Calendar of Events

Join us in Twigs and Leaves Gallery for “Sweets on the Street” for creating handmade Valentine cards with the help of Margaret Roberts, hot chocolate and cookies, super deep discounts on selected jewelry all topped off with a special treat. Enjoy music by harpist Betina Morgan from 2-4:30PM.

https://www.facebook.com/events/361545767911080/

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
In Western North Carolina, 1 in 4 children come from a food insecure home. Working together, we can help combat hunger. Please join us Saturday, February 9 at 1-3 pm to volunteer at Manna Food Bank.

https://www.facebook.com/events/661936700889437/

Ignite Your Sacred Center: Somatic Pelvic Floor Yoga Nidra

A dynamic marriage of neuroscience, mind-body enhancements and positive neuroplasticity.

$30 if paid in advance. $40 day-of. 20% off for Shift Members.

Throughout the phases of our lives, our wombs have many roles. Some we embody for a season, others overlap several, while a few remain with us for the entirety of our lives. Having a deep and resonant connection to the muscles and neural structures of your pelvic floor and energetic womb will bring a heightened sense of aliveness to your everyday life.

In our time together we will use Somatic Yoga and Yoga Nidra to:

+ Strengthen your pelvic floor muscles

+ Reestablish a coherent brain-body-yoni connection

+ Awaken your physical and emotional vitality

+ Re-sculpt your feminine presence

Whether it’s your time of full fertility or the other end, time to explore your creative expression, this workshop will lead you to elevate your sense of aliveness, playfulness and creative expression while stimulating a re-birth from the inside out.

I have the match.

Are you ready to be a flame?

JeanMarie Murphy, RYT 500 As part of recovering from years of bookkeeping (and only teaching yoga as a hobby) Jean Marie entered the world of mind-body medicine earning her RYT 500 as a Kripalu yoga teacher. From the Integral Yoga Institute (Satchidananda Ashram) she received a cardiac yoga teacher certification and within that training she learned Laughter Yoga (1997). As her version of post graduate work, she received certification from The Academy for Guided Imagery and The Muscular Therapy Institute. In these extensive multi-year trainings she developed her passion for neuroscience, psychoneuroimmunology, anatomy and physiology and her skill as a conscious embodiment coach.

After years of teaching to the patients and staff in hospital and hospice settings, her focus of enhancing somatic awareness and consciousness embodiment has shifted to working with individuals taking up the leadership of their lives. As a process called Engaging Your Wholeness, she teaches Yoga Nidra, Laughter Yoga and her specialized pelvic floor somatic yoga series for women transitioning into peri-menopause and menopause. She hosts a monthly program called Feed Your Juicy that includes a monthly themed yoga nidra recording and a free Q & A tele-seminar on the New and Full Moon. JeanMarie can be reached at www.engagingyourwholeness.com

https://www.facebook.com/events/372826146631166/

Broadway’s hit crowd-pleaser takes you to the stoops of the Bronx in the 1960s – where a young man is caught between the father he loves and the mob boss he’d love to be.

Bursting with high-energy dance numbers and original doo-wop tunes from Alan Menken, the songwriter of Beauty and the Beast, A Bronx Tale is an unforgettable story of loyalty and family.

Academy Award® winner Robert De Niro and Tony® winner Jerry Zaks direct this streetwise musical – based on Academy Award nominee Chazz Palminteri’s story – that The New York Times hails as “A Critics’ Pick! The kind of tale that makes you laugh and cry.”

https://www.facebook.com/events/432467697173300/?event_time_id=432467710506632

Join us for the BC Tornados Men’s and Women’s baseketball games on Saturday, February 9. The men play at 2pm against Greensboro and the women play at 4pm against Pfeiffer.

There will be free admission for alumni that RSVP by Thursday, February 7. RSVP to Alumni Director Jeff Joyce at [email protected]

https://www.facebook.com/events/773016006377847/

Ciao Y’all Food Truck will be at the winery on Saturdays serving up a delicious custom menu.

https://www.facebook.com/events/527568454393618/?event_time_id=535712040245926

Red Zinfandel lovers unite! Join us for a free wine tasting featuring 5 different Red Zins from California. It’s gonna’ be tasty and fun — don’t miss it!

