TEDxAsheville: Embrace the Mess
Visionary storytellers turn setbacks into creative opportunity across 12 TEDx talks interleaved with Stewart Owen Dance Company performances and Dixon Violin; includes audience participation, speaker Q&A, catered lunch, and theater networking.
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Youth performers from the Tanglewood program take the stage for a student showcase of theater-based performances at a downtown community theater. A lively, supportive night celebrating emerging local talent.
Youth performers from the Tanglewood program take the stage for a student showcase of theater-based performances at a downtown community theater. A lively, supportive night celebrating emerging local talent.
Spirited Improv Performance at Swannanoa, NC featuring unscripted collective creativity with music-making, dance, singing, acting, costumed silliness and storytelling. Invites audience participation and appeals to community interested in comedy, theater, spiritual and wellness experiences.
Spirited Improv Performance at Swannanoa, NC featuring unscripted collective creativity with music-making, dance, singing, acting, costumed silliness and storytelling. Invites audience participation and appeals to community interested in comedy, theater, spiritual and wellness experiences.
Spirited Improv Performance at Swannanoa, NC featuring unscripted collective creativity with music-making, dance, singing, acting, costumed silliness and storytelling. Invites audience participation and appeals to community interested in comedy, theater, spiritual and wellness experiences.
True five-minute personal stories compete in a lively StorySLAM centered on "AMERICAN DREAMS," where participants sign up to share daring aspirations, failures, and reinventions while the audience cheers and judges decide.
True five-minute personal stories compete in a lively StorySLAM centered on "AMERICAN DREAMS," where participants sign up to share daring aspirations, failures, and reinventions while the audience cheers and judges decide.
True five-minute personal stories compete in a lively StorySLAM centered on "AMERICAN DREAMS," where participants sign up to share daring aspirations, failures, and reinventions while the audience cheers and judges decide.
Midday lunch-and-learn talk with Nobel Prize laureate Peter Howitt tracing his path to prizewinning economics research on sustained growth and creative destruction, with time to connect and network at Kanuga Inn & Lodging in Hendersonville.
Midday lunch-and-learn talk with Nobel Prize laureate Peter Howitt tracing his path to prizewinning economics research on sustained growth and creative destruction, with time to connect and network at Kanuga Inn & Lodging in Hendersonville.
Midday lunch-and-learn talk with Nobel Prize laureate Peter Howitt tracing his path to prizewinning economics research on sustained growth and creative destruction, with time to connect and network at Kanuga Inn & Lodging in Hendersonville.
Elegant to electric contemporary dance featuring Stewart/Owen ensemble and guest choreographers, including the Asheville premiere of The Front, a sharply charged satire commissioned by the American Dance Festival.
Elegant to electric contemporary dance featuring Stewart/Owen ensemble and guest choreographers, including the Asheville premiere of The Front, a sharply charged satire commissioned by the American Dance Festival.
Elegant to electric contemporary dance featuring Stewart/Owen ensemble and guest choreographers, including the Asheville premiere of The Front, a sharply charged satire commissioned by the American Dance Festival.
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A curated evening of contemporary dance ranging from elegant to electric, with Stewart/Owen’s ensemble and guest choreographers presenting distinct styles. Highlights include the Asheville premiere of “The Front,” a sharply charged satire commissioned by the American Dance Festival.
A curated evening of contemporary dance ranging from elegant to electric, with Stewart/Owen’s ensemble and guest choreographers presenting distinct styles. Highlights include the Asheville premiere of “The Front,” a sharply charged satire commissioned by the American Dance Festival.
A Jazz Age inspired evening honoring Zelda Fitzgerald with the Cafe String Quartet, blending literary storytelling with lush chamber textures. Expect an intimate late night performance in a small arts center setting.
A Jazz Age inspired evening honoring Zelda Fitzgerald with the Cafe String Quartet, blending literary storytelling with lush chamber textures. Expect an intimate late night performance in a small arts center setting.
