This holiday season, Heart of Brevard invites you to experience the magic of downtown Brevard with two festive weeks of Shop Late, Shop Local. Participating businesses will stay open late on December 12-14 and December 19-21, from 5-8 p.m., offering a unique and cheerful holiday shopping experience. With over 25 businesses taking part, this is your chance to find the perfect gift for everyone on your list. Participating locations will be marked with festive luminaries, adding a warm glow to this special downtown tradition. As recovery efforts from Hurricane Helene continue, supporting local businesses is more vital than ever. Shopping locally not only offers convenience but also has a powerful impact on Brevard’s economy and community. Studies show that for every $100 spent at a small business, $68 stays within the community, strengthening neighborhoods and preserving downtown Brevard’s vibrant charm. “This holiday season is a chance to celebrate the heart of our community—our local businesses,” said Nicole Bentley, Executive Director of Heart of Brevard. “Downtown Brevard isn’t just a place to shop; it’s a reflection of the people and stories that make our town special. By shopping locally, we’re investing in the unique character and vitality of our community.” Shoppers can enjoy extended hours, exclusive promotions, and holiday treats as they explore Brevard’s unique shops. The glowing luminaries will guide visitors to participating businesses, creating a festive atmosphere that’s sure to inspire holiday cheer. Last year’s event was a tremendous success, and business owners are hopeful for another strong...
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Highland Books is pleased to host a free event with author Jennifer McGaha, in conversation with poet Glenis Redmond, as McGaha presents her new book, The Joy Document: Creating a Midlife of Surprise and Delight. The event will take place at the Mary C. Jenkins Community Center, 221 Mills Avenue, Brevard, NC, on Thursday, December 5 at 6:30pm. “Once you begin looking for joy, you can find it pretty much anywhere.” When Jennifer McGaha’s grandmother was in her late eighties, Jennifer asked her what her favorite age so far had been. “Fifty-five,” her grandmother answered, as though there was something magical about this stage of life, some deeper way of knowing from this vantage point. So, in her own fifty-fifth year, Jennifer began to take note. She jotted down her impressions of simple, everyday things that struck her as beautiful or humorous or intriguing and kept a list of all the accomplishments, large and small, that actually mattered to her. These observations became Jennifer’s Joy Document, a radical act of reclaiming joy and an exercise in paying attention. When you are determined to find joy, almost anything can become revelatory–an Earth Day Whole Foods errand, Claire Saffitz’s fruitcake recipe, a harrowing ride in Twinkly Taxi, an evening picnic at Dvorák’s Symphony No. 8, or cartwheels in the driveway. While many of us at midlife have found all the things we’ve strived for (the career, the better life, the organization tools), those things only go so far. And the search...
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Get ready to embrace the holiday spirit at The Winter Market at The Yard! 🌟 This festive event brings together a delightful mix of local vendors, offering unique and handcrafted gifts perfect for your Christmas shopping list. Enjoy the cozy sounds of live music filling the air as you browse, and treat yourself to some delicious goodies. Whether you’re searching for the perfect present or simply soaking up the holiday cheer, The Winter Market is the perfect way to kick off the...
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Wild Souls Authentic Movement Class, Sundays, 9:30-11 a.m. Join us in a supportive, relaxed, welcoming environment for an expressive movement class designed to help you get unstuck, enjoy cardio movement, boost immune health, dissolve anxiety/stress and celebrate community. Show up 10 mins early, and bring your yoga mat, water bottle and journal! Location: Brevard, NC. Check promo link for venue. Sliding scale $20-$25. ***Always check the Website for updated Location & @ReneeTrudeau_ on Instagram for class updates*** Host: nationally-recognized self-care author/speaker/teacher Renee Trudeau...
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Old fashion Chicken & Dumplin’ Dinner made from scratch by the ladies of Cathey’s Creek Community Center. We have authentic mountain recipes and it’s sure to drum up some memories of Grandma’s cookin’. Dinner includes: Chicken & Dumplin’s, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans, Cornbread & a Desert – all for $12.00 Eat in or take out. Tickets go on sale Sept. 12th at our Thurs. night music jam. Stop in and pick up yours before they sell out! For more information or any questions, please contact us through our Facebook event page link:...
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Highland Books is pleased to host an unforgettable evening with Loblolly Press as they celebrate the importance of independent bookstores and presses. The event will take place at the Mary C. Jenkins Center, 221 Mills Avenue, Brevard, on September 22, 2024, at 6:00pm. The evening’s headliner, Clint Bowman, will read from If Lost, his debut collection inspired by the mountains, forests, animals, and people of Appalachia. The evening of powerful readings and community connection will also feature readings by Loblolly Press writers with forthcoming projects: Emma Ensley, Cheryl Whitehead, and Andrew Mack. This is a unique opportunity to meet the authors, hear their work read aloud, purchase books, and have them signed. Loblolly Press is an independent press based out of Asheville, North Carolina, that is dedicated to publishing contemporary poetry, short fiction, and novels from emerging and marginalized writers across the South. Their goal is to publish writers with a distinctly Southern voice from communities and experiences not always represented in traditional publishing. They are striving to create a community of writers and readers who feel deeply connected to the work they publish because they can see themselves represented within it. Clint Bowman is a native of Davidson County, North Carolina. His debut chapbook, Pretty Sh!t, was published in May 2023 by Bottlecap Press. Clint is the co-founder and facilitator of the Dark City Poets Society (DCPS) in Black Mountain, NC, where he currently lives with his family. When Clint isn’t volunteering his time to the DCPS, he...
