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2023 Events

September 9 7 p.m. in the Robin Hood Barn (15 Greenwood Lane, Brevard)	Summer Series: Mountain Music: Fireside to Fender	Al Brothers, Mary Gordon, Lillie Syracuse, and friends will offer Mountain Music: Fireside to Fender. Guest performers will include 12-year-old strings phenom Judson Stone. Sing along and tap your toes in time to an eclectic mix of bluegrass, Celtic, blues, and rock n’roll rhythms. Pack your instrument and join a post-performance jam at The Outpost. Admission is free. Wine and water will be available for donation beginning at 6:30 p.m.
August 26 7 p.m. in the Robin Hood Barn	Summer Series: Remembering the Great Flood of 1916	Award-winning filmmaker and executive director of The Center for Cultural Preservation David Weintraub will screen his film Come Hell or High Water, Remembering The Flood of 1916 and share stories born of Western North Carolina’s worst natural disaster.
August 19 7 p.m. in the Robin Hood Barn	Summer Series: Summer Camps in Western North Carolina	Since the early 1900s, the arrival of the camp season has drawn many families to this area, home to the largest concentration of summer camps in the United States. Discover the traditions, innovations, and impact spawned by summer camp with journalist and president of Historic Flat Rock, Missy Schenck, who runs a camp with her family.
August 12 7 p.m. in the Robin Hood Barn	Summer Series: The Story Behind the Story	Meet Sharyn McCrumb, award-winning writer beloved for her Appalachian “Ballad” novels, set in the North Carolina/Tennessee mountains. She compares her best-sellers to quilts, “brightly colored scraps of legends, ballads, fragments of rural life and local tragedy, pieced together into a complex whole that tells not only a story, but also a deeper truth about the mountain South.”
July 1 6-9 p.m. in the Robin Hood Barn	Shoo-Fly Summers Square Dance	Snacks and beverages will be available for purchase. Dance the night away with Cedar Mountain Music Project and Sherwood Forest Friends. Uncle Ted from the Whitewater Bluegrass Band will lead us in promenades and do-si-dos until our boots fall off!
June 9 7 p.m. in the Robin Hood Barn	Brevard Music Center- Then and Now	Discover the history of the Brevard Music Center with Kalen Lawson, BMC’s manager of grants and community engagement. Since its origin in1936, this premier summer music institute and festival teaches some of the world’s most talented young musicians to play at the highest artistic level, offering the soundtrack to our summers.
April 22-23	Earth Day Celebration	On April 22, 2023, Sherwood Forest Friends celebrated the 53rd Earth Day, which is now the largest secular observance in the world, with over 1 billion people participating each year. This year is also the 50th anniversary of the NC Trails System Act, and has been designated as the Year of the Trail. Fittingly, SFF hosted Frank Porter of the board of directors of the Friends of the Ecusta Trail to tell us about progress on the proiect linking Hendersonville and Brevard.

