Calendar of Events

Join FSI at the Hop North for fun night of Ice Cream and Improv to raise money for the 10th grade greenhouses. 50 % of the proceeds that night will go to Franklin. 640 Merrimon Ave. 828.254.2224

https://www.facebook.com/events/1905402426215010/

Baile at The Bywater is back with another Tuesday night of FREE vending, flow art, fire spinning and musical celebration open to the community! Fully equipped with an all-star cast of DJs on Tuesdays, we invite you to join us by the river for the Asheville Baile?

◊ Vendors & Traders Welcome (no fee)
◊ Host hangouts, seminars, yoga sessions, outreach events, meet ups, fundraisers, music performances, gatherings & celebrations, etc!
◊ Art / Flow space
◊ Paint, draw, craft, poi, hoop, fire, etc

9pm – 2am
PSY Night, curated by Art of Brett Warniers!
Featuring:

McDubbin
Spice Rapture
Hydruzx

https://www.facebook.com/events/287595621861081/

Join us this Thanksgiving for a fundraiser benefitting students in need at Asheville High.

Start your Thanksgiving Holiday with a 45 minute ride, Well.Fit style! After, enjoy free coffee from Trade and Lore Coffee and a chance to win and in-store experience at lululemon Asheville (guaranteed to surprise and delight!)

Minimum suggested donation is $20.00; for every additional $10 you donate you will get another entry in the raffle!

Asheville High and SILSA have over 50 identified homeless students. This time of year donations are especially important due to the 2 week Christmas break when some students will not have regular meals until the new year.

The Student Assistance Fund helps keep these kids get fed over the holiday break and throughout the year helps students go on school trips, buy supplies for their school and home, buy food, and participate in educational opportunities.

Join us for a good sweat and make a difference this holiday season in theses kid’s lives!!

It’s free to register, please bring check or cash donation. Please make checks out to ‘Asheville City Schools Homeless Education Program’.

Sign up online to reserve your seat, space is limited : https://bit.ly/2yTWvU9

https://www.facebook.com/events/2217325215147513/

Get your holiday shopping done with a beer in hand at the Highland Holiday Market! We’ve picked our favorite local artists, craftspeople, and small businesses to set-up shop in the Event Center and sell their wares. This is the perfect opportunity to find gifts for your friends and loved ones and to take home a 6-pack or two of Black Watch for yourself!
#shopsmall on Small Business Saturday!

Check out the list of vendors below:

Maxx Hawthorn-feist
Maxx Feist is a self-taught artist from Asheville NC who spends all the days and all the times painting! Highly influenced by a regular regiment of caffeine, heavy metal, and true crime podcasts. Maxx fights to connect the cerebral with the visual..always trying to maintain a balance between the dark and the light. This generally come through by way of underworld subject matter highlighted in bright colors and fun abstract shapes, borders, rope-like imagery, and other whimsical additions.

Cotton Blossom Press
Cotton Blossom Press is a design and letterpress studio in the mountains of Western North Carolina. We are inspired by the beauty of the natural world, the rhythms of seasonal living, and efforts toward earnestness and intention. This inspiration is evident in our original hand-drawn artwork and our artisan method of printing. Our cheerful letterpress paper offerings include greeting cards, stationery packs, art prints, and calendars.

Spotted Dog Farm – Asheville, NC
Sumner Smith makes botanical resin jewelry on her family farm in Asheville, North Carolina. A former lawyer and flower farmer, she now preserves the beauty of flowers in resin and is happy to be working on the farm where she grew up.

AR Workshop Asheville
AR Workshop Asheville is a Boutique DIY Workshop that offers hands-on classes to create charming & custom decor, wood signs, canvas pillows, chunky blankets and so much more! Along with our classes, we hold family classes, birthday parties, team building events, fundraisers, wedding parties, youth classes, and speciality workshops from local vendors. Our customers come to our workshops to drink (we are byob), eat, have a BLAST, and create something for their home, office, business, or gift from scratch using raw materials and NON-TOXIC wood stains & paints! Power Tools, Cocktails, Handmade Art for your home.

