Upcoming events and things to do in Asheville, NC. Below is a list of events for festivals, concerts, art exhibitions, group meetups and more.

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Saturday, September 10, 2022
Gatherings of Artists + Writers Coffee
Sep 10 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

TFAC invites all artists: painters, sculptors, writers, performers & more — to a casual weekly drop-in gathering on Saturday mornings at 9 AM to share your works in progress, alert others, and chat about art and what’s happening in your community.

The first weekly Coffee is Saturday, August 20 at 9 am.

No RSVP needed, just drop by!

Free parking available on Melrose Avenue, behind and alongside TFAC.

Friday, September 16, 2022
Craft Cinema: Free Phantom Thread Film Screening
Sep 16 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Center for Craft

Phantom Thread
2017 ‧ 2h 11m ‧ R

‍September’s Craft Cinema screening is the 2017 Paul Thomas Anderson film, “Phantom Thread.” The film is set in a 1950’s London haute couture dressmaking atelier and follows the exacting fashion designer, Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis), who embroiders secret messages into his garments. The film depicts the laborious, hand-executed sewing, tailoring, and drapery techniques of couture garment-making and won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design.
Phantom Thread is rated R by the MPAA for language.

Complimentary beverages and popcorn courtesy of Bhramari Brewing Co. and Poppy Handcrafted popcorn are provided. Thank you to our Craft Cinema series sponsor, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

Saturday, September 17, 2022
Gatherings of Artists + Writers Coffee
Sep 17 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

TFAC invites all artists: painters, sculptors, writers, performers & more — to a casual weekly drop-in gathering on Saturday mornings at 9 AM to share your works in progress, alert others, and chat about art and what’s happening in your community.

The first weekly Coffee is Saturday, August 20 at 9 am.

No RSVP needed, just drop by!

Free parking available on Melrose Avenue, behind and alongside TFAC.

Thursday, September 22, 2022
Raegan Payne Virtual Writers Workshop “Inciting Incident”
Sep 22 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
online

The Jump Off: The Importance of the Inciting Incident will help writers craft exciting openings to hook an audience. “If you don’t grab an audience in the opening moments of a speech, play, novel, or even television series, they’re lost forever. Learn how to identify a compelling inciting incident and make it riveting.”

Raegan Payne is a published, award-winning playwright whose plays have been produced from Los Angeles to Lagos. She studied Shakespeare at the British American Drama Academy and improv/sketch writing at The Groundlings in Los Angeles and has just finished a master’s degree at the University of Cambridge in Writing for Performance. She is a member of Ammunition Theatre Company’s Writers Group, the Dramatist Guild, Actors’ Equity, SAG-AFTRA, and the Los Angeles Female Playwrights Initiative. She unwinds by fostering kittens and practicing Aikido. For more info go to: raeganpayne.com

Saturday, September 24, 2022
Gatherings of Artists + Writers Coffee
Sep 24 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

TFAC invites all artists: painters, sculptors, writers, performers & more — to a casual weekly drop-in gathering on Saturday mornings at 9 AM to share your works in progress, alert others, and chat about art and what’s happening in your community.

The first weekly Coffee is Saturday, August 20 at 9 am.

No RSVP needed, just drop by!

Free parking available on Melrose Avenue, behind and alongside TFAC.

Saturday, October 1, 2022
Gatherings of Artists + Writers Coffee
Oct 1 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

TFAC invites all artists: painters, sculptors, writers, performers & more — to a casual weekly drop-in gathering on Saturday mornings at 9 AM to share your works in progress, alert others, and chat about art and what’s happening in your community.

The first weekly Coffee is Saturday, August 20 at 9 am.

No RSVP needed, just drop by!

Free parking available on Melrose Avenue, behind and alongside TFAC.

Grail Moviehouse: the original 1931 Frankenstein film
Oct 1 @ 12:00 pm
Grail Moviehouse


Join Grail Moviehouse in partnership with the Magnetic Theatre for a presentation of the original 1931 FRANKENSTEIN. This classic sci-fi / horror tells the story of Henry Frankenstein, who digs up corpses in order to assemble a living being from different body parts, resulting in the famed monster, played by the legendary Boris Karloff.

A percentage of the proceeds will benefit The Magnetic Theatre and their production of THE FRANKENSTEIN RUBRICS, by local playwright David Hopes.

