Ramps (Allium tricoccum Aiton), or wild leeks, are perennial herbaceous plants native to the forests of eastern North America and valued for their distinctive flavor and cultural significance. Despite increasing harvest pressure, relatively little is known about their genetic diversity or taxonomic boundaries.
This is event is free and open to the public. Performances will be 20 - 25 minutes long and will take place at 2 & 3 pm. The choreography is designed so that the public can move through the exhibition while the performance is taking place.
Start off your weekend with art and wellness! Artful Yoga brings mindful movement to the museum galleries to enrich body, mind, and spirit. In this special installment instructor Stacy Shamy will lead a light movement practice to wake up the body and then rest on the mat for a deep sound journey.
Downer will read some of the poems from the anthology, Had I a Dove: Appalachian Poets
on the Helene Flood, as examples of narrative poetry. Stressing the importance of
telling our own stories, Downer will encourage participants to write poetry or prose
using prompts and different poetic techniques.
She edited the anthology, Had I a Dove: Appalachian Poets on the Helene Flood released in September 2025 by Redhawk Publications with all proceeds going to the Community Foundation’s Helene Flood Relief Fund.
Bring your own supplies and projects to work on and workshop with the group! Bring friends or make new ones.
Thomas McLamb is an experimental guitarist with a background in punk, hardcore, noise, and ambient sound design. His approach to music, combining both guitars and synthesizers, is inspired by other experimental guitar players like Derek Bailey, Jim O'Rourke, and Thurston Moore as well as avant-garde composers like Roland Kayn, Morton Subotnick, and Éliane Radigue.
Advanced Placement US History students at Watauga High School researched different people, locations, and organizations using primary and secondary sources, and created both this exhibit and a digital tour/history.
Head to BRAHM and take a moment for tea, for contemplation, for art, and for community. Artist Eric Serritella will perform a traditional Chinese tea ceremony to a soundtrack provided by pipa virtuoso Min Xiao-Fen.
Ever wonder what makes an artist tick? From where do they get their inspirations? How do their life experiences translate into great works of art? And how do they make art with a message that matters?
Landscape is never just scenery. Across American visual culture, images of land have shaped ideas about identity, ownership, belonging, and power—influencing how Americans understand both place and themselves.
In this concert, Jordan Korzelius and Jasper Sonkiss will present a program of forgotten or otherwise obscure classical music in hopes of exposing it to a new audience.