Calendar of Events

First Tuesday of every month, come join us for Bad Hombres, featuring a Latin inspired cocktail and dining menu!

https://www.facebook.com/events/344452779512672/

Smart Start Partnership for Children and Henderson County Public Schools invite you to Henderson County’s 16th Annual Kindergarten Readiness Rally on April 2, 2019 from 4-7pm at Blue Ridge Mall.

Rising kindergarten students are invited to meet kindergarten teachers and get on board a real, big, yellow school bus!

Parents will receive important information about kindergarten registration and the transition to kindergarten.

Community organizations will showcase their services and provide fun activities for children to help prepare them for kindergarten.

The event is FREE!

https://www.facebook.com/events/466160773917472/

8 Jumbo Smoked Wings with your choice of side for $10! Choose from our Dry Rub, Buffalo, or our weekly special!

https://www.facebook.com/events/290725515134456/?event_time_id=290725551801119

Every Tuesday we offer classic cocktails ranging from the Bees Knees to the Vieux Carré starting at $5. That’s right- Classic & Budget Friendly!

*Our regular Craft Cocktail list will still be available.

https://www.facebook.com/events/371585766768601/

The public library is a space for all kinds of activities! Including gathering with your peers to get ready for your final exams!

Studying for finals doesn’t have to be the worst. Join a North Carolina Room librarian in the coolest room in Pack Memorial Library each Tuesday in the month of April for a chance to hang out, get your notes organized, meet peers from other schools across the county, and begin studying for your End of Course exams.

https://www.facebook.com/events/243165976482367/?event_time_id=243165979815700

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!

https://www.facebook.com/events/302734167026800/?event_time_id=302734300360120

***Registration has closed. If you are interested in joining a team, please email [email protected].***

This league always sells out, so make sure to sign up as a team or free agent soon! Staggered games will be played from 5:30-8:30 on Tuesday evenings, April 2-May 28. Sponsorship opportunities are also available, see below.

Teams are:
? Co-ed
? Consist of 10-16 players (age 18+) with at least three female or three male players on the field at any time
? Not required to have any previous adult kickball experience
? Required to have fun and a “good sport” attitude

Do you still remember the sound of your foot meeting the red rubber ball on the schoolyard? Kick up your fun and fitness with your team’s quest for the season trophy during this popular sports league.

/// SPONSORSHIP ///
Presenting Sponsor
? Prominent logo placement on every player’s t-shirt (required to be worn at each match)
? Logo incorporated on the Facebook page, Eventbrite registration, and BCRS website
? Social media posts on the BCRS Instagram and Facebook accounts including teams in their shirts featuring your logo
? Ability to extend an offer to the players such as 1/2 off an appetizer on game night while wearing team t-shirt
? Complementary team registration that could be donated or used to build teamwork among your staff

For an affordable way to support the league and promote your business, email [email protected] for a custom sponsorship.

https://www.facebook.com/events/541855509626786/?event_time_id=541855522960118

Join us for a free, informative and fun gathering! All ladies 13 and over are welcome.

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April Speakers: Lynn Carringer Taylor, OD, and Jeff Taylor, OD
Topic: In the Blink of an Eye
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What to know:

• Bring a canned, dry good, or pet food to donate to area needy families, and receive an extra door prize ticket!
• Past attendees wearing their Ladies’ Night Out t-shirt also will receive an extra door prize drawing ticket.
• Refreshments will be served.

For more information, call 828-835-3667.

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Thank you to our 2019 Ladies’ Night Out sponsors!

First Citizens Bank
McGuire’s Millrace Farm
Peachtree Community Health Center
Steven Aft, State Farm Insurance
Tennessee Interventional and Imaging Associates

https://www.facebook.com/events/547124159126449/?event_time_id=547124169126448

Join us for a free viewing of Resilience: The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope in honor of Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Child Care will be available.
Light refreshments served at 5:30 pm
Screening starts at 6:00pm

About the Film: “The child may not remember, but the body remembers.” Researchers have recently discovered a dangerous biological syndrome caused by abuse and neglect during childhood. As the new documentary Resilience reveals, toxic stress can trigger hormones that wreak havoc on the brains and bodies of children, putting them at a greater risk for disease, homelessness, prison time, and early death. While the broader impacts of poverty worsen the risk, no segment of society is immune. Resilience, however, also chronicles the dawn of a movement that is determined to fight back. Trailblazers in pediatrics, education, and social welfare are using cutting-edge science and field-tested therapies to protect children from the insidious effects of toxic stress—and the dark legacy of a childhood that no child would choose.

https://www.facebook.com/events/638095579945896/

Please join us at Urban Orchard South Slope, 24 Buxton Ave., for a South Slope Neighborhood socializer with light snacks provided.

