FREE event, contributions welcome.

Address will be revealed morning-of-event to attendees. This is a special indoor, in-depth, balanced-as-possible intimate conversation and performance, on couches and pillows.

Let’s talk about hate… salon-style.  With some attempt at humor and entertainment… on a Saturday night in central Asheville. (Introverts welcome… no pressure to speak.)

How does hate “spread”? What makes it attractive as a stance, even to some of the people in our own families? What is it that causes such disconnection from those Robert Fulghum-esque lessons we were taught “there in the sand pile at Sunday school”?   

Music and poetry will accompany a visit by Washington DC poet, sommelier, and trans woman Cayla Calhoun, formerly of Asheville and raised in Birmingham, who comes to us for an Oprah-style interview after a brutal, life-changing event. She’ll tell her story, and read her writing. You’ll like Cayla. She’s smart and funny, and an expansive conversationalist with a surprisingly grounded take on her experience. It’ll be a wide-ranging talk, definitely not always serious. We’ll sit around on couches and pillows and touch on current events, to look under the hood for human meaning. Charlie Kirk. Talk-show-host-ousting. Hillary Clinton referring to a group as “Deplorables”.  I’ll (ahem, Oprah will) ask your take on some podcast excerpts.

Exact address will be emailed to attendees day-of-event. Please join us, and bring a friend. All political persuasions and beliefs welcome (seriously). Adults 18+ only, but please bring your kindergarten manners.

All contributions go to Cayla (she doesn’t need them, but you’re welcome to do this, here or at the event).

(FREE ONGOING MEETING, Mondays, 9:30 til approx. 11 or 11:30am. Contact Steph if you’re interested in coming to check it out - no need to ‘add to cart’).

21+, led by Stephanie Morgan.

Corduroy’s cornerstone meetup!

No matter how you spend your time, you want to spend it well, carve a deep path, work out the kinks from childhood, and keep your creative trajectory in focus (whatever that is).

This small group goes deep. It meets most Monday mornings, for about 2 hours. It’s designed for people who are willing to sit and share about blocks, fears, triumphs, and experiments in the process of creative living. Maybe you want the accountability of meeting up before going off on your own for the week. Maybe you have plans you want to be sure you see through to execution, but your sibling issues are rearing up as you try to collaborate. Or maybe you just want to meditate a little (15 min at the beginning) with people, and feel seen and heard in the discussion to follow.

This is a moment at the start of your week to stash your phone, sit, focus, listen to some curated wisdom aimed at helping you stay mindful about what you’re putting into your life, receive support from others, and put some intention into how you live your life.

Introverts welcome. There is a lot of group discussion, but Corduroy will not pressure you to be in the spotlight. That said, we believe you’re coming for a reason, so we hope you’ll join in when you’re ready.

Stephanie Morgan, founder of Corduroy, has a Psychology degree as well as a Master of Social Work with a concentration in Mental Health. She is also a certified Mindfulness Meditation Instructor (taught by David Nichtern at Samarasa in Los Angeles). She’s constantly devouring thoughtfully-written self-help and spiritual wisdom, playing music in Pink Mercury, voice acting, and gardening.

(No need to ‘add to cart’. Contact Steph if you’re interested in coming to check it out).

(FREE ONGOING MEETING, Mondays, 9:30 til approx. 11 or 11:30am. Contact Steph if you’re interested in coming to check it out - no need to ‘add to cart’).

21+, led by Stephanie Morgan.

Corduroy’s cornerstone meetup!

No matter how you spend your time, you want to spend it well, carve a deep path, work out the kinks from childhood, and keep your creative trajectory in focus (whatever that is).

This small group goes deep. It meets most Monday mornings, for about 2 hours. It’s designed for people who are willing to sit and share about blocks, fears, triumphs, and experiments in the process of creative living. Maybe you want the accountability of meeting up before going off on your own for the week. Maybe you have plans you want to be sure you see through to execution, but your sibling issues are rearing up as you try to collaborate. Or maybe you just want to meditate a little (15 min at the beginning) with people, and feel seen and heard in the discussion to follow.

