https://highcountryhost.com/images/events/ChetolaBonfireNightsBlowing Rock.jpgBonfire NightsBonfire Nights2019-07-19 18:00:002019-12-31 18:00:00Timberlake's Restaurant at Chetola Resort, 185 Chetola Lake Dr., Blowing Rock, NC 28605Timberlake's Restaurant at Chetola Resort, 185 Chetola Lake Dr., Blowing Rock, NC 28605Every Friday & Saturday at the Chetola lakeside firepit from 7-10pm. Bonefire Nights feature live music, Smores packets, and cash bar.
*Bonfires are subject to be rented as Private Events or may be canceled due to inclement weather. If canceled, live music will relocate to Timberlake’s Restaurant.
$50https://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Chris Botti Appalachian Summer Festival.jpgChris BottiChris Botti2019-07-19 20:00:002019-07-19 20:00:00Schaefer Center for the Performing ArtsSchaefer Center for the Performing Arts
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Multi Grammy Award-winning master trumpeter and composer Chris Botti returns to the festival for a dazzling evening of music, ranging from jazz to pop to rock. For over two decades, this brilliant bandleader and born showman has amassed a spectacular variety of honors, including multiple Gold and Platinum albums, to become the nation’s largest selling instrumental artist.
Botti’s mesmerizing performances with a stunning array of legends such as Sting, Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, Yo-Yo Ma, Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon and Andrea Bocelli have cemented his place as one of the most inspiring forces of the contemporary music scene. Whether he’s performing with illustrious symphonies or at renowned venues around the globe, his unparalleled crystalline and poetic sound transcends musical boundaries.
https://highcountryhost.com/images/events/ChetolaBonfireNightsBlowing Rock - Copy.jpgBonfire NightBonfire Night2019-07-20 19:00:002019-12-29 19:00:00Timberlake's Restaurant at Chetola Resort, 185 Chetola Lake Dr., Blowing Rock, NCTimberlake's Restaurant at Chetola Resort, 185 Chetola Lake Dr., Blowing Rock, NCEvery Saturday at the lakeside firepit from 7-10pm. Featuring live music, Smores packets, and cash bar.
Tickets – $5 – $20($18 advance)https://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Mountain Home Music Piano Man of the Blue RIdge.jpgMountain Home Music Piano Man of the Blue RidgeMountain Home Music Piano Man of the Blue Ridge2019-07-20 19:30:002019-07-20 19:30:00Harvest House Performing Arts Venue 247 Boone Heights Drive, Boone, NC 28607Harvest House Performing Arts Venue 247 Boone Heights Drive, Boone, NC 28607Mountain Home Music Piano Man of the Blue Ridge: The Jeff Little Trio
With few exceptions, the piano does not play a prominent part in Appalachian or Americana music, and is rarely the lead instrument. But Jeff Little is an exception – and a remarkable one. His distinctive two-handed style, much influenced by the mountain flat-picked guitar tradition, is breathtaking in its speed, precision and clarity.
Little’s involvement with fiddle tunes, old time country, and traditional blues dates to his growing up in Boone, North Carolina, where his family owned music shop was a regular gathering place for musicians who would just stop by to pick a few tunes. At an early age Jeff would regularly sit in with many of the musicians from the region, including one of America’s most influential musicians: Doc Watson. These influences helped shape Jeff’s approach to the piano which is based on these deep musical traditions. But there is also an echo of more contemporary mountain tradition in Jeff’s performances.
Today, Jeff and his trio stay busy traveling the country performing concerts with an energy and dedication to their music that is evident at every show. Performances include The Smithsonian Institution, The National Folk Festival, American Piano Masters, Merlefest, and many festivals, performing arts centers, colleges and music venues throughout the US. He has also taken his traditional piano style around the world on U.S. government goodwill tours, performing in Sri Lanka, Bahrain, Oman, France and Tanzania. Jeff has released four CDs, and been featured on National Public Radio and PBS many times. In 2014 Jeff was inducted into the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame.
