Calendar of Events

JD McPherson at The Grey Eagle

Artist presale on sale now until Friday, 9/21 @ 10am
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This event is sponsored by Professional Vending Services of Greeneville. The doors will open at 4:00 PM the night of the event, with The Cheesy School Bus food truck set up outside, Creamy Cup setup inside with hot chocolate and coffee, along with Santa making an appearance for children’s photos at 4:00PM. There will also be Christmas Vacation-themed photos for adults, stay tuned for more details on that.

Thanks to our sponsor Professional Vending Services of Greeneville all Santa cookies and photos will be free! Come and enjoy a fun-filled night at the Capitol Theatre this holiday season!

The Griswold Family Christmas returns to the Capitol this December for the 2nd showing of the night!

The Capitol Theater of Greeneville, Tennessee announces the return of National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. After overwhelming demand last year, the Capitol will present two shows on December 8th at 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM. Tickets for the event will cost $5.00 and will be available at the door and online. The 1989 movie stars Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo as Clark and Ellen Griswold, the family who tries have to the perfect vacations and holidays only to find circumstances that get in the way.

The third film in the Vacation franchise, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation finds Clark Griswold wanting to bring his entire family together for “an old-fashioned family Christmas.” With relatives piling in and the pressure mounting, Christmas Vacation is a film that truly to brings to life the frantic time that the Christmas season can be.

Written by John Hughes and directed by Jeremiah Chechik, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation was a massive hit upon its release in December 1989. As the years have passed, Christmas Vacation has become one of the most quotable films ever made, has stood the test of time to be more than just an ’80s box office hit, and has become a bonafide Christmas and comedy classic.

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Preach Jacobs is a hip-hop artist, DJ, writer and founder of Cola-Con, the nation’s only hip-hop/comic convention. His music has been featured on NPR and Okayplayer and his writings and works have been lectured at universities nation wide including Harvard University. His latest column is featured in the Columbia weekly Free-Times titled “Fight the Power” speaking about hip-hop, politics and social awareness.

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Jonathan Parker (band)
Live at Salvage Station

with special guest:
Craig Gerdes

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NO COVER CHARGE!
Come celebrate the birthdays of Nick Fisher, Amber Reed, and Lawrence Stump with Contagious.

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DJ Ryan B is coming to Ben’s Tune Up to spin some old school nostalgic dance tunes to keep your booty shakin’ this weekend! Start time 10pm!!

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The Magnetic Theatre invites you on a trip back in time, as we present the wonderfully wicked 25th ANNUAL BERNSTEIN FAMILY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR. Now in its 9th year, this R-rated holiday spectacle is a hilarious, envelope-pushing ode to the TV specials of yesteryear, with the dysfunctional Bernstein clan doing a variety of skits, as they pay a twisted kind of homage to beloved Christmas traditions. This show is absolutely for adults only, and only for those who are willing to go along for a ride with some delightfully depraved individuals!

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Reclaimed Creations is a unique sculpture exhibit created by renowned artist Sayaka Ganz. Utilizing reclaimed plastic objects, such as discarded utensils, Ganz creates amazing sculptures that visually appear unified at a distance, but are in fact separated when examined up close. Described as using a “3D impressionistic” style, Ganz’s exhibit includes installations of animals in motion, which are in rich in color and energy, to create an illusion of form.

About the Artist

Born in Yokohama, Japan, Sayaka Ganz grew up living in Japan, Brazil and Hong Kong. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Indiana University, Bloomington, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in sculpture from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. A lecturer and teacher, Ganz’s work has been displayed at various institutions around the globe, including the Hermann Geiger Foundation in Cecina, Italy, the Isle Gallery in Isle of Man, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California.

My work is about perceiving harmony, even in situations that appear chaotic from the inside. When observing my sculptures up close, one might see gaps, holes and items being held on only by small points; step away, however, and the sculptures reveal the harmony created when the objects are aligned to the same general (but not identical) direction. Similarly, it is important to gain perspective by stepping back from current problems and look at the larger picture. Then one can perceive the beauty and patterns that exist.”

The Asheville Marathon Training will begin on Sunday, October 28th! It isn’t too late to join in on the training group and program.

