Celebrating Justin Townes Earle: ‘What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome’ Book Reading and Signing
ALL AGES SEATED SHOW FREE EVENT!! The Grey Eagle will host a special conversation with Jonathan Bernstein, author of What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome: The Authorized Biography of Justin Townes Earle, on Wednesday, March 18, at 6 p.m. Bernstein will read excerpts from his book and chat with local writer/musician Jay Moye about Earle’s life and career, with a focus on the acclaimed singer/songwriter’s Asheville legacy. This free event will precede the March 2026 edition of the Golden Folk Sessions songwriter series, which will begin at 7:15 p.m. Copies of What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome will be available for sale, and the Grey Eagle taqueria and bar will be open. Photo taken by Sandlin Gaither before Earle’s first Grey Eagle show on Feb. 1, 2008.
THE MOTH Presents: Asheville StorySLAM – “NEW LEAF” (1st timers night)
The Moth StorySLAM is an open-mic storytelling competition in which anyone can share a true, personal, 5-minute story on the night’s theme. Sign up for a chance to tell a story or sit back and enjoy the show! Tonight’s theme is… NEW LEAF: Never told a story on a Moth stage? This SLAM is for you! First-timers who have never told a story on any Moth stage will be prioritized tonight. Prepare a five-minute story about a new chapter. Bold beginnings, fresh starts and the mess we had to leave behind. Whether you pack up your life to move cross-country, cut ties with a partner to find yourself, or woke up one day and chose a different career. Tell us what it takes to begin again and what still lingers in the rearview. Doors Open: 6:30 PM Show Starts: 7:30 PM Tickets for Asheville StorySLAMs go on sale 3 weeks prior to the show date at 3 PM ET. Seating is not guaranteed and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please be sure to arrive at least 10 minutes before the show. Admission is not guaranteed for late arrivals. All sales final. As many as 10 tickets may be available at the door for all of our StorySLAMs on a first-come, first-served basis. With special thanks to our sponsor, BPR.
THE MOTH Presents: Asheville StorySLAM – “LOVE HURTS”
The Moth StorySLAM is an open-mic storytelling competition in which anyone can share a true, personal, 5-minute story on the night’s theme. Sign up for a chance to tell a story or sit back and enjoy the show! Tonight’s theme is… LOVE HURTS: Prepare a five-minute story about a love that made you go OUCH. The agony of deferred love, the misery of good love gone bad, or the anguish of unrequited love. Situationships, friend break-ups, bad romances. The good, the bad, and the ugly that you survived…or you inflicted. A love that “Hurts So Good.” Doors Open: 6:30 PM Show Starts: 7:30 PM Tickets for Asheville StorySLAMs go on sale 3 weeks prior to the show date at 3 PM ET. Seating is not guaranteed and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please be sure to arrive at least 10 minutes before the show. Admission is not guaranteed for late arrivals. All sales final. As many as 10 tickets may be available at the door for all of our StorySLAMs on a first-come, first-served basis. With special thanks to our sponsor, BPR.
THE MOTH Presents: Asheville StorySLAM – “FUMBLES & FOULS”
The Moth StorySLAM is an open-mic storytelling competition in which anyone can share a true, personal, 5-minute story on the night’s theme. Sign up for a chance to tell a story or sit back and enjoy the show! Tonight’s theme is… FUMBLES AND FOULS: Prepare a five minute story about the moment you dropped the ball. Oops, I did it again or did I do thaaaat? Tryouts, rehearsals, interviews, or dates. The highest of stakes or the lowest of lows. The failures you’ve learned from or the wrongs you won’t admit. The times you let your team down or compared yourself to the GOAT on the court. Shoot your shot! Doors Open: 6:30 PM Show Starts: 7:30 PM Tickets for Asheville StorySLAMs go on sale 3 weeks prior to the show date at 3 PM ET. Seating is not guaranteed and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please be sure to arrive at least 10 minutes before the show. Admission is not guaranteed for late arrivals. All sales final. As many as 10 tickets may be available at the door for all of our StorySLAMs on a first-come, first-served basis. With special thanks to our sponsor, BPR. By purchasing a ticket, you are opting in to receive email messages from The Moth on local events, membership news, donations, and general information about Moth stories and storytelling workshops.
THE MOTH Presents: Asheville StorySLAM – “SUS”
The Moth StorySLAM is an open-mic storytelling competition in which anyone can share a true, personal, 5-minute story on the night’s theme. Sign up for a chance to tell a story or sit back and enjoy the show! Tonight’s theme is… SUS: Prepare a five-minute story about deception or sus(picion). Counterfeit handbags, messages from unknown phone numbers, or skeletons in the closet. Raising an eyebrow or calling someone out. Acting shady or being played a fool. Was your gut feeling right or wrong? A deal too good to be true. I smell a rat! Doors Open: 6:30 PM Show Starts: 7:30 PM Tickets for Asheville StorySLAMs go on sale 3 weeks prior to the show date at 3 PM ET. Seating is not guaranteed and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please be sure to arrive at least 10 minutes before the show. Admission is not guaranteed for late arrivals. All sales final. As many as 10 tickets may be available at the door for all of our StorySLAMs on a first-come, first-served basis. With special thanks to our sponsor, BPR. By purchasing a ticket, you are opting in to receive email messages from The Moth on local events, membership news, donations, and general information about Moth stories and storytelling workshops.