More about THE FRANKENSTEIN RUBRICS:

The Magnetic Theatre presents The Frankenstein Rubrics
Written by local playwright David Hopes
Directed by Doug Savitt
October 7-22 with shows Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:30pm and 4pm on Sundays

The Beauty and Magesty of Our Universe The Hunt For Planet B
Oct 1 @ 2:00 pm
The Collider

The Hunt For Planet B, the story about the building of the world’s most powerful telescope will screen at the Collider in Asheville on October 1, 2022 at 2pm. Admission is free. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is 100 times more powerful than the Hubble Space telescope allowing scientists for the first time to see the very first stars and galaxies in the universe 13 billion light years into outer space.

Screening Sponsored by ASRC Federal, Asheville Museum of Science and CASE Consultants International
ASHEVILLE, N.C., Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Hunt For Planet B, the story about the building of the world’s most powerful telescope will screen at the Collider in Asheville on October 1, 2022 at 2pm. Admission is free. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is 100 times more powerful than the Hubble Space telescope allowing scientists for the first time to see the very first stars and galaxies in the universe 13 billion light years into outer space.

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The screening is sponsored by the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC Federal) in collaboration with the Asheville Museum of Science and CASE Consultants International, a climate sustainability and solutions company.

ASRC Federal was instrumental in the construction of the James Webb Space Telescope. Prior to the film’s screening ASRC Federal JWST Photographer Chris Gunn and ASRC Federal JWST Outreach Lead Peter Sooy will relate personal stories and answer questions.
Registration for the screening is available online at: Simpletix (https://www.simpletix.com/e/the-hunt-for-planet-b-movie-screening-tick-tickets-114130).
Additional information about the screening and presentations can be found on the CASE Consultants International website (https://caseconsultantsinternational.com/events/f/movie-night-at-the-collider—the-hunt-for-planet-b).
For more information contact:
Veronica Crane-Lindsey | Events Business Manager
[email protected] | 828 768-0934
Peter Doyle
310 993 2763 | [email protected]
CASE Consultants International
One Haywood Street, Suite 451, Asheville, NC 28801
www.CASEConsultantsInternational.com
SOURCE CASE Consultants International

Bicycle Film Festival
Oct 1 @ 5:30 pm
Gunter Theatre

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Bicycle Film Festival
Oct 1 @ 8:30 pm
Gunter Theatre

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Sunday, October 2, 2022
Grail Moviehouse: the original 1931 Frankenstein film
Oct 2 @ 12:00 pm
Grail Moviehouse


Join Grail Moviehouse in partnership with the Magnetic Theatre for a presentation of the original 1931 FRANKENSTEIN. This classic sci-fi / horror tells the story of Henry Frankenstein, who digs up corpses in order to assemble a living being from different body parts, resulting in the famed monster, played by the legendary Boris Karloff.

A percentage of the proceeds will benefit The Magnetic Theatre and their production of THE FRANKENSTEIN RUBRICS, by local playwright David Hopes.

More about THE FRANKENSTEIN RUBRICS:

The Magnetic Theatre presents The Frankenstein Rubrics
Written by local playwright David Hopes
Directed by Doug Savitt
October 7-22 with shows Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:30pm and 4pm on Sundays

Monday, October 3, 2022
Grail Moviehouse: the original 1931 Frankenstein film
Oct 3 @ 7:00 pm
Grail Moviehouse


Join Grail Moviehouse in partnership with the Magnetic Theatre for a presentation of the original 1931 FRANKENSTEIN. This classic sci-fi / horror tells the story of Henry Frankenstein, who digs up corpses in order to assemble a living being from different body parts, resulting in the famed monster, played by the legendary Boris Karloff.

A percentage of the proceeds will benefit The Magnetic Theatre and their production of THE FRANKENSTEIN RUBRICS, by local playwright David Hopes.

More about THE FRANKENSTEIN RUBRICS:

The Magnetic Theatre presents The Frankenstein Rubrics
Written by local playwright David Hopes
Directed by Doug Savitt
October 7-22 with shows Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:30pm and 4pm on Sundays

Friday, October 7, 2022
Tryon International Film Festival – VIP ALL Access
Oct 7 @ 5:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

This pass includes access to the Gala reception and screening on Friday, two days of live films, seven days of virtual fim access, workshops, hospitality parties, and VIP Lounge.

Tryon International Film Festival – Opening Reception
Oct 7 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

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This pass includes the screening to take place at the Historic Tryon Theatre with a gala and reception to take place at the Upstairs Artspace & McCowen St.