C&Co.
C&Co.® was built upon the principles of simplicity. Our chemistry and plant-based approach to skincare is evident in all that we do. We are passionate about the purity of our ingredients and efficacy of our products, ensuring the highest quality and level of care through small batch production.

Clipper & Comb Barbershop
Greetings! We are Clipper & Comb Barbershop, locally owned and operated in South Asheville by a husband and wife duo. We are a group of well seasoned, licensed, barbers bringing you old school traditions complimented by current day trends. We have got you covered, starting with Haircuts & Hot shaves, to Beard trims, Bald Head Shaves & anything in between! We are dedicated to taking the time your hairs need & deserve!

Lusty Monk Mustard
Asheville’s own Lusty Monk Mustard is a family-owned company that makes spicy, coarse-ground, old-school mustards that will bring you to your knees. Perfect for your cheese board, your charcuterie plate, or your favorite sandwich, these mustards will wake up your taste buds and add some spice to whatever you’re making. Beer and pretzels? You need this. Potato salad or deviled eggs? We can help. Firing up the grill? We can add some zing to every tasty morsel.

The American Pig
The American Pig is a boutique charcuterie workshop located in Asheville, NC. We take pasture-raised pork from North Carolina farms and make real artisanal food.

Flat Rock Village Bakery
Flat Rock Bakery provides the highest quality artisan bread and pastries using the best ingredients and traditional “from scratch” methods. Its offerings include over a dozen different varieties of bread, loads of pastry including Danishes, muffins, biscotti, and croissants.

The Hop Ice Cream Cafe
The Hop Ice Cream Cafe has been proudly serving Asheville, NC since 1978 with an imaginative yet classy array of homemade 16% butterfat Dairy Ice Cream, completely from-scratch Vegan Ice Cream and Sorbet, fair-trade/organic Coffee and Espresso, unique specialty desserts, and more.

Bare Bones Brew Haus
Bare Bones…nothing kinky. Just bringing the best locally roasted coffees to the resident commuters & visitors of downtown Asheville. European cart style!

Hemp Magik
Hemp Magik is a female owned & operated small business in Western North Carolina. We strive for purity in our products! We start with an organic, non-GMO plant, use organic sugar cane ethanol for extraction, then remove all contaminants and alcohol with a multi-stage filtration process. Our extracts are high-concentration and readily bioavailable because we are passionate about health and wellness. We are regional leaders in extracting our own product that is potent and healing.

Ariel Andresen
Ariel Andresen is a visual artist currently living and working in Asheville, NC. Prior to that, she has resided in Indiana where she studied Art and Art History. She has extended her education to Italy where she studied abroad at La Romita Art School. The natural world is a consistent theme in all of her work. Her primary focus is to bring to light the complexities and mysteries of the natural world. Through the lenses of abstraction, she aims to enrich the bridge between humanity and the natural world.

Louise Genetti
Louise Genetti paints colorful abstracts and will be selling art notecards, postcards, stickers, prints and original works of art.

https://www.facebook.com/events/956055424591238/

The Solidarity Concert Series is a 100% fundraiser for local nonprofits. Enjoy live music while learning about and supporting local change-makers!

This month’s nonprofit is SOUL & SOIL PROJECT! Come learn about what we are up to for 2019 and how you can plug in.

Your host Jason DeCristofaro on vibraphones is joined on stage by Fatty on bass, and members of The Gypsyswingers (co-founder of Soul & Soil Project, Alina, and Mario Francesco Guitario). We will play some of our favorite gyspy-swing and gypsy-bossa tunes, as well as some original songs by Alina Mockingbird Music Medicine.

There will be a short discussion in between sets to learn about what our project is up to, and how we could use your support! Climate change, food insecurity and DIY resiliency is definitely on the agenda. <3 We would love love love to see you there!!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1145317872300804/

We’re hosting a Fundraiser for Our Voice during regular business hours. A portion of proceeds will go to this amazing organization, that serves all individuals in Buncombe County affected by sexual assault and abuse, through counseling, advocacy, and education.

