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.
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We have been an active club since 1924. We currently have 65 active members of all collecting interests and meet once per month to share programs, auctions, ideas, buy, sell & trade stamps, and just plain camaraderie. Many of our members have extensive collecting, exhibiting, or speaking experience, and discussions are always interesting and rewarding. New and developing collectors will find an audience ready and willing to help with expanding one’s knowledge and enjoyment of the hobby.
Western North Carolina is in an interesting geographical location: we get visitors from the north during the winter, from the south during the summer, and many people who decide they’ve had enough of either of those climates to move here permanently! We urge visitors of any age with philatelic interests to join us, even if only for a short time. We may even convince you to enjoy our region full-time!
Membership
We welcome collectors of all ages and interests.
Dues are $10.00 a year and includes our bimonthly newsletter “The Smoky Mountain Philatelist”, complete membership list that includes “what we collect” and notices about our meetings with urging to attend and share your interest with us.
Download the Membership Application in .pdf format.
WORTHAM CENTER PRESENTS
Gentle Yoga with Miranda Watson
Restart your wellness in a safe, judgment-free environment. Miranda Watson’s Gentle Yoga class focuses on connecting the breath with movement to calm and soothe the nervous system and soften the body into openness and stillness. Miranda skillfully guides students through a slow and fluid sequence of postures that encourage improved flexibility, range of motion, balance, coordination, and strength. The class ends with a guided meditation for deep relaxation. Please bring a yoga mat and any props you might need. No experience necessary.
With installation complete on a brand-new, venue-wide air filtration system, the Wortham Center is excited to reintroduce classes at the facility. Gentle yoga class is held on Thursdays from 9-10 a.m. No reservations required.
Classes are free with optional donations to support students returning to the theatre via Wortham Center’s Y.E.S. (Youth Education Scholarship) Fund.
About Miranda: As a lifelong dancer, Miranda Watson was drawn to yoga for the physical benefits — but soon discovered that it also helped her to manage stress and quiet the mind. She quickly fell in love with yoga, became a certified yoga instructor, and has now been practicing yoga since 2002.
Gather your friends and family (of drinking age) for hilarious and sometimes hazardous stories by comics and regular folks where the drink did them in. This is an audience interactive show!!
WORTHAM CENTER PRESENTS
Gentle Yoga with Miranda Watson
Restart your wellness in a safe, judgment-free environment. Miranda Watson’s Gentle Yoga class focuses on connecting the breath with movement to calm and soothe the nervous system and soften the body into openness and stillness. Miranda skillfully guides students through a slow and fluid sequence of postures that encourage improved flexibility, range of motion, balance, coordination, and strength. The class ends with a guided meditation for deep relaxation. Please bring a yoga mat and any props you might need. No experience necessary.
With installation complete on a brand-new, venue-wide air filtration system, the Wortham Center is excited to reintroduce classes at the facility. Gentle yoga class is held on Thursdays from 9-10 a.m. No reservations required.
Classes are free with optional donations to support students returning to the theatre via Wortham Center’s Y.E.S. (Youth Education Scholarship) Fund.
About Miranda: As a lifelong dancer, Miranda Watson was drawn to yoga for the physical benefits — but soon discovered that it also helped her to manage stress and quiet the mind. She quickly fell in love with yoga, became a certified yoga instructor, and has now been practicing yoga since 2002.
WORTHAM CENTER PRESENTS
Gentle Yoga with Miranda Watson
Restart your wellness in a safe, judgment-free environment. Miranda Watson’s Gentle Yoga class focuses on connecting the breath with movement to calm and soothe the nervous system and soften the body into openness and stillness. Miranda skillfully guides students through a slow and fluid sequence of postures that encourage improved flexibility, range of motion, balance, coordination, and strength. The class ends with a guided meditation for deep relaxation. Please bring a yoga mat and any props you might need. No experience necessary.
With installation complete on a brand-new, venue-wide air filtration system, the Wortham Center is excited to reintroduce classes at the facility. Gentle yoga class is held on Thursdays from 9-10 a.m. No reservations required.
