Calendar of Events

A new event and a new format for cyclo-cross…
Experience cyclo-cross at FENCE on a true steeplechase course in a team-focused race format. All bike race entries include post-race meal. Overnight camping available. Pre-registration required.

Categories & Fees:
Team CX (teams of 4–male/female/co-ed): $75/rider
Team CX Junior (teams of 4): $55/rider
CX Duo Open: $75/rider
CX Solo Open: $115/rider
MTB Open (1-4 riders per team): $115/rider

Register early and save $15!

CX categories must race a cx bike with drop bars.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2028488247242902/

Join us for the after the Holiday’s Hard 2 Recycle collection. Our sponsors will be there collecting broken electronics, appliances, batteries, wire, scrap metals, books, styrofoam and MORE.

Recycling Fees
$10 for tube Televisions
$1 for bag of styrofoam (any size)
$5 for a car / truck load of styrofoam

Check out this link for a full description of the items that we’re accepting. https://www.ashevillegreenworks.org/hard-2-recycle.html

We always need volunteers to help us keep these events moving. Email [email protected] if you’re willing to come out for a couple hours.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1926696720732241/

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.

Introduction To The Potter’s Wheel

Alyssa Ruberto and Halima Flynt

Saturdays 10am-12:30pm
January 12- March 2

Get ready to throw! This 8-week beginner’s course is designed to teach new potters the fundamentals of wheel-throwing, trimming, and glazing to make a variety of complete, food-safe and functional wares. By the end of this course, students will be able to confidently make pottery in any studio setting. Seasoned beginners are also encouraged to try new techniques to reach an intermediate level.

Level: Beginner and Seasoned Beginner
Tuition: $295 + $45 Lab Fee

Come on out to Hagood Mill on Saturday, January 19, and ring in the New Year with a big ole helping of delicious Old-Time music. We are pleased to have some amazing musicians to share in the new year cheer.

Music kicks off at 11 am with Dixie Dave Allen and Kayla Charlene. They will be followed by David White, Michele Turner and Becky Stovall from 12:15-1:15. Don’t miss the Old Time Jam where anyone that fancies to can jam with the gang from 1:15-1:45. Danielle Yother and Friends will close the show playing from 1:45-3:00.

Everyone near and far is invited to gather with us and celebrate a new year through song and dance inspired by the traditional music of mountain cultures that still thrives in the hills and hollers surrounding our beloved Hagood Mill site to this very day.

There will be lots of other things to see on January 19 as Hagood Mill hosts a variety of folk-life and traditional-arts demonstrations. There will be blacksmithing, bowl-digging, flint knapping, chair-caning, moonshining, broom-making, basket-making, pottery, quilting, spinning, knitting, weaving, bobbin lace, woodcarving, metalsmithing, beekeeping, and leatherworking demonstrations and more! You can ask questions of the artists and make a purchase of their traditional arts to take home.

The centerpiece of the Hagood Mill Historic Site is the water-powered 1845 gristmill. It is one of the finest examples of nineteenth-century technology in the Upcountry and operates just as it has for the last century and a half. The mill will be running throughout the day. In the old mill, fresh stone-ground cornmeal, grits, and wheat flour will be available. In addition, rye flour, Basmati rice flour, oat flour, oatmeal, popping corn meal, and grits, organic yellow cornmeal and grits, and buckwheat flour are produced and may be available. Hagood Mill cookbooks and a variety of other mill-related items are also available.

There is a $5 parking fee for the day, but admission is FREE to the Hagood Mill Site as well as the Hagood Creek Petroglyph Site. All proceeds from parking help offset costs at Hagood Mill.

So, head on out, grab a tasty plate of food on site from one of our wonderful food trucks and enjoy a special day at Hagood Mill.

The Hagood Mill Historic Site is open Wednesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. all year long. The mill operates, rain or shine, for a special festival on the third Saturday of every month.

Hagood Mill is located just three miles north of Pickens off Highway 178 or 5½ miles south of Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway 11, just off Highway 178 at 138 Hagood Mill Road.

For additional information, please contact Hagood Mill at (864) 898-2936 or check us out on Facebook or Twitter. Visit our website www.hagoodmillfoundation.org. Pickens County is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

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Winter can be the most beautiful time of the year at Chimney Rock. Leafless trees make for expansive views of Lake Lure and the Hickory Nut Gorge. The sky is clear; you’re likely to find a quiet spot to sit and enjoy the peacefulness. You may even see a critter scamper by you in the forest. Capture that special moment or scene on your camera, enter it in our Winter Wonders Photo Contest and tell us about it. We’ll use the winning entries on our website and Facebook album, and you’ll win some fun prizes. Photos must be taken within the Chimney Rock section of the Park.

