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.
Interested in adding an event to our calendar? Please click the green “Post Your Event” button below.
MONDAY
5pm Bellydance 101 with Olivia Blahowsky
$14 drop in or class card
6pm Bellydance Hip Hop Fusion with Lisa Zahiya
$50 4 week series. Starts Feb. 4
TUESDAY
6pm Bellydance 1 with Lisa Zahiya
$90 8 week series. Starts Feb 12
7pm Bellydance 2 with Lisa Zahiya
$90 8 week series. Starts Feb 12
8pm Bellydance Specialty Series with Lisa Zahiya: Dancing with the Stars
$50 4 week series. Starts Feb. 5
THURSDAY
5pm Bellydance Fitness with Emily Nowels
$10 drop in or class card or Bellydance card
6pm Bellydance Drills with Emily Nowels
$14 drop in, class card, or Bellydance card
7pm Bellydance 1.5 Choreography with McKinley Quincey
$50/4 week series. Starts Feb.7
8pm Fantasy Fusion Choreography with Olivia Blahowsky
$50/4 week series. Starts Feb.7
https://www.facebook.com/events/398426467630819/
MONDAY
5pm Bellydance 101 with Olivia Blahowsky
$14 drop in or class card
6pm Bellydance Hip Hop Fusion with Lisa Zahiya
$50 4 week series. Starts Feb. 4
TUESDAY
6pm Bellydance 1 with Lisa Zahiya
$90 8 week series. Starts Feb 12
7pm Bellydance 2 with Lisa Zahiya
$90 8 week series. Starts Feb 12
8pm Bellydance Specialty Series with Lisa Zahiya: Dancing with the Stars
$50 4 week series. Starts Feb. 5
THURSDAY
5pm Bellydance Fitness with Emily Nowels
$10 drop in or class card or Bellydance card
6pm Bellydance Drills with Emily Nowels
$14 drop in, class card, or Bellydance card
7pm Bellydance 1.5 Choreography with McKinley Quincey
$50/4 week series. Starts Feb.7
8pm Fantasy Fusion Choreography with Olivia Blahowsky
$50/4 week series. Starts Feb.7
https://www.facebook.com/events/398426467630819/?event_time_id=398426500964149
Banjo Mitch McConnell hosts Old Time Jam every Monday here at the taproom. Whether you’re a musician ready to play, or just a fan of live music and craft beer this is the weekly event for you!
https://www.facebook.com/events/2070421216569841/?event_time_id=2244950325783595
Begins 5:00 pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/318291262151338/
Every Monday Let The Children Go WILD! Kids Eat Free From The Wild Child Menu (With Purchase Of Adult Entree) From 5-8!
https://www.facebook.com/events/392291821525458/?event_time_id=392291831525457
As if you needed another reason to come see us, we will have 75 cent wings every Monday from 5pm-close.
We have all of our wonderful flavors of wings available, plus a special sauce of the week.
We also have $4 draft beers on special, so stop in and get your Tiger Wing on!
(This special is dine-in only, not available for takeout).
https://www.facebook.com/events/155915711920833/?event_time_id=155915745254163
Please join the Junior League of Asheville at their February LEAD (Leadership Education & Development) event with the theme, “Sustainable Funding for Nonprofits” presented by Michael Carter.
This event will be on February 25th, with networking at 5:30pm and the talk at 6pm, at MarketingOutpost on Merrimon (behind Green Sage). We will have beverages and snacks for guests to enjoy.
Description:
To accomplish the mission that drives our organizations we need funding. To obtain sustainable funding you need a comprehensive plan that connects to your organization’s mission and can effectively tell your story. In this presentation you will learn the basics around creating a quality fundraising culture as well as the fundamental strategies to creating a mission connected fundraising plan for your organization. There will be an interactive presentation and time allotted for questions as well as a take home worksheet to spark ideas for your funding plan.
