The 2012 Opening Dates and Hours of Operation have just been released and are now available on the Virtual Blue Ridge website! It’s never too early to start planning your next Parkway excursion, so be sure to double check the dates and hours of your favorite Parkway destinations! View the 2012 Blue Ridge Parkway Concession […]
Parkway Road Closure Due to Continued Slide Stabilization
The Blue Ridge Parkway will close the section between State Route 191, at French Broad Parking Overlook, Milepost 393.8, to State Route 151, Milepost 405, beginning Monday, February 13, 2012. This closure is expected to remain in place until April 15, 2012. The closure is required to complete repairs of Ferrin Knob Tunnel #1, located […]
People’s Choice Voting Opens for 9th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition
The Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition Opening Reception takes place on Friday, February 3, 2012 along with the start of voting for the AMPC People’s Choice Award. 49 finalist images will be on display from February 3 through June 2 at the Turchin Center for the Visual arts on the Campus of Appalachian State University in […]
Across-the-Way Productions Announces 2012 FloydFest 11 Initial Line-Up
The 11th annual music and arts festival that bears the moniker of its hometown of Floyd, Virginia, kicks off a second decade in July of 2012 with a bursting-at-the seams line-up of genre-spanning entertainment. FloydFest, which celebrated its tenth birthday in 2011 with an at capacity crowd of 14,000 daily patrons over the marathon 4-day […]
2012 AMPC Finalists Announced
Thank you to all photographers who submitted to the 9th annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition. This year’s panel of judges have selected 49 images for exhibition at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts. Congratulations from the organizers and sponsors of the AMPC to all the selected photographers and a sincere thank you to everyone […]