Cost: No additional cost to enter.

https://www.facebook.com/events/789533238046693/?event_time_id=789533298046687

Join us any Saturday for outdoor activities at the garden. Local youth involved in programming for building life skills, improving literacy and leadership development welcome young people in the area to join them, and we are always in need of adult volunteers to help with mentoring. Involvement in the Shiloh Community Garden also includes the experience of growing produce organically, lessons in permaculture and the science of sustainability, healthy meal preparation, and entrepreneurship. Come join the fun!

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We started having these gatherings last year. Conversations around the table were stimulating, warm and informative. Please consider joining your fellow guardians for a piece of delicious pie or other treat for our first Table Talk of 2019. This is an opportunity to meet some guardians you may not know or reconnect with those that you do to discuss the important work that we do.

We look forward to seeing you there!
www.bakedpiecompany.com

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We are honored to share our passion for our Beloved Black Bears in our exhibit at the “FW Gallery” in Woolworth Walk – downtown Asheville. We are grateful to have been chosen to be their Featured Artists. We want to also thank the many lovely people who work at Woolworth Walk and have supported and assisted us with the exhibit.

The FW Gallery exhibit will end Tuesday, January 29th at 6pm. Our permanent artist booth #229 downstairs “Beloved Black Bear” has over 50 black bear canvases 11×14 at $75 each. We hope you will stop by to visit.

We are happy to say that many black bear canvases have been sold and are now adorning many homes. Our wish is for all of us to share our compassion for the black bear with our friends, family, and neighbors and create connections with the bears giving them a voice.

Love, April Johnson & Jeff Miller

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Come see us!! Get your grub on.

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Ring in the New Year with KidX. “KidX: Funtastic New Year” will feature crafts and games revolving around exercise and healthy eating from 11:00 am – 12:30 pm, and will include a special demo by Tae Kwon Do Master, Kioh Chang.

Please pre-register on Eventbrite by the “Find Tickets” link on this page.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1533645020101858/

Come meet our adoptable pets!

https://www.facebook.com/events/557221104751303/

Vinegar has been used for medicine for thousands of years by many nations of people. The Wander School’s Abby Artemisia and Becky Beyer of Blood and Spicebush bring you a Spring cleaning like no other with remedies and recipes for vinegar tonics, sippable shrubs and Appalachian folk medicines made from one of the simplest, yet effective home remedies. Learn about all the health benefits of different kinds of vinegar, how to make alcohol-free tinctures with it, along with tonics and shrubs, a delicious health-boosting beverage made with herbs, vinegar, and honey. We’ll forage ingredients for vinegar based medicines and learn the history and how-to with all things vinegar. Take home your own handmade herbal vinegar tonic.

$30-90/person, sliding scale

https://www.facebook.com/events/773118819706364/

As part of the Child and Adult Care Food Program, the YMCA of WNC Nutrition Department hosts free meals for anyone under the age of 18 at the Ferguson Family YMCA every Saturday!

We serve lunches from 11am -1pm in the Ferguson Y’s Multipurpose Room, and your family does not have to be a member of the Y to participate.

Please consider joining us for healthy food and enriching activities: kids yoga, art, ping pong, and more!

For more information on accessing food and/or volunteering with the program visit: www.ymcawnc.org/nutritionprograms

https://www.facebook.com/events/492101114625413/?event_time_id=492101234625401

Celebrate the release of our new seasonal on January 19! Ginger Turmeric is a refreshing union of Blue Ridge apples paired with the distinctive spice of ginger root and aromatic earthiness of turmeric. Inspired by an herbal tea, this cider style features a jolt of warmth and zest sure to invite that next sip.

Ginger Turmeric will be available on tap and in 6-packs or cases in our taproom! Live music by Back South begins at 6pm!

https://www.facebook.com/events/642997422796677/

Brinehaus Food Truck will be in the Beergarden!

Brinehaus Meat + Provisions is an Asheville NC based food truck and catering company serving innovative whole animal cuisine across North Carolina and beyond.

https://www.brinehausmeatandprovisions.com/

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Add some pawsomeness to your family! Join us from 12-4pm at Patton Avenue Pet Co Downtown for a Cat Adoption Event. We will have 4-6 kitties eagerly waiting to meet you and become your new best friend.

https://www.facebook.com/events/469955460203713/

Come join the fun on Jan 19th on Main Street, Frog Level and Hazelwood Village in Waynesville NC. Gallery Events are from 3- 6pm with entertainment, demonstrations, art, and refreshments.
CHILI COOK OFF from 12-4 at over 35 participating merchants and restaurants. Vote for your favorite! (tasting is INSIDE the participating shops/restaurants)

Take the FREE roving shuttle provided by LEAP FROG TOURS from Main Street, Frog Level and Hazelwood Village for more shopping and Chili tasting.

Take a photo with the roving RED HOT CHILI PEPPER mascot! .

Enjoy specials and deals, great food and shopping and LIVE music on Main Street & inside galleries.