A representative will be there to offer information on who they are, how you can help, and accept direct donations.

The Build will be playing a donated set from 4-6pm in support of Our Voice. Check out their music below.
http://Www.Thebuildmusic.com

Sam Pennington will be there from 5-7, representing Wild Turkey and Aviation. We’ll have some prizes, giveaways, and special cocktails for the occasion!

Please join us for great locally sourced food and beer, unique wines, our classically based cocktails, and the best view of sunset in Asheville! Come out and have some fun, knowing you’re helping make Asheville a better, safer community, and helping a fantastic local non profit! We’ll see you there!

https://www.facebook.com/events/750459518639004/

Update: #GivingTuesday is TODAY! Join us for this global day of giving by donating to one of the Facebook fundraisers listed below.

Starting at 8am ET/5am PT on Giving Tuesday, Facebook and PayPal will match up to $7 million of funds raised on Facebook for U.S. nonprofits.

Thank you to the many childhood brain tumor advocates who are fundraising for Giving Tuesday. A full list can be found at: https://fb.com/fund/curethekids/

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Pamela Greenstein in memory of Emily Greenstein: https://www.facebook.com/donate/335839357226105/

Lauren Hodges in memory of Cooper Hodges: https://www.facebook.com/donate/566707107102943/566707123769608/

Christine Butson in honor of Jaxson Bougor: https://www.facebook.com/donate/2085118658395433/

Sarah Elder Hamilton for Starry Night Knoxville: https://www.facebook.com/donate/712430939150933

Dawn Hart in honor of Matthew Hart: https://www.facebook.com/donate/202389097319960/

Cynthia Dufford in honor of Jake Kasten: https://www.facebook.com/donate/174618486826207

Victoria Lee in honor of Benjamin Lee: https://www.facebook.com/donate/334769687321819/

Sarah Muoio in honor of Anthony Muoio: https://www.facebook.com/donate/319485108876544/

Toni Danielle Tatum in honor of Abigail Tatum: https://www.facebook.com/donate/2157859861198868

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Or, start your own Giving Tuesday fundraiser at https://fb.com/fund/curethekids/ and use our Facebook Fundraising guide at http://bit.ly/pbtf-fb-fundraising-guide to make fundraising as easy as possible.

Your support of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation will not only provide life-changing support programs to kids in need, you’ll also achieve a future where families no longer have to face the unthinkable: You’ll help find a cure for the deadliest childhood cancer.

You can also donate at our website at curethekids.org/givenow or by phone at (800) 253-6530.

Thank you for partnering with us in raising awareness and funds for families facing a pediatric brain tumor diagnosis.

https://www.facebook.com/events/406402533228211/

Tired of Thanksgiving left overs? Head over to Moe’s on airport Rd and enjoy a meal with friends and family. No need to tell them you are there for the fundraiser. They donate a % of sales from the designated time!

https://www.facebook.com/events/274321716762843/

Please join us for a fundraiser benefitting Karen “Skippy” Shuart.

Assistant Fire Marshal Karen Shuart was diagnosed with Stage 4 Ovarian Cancer in May of this year. Please join us in supporting her on her journey of healing and recovery.

~A percentage of sales during the event will go directly to help Karen offset expenses related to her treatment.

~RAFFLE: $5 per ticket, $20 for 5, Great Prizes!!!

~DATE AUCTION: Bid on an eligible human and receive a gift certificate to a local restaurant for an evening of fun and conversation.

~GAMES: Giant Jenga and Cornhole

https://www.facebook.com/events/529790900829169/

Baile at The Bywater is back with another Tuesday night of FREE vending, flow art, fire spinning and musical celebration open to the community! Fully equipped with an all-star cast of DJs on Tuesdays, we invite you to join us by the river for the Asheville Baile?

