with Dorothy Mahrie Doodles are the scribbles, shapes and patterns we create while our mind is focused elsewhere. As we meander about the page, the doodle takes on a shape of it's own from a combination of lines and curves. Sometimes they are precise, other times haphazard but always a beautiful creation of art in […]
We invite you to join us as Dr. Daniel Barron takes us on a fast-paced visual journey into the past and consider a variety of real people and cultures that have visited Mitchell County from around 8000 BC to 1540 to 1780 and one fictional character by the name of Jamie Fraser. Using historic and […]
Please join us for a Sunday afternoon of music with Rhonda Gouge and Samuel McKinney as they entertain us with their unique stylings of our mountain music....we're sure there'll be sing-a-longs!
Be careful what you wish for as Stephen Sondheim’s and James Lapine’s cockeyed fairytale comes to life in this adaptation of their groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning musical. Into the Woods JR. features all of your favorite characters—Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack (and his beanstalk) and the Witch in this lyrically rich retelling of classic Brothers […]
Be careful what you wish for as Stephen Sondheim’s and James Lapine’s cockeyed fairytale comes to life in this adaptation of their groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning musical. Into the Woods JR. features all of your favorite characters—Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack (and his beanstalk) and the Witch in this lyrically rich retelling of classic Brothers […]
Penland sessions end with an auction of work donated by students, instructors, and friends. These auctions are celebrations of the work done in the classes and an opportunity for neighbors, travelers, and craft lovers to enjoy the energy of a Penland session. The proceeds from these auctions support scholarship programs.
The 11th Anniversary Paint Out brings together artists from around the region to spend the day capturing Burnsville and the surround area on paper, canvas and board. The event begin at 8am; artists paint, draw, create 2-dimensional work that depicts the landscape in and around Burnsville. They return at 5pm when works are hung. A […]
This bi-annual exhibit features the artwork of the 2017 June Toe River Studio Tour Participants. Arranged geographically, the work is displayed to make it easy to navigate from studio to studio in this two-county event, now in its 24th year. With guide and pencil in hand, visitors can choose their route for the tour weekend or purchase […]
1979 play by Ernest Thompson, the plot focuses on aging couple Ethel and Norman Thayer, who spend each summer at their home on a lake called Golden Pond. The story takes place one year when they are visited by daughter Chelsea with her fiancé Billy Ray and his son Billy Ray Jr. The play explores the often […]
1979 play by Ernest Thompson. An aging couple spend each summer at their home on Golden Pond. The story takes place at the summer home of an aging couple one year who are visited by their daughter, her Billy Ray, and his son. The play explores the often turbulent relationship the young woman shared with her father growing up, […]