Saturday, October 8, 2022
Gatherings of Artists + Writers Coffee
Oct 8 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

TFAC invites all artists: painters, sculptors, writers, performers & more — to a casual weekly drop-in gathering on Saturday mornings at 9 AM to share your works in progress, alert others, and chat about art and what’s happening in your community.

The first weekly Coffee is Saturday, August 20 at 9 am.

No RSVP needed, just drop by!

Free parking available on Melrose Avenue, behind and alongside TFAC.

Tryon International Film Festival – Saturday Screening
Oct 8 @ 12:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

This pass includes access to all Saturday film screenings, workshops and hospitality parties during the live festival.

 

Tryon International Film Festival – Weekend Pass
Oct 8 @ 12:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

 

This pass includes access to all film screenings for Saturday & Sunday, workshops, hospitality parties and Award Ceremony during the live festival.

The Reunited States – Film Screening
Oct 8 @ 1:00 pm
Gunter Theatre

In the midst of America’s deep divisions, The Reunited States is a powerful and urgent documentary that follows the unsung heroes on the difficult journey of bridging our political and racial divides. Susan Bro, who lost her daughter when a car drove through a crowd of counter-protestors in Charlottesville, VA and David and Erin Leaverton, a Republican couple who travel to all fifty states in an RV to find out what divides us, are just a few of the characters profiled in the film. Each of these bridge-builders have realized that while our divides run deeper than they ever could have imagined, so does the love and hope to bring our country back together. Based on the book of the same name by Mark Gerzon, the film urges us to consider that everyone has a role to play in reuniting the country.

About the Director
Ben Rekhi is an award-winning filmmaker who’s first feature was the SXSW Audience Award winner Waterborne. Rekhi’s second feature The Ashram was released by The Orchard in 2018. Rekhi then directed a documentary series for PBS called The Hidden Vote. His third feature Watch List was co-financed by Bron Studios and executive produced by XYZ Films.

Run Time: 1 hour 25 minutes

Tryon International Film Festival – VIP ALL Access
Oct 8 @ 5:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

This pass includes access to the Gala reception and screening on Friday, two days of live films, seven days of virtual fim access, workshops, hospitality parties, and VIP Lounge.

Sunday, October 9, 2022
Tryon International Film Festival – Sunday Screening Pass
Oct 9 @ 12:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

This pass includes access to all Sunday film screenings, workshops, hospitality parties and Awards ceremony during the live festival.

Tryon International Film Festival – Weekend Pass
Oct 9 @ 12:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

 

This pass includes access to all film screenings for Saturday & Sunday, workshops, hospitality parties and Award Ceremony during the live festival.

Tryon International Film Festival – VIP ALL Access
Oct 9 @ 5:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

This pass includes access to the Gala reception and screening on Friday, two days of live films, seven days of virtual fim access, workshops, hospitality parties, and VIP Lounge.

Tuesday, October 11, 2022
CAPERS + HEISTS FILM SERIES – The Sting
Oct 11 @ 7:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

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Join us at TFAC for the 2022/23 Capers & Heists Series, kicking off in October with The StingDoors open at 6:15 p.m. for fun and mingling.

The film starts at 7:00 p.m. Tickets will be available to purchase online or at the door and concessions will be available.

Tickets are $8/person per film or $58/Season Ticket.

Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Award-Winning author and former Asheville resident, Chloe Kemp, presents her book, WISDOM KEEPER: My Extraordinary Journey to Unlock the Sacred Within
Oct 12 @ 8:30 pm
Sovereign Kava

Chloe lived in Asheville for 12 years and is now residing in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Much of her book takes place in Asheville. Chloe’s spiritual memoir reveals the Divine pathway to a more peaceful, happy, fulfilled, and healthy life. Come meet Chloe and find out why her book is changing lives.

GOLD WINNER Memoir by a female—2022 Living Now Book Awards — Books for Better Living

FINALIST New Age Nonfiction: 2022 International Book Awards

SOVEREIGN KAVA hosting Author Event: Wed, OCT. 12, @ 8:30 pm
268 Biltmore Ave.

