Creative Check-in
16+.
The cornerstone practice at Corduroy! (This happens right after Mindfulness.)
No matter how you spend your time, you want to spend it well. Keep your creative trajectory in focus, and your calendar peaceful.
This 1-hr “set-up-your-week” session is designed for just about anyone. 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. Or maybe you struggle sometimes with overcommitment, or you feel like your time is not your own.
Artists, remote workers, moms & dads, accountants, songwriters, CEO’s—this is a moment at the start of your week to stash your phone for an hour, sit on a pillow, focus, listen to some curated wisdom aimed at helping you stay mindful about what you’re putting on your plate, receive support from others, and put some intention into how you will spend your next 7 days.
Introverts welcome. This check-in can be between you and you. There is group discussion, but Corduroy will not pressure you to be in the spotlight.
Register here or consider a Corduroy All-Access Pass! (Morning and Evening Passes also available.)
FREE Mindfulness Exercise
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 :)
Consider an All-Access Pass!
Magnum Opus: A Creative Consciousness Workshop
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.
Creative Check-in
16+.
The cornerstone practice at Corduroy! (This happens right after Mindfulness.)
No matter how you spend your time, you want to spend it well. Keep your creative trajectory in focus, and your calendar peaceful.
This 1-hr “set-up-your-week” session is designed for just about anyone. 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. Or maybe you struggle sometimes with overcommitment, or you feel like your time is not your own.
Artists, remote workers, moms & dads, accountants, songwriters, CEO’s—this is a moment at the start of your week to stash your phone for an hour, sit on a pillow, focus, listen to some curated wisdom aimed at helping you stay mindful about what you’re putting on your plate, receive support from others, and put some intention into how you will spend your next 7 days.
Introverts welcome. This check-in can be between you and you. There is group discussion, but Corduroy will not pressure you to be in the spotlight.
Register here or consider a Corduroy All-Access Pass! (Morning and Evening Passes also available.)
FREE Mindfulness Exercise
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 :)
Consider an All-Access Pass!
Live Music Salon: Ambient/Experimental with Visuals
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.
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.
Lounge Yoga & Sound Bath Extravaganza
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.
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.
Insta: @madelynilanamusicandhealing
Script Reading for Voice, Screen, or Confidence-Building
Ages 18+
Stephanie Morgan, owner of Corduroy, is aka Chloe Taylor, voice actor ( chloetaylorvoice.com ). She's also a trained screen actor, sometimes public speaker, and voice coach, and her group sessions are pretty dang fun. If you're new to script reading, are already a voiceover talent or screen actor, OR you're seeking a supportive community to help you build confidence in general through a fun medium, join us! Steph will direct and coach 2-3 readers as they each work thru one short script, allowing for class feedback. You'll be surprised at how much you can learn from being in either role.
No commitment required.
Consider an All-Access Pass!
Creative Check-in
16+.
The cornerstone practice at Corduroy! (This happens right after Mindfulness.)
No matter how you spend your time, you want to spend it well. Keep your creative trajectory in focus, and your calendar peaceful.
This 1-hr “set-up-your-week” session is designed for just about anyone. 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. Or maybe you struggle sometimes with overcommitment, or you feel like your time is not your own.
Artists, remote workers, moms & dads, accountants, songwriters, CEO’s—this is a moment at the start of your week to stash your phone for an hour, sit on a pillow, focus, listen to some curated wisdom aimed at helping you stay mindful about what you’re putting on your plate, receive support from others, and put some intention into how you will spend your next 7 days.
Introverts welcome. This check-in can be between you and you. There is group discussion, but Corduroy will not pressure you to be in the spotlight.
Register here or consider a Corduroy All-Access Pass! (Morning and Evening Passes also available.)
FREE Mindfulness Exercise
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 :)
Consider an All-Access Pass!
Movie Music: Pink Mercury improvises to The Red Balloon
1958 Academy Award-winning film The Red Balloon is a French tale of innocence, following a boy and a sentient balloon around the streets of Paris.
Pink Mercury will be replacing the movie's sound for the evening, interpreting its emotional themes. Join us from 8-10pm for light h'ors d'ouvres and this first-of-its kind improvisatory audio-visual event at Corduroy!
