Calendar of Events

Jazz Night at SAB is proud to feature Jazz viola player, vocalist, and composer Anastasia Yarbrough (An Ya). An Ya will be performing a set of her original Jazz-Fusion compositions and standards with Jazz Night musical director and host Jason DeCristofaro (vibes/piano), Craig Sandberg (bass), and the legendary Bill Berg (drums). First set is An Ya Quartet, second set is a Jazz jam. No cover!

https://www.facebook.com/events/170181367247275/

Lectures, films and book discussions! This was a popular series last fall, and is back again. Mark your calendars! Sponsored in part by Friends of West Asheville Library.

https://www.facebook.com/events/275195226591309/

Asheville Date Night Guide and District Wine Bar presents Swipe Mic / an open mic for bad dating stories / on Wednesday, 17 October from 7-9 PM.

Prizes for the funniest, most awkward, and excruciating dating stories.

Do not have to get on mic to participate. Anonymously leave your dating stories @ +1 828 569 6699 (voicemails, texts) names bleeped, or DM Swipe on IG, FB and SNAP.

Listen to the debut show podcast here – https://soundcloud.com/swipemic

BOND OVER A DATE THAT WASN’T SO GREAT.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2049585498469670/

Voodoo Visionary is an improvisational funk/dance band from Atlanta, GA. A delicate balance of a tight rhythm section featuring deep grooving bass and funky drum beats paired with keys that will unlock your heart, masterful guitar licks, and electrifying solos create a sound the group calls psychofunk. Influenced by a wide array of artists such as Parliament Funkadelic, the Grateful Dead, Talking Heads, and Medeski Martin and Wood, Voodoo Visionary has a uniquely blended sound that’s guaranteed to put the ‘oogie in yo boogie.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1165909053560063/

Wednesday Trivia Night at Cork & Craft folks! Get your team together and come have some fun, and go home with a prize we think you’ll like. Come early and enjoy some yummy small plates while you pregame!

https://www.facebook.com/events/268341720351725/

Celebrate our newest Sister City with us at the October installment of World Wide Wednesdays! Dunkeld-Birnam will be the focus of this fun evening, which will include:
• single malt Scotch presentation by Oscar Wong of Highland Brewing
• Scottish Music performed by Doug and Darcy Orr
• information on UNC Asheville’s trip to Scotland in 2019, which will include a visit to Dunkeld-Birnam
• Scottish vegan cuisine
• slide presentation highlighting the many exciting features of Scotland
…and more!

This event is open to the public, and the suggested donation is only $10.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2296123340620126/

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https://www.facebook.com/events/296948861109034/

In this five week series we’ll explore fundamental concepts, elements and skills of the Contact Improvisation (CI) form with the goal of creating familiarity and confidence in the form so dancers are empowered, aware of their choices relating to safety and comfort, and understand expressions of consent in the context of CI.

This series will be taught by CJ O’Reilly.

For all levels:
-Highly accessible to those completely new to CI.
-A rich exploration of material for the long time dancer.

General skills we will develop include:
-Moving from, tracking and awareness of a body’s center/core
-Our Relationship Gravity and the Floor
-Exploring Points of Contact between bodies
-Invitations and Taking Invitations to Lifts and Weight Share
-the Improvisational Mind
-The series will stack, develop, and review skills throughout.

Sliding scale $75-200
Register: https://www.ashevillejam.com/fall-ci-fundamentals-series/

Availability of Drop-in Attendance will depend on space in the class, and previous experience with CI depending on the material covered in the class in question. If you are intersted in drop-in attendance, please contact CJ O’Reilly.

https://www.facebook.com/events/294372517826367/?event_time_id=294372541159698

Special Guest: TBA

Free for Master Craftsmen members and one guest, $5 for Journeymen members, and $7 for Apprentice and Permit members.

Janet Williams, a.k.a., The Tennessee Tramp is a Nationally touring comedian who plays “A” rooms throughout the United States and Canada. She has done several USO tours including Japan, Korea, Guam, and Germany.

She has been a guest on the John Boy and Billy radio show, and does radio throughout the nation.

Her audiences consist of folks 18 to 80 as her subject matter encompasses all ages, genders, and ethnic groups. She has an endearing stage presence that makes her audiences think of her as a crazy grandmother, a wacky aunt, or a nutty neighbor. All can relate to her in some way.

Besides working the club circuits, Janet does corporate work as well, and has served on the Board of Y-ME in Chattanooga, and has worked their corporate event for three years. She has done comedy for the Erlanger Group for those battling cancer. She has worked fund-raisers for Animal Protection Services both in Chattanooga, and Mississippi.

She has been on National Television for two seasons on BET Comic View, and was cast as Trudy Sparks in the Mystic Java sitcom filmed in Chattanooga.

