Calendar of Events

Live Auditions for the 2019 Janiec Opera Company
at Brevard Music Center!!

2019 Season:
Carlisle Floyd: Susannah (English)
Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette (French)
Johann Strauss: Die Fledermaus (English)

For more information visit: https://www.brevardmusic.org/institute/college/opera/

Apply Now
https://www.brevardmusic.org/institute/apply/

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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.

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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=478232882670308

Join us in Honoring the Memory of Mary and Tommy by giving the gift of life.

Please call 1-800-REDCROSS (1-800-733-2767)
or visit redcrossblood.org to schedule an appointment
Any questions? Contact Chesnee Sheehan at (828) 734-8024 or Jennifer Sheehan at (828) 734-9541

Free long-sleeve Red Cross T-shirt when you come to
donate Dec. 20-Jan. 6, while supplies last!

https://www.facebook.com/events/363644911051001/

Asheville Burger Challenge Tour – Are you EATER enough for the Burger Challenge Tour? This extreme food tour is led by Stu Helm, aka “The Food Fan,” who will challenge you to finish every slider, every French fry, every single bite on this tour! Should you save room for dessert? You’d better! It’s included. This tour has a maximum of 14 patrons, and based on our past experience, some will start tapping-out by the third slider. A few might make it to slider number five. Seven? Stu says, “doubtful.” Any participant who remains a member of the “Clean Plate Club” from start to finish of this tour, including dessert, gets a FREE tour from Asheville Food Tours. And a high five from Stu.

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Join us in January to set your intentions for the new year with Asheville-based couples therapist Cindy Norton. Cindy will explain the process behind creating a vision for what you want your life to look like in 2019 using a foam board and craft supplies such as magazine clippings and stickers. All materials are provided.

Space is limited. Register with Amelia at [email protected] or (828) 894-8721 ext. 283 to secure your spot.

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The United Way is an active part of the community, and they need your help with the annual Point in Time Count. This count is a one-day effort to encounter the homeless in Forsyth County. The information gathered helps with homelessness plans throughout the year. There are many ways to be involved – you can help prepare necessity bags to be given to the people encountered during the count, you can go out in the community to assist in the count, as well as other opportunities. Stop by the table at the Mast Store in Winston-Salem on Friday, January 4 from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. to learn more.

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Ages 8-13
No previous knowledge of origami needed!
No registration needed!

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Come enjoy the holiday season and all its wonder while playing alongside the Broad River and the fully decorated Mini Golf Course!
$6.50 to play and kids under 5 are FREE!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1473877239423624/?event_time_id=1473877299423618

Fridays 5:30-7pm
Every Friday in January

Join Jennifer for this 4 week series to to foster deeper states of concentration, contemplation and connection. Each session will incorporate beginner-intermediate asana, pranayama, bandha and meditation to build the resilience of your physical body, identify and clear mental “blockages” and cultivate a deeper curiosity and self inquiry.

You do not have to have experience with advanced asana, breath work, meditative techniques etc. A relationship with Ujjayi pranayama (victorious breathing) and a regular asana practice of at least one year are advised

$80 for 4 week series

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Candlelight Christmas Evenings*
Saturday, November 3, 2018 – Saturday, January 5, 2019 (Select Dates)

*Check website for availability/dates
*By reservation only.
*Pricing varies by date.

Candlelight, firelight, and live music bring holiday warmth to the extravagant holiday décor of Biltmore House, creating an evening to remember. Evening guests can also take advantage of Antler Hill Village & Winery to enjoy free wine tastings. Advance reservations are required for evening visits.

Learn more about #ChristmasAtBiltmore or plan your visit: biltmore.com/Christmas

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Vision Boards are a great way to set your intentions for the New Year, while having a lot of fun! Chris Butterworth will lead us through a series of exercises to help us hone in on what we really want to achieve in the coming year, and then guide us as we create a customized board to help us bring those intentions to life. A wonderful activity for all ages…no experience required!

All materials will be provided to create a 12×12 Vision Board suitable for framing. If you have something (images or text, for example) that is meaningful to you, please feel free to bring it along. You can use it for inspiration, or include it on your board!

