Beginning Tuesday, Jan. 19, Pack Memorial Library will reopen to the public with limited hours and services. See below for schedule information for most other Buncombe County Public Libraries.

The Pack library schedule will be:

• Tuesday-Thursday, 1-6 p.m.
• Friday & Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
• Sunday & Monday, Closed

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“Art Speaks” featuring paintings by Onicas Gaddis. Meet the Artist, January 21st, 3-5pm. Masks and social distancing required.

Exhibition will run until February 4th.

There will be a fundraiser raffle on February 4th to benefit the YMI Cultural Center. Raffle tickets $10 are each with the opportunity to win an original painting by Onicas Gaddis.

Raffle tickets are available for sale in person at the YMI Cultural Center, 39 S. Market Street, Asheville.

Raffle tickets may also be purchased online.
PayPal: paypal.me/LairdPelzerPayPal
Venmo: @LairdPelzer

Please note “YMI” when purchasing
raffle tickets online.

For more information or to schedule a private viewing, please contact Laird Pelzer, Independent Art Curator, at Cultural Hybrid Curation: [email protected]

UNC Asheville researchers Evelyn Chiang, Keith Cox and Kevin Riordan will present and discuss via Zoom their recent research on PTSD symptoms in professional firefighters. This online event is free and open to everyone, from 3-4 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 21.

The panelists are co-authors of an article in the Journal of Loss and Trauma. Former Asheville firefighters Joy Ponder and Chris Johnson contributed to the study and were co-authors; they will be in attendance on the Zoom. Panelists will address audience questions during this presentation.

Evelyn S. Chiang, Ph.D., is UNC Asheville’s Breman Professor, and an associate professor in the Psychology Department. An educational psychologist, her primary research interests include motivation, metacognition, and health and well-being in various contexts, including academic and workplace settings. She also works on disability-related issues.

Keith S. Cox, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of psychology at UNC Asheville. He is also a research scientist at Ralph H. Johnson VAMC. His primary research focus is PTSD and its treatment.

Kevin M. Riordan is a doctoral student in the Department of Counseling Psychology and a fellow in the Graduate Training Program in Mental Health Equity at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He also works as a research assistant at the Center For Healthy Minds, investigating the effects of mindfulness- and compassion-based meditation practices on psychological well-being. Previously, he worked as a research assistant at UNC Asheville and the University of Colorado, Boulder.

For more information, please email Evelyn Chiang at [email protected].

1/2 Priced Appetizers from our “Start Me Up” menu Thursday Nights from 4-10pm.
(Dine in Only)

Join us for a conversation with Sleight of Hand exhibiting artist, Yvette Mayorga, and exhibition curator and 2020 Curatorial Fellow, Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy.

Mayorga and Vizcarrondo-Laboy will talk about the exhibition and Mayorga’s studio practice – including the significance of baking techniques in her work – all while Mayorga decorates a cake

Join the Asheville Fit Tribe Group for a 60 minute of strength training. You will get personalized training with the power of the group to positively motivate you. Get ready to get a full body workout in for all fitness levels. So, no matter where you are at from beginner to collegiate athlete Trainer Preston will make sure you get a phenomenal workout. For Strength day we focus on slow controlled weight lifting. Learning how to become more aware of our bodies. We hope you give us a shot and see what we are all about!! For any question shoot Preston a text/call (984)204-0591.

Join the Asheville Fit Tribe Group for a 60 minute of strength training. You will get personalized training with the power of the group to positively motivate you. Get ready to get a full body workout in for all fitness levels. So, no matter where you are at from beginner to collegiate athlete Trainer Preston will make sure you get a phenomenal workout. For Strength day we focus on slow controlled weight lifting. Learning how to become more aware of our bodies. We hope you give us a shot and see what we are all about!! For any question shoot Preston a text/call (984)204-0591.