◊ Vendors & Traders Welcome (no fee)
◊ Host hangouts, seminars, yoga sessions, outreach events, meet ups, fundraisers, music performances, gatherings & celebrations, etc!
◊ Art / Flow space
◊ Paint, draw, craft, poi, hoop, fire, etc

9pm – 2am
PRODUCER/DJ SHOWCASE
This week’s featured musical guests:
KirbyBright
+ Special Guest

https://www.facebook.com/events/2229510147318448/

The Retrocade is hosting a benefit for Our VOICE, Buncombe County’s sexual assault prevention and crisis intervention center.
Come play classic arcade games, drink a beer, and support an amazing cause! Half of your entry wristband will be donated to Our VOICE. There will also be a raffle for two super cool paintings by local artists. We look forward to seeing you there!
*21 And up after 9*

Join FSI at Juicy Lucys for lunch or dinner or take out on November 29 and they will donate 15% of the sales to our school. PLEASE MENTION FSI when you order. If we raise between $500 and $1,000 for our school, they will donate more!

They not only have the best burgers in town but they have awesome apps, the best milkshakes in town, pork, chicken, salads and seafood!

https://www.facebook.com/events/280070505955266/

Come jump with your kids, invite your friends, neighbors, and family! Jumping is for all ages. Help HSA raise money that will go towards upgrading security measures at school (i.e. access to campus, changing locks on doors, etc). Launch has agreed to give us 25% of proceeds from paying customers.

*When purchasing your tickets, please mention “Captain Gilmer Christian School”.

https://www.facebook.com/events/251470478857222/

On November 29th 8pm-10pm there will be a scheduled Artist Meet and Greet/ Fundraiser for LEAF ONEmic Studio. Suggested donation starts at five dollars and the funds collected will be used to repair ONEmic instruments, purchase software updates, mend equipment that had been damage or lost during this past LEAF Festival.

Nex Millen will be in attendance to share inspiration on the creation of the exhibit along with performances by multi talented Hip Hop Artist Damon Snowden, vegan catering will be provided by Wadadli Dessert Oasis and an international dance party with DJ Red Iyah

If you can not attend the event on Nov 29th please feel free to visit The Block Off Biltmore any day during the month of November to experience the story of “Modern Ancestors”

Modern Ancestors is an Art Collection created by Hip Hop Scholor and Cultural Curator Nex Millen. It is “A celebration of Modern African American Hero’s through Canvas Art”

Combining Photography, Graphic Design and Graffiti Art. Nex creates colorful expression on 16×20 canvas that delivers a unique visual story.

Nex Millen is also a lead Teaching Artist for “LEAF ONEmic Studio U.S.” and their Electronic Music Experience program “EMErgence”

https://www.facebook.com/events/444448939421610/

Come “blaze a trail” to breakfast with us at Blaze Pizza! A percentage of food purchases on November 30th will go to LOT. You have to tell them that you are there to support Least of These or we don’t get credit for your purchase. We would love to see you there! Post of pic of you eating at Blaze!

https://www.facebook.com/events/554519948329772/

Middle School Movie Night sponsored by the FSI Community Council at the Bent Creek Baptist Church, 1554 Brevard Road-
Middle School movie is 4:30-6:30- “Home Alone”
$5 Tickets and pizza/snacks/drinks will be sold at the door!
This is a fundraiser for the Athletic Department!

https://www.facebook.com/events/290912594873138/

Join us and share the love as we celebrate the season by supporting local non-profits that concentrate on the homeless population and those in crisis throughout our Asheville and WNC community. *Admission is by donation at the door, you choose what you want to give!* Your gift will go a long way to help members of our community have a place to call HOME.

We have chosen 5 local non-profits to help support this year: Homeward Bound of WNC, Helpmate, BeLoved Asheville, Eliada, & Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry’s Steadfast House!

We have set our goal to raise $20,000 and we will be matching all donations up to $10,000!
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We are thrilled to have kids’ activities, visiting with Smokey Mountain Santa & Mrs. Claus, LIVE LOCAL music, ShutterBooth Asheville’s photo booth, LOCAL drinks, incredible silent auction & raffle with amazing finds donated from generous local businesses + more!

