Calendar of Events

Wildflowers springing from the ground are a sign that spring and warmer weather are right around the corner. Capture photos of your family and friends enjoying the Park and enter them into our Shades of Spring Photo Contest for a chance to win fabulous prizes. 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/2260375557328117/?event_time_id=2260375570661449

Founding father and master inventor Benjamin Franklin was also a pioneer of self-improvement. In 1727 Franklin formed the Junto, a weekly mutual-improvement club made up of a group of his peers and fellow Philadelphia tradesmen to discuss 13 core virtues and explore how to better incorporate them in their lives – and use them as a foundation for enriching the world. The club became the launching pad for all sorts of civic initiatives: the public library, the post office and the volunteer fire department, which have had a lasting impact on society.

Join us while we gather to discuss the 13 virtues in the context of the present day. We’ll meet weekly for 13 weeks and commit to making better and more conscious choices about our own behavior and work with others to spread those virtues through acts of kindness and good deeds. There is no cost and it is open to all!

Here is my bio:

Victoria Fann is a writer, transformational coach, creative guide and community builder. She’s been facilitating groups and leading motivational workshops throughout the U.S. since 1989 (locally at Flatiron Writers Room, The Purpose Collective, The Creative Facilitators Meetup, OLLI – UNCA and The Asheville Area Arts Council). Author of the recently published book, Creative Alchemy: Accessing the Extraordinary Power of the Muse to Transform Your Art & Your Life, she is passionate is helping consciously evolving humans design a life that is in full alignment with their most heartfelt values and purpose.

https://www.facebook.com/events/478724655989750/?event_time_id=478724669323082

The Momentum Summit is a two-day summit convening top CEOs who are scaling high-growth, positive-impact companies using the power and creativity of business.

This is our momentum. Capitalism is our engine. Customer transactions are our opportunity. Profit and the pursuit of a better tomorrow are our purpose.

Come find your MO-mentum.

https://www.facebook.com/events/202077207337818/

This class is offered by the Taoist Tai Chi Society (taoisttaichi.org) for your health and well-being. Wear loose-fitting street clothes and comfortable shoes and socks. Taoist Tai Chi® can be done standing or sitting. Your instructor will be Wally Hewitt, who is happy to answer any questions you may have. Feel free to contact him by email at [email protected].
He looks forward to meeting you!
This class is senior friendly and can be done seated as well!
NO REGISTRATION IS NECESSARY.

Taoist Tai Chi® grew out of this tradition and is a way to develop a body that is strong, yet supple, balanced and energetic, a mind that is calm and clear, yet creative and dynamic, and a spirit that is light and peaceful, yet resilient. Taoist Tai Chi® exercises the whole physiology including muscular, skeletal, and circulatory systems, as well as tendons, joints, connective tissue and organs. Rather than depending on the development of hard muscle tissue, Tai Chi develops a body that is relaxed and strong at the deepest levels. The gentle internal movements are balanced throughout the body and have a calming effect on the mind. Taoist Tai Chi® is truly a moving meditation.

https://www.facebook.com/events/409557896511186/?event_time_id=409557903177852

The Poe House is now open for Lunch! We invite you to bring your friends and family out and try some of our new flatbreads, salads and small plates. Please call 828-696-1838 to make reservations or reserve seatings for large groups.

Hours:

Tuesday & Wednesday 5 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Thursdays 11 a.m to 11 p.m.
Friday & Saturday 11 a.m. – Midnight.

https://www.facebook.com/events/751222855274419/

This Weeks Gin & Tonic Feature:
Grapefruit Gin & Tonic

Beefeater 24 Gin, Grapefruit Juice, Aquafaba,
Ginger syrup, Fever Tree Indian Tonic Water

https://www.facebook.com/events/2344559149123654/

Join instructor Darleen Benson as she leads six-session series of chair yoga classes intended specifically for seniors. A yoga teacher with almost forty years of experience, Darleen will lead the class in a beginner-friendly routine designed to increase strength, flexibility, and balance while learning natural body postures that fight pain and promote mobility. Class sessions will take place at 2pm on Thursdays from March 7th through April 11th. As always, the program is free and open to the public.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2355061857861546/?event_time_id=2355061861194879

A relaxed & friendly gathering of spinners to share ideas and learn from each other. Bring your spinning wheel or hand spindle. Never spun before? Come meet other hand spinners.This event FREE!
Ages 12 to 99 are welcome.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2322746167997967/?event_time_id=2322746194664631

We are lucky to have incredible Animal Educators to help us spread the word on the important roles they play in the Park. Join one of our Park Naturalists for an informal program where your family will love meeting some of our wilder teammates! Kids of all ages are sure to take home some fun facts and special memories. Then, grab a Track Trail brochure at the Animal Discovery Den and round out the day with a hike along our Great Woodland Adventure trail with 12 education stations. Don’t forget your camera!

