Calendar of Events

? The Venardos Circus is coming to Asheville, NC!

Join us Oct 24th – Nov 11th, and experience the magic of the circus in our custom red-and-white circus tent at the Asheville Outlets, 800 Brevard Rd, Asheville, NC 28806.

This unique, family-oriented (animal free) traveling circus troupe has been touring the country for four years and was recently featured on CBS Sunday Morning!

? Created by former Ringling Bros. Ringmaster Kevin Venardos, the show features a cast of aerialists, acrobats, comedians, juggling, balancing, daredevilry and performers hailing from around the world. The Broadway-style singing and dancing add another level of intrigue to the performance.

An interactive pre-show party takes place one hour before show time with opportunities to meet the cast, snap selfies and play games so be sure to come and get your seats early!

The main event lasts approximately 90 minutes, with a brief intermission. Attendees are encouraged to stay after the show to mingle with the performers and take group photos. There are no animals in the show, just lots of very talented humans.

Tickets are $5 more at the door, so save time and money and buy online in advance.

?TICKETS: www.VenardosCircus.com/asheville
? DATES: Oct 24th – Nov 11th
?Address: Asheville Outlets, 800 Brevard Rd, Asheville, NC 28806.

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Delve into the ancient art of mixing honeywith local fruit, flowers, roots & herbs to create divine expressions of beverage bliss. This hands-on event will guide participants through the process of harvesting ingredients and preparing them for the mead, discussing basic qualities of flowers, fruits, roots, etc. & how to handle & use them. Then we’ll blend these things together with water & honey, feeding the wild yeasts, to create the beginnings of a most delightful beverage! Folks who are already familiar with basic mead making will delight in learning new tricks of the trade and age old wisdom. Class will include a discussion of yeast, exploring many varieties of commercial yeast and their unique nuances and applications. You’ll learn about wild vs. open fermenting, starter “bugs”, and how to create your own personal yeast strain. We’ll end with a brief discussion on racking, bottling, and storing your brews while sampling a few lovely examples of fermentation and alchemical magick!

$35-75 per person, sliding scale.

Marissa Percoco and her family have been exploring community for years, traveling the backcountry on a shoe-string, from coast to coast through deserts, mountains, hot springs, and oceans. Learning plants, animals, stories, songs and local ways of weaving into harmony with the environment is her family’s passion. Fermentation is a special love of Marissa’s, and she’s been lucky enough to study with several very knowledgeable teachers over the years. Wild Fermenting and ‘liberation from refrigeration’ are special areas of obsession, with an addiction to discovering new uses for strange & exotic plants. Marissa is deeply rooted in the Earthskills movement and is now nesting in Barnardsville, NC. To learn more about Marissa & what she’s up to, check out her website at www.wilderlandia.org.

** Please pre-register on our website **

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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

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Dynamic singer/songwriter GINA SICILIA will release her eighth studio album, Heard the Lie, on August 31, 2018 via Blue Elan Records. Produced by Grammy-nominated Dave Darling, Siclia’s remarkable eighth body of work in just a little over a decade, is a testament to her ever evolving love and practice of blues and country music.

Lounge Seated :: $15 Advance // $15 Day of 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

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Come join us at the “Appalachia Guild of Healing Arts” for our monthly
*Reiki Recharge Circle!*

During these Circles, we will be uplifting one another, as well as the planet, through energetic therapy.

After a brief Chakra meditation, we will participate in a few energy building exercises before administering Reiki to one another as a group.
Then we will send distance Reiki to people/places/things around the world.

This group is to encourage Reiki practitioners to practice this modality with one another to strengthen our batteries so that we may become better conduits for Reiki.

This group is also for those who are not educated in Reiki so that he or she can learn and experience this healing energy. Whether you are or are not attuned to Reiki, you are invited!

Circles are held with an asking of $5-20 Love Donation.

• What to bring
You are welcome to bring crystals, wands, and other metaphysical props to participate in these gatherings.

• Important to know
Please come early as we have a limitation on our space. Doors shut at 5:45 to create a closed container.

Please RSVP at the link for MeetUp.com to ensure your space is reserved. This will be a monthly gathering. We prefer to create small, intimate circles and so must cap the total # of attendees to 11. Make sure to RSVP!!

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As the Guild’s lead therapist, ‘earth’ is a LMBT with 10 years of experience with many modalities including Deep Tissue, CranioSacral & Reiki Master level. Her passion is to absorb knowledge on healing the body and then apply it with the heart.

