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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Summer Reading Programs continue and July’s library events are full of fun, interesting, and educational opportunities. Check out one of the many book clubs or reading times with our therapy dog. Also, the Early Bird Special: Classics & Casseroles will have you watching classic movies while noshing on potluck items. As for Summer Reading Programs, you can get down with Groovin’ on Grovemont and launch fireworks with the Bottle Rockets! program.
There’s so much going on in July, check out the Summer Reading Programs and July Library Events lists below.
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RiverFest 2019 is less than two weeks! As part of our RiverFest celebrations this year we will be raffling off two kayaks from Liquidlogic. Funds raised from the raffle will support our work to revitalize the French Broad River and watershed.
Tickets are $10 for 10 or 25 for $20. Purchase your tickets here.
Come experience the love of clay with our talented artists at Odyssey ClayWorks! Learn to sculpt, coil, and even get to try your hand at throwing on the potter’s wheel in a fun and upbeat atmosphere. All skill levels welcome.
Momentum Gallery in downtown Asheville hosts new summer exhibitions – Mariella Bisson, Setting Shapes; Oil paintings by two new painters: Samantha Keely Smith and Paul Sattler; and a group invitational called Give Me Wood. These exhibitions continue at 24 N Lexington Avenue through the end of August.
Mariella Bisson deftly delineates the sculptural planes of regional waterfalls and sylvan scenes creating refreshingly contemporary landscape paintings. Her oil-over-collage paintings feature built-up texture, suggesting the complex surface of stone and tree bark, lichen, and moss. Bisson’s paintings demonstrate a strong understanding of formal composition and reflect a sensibility honed from time she’s spent immersed in the outdoors. Of note, Bisson is a two-time recipient of the Pollock-Krasner grant and was awarded a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship in painting.
Samantha Keely Smith creates inspired and stirring abstract paintings in oil. The Brooklyn-based artist sees her paintings “as an expression of our internal turbulence. They reflect the overwhelming reality of being constantly aware of what is happening in the wider world – Change is the only constant.” Smith’s nebulous compositions are evocative of luminous cloudscapes and primordial oceans. Brilliant areas of stained pigment collide with waves of painterly brush strokes ultimately conjuring imagined environments with a timeless quality. “These paintings are about the essence of who we all are, as human beings… We all want love and connection.” Smith’s works give form to fluctuations between turbulence and calm present in everything from our emotions to the temporal world. Overall, Smith’s focus is on the underlying psychological impact of the dawning awareness of our shifting reality.
An accomplished oil painter, Paul Sattler was the recipient of the John R. Solomon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. In 2004, he was selected to exhibit at the 179th Annual Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art at the National Academy of Design in New York, where he received the Wallace Truman Prize. Dramatic narratives unfold in his charged and enigmatic oil paintings which reference historic and literary sources. Sattler comments, “A diverse population of animals are enmeshed in my works’ human-inhabited environments, theatrical locales, and domestic dramas.”
Give Me Wood is an imaginative and evocative collection of contemporary painting and wood sculpture. Central to the identity and creation of all the extraordinary two- and three-dimensional works in the exhibition is the common material of wood. The participating artists defy logic, explore space (both real and imagined), carve, bend, turn, and otherwise construct some truly amazing and innovative work! Featuring Michael Alm, Garry Knox Bennett, Gil Bruvel, Christian Burchard, Tom Eckert, David Ellsworth, Ron Layport, Wendy Maruyama, and Sylvie Rosenthal.
Hop Along
Floating Action
Kississippi
Show: 8pm
Doors: 7pm
$16 – $18
All Ages
Tickets & Info: www.theorangepeel.net/event/hop-along/
Frances Quinlan has been meditating a lot on power. “When I was younger, I kept thinking that one day I would have a partner and that person would give me power,” she says. “That never came to be.” Instead, what Quinlan, the songwriter, lead vocalist, and rhythm guitarist of Hop Along, has found is that “power has an inherent awfulness to it and people who have it tend to be disappointing in how they wield it.” In this particular moment in history, this thought begs a greater question: what do we do with power and the men who so freely brandish it? “I’m angry that I believed in this false idea for so long, that a man would come along and show me what I was worth.”