I love Red Zinfandel and I am super excited about this tasting! Zinfandel, with it’s hearty, spicy and robust character, has become one of California’s most loved red wines. Originally from Croatia, the grape made its way to Southern Italy before coming to America in the 1850’s. The grape is naturally high in acidity and its spicy, berry-scented and flavored style is hard to resist. Even more interesting is the fact that it is grown in a number of California regions, each version tastes different. Join us as we take you on a Red Zinfandel journey, from Sonoma and Amador County to Lodi and Napa Valley. It’s gonna’ be a fun ride, it’s free, and all of the featured tasting wines are 20% off by the bottle. Stop by!

Asheville’s Best Free Wine Tasting – Just stop by – we’ve got plenty of free parking!

Don’t forget, all the featured tasting wines are 20% off by the bottle on tasting day.

1. 2015 Gen5 Old Vine Zinfandel (Lodi, California) – Here’s the top value of the tasting! 100% estate grown and including vines up to 90 years old, it is “medium-bodied wine has plenty of plummy flavors and a spicy streak of black pepper and smoke running through it from the aroma to the finish.” Wine Enthusiast – 87 points

2. 2015 Easton Wines Zinfandel (Amador County, California) – Bill Easton is one of the pioneers of Amador’s modern winemaking era, founding his winery in 1984. And his wines still lead the pack in terms of quality. His Zin “(e)pitomizes fine Sierra Foothills Zinfandel, offering vibrant, briary raspberry, smoked pepper and wild sweet anise flavors that stretch out on the zesty finish.” Wine Spectator – 92 points

3. 2016 Field Recordings Fiction Red Blend (Paso Robles, California) – This has quickly become a staff and customer favorite at the store, and I recently bought my supplier out. It’s not all Zin, as it includes several other grapes, but it shows that classic, ripe and rich Paso Robles character. You’re gonna’ love it!

4. 2017 Bedrock Wine Company Old Vine Zinfandel (Various Regions, California) – Bedrock continues to wow palates nationwide. Morgan Twain-Peterson and his team produce this wine using fruit from multiple, very old North Coast vineyards. It’s gutsy, it’s full of personality, and it’s loaded with ripe notes of brambly blueberry, boysenberry, and spicy oak.

5. Surprise Wine – We always end the tasting with a special surprise. Trust me, this one’s gonna’ be super special.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2189715191356719/

Come try Thin Mints, Samoa’s, Tagalongs, and S’mores cookies paired with four different beers.

Tickets can be purchased online or in advance in person and there will be a select number available day of.

Flights are $20 for four awesome beers and 3 of each cookies variant! $3 from each flight will go to the Girl Scouts Travel Patrol to help the girls go on a trip to Switzerland.

By supporting this adventure, you will help fulfill a life-long dream and provide the girls with an outstanding educational experience, leaving them with life long memories and connections around the globe through the development of lasting international friendships fostered at the World Center in Switzerland!

https://www.facebook.com/events/371054173694145/

***PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF LOCATION***

Often overlooked, Asheville’s city government has a wide range of power, dealing with everything from gentrification and policing to sidewalks and housing.

A key front in any fight for social justice or a better future for locals, local journalist David Forbes unravels the often shadowy world of City Hall, showing how it works, how it really works and how you can change it.

David Forbes is a writer, journalist and editor of the Asheville Blade, our city’s reader-supported news site. She’s covered local government for over 13 years.

This free event will be held at the Mandel Rodis office at 37 Montford Ave. Please park and enter through the back.

https://www.facebook.com/events/417237149016981/

It’s time to jazz up your weekend!

Grab your friends and order a glass of your favorite bubbly while our finely curated selection of talented Jazz musicians direct the entertainment for your perfect Saturday.

Brunch, Lunch and Beyond with our special weekend menu.

Includes bakery quiche, frittata, paninis, etc. along with a finely curated combination of Gypsy jazz, folk jazz, and traditional swing jazz.

