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Drive through millions of sparkling Holiday Lights decorating our nearly 100 acre animal park. Snap that selfie with a zebra, camel, or one of many animals waiting to meet you. Finish your evening off with a drive through the peaceful nativity area and more lights displays before heading home. For an additional $10 (a separate ticket or payable at the gate) you can drive through our expanded Enchanted Deer Forest where you hand-feed animals (animal food provided) from the comfort of your car. There you can see and feed Sika and Fallow Deer, zebra, donkeys, and other gentle hoofstock.
Holiday Lights Safari hours:
Drive Through Open November 20th – January 2nd 6:00 – 9:00
Extended hours on the following dates:
Dec 4th, 5th (Friday, Saturday) 6:00 – 10:00
Dec 11th, 12th (Friday, Saturday) 6:00 – 10:00
Dec 18th – 23rd (Friday – Wednesday) 6:00 – 10:00
Dec 23rd – Jan 2nd 6:00-9:00
Open Christmas Eve, Christmas Night, New Years Eve & New Years Day!
Drive through a nighttime Christmas wonderland as 32 million colors set the sky ablaze, synchronized to the music of your favorite holiday classics.
Take your time. Park and enjoy. The show lasts 30 minutes, but drive around the track as many times as you’d like!
Santa Land and Ice Skating will be closed due to COVID-19, but you can enjoy feeding animals from your car in our drive-thru Petting Zoo! We are open rain or shine, 7 days a week!
Sun-Thurs 6pm-10pm
Fri & Sat 6pm-11pm
Kids Show – 92.1FM
Traditional – 104.3FM
(Includes Light Show & Petting Zoo)
GENERAL ADMISSION
Cars, Minivans, Trucks or SUVS – $30
Passenger Vans – $75
Buses – $100
FAST PASS
Rates vary. See online booking options for details.
Uncensored expression: anyone is invited to step up to share song, music, poetry, comedy, rants & raves!
The most eclectic open mic around, in a welcoming gallery setting! 6 pm signup, perform 6:30-8:30 pm.
Over 90,000 guests rode THE POLAR EXPRESS™ with the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad in 2019 and we hope to see you in 2020! The 1¼ hour round-trip excursion comes to life as the train departs the Bryson City depot for a journey through the quiet wilderness for a special visit at the North Pole. Set to the sounds of the motion picture soundtrack, guests on board will enjoy warm cocoa and a treat while listening and reading along with the magical story. Children’s faces show the magic of the season when the train arrives at the North Pole to find Santa Claus waiting. Santa will board THE POLAR EXPRESS™, greeting each child and presenting them with a special gift as in the story, their own silver sleigh bell. Christmas carols will be sung as they return back to the Bryson City Depot.
THE POLAR EXPRESS™ begins November 13, 2020, and operates through December 31, 2020.
Join us on Thursday, December 3 at 7:00 for the official kick-off party for the Bon Secours St. Francis Festival of Trees! This virtual event will feature a live performance by artist Jared Emerson.
“Fueled by brilliantly articulate guitar, an honestly pretty baritone, and deft lyrics, David Wilcox combines the best of both pop and modern folk aesthetics” (The Boston Globe). Considered a songwriter’s songwriter, Wilcox was first inspired to play the guitar in college and is now three decades and 20 records into a career marked by personal revelation and wildly loyal fans.
Keeping up a brisk national tour itinerary, Wilcox and his unique brand of storytelling takes audiences on a musical journey that is “compelling and richly deserving of a listen” (Rolling Stone). His most recent project “The View From The Edge” includes the song “We Make The Way By Walking” which won him the Grand Prize in the 2018 USA Songwriting Contest.
We are committed to a safe and comfortable return to live music. These concerts provide a listening room feeling while adhering to COVID-19 CDC recommendations. Please note the following:
Join us for a special party with cast members of A Flat Rock Playhouse Christmas, A Virtual Production. Get to know more about the behind the scenes stories of filming our holiday production and ring in the holidays with a caroling sing-a-long. Cast members include Ethan Andersen, Scott Treadway, and Jason & Kathleen Watson. Available Thursday 12/3 or Thursday, 12/10 from 7:30 – 8:30 PM, via Zoom for 50 people per event.
Over 90,000 guests rode THE POLAR EXPRESS™ with the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad in 2019 and we hope to see you in 2020! The 1¼ hour round-trip excursion comes to life as the train departs the Bryson City depot for a journey through the quiet wilderness for a special visit at the North Pole. Set to the sounds of the motion picture soundtrack, guests on board will enjoy warm cocoa and a treat while listening and reading along with the magical story. Children’s faces show the magic of the season when the train arrives at the North Pole to find Santa Claus waiting. Santa will board THE POLAR EXPRESS™, greeting each child and presenting them with a special gift as in the story, their own silver sleigh bell. Christmas carols will be sung as they return back to the Bryson City Depot.
THE POLAR EXPRESS™ begins November 13, 2020, and operates through December 31, 2020.
