Tunes at the Trout - Thursdays
2024-08-08 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Halifax) | The Speckled Trout Restaurant & Bottle Shop, 922 Main Street, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605
Head over to The Speckled Trout Restaurant & Bottle Shop to get your tunes fix and hear some live music! Thursdays from 6-8pm.

Cove Creek Crush & Run with Rhoddie Bicycle Outfitters
2024-08-10 09:00 - 13:30
We will roll at 9am on Saturday, August 10th from Old Cove Creek School, 207 Dale Adams Road; Sugar Grove, NC 28679.
The ride will be approximately 40 miles.
All paces are welcome, but you are expected to know the route and be self-supported. Bikes equipped with 32mm or bigger tires are recommended.
Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/45896140
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Adaptive Kayaking Programs at Price Lake
2024-08-16 09:30 - 15:30
As one of several efforts to advance Blue Ridge Rising’s accessibility strategy, the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation and Waypoint Adventure are partnering to offer adaptive kayak training for individuals with physical or mental disabilities at Price Lake, milepost 297 on the Blue Ridge Parkway, near Blowing Rock, N.C.
These sessions will be offered from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon and from 1:00 to 3:30 p.m., Friday, Aug. 16. The cost for each excursion is $20 per person; scholarships are available. The outing is accessible to people with a range of disabilities thanks to a variety of adaptive kayaking equipment and instruction designed to meet individual needs. Trained staff will instruct, support, and encourage participants as they expand their outdoor skills.
Registration is capped at seven participants for each session, and the deadline to sign up is Aug. 12. These excursions are funded by a grant from the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF).
Learn more and register at https://www.brpfoundation.org/kayak.

Fairy Hair Flare at The Funky Tulip
2024-08-16 12:00 - 17:00
Add some Sparkle to your hair! Head over to the Funky Tulip and get Fairy Hair Flare added to your hair.
To book your Sparkle appointment:

Check your appointment location
Select your sparkle level
Follow the prompts to complete your appointment
Add the event to your calendar (link is found in your confirmation email)

*Any questions, concerns, problems with booking, or appointment cancellations: text (preferred) or call the Fairy Line at (919) 322-8999.
Payments: Cash payments are preferable, but credit cards can be taken with a small fee.
Late Arrivals: If you are more than 10 minutes late, we will try to put
you into the next available open slot. Please be patient with us.
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Live Music at The Embers
2024-08-17 18:00 - 21:00, 2024-08-24 18:00 - 21:00
Head over to The Embers Terrace on Saturday from 6-9pm and Sunday from 12-3pm to hear live music and enjoy the summer!
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Knife Sharpening Service at Grounded Works
2024-08-23 13:00 - 18:00 | blowing rock history man with oxen
On August 23 from 1-6pm Hand Forged Harmony will be at Grounded Works in Blowing Rock sharpening knives for people who bring their own. They also have knives for sale at Grounded Works.
Cutting Edge up to 5 in. = $5
Each additional 1 in. = $1
Tip & Chip Repair = Total x2
Scissors = x2
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Blue Ridge Conservancy 5K
2024-09-21 08:00 - 11:00 | Bistro Roca, 143 Wonderland Trail, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605
Enjoy the scenic views of the Blue Ridge as you challenge yourself with a climb up Wonderland Trail Road along side other Blue Ridge Conservancy supporters. Run the 3.1 miles as fast as you can knowing that sticky buns, coffee, and even beer await as you cross the finish line.
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A Starry Night at The Blowing Rock Benefitting Watauga Humane Society
2024-09-21 18:30 - 20:30 | The Blowing Rock Attraction, 432 The Rock Road, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605
A Starry Night promises to be a cocktail casual evening to be held at the local landmark, The Blowing Rock, with its winding pathways, gardens, and magnificent vistas. Enjoy a variety of heavy hors d’oeuvres along with complimentary wine and beer. The evening will include a silent auction, a wine pull, and maybe a few surprises! Attendees will be gifted an engraved wine glass commemorating the event. Entertainment will be provided by the Todd Wright Quartet.
Includes live music, heavy hors d’oeuvres, and beverages including wine and beer.
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Mystery Hill - Community Spirit Pass
2024-10-11 10:00 - 2024-10-13 18:00 | Mystery Hill, 129 Mystery Hill Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605
Local residents can head over to Mystery Hill for a FREE ticket to lift the spirits. It includes the Anomaly Tour, Hall of Mystery, Bubblerama, Native American Artifact Museum, 1903 Dougherty House Museum, & Bull Ride Challenge. Gem mining & tomahawk throwing will be for $10+ each instead of $24.95 each. Retail, food & beverage will be available to purchase separately. People can reserve their free tickets online at mysteryhill.com

