Calendar of Events
Upcoming events and things to do in Asheville, NC. Below is a list of events for festivals, concerts, art exhibitions, group meetups and more.
Adding a Southeast destination for designer toy makers and collectors, *Assembly Required brings designer, bootleg and art toy artists from around the country, to present and sell their work.
Asheville’s premiere designer toy expo, *Assembly Required, is presented by Unboxing Asheville, Morgan’s Comic’s, 103.3 Asheville FM and Appalachian Pinball Museum. Focusing on this artistic movement, designer toys are a form of lowbrow pop art. These toy makers pull inspiration from a variety of subversive segments of culture, as well as subcultural elements, including (but not limited to) comics, tattooing, street art, and everything related to toys of the 60’s through the 80’s.
Echoing production methods of traditional toy manufacturers, designer toys are usually intended to be displayed as collectibles, rather than to be played with. Toy makers mediums range from resin to vinyl, from plastic to plush; with molding, and production techniques such as kitbash, sofubi and bootleg (recently coined ‘Artisanal Action Figure’, by New York Times writer, Rich Juzwiak [11/23/18]). (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/23/style/bootleg-toys-action-figures.html).
Juzwiak interviews such artists as the Sucklord and Killer Bootlegs, both of whom will be present at *Assembly Required.
This is our Spring Share-a-Thon
https://www.facebook.com/events/290842831609830/
THIS TRANSPORT IS NOW FULL! We will be publishing March transport dates in about three weeks.
This transport will accommodate 30 animals. Bully Breeds (including Pit Bulls, Rottweilers, Bull Dogs, Boxers, German Shepherds, Dobermans, Akitas, Huskies, Wolf mixes, Bull Mastiffs or mixes of the above) are FREE as are pets whose owners are on Public Assistance with proper identification. Feral cats will also be fixed and receive a Rabies vaccine for FREE as long as funding is available. Owners would still need to pay for the $10 Rabies vaccine and all basic preventive vaccines (excluding feral cats). Other breed dogs are $35 and cats are $25. If your pet needs a rabies vaccine, the cost will be an additional $10.
All pricing and free services include a basic exam, sedation meds, spay/neuter, pain medication, and overnight hospital stay. Other services such as Booster shots, Kennel Cough vaccine, Hernia Repair, and Micro-Chipping can be added for $15 each. Nail trims are $5 per pet.
Conditions for Transport: Dogs must be at least 4 mos old and if under 1 year old, must have had three sets of basic vaccines + kennel cough vaccine (strongly recommended). Cats must be 3 mos and 3 lbs, and are strongly suggested to have had one-two sets of vaccines (ferals excluded).
All vaccines should be administered no later than one week before transport. You can either get these vaccines through your vet or by purchasing them at Tractor Supply and administering them yourselves for a cost of about $11-$15 each.
To register for a transport, please call 888-422-7303, select option 2, leave your name/number, and a volunteer will return your call to schedule your pet.
We will be meeting at the end of Tractor Supply’s fenced-in lot closest to the highway. If it’s raining, we’ll be meeting under the overhang by the front door. Thank you for being a responsible pet owner!
https://www.facebook.com/events/315893815716618/
Choose to work with one of three unique photographers offering three-day intensive instruction on respective areas of expertise with Lake Logan as the backdrop. Instructors are David Simchock, Susanna Euston, and Barry Wheeler.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
TUESDAY
3 – 5 PM Check-in
6 PM Dinner
7 PM Workshop
WEDNESDAY
8 AM Breakfast
9 AM Workshop
Noon Lunch
1 PM Workshop
6 PM Dinner
7 PM Workshop
THURSDAY
8 AM Breakfast
9 AM Workshop
Noon Lunch
https://www.facebook.com/events/288194228530975/
Battle of the Badges is back! In this friendly competition, The Asheville Fire Department, Asheville Police Department, Buncombe County Emergency Medical Service, Buncombe Country Sheriff’s Office and the North Carolina Highway Patrol are teaming with the American Red Cross to encourage eligible donors to help save lives with blood donations. The group that recruits the most donors on Feb. 20 at First Baptist Church in Asheville will win bragging rights!
https://www.facebook.com/events/362581784296630/
The Cooperative Extension of Polk County is hosting our annual berry plant sale. This year, the Cooperative Extension director has chosen four varieties of blueberries, two varieties of raspberries, two varieties of strawberries, and one blackberry variety that have proven to specifically thrive in the North Carolina Foothills.
Orders will be accepted for plants now through February 22 and will be available for pickup in mid-March. Proceeds from this fundraiser go to support the activities, classes, and research that make the Cooperative Extension such a vital part of the Polk County community. For more information or to place an order, visit the Extension’s website at https://polk.ces.ncsu.edu or give us a call at 894-8218.
