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1. Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts (Franklin) will host Brothers Of The Heart (country/gospel) 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 13.
2. The 21st annual Whole Bloomin’ Thing Festival will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 11, in the Historic Frog Level District of Waynesville.
3. Author Ann Miller Woodford will interpret the legacy and culture of Western North Carolina’s African Americans at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 9, at the Pigeon Community Multicultural Development Center in Waynesville.
4. The Haywood Arts Regional Theatre will open its 40th season with the enchanting Tony Award-winning musical “The Secret Garden,” which will be held at 7:30 p.m. May 10-11, 17-18, 24-25, 30-31 and June 1 and 2 p.m. May 12, 19, 26 and June 2 on the Steve Lloyd Stage in Waynesville. .
5. Scotsman (Waynesville) will host Spiro Nicolopoulos Blues Apocalypse (blues/rock) at 8 p.m. Friday, May 10