Steve Lewis:
Steve Lewis is an award winning guitar and banjo player from Todd NC and is one of the most respected acoustic musicians in the country. Steve is well known for his flat picking on guitar and his mastery of the five string banjo. Steve has won many championships for his guitar
$60https://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Lily Tomlin Appalachian Summer Festival.jpgLily TomlinLily Tomlin2019-07-20 20:00:002019-07-20 20:00:00Schaefer Center for the Performing ArtsSchaefer Center for the Performing ArtsLily Tomlin, one of America's foremost comediennes, returns to the festival for an unforgettable night of smart humor and laughter. Bringing more than a dozen of her most memorable characters to the stage— from Frankie, of the Netflix’s hit show, to Ernestine and Edith Ann— the show will provide comical insights and witty observations about the human condition.
Tomlin continues to venture across an ever-widening range of media, starring in television, theater, motion pictures, animation, video, and social media. Throughout her extraordinary career, Tomlin has received numerous awards, including: seven Emmys; a Tony for her one woman Broadway show, Appearing Nitely; a second Tony for Best Actress, a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics’ Circle Award for her one woman performance in Jane Wagner’s The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe; a CableAce Award for executive producing the film adaptation of The Search; a Grammy for her comedy album, This is a Recording as well as nominations for her subsequent albums Modern Scream, And That's the Truth, and On Stage; and two Peabody Awards—the first for the ABC television special, Edith Ann’s Christmas (Just Say Noël), and the second for narrating and executive producing the HBO film, The Celluloid Closet.
In 2003, she received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor and, in December 2014, was the recipient of the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors in Washington DC.
FREEhttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/broyhill.jpgMonday Night Concert SeriesMonday Night Concert Series2019-07-22 19:00:002019-07-29 19:00:00Broyhill ParkBroyhill ParkThe Town of Blowing Rock sponsors a free music concert on Monday nights called the Monday Night Concert Series.
Musical acts for 2018 are:
July 2nd -Vocalist Amy Marie Young and Friends
July 9th -Jazz Guitarist Andy Page and Friends
July 16th -Vocalist Amy Marie Young and Friends
July 23rd -Opera Singer David Clark and Friends
July 30th -Vocalist Amy Marie Young and Friends
Broyhill Park in Blowing Rock off of Clark Street
Alternative weather location is the American Legion Building
Bring lawn chairs or blankets for your comfort
$5 includes movie ticket, snack and drinkhttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Storm Boy Appalachian Summer Festival.jpgStorm BoyStorm Boy2019-07-23 13:00:002019-07-23 13:00:00Schaefer Center for the Performing ArtsSchaefer Center for the Performing ArtsRecommended for all ages
Based on the 1964 Australian children’s book by Colin Thieve, Storm Boy tells the story of 10-year-old Michael Kingley who lives a lonely life with his reclusive father, Hideaway Tom, on the desolate coastline of South Australia on the beach of Coorong. When a group of hunters kills a majestic pelican and orphans its young on the beach, Mike convinces his father to let him raise the chicks to adulthood. Mike’s only friend, Fingerbone Bill, an Aboriginal loner who is estranged from his tribal people, dubs the young bird-lover “Storm Boy†and offers him a few life lessons.
Australia; Rated PG (thematic elements, mild peril and brief language); Directed by Shawn Seet (2019); 99 minutes
Pre-film talk with Dr. John Pfeifer begins at 7pm, with the film beginning at approximately 7:30pm.
In Swedish and Danish with English subtitles
Becoming…
$10https://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Becoming Astrid Appalachian Summer Festival.jpgBecoming AstridBecoming Astrid2019-07-24 19:00:002019-07-24 19:00:00Schaefer Center for the Performing ArtsSchaefer Center for the Performing ArtsPre-film talk with Dr. John Pfeifer begins at 7pm, with the film beginning at approximately 7:30pm.
