On exhibit Saturdays and Sundays through October from 12 to 4 p.m. (weather permitting), Rocky Cove Railroad is a G-Scale (garden scale) model train that demonstrates the coming of trains to western North Carolina at the turn of the 20th century. The exhibit is located below the Grand Garden Promenade.
Events Calendar
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Saturday, April
24, 2021
WNC Farmers Market Open Daily
Advanced “Photos by Phone” Photography Class
Grab Brunch at River’s End
The Enveloping Landscape: A Contemplative Photographic Journey
Biltmore Gardens Railway
Biltmore: Stickwork by Patrick Dougherty
Epic Dance Showcase
BRING A BAG –Feed The Community and Your Love of BMWS!
Chrono: Lady Pluuto The Dimensional Portal Art Exhibit
Downtown Trolley Greenville’s Main Street
fiber filled art exhibit
Framed Step Into Art Interactive Exhibit
Nature Photography Exhibit – Anthony Martin
Yard and Garden Sign Making Art Class
Blood Donations
Elite Total Fitness – Grand Opening & Health Expo
Independent Bookstore Day
Spring Craft Fair
3rd Annual Taco + Tequila Crawl: Greenville
Rocky Cove Railroad Exhibit
With the convenience of being open year-round, 7 days a week, the WNC Farmers Market offers a selection of farm-fresh produce at the lowest prices in Western N.C. Our popular retail buildings, providing a selection of non-perishables, fruits, vegetables, crafts and more, are open daily.
Join professional photographer Buddy Morrison for an interactive session on learning advanced settings and strategies for smartphone photography. Whether you’re an Android or iPhone user, you’re sure to take away some great skills from this three-hour class. This photographic odyssey will take you to various spots in the Park, so be prepared to do some moderate hiking.
This class does require advance registration as space is limited.
River’s End Restaurant is an iconic spot for locals and visitors to Bryson City. Enjoy spectacular views of the gorge, with paddlers passing through as they complete their Nantahala River Rafting trip. Stop in for year-round lunch and dinner, with weekend brunch during the summer season, and choose from a wide range of appetizing entrees, burgers, salads, pizza, and sandwiches. Hang out for a while and enjoy a large selection of signature cocktails, wine, and beer, including local favorites.
In River’s End Restaurant, every seat has a view of the river! Enjoy music by the river and views of paddlers passing through as they complete their Nantahala River Rafting trip. Join our waitlist online to reserve a table or order online and grab your meal to go, for a sunny lunch right by the river!
The Enveloping Landscape: A Contemplative Photographic Journey is a visual celebration of the transformative power of place-based education. In this first-ever collaboration between the Arboretum’s Exhibits and Adult Education programs, images from award-winning documentary photographer Susan Patrice join those of 22 student photographers in a breathtaking exhibit that explores the ways that we are indelibly shaped by place. Through their images, these photographers reveal not only the rich biodiversity of Southern Appalachia, but a renewed sense of kinship with their local landscapes found through photography.
What began as a documentary photography project launched by Patrice in 2016 became a collaborative Arboretum workshop led by the artist in early 2020. The project invited photographers of all levels to return each season to focus their gaze on what called to them in the landscape — deepening a contemplative practice of seeing, knowing and caring for a place. When everything abruptly changed in March of last year, this photographic community wasted no time in moving online. What seemed like an unnatural distance imposed by technology became a path into both familiar and uncharted places. This exhibition chronicles these photographers’ year-long journey, inviting viewers to step into an intimate world where the landscape is alive, waiting to be met, understood and entered.
The Enveloping Landscape: A Contemplative Photographic Journey is on display daily January 16 – May 2, 2021, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., inside the Baker Exhibit Center. Face coverings are required for visitors ages 5 years and older.
Exhibit support for The Enveloping Landscape: A Contemplative Photographic Journey is provided in part by The North Carolina Arboretum Society; Asheville Citizen-Times; RomanticAsheville.com Travel Guide; Smoky Mountain Living Magazine; The Laurel of Asheville; and Henco North Creative Imaging.
