Calendar of Events

As Virginia Woolf said, “one cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” Food and water are essential for survival, but mankind’s relationship to food has transformed over time from one of sustenance to one laden with personal and cultural significance.

A Matter of Taste explores depictions of food and drink in art and reveals how images of fruits and vegetables can function as complex metaphors for excess, status, memory, and politics. Drawn from southern museums and private collections, this exhibition showcases over 35 paintings, decorative arts, and works on paper by artists such as Andy Warhol, Wayne Thiebaud, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Claes Oldenburg.

This show spans 400 years and multiple continents, revealing the evolving role of food and drink in various media and cultural contexts. While depictions of fruit and vegetables appeared in ancient times, still life painting as an independent genre dates to 16th-century Holland.

In 19th-century America, still life paintings remained popular but evolved in terms of subject matter, media, and message. Painters such as Thomas Wightman, George Forster, and De Scott Evans embraced Dutch still lifes and used food as commentary on the current political climate and the transient state of the human condition.

Illustrated newspapers led to an increase of cartoons by artists such as Winslow Homer and William Hogarth, who utilized food and drink as social satire. The 20th-century modern art movement further changed the perception of food. The culture of mass production enabled Pop artists to elevate seemingly mundane foodstuffs to high art. Yet, other contemporary artists explored the symbolic and nostalgic role of food seen in works by Tim Tate, Linda Armstrong, and Laquita Thomson.

Visitors will also experience an elaborately set dining table fit for a sumptuous feast. Dining became its own art form over time and communicated one’s social standing and wealth. Each of the table’s six place settings represent a different culture and offer a glimpse into global dining customs. Selective drinkware will accompany this section revealing how tea sets and even punch bowls reflected an owner’s prestige.

Our annual month of classic anime returns on Friday, January 4th featuring the best movies from Studio Ghibli and animation legend Hayao Miyazaki!

THE MOVIES & DATES ARE…

Jan. 4 – 7: Spirited Away
Jan. 8 – 10: Kiki’s Delivery Service – 30th Anniversary
Jan. 11 – 14: Princess Mononoke
Jan. 15 – 17: Porco Rosso
Jan. 18 – 21: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind – 35th Anniversary
Jan. 22 – 24: Grave of the Fireflies (NOT FOR YOUNG VIEWERS)
Jan. 25 – 28: My Neighbor Totoro
Jan. 29 – 31: The Cat Returns
Feb. 1 – 4: Howl’s Moving Castle – 15th Anniversary
Feb. 5 – 7: Castle in the Sky

SHOWTIMES:
There will be two matinees and a 10:00 pm show every day for each movie. We’ll post specific showtimes for each movie here and on our website’s movie page.

SPECIAL BONUS… At the final 10:00 pm show of each movie we will show the original Japanese version with English subtitles! All other shows will be the English dubbed version.

TICKET INFO:
Tickets are only $3.00, and sales operate on our normal ticket policy of going on sale 24 hours before your desired show date.

For example, Friday movie tickets go on sale Thursday, the day before.

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Highlands Ice Rink is located at Kelsey Hutchinson Founders park in Highlands, NC 28741. The Ice rink’s open hours are:

Thursdays 1-8pm
Fridays-Saturdays 1-10pm
Sundays 1-5pm

all open hours depend on weather conditions.

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Join Sam for an Intro to Pole Fitness 6 week series. By the end of this series, students will be all set to attend Pole 2 classes, and may also attend any Pole Dance classes on the schedule (such as Sultry Pole). Students will learn Pole Fitness Level 1 in its entirety, and will be proficient in many beginner skills upon completion. Expect a thorough yoga-inspired full body warm up followed by pole conditioning skills to help you achieve your pole fitness goals. Students will also learn basic pole combinations in addition to skills, and will have time to experiment and play at the end of class. Class will end with a brief feel-good cool down stretch session.