Classes are free with optional donations to support students returning to the theatre via Wortham Center’s Y.E.S. (Youth Education Scholarship) Fund.
About Miranda: As a lifelong dancer, Miranda Watson was drawn to yoga for the physical benefits — but soon discovered that it also helped her to manage stress and quiet the mind. She quickly fell in love with yoga, became a certified yoga instructor, and has now been practicing yoga since 2002.
Have you ever wished upon a star? If not NOW is your chance! Enjoy an evening under the stars observing the Geminids Meteor Shower at our historic, mountaintop, Internationally Certified Dark Sky Park! The Geminids meteors are often bold, white, and bright. On a dark night, you can often catch 50 or more meteors per hour in a dark, moonless sky. The greatest number of meteors typically fall in the wee hours after midnight. Astronomers and telescopes will also be available earlier in the evening to view the dark skies.
PARI is offering two ticket options to this event. The first is an EVENING TICKET to enjoy observing the meteor shower and the night sky through PARI telescopes. The second option is the OVERNIGHT CABIN PACKAGE for two people that includes dinner, a tour, sunset hike, observing the meteors, night sky observing, an overnight stay in a cabin quarter, and breakfast.
The overnight cabin package is a rain or shine event. No refunds will be given unless PARI cancels the event.
WORTHAM CENTER PRESENTS
Gentle Yoga with Miranda Watson
Restart your wellness in a safe, judgment-free environment. Miranda Watson’s Gentle Yoga class focuses on connecting the breath with movement to calm and soothe the nervous system and soften the body into openness and stillness. Miranda skillfully guides students through a slow and fluid sequence of postures that encourage improved flexibility, range of motion, balance, coordination, and strength. The class ends with a guided meditation for deep relaxation. Please bring a yoga mat and any props you might need. No experience necessary.
With installation complete on a brand-new, venue-wide air filtration system, the Wortham Center is excited to reintroduce classes at the facility. Gentle yoga class is held on Thursdays from 9-10 a.m. No reservations required.
Classes are free with optional donations to support students returning to the theatre via Wortham Center’s Y.E.S. (Youth Education Scholarship) Fund.
About Miranda: As a lifelong dancer, Miranda Watson was drawn to yoga for the physical benefits — but soon discovered that it also helped her to manage stress and quiet the mind. She quickly fell in love with yoga, became a certified yoga instructor, and has now been practicing yoga since 2002.
Want to work on your handstands and other inversions to get your feet up and work on your strength? This one’s for you!
This will be a workshop for all levels! We’ll learn breathwork to prep the body for practice/inversions, as well as poses, drills and transitions.
Everything is optional, and the class will be taught from the ground up and yoga buffet style. Meaning, the most accessible posture is taught first, moving up towards inversions. The practitioner has full autonomy over how far they want to go and are cued to stay or play, knowing they can come out or take it up whenever they choose.
The Layout
2 Hours
Intro and Breathwork-20-30 minutes
Asana-1 Hour and 15 minutes
Breathwork and Savasana-15 minutes
This workshop is $35. If you have a yoga membership, email or DM us for a 10% off discount code!
We have been an active club since 1924. We currently have 65 active members of all collecting interests and meet once per month to share programs, auctions, ideas, buy, sell & trade stamps, and just plain camaraderie. Many of our members have extensive collecting, exhibiting, or speaking experience, and discussions are always interesting and rewarding. New and developing collectors will find an audience ready and willing to help with expanding one’s knowledge and enjoyment of the hobby.
Western North Carolina is in an interesting geographical location: we get visitors from the north during the winter, from the south during the summer, and many people who decide they’ve had enough of either of those climates to move here permanently! We urge visitors of any age with philatelic interests to join us, even if only for a short time. We may even convince you to enjoy our region full-time!
Membership
We welcome collectors of all ages and interests.
Dues are $10.00 a year and includes our bimonthly newsletter “The Smoky Mountain Philatelist”, complete membership list that includes “what we collect” and notices about our meetings with urging to attend and share your interest with us.
Download the Membership Application in .pdf format.