2022 Events

September 3, 7:00 PM at Robin Hood Barn	Summer Series. Owen Grooms & Friends: An Evening of Old-Time Mountain Music	Acoustic musician, Owen Grooms has been playing Mandolin since childhood and Banjo since 2008. Since then, he has enjoyed playing clawhammer banjo and mandolin in several groups in Western NC and teaching both instruments to children through the Junior Appalachian Musician program and private lessons. He will be joined by guitarist Mark Queen and special guest, Jenn Linville, for an evening of foot stomping music. As a bonus, dance teacher Linda Block will give a group clogging lesson starting at 6:30PM.
August 27, 7:00 PM at Robin Hood Barn	Summer Series. Textile Traditions: Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia	Cassie Dickson specializes in the weaving of coverlets using traditional patterns handed down for generations. Like the Scots-Irish settlers, she grows her own flax and processes it into linen cloth. She has been spinning, weaving, and natural dyeing for over 40 years and has raised silk worms to make silk fabric for the past 32 years.
August 20, 7:00 PM at Robin Hood Barn	Summer Series. Influence of Scots-Irish Immigrants on the Music of Appalachia	Doug Orr and his wife, Darcy, will be telling stories and performing the songs that came across the “carrying stream” from Ulster to Appalachia. Orr is President Emeritus of Warren Wilson College and co-author, with Fiona Ritchie, of the book, Wayfaring Strangers: The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia.
August 13, 7:00 PM at Robin Hood Barn	Summer Series. Finding Your Way Home: Stories of True-Life Adventures & Mountain Roots	Connie Regan-Blake is one of America’s most celebrated storytellers. She has captivated the hearts and imaginations of people around the globe with her powerful performances and workshops. Entertaining audiences in 47 states, 18 countries, and 6 continents she brings the wisdom, humor, and drama of stories to main stage concert halls, libraries, and into the corporate world.
July 2, 6-9pm at Robin Hood Barn	Shoofly Summers Square Dance	Friends and neighbors will gather from for this family-friendly event. Dances will be called by Susan Brown. Admission is $5 at the door.
April 21-22	Earth Day Celebration	CELEBRATE EARTH DAY WITH SHERWOOD FOREST FRIENDS Earth Day, on April 22nd each year, marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. The day was created to demonstrate support for our planet in a variety of ways. It has been estimated that Earth Day is celebrated by over a billion people worldwide. Sherwood Forest’s celebration of Earth Day will open on Thursday, April 21 with a Nature Nuts presentation featuring Dr. Dave Ellum of Warren Wilson College. Discover Forest Understory Ecology at 7 p.m. at the Robin Hood Centre. Join fellow Nature Nuts and naturalist/educator, Eric Young, for a leisurely stroll through Sherwood Forest’s woodlands. Enjoy the wonders of the season in a unique way. Old and young alike will use their senses to celebrate the natural world. There will be a tea party, a picnic, a concert, and more, but nothing is what it seems. Meet at the Barn at 10:00 a.m.
February 25, 3 p.m. at the Barn	Chimney Swift Nesting	Tower Dedication. Discover what chimney swifts do for you and your environment and why they need our help. Visit our second tower!

2021 Events

October 30, 2-4 p.m., Judith Duff Pottery Studio	Open House	Judith Duff was a beloved neighbor and renowned potter who passed away in 2021. Mingle with fellow Friends and discover Judith’s unique interpretation of Japanese pottery.
September 9, 3:00pm. Meet at The Barn	Leave it Better	Cleanup and fun at DuPont State Forest.
Thursday, July 29, 4 p.m. at The Barn	John Rucker and his Amazing Turtle- Tracking Spaniels	Turtles are bellwethers, increases and declines in their population mirror the health of our ecosystem. Discover what one man and his dogs are doing to protect them. Meredith Brooks will describe efforts underway in Sherwood Forest.
August 21, 7:00pm at The Barn	Space, how do we know what we know about it?	Professor Mike Castelaz, Associate Professor of Physics at Brevard College, will explain the process for exploring the universe in search of life.
August 14, 7:00pm at The Barn	Summer Series. Collecting Meteorites from Antarctica: Exploring Space on a Shoestring since 1977	Join Linda Welzenbach-Fries, science communications specialist in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Rice University, will recount her adventures in Antarctica.
August 13, pre-dawn, 5 a.m., Arrowhead dam	Perseid meteor shower	Meteor watch party at with Marc & Linda.
August 13, 7:00pm at The Barn	Summer Series. Meteorites, messengers from space	Dr. Marc Fries, a planetary scientist within the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Division at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, will tell us what information meteorites hold.
August 7, 7:00pm at The Barn	Summer Series. Mary Draper Ingles: A Story of Courage	Join us as Caroline McIntyre brings to life the harrowing tale of one woman’s escape from Indian slavery.
July 8, 3:00pm meet at The Barn	Leave It Better	Cleanup and fun at DuPont State Forest.
June 3 , 3:00pm meet at The Barn	Leave It Better	Cleanup and fun at DuPont State Forest.
May 14, 4 p.m. at The Barn	Blue Ghost Bubble v. 2.5	COVID-friendly drive by. Enjoy live music and pick up a goody bag with a recipe for a B.G. cocktail, watching tips, and more.
April 24, 10 a.m. at The Barn	Earth Day	Nature hikes: sign up for Photography, Spring Wildflowers, or Kids Stroll
April 24, 3 p.m. at Studio 276	Storytelling and garden planting	Eric Young will entertain then kids will plant a flower garden.
April 2- May 16	Get Up Get Out Challenge	Run, ride, slither, swim or crawl to benefit the Sherwood Forest Friends (SFF) Scholarship Fund. Anyone can get up and get out, wherever they are, because SFF Hike n’ Bike is virtual! Sign up on RunSignUp.com (search for Sherwood Forest Friends Get Up and Get Out Challenge).
April 8 , 3:00pm meet at The Barn	Leave It Better	Cleanup and fun at DuPont State Forest.