About the Speaker:
Michael Carter has worked in the nonprofit field for seven years with an emphasis on program development and launch. He graduated from Warren WIlson College and has worked at local nonprofits like Goodwill of Northwest North Carolina and Green Opportunities. Michael currently works at A-B Tech as coordinator of community engagement and supportive services. Michael is also an active volunteer serving on the Board of Just Economics as vice chair. Michael has raised over 200K for various organizations over the past five years and enjoys being able to connect his work to a larger mission of increasing access to education and living wage positions. When hes not working he enjoys listening to hip-hop and R&B and drinking beer on his porch.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2331674183719326/
This month’s Family Dinner Series topic is Love & Intimacy. Learn how to create more loving and intimate relationships within your family using the Five Love Languages.
Children’s activities will be provided while grown-ups participate in the education session. Childcare is for children 2 years & up and potty trained.
Dinner this month is graciously donated by Lola’s Old Hickory House. There will be a vegetarian option for dinner, but families with other dietary needs may want to provide their own food. Please click “Going” to RSVP.
The Family Dinner Series programs focus on a variety of topics centered around the family. This FREE series is designed to bring families together for a meal, conversation, education, and fun. Additionally, families will also be able to receive more information about organizations and agencies within our community who provide services, activities, and information geared towards families.
The Family Dinner Series is sponsored by The Children’s Center of Transylvania County, Transylvania County Parks and Recreation, Transylvania County Library, The Family Place, SAFE, Inc. of Transylvania County, Southmountain Children and Family Services, Brevard College, The Haven of Transylvania County, and the CARE Coalition.
https://www.facebook.com/events/820083181662387/
Edit: SOLD OUT. Look for a new class to begin in March ?. Let us know if you’d like to be added to the waiting list.
Hey, lets start 2019 with a hip-pop and a shimmy. Join Kelly for a beginner workshop where we will explore all the sassy fun of bellydance. We promote health, fitness, self-expression, and community. Come smile and shimmy with us!
8wk workshop, Monday’s 6pm-7pm
Jan. 14th – March 4th
$80 per person prepaid, or $13 per class
Registration is Monday, Jan 7th 5pm-7pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/506182803210344/?event_time_id=506182823210342
Please join us for this community meeting to discuss any issues or concerns that you may have. Sheriff Miller and Deputies from the Sheriff’s Office will be on hand to answer questions and interact with the community.
https://www.facebook.com/events/415117475890014/
An exploration of mindful and contemplative life practices to bring joy and peace to your life. Includes a 25-minute guided meditation.
Led by Ronya Banks, founder and lead teacher at Asheville Insight Meditation. Program is free and held in our auditorium downstairs.
No registration is required.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2035305753386185/?event_time_id=2035305763386184
Get ready to move to the beat with Hip Hop at Highland! Instructor Illysa Hamlin will lead you through an hour-long workout routine that will burn those calories and prepare you for your next music video audition. No previous dance experience is necessary and all are welcome. And, of course, stay around afterward for a cold pint of Highland beer. You’ll have earned it!
$8 per person
https://www.facebook.com/events/775568816122638/?event_time_id=775568836122636
Since his childhood, Leo’s world has been dominated by one beautiful woman’s obsession with him. Raised in a small Texas town, educated at a large university, and devastated after his first “normal” relationship fails, the young scholar is no match for his aunt’s desire to use him for her own gratification.
With little hope for normalcy, Leo resigns himself to a life of pretense and lies. His charade increasingly leads him to professional failures, withdrawal from normal relationships, and spiraling emotional dependence on his aunt, with whom he lives in exile from the rest of his family. Together they act out a quiet tragedy in small rental apartments, doing temp jobs in a succession of obscure towns. Then, already in his late thirties, he meets Janet, a grade school teacher in the tiny North Carolina town of Cannon Shoals, and what had seemed impossible happens. He falls in love.