Schedule:

5pm – 6:30pm – Kids’ activities including photos with Smokey Mountain Santa & Mrs. Claus, games, face painting with The Page for Gyspy face & body art and more!

7pm – Dinner with amazing LOCAL food donated from all over Asheville & Western NC – PLUS Catering By Corey, LLC & MORE!

7:15pm – 10pm – Live Local Music from Leeda Lyric Jones & Swing Step!

FOR MORE INFO VISIT:
https://www.townandmountain.com/ashevillefundraiser/

Thanks so much to our sponsors so far: Lancaster Law Firm, PLLC, Goosmann, Rose, Colvard & Cramer Law Firm, Prestige Subaru, Diane Bauknight – State Farm Agent, Asheville-NC, Personal Touch Movers, Homes & Land of Asheville, Phillip C Price, Attorney at Law, United Federal Credit Union, The Hands of Sean Perry Co., ALCOVA Mortgage – Asheville, The Juengel Agency, Acopia Home Loans, PrimeLending – Asheville, Blue Mountain Pizza, L’optique, Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group, Chestnut, OysterHouse Brewing Company, Quality Home Consultants, Blue Sky Cafe, Doc Brown’s BBQ & Blue Dream Curry House!

https://www.facebook.com/events/260693891232998/

Objective:
Create a new greenway where the approved path will run alongside NC 280 through the heart of Mills River, connecting the town to the French Broad River at Westfeldt Park, near the Asheville Airport.

Beer Release:
MRVT Oatmeal Stout — 5.3% ABV, 29 IBUs. Lots of flaked oats, chocolate and roasted barely went into this classic recipe.

Fundraiser:
$1 of every pint sold will be donated to the greenway project. The Town of Mills River successfully applied for grant funding to pay for 80% of the cost of the engineering phase of this project. But to receive this funding, a match of 20% of the cost must come from the local community. That means that every $1 given results in $5 of funding. So have a MRVT Oatmeal Stout and do your part!

Food:
The Hungry Ghost will be open from 4-9PM

Music:
Derek McCoy Trio will take the stage from 7-9PM

More info:
https://conservingcarolina.org/280-path/

https://www.facebook.com/events/259638288044671/

Mountain Shag Clubs Christmas Party and Toys for Tots fundraiser is always a good time.
We hope you will join us!
RSVP’s needed soon.

https://www.facebook.com/events/310610423111982/

NC PAWS Rescue Fundraiser
25% of the proceeds to to helping kittys in our community

**PAINT YOUR PET**
CLASS- SUNDAY, December 2nd (2-5pm)
PHOTOS/PAYMENT ARE DUE- SATURDAY, November 24th

YOU CAN PAINT ANY PET!
This would also be a great gift to give to a loved one.

For More Information and to Sign Up, go to

https://www.facebook.com/events/246567926011944/

Please join us for a Family Game Night at The Capital Club 82 Patton Avenue Asheville North Carolina. There will be games such as Ping Pong, Giant Jenga, Corn Hole and Foosball. We will be showing the Falcons Patriots game on the large screen. There will be a cash bar selling wine and beer. Your admission includes appetizers and non alcoholic drinks. We look forward to seeing you then!!

https://www.facebook.com/events/2225206814423739/

Come show your support for someone who has supported Jackson County for over 16 years!

Bill Bishop is a Jackson County Employee (Supervisor at Jackson County 911 Center) where he has worked for almost 17 years. He volunteered on Cullowhee Fire Department for 7 years and many people know him as “Santa” as he has volunteered in that role for many years here at county events.

On October 27th Bill had a massive stroke and was sent to Mission for Emergency Surgery, today he is still in St Josephs ICU. Bill has a very long road ahead of him and your support truly means the world to him, his wife Dee Dee and their five, four legged kids (all cats!).

