Community Calendar

An Annual Tradition for River Lovers
Every year during Earth Month, MountainTrue brings the world’s best paddling films to Asheville. This isn’t just a film screening—it’s a gathering of our region’s river-loving community. We come together to witness epic adventures, explore stunning wild places through the lens of world-class filmmakers, and find renewed inspiration to protect the waterways that define our home in the Blue Ridge.

Join us for the 2026 World Tour
Experience a night of community and clean water inspiration. This year’s tour features a curated selection of films that will leave you fired up to get outside and take action for our rivers.

When: Thursday, April 23, 2026
Where: The Grey Eagle, 185 Clingman Ave, Asheville, NC
Time: Doors open at 6 PM | Films start at 7 PM
Tickets: $15 Advance | $20 Door | $5 Kids under 12

Michael Reno Harrell is an award winning songwriter, as well as a veteran storyteller and entertainer, and he’s from the South. One could compare Michael's performances to his granddaddy's pocket knife: well worn and familiar feeling, but razor sharp, and with a point. His original songs and stories have been described as “Appalachian grit and wit” but, as his writing shows, Michael’s awareness is much broader than the bounds of his boyhood home or even the Southern Experience. Between the approachable, feel-good nature of his music, and vivid story-telling that leaves you smiling, Michael creates an auditory experience that has to be witnessed in person.

Bullington Gardens is excited to announce our Annual Spring Plant Sale. Offering an exciting selection of perennials, annuals, veggies, herbs, shrubs, and trees. Featuring unique and hard-to-find varieties to help create a vibrant, thriving landscape! Join us April 23-25, 9am-4pm, for all your gardening needs.

A Multi-Media Journey of Resilience, Fiber Art, and Painting by Julie Miles

Three summers ago, in a lightkeeper’s house-turned-museum off the coast of Maine, Julie Miles was asked a simple but piercing question: “Who are you outside of your family?”
“Made of This” is her answer.
After an eight-year hiatus from painting to support her family through her husband’s early-onset Parkinson’s diagnosis, Miles returns to her artistic practice with work rooted in resilience, devotion, and rediscovery. What began as an homage to her farming grandparents evolved into an immersive exploration of material, labor, and belonging.
For this body of work, Miles learned to process and spin raw wool, dye fibers with plants over an open fire, and weave twill cloth on a vintage four-shaft loom. She turned to pinhole photography to create self-portraits in the landscapes of her Michigan youth—beaches, open fields, and rural expanses that echo memory and identity.
Blending fiber, photography, and painting, “Made of This” honors both the harshness and tenderness of life. It invites viewers to dwell in the quiet space where grief and joy coexist, where materials “dictate” their own becoming, and where loving it all—labor, loss, beauty, play—leads to a life well lived.
Join us for the opening reception on April 3rd and experience a powerful return to art shaped by devotion, discovery, and the enduring act of making.

April 3 – 26
Monday – Friday, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Reception: April 3, 5:00 – 6:30 PM
at the Black Mountain Center for the Arts

The word craft-itarianism was coined by 2026 Center for Craft Curatorial Fellow Alyssa Velazquez to name artistic projects that generate employment, raise awareness, or offer therapeutic support through craft. These programs provide a space where people affected by addiction, incarceration, and gun violence can find solidarity while learning a skill.

Craft-itarianism: Community Action Through Craft celebrates nonprofits and artists who believe in—and actively practice—the power of craft to support and empower individuals and communities.

This exhibition was curated by 2026 Center for Craft Curatorial Fellow Alyssa Velazquez. Launched in 2017, the Curatorial Fellowship supports emerging curators exploring new ideas about craft with mentorship, professional development, and a $5,000 honorarium to realize an exhibition.

On view February 27, 2026–September 27, 2026.

This is an exhibition of multiple artists works as they pertain to the interpretation of relationships between color and mood. Consider the emotional power of color and the way it evokes story, atmosphere and meaning. This exhibition hopes to reveal a playful and experimental interaction through color's ability to shape perceptions and influence emotions. 

Poetry and Revolution: Raphael, Caravaggio, and the Art That Changed Everything.

Two artists. Two radically different visions. One unforgettable legacy. This session brings together the serene beauty of Raphael and the dramatic intensity of Caravaggio in a dynamic exploration of artistic genius cut tragically short. Drawing from Raphael: Sublime Poetry at The Met and Caravaggio: Revolution at the Mint Museum in Charlotte, we’ll examine their opposing styles, personalities, and creative philosophies—and how each reshaped the future of Western art before the age of forty. Expect beauty, tension, and a deeper understanding of how art evolves through contrast.

Friday, April 24th, 10:30 - 12:00
Black Mountain Center for the Arts
$25 (All Refreshments Included)

Join us on Friday, April 24th from 5:30–8 p.m. for a FREE S’mores Night at 12 Bones Brewing. We’ll have everything you need to build the perfect s’more — graham crackers, chocolate, marshmallows, and the fire to toast them just right. This event is family-friendly, so bring the kids, invite your friends, and come enjoy a sweet Friday evening together. Grab some barbecue, sip on your favorite craft beer, and let the little ones (and let’s be honest… the grown-ups too) enjoy roasting marshmallows. No tickets needed — just come hungry and ready for a sweet time.

With over 500 shows performed since its inception in 2014, Runaway Gin is the World’s Most Notable Phish Tribute Project. They have been voted the Best Phish Tribute in the World two years in a row and 2022 Charleston Jam Band of the Year. On July 4th, 2015, after the second show of the Grateful Dead GD50 run, Runaway Gin sold out the Hard Rock Cafe in Chicago catapulting them from a Southeastern regional act onto the National scene. The band has also made numerous festival appearances including Rooster Walk Music and Arts Festival, Resonance Music and Arts Festival, the Woodlands Music and Arts Festival, Nextival (headliner), Hidden in the Hollow Festival and has headlined top national venues such as: the Norva, the National, Jannus Live, and the Georgia Theater.

The members of Runaway Gin have united with the goal of creating musical moments inspired by Phish. The band's song list is constantly growing and their improvisational and communication skills are constantly developing independently and together. Like Phish, Runaway Gin will never play the same show or jam the same way twice making every show a unique experience and every moment pure artistic creation.

Step into the "Warmth of the Living Room" with A Glezele Tey

Step into the ‘warmth of the living room’ on Friday, April 24 at 7:30 PM, as the Black Mountain Center for the Arts welcomes the acclaimed trio A Glezele Tey. This ensemble—featuring Ariel Shapiro, Rachel Leader, and Richie Barshay—invites you into an enthralling world of klezmer, Yiddish folk song, and original melodies for traditional Ashkenazi prayers. Rooted in deep care and communal ritual, their music draws from historical lineage to move through grief and inspire the building of a frayer velt—a freer world. It is a rare opportunity to experience an intimate performance that centers the voices of women and gender non-conforming people through the rich traditions of the Eastern European Jewish diaspora.
Tickets are available for $20 in advance or $25 at the door, so join us for a night of soul-stirring music.