The event is open to anyone with an affiliation to South Slope, residents or businesses.
Thanks to Urban Orchard for hosting the event.

Pong AVL will be bringing by a table for everyone to enjoy. We appreciate their donation and contribution to the neighborhood.

See you there!

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If you are an employer offering tech career opportunities, we would like you to participate.

There is no cost to this event for either employers or job seekers.

Asheville Chamber of Commerce has graciously agreed to provide one free drink ticket to each attendee who is 21 years or older.

Please let Nathan Ramsey at Land-of-Sky know if you would like to participate in this event.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1144454105714288/

All Levels Welcome
$80 for entire series
No drop-ins

Please join us for six consecutive sessions focusing on fundamentals for a sustainable yoga practice. We will start with a brief background of Hatha Yoga, working to understand how the practice of asanas (postures) can enhance your life and inform you to be happier and healthier.
Joe will teach principles of alignment to refine your yoga practice and optimize its effects. This isn’t just for beginners! Students with a regular yoga practice would benefit greatly from deeper anatomy, alignment and overall fine-tuning. There will be plenty of time for Q&A during and after every class.

https://www.facebook.com/events/352914488769151/?event_time_id=352914505435816

Brewpon $2 Tuesdays!
$2 bottles and cans
$2 off select drafts
$2 off select menu items!!!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1376253399198796/?event_time_id=1376253522532117

Where? Foothills Wellness Center, Inc. – Fitness Center
When? Tuesday & Thursday 6pm
Who? Mark Sawyer
Cost? $10.00/class, discounts available for advanced purchase of punch card with multiple classes
More information? 828-859-5004 or [email protected]

https://www.facebook.com/events/338945186681233/?event_time_id=338945293347889

Every Tuesday Night beginning in April, we are kicking off our Bluegrass Tuesdays. Fish Specials, and of course our Taco Specials along with kicking bluegrass music. Every other Tuesday will be an open mic/bluegrass jam, with singing, square dancing/line dancing/clogging, and just cuttin’ a jig. I’m so excited to kick this off, as I was raised on gospel bluegrass. If you know of a bluegrass band, please send them my way! FAMILY FRIENDLY!!

https://www.facebook.com/events/665722940525578/

The CCx: Luminary track of the 2019 Climate City Expo allows the public to hear from visionary leaders who have made environmental action and a commitment to science lifelong callings. As part of that track, author, speaker, and strategist Katharine Wilkinson will lead an insightful and inspirational discussion about our climate journey on April 2 at the Diana Wortham Theater.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the discussion will begin at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are available online and at the Diana Wortham Theater box office in downtown Asheville.

Katharine has made it her life’s work to explore, amplify, and invigorate action to address climate change. As one of the most sought-after speakers at last year’s climate conference, The Collider is delighted to have her return to Asheville for CCx 2019

Come and join us at the community art night as we create amazing things

https://www.facebook.com/events/379793446198726/

Project Drawdown is the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming, and will give you “the best kind of hope, the kind that balances realism with radical vision.” The Collider is proud to bring Dr. Katharine Wilkinson, lead writer of the NY Times Bestseller “Drawdown” and VP of communication and engagement at Project Drawdown, to Asheville, NC for Climate City Expo. She is especially a champion of Drawdown Solution #6: educating and empowering women and girls, and has spoken around the world with Skoll World Forum, Talks @ Google, and most recently delivered a very powerful talk at TEDWomen.

Dr. Katharine Wilkinson will speak at Diana Wortham Theatre in downtown Asheville on April 2, 2019. Doors open at 6:30pm, and the talk will begin at 7:00pm. Tickets are $10 for students, kids and educators, and $18 for the general public.
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Thank you to our sponsor, Earth Equity Advisors – Responsible Investments & Financial Planning!

https://www.facebook.com/events/242804473290124/

We’ve been talking to the folks from Bardic Alchemy, a Celtic Rock band from Asheville and they’ve agreed to play at Triskelion as many Tuesdays as they can come down to the Brewery.

