Calendar of Events

Come join us for this fun and creative Wine Glass Painting Class held at Black Mountain Ciderworks + Meadery
104 Eastside Drive, Unit 307
Black Mountain, NC 28711
This month’s design: TBD
2/7/19 at 7:00pm
In this 1.5 hour class, you will hand paint a design on a wine glass guided by an instructor from Le Painted Grape. All painting supplies and wine glass included. Wine and food available for extra purchase from venue. No outside food or drink. We teach you STEP BY STEP so no exp. necessary. Sign up with your friends!

*Note – at the door costs will be as follows: Ticket: 32.00, Bling: 6.00, 2nd Glass: 11.00 so it’s best to register for all online! You will still be able to add on upgrades at the door if you choose.

At Black Mountain Ciderworks + Meadery, we craft fine ciders and meads from local apples and honey. We ferment cider in small batches blended from heirloom apples throughout the harvest and pressed in-house. Our cider is real cider, never filtered or pasteurized, and we never add sugars, concentrates, or manufactured flavors.

https://www.facebook.com/events/298459057685513/

FEBRUARY THURSDAY NIGHT RESIDENCY
Pisgah Brewing welcomes Chalwa to the taproom stage every Thursday night in February. Shows start at 7:00pm with FREE admission.
FOOD TRUCK: Out of the Blue Peruvian Fusion Cuisine
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Chalwa is an Original High Country Reggae band from Asheville, NC. This all-star line up of local musicians brings the sounds of Jamaica to the mountains of Western North Carolina.

https://www.facebook.com/events/578222065974011/?event_time_id=578222069307344

As Asheville continues to experience rapid growth, Haw Creek will be faced with new challenges and opportunities. In the next five years, what are your hopes for Haw Creek?

Please attend a Community Vision Meeting hosted by the Haw Creek Community Association (HCCA) on Thursday, February 7 at 7:00 pm at St. John’s Episcopal Church. This is your opportunity to provide feedback on the future of our neighborhood!

Haw Creek is a diverse neighborhood with many different ideas and visions for our shared future. Please make your voice heard on February 7! The HCCA is seeking feedback from all residents of our valley.

Please help us spread the word and invite your neighbors to this important meeting.

If you’re unable to attend the meeting, we would love for you to provide feedback to the HCCA through our community survey (https://goo.gl/forms/ywwYdmCwTkVPZyYe2). This survey serves as an additional way to solicit feedback from the Haw Creek community as part of our vision planning process. This survey will remain open until the process is complete, so please feel free to share it with your neighbors so we hear from as many residents as possible. The survey results, in addition to the information gathered at the meeting, will be used to update our Plan on a Page (http://www.ashevillenc.gov/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=24291).

https://www.facebook.com/events/1213700932138935/

Do you love country music? Come on out and jam to classic and current country music, drink delicious beers, grab a bite to eat and win some great prizes! Cheers everyone!

https://www.facebook.com/events/404202223660193/

Mitch’s Totally Rad Trivia is a team trivia played in 7 rounds over the course of 2 endlessly entertaining hours. The game covers everything pop culture and is always irreverent by nature. The game is not your average pub quiz as it explores everything from didgeridoo covers of pop songs to bad celebrity tattoos and everything in between. Ever wanted to identify animals by their gonads? Then this is the game for you! Mitch curates a one of a kind trivia smorgasbord of random, unusual, and hilarious subjects. This absurd trivia game is not about historical facts or sports stats, it is all about random movies, unforgettable ear-worms, and the hilariousness of growing up in the 80’s and 90’s. The game starts at 7pm in the cozy One Stop in downtown Asheville. Drink specials include $4 bourbon/$4 Washington Apple Shots and $5 White Russians, and food is available from MOJO Kitchen which offers 1/2 price nachos during the game! Best of all the winning team each week takes home a collection of Totally Rad Prizes including a $35 gift certificate to The One Stop/MOJO Kitchen.

https://www.facebook.com/events/194832771290218/?event_time_id=384151679024992

Join us for your monthly dose of Bluegrass with the legendary Nitrograss band.

www.nitrograss.com

https://www.facebook.com/events/294045467979385/

FEBRUARY THURSDAY NIGHT RESIDENCY
Pisgah Brewing welcomes to Chalwa to the taproom stage every Thursday night in February. Shows start at 7:00pm with FREE admission.

