Schedule

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The Asheville Fringe Arts Festival runs Thursday through Sunday, Jan. 26-29, with two pre-festival gatherings. $13-$16 per show unless noted as free/$50 all-access pass. Tickets can be purchased online or in person, Monday, Jan. 23, through Saturday, Jan. 28, from noon to 6 p.m. at Fringe Central, 14 Battery Park Ave. Info at avl.mx/3an

Sky Lanes Bowling Center, 1477 Patton Ave.

  • Fringe Festival Kick Off Party featuring The Accidentals — Sunday, Jan. 22, 5-8 p.m., free event

Fringe Central

  • I Freak Faster by Constance Humphries — Monday, Jan. 23, noon-6 p.m., free event

The BeBe Theatre, 20 Commerce St.

  • Happy Birthday Stupid Kid by IRTE Theatre Company — Thursday and Saturday, 7 p.m.
  • Dante’s Itch by Anam Cara Theatre — Thursday and Saturday, 9 p.m.
  • The Fringe Dance Show featuring Downtown Replay, In Flight, Lauren Thompson, Lindsey Kelley, Michele T. Hower, Silvia Sheffield, and Susan and Giles Collard — Friday, 7 p.m. and Sunday, 4 p.m.
  • Opening Amanda’s Closed Door by Amanda Levesque, Giovanna Allegretti and Tom Kilby — Friday, 9 p.m.
  • Elec-Shun Movement Workshop led by Kathleen Meyers Leiner — Sunday, noon-2 p.m.

The Crow & Quill, 106 N. Lexington Ave.

  • Butoh Parade — Saturday, 1-4 p.m., free event

The Dirty South, 41 N. Lexington Ave.

  • Hot for T-Rex by Taylor Gruenloh — Thursday and Saturday, 7 p.m.
  • The Unaccompanied Minor by Elan Zakir — Thursday and Saturday, 7 p.m.

Downtown Books & News, 67 N. Lexington Ave.

  • Literary Circus featuring Alli Marshall, Jennifer Fulford, Nina Hart and Randi Janelle — Saturday, 5 p.m., free event

LaZoom, leaves from Coxe Ave. at Commerce St.

  • LaZoom Bus Fringe Tour featuring Caroline Williford, Claire Dima, E McClain, Kathleen Meyers Leiner, Kevin Patterson, Rigel Pawlak, Sera Sehara — Friday and Saturday, 7 p.m., and Sunday, 4 p.m.

The Magnetic Theatre, 375 Depot St.

  • The Ride Along by Deanna Braine — Thursday-Saturday, 7, 8 and 9 p.m.; Sunday, 4 and 5 p.m.
  • Unredeemable by Jim Sea — Thursday and Saturday, 7 p.m.
  • Poetry Cabaret led by Caleb Beissert — Thursday, 9 p.m.
  • Breakfast at Wimbledon by Brita Thorne and Willie Filkowski — Friday, 7 p.m., and Sunday, 4 p.m.
  • Black! by Michael Washington Brown — Friday, 9 p.m., and Sunday, 6 p.m.

The Mothlight, 701 Haywood Road

  • Fringe Double Feature: Mine and Yours … & No Shame and The Cardboard Sea — Friday and Saturday, 7 p.m.
  • The Sexy, Weedy Reality Show — Friday and Saturday, 9 p.m.

RockDoll Vintage, 46 Commerce St.

  • A Disorienting Divertissement by Grayson Morris and Lynn Nesseth — Saturday, 2-5 p.m., free event

Toy Boat Community Arts Space, 101 Fairview Road

  • Spuyten Duyvil by Amy Hamilton and Victor Palomino — Thursday and Saturday, 7 p.m.
  • The Sealskin by West of Roan — Thursday and Saturday, 9 p.m.
  • Who Are?! What Are! THE THUNDER ELVES! by Keith Shubert — Friday, 7 p.m., and Sunday, 4 p.m.
  • Fringe Double Feature: Ubu Faust & Roman Meal and Down With Pants — Friday, 9 p.m., and Sunday, 6 p.m.
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About Thomas Calder
Thomas Calder received his MFA in Fiction from the University of Houston's Creative Writing Program. His writing has appeared in Gulf Coast, the Miracle Monocle, Juked and elsewhere. His debut novel, The Wind Under the Door, is now available.
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