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It’s that time of year again . Celebrating our leaders birthday with the one and only Dj friction & many more .

Tickets are 20$ available now .

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Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Oy OyOy!!!

Looks Like My BIRTHDAY PARTY Shall be FUUUNNNKKKYYY!!! Friction and some of my close friends and BMC Family will be our Worship Leaders for Church on November 11, 2018 !!! Get Ready for the Dance and Let the Spirit Move you in the Church of Drum n Bass

More details tba

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Jazz favorites by Dave Brubeck, Chick Corea, Fats Waller, Keith Jarrett, Bill Evans, George Gershwin and more…
Brian Turner: piano, Frank Southecorvo: sax, Bryan White: bass, Justin Watt: drums. Donations at the door go to the musicians and the church.

Please plan on joining us on Veterans Day, Sunday, November 11th
at the Highlands United Methodist Church Faith & Fellowship Center for “Dinner and a Movie”!

Dinner is served at 6pm. Dinner includes Chili, Baked Potato w/Fixings, Salad, Drinks & Movie Popcorn, Chips, Candy…

Movie starts around 6:30pm. TAKING CHANCE starring Kevin Bacon is the source for 2018 theme –“Be their Witness”

Dinner and Movie admission is for a donation of your choosing.

Wreaths can be donated for $15/each. You can also sign up to Volunteer for our December 15th WAA Highlands Event at Highlands Cemetery.

For more information, please contact Phillip Potts or Michael Murphy

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Doug McElvy, frontman of Red Clay Revival, was born in the soul-basted countryside of Alabama, and came to the heart of the Blue Ridge mountains to marinate. McElvy ‘s skillful, heart-driven compositions are orbitted by the most notable and virtuosic musicians in the industry today – he has performed and recorded with Billy Cardine, LArry and Jenny Keel, Keller Williams, and Tim Carbone to name a few. His powerful live performance harnesses an energy that electrifies any room, leaving audiences with an embedded musical experience.

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Didjaknow? Our Sunday Night Group is open to the area Recovery Community?
Join us weekly at 6pm!
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Intro to Partner Acrobatics: A 4-Week Series with Chelsea Feline.

Starts on Sunday, November 11th @ 6:15pm-7:30pm.

Partner acrobatics opens up a safe space for people to build trust, strength, community, patience, and connection. In this intro series, Chelsea will teach acro basics such as L-basing, counter balances, foot to hand, and hand to hand. This is a fun, mindful, and safe way to get into partner acrobatics whether you are an avid movement practitioner or just want to try something new. Bring a friend or a partner and let’s explore these foundational skills together! No experience or partner required.

This series meets the following Sundays from 6:15-7:30pm:

• 11/11
• 11/18,
• (skips 11/25)
• 12/2
• 12/9

$55 for the series, must sign up in advance at circusdb.org/empyrean.

About Chelsea…

Chelsea picked up a circus-inspired movement practice in 2014, using flow arts and yoga to find her meditation. For a couple years she traveled to different events around the country teaching yoga and circus arts. Partner acrobatics came into her life in 2015 and immediately evolved into her passion. She practiced steadily for a year and attended different immersion’s around the world in order to start teaching a style of her own. Acro heightened her vision for all to experience the connection, patience, trust, strength, community, and insight that this playful path provided. Chelsea loves to combine mindfulness, therapeutics, safety, and challenging skills in her classes. She currently teaches partner acrobatics in Asheville, North Carolina and continues to learn from many great instructors, pulling from their lessons and wisdom to mold into her own teachings.

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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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WHERE: THE BLOCK off biltmore, 39 S. Market St, 28801
WHEN: Sunday November 11, 2018
DOORS: 6pm | SHOW: 7pm
GENRE: singer/songwriter
AGES: 21+
SEATS: seated general admission / standing room
TICKETS:
SEATS: $12 adv. / $15 d.o.s.
STANDING: $10 adv. / $12 d.o.s.
WEB LISTING: http://theblockoffbiltmore.com/index.php/event/codyfry

Cody Fry:

WEBSITE: http://codyfry.com
HEAR SOME MUSIC: https://open.spotify.com/album/1gH1fXGLT3cTgVJPLoiPxY
SEE A VIDEO: https://youtu.be/ZsvWFM3qDbU