Bardic Alchemy is a brand new element in the Celtic Rock world. This trio, based in the mountains of Asheville, North Carolina is comprised of multi-instrumentalist Connell Sanderson, guitarist Nick Marcone and percussionist and vocalist Tyler Watts.

Bardic Alchemy is best described as a psychedelic trip into a musical world that is heavily inspired by the Celtic musical traditions…run through various effects pedals. Everything from soothing, mellifluously reverberating whistle melodies supported by groovy guitar lines and thumping djembe beats to high energy dance tunes on the Scottish and Irish pipes to three part vocal harmonies and even improvised pieces, Bardic Alchemy is a surprisingly dynamic and unpredictable musical journey.

So… Tuesdays… will now be…

Celtic Rock Tuesday!

https://www.facebook.com/events/425715451498873/?event_time_id=425715468165538

MORE INFO
https://organicgrowersschool.org/gardeners/spring-gardening/

Learn to design, plant, and manage your garden. This 6-week course—every Tuesday, March 5–April 9, 2019—is divided into 3 topics. You may register for 1 topic ($50), 2 topics ($95), or the full series ($135).

Topic 1—Designing—Tuesdays, March 5 & 12, 2019
Topic 2—Planting—Tuesdays, March 19 & 26, 2019
Topic 3—Managing—Tuesdays, April 2 & 9, 2019

Each TOPIC has two sessions…

SESSION 1—Classroom (March 5, March 19, and April 2)
7:00–9:00PM
Lenoir-Rhyne University
36 Montford Ave
Asheville, NC 28801

SESSION 2—Garden (March 12, March 26, and April 9)
6:00–7:30PM
Dr. John Wilson Community Garden
99 White Pine Dr.
Black Mountain, NC 28711

TOPIC 1—DESIGNING
• Why you should consider growing organically
• Important site, size, and design considerations for your garden
• Growing the soil and nutrient basics
• Garden seasons
• Useful tools

TOPIC 2—PLANTING
• Techniques for starting seeds and transplants
• Dealing with common problems
• How much to plant
• Composting and vermicomposting (composting with worms!)
• Converting your lawn to garden
• An edible yard
• Maximizing your garden space

TOPIC 3—MANAGING
• The virtues of mulch
• Water and fertilization considerations
• Compost tea
• Cover cropping and NPK—nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K)
• Organic disease and insect control
• Tips for Fall gardening

The series is taught by Diana Schmitt McCall, Garden Manager at Dr. John Wilson Community Garden and Eat Smart Black Mountain.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2275053316051105/?event_time_id=2275053346051102

Join us for a screening + Q&A with the filmmaker
$10 Suggested Donation
(pay what you can)

Directed by photographer Henry Horenstein, whose work can be found in the MFA exhibition “(un)expected families,” this fascinating documentary incorporates clips from 13 interviews with couples who discuss how they met and how their relationships work. Some of the relationships captured here are fairly conventional, while others are wildly unorthodox.