We will also have a kick-off party at Fleet Feet Asheville on Thursday, October 25th at 6pm if you would like to get more information on the marathon and the half marathon training programs. https://www.facebook.com/events/158349081761555/

Long Runs are Sunday morning at 8:30am and will meet at Bent Creek – Hardtimes Trailhead Parking Lot unless otherwise notified.
We will have staff from Fleet Feet Sports Asheville and ChiRunning/ChiWalking as group leaders at all Sunday runs.

Directions to Trailhead are here – https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hard+Times+Trailhead/@35.4876945,-82.6263392,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x88599247298909e5:0x5663696471e707c7!8m2!3d35.4876945!4d-82.6241452?shorturl=1

If you haven’t already signed up for the half marathon or full marathon training program – please sign up before you attend the training runs – Get signed up here -> https://idaph.net/product/asheville-marathon-half-community-training-plans/

Fleet Feet Asheville ChiRunning/ChiWalking Chi Running

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Christmas at Biltmore Daytime Celebration*
Saturday, November 3, 2018 – Sunday, January 6, 2019 (daily)

*Included with estate admission.
*Does not include “Candlelight Christmas Evenings”

Experience the holidays wreathed with the wonder of Biltmore. Our celebration presents Christmas on a grand scale with more than 55 trees decorated by our talented staff, accented with miles of ribbon, garlands, and lights. Festive menus in our restaurants and holiday wine tastings make for a memorable visit.

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

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This training will introduce you to the Fascial Distortion Model, relate it to the understanding of Marma as an approach to self-care in yoga practice, and apply this understanding to the themes that we will cover in practical and user-friendly ways.

We’ll begin with the neck and shoulders, focusing on upper body and spinal health, and connect the ideas concerning the Fascial Distortion Model to understanding and addressing shoulder injuries — especially including typical ‘yoga injuries’ to the shoulders. This will include an additional focus on working with scoliosis — including both principles for targeted work with scoliosis, as well as insights into how these principles are useful for everyone, since asymmetries that lead to muscular and joint problems are nearly always present, whether one has a scoliosis or not. This will add new dimensions to practice, including the pairing of intentional breathing to realignment actions in asana.

From there we will expand into a treatment of the health of the whole body in the context of Movement Impairment Syndromes at the root of chronic pain — focusing in particular on the low back, sacrum, hips, knees and feet. This approach to pain problems is especially suited to yoga, and will provide teachers and practitioners with a vital toolbox for recognizing and assessing these patterns, and designing an approach through specifically targeted asana practice and remedial exercises aimed at changing them for the better.

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Back by popular demand!

“Financing and Distributing the Independent Feature Film” is a one-day intensive course that will detail every step in the process of getting your film financed and, ultimately, distributed. The first half of the course will focus on the financing side of independent filmmaking, covering essentials such as: creating a business plan, marketing your film for pre-sales, crafting an enticing LookBook, writing for grants, and building a successful crowdfunding campaign.

The second half of the course will cover various pathways to distribution such as: navigating the festival circuit, acquiring a sales agent, prepping for AFM, and gathering a following on social media. The goal of this course will be to equip each participant with the tools to make their dream of producing an independent feature film a reality.

Class will be held on Sunday, December 9th, 2019, from 10 am- 5 pm with instructor Josh Overbay. Cost is only $75 ($60 for ALUMNI). Register and pay online.

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When reflecting on the current state of the environment, it seems that we have entered into times of seismic sorrows. Carbon emissions, water pollution, fracking, and changing climate patterns all point to a troubling reality with serious consequences for human and non-human populations. Through weavings, installations, sculpture, and print, artists Rena Detrixhe and Tali Weinberg (Tulsa, OK) explore the complex relationship between humans and the planet, offering insights, expressing grief, and creating space for resilience and change.

In Time of Seismic Sorrows is curated by Marilyn Zapf and organized by the Center for Craft. The Center for Craft is supported in part by the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

The South has always been home to a blend of cultures — from Native Americans here by 14,000 years ago to Europeans 500 years ago, followed by Africans forced to migrate. By 1500, cultures in the South included Creek, Cherokee, Catawba, Choctaw, Chitimacha, and Coushatta, from Europe English, Scottish, Irish, and German, and Africans from Senegal to Congo. Baskets were integral in daily life, as agricultural equipment for gathering, sifting, storing, and serving the finished product or as receptacles for tools, clothes, sacred objects, and even infants.