This theme propels the Philadelphia-based band’s third studio record, Bark Your Head Off, Dog. Written over the course of 2016 and 2017 and recorded in the summer of the latter year by Quinlan, Tyler Long (bass), Joe Reinhart (guitar), and Mark Quinlan (drums), the album imagines what it’s like to cast off longheld perceptions, often without being certain about the new ones that will replace them. Much like on Hop Along’s first and second records, Get Disowned and Painted Shut, Quinlan seeks in real time to work through these emotions. On Bark Your Head Off, Dog, she also grasps at something more complicated. “Growing up I was constantly in my head and not a part of the world,” she says. “Now I’m trying to force myself into the world.”
Throughout Bark Your Head Off, Dog, one gets the sense that Quinlan is wandering in the thicket of a forest-a state of being that will feel familiar to longtime listeners-and on this outing, she hasn’t left a trail of breadcrumbs behind her. The album’s artwork, which Quinlan painted herself, invites the listener into that forest, as well. “There is a terror in getting lost,” she says, “the woods are at the same time beautiful and horrifying.” This curious wandering gives the album, both lyrically and musically, a heightened dimensionality. On “Somewhere a Judge,” Hop Along explores a dancier side to their sound, while “What the Writer Meant” showcases a string section and enormous, full harmonies. “One That Suits Me” welcomes and embraces the sound of a Rhodes and tambourine, but with a syncopated vocal rhythm on top, almost building to a call-and-response. Throughout, the music is full of gratifying, new deviations.
Bark Your Head Off, Dog is, without question, Hop Along’s most dynamic and textured record yet. Self-produced and recorded at The Headroom in Philadelphia by Reinhart and Kyle Pulley, Bark Your Head Off, Dog features the familiar sounds that have always made the band allergic to genre: grunge, folk, punk, and power pop all appear, with inspiration from ELO to Elvis Costello to ‘70s girl group vocal arrangements. This time around, they’ve added strings, more intricate rhythms, lush harmonies (featuring Thin Lips’ Chrissy Tashjian), along with a momentary visit with a vocoder. In more than one place, Mark Quinlan drums like he’s at a disco with Built to Spill.
“We wanted to get back to using the studio as a writing tool and bring elements of that in,” Reinhart says of the production process. “When you’re sitting there and you force yourself to figure something out, in the studio, there are unlimited possibilities.” This visit to the studio often required a lot of throwing things at Quinlan’s new demos, then scaling them back after the fact. “Why are we doing mandolin? It’s 5am. We have to get on a plane tomorrow,” Reinhart says of the thirty-five day recording process. “But then we ended up keeping it.”
On the album’s opening track, “How Simple,” Quinlan wrangles with what it’s like to learn about yourself-which can get ugly. “People romanticize the idea of finding themselves, but when they do, at least in my experience, it can be really difficult. You see how you fail others and how others fail you.” The theme carries through to “How You Got Your Limp” and “Not Abel,” where Quinlan sings about the ways other people can be disappointing, relative strangers and biblical figures. The record also calls upon references that Quinlan has woven throughout all of the band’s albums: the wild presence of animals (rabbits, foxes, dogs, and blue jays all appear on this record) and historical touchstones (from a podcast on World War I to books by Karl Ove Knausgaard). Hop Along’s songs continue to reveal the curiosities nesting in Quinlan’s mind.
Most significantly, Bark Your Head Off, Dog shows the band at its strongest and most cohesive. Hop Along (which originally began as Quinlan’s solo project under the moniker Hop Along, Queen Ansleis) has never sounded so deliberate, so balanced. “Really, there are four producers in the band,” Reinhart says. “Everybody has ideas. Maybe somebody riffs on this thing, while somebody else says, ‘Let’s do it like that, but backwards.’ The last record was a snapshot of a band becoming a band.” On this record, they are truly that: a band. “Our confidence grew in our ability to express what we mean,” Quinlan says.
“So strange to be shaped by such strange men” is a line that repeats on more than one song on the album. “I’ve been thinking about that a lot. That I just deferred to men throughout my life,” Quinlan says. “But by thinking you’re powerless, you’re really robbing yourself. I’m at a point in my life where I’m saying instead, ‘Well, what can I do?’”
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Man Man at The Grey Eagle
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| Porter Center at Brevard College
The acclaimed all-female trio noted for their distinct “Chambergrass” sound returns to Brevard and the Porter Center stage to perform their improvisatory-feeling jazz with newgrass, classical, and folk rhythms. Harpeth Rising’s appearance at BMC will be one of its last as an ensemble, as the group has announced it will disband as of August 10 – don’t miss your opportunity to hear this truly unique trio in concert!
Summer is all about outdoor fun, spending quality time together as a family and taking in the wonderful sights of nature. Submit your photos of your family hiking, sunlight making its way through the trees or of the fantastic views that make Chimney Rock so special. 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 cost to enter contest.
