Calendar of Events

For 45 years, this free event has brought the joys of the season to visitors of all ages and will continue the tradition this year with even more exciting activities such as a children’s craft and play area, entertainment throughout the week, photos with Santa Claus and, of course, the exquisitely decorated Christmas trees and wreaths that will be available for purchase.

The festivities will officially kickoff with Candy Canes & Cocktails Preview Party and Silent Auction Tuesday, November 20 at 6 p.m. Attendees will have the opportunity to purchase silent auction items, beautifully decorated wreaths, and swags, and bid on their favorite Christmas trees. This spectacular event is sure to be a night of fun and festivities with plenty of hors-d’oeuvres and signature cocktails.

Breakfast with Santa will be returning this year on Saturday, November 24 at 8:30 a.m. and another session at 9:15 a.m. With a friendly visit from Santa, delicious pancakes, and fun activities, this event is sure to be a wonderful family-friendly occasion. Breakfast is $15 for adults and children.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2167501306824351/?event_time_id=2167501340157681

Drop by to see the high-tech CVAC pod and experience a 5 minute session of Effortless Conditioning and Change Your Altitude! Bring a plus-one, -two or -three! Help get the word out about this awesome way to optimize your health and wellness!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1954682101313422/

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.

Join me and all the characters in the Allison Parker Mystery series as we are HIGHLIGHTED from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. at Malaprop’s Bookstore in Asheville, NC for Indie Small Business Saturday, November 24. All books available for purchase. See you there!

https://www.facebook.com/events/484986788658212/

Join us any Saturday for outdoor activities at the garden. Local youth involved in programming for building life skills, improving literacy and leadership development welcome young people in the area to join them, and we are always in need of adult volunteers to help with mentoring. Involvement in the Shiloh Community Garden also includes the experience of growing produce organically, lessons in permaculture and the science of sustainability, healthy meal preparation, and entrepreneurship. Come join the fun!

https://www.facebook.com/events/524392424698351/?event_time_id=524392488031678

#ShopSmall with us on November 24. The Christmas countdown has officially begun–we’ll help you find the perfect gift for anyone on your list!

https://www.facebook.com/events/644822595913470/

We are a locally owned and operated art gallery! Skip the crazy crowds and mass-produced items for your gift list by shopping SMALL + LOCAL + HANDMADE :-)

https://www.facebook.com/events/998887613652475/

Support your local crafters and Artisans this holiday season! We also have gift certificates available as well! When you buy local you are directly supporting a family, plus you get to know first hand the story behind the gift you’re giving. ❤️
Come on out and join us!

https://www.facebook.com/events/205840396999488/

Come out and support your favorite local businesses! Downtown Asheville’s independent business community offers something for everyone, so make a day of it and take care of your shopping well in advance of the holiday season. We highly recommend stopping at Boutique LP, Lexington Corner Market, Adorn Salon, Table, Rankin Vault and High Five. And of course your one-stop shop for your footwear needs: Tops for Shoes. Four lucky customers (one entry per person) will win a $25 Tops Gift Card!

https://www.facebook.com/events/391757904978620/

Shop local this holiday season and show love for your community while stocking up on unique gifts for your favorite pets & pet lovers!

Save 20% off all:
– Treats for Dogs & Cats (including No Hides!)
– Toys for Dogs & Cats
– Gifts for Pet Lovers
when you shop in store on 11/24 at any of our 3 locations!

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PLUS, spend over $100 on anything in the store, including food, and receive a reusable tote bag filled with treats, toys and other pet supplies valued at over $50!

Warning, a limited number of bags are available at each store, so come in early!

https://www.facebook.com/events/375785073165314/

Support locally owned, independent businesses by shopping small in downtown Black Mountain on Saturday, November 24! Some gift shops, specialty shops, and art galleries will be offering FREE “Shop Small” swag while supplies last.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2250117301944782/

Sorry for the late notice! The Marketplace on Locust is having a 10% off the whole store again. This Saturday it will be Small Business Saturday! We want to honor “Small Businesses Saturday” by having one more sale before the year ends!

https://www.facebook.com/events/2213025559020966/

Enjoy a visit to Christmas pasts from the 1840s to the 1890s. Each room contains antique and reproduction decorations and traditions. Four live trees, one of which will be decorated with traditional Appalachian decorations, hand made by our SMH over History club.
Admission at the door $9 adults, $5 children/students, free for WNC Historical Association members and A-B Tech students.
Group tours may be requested at 828-253-9231
Special 12 Days of Christmas Scavenger Hunt for children.

https://www.facebook.com/events/316661532481360/?event_time_id=316661625814684

Alan and I will be playing songs of the 60’s and the holidays for the Christmas at Connemara event being held at the Carl Sandburg House on Saturday, November 24th from 11-12. Come on out and sing along. Details below along with a link to the Park’s website.