Join PARI on Friday, January 7, 2022 as we celebrate the largest planet in our solar system! 412 years ago this week Galileo Galilei spotted the four brightest moons of Jupiter and in honor of that monumental discovery we are sharing our best telescopes and internationally certified dark sky park to observe this planet, the moon and other fantastic objects you can only see with a telescope! Grab your coats, hot coffee or hot chocolate, friends and family then come to PARI for an unforgettable winter night.
Preregistration Is Required!
Join PARI on Friday, January 7, 2022 as we celebrate the largest planet in our solar system! 412 years ago this week Galileo Galilei spotted the four brightest moons of Jupiter and in honor of that monumental discovery we are sharing our best telescopes and Internationally certified dark sky park to observe this planet, the moon and other fantastic objects you can only see with a telescope! Grab your coats, hot coffee or hot chocolate, friends and family then come to PARI for an unforgettable winter night.
PARI is typically cooler than surrounding areas so make sure you dress appropriately for outdoor viewing.
Join Amber and Luna in the lushness of Lake Atitlán, Guatemala!
January 16th-22, 2022
Join us for 6 days and nights as we wander into different experiences that will expand our state of relaxation, giving us more capacity to ignite the light of the soul!
This retreat is open to anyone who identifies as a woman.
This is a fundraiser for Asheville Community Yoga! A portion of your tuition will go towards helping Asheville Community Yoga sustain it’s mission of keeping yoga accessible for ALL!
Together we will AWAKEN LOVE…
- In the body through Somatic and Yogic practices to regulate the nervous system
- In the mind through reflective practices and Dharma talks
- With community through ceremony, singing and sharing, and
- With the Earth through grounding practices, rituals and exploring nature and the indigenous ways of the local people
Celebrating this pop surrealistic art movement, *Assembly Required is the destination for independent designer, bootleg and art toy artists and collectors. Refining inspiration from a variety of underground and subcultural elements, *Assembly Required is a melting pot of artistic expression. Attendees are not only afforded the opportunity to purchase limited-run works of art directly from the artist, but meet and speak to the da Vinci’s, Botticelli’s, Michelangelo’s and Raphael’s of this true to form, turn of the century art movement.
Celebrating this pop surrealistic art movement, *Assembly Required is the destination for independent designer, bootleg and art toy artists and collectors. Refining inspiration from a variety of underground and subcultural elements, *Assembly Required is a melting pot of artistic expression. Attendees are not only afforded the opportunity to purchase limited-run works of art directly from the artist, but meet and speak to the da Vinci’s, Botticelli’s, Michelangelo’s and Raphael’s of this true to form, turn of the century art movement.
What’s more romantic than gazing at the stars deep in the night?? Grab your sweetheart and join PARI for a romantic Valentines evening getaway and leave with stars in your eyes. PARI astronomers will share our dark skies and point out objects such as the Heart Cluster and love story constellations like Princess Andromeda and the Warrior Perseus. This package includes an overnight cabin stay, evening viewing with PARI astronomers at our historic, mountaintop, Internationally Certified Dark Sky Park, a pre-packaged dinner on Friday and breakfast on Saturday, a bottle of wine and a Valentine rose in your room. This event is limited to 8 couples. Registration is required!
What’s more romantic than gazing at the stars deep in the night?? Grab your sweetheart and join PARI for a romantic Valentines evening getaway and leave with stars in your eyes. PARI astronomers will share our dark skies and point out objects such as the Heart Cluster and love story constellations like Princess Andromeda and the Warrior Perseus. This package includes an overnight cabin stay, evening viewing with PARI astronomers at our historic, mountaintop, Internationally Certified Dark Sky Park, a pre-packaged dinner on Friday and breakfast on Saturday, a bottle of wine and a Valentine rose in your room.
This is a Special event limited to 8 couples.
Preregistration is required for this event.
How do we tap into the inner union of the masculine and feminine within ourselves? Shamanic astrology offers a unique lens into this process by looking at the natal placement of the Moon, Mars, and Venus. This workshop is for anyone looking to gain greater insight into their personal path toward archetypal inner wholeness. In these three hours you will have such an understanding of your own inner union, that you will be able to confidently avoid “outsourcing” – or projecting your inner masculine or feminine onto partners, friends, family, and co-workers unconsciously. You will have the tools for more completeness, based on your own astrological placement.