$60 for the full series, occurs on Saturdays at 1pm from January 5rd to February 9th. Sign up now from your student account at circusdb.org/empyrean. We only allow for 6 sign ups for the beginner series for the comfort of new students and to allow for ample time on the poles, so be sure to sign up ASAP as these series sell out QUICK!
We offer 2 hours of open studio per missed class of a series.

https://www.facebook.com/events/198844534340932/?event_time_id=198844544340931

Love yoga? Interested in writing?

Robin Greene, Professor of English & Writing, author, and yoga teacher (RYT-200) invites you to join her for three hours of yoga and writing in a workshop designed to liberate your inner muse.

Give yourself the gift of time and reflection; open to your deep self; relax your inner critic; experience a supportive, nonjudgmental, encouraging atmosphere; learn writing fundamentals; release your innate creativity and talent.

All are welcome—new and experienced yogis and writers—those who journal, write poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.

Enjoy

Chakra opening asanas

Yoga sequences designed to enhance creativity

Pranayama breathing

Time to reflect, write, share, respond

Easy-to-learn writing fundamentals

Encouragement, support, and nurturing

Participant Info

Open to writers of all genres; all levels of experience welcome

Workshop: $35

Preregistration suggested, not required, limited to 12

About Robin

Robin Greene is Professor of English and Writing and Director of the Writing Center at Methodist University in Fayetteville, NC, past recipient of a North Carolina-National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Writing, and has published over ninety pieces of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction in literary journals. She’s the author of four books, and her new novel, The Shelf Life of Fire, is due out this spring. Additionally, Robin is a registered yoga teacher (RYT200), cofounder and editor of Longleaf Press, and cofounder of Sandhills Dharma Group, a Buddhist meditation group. She holds a M.A. in English from Binghamton University and a M.F.A. in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Art at Norwich University.

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Sycamore Bones seamlessly blends folk, country, bluegrass and rock and roll to create a sound all their own. Fronted by its two songwriters Cory Kinal (acoustic guitar) and Andrew Massey (bass), Sycamore Bones focuses on lyrics that are relatable and imaginative. Rather you catch them as an acoustic 3 piece, with Abigail Taylor on vocal harmonies or backed by a full band Sycamore Bones is definitely a band worth checking out.

We welcome them back to the Silver Fork stage!

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We’d all like to believe that yoga can be nothing but good for us; however, yoga asana practice can actually contribute to imbalance in our bodies rather than balance if we are not conscious of our body’s needs or are not skillful in the way we practice.

The main goals of this workshop are to 1) help you prevent yoga injuries in the future by following several principles and to 2) educate you on how you can skillfully continue your yoga practice with impairments such as strains, overuse problems, and nerve pain. Leave feeling strong, relaxed, and filled with awareness of your body.

Cost: $25, financial assistance available
***CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO REGISTER***
https://ashevillecommunityyoga.com/events/from-ouch-to-om-with-anne/

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Come grab a pint while meeting your new best friend!

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Stop by and meet the adoptable dogs we have with us!

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Scientists need YOUR help in studying animals everywhere, including your own backyard!
Join us for an introduction to ornithology, the study of birds. You’ll learn all about our feathery friends and go on a short birding walk! You can also join our crew of ecoEXPLORERS — kids who submit observations of plants and animals for scientists to study and earn prizes while they do it. Join us in the AMOS STEM lab and find out how you can earn your Ornithology Field Badge and a free pass to The Great Backyard Bird Count Day on February 16th. For ages 5 to 13 but all ages are welcome to attend.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1013060925532927/

New to yoga? Desiring a slower, more detailed and interactive class structure? Look no further, Intro to Yoga is for you!
This series will help you to embody the physical practice of yoga through discussion and practice of:

– appropriate breathing
– alignment and energetics of basic standing balances, forward bends, backbends, hip mobilizers, twists etc.
– fundamentals of vinyasa (flow) or linking movement with breath
– Centering and restorative tools for rest, relaxation and self inquiry…and MORE

Jennifer will provide appropriate modifications for you and YOUR practice, recognizing that every body is different (a beautiful thing!).