“Creating a [piece of art] that displays what you want actually does bring it to life. What we focus on expands. When you create a vision board and place it in a space where you see it often, you essentially end up doing short visualization exercises throughout the day. Visualization works!” —Huffington Post, 1.12.15

​Class size limited to 10. Registration closes Wednesday, January 2, 2019 @ 5pm.

$45 per student

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Come groove to your musical vibe with your favorite tribe! Ali will lead a powerful warm vinyasa class with live music, featuring local artist, Noetiq. An Asheville native, Noetiq harnesses the power of sonic energy to transcend the limitations of reality.

Cost is $18, PYIC 10% discount. Event is from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. and with only 30 spots you will want to RSVP your place to groove and move. Sure to be Pure fun!

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Announcing the opening of Amelia Doll’s fantastical space in the ZaPow art gallery!
Amelia has lived in Asheville for the past two years and has worked as a freelance artist for the past 5 years, accepting commissions and creating magick communities!
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On the night of the 4th, from 7-10 Amelia will be hosting a fantastical costume party opening reception! Prints are for sale, along with one of a kind original paintings!
Come dressed to impress!!!
Most creative fantastical costume will be presented with a FREE PRINT! ~~
(The Fae are incredible judges.)
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We will have magickal face painting, fairy hair and a joyous time to frolic with our fairy community!
Excited to see and celebrate with all of you beautiful creatures! Please share this event and let others know!
LETS PLAY ✨
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Friday, January 4th! We bringing the soul train to Asheville, North Carolina for a FREE SHOW at Highland Brewing Company! Music from 7pm-9pm. Come boogie AVL!

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This event is FREE and tickets are not required to enter the venue.

Melissa Reaves with special guest William Trentini .

Melissa’s avant-garde, fire driven’ rock-n-roll approach is truly a unique experience. An incredible master of improv, she deconstructs the blues, pushes jazz to the outer limits and burns through rock-n-roll.

Melissa Reaves is known to audiences throughout the US and Europe for her deconstructionist approach to rock-n-roll. Reaves has amassed a word-of-mouth following most notably for her experimental guitar work but also for her propensity towards spontaneity and seamless improvisation during live performance. She deconstructs the blues, pushes jazz to the outer limits and burns through rock-n-roll like the love child of Jerry Lee Lewis and the MC5. Most recently Melissa’s, “New Rock Song” was placed on the 55th GRAMMY Awards nomination ballot for Best Rock Performance.

Beech Mountain Brewing Co. Brewhouse offers an intimate setting to watch your favorite band. Watch our brewers work as you sip on a cold one. This event is FREE and tickets are not required to enter the venue. The Brewhouse is located in the resort village, adjacent to the fire pit.

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Start the new year with a plan, or at least a vision. We’ll meditate privately about what we hope to do, learn, experience, and accomplish in the coming year and then create a set of collaged “intention” cards to help inspire us.

Bring a friend or come on your own to spend time creating.

Teen Making Lab happens every first Friday, and each month we will be making something different. We provide all the materials. NO experience required!

Ages 12-18. Register ahead or drop in, but please arrive no later than 7:30.

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Let’s all come together and share our love for Tom McGow. A silent auction will be held for art donated by local artists. $15 ticket to this benefit will include free hors d’oeuvres and a phenomenal musical line up. Pretty Little Goat, Appalachian Renegades, Bradford Carson, Mike Sweet, Dustin Maxwell, Carolyn and Keturah, Blake Ellege, Derrick Gardner, Bill Mattocks, John Trufant, Eric Congdon and Gypsy & Me. Proceeds to go to Toms’s daughter to help with expenses and handling of the estate. Tom had no life insurance and his daughter lives in Maine.

Tentative schedule for entertainment. This is subject to change because all these guys are donating their time and there may be some talking in between sets. Don’t panic ? Just things related to auction etc.
Thanks everyone!

8pm Eric Congdon
8:30pm Mike Sweet
9pm Gypsy & Me
9:20 App. Renegades
9:40 Shotgun Gypsies
10pm Blown Glass B
10:30pm Pretty Little Goats
11pm Bull @W
11:30pm Blake and Co. w/ John T and Bill M.