Image: Susan Patrice, Enveloping Landscape #1, archival pigment print, 45 x 45 inches, © Susan Patrice
Included with admission
Our fun-for-all-ages botanical model train displays invite you to experience our grounds in an engaging new way. Located in the Conservatory in the Walled Garden, the displays feature replicas of structures connected with Biltmore and its founder George Vanderbilt. Each beautifully executed piece was handcrafted from such natural elements as leaves, bark, and twigs.
In compliance with state and local mandates related to COVID-19, all guests must enter the Conservatory via the ADA entrance in the back and follow a one-way route.
Included with admission
A unique-to-Biltmore, large-scale outdoor sculpture will be crafted and installed in Antler Hill Village this spring by Patrick Dougherty. Over the last three decades, this internationally-acclaimed artist has combined his carpentry skills and love of nature to build over 300 of these wondrous works, captivating the hearts and imaginations of viewers worldwide.
Image: Close Ties (2006) Scottish Basketmakers Circle, Dingwall, Scotland. Photo: Fin Macrae
NOTE: This is an example of Patrick Dougherty’s work; the artist will create Biltmore’s unique structure in Antler Hill Village this spring.
With over 30 years of dance convention and competition experience, EDS has integrated the positive aspects of both, and eliminated the unfavorable. We strive to present a fun, friendly atmosphere with fair results! Using a system that acknowledges studio size, you are guaranteed to compete on a “level playing field”. You will be categorized in a division with studios of comparable size, much like the divisions in college sports. Finally, the stress of competing against studios much larger or smaller than yours is removed! In addition to our 3 levels of competition, we will have 2 divisions of overall awards!!! With cash prizes, scholarships, fun games, and more, we’re sure your “Epic” experience will be one you will want to relive each year!
To help those needing assistance, the BMW CCA Foundation Museum is partnering with the Greer Community Ministries. By bringing containerized food to the Museum, visitors will receive a heavily discounted admission and the food will go to a good cause – helping the hungry.
The Greer Community Ministries aids those needing food and clothing. They also run a Meals on Wheels service to over 350 homes daily. And they share their food with other food organizations to help those needing a hand.
The BMW CCA Foundation has the mission of Saving History and Saving Lives. The Foundation houses over 75,000 BMW items and is the largest archive outside of Munich, Germany, the BMW AG headquarters. They save lives through a Street Survival program, a teen driving program that has taught almost 30,000 teens to be better drivers. Teens learn advanced car handling skills and prepare for emergencies by driving with increased awareness and gain techniques to help in unusual circumstances.
The current museum exhibition, called GENESIS: BMW From the Beginning, has the most comprehensive collection of older BMW cars and motorcycles in the US, including the oldest known BMW car in the US, along with many pre-war and post-war vehicles.
artists
Samuelle Green
Liz Miller
We’re dividing our exhibition space in half for two artists to create two large-scale site-specific installations. Each artist will have approximately 1500 square feet to build immersive installations that incorporate and magnify fragments of reality into worlds of fantasy and fiction.
This exhibition is generously sponsored by The Arkwright Foundation, Bagwell Fence, Carolina Alliance Bank, Caroline + Brooks Crenshaw, Susan W. + Russel Floyd, Susu + George Dean Johnson Jr, Vicki + Tom Nederostek, and Margaret + George Nixon.
The Upcountry History Museum will continue its mission of connecting young audiences with hands-on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) learning experiences when it hosts Framed: Step Into Art.
The bilingual (English and Spanish), exhibition transforms the works of well-known painters into interactive environments. Children ages 3-12, enter the exhibit by stepping though an oversized frame and are immersed in the worlds created by well-known artists. Each work is re-created as a three-dimensional, sensory, walk-in environment that includes a print of the artist’s original work as well as important facts about the artist’s life and painting style.
