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As the temperature warms and the blossoms appear, the historic Orchard at Altapass – a non-profit heirloom apple orchard, heritage music venue, and cultural heritage center – prepares to open its doors on Saturday, May 4th, at 10 AM. There is an excitement in the air at each spring step; the earliest buds make their appearance, crews finish the Orchard’s annual pruning and climb onto ...(more)

Do you have a telescope and would like to learn how to use it? Want to meet others interested in astrophotography, or just want to talk space history? Come and join the Mayland Earth to Sky Park Astronomy Club on May 6th at 8:30 pm. We meet on the telescope pads at the Bare Dark Sky Observatory at 66 Energy Exchange Drive, Burnsville, North Carolina. All ages are welcome, and this is a free ...(more)

The Mountain Piecemakers Quilt Guild May 14 meeting will be at the Burnsville Town Center beginning at 6 pm with social time followed by business at 6:30. Visitors are welcome. Angie Lamoree, owner of Five Little Monkeys Quilt Shop in Weaverville will be presenting the program “Exploring the Bloc Loc Rulers.” She describes these as “The Best Quilting Innovation since the ruler”. Take ...(more)

Thanks to Sport Clips Haircuts, all who come to donate April 29-May 31 will get a coupon for a free haircut by email. Plus, those who come to give April 29-May 19 will be automatically entered for a chance to win a trip for two and VIP racing experience to the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Races at Darlington Raceway Labor Day weekend. Additionally, those who come to give April 29-May 19 ...(more)