This is a moment at the start of your week to stash your phone, sit, focus, listen to some curated wisdom aimed at helping you stay mindful about what you’re putting into your life, receive support from others, and put some intention into how you live your life.

Introverts welcome. There is a lot of group discussion, but Corduroy will not pressure you to be in the spotlight. That said, we believe you’re coming for a reason, so we hope you’ll join in when you’re ready.

Stephanie Morgan, founder of Corduroy, has a Psychology degree as well as a Master of Social Work with a concentration in Mental Health. She is also a certified Mindfulness Meditation Instructor (taught by David Nichtern at Samarasa in Los Angeles). She’s constantly devouring thoughtfully-written self-help and spiritual wisdom, playing music in Pink Mercury, voice acting, and gardening.

(No need to ‘add to cart’. Contact Steph if you’re interested in coming to check it out).

resort realism is the lofi-downtempo project of Robert Wason (bass) and Crawford King (keyboards). Their sound has been described as if "Air wrote a film score for a a tiki-resort adaptation of The Shining". They are frequently joined by collaborators and are releasing their second LP in late 2025.

Stephanie Morgan, frontwoman for Pink Mercury and founder of Corduroy, guest sings on songs she co-wrote with the band.

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Exact location will be emailed to attendees day-of-show, and will be in central-ish Asheville.

Show moved inside to cozy living room die to rain! Text a band member for address (it’s the same address as outdoor stage)

 Lyle de Vitry plays soft and sensitive folk music heavily inspired by nature, love, and the cycle of life.
Much like life itself, his music comes in cycles. With his intricate, ambient fingerpicking guitar style and suede-soft baritone voice, de Vitry mesmerizes audiences into meditative serenity. Immersed in rich and nuanced harmonic composition, listeners are gently drawn into the here and now. Effortlessly moving between unity and dissonance, voice and instrumentation, rhythm and melody, de Vitry seamlessly integrates the comfort of folk music with the spine-shivering emotional release and intentionality of classical compositions. In so doing, he manages to create a sound as dynamic and honest as the ocean’s eternally flowing tides or the planet’s ever-changing seasons.
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Chris Lippincott’s poignant melodies narrate stories of ascent, hope, and the human struggle amidst an evocative sonic landscape.  His compositions invite the audience on an immersive, genre-blurring journey of emotion by uniting synthetic textures, organic instrumentation, and the human voice.  Chris is a multi-instrumental Nashville composer, producer, and touring artist originally from Tupelo, Mississippi, claiming New Orleans as a second home.

Trippers & Askers is the folk / spiritual jazz project of musician, sound artist, educator and researcher Jay Hammond. The group's latest album Acorn takes inspiration from Octavia Butler's immersive and frighteningly prescient novel Parable of the Sower. As an intertextual work, Acorn brings together a wide array of collaborators that include members of Wye Oak, Califone, former Sun Ra member Ken Moshesh and comic artist John Jennings to explore the book's narrative as it pertains to the very real political and emotional challenges of the present. The album was called "a shimmering homage to nature" by The Guardian.

(FREE ONGOING MEETING, Mondays, 9:30 til approx. 11 or 11:30am. Contact Steph if you’re interested in coming to check it out - no need to ‘add to cart’).

21+, led by Stephanie Morgan.

Corduroy’s cornerstone meetup!

No matter how you spend your time, you want to spend it well, carve a deep path, work out the kinks from childhood, and keep your creative trajectory in focus (whatever that is).

This small group goes deep. It meets most Monday mornings, for about 2 hours. It’s designed for people who are willing to sit and share about blocks, fears, triumphs, and experiments in the process of creative living. Maybe you want the accountability of meeting up before going off on your own for the week. Maybe you have plans you want to be sure you see through to execution, but your sibling issues are rearing up as you try to collaborate. Or maybe you just want to meditate a little (15 min at the beginning) with people, and feel seen and heard in the discussion to follow.