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Join us for Fired Up Art Camp!
Campers will have the opportunity to explore new areas of art in a fun and creative way. Projects will include Pottery Wheel, Clay Hand Building, Glass Fusing, Canvas Painting, Mosaics and much more! 10% OFF if registered by 5/15/19 (Discount applies to full week only. Not valid with other discounts or offers.)
Sign up on our website! Questions? Message or call (828) 253-8181
5-Day Camp $130/week, 9:00 am – Noon. Individual days $35.00 per day, Ages 5-12 years old.
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5Rhythms is a movement journey of unraveling, unwinding and embodying the thread that connects us all. Soften as your soul borrows your head, hands, feet, hips… giving you an internal shower and sending you back out in this unpredictably magical world with a renewed lightness of being; knowing more clearly what you’ve always known….but perhaps, temporarily, forgot. ♥ $10-20 Energy Exchange. ***Please do not Park in the French Broad Food Co-Op lots!! Park in the small lot across from the Orange Peel, the LaZoom Lot to the left of the FBFC or the ALoft Parking Lot (all the lots have a small parking fee).
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There’s more than Chunky Monkey and New York Super Fudge Chunk in downtown Asheville’s Ben & Jerry’s this summer.
Art created by Vance Elementary School fifth grade students of art educator Robbie Lipe is now on display on the brick walls opposite the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. The exhibit depicts the students’ interpretation of the artist Kehinde Wiley and the contemporary portraits he creates inspired by traditional Baroque paintings. It will be featured through the end of the summer.
“Ben & Jerry’s is excited about showcasing art from the community inside our scoop shop,” said general manager Chris Carter. “Making use of our walls to show what local artists are creating complements our social mission — to be actively involved in the places we live and do business. I hope this is the first of many art exhibits on our walls.”
Carter gave all the credit for the exhibit to Ms. Lipe, who teaches kindergarten through 5th-grade students at Vance Elementary. She was named the North Carolina Arts Educators Association “Art Educator of the Year” in 2017-2018.
Ben & Jerry’s is located at 19 Haywood Street. Current hours are Monday-Thursday 12 pm to 10 pm; Friday 12 pm – 11 pm; Saturday 11:30 am – 11 pm; Sunday 11:30 am – 10 pm.
For more information, call Carter at 310-601-6247.
ATS® Level 1 – Dance Fundamentals
This is an on-going class series. You’ll learn the basic system of ATS® in a fun and supportive environment. Dance Fundamentals will have you dancing ATS® in your very first class! Each one hour class is divided into two sections.
1. Drill it – Learn the basic movements of ATS® with minimal verbal instruction and lots of following along, committing the steps to muscle memory with a fun workout-style drills.
2. Dance it – Experience the magic of ATS® and learn how to use the basic steps to dance with partners in a duet, trio, and quartet formations.
You can start this on-going class series at anytime and drop-in for drills and review.
ATS® (American Tribal Style) Belly Dance is an improv tribal style belly dance that is universal worldwide with every move having a certain cue with a leader and followers in a duet, trio, or quartet formation that is always changing leads. The beauty of ATS® is a strong Flamenco influence, along with India and North Africa dance, combined into tribal style belly dance. If you know ATS® you can dance with anyone in the world that also knows ATS®, even just meeting for the first time!
Bio
Michelle has been dancing ATS® (American Tribal Style) since 2006. She has taken countless ATS® workshop classes around the United States to further her education, knowledge, and skill of ATS®. Michelle received her ATS® Teaching Certification in 2015, and had her own troupe, Mystique Mountain Tribal Belly Dance, in Charlotte before moving to the Black Mountain area.
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Network and have lunch with new and old friends while you promote your business products and services in South Asheville at Post 25 Kitchen & Lounge. Bring a big stack of business cards and a friend if you like. ALL are invited, no cost to attend the meeting, we just ask that you support our host restaurant and buy your lunch (the food is exceptional!) Have a door prize? Please bring one (Optional)
Thanks to our Sponsors!
– Lone Bird Studio Asheville Web Design
– Big Frog Custom T-Shirts & More
– Radius Chiropractic
– Rainbow International of Asheville
– Montreat College School of Adult and Graduate Studies
– CBIZ, Inc. Flex-Pay
– Coach Bill Gilliland
– College Nannies, Sitters + Tutors of Asheville
– Mark W. Neville, MDiv
Join our MeetUp Group: https://www.meetup.com/Asheville-Business-Networking
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Understanding how our brains work and get wired for the future is essential for parents. Whether you have babies, toddlers, or tweens (or a combo of ages/stages), this knowledge is key to raising resilient humans and creating smooth-flowing family life.
