Calendar of Events
Upcoming events and things to do in Asheville, NC. Below is a list of events for festivals, concerts, art exhibitions, group meetups and more.
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Come get your Fairy Hair Sparkles!
Sunday, January 27th 12-3pm (can extend if fills)
at
Blue Ghost Brewing
125 Underwood Road, Fletcher, NC 28732
Sign up here to reserve your spot:
http://bit.ly/BlueGhostBrew
Have you ever wondered why wine and chocolate go together? Or are you often mystified when selecting a wine to perfectly pair with your favorite chocolate treat? We invite you to join our General Manager, Emily Dunaway, in exploring these questions during our Wine & Chocolate Pairing Class! During this program, Emily will guide you through several different wine and chocolate pairings, demonstrating how different components of wine and chocolate interact on the palate and enhance your tasting experience. Emily will be using an assortment of select chocolates paired with your favorite Mountain Brook wines! Space is limited- reserve your Wine & Chocolate Pairing Class tickets today!
https://www.facebook.com/events/348437472656425/
The Annual Stoobie Awards have become an Asheville Food Scene tradition! Each year in January, the readers of Ashvegas, as well as the food makers, vendors, and venues look forward to finding out who the hand-picked nominees and winners are for culinary and hospitality excellence in the previous year!
READ PAST STOOBIE AWARDS HERE
The 2018 Stoobie Awards will be the FIRST EVER to be announced and celebrated with a LIVE ceremony/party/event that will be packed with food, music, special guests, and of course, the naming of the Stoobie Award winners!
WHEN
Monday, January 28th – 5:30pm to 9:30pm
WHERE
Asheville Masonic Temple
80 Broadway St, Asheville, NC 28801
ashevillemasonictemple.com
WHY
To have fun, while paying tribute to the great people who make up the amazing Asheville Food Scene!
WHO
Produced by: Ashvegas.com / Shay Brown Events / Sprout Consulting / Stu Helm Food Fan / Asheville Masonic Temple
Post Firing Sculpture Repair
Molly Morning-glory & Mac McCusker
Tuesdays 10:30am-1pm
January 8- February 26
Have broken projects piling up in your studio? Perhaps the piece you worked on for ages didn’t come out how you wanted? Join Molly Morning-glory and Mac McCusker to learn about cold finishing techniques and materials. Bring in your duds and we’ll help you make them beautiful! Sand blasting, epoxies, acrylic paint, spray enamel and more will be covered in this 8-week class. We will also create a sculpture or vessel to be bisque fired and finished without glazing, using shoe polish, patina, or furniture wax.
Level: Intermediate and Advanced
Tuition: $310 + $50 Lab Fee
What’s In The Kitchen?
For Kids Ages 6-12
Sara Ballek
Tuesdays 4-6pm
January 15- February 19
Learning about foods and objects in your kitchen can be exciting and fun to explore, but what if you had the chance to make some of your own? In this class students will develop work relating to items they use in their kitchen while learning more about sculpting and decorating clay. We will be focusing on using the wheel and a variety of hand building methods to create fun, functional objects for everyday use or play!
Tuition: $225
** rescheduled for Feb 4 **
Join us for the inaugural AVL Women and Wine Networking Group! Help us create a community of women who support, grow, lead and of course network with each other. We’ll have regular speakers that inspire, educate and lead to help us grow and create community and…wine. Mark your calendars for the last Tuesday of each month! Want to speak? Let us know.
https://www.facebook.com/events/378149389412530/
You got Served! Handbuilt Tableware
Tyler-James Anderson
Tuesdays 6:30-9pm
January 8- February 26
In this class we will be focusing our efforts into creating beautiful plates, platters, and assorted dishes to liven up your serving game at home. Implementing plaster mold making and slab construction, we will be making both loose and refined forms that showcase surface design and fluidity. This class takes a fun, whimsical, and creative approach to forming and decorating, while providing students with solid fundamentals for their future handbuilding endeavors.