Cost: Included with Park admission.

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Escape to create a delicious cup of froyo or dip into the night with some dots while support a local elementary school! Indulge! We won’t tell! ?

https://www.facebook.com/events/281078812804994/

February 2 – April 27, 2019

Zimbabwean style marimba band classes for all ages!

Student Classes will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays
Level 1 for Beginning/Intermediate students in grades 3 – 6
will meet from 3:45 – 5:00
Level 2 for Intermediate/Advanced students in grades 6 – 12
Will meet from 5:00 – 6:15

*The instructor will decide which class your student would be most appropriate for your child.*
Fee for the 10 week session (twice a week) $250

All classes meet at the Rainbow Community Center, 60 State Street in West Asheville

Classes will meet on the following dates:
Feb. 5,7,12,14,19,21,26,28, March 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, No classes on March 26 & 28 (Rainbow’s spring break), April 2, 4, 9, 11, No classes on April 16 & 18 (Asheville City School and Evergreen’s spring break) April 23, 25 – Final informal performances on Friday, April 26 (in the auditorium for invited guests) and Saturday, April 27 from 9:00am to noon at the Asheville City Market. We will be raising money for marimba maintenance. All students from this session will have an opportunity to perform at the market.

To sign up contact Sue Ford at [email protected]

To pay online use this link and scroll down:

http://www.ashevillepercussionfestival.com/village-marimba/

Adult Class IS FULL – contact Sue Ford for info on upcoming sessions.

In a Class Session, students will:
• Learn a repertoire based on the group’s interest, including popular songs, multicultural songs and original music.
• Work on proper mallet/stick technique, which is also applicable to other percussion instruments
• Have fun making music as a community. Each song is made up of many parts, which come together synergistically to create a joyful sound.
• Work toward a big performance at the end of the session

https://www.facebook.com/events/2311762458858258/?event_time_id=2311762518858252

Deli Volv at Dry Falls

https://www.facebook.com/events/251286535791127/?event_time_id=251286555791125

Join us in the A-B Tech/Mission Health Conference Center on the Asheville Campus for the 2019 Find Your Future College & Career Open House
Meet Faculty and 50+ Employers Who are Hiring Now/Learn about Financial Aid Options/Interactive Program Displays/
Campus Tours/BrineHaus and Food Stop Food Trucks/STAR 104.3 FM Radio Live Remote
Call 828-398-7900 or visit abtech.edu/find-your-future for more information.

https://www.facebook.com/events/416387309166415/

Includes All Non Redemption Arcade Games, Activities, and Attractions!

Such as…
Indoor Climbing wall | Indoor/Outdoor Go-karts | Arcade Games | Laser Tag | Bumper Cars | Mini Golf | Mini Bowling | X-Rider Theatre | AeroBall | & More!

https://www.facebook.com/events/323685011602260/?event_time_id=323685031602258

Come in to enjoy creating memories with us during a time that your dollars go farther! Half-off games and attractions after 4pm. See y’all soon!

https://www.facebook.com/events/582585695548471/?event_time_id=582585735548467

Thursdays are Jazz and Wine night! Come enjoy an evening of 1$ off wine specials, live Jazz from 6-8pm, and delicious food by Food Stop Food Truck!

https://www.facebook.com/events/2305712789446907/?event_time_id=2305712829446903

WEDNESDAY
5pm Teen Contemporary with Melvin
$50 4 week series. Starts Jan. 9

THURSDAY
4pm Kids Hip Hop Series with Lisa
Semester runs 1/17/19 – 5/16/19
$50/month or $160/semester

5pm Teen Hip Hop Series with Lisa
Semester runs ​1/17/19 – 5/16/19
$50/month or $160/semester

https://www.facebook.com/events/368264583936462/?event_time_id=368264670603120

$1 off flagships!