2pm – 4pm Steve Karla Trio
4pm – 6pm Brooke and Nick
6pm – 8pm Blue Manouche

BRUNCH, LUNCH, AND BEYOND!
All items served with fruit salad with sweet cream and today’s rotating side salad.

*Individual Quiche from Rhu Bakery. $12
A delicious savory quiche from Rhu. Bakery with egg, cheese and vegetables in homemade pastry. Ask server for today’s quiche selections

*Gourmet Grilled Cheese Panini. Choice of:

Triple Grilled Cheese with Muenster, White Cheddar and Swiss. $12
Grilled White Cheddar with tomato and bacon: $14
Grilled Brie with Ham and side of fig jam: $14
Grilled White Cheddar and Apple: $12

Soup of the Day; Bowl: $5 / Cup: $3

https://www.facebook.com/events/483174712173987/?event_time_id=483174768840648

Set sail for laughter as Bertie Wooster revels in life aboard the Vanderley yacht. Bertie is the pampered guest of the lively Lady Stella (very fetching profile), accompanied, as always, by his peerless valet, Jeeves. If only Bertie’s pal Crumpet hadn’t assaulted a prince. In the blink of an eye, Bertie is masquerading as a romance novelist, Crumpet’s posing as his own long-lost twin, and a sinister foreign count is challenging Bertie to a duel. Will this madcap case of mistaken identities end in Bertie’s doom–or worse, his marriage? Have no fear; Jeeves will sort it all out.

https://www.facebook.com/events/207255683399759/?event_time_id=207255736733087

Live Music with indoor seating 2-5!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1972979616336559/

Arts & Crafts has found a new friend in Valdese! Join us at Levee Brewery as we host a step-by-step painting event for newbies and non-artists (and our wonderful regulars too). This event is also part of my New Year’s discount season, so it’s just $20 per person! No experience required! Read below for more info on how to make the most of your weekend, and check the event photo to see what we’ll be painting…

Details: This is an art party for all! Everything you’ll need will be set up and ready to go when you arrive. I’ll walk you step-by-step through our painting on a 16x20in canvas. The hard parts will be pre-drawn! The paintings are intended for non-artists (So you can do it! Really! I’d even pinky swear to it) and you get to take it home at the end of the night. The painting should take about 2.5 hours (maybe a little more if you take your time), and while we’re painting you can indulge in some wonderful Levee Brewery beers, socialize, and even BYOB some dinner (if that’s your fancy)! Now get your tickets, because I can’t wait to paint with you!

TICKETS: You must pre-pay to participate in this event!! Tickets must be purchased by 12pm on 2/09! Tickets are currently discounted to $20 per person and can be purchased via the link below. All the art materials you need will be provided.. Please be sure to select and pay for the correct number of seats you’ll need. More purchase info on this page: http://www.artsandcraftshky.com/calendar/20919-paint-and-sip-at-levee-brewery-and-pub-new-years-discount-event

ARRIVE AT 1:30pm on February 9th to get settled in. WE WILL BEGIN PAINTING AT 2PM!

Post, comment, and ask questions here or by phone/email. Phone: 828.351.6046. Email: [email protected]

https://www.facebook.com/events/2097598257151400/

Join us for a very special Afternoon Tea Service — Tea with Cats! We will be hosting the Asheville Humane Society in an effort to facilitate kitten and cat adoptions by serving tea alongside cats in need of a new, loving home! Join us for great tea, homemade food, and adorable cats — representatives from Asheville Humane Society will be in attendance to introduce the cats and answer any adoption-related questions. The cats or kittens at tea will be ready for adoption upon completion of all required paperwork following the event. In addition, 20% of proceeds will be donated directly to the Asheville Humane Society.

Afternoon Tea includes individual bottomless pots of tea, warm scones and shortbread cookies with seasonal jam and clotted cream, traditional finger sandwiches, and petit-four style desserts. Everything is homemade, from scratch. Tea with Cats is $25 per person.

