A Turnpike Sunset
by Tom Godleski
January 31-February 2
Fri & Sat 7pm, Sun 2pm
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Tom Godleski has written local legends into songs and turned family stories into scripts. Turnpike Sunset is about a group of 19th century drovers who are sitting around a campfire, telling stories, singing, and talking about trials and tribulation of life on the drover’s road. The road itself was called The Buncombe Turnpike, and was crucial to the economy of Asheville and surrounding areas of Western North Carolina. The show is filled with funny anecdotes, history, and music. The music in
the show is performed by members of the Asheville bluegrass group, Buncombe Turnpike. The show is set in 1861, so Godleski was sure that the musical instruments used in the show are authentic to the time period. “My grandfather meant for these stories to be shared and I am happy to share them,” explains Tom.
Valentine's Burlesque Class
Classic Choreo with Claire
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February 7th • 7-9pm
Ages 21+ (beverage included with class)
Registration $25 ($5 discount for BMCA members)
Time to schedule a Valentine’s date for yourself. In this two-hour workshop, you will learn some classically glamorous moves and enjoy something swanky to sip on! Come as your sexy self, no dance experience is needed! Wear clothes that you feel good in and can move in!
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Reasonably Priced Babies
Improv Show
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February 8th • 7pm
Tickets $20
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RPB is a formidable improv comedy group consisting of Tom Chalmers, Mondy Carter, Karen Stobbe, Kim Richardson and Josh Batenhorst.
This is how it works: RPBs will ask the audience for suggestions and then they make that come to technicolor life. Get ready to be a part of the experience because this show will push the envelope of ridiculous fun.
An Artful Journey:
A morning of art, conversation, and gourmet treats
Exploring Great Art Exhibitions with Art Historian Julianna Caro
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Fridays 10:30am-12pm
January 17 (Siena and the Rise of Painting)
February 14 (Black Artists and Ancient Egypt)
March 14 (Black Mountain College)
$25 per lecture, refreshments included
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The Artful Journey with Julianna Caro continues! After an exciting fall looking at art exhibitions on Impressionism, the Harlem Renaissance, John Singer Sargent, and the Venice Biennale, this winter we will gather to explore three new topics: Siena and the Rise of Painting, Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876–Now, and Leap Before You Look: A History of Black Mountain College.
Each Artful Journey will begin with coffee, tea, and pastries followed by an inspiring lecture and discussion with art historian and curator Julianna Caro. We will enjoy time to connect with each other and be curious about past and present art and artists.
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Julianna Caro is an art historian and curator based in Asheville. Formerly professor of Art History and chair of the Art department at Warren Wilson College, she has curated exhibitions for the Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center, the North Carolina Museum of Art, and the Center for Craft. Recently, Caro started The Artisan Tour by Julianna, which offers art, culture, and food tours in downtown Black Mountain and Asheville and week-long cultural and restorative experiences in Italy.
Upcycled Vintage Glass Windows
Led by Michelle Bettencourt
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February 15th
Pick ONE Session: 10am-12:30pm OR 1-3:30pm
Registration $75 ($5 discount for BMCA members)
Join us to create a one-of-a-kind artwork using vintage wooden-framed glass windows and an array of vintage glass items, from grandma’s crystalware to 1970s ashtrays. You may also choose to integrate mixed glass beads, scrabble letters, and more odd trinkets. Different colors, shapes, and sizes can be combined for a unique approach to letting the sunshine into your indoor or outdoor space. Class includes everything you need for the project (window frames will vary from 19 x 28 to 32 x 31) and you will leave with an incredible glass creation that’s ready to hang (chains and hooks included).
We prefer cash or check to avoid costly credit card fees.
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Zoe & Cloyd
Valentine's concert
February 15 • 7pm
Tickets $25
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2025 marks the 10-year anniversary of Zoe & Cloyd, which grew out of the partnership of fiddler/vocalist Natalya Zoe Weinstein and multi-instrumentalist/vocalist John Cloyd Miller. The duo has been performing at the BMCA in various incarnations since 2005 and they are excited to celebrate this important milestone of Zoe & Cloyd at their annual show in February. This show will be a special retrospective and celebration of their music over the past ten years.
I Hate Hamlet
by Paul Rudnick
February 21-March 2
Fri & Sat 7pm, Sun 2pm
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I Hate Hamlet is a dramatic comedy written in 1991 by Paul Rudnick. Set in John Barrymore's old apartment in New York City - at the time, the author's real-life home - the play follows successful television actor Andrew Rally as he struggles with taking on the dream role of Hamlet, dealing with a girlfriend who is keeping a firm grip on her chastity, and playing host to the ghost of John Barrymore, who, clothed as Hamlet, has come back to earth for the sole purpose of convincing Rally to play the part. Andrew must then face the ultimate question: whether to be or not to be.