High Country Hurricane Relief at Hotel Embers
2024-10-20 13:00 - 17:00
Come out to Hotel Embers for an afternoon of music and raffles. All raffle proceeds, and a portion of food and beverage proceeds benefit the Hospitality House of Northwest NC. Come out for a time of music and community togetherness. Want to support, but can’t make it? Call ahead to purchase your raffle tickets, you just might win!
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Mindfulness Meditation Group at BRAHM
2024-10-23 17:30 - 19:00 | Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, 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.
Meditating with a group gives us a firsthand witnessing of the shared human experience beyond its conceptual understanding, allowing the opportunity for healing, belonging, and personal insight.
This is a free event. Donations accepted. Please register via the website.
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Pre-Season Sale at Appalachian Ski Mountain
2024-10-25 10:00 - 2024-11-03 19:00 | Appalachian Ski Mountain, 940 Ski Mountain Road, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
Alpine Ski Shop’s 27th annual preseason sale begins October 25, make plans to come out and take advantage of the huge savings on all your winter needs.
Slopeside at Appalachian Ski Mtn., you will find everything from skis and snowboards to helmets, accessories, and children’s clothing, all discounted up to 70% off!
Mon-Thurs: 10am – 6pm
Fri & Sat (25 & 26): 10am – 8pm
Fri & Sat (1 & 2): 10am – 6pm
Sun: 12 Noon – 6pm
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Vibrant Landscapes Workshop at BRAHM
2024-11-01 10:00 - 2024-11-03 17:00 | Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
Lyudmila Tomova Clark, Before the Storm

Embark on a colorful journey into the world of vibrant landscape painting, where the beauty of nature comes alive on canvas. Led by acclaimed artist Lyudmila Tomova Clark, a.k.a. Lucy, this workshop invites you to explore the dynamic interplay of color, light, and form, as you learn to capture the essence of landscapes with energy and expression.

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Live Nativity Event at Rumple Presbyterian
2024-12-13 18:00 - 20:00 | Rumple Memorial Presbyterian, 1218 Main Street, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605
Rumple Presbyterian Church will be hosting a live Nativity scene during the town’s Holiday Stroll on Friday, December 13 from 5-7pm. There will be real animals and they will be offering cookies and cider!
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Exhibit: Dail Dixon - Modern at Scale
2025-01-01 11:00 - 2025-05-25 17:00 | Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
Dail Dixon, Chairs for Various Moods from the series Chairs for Marilyn, 1999, oak, poplar, and nails. On loan from William Blankinship. Photo: Artie Dixon
Dail Dixon, FAIA, is an architect, craftsman, and a modernist at heart. This installation, featuring works from his woodworking studio, explores how this celebrated North Carolina architect, known for his innovative design sensibilities, translates modernist principles into playful, functional artworks. Dixon’s birdhouses—originally developed to benefit the Penland School of Craft—are more than whimsical objects; they reflect a refined mastery of proportion, material, and form. Drawing inspiration from the iconic Case Study Houses and a family history of birdhouse design, Dixon’s work bridges architecture and craft, modernity and tradition.
This exhibition also includes Dixon’s chair designs, lovingly crafted each year for his late sister, and his speculative patent models that blend humor with inventive problem-solving. Together, these pieces highlight Dixon’s enduring commitment to creating objects that are as thoughtful as they are delightful, embodying his belief in design’s power to enhance our everyday lives.