This enlivening and interactive program makes neuroscience easy to understand and demystifies the roots of common behavior and communication challenges. You’ll walk away with greater understanding as well as practical tools that help you connect with your children, communicate effectively, and build the foundation for self-regulation and self-discipline. Specifically we’ll cover:
* What’s going on in the brain (in yourself and your children) in calm and stressful moments
* How to identify if your child is ready to receive your communication
* How to get yourself in the right “state of mind” to constructively communicate
* What to do — and avoid doing — to “get through to” your children in effective ways
The goal of this event is to help you better understand the neurological drives behind behavior and give you the tools to more readily connect and communicate with your child. Gain greater understanding and effective tools that will enhance your relationship with your child even in tough moments.
Cost is $15 ($5 non-refundable deposit required to guarantee seating.)
This workshop is designed and taught by Shonnie Lavender, MA, a mom and parent coach. Shonnie works with moms from around the world on discipline, communication, and all issues related to conscious parenting. A contributor to the ParentSpark education bot, her work has appeared on Huffington Post, Parent.com, Elephant Journal, and numerous radio shows and podcasts.
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Hobby horsing is the “safe, fun and affordable way to ride horses”. Riders participating in competitive hobby horsing – a toy consisting of a stick with a model horse head – perform and mimic the movements and technicality of horseback riding in the disciplines of show jumping and dressage, then translate that to their stick horse, where judges will mark and score their rounds. For participants competing in show jumping, courses are set with tricky combinations and patterns, similar to the show jumping competitions seen at TIEC throughout the year. Individuals must register by noon on event day.
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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Marion Tailgate Market will have a variety local produce and crafts. We will continue to offer the best of McDowell farmer’s produce and artisans.
The Market will double up to $20.00 for EBT users!
During the season, we are planning cooking demos with items from the Market Vendors, local music, smoothies and children activities.
Make plans to come and support the Farmers and Artisans on Tuesdays 3PM-6.00PM and Saturdays starting July 6th- August 31st, 9.00AM-12.00PM.
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Join us at the Board of Elections at 4pm for my official filing to run for Hendersonville City Council and then come on Downtown for a Campaign Kick-off Party and Meet & Greet at 305 Lounge & Eatery, right next door to Mike’s on Main. Party starts at 5:30pm.
Thank you to Patty and the Mike’s on Main team for hosting us!
Can’t make it to the party, but still want to help? Visit https://donorbox.org/simpson4hvlcouncil to make a contribution today and be on the lookout for future events! Checks can also be mailed to the below address. Please make checks out to Lyndsey Simpson for Hendersonville, NC City Council.
140 4th Ave. W, Suite 100
Hendersonville, NC 28792
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8 Jumbo Smoked Wings with your choice of side for $10! Choose from our Dry Rub, Buffalo, or our weekly special!
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Celebrate the moon landing with the Star Lab planetarium!
Registration is required!
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***Registration is $25 per player until May 28 and includes an official tee with your team name. If any space is available after that date, registration is $35 and does not guarantee a tee.***
Soak up the summer sun every Tuesday on a soft, sandy volleyball court. Register as a free agent, group, or full team. Games are played June 18-August 13.
Play is 6 vs. 6 with rally scoring to 21. Each team will play two matches each week (consisting of 3 total sets each match) with each win and loss factoring into team standings. Games are scheduled at 5:30, 6:30, and 7:30 at Buncombe County Sports Park. You will receive a weekly schedule at the beginning of the season with play times listed.
Teams are:
? Co-ed
? Consist of at least 6 players (age 18+) with at least two female or two male players on the field at any time
? Not required to have any previous adult volleyball experience
? Not required to call lines (independent professional referees will be at each game)
? Required to have fun and a “good sport” attitude
Interested in sponsoring the Adult Rec League? Sponsors get great perks like prominent logo placement on team tees, shoutouts on social media and press releases, complementary team registration, and more! For an affordable way to support the league and promote your business, email [email protected].
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We are honored to host the Asheville Community Hoop and Flow Arts Jam in Pritchard Park, located in the heart of our beloved city.
This event began in 2008 and 2019 marks our 12th summer in the park! We are honored and thrilled to bring you this FREE event open to all ages and all levels of experience! Asheville Hoops provides jammin’ tunes, demo props for all to use and a positive event that promotes movement, creativity, dance and FUN!
