Blue Ridge Rollergirls – New Location for Bouts

The Blue Ridge RollerGirls (BRRG) enter into their first season home bout at a new venue, the WNC Agricultural Center. BRRG’s new venue gives fans the added incentives of free parking and tailgating – making Saturday, April 7 a day full of food, fun, and intense action!

At the season’s first away bout, BRRG walked away with a two-point loss to the current number eight team, the Jacksonville Roller Girls, quickly earning BRRG a hard-hitting and competitive reputation. Don’t miss it as the BRRG French Broads will take on Appalachian RollerGirls in a duel of mountain B-team rivalry. French Broads vs Appalachian RollerGirls at 5 p.m. The Blue Ridge Roller Girls vs North Carolina Hurticanes at 7 p.m.

Women’s flat track roller derby takes place at the WNC Agricultural Center, 1301 Fanning Bridge Rd., Fletcher, NC 28732. Tickets $10 in advance or $12 at the door. Kids 12 and under are free! Advance tickets can be purchased at www.BrownPaperTickets.com or from any of your local derby girls.

The Brown Bag Songwriters Competition

Each week ten contestants perform three original songs before a panel of judges to compete for cash, recognition, and other prizes. The Brown Bag Competition, named for it’s prize winning Brown Bag, takes place every Wednesday at One Stop Deli and Bar, 55 College Street, Asheville, NC. All ages; $3 to enter; free to watch. Sign up 6 p.m.; music starts at 6:30 p.m. Visit www.ashevillemusichall.com for more information.

Ron Rash Reading & Signing: The Cove

Ron Rash is the author of the 2009 PEN/Faulkner finalist and New York Times bestselling novel Serena, in addition to three other prizewinning novels, One Foot in Eden, Saints at the River, and The World Made Straight; three collections of poems; and three collections of stories, among them Chemistry and Other Stories, which was a finalist for the 2007 PEN/Faulkner Award.

On Friday, April 13 at 7 p.m. Rash will read selections from The Cove, will be interviewed on stage by best-selling author Brian Lee Knopp (Mayhem in Mayberry, Naked Came the Leaf Peeper) and will sign books. Contact Malaprop’s to purchase tickets (828) 254-6734.

Ron Rash at Blue Ridge Books, Saturday, April 14 at 2 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Limited number of reserved seats. In order to receive a ticket for two reserved seats purchase a voucher for a copy of The Cove. Blue Ridge Books will be pre-selling The Cove until its release on April 10. If there are any questions, please contact us at (828) 456-6000, or drop by the store, Blue Ridge Books, 152 South Main Street, Waynesville.