Wed 6/21 – 4-9:00 PM – $5 brandy pours of ginger or coffee;
and 7-9:00 PM – Songwriter Sessions featuring Mare Carmody, Ryan Price and Kim Smith. Mare Carmody is a voice of southern songwriting, having lived in Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas and North Carolina. Playing music has always been a way of life throughout her travels. Mare is currently part of the trio Carver Carmody & McIntire. Ryan Taylor Price is a singer/songwriter from Asheville NC. Ryan’s belief is that a great song has the ability to heal, inspire and connect people together. His songwriting style relies on storytelling that is rich with imagery, drawing inspiration from American Roots music and early Rock and Roll. Kim Smith is a singer-songwriter\collaborator based out of Asheville N.C. Songwriting is not just a passion, it’s an expression and extension of myself in my most vulnerable, strongest times. With hosts Mare Carmody and Charlie Wilkinson. For more info contact: WNCsongwritersessions@gmail.com
Thurs 6/22 – 4-9:00 PM – BMW’s Artist designed cars cocktails: When the French racing driver Hervé Poulain came up with the idea of getting a race designed by an artist in 1975, no-one could foresee what would develop from it: the world’s most consistent combination of automobiles and art. The principle is simple: a well-known artist designs a BMW race car (later also series production cars) based on their own ideas. Restrictions and specifications? There are none! As different as the artists were, so varied were the BMWs, which were transformed into works of art by means of a wide range of graphic and artistic techniques: from pure racers to rare sports cars, via production vehicles. The results are correspondingly diverse. No two vehicles are alike; it was left to each artist to choose the technology that suited them. On browsing through the BMW Art Cars gallery, with its 19 unique pieces, there are only three questions left unanswered: When will Art Car no. 20 appear? Which artist will use it to immortalize themselves in this legendary BMW collection? And, above all, what BMW model will be used? Probably the best known example of the BMW Art Car series is the BMW M1 painted by Andy Warhol himself. This Bavarian super sports car is a legend in itself. Warhol had one thing in common with his predecessors: he too received no fee for his work as a car artist. Yet instead of designing a scale model like his fellow artists and having the car painted, the American did it himself. “I attempted to show speed as a visual image. When an automobile is really traveling fast, all the lines and colors are transformed into a blur,” the artist said. Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein utilized the “Ben Day dots” characteristic of his art, with the effect that a landscape seems to move past on the flanks of the BMW 320i Turbo. This race car did not immediately become an exhibit, but first proved itself in tough everyday motorsport. Drivers Hervé Poulain and Marcel Mignot took this car, with starting number 50, to 9th place in the overall standings at Le Mans, and first in its class. No. 6 in the BMW Art Car series comes from Robert Rauschenberg. Like its predecessor, this BMW, a 635 CSi, never started a race but is the only one to have been driven in traffic by the artist himself. He created his work of automobile art with the help of works by other artists, which he processed using photographic techniques and then applied to the body of the BMW coupé using foils. This resulted in collages that were typical of Rauschenberg’s style. With his BMW 635 CSi, Rauschenberg showed how the three worlds of art, nature and technology are connected. If you want to view all the BMW Designed artist cars visit: https://www.bmw.com/en/design/history-of-the-bmw-art-cars.html
YAY! It’s back the 2023 3rd Annual PUP CRAWL – Saturday 6/24 – 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM – Dog owners and pet lovers tour the Historic 7th AVenue District business and participate in the Historic 7th Avenue District Pup Crawl benefiting Blue Ridge Humane Society. Each stop will feature a pet giveaway or treat and an interactive activity hosted by a local pet-centric business. NEW THIS YEAR! A pet – centric vendor fair will be located on Barker Street for all Pup Crawl attendees to visit. Additional parking is available in the St. James Episcopal Church parking lot. For registration and more information: https://www.blueridgehumane.org/get-involved/fundraising-events/pupcrawl/