Calendar of Events

No registration needed!

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Tuesdays 3-5:30pm
October 23- December 11

A good casserole bakes and presents your food beautifully and certainly impresses at potlucks. But casseroles are complex forms to create and get just right. Join Cayce as he demystifies the process step-by-step, with plenty of one-on-one instruction. Techniques demonstrated will include throwing hollow, making a tight fitting lid, and plenty of variations for knobs and handles. Soon you will be creating beautiful, functional casseroles to use and enjoy for years to come.

Level: Intermediate and Advanced
Tuition: $310 + $50 Lab Fee

This fun modern dance class includes contemporary/modern styles of dance with movement that uses the entire body. There’s floor work where the dancers move low to the ground while they’re using arm, legs, and torso. There’s standing work where the dancers are moving on their feet, including jumping. This class also has creative movement where dancers get to find their own personal style of dancing!

Semester runs 9/20-12/13
$50/month or $160/semester

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The Sierra Nevada Tailgate Market hosts local farmers, growers, and Appalachian artists and crafters with a wide array of offerings every week in their beautiful brewery gardens. Come join us every Tuesday in October, where Food Connection will be featured as the nonprofit partner receiving $1 per Sierra Nevada Pale Ale pint sold during market hours in the Taproom!

Sierra Nevada has been a longtime supporter of and donor to Food Connection — from their HUGE annual donation of surplus Oktoberfest food, to Chef Jessie Massie’s participation in our Chefs In Action fundraiser event earlier this year, to their ongoing donations of food from catered events — we are proud to partner with Sierra Nevada.

Come visit with us, have a Pale Ale, and shop the market. It’s a great time for a great cause!

Market Dates:
Tuesday, October 2, 4-7 pm
Tuesday, October 9, 4-7 pm
Tuesday, October 16, 4-7 pm
Tuesday, October 23, 4-7 pm
Tuesday, October 30, 4-7 pm

Read more about the Market here: https://sierranevada.com/tailgate-market

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Tacos are only $2.95 each from 4:00 pm until…

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Join Women AdvaNCe as we celebrate the release of the Official NC Women’s Summit Beer: Women Moving Mountains.
This hoppy hazy pale ale is the perfect way to celebrate women and prepare for the first-ever NC Women’s Summit in WNC!
We will also be screening the documentary, Zero Weeks. Tickets available for $10.

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We’re welcoming out friends from Fonta Flora Brewery to Georgia with a big party! We’ll be pouring a handful of their beers and hosting a Q&A at 7 PM upstairs in the beer cellar. Best Beard contest is at 8 PM!

We will have the following beers on draught:
– Errday
– Swoon Units – 4.8% Fruit Beer
– Crushed Velvet – 4.8% Fruit Beer
– App. Wild Ale
– Waves and Perms – 8.6% Double IPA
– Rind

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It’s time for another Asheville Cat Weirdos Pint Night Fundraiser! Come on out to celebrate Meowl-O-Ween with your fellow cat enthusiasts. White Labs will be concocting a special brew for our organization and $1 from each of these beers sold will benefit our Emergency Fund. We will be on hand selling our ACW merchandise, including our Pint Glasses which will be discounted to $6 during this event. There is a full service restaurant on site offering artisanal dishes, craft cocktails, and non alcoholic beverages. Costumes are strongly encouraged and we will pick one lucky winner of our costume contest to win a Halloween surprise!! Hope to see mew all there!!

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Celebrate the Grand Opening of The Horse Shoe Farm with a ribbon cutting to kick-off this special Business After Hours.

The Ribbon Cutting will take place at 5:30 pm with networking and the Grand Opening celebration to follow.

∙Enjoy tours of the multiple venues on-site, as well as the spa.
∙Make new business connections so bring lots of business cards and promotional materials
∙Network and share ideas with your fellow Chamber members
∙Enjoy hors d’oeuvres and refreshments
∙Maybe win a door prize

Interested in attending: please contact us at [email protected] to RSVP

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Join us on an eerie journey into Greer Station’s haunted past as you stroll through the historic district. Stories and legend of the unusual and supernatural are combined with the fun and fascinating history of our city.

