Friday night is the best bet of the week. Toy Sheep Microcinema takes over the Appalachian Theatre at 8:30pm with a superhero comedy, a film noir, a Zoom Q&A with the director and a film zine pop-up. It's free, no RSVP, and adults only.
Mon 5pm WASU $ Wizards, four students live on WASU 90.5, until 7.
Mon 6pm Pottery Night Out at The Pottery Lot in Vilas, handbuilding, $40, sign up ahead. It's 48 by 8pm, so bring a jacket.
Tue 10am Cut Food: Beth Galton at the Turchin Center, she slices food in half and photographs what's inside, until 6.
Tue 1pm Handbuilding: Pumpkins at the Historic Lansing School, a 90-minute slab-building class with glazing included.
Tue 6pm A Night with DeAndra Davis in Belk Library Room 114, a live Q&A and book signing with an App State author, doors at 5:45. 25 free copies of "The Lovers, The Liars, and Me!" are up for grabs.
Wed 7pm Poetry Open Mic Night hosted by Wildwood Community Market, sign-up at 6:30. Rain is likely by 7pm, 62%, so bring an umbrella.
Thu 7pm Old-Time Jam at the Jones House, until 10, bring a banjo, fiddle, guitar or mandolin.
Thu 7pm Boots on the Rock line dance at Betsy's Barn. Showers are possible, 34%, so pack a rain layer.
Thu 7pm Into the Woods at the App Theatre, the App State Musical Theatre Club's take on the Sondheim musical, $20, students $12, with more shows through Sunday.
Thu 9:30pm Silent Disco with DJ Muz and DirtyBitDJ at Boone Saloon, $5, 21+.
Fri 5pm First Friday Art Crawl downtown Boone, until 8.
Fri 6pm Ollie & Mason at the Noble Kava, folk and blues, with Caleb Highnite and Valerie Bower.
Fri 7:30pm Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys at the Ashe Civic Center, the band's 80th anniversary, $24, students $7.50.
Fri 8:30pm Toy Sheep Microcinema at the Appalachian Theatre, doors at 8, free, adults only. It's 49 by 10pm, so bring a jacket.
Fri 9:30pm Brown Oak Assembly w/ Trout at Boone Saloon, alt-rock, $5, 21+.
Sat 11am Ashe County Veterans Ceremony at the Museum of Ashe County History in West Jefferson, a Veterans Day ceremony.
Sat 7pm Winterteeth at Betsy's Barn, $10. It's 46 by 10pm, so bring a jacket.
Sun 4pm Diwali Festival of Lights from Neighborhood Yoga, a puja ceremony, devotional chants, live music and locally made Indian food.
Polls close Tuesday at 7:30pm. Our election map fills in every North Carolina county as the State Board posts results, and this is how to read it. Everything that night is unofficial. Watauga's county canvass is Friday, Nov. 13.
Blowing Rock is flushing its water lines all week, starting Monday. Some customers may see slightly discolored water near the work. Run the cold faucet for 10 to 15 minutes to clear it. Details.
Boone Fire is asking everyone to test every smoke and carbon monoxide alarm and swap the batteries now that the clocks have changed. The notice.
Congress is debating permanent daylight saving time. If it passes, High Country winter sunrises would land after 8am. What it means here.
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