In Swedish and Danish with English subtitles
Becoming Astrid is a 2018 biographical drama film about the early years of Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, the world’s third most-translated children’s writer, credited for more than 100 books including Pippi Longstocking. Eager to break free from her conservative upbringing, teenaged Astrid Ericsson trades her carefree life working on her family’s farm in rural Sweden for an internship at a local newspaper. At first, it seems like an ideal outlet, not only for her talents, but also for her desire to become a free-thinking, modern adult woman of the 1920s. Her editor and boss, a kind-faced married man, recognizes her talents and seduces her into an illicit relationship. The era’s conventions and patriarchal Swedish law dictate a limited range of options for the young woman who will eventually use her struggles as the foundation for a vast and beloved body of children’s literature.
“The biopic Becoming Astrid is a gorgeous piece of heritage filmmaking that chronicles a character-forming period in the young life of the Swedish writer born as Astrid Ericsson, who would go on to worldwide fame as Astrid Lindgren, one of the most beloved children’s authors ever.†-Variety
“Throughout Becoming Astrid, August acquits herself brilliantly; the woman we come to know is a tangle of impulses and qualities, and feels vibrantly alive.†-Chicago Tribune
Directed by Pernille Fischer Christensen
Starring: Alba August, Trine Dyrholm, Henrik Rafaelsen
Awards: Best Foreign Language Feature at the Chicago International Film Festival
Sweden/Denmark; Not Rated; Directed by Pernille Fischer Christensen (2018); 123 minutes
https://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Chetola Oyster Night.jpgOysters & The Lucky StrikesOysters & The Lucky Strikes2019-07-25 17:00:002019-12-31 17:00:00Timberlake's Restaurant at Chetola Resort, 185 Chetola Lake Dr., Blowing Rock, NC 28605Timberlake's Restaurant at Chetola Resort, 185 Chetola Lake Dr., Blowing Rock, NC 28605Every Thursday, dinner from 5-10pm; music by contemporary swing band The Lucky Strikes 6-9pm. Featuring 1/2-pound of fried oysters, choice of two sides and housemade dessert. $32/person
Freehttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/TakeaBreakfromtheInterstate.jpg21 Road Market21 Road Market2019-07-26 17:00:002019-07-28 17:00:00Sparta, NCSparta, NCThe U.S. 21 Road Market is a cooperative endeavor in which residents, shopkeepers, restaurants and merchants host hundreds of yard sales, side walk sales, flea markets and community events along U.S. Route 21.
https://highcountryhost.com/images/events/ChetolaBonfireNightsBlowing Rock.jpgBonfire NightsBonfire Nights2019-07-26 18:00:002019-12-31 18:00:00Timberlake's Restaurant at Chetola Resort, 185 Chetola Lake Dr., Blowing Rock, NC 28605Timberlake's Restaurant at Chetola Resort, 185 Chetola Lake Dr., Blowing Rock, NC 28605Every Friday & Saturday at the Chetola lakeside firepit from 7-10pm. Bonefire Nights feature live music, Smores packets, and cash bar.
*Bonfires are subject to be rented as Private Events or may be canceled due to inclement weather. If canceled, live music will relocate to Timberlake’s Restaurant.
https://highcountryhost.com/images/events/ChetolaBonfireNightsBlowing Rock - Copy.jpgBonfire NightBonfire Night2019-07-27 19:00:002019-12-29 19:00:00Timberlake's Restaurant at Chetola Resort, 185 Chetola Lake Dr., Blowing Rock, NCTimberlake's Restaurant at Chetola Resort, 185 Chetola Lake Dr., Blowing Rock, NCEvery Saturday at the lakeside firepit from 7-10pm. Featuring live music, Smores packets, and cash bar.
