Arts + Entertainment
Sure feels good anyway: A conversation with Amy Ray
A true mark of an artist is how well they age.
Not simply by the passing years on the calendar, for that’s a privilege in itself to experience.
Steve Sutton Memorial Festival
There will be a special concert in memory of late Haywood County banjo great Steve Sutton kicking off at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 19, on the big outdoor stage at Silverados in Black Mountain.
Good medicine and Mother’s Day — a book, a poem
All of us, to one extent or another, make our way through a world of unexamined phenomena.
It’s a complex world, and we generally glide through it without thinking too much of its parts and machinery. We all carry mini-computers in our pockets, but ask us to explain how we can look at the screen of our phone and read a newspaper from New Delhi, and the best most of us can do is shrug.
Whole Bloomin’ Thing Festival
The 21st annual Whole Bloomin’ Thing Festival will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 11, in the Historic Frog Level District of Waynesville.
Do you like strawberries?
The 22nd annual Strawberry Jam festival will be held May 18-19 at Darnell Farms in Bryson City.
Mother’s Day piano concert
Leonidas Lagrimas will present “Musical Storytellers: A Piano Recital” at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 12, at the First Presbyterian Church in Franklin.
HART presents ‘The Secret Garden’
The Haywood Arts Regional Theatre will open its 40th season with the enchanting Tony Award-winning musical “The Secret Garden,” which will be held at 7:30 p.m. May 10-11, 17-18, 24-25, 30-31 and June 1 and 2 p.m. May 12, 19, 26 and June 2 on the Steve Lloyd Stage in Waynesville.
Indie, folk at Innovation
Singer-songwriter Andrew Wakefield will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at Innovation Brewing in Sylva.