Christmas at Connemara
From 11:00 am to 3:00 pm

Musicians and storytellers, crafts and sing-a-longs, hot cider and cookies. This free festive celebration will honor Carl Sandburg and his family holiday traditions. Young visitors will find many opportunities for participation in storytelling, sing-a-longs and crafts. The house will be decorated in the simple style of the Sandburgs with poinsettias and a traditionally decorated Christmas tree throughout December until January 6th, 2017.

https://www.nps.gov/carl/planyourvisit/calendar.htm

https://www.facebook.com/events/528105540995785/

While you are busy taking advantage of local retail sales for Black Friday Weekend, head over to the farm and stock up your freezer for holiday feasting! Our wholesale division is bringing over their delivery truck packed full of deeply discounted inventory BELOW WHOLESALE PRICES to make room for new stock. All meat will be frozen and individually sealed. The truck sale will take place from 11am-3pm.

Date: November 24th

Time: 11-3pm; Truck Sale ends at 3pm to protect frozen meat

Cost: FREE (Truck Sale Only); Weekend Admission for Fall Festivities

https://www.facebook.com/events/499359033908732/

Inspired by REI’s #optoutside campaign where they are closing their stores on Black Friday AND paying their employees to take the day off, I am offering Green Friday and Green Saturday forest bathing sessions. This is the time of year when self care is really important. Forest Bathing is the perfect addition to your self care routine.

You will awaken your senses and connect with nature as I guide you in a forest bathing session. Known in Japan as Shinrin Yoku, we will spend 2.5 hours immersed in nature, reawakening our senses, and disconnecting from our busy minds and lives. You will have a chance to slow down and deeply connect with the forest, yourself, and others. We will end our walk with a tea ceremony using foraged plants from our walk, and some delicious snacks. You will return feeling relaxed and having gained a new sense of awareness of the natural or non-human world.

Advanced registration required. Space is limited. Visit https://www.airbnb.com/experiences/203313 to reserve your spot.

https://www.facebook.com/events/349648079172325/

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.)

https://www.facebook.com/events/337462147058287/?event_time_id=337462267058275

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.

We will be at Petco from 11am to 3pm on Nov 24th for a Adoption event! Please come find your forever friend!

https://www.facebook.com/events/345316536033721/

Small Business Saturday encourages holiday shoppers to patronize brick and mortar businesses that are small and local. Asheville Raven & Crone qualifies on all counts! Come join us!! Shop for gifts, enjoy the experience, have a respite from the hustle and bustle. We will have cookies and tea available as well.

https://www.facebook.com/events/647479365646398/

Celebrate Small Business Saturday with us! 25% off selected jewelry items. Get some for yourself or for gifts!

https://www.facebook.com/events/276637982963690/

The Haen Gallery, located in downtown Asheville, North Carolina, is proud to present their 12th Annual Lynn Boggess Exhibition. The exhibit will run through November.

Lynn Boggess is one of the most unique and noteworthy American landscape painters of the 21st Century. He resides in West Virginia, a state whose diverse mountains, forests, and rivers provide abundant inspiration for the artist’s plein air paintings. In place of brushes he uses palette knives and trowels to thickly layer the broad sweeping strokes and exquisite fine detail that capture all the colors of the seasons in rushing rivers, snow covered hillsides, and thick forest vegetation. Mr. Boggess’ work is recognized internationally for its incredible three-dimensional texture, rendered solely in oils. These remarkable paintings combine elements of Abstract Expressionism and Photorealism to create a style that is totally unique and original.

The Haen Gallery in Asheville is located at 52 Biltmore Avenue between City Bakery and Chestnut. There is a parking garage at the Aloft hotel across the street, another garage just up the hill, as well as street parking.

The gallery is open Monday through Saturday 11am-6pm & Sunday 12-5pm. For more information: 828-254-8577 or www.thehaengallery.com. Gallery contacts: Chris Foley, Director; Leslie Logemann, Gallery Manager.

With locations in Asheville and Brevard, The Haen Gallery offers the work of established artists whose distinctive and unique style sets it apart from ordinary and imitative efforts. Visit the website at thehaengallery.com.

Belgian Red Ale – The base beer for our forthcoming bottle release of Liber Novus, this is our traditional Belgian red. Rich with deep fruity notes (cherry, red apple, and wild berry) are balanced with a malty backbone and a hint of spice. It’s slightly caramel-toffee sweet with a smooth finish of toasty bread and pie crust. Come try this before we release the barrel-aged version in a few weeks!

https://www.facebook.com/events/2083975101913737/

Please RSVP on this event post as “Going” or email to [email protected] so we can know how many to expect.

Join the Asheville Seminole Chapter at –
Hickory Tavern, 30 Town Square Boulevard #100, Asheville, NC 28803 to watch the game. Meet 30 minutes before kickoff for Social time and appetizers.

https://goo.gl/maps/JXQbWkHjrPu

Also, new this year, we will have giveaways and door prizes.

We are looking for big parties this year as we begin the new season with Willie Taggart as coach. Go Noles!

No charge to attend. We suggest FSU Alumni Association or Seminole Boosters memberships. The Asheville Seminole Chapter is an official Chapter of the FSU Alumni Association and organized as a non-profit corporation with 501(c)(3) status. Donations are welcome and will help us run the chapter promote Florida State University.