It’s like Open Mic night, but every song is guaranteed to sound good! Share your vinyls with us and we’ll play them for you! 6:30 – 8:30

https://www.facebook.com/events/347259619444923/?event_time_id=347259649444920

Attention men: At what point in your life did you stop thinking of yourself as a boy and start to think of yourself as a man?

Was there a special, foundational, transformational experience—a hero’s journey perhaps—which ferried you from the world of being a youth into the world of an adult? Maybe it was a series of experiences which offered you the opportunity to take a new level of responsibility for yourself and others? Maybe a trial of some sort? A challenge through which your perseverance connected you with unique inner strengths and gifts that may never have otherwise discovered?

One way or another—people find ways to initiate ourselves into adulthood—or, alternately, life finds ways to initiate us.

Journeymen’s Rites Of Passage Adventure Weekend is an opportunity for teenage boys to initiate their journey into adulthood consciously within a strong community of men who are committed to their potential.

Enrollment is open for both adult staffers and initiates ages 14-17 for the Spring Rites Of Passage Adventure Weekend. Please get in touch for more information or to enroll or visit journeymenasheville.org/ropaw

What part of your potential will you unlock? What gifts do you have to share?

We look forward to embarking on an adventure with you this spring to find out.

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Featuring a French inspired prix fixe menu with wines personally selected from Sommelier, Steve Pignatiello. The wines will come from the private cellars of small, family winemakers in prestigious towns such as Meursault, Pommard, Gevrey-Chambertin, among others.

https://www.facebook.com/events/268586390723437/?event_time_id=268586394056770

Featuring a French inspired prix fixe menu with wines personally selected from Sommelier, Steve Pignatiello. The wines will come from the private cellars of small, family winemakers in prestigious towns such as Meursault, Pommard, Gevrey-Chambertin, among others.

https://www.facebook.com/events/268586390723437/

Join us for an evening in celebration of Henderson County’s rich arts community at Arts After Dark!

$30 – Individuals | $200 Reserved table of 8 (Table reservations include champagne, flowers, & chocolates. Reservations must be made in advance.).

Call 828-692-1413 or stop by the Chamber (204 Kanuga Road) for your tickets.

5:00 pm – Registration + Reception – View demonstrative art displays and meet local artists while enjoying fantastic food and beverage from local favorites including: The Baker’s Box, Bold Rock Mills River, The Fresh Market, Highland Lake Inn & Resort, Kilwins Hendersonville, McDonald’s, Sierra Nevada Mills River, Surf N Brew Oyster Bar – Fletcher, NC, Trinity View-A Senior Living Community, and More – we will post updates as they come!

*We are still accepting food and beverage vendors, please contact the Chamber at 828.692.1413, if you’re interested.

5:45 pm – Showtime – Enjoy performances from area arts groups including: Flat Rock Playhouse, Hendersonville Community Theatre, Carolina Concert Choir, Blue Ridge Community College’s Drama Troupe, Pat’s School of Dance, Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra, and more!

Thanks to Hunter Automotive Group for presenting this wonderful evening and to Carolina Alliance Bank for their continued support.

Also thanks to Morris Broadband, Sam’s Club, Hendersonville Lightning and WTZQ Radio for helping to make this event possible.

https://www.facebook.com/events/433901033819549/

Come grab a burger, side and a year round brew for $12 every Thursday starting November 1st. From 5-8PM you can get this special deal from The Hungry Ghost. Join in on #BGtrivia @ 6:30PM for a night of fun and food.
Beer options include:
IPA
Pale Ale
LAGA (Light American Golden Ale)
English Porter
Grapefruit IPA
Mango IPA

https://www.facebook.com/events/353635038713926/?event_time_id=353635085380588

Introducing our newest weekly entertainment – Canned Heat. An all-vinyl DJ night with Death Jam Jasper. Every genre. Every artist. Every Thursday. Super chill.

BONUS – two rotating beers will be on sale for $3/pint all day, every Thursday.

https://www.facebook.com/events/238186547045957/?event_time_id=294846044713340

On Thursday, April 4, Farm Burger in South Asheville from 5-9 p.m. will donate 10 percent of all sales to Big Brothers Big Sisters through its Farm to Community program. Support the good work BBBS does by gathering friends and family to eat out during those hours! BBBS will have an information table at the restaurant for the evening and invites Bigs to represent it for an hour. Bigs, if your Little enjoys talking to people, this is a good chance for them to volunteer as well. RSVP to Sara Basile, [email protected].

https://www.facebook.com/events/2423205781032059/

Each month we gather in Ra Ma Kaur’s temple living room as a community of womxn reclaiming our connection to the Divine Feminine. As we come together in this sacred way we stretch our nervous systems to hold more for one another and therefore ourselves and our lineages.

