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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Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe presents Mike Gunter, Jr. author of “Tales of EcoTourist,” which combines humor and memorable anecdotes from five famous ecotourist destinations that offer a breathtaking backdrop to better understanding climate change. Held at The Collider, doors open at 5:30pm, and the book talk will begin at 6:00pm, following by a short Q&A. Free & open to the public.
Crossing the far corners of the globe, Tales of an Ecotourist showcases travel, from the hot and humid Amazon jungle to the frozen but dry Antarctic, as a simple yet spellbinding lens to better understand the complex issue of climate change. At its core, climate change is an issue few truly understand, in large part due to its dizzying array of scientific, economic, cultural, social, and political variables.
Mike Gunter Jr. is a Cornell Distinguished Faculty member and Arthur Vining Davis Fellow at Rollins College where he serves as Professor and Chair of the Political Science department and Director of International Affairs in the Holt School. He is the author of Building the Next Ark: How NGOs Work to Protect Biodiversity.
Join Burial Beer at the taproom for a discussion of all things beer and non-beer related. They’ll be joined by TRVE Brewing and Troubadour Maltings from CO, the collaborators for the fifth release of the Ambient Terrain Series.
Tickets are $10 at the door and include a branded glass to keep, access to the talk, and shared beers from TRVE. Tickets will be available starting at 5pm.
Head to The Thirsty Monk Biltmore Park on Tuesday, June 12th at 7pm for Monk Beer Academy. The topic this month will be Fermented Foods and Beer Pairing! Continuing the theme of pairing delicious foods with equally tasty beers, this month they’ve decided to go all in with fermentation. Explore how foods are preserved through fermentation techniques, find out which beer styles are compatible with various types of fermented foods, and discuss why they complement or contrast each other so well.
Space is limited, so go ahead and grab your ticket now!
The Price 4 WNC Team invites all to join us as we Rally to Support Better Jobs and Bigger Paychecks for All. Please bring a sign. Guest speaker will be Phillip Price, small business owner in rural McDowell County and Democratic Candidate for North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District.
Infrastructure Investments = Better Jobs for WNC
Investments in Healthcare for All, Public Education, Renewable Energy, High Speed Internet, Public Safety, Hiring Local, Environmental Protections, Drinking Water, Wastewater Treatment, Roads & Bridges and MORE will bring jobs to WNC.
This is part of the Bold Progressives Campaign – Millions of Jobs Ahead! – we are participating in a National effort to bring awareness to the fact that smart investments in infrastructure will create jobs in WNC.
See you at Noon on Thursday June 14th at the Vance Monument (Pack Square, Asheville, NC 28801).
Join BGA staffer Heather Rayburn as she hosts a special book club in celebration of Pollinator Month. Participants should read Dr. Erica McAlister’s “The Secret Life of Flies” before the event. Refreshments will be served as we discuss the book, review its highlights, and look at some slides about these fascinating insects.
Why this book? Everyone knows about the sexy bee pollinators, but the plant world also benefits from the pollination of other insects, bats, birds, rodents and even lizards. McAlister, a British entomologist, “gets under the wings of these crucial creatures as she ventures into the land of the fly. From hungry herbivores and precocious pollinators to robber flies, danceflies and the much maligned mosquito, she describes the different types of fly, their unique and often unusual characteristics, and the unpredictable nature of their daily life.”
Heather is the creator of www.MonarchLover.org, a website dedicated to promoting the planting of native milkweed to help the endangered Monarch butterfly. She’s worked at the Botanical Gardens for 10 years.
[This book will be available for purchase in the Visitor Center by April 2018. Members get 10% off the retail price.]
Call 828-252-5190 to register and pre-pay