Download the Order Form HERE: https://polk.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2019-Berry-Plant-Order-Form-Writeable.pdf?fwd=no
https://www.facebook.com/events/393022604782447/?event_time_id=393022704782437
Join Jane Voorhees for a two-day beginning watercolor landscape class. You’ll learn about different brushes, paints and paper while expanding your watercolor vocabulary with lots of traditional and non-traditional watercolor techniques. For beginners or those wanting to refresh basic watercolor techniques. Jane comes from a well-known artistic family and she teaches regularly at the John C. Campbell Folk School. $120 + $20 materials fee. See her website: www.JaneVoorheesArt.com Limit 10.
https://www.facebook.com/events/949928291868589/
The calendar says winter, but did you know that spring is just a few months away? There’s no time like the present to get prepared for the future – a future in bright colors, shorts and dresses, and blouses and short-sleeved shirts. It’s even better when you can save A LOT.
Head out to the Little Red Schoolhouse, located behind the Original Mast Store in Valle Crucis, to stock up on shorts, shirts, and more for Spring Break and all the other warmer days to come.
Here’s the full scoop:
• Salesman Samples are 70% OFF (limited sizes)
• Other apparel is an Additional 20% OFF the last red-lined price
• Shoes are priced as marked
**Size runs may not be available in all merchandise. Selection includes items for men and women.**
The Schoolhouse is open Monday – Saturday 10 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. and Sunday noon until 6 p.m.
https://www.facebook.com/events/495934130936987/?event_time_id=495934164270317
We are supporting Bounty & Soul’s work providing healthy food for our local community by providing them with metal silverware for their food sampling events. These wiill prevent the wastage and expense of disposable spoons and forks.
Bounty & Soul provide samples of delicious plant based foods and education for those members of the community who are receiving donated healthy food. Rather than use plastic spoons and forks for the demonstrations and sampling, Bounty & Sould are finding ways to be more green and sustainable, and we want to help.
We are aiming to collect 80 sets of metal or durable bamboo small spoons and forks through the month of February. Please bring washed used or new silverware to our store and enjoy our thanks and a browse and a cup of fair trade coffee.
https://www.facebook.com/events/618459661957593/?event_time_id=618459725290920
For dance students and open to the public. A 90-minute master class led by a MOMIX professional dancer, beginning with a traditional ballet barre or floor warm-up, followed by MOMIX-inspired work in center, and finishing with a Q/A and photo session. Free.
Space is limited; first come, first served. Please RSVP to Jared McEntire at [email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/events/404349143460464/
Winter can be the most beautiful time of the year at Chimney Rock. Leafless trees make for expansive views of Lake Lure and the Hickory Nut Gorge. The sky is clear; you’re likely to find a quiet spot to sit and enjoy the peacefulness. You may even see a critter scamper by you in the forest. Capture that special moment or scene on your camera, enter it in our Winter Wonders Photo Contest and tell us about it. We’ll use the winning entries on our website and Facebook album, and you’ll win some fun prizes. Photos must be taken within the Chimney Rock section of the Park.
Cost: No additional cost to enter.
https://www.facebook.com/events/789533238046693/?event_time_id=789533408046676
Jump to the beat with your friends on Sesame Street! Introducing an all-new, interactive show that unfolds on one of the world’s most famous streets at the funniest, furriest party in the neighborhood… get ready for Sesame Street Live! Let’s Party!
Sale Dates and Times:
Public Onsale : Thu, 17 Jan 2019 at 12:00 PM
Me + 3 Promotional Offer : Fri, 1 Feb 2019 at 09:30 AM
https://www.facebook.com/events/367580520489018/
STORYTIME & ART
Our programs for preschool and school-age students are back at a library near you! Storytime & Art is for preschool aged students accompanied by an adult. Come join in the fun with stories and songs, then make a hands-on art project just for the little ones!
Meet us at Enka-Candler Library (1404 Sand Hill Road, Candler 28715) on third Wednesdays at 10:30am!
https://www.facebook.com/events/369205413891570/
Join us every Wednesday for $3 Pints of Good Fight and a the perfect chilly weeknight activity. . .board games!
https://www.facebook.com/events/342227486373185/?event_time_id=342227506373183
Tiny Tots Yoga is for babies and toddlers that are crawling to 2 years with a caregiver (parent, friend, or guardian.)
During Tiny Tots Yoga class, crawlers and walkers will playfully practice yoga postures in seated, standing, walking, jumping. Quiet time will be provided at the end for parents, and bubbles for toddlers.
No prior yoga experience is needed.
*No mats are used in Tiny Tots Yoga class.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2086907968266921/
Buncombe County, North Carolina Library
West Asheville Branch Library, 942 Haywood Rd. Asheville, NC 28806
Toddler Time Story Time (18 months – 3 years)
AFP WNC’s December presentation on contemporary ethics by Hal Lewis has left the topic fresh in our minds.
This month participate in a facilitated round table discussion of fundraising ethics with your peers. Come prepared to dive deep into thorny ethical issues, share your quandaries, and learn from your colleagues in this round table format.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2567877136572067/
Burntyard Vineyards Wine Tastings
Wine Tastings Sunday – Thursday 12-6pm
Winery Tours 2 pm Daily
2695 Sugarloaf Rd. Hendersonville, NC 28792
Jonathan is a traditional southern Rootworker and Hoodoo Practitioner. He has received initiations in Lucumi and Ifa as well as receiving Asentamento in Quimbanda. His lineage can be traced to Cuba, Nigeria and Brazil respectively. He has been reading tarot cards for more than 15 years and has training in a wide variety of traditional folk magics. He is a graduate of the Lucky Mojo Correspondence Course and as a spiritual worker he not only foretells your future but focuses on remediating any problems that may show up in the clients reading. Cost is 2 dollars a minute with a 15 minute minimum, PayPal and cash accepted.