Our intention is to build your confidence and awareness of the practice of yoga, so that by the time the series is over, you feel comfortable and empowered to attend classes and to roll out your mat at home, without feeling intimidated or lost.

Questions and dialogue are encouraged as we hope to foster a safe and supportive environment where we can all grow and learn together as a community!

Price $75 for 6 week series
Saturdays 2:30-3:45pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/297135931011671/?event_time_id=297135947678336

Enjoy an elegant Twelfth Day of Christmas performance by the Asheville Symphony Chamber Chorus, our chorale of 32 distinguished singers. Revel in gorgeous renditions of A Festival of Carols, I Saw Three Ships, Ave Maria, and many more favorites of the season. It’s a wonderful opportunity to hear musical classics in an intimate setting!

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8 Week Series with Raphaela Fritz starting January 5th-February 23rd. Every Saturday from 4:00-5:30pm

$225

The beginning of the year is great time to renew your sense of heath and emotional well being. Do you love your yoga practice yet are ready to learn more about this ancient technology of the body? Then this is the new 2019 series for you. Each week we will explore one Chakra in detail, with the final week integrating all that we have learned into one dynamic, fluid practice.
All Levels Welcome!

– Learn alignment techniques that enrich your experience on the mat
-Discover what each Chakra represents in your body and life
-Mature your practice and enhance your daily relationships

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Ground- Align and open the legs, feet and hips. Cultivate a sense of grounded ease and stability
Enjoy- Discover how to open and widen your hips while enjoying fluidity in your low back and belly, remembering how to feel, enjoy, and balance your emotions.
Empower- Strengthen your core and fire up your metabolism, purifying toxins and letting go of what is no longer serving you. Step into your power, strength, and will.
Soften Open and Expand the Heart with shoulder and chest openers, back bends and breath-work.
Attune Supports our communication, creativity and speaking your truth. Throat activators, shoulder and inversions.
Illuminate your dreams and bring insight with the luminosity of discernment.
Seated Poses, supported forward bends, inversions and visualization.
Awaken your connection with awareness and your unity within the world.
Inversions, restorative yoga, breath work and seated meditation.
Integrate and weave all that you’ve learned into one dynamic, fluid practice.

Sign up now on Mind Body!

https://www.facebook.com/events/330827274133686/?event_time_id=330827304133683

Abbey Road LIVE! Beatles Tribute
All-ages “Family Matinee”
Sat Jan 5 (4:00 PM) @ The Orange Peel
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You loved Beatles music when you were a kid. Now it’s time for YOUR kids to experience the magic of the Beatles LIVE in concert. On Saturday Jan 5 at The Orange Peel, Abbey Road LIVE! will be playing a special all-ages family matinee show.

Abbey Road LIVE! is well known in the Southeast for their energetic concerts at clubs, theaters and festivals. This time, the focus will be on the kids. Expect fun classics such as “Octopus’ Garden”, “Yellow Submarine”, and “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds”. Does your child have a favorite Beatles tune? Abbey Road LIVE! loves to take requests, and has often been known to invite kids on stage to sing along.

This rare event will be big fun for the whole family.

https://www.facebook.com/events/335674157206539/

You’re Invited to Buti & Beauty, happening Saturday January 5th from 4-6p!

Embrace health + take time to celebrate you!

This is a FREE Client Appreciation class thanking you for an amazing 2018!

This class is limited to 10 participants.

This 2 hour class will get started off with a 1 hour Buti Yoga class taught by Cynthia Sims. Followed by an hour of DYI Botanical Facials with Rachel Kaplan.

Buti Yoga draws on primal energy to combine yoga asana, dance + plyometrics to an incredible playlist that allows the energy to flow freely in an encouraging circle. Shake, Spiral, smack the mat, and discover the cure is within!