Local historian Joada Hiatt will be leading two ghost walks covering historic hauntings of downtown Greer. Meet at the Depot on Randall Street for a 1/4 mile walk down Trade Street to the Greer Heritage Museum on S. Main. The first walk will begin at 5:30 pm and the second will start at 7:00 pm. A $5 cash donation, benefitting the Greer Heritage Museum, is requested for all participants over 9 years of age.

In the event of rain, the ghost walks will be moved to Thursday, October 25. For more information call the Greer Heritage Museum at (864) 877-3377.

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The Incredible Years Parenting training intervention is a series of classes focused on strengthening parenting competencies such as monitoring, positive discipline, and confidence. The classes also foster parents’ involvement in children’s school experiences in order to promote children’s academic, social and emotional competencies and to reduce conduct problems. Free Childcare and Dinner for this 12 week program.

Classes starting next month for more information call our office at 277-1315 or use link at www.surveymonkey.com/r/IYregister.

More information at firstwnc.org or https://www.facebook.com/TheIncredibleYears

We have a program starting on Sept 18 on Tuesday for School Age and on Thursday evenings later in October.

This program is FREE!! FREE DINNER! FREE CHILDCARE!

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Every Tuesday from September 18th to October 23rd from 6:00-7:00. $25 per class plus tax or $125 for all 6! Each class includes a wine tasting and cheese. Classes are limited to 20 students and you must purchase tickets prior to the date.

Class 1: Wine Essentials

Learn the basics of wine, from practical tips on getting the most enjoyment out of your wine to describing the flavor characteristics in the wines you drink. Learn about decanting, serving, storing and aging your wines, pairing food and wine and even hints about ordering wine in a restaurant like a pro!

September 18th 6:00-7:00

Class 2: France

Learn about the wines of France, the country with the most famous wines of all! Join us as we taste our way through Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, and other famous areas of France. We will also learn how to read a French wine label.

September 25th 6:00-7:00

Class 3: Italy

Intimidated by Italian wines? You won’t be after this class! Learn about the most famous regions and grape varietals of Italy and how to read an Italian wine label.

October 2nd 6:00-7:00

Class 4: The Iberian Peninsula

Take a vicarious trip through the most famous wines and regions of the Iberian Peninsula! From Rioja to Priorat, to some less known regions that are incredible values, we will travel across Spain and into Portugal, a country whose dry wines are just being discovered by Americans now. There is so much more than Port to discover!

October 9th 6:00-7:00

Class 5: Wines of the New World

Take a trip through more familiar territory as we explore the wines of the New World. In this class we will examine the famous wines and regions of the United States, Argentina, Chile, South Africa, and New Zealand. If you like big bold wines, then this class is for you!

October 16th 6:00-7:00

Class 6: Wines You Never Knew You Loved

Life is too short to just drink Cabernet and Chardonnay! Take a walk on the wild side as we discover the less known grape varietals and regions of the world. Learn about the wines of Austria, Southern France, Southern Italy, Greece and many other countries as we delve into some of the best value wines in the world.

October 23rd 6:00-7:00

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16th annual fundraising dinner for the Hope Center in Greeneville, TN. This will commemorate our 20th year in ministry! You don’t want to miss this years event! Call 423-638-5433 for more information on a sponsorship and/or tickets.

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The Cherokee Stickball players will be back for a demonstration game in the Intramural Field behind the chapel. This is a demonstration of traditional Cherokee culture and is sponsored by the Native American Student Association.

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Tuesday night classes are geared toward beginners and those who would like additional instruction; Level 1&2 welcome to join!

Thursday night classes will be a bit faster moving and ideal for those who have practiced ELDOA before.

Members FREE. Class cards welcome. Registration strongly recommended. Drop-Ins are discouraged due to each class building into the next and to level of instruction provided.

