Hope Rx Presents An Evening With Ryan Hampton

A former White House staffer and opioid addict turned celebrated author and activist, Ryan Hampton will speak at Blue Ridge Community College this month. The event is a collaboration between Henderson County Government, Advent Health, and Pardee UNC Health, and part of an effort to implement addiction-recovery programs in America’s rural and suburban communities. “With content that reaches over 1 million people a week, [Hampton] is breaking down cultural barriers that have kept people suffering in silence,” according to a press statement. (Hope Rx is Henderson County’s substance-abuse coalition.) $5. Tickets through Event Brite. For more information, see hope-rx.org.