This evening of casual fun will take place in the Homespun Shops of Biltmore Industries, just steps from GPI. Choose one of two seatings and then join us at our welcome table in the Estes-Winn Memorial Automobile Museum, which will be open just for us. Stroll into the Grovewood Gallery for cocktail hour where you can enjoy local crafts, as well as drinks, and appetizers. In keeping with our local theme, we invite you to try locally brewed beers such as Highland Gaelic Ale, Highland Oatmeal Porter, and Highland Kasmir I.P.A., and wines like the Biltmore Estate Pinot Grigio.
Dinner will be served in the Grovewood Café, which was originally the woodworking shop. The menu will include many regional treats like fried North Carolina trout, hush puppies, smoked pork loin with coffee molasses BBQ sauce, Texas caviar (black-eyed peas, red wine vinegar, jalapeños and green beans), spiced shrimp, and blackened chicken.
To liven it up even more, “Country Farm,” a North Carolina bluegrass string band will perform toe-tapping music throughout the evening. During dinner, all guests will also be entered into drawings for unique Arts and Crafts prizes.
An exciting part of the evening will be a fascinating and entertaining lecture by well-known author, historian and art potter, Rodney Leftwich. In his talk, The Pottery Tradition of Western North Carolina, Rodney will cover a range of topics, all with the common denominator — Western North Carolina, and specifically, the Asheville area.
He will discuss Buncombe County’s first potteries, which were utilitarian and created crocks, jugs and churns with earth toned wood ash glazes, which were influenced by the potteries of Edgefield, S.C. As a result, Buncombe county potters also created the first “face jugs” in North Carolina. Learn about the creations of Walter B. Stephen, well known for his cameo wares done in pate-sur-pate and for his crystalline glazes -- the first in the South. Rodney will also discuss Stephen’s friend, Oscar Bachelder of Luther, North Carolina.
Please join us for what will again be a night of fun, entertainment and delicious food. To make your reservation today please click on the file below, fill out your information and email, fax or snail mail it to Craftsman Farms. Look forward to seeing you there!
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