This unique myofascial stretching technique is
NOT Yoga, and NOT Pilates! ELDOA will:
✓ Reduce or eliminate chronic back, hip, and
neck pain
✓ Relieve or eliminate inflammation and joint
stiffness
✓ Improve posture
✓ Restore height
✓ Strengthen all of the body’s soft tissues
✓ Improve sleep
✓ Enhance organ and gland function
✓ Normalize structural imbalances
✓ Increase vertebral space
✓ Deliver many other health benefits

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Join us for a FREE event in the loft upstairs at Wild Wing Cafe! This month we have partnered with Catawba Brewery! You will not be disappointed with the pairings we have for you! 4 samples of Catawba’s crafty brews paired perfectly with 4 of our WILD sauces! Must RSVP to attend!

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The Casual Pint (Asheville) on Hendersonville Rd. (across from Earth Fare) is hosting the Guardian ad Litem Fall Social! Invite friends, family, and all the GALs (and potential GALs) that you know as 10% of all food/drink proceeds will go to Guardian ad Litem that night! OPEN to anyone, not just GALs! Bring cash for RAFFLE TICKETS! We’ll have some sweet raffle prizes to win. Plus, tips for Rob Dirscherl, the live musician, who will be with us all eve. The Casual Pint offers a great beer menu, wines and yummy eats. Non-alcoholic drinks are also available! Family friendly! The space is cozy with plenty of seating! We hope to see you there! Happy harvest!

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ZERO WEEKS is the fourth documentary by award-winning director, Ky Dickens. As a female director, with a track record for creating poignant work known for shifting policy and public opinion, Dickens is an ideal filmmaker to tackle this project. Dickens was inspired to make a film about paid leave, after facing financial depletion, emotional turmoil and guilt of having “not enough time,” due to a lack of paid leave after the birth of her first child.

6:00pm Doors Open at Highland Event Center
6:30pm Panel discussion on paid leave with representatives from Just Economics, NC Justice Center, Women AdvaNCe and MomsRising.
7:0opm ZERO WEEKS screening.

TICKETS ARE $10. Advance Purchase recommended.

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Cost covers everything you need to paint a 6″ wide by 2′ long sign! Step by step instructions provided.

Reserve your spot online with a $5 (non-refundable) deposit and pay for the difference at the door.

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A-Escape is bringing the Escape Room experience to Noble Cider with a pop-up room full of puzzles and mysteries! Put together your wittiest team to crack codes and conquer our 10-minute room. Prizes for top times!

limited to 15 teams. Team size 1-4 ppl. This is a ticketed event, price is per person and includes Escape time, a drink of choice and charcuterie. Additional group games and challenges throughout the night.

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If you’re ready to move the conversation beyond breast self exams and breast cancer awareness, this is the class for you. If you’re ready to learn tools and techniques that empower you to take care of your body and health, this is the class for you. If you’re confused about what to do for breast health, this is the class for you.

During this 2 hour class we will:

cover basic anatomy/physiology
address common myths and misconceptions about breasts and breast health
talk about choices we can make every day for improved health
discuss why myofascial self treatment and breast massage are important for breast health
learn powerful self treatment tools to use at home
This class will be part lecture, part discussion and part hands-on self treatment. Class location is the Western North Carolina School of Massage, located at 200 Charlotte Street. There will be several seating options, including chairs and back jacks for sitting on the floor. More detailed information about what will be needed for class will be sent after registration.

If you have any questions that you want answered prior to registering, please email Alithea at [email protected].

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Hey, Hendo!

Let’s get crafty! Choose from TWO projects at this Sip & Paint at St. Paul’s Tasting Room in Flat Rock! Hues of Hendo provides everything you need to create your unique piece of artwork – including paint, brushes, aprons, easels, instruction, etc.

OPTION ONE – Paint your own wine bottle! Each painter receives one clear, standard size wine bottle to design. Come with a design in mind, or let us help you pick one! $20 per bottle/$5 each additional bottle. Bottles cannot be split between painters.