Our Hoop Jam season typically runs from June-August and is a collaboration between the Asheville Downtown Association, the City of Asheville and Asheville Hoops! Many thanks to McGuire Wood & Bissette and all the supporters of this event.
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Originally an oral tradition, with roots in Christianity, Sufism, Kabbalah, and other religions traditions, the Enneagram (pronounced ANY-a-gram) is a geometric figure representing the 9 different faces of the Divine. The Enneagram is not a religion but it can help illuminate one element central to all spiritual paths- self-knowledge.
It offers tools to live lives of love, of understanding and compassion, of union with the Holy One. But we all get stuck in icky feelings- icky about ourselves and ickyness in our relationships. We are all aware that we put up blocks and walls and tend to, on some level, love our misery. The Enneagram is a way to understand our own compulsions, motivations and behaviors, and offers a path toward healing and wholeness.
On Tues.July 16 at 5:30 will begin with an overview of the Enneagram and the 9 types it describes. We will also discuss “wing” types and how stress and/or integration can move in our lives. We will work together to type ourselves.
On Tues August 6 5:30 we will share our experiences of living with this newfound knowledge and how understanding oneself — as well as traits and energies of the people in our lives — can be transformative. We’ll brainstorm how this knowledge can influence our lives for the highest and best good. We’ll share resources we’ve found and answer questions.
Presenter Sarai Repoley is a NC native, garden designer, enneagram geek, and fellow seeker. A graduate of Guilford College, B.A. Religious Studies, Minor Art, Concentration, Women’s Studies, she has lived in Asheville full time since 2001.
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This workshop taught by Benjamin Pelton will be a great opportunity to learn how to access new mobility and release tension. Created from the compilation of prestige exercise programs this workshop will be taught in two parts. In the first half participants will learn about the diaphragm and the importance of this vital muscle in neuromuscular stabilization. We will spend time discussing and practicing corrective exercises for breathing mechanics. Once respiration is covered we will move through different movement patterns established from developmental kinesiology. The developmental movement patterns will end with gait or in other terms our walking pattern.
The second half of this workshop will include a discussion on Myofascial Tissue. This lecture will go into the newest understandings of myofascial tissue, the structure of it and how it works in our body. A brief introduction into Thomas Myers – Anatomy Trains will be discussed in order to educate participants on Thomas Myers’ idea of the myofascial slings. With this new idea of the anatomical myofascial slings we can discuss several programs and movement educators currently utilizing this information to progress human movement in the direction of longevity and wellness. The workshop will finish with a movement flow that will incorporate different principles for strengthening, nourishing, and restoring health into myofascial tissue and muscular balances.
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July 16th Bike Night 6pm-8pm. All bikes welcome. Rock Academy NC will provide live music. Food, drinks, bikes, raffles and good company.
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The walkable streets of Gatlinburg become a live stage during the city’s summer-long performance festival. Visitors are invited to encounter costumed storytellers, musical ensembles and cloggers portraying characters from time periods as far back as the 1800s along the Parkway.
Daily performances from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.
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Don’t miss this FREE* opportunity to get your team ready to win the Chamber Challenge Team 5K as part of the Apple Festival Races presented by Hunter Subaru.
While designed for the Team 5K event, this training is also beneficial for runners who want to improve their time in the individual 8K.
The training will be lead by Greg Walker, USATF Level-1 Certified Coach, with assistance from certified personal trainer, Angela Vaughn.
Runners will meet at the Patton Park Shelter. Bring a water bottle and plan to walk/run for 30 minutes.
*Training id included in race entry and free to Apple Festival Races participants*
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Join us for all new trivia with host Sean Duffy! Now That’s What I Call Trivia engages teams through fun themes and music challenges while you enjoy a cold pint of award-winning hard cider. Trivia starts at 6:30, but come early to grab some grub at Bold Bites–our very own food truck!
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Get Your Art Buzz On at The Casual Pint! No artistic talent needed, just the desire to have fun! We take the time to guide you step by step to complete your very own take-home masterpiece.
Please arrive 15 minutes early to get signed in and find your seat. Beer, wine, ciders, sours, ginger beer, and non-alcoholic drinks are available for purchase at The Casual Pint. Food will be available for purchase at this event. From dinner to a late night snack, The Casual Pint has all that your taste buds crave!
Contact Info | 828-333-3243 | [email protected]
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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:
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