Rachel will be offering free DIY Arbonne botanical mini-facials for everyone who does the Buti class. There’s no obligation to buy only to try! You’re face will thank you :) Come get your glow on with us!

If you haven’t heard of Arbonne before you’re in for a real treat. We’re all about pure, safe, & beneficial products. Arbonne bans over 2000 harmful ingredients and is full of plant-based power to give you instant results your body will love!

✨ ✨ ✨ ALL LEVELS welcome + celebrated!

➳ 60 minutes of movement

➳ Bring your yoga mat OR ?
We have Buti Yoga B-aligned mats for your use.

➳ Our Studio is in the same building as Tribe Dance & Pole at 457 N. Lousiana Ave. in West Asheville

✨ Primal Studios is a Yoga/Buti Yoga/Movement studio that inspires you to move outside your comfort zone, and connect & thrive in the community as we evolve together! Visit us at 457 N. Louisiana Ave. in West Asheville, right inside the TRIBE Dance & Pole building! www.primalstudiosasheville.com ✨



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Join the wonderful and talented Kim Drye on this inward journey, sinking into your bones and easing the muscles into deep relaxation. Kim applies warm stones to you as you hold in poses, feeling the heat and weight to assist melting your tension and stress. You won’t want to miss this evening of bliss!

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Please join us in a magical winter wonderland ball just for daddy & his daughter(s)! There will be music, snacks, drinks and a snowflake picture craft to take home as a memory. (included in registration)
All preregistered couples will be entered into giveaway raffles to local daddy daughter date time hot spots.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2826746287351596/

Come enjoy the holiday season and all its wonder while playing alongside the Broad River and the fully decorated Mini Golf Course!
$6.50 to play and kids under 5 are FREE!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1473877239423624/?event_time_id=1473877306090284

Sawhorse is so excited to partner with our friends and Lest Asheville neighbors Noble Cider to create the first preview of our maple-drenched dessert program, courtesy of pastry chef Emily Cadmus!

We will be serving all of our desserts a la carte ($5 – $7), in the Noble Cider tasting room on Saturday January 5th from 5pm til 10pm. Noble will also be pouring their usual line-up of amazing local ciders!

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Candlelight Christmas Evenings*
Saturday, November 3, 2018 – Saturday, January 5, 2019 (Select Dates)

*Check website for availability/dates
*By reservation only.
*Pricing varies by date.

Candlelight, firelight, and live music bring holiday warmth to the extravagant holiday décor of Biltmore House, creating an evening to remember. Evening guests can also take advantage of Antler Hill Village & Winery to enjoy free wine tastings. Advance reservations are required for evening visits.

Learn more about #ChristmasAtBiltmore or plan your visit: biltmore.com/Christmas

https://www.facebook.com/events/1524627331014393/?event_time_id=1524627357681057

Since many of you have already been asking for it at the bar, we’re excited to bring back our Snowpocalypse Winter Porter on January 5th! Beer release is at 6PM.
To make the night even better, we’ll be welcoming Pleasure Chest back to the Blue Ghost Stage.
Swing by at 6 for a pint of our new release, food from The Hungry Ghost and a night of musical treasures from 7-9PM.
Check in soon for more details.

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Join us for a live show by Tim McWilliams on guitar, banjo, and vocals. With more than five hundred shows already under this belt, he’s is excited to continue his musical evolution, developing new takes on classic songs, bringing an impassioned live show to audiences throughout the region, and pushing musical boundaries within the many sub-genres of Americana.

https://www.facebook.com/events/373369036803248/

Tour Gatlinburg’s most dazzling light displays by hopping aboard the Gatlinburg Trolley Ride of Lights! This popular winter tradition is the perfect way to see our mountain town in all its Winter Magic splendor. Get your tickets today!