THE MOTH Presents: Asheville StorySLAM – “I GOT IT FROM MY MAMA”
The Moth StorySLAM is an open-mic storytelling competition in which anyone can share a true, personal, 5-minute story on the night’s theme. Sign up for a chance to tell a story or sit back and enjoy the show! Tonight’s theme is… I GOT IT FROM MY MAMA: Prepare a five minute story about what runs in the family. From memorized sunday sauces to generational trauma wrapped in questionable traditions. Fashion tips and whispered warnings. Sharp tongues and sharper cheekbones. Tell tales of inherent humor, proud features, warm embraces and the advice only a matriach can deliver. Explore our motherly ties and those before them that shape our worldview and makes you you. Doors Open: 6:30 PM Show Starts: 7:30 PM Tickets for Asheville StorySLAMs go on sale 3 weeks prior to the show date at 3 PM ET. Seating is not guaranteed and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please be sure to arrive at least 10 minutes before the show. Admission is not guaranteed for late arrivals. All sales final. As many as 10 tickets may be available at the door for all of our StorySLAMs on a first-come, first-served basis. With special thanks to our sponsor, BPR. By purchasing a ticket, you are opting in to receive email messages from The Moth on local events, membership news, donations, and general information about Moth stories and storytelling workshops.
THE MOTH Presents: Asheville StorySLAM – “AMERICAN DREAMS”
The Moth StorySLAM is an open-mic storytelling competition in which anyone can share a true, personal, 5-minute story on the night’s theme. Sign up for a chance to tell a story or sit back and enjoy the show! Tonight’s theme is… AMERICAN DREAMS: Tell us a five minute story about your lifelong aspiration. Pulling off the impossible or failing in spectacular fashion. Overcoming the odds, shirking expectations, forging your own path come hell or high water. Give us your big swings, your wildest flights of fancy, your most epic home runs or your dreams dashed and deferred. Does the American Dream still exist? You tell us. Doors Open: 6:30 PM Show Starts: 7:30 PM Tickets for Asheville StorySLAMs go on sale 3 weeks prior to the show date at 3 PM ET. Seating is not guaranteed and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please be sure to arrive at least 10 minutes before the show. Admission is not guaranteed for late arrivals. All sales final. As many as 10 tickets may be available at the door for all of our StorySLAMs on a first-come, first-served basis. With special thanks to our sponsor, BPR. By purchasing a ticket, you are opting in to receive email messages from The Moth on local events, membership news, donations, and general information about Moth stories and storytelling workshops.
THE MOTH Presents: Asheville StorySLAM – “DIRT”
The Moth StorySLAM is an open-mic storytelling competition in which anyone can share a true, personal, 5-minute story on the night’s theme. Sign up for a chance to tell a story or sit back and enjoy the show! Tonight’s theme is… DIRT: Prepare a five-minute story about what lies beneath. Squalor, smut, muck and mire. Air out your dirty laundry and don’t leave out the filthy details. Your time spent in flowerbeds, quicksand, or the pig pen. The spade sinking into gravelly ground. The muddy footprints on the pristine white carpet. X marks the spot. What will you unearth? Buried treasure, lurid gossip, or a big orange carrot. Talk dirty to us! Doors Open: 6:30 PM Show Starts: 7:30 PM Tickets for Asheville StorySLAMs go on sale 3 weeks prior to the show date at 3 PM ET. Seating is not guaranteed and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please be sure to arrive at least 10 minutes before the show. Admission is not guaranteed for late arrivals. All sales final. As many as 10 tickets may be available at the door for all of our StorySLAMs on a first-come, first-served basis. With special thanks to our sponsor, BPR.
THE MOTH Presents: Asheville StorySLAM – “CHILDISH”
The Moth StorySLAM is an open-mic storytelling competition in which anyone can share a true, personal, 5-minute story on the night’s theme. Sign up for a chance to tell a story or sit back and enjoy the show! Tonight’s theme is… CHILDISH: Prepare a five-minute story about feeling young. Ditching second period or calling out “sick” from work. Middle school crushes or puppy love that had you feeling 16 again. Chasing ice cream trucks, building pillow forts, and losing stuffed animals. Whether it’s temper tantrums, tattle tales, or tumultuous inner-toddlers…it’s time to grow up. Tag! (no take backs times infinity) Doors Open: 6:30 PM Show Starts: 7:30 PM Tickets for Asheville StorySLAMs go on sale 3 weeks prior to the show date at 3 PM ET. Seating is not guaranteed and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please be sure to arrive at least 10 minutes before the show. Admission is not guaranteed for late arrivals. All sales final. As many as 10 tickets may be available at the door for all of our StorySLAMs on a first-come, first-served basis. With special thanks to our sponsor, BPR.
THE MOTH Presents: Asheville StorySLAM – “THEMELESS”
The Moth StorySLAM is an open-mic storytelling competition in which anyone can share a true, personal, 5-minute story on the night’s theme. Sign up for a chance to tell a story or sit back and enjoy the show! Tonight’s theme is… THEMELESS: Have a story that didn’t fit a Moth theme? We’re throwing themes out the window! This is your chance to tell a tale about whatever your heart desires. Carte blanche to share from the deep cuts, the archived memories, the untold stories. Everything but the kitchen sink. Was your name not selected from the hat? Does a blank page feel too daunting? Find inspiration from any of our past themes. LOVE HURTS, BEEF, FRIENDS, HOT MESS… you decide! Doors Open: 6:30 PM Show Starts: 7:30 PM Tickets for Asheville StorySLAMs go on sale 3 weeks prior to the show date at 3 PM ET. Seating is not guaranteed and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please be sure to arrive at least 10 minutes before the show. Admission is not guaranteed for late arrivals. All sales final. As many as 10 tickets may be available at the door for all of our StorySLAMs on a first-come, first-served basis. With special thanks to our sponsor, BPR.