FOOD TRUCK: Out of the Blue Peruvian Fusion Cuisine

Chalwa is an Original High Country Reggae band from Asheville, NC. This all-star line up of local musicians brings the sounds of Jamaica to the mountains of Western North Carolina.

https://www.facebook.com/events/226047625003123/?event_time_id=226047635003122

Every Thursday, The Bywater Open Mic ? from 7PM until ???. Signup starts at 6 PM, and acts of all kinds are welcome and encouraged.
$5 Premium Whiskey Every Week.
Hosted by John Duncan

https://www.facebook.com/events/567963313668945/?event_time_id=567963340335609

Join me as I show you how to paint this beautiful mountain scene.
February 7th at the @frog_level at 6:30pm.
$25- everything you need to paint with is provided.
Text me to sign up!! 8284009560

https://www.facebook.com/events/979008118972099/

This series will treat us to 4 mini retreats during the time of the year when our minds & bodies could most benefit from slowing down and turning inward.

A combination of gentle movement, yin & restorative asanas, mantra chanting, mindfulness practices and meditation will be included. Bring a journal, pen, and a mug for tea time.

Cost: $50 for full series, $15 for drop-ins
Financial assistance available
***TO REGISTER CLICK THE LINK BELOW***
https://ashevillecommunityyoga.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=16992&action=edit

https://www.facebook.com/events/1108629775965466/?event_time_id=1108629789298798

This series will treat us to 4 mini retreats during the time of the year when our minds & bodies could most benefit from slowing down and turning inward.

A combination of gentle movement, yin & restorative asanas, mantra chanting, mindfulness practices and meditation will be included. Bring a journal, pen, and a mug for tea time.

Cost: $50 for full series, $15 for drop-ins
Financial assistance available
***TO REGISTER CLICK THE LINK BELOW***
https://ashevillecommunityyoga.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=16992&action=edit

https://www.facebook.com/events/1108629775965466/

Do you drink and know things? Come out for $3 drafts and show off your big brain box!

https://www.facebook.com/events/2275612219386852/?event_time_id=2275612242720183

My name is Amber and I’m the owner of Kleidoscope Yoga. I’m an instructor, artist, dancer, cat lover, coffee consumer and I’m over the moon to introduce you back (or to) Groove on OM!

For an hour once a week I’m offering you a safe space where you can honor yourself with no pressures, no expectations, no judgment, no worries – just a load of dancing FUN with some great gals!

It’s a safe space to be yourself. What we do here (even as silly as we may look or seem) stays here. And there’s no choreography so even if you feel like you can’t dance – just find what movements your body craves and GO FOR IT!

I encourage singing, bouncing, hootin’, hollerin’, shaking and whatever else strikes your fancy.

What I want is for Groove on OM to grow so more women like you and I have a place to PLAY, let loose, lift each other up and create some powerful magic together. So gather up your girlfriends, sisters, aunts or mothers and daughters (as long as they’re 18)!

This six-week session runs January 31st – March 7th. The drop-in price is $13 cash only please but you can save $18 if you purchase the entire 6-week session for only $60! It’s a great commitment to make time for yourself, with your girlfriends, to get exercise or blow off steam. To purchase the session, my safe paypal link is below. Of course, cash or checks are always accepted as well for the full session price.

If you want to try #GrooveonOM once for the drop in price and decide you love it – you can still purchase the rest of the weeks in the session as a bundle at $10 a class! Even if you join us in the 3rd week – you’ll still save some cashola!

If you’re like me, dancing feels like it brings a fresh perspective to life. It releases stagnant energy and makes space for new ideas. It’s MAGIC And DAMN if it doesn’t feel good!

Dancing has been a beautiful form of communication since the beginning of time and there IS something primal about letting your body just move to the music without a care in the world. I believe you just have to find that comfortable space to let that happen.

We will take a few moments to greet one another, set intentions and then get our groove on with all sorts of different types of music. There is no choreography, just the opportunity to let your body find it’s rhythm and flow no matter what that feels or looks like!

