • Sat 11

    7th Annual Apple Butter Festival

    October 11, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Saunders Old Country Store 3637 Blowing Rock Blvd., Lenoir, NC, United States

    Saunders Old Country Store is excited to be hosting the 7th Annual Apple Butter Festival — a free, family-friendly event happening on Saturday, October 11th from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

    FREE
  • Sat 11

    Sugar Mountain Resort’s Oktoberfest

    October 11, 2025 @ 10:00 am - October 12, 2025 @ 5:00 pm
    Sugar Mountain Ski Resort 1009 Sugar Mountain Drive, Sugar Mountain, NC

    Enjoy a two-day Oktoberfest from 10:00am until 5:00pm in the North Carolina Mountains. The festival features live Bavarian music by the Harbour Towne Fest band, German and American food & beverages, a children’s fun center, hay rides; local & regional craft fair, lift-rides on the Summit Express chairlift, a winter sports shop sale, lodging specials and much, much more.

  • Sat 18

    Valle Country Fair

    October 18, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

    The annual Valle Country Fair is a sure favorite among locals and visitors. Local food and crafts fill the space, while musicians and demonstrators entertain all day. Admission is free, but bring cash for parking and easy shopping.

    Free Entry
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