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February 2020
Beginning Appalachian Dulcimer Workshop
Wednesday 2-3pm, $180 for 6-week workshop. Feb. 26, March 4, March 11, March 18, March 25, April 1
Find out more »Summer Camp Registration
6pm at Recreation Offices. More info at https://www.townofblackmountain.org/2448/Parks-Recreation
Find out more »Black Mountain Montessori – Ribbon Cutting
5:30pm. Public invited. 101 Carver Ave.
Find out more »Classic World Cinema at Flood Gallery
Feb 28th ~ “Taxi” (Jafar Panahi, 2015 Iran) When you are a filmmaker and you are not allowed to direct movies any more, you have to retrain. So why not become a taxi driver? Or better, why not pretend you are a taxi driver and make a film despite everything? This is what Jafar Panahi has done. Now he invites you to get into his cab for the price of a cinema ticket, to ride through the streets of Tehran…
Find out more »Black Mountain Marathon & Mt. Mitchell Challenge
Registration closed. www.blackmountainmaration.com
Find out more »Shopping Benefit for Asheville Humane Society
On this day from noon-5PM Ten Thousand Villages will donate 15% of sales to AHS. As Buncombe County’s critical safety net since 1984, AHS is committed to save and protect every animal. They have mastered the art of saving lives within their facility and are going even further, helping our community’s pets and their people thrive together. They are going beyond a no-kill community to ensure that each animal has the quality of life they deserve – a life worth…
Find out more »March 2020
Children and Friends Enrichments Center – Groundbreaking
4pm. Public invited. Midland Ave behind First Baptist Church. (Was scheduled Feb. 20)
Find out more »Winter Workshop: Introduction to Appalachian Ballad Singing
March 7, 2020, 1:00pm-3:30pm Come enjoy a workshop on Southern Appalachian ballads, or “story songs,” brought over from the British-Isles and passed through oral tradition in the Southern Mountains. Ballad singer Saro Lynch-Thomason will share some of her favorite ballads from Western North Carolina, Kentucky, and West Virginia. The songs covered will include tales of enchanted boars, valiant women sailors, and (of course) romantic tragedy! Saro will teach these songs in a sing-and-repeat (or, “knee to knee”) fashion accessible to…
Find out more »Art Exhibit Opening ” A decade of work: Richmond and Nick’s Art Opening”
It's been a long time...an art exhibit of watercolor paintings and mixed-media boxes by student/artist Nick Humphreys and his teacher Richmond Smith. About the artists: Richmond Smith: Artist, teacher, poet, etc... Richmond has been creating art since he was a child where he grew up in Kinston and Raleigh, North Carolina when he was influenced by my grandmother who was a watercolor and acrylic painter. He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Western Carolina University in Painting and…
Find out more »Funkraiser for the Arts
Annual dinner & auction and Black Mountain's Best Dance Party! Advance tickets required - www.blackmountainarts.org
Find out more »Spring Hike at Ridgecrest
For more information and registration - www.townofblackmountain.org/2448/Parks-Recreation
Find out more »Winter Workshop: Introduction to Appalachian Folk Medicine
When: March 14, 2020, 1:00-3:00pm Where: Black Mountain Public Library, 105 N Dougherty St, Black Mountain Learn the fundamentals of Appalachian Folk medicine as a living practice. In this class we will explore the broad cultural influences that make the Appalachian region and it’s folk healing practices unique- from European humoral medicine to West African spiritual traditions. Key plant species used and classic remedies will be covered and we’ll sample a few ourselves. Come ready to taste, mix, touch and…
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