Level: All Levels
Tuition: $310 + $55 Lab Fee
$25 per painter
Includes 9×12 canvas
Use of painting materials
Instruction from artist
Please email or message us to RSVP so we know to bring a canvas for you.
We’ll still have wine glasses to paint, too, at $20 per painter. This includes two glasses. Please also RSVP for the glass option.
https://www.facebook.com/events/234388824142669/
Come practice with me every Wednesday evening at Saint Paul Mountain Vineyards at 6pm-7pm to get over that crazy mid week hump!
All levels welcome for an upbeat and energizing power flow while focusing on turning inward and cultivating an intention that you can take with you off your mat!
10$ for 60 minute power vinyasa flow and glass of wine!
6pm-7pm Please share and feel free to bring your friends!
DM if you have any questions! Hope to see you there✨✨
https://www.facebook.com/events/1224464734374111/?event_time_id=1224464751040776
Mountain Brook Vinyards is partnering with Yoga 828 for a winter yoga series. Starting on January 9th, Dee O’Brien will be leading an hour of yoga every Wednesday intimately set in our tasting room. Enjoy sweeping views of mountain vistas and the vineyard below while being guided through a beginner friendly series of poses. The class is $20 and includeds a glass of wine. The class begins at 12pm and ends at 1pm. Put your lunch hour to work and join us!
Feel free to purchase your tickets ahead of time, however, walk-ins are welcome.
https://www.facebook.com/events/362167914614739/?event_time_id=362167927948071
Mountain Brook Vinyards is partnering with Yoga 828 for a winter yoga series. Starting on January 9th, Dee O’Brien will be leading an hour of yoga every Wednesday intimately set in our tasting room. Enjoy sweeping views of mountain vistas and the vineyard below while being guided through a beginner friendly series of poses. The class is $20 and includeds a glass of wine. The class begins at 12pm and ends at 1pm. Put your lunch hour to work and join us!
Feel free to purchase your tickets ahead of time, however, walk-ins are welcome.
https://www.facebook.com/events/362167914614739/
$12 growler fills on Wednesdays. Select a wine on draft (some exceptions apply) and fill a plēb 500mL growler for $12. Growler purchase is separate. Carry out only.
https://www.facebook.com/events/859748727719594/?event_time_id=859748741052926
Bowled Over: How to Create Visual Interest on Simple Forms
Laurie Caffery Harris
Wednesdays 6:30-9pm
January 9- February 27
Bowls are often overlooked by potters because they are such a simple form, but they have so much potential! In this intermediate level class, we will explore bowls of all sizes and shapes on the potter’s wheel to create forms that reflect your unique style. We will also discuss and practice surface design through mishima (slip inlay), painting, and sgraffito carving. By the end of the session we will have made pieces that are not only visually interesting, but accurately represent your personal style and sensibilities.
Level: Intermediate and Advanced
Tuition: $310 + $50 Lab Fee
Introduction To Sculpture
Mac McCusker
Thursdays, 11am-1:30pm
January 10- February 28
Ever wanted to try your hand at sculpting with clay? This introductory class will enable you to competently create small-scale sculptures of animals or people. Learn to build with slabs, coils, and solid clay sculpting to advance your ceramic skills or elevate the quality of your work! Using images and sketches as a reference, we will make several pieces in class using a combination of building techniques. This class is for all levels.
Level: All Levels
Tuition: $310 + $55 Lab Fee
Alternatives To Glaze
Cynthia Lee
Thursdays 3-5:30pm
January 10- February 28
Consider experimenting with some unorthodox surface treatments for a new look in your work. Using tiles, we will play with materials rolled on wet clay and cold surface techniques on bisque clay. Demonstrations and discussions will include applying these concepts to functional and sculptural work. Come with imagination, without reservations and a yearning for creative research!
