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Holiday Theater & Performances

Holiday TheaterOver the holidays, the local theater heats up with a wide range of performances on the stages around the Asheville area.

After a day of holiday shopping and sightseeing, enjoy some of Asheville's wonderful seasonal theater performances.
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Aesop’s Fables & Heroes of the Underground Railroad

  • February 11, 2012
  • Location: Asheville Community Theatre
  • Address: 35 East Walnut Street, Asheville, NC 28801
  • Venue:  Asheville Community Theatre

These 2600-year-old gems have never been as entertaining as this! Join our Elizabethan actors as they put on a showcase of Aesop's greatest hits from "The Tortoise and the Hare" to "The Boy Who Cried Wolf." (10:00am - ages 3-10)   Join Harriet Tubman, Levi Coffin, Henry "Box" Brown, and more in an empowering look at the Underground Railroad. From the secret signs along the routes to the abolition movement, this play leaves few stones unturned. (11:30a...

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Asheville Symphony: Beethoven's "Pastoral" Symphony

  • February 11, 2012
  • Location: Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
  • Address: Asheville Civic Center, Asheville, NC 28801
  • Venue:  Thomas Wolfe Auditorium

Our community is rich in the visual arts, and in February we highlight this wealth in collaboration between the Asheville Art Museum and the ASO. Beethoven's 6th Symphony is nicknamed the "Pastoral," inspired by his many walks through the forests and meadows surrounding Vienna. Taking our cue from Beethoven, we have invited the Art Museum to supply images of our own natural surroundings to accompany the music. Then we invite a young virtuoso from the Cleveland Institute of Music, Danii...

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Big Gigantic

Big Gigantic is the brainchild of Boulder, Colorado's own saxophonist/producer, Dominic Lalli, and drummer, Jeremy Salken. Conceived in 2008, the duo found their niche and created a name for themselves in the electronic music scene. By combining vibrant jazz melodies over pulsating dance beats, Big Gigantic delivers an innovative, distinct sound that's all their own. As a testament to their timeliness and unique melody, Big Gigantic has made a profound impact on the jamtronica landscape. From p...

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Classic World Cinema Foreign Film Series

  • February 10, 2012
  • Location: Phil Mechanic Studios
  • Address: 109 Roberts Street, Asheville, NC 28801
  • Venue:  Phil Mechanic Studios

"Blow-Up" (1966 UK) by Michelangelo Antonioni. Presented by Courtyard Gallery. Doors open at 7:45 / close at 8:15. Film begins at 8:00 pm. Come on in, get comfortable, have some refreshments and enjoy great films from around the world! Check our website for the film schedule & review. Free or donations appreciated. Upstairs Library in the Phil Mechanic Studios.

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Marc Broussard

The son of Boogie Kings guitarist (and Louisiana Hall of Fame member) Ted Broussard, singer/songwriter Marc Broussard was seemingly destined for a life as a music man. His upbringing in Lafayette, Louisiana, instilled in him an affinity for R&B alongside the Cajun trappings of southern Louisiana. Drawing vocal and stylistic influence from Otis Redding and Brian McKnight while bearing the preternaturally gruff vocals of John Hiatt and Dr. John, Broussard was barely 20 at the time of his first...

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Solas

The magically contemporary yet timeless Irish-American super group Solas is ranked among the "most exciting bands anywhere in the world" by Irish Echo, and continually inspires and electrifies crowds of every musical taste.

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Wanda Jackson

When Wanda Jackson, the justly crowned Queen of Rockabilly, recorded "Let's Have A Party," a tune she made into a hit of her own in 1958 even after one-time boyfriend Elvis Presley had released a version of it, her delivery of the chorus wasn't so much a suggestion as a command. As the title - and, more importantly, the contents - of her latest album, The Party Ain't Over, indicates, this feisty septuagenarian artist is as galvanizing as ever. Jackson was recently inducted into the Roc...

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