***There is limited seating***
Please reserve your seats and find more info at www.revolveavl.org

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We’re inserting some Western flavor into our community jam this month, so get out those cowboy boots and scoot on down to our Western Swing Community Jazz Jam led by Annie Erbsen! There will be swingin’ music, and great classes for beginners! Stay late for our post-band blues DJ! Plus the venue is not only gorgeous, but they have a fabulous bar!

~~~Schedule (short version- see below for details)~~~
7 pm (Continuing/Intermediate): Swing outs w/ Jean & Karolina
8 pm (Beginning): Charleston/Jitterbug w/ Jean & Carolina
9-11pm: Swing AVL Dance w/ Western Swing Community Jazz Jam
11pm – close: Blues Dance w/ DJ
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PRICING: Dance/Band is $5 (includes blues) and classes are $10/$8 for Swing Asheville members. Blues Dance is $2 suggested donation for those who didn’t pay for Band admission.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Interested in free dances or half priced lessons? Want to help promote the swing scene? Consider volunteering for Swing Asheville! To see what sort of opportunities are available and to sign up, please head over to http://signup.com/go/LMqYCSz

MUSIC
It’s our favorite night of the month: the community swing jam led by Annie Erbsen! If you are a musician (everyone welcome, from beginners to professionals), join the house band on stage to play some of the most swingin’ dance tunes from history. You can download charts at http://annieerbsen.com/music/jam/. Note that this is an acoustic jam, but we do have mics available for vocalists and quiet instruments.

BLUES
Band finished and you’re not done dancing? You’re in luck… stick around for our blues after party! Continue dancing to DJ’d music until the bar kicks us out. $2 suggested donation for those coming just in time for the blues.

FOOD: Feeling peckish? The bar has a small selection of vegan goodies to help keep your stamina up! Ask a bartender for more details. Buncombe Botanicals and Sowing Ceeds will also be out their with their rotating selection of freshly made, allergy friendly, plant medicine infused goodies including banana based “Nicecream”, baked goods, and savory bites!

CLASSES
7pm: Swing Outs w/ Jean & Carolina

It’s everyone’s favorite lindy hop staple, the swing out. Whether you think you know enough already, or you’ve seen people swinging out on the dance floor and want to give it a shot, this is the class for you. We will work on the fundamentals of the swing out, break it down and piece it back together, and finish off with some fun variations. For this class, you should be very comfortable with basic 8-count footwork and connection, but don’t worry about bringing a partner. We will rotate throughout the class to give everyone a lot of practice.

“Continuing” classes are for those dancers who have cemented the basics of the dance being featured that specific month. This includes knowing (and being able to execute cleanly and consistently) basic footwork and lead/follow skills for that dance. Some continuing classes may require no advance knowledge of a dance. This will be noted in the the class description.
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8 pm: Charleston/Jitterbug w/ Jean & Karolina

This month we will be doing beginner partnered Charleston, which is perfect for faster songs and a great way to start dancing. Focusing mostly on side-by-side 30s style, we will also add in some jitterbug steps and turns to give your dancing a little more variety and swing. No partner necessary! You’ll get to dance with everyone.

“Core” lessons stress the fundamentals of swing dancing for beginning dancers. Lessons rotate monthly to focus on a different kind of swing dance (6 Count Lindy, 8 Count Lindy, Charleston, Balboa, etc.). Because good fundamentals are hard to develop in one month, we recommend repeating Core lessons (on the same topic) to help develop the solid foundation you’ll need in continuing classes. Core lessons are also great for intermediate and advanced dancers who want to “get back to basics” or learn a different dancing role (lead vs. follow).
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GIFT CERTIFICATES
Do you want to buy a gift certificate for our classes as a gift, or to pre-pay for a block of classes for yourself? You can purchase gift certificates at the door at our weekly dance! They are $40 for a block of 4, and a great way to dive into the fun world of dance.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
April 9: Posey Quartet
April 16: Jason DeCristofaro Quartet
April 23: Lovebugs
April 30: House Hoppers
May 7: Community Jazz Jam
May 14: Low Down Sires
May 21: The French Broads
May 29: Sparrow & Her Wingmen
June 4: Community Jazz Jam
June 11: Gravyhouse Storytellers
June 18: One Leg Up

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Come out and see what the fuss is all about! Team Trivia Tuesday at Sanctuary Brewing Company with host Josh Dunkin!

Team Trivia Western NC & The Upstate of SC is every Tuesday at 7 PM at Sanctuary Brewing Company on 1st Avenue in Downtown Hendersonville! There is no limit to how many people can participate on each team. You can have 1 or 20!

The game is free to play and the top two teams each week receive a gift card of $40 (1st place) and $20 (2nd place).

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Join us each Tuesday evening at 7pm for Trivia night at Refinery 13! Teams may consist of 1-6 players and prizes are awarded to first and second place teams each week!