A Jazz Age inspired evening honoring Zelda Fitzgerald with the Cafe String Quartet, blending literary storytelling with lush chamber textures. Expect an intimate late night performance in a small arts center setting.
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Fast-paced improv comedy sets from a stacked mix of Asheville and regional troupes, launching the 2026 festival with rotating ensembles and big group energy. Doors at 5:30pm with a 6:30pm show in an intimate downtown theater setting.
Fast-paced improv comedy sets from a stacked mix of Asheville and regional troupes, launching the 2026 festival with rotating ensembles and big group energy. Doors at 5:30pm with a 6:30pm show in an intimate downtown theater setting.
Five-minute original pieces across storytelling, music, poetry, comedy, literature, and dance fill an intimate parlor on First Sundays, inviting performers and audience to celebrate Asheville's local arts community.
Five-minute original pieces across storytelling, music, poetry, comedy, literature, and dance fill an intimate parlor on First Sundays, inviting performers and audience to celebrate Asheville's local arts community.
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High-energy circus theater spectacle of acrobatics, aerial silks, clowning, and musical numbers by a local youth company in an intimate playhouse, delivering family-friendly stunts, theatrical storytelling, and community spirit.
High-energy circus theater spectacle of acrobatics, aerial silks, clowning, and musical numbers by a local youth company in an intimate playhouse, delivering family-friendly stunts, theatrical storytelling, and community spirit.
High-energy circus theater spectacle of acrobatics, aerial silks, clowning, and musical numbers by a local youth company in an intimate playhouse, delivering family-friendly stunts, theatrical storytelling, and community spirit.
Think tank-style conversation connecting teachers, artists, and wellness entrepreneurs to swap ideas on healing arts modalities and build mutual support. Expect collaborative brainstorming, cross-disciplinary networking, and community-minded business connection.
Think tank-style conversation connecting teachers, artists, and wellness entrepreneurs to swap ideas on healing arts modalities and build mutual support. Expect collaborative brainstorming, cross-disciplinary networking, and community-minded business connection.
Think tank-style conversation connecting teachers, artists, and wellness entrepreneurs to swap ideas on healing arts modalities and build mutual support. Expect collaborative brainstorming, cross-disciplinary networking, and community-minded business connection.
High-energy vaudeville revue of sharp comedy, juggling, magic, burlesque, acrobatics, aerial arts, puppetry, sideshow oddities, and live music in a seated, 18+ evening in an intimate theater.
High-energy vaudeville revue of sharp comedy, juggling, magic, burlesque, acrobatics, aerial arts, puppetry, sideshow oddities, and live music in a seated, 18+ evening in an intimate theater.
High-energy vaudeville revue of sharp comedy, juggling, magic, burlesque, acrobatics, aerial arts, puppetry, sideshow oddities, and live music in a seated, 18+ evening in an intimate theater.
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Five-minute true personal stories under the "I Got It From My Mama" theme, exploring inherited habits, recipes, and generational quirks—humorous and raw—delivered in an intimate storytelling slam with audience signups.
Five-minute true personal stories under the "I Got It From My Mama" theme, exploring inherited habits, recipes, and generational quirks—humorous and raw—delivered in an intimate storytelling slam with audience signups.
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Mind-bending mentalism and audience participation pack a 70-minute mindreading performance designed to surprise and unsettle in the best way. Limited seating with an 18+ late-night vibe for an intimate, up-close experience.
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A lively, community-powered talent showcase with a variety of Western North Carolina performers taking the stage in an intimate theater setting. Ticket proceeds support graduating seniors through the Tanglewood Teens Senior Scholarship Fund.
A lively, community-powered talent showcase with a variety of Western North Carolina performers taking the stage in an intimate theater setting. Ticket proceeds support graduating seniors through the Tanglewood Teens Senior Scholarship Fund.
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