This is a moment at the start of your week to stash your phone, sit, focus, listen to some curated wisdom aimed at helping you stay mindful about what you’re putting into your life, receive support from others, and put some intention into how you live your life.

Introverts welcome. There is a lot of group discussion, but Corduroy will not pressure you to be in the spotlight. That said, we believe you’re coming for a reason, so we hope you’ll join in when you’re ready.

Stephanie Morgan, founder of Corduroy, has a Psychology degree as well as a Master of Social Work with a concentration in Mental Health. She is also a certified Mindfulness Meditation Instructor (taught by David Nichtern at Samarasa in Los Angeles). She’s constantly devouring thoughtfully-written self-help and spiritual wisdom, playing music in Pink Mercury, voice acting, and gardening.

(No need to ‘add to cart’. Contact Steph if you’re interested in coming to check it out).

(FREE ONGOING MEETING, Mondays, 9:30 til approx. 11 or 11:30am. Contact Steph if you’re interested in coming to check it out - no need to ‘add to cart’).

21+, led by Stephanie Morgan.

Corduroy’s cornerstone meetup!

No matter how you spend your time, you want to spend it well, carve a deep path, work out the kinks from childhood, and keep your creative trajectory in focus (whatever that is).

This small group goes deep. It meets most Monday mornings, for about 2 hours. It’s designed for people who are willing to sit and share about blocks, fears, triumphs, and experiments in the process of creative living. Maybe you want the accountability of meeting up before going off on your own for the week. Maybe you have plans you want to be sure you see through to execution, but your sibling issues are rearing up as you try to collaborate. Or maybe you just want to meditate a little (15 min at the beginning) with people, and feel seen and heard in the discussion to follow.

This is a moment at the start of your week to stash your phone, sit, focus, listen to some curated wisdom aimed at helping you stay mindful about what you’re putting into your life, receive support from others, and put some intention into how you live your life.

Introverts welcome. There is a lot of group discussion, but Corduroy will not pressure you to be in the spotlight. That said, we believe you’re coming for a reason, so we hope you’ll join in when you’re ready.

Stephanie Morgan, founder of Corduroy, has a Psychology degree as well as a Master of Social Work with a concentration in Mental Health. She is also a certified Mindfulness Meditation Instructor (taught by David Nichtern at Samarasa in Los Angeles). She’s constantly devouring thoughtfully-written self-help and spiritual wisdom, playing music in Pink Mercury, voice acting, and gardening.

(No need to ‘add to cart’. Contact Steph if you’re interested in coming to check it out).

Includes supper!

Our friend Jim invited Pink Mercury to play at his house concert series in Horse Shoe, NC, a beautiful 50-min drive from Asheville.

NOTE EARLY TIME... 5:30-8pm, rain or shine (there’s an outdoor stage, or we might move indoors).

Jim says, "I live on a rough dirt road so be careful coming up. Signs will be out directing to the house." So that gives you a sense of the vibe.

Address and any other info will be emailed to attendees day-of-show. Deadline to purchase tix and receive info is 2pm… otherwise if you know a band member or Jim, feel free to reach out for info and you can settle up at the door.

The show was a lovely success! Rain ran us off right at the end, before we could announce, but if you didn’t pay for a ticket and still need to, you can use the cart here. Thank you, on behalf of Corduroy, Pink Mercury, Slow Packer, and Jamie Linder (host). <3

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7-10pm.

Bring a blanket, chair, maybe a picnic dinner? (Inside if rain!)

Pink Mercury plays our first roving pop-up event since we left brick & mortar location. This one’s in a sweet sweet backyard setting.

Steph’s making songs again… so in addition to Pink Mercury’s all-improvisational set, the band will debut 2 of them.

Slow Packer duo opens, rounding out a night of pretty sweet indie music, played by some great musicians and inspired by some thoughtful music lovers, under a tree.