Level: Intermediate
Tuition: $310 + $50 Lab Fee
El Querubin food truck will be at the winery Friday nights. Pair your favorite wine with one of their Mexican dishes.
https://www.facebook.com/events/314042052574442/
Salsa Y Mas
Asheville’s Monthly Social Every first Friday of the month at a New Location and time !!
Salsa, Bachata, Cha Cha, Kizomba and more..
**9 PM **
Friday January 4th join us for a Sensual Bachata Class with 2umbao!!
***On Deck at 10pm until 1am is DJ Oscar Malinalli **
**Cover Ladies $5 and Gentlemen $7 , Cash only at Door please *** Class included
Location: Urban Orchard Cider Co. South Slope
24 Buxton Ave. Asheville NC
***Bar servers light food, Beer, Cider, & Wine!! *
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https://www.facebook.com/events/276841486359556/
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
Nationally recognized comedians travel the country tasting local wine and making new fans in this new comedy circuit that brings quality comedy to folks for a fraction of what antiquated comedy clubs demand. Come out for a night of hilarious comedy and great local wines. This comedy tour takes top comedians who you’ve seen on TV and sends them out on the road to perform at wineries throughout the country. Find out which local wines pair best with hysterical laughter when The Winery Comedy Tour comes to your town.
Visit https://www.universe.com/events/M6CQBW?embed=open&ref=universe_facebook_push&eventref=fb_oea for more information and to get tickets
https://www.facebook.com/events/587413575026563/
February 3 (Sunday) at 3pm, doors at 2:15.
**Suggested donation $20**
CDs and merch for sale as well!
Refreshments will be served (with beer and wine) for donations to a local charity.
The original compositions & playing of Up Jumped Three are a collection of varied influences – West Coast jazz, free jazz, & modern/avant-garde. With no drummer, the trio format opens up, allowing the timbre & unique character of each instrument to shine through in an almost ‘chamber music’ type of atmosphere. Up Jumped Three continues to carve out its own space on the AVL jazz scene.
DIRECTIONS TO 721 Streamside Dr, Arden, NC
DIRECTIONS
From I-26 take EXIT 37, LONG SHOALS Rd.
Drive WEST (away from Biltmore Park).
LEFT at the 2nd traffic light @ BREVARD RD. 300 yards.
RIGHT on AVERY’S CREEK RD. There is a cute little white church with a red door on the right at the intersection.
3.5 miles until the road ends at a gate labeled AVERY PARK.
APPLE MAPS and possibly other GPS systems will tell you to turn at Mt. Laurel Rd. DO NOT TURN THERE.
Continue on Avery’s Creek Rd until it ends at the Avery Park gate.
At the call box, if the gate is not open scroll to SPARKS with the A-Z buttons and press CALL. We will buzz you in.
1/2 Mile to the STOP sign.
LEFT on STREAMSIDE DR Go past the first driveway on the right and take the next right, which is a GRAVEL road.
Sally and Lora
721 Streamside Dr Arden, NC 28704
828-654-7357
https://www.facebook.com/events/736348386701146/
Post Firing Sculpture Repair
Molly Morning-glory & Mac McCusker
Tuesdays 10:30am-1pm
January 8- February 26
Have broken projects piling up in your studio? Perhaps the piece you worked on for ages didn’t come out how you wanted? Join Molly Morning-glory and Mac McCusker to learn about cold finishing techniques and materials. Bring in your duds and we’ll help you make them beautiful! Sand blasting, epoxies, acrylic paint, spray enamel and more will be covered in this 8-week class. We will also create a sculpture or vessel to be bisque fired and finished without glazing, using shoe polish, patina, or furniture wax.
Level: Intermediate and Advanced
Tuition: $310 + $50 Lab Fee
What’s In The Kitchen?