Contributor Bio: Stubblefield, Jerry
Jerry Stubblefield received a BFA in playwriting from The University of Texas. His stage plays have been produced in New York, Los Angeles, and in regional theaters and university settings. He has published short fiction and poetry in various literary journals and has taught creative writing workshops and classes as well as guest lectured at various colleges. His novel, Homunculus, was published in 2009.
We ask that you purchase the books you want to be signed at our events from Malaprop’s. When you do this you are not only supporting the work it takes to run an events program, you are also telling the publishers that they should keep sending authors here. Can’t make it to the store for the event? Call us or order the book on our website in advance, and we’ll get it signed for you. Make sure you write your preferences in the comments if you purchase online.
https://www.facebook.com/events/559322831200473/
Start your week off right with a donation-based pilates session and follow it up with a celebratory post-exercise pint!
Learn to focus on your breath and isolate muscle groups to build and strengthen your body while increasing your confidence and bodily awareness. Classes will happen under the thoughtful and fun guidance of Courtney, our resident pilates instructor who has been practicing and teaching in the Black Mountain area for 3 years. Courtney will lead a series of exercises, with variations for each to include folks of all fitness and ability levels!
Classes will take place in the event space at the end of our building.
Please plan to arrive 5-10 minutes early to set up your mat and settle in before class begins! Bring your own mat and plan to grab a drink afterwards with the group! All ages and abilities welcome!
https://www.facebook.com/events/948380552036149/?event_time_id=948380625369475
Are you ready to show off your meticulous knowledge of useless facts? Well, this is your chance! Nerdy Talk Trivia will be hosting our weekly trivia night with $3 Gaelic pints.
Gift card prizes will be awarded weekly to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.
Every weekly winner will be put into a drawing for a pair of tickets to Lord Huron concert in the Meadow on April 19. The drawing will take place on April 1.
https://www.facebook.com/events/711040849291752/?event_time_id=711040879291749
Open Mic Night at The Grey Eagle
https://www.facebook.com/events/2292708547408380/
Join us for a poignant film about how Medicare informed the Civil Rights Revolution. This documentary will be followed by a discussion with community leaders who are working hard to create a more equitable society.
Before Medicare was introduced in 1965, disparities in access to hospital care were dramatic. Fewer than 50% of the nation’s hospitals served black and white patients equally. The South was especially challenged, as one in three hospitals would not admit African-Americans even for emergencies. But by using the carrot of Medicare dollars, the federal government virtually ended the practice of racially segregated health care. The powerful book and documentary THE POWER TO HEAL illustrates how Movement leaders and grass-roots volunteers pressed and worked with the federal government to achieve justice and fairness for African-Americans. The documentary will be followed with a community discussion with local leaders to explore these historical issues and reflect upon current day challenges.
This event is free and heavy appetizers will be provided.
This event is presented by AARP North Carolina and co-sponsored by YWCA of Asheville and Asheville Buncombe Institute of Parity Achievement (ABIPA).
https://www.facebook.com/events/510204139502989/
Transition From Figurative To Abstract Sculpture
Leonid Siveriver
Mondays 6-9pm
January 7- February 25
The objective of this course is to develop a basic understanding of the human form in three-dimensions based on work with a live model, and then utilize that knowledge for abstraction. By combining the human figure with geometric forms you will expand your palette of techniques, and create some truly dynamic, inspired work.
Level: All Levels
Tuition: $350 + $75 Lab and Live Model Fee
Have a terrible case of the Mondays? Got a sick a twisted sense of humor? Come play Cards Against Humanity with us! We have 3 box sets with every expansion. We’re pushing tables together, making new friends, and having laughs every Monday!
https://www.facebook.com/events/371611523634185/?event_time_id=371611536967517
It Takes All Kinds Open Mic Night at Sanctuary Brewing Company!
Calling all singers, songwriters, stand ups, poets and prophets! Come one, come all.
Host Josh Dunkin and Steven Durose of The Gathering Dark want to hear all of your stuff!