A lyrical and emotive performer, Nashville-based Cody Fry is a gifted singer/songwriter whose music touches upon soulful pop, jazz, electronic, and orchestral balladry. A native of Northfield, Illinois, Fry grew up in a creative family with a father who wrote commercial jingles for a living. By his teens, he was writing and recording his own songs, and ultimately went on to study music at Nashville’s Belmont University. Graduating in 2012, he released his debut album, Audio:Cinema, and spent several years as a backing musician for other artists. A second album, Keswick, followed in 2014, after which he made it into the early audition rounds on the 14th season of American Idol. The exposure helped build his fan base, and in 2017 he returned with his third solo album, Flying, featuring the highly acclaimed single “Go”. The album found Fry drawing upon his love of film scoring and coloring his songs with full orchestration.

With an ever growing social media following and his publishing being synched with many TV shows and films, Cody’s songs are steadily making their mark in the spotlight. Known for his talent as one of Ben Rector’s band members, Cody is stepping out of the shadows and into his own, opening for Ben, as well as Dave Barnes.

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Asheville’s most open mic. Three songs or 15 minutes, bring you and what you do! Or just come and watch.

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The Purple Onion is pleased to announce Paul Thorn, Sunday, November 11 as part of our Sunday Concert Series. The performance begins at 7 PM. The doors open at 5 PM.. Reservations can be made online or by calling the restaurant at 828-749- 1179.

Paul Thorn has created an innovative and impressive career, pleasing crowds with his muscular brand of roots music – bluesy, rocking and thoroughly Southern American, yet also speaking universal truths. Among those who value originality, inspiration, eccentricity and character – as well as talent that hovers somewhere on the outskirts of genius, the story of Paul Thorn is already familiar. Raised in Tupelo, Mississippi, among the same spirits (and some of the actual people) who nurtured the young Elvis generations before, Paul Thorn has rambled down back roads and jumped out of airplanes, worked for years in a furniture factory, battled four-time world champion boxer Roberto Duran on national television, signed with and been dropped by a major label, performed [on stages with Bonnie Raitt, Mark Knopfler, Sting, and John Prine among many others, and made some of the most emotionally restless yet fully accessible music of our time. He’s also appeared on major television shows such as Late Night with Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Kimmel Live, been the subject of numerous National Public Radio (NPR) features and charted multiple times on the Billboard Top 100 and Americana Radioi Charts. This year, Paul released an album titled Don’t Let the Devil Ride, which he describes as “the culmination of my whole life in music, coming back to my roots.” It marks his first time recording gospel music – featuring guests such as the Blind Boys of Alabama, the McCrary Sisters, and Preservation Hall Horns – and his creation of a body of strikingly original songs that address the foibles of human relationships without necessarily favoring the sacred over the profane.

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Abraham Jam’s CD release party is being hosted by Trinity United Methodist Church in West Asheville, NC. The concert will be followed by a gathering in the Fellowship Hall. We hope members of different faiths will feel welcome to attend and share in building community.

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Tickets on sale Friday, July 6 at 10 AM
Orchestra: $65 | Mezzanine: $60 | Balcony: $55

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Two of the greatest bands of all time face off in a high-energy, adrenaline-pumping musical showdown. The Fab Four, represented by tribute band Abbey Road will engage in a barrage of hits against premier Rolling Stones tribute band Satisfaction. It’s a face-off you won’t want to miss!

Beatles vs. Stones – A Musical Showdown
Show : 8pm
Doors : 7pm
$20 – $22
All Ages

Tickets & Info: www.theorangepeel.net/event/beatles-vs-stones-a-musical-showdown/

The two greatest rock ‘n’ roll bands of all time face off in a once-in-a-lifetime show. Taking the side of the Fab Four is Abbey Road, one of the country’s top Beatles tribute bands. With brilliant musicianship and authentic costumes and gear, Abbey Road plays beloved songs spanning the Beatles’ career. They engage in a musical “showdown” of the hits against premier Stones tribute band Satisfaction – The International Rolling Stones Show, who offer a faithful rendition of the music and style of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and the bad boys of the British Invasion.

The nationally touring show recently concluded a three month residency at the Harrah’s Reno showroom and a two month residency at the Harrah’s Laughlin showroom.

www.beatles-vs-stones.com

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All Veterans are welcome! This is our 6th year providing free dental care to Veterans! You served us, let us serve you! We provide dental cleanings and same day treatment that is needed. It is first come first serve, so be here by 7:30 a.m. with proof of service. We look forward to this every year!