****Just a quick note. Please respect that there will be no drugs or alcohol permitted, you must be at least 18 years of age and what happens at Groove on OM stays at Groove on OM.***

Again, here is the pricing for you – $60 for 6 weeks beginning Thursday, January 31st or $13 cash to drop in.

Dress comfortably – or in costume – come dressed in a way that calls to you.

I can’t wait to see you there and by the way, if you have a tune that gets your booty shakin’ let me know! I’m always looking for music to add to the playlist.

Namaste ♥

https://www.facebook.com/events/541635442970752/

My name is Amber and I’m the owner of Kleidoscope Yoga. I’m an instructor, artist, dancer, cat lover, coffee consumer and I’m over the moon to introduce you back (or to) Groove on OM!

For an hour once a week I’m offering you a safe space where you can honor yourself with no pressures, no expectations, no judgment, no worries – just a load of dancing FUN with some great gals!

It’s a safe space to be yourself. What we do here (even as silly as we may look or seem) stays here. And there’s no choreography so even if you feel like you can’t dance – just find what movements your body craves and GO FOR IT!

I encourage singing, bouncing, hootin’, hollerin’, shaking and whatever else strikes your fancy.

What I want is for Groove on OM to grow so more women like you and I have a place to PLAY, let loose, lift each other up and create some powerful magic together. So gather up your girlfriends, sisters, aunts or mothers and daughters (as long as they’re 18)!

This six-week session runs January 31st – March 7th. The drop-in price is $13 cash only please but you can save $18 if you purchase the entire 6-week session for only $60! It’s a great commitment to make time for yourself, with your girlfriends, to get exercise or blow off steam. To purchase the session, my safe paypal link is below. Of course, cash or checks are always accepted as well for the full session price.

If you want to try #GrooveonOM once for the drop in price and decide you love it – you can still purchase the rest of the weeks in the session as a bundle at $10 a class! Even if you join us in the 3rd week – you’ll still save some cashola!

If you’re like me, dancing feels like it brings a fresh perspective to life. It releases stagnant energy and makes space for new ideas. It’s MAGIC And DAMN if it doesn’t feel good!

Dancing has been a beautiful form of communication since the beginning of time and there IS something primal about letting your body just move to the music without a care in the world. I believe you just have to find that comfortable space to let that happen.

We will take a few moments to greet one another, set intentions and then get our groove on with all sorts of different types of music. There is no choreography, just the opportunity to let your body find it’s rhythm and flow no matter what that feels or looks like!

****Just a quick note. Please respect that there will be no drugs or alcohol permitted, you must be at least 18 years of age and what happens at Groove on OM stays at Groove on OM.***

Again, here is the pricing for you – $60 for 6 weeks beginning Thursday, January 31st or $13 cash to drop in.

Dress comfortably – or in costume – come dressed in a way that calls to you.

I can’t wait to see you there and by the way, if you have a tune that gets your booty shakin’ let me know! I’m always looking for music to add to the playlist.

Namaste ♥

https://www.facebook.com/events/541635442970752/?event_time_id=541635446304085

Broadway’s hit crowd-pleaser takes you to the stoops of the Bronx in the 1960s – where a young man is caught between the father he loves and the mob boss he’d love to be.

Bursting with high-energy dance numbers and original doo-wop tunes from Alan Menken, the songwriter of Beauty and the Beast, A Bronx Tale is an unforgettable story of loyalty and family.

Academy Award® winner Robert De Niro and Tony® winner Jerry Zaks direct this streetwise musical – based on Academy Award nominee Chazz Palminteri’s story – that The New York Times hails as “A Critics’ Pick! The kind of tale that makes you laugh and cry.”

https://www.facebook.com/events/432467697173300/?event_time_id=432467717173298

David is back for a hometown concert!

Tickets are $18 advance/$20 at the door/$10 for kids 10 & under.

*Please note that this show will start at 7:30pm*

David LaMotte is an award-winning songwriter, speaker and writer. He has performed over 3000 concerts and released twelve full-length CDs of primarily original music, touring in all of the fifty states, as well as five of the seven continents. He also performs as part of the band Abraham Jam, which released its debut album in 2018, and is currently in the studio working toward a 2019 studio album.