With access to your own charts, we will work your individual natal placements followed by a movement/embodiment practice. We’ll vision into what the inner union between these archetypes might look like in your life. We will work as a community, sharing and holding each other accountable.
Mars and Venus, the masculine and feminine planetary bodies in the sky, will be JOINED in February & March! That means this is the PERFECT time for this workshop! Sign up today!
Join Slice of Life Comedy Open Mic at Asheville Pizza’s Game Room for some adult-friendly comedy entertainment featuring Asheville’s hottest comics.
Hosted by the lovable Morgan Bost, featuring Cary Goff, Blaine Perry, Jess Cooley and guest Feature Brax visiting from Miami
Sign up to perform at the comedy open at door. Comics get 3-5m. Feature spots are paid professional comics.
Show is Thursday February 17, 2022 at 7:30 pm
Ticket price is $12. Purchase them at Asheville Pizza & Brewing on Merrimon or online at: https://www.ashevillebrewing.com/movies/
Laugh the night away while enjoying cocktails, beer and the full food menu during the show.
COVID VACCINATION REQUIRED… Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co. requires proof of Covid-19 vaccination policy to enter their Merrimon location is in effect only for adults 18+ years old.
Also, guests must wear a MASK anytime they are NOT in their seat.
For vax proof they accept either of these…
1 – Photo (on a phone or printed paper) of the FRONT & BACK of your Covid-19 vaccination card PLUS a matching valid PHOTO ID.
2 – Show your actual Covid-19 vax card, but be careful not to lose or damage it.
For more information, contact michele at sliceoflifecomedy.com
Looking for a unique and fun way to spend your Friday night? Join Kristin Linde for a beautiful workshop dedicated to CONNECTION.
We will use partner yoga, essential oils, breathwork, and more to cultivate an open heart and to foster love and trust.
When: Friday, Feb 18th from 6:30 – 8:00 pm
Where: Ahimsa Healing Loft
Cost: $60/couple with code VIPLOVE until Feb 4th, then $70/couple
The ticket price includes the workshop, oils samples + snacks. This is a very limited event so REGISTER EARLY if you know you want to do it. There is space for 6 couples only!
Jesse Daniel Edwards is an acclaimed songwriter and radio charting artist hailing from the small mountain town of Cuyamaca, CA (pop. 60). As a child, Jesse and his 6 siblings grew up without television, internet, or significant exposure to the outside world- they went without electricity until he was age 12. He spent his time learning to sing harmony to gospel tracks and tinkering on hand-me-down instruments with his grandpa. Leaving home at 16, he spent his late teen years busking on street corners around the US and abroad. He eventually grew to perform upon the festival and university circuits full-time after a chance encounter with Al Bunetta (John Prine), sharing the stage with Morrissey, Lucinda Williams, and John Prine. His songs have been featured in radio, TV, streaming movies, video games, and 2 independent films.
He spent the lockdown working odd jobs, moving back to the American South. There, he picked up the guitar again after a near 2 year hiatus. He began reinventing his music, writing and recording in his home studio profusely, and ultimately planning to hit the stage again as the world reopened. Now he appears for a limited engagement with his 3-piece band of A list players.
Join Slice of Life Comedy Open Mic at Asheville Pizza’s Game Room for some adult-friendly comedy entertainment featuring Asheville’s hottest comics.
Hosted by the lovable Jason Scholder, Featuring Becca Steinhoff, Morgan Bost & John Hawley
Sign up to perform at the comedy open at door. Comics get 3-5m. Feature spots are paid professional comics.
Show is Thursday Feb 24, 2022 at 7:30 pm
Ticket price is $12. Purchase them at Asheville Pizza & Brewing on Merrimon or online at: https://www.ashevillebrewing.com/movies/
Laugh the night away while enjoying cocktails, beer and the full food menu during the show.
COVID VACCINATION REQUIRED… Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co. requires proof of Covid-19 vaccination policy to enter their Merrimon location is in effect only for adults 18+ years old.
Also, guests must wear a MASK anytime they are NOT in their seat.