Modern at Scale offers a glimpse into Dixon’s creative practice. While many of the structures he has designed throughout his architectural career often remain unseen—private residences that are not accessible to the general public—the sculptural and speculative objects seen here provide viewers an opportunity to appreciate the breadth of his design thinking and the fluid boundaries between art, architecture, and craft.
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Exhibit: Anna Buckner: And other Myths
2025-01-01 12:00 - 2025-07-06 17:00 | Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
Anna Buckner, Small Frogs, 2024, found fabric on stretcher (24 x 24in.)
Anna Buckner is a painter in the most expanded sense. An interdisciplinary artist and maker, she creates compositions at the intersection of textile patterning, graphic design, and painting. And other Myths is a body of work that leverages the storytelling potential of quilting within the context of painterly composition and design precision. The works defy easy categorization, blending the enticing textures and nostalgic palettes of found fabric with the elevated presentation of a stretched canvas. These images are deeply personal yet universally resonant in their spare iconography.
And other Myths speaks to the all-too-human impulse to self-mythologize. To mythologize is to place something—objects, narratives, or even ourselves—within the stratosphere of the gods, a universal framework to make sense of the challenging and unknown. We tell ourselves stories about our actions and their motivations in an effort to understand our choices and, hopefully, make wiser ones in the future. Buckner self-mythologizes in these quilt paintings to navigate the complexities of new motherhood, finding meaning in the both joyful and overwhelming experience of new life and parenthood. Her studio practice is marked by a self-conscious interrogation of the prevailing systems of logic in painting, language, fiber, and education. In this body of work, she turns that perceptive eye around and onto herself.
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First Sunday 1/2 Night Special at App Ski
2025-01-05 17:00 - 22:00, 2025-02-02 17:00 - 22:00 | Appalachian Ski Mountain, 940 Ski Mountain Road, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
Ski or Ride for only $12 on the first Sunday of each month
Dec. 1, Jan. 5, Feb. 2, and Mar. 2, tickets for Sunday’s 1/2 night session are only $12. Tickets must be purchased online by noon the day of the session to receive special rate. See you on the slopes!
Online Reservations Required
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Exhibit: Storyboard to Storybook at BRAHM
2025-01-17 11:00 - 2025-06-08 17:00 | Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
Symeon Shimin, Zeely, 1967, from Zeely by Virginia Hamilton, published 1967 by New York: Macmillan
This exhibition celebrates the artists behind beloved children’s books of the mid-20th century, offering a glimpse into the creative process of illustration and storytelling. Featuring over 30 original illustrations, collages, and preparatory drawings, the exhibition highlights the interplay between image and text in crafting indelible narratives. Spanning the 1950s through the 1980s, these works explore themes of identity, heritage, and imagination, while reflecting the shifting cultural landscape of the time.
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Anna Buckner & Other Myths Artist Talk at BRAHM
2025-01-23 18:00 - 19:00 | Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
Join BRAHM for an fun and engaging event with exhibiting artist Anna Buckner & BRAHM Curator of Exhibitions & Collections, Ian Gabriel Wilson. This program will be one part cocktail party, one part artist talk, and one part gallery tour.
Patrons 21 years of age or older will receive one cocktail. Non-alcoholic options will be provided.
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Ski Patrol Candidate Recruitment Days at App Ski
2025-01-26 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-02-23 09:00 - 17:00 | Appalachian Ski Mountain, 940 Ski Mountain Road, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
Interested in joining the Appalachian Ski Patrol? Register for one of the Candidate Recruitment Days, where participants can get a close look behind the scenes at what being a Ski Patroller is all about.
Pre-registration is required, call the main office to sign up 828-295-7828
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Drawing to Tell Stories at BRAHM
2025-02-06 18:00 - 19:00 | Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
Christine Nishiyama, I CAN DRAW, doodle
Children’s books are a unique form of storytelling in that the illustrations do not just reiterate the story told in the text, but are instead an integral part of the narrative. In a picture book, the words and pictures must work together to tell the story. Join local book illustrator Christine Nishiyama for a short slide show presentation and a drawing workshop on the power of pictures and how we all can draw, no matter our age, experience, or skill level. This workshop is for general audiences of all ages.
This program is presented in collaboration with High Country Humanities.
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Valentine's Mix & Match Egg Rolls at Egg Rollin'
2025-02-11 11:00 - 2025-02-14 17:00 | Egg Rollin’, 310 Shoppes on the Parkway Rd., Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
Mix and match 4 egg rolls for $14. Mix and match 2 dessert egg rolls for $7. An additional 10% discount will be given for town employees.
Special runs from February 11-14, 2025.
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Romantic Prix Fixe Dinner at Cafe Violette
2025-02-14 17:00 - 21:00 | Cafe Violette, 1132 Main St. Suite 102, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
Celebrate love with Café Violette on Valentine’s Day! They will be serving a romantic 4 course prix-fixe dinner for $95/ person. Reservations are required. You can RSVP online and they will call you to confirm. You can also call 828-414-9989 directly for a reservation.
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Prix Fixe Valentine's Day Dinner at The Embers
2025-02-14 17:00 - 21:00 | The Embers Restaurant, 124 Morningside Dr., Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
Get a dinner reservation at The Embers restaurant for Valentine’s Day and enjoy a special pre-fixe menu. Click here for more details.

Valentine's Saturday Brunch at The Embers
2025-02-15 11:00 - 14:00 | The Embers Restaurant, 124 Morningside Dr., Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
Missed Valentine’s Dinner? Make it up on Saturday with a romantic brunch at The Embers. Click here for more details.

Exhibit - Considerations: An Installation by Sarah Vaughn
2025-02-25 11:00 - 2025-08-10 17:00 | Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
February 15 – August 10, 2025 | Atwell Gallery
Sarah Vaughn’s Considerations invites visitors to step into a landscape of thousands of carefully crafted glass river rocks. Made using techniques like blowing, flame-working, casting, and laminating, these fragile stones are stacked and arranged to create an immersive installation that explores how we experience and remember the world around us. Each glass rock represents a moment in time—some tied to personal memories, others shaped from reclaimed glass, blending stories of loss and creation.
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Write to be Fully Alive at BRAHM
2025-03-01 11:30 - 13:00 | Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
This March take some time for yourself by joining BRAHM for Write to be Fully Alive.
Nancy Dorrier will lead freewriting workshops every Saturday in March, from 11:30 am to 1 pm. You’re welcome to attend one, some, or all.
Nancy thinks of freewriting as a meditation practice. When we allow time for silence (and writing), what matters bubbles to the surface, and we discover direction that we miss when we’re caught up in the rush of life.
We invite you to join us and use the time to discover being fully alive!
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