He also has a line of washes and oils for sale at Raven and Crone and he is available for hands on cleansing work, custom oils and mojo bags on request.
https://www.facebook.com/events/389105965183604/
We are continuing to host Wednesday markets here at Honey + the Hive, bringing in local farmers, artists, and crafters! Come join us from 1-5pm every Wednesday from January 9th to February 27th!
https://www.facebook.com/events/385091415568706/?event_time_id=385091438902037
Every Wednesday is Pint Night at the #brewery. Grab a free pint glass with the purchase of a #beer. Check out what we have on tap today on our website!
Come stop in. We open at 2 p.m. every Wednesday.
www.BlackMountainBrewing.com
https://www.facebook.com/events/2049123941800769/?event_time_id=2049124011800762
Hello eurythmy enthusiasts,
We will begin a new eurythmy series January 16 through February 20 from 2:45-3:15.
We will balance individual exercises with group exercises with an emphasis on enlivening and balancing our soul body.
Classes are $5/session or $25 for the six week session. (No charge for AWS staff).
We will meet in the eurythmy space in the basement of the Azalea Campus.
Winter weather can be unpredictable, Feb 27 will be a make-up class if we miss a session.
I am looking forward to moving together!
Best,
Elizabeth
https://www.facebook.com/events/2258903987502018/?event_time_id=2258908540834896
Storytime, songs & games for children & caregivers in our brewery taproom!
First and third Wednesday of every month, right after school at 3pm.
As always you may bring food in from wherever you choose but we always recommend our courtyard neighbors Pizza Mind, Gan Shan West and Owl Bakery. Cheers!
https://www.facebook.com/events/610002799356499/?event_time_id=761055420917902
Open electric jam and network for improv musicians. Hosted by Paul Drum DeCirce and Sean Mason
https://www.facebook.com/events/1985359548431775/?event_time_id=1985359561765107
For 4th-6th graders
Through improv and movement games, students will explore story structure focusing on how the beginning, middle, and end work together to introduce characters that develop through crisis and lead to resolution. We will discover how protagonists interact with an antagonist to change through a story. Students will learn to develop and then act out a story as a group.
8 Sessions for only $120
https://www.facebook.com/events/526963791116441/
For 4th-6th graders
Through improv and movement games, students will explore story structure focusing on how the beginning, middle, and end work together to introduce characters that develop through crisis and lead to resolution. We will discover how protagonists interact with an antagonist to change through a story. Students will learn to develop and then act out a story as a group.
8 Sessions for only $120
https://www.facebook.com/events/526963791116441/?event_time_id=526963797783107
John Mac Kah Studio Presents: Children’s Art with Alisa –
Register anytime.
Classes, Workshops, and Private Fine Art Instruction.
– – Tuesday & Wednesday, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
John Mac Kah Studio, 122 Riverside Dr., Studio H, Asheville
(828) 225-5000, www.JohnMacKah.com
$12 growler fills on Wednesdays. Select a wine on draft (some exceptions apply) and fill a plēb 500mL growler for $12. Growler purchase is separate. Carry out only.
https://www.facebook.com/events/859748727719594/?event_time_id=859748747719592
This new class in our Fitness Center will incorporate Qigong, strengthening, mediation and yoga. This class is geared to all ages and gender, especially male golfers.
Qigong is a practice that typically involves moving meditation, slow flowing movement and deep rhythmic breathing that provides a calm meditative state of mind.
Classes are $10.00/person.
This class will be lead by instructor Dr. John Akers. Dr. Akers is a recently retired Wofford language professor and classical guitarist who has taught wellness classes at Wofford, the Spartanburg YMCA, and Zen Garden. Dr. Akers played and coached collegiate soccer, has practiced meditation over 40 years, and teaches a daily routine of yoga and core strengthening enhanced by Qigong energy play. Dr. Akers is also an avid golfer committed to carrying his own clubs, without a cart.
https://www.facebook.com/events/407581593350375/?event_time_id=407581600017041
This new class in our Fitness Center will incorporate Qigong, strengthening, mediation and yoga. This class is geared to all ages and gender, especially male golfers.
Qigong is a practice that typically involves moving meditation, slow flowing movement and deep rhythmic breathing that provides a calm meditative state of mind.
Classes are $10.00/person.
This class will be lead by instructor Dr. John Akers. Dr. Akers is a recently retired Wofford language professor and classical guitarist who has taught wellness classes at Wofford, the Spartanburg YMCA, and Zen Garden. Dr. Akers played and coached collegiate soccer, has practiced meditation over 40 years, and teaches a daily routine of yoga and core strengthening enhanced by Qigong energy play. Dr. Akers is also an avid golfer committed to carrying his own clubs, without a cart.
https://www.facebook.com/events/407581593350375/