Let Sigal Music Museum help you find the perfect gift for this holiday season. Enjoy a 10% discount at the Museum Gift Shop (15% for Members) on December 4th and 5th during our regular store hour – 10 am-5 pm.
Along with a holiday discount, we are offering complimentary gift wrapping, treats, and a mystery gift with every purchase!
Admission is not included in the event and is not required to shop our store.
*We are limiting 5 people in the store at a time and require masks for museum entry.
Every year, The Salvation Army of Greenville provides Christmas gifts to more than 1,500 children through the Angel Tree program. In the tri-county area (Greenville, Pickens and Oconee Counties), The Salvation Army serves over 2,500 children! Without Angel Tree, many of these children would otherwise have very little or nothing to open on Christmas morning. However, thanks to our generous community, these Angels will have a merry Christmas! Angel Tree gives individuals and partnering corporations an opportunity to “adopt” less fortunate children and provide them with personalized gifts and necessities. Because all Salvation Army Angels are not served by other holiday assistance programs, donors can be confident their gifts go directly, and without excessive overhead, to children who are truly in need. Click here for more information about how to apply for Angel Tree Christmas assistance.
If you’re looking to adopt an Angel, you will have a few different options! Learn more below:
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About the Author: Harper Howze is a freshman at Sumner Academy in Kansas City, Kansas, and an aspiring writer. This is his first published work. Lucille Chaveas, his co-author and “Grand” (grandmother), is a Brevard resident and an avid supporter of the Brevard Music Center.
From our home to yours: students and faculty share new concerts, living room recitals, and masterclasses.
BMC faculty member Jonathan Spitz, BMC 2018 concertmaster Eric Wyrick and 2018 guest artist Daniel Bernard Roumain are featured in the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra’s recent Concert Film. Included in this performance are music of Mahler, Mozart, a world premiere commission of Daniel Bernard Roumain and Delights & Dances by Michael Abels, featuring soloists from the Sphinx Organization. Definitely one not to be missed!
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BrainPOP:
Arts & Music
Family friendly exploration of how Art & Music go hand-in-hand through movies, crafts, and activities!
The online Holiday Craft Sale features nature-themed, handcrafted items, including ornaments, jewelry, textiles, quilts and holiday decor. Wreaths and swags enhanced with botanicals gathered on the Bullington Garden grounds and created by volunteers are ready for your home. Our delightful holiday garden gnome, standing 30 inches tall, adds a whimsical touch to your front porch. Locally-grown premium amaryllis, poinsettias, cyclamens and Christmas cactus plants are also available.
Bullington’s “Buzzington” bee products are offered including BeeKind ornaments, bee-themed gift items and beeswax candles.
The Holiday Greenery Sale features premium, freshly-cut Fraser fir trees ranging in height from five to eight feet. These native trees come from the Western North Carolina mountains and are wrapped for protection during transport. Also available are premium garlands in a 25-foot length, plus unadorned 12-inch wreaths. Holiday greenery must be ordered by Tuesday, Nov. 24.
Bullington Gardens is a proud supporter of our veterans, and believes all service members should be honored for their sacrifice. In partnership with local veterans and volunteers, Bullington Gardens offers Veteran’s Wreaths. Your $17 donation to honor a fallen veteran provides a 12-inch wreath, decorated with a hand tied red bow, and placed on a gravesite at the State Veteran’s Cemetery in Black Mountain, NC.
Shop our Bullington Gardens store online at www.bullingtongardens.org and fill your virtual cart with unique gift items and greenery. You can also place your order by phone at 828-698-6104 or in person at Bullington Gardens. Shipping or delivery is not available.
Bullington Gardens is located at 95 Upper Red Oak Trail in Hendersonville. For more information, call Bullington Gardens at 828-698-6104 or visit www.bullingtongardens.org.
With Nature-Connected Community
Led by Luke McLaughlin
Ten month program running March – December of 2021.
One, four-day weekend, per month.
Blue Ridge Mountains, near Asheville, North Carolina
(traditional Cherokee territory )
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) launched a new coronavirus tracking tool.
The new webpage provides an at-a-glance view of several important data elements used to assess measures of impact from COVID-19 in South Carolina, including information for the current day, previous day, and previous 14 days. The data elements represented in the dashboard include:
DHEC officials say it’s important to note that one of these data elements should not be viewed as more important than another; instead these elements should be viewed together as a whole to provide an overview of South Carolina trends.
For more detailed information at the county level, continue to visit DHEC’s county-level dashboard page.
Does it Swing?:
An Animated Jazz History
Enjoy this brief animation on the various musical influences that made jazz music what it is today.
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Delight in the most wonderful time of the year with a collection of heartwarming and heartfelt Christmas classics.
From O. Henry’s iconic story “The Gift of the Magi” to L. Frank Baum’s quaint and clever history of Santa Claus and his reindeer, the pieces gathered in A Timeless Christmas honor the yuletide tales and traditions passed down through generations. The beloved stories, poems, and reflections in this collection have been carefully curated to bring cheer and merriment to readers who appreciate the simple gifts of hope and peace.