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,Soul, Blues and more Very Dancable! Come to the Block this Friday! ABUNDANT FREE PARKING (bottom of hill Eagle and Charlotte City lot or the city employee lot adjacent to Packs Tavern

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LISTEN: https://open.spotify.com/album/3y3Zrv42YZur33craetflX

LOOK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K168ib7ltTc

Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters are on tour with their latest album, a self-titled disc released June 9, 2017 on Organic Records. Lyrically driven, the songs of Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters blend the band’s old-school country roots attitude with their shared influences of rock and folk. Amanda says of the album, “I think it’s just about life and all that that entails. Including but not limited to death, strangers, birthdays, money, leaving, arriving, seasons, corruption, and love.”

“This is a band that does everything right,” says Goldmine’s Mike Greenblatt. “Platt deserves all that might come to her over this, her fifth (and best) album. Backed by pedal steel, electric guitar, keyboards, bass, drums, percussion, and vocal harmony, it’s Platt’s show as she writes, sings and co-produces. Complete with lyrics of introspection with the kind of words you can chew on long after the album ends, it also works on a lighter level by dint of the fact that it just sounds so damn good. Go as deep as you want. It’s all good, as they say.”

Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Amanda is a storyteller by nature with an incredible band backing her. Performing along with Amanda Anne Platt, The Honeycutters are Matt Smith(pedal steel and electric guitar), Rick Cooper(bass), and Evan Martin(drums).

There is an empathetic and charming wit ingrained in Amanda’s songwriting. She has a knack for accessing a deep well of emotion and applying it to her story-telling, whether she is writing from her own experiences or immersing herself into the melody of emotions in another person’s life.

“She’s soothing (even in the hurtin’ songs) and sobering (except for the drinkin’ songs) and nuanced in a way that I think tops even those rather famous ladies of the moment named Margo and Kacey… I’d be hard pressed to find a finer string of recordings from any band working in the classic country/mountain tradition in these last five years,” writes Music City Roots’ Craig Havighurst.

A homegrown entity, the band is critically acclaimed locally, regionally, nationally, as well as overseas. Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters’ placed #2 (sandwiched between Jason Isbell and Gregg Allman) in their regional radio station WNCW’s year end listeners poll for 2017! The station’s Music Director Martin Anderson said to No Depression, “Amanda Platt writes songs on par with Lucinda, Isbell, Lauderdale, Hank Sr. In my opinion, anyway.”

After a phenomenal response in 2017, the band went on their second extensive tour of the UK this summer which also included shows in Spain, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The UK’s American Roots’ Magazine Mike Morrison writes, “This is a band whose back catalogue is a match for anyone’s and yet still they’re improving. Modern country music really doesn’t get much better than the highly individual style of Amanda Anne Platt and the Honeycutters.”

Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters recently received a shout out from Fodor’s Travel Magazine in a write-up about the band’s hometown of Asheville, NC, and a couple of years back they were also featured on XPN World Cafe’s Sense of Place series. Their music also placed into the Americana Music Association Year End Top 100 list of Americana Airplay for the second year in a row!

Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters is the group’s third release on Organic Records, and fifth album. Assembling the same the same team as 2016’s On The Ropes, Balsam Range’s Tim Surrett steps in for the second time to co-produce this album along with Amanda. Its thirteen tracks were recorded, mixed, and mastered by Scott Barnett at Crossroads Studios in Arden, NC near the band’s hometown of Asheville.

“Amanda is so good it’s ridiculous. I don’t even know what words to use. Her singing, songwriting and presence is unmatched in Americana, Country, Pop… Simply breathtaking,” says Saul Davis: producer (Percy Sledge), manager (Gene Clark, Carla Olson, Phil Seymour).

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Rock-n-Roll from:
Georgia Dish Boys
https://georgiadishboys.bandcamp.com/

Mr. Mange
https://mrmange.bandcamp.com/releases

Living Dog
https://livingdog.bandcamp.com/

The Spoon Dogs
https://www.facebook.com/TheSpoonDogs/

https://www.facebook.com/events/123024868614198/

FREE SHOW | SHOWTIME: 8pm | TAPROOM STAGE
FOOD TRUCK: Root Down food truck

DESCRIPTION:
The musical mastermind that is Tom Waits has been a force to be reckoned with since the day he set foot into the musical cosmos back in the early 70’s. Often though of as one of the great creative minds of our times, the music of Tom Waits must live on!

Join us for an amazing collective of local musicians paying tribute to the bohemian folk phenomenon and his music!

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Come and enjoy Latin Jazz, Funk with the Patrick Lopez Experience!