***NOTE: You will receive an email day-of-show with location info (location will be in Central Asheville).

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(FREE ONGOING MEETING, Mondays, 9:30 til approx. 11 or 11:30am. Contact Steph if you’re interested in coming to check it out - no need to ‘add to cart’).

21+, led by Stephanie Morgan.

Corduroy’s cornerstone meetup!

No matter how you spend your time, you want to spend it well, carve a deep path, work out the kinks from childhood, and keep your creative trajectory in focus (whatever that is).

This small group goes deep. It meets most Monday mornings, for about 2 hours. It’s designed for people who are willing to sit and share about blocks, fears, triumphs, and experiments in the process of creative living. Maybe you want the accountability of meeting up before going off on your own for the week. Maybe you have plans you want to be sure you see through to execution, but your sibling issues are rearing up as you try to collaborate. Or maybe you just want to meditate a little (15 min at the beginning) with people, and feel seen and heard in the discussion to follow.

This is a moment at the start of your week to stash your phone, sit, focus, listen to some curated wisdom aimed at helping you stay mindful about what you’re putting into your life, receive support from others, and put some intention into how you live your life.

Introverts welcome. There is a lot of group discussion, but Corduroy will not pressure you to be in the spotlight. That said, we believe you’re coming for a reason, so we hope you’ll join in when you’re ready.

Stephanie Morgan, founder of Corduroy, has a Psychology degree as well as a Master of Social Work with a concentration in Mental Health. She is also a certified Mindfulness Meditation Instructor (taught by David Nichtern at Samarasa in Los Angeles). She’s constantly devouring thoughtfully-written self-help and spiritual wisdom, playing music in Pink Mercury, voice acting, and gardening.

(No need to ‘add to cart’. Contact Steph if you’re interested in coming to check it out).

Drop into the present moment with a 30-minute mindfulness exercise. Exercises may rotate from week to week, but this time is intended to give the brain practice at calming and balancing, as a basis for greater access to nonjudgmental creative flow. Please dress comfortably.

Registration: you’ll go thru the checkout, but your price will be $0 :)

Location will be central to Asheville, and will be sent to you the day before the event.

Ages 18+.

Created and led by Gordon Smith (Counselor) and Laura Hope Gill (NC Arts Council Fellow).

The Magnum Opus is a creative consciousness exercise centered on imaginational and poetic reasoning. Comprised of seven states, the Opus will symbolically move you. You will create seven poems in one hour.

This process will surprise you. Magnum Opus invites us to develop skills of surrender and allowance for discovery… to open ourselves to discovering that there parts of us that we have not explored… to recognize that the potential for growth is, so far as we know, limitless… to discover, listen to, engage, and integrate this vast, mysterious, frightening, impossible-to-ignore landscape that is at once inside and separate from our “real lives.”

Creative consciousness renews us. This exercise is a door to growth.

(FREE ONGOING MEETING, Mondays, 9:30 til approx. 11 or 11:30am. Contact Steph if you’re interested in coming to check it out - no need to ‘add to cart’).

21+, led by Stephanie Morgan.

Corduroy’s cornerstone meetup!

No matter how you spend your time, you want to spend it well, carve a deep path, work out the kinks from childhood, and keep your creative trajectory in focus (whatever that is).

This small group goes deep. It meets most Monday mornings, for about 2 hours. It’s designed for people who are willing to sit and share about blocks, fears, triumphs, and experiments in the process of creative living. Maybe you want the accountability of meeting up before going off on your own for the week. Maybe you have plans you want to be sure you see through to execution, but your sibling issues are rearing up as you try to collaborate. Or maybe you just want to meditate a little (15 min at the beginning) with people, and feel seen and heard in the discussion to follow.

This is a moment at the start of your week to stash your phone, sit, focus, listen to some curated wisdom aimed at helping you stay mindful about what you’re putting into your life, receive support from others, and put some intention into how you live your life.

Introverts welcome. There is a lot of group discussion, but Corduroy will not pressure you to be in the spotlight. That said, we believe you’re coming for a reason, so we hope you’ll join in when you’re ready.

