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  • October 2025

  • Mon 20

    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
  • Mon 20

    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
  • Mon 20

    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
  • Wed 22

    Mindfulness Meditation Group at BRAHM

    October 22, 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 23

    Conversations with the Curator: Arlee Mains

    October 23, 2025 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Blowing Rock Art & History Museum 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, United States

    Join BRAHM on Thursday October 23 at 11 am when curator Ian Gabriel Wilson will be in conversation with Pam McKay, guest curator of the exhibition Arlee Mains: A Life in Watauga. We will learn about Arlee, her relationship with Pam, and what it is about Arlee's paintings that still captivate us today.

    $8.00
  • Thu 23

    Tunes at the Trout – Thursdays

    October 23, 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 25

    Beary Scary Halloween

    October 25, 2025 @ 11:00 am - 3:30 pm
    Grandfather Mountain 2050 Blowing Rock Highway, Linville, NC

    Visit Grandfather Mountain for a day of nature programs about animals that some consider creepy and crawly! This fun-filled celebration includes an opportunity to trick-or-treat on the mountain and then watch special Halloween enrichments be given to the animals. Included with admission.

    Included with Admission
  • Sat 25

    Pumpkin Carving (BYO Pumpkin)

    October 25, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    McCoy Minerals 537 Main St., Blowing Rock, NC, United States

    Pumpkin Carving Party at McCoy Minerals! Join them on October 25th for an afternoon of fall fun! All you need to bring is your own pumpkin and your creativity!

    Free
  • Sat 25

    Blowing Rock Halloween Festival & Monster March

    October 25, 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
    Main Street 1094 Main Street, Blowing Rock, NC, United States

    Join Blowing Rock Parks & Recreation for tons of FREE fun with a full afternoon of spooky activities! From downtown trick-or-treating to the famous Monster March, this is among the best Halloween events for kids of ALL ages. Memorial Park, located right in the middle of downtown, is the center for all the fun!

    Free
  • Sun 26

    Stories at Sunset

    October 26, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    Daingerfield's 224 Westglow Cir., Blowing Rock, NC, United States

    Head to Westglow on October 26 at sunset for Stories at Sunset, an enchanting evening of history and folklore.

    Acclaimed local historian and Senior Lecturer Trent Margrif will share the storied past of Westglow, the legacy of artist Elliott Daingerfield, and spine-tingling tales of haunted Appalachian lore.

  • Thu 30

    A Hole in the World

    October 30, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    Blowing Rock Art & History Museum 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, United States

    In a raw and inspiring reflection on grief–selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the best books of the year–a mourning sister processes her personal story of loss by exploring the history of bereavement customs.

    Registration Required
  • Fri 31

    Gourmet Ghost Tour

    October 31, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    Downtown Blowing Rock 132 Park Avenue, Blowing Rock, NC, United States

    A three hour walking tour of historical downtown Blowing Rock, NC exploring local food, wine, art and history with a Halloween twist. From 2-5pm on October 31, tour guide, Joanna, will be leaning into the spooky aspects of Blowing Rock's food, wine, and art scenes. Prepare to be surprised by the spine tingling things you'll learn!

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