For vax proof they accept either of these…
1 – Photo (on a phone or printed paper) of the FRONT & BACK of your Covid-19 vaccination card PLUS a matching valid PHOTO ID.
2 – Show your actual Covid-19 vax card, but be careful not to lose or damage it.
For more information, contact michele at sliceoflifecomedy.com
Unplug, unwind, and reconnect with yourself as you relax into the wisdom and beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Unplug, unwind, and reconnect with yourself as you relax into the wisdom and beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains. 3hrs, 2 miles, all-levels yoga, guided meditation, and panoramic views…just 30 mins from downtown Asheville!
Take time away in nature to breathe deep, relax, and immerse yourself in the beauty of our wild places! Enjoy a 2-mile round trip hike along an easy/moderate trail to a mountaintop with stunning panoramic views then settle in for an hour of yoga for all levels on the summit. The full experience takes approximately 3 hours and the trail head is only 30 mins from downtown Asheville so you’ll have plenty of time to explore the town too!
Enjoy wide open spaces, fresh mountain air, and endless views. We’ll bring the mats. You bring your spirit of adventure!
Prefer a private adventure? Sunset, Morning, and Afternoon hikes are available daily year round for private groups…even if you’re a solo adventurer!
Traveling with a group? Discounts available for parties of 6+
Unplug, unwind, and reconnect with yourself as you relax into the wisdom and beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Unplug, unwind, and reconnect with yourself as you relax into the wisdom and beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains. 3hrs, 2 miles, all-levels yoga, guided meditation, and panoramic views…just 30 mins from downtown Asheville!
Take time away in nature to breathe deep, relax, and immerse yourself in the beauty of our wild places! Enjoy a 2-mile round trip hike along an easy/moderate trail to a mountaintop with stunning panoramic views then settle in for an hour of yoga for all levels on the summit. The full experience takes approximately 3 hours and the trail head is only 30 mins from downtown Asheville so you’ll have plenty of time to explore the town too!
Enjoy wide open spaces, fresh mountain air, and endless views. We’ll bring the mats. You bring your spirit of adventure!
Prefer a private adventure? Sunset, Morning, and Afternoon hikes are available daily year round for private groups…even if you’re a solo adventurer!
Traveling with a group? Discounts available for parties of 6+
Wandering through this life we connect with the magic of the elements of nature. Through the earth, our breath, yoga and sweet music we ground deep in our roots. We return to our heart space. The air is wild, free and full of possibility. Water nourishes our souls while reminding us to go with the flow… We ignite the fire of passion and light an awakening within, becoming one with the elements and connecting under one sun with one voice. Join International Yoga Instructor Tara Eschenroeder (aka “Great Abiding Yoga”) and Guitarist/Singer/Songwriter Hope Griffin for a yoga flow with live music. May we align our breath to free movement and the rhythm of our hearts!
From a primal flow to the beat of finger tapping, to a gentle meditative dance to harmonics, to meditation to the croons of the guitar, to the transcendental hum of the voice of an angel, the rhythms of the music guide us as we connect with our own internal rhythms and sense of knowing.
Hope and Tara will take you on a journey of the senses. While drinking in the sacred sounds of the music, we take that the ability to listen and to feel even deeper within. We tap into that intuitive sense of knowing; how and when to move and when to be still. Allow yourself to reconnect to that sacred animal within, ultimately reminding us how to simply be both on and off of the yoga mat.
South Asheville’s best yoga option! Dosha based yoga from an Ayurveda Health Counselor and Ayurveda Yoga Specialist!
Come as you are and bring a mat and a mask
About Kristin:
Kristin received her first 200-hour from Bodhi Yoga in Long Island, NY, and her second 200-hour from Yoga Madre in Sierra Madre, CA. She is currently working on her 300-hour program with Yoga Madre and also studying ParaYoga.
Kristin also runs a marketing and design studio that specializing in helping yoga teachers, coaches, healers, and solopreneurs create personal brands and websites that stand out in the crowd.
Off the mat you can find Kristin hiking with her husband, cooking amazing plant-based meals, and spending time with friends and family.