She is a lovable force to be reckoned with, and audiences leave her shows feeling she is part of the family.

https://www.facebook.com/events/656114794770141/

Ellis Dyson & The Shambles at The Grey Eagle

https://www.facebook.com/events/1139873276151889/

Natalie Prass
w/ Stella Donnelly
at The Mothlight
Oct 17th, Doors 8pm, Show 9pm
Tickets: $15

https://www.facebook.com/events/2528455680713093/

Live music on the patio (weather permitting) with New South Rising! They do EVERY genre acoustic!

https://www.facebook.com/events/340059279896651/

This year, Eliada will maintain some beloved attractions including the tractor ride, which now drives all the way around the Corn Maze, jumping pillow, corn kernel sand box, spider web climber, tube slides, and corn cannons.

Reclaimed Creations is a unique sculpture exhibit created by renowned artist Sayaka Ganz. Utilizing reclaimed plastic objects, such as discarded utensils, Ganz creates amazing sculptures that visually appear unified at a distance, but are in fact separated when examined up close. Described as using a “3D impressionistic” style, Ganz’s exhibit includes installations of animals in motion, which are in rich in color and energy, to create an illusion of form.

About the Artist

Born in Yokohama, Japan, Sayaka Ganz grew up living in Japan, Brazil and Hong Kong. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Indiana University, Bloomington, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in sculpture from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. A lecturer and teacher, Ganz’s work has been displayed at various institutions around the globe, including the Hermann Geiger Foundation in Cecina, Italy, the Isle Gallery in Isle of Man, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California.

My work is about perceiving harmony, even in situations that appear chaotic from the inside. When observing my sculptures up close, one might see gaps, holes and items being held on only by small points; step away, however, and the sculptures reveal the harmony created when the objects are aligned to the same general (but not identical) direction. Similarly, it is important to gain perspective by stepping back from current problems and look at the larger picture. Then one can perceive the beauty and patterns that exist.”

NEW TIME!!!
The monthly meeting of the Chimney Rock Village Community Development Association is a terrific way to learn more about everything going on in the Village. While the public is welcome to attend, only dues-paying members may vote.
Note that based on member feedback, we’re trying a new morning meeting with a hard stop at 9:30 am so that business owners can get to their shops to start their day.
Coffee and donuts will be provided. Please join us at 8:30 am sharp at the Chimney Rock Fire Department.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2194900587414385/

Join us in partnership with members of the Elisha Mitchell Audubon Society for a beginner birding walk in Swannanoa’s Owen Park!

Fall is upon us and all variety of birds are passing through Western North Carolina on their way South for the Winter. Our Breakfast With The Birds walk is an introductory level bird outing where participants will learn how to use binoculars as well as techniques to identify birds. The outing will be a leisurely 2 mile walk around beautiful Owen Park with plenty of opportunities to spot local birds and wildlife.

Arrive at Owen Park in Swannanoa at 9 am
SAHC will provide some binoculars for sharing as well as some granola bars for breakfast

This event is FREE but registration is required – register at: https://appalachian.org/event/breakfast-with-the-birds-fall-2018/

https://www.facebook.com/events/169008860698507/

Show runs through November 7
Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10am – 4pm

This beautiful exhibit celebrates the works of photographer Lauren Rutten and quilter Kari Morton. What these two artists share in common are a partnership in the five-woman, artist-owned Flow Gallery in historic downtown Marshall, and a deep love of Madison County, their newly chosen home.

In 2015, Lauren and her husband Andy, traveled the US for one year searching for a home. “From the very moment I arrived in Marshall while on this journey, I had a sense of having dreamt of this place since childhood – I knew this was where I wanted to be.

I have found that my life here is not confined within four walls, so I’m very interested in reflections, when the light shines through a structure, or a barn begins to dilapidate so the outside and inside merge.

Marshall finds itself in a season of change. Many families who are moving here to homestead live alongside families who have farmed here for generations. This collection hopes to show the range of those who have come to call Marshall home, as well as the hard reality of homesteading and its immense beauty, which are in direct relationship with each other here. In this land I dig my hands in the earth and muddy my feet on the ground, while at the same time experiencing the transcendence of being and connecting to so much beyond my body. I hope those who view these photos might experience this too.”

Kari and her husband, Mike, moved to Madison County in 2012, after having lived a fairly nomadic life. They decided Madison County was the place to put down roots and call home.

“This collection is inspired by my immediate world, the things I live with and the things I see – the garden in my front yard, the chickens in the back yard, the buildings in downtown Marshall, where I spend many hours working at Flow and serving as a guardian ad litem in the county courthouse. Each of my pieces tell a story of connection, to my community, to my world. I love sharing this part of myself with others.”

Flow Gallery is located on Main Street in the historic, picturesque town of Marshall, which lies along the French Broad River, just 25 minutes north of Asheville, NC. The gallery is in its 8th year of business and showcases the work of over 65 talented, regional artists.

When reflecting on the current state of the environment, it seems that we have entered into times of seismic sorrows. Carbon emissions, water pollution, fracking, and changing climate patterns all point to a troubling reality with serious consequences for human and non-human populations. Through weavings, installations, sculpture, and print, artists Rena Detrixhe and Tali Weinberg (Tulsa, OK) explore the complex relationship between humans and the planet, offering insights, expressing grief, and creating space for resilience and change.

