THE GREEN COMET
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OF MUSIC AND MARATHONS
Next weekend, the town of Black Mountain will be all about music and marathons. First off, the music…on February 27, the Black Mountain Center for the Arts will host its regular “Upbeat! Musical Heritage 4th Friday Concert” series, this month featuring Red June with Will Straughan, John Cloyd Miller, and Natalya Weinstein. Doors open at 7pm ($10 donation at the door). For more information on the Upbeat! music series, please visit www.blackmountainarts.org.
CHECKING OUT ORION
GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNT
As a site on the North Carolina Birding Trail, we’re happy to be counted among the participants this year in the 12th annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), a four-day bird watching event across the United States and Canada. This year, the GBBC takes place February 13-16.
“ALMOST SPRING” PROJECTS
OHIO GEOCACHING
SUNNY BLOOMS
Our apologies for not doing a Saturday blog entry. We traveled to Ohio (brrrrrrrr) to visit our awesome families last week. When we returned from the snowy Buckeye state, guess what welcomed us back to the Inn on Mill Creek:
ANOTHER KIVA UPDATE
BILTMORE ROMANCE
Biltmore is all about Romance in February. Visitors will get a taste of the Vanderbilt family’s century-long tradition of romance, including storytelling in the Library Den from 10am to 1pm, assorted displays of roses throughout the house, fireplaces aglow in the Tapestry Gallery, Library and Library Den, and Banquet Hall (this is a HUGE fireplace and looks absolutely stunning with a fire burning), not to mention interpretive signage about romantic Vanderbilt and Biltmore stories.
