Calendar of Events

Worthwhile Sounds Presents: Mattson 2 with Tall Tall Trees

WHEN: Sunday May 19th, 2019

WHERE: Ambrose West 312 Haywood Road Asheville, NC 28806

DOORS: 8pm

SHOW: 9pm

AGES: All Ages

SEATING: SRO

TICKETS: Advance $15 / Day of Show $18

The Mattson 2

The Identical twin’s deep telepathic kinship navigates colourful forms of beautiful weirdness and exotic landscapes of layered improvisation, transcending the concept of modern musical performance. The duo shimmers and shakes with the soaring modern wizardry of Jared Mattson’s untamed, layered guitars and Jonathan’s tribal jazz hard-bop drumming – a marvel of jazz-rock orchestration and arrangement. In April 2017, Chaz Bundick Meets Mattson 2 album “Star Stuff” found itself at #1 on contemporary jazz Billboard Charts. The brothers Mattson paid tribute to Japanese legends like Shintaro & Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Haruomi Hosono on their Spring 2018 release “Vaults of Eternity” (via Carpark).“Mattson 2 Plays A Love Supreme,” (Spiritual Pajamas, 2018) is a future jazz mini symphony that shines a light into a hallway of mirrors to cast eternal reflections directly back onto the ideas and purpose of Coltrane himself, whilst challenging the very boundaries of jazz and modern pop.

Video: https://youtu.be/YlL86qVVQZM

Tall Tall Trees

The man behind Tall Tall Trees is Mike Savino, a pioneer in the the world of experimental and psychedelic banjo music. If you’ve seen Kishi Bashi live over the last several years, chances are you’ve already seen this insane banjo virtuoso playing in K’s band, and perhaps opening the show. Often performing solo, Savino’s modern take on the one-man band involves running his homemade instrument, dubbed the “Banjotron 5000” through a slab of effects and loopers, bowing, drumming, and strumming out multi-textured arrangements to support his lyrically driven songs.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd8Rk9gNrzg

https://www.facebook.com/events/1044181612417085/

Lady Lamb at The Mothlight
w/ Katie Von Schleicher, Alex Schaaf
Sunday, May 19th
Doors 8pm, Show 8:30pm
Tickets: $15adv, https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1788060

https://www.facebook.com/events/2313636045526770/

Come join the TotalCyclist DivaCycling Camp Team for the Assault on Marion. It is a 74.2 mile self-paced ride starting from Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium in downtown Spartanburg, SC. Contact Donna Zurawski if you have any questions.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2238940549457480/

From Thursday, May 2nd until Saturday, June 22nd, Momentum Gallery hosts a two-person, mixed media exhibition called Dissolution. The collection features individually created and collaborative works by two artists, Seth Clark and Jason Forck. Original collages mounted to panels play off architectonic sculptures in glass and wood culminating in a cohesive body of work that explores the notion of deteriorating architecture. This event is free and open to the public.

Wildflowers springing from the ground are a sign that spring and warmer weather are right around the corner. Capture photos of your family and friends enjoying the Park and enter them into our Shades of Spring Photo Contest for a chance to win fabulous prizes. 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/267786327235081/?event_time_id=267786393901741

A new temporary exhibit titled “Dressing for the Occasion: Mid-Century Sandburg as Celebrity and Family Man” opens on May 13, 2019. The exhibit, which runs through October, is part of the Sandburg Home tour and features clothing and accessories from both the park’s permanent collection and loaned items from the Sandburg family.

“Dressing for the Occasion” offers visitors a window into the style, culture, and feel of mid-century America. The family’s clothing and accessories weave together the roles of Carl Sandburg as a prominent writer, celebrity, father, and husband. This temporary exhibit offers an exciting opportunity for the public to view objects that are normally in storage or in the possession of Sandburg family members. Tours of the Sandburg Home are offered daily from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. Tickets are available first come, first served, each day from the visitor information area in the ground level of the Sandburg Home.

