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North Carolina Stage Company will be hosting a singer-songwriter listening-room concert series called Up Close in July and August. July artists include Joe Pug on July 20 and Dom Flemons on July 27. With only 125 seats available, Up Close will seem...

Transylvania County Library and Scholastic are teaming up to get kids excited about summer reading. On Wednesday, July 18, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., the 2018 Scholastic Summer Reading Road Trip RV will be visiting the library to host a “pop-up...

Southern Lights Square and Round Dance Club will hold a “Summer Splash Party” dance on Saturday, July 21, at the Whitmire Activity Building, located at 310 Lily Pond Road in Hendersonville. Advanced dance begins at 6 p.m. with early rounds at 7...

Like the kids who are enjoying the many activities offered at local camps or other children who are just savoring the freedom from school to indulge in lots of fun-filled activities, the Friends of the Library (FOL) organization has been bustling...

Acoustic guitarist Chuck Brodsky will perform at the White Horse in Black Mountain on Friday, July 20, at 8 p.m. With just his voice and guitar, Brodsky draws in listeners with his quirky, finely crafted songs. His compassionate lyrics often center...

The 2018 Bag Lunch Arts Series continues in July with “The History of the Working Women of Ecusta,” presented by local history librarian Marcy Thompson. The program begins at noon on Tuesday, July 17, in the Rogow Room at the Transylvania County...

The Writers’ Workshop is offering classes for beginning and experienced writers. Each class meets on Saturdays, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at 387 Beaucatcher Road in Asheville. July 21: Poems of Anger and Joy with Ephraim Sommers. This class is for...

For the third summer in a row, the Brevard Music Center is hosting a Festival within a Festival, in which students and audience members are able to immerse themselves not only in the music, but also the lives and thoughts of a particular composer....

This week, 18 high school singers will be on the Brevard College campus for a residential choral intensive. Now in its third year, the Brevard Choral Institute is a collaboration between Brevard College and the Brevard Music Center designed to...

These new books are now available at the Transylvania County Library: Fiction Horn, J.D. “The Book of Unwinding: Witches of New Orleans #2.” New Orleans witches are losing their magic, and it doesn’t matter which sector they belong to; no one...

“Broadway Cabaret 8” opens July 19, and brings a collection of over two dozen Broadway favorites to the stage. This event is BLT’s major annual fundraiser and is vital to help keep live theatre active in Transylvania County. “Broadway...

A Bag Lunch extra program will be held on Thursday, July 12, at 12:30 p.m. in the Rogow Room at the Transylvania County Library and is part of the Brevard Music Center’s Leonard Bernstein Festival saluting the centennial of celebrated composer...

Musician John Doyle will perform for the Cradle of Forestry in America’s annual Songcatchers Music Series on Sunday, July 15. Now in its 16th year, the series is held each Sunday afternoon in July beginning at 4 p.m. It honors traditional mountain...

The 13th annual “Art in the Park,” featuring more than 30 local artists, will take place on Saturday, July 7, from 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. on Highway 276, between Connestee Falls Realty and The Top of the Falls Realty. The outstanding lineup includes two...

These new books are now available at the Transylvania County Library: Fiction Cohen, Jon. “Harry’s Trees.” When Harry’s wife dies unexpectedly, he leaves everything behind and hides out in Pennsylvania’s mountains. His goal is to...

Southern Lights Square and Round Dance Club will hold a “Beach Bop” dance on Saturday, July 7, at the Whitmire Activity Building, located at 310 Lily Pond Road in Hendersonville. Advanced dance begins at 6 p.m. with early rounds at 7 p.m....