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Holiday

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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.”

Join us for School Break Camp on Veteran’s Day! STEAM Quest! Choose from Fashion Design, Minecraft Galaxy or 3D Printing in the AM and Drones, Scratch or Robotics in the PM! Have a blast with friends and make new friends in our high-tech and fun environment!

Find out more and Sign up here:
https://www.zaniaclearning.com/asheville/programs/camp/

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The PTSO Annual Fund Campaign Starts Today!

CLICK on the TICKET Button to *PAY ONLINE!

Did you see the flyer sent home ? Check your student’s backpack!

Have you ever wondered how you could improve your child’s education or thank that teacher that really made a difference in your child’s life?

Your donation means a lot to the students at TCR!

Click Here to *PAY ONLINE or send in a CHECK or CASH!
*No Mobile Devices. Desktop or Laptop ONLY.

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North Carolina Guardian ad Litem Programs Join Together to Contribute to Food Banks

The North Carolina GAL program is currently collecting jars of peanut butter and jelly to donate to food pantries across the state. Our Buncombe County donations will go directly to Swannanoa Valley Christian Ministry and Owen Middle School. We are joining others in North Carolina in a project that honors service to others. We launch our PB&J campaign NOW, and we end on Sunday, January 20, 2019, the National Day of Service (the day before MLK Jr. Day).

This is our 3rd annual statewide service project undertaken by the staff, volunteers, friends and supporters of GAL. This is the 1st year that Buncombe County is participating; we’ll see how many donations we receive, and we hope this helps to further share our name with the greater community, bringing Guardian ad Litem more into the public eye. For 35 years, GALs have represented the best interest of children in court. Much of the work we do is confidential in nature and therefore, our work is largely unknown outside of juvenile court. This project is a way for us to engage our communities in provisioning their Food Banks while at the same time highlighting who we are and what we do.

Encourage your friends, family, local businesses, places of worship, schools and neighborhoods to get involved and participate. We have flyers for the campaign in our office if you’d be willing to post them in your local “hot spots!” Please use the attached logo and spread the word to all of your acquaintances. Post this logo/info. on social media. Feel free to share this in upcoming GALA newsletters through January.

We are pleased to offer our donations to SVCM and Owen Middle in January!

Please drop off all PB&J donations at the GAL office:
31 College Place, 204D
Asheville, NC 28801
We are here Mondays-Fridays and closed for lunch from 12:30-1pm.

If you have a large donation, you can call Dianna Ryel-Lindsey, GAL Program Specialist, to coordinate a pick-up:
#828-259-6603

Also, please contact our office if you are interested in making this project a success, have ideas, any brainstorming around this campaign- we are open to your creativity!
THANK YOU, dear GALs, we appreciate all that you do!
Happy holidays!

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Take the AARP Smart Driver classroom course and you could save money on your car insurance.
* Refresh your driving skills and knowledge of the rules.
* Learn techniques for handling left turns, right-of-way
and roundabouts.
* Discover proven driving methods to help keep you and
your loved ones safe on the road.
Sign up today by calling 828 651 9622
or visit the Member Services Desk.
Course Fee: $15 for AARP Members,
$20 for non-AARP members. Payment is collected at the beginning of class. Cash or check only.

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Christmas at Biltmore Daytime Celebration*
Saturday, November 3, 2018 – Sunday, January 6, 2019 (daily)

*Included with estate admission.
*Does not include “Candlelight Christmas Evenings”

Experience the holidays wreathed with the wonder of Biltmore. Our celebration presents Christmas on a grand scale with more than 55 trees decorated by our talented staff, accented with miles of ribbon, garlands, and lights. Festive menus in our restaurants and holiday wine tastings make for a memorable visit.

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

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This training will certify you in the following entrepreneurship programs:
– REAL Facilitator Tools
– REAL Entrepreneurship Education Facilitator

Specialty Certifications
– REAL Agricultural Entrepreneurship Facilitator
– REAL Youth Camp Coordinator

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Thank our own Y Veterans. Command Sergeant Major (RET) Gretchen Evans will share her personal story and information from her book “Leading from the Front”. Enjoy some light refreshments while honoring our heroes for Veterans Day. All are welcome.

You can see Gretchen in an upcoming show on Nov. 4 at 5 p.m. on CBS. https://www.facebook.com/CourageInSports/videos/574438006319888/

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$70 for Non-members
$56 for Gold Members
$49 for Platinum Members

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