Nearly every room in the historically furnished house museum will be included in the exhibit. Visitors will see the characteristic scarves Carl Sandburg wore as he played his guitar and sang folk songs to entertain his family and guests, the dress Lilian Sandburg wore to meet President Lyndon B. Johnson, and many other mid-century pieces worn by the Sandburgs and their daughters. Historic photographs, paired with the clothing, will provide context.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1282810215200932/?event_time_id=1282810245200929

An exhibition of youth art titled “Let a Joy Keep You,” is on display from April 1 to May 31, 2019. The inspiration for the art comes from the first line of Carl Sandburg’s poem “Joy.” Each of the 70 canvases reflects how the young artists chose to interpret what joy means to them. Visitors can see the installation at the Sandburg Home when they visit. Young artists are represented from across the country and locally, including students from Sugarloaf Elementary School in Hendersonville, NC.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2304444942927531/?event_time_id=2304445012927524

Looking for a fun and fulfilling way to make a difference in your community? Leading group tours as a docent is a rewarding way to share your love of art with students, children, families, and adults. Docents give tours to Museum visitors, primarily for school-aged and student groups but also for groups of all ages, from across the country and around the world.

The Education staff provides ongoing docent trainings, which include exclusive previews of new exhibitions and behind-the-scenes discussions with Museum curators, artists, scholars, and other special guests. Docents also have the opportunity to visit local artists’ studios and cultural attractions.

Docents provide an invaluable service in advancing the Museum’s role as a vibrant community center where residents and tourists explore the nature of creativity, learn from the past, and are inspired to consider the world in which they live. Many of our docents have expressed that volunteering at the Museum is one of their most gratifying experiences. Read more about our docent program.

Our next docent training class will begin in fall 2019. To learn more about the docent program, the docent training class, the Museum and its Collection, plans for our grand reopening, and to meet Museum staff and current docents, please join us for one of our upcoming information sessions.

RSVPS ARE REQUESTED; PLEASE EMAIL KRISTI MCMILLAN, ADULT PROGRAMS MANAGER, OR CALL 828.253.3227 X122.

Power in Pints – The Bridge Foundation
$1 per Hillman Beer sold on this day will go to The Bridge Foundation, formerly CarePartners Foundation. Please follow link for more details on the organization and what they do in our community.
https://drumsanddragons-2019.everydayhero.com/us/carepartners-o-p-capeabilities

https://www.facebook.com/events/601354253674127/

7 bands, 1 night at the Salvage Station in Asheville NC!

EXPERIENCE MUSIC is a band development studio offering:

– youth-centric band/group lessons with exciting performance opportunities

– private lessons on most instruments for students of all levels beginner to advanced:

– professional studio rehearsal and performance space available for hourly and monthly rentals

https://www.facebook.com/events/394793371073298/

Curated open mic night featuring some of Asheville’s finest pickers and crooners.

https://www.facebook.com/events/287844478776020/?event_time_id=287844498776018

Presentation Topic: Zev Friedman: Permaculturist, Founder & Creative Director of Co-operative WNC – Regional Mutual Aid for a Regenerative Future

Description:  Zev Friedman says, “Co-operate WNC’s mission is to be a regional mutual aid initiative that uses co-operative economic tools to support a network of physical community centers which provide human services and act as organizing hubs for climate resilience.”

He believes, “This kind of work is a major missing ingredient in much of the transition movement: a formalized co-operative funding community that withdraws our financial support from the mainstream banking system and instead pools it at a large enough scale to support major transformational ecological and social projects.  Overall, this is an organizing strategy for regional scale permaculture.”

The new initiative, just launched in February of this year, was featured in the April 28^th edition of the Mt. Express https://mountainx.com/news/co-operate-wnc-promotes-regional-resilience/ The article is a good read and explains in detail what the group says on its Facebook page: “Collaboration around a credit union and healthcare co-op to take care of people, take back our political system and grow a healthy regional human ecology.” https://www.facebook.com/Gadugi13/

Come meet Zev and learn more about this exciting organization that is has unique solutions to our 21^st Century challenges.

Have a terrible case of the Mondays? Got a sick a twisted sense of humor? Come play Cards Against Humanity with us! We have 3 box sets with every expansion. We’re pushing tables together, making new friends, and having laughs every Monday!

https://www.facebook.com/events/371611523634185/?event_time_id=371611576967513

It Takes All Kinds Open Mic Night at Sanctuary Brewing Company!

Calling all singers, songwriters, stand ups, poets and prophets! Come one, come all.

