Sunday, June 29, 2-9pm at the Mirrorball Gallery, Tryon, NC.♦ Enjoy a vibrant event filled with live entertainment, DJ Molly Parti, and a fabulous pop-up market. Tickets start at $15. Purchase tickets online at: https://mirrorbllgallery.com/...
Friday, at The Fitz, 5-9pm. Live music with The Otter Dogs, lawn games and more.♦
Friday, May 16, 6:30-10pm, 80’s Prom Dance Party at The Fitzgerald♦ Bring your friends to The Fitzgerald for a Totally Awesome 80’s themed prom dance party. Break out your best 80’s attire, tease up your hair and come party like it’s 1999. 80’s attire encouraged, but not required. Advance tickets required, $20, available online at: https://www.thefitzgeraldtryon.com/event-details/the-flashback-party-band-returns-for-80s-prom-dance-party. Live music with the Flashback the Party Band, light snacks provided, and beverages for...
Free. May 23, 5-10pm, opening reception at Mirrorball Gallery, Tryon. ♦ Enjoy an exclusive preview of select works from the 40th Annual Penland School of Craft Benefit Auction. The exhibition showcases standout pieces from some of the most exciting craft artists and makers working today. The special first look gives collectors, curators, and art enthusiasts early access to an exceptional selection of works that will be featured in Penland’s signature benefit auction – one of the most celebrated craft events in the country, supporting the nation’s oldest and most revered craft school. Spanning a range of disciplines including glass, ceramics, metals, textiles, photography, and more, First Look highlights the diversity, innovation, and excellence that define Penland’s creative community. The exhibition runs through June 8, 2025....
Free, Wednesday, May 21 at 1pm, at Lanier Library, Tryon. ♦ Live@Lanier goes deep into The Dark Corner of SC, once disreputable for its gunfights, outlaws and moonshiners. Greenville County Historian and author, Jim Stehlik, will take you across years and mountains and through forests to meet the matriarchal heads of the Dark Corner families that helped evolve the Greenville area into what we know today. For example, Martha Lindsey Plumey raised moonshining sons and daughters and purchased Glassy Mountain. Rebecca Hagood Hightower championed a wife’s right to divorce a husband and own her own plantation. Sarepta Merritt Davis championed the Kingdom of Happy Land, a town of former slaves. Jim will present a 200-year perspective with vintage pictures from his recently published: “Dark Corner Journey: Glassy Mountain to the Valley.” This is the third volume of his...
May 20, 7pm, seven short works from award-winning playwrights. Tickets are $15 and are available at https://tryonarts.org/♦ Enjoy a staged reading of plays by award winning and published playwrights, for one night only. These readings will have theatrical elements of music and lighting. From quirky to poignant to outright hilarious, and absurd, each of these carefully curated plays will resonate with audience members on some...
Free.The film “Kiss the Ground” will screen at the Historic Tryon Theatre on Tuesday, May 8 at 7pm.♦ “Kiss the Ground” is an inspiring and ground breaking film that reveals the first viable solution to our climate crisis. Featuring Woody Harrelson, Kiss the Ground shares that regenerating the world’s soils, we can completely and rapidly stabilize Earth’s climate, restore lost ecosystems, and create abundant food supplies. Space is limited and pre-registration is required.To register visit: https://conservingcarolina.org/event/special-film-screening-of-kiss-the-ground/...
Free concert by the Rutherford Chamber Consort on Saturday, May 31, 7pm, at Holy Cross Episcopal Church, Tryon, NC. “Harmony Weaves a Tapestry of Hope” music of Vivaldi, Beethoven, and Schumann will be...
“This is How it Happened” by Margaret Curtis opening reception and walk and talk on May 18 at 2pm, Upstairs Artspace, 49 S. Trade St., Tryon, NC. ♦ RSVP required at: https://www.upstairsartspace.org/event-details/opening-reception-9 Margaret Curtis (b.1965, Bermuda) is a feminist artist whose multi-layered narrative paintings address power dynamics on both the individual and societal level. Please join Upstairs Artspace for a Reception and Artist Walk and Talk!...
Free. May 17, 1pm, Mirrorball Gallery, 84 Pacolet St., Tryon, NC. ♦ The Exhibition opens on May 16, 4-7pm. Exhibition with blacksmith artist Elizabeth Brim to include a screening of her upcoming documentary “Iron Pearls” and a Q&A with Brim and the film’s director E. Vincent Martinez. Mirrorball Gallery is proud to present a special exhibition and fundraiser, in partnership with the Tryon International Film Festival (TRIFF), spotlighting the extraordinary work and legacy of acclaimed blacksmith and sculptor Elizabeth Brim. The gallery will feature a curated selection of Brim’s iconic iron works, including her signature life-sized steel creations, during a limited-time exhibition in Tryon, NC. A highlight of the event will be a live Q&A with Elizabeth Brim, offering guests the rare opportunity to hear directly from the artist about her career, process, and the inspiration behind her bold, witty, and transformative work. Iron Pearls tells the powerful story of a woman who forged her path in the male-dominated world of blacksmithing, establishing herself over a 40-year career. More than just an artist profile, the documentary dives deep into the messaging behind Brim’s work, which often satirizes her genteel Southern upbringing while offering pointed commentary on gender identity, inclusion, and the boundaries of craft and fine art. Through interviews with artists, curators, and collectors, the film brings to light Elizabeth Brim’s influence across disciplines and...