https://www.facebook.com/events/395895714508426/?event_time_id=395895844508413

Do you love Will Smith? Do you wish The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was still on the air? Are you excited he is in the new Aladdin movie? Do you love I, Robot and Men In Black? Come out and test your Will Smith movie, music, and television knowledge! Prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd! Cheers everyone!

https://www.facebook.com/events/2261170970804869/

“Country Music,” Ken Burns’s new PBS documentary series, won’t premiere nationally until September, but Burns’s co-producers Dayton Duncan and Julie Dunfey will host a special preview screening and discussion at UNC Asheville at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 2, in the Highsmith Student Union’s beautiful new Blue Ridge Room.

The screening is free and open to everyone but space is limited, so tickets are required. UNC Asheville is one of only 30 sites nationally to host advance premiere screenings of Country Music.

Duncan and Dunfey will screen exclusive clips of the 16-hour documentary series, “Country Music,” and then will answer audience questions. The film, which chronicles the history of the uniquely American art form, features many North Carolina artists and their stories, from early spiritual music, Celtic mountain music through notable stars like Rhiannon Giddens, Kathy Mattea, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, among many others. Trailers for the film are available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p80gOBTWASc&list=PLzkQfVIJun2I1nBMl6PTyv4vH-3NfoN0n.

Country Music premieres nationally on PBS stations and locally on UNC-TV, Sunday, Sept. 15 through Wednesday, Sept. 18, and Sunday, Sept. 22 through Wednesday, Sept. 25 from 8-10 p.m.

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Every Tuesday evening Music Hall presents our Tuesday Bluegrass Sessions. The sessions are hosted each week by a local bluegrass musician with friends or a band. Following the host band, Bluegrass musicians from the Asheville area gather on stage to jam in an open session. Occasionally, we feature a touring band that will perform prior to the open session and help co-host the jam. It’s always a great evening of music and community.

7:30-9:30PM: Host Band

9:30 – til: Open Jam

https://www.facebook.com/events/410087449567656/

Andrew Duhon & Lydia Luce: Follow The River Down Tour at The Grey Eagle

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Andrew Duhon is a songwriter from New Orleans, a teller of stories with an undeniable voice, weighted and soulful. Duhon has released 3 recordings, the latest of which, ‘The Moorings’, was nominated for a Grammy in 2014 for ‘Best Engineered Album’. He has toured solo for much of his career, and that troubadour element is certainly present, an usher of modern day folklore. His current touring group is a trio with upright bassist, Myles Weeks and drummer, Jim Kolacek. Since recording ‘The Moorings’ Duhon has been crossing the American landscape, the thoughtful colors and harmonies of the trio breathing a new musicality and direction into Duhon’s songwriting traditions.
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Lydia Luce was born into a musical family, her mother, a gifted organ and piano player, and her brother, a cellist. Luce’s first instrument was viola, and by age 13 she was performing in her mother’s orchestra. Her debut full-length album Azalea, produced by Jordan Lehning and Skylar Wilson, combines her classical training with Americana and folk influences for a collection that feels authentic and comfortable in a way that only lifelong talent can create. Popmatters writes of the debut release that the tunes are, “carefully composed without the sort of pomp that we may have come to expect from classically-trained performers from musical families. Luce forgoes the usual pageantry for something organic and unique that comes from the heart.”
With this compilation of songs born from a collaboration in Nashville, TN, Luce was able to combine what she knew about instrumentation with the fruits of new self-discoveries. Luce says, “Playing strings has been a huge part of my life. On this album, I got to record viola and guitar on my tunes with people that I truly admire. I’m very proud of what we’ve created.” As she continues to write and record, her Spotify streams are climbing to over 17 million and counting, with plans to release an Azalea EP of instrumental and live versions in May of this year.

Classical Guitar Performances by Andy Jurik and Christopher Crecelius, accompanied by the beautiful vocals of Rachel Hansbury.

Andy (Dizzy) Jurik and Chris Crecelius present both Traditional and Modern compositions for the classical guitar, highlighting their works which include their arrangements of “Danza Paraguya” & “Estudio en Si Menor” – composer Barios, “Big Brother” – composer Stephane Wremble, “Bistro Fada” known recently from Woody Allen’s movie “Midnight in Paris”, Bach, and more. Many evenings will include a special performance by vocalist Rachel Hansbury, singing Sous le Ciel – composer Ernesto Cordero, a special Carter Family tune, and classic Edith Piaf, accompanied by Andy Jurik. $5 at the door.

A cheese plate and lite bite menu is available, including a featured “Cheese, Wine & Chocolate” special each Tuesday.

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