Host Josh Dunkin and Steven Durose of The Gathering Dark want to hear all of your stuff!

No Mimes!

https://www.facebook.com/events/531022364070354/?event_time_id=531022414070349

The Bearded Dragons Inn hosts their weekly West Marches game. This is a drop in game for all to join. If you have never played before come and join us. Our amazing community will teach you all you need to know. If you have years, or even decades of experience stop on by as well as you’ll experience a whole new style of play. For more information check out our website:
https://sites.google.com/outlook.com/westmarchesattriskelion/home

https://www.facebook.com/events/377998122745064/?event_time_id=377998189411724

The Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy Community Farm

Speaker: Chris Link, Community Farm Manager for SAHC

The SAHC Community Farm in Alexander is an integral part of a commitment to farmland conservation farmland access in WNC. Donated to SAHC in 2010, the 100-acre property provides a joint model for environmental sustainability and productive agriculture. Learn about this unique property and how it’s shaping the next generation of farmers and land managers.

At the WNC Ag Center – Virginia Boone Building (Gate 5)

https://www.facebook.com/events/687472558339039/

Join Green Opportunities for its first Legacy Builders Fundraising Breakfast on Tuesday, May 21 from 8:00-9:30 am at the First Baptist Church (Asheville, North Carolina) of Asheville. GO will celebrate ten years of helping displaced workers acquire jobs and social justice in Buncombe County. Hot breakfast will be served as students, alumni and friends share how GO has helped them transition into the workforce. Breakfast is free, but you will be asked to consider making a generous contribution. There is no maximum or minimum amount to offer.

This year’s goal is to raise $40,000 and GO needs your help to make this goal a reality!

Since its inception in 2008, GO has grown an alumni community of 600+ men and women who have benefited from workforce training. GO is working to double that number over the next decade.

Please RSVP your attendance no later than May 10 to help our planning efforts. Questions should be directed to the Development Department at (828) 398-4158, x109.

https://www.facebook.com/events/625377481292297/

From Thursday, May 2nd until Saturday, June 22nd, Momentum Gallery hosts a two-person, mixed media exhibition called Dissolution. The collection features individually created and collaborative works by two artists, Seth Clark and Jason Forck. Original collages mounted to panels play off architectonic sculptures in glass and wood culminating in a cohesive body of work that explores the notion of deteriorating architecture. This event is free and open to the public.

Wildflowers springing from the ground are a sign that spring and warmer weather are right around the corner. Capture photos of your family and friends enjoying the Park and enter them into our Shades of Spring Photo Contest for a chance to win fabulous prizes. 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/267786327235081/?event_time_id=267786403901740

An exhibition of youth art titled “Let a Joy Keep You,” is on display from April 1 to May 31, 2019. The inspiration for the art comes from the first line of Carl Sandburg’s poem “Joy.” Each of the 70 canvases reflects how the young artists chose to interpret what joy means to them. Visitors can see the installation at the Sandburg Home when they visit. Young artists are represented from across the country and locally, including students from Sugarloaf Elementary School in Hendersonville, NC.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2304444942927531/?event_time_id=2304445016260857

5Rhythms is a movement journey of unraveling, unwinding and embodying the thread that connects us all. Soften as your soul borrows your head, hands, feet, hips… giving you an internal shower and sending you back out in this unpredictably magical world with a renewed lightness of being; knowing more clearly what you’ve always known….but perhaps, temporarily, forgot. ♥ $10-20 Energy Exchange. ***Please do not Park in the French Broad Food Co-Op lots!! Park in the small lot across from the Orange Peel, the LaZoom Lot to the left of the FBFC or the ALoft Parking Lot (all the lots have a small parking fee).

https://www.facebook.com/events/518151585260172/?event_time_id=518151651926832

** Meeting agenda and materials will be posted when they’re available.

LINK: https://www.ashevillenc.gov/council/committees/housing_n_community.htm

“The Housing and Community Development Committee will enhance the quality of life in Asheville and the livability of neighborhoods by providing policy recommendations to Council on all matters relating to the creation and maintenance of housing within the city, including public housing and affordable private housing; all matters relating to the alleviation of homelessness and services provided to homeless individuals within the city.”

https://www.facebook.com/events/2023838054588489/

ATS® Level 1 – Dance Fundamentals
This is an on-going class series. You’ll learn the basic system of ATS® in a fun and supportive environment. Dance Fundamentals will have you dancing ATS® in your very first class! Each one hour class is divided into two sections.