Join us for a special evening as we gather in honor of the Aries New Moon. Aries is the I AM presence, the leader, the pioneer, the wild warrior woman. This is a time to emerge from the depths of winter with courageous initiation.

The New Moon offers a necessary time to shed in a sacred container that transforms the lessons learned in the previous moon cycle into higher consciousness.

You will receive astrological downloads, Stone Medicine Tonics, Kundalini Meditation and Deep Gong Resound Healing in a sacred space.

Aries by Yogi Bhajan

When the universe and all its stars

Start dancing and crossing the orbit

Leaving trails of light in the triangles of the zigzag…

The very existence and its loyalty are called Aries!

$27 exchange. RSVP www.ramakaur.com/gather Address and more information given upon registration. Email [email protected] for q+a.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2090101154370581/

Blood Oranges, Citrus Terpenes & Raw Cacao: Why are they so powerful? Taste 3 elixirs: one creamy, one with raw cacao and a limonene rich concoction to fuel your cells with nitric oxide!
$10 at the door. 8 page recipe booklet available for small donation. Get a bite or two of some raw cacao treats as well!
Tell your friends and join us!
“ON TIME” Drawing at 535! Don’t miss it!
All recipes RAW, VEGAN, GLUTEN FREE & ORGANIC
Presented by Brynda of Mannaplanet Raw Cacao
828-231-1376 [email protected]
No CBD (although wonderful!) need be added to these recipes, this is about whole foods that impact the endocannabinoid system

https://www.facebook.com/events/411047089641826/

Ladies, please join us the first Thursday of every month** for great wine, great friends, and lots of fun!

**July’s event will not be held because of the 4th.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2190909954570744/?event_time_id=2190909957904077

Kaiut Yoga is coming to you! This scrumptious master class will unwind chronic adhesions in the connective tissue and help strengthen and unlock the major joints of the body. Yin postures will be combined with micro-engagements to trigger a release of scar tissue and promote healing. From the feet up to the neck, participants will experience regenerative effects in the whole mind-body system. Come lavish and fortify yourself in the wisdom of this burgeoning school of practice. All levels and bodies welcome!

https://www.facebook.com/events/609420976179239/

Tonya E. Carroll will talk about the evolution of Cherokee arts and crafts and the history of Qualla arts and crafts in conjunction with the Ramsey Center’s display of Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual: Tradition & Innovation (on loan from Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center). Qualla Arts And Crafts Mutual, Inc., was founded in Cherokee, NC, in 1946, and is the oldest Native American artists’ cooperative in the United States. The legendary artistry, design, and durability of Cherokee crafts is admired throughout the world and Qualla has played a key role in keeping those traditions alive while encouraging experimentation and innovation.

Tonya E. Carroll was born and raised in Cherokee, North Carolina. She studied American History and Cherokee Studies at Western Carolina University where she earned her master’s degree in Public History. In 2011, she graduated from the Duyukdvi Right Path Adult Leadership Program. In 2016, her passion for her community and Cherokee history and culture made becoming the Department Manager of the Ray Kinsland Leadership Institute a natural fit. There she works with several leadership programs and specialists in order to create a generation of life-long selfless leaders deeply rooted in Cherokee history and culture. In 2017, she was selected to participant in the North Carolina Native Leadership Institute program for 2017-2019. She serves on various boards including Cherokee Talents, Inc., Cherokee Boys Club, and the Museum of the Cherokee Indian. She resides in the Birdtown Community on the Qualla Boundary in Cherokee, North Carolina with Bear Allison and their dog, Prince.

Appalachian Evenings are free of charge and all are welcome. The event will be held in the Ramsey Center, which is located inside Renfro Library on the campus of Mars Hill University.

For events that happen before 6pm on a weekday, please park in the lot on Bailey Street just next to the Greenway – across the street from Chambers Gym. After 6pm, visitors may park in any available green or white parking space, even if it is designated “faculty” or “students.”

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