SCHOOL-AGE CLOTHING DRIVE – During the entire month of January & February we will be accepting donations for all school-aged children in partnership with Clothes to Kids. Drop off your gently used or new clothing at any Main Street Gallery.

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It’s time for our next clothing swap, kid edition! Newborn through middle school sizes welcome. Sift through your children’s closets and bring all their outgrown outfits along and upgrade to sizes that fit! As always, everything leftover will be sorted and donated and unusable pieces will be recycled!
Are you also overwhelmed with outgrown toys? Bring those along, too! Swap for more age appropriate toys and everything leftover will be donated to families and foster homes in need :)

https://www.facebook.com/events/2425576587670610/

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.

https://www.facebook.com/events/359072128006762/?event_time_id=359072184673423

Asheville Armory & Claddagh will be partnering with Sierra Nevada this Saturday for a special “Kick the Keg” event (Get it? Soccer… kick…) as Arsenal play Chelsea in the ever exciting Race for Fourth Place!

Yes, there will be SWAG for everyone and a special SWAG bucket for the lucky individual that kicks the keg! Then we can all proceed to drink beer, talk about missing Cesc (or not), and the joy he brought to our lives with fancy footwork, horrible hairstyles, and mercenary meanderings.

See you on Saturday!

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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.

https://www.facebook.com/events/478232852670311/?event_time_id=478232909336972

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=198844551007597

Aaron and Crystal McIntosh have played music together in the Lake Norman area. Between the 2 together, there is nearly 30 years of musical performance history. Their style and sound is one that is described as being a blend of southern rock mixed with some blues, and the folk/bluegrass side of country music. Artist that they enjoy listening to range from Tom Petty to Robert Earl Keen, Pearl Jam to Johnny Cash, Janis Joplin to Sugarland, and that diversity shows in the music that they play. While primarily performing covers songs by some of their favorite artist, there are also some originals on the playlist as well. The song selections they perform are ones that consist of several radio favorites and a lot of obscure tracks that you don’t hear on the radio every day. Their goal is to connect with the people who come out to listen, while at the same time exposing you to songs /artist you may have never heard before.

We welcome them back to the Silver Fork stage!!

https://www.facebook.com/events/2221227784864499/

Need to know how to fix your Audio mistakes in Post-Production?

Learn the essentials of this skill in an intensive seminar by experienced editor Andrew Shearer, on Saturday January 19th, 2019, from 1-5 pm.

“Post-Production Audio Editing & Workflow” will cover every step of the post-production process in relation to audio. The class will use professionally recorded media and the Adobe Suite to examine the entire workflow of audio in post. Learn how to ingest audio into digital editing software in coordination with picture. In addition learn the fundamentals of editing audio, including finessing dialogue, adding sound effects, the correction of bad sound, and mixing. And finally, learn how to successfully output a finished audio product in order to sync it successfully to the edited picture.

Any good filmmaker knows that half the picture is sound. And that bad sound can ruin a potentially amazing film. Join us to learn the process of editing your film’s sound, ensuring it will be the amazing film it deserves to be.

Cost is just $55 (or $44 for ALUMNI). Register online and pay via the “Payment” tab on our website, ashevilleschooloffilm.com.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2347831818592287/

Back By Popular Demand: Wire-Wrapped Bonsai Tree Workshop

Create a beautiful wire-wrapped bonsai tree on stone or driftwood with popular instructor Sarah Jane Oiler of Bean’s Bonsai!

Students may provide their own base or instructor will also have stone and driftwood bases for purchase at an additional $5-$15.

Register Online Now Or Call 828 859 8323!

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Join yogini Shaila Gupta for a gentle yoga flow focusing on grounding and intention setting for the new year.

Please bring your own mat if you have one. We will only have a few extras (DM to reserve yours.)

All levels are welcome!

Please arrive 15 minutes early to set up. We would love if you planned on staying after to sip on the daily tea and talk intentions! ?

Cost: $10 (cash, Venmo, PayPal)

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Visit participating businesses in Waynesville to taste chili and vote for your favorite.

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Join FERMENTI. founder Meg Chamberlain, for an instructional journey through the basic understanding of handcrafting your own fermented, lactic-bacteria, probiotic-rich foods. In this class you’ll learn why you need them in your diet and how this form of preservation cuts food waste, food budgets and increases nutritional value aiding in weight loss. The class will cover basic tools, techniques, and general recipes for fermenting fruits and vegetables at home. We will even cover Honey Fermentation to aid in immune support! Everyone will get to taste several Fermenti samples and will leave with an understanding of how to ferment with ease and accessibility in the comfort of your home.

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Join us for our monthly BCDP Officers’ meeting. All Buncombe Democrats are invited to attend.

We will discuss the January 25 kickoff fundraiser, February 9 precinct meetings, and organizing efforts for the 2019 election.

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