Thursday night is for making things. Draw from a live model at Huzzah Books, bring a banjo to the Jones House, or blow a horn at FizzEd. The first ever Shred tailgate kicks it off at 4pm.
4pm JMU vs. ASU Tailgate, the first ever Shred tailgate ahead of App State vs. JMU. Free entry, hot dogs, music, cold drinks, bring your own cup. Location to be announced. Shred Boone underwrites left917.
6pm Thursday Jazz Jam at FizzEd with the LM Trio, to 9.
7pm Old-Time Jam at the Jones House, every Thursday to 10. Banjo, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, any old-time acoustic instrument.
7pm Figure Drawing Night at Huzzah Books, a two-hour session with a nude model. $10, supplies provided by the Turchin Center.
10pm House / Techno Night with DJ Elijah at Lily's Snack Bar, to 2am. Free.
Fri 6pm Dancing Anyways: Halloween Edition at Parallel Brewing and Wine Bar, a women-only dance party with spooky visuals and a costume contest.
Fri 7pm The Hitchcock Radio Hour at the Historic Banner Elk School, a 1940s live radio broadcast with the sound effects made by hand on stage. It runs again Saturday.
More spooky stuff is on the High Country Haint List.
Expect flaggers on N.C. 105 near Valley Creek starting 7am Thursday while a contractor installs culvert sections. Details here.
Watauga's early in-person vote reached 5,116 through Tuesday, 1,156 of them on Tuesday alone. Sites and hours are on our voting page.
Downtown Boone's development board meets Tue, Oct. 27, 8:30am at the Jones House, and the agenda is out. On it, social district options, the Howard Street party planning budget, and an update on the Hellbender expansion.
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