Please come join us and his wife at the event, share stories, memories, laughs and enter in a raffle drawing to show support to a man who has supported his county and country his entire life. <3

BBQ Plates with sides and drink $10
Kids Hot dog plate, chips and drink $5
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Raffle Tickets $1 each or 12 for $10
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If you are unable to attend but would like a bag of BBQ or Raffle Tickets, please contact this page OR Jessica Buchanan, Connie Farmer, Danna Owen, Tracy Payne or Megan Nicholson
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Thank you and God Bless

https://www.facebook.com/events/983334391850631/

Come enjoy a delectable French bistro buffet with complementary drinks and dessert by Chef/Owner Michel Baudouin at La Fête, a new private party place on the Bouchon block in downtown Asheville.

The festive evening is a fundraiser for The Roots Foundation, a local nonprofit connecting curriculum to the outdoors and empowering teachers to engage students in relevant problem solving. TRF currently works at Vance Elementary, Verner Early Learning Center and Montford North Star Academy and is the non-profit arm of Roots Hummus

This evening’s event will go directly towards student designed grade-level projects and teacher support for their implementation.

Tickets are going fast, so get yours now!

Can’t make it, but want to support? Buy a ticket for a teacher or make a donation online at www.rootsfound.org/donate

We are deeply grateful to Chef Michel for underwriting the food and staffing for this event.

https://www.facebook.com/events/301297740722779/

This Thursday, December 6th, you are cordially invited to the Astronomy Club of Asheville’s 7th annual club holiday social and fundraiser auction! The event begins at 6:30 p.m., giving you time to look over our selection of nice silent and live auction items (many of them make wonderful holiday gifts) as well as time to enjoy an appetizing spread of tasty food and refreshments!

The event is open to the general public and you need not be a member to attend.

While we are thrilled that our meeting attendance is typically astronomical (pun intended), we seldom have enough time to socialize and get to know our like-minded friends better. We’re a strange breed – we often meet in dark locations, craning our necks upwards and chatting for hours with folks we won’t recognize in the light of day. But Thursday you’ll have a chance to prove you’re not THAT strange (well…. myself excepted)! Please join us and partake in some esprit de corps, get to know each other better, bid on an item or two and contribute your company to make our holiday event a success.

AND… if you do attend, we promise you will LAUGH heartily at our guest auctioneer, Randy Latta. We haven’t a clue what character he will conjure (that’s part of the fun!) but we guarantee it will be entertaining. Do yourself a favor and come along – if not for the food, drink, good company or the chance to bid and possibly win any number of great items, then come for the LAUGHS!!!!

Those who attend and register for an auction paddle will automatically be entered to win one of three special door prizes.While you will need to be present to win, you need not bid on any item to be eligible. And if you have an item that might be suitable for our auction, please bring it along.

Food, drink, friends, prizes, a chance to show your support for our club, AND LAUGHTER. What’s not to like???

We hope to see you Thursday at the Manheimer Room at UNCA’s Reuter Center. The festivities start at 6:30 p.m.

Dominic

https://www.facebook.com/events/2227397277541401/

Give Mom the night off and let the kids jump, jump, jump away from 3-7 p.m. on Friday, December 7 at Asheville’s SKY ZONE trampoline park! Sponsored by FES Dad’s Club, 30% of all proceeds go to benefit this awesome group! Make sure to MENTION FES DAD’S CLUB AT THE REGISTER!

https://www.facebook.com/events/348361909062712/

It’s that time again! Time for another fundraiser to benefit our sweet Noah McFall. We didn’t reach our goal last time….so we are doing it again, but this time with a little twist. We are going back to the 80’s! Come dressed to impress with your best 80’s flashback attire! $10.00 at the door, and all money goes to benefit Noah. More raffles, and it’s also Karaoke night, with Marc Keller playing all the greatest hits from the 80’s. Be ready to sing some Cher, Cyndi Lauper, Michael Jackson, Prince, Culture Club, Kim Carnes, The Police, Def Leopard, Whitney Houston, etc… and dance the night away. Let’s again show our sweet Noah how much he is loved. Spread the word and let’s make this one as big as the Black Tie Affair! I can’t wait to see everyone with their 80’s attire! It’s going to be so much fun!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1002031203332028/