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JOIN US FOR OUR SECOND ANNUAL TWELFTH NIGHT CELEBRATION

SATURDAY, JANUARY 5TH, BEGINNING AT 6:30 PM AT HARMONS’ DEN BISTRO

CHEF CHRISTY BISHOP WILL BE PREPARING A SUMPTUOUS SHAKESPEAREAN FEAST
FOR 30 SPECIAL PATRONS

5 COURSE BANQUET $65 all inclusive

ADD WINE PAIRINGS for $25

To reserve your seat at the table call the HART Box Office at
828-456-6322 and simply leave a message for the box office or the
bistro, or email us at [email protected]

Seating is limited, so don’t delay.
Reservations must be received by December 30

The menu for this event can be viewed on our website…
www.harmonsden.harttheatre.org

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LET US EAT CAKE!!
Each year, deep in the heart of winter, the Mardi Gras season lights a spark as it begins on January 5th (12 nights after Christmas) with the Twelfth Night Celebration.

On this enchanted night, the King and Queen of Asheville’s new Mardi Gras season will be crowned. All Asheville Mardi Gras supporting members are welcome to take a slice of King Cake.

Whoever finds the Mardi Gras baby in his or her slice will pick a royal consort, and the two will lead the Asheville Mardi Gras Parade as newly crowned royalty!

Memberships will be available at the door. As always, costumery and buffoonery are welcome, but not required.

$25 for membership dues! (Remember our season begins and ends on 12th night each year so if you did not renew at our picnic in October 2018 or Voodoo party in November 2018 THIS IS THE NIGHT

$10 at the door if you are just coming to party. Cash is QUICKER then card.

DJ Chilligan will be making the music magic!!
Queen Jax will be your MC (soon to be DEAD!)
Come dressed in your sparkling best!!

This event is 21+ due to NC State laws

https://www.facebook.com/events/2193906537599777/

Join us for the 2nd annual Global Glitz, Asheville Sister Cities’ annual fundraising event, featuring:
• Cash bar
• Silent auction
• Door prizes
• R&B and classics from WestSound
• Refreshments
…and much more. This is the first event at the newly renovated Foundry Hotel in Asheville’s historic Block neighborhood!

Tickets are only $45 in advance for ASCI members, $50 in advance for non-members, and $60 at the door.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1840665262715480/

$15 / $15

With a vocal blend that has been dubbed “outstanding” and “meticulous,” Low Lily (Liz Simmons, Flynn Cohen & Lissa Schneckenburger) have a cohesive sound which comes naturally for musicians whose lives have been entwined on the road and onstage for almost two decades. Based in VT, the band has crafted a sound which they have shared with enthusiastic audiences throughout North America and the UK, garnering two #1 songs on international folk radio, and two New England Music Award nominations.

Seated Lounge Show:: Limited Tables Available with a Dinner Reservation :: All Other Seating is First Come First Serve General Admission :: Please Call Venue for Dinner (Table) Reservations

https://www.facebook.com/events/251902012156124/

We’re back at THE POE HOUSE!!! The Poe House is known for it’s craft cocktails, tantalizing culinary offerings, and course, the best live music in Hendersonville!

Tim Levene and Laura Laughter are a lively guitar and piano duo bringing a full and varied sound spanning several genres. You’ll enjoy music from Eric Clapton to Jimi Hendrix, John Mayer to Guns and Roses, and everything in-between. Music from 7 until 10!!

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These are our regular Public Events. If you want to schedule a private session you can here: https://www.betterthanunicorns.com/play-vr/

We pick the games, you pay a flat admission fee of $15 ($10 for students) and jam!
Come early… we will queue players up as you show up!

Sign our waiver, rules, and media release ahead of time here: https://www.betterthanunicorns.com/play-vr/

Bring your friends and #getyourheadinthegame!

Become a Patreon to join our inner circle to explore how deep the immersive rabbit hole goes: https://www.patreon.com/betterthanunicorns!

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Poster-making night! Organized by the Youth Committee of the Women’s March on Asheville. We will also have some merchandise for sale (march t-shirts, tumblers and wristbands). Bring your poster boards, markers, and your creativity!

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