Stephanie Morgan, founder of Corduroy, has a Psychology degree as well as a Master of Social Work with a concentration in Mental Health. She is also a certified Mindfulness Meditation Instructor (taught by David Nichtern at Samarasa in Los Angeles). She’s constantly devouring thoughtfully-written self-help and spiritual wisdom, playing music in Pink Mercury, voice acting, and gardening.

(No need to ‘add to cart’. Contact Steph if you’re interested in coming to check it out).

Drop into the present moment with a 30-minute mindfulness exercise. Exercises may rotate from week to week, but this time is intended to give the brain practice at calming and balancing, as a basis for greater access to nonjudgmental creative flow. Please dress comfortably.

Registration: you’ll go thru the checkout, but your price will be $0 :)

Location will be central to Asheville, and will be sent to you the day before the event.

Ages 18+.. Tickets available at the door or here in advance.

Just ahead of Big Ears Fest in Knoxville… a feast for your expansive appetite, here in Asheville (also Corduroy’s LAST musical event in this space!). 2 Experimental/Ambient artists will present their work in our beautiful lounge, paired with visuals by Stephanie Morgan and Wesley Davis.

8-9pm Mark Jumper of Bob Dey’s Tank Engine

Mark Jumper found himself stuck in a Desert while trying to return to his work on the Bob Dey's Tank Engine Man (BDTEM) Project, when a mysterious trickle of colorful water appeared to show him the way forward. At this event you will hear how it all went down in a 28 minute album of soundscapes, songs, and narration. It's a bit ambient, a bit sound-designy, and a bit musical. In the end, all you need to do is listen.

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9-10pm bios+a+ic

bios+a+ic performs live ambient soundscapes with local field recordings of nature along with custom video projections. He uses trumpet with heavy effects processing, looped, and manipulated, along with lush atmospheric synthesizer for a unique exploration of immersive sounds and textures. Hear his new album ‘my heart is floating down the river’ inspired by Hurricane Helene floods on your favorite streaming platform.

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Corduroy Lounge has teamed with 2 skilled healers to present its first yoga/sound bath event, adapted for our room! Bring a yoga mat or not. Here's how it'll go down:

1. Kick off your shoes and leave them outside the Corduroy curtain.

2. Get comfy on a couch, or on your yoga mat.

3. Hour 1, Allie Mandikos will play large, amazing, otherworldly singing bowls and lead you thru a restorative yoga session.

4. Hour 2, Madelyn Ilana will play skilled, beautiful and interesting guitar and violin improvisations with a looper, while you continue to relax and restore on your own.

Hot tea will be available.

Reserve your spot in advance… you won’t want to miss this!

Note: doors will close 10 minutes after start time, and briefly re-open at 7:30 for those interested in attending the last hour only.

About your leaders/performers:

Allie Mandikos is a Registered Nurse who made her way to Asheville in 2019, searching for adventure and a place to call home. She has cultivated a passion for self love, continued growth and healing through self work, relationship and yoga.

Allie started teaching her shared practice of yoga and sound healing in December 2021 after completing a yoga teacher training at Asheville community yoga. Her passion lies in helping others find a balance in their own practice through incorporating spiritual work and self growth. Her goal is to share breath work, mindfulness, self love, body positivity and healing into her shared practice.

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Madelyn Ilana is a songwriter, composer, and violinist with over 25 years of experience. Blending her deep musical expertise with her work as a healing artist, she creates immersive soundscapes that invite listeners into a space of healing, self-reflection, contemplation, and truth. Her music weaves skilled improvisation with looping textures, offering an experience that is both meditative and dynamic. Whether through original compositions or spontaneous creations, Madelyn’s artistry invites you to slow down, listen deeply, and connect with the moment.

www.madelynilana.com

Insta: @madelynilanamusicandhealing

(FREE ONGOING MEETING, Mondays, 9:30 til approx. 11 or 11:30am. Contact Steph if you’re interested in coming to check it out - no need to ‘add to cart’).