No Mimes!
https://www.facebook.com/events/611678232614775/
This is a FREE ping pong tournament occurring weekly at Hi-Wire Brewing at Golden Belt in Durham, NC. Sign-up on site every Tuesday at 7pm. Weekly prizes will be awarded to the winners.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2279054425684696/?event_time_id=2304833066440165
Come on out every week to really drill that technique into your body. After all, good technique is the foundation to great dance!
Haven’t danced before? No worries! Sarah Joy will get you started off right.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2207664732782541/?event_time_id=2207664759449205
During the series, you will learn technique and the intricate syncopated sounds that tap creates. You will an entire tap routine by the end of the series.
Tap 1 with Amanda
7pm Mondays
Tap 2 with Amanda
8pm Mondays
https://www.facebook.com/events/365751420909081/?event_time_id=365751430909080
During the series, you will learn technique and the intricate syncopated sounds that tap creates. You will an entire tap routine by the end of the series.
Tap 1 with Amanda
7pm Mondays
Tap 2 with Amanda
8pm Mondays
https://www.facebook.com/events/365751420909081/
One World Brewing Open Mic & Free Jam Night
Join us this Monday, for an incredible night of creation and expression.
Sign up at 7:30 PM
(First Come Sign-Up Platform)
Please Have Instruments Tuned Before Set Time
We encourage musicians of all types and styles and wish to provide a welcoming container for great musicians and artists to showcase their talent and to develop their craft with other likeminded musicians and craft beer enthusiasts. Our intention is to bring people together for a wonderful night of music, poetry, laughter, and great beer. Please Join Us for something beautiful.
At One World Brewing, our goal is to provide the highest quality craft ales and a comfortable space where all are welcome to relax, enjoy their time, and experience Asheville culture any night of the week. We only have one world. We must learn to share it and care for it for the sake of future generations and all life. We are honored and proud to be a part of the global craft Beer Revolution, and the thriving Asheville brewing community.
https://www.facebook.com/events/402634213840150/
Free Movie Monday
Bridesmaids
Show: 8pm
Rated R
https://www.facebook.com/events/330480947571828/
Cotton Kandy, purveyor of deep, infectious dance music and a feel-good vibes. Has played at Full Moon Gatherings, The Happenings, Zodiac Parties, regional and non-regional burns like Ignite, Alchemy, and Love Burn. Genres including melodic ,deep ,dirty house.
Check her music out here:
The Bearded Dragons Inn hosts their weekly West Marches game. This is a drop in game for all to join. If you have never played before come and join us. Our amazing community will teach you all you need to know. If you have years, or even decades of experience stop on by as well as you’ll experience a whole new style of play. For more information check out our website:
https://sites.google.com/outlook.com/westmarchesattriskelion/home
https://www.facebook.com/events/377998122745064/?event_time_id=377998149411728
Combining choreography and tricks on the pole… and we’ll add a chair this time! This introductory series will concentrate on learning and adding on to one routine throughout 4 weeks, allowing time to master the moves! Putting together choreography and tricks from Intro & Beginner 1 levels, Beginner Poleography is perfect for anyone who’s taken a couple pole classes and is interested in seeing progress from having something to practice!
$68 for series – Reserve your spot here: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=330572&stype=-8&sView=day&sLoc=0
https://www.facebook.com/events/2259202190959661/
Combining choreography and tricks on the pole… and we’ll add a chair this time! This introductory series will concentrate on learning and adding on to one routine throughout 4 weeks, allowing time to master the moves! Putting together choreography and tricks from Intro & Beginner 1 levels, Beginner Poleography is perfect for anyone who’s taken a couple pole classes and is interested in seeing progress from having something to practice!
$68 for series – Reserve your spot here: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=330572&stype=-8&sView=day&sLoc=0
https://www.facebook.com/events/2259202190959661/?event_time_id=2259202204292993