Broadway Block Party

Posted on by Alli Marshall

Newly named the Broadway Arts District, the downtown Asheville block from Mellow Mushroom to the Masonic Temple will host a block party and arts celebration on Saturday, Aug. 29.

All-ages events take place from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center and the Media Arts Project host Doubletake: A look back at [Re]Happening 2015, with installations, video screenings and artist discussions. (Check out the augmented piano harp set up for public participation in the covered garage across the street.) The Center for Craft Creativity and Design’s artist takeover event, Back to the Drawing Board, is part of the offerings, as is the 2015 Summer DanceFest, held on the second floor of CCCD. That production features modern and contemporary dance performances hosted by Lindsey Kelley Dance.

Satellite Gallery will hold an artist discussion by Hannah Dansie and collaborators from her current exhibition, The Fishwife: An Exploration in to Folklore, Myth & Legend. Meanwhile, Window (Re/production | Re/presentation) features a temporary public outdoor mural by Rubén Ortiz-Torres on the facade of the Masonic Temple. Vvisitors can also tour the WCQS radio station and leave behind recorded statements about their experience of art.

The live party soundtrack is courtesy of Gypsy-jazz swing-band HotPoint Trio and musical acts, while Counter Culture Coffee brews beverages and the Root Down and Farm to Fender food trucks, stationed in the Masonic Temple lot, feed hungry revelers.

Info at craftcreativitydesign.org/blockparty

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About Alli Marshall
Alli Marshall has lived in Asheville for more than 20 years and loves live music, visual art, fiction and friendly dogs. She is the winner of the 2016 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize and the author of the novel "How to Talk to Rockstars," published by Logosophia Books. Follow me @alli_marshall
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