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Open house!
Join us for an OPEN HOUSE!
Meet our teacher, learn more about our community, and check out our beautiful school!
We are accepting applications now for fall 2020. Enrollment begins in March.
- January, 31
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Handwriting of the Heart: Valentine Workshop
Get a little inspiration for your Valentine this year! Drop by the site throughout the day to create your own love letter at this free workshop.
During the two years before their 1853 wedding, Zebulon Vance and Harriet Espy exchanged over 100 love letters. Using Hattie and Zeb’s words as inspiration, craft a valentine for your own beloved! Try out a vintage salutation, make a stab at quill pen writing or calligraphy, and finish your letter with a wax seal.
- January, 25
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Kirby Family Farm’s Ghost Town in the Sky Wild West Weekend and Reunion
Come out and join us for a great time with Ghost Town In The Sky and Six Gun Territory Gunfights and Can Can Shows and a bunch of family-friendly entertainment that is hard to find anymore. Visit and talk with the legends from Ghost Town, Frontier Land, and Six Gun Territory and watch them perform their World Famous Shows!
- January, 25
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Dynamite Days
Guided hikes to hidden mines! Kid’s treasure hunt! Geology talks! Gem mining! Gold panning! Free exhibits! Great food! Great music! Local craft vendors! Saturday night Black Light mine tour!
- January, 25
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The Big Crafty
- July 12th & 13th 2025 12:00pm-6:00pm
- Dec 6th & 7th, 2025 12:00pm-6:00pm
Join us once again for good times with great artists! Voted the region’s favorite 17 years running, The Big Crafty features 180 of the brightest stars in our creative community.
- January, 25
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Winters Tide Convention
AB Tech Ferguson Auditorium
General Admission: $5
Children 5 and under get in free
Come nerd out with art, merch, and watch the Tournament. Winter’s Tide is an ultra affordable gaming convention taking place during the winter and will be located in Asheville, North Carolina. Winter’s Tide will primarily offer an ultimate Smash Bros! Ultimate tournament, as well as vendors, activities, artists
- January, 25
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Mardi Gras Party – Downtown Marion
We might not call the Big Easy home but nothing is stopping us from throwing our own Mardi Gras celebration!
Dress up in your finest green, purple, and gold. Don’t forget your beads, masks, and feathers and come celebrate in downtown Marion.
Lots of downtown businesses have all sorts of fun things planned. Check in with individual places for special happenings.
Round up your krewe and parade on down the sidewalks of Marion for this festive celebration.
Laissez le bon temps rouler!
- January, 25
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FREE Community Meal
Join us Sunday, January 26 for a community meal starting at 6:00. We’ll have cranberry glazed ham, cranberry orange salad, roasted potatoes and cabbage. This meal is supported by Bounty & Soul and Food Connection!
Donations welcomed!
- January, 25
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Sparky’s Saturday
It’s part of Sparky’s mission to divert resources back into our shared community. That’s why we’ve created Sparky’s Saturdays. We invite you to join us the 1st Saturday of every month for free family activities with all your friends and neighbors.
- January, 22
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