Initially each culture had its own preferred basket material and method of manufacture — twilled rivercane for Native Americans, plaited oak for Europeans, and coiled grasses for Africans. Interaction between groups spurred adaptations to changing circumstances, such as the use of white oak by the Cherokee in the 1800s, as rivercane stands were decimated by European settlements. Native Americans also adopted the European picnic, flower, egg, and market baskets to sell in the 20th-century art market. Native and European Americans wove honeysuckle into baskets after 1854, when introduced from Japan. By the 17th century African Americans discovered bulrush along the coasts, coiling it into large, round “fanners” to winnow rice. Later bulrush was one medium among sweetgrass, pine needles, and palmetto, giving rise to the name “sweetgrass baskets” along the coast.

Baskets were woven not only for use in the fields and homes or for sale in art galleries but also as a connection to ancestors and spirits, as designs were said to come from inside one’s head, from memories of one’s mother’s motifs, or from the Creator. Indeed, working with one’s hands in nature to gather materials and to form them into a basket was considered spiritually and physically healthy, becoming a part of the practice of occupational therapy around World War I.

Today, basketweavers in the South from all three traditions are teaching the next generation to continue this art. Artists from across the region work with old and new materials in old and new forms, innovating for their legacy, for art’s sake, and for political causes, as embodied in the varied vessels in this gallery and epitomized in the virtuosic miniature examples in the case at right.

We’re back this holiday season popping up at the Asheville Masonic Temple!

Shop our festive 20-day pop up shop featuring some of the area’s best in handmade and vintage. We’ve curated goods featuring over 125 local & indie makers, designers, and vintage wares including clothing, jewelry, decor, greeting cards, and more. You’re sure to find the perfect gift for everyone on your list!

HOLIDAY POP UP SHOP
Open November 30 – December 19
10am-8pm everyday
The Asheville Masonic Temple
80 Broadway St, Asheville, NC 28801

OPENING PARTY
Saturday, December 1 | 6-9pm
Join us Saturday evening for our Opening Party, December 1st from 6-9pm and enjoy complimentary Bhramari Brewing Co beer, sweet bites, live music, and fairy hair.

SPECIAL EVENTS
Saturday, December 1 | 12-7pm
Take a timeless portrait with Revelry Tintype

Sundays, December 2, 9, and 16 | 1-3pm
Take some time for your self during this busy season with a relaxing chair massage with LMBT Massage by Amy Gallagher Massey

For more details and a full list of vendors visit: https://www.showandtellpopupshop.com/

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Join us on December 9th for our official kick-start of the Holiday Season here at Season’s. Our Holiday Brunch Buffet is a once a year event where you will be able to enjoy the best holiday favorites…Season’s style.

For more information and menu, please follow the link:https://hliresort.com/seasons/events/

Call today to reserve your spot for this festive buffet 828-696-9094. Price per person $29.95.

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Trinity Children’s Choir Presents
‘The Power of the King’
Sunday, December 9
9:15 a.m. & 10:45 a.m.

646 Concord Rd
Fletcher, NC 28732

Would you like more info? Call the church office at (828) 628-1188.

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FREE Santa Photos will be available at the center through December 24 at the The North Carolina Arboretum sponsored Santa Set. Every family who visits Santa at Asheville Outlets will receive two FREE 4” x 6” Santa photo prints and a digital download of a single image. Free Santa Photos is hosted by Great Beginnings Lead To Great Smiles.

(Additional photos and Christmas merchandise are available for purchase. One giveaway per family, per Christmas season. Some restrictions may apply. Valid only through December 24, 2018.)

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FREE Santa Photos are back at Asheville Outlets (ShopAshevilleOutlets.com)! From November 17th through December 24th, every family who visits Santa will receive two FREE 4”x6” Santa photo prints and a digital download of a single image. Additional photos and Christmas merchandise are available for purchase. FREE Santa photo is sponsored by Great Beginnings Great Smiles; the FREE Santa photo set is sponsored by North Carolina Arboretum Winter Lights.

