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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Come on out to West Asheville on Monday Nights for Contra Dancing and Waltzes from 7:30 PM to 9:45. No partner needed just bring yourself. $7 or more.
Come on out and Contra Dance with the Old Farmer’s Ball. Free lesson starts at 7:30 PM and the dance starts at 8.
Community wide yard sale in Haw Creek. Over 25 homes participating.
The Annual Henderson County Republican Party Lincoln-Reagan Dinner
Keynote Speaker: Congressman Mark Meadows
Date: April 21, 2018
Location: Hendersonville Country Club
Sponsor’s Private Reception (for donors $500+) 5:00pm
Cash Bar 5:30pm
Dinner ($75/person) 6:00pm
Tell your Friends and Family!
Questions? Call Merry Guy, Chair HCGOP at (828) 693-6040 or email to [email protected]
Event Flyer: http://hendersoncountygop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/LR-Dinner-2018-Flyer-for-Website.pdf
Beginner’s workshop lesson at 7:30 P.M., then 8-11 P.M. Contra Dance with Country Waltzing at the break and the final dance. This is a partner dance but it’s not necessary to come with a partner. We have different live bands and callers.
Come out to the inaugural Totally Rad Trivia Night at The Southern Kitchen & Bar for the very best in Pop Culture Trivia! Drink & Food Specials, FREE to play, and a four $10 gift cards to The Southern for the winning team.
Location: Grateful Steps Publishing
A discussion with Ron Eddings, a Grateful Steps author and co-author of the screenplay “From My Eyes: The Ron Eddings Story,” about the racism he and his friends and family suffered while growing up in Asheville, the downward spiral his life subsequently took, and his triumph of recovery through faith.
Location: The Hop and The Hop West
The Hop Ice Cream Cafe and The Hop West are donating 10% of sales this day to the YWCA as part of Stand Against Racism.
Location: YWCA of Asheville Multipurpose Room
An interactive all-ages presentation by Charles Waters, poet and co-author of the children’s book “Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship” hosted by Spellbound Children’s Bookshop.
Beginner’s workshop lesson at 7:30 P.M., then 8-11 P.M. Contra Dance with Country Waltzing at the break and the final dance. This is a partner dance but it’s not necessary to come with a partner. We have different live bands and callers.
Location: Sunny Point Cafe
Sign the pledge to Stand Against Racism all weekend-long at Sunny Point.
Location: Sunny Point Cafe
Sign the pledge to Stand Against Racism all weekend-long at Sunny Point.
Garden Gala
Opening Day of the Sierra Nevada Tailgate Market will feature Master Gardeners and NC State Cooperative Extension staff answering questions about home vegetable gardening and composting, home landscapes, tree health, and lawn care. Buy plant starts for your garden or just enjoy some goodies from our farmers and crafters.
Come out the The Southern Kitchen and Bar for the best in Pop Culture Trivia in Asheville. Free to Play, teams of 1-4, and $40 in gift cards to the Southern for the winners!
Setup: 4-7 p.m.
First packing shift: 8-10 a.m.
Second packing shift: 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Third packing shift: 1-3 p.m.
Take down and cleanup: 3-6 p.m.
Cheers to 10 years of Health & Wellness!
Throughout the month of May you are invited to toast De La Terre Skincare’s achievements while experiencing some of the most celebrated skin therapies developed by Anne C. Willis owner and founder of the company.
Open house every Friday in May from 4pm-6pm at the De La Terre Skincare Showroom located at 47 Haywood Rd. Asheville, NC 28806
Sip a De La Terre Skincare Health & Wellness Tea or a cocktail infused with one of the companies unique herbal blends while receiving one of these signature treatments FREE:
-Herbal Food Soak
-Facial Hydrotherapy
-Eye Treatment
To schedule your complimentary treatment call the De La Terre Skincare showroom at 828-252-8400
On May 4th and 5th Asheville Butoh Collective presents Dirt, dreams and death, featuring solo works by ABC’s Jenni Cockrell, Julie Gillum and Constance Humphries.
Mound is an archetypal journey into feminine rites of passage, created and performed by Julie B. Gillum. Composer Ivan Seng will provide novel aurowave companionship in the form of an original soundscape for the piece.