$5.00 – $18.00https://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Mountain Home Music Ivy Rowe.jpegMountain Home Music Ivy RoweMountain Home Music Ivy Rowe2019-07-27 19:30:002019-07-27 19:30:00Harvest House Performing Arts Venue 247 Boone Heights Drive, Boone, NC 28607Harvest House Performing Arts Venue 247 Boone Heights Drive, Boone, NC 28607Mountain Home Music's Ivy Rowe, played by Barbara Bates Smith, is probably Lee Smith’s most beloved character, drawn from her most beloved book – Fair and Tender Ladies. You will relish Ivy’s stand against the coal company’s bulldozer, defending her home place and reporting on her love life as described by her letters to “Dear Sisterâ€.
$12-$24https://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Opals Million Dollar Duck Ensemble Stage Banner Elk NC.jpgOpal's Million Dollar DuckOpal's Million Dollar Duck2019-07-27 19:30:002019-08-04 19:30:00Hahn Auditorium 185 Azalea Circle SE Banner Elk, NC 28604Hahn Auditorium 185 Azalea Circle SE Banner Elk, NC 28604When a pair of customers drop by Opal's Antique Junque Shop, they spot a still life of a dead mallard duck and an apple. Thinking it might be a priceless canvas missing from the local art museum, they offer Opal a "fair" price for it. But, she plans to give it to a friend and won't sell. What follows is a series of wild and entertaining schemes as the customers try to abscond with the painting and collect the reward.
$25The Four B'sThe Four B's2019-07-28 19:00:002019-07-28 19:00:00Rosen Concert Hall, Broyhill Music CenterRosen Concert Hall, Broyhill Music CenterThe Broyhill Chamber Ensemble and its Reflections Series International continues with a concert featuringworks by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms and contemporary composer Vytautas Barkauskas, with his homage to Bach.
Gil Morgenstern, violin
Avi Nagin, violin
Kathryn Lockwood, viola
Ole Akahoshi, cello
J.Y. Song, piano
July 28 Program:
Selections from:
Partita in E Major - Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita - Vytautas Barkauskas
Piano Trio in D Major, Op.70 No.1 "Ghost" - Ludwig van Beethoven
Allegro vivace e con brio
Largo assai ed espressivo
Presto
Piano Quartet in A Major, Op.26 - Johannes Brahms
Allegro non troppo
Scherzo: Poco Allegro
Finale: Allegro
$12-$24https://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Opals Million Dollar Duck Ensemble Stage Banner Elk NC.jpgOpal's Million Dollar DuckOpal's Million Dollar Duck2019-07-28 19:30:002019-08-04 19:30:00Hahn Auditorium 185 Azalea Circle SE Banner Elk, NC 28604Hahn Auditorium 185 Azalea Circle SE Banner Elk, NC 28604When a pair of customers drop by Opal's Antique Junque Shop, they spot a still life of a dead mallard duck and an apple. Thinking it might be a priceless canvas missing from the local art museum, they offer Opal a "fair" price for it. But, she plans to give it to a friend and won't sell. What follows is a series of wild and entertaining schemes as the customers try to abscond with the painting and collect the reward.
FREEhttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/broyhill.jpgMonday Night Concert SeriesMonday Night Concert Series2019-07-29 19:00:002019-07-29 19:00:00Broyhill ParkBroyhill ParkThe Town of Blowing Rock sponsors a free music concert on Monday nights called the Monday Night Concert Series.