Supporting the National Standards for Arts Education for K through 5th grade, the exhibit provides conversational prompts that employ visual thinking strategies. Children explore the works of four specific artists, as well as enter a Mona Lisa Gallery where they discover a print of the original painting along with famous parodies, and step behind a a cutout version replacing Mona Lisa’s face with their own.
The exhibition’s four interactive spaces include:
• Dinner for Threshers by Grant Wood explores rural life at the turn of the century inviting children to tend to the chickens and eggs, prepare a seasonal meal, set the table, and mix and match the farmers patterned shirts.
• Camp at Lake O’Hara by John Singer Sargent invites visitors to Sargent’s 1916 camp in the Canadian Rockies. Children climb inside a tent, explore camping gear like Sargent’s, prepare a meal over the campfire, and create a painting of what today’s campsite might look like.
• Corn Festival by Diego Rivera visitors travel to Mexico through this piece from the Court of Fiestas in the Ministry of Education Building in Mexico City. Children explore a rendition of one of Rivera’s frescos, add flowers and ribbons to the flower tower for a celebration and add their flourish to a miniature building mural.
• Big Chicken by Clementine O’Hara visitors meet Louisiana’s most famous female artist and folk-art icon and create imaginary animals like Hunter’s “goosters”! Children load the cart and climb behind the reins of Hunter’s giant rooster to take the load into town.
In addition to climbing inside works of art, children are invited to curate their own exhibit gallery, draw self-portraits, take part in an art/history hunt through the exhibit and create different images at a three-dimensional pattern puzzle.
Greenville nature photographer, Anthony Q. Martin, has agreed for Fountain Inn Museum to display his photography. His photos are absolutely remarkable.
Donating blood saves lives! It’s that simple. Come by Drayton Mills Marketplace to donate and receive a $20 gift card and a free app from Dray Bar & Grill. Schedule your donation today!
FIRST 100 ATTENDEES:
🔷 FREE Elite Total Fitness T-shirt
(sizes not guaranteed, based on availability)
🔷 FREE ETF swag bag drawstring backpack filled with giveaway items from sponsors/vendors and community supporters.
🔷🔷 RAFFLE GRAND PRIZE 🔷🔷
💰 WORTH OVER $3,000!! 💰
FREE entry with name, email & phone registration.
Additional entry if you book your first FREE personal training session.
Prize valued over $3,000:
💥 Nike Duffel Bag
💥 Apple airPods Pro
💥 Hydroflask Water Bottle
💥 Trigger point foam roller
💥 10 pack of 1:1 Personal Training -or- 1:1 Sports Performance Sessions at ETF
💥 10 pack of Group Fitness -or- Group Sports Performance Classes
💥 6 pack of Contrast Hydrotherapy sessions
💥 6 pack of NormaTec Compression Therapy Sessions
💥 FREE Senaptec Sensory Training Assessment
💥 FREE Segmental Body Composition Test
💥 Dr. Ray – Complimentary Initial Assessment and Metabolic Blood Test
💥 Revived Aesthetics – FREE IV Infusion
💥 Academy Sports $100 Gift Card
💥 Stretch Zone – Gift Card
💥 Lean Kitchen Co. Gift Card
** Must be present to win (approx 1:30pm we will announce)
Meet the ETF Team:
🌟 Rachael Baldassarra, Founder & Owner
🌟 Brandon, Co-Founder and Sports Performance Director
🌟 Adam Powell, General Manager
🌟 Rashun, Operations Manager
🌟 Nate, Personal Trainer
🌟 Jackie G, Personal Trainer
🌟 Jessica, Personal Trainer
🌟 Ty, Personal Trainer and Sports Performance Coach
🌟 Trey, Personal Trainer and Sports Performance Coach
🌟Jackie X, Kickboxing Instructor
Visit our vendors & community supporters:
🔥 The Nutrition Store
🔥 Stretch Zone
🔥 Lean Kitchen Co.
