$0 members/$8 nonmembershttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Opossum_2.jpegPrecious Opossums: North America's Marvelous MarsupialPrecious Opossums: North America's Marvelous Marsupial2022-04-07 11:00:002022-04-07 11:00:00Blowing Rock Art & History MuseumBlowing Rock Art & History MuseumOpossums have historically received an undesirable reputation within the mammalian community. However, while not ‘playing dead’, these prodigious creatures serve a vital role in the ecosystem.
Please join Grandfather Mountain’s ambassador opossum to learn, discover, and be awed by North America’s only marsupial mammal.
Freehttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/BlowingRockNCEasterFestival2018.jpgBlowing Rock Easter FestivalBlowing Rock Easter Festival2022-04-09 10:00:002022-04-09 10:00:00Blowing Rock Memorial ParkBlowing Rock Memorial ParkBlowing Rock Easter Egg Hunt 2022
10:00am, Easter egg hunt in Memorial and Broyhill parks. All free
Blowing Rock Memorial Park
Blowing Rock, NC
Freehttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/BECC Easter 2021.pngBanner Elk Easter Egg HuntBanner Elk Easter Egg Hunt2022-04-09 11:30:002022-04-09 11:30:00Tate Evans Park, Banner ElkTate Evans Park, Banner ElkBanner Elk Easter Egg Hunt 2022
Egg hunts (one for younger kids and one for older kids). This will be a morning filled with fun and entertainment! There will be a magician, a free scoop of ice cream for kids from BE Scooped, and a bonus Egg Hunt! The event will take place in the Tate-Evans Town Park. The event will be canceled in the event of inclement weather. Check Facebook and website homepage for weather updates.
FREEhttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/eggs.jpgBoone NC Easter Egg HuntBoone NC Easter Egg Hunt2022-04-09 12:00:002022-04-09 12:00:00Daniel Boone Native GardensDaniel Boone Native GardensBoone NC Easter Egg Hunt 2022
Enjoy an Easter egg hunt and candy. An hunt for ages 10+ will also take place at Hickory Ridge.
Yeshttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Rosanne Cash Schaefer Center Boone NC.jpgRosanne Cash Schaefer Center Boone NCRosanne Cash Schaefer Center Boone NC2022-04-09 19:00:002022-04-09 19:00:00Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts, Appalachian State University,Boone NCSchaefer Center for the Performing Arts, Appalachian State University,Boone NCRosanne Cash Schaefer Center Boone NC
Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 7pm
Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts
One of the country’s pre-eminent singer-songwriters, Rosanne Cash has released 15 albums of extraordinary songs that have earned four Grammy Awards and 12 nominations, as well as 21 Top 40 hits, including 11 chart-topping singles. She Remembers Everything—her latest release—is a poetic, lush, and soulful collection of songs that reckon with a flawed and intricate world. It follows her triple Grammy-winning 2014 album, The River & the Thread, and marks a return to more personal songwriting after a trio of albums that explored her southern roots and family heritage.
Tickets: $40 Adult, $35 Faculty/Staff, $25 Student
Yeshttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Rosanne Cash Schaefer Center Boone.jpgRosanne Cash Schaefer Center Boone NCRosanne Cash Schaefer Center Boone NC2022-04-09 19:00:002022-04-09 19:00:00Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts, Appalachian State University,Boone NCSchaefer Center for the Performing Arts, Appalachian State University,Boone NCRosanne Cash Schaefer Center Boone NC
Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 7pm
Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts
One of the country’s pre-eminent singer-songwriters, Rosanne Cash has released 15 albums of extraordinary songs that have earned four Grammy Awards and 12 nominations, as well as 21 Top 40 hits, including 11 chart-topping singles. She Remembers Everything—her latest release—is a poetic, lush, and soulful collection of songs that reckon with a flawed and intricate world. It follows her triple Grammy-winning 2014 album, The River & the Thread, and marks a return to more personal songwriting after a trio of albums that explored her southern roots and family heritage.
Tickets: $40 Adult, $35 Faculty/Staff, $25 Student
$8 per family/free for membershttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Afternoon Art Club BRAHM.jpgAfternoon Art for KidsAfternoon Art for Kids2022-04-12 15:30:002023-01-03 15:30:00Blowing Rock Art & History MuseumBlowing Rock Art & History MuseumAfternoon Art Club for Kids, Blowing Rock Art & History Museum
Children ages 6 - 12 are invited to join us for creative art-making activities through a variety of media, from watercolor to clay. Each week features a famous artist, book, or theme to serve as inspiration and guidance for the art-making activity.
ONLINE REGISTRATION is required. Registration opens two weeks before class dates. Please reserve one ticket per household and put names/ages of children in the additional fields.
Yeshttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Shinetopia Wilkesboro NC.jpgShinetopia-WilkesboroShinetopia-Wilkesboro2022-04-16 11:00:002022-04-16 11:00:00Copper Barrel, WilkesboroCopper Barrel, WilkesboroShinetopia Wilkesboro
Tickets will be required for entry and VIP pass holders will be granted early access, receive exclusive commemorative souvenirs and have an opportunity to spend some quality time with North Carolina's very own moonshine folk hero and Master Distiller, Buck Nance. Drink vouchers are included with each ticket purchased and additional drink vouchers will be available for purchase during the concert as well.
We're absolutely delighted to host our 3rd Annual Copper Barrel Cornbread Cook-Off sponsored by Carolina Cooker and Linney's Mill. The top 10 entries will win their share of more than $1,000 (ARV) in total prizes. So, if you think you have what it takes to be crowned the Carolina's Cornbread King or Queen, we invite you to join this cooking competition. Contestants must submit an entry form no later than April 10, 2022 and comply with all of the contest rules to be eligible for participation.
See you there and let's show the world how remarkable Wilkes County's spirit truly is!
$8 per family/free for membershttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Afternoon Art Club BRAHM.jpgAfternoon Art for KidsAfternoon Art for Kids2022-04-19 15:30:002023-01-03 15:30:00Blowing Rock Art & History MuseumBlowing Rock Art & History MuseumAfternoon Art Club for Kids, Blowing Rock Art & History Museum
Children ages 6 - 12 are invited to join us for creative art-making activities through a variety of media, from watercolor to clay. Each week features a famous artist, book, or theme to serve as inspiration and guidance for the art-making activity.
ONLINE REGISTRATION is required. Registration opens two weeks before class dates. Please reserve one ticket per household and put names/ages of children in the additional fields.
https://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Everybody.jpgEverybodyEverybody2022-04-20 19:00:002022-04-24 19:00:00Valborg Theatre, Appalachian State University, Boone NCValborg Theatre, Appalachian State University, Boone NCEverybody By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Directed by Joel Williams
April 20-23 at 7pm
April 24 at 2pm
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ modern riff on the 15th-century morality play Everyman follows Everybody (chosen from amongst the cast by lottery at each performance) as they journey through life’s greatest mystery — the meaning of living. Finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize. “This is theatre rather unlike anything you might have seen…unusual, unconventional and eye-opening…Everyman is no barrel of laughs, being a morality play about death. Everybody tells the same tale, with equal emotional heft; but it is not only provocative and involving, it is also funny. Wildly funny, in fact.†– Huffington Post. Jacobs-Jenkins is a Residency Five playwright at Signature Theatre and a Lila Acheson Wallace Fellow at the Juilliard School. His honors include the Paula Vogel Award in Playwriting, the Helen Merrill Playwriting Award, and the inaugural Tennessee Williams Award.
Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service.
For more tickets and more information, visit https://theatreanddance.appstate.edu/news/everybody
$0 Members/$8 Non-membershttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/ArabidopsisFlowerMutants.jpegBlowing Rock Garden Club Presents: GMOs in the gardenBlowing Rock Garden Club Presents: GMOs in the garden2022-10-04 11:00:00-0001-11-30 11:00:00Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, 159 Ginny Stevens LaneBlowing Rock Art & History Museum, 159 Ginny Stevens LaneWhat are GMOs and should you be concerned about them? In this presentation, Dr. Annkatrin Rose will explain the science behind genetic modification and address some common misleading claims and misconceptions about their uses, as well as some recent developments in genome editing technology and its applications. The presentation will be supplemented with posters prepared by students from the Capstone course on Genetic Engineering at Appalachian State University.
Yeshttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Kruger Brothers Ashe Civic Center 1.jpgKruger BrothersKruger Brothers2023-01-29 14:30:002020-01-25 14:30:00Ashe Civic CenterAshe Civic CenterThe Kruger Brothers will return to West Jefferson at the Ashe Civic Center!
Yeshttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/sunset-at-the-swinging-bridge.jpgSunset at the Swinging BridgeSunset at the Swinging Bridge2023-02-18 17:00:00-0001-11-30 17:00:00Grandfather Mountain, Linville NCGrandfather Mountain, Linville NCSunset at the Swinging Bridge, Grandfather Mountain
Enjoy the rare opportunity to visit Grandfather Mountain outside of regular operating hours and see a sunset from the top of the mountain. Your event ticket includes an entire day’s access to Grandfather Mountain, with regular park hours being 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Trails close at 4 p.m. At 5 p.m., all sunset eventgoers should head to the top of the mountain. There are no event ticket discounts for folks who do not want to access the park during regular park hours.
Sunset is at 6:12 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. Due to safety regulations, eventgoers are only permitted to view the sunset from the Swinging Bridge area. The Top Shop gift shop and restrooms will be accessible during the event. Participants are strongly encouraged to bring flashlights/headlamps and wear heavy winter jackets, hats, gloves and rubber-soled shoes.
All Sunset at the Swinging Bridge participants will need to exit the park’s gates by 7 p.m. A picture-perfect sunset, unfortunately, cannot be guaranteed.