The Pisgah High Band is having their Mattress Fundraiser on Saturday December 8th! Even if you’re not in the market for a mattress this year, please SHARE this with your friends and family!
—What is a Mattress Fundraiser?—since 2005, CFS the original Mattress Fundraiser has raised 30 million dollars for school programs all over the USA.
We will turn the Pisgah High Gym Lobby into a mattress showroom from 10am-5pm.
-over 25 mattress sets will be on display for you to try. Orders will be taken on the day of the sale.
-new, name brands for less than retail (Simmons, and other National brands)
-all sizes & styles available (latex, gel memory foam, hybrid)
-adjustable power bases, premium pillows, & Infinity Massage Chairs
-full manufacturer warranties
-local pick up or delivery is offered two weeks after the event
-cash, check, and credit cards are accepted
No Credit needed Financing is available. Deferred interest Financing is available.
***EVERY purchase supports the program, even if you just want a pillow! It’s just like shopping at a nice retail store, but YOU get to save $$ AND help support the Program!***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytBCYhdINjA

https://www.facebook.com/events/262379084443843/

Calling All Pet Lovers! Miss Marlee, the Min-Pin wants to invite you and your two-legged friends to a fun Christmas Costume Pawty, Photoshoot Event with Santa Claus, and Fundraiser for The Asheville Humane Society.

The Pet Costume Pawty will be juried and winners in categories with receive treats & prizes. In addition, Catawba will be donating $1 for each pint of Zombie White Ale to the Asheville Humane Society.

Forever Friends Photography Services will be offering Photoshoot Sessions from 12 pm-4 pm on a first-come-first-serve basis. Each high-quality digital image will be processed and emailed to you for you to download and easily print. $30 for the photoshoot. We also donate 10% of the proceeds to the Asheville Humane Society.

So bring your Furry Friends in costume, pack up the kids and be prepared for a Howling Good Time!
For more information, call Jim Neugass, at 828-707-8757 or [email protected]

https://www.facebook.com/events/2147002851986961/

“Painting With a Purpose” is a fundraiser event open to the public for everyone age ten and up. This month’s PWAP goes to The Arc of Buncombe, with 50% of the proceeds going towards their cause, whose mission is to empower individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities in our community.

Each attendee will enjoy two hours of painting a 16″ x 20″ canvas with their talented team of instructors available to guide you every step of the way, while you eat drink and have fun!

We welcome you to spread the word to make this an amazingly successful event!

https://www.facebook.com/events/248865165804890/

Christmas fundraiser for the Tryon Summer Youth Theater

As a Director, Chris Tinkler knows how important the Tryon Summer Youth Theater is for kids—and families of those kids. It’s a character-building experience for the youngsters, bonding with their co-actors, taking responsibility not only for themselves, but for the final dazzling production. What a joy to witness all the hard work and incredible talent of our local youth come to fruition.

For the last three years an anonymous donor from the Polk County Community Foundation has made it possible for the Friday night show tickets to be just $5 each. This made a huge difference for the families of the performers. Now all the children in the family could attend; Grandma and Grandpa, and aunts and uncles and cousins and friends and neighbors—all could afford to experience live theater and applaud these amazing, hardworking kids.

Tinkler’s goal is to make all seats—for all performances—just $5. And to help with that goal, he’s staging a one-man show at the TLT Workshop: Truman Capote’s “A Christmas Memory”. The story takes place in the 1930s and describes a period in the lives of the seven-year-old narrator and an elderly woman who is his distant cousin and best friend. The narrative focuses on friendship and the joy of giving during the Christmas season.

The show runs for three performances, December 7 & 8 at 7:30pm, and December 9 at 3:00pm. Come early for some light hors d’oeuvres and holiday cheer and show your support for our area youth! Tickets are $25 and can be ordered online at www.tltinfo.org.The Workshop box office (516 S. Trade St. in Tryon), is also open between 10:00 am and 1:00 pm, December 3 through December 8, or you can call 828-0859-2466 for more information.

https://www.facebook.com/events/372117746693359/