🔥 Revived Aesthetics
🔥 Dr Ray – Align Life
🔥 EC Sports
COVID-19 may have upended much of our lives, but our passion for indie bookstores will never change – and now we get to celebrate them! Come out to Fiction Addiction on April 24th for Independent Bookstore Day – a day of celebrating the importance of independent bookstores in our communities.
Independent bookstores are not just stores, they’re community centers and local anchors run by passionate readers. They are entire universes of ideas that contain the possibility of real serendipity. They are lively performance spaces and quiet places where aimless perusal is a day well spent.
In a world of tweets and algorithms and pageless digital downloads, bookstores are not a dying anachronism. They are living, breathing organisms that continue to grow and expand. In fact, there are more of them this year than there were last year. And they are at your service.
In a world of tweets and algorithms and pageless digital downloads, bookstores are not a dying anachronism. They are living, breathing organisms that continue to grow and expand. In fact, there are more of them this year than there were last year. And they are at your service.
During this tumultuous time, books are more important than ever. So come celebrate with us!
We have ordered IBD exclusive items, available ONLY on IBD (no pre-orders/holds). Items at the end of the list marked [FREE] will be free with purchase as supplies last.
-Exclusive Signed Edition of Cook, Eat, Repeat
-2021 Bad Citizen Stencil
-IBD Exclusive Edition of “In the Tall Grass”
-Being Alive is a Good Idea: A Conversation with Nikki Giovanni and Glory Edim
-Independent Bookstores of the United States Map
-[FREE] “I Visited An Independent Bookstore Today” Stickers
-[FREE] “The Black Friend” IBD Bumper Stickers
-2021 Bad Citizen Stencil
-IBD Exclusive Edition of “In the Tall Grass”
-Being Alive is a Good Idea: A Conversation with Nikki Giovanni and Glory Edim
-Independent Bookstores of the United States Map
-[FREE] “I Visited An Independent Bookstore Today” Stickers
-[FREE] “The Black Friend” IBD Bumper Stickers
ADDITIONAL LIBRO.FM OFFER:
When you spend $15 in-store or virtually at any independent bookstore between April 24th and April 26th, you will get a free audiobook from Libro.fm. Customers will be able to choose from 10-12 new bestselling audiobooks to be revealed in early April.
Don’t miss out – celebrate indies!
Join us for our first Craft Fair of the season. Peruse the fair while sipping drinks and enjoying snacks from Dray Bar & Grill.
We are bringing back the Greenville Taco Crawl for the 3rd year. Yes, that is right! Come stroll throughout the heart of Greenville eating taco’s, checking out new bars, enjoying margarita & tequila specials, all while dancing your taco lovin’ butts off.
Your General Admission Ticket Includes:
- 4 Complimentary Tacos (Tabs to exchange for tacos)
- Taco Crawl Koozie
- Exclusive drink specials at every stop (Margs, Beer, and Tequila)
- The Digital Taco Crawl Signature Crawl Map
- DJs and entertainment to dance off the tacos & margaritas
- Fast service lines at every location (wristband only access to the taco line.) (No tab = no taco)
VIP Ticket Includes all above plus:
- Signature Taco Crawl T-Shirt
- Additional Complimentary taco (5 total)
- Early registration starting at 11am (extra hour of tacos & drinks)
Participating Bars:
- City Tavern
- DT’s Tavern
- Sharkey’s Pub
- Jack n’ Diane’s
- Kilpatrick’s
- On the Roxx
- Abanico
- Carolina Ale House
- More to come!
You also will be provided with a survey following the Taco Crawl to vote on the following:
- Best Tasting Taco
- Most Unique Taco
This is a rain or shine event! Refunds given 30 days from event.
VIP Ticket includes our awesome Taco Crawl T-shirt as well as an additional taco, and early registration for all you taco lovers!!
Sizes included: Small, Medium, Large, XL, 2X, 3X