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Highland Books is pleased to host a free event with author Alyse Bensel as she presents her new collection of poetry, Spoil. The event will take place at Canto 34 Coffee Lounge, 114 W. Main Street, Brevard, NC, on Thursday, September 19 at 6:30pm. In Spoil, Alyse Bensel raises the question of what happens when our relationships and ourselves are compromised when we fail to meet impossible societal standards. These poems interrogate bodily agency under a patriarchal gaze, the damages wreaked by image-obsessed social media, and how chronic pain and reproductive dysfunction distort self-understanding. Through lyrically sensual and texturally rich language, these speakers, from gawky teenagers to a forgetful baker to Mermaid Midge Barbie, yearn and mourn their inevitable transformation over time. In defiance of this destructive impulse, Spoil names and takes into account all of the many lives that could–or could not–be led. Alyse Bensel is the author of Rare Wondrous Things: A Poetic Biography of Maria Sibylla Merian (Green Writers Press, 2020) and three chapbooks, including Lies to Tell the Body (Seven Kitchens Press, 2018). Originally born and raised in south-central Pennsylvania, she now lives in the North Carolina mountains, where she is an associate professor of English at Brevard College and directs the Looking Glass Rock Writers’ Conference. The event is free and open to the public. Highland Books will have Bensel’s book Spoil available for purchase, with a signing at the conclusion of the event. Highland Books is proud to have been Brevard’s indie bookstore...
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CATHEY’S CREEK Community Center’s MOUNTAIN MUSIC JAM (This is a weekly event. ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS ONLY.) All are welcome – So take the old guitar off the wall and join us for an evening good ole mountain music. Come on down to Cathey’s Creek Community Center … Where the action is, every Thursday night 7 – 9 pm!! See ya there! Bring your dancing feet! – Cost: FREE – donations accepted at the door for the upkeep of the building – Deserts, Coffee and drinks available by donation * NOTE: – we will update our Facebook page if the music jam is canceled for any reason. So, please check there if weather is questionable. – Space and parking is...
Read MoreCATHEY’S CREEK Community Center’s MOUNTAIN MUSIC JAM (This is a weekly event. ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS ONLY.) All are welcome – So take the old guitar off the wall and join us for an evening good ole mountain music. Come on down to Cathey’s Creek Community Center … Where the action is, every Thursday night 7 – 9 pm!! See ya there! Bring your dancing feet! – Cost: FREE – donations accepted at the door for the upkeep of the building – Deserts, Coffee and drinks available by donation * NOTE: – we will update our Facebook page if the music jam is canceled for any reason. So, please check there if weather is questionable. – Space and parking is...
Read MoreCATHEY’S CREEK Community Center’s MOUNTAIN MUSIC JAM (This is a weekly event. ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS ONLY.) All are welcome – So take the old guitar off the wall and join us for an evening good ole mountain music. Come on down to Cathey’s Creek Community Center … Where the action is, every Thursday night 7 – 9 pm!! See ya there! Bring your dancing feet! – Cost: FREE – donations accepted at the door for the upkeep of the building – Deserts, Coffee and drinks available by donation * NOTE: – we will update our Facebook page if the music jam is canceled for any reason. So, please check there if weather is questionable. – Space and parking is...
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Acclaimed pianist and conductor David Greilsammer makes his first appearance at Brevard, conducting Mozart’s reflective and intimate C minor concerto from the keyboard. The concert opens with Rossini’s charming Cinderella Overture, and concludes with Beethoven’s 4th Symphony, at once relaxed and lyrical, yet driven by its classically contained power. Brevard Sinfonia David Greilsammer, conductor and piano GIOACHINO ROSSINI Overture to La Cenerentola W.A. MOZART Piano Concerto in C minor, K. 491 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Symphony No....
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The 2024 Orchestra Series comes to a rousing close with Jean Sibelius’s triumphant Symphony No. 5. At once mystical and majestic, one is forever moved by the iconic “Swan Theme” and the drama of the six final chords. Brahms’s Schicksalslied is often dubbed his “Little Requiem.” This timeless setting of Friedrich Hölderlin’s poetry features the Brevard Festival Chorus in a deeply personal commentary on existence, fate, and hope. FEATURING Brevard Music Center Orchestra and Chorus Sebastian Lang-Lessing,...
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