OPTION TWO – 16×20 canvas painting. See event discussion for the 3 choices (Cactus Sunset, Feathered Family or Mountain Dreams) $25 per painter

You MUST register by either emailing or messaging us. You’ll receive a Square invoice via email & your paid invoice is your registration confirmation.

Cheers!
Jessica

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Hey, Hendo!

Let’s get crafty! Choose from TWO projects at this Sip & Paint at St. Paul’s Tasting Room in Flat Rock! Hues of Hendo provides everything you need to create your unique piece of artwork – including paint, brushes, aprons, easels, instruction, etc.

OPTION ONE – Paint your own wine bottle! Each painter receives one clear, standard size wine bottle to design. Come with a design in mind, or let us help you pick one! $20 per painter. Additional bottles can be purchased for $5 each. Bottles cannot be split between painters.

OPTION TWO – 16×20 canvas painting. See event discussion for the 3 choices (Cactus Sunset, Feathered Family or Mountain Dreams) $25 per painter

You MUST register by either emailing or messaging us. You’ll receive a Square invoice via email & your paid invoice is your registration confirmation.

Cheers!
Jessica

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Live Original Music – Asheville NC
With Sondra Levine, Anna May and Featuring Elisabeth Beckwitt

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Lets get saucy with the Gravyhouse Storytellers! There will be swingin’ music, and great classes for beginners! Stay late for our post dance blues hour! Plus the venue is not only gorgeous, but they have a fabulous bar!

~~~Schedule (short version- see below for details)~~~
7 pm: Intermediate Partner Charleston w/ Sparrow & Jean
8 pm: Intro to 8-count Lindy Hop w/ Sparrow & Keith
9-11pm: Swing AVL Dance w/ Gravyhouse Storytellers
11-12pm: Vintage Blues Hour w/ DJ
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PRICING: Dance/Band is $5 (includes blues hour) and classes are $10/$8 for Swing Asheville members. Vintage Blues Hour is $2 suggested donation for those who didn’t pay for Dance/Band admission.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Interested in free dances or half priced lessons? Want to help promote the swing scene? Consider volunteering for Swing Asheville! To see what sort of opportunities are available and to sign up, please head over to http://signup.com/go/qiyRjLG

MUSIC
The Gravy-House Storytellers presents mouth-watering musical marmalade from the 1920’s through the 1940’s. ‘The Gravyhouse Storytellers’ is a small-combo swing ensemble from Asheville, NC. The storytellers perform authentic arrangements of Pre-WWII-era Blues Shoutin’ and Swing tunes. Their repertoire favors ‘mid-tempo blues’ and is appropriate for Lindy, Balboa, and East/West coast alike.

BLUES
Band finished and you’re not done dancing? You’re in luck… stick around for our vintage blues hour! Continue dancing to DJ’d music until the bar kicks us out. $2 suggested donation for those coming just for the blues hour.

FOOD: Feeling peckish? The bar has a small selection of vegan goodies to help keep your stamina up! Ask a bartender for more details.

CLASSES
7pm: Continuing Class: Intermediate Partner Charleston w/ Sparrow & Jean

We will be working on side by side variations for the first two weeks, tandem entrances, exits, and variations for weeks 3 and 4, and for the 5th week of October we will be doing a special class on switching and stealing- super useful for jams and social dancing!

“Continuing” classes are for those dancers who have cemented the basics of the dance being featured that specific month. This includes knowing (and being able to execute cleanly and consistently) basic footwork and lead/follow skills for that dance. Some continuing classes may require no advance knowledge of a dance. This will be noted in the the class description.
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8 pm: Core Class: Intro to 8-count Lindy Hop w/ Sparrow & Keith

Learn the foundations of the 8 count Lindy Hop, the high energy dance from Harlem that swept the nation and then the globe. Starting from the very beginning, breaking down the steps and rhythms in easy to understand ways, Keith and Sparrow will get ya on the dance floor and having fun in no time. No partner required and drop in friendly, though of course you’ll learn the most if you start at the beginning of the month and stay till the end!

