https://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Chetola Oyster Night.jpgOysters & The Lucky StrikesOysters & The Lucky Strikes2019-12-05 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
https://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Apple Hill Farm Christmas.jpgApple Hill Farm ChristmasApple Hill Farm Christmas2019-12-06 10:00:002019-12-08 10:00:00400 Apple Hill Road, Banner Elk, NC 28607400 Apple Hill Road, Banner Elk, NC 28607Fri-Sun Nov 15-Dec 8
Mini farm tours take place every 30 minutes between 10am and 4pm on weekends. The tour is a guided walk of the farm and takes about 45 minutes. You will meet the many animals that live on the farm from alpaca to donkeys to dogs! After the tour you can visit the gift shop and find unique gifts made from alpaca wool and Christmas decorations for your home such such as table top trees and hand-tied wreaths from local farms
https://highcountryhost.com/images/events/mastshotforshopping.jpgChristmas in the ValleChristmas in the Valle2019-12-06 17:30:002019-12-08 17:30:00Valle Crucis, NCValle Crucis, NCBid a warm welcome to the holiday season with the community of Valle Crucis. The weekend begins with a gathering to light the community Christmas Tree and continues with events welcoming locals and visitors to share in the spirit of Christmas.
December 6
5:30 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.
Gather at the Christmas Tree at the Valle Crucis Conference Center and Holy Cross Church on Highway 194 for carols, cookies, and hot chocolate. The lighting of the tree will be at 6 p.m.
December 7
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sample items to make a part of your next Christmas gathering at the Original Mast Store and the Mast Store Annex
11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Live music at the Original Mast Store by Alyssa and Friends
11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Bring your list to discuss with Santa at the Original Store
12:30 p.m. - 1 p.m.
Caroling by kindergarten and first grade students from Valle Crucis Elementary School at the Valle Crucis Park
1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Decorate cookies at the Valle Crucis Community Park
3 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Caroling by second and third grade students from Valle Crucis Elementary School at the Valle Crucis Park
10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Free gift wrapping at Rivercross Made in USA
December 8
Noon - 5 p.m.
Sample items to make a part of your next Christmas gathering at the Original Mast Store and the Mast Store Annex
Noon - 4 p.m.
Live music at the Original Mast Store by Highway 194
Noon - 4 p.m..
Bring your list to discuss with Santa at the Original Store
Noon - 5:30 p.m.
Free gift wrapping at Rivercross Made in USA
https://highcountryhost.com/images/events/ChetolaBonfireNightsBlowing Rock.jpgBonfire NightsBonfire Nights2019-12-06 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.
$25https://highcountryhost.com/images/events/The Gathering.jpgThe Christmas GatheringThe Christmas Gathering2019-12-06 19:00:002019-12-06 19:00:00Appalachian Theatre of the High Country 559 W King St, Boone, NC 28607Appalachian Theatre of the High Country 559 W King St, Boone, NC 28607The Gathering is as lively and eclectic as any good family Christmas gathering! The holiday concert features Laurelyn Dossett, April Verch, Joe Newberry and Mike Compton. With inspiring vocal harmonies and virtuoso instrumentals, The Gathering breathes new life into traditional Christmas music and introduces fresh new songs of the season.
"It's what the holidays were before shopping and Irving Berlin." Wall Street Journal
About the band:
Known around the world for his clawhammer banjo playing, Joe Newberry is also a powerful guitarist, singer and songwriter. A longtime and frequent guest on A Prairie Home Companion, he sang with the 2016 Transatlantic Sessions, and at the Transatlantic Session's debut at Merlefest in 2017. The Gibson Brothers' version of his song "Singing As We Rise" won the 2012 IBMA "Gospel Recorded Performance" Award, and he shared the 2013 IBMA "Song of the Year" Award for "They Called It Music" with Eric Gibson.
While April Verch is perhaps best known for playing fiddle styles from her native Ottawa Valley, Canada, her performances extend into old-time American, classic country, Scandinavian styles and beyond, for a well-rounded tour-de-force of traditional sounds. While her fiddle playing is of the "astounding" variety, it's her multiple artistic talents that allow her to come at her audiences from so many different directions and points of inspiration. Combine that instrumental prowess with soulful singing and stunning stepdancing, and the result is an artist who is basically a force of nature.
Grammy and IBMA award-winning mandolinist, singer, and recording artist Mike Compton has earned "a worldwide reputation as one of the modern masters of bluegrass mandolin...one of the most recognizable and respected mandolin voices anywhere" (Mandolin Magazine). He toured with John Hartford, Nashville Bluegrass Band, and was featured in the soundtracks for, "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" and "Cold Mountain". Wearing his signature pressed b
https://highcountryhost.com/images/events/mastshotforshopping.jpgChristmas in the ValleChristmas in the Valle2019-12-07 17:30:002019-12-08 17:30:00Valle Crucis, NCValle Crucis, NCBid a warm welcome to the holiday season with the community of Valle Crucis. The weekend begins with a gathering to light the community Christmas Tree and continues with events welcoming locals and visitors to share in the spirit of Christmas.
December 6
5:30 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.
Gather at the Christmas Tree at the Valle Crucis Conference Center and Holy Cross Church on Highway 194 for carols, cookies, and hot chocolate. The lighting of the tree will be at 6 p.m.
December 7
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sample items to make a part of your next Christmas gathering at the Original Mast Store and the Mast Store Annex
11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Live music at the Original Mast Store by Alyssa and Friends
11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Bring your list to discuss with Santa at the Original Store
12:30 p.m. - 1 p.m.
