Calendar of Events

The French Broad Riverkeeper and MountainTrue are combating sediment erosion in our local waterways. Sediment is a major polluter in our river basin, clogging fish and aquatic habitats, increasing water temperatures, and transporting toxic substances. We are helping to reduce the amount of sediment that flows into our rivers by planting live-stakes along eroding riverbanks. These stakes will grow into trees that will stabilize the sides of the rivers and creeks where we plant them, and will reduce the overall amount of sediment getting into the river. So, come hop in a boat and help us reduce erosion along our local rivers!

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Winter can be the most beautiful time of the year at Chimney Rock. Leafless trees make for expansive views of Lake Lure and the Hickory Nut Gorge. The sky is clear; you’re likely to find a quiet spot to sit and enjoy the peacefulness. You may even see a critter scamper by you in the forest. Capture that special moment or scene on your camera, enter it in our Winter Wonders Photo Contest and tell us about it. We’ll use the winning entries on our website and Facebook album, and you’ll win some fun prizes. Photos must be taken within the Chimney Rock section of the Park.

Cost: No additional cost to enter.

https://www.facebook.com/events/789533238046693/?event_time_id=789533294713354

STORYTIME & ART
Our programs for preschool and school-age students are back at a library near you! Storytime & Art is for preschool aged students accompanied by an adult. Come join in the fun with stories and songs, then make a hands-on art project just for the little ones!

Meet us at Skyland/South Buncombe Library (260 Overlook Road, Asheville 28803) on third Thursdays at 10:30am!

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We are honored to share our passion for our Beloved Black Bears in our exhibit at the “FW Gallery” in Woolworth Walk – downtown Asheville. We are grateful to have been chosen to be their Featured Artists. We want to also thank the many lovely people who work at Woolworth Walk and have supported and assisted us with the exhibit.

The FW Gallery exhibit will end Tuesday, January 29th at 6pm. Our permanent artist booth #229 downstairs “Beloved Black Bear” has over 50 black bear canvases 11×14 at $75 each. We hope you will stop by to visit.

We are happy to say that many black bear canvases have been sold and are now adorning many homes. Our wish is for all of us to share our compassion for the black bear with our friends, family, and neighbors and create connections with the bears giving them a voice.

Love, April Johnson & Jeff Miller

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Dine at Nachos & Beer from 11am-9pm to support IC Imagine’s Destination Imagination Teams! Nachos & Beer will generously donate 20% of the day’s proceeds to IC Imagine’s DI… tell all of your friends!! We appreciate your support!

https://www.facebook.com/events/594586767631301/

As fresh as it gets…4-packs of Shoulder Devil DIPA and Unruly Mystic Coffee Porter right off the canning line and into your hands. We’re opening early at 11am so you can see us at work, up close and personal as we package two of our favorite beers for the first time with new can designs as fresh as the brews.

The first 4-packs of Shoulder Devil will be available around 12pm, and the first 4-packs of Unruly Mystic will be available around 1pm! (These times are subject to change, updates will be posted on this event page). Come grab a beer while you watch the excitement, and walk out with some sweet new cans.

https://www.facebook.com/events/364173551078430/

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

Join Beyond Differences as we honor Xanthene Norris and her illustrious career here in Greenville County.

For more information please call 864-724-9940

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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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We love teachers and apple-reciate all of their hard work! Join us on January 17 when $1 from every pint will be donated to teacher appreciation funds at local schools!

https://www.facebook.com/events/270968383596917/

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=478232902670306

It’s week #3 of the passport program and we’re hopping over the lighter side of things! Get it? “Hopping?”… Well, even if you don’t get our cheesy dad joke, you’ll still love this smooth and slightly hoppy India Pale Lager. Stop by your local Catawba tasting room for a pint and the password!

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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

Join the Asheville Chamber as we kick off the 2019 Asheville Restaurant Week! Information will be available on ALL restaurants participating in Asheville Restaurant Week. See what special deals they’re offering, check out their menus and learn more about the chefs who make it all happen.

Great-tasting menu samples will be provided by featured ARW restaurants:

French Broad Chocolate Lounge
Red Stag Grill at The Grand Bohemian Hotel
Rhubarb
Hemingway’s Cuba
Isa’s Bistro
Haywood Common
Aux Bar
Cucina 24
(Check back later as more restaurants may be added to this list!)

Check out our website for more information on Restaurant Week: https://www.ashevillechamber.org/news-events/events/asheville-restaurant-week/

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Come on out for Board Game Night at Homeplace. We have several games available but feel free to bring your own!

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Gin & Tonic- A simple and classic drink perfect for novice drinkers as well as seasoned veterans. Clean, crisp and refreshing, Gin and Tonic is everything you could ask for in a cocktail, so much so we are devoting a whole theme to it. On Thursdays we offer Tonic Thursday’s. We’ll introduce you to a whole new way of drinking G & T with a rotating special each week: A different tonic, a different gin, and so many different garnishes to choose from we’ll just keep searching for that perfect combination and include you in the process.