21+, led by Stephanie Morgan.

Corduroy’s cornerstone meetup!

No matter how you spend your time, you want to spend it well, carve a deep path, work out the kinks from childhood, and keep your creative trajectory in focus (whatever that is).

This small group goes deep. It meets most Monday mornings, for about 2 hours. It’s designed for people who are willing to sit and share about blocks, fears, triumphs, and experiments in the process of creative living. Maybe you want the accountability of meeting up before going off on your own for the week. Maybe you have plans you want to be sure you see through to execution, but your sibling issues are rearing up as you try to collaborate. Or maybe you just want to meditate a little (15 min at the beginning) with people, and feel seen and heard in the discussion to follow.

This is a moment at the start of your week to stash your phone, sit, focus, listen to some curated wisdom aimed at helping you stay mindful about what you’re putting into your life, receive support from others, and put some intention into how you live your life.

Introverts welcome. There is a lot of group discussion, but Corduroy will not pressure you to be in the spotlight. That said, we believe you’re coming for a reason, so we hope you’ll join in when you’re ready.

Stephanie Morgan, founder of Corduroy, has a Psychology degree as well as a Master of Social Work with a concentration in Mental Health. She is also a certified Mindfulness Meditation Instructor (taught by David Nichtern at Samarasa in Los Angeles). She’s constantly devouring thoughtfully-written self-help and spiritual wisdom, playing music in Pink Mercury, voice acting, and gardening.

(No need to ‘add to cart’. Contact Steph if you’re interested in coming to check it out).

Drop into the present moment with a 30-minute mindfulness exercise. Exercises may rotate from week to week, but this time is intended to give the brain practice at calming and balancing, as a basis for greater access to nonjudgmental creative flow. Please dress comfortably.

Registration: you’ll go thru the checkout, but your price will be $0 :)

Location will be central to Asheville, and will be sent to you the day before the event.

(FREE ONGOING MEETING, Mondays, 9:30 til approx. 11 or 11:30am. Contact Steph if you’re interested in coming to check it out - no need to ‘add to cart’).

21+, led by Stephanie Morgan.

Corduroy’s cornerstone meetup!

No matter how you spend your time, you want to spend it well, carve a deep path, work out the kinks from childhood, and keep your creative trajectory in focus (whatever that is).

This small group goes deep. It meets most Monday mornings, for about 2 hours. It’s designed for people who are willing to sit and share about blocks, fears, triumphs, and experiments in the process of creative living. Maybe you want the accountability of meeting up before going off on your own for the week. Maybe you have plans you want to be sure you see through to execution, but your sibling issues are rearing up as you try to collaborate. Or maybe you just want to meditate a little (15 min at the beginning) with people, and feel seen and heard in the discussion to follow.

This is a moment at the start of your week to stash your phone, sit, focus, listen to some curated wisdom aimed at helping you stay mindful about what you’re putting into your life, receive support from others, and put some intention into how you live your life.

Introverts welcome. There is a lot of group discussion, but Corduroy will not pressure you to be in the spotlight. That said, we believe you’re coming for a reason, so we hope you’ll join in when you’re ready.

Stephanie Morgan, founder of Corduroy, has a Psychology degree as well as a Master of Social Work with a concentration in Mental Health. She is also a certified Mindfulness Meditation Instructor (taught by David Nichtern at Samarasa in Los Angeles). She’s constantly devouring thoughtfully-written self-help and spiritual wisdom, playing music in Pink Mercury, voice acting, and gardening.

(No need to ‘add to cart’. Contact Steph if you’re interested in coming to check it out).

Drop into the present moment with a 30-minute mindfulness exercise. Exercises may rotate from week to week, but this time is intended to give the brain practice at calming and balancing, as a basis for greater access to nonjudgmental creative flow. Please dress comfortably.

Registration: you’ll go thru the checkout, but your price will be $0 :)

Location will be central to Asheville, and will be sent to you the day before the event.