Script Reading for Voice, Screen, or Confidence-Building
Ages 18+
Stephanie Morgan, owner of Corduroy, is aka Chloe Taylor, voice actor ( chloetaylorvoice.com ). She's also a trained screen actor, sometimes public speaker, and voice coach, and her group sessions are pretty dang fun. If you're new to script reading, are already a voiceover talent or screen actor, OR you're seeking a supportive community to help you build confidence in general through a fun medium, join us! Steph will direct and coach 2-3 readers as they each work thru one short script, allowing for class feedback. You'll be surprised at how much you can learn from being in either role.
No commitment required.
Consider an All-Access Pass!
Creative Check-in
16+.
The cornerstone practice at Corduroy! (This happens right after Mindfulness.)
No matter how you spend your time, you want to spend it well. Keep your creative trajectory in focus, and your calendar peaceful.
This 1-hr “set-up-your-week” session is designed for just about anyone. 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. Or maybe you struggle sometimes with overcommitment, or you feel like your time is not your own.
Artists, remote workers, moms & dads, accountants, songwriters, CEO’s—this is a moment at the start of your week to stash your phone for an hour, sit on a pillow, focus, listen to some curated wisdom aimed at helping you stay mindful about what you’re putting on your plate, receive support from others, and put some intention into how you will spend your next 7 days.
Introverts welcome. This check-in can be between you and you. There is group discussion, but Corduroy will not pressure you to be in the spotlight.
Register here or consider a Corduroy All-Access Pass! (Morning and Evening Passes also available.)
FREE Mindfulness Exercise
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 :)
Consider an All-Access Pass!
Live Music Salon: Laney Barnett + Quinn Bee
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.
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.
Live Music Salon: Virtuous + Miss Dazey
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.
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.
***NO Script Reading on March 5! Join us next week.***
Ages 18+
Stephanie Morgan, owner of Corduroy, is aka Chloe Taylor, voice actor ( chloetaylorvoice.com ). She's also a trained screen actor, sometimes public speaker, and voice coach, and her group sessions are pretty dang fun. If you're new to script reading, are already a voiceover talent or screen actor, OR you're seeking a supportive community to help you build confidence in general through a fun medium, join us! Steph will direct and coach 2-3 readers as they each work thru one short script, allowing for class feedback. You'll be surprised at how much you can learn from being in either role.
No commitment required.
Consider an All-Access Pass!
Creative Check-in
16+.
The cornerstone practice at Corduroy! (This happens right after Mindfulness.)
No matter how you spend your time, you want to spend it well. Keep your creative trajectory in focus, and your calendar peaceful.
This 1-hr “set-up-your-week” session is designed for just about anyone. 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. Or maybe you struggle sometimes with overcommitment, or you feel like your time is not your own.
Artists, remote workers, moms & dads, accountants, songwriters, CEO’s—this is a moment at the start of your week to stash your phone for an hour, sit on a pillow, focus, listen to some curated wisdom aimed at helping you stay mindful about what you’re putting on your plate, receive support from others, and put some intention into how you will spend your next 7 days.
Introverts welcome. This check-in can be between you and you. There is group discussion, but Corduroy will not pressure you to be in the spotlight.
Register here or consider a Corduroy All-Access Pass! (Morning and Evening Passes also available.)
FREE Mindfulness Exercise
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 :)
Consider an All-Access Pass!
Saturday: Live Music Salon: Slow Packer
Slow Packer is a collaborative music project between two brothers, Jack Victor and Mike Henry Johnson, who work as a songwriter and producer duo.
Doors 7:30, Show 8-10.
(also Steph’s Birthday Party!)
Script Reading for Voice, Screen, or Confidence-Building
Ages 18+
Stephanie Morgan, owner of Corduroy, is aka Chloe Taylor, voice actor ( chloetaylorvoice.com ). She's also a trained screen actor, sometimes public speaker, and voice coach, and her group sessions are pretty dang fun. If you're new to script reading, are already a voiceover talent or screen actor, OR you're seeking a supportive community to help you build confidence in general through a fun medium, join us! Steph will direct and coach 2-3 readers as they each work thru one short script, allowing for class feedback. You'll be surprised at how much you can learn from being in either role.