This Weeks Feature: Cinnamon Spiced Plum Gin & Tonic- Gin, Fever tree Indian Tonic water, Cinnamon stick, Star anise, Allspice berries

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It’s week #3 of the passport program and we’re hopping over the lighter side of things! Get it? “Hopping?”… Well, even if you don’t get our cheesy dad joke, you’ll still love this smooth and slightly hoppy India Pale Lager. Stop by your local Catawba tasting room for a pint and the password!

https://www.facebook.com/events/349420619226587/

Exhibition: January 15 – May 3, 2019
Reception: Thursday, January 17 from 5-7PM

Gallery talk, tiny house tours, live music, refreshments, and more! It’s going to be a good night! Please note, tours of the Tiny House are only available during the reception or on Saturday, January 19 from 11AM – 4PM, Sunday, January 20 from 1:30PM-6PM, and Monday, January 21 from 11AM-5PM.

The School of Art and Design Faculty Biennial Exhibition provides students and the public an opportunity to view recent work created by these distinguished faculty members whose primary research output is studio based.

Exhibiting School of Art and Design Faculty:
Erin Adams, Tom Ashcraft, Heather Mae Erickson, Jon Jicha, Justin Morgan Kennedy, Kevin Kirkpatrick, Ron Laboray, Mary Anna LaFratta, Matt Liddle, Susan Alta Martin, Greg McPherson, Leigh Ann Parrish, Nathan Perry, Laura Sellers, Erin Tapley, and Richard Tichich

Artwork featured: MALaFratta, Things I Thought Were Obvious (animation still), 2018, digital animation, 1920 x 1080 pixels

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Join us for our first meeting of 2019. BCDP Chair, Jeff Rose, and 1st vice Chair, Denise Marecki, will give us an overview of plans for 2019.

Dinner will be served, so let us know if you are planning to attend and enjoy dinner with us. RSVP by January 13th using this link:

http://bit.ly/DWBCJan19

Dinner cost is $12 for members, $15 for non-members.

January is the month to renew your membership or join the Democratic Women. Dues are $25 per year.

Elections for the Executive Board will also take place at this meeting.

We hope to see you there!

https://www.facebook.com/events/739420113100534/

Pisgah Brewing proudly presents the 2018-2019 edition of the Butcher Babe Smoked Porter, brewed in honor of Foothills Butcher Bar. For 4 days, Foothills’ butchery team smoked Pisgah’s organic barley with mixed oak and hickory for this special brew. This special beer will be first released at the Black Mountain Butcher Bar and then available only at Pisgah’s Taproom and Butcher Bar West and Black Mountain.
The result is a subtle smoky nose that is balanced with the rich roasted malts and coffee/chocolate notes of the Porter recipe.
The first edition of the Pisgah & Foothills Butcher Babe Porter collaboration was released in 2015.

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PARTY DETAILS:
Join us for a Meet the Brewer & Smoked Porter Release Party at Black Mountain Butcher Bar starting at 6:00 PM on Thursday, January 17th, 2019. There will be 2 Pisgah taps and specialty menu items made with Pisgah brews. We will also be offering a “Buy a Pint, Take the Glass” sale!

Butcher Babe Smoked Porter is a limited release and exclusively available at Foothills West Asheville Butcher Bar, Foothills Black Mountain Butcher Bar, and Pisgah Brewing’s taproom beginning January 17th…so don’t miss it!

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ABOUT PISGAH BREWING

Pisgah Brewing Company is located in beautiful Black Mountain, North Carolina just miles from America’s most precious watersheds. Specializing in craft brews made with all-organic grains and malts, Pisgah Brewing’s flagship beer – Pisgah Pale Ale – is a staple of the Asheville, NC beer scene.

Founded in 2005, Pisgah is known for producing some of the most sought after craft ales in Western North Carolina. Pisgah Brewing Company boasts a cozy taproom which is open daily with live music and events throughout the week, while also hosting events throughout the summer on WNC’s premier outdoor music venue, the Pisgah Brewing Outdoor Stage.

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Dulci Ellenberger and Kevin Williams come together as members of the bands Moves, Big Sound Harbor and Cowboy Judy to form a uniquely groovy duo. Highlighting intricately crafted two part harmony and dynamic arrangements.

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Oysters on the half shell provided by Mother Ocean Market Asheville. The purveyor will be on site to talk oysters and other coastal seafood.

Daydreams of Django will be the evening entertainment with some of Asheville’s best gypsy jazz

Cost of oysters: $2.75 each -OR- $2.50 with the purchase of wine, beer or champagne

Reservations are strongly recommended for those who would like to be seated: [email protected]

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Ohhhh YEAH! Twin Leaf Brewery will be here Thursday, January 17 from 6:00-8:30 p.m.!