Musical acts for 2018 are:
July 2nd -Vocalist Amy Marie Young and Friends
July 9th -Jazz Guitarist Andy Page and Friends
July 16th -Vocalist Amy Marie Young and Friends
July 23rd -Opera Singer David Clark and Friends
July 30th -Vocalist Amy Marie Young and Friends
Broyhill Park in Blowing Rock off of Clark Street
Alternative weather location is the American Legion Building
Bring lawn chairs or blankets for your comfort
$12-$24https://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Opals Million Dollar Duck Ensemble Stage Banner Elk NC.jpgOpal's Million Dollar DuckOpal's Million Dollar Duck2019-07-29 19:30:002019-08-04 19:30:00Hahn Auditorium 185 Azalea Circle SE Banner Elk, NC 28604Hahn Auditorium 185 Azalea Circle SE Banner Elk, NC 28604When a pair of customers drop by Opal's Antique Junque Shop, they spot a still life of a dead mallard duck and an apple. Thinking it might be a priceless canvas missing from the local art museum, they offer Opal a "fair" price for it. But, she plans to give it to a friend and won't sell. What follows is a series of wild and entertaining schemes as the customers try to abscond with the painting and collect the reward.
$5 includes movie ticket, snack and drinkhttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Appalachian Summer Festival Cinnamon.jpgCinnamonCinnamon2019-07-30 13:00:002019-07-30 13:00:00Schaefer Center for the Performing ArtsSchaefer Center for the Performing ArtsRecommended for ages 10 and above (In Spanish with English subtitles)
El Molcajete, a traditional Mexican restaurant in downtown Mexico City, is the pride and joy of Maria’s grandmother, Dona Tere. When Maria’s mother suddenly passes away, Dona Tere mourns the loss of her daughter and stops working at the restaurant. The new chef changes the menu and introduces a modern, trendy cuisine. Maria must find a way to bring her grandmother back to the restaurant before the traditional flavors, ingredients, and cooking secrets are lost forever.
Mexico; Rated PG (mild thematic elements involving the death of a parent); Directed by Jordi Mariscal (2013); 100 minutes
$25https://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Broyhill Chamber Ensemble Potpourri.jpgPotpourriPotpourri2019-07-30 19:00:002019-07-30 19:00:00Rosen Concert Hall, Broyhill Music CenterRosen Concert Hall, Broyhill Music CenterOn this final Reflections Series International concert, the Broyhill Chamber Ensemble will perform Robert Schumann’s monumental piano quintet and Ernő von Dohnányi’s thrilling Serenade, along with a seldom-heard work by Sergei Rachmaninov.
Gil Morgenstern, violin
Avi Nagin, violin
Kathryn Lockwood, viola
Ole Akahoshi, cello
J.Y. Song, piano
July 30 Program:
Trio Elegiaque No. 1 in g Minor - Sergei Rachmaninov
Serenade Op. 10 in C Major - Ernő von Dohnányi
Marcia (Allegro)
Romanza (Adagio non troppo, quasi andante)
Scherzo (Vivace)
Tema con variazio, (Andante con moto)
Rondo (Finale) (Allegro vivace)
Piano Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 44 - Robert Schumann
Allegro brillante
Un poco largamente
Scherzo, molto vivace
Allegro ma non troppo
$18-$38https://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Lees McRae Summer Theatre Newsies.jpgNewsiesNewsies2019-07-30 19:00:002019-08-04 19:00:00Lees McRae CollegeLees McRae CollegeNewsies rounds out the season with performances July 30, 31, and August 1, 2, and 3 at 7 p.m. and
August 3 and 4 at 2 p.m.
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Based on the Disney film written by Bob Tzudiker and Noni White, Disney’s Newsies is the Tony award-
winning story of newsboys and girls at the turn of the century in New York City who fought the system and
won. When titans of publishing raise distribution prices at the newsboys’ expense, lead character Jack
Kelly rallies his fellow newsies from across the city to strike against the unfair conditions and fight for
what's right. Based on a true story, Newsies with extraordinary dancing, acting, and music will appeal to
musical lovers everywhere.