The Boston Globe writes that his music “pushes the envelope with challenging lyrics and unusual tunings, but he also pays homage to folk tradition,” while BBC Radio Belfast lauds his “charm, stories, humour, insightful songs, sweet voice and dazzling guitar ability.”

LaMotte’s newest solo album, The Other Way Around, features musicians from every inhabited continent, and guest appearances from Ed King of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Nicky Sanders and Graham Sharp of the Steep Canyon Rangers, and Tim O’Brien, among a large cast of musicians. It was released in September of 2016, and debuted at #8 on the Folk-DJ chart.

Touring full-time for over twenty-five years, LaMotte has developed a large and loyal following around the world. His music has been honored with numerous awards and artist grants, and has been featured on dozens of artist compilations. Notably, his song Dark and Deep was included on Songs Inspired By Literature, Chapter One, a benefit CD to raise money for adult literacy. Other artists on that CD include Suzanne Vega, Aimee Mann and Bruce Springsteen. Several independent films feature David’s music, and it has been heard on the Today Show and the Showtime television series This American Life.

LaMotte is also a public speaker and workshop leader, offering Worldchanging 101 workshops around the world for more than a decade. As a result of his work with schools in Guatemala, he was named a “Madison World Changer” by his undergraduate alma mater, James Madison University.

https://www.facebook.com/events/287801255218361/

Set sail for laughter as Bertie Wooster revels in life aboard the Vanderley yacht. Bertie is the pampered guest of the lively Lady Stella (very fetching profile), accompanied, as always, by his peerless valet, Jeeves. If only Bertie’s pal Crumpet hadn’t assaulted a prince. In the blink of an eye, Bertie is masquerading as a romance novelist, Crumpet’s posing as his own long-lost twin, and a sinister foreign count is challenging Bertie to a duel. Will this madcap case of mistaken identities end in Bertie’s doom–or worse, his marriage? Have no fear; Jeeves will sort it all out.

https://www.facebook.com/events/207255683399759/?event_time_id=207255726733088

Alien Music Club is essentially an on-going studio project conceived and produced by Jonathan Pearlman (JP) of Asheville, NC.

JP grew up hearing light jazz and pop music. His first musical icons were Elvis Presley and Bobby Darin. He was performing for audiences at age seven. He began playing guitar at age nine. JP’s influences are far-reaching, absorbing Lennon/McCartney, Hendrix, Clapton, and Motown, during the 60’s. Jazz-fusion bands of the early 70’s were also influential, like Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report and Frank Zappa. These became JP’s earliest jazz-rock influences. Other influences include Tom waits, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Donald Fagan, Ian Hunter, Joni Mitchell, Jeff Beck, Joe Pass, Wes Montgomery, Dizzy Gillespie, Horace Silver, Charles Mingus, Paul Simon, Todd Rungren and Joe Walsh.

JP was continually writing, singing and playing in bands throughout his college years, and he graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in Broadcasting in 1978. Fast forward the next 20 years or so, and he had become a successful videographer and producer, all the while pursuing his music. During the 1990’s, JP adopted the pseudonym “Alien Music Club”. The idea of a club came from the desire to incorporate the talents of other musicians and friends in the creative process. The “Alien” concept comes from the wildly eclectic nature of JP’s music, which defies categorization. “It’s really a musical melting pot,” says JP.

https://www.facebook.com/events/326210161570786/

I’m going on the road, playing the South. Bringing my guitar and piano to play some songs for y’al.

https://www.facebook.com/events/226257264925350/

West Side Funk Jam!!! @ One World Brewing West.

$3 Select Pints of delicious One World Brewing Beer.
Music starts at 9:00!

Free Entry, 21+
520 Haywood Rd, Asheville NC 28806

https://www.facebook.com/events/2772858239420938/

$5 *LIVE MUSIC* night @ Fleetwood’s!

featuring….