Constance Humphries presents The Daydreamers’ Ball for Strange and Broken Things At the daydreamers’ ball, you can be set free…hush your talk and waltz with me. Two steps and four steps and down the hall, down at the daydreamers’ ball.
Jenni Cockrell/strange daughters butoh premieres arterial spirits, a reimagining of the character of Lady Macbeth exploring power, paradox, memory, love and loss.
Setup: 4-7 p.m.
First packing shift: 8-10 a.m.
Second packing shift: 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Third packing shift: 1-3 p.m.
Take down and cleanup: 3-6 p.m.
Beginner’s workshop lesson at 7:30 P.M., then 8-11 P.M. Contra Dance with Country Waltzing at the break and the final dance. This is a partner dance but it’s not necessary to come with a partner. We have different live bands and callers.
Eat as locally at home as you can at Sierra Nevada.
Each week, the Tailgate Market will host 30 local farmers, growers, and craftspeople with a wide array of offerings. We’ve invited the very best local producers of herbs, produce, meats, cheeses, mushrooms, cut flowers, native landscaping plants, and more. Appalachian artists and crafters will add beauty with hand-forged metal goods, intricate woodworking, healing herbal salves, original jewelry designs, and more, on a rotating basis.
WLOS ABC 13 is hosting a “Your Voice, Your Future” School Safety Town Hall on Wednesday, May 9. The Town Hall will be held at the WNC Ag Center in Fletcher in the Virginia Boone Building from 8 p.m. – 9 p.m. Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
We have assembled panel to represent a variety of perspectives on this issue. The event is FREE and open to the public. Please RSVP to [email protected] if you can attend. You & your guests will be placed on the guest list.
WLOS School Safety Town Hall Panel:
Mr. Bo Caldwell – Superintendent of Henderson Co. Schools
Dr. Kimberly Elliott – Superintendent of Jackson Co. Schools
Capt. Bruce Simonds – Hendersonville Police Dept. – supervisor to SROs
Mr. Alan Justice – Safe Schools Director for Transylvania County Schools
Ms. Jessica Villatoro – High School Student, Buncombe County Schools – Organizer for local March for our Lives
The school shooting on Feb. 14 in Parkland, Fla. took 17 lives. Though the discussion over how to keep students safe in the classroom is not new, this most recent mass school shooting has sparked renewed and passionate debate over mental health, gun laws, and school procedures.
Here in Western North Carolina, several school districts have seen a rise in threats since Parkland. Many have held their own forums and town halls on school safety, and several students have been charged or suspended.
We hope this Town Hall gives the public the opportunity to ask questions of law enforcement and school leaders about their roles in school safety and facilitate a healthy discussion about all aspects of school safety in WNC.
Sierra Nevada has become our official Brew & Barre partner! Making it so you can B&B with us once a season out at the mansion of breweries. Each one, seasonally themed and paired with Sierra’s seasonal beer release to celebrate the turn of season. In May, we’ll be celebrating the arrival of spring and beautiful weather with an outdoor barre class in Sierra’s BRAND NEW Lower Park area! Afterwards, you can reward yourself by enjoying a cold pint of Sierra’s spring beer release. Don’t miss out, grab your ticket now!
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Asheville Outlets (www.shopashevilleoutlets.com) is giving away a sweet Mother’s Day package that includes a style makeover from Express Factory Outlet, Renewal Skincare and enV Salon plus other great prizes from Coach, J.Crew Factory and MORE valued at over $1,000!
Enter to win by May 13, 2018 at: www.facebook.com/ashevilleoutlets/app/36495350702?brandloc=DISABLE&app_data=dlt-1. Winner will be selected on or around May 14, 2018, must be 18 or older and a United States Citizen residing in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee or Virginia. Leary PR for Asheville Outlets.
Asheville Outlets (www.shopashevilleoutlets.com) is giving away a sweet Mother’s Day package that includes a style makeover from Express Factory Outlet, Renewal Skincare and enV Salon plus other great prizes from Coach, J.Crew Factory and MORE valued at over $1,000!
Enter to win by May 13, 2018 at: www.facebook.com/ashevilleoutlets/app/36495350702?brandloc=DISABLE&app_data=dlt-1. Winner will be selected on or around May 14, 2018, must be 18 or older and a United States Citizen residing in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee or Virginia. Leary PR for Asheville Outlets.