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Deloused: The Music of The Mars Volta at Ambrose West

GENRE: Progressive/Alternative Rock

WHEN: Friday January 4, 2019

WHERE: Ambrose West 312 Haywood Road Asheville, NC 28806

DOORS: 8pm

SHOW: 9pm

SCHEDULE:

Jerry Gentry: 9-9:30pm

Deloused Set 1: 9:45-10:40pm

Jerry Gentry: 10:40-11pm

Deloused set 2: 11-12am

SEATING: Standing Room w/ some cocktails tables

TICKETS: Advance $10 / Day of Show $12

Deloused was formed in 2015 in Asheville, NC with the sole intent of covering The Mars Volta’s groundbreaking album, Deloused in the Comatorium. The band was greeted with such enthusiasm at their first show that Deloused has continued to play a string of shows once a year, incorporating new material each year. In January 2019, the band will play shows in Asheville (NC), Raleigh (NC), and Greenville (SC), playing the entire Deloused in the Comatorium album and a collection of other tunes from the rest of the catalog.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/delousedmusic/

Live Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE3sFZVwXMc

https://www.facebook.com/events/248024945880786/

Off With Your Radiohead
Show: 9pm
Doors: 8pm
$10 – $12
All Ages

Tickets & Info: www.theorangepeel.net/event/off-with-your-radiohead/

After mesmerizing a crowd of unsuspecting Radiohead fans at an OK Computer tribute show last fall, frontman Jeff Thompson and his all-star band of Asheville music veterans knew they were onto something. What was intended to be a one-off homage to the greatest rock record of all time quickly developed into a permanent ensemble. Now, the five-piece is dedicated to mastering even Radiohead’s most complex arrangements, one album at a time.

https://www.facebook.com/events/190863261831158/

Raelyn Nelson Band at The Grey Eagle

As an emerging country artist in Nashville, history suggests that the quickest path to success is somehow aligning oneself with one of the major publishers, producers, songwriters, labels, or managers that are the heart of Music Row. So what do you do if you are an emerging female country artist in Nashville, and also happen to be the granddaughter of musical icon, Willie Nelson?

You hook up with an independent producer and veteran of the rock/punk scene, write some songs that are part Loretta Lynn, part Cheap Trick, and form the Raelyn Nelson Band.

Raelyn Nelson has been singing since she can remember. Having been raised on a steady diet of traditional country and gospel music, a gift from her grandpa in the form of a guitar during her teenage years was the inspiration she needed to begin writing her own country and folk songs.

Looking for a place to record these songs, a mutual friend suggested JB (Jonathan Bright), a veteran of the underground rock scene and independent producer. After recording some of these early songs, they decided to try to write some things together and see what happened. The result? A completely fresh and original sound, a true hybrid referred to by some critics as “Country/Garage Rock.”

When they aren’t recording their songs or making music videos, they are on the road taking their high energy live show to the people. Having shared the stage with such diverse musical acts as country superstar Tim McGraw, indie rock icons Drivin’ n Cryin’, and jam band supergroup Hard Working Americans, the RNB is proving that you don’t have to fit neatly into any particular “genre” to find success.

“I don’t really have any desire to be a ‘solo-artist’. Everyone in my family who plays music has always placed a lot of importance on band chemistry, on stage, off stage and in the studio. Our band can almost read each other’s minds. Why would I mess with that? We try to keep it simple: Write songs we like, record them, make a video, then go out and play them for people.”- Raelyn Nelson

Drunken Prayer
http://drunkenprayer.com
“Morgan Geer is the real thing – a songwriter with a heart as deep as the Marianas Trench and sensitive as the wet hands of a raccoon.”
– Rennie Sparks, The Handsome Family

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Come celebrate the new year with Make Noise! Sets from Richard Devine and members (TBA) of theMake Noise Crew.

Free for all!!

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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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The Boyz are Back in Biltmore Park!!! Come out and SING & DANCE with the BEST!!! The SUPER 60s hit HICKORY TAVERN this FRIDAY 9pm-Midnight! Bring a friend, bring your dancing shoes, just bring Yourself!!! #WeLoveOurFans #BecomeOne

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Jimmy Lang’s Almost Doors is a High-Energy,Theatrical,Psych-Rock (Doors) Tribute from Asheville,NC

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