1. Drill it – Learn the basic movements of ATS® with minimal verbal instruction and lots of following along, committing the steps to muscle memory with a fun workout-style drills.
2. Dance it – Experience the magic of ATS® and learn how to use the basic steps to dance with partners in a duet, trio, and quartet formations.

You can start this on-going class series at anytime and drop-in for drills and review.

ATS® (American Tribal Style) Belly Dance is an improv tribal style belly dance that is universal worldwide with every move having a certain cue with a leader and followers in a duet, trio, or quartet formation that is always changing leads. The beauty of ATS® is a strong Flamenco influence, along with India and North Africa dance, combined into tribal style belly dance. If you know ATS® you can dance with anyone in the world that also knows ATS®, even just meeting for the first time!

Bio
Michelle has been dancing ATS® (American Tribal Style) since 2006. She has taken countless ATS® workshop classes around the United States to further her education, knowledge, and skill of ATS®. Michelle received her ATS® Teaching Certification in 2015, and had her own troupe, Mystique Mountain Tribal Belly Dance, in Charlotte before moving to the Black Mountain area.

https://www.facebook.com/events/541775063005882/?event_time_id=541775133005875

Eat a delicious meal and a portion of your bill directly benefits the students at ArtSpace Charter School.

https://www.facebook.com/events/281179342498590/

Marion Tailgate Market will have a variety local produce and crafts. We will continue to offer the best of McDowell farmer’s produce and artisans.
The Market will double up to $20.00 for EBT users!
During the season, we are planning cooking demos with items from the Market Vendors, local music, smoothies and children activities.
Make plans to come and support the Farmers and Artisans on Tuesdays 3PM-6.00PM and Saturdays starting July 6th- August 31st, 9.00AM-12.00PM.

https://www.facebook.com/events/336639643849279/?event_time_id=336639660515944

Please join us for an adoption information meeting. Interact with Bethany adoption specialists who will share their expertise and answer your questions. Learn how to make adoption more affordable with grants, loans, and many other programs. Register online or call (828) 651-8600 to reserve your spot.

https://www.facebook.com/events/406327160097332/

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=290725575134450

Hi everyone!

Join us in the Century Room at Pack’s Tavern in downtown Asheville, NC to continue our conversation around food waste reduction in Western, NC. We hope to see you there!

Schedule:
4:30-5:00p: Quarterly Meeting Planning Team (open to the public)
5:00-6:00p: Quarterly Meeting (open to the public)

Parking: Street parking or closest lots are College Street Parking Deck across from the courthouse and Pack Square Parking Deck on Biltmore Ave.

Our speakers include: Lizzy Keels, Sales and Event Manager at Pack’s Tavern and Flori Pate, Executive Director at Food Connection

Presentation Topics
-How Pack’s Tavern works with Food Connection to rescue unserved (and deliciously amazing!) banquet/events food from Pack’s Tavern. Why do they do it? How do they do it? How did they get buy in from kitchen staff and management?
-Highlight the unique partnership with AVL Ride (formerly Asheville Taxi Co.), picking up and delivering late-night rescues via text messaging (and the challenges of using volunteers for spontaneous pickups from events and caterers)
-Discuss food rescue technology and apps – what’s out there and what could we be using as a community in Asheville? Check out this article and come with ideas to discuss: https://www.greenbiz.com/article/16-apps-helping-companies-and-consumers-prevent-food-waste

https://www.facebook.com/events/605050606643459/

Join us for tonight’s Commissioner meeting at 5pm.
Located at 200 College Street, Room 326 in downtown Asheville.

About Commissioner Meetings:

• Commissioners meet at 5:00 p.m. on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 200 College Street, Suite 326 in downtown Asheville.

•Meeting agenda packet can be accessed here by noon on Wednesday prior to a regular meeting.

• Meetings are televised and can be seen online and on the County Government Channel 192.

• The Board will hear general public comment at the end of the meeting during the designated public comment period.

You can find meeting agendas and information about our Commissioners here: https://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/commissioners/default.aspx

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