Plants selections include a huge variety of cold -hardy perennial plants such as irises, daylilies, hellebores, ferns, wildflowers, hydrangeas and bedding herbs. All are offered at very reasonable prices.
All proceeds from the 7th annual sale will go toward horticulture scholarships at Haywood Community College.
Asheville Outlets (www.shopashevilleoutlets.com) is giving away a sweet Mother’s Day package that includes a style makeover from Express Factory Outlet, Renewal Skincare and enV Salon plus other great prizes from Coach, J.Crew Factory and MORE valued at over $1,000!
Enter to win by May 13, 2018 at: www.facebook.com/ashevilleoutlets/app/36495350702?brandloc=DISABLE&app_data=dlt-1. Winner will be selected on or around May 14, 2018, must be 18 or older and a United States Citizen residing in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee or Virginia. Leary PR for Asheville Outlets.
Thali-Style Indian Supper
Sunil’s family has always expressed their love in sharing NW Indian food, and this has extended to him devoting his life to food by constantly learning traditional Gujarati cooking from his mother, and becoming a farmer. Although the cuisine is from across the ocean, Sunil’s farming background, and worldly travels makes for a thali spanning the range of the diverse array of Indian cuisines, and sometimes delving into further Eastern flavors and even Mexican. A local-seasonal menu cooked from scratch, with care for earth, nutrition, and heart-to-heart culinary delight, leads to a feeling of fusion but still a wholly Indian experience.
Thali, literally meaning “plate,” refers to the typical way a meal is eaten in an Indian household and many Indian restaurants. The full pallette of tastes and textures adorn the plate in small bowls and plates, allowing the eater to mix and match the many different components to make the perfect bite.
LOGISTICS: Arrive at 6pm, and you will be seated and served a starter and water. Feel free to stop at the bar and order a wine pairing or beer. Courses are not typical in an Indian meal, and all items including the sweets are served up all on the same plate. Chai served at the end.
DIETARY RESTRICTIONS: May’s dinner will be ovo-lacto-vegetarian. Please let us know when you arrive if you would like us to leave anything off your thali. If you are interested in vegan dinners, email to get put on a list for dairy free/vegan, and you’ll be the first to hear about future menus specific to those restrictions.
MENU:
Becuase of the seasonality of the Menu, dishes may change last minute, BUT here’s a general idea of what you can expect for this May’s Thali:
Starter – Pakora Chaat
Split Pea Dal
Bloody Butcher Grits Porridge
Potato Dry Bhaji
Flat Bread
Jerusalem Artichoke Masala
Greens and Garlic
Egg Kadi
Slow Cooked Walking Onions
Mint Paneer
Dokla (steamed rice and bean cakes)
Cilantro Chutney
Onion Chutney
Tamarind Chutney
Fenugreek Pickle
Salad
Sweet
Water
Chai
Gangsters and gamblers, missionaries and showgirls are in town and on the Main Stage at Hendersonville Community Theatre, May 18th through June 3rd. Yes, it’s Guys and Dolls – Broadway’s perfect musical comedy about gambling men and the women who long to tame them! Tickets are $15-$26 and are available online at HendersonvilleTheatre.org or by calling the Box Office at (828) 692-1082.
Set against the backdrop of 1940s New York City, Guys and Dolls features one of the greatest musical scores in the history of American theatre, with hits that include: “I’ve Never Been in Love Before,” “Take Back Your Mink” and “Luck, Be a Lady.”
Hendersonville Community Theatre is located at 229 South Washington Street. For tickets or more information contact us at 828-692-1082 or online at HendersonvilleTheatre.org
Join us on Friday, May 18th, at participating coffee shops to learn more about Pisgah Legal Services and to support our work to pursue justice for low-income people in WNC. Local radio personalities from Mix 96.5 and The River 98.1 will be joining us at coffee shops in Asheville.
Special thanks to Paramount Kia andAsheville Radio Group for their generous sponsorship!
We are so grateful to our coffee shop hosts and partners. To see a full list of our coffee shop locations by clicking the button below.
If you are interested in volunteering at this event, contact Nora Frank at[email protected]