For Kids Ages 6-12
Sara Ballek
Tuesdays 4-6pm
January 15- February 19
Learning about foods and objects in your kitchen can be exciting and fun to explore, but what if you had the chance to make some of your own? In this class students will develop work relating to items they use in their kitchen while learning more about sculpting and decorating clay. We will be focusing on using the wheel and a variety of hand building methods to create fun, functional objects for everyday use or play!
Tuition: $225
You got Served! Handbuilt Tableware
Tyler-James Anderson
Tuesdays 6:30-9pm
January 8- February 26
In this class we will be focusing our efforts into creating beautiful plates, platters, and assorted dishes to liven up your serving game at home. Implementing plaster mold making and slab construction, we will be making both loose and refined forms that showcase surface design and fluidity. This class takes a fun, whimsical, and creative approach to forming and decorating, while providing students with solid fundamentals for their future handbuilding endeavors.
Level: All Levels
Tuition: $310 + $55 Lab Fee
District Wine Bar announces their upcoming Winter Dinner and Wine series featuring some of your favorite local, independent restaurants in Asheville. The dinners will take place every Tuesday for 6 weeks, highlighting a different restaurant and chef. The menu is chef’s choice with wines paired from District Wine Bar. The seats will be limited to 12, so purchase your tickets early.
Jan. 22-The Bull and Beggar-SOLD OUT
Jan. 29-Sovereign Remedies-ON SALE NOW
Feb. 5- All Souls Pizza
Feb. 19-Haywood Common
Feb. 26-Vivian’s
Mar. 5-Smoky Park Supper Club
https://www.facebook.com/events/2124830811162036/
Come practice with me every Wednesday evening at Saint Paul Mountain Vineyards at 6pm-7pm to get over that crazy mid week hump!
All levels welcome for an upbeat and energizing power flow while focusing on turning inward and cultivating an intention that you can take with you off your mat!
10$ for 60 minute power vinyasa flow and glass of wine!
6pm-7pm Please share and feel free to bring your friends!
DM if you have any questions! Hope to see you there✨✨
https://www.facebook.com/events/1224464734374111/?event_time_id=1224464741040777
Come practice with me every Wednesday evening at Saint Paul Mountain Vineyards at 6pm-7pm to get over that crazy mid week hump!
All levels welcome for an upbeat and energizing power flow while focusing on turning inward and cultivating an intention that you can take with you off your mat!
10$ for 60 minute power vinyasa flow and glass of wine!
6pm-7pm Please share and feel free to bring your friends!
DM if you have any questions! Hope to see you there✨✨
https://www.facebook.com/events/1224464734374111/
Season’s at Highland Lake will be hosting Wine Down Wednesday from January through April with half priced bottles of wine under $50 with the purchase of a main course lunch item or a dinner entrée!
Follow the link for our wine menu: https://hliresort.com/seasons/menu/drinks-wine/
https://www.facebook.com/events/573217266436525/
$12 growler fills on Wednesdays. Select a wine on draft (some exceptions apply) and fill a plēb 500mL growler for $12. Growler purchase is separate. Carry out only.
https://www.facebook.com/events/859748727719594/
$12 growler fills on Wednesdays. Select a wine on draft (some exceptions apply) and fill a plēb 500mL growler for $12. Growler purchase is separate. Carry out only.
https://www.facebook.com/events/859748727719594/?event_time_id=859748737719593
Bowled Over: How to Create Visual Interest on Simple Forms
Laurie Caffery Harris
Wednesdays 6:30-9pm
January 9- February 27
Bowls are often overlooked by potters because they are such a simple form, but they have so much potential! In this intermediate level class, we will explore bowls of all sizes and shapes on the potter’s wheel to create forms that reflect your unique style. We will also discuss and practice surface design through mishima (slip inlay), painting, and sgraffito carving. By the end of the session we will have made pieces that are not only visually interesting, but accurately represent your personal style and sensibilities.
Level: Intermediate and Advanced
Tuition: $310 + $50 Lab Fee