Caroling by kindergarten and first grade students from Valle Crucis Elementary School at the Valle Crucis Park
1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Decorate cookies at the Valle Crucis Community Park
3 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Caroling by second and third grade students from Valle Crucis Elementary School at the Valle Crucis Park
10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Free gift wrapping at Rivercross Made in USA
December 8
Noon - 5 p.m.
Sample items to make a part of your next Christmas gathering at the Original Mast Store and the Mast Store Annex
Noon - 4 p.m.
Live music at the Original Mast Store by Highway 194
Noon - 4 p.m..
Bring your list to discuss with Santa at the Original Store
Noon - 5:30 p.m.
Free gift wrapping at Rivercross Made in USA
https://highcountryhost.com/images/events/ChetolaBonfireNightsBlowing Rock - Copy.jpgBonfire NightBonfire Night2019-12-07 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.
Yeshttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Ricky Skaggs Blowing Rock.jpgRicky Skaggs & Kentucky ThunderRicky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder2019-12-14 16:00:00-0001-11-30 16:00:00Samaritans Purse Training Center, Blowing RockSamaritans Purse Training Center, Blowing RockRicky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder host a holiday evening in Blowing Rock at the Samaritans Purse Training Center
https://highcountryhost.com/images/events/rgrgwrg.jpgBRAHM Book Club: What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia by Elizabeth Catte, Ph.DBRAHM Book Club: What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia by Elizabeth Catte, Ph.D2021-08-26 18:00:00-0001-11-30 18:00:00OnlineOnlinebout the Book: In 2016, headlines declared Appalachia ground zero for America's "forgotten tribe" of white working class voters. Journalists flocked to the region to extract sympathetic profiles of families devastated by poverty, abandoned by establishment politics, and eager to consume cheap campaign promises. What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia is a frank assessment of America's recent fascination with the people and problems of the region. The book analyzes trends in contemporary writing on Appalachia, presents a brief history of Appalachia with an eye toward unpacking Appalachian stereotypes, and provides examples of writing, art, and policy created by Appalachians as opposed to for Appalachians. The book offers a must-needed insider's perspective on the region.
(148 pages)
Buy from Foggy Pine Books - https://www.foggypinebooks.com/store/p1714/9780998904146.html#/
Scholars & Scones - GinsengScholars & Scones - Ginseng2021-09-16 11:00:00-0001-11-30 11:00:00Blowing Rock Art & History MuseumBlowing Rock Art & History MuseumThe harvest of wild American ginseng has been an integral part of Appalachian history and culture for over 300 years. As one of the world’s most popular herbal remedies, ginseng is revered in China, where its roots have been consumed for its purported immune-system enhancing and energy-boosting qualities for millenia. While large scale plantations of shade-cultivated ginseng are grown in Wisconsin and Ontario for export to Asia, the cryptic, shade-loving plant grows naturally in the rich mountain forests of western North Carolina. Each fall, locals hit the woods in search of the plant to dig its unique root, which can fetch up to $1,000 per pound. Overharvest and poaching are now threatening this native plant and the traditions that many in the region hold dear. In his presentation, “Roots in Appalachiaâ€, Dr. Jim Hamilton will discuss the significance of ginseng to western North Carolina, its role in local and global markets, and other cultural nuances of ‘seng.
$45 general admission | $40 for Museum membershttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/the jack pine.pngCork & Canvas: Tom Thompson's "The Jack Pine"Cork & Canvas: Tom Thompson's "The Jack Pine"2021-09-17 16:00:00-0001-11-30 16:00:00Join us as we paint inspired by Tom Thompson's "The Jack Pine" in a relaxed atmosphere.
Each participant goes home with a finished work of art inspired by a famous work. All materials, including canvasses, acrylic paint, brushes, and aprons, are provided. Our trained instructor will lead you step by step.
Wine, beer and light snacks are complimentary.
Cost: $45 general admission | $40 for Museum members (not yet a member? join today and save!)
Online ticket purchase is required in advance of the event. There is limited seating available, so register today!
$105/BRAHM members; $120/non membershttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Screen Shot 2020-07-13 at 12.53.59 PM.pngBeautiful Needle Felted LandscapesBeautiful Needle Felted Landscapes2021-09-18 10:00:00-0001-11-30 10:00:00Blowing Rock Art & History MuseumBlowing Rock Art & History MuseumWHEN: Saturday, September 18, 2021 10:00PM - 2:00PM
IDEAL FOR: Teens and Adults
PRICE: $105/BRAHM members; $120/non members
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
Attendees will learn to needle felt a beautiful landscape using dyed wool roving. Using only barbed needles, students learn to turn a pile of fluff into a memorable scene of our amazing mountains. No experience needed and all are welcome. Kits will be provided. Participants are encouraged to bring photos of their favorite mountain scene to use as inspiration. A complete instruction booklet and resource list is also included.
$90/BRAHM members; $105/non membershttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/broom.pngMaking a Turkey Wing BroomMaking a Turkey Wing Broom2021-09-25 12:30:00-0001-11-30 12:30:00Blowing Rock Art & History MuseumBlowing Rock Art & History MuseumWHEN: Saturday, September 25, 2021 12:30PM - 4:00PM
IDEAL FOR: Ages 14 and up
PRICE: $90/BRAHM members; $105/non members
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
Participants in this session will learn how to make a turkey wing broom. Cull processed hurl, separate the hurl into nine sections, tie sequentially into the shape of a wing, and fasten the handle using broom corn stalks. Included in this session also will be information about the history of broom making, the plant (sorghum vulgare), sources of both broom corn and twine, and other possible types or styles of brooms.
$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/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.