We’ll have four of their kickass beers on tap AND they’ll be pouring free samples of some tasty, taproom-exclusive beers just for y’all! And of course, they’ll have free swag up for grabs, plus some cool stuff for raffle prizes.

Make your Thursday deeeelicious and come on down!

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The Asheville Marathon and Half Training Group will have weekly technique and Hill Training on Thursday evenings at 6pm at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Parking Lot – OLLI – UNCA.

Each workout will last one hour. During these workout sessions we will be doing some hill interval training (everyone’s favorite) to improve your hill technique as well as your conditioning.

If you haven’t already registered for the marathon or half marathon training group, you can sign up online and attend these technique and hill trainings and our weekeng long runs. Find out more here –> http://ashevillemarathon.com/community/training/

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Join us for trivia every Thursday at 6. There will be fun prizes for the winners and losers. Maybe an impromptu dance party?
Hosts rotate each week

Think you know your stuff? We’ll call your bluff!

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These are our regular Public Events. If you want to schedule a private session you can here: https://www.betterthanunicorns.com/play-vr/

We pick the games, you pay a flat admission fee of $15 ($10 for students) and jam!
Come early… we will queue players up as you show up!

Sign our waiver, rules, and media release ahead of time here: https://www.betterthanunicorns.com/play-vr/

Bring your friends and #getyourheadinthegame!

Become a Patreon to join our inner circle to explore how deep the immersive rabbit hole goes: https://www.patreon.com/betterthanunicorns!

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The 3rd Annual Asheville Winter Swim League will kickoff in January and go through February. All levels and abilities of swimmers are welcome to attend!

What is the AVL Swim League? The intention of the swim league is to build a better swimming community in WNC. All levels and abilities of swimmers will be training together in a friendly, cohesive, structured and coached GROUP atmosphere.

How is the AVL structured? The Swim League is intended for adults, ages 16 and Up, we welcome swimmers of all experience levels including Novice/Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced/Expert Swim Groups with swim leaders and pool-side support and instruction.

Location: All swims unless otherwise noted will meet at the Leila Patterson Center in Fletcher, NC. The LPC Pool is an INDOOR, 25 Yard pool… pretty incredible! We meet Thursdays 6:30-7:30pm. We will have 3 lanes reserved for the Swim League. To prevent over crowding in the lanes, it will be first come first serve.

Cost: The Swim League is FREE. A $5 Suggested Donation for Coach Led Swims are accepted when you sign in at the swim. These donations are for iDream Athletes Foundation and for our coaches/leaders on the pool-deck at each group training.

Contact [email protected] with questions or suggestions!

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Join Jennifer for an Intro to Pole Fitness 6 week series. By the end of this series, students will be all set to attend Pole 2 classes, and may also attend any Pole Dance classes on the schedule (such as Sultry Pole). Students will learn Pole Fitness Level 1 in its entirety, and will be proficient in many beginner skills upon completion. Expect a thorough yoga-inspired full body warm up followed by pole conditioning skills to help you achieve your pole fitness goals. Students will also learn basic pole combinations in addition to skills, and will have time to experiment and play at the end of class. Class will end with a brief feel-good cool down stretch session.

$60 for the full series, occurs on Thursdays at 6:30pm from January 3rd to February 7th. Sign up now from your student account at circusdb.org/empyrean. We only allow for 6 sign ups for the beginner series for the comfort of new students and to allow for ample time on the poles, so be sure to sign up ASAP as these series sell out QUICK! We offer 2 hours of open studio per missed class of a series.

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Irish Session at Triskelion!
( Every first and third Thursday of the month)

A session is a community celebration of traditional Celtic Music and an exploration of a vast, colorful, musical world that originates from Ireland, Scotland and the other Celtic nations.

The tunes start at 6:30 and the final set will finish by 8:30; every first and third Thursday of the month.

All skill levels are welcome, beginners are invited and it is free to the public. We will mainly be playing dance tunes from the Irish music tradition, but certainly not strictly!

If you are interested in playing traditional Celtic music, please come join us!

https://www.facebook.com/events/137638900463983/?event_time_id=137639477130592

Do you love succulent plants?
Do you love wine?

Then this is the event you don’t want to miss!

Learn the basics of planting and caring for your own succulent planter. The Workshop is $40.00 and includes; 3 large healthy and beautiful succulents from our local farm partner, our own blend of succulent’s soil, moss, decorative rock, sand and an upcycled champagne bottle cut by Hooarte with wine cork stabilizers.
No experience necessary, planting can get messy so dress appropriately
Wine Sage & Gourmet will have beer and wine available for purchase. Succulent workshops tend to sell out so be sure to register quick to guarantee your spot.

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