Website – https://www.thehickorytavern.com/

Location – https://goo.gl/maps/JXQbWkHjrPu

https://www.facebook.com/events/2143493595892245/

This Hip Hop workout transports you to a place of wild abandon! You’ll get sweaty while feeling hot- sizzling HOT!? Join Tyler Northcutt for Hip Hop Dance Saturdays at noon!

???Channel your inner Beyonce or Shakira while dancing your booty off! Learn sequential dance steps that you can use for your next dance party. This is a non-stop dynamic cardio workout full of sweat and sensuality and is sure to empower your body and soul!

➳ 60 minutes of movement ?

➳ SIGN UP NOW to save your spot + save time signing in!
$12 drop in or Pre-register on Mindbody app- Primal Studios.

➳ Our Studio is in the same building as Tribe Dance & Pole at 457 N. Lousiana Ave. in West Asheville

✨ All levels welcome! No experience necessary!

✨ Primal Studios is a Yoga/ Buti Yoga /Movement studio that inspires you to move outside your comfort zone, and connect & thrive in the community as we evolve together! Visit us at 457 N. Louisiana Ave. in West Asheville. ✨primalstudiosasheville.com ✨

https://www.facebook.com/events/2189557591315026/?event_time_id=2189557611315024

This Hip Hop workout transports you to a place of wild abandon! You’ll get sweaty while feeling hot- sizzling HOT!? Join Tyler Northcutt for Hip Hop Dance Saturdays at noon!

???Channel your inner Beyonce or Shakira while dancing your booty off! Learn sequential dance steps that you can use for your next dance party. This is a non-stop dynamic cardio workout full of sweat and sensuality and is sure to empower your body and soul!

➳ 60 minutes of movement ?

➳ SIGN UP NOW to save your spot + save time signing in!
$12 drop in or Pre-register on Mindbody app- Primal Studios.

➳ Our Studio is in the same building as Tribe Dance & Pole at 457 N. Lousiana Ave. in West Asheville

✨ All levels welcome! No experience necessary!

✨ Primal Studios is a Yoga/ Buti Yoga /Movement studio that inspires you to move outside your comfort zone, and connect & thrive in the community as we evolve together! Visit us at 457 N. Louisiana Ave. in West Asheville. ✨primalstudiosasheville.com ✨

https://www.facebook.com/events/2189557591315026/

Intuitive Readings with Michael Thomas.

I have been blessed with the gift of empathy, insight and clairvoyance from an early age. At the age of 9 years old, as the result of being hit by a car, transitioned to a state of being a walk-in. A walk in is simply the process by which one soul has completed its journey on this plane and trades places with another.

Throughout my childhood I began to experience a more pronounced awakening and awareness of energy and vibrations beyond this earthly plane. While I knew the gifts to see beyond this plane were within me, it wasn’t until my early 20’s that the experiences of visions and out of body travel started to become more pronounced and more prevalent. At the age of 25 I was given a reading and told that if I did not start using my gifts, they would continue to poke and push me to do so more and more.

I heeded that advice and the Universe swiftly put me in the path of a wonderful and great teacher who became a great mentor. She lovingly opened her arms and my mind to learn and refine the skills of Tarot, Hypnosis for both past life and current life regression, clairaudience, psychometry, spiritual counseling, and healing.

For nearly 40 years I have used these gifts of spirit to help as many people as possible, as much as possible. Having come out of a professional sales/consultant background, I have been able to meld the gifts of spirit and the mundane world of business to not only assist people with matters of the heart, but with matters of how to improve their business acumen.

My goal is simple: to provide my clients with the information and tools to bring peace, awareness and understanding into their lives. To help solve their most pressing problems, to give them hope in alleviating their fears, lack or limitation. To do so in a peaceful, loving, respectful manner. I wish to be an instrument of peace for all whom I come in contact with and help light the way to understanding.

I look forward to the opportunity to assist you to live, to love and to grow in the peace and light of spirit.
– Tarot Readings
– Spiritual Counseling
– Hypnosis – Past Lives and Present Lives

30 minutes- $30
60 minutes – $60

Michael will be with us every other Saturday.
Please call the shop to book your time. 828-505-4456

https://www.facebook.com/events/283167439079440/?event_time_id=283167469079437

Santa Strut, Ugly Sweater Contest, Best Dressed Pet Contest, music, cloggers, Christmas Market. Prizes! Pictures with Santa! Kid Zone! FREE!!!

https://www.facebook.com/events/300427004078224/

Support Small Businesses in the AVL area and maybe pick up some holiday gifts from your local winery!

Open 12 – 10pm.

https://www.facebook.com/events/308580326410277/

Orbit is 15 years old, and to celebrate ALMOST everything that we have for sale will be 15% off. That includes all used product, HORROR MOVIES, comics, books, collectible figures, enamel pins, posters, etc. EXCLUDED are rentals, new video games, new consoles and beer. Thank you for letting us serve you for 15 years and we hope to see you there!

https://www.facebook.com/events/384042978804218/