The City of Asheville is in the midst of a large project to update the City’s Greenway Plan (G), ADA Transition Plan* (A), and Pedestrian Plan (P) (*By ADA transition we are specifically looking at accessibility improvements within the rights-of-way on our street network).

The planning process, known as the Close the GAP, will identify a network of the pedestrian, greenway, and accessibility networks for our community as well as programs and policies to support it. We combined these plans because the pedestrian network will be a stronger one if the three aspects:  greenways, ADA transitions, and pedestrian networks are planned at the same time.
For information, go to the Close the GAP Page

5:50-6:00 Networking
6:00-7:00 Brad Meador – 2019 SolidWorks World “I’m Lazy”
7:00-7:30 Wrap up

What we’re about

Join the Asheville Fit Tribe Group for a 60 minute of strength training. You will get personalized training with the power of the group to positively motivate you. Get ready to get a full body workout in for all fitness levels. So, no matter where you are at from beginner to collegiate athlete Trainer Preston will make sure you get a phenomenal workout. For Strength day we focus on slow controlled weight lifting. Learning how to become more aware of our bodies. We hope you give us a shot and see what we are all about!! For any question shoot Preston a text/call (984)204-0591.

We’ll start with the basics of WordPress and then discuss the plugins YOU feel most WordPress installations should have.

Also, let’s plan to discuss topics and speakers for 2021. Come with ideas you’d like to present or lead a discussion on (can be a 5 minute, 15 minute or hour long presentation) as well as topics you’d like to learn more about this year.

What we’re about

This will be a virtual event on Zoom. I will send you a link for the meetup a few days prior to meeting.

What to expect
A safe and positive space to meet interesting people and comfortably share our interests, joys, and challenges.

Agenda

A topic will be suggested on what to share.

Each member introduces themselves in 2 minutes (if the group is larger than 10 then Zoom breakout rooms will be created).

All members will return the main forum and share their experiences in the breakout rooms.

Check out Jack’s Bluegrass Jam hosted by the Drew Matulich and his band of talented Bluegrass players every Thursday @ 7pm. Lively pluckin’ and cold pints to roll into the weekend! Sláinte!

Named one of Wide Open Country’s Artist to Watch 2020! Allie Colleen has a new single in the top 30 on the MusicRow Country Breakout Chart called “Ain’t The Only Hell (My Momma Raised).” The Nashville-based singer-songwriter is no stranger to the music industry and performs with a style that is truly her own. Her passion for music began at a young age and has garnered her a reputation as a notable songwriter with an iconic-sounding, impeccably strong voice that accents her Americana sound.

“With honest, standout songs that draw on her own unique experiences, the Nashville-based singer-songwriter and Belmont University graduate is blazing her own trail.”
– Wide Open Country

Join me for this 4-week intensive program where you will dive into intuitive drawings, aura drawings and auragraphs.

Intuitive Art
Doodling your Feelings. Intuitive drawings can begin as simple doodle that will become more eloquent as you practice. You can use ballpoint pens, markers, gel pens or pastels. Draw for the surprise and joy of the process, without knowing in advance how each drawing will turn out.

Aura Drawings
Your energy field contains massive information about your life. The oval field surrounding you can reveal the energetic memory of your life before conception and to present day.

Auragraphs
An auragraph is a beautiful way of giving a psychic reading. It is a representation of a person’s life story, their past, present and potential future. A Psychic or Medium will tune into the auric field and draw a symbolic representation.

Each week we will discuss a different type of soul work. Each student will draw, read another student and receive a reading. Each reading is unique and contains information that your sitter is ready to hear, and the information Spirit wants you to have.

Be sure to bring paper and colored pencils or crayons (or anything that you would like to use to draw with).

This workshop will take place Thursday evenings at 7:30PM – for 4 weeks and 2 hours each. January 7 – 28, 2021
$90/person payable via paypal.me/mediumrobyn or Venmo (@Robyn-Wolf-11).

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