LANEY BARNETT

A native of Asheville, NC, Laney is a violinist and a music teacher. With influences of Appalachia, she remains true to her innermost voice. She’ll bring her 5-pc band to Corduroy.

She is fond of her dog, Oliver Brown, SHREDDING the whitewater, her incredible community of friends and family, and you.

Laney also plays fiddle for the Asheville-based band Mt. Kili, with friends Rick Sitcha, Matt Shepard, and Liiiana Hudgens.

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QUINN BEE

Quinn Brodsky is a folk and alternative musician from Texas. She is one half of the duo SIBLINGS.

Growing up on the mean streets of Texas, Quinn survived by participating in numerous petty scams and by smuggling roadkill and twinkies across the border into Oklahoma. One fateful night, after evading the sheriff by disguising herself as a tumbleweed, Quinn rolled into a bar and experienced live music for the first time. She knew immediately that it was time to change her ways and devote her life to music (with physics as a side-hustle just in case). Time for some fun facts! Few people know that when Quinn sings, the sound is actually coming out of her eyeballs. Because this is occasionally seen as disconcerting by the audience, Quinn has trained extensively in the art of lip-syncing to hide this, going so far as to study the art under the legendary performer RuPaul.

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Virtuous

The music of Kia Rice, who performs under the moniker Virtuous, began with singing in the church youth choir, writing plays and musicals, putting on private concerts for her parents, and dreaming of traveling around the country to sing and act. All grown up, she draws from a love of all musical sounds — Hip Hop to R&B, Soul, Pop, Alternative and Gospel. Her hope is to make music that you can dance to, music you can feel, music you can relate to, and music that uplifts and heals the soul.

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Miss Dazey

Miss Dazey is a multi-genre artist hailing from the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina. She has been compared to those of Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, Rhapsody, Mac Miller, and more, tho she prides herself on her unique sound and thought. She loves to get the crowd thinking, dancing, and smiling the evening away.

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Soundcloud - “Dear Mama”

(FREE ONGOING MEETING, Mondays, 9:30 til approx. 11 or 11:30am. Contact Steph if you’re interested in coming to check it out - no need to ‘add to cart’).

21+, led by Stephanie Morgan.

Corduroy’s cornerstone meetup!

No matter how you spend your time, you want to spend it well, carve a deep path, work out the kinks from childhood, and keep your creative trajectory in focus (whatever that is).

This small group goes deep. It meets most Monday mornings, for about 2 hours. It’s designed for people who are willing to sit and share about blocks, fears, triumphs, and experiments in the process of creative living. Maybe you want the accountability of meeting up before going off on your own for the week. Maybe you have plans you want to be sure you see through to execution, but your sibling issues are rearing up as you try to collaborate. Or maybe you just want to meditate a little (15 min at the beginning) with people, and feel seen and heard in the discussion to follow.

This is a moment at the start of your week to stash your phone, sit, focus, listen to some curated wisdom aimed at helping you stay mindful about what you’re putting into your life, receive support from others, and put some intention into how you live your life.

Introverts welcome. There is a lot of group discussion, but Corduroy will not pressure you to be in the spotlight. That said, we believe you’re coming for a reason, so we hope you’ll join in when you’re ready.

Stephanie Morgan, founder of Corduroy, has a Psychology degree as well as a Master of Social Work with a concentration in Mental Health. She is also a certified Mindfulness Meditation Instructor (taught by David Nichtern at Samarasa in Los Angeles). She’s constantly devouring thoughtfully-written self-help and spiritual wisdom, playing music in Pink Mercury, voice acting, and gardening.

(No need to ‘add to cart’. Contact Steph if you’re interested in coming to check it out).

Drop into the present moment with a 30-minute mindfulness exercise. Exercises may rotate from week to week, but this time is intended to give the brain practice at calming and balancing, as a basis for greater access to nonjudgmental creative flow. Please dress comfortably.

Registration: you’ll go thru the checkout, but your price will be $0 :)

Location will be central to Asheville, and will be sent to you the day before the event.