The Spiral
(local rock n rollers)
https://the-spiral.bandcamp.com

rickoLus
(rock n roll balladeer who’s been making music and touring for over 20+ years, raised in Northeast Florida)
https://rickolus.bandcamp.com

minorcan
(rolling and rocking with electrical guitars)
https://minorcan.bandcamp.com

https://www.facebook.com/events/801906866868222/

This is gonna be one for the books folks – fun, fire and fine dancing. Hometown team, Hearts Gone South, will be sharing the stage with the Jon Hatchett Band from Nashville. Good times to be had by one and all. Dust off your boots, and bring your penchant for pedal steel and wolf howls. Ticket- $8 in advance/ $10 day of
https://jonhatchett.com/
https://heartsgonesouth.bandcamp.com/releases

https://www.facebook.com/events/1983234445105237/

Thursday night 2/7
Slice of Life Comedy Open Mic!
Hosted by Cody Hughes
Featuring Kelly Morgan
Doors 8:30p/9:00p show
$5 members/$2 for year membership
Comics get in free
(+free membership)
Free snacks/drink specials

[Comics sign up at door or email [email protected]
New comics to venue get 3-5m
Regular comics get as much time as available. Look for light]

Contact Michele at [email protected] for more info/sign up early or request a feature (paid 20m) spot

https://www.facebook.com/events/507252423118224/

The Lil Smokies with The Michigan Rattlers at The Grey Eagle
Thursday, February 7

Doors open at 8 PM
Show starts at 9 PM
All Ages
Standing Room Only

Tickets: $15 – $18

http://www.thelilsmokies.com/
A unique blend of excellent songwriting, bluegrass roots and the sheer raw energy of a rock band. The Lil Smokies weave seamlessly through genres, leaving behind melodies you’ll be singing to yourself for days.

http://www.michiganrattlers.com
Lifelong friends and deep-north natives, Michigan Rattlers play heavy-hearted folk-rock with an aching dose of Midwestern nice. Graham Young (guitar), Adam Reed (upright bass), and Christian Wilder (piano) began writing music and performing together in their Northern Michigan high school.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2093404340973306/

YOU get to be the star on Thursday nights! LIVE acoustic karaoke with Joey and Brandon!

https://www.facebook.com/events/517951008695877/

YOU get to be the star on Thursday nights! LIVE acoustic karaoke with Joey and Brandon!

https://www.facebook.com/events/517951008695877/?event_time_id=517951022029209

Catch Lil Meow Meow Plays your favorite R&B and Rap jams every Thursday night! No cover. Party at Aux from 10pm-2am.

https://www.facebook.com/events/503021823559298/?event_time_id=503021836892630

Catch Lil Meow Meow Plays your favorite R&B and Rap jams every Thursday night! No cover. Party at Aux from 10pm-2am.

https://www.facebook.com/events/503021823559298/

Genre: Heavy future groove, progressive rock, death-funk, apocalyptic dub
Cover: Donations @ Door
Show: 10PM
Ages: 21+

lespecial

lespecial carve their own sonic path in modern music with their signature blend of “heavy future groove”. The power trio’s fresh synthesis of varied and divergent influences doesn’t underestimate the listener, reflecting a cultural climate in which fans have space on their aural palette for J Dilla, Radiohead, King Crimson and Fela Kuti. Veering from hip-hop to metal, prog to house, indie-rock to apocalyptic dub, leaving room for head banging and hip swaying alike, while still presenting a unified sound and vision.

“…[lespecial’s] sound owes as much to Radiohead and The Mars Voltas it does
Medeski Martin & Wood and Umphrey’s McGee. – Relix

“That lespecial shit is crazy.” — Akil the MC (Jurassic 5)

“Trap-metal.” — Nikki Glaspie (Beyonce / Nth Power)

“One of the best bands I’ve ever seen live.” — Ott

“My favorite band.” — Space Jesus

These three childhood friends from Connecticut play off of a lifetime of shared experience in their writing and performance. In a power trio, it’s essential that each of the players can utterly captivate you at any given time. Each individual has a lot of weight to carry and is only as strong as the weakest link. In the studio, as on stage, it seems at first blush that Jon Grusauskas—delivering lyrics that call for your attention and seamlessly moving from guitar to keys to samples—is handling the entire upper end of the spectrum… until you consider how broad the melodic embrace of rhythmatist Rory Dolan and low end wizard Luke Bemand: injecting splashes of color and wicked chops into their heavy groove foundations or driving assaults, this dynamic battery simultaneously eases and propels lespecial through fractious changes of mood and tempo. Additionally, whether at the forefront or scattered throughout the mix, all of them use live looping or triggered samples that contribute to a sound that is far greater than that generally created by three people, as they seek to tap into a primitive past, distorted through the lens of contemporary technology.