Afrocuban and Bata Percussion Workshop
with Grupo los Santos
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March 9th • 4pm
Registration $25
Ages 16+
In this 90-minute workshop you will be working with professional musicians William “Beaver” Bausch, Pete Smith, Max Pollack, and David Ambrosio. This workshop will focus on learning the basics of Afro-Cuban folkloric rhythms with movement, singing, clapping, and percussion. Through hands-on activities, workshop attendees will learn the relationship of clave to the roots of Afro-Cuban rhythms, bata drumming, and jazz.
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You may also pay via the button below or by debit/credit card in our main office.
Grupo los Santos​
Concert
March 9th • 7pm
Tickets $20
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Grupo los Santos is a NYC-based quartet of guitar, bass, drums and tap dance/body percussion, often augmented with Afro-Cuban batá drums. A funky, rootsy, weirdly eclectic jam-band which pulls equally from the traditions of jazz, rock, funk, Afro-Cuban, Afro-Brazilian, and whatever else they come across. Formed in 1998, Santos has played concerts throughout the U.S.A., (including New York’s famed Town Hall), Cuba and Europe.
Rocky Doon
Concert
March 15th • 7pm
Tickets $15
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Time for the “Wearing of the Green”, a celebration for the whole family of the rich culture of Ireland, which has flourished here in the US for most of our history. Rollicking tunes, rousing sing-alongs. and heartfelt ballads performed by Rocky Doon, featuring the fiddling of Sandy Herrault and multi-instrumentalists the Walker Brothers, Scott and Landon, familiar to BMCA audiences from years past. We invite young and old to join us for an evening of the vibrant music and lore of the Emerald Isle.
Ensemble Galilei
Concert
March 21st • 7pm
Tickets $15
Ensemble Galilei has been around forever, well not exactly forever, but in the music world, thirty-five years is extraordinary. The guiding principle has remained the same: put a bunch of brilliant musicians in a rehearsal room, ask them what tunes break their hearts or make them smile, and then create an arrangement for the instruments at hand that is absolutely breathtaking. Each musician brings a world of experience, technical mastery, and a deep love of collaborative music making - and it shows. Irish jigs, reels and songs, newly composed music, and a movement from a viola da gamba sonata by Telemann. There is deep intention in every note they play. Unforgettable.
Proceeds from this performance will go to the BMCA class scholarship fund!
Twelve Wild Geese
March 22nd • 2pm
Tickets $15/adult (ages 18+)
$10/child (ages 8-17)
What happens when you put five extraordinary musicians and one legendary storyteller in a room with an overhead projector and paint? Magic. With some of the finest Irish musicians in the world and a long history of blending story and music, Ensemble Galilei brings their virtuosity and passion to this project. In collaboration with David Novak, a master storyteller, these remarkable artists combine their gifts to create so much more than the sum of the parts. There is a princess. A wicked stepmother. Twelve brothers (the wild geese, and that’s not a spoiler.) It is funny. It is harsh. It is beautiful and in the end, all is not lost. We need more of this. The world needs more of this.
A Slice of Life:​
An evening of stories
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March 29th • 7pm
Tickets $18 in advance/$22 at the door
Join nationally celebrated storyteller Connie Regan-Blake as she welcomes her storytelling workshop participants to the stage for “A Slice of Life: An Evening of Stories.” This year's tellers are TBA.
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Connie is emceeing this evening of unique voices. The last several “Slice of Life” shows have been sell-outs – so get your tickets early!
Book Launch:​
"Perpetuonics"
by Jeffrey Melvin Hutchins
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April 13th • 2pm
Free Event
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This event is a launch party for the novel “Perpetuonics”, a futuristic cautionary tale. Jeff, the author, will provide refreshments and have books to sign and sell. The event will include a reading by the author, a staged reading of a dramatized section of the book, and a Q&A with the author.
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In the near future, young tech entrepreneur Declan Marchand invents Perpetuonics, a method of digitizing a living person's character, knowledge, emotions, and memories — and then bringing that person back into "existence" after death. These Digital beINGS — Dings in shorthand — can theoretically “live” forever. They reside in massive servers, where they communicate with living people with the help of a living Compadore. They are also, of course, subject to rules and restrictions . . . until they begin to discover their own power.
Red
by John LOgan
May 9-18
Fri & Sat 7pm, Sun 2pm
Set in New York City in 1959, RED is an explosive exploration of the creative process. The play takes place during a crucial moment in the career of renowned Abstract-Expressionist artist Mark Rothko as he prepares for his greatest commission, a series of murals in New York’s prestigious Four Seasons restaurant. A two-person show, RED reveals Rothko and his assistant Ken as Rothko struggles to fulfill his vision of creating a sacred space for his deeply emotional paintings in the temple of “status and conspicuous consumption” that is the Four Seasons. What follows is a series of clashes between the fiery and domineering Rothko and his young, impressionable assistant. RED is produced by Mockingbird Theatre Productions, the company that brought Birds of North America and Popcorn Falls to the BMCA stage. Veteran actor John Hall portrays the combative and creative Rothko!