Santa’s Photo Hours are:
11 a.m. – 8 p.m. Monday – Saturday, Sundays, 12 p.m. – 6 p.m. and Christmas Eve, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Santa takes a break to feed his reindeer weekdays and Saturdays: 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. + 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. and Sundays, 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Located at food court. One giveaway per family, per Christmas season. Some restrictions may apply, valid only through December 24, 2018.

Jazz guitarist Mark Guest and vocalist Mary Pearson delight us with light live jazz during Blunch on Sundays at Jargon. Reservations recommended.

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Join us at The Tavern on Gaston Sunday December 9th and help us celebrate International Llama Day. Your Favorite Hippie will be singing all your favorites and you know you love to sing along. If you have a Llama, you should bring it. Who doesn’t love a llama?

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As Virginia Woolf said, “one cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” Food and water are essential for survival, but mankind’s relationship to food has transformed over time from one of sustenance to one laden with personal and cultural significance.

A Matter of Taste explores depictions of food and drink in art and reveals how images of fruits and vegetables can function as complex metaphors for excess, status, memory, and politics. Drawn from southern museums and private collections, this exhibition showcases over 35 paintings, decorative arts, and works on paper by artists such as Andy Warhol, Wayne Thiebaud, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Claes Oldenburg.

This show spans 400 years and multiple continents, revealing the evolving role of food and drink in various media and cultural contexts. While depictions of fruit and vegetables appeared in ancient times, still life painting as an independent genre dates to 16th-century Holland.

In 19th-century America, still life paintings remained popular but evolved in terms of subject matter, media, and message. Painters such as Thomas Wightman, George Forster, and De Scott Evans embraced Dutch still lifes and used food as commentary on the current political climate and the transient state of the human condition.

Illustrated newspapers led to an increase of cartoons by artists such as Winslow Homer and William Hogarth, who utilized food and drink as social satire. The 20th-century modern art movement further changed the perception of food. The culture of mass production enabled Pop artists to elevate seemingly mundane foodstuffs to high art. Yet, other contemporary artists explored the symbolic and nostalgic role of food seen in works by Tim Tate, Linda Armstrong, and Laquita Thomson.

Visitors will also experience an elaborately set dining table fit for a sumptuous feast. Dining became its own art form over time and communicated one’s social standing and wealth. Each of the table’s six place settings represent a different culture and offer a glimpse into global dining customs. Selective drinkware will accompany this section revealing how tea sets and even punch bowls reflected an owner’s prestige.

Help us build cat shelters to keep Asheville’s community cats safe and warm this winter.

O’Henry’s has once again graciously agreed to let us use their space to build the shelters.

Please join us on Sunday, December 9 from 12-3pm at O’Henry’s, 237 Haywood St, Asheville, NC 28801.

If you are not able to attend, you can still help by donating supplies or Lowe’s or Home Depot gift cards to help us purchase them.

Here’s a list of the supplies we need:
-new or used plastic storage bins (18 gallon http://bit.ly/2roDFTN or 30 gallon http://bit.ly/2DSbaR1 – any variety)
-Gorilla tape (http://low.es/2F12pDI)
-Reflectix roll insulation (http://low.es/2lWK191)
-bales of straw (not hay) for bedding

For questions about this event or to donate, please email [email protected].

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Need a way to get the kids out of the house and an excuse to drink a beer? Highland is here to help with the first event in our Hold My Juice Box series!

We are transforming our Event Center into the Kingdom of Fun with a bounce castle that will keep your little princes and princesses busy while you sit back with a Highland brew. Plus, The Hop Ice Cream Cafe will be here slinging their homemade ice cream.

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We can’t wait to host local artists and crafters for our second annual holiday market! Stop on by, support local art, and get on your holiday shopping.

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Join us on December 8th and 9th for our December Holiday Vendor Show at Asheville Mall. We are bringing a number of local and regional vendors together for an exclusive pop up weekend filled with handmade and artisan wares and crafts.

WHERE: The North End of Asheville Mall near Journeys
WHEN: December 8-9, 2018
GET INVOLVED: Please email [email protected]

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