🌻 Book Discussion 🌻 Reading Excerpts from the book 🌻 Q & A session 🌻 Autographed English & Spanish books available to purchase

For more information about Chloe and her WISDOM KEEPER spiritual memoir: www.ChloeKempWisdomKeeper.com

Thursday, October 13, 2022
Writing Out of Pain: Memoirs by WNC Authors Lecture and Book Discussion Series: Vietnam veterans reading poems and prose from Brothers Like These: Vietnam War Veterans
Oct 13 @ 7:00 pm
West Asheville Public Library


Some of our greatest art has come in response to the pain of this world: war, accident, crime and punishment, physical and mental illness, racial and class-based inequities. As Asheville resident Nancy Sehested has written, “The deeply human questions of forgiveness, redemption, and mercy emerge from the ruins of broken lives…Pain is not the last word.”

On eight evenings from September to December, the Wilma Dykeman Legacy and the West Asheville Library will celebrate four memoirs of resilience and hope from the mountains of Western North Carolina. All events are free and will be at the West Asheville Library, except for the digital event on December 8.

About the Wilma Dykeman Legacy

The Wilma Dykeman Legacy is a tax-exempt non-profit organization founded in 2012 to sustain and promote Wilma Dykeman’s values by sponsoring diverse workshops, events, and other programs.  The core values of this extraordinary woman from Buncombe County included environmental integrity, social justice, and the power of the written and spoken word.  For more information, visit www.wilmadykemanlegacy.org.

Saturday, October 15, 2022
Gatherings of Artists + Writers Coffee
Oct 15 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

TFAC invites all artists: painters, sculptors, writers, performers & more — to a casual weekly drop-in gathering on Saturday mornings at 9 AM to share your works in progress, alert others, and chat about art and what’s happening in your community.

The first weekly Coffee is Saturday, August 20 at 9 am.

No RSVP needed, just drop by!

Free parking available on Melrose Avenue, behind and alongside TFAC.

Friday, October 21, 2022
Celebración de la Herencia Hispana / Hispanic Heritage Celebration
Oct 21 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Burton Street Community Center

¿Quién está listo para una fiesta? Únase a nosotros en Burton Street para una velada de música, baile y deliciosa cocina latina seguida de una proyección de ‘Encanto’ en nuestra pantalla al aire libre.

Who’s ready for a fiesta? Join us at Burton Street for an evening of music, dancing, and delicious Latin cuisine followed by a showing of ‘Encanto’ on our outdoor screen.

MILLS RIVER: HALLOWEEN MOVIE IN THE PARK: Hocus Pocus
Oct 21 @ 7:00 pm
Mills River Park

This event is free to attend and no pre-registration is required. The film Hocus Pocus (1993) is
scheduled to begin at dark (approximately 7:00 p.m.). There will be lawn games, a photo
booth, and other activities available starting at 6:30 p.m. Cash only concessions will be
available. Attendees should bring their own lawn chairs or blankets. Please leave all pets at
home for this event. Free parking is available in the park and carpooling is encouraged.
This first-of-its kind event for Mills River is made possible this year as a result of the Town
Council’s decision to expand Parks and Recreation services for the residents of Mills River by
increasing staff support and earmarking funding for programs and events. This investment by
the Council was supported by the Town’s Parks, Trails, and Recreation Advisory committee
and the recently adopted Parks and Recreation Masterplan

Saturday, October 22, 2022
Gatherings of Artists + Writers Coffee
Oct 22 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

TFAC invites all artists: painters, sculptors, writers, performers & more — to a casual weekly drop-in gathering on Saturday mornings at 9 AM to share your works in progress, alert others, and chat about art and what’s happening in your community.

The first weekly Coffee is Saturday, August 20 at 9 am.

No RSVP needed, just drop by!

Free parking available on Melrose Avenue, behind and alongside TFAC.

Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Craft Cinema Halloween: Edward Scissorhands Film Screening CANCELLED
Oct 26 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Center for Craft

Edward Scissorhands
1990 ‧ 1h 45m ‧ PG-13

Join us for a Halloween-themed screening of Tim Burton’s 1990 cult-classic “Edward Scissorhands” through the lens of craft! A postmodern take on Frankenstein, the film follows Edward, an unfinished creation who is also an artistic outsider, navigating the conformity of suburban America and leaving behind a trail of avant-garde topiaries and haircuts. The film’s commentary on the handmade versus the machine is rendered with the singular irreverence and stylization of Tim Burton.

Complimentary beverages and popcorn courtesy of Bhramari Brewing Co. and Poppy Handcrafted popcorn are provided. Thank you to our Craft Cinema series sponsor, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.