Reservations are required, as space is limited. Please e-mail [email protected] for reservations! In your e-mail, please note the number of guests in your party, and any food allergies or dietary restrictions and we will get back to you ASAP!

Vegan, Gluten-Free and Dairy-Free tea service available with 48 hours notice and at $2/person upcharge. Tea service is also available for children 10 and under for $15.

https://www.facebook.com/events/272163296813424/

NC Songsmiths facilitates tours for songwriters in NC. Tina Collins is one of the two founding members of the acclaimed indie folk band “Tina & Her Pony” and will be performing a solo tour of Western North Carolina for NC Songsmiths February 3rd through February 9.http://tinaandherpony.com/music/

https://www.facebook.com/events/513999475759205/

Best described as Bluesy Americana, Carver and Carmody are as fun as they are musical. This is always a good show, please join us!

https://www.facebook.com/events/775933766096066/

We are teaming up with our Brewery of the Month, Foothills Brewing, and French Broad Chocolates for a Truffle and Beer Pairing.

Grab your Sweetheart or Galentine and come on down for some serious goodness.

There will be 5 decadent truffles creatively paired with delicious brews.

Evan from the FBCL and Ryan from Foothills Brewery will both be here breaking down each pairing.

Tickets are $20

https://www.facebook.com/events/1998800020428730/

It’s a great time of year to learn new sexy skills!
In this two hour workshop you will learn an entire striptease and lap dance to Etta James’ “I Just Want to Make Love to You”. We will combine classic burlesque striptease with fun, seductive lap dance moves to enjoy for yourself or your very lucky lover, and just in time for Valentine’s Day.

Drink bubbly, eat chocolate, learn new things, (which may include twirling your very own heart tassels, or ass tassels!), and have a fun, girly time!

$40 – Sign up here to reserve your spot!
https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=330572&stype=-8&sView=day&sLoc=0

Clothing items to bring:

– A dress that is not too difficult to take off
– An outer layer: shawl, robe, anything that makes you feel sexy
– Thigh high stockings
– High heels
– A bra

https://www.facebook.com/events/2731677950192739/

Weekly tour to learn more about us and our production process. Tickets are $12 (no reservation needed)

https://www.facebook.com/events/242724763258957/?event_time_id=242724893258944

Join us for a stimulating discussion on the history of American fascism and its relationship to the Trump Era.

Most of us have been taught, and continue to believe, that fascism is a totalitarian form of government featuring dictators like Mussolini and Hitler. All fascism in world history must resemble these two models. In his new primer, “The Coming of the American Behemoth: The Origins of Fascism in the United States, 1920-1940,” author Michael Roberto asks us to reconsider the nature of fascism and its American manifestations.

Taking root in the movement of monopoly-finance capital during the Great Boom of the 1920s and the Great Depression of the 1930s, American fascism differed in its particular national form from its European counterparts. In this presentation, Michael will point to the social and political character of these fascist processes as they arose from capitalist imperatives and the needs of what was then called “Big Business.” The threat of fascism from finance capital will be contrasted with that of “small fry fascisiti,” including Asheville’s own William Dudley Pelley, who created the Silver Shirts in 1933.

Michael Joseph Roberto retired in 2016 from the faculty of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, the largest historically black educational institution in the United States, where he taught contemporary world history. A longtime political activist in Greensboro, NC, he has worked as a journalist and published essays in Monthly Review, Socialism and Democracy, and other scholarly journals.

https://www.facebook.com/events/367882863789014/

Come grab a beer with us at Ecusta Brewing, where we will be available to answer any questions about ash trees or our work treating the Emerald Ash Borer infestation. We will stick around from 4-6PM, and $1 from every Dead Drift IPA sold will go to the campaign! We hope you’ll be inspired to help us Save Pisgah’s Ashes and kick off the campaign right!.

https://www.facebook.com/events/570430776806641/

One Choir, Many Voices

Singing gently at the thresholds of life in over 200 communities around the world.

Our goal is to bring ease and comfort to those at the thresholds of living and dying. A calm and focused presence at the bedside, with gentle voices, simple songs, and sincere kindness, can be soothing and reassuring to clients, family, and caregivers alike.