No commitment required.
Consider an All-Access Pass!
Creative Check-in
16+.
The cornerstone practice at Corduroy! (This happens right after Mindfulness.)
No matter how you spend your time, you want to spend it well. Keep your creative trajectory in focus, and your calendar peaceful.
This 1-hr “set-up-your-week” session is designed for just about anyone. 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. Or maybe you struggle sometimes with overcommitment, or you feel like your time is not your own.
Artists, remote workers, moms & dads, accountants, songwriters, CEO’s—this is a moment at the start of your week to stash your phone for an hour, sit on a pillow, focus, listen to some curated wisdom aimed at helping you stay mindful about what you’re putting on your plate, receive support from others, and put some intention into how you will spend your next 7 days.
Introverts welcome. This check-in can be between you and you. There is group discussion, but Corduroy will not pressure you to be in the spotlight.
Register here or consider a Corduroy All-Access Pass! (Morning and Evening Passes also available.)
FREE Mindfulness Exercise
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 :)
Consider an All-Access Pass!
Live Music Salon: Moon Bride w/ Arielita
MOON BRIDE
Indie-pop artist Moon Bride (formerly Carly Taich), writes about doubt, faith, fear and love in a way that’s anything but cliche. Framing her self-aware lyrics with cinematic orchestration and unusual melodies that take us to another dimension, there is a storybook mysticism to all Moon Bride touches, with one foot planted in this reality. Join her for an intimate, solo performance that might get a little experimental.
ARIELITA
(they/she)
…is a singer-songwriter currently based in Asheville, NC. Their music is quiet, reflective, and bittersweet, reminiscent of artists like Mitski, Haley Heynderickx, Squirrel Flower, and Flatsound. Growing up in NJ/NYC, arielita still holds the grit and edge of the city in her bones, but the mountains of Asheville have softened her heart and mind in a way she is extremely grateful for, and she finds this balance is present in the music she is making now.
Script Reading for Voice, Screen, or Confidence-Building
Ages 18+
Stephanie Morgan, owner of Corduroy, is aka Chloe Taylor, voice actor ( chloetaylorvoice.com ). She's also a trained screen actor, sometimes public speaker, and voice coach, and her group sessions are pretty dang fun. If you're new to script reading, are already a voiceover talent or screen actor, OR you're seeking a supportive community to help you build confidence in general through a fun medium, join us! Steph will direct and coach 2-3 readers as they each work thru one short script, allowing for class feedback. You'll be surprised at how much you can learn from being in either role.
No commitment required.
Consider an All-Access Pass!
Creative Check-in
16+.
The cornerstone practice at Corduroy! (This happens right after Mindfulness.)
No matter how you spend your time, you want to spend it well. Keep your creative trajectory in focus, and your calendar peaceful.
This 1-hr “set-up-your-week” session is designed for just about anyone. 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. Or maybe you struggle sometimes with overcommitment, or you feel like your time is not your own.
Artists, remote workers, moms & dads, accountants, songwriters, CEO’s—this is a moment at the start of your week to stash your phone for an hour, sit on a pillow, focus, listen to some curated wisdom aimed at helping you stay mindful about what you’re putting on your plate, receive support from others, and put some intention into how you will spend your next 7 days.
Introverts welcome. This check-in can be between you and you. There is group discussion, but Corduroy will not pressure you to be in the spotlight.
Register here or consider a Corduroy All-Access Pass! (Morning and Evening Passes also available.)
FREE Mindfulness Exercise
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 :)
Consider an All-Access Pass!
Let’s Play: Valentine’s Day Speed Relating!
18+
Singles, couples, or anyone in any relationship config…. meet new people or deepen relationships by playing Corduroy’s fast circle game that looks a lot like the love child of a speed date and a 70’s game show, but isn’t either. Speed Relating doesn’t try to play cupid (though who’s to say?)…. Instead, it invites you to relate, via rapid-encounter conversations (with people of any gender/relationship status), and then morphs into a Newlywed Game-style test of your comprehension skills. The rewards are ridiculous prizes (oh, and better relating)! If you’re looking for an alternative to the traditional Valentine’s outing, book your spot at Corduroy. There will be chocolate. <3