In Time of Seismic Sorrows is curated by Marilyn Zapf and organized by the Center for Craft. The Center for Craft is supported in part by the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Join Us for our October Worship Series — Authority, Morality, Exclusivity, Eternity — every Sunday in October

Wholehearted Fitness is BACK this Fall at TRIBE!!!

CLASSES WILL BE HELD WEEKLY on THURSDAYS 10-11:30 a.m.

Wholehearted Fitness is so much more than just a workout! It’s a community, a sisterhood, and it’s a training ground for your whole being. Through mindfulness practices, dance, strength training, pilates, yoga, and self honoring rituals, Wholehearted Fitness helps cultivate inner and outer balance, so that you can embody both strength & grace and achieve your full power and potential.

**FIRST CLASS IS ALWAYS FREE, COME TRY IT OUT!!

**BRING A FRIEND & RECEIVE A FREE CLASS CREDIT!!

FOR MORE DETAILS & TO SIGN UP, PLEASE VISIT:
http://loveyourlifebefit.com/wholehearted-fitness-avl/

WHAT WOMEN ARE SAYING:

“Wholehearted Fitness is my all time favorite class…
I love it because, like me, it’s a little bit of everything. We work hard and build strength, we open and let go, and we anchor in a deep remembrance of who we truly are. I leave feeling renewed, connected, and empowered each time.”

Aradhana Silvermoon // Musician & Entreprenuer

“Wholehearted Fitness has been an answered prayer…
Lizzy serves up incredible depth and care in her classes while reminding us to ‘dig deep’, shine unapologetically, and step up to the plate of our lives. I feel stronger than I’ve felt in so long and have deepened my experience of self respect and self love. Arriving to Lizzy’s class is like walking in to a warm embrace. It is EPIC to be invited into the sanctuary of my own heart and body to find the solid strength to fuel my work out and really ‘pump up the volume’ in all areas my life! I am infinitely grateful for her love, guidance, and inspiration.”

Grace Sea // Founder of Sentient Birth School

https://www.facebook.com/events/445930205929196/

Thursdays 11am-1:30pm
October 18- December 13
No class November 22

Tile murals can beautifully enhance your kitchen, bathroom, or outside sidewalks and paths. Students will design their own ceramic tiles using the slab roller and press molds, then incorporate ideas and imagery through carving, sgraffito, Mishima, and ceramic decals. Underglazes, glazes, and firing will be covered. Finally, we will learn how to install these finished pieces indoor or outdoor.

Level: All Levels
Tuition: $310 + $50 Lab Fee

Two years in the planning, design and construction, the big day for felines is almost here! CHHS announces the Grand Opening for North Carolina’s most modern animal shelter and adoption center designed and built exclusively for cats and kittens! The CHHS Feline Adoption & Animal Care Center will celebrate its Grand Opening on Thursday, October 18th at 11:00am.

The new building is the single-largest investment specifically for felines in our 31-year history, and features modern and comfortable housing for up to 80 cats and kittens. The CHHS Feline Adoption & Animal Care Center includes three main cageless play rooms for cats with three spacious porches for plenty of fresh air and sunshine, a glass-walled kitten nursery room, holding and isolation rooms, and a state-of-the-art medical room for visiting veterinarians, vet techs and trained staff to conduct examinations, provide treatment and perform minor surgeries.

The building was designed by Sylva-based architect and cat lover Odell Thompson, and constructed by Western Builders, also based in Sylva. Just as with the CHHS Canine Adoption Center which opened in 2016, the Feline Adoption & Animal Care Center was 100% funded by individual private donations and is opening debt-free.

https://www.facebook.com/events/706757483017540/

Sit back, relax, and let Jonny Mac’s cook for you. Johnny Mac’s is our October spirit night host and we look forward to seeing you all there.

https://www.facebook.com/events/321165208649438/

*10$ Cash Only, Tips Are Very Appreciated**
When arriving for your nail trim please circle around the parking lot to the right and pull up in front of the spa (passenger car door facing us), there is no sign in list. It will be one family in the spa at a time and the next family will wait outside the door until their turn, otherwise wait in your vehicle until it is your turn to pull up and come in. Please be patient with us as this is the first nail clinic at this location :-)
*Please be aware other businesses will be open at this time in the plaza*
*Appointments cannot be set during clinics, please call or text to schedule with us*
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Visitors to Grovewood Village will have the opportunity to learn the story of Biltmore Industries on a guided history tour, offered Wednesday – Saturday at 1pm during April – November. The tour includes a visit to Biltmore Industries’ production facility (aka Dye House), where guests can peek into the past and view the original looms, carding machines, spinning mule and dye vats used to make the famed Biltmore Handwoven Homespun.

The tours last approximately 45 minutes and operate on a first-come, first-served basis, open to 25 people. There is no charge to take the tour, but donations are appreciated. Tours begin at the Homespun Museum in Grovewood Village, where a docent will give a detailed overview of Biltmore Industries’ historic importance before leading guests into the 100-year-old Dye House (usually closed to the public).

Private group tours are also offered for a fee and should be scheduled at least one week in advance.