$12-$24https://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Opals Million Dollar Duck Ensemble Stage Banner Elk NC.jpgOpal's Million Dollar DuckOpal's Million Dollar Duck2019-07-30 19:30:002019-08-04 19:30:00Hahn Auditorium 185 Azalea Circle SE Banner Elk, NC 28604Hahn Auditorium 185 Azalea Circle SE Banner Elk, NC 28604When a pair of customers drop by Opal's Antique Junque Shop, they spot a still life of a dead mallard duck and an apple. Thinking it might be a priceless canvas missing from the local art museum, they offer Opal a "fair" price for it. But, she plans to give it to a friend and won't sell. What follows is a series of wild and entertaining schemes as the customers try to abscond with the painting and collect the reward.
Pre-film talk with Dr. John Pfeifer begins at 7pm, with the film beginning at approximately 7:30pm.
In Spanish and Russian with English subtitles
Directed…
$10https://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Appalachian Summer Festival A Translator.jpgA TranslatorA Translator2019-07-31 19:00:002019-07-31 19:00:00Schaefer Center for the Performing ArtsSchaefer Center for the Performing ArtsPre-film talk with Dr. John Pfeifer begins at 7pm, with the film beginning at approximately 7:30pm.
In Spanish and Russian with English subtitles
Directed by the the Barriuso brothers, the two sons of the film’s real world protagonist, A Translator tells the true story of a Russian Literature professor at the University of Havana who is ordered to work as a translator for the child victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster when they are sent to Cuba for medical treatment in the late 1980s. Torn from the abstract world of academia and forced into the relentlessly real world of medicine, the college professor must find a way to connect with the kids and serve as an empathic translator between the doctors and the children’s parents. Just as he adapts to his new job, the Berlin Wall falls and Cuba enters the deepest economic crisis the island has ever known. Malin is now so entrenched in the lives of the Chernobyl Children that he doesn’t notice his own young family is suffering. He must find his way back to his wife and child through the lessons he learns at the hospital and become a better person on the way.
“[A] tenderly told drama; one that wears its heart on its sleeves, and…resonates with genuine emotion." -Screen International
“Santoro’s extraordinary portrayal of Malin’s vulnerability, frustration, and empathy draws viewers in. We sympathize with him despite his familial transgressions. Each Russian child’s plight is captivating and harrowing. The Barriuso brothers succeed in creating a film that is equally heartbreaking and inspiring.†-Film Threat
Directed by Rodrigo and Sebastian Barriuso
Starring: Rodrigo Santoro, Maricel Alvarez, Nataliya Rodina
Awards: Official Selection and Nominee for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival; Best Director at the Shanghai International Film Festival
Cuba/Canada; Not Rated; Directed by Sebastián Barriuso Gonzalez-Mora and Rodrigo Barriuso Gonzalez-Mora (2018); 107 minutes
$12-$24https://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Opals Million Dollar Duck Ensemble Stage Banner Elk NC.jpgOpal's Million Dollar DuckOpal's Million Dollar Duck2019-07-31 19:30:002019-08-04 19:30:00Hahn Auditorium 185 Azalea Circle SE Banner Elk, NC 28604Hahn Auditorium 185 Azalea Circle SE Banner Elk, NC 28604When a pair of customers drop by Opal's Antique Junque Shop, they spot a still life of a dead mallard duck and an apple. Thinking it might be a priceless canvas missing from the local art museum, they offer Opal a "fair" price for it. But, she plans to give it to a friend and won't sell. What follows is a series of wild and entertaining schemes as the customers try to abscond with the painting and collect the reward.
https://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Chetola Oyster Night.jpgOysters & The Lucky StrikesOysters & The Lucky Strikes2019-08-01 17:00:002019-12-31 17:00:00Timberlake's Restaurant at Chetola Resort, 185 Chetola Lake Dr., Blowing Rock, NC 28605Timberlake's Restaurant at Chetola Resort, 185 Chetola Lake Dr., Blowing Rock, NC 28605Every Thursday, dinner from 5-10pm; music by contemporary swing band The Lucky Strikes 6-9pm. Featuring 1/2-pound of fried oysters, choice of two sides and housemade dessert. $32/person