Many of the songs we offer are composed by Threshold Choir members specifically to communicate ease, comfort, and presence. Because our songs are not religiously oriented, our singing is appropriate for those who are deeply spiritual, whether religious or not.

The service is our gift; there is no charge.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2216677308592224/?event_time_id=2216677315258890

Come learn about some of the herbs that every green witch should have in their apothecary. We will discuss their medicinal & magical properties, drink some tea & learn a love spell ♥

https://www.facebook.com/events/2045005028893537/

Visit The Hub to sample some of AleSmith Brewing Company’s beers. There will be free samples as well as beer for purchase on tap or to carry out. AleSmith is located in San Diego, CA.

https://www.facebook.com/events/327497414712041/

Attention Beer Enthusiasts……….Tap Takeover w/ Durty Bull Brewing Co. All pints $5 each. Buy 2 pints and keep a glass. (one glass per customer)

https://www.facebook.com/events/622863308167867/

Join us on Saturday, February 9, 2019, for your chance to win up to $50,000 cash!

Selected winners will report to the Rotunda and select an envelope from the Lucky Money Tree!

Earn entries now – February 9 at 9:00pm!
Activate your entries by playing or swiping your Total Rewards card at a Promotions kiosk!
Drawings will take place every hour from 6:00pm – 10:00pm!

All prizes will be awarded in cash.

*Free Total Rewards® card required. Harrah’s reserves the right to modify or cancel this promotion at any time. Must be 21 or older to enter casino floor and to gamble, and must present a valid state or federal photo ID upon request. Know When To Stop Before You Start.® Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-522-4700. An Enterprise of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. ©2019, Caesars License Company, LLC.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2996118357080409/

Bid on ‘Manly Man’ services at auction
Proceeds to benefit Haywood Schools Foundation

Women of Waynesville will host a Manly Man Auction at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, at Frog Level Brewing to raise funds for the Haywood County Schools Foundation.
Attendees will be able to bid on a variety of professional services, handyman services and date packages offered up by highly-qualified men in the community. Some of the bidding packages include lawn care services, firewood cutting services, a survival training camping trip for two, private ballroom dancing lessons, percussion lessons, an estate plan, and more.
WOW member Celeste Ybanez, also the chief operating officer of Frog Level Brewing, is campaigning to be crowned Queen at the school foundation’s annual Mardi Gras Ball on Feb. 23 — to win she has to raise the most funds for the foundation. All donations will benefit the foundation’s mission of providing classroom grants for teachers and scholarships for graduating seniors. In the last few years, WOW members have helped raise more than $25,000 for the schools foundation. WOW’s mission is to support the needs of women and children in Haywood County.
There is no cover charge for the Manly Man Auction event. If you have a service you would like to donate for the auction, call 828.550.9978.

https://www.facebook.com/events/790631411281760/

Join us for a shared meal made up of dishes prepared from our new cookbook. Bring a dish to share or just come hungry.

https://www.facebook.com/events/629532274144324/

We had such a great time hosting our first salsa night that we’re doing it again! Get ready to spice up the dance floor at Blue Ghost on February 9th at 7PM.
Don’t know how to Salsa? We’ll have plenty of folks in attendance who will be happy to get you started.
Mark your calendars and get out your dancing shoes now!

https://www.facebook.com/events/955012948164145/

February is going to be a month full of live music from the best of the best! 9 different nights you’ll get to listen to some amazing musicians while you sit back and enjoy your brew. Each performance will be 7:00-10:00 pm plus an extra performance from 4-6 on the 16th!
Live Music Schedule:
Feb. 1st – Johnnie Blackwell
Feb. 2nd – Rob Banks
Feb. 8th – Andrew Thelston
Feb. 9th – Johnnie Blackwell
Feb. 15th – Seth Brand
Feb. 16th – Guitar Heals (4-6 pm)
Feb. 16th – Johnnie Blackwell
Feb. 22nd – Rob Banks
Feb. 23rd – Andrew Thelston

https://www.facebook.com/events/283184475691845/