“Core” lessons stress the fundamentals of swing dancing for beginning dancers. Lessons rotate monthly to focus on a different kind of swing dance (6 Count Lindy, 8 Count Lindy, Charleston, Balboa, etc.). Because good fundamentals are hard to develop in one month, we recommend repeating Core lessons (on the same topic) to help develop the solid foundation you’ll need in continuing classes. Core lessons are also great for intermediate and advanced dancers who want to “get back to basics” or learn a different dancing role (lead vs. follow).
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GIFT CERTIFICATES
Do you want to buy a gift certificate for our classes as a gift, or to pre-pay for a block of classes for yourself? You can purchase gift certificates at the door at our weekly dance! They are $40 for a block of 4, and a great way to dive into the fun world of dance.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Oct 30: House Hoppers Halloween Spooktacular
Nov 6: Community Jazz Jam
Nov 13: Useless Cans (from out of town!)
Nov 20: Jason DeCristofaro Quartet
Nov 27: Posey Quartet
Dec 4: Community Jazz Jam
Dec 11: Queen Bee & the Honeylovers
Dec 18: TBA
Dec 25: NO DANCE
Jan 1: Russ Wilson’s Hangover Party

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Damn it, Janet, it’s time for some Rocky Horror trivia. Prizes for the winner and best team name. Costumes are encouraged!

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An evening with
Chris Robinson Brotherhood
Tue, Oct 23
Show: 8pm
Doors: 7pm
$22 – $25
Ages 18+

Tickets & Info: www.theorangepeel.net/event/chris-robinson-brotherhood-2/

“Masterful players on a Grail-like search for the cosmic heart of California.” – MOJO
“…good-time music on an end-times mission.” – ROLLING STONE

“…trailblazing a wonderfully refreshing slice of ‘Rock N Roll’ music.” – AQUARIUM DRUNKARD

“…a celebration of how American musical traditions can be at once honored and psychedelically expanded.” – UNCUT

The Chris Robinson Brotherhood are on tour in support of their latest studio album ‘Barefoot In The Head.’ In the middle of one of their most prolific periods to date, the band is riding a creative wave with a slew of studio and live records coming out amidst a rigorous tour schedule that only seems to fuel their fire even further. Their stellar new album, ‘Barefoot In The Head,’ marks the CRB’s third studio release in just two years, and it finds them pushing boundaries and breaking new ground with more joy and wonder than ever before. Overspilling with stunning musicianship and infectious energy, the album showcases the continued growth of Robinson’s songwriting partnership with his bandmates: guitarist Neal Casal, drummer Tony Leone, keyboardist Adam MacDougall, and bassist Jeff Hill. It revels in the kind of adventurousness that can only come from five artists tuned into the same sonic wavelength.

‘Barefoot In The Head’ follows last year’s critically acclaimed LP, ‘Any Way You Love, We Know How You Feel,’ and its companion EP, ‘If You Lived Here, You Would Be Home By Now.’ It opens with the Americana funk of “Behold The Seer,” which sounds like something of a mission statement for the CRB as Robinson sings, “If you want to keep your engine humming / Keep your eyes wide ahead and don’t look back.” On the dreamy “She Shares My Blanket,” Robinson crafts cinematic scenes from a winter love affair in the mountains, while elegant pedal steel added by special guest Barry Sless on “Blonde Light Of Morning” casts a warm, romantic haze and “Blue Star Woman” sounds like T-Rex dressed in overalls living on a West Coast commune. Throughout the album, Robinson and the band deftly intertwine country, blues and psychedelia, even channeling freewheeling 60s’ folk on “Hark The Herald Hermit Speaks,” a breakneck stream of consciousness that blurs the lines between fantasy and reality. On the English psych inspired “Glow,” which Robinson calls “one of the most special things I’ve ever done in the studio,” The CRB are joined by the celebrated sarodist Alam Khan (son of the legendary Ali Akbar Khan).