The band’s fearless pursuit of a synthesis of the musical idioms that inspire them has, thus far, culminated with the release of their second album, cheen, on October 31, 2017. Pole vaulting over traditional genres, cheen is a snapshot of a band flexing their remarkable creative muscles. In a traditional sense, cheen is a risky album: it asks the listener to suspend a categorical approach and dig into their own eclectic unconsciousness, to adapt a phrase, and appreciate the flow of the record from start to finish, as it moves guided by an unseen plan. If there is an underlying thematic structure, it is one that is anchored—musically and lyrically—by horror flicks, 1980s video games and lespecial’s indictment of the current cultural state of affairs. Not overtly political, angry or morose, cheen seems to observe the zeitgeist and respond to it. lespecial’s willingness to take this risk of presenting an album full of flavors and feels is a reflection of the respect they have for their fans, present and future: they simply don’t underestimate the listener, and that itself is refreshing.

Never willing to sit back and settle into a groove, lespecial pivoted quickly from touring in support of the release of cheen into a whole new format: collaborating with and supporting the iconic Bay Area hip-hop emcee and producer, Zion I, on tour dates and a forthcoming album. There are also plans to release remixes of cheen tracks from some of their producer friends who hold lespecial in the highest esteem.
lespecial.net

https://www.facebook.com/events/224220875125344/

Theme
What is this thing Called love (Part 1)

Groups:
Two groups are for only women.
One group is for women, men and transgender.

Book for February:
What the Body Remembers by Shauna Singh Baldwin.
https://www.shaunasinghbaldwin.com/

About the Book:
‘Love’ screams, rages, cries, creates music, grieves, hurts, brutalizes, sacrifices, heals, understands, in What the body Remembers by Shauna Singh Baldwin.
Histories of girls and women – married, unmarried, widowed, abandoned, rich, poor, middle class and working, high and low caste, without and with children, missionary, Sikh, Muslim, Hindu, British – enmesh with histories of boys and men – married, rich, poor, zamindars, landless peasants, high caste, low caste, Sikh, Muslim, Hindu, British, in Punjab, in the 20 years or so before the partition of 1947, and in the displacement that followed.
5 new copies of the books are available with me. Each copy is priced at Rs 759/-.
The book is also available on Amazon.in

About the Sessions:
Events will be discussed in the sequence they occur in the book. Some portions can be read in class but large portions will have to be read on one’s own.
About half of each session will be spent on discussing what people read on their own. In the other half, we will comment on what we read in class.

About the Moderator:
I will lead readings and discussions.
I have a Master’s Degree in English from Delhi University and a Diploma in Conflict Studies and Peace Building from Lady Sri Ram College, New Delhi.
I taught English for more 23 years at Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, New Delhi, where I was a Post Graduate Teacher.
CV is available on request.

Group 1: (For Women Only)
February: 1st, 5th, 8th, 12th, 15th, 19th, 22nd, 26th (Tuesdays and Fridays)
Time: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Cost: Rs 3, 200/- for 16 hrs.

Group 2: (For Women Only)
February: 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd (Saturdays)
Time: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Cost: Rs 2, 200/- for 12 hrs.

Group 3: (For Women, Men and Transgender)
February: 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th (Sundays)
Time: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Cost: Rs 2, 220/- for 12 hrs.

Venue:
The Yoga Chakra Studio.
E-297, Greater Kailash 2, New Delhi 110048
The studio is about 1 km from the Greater Kailash Metro station. (Magenta Line)
Seating is on floor cushions, as this is primarily a yoga studio, but a couple of chairs could be provided on request.

How to Pay:
By bank transfer or cheque.
The money is non-refundable.

Contact:
Meenakshi Puri
@8826133487
meepuri1delhigmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/events/241840836706485/