Events at BMCA

Reasonably Priced Babies

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Improv Comedy Show

Tickets $12

Friday, January 24

7:30pm

Reasonably Priced Babies is an Asheville-based Improv Comedy Troupe. Comedians Tom Chalmers, Mondy Carter, Karen Stobbe, Kim Richardson and Josh Batenhorst will take over our theatre, fueled by audience suggestions and interactions. This show has sold out every time, so get your tickets before they're gone for this night of knee-slapping hilarity.

Winter

Words

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Storytime for Adults​

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Saturday, January 25

7:30pm

Tickets in Advance $15

Tickets day of $20

Winter Words brings two accomplished storytellers, Gwenda LedBetter and David Novak, together again to share their insightful stories. As winter deepens, the storytelling tradition comes alive. These stories are often considered children’s fare, but as David Novak explains, “Wonder tales, or Fairy Tales, are really the ferment of adulthood. They are for people with life experience.” Succumb to the enchantment of ancient wonder tales.

Zoe & Cloyd

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Valentine's Concert​

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Saturday, February 15

7:30pm

Tickets in Advance $20

Tickets at the door $25

Hailing from opposite ends of the Appalachian mountains, Zoe & Cloyd is renowned fiddler and vocalist Natalya Zoe Weinstein and award-winning songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist John Cloyd Miller. Zoe & Cloyd will be joined by Kevin Kehrberg on bass at the Black Mountain Center for the Arts. Kevin is a master of the upright bass having performed jazz, bluegrass and old-time music all over the world from Indonesia to Kyrgystan, Japan, and beyond.

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Zoe & Cloyd delight audiences of all ages with soaring harmonies and heartfelt songwriting, seamlessly combining original bluegrass, klezmer, old-time and folk with sincerity and zeal.

Seeking

Storyland

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Storytelling Event​

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Friday, February 21

7:30pm

Adults $15

Children $5

Acclaimed international storyteller, David Novak wends his way to Storyland with surprising adaptations of old stories, inventive originality, and fresh insights into the age-old custom of telling tales. Come to the place where stories live. This event is great for families.

Funkraiser

for the Arts

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Auction, Hors D'oeuvres, Drinks, Dancing​

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Saturday, March 7

7:00pm

Individual Tickets $35

Couples $70

Dig out your bell bottoms, put on your dancing shoes and get ready to boogie because we're throwing a Funkraiser for the Arts dance party and auction! Headlining the event will be the popular Freeflow Band who the Mountain Express called “The Guardians of Funk.” Ticket price includes delicious hors d’oeuvres, desserts, beer and wine. 

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The Freeflow Band is known to throw an “irresistible dance party” with a set-list full of Motown, R&B, Soul and of course, Funk. The dynamic foursome is made up of lead singer and percussionist Lil’  Rog Ware, lead singer Kazual Collins on keyboards, vocalist and bassist Darrell ‘The Black Note’ Griffin and LT on lead guitar. Local comedian and performer Mondy Carter of Reasonably Priced Babies fame will bring his own smooth vibe to keep the action moving. 

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The upper level of the Arts Center will be brimming with silent auction items donated from local businesses. Items from clothing, jewelry and art to baskets, packages and gift certificates will be available to bid on. 

A Slice

of Life

An Evening of Stories

with Connie Regan-Blake

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Saturday, April 4

7:30pm

$15 in advance

$20 at the door

Join nationally celebrated storyteller, Connie Regan-Blake, as she transforms a packed theater into an intimate circle of friends with old-timey charm, wisdom, and humor. We’ll also welcome to the stage, her workshop participants from her "Taking the Stage" workshop. This event is in our intimate theatre, and usually sells out so get yours tickets ahead of time!