“The music that we make, the concerts that we play, it’s this world we’ve created for ourselves and our people,” explains Robinson. “We want everybody to understand that no matter where you are in your life that you can always be barefoot in your head. There’s always this other place you can go. Is that place it real? That’s your decision to make, what you’re going to let be real to you.”

The Chris Robinson Brotherhood emerged in 2011 by playing close to 50 shows over nine weeks in California before ever leaving the Golden State or officially releasing music. Their introduction on the national stage came in 2012 when they’d release not one, but two acclaimed full-length albums within a few months of each other. Critics hailed their sprawling debut, ‘Big Moon Ritual,’ as a revelation, with The Independent raving that Robinson had “finally found the ideal vehicle to indulge his taste for ‘Cosmic California Music.’” The reviews were similarly ecstatic for its immediate follow-up, ‘The Magic Door,’ which was praised by Relix as “classic rock in the finest sense.” The band’s epic tour schedule brought their shimmering acid-Americana around the world for a staggering 118-date tour, firmly establishing the CRB as the new standard-bearers of the psychedelic roots torch. In 2014, they returned to the studio for ‘Phosphorescent Harvest,’ a masterful collection that showcased the blossoming songwriting partnership between Robinson and Neal Casal. Rolling Stone raved that the album was “electrifying…boast[ing] a vintage rock vibe that’s at once quirky, trippy, soulful and downright magnetic,” and Guitar World called it “a treasure trove of soul that advances the band’s bluesy, kaleidoscopic sound.”

With a steady flow of new studio albums and live recordings plus a near non-stop touring schedule, including a growing number of sold out shows, the Chris Robinson Brotherhood are proving themselves among the most prolific rock and roll bands of their time. The quintet have honed their kinetic chemistry and immersive sound into a singular vision, which Uncut Magazine calls, “…a celebration of how American musical traditions can be at once honored and psychedelically expanded.”

www.chrisrobinsonbrotherhood.com

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Mirah at The Mothlight
w/ Tomberlin
October 23rd
Doors 7pm
Tickets: $13adv,
https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1748171?utm_medium=bks

Brooklyn-based Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn (b. 1974, Philadelphia) creates incorruptible independent pop music defined by her graceful songwriting and adventuresome recordings. Mirah has released over a dozen solo and collaborative recordings on K Records, Kill Rock Stars and various US domestic and foreign independent labels while touring the United States, Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand many times since 1998. Pitchfork has praised her “incredible voice—a versatile coo that can flit from low, sultry tones to high, airy falsetto in one breath.”

Mirah’s 6th full-length solo record, ‘Understanding’ (releasing September 7, 2018 on Mirah’s own imprint, Absolute Magnitude Recordings) is a conscientious return to her early unconventional recording process. The record embraces the spirited imperfection and rawness inclusive of rough first takes, natural room sounds, and a fair amount of broken equipment. Written and recorded in a time of political and personal upheaval – family illness and the death of a dear friend, all in the shadow of the 2016 presidential election and its aftermath – ‘Understanding’ presents an even hand of political themes, love songs and introspective rallying cries.

Frequent collaborators of the years have included well-known producers Phil Elverum (The Microphones/Mount Eerie), Merrill Garbus (tUnE-yArDs), Eli Crews (The Julie Ruin), Tucker Martine, Guy Sigsworth and Calvin Johnson, songwriters and composers such as Thao Nguyen, Greg Saunier (Deerhoof), Lori Goldston, Susie Ibarra, Jherek Bischoff, Tara Jane O’Neil and Khaela Maricich (The Blow) and visual and media artists such as Anna Oxygen of Cloud Eye Control, Britta Johnson and Ginger Brooks Takahashi.

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This year, Eliada will maintain some beloved attractions including the tractor ride, which now drives all the way around the Corn Maze, jumping pillow, corn kernel sand box, spider web climber, tube slides, and corn cannons.