Calendar of Events

A new musical gathering curated by Alec Sturgis and Jack Callahan featuring presentations by living American composers and performers whose work comes from outside academic or popular music contexts.

Thursday – 7pm
Eugene Chadbourne, Anka, Theodore Cale Schafer

Friday – 7pm
Sarah Louise performs Deep Listening inspired exercises, Deforrest Brown Jr. and Nick James Scavo present “Wrecked New American Music of a Cancelled Species”, Petr Kotik’s “There is Singularly Nothing”

Saturday Afternoon – 3pm
Phenoma, Julius Eastman’s “Macle” performed by S.E.M. Ensemble, Panel discussion with Petr Kotik, Nick James Scavo, Deforrest Brown Jr.

Saturday Night – 7pm
Jeff Witscher, John Cage’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra performed by S.E.M. Ensemble, Voice Training

Saturday Late Night (at Static Age Records) – 10pm
Shane Parish, Motown Willie

Sunday – 2pm
Morton Feldman “For Philip Guston” performed by S.E.M. Ensemble

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Image: The Long Now, Kraftwerk, Berlin Maerzmusik 2018 © Camille Blake, Berliner Festspiele

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As yoga instructors, sensitivity to trauma is essential in creating an environment in which all students feel safe to practice. Beth is certified by the Trauma Center/Center for Trauma and Embodiment at the Justice Resource Institute in Boston as a trained facilitator in Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY-F).

This workshop will present a brief overview of trauma theory and neuroscience, methodology of the practice of trauma-sensitive yoga, and a discussion of how this relates to and impacts teaching in the studio setting.

Advance your understanding and compassionate connection by joining Beth for this workshop to both learn the latest research and how to apply it as well as experience a TCTSY class. You do not have to be a yoga teacher to attend this training. Anyone who wants to learn about trauma and trauma sensitive yoga can attend!

Yoga Alliance CE Credits: 3
Cost is $45.

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“Witchwifes, Wyrms, and Wands: Unpacking Magical Lore in British Isle Ballads”

In this workshop, we’ll explore several British Isles ballads to learn what they can tell us about Witches and their craft through the ages. These songs, originating from the Middle Ages to more recent times, contain pieces of lore that can tell us much about popular beliefs about witches, magic, and the fae (watch out!).

These songs often contain elements of both the Pagan and Christian world. As well as tidbits of magic that we can tease out, like the threads spun in so many of these songs. Additionally, most do not treat witches kindly, but in doing so these songs carry the dual effect of publicly condemning magic while preserving important knowledge about these ancient arts. We’ll teach the melodies and refrains to some of these songs, and dive deep into their meanings!

This workshop is brought to you by award winning ballad singer Saro Lynch Thomason and Becky Beyer of Blood and Spicebush.

20 to 45$ Sliding Scale. Please register ahead of time by e-mailing [email protected].

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The Rock and Roll Playhouse Presents: The Music of Prince for Kids at The Grey Eagle on Sunday, April 28!

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Enjoy the Live Blues of Mr Jimmy Music! Sponsored by the Arts Council of Henderson County and Sanctuary Brewing Company during Jazz Appreciation Month.

Mr Jimmy – Biography

The Chicago Kingsnakes were formed in 1983 by guitarist / vocalist James “Ang” Anderson. He started playing guitar at the age of 8 on a homemade instrument crafted from a cigar box, rubber bands and thumb tacks. A lifelong resident of Chicago, he received his musical education on the city’s infamous south side, at the Checkerboard lounge, and Theresa’s, where he played with the likes of guitar greats Buddy Guy, Lefty Dizz and Son Seals, harmonica legends James Cotton and Junior Wells and the Queen of The Blues, Koko Taylor.

James has toured the nation with Sun, Chess, Bobbin, Stax and Malaco recording artist Little Milton. Anderson also played guitar with Johnny Twist’s Rocka-Boogie Blues Band touring the midwest for many years.

In 1992 The Kingsnakes befriended Byther Smith. The band has become “Smitty’s” road band and has accompanied him on tours of the United States, Finland, The Netherlands and Canada. In addition they played on Byther’s “I’m A Mad Man” CD on the Bullseye record label. On June 5th 1994 Byther Smith and The Kingsnakes performed on the Main Stage of the 11th Annual Chicago Bluesfest in Grant Park. This friendship is sustained by occasional tours with Byther.

In 1998 The Kingsnakes released a CD of original material entitled “Blues Island” . The disk was very well received by the press. Blues Revue, a national blues magazine, called Blues Island “Essential”. Chicagoland’s, The Beat, said “Blues Island magnificently captures the live feel and heart of blues in a studio setting”.

In 2003, the band released “Grass Roots” an all acoustic CD. Blues On Stage called the disc, “An unplugged gem”, and went on to say, “this has all the elements of a Southern afternoon front porch jam and party with everything but the sound of friends whooping it up while dancing in the yard.” The Illinois Entertainer called the disc, “a fine down home effort.”

In 2008 The band released “Holiday Boogie” a CD of Holiday music featuring 4 original songs and 4 classic covers, and in 2009 The band released “SNAPSHOTS” a 6 song live recording

The Kingsnakes released “Blue Mosaic” in 2011, featuring 12 new compositions by Anderson, to critical acclaim world wide. In 2016 they released “South Side Soul” a record of all original R & B tunes by Anderson.

James continues to perform both solo and with the band and averages over 100 dates a year. In 2016, he became a radio host of the NPR show “Confessin’ the Blues”, a weekly show featuring interviews and performances with Blues artists.

In 2018 Mr Jimmy, moved to Asheville, NC to embark on his solo career, and released “All Alone with the Blues”.

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Mr Jimmy performs as part of The Hendersonville JAM

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*meant to be enjoyed by everyone 8 and older

a devised piece by Abby Felder(co-concept / direction), Dr. Allison Curseen (co-concept), Eva von Schweinitz (dramaturge), Alex Smith (dramaturge), Rebecca Williams (video), Blakeney Bullock (choreography), DeWayne Barton (lobby installation), Abby Auman (lights), Kylie Irvin (musical support), original music by Jonesalee Music, with the Ensemble of ACA Artists (Edwin Salas Acosta, Tiffany Copeland, Olympia Garrett, Holly Heveron-Smith, Katie Jones, Daniele Martin, and Gina Stewart)

An immersive experience with puppetry, live folk music, video and more that explores the stories of young people and of the South, starting with Lewis Hine’s photos of children in textile mills at the turn of the century, and ending with contemporary narratives gathered directly from local young people during onsite residencies focusing on personal narrative and oral history.

Featuring Personal Narratives from: Hanger Hall 8th Grade Students, and participants of the Latino youth group MANOS (Mentoring And Nurturing Our Students) a Buncombe County Schools and WWC collaboration.

With Performers: Edwin Salas performance studio, Tiffany Copeland, Gwendolyn Olympia Adams-Garrett, Holly Heveron-Smith and Daniele Martin.

Tickets:

April 19-21: All tickets $12

April 25-28: Adults $23 | Students $12

Plus Pay-What-You-Wish Saturdays: ticket purchased at the door on a first-come, first-served basis during Sat April 20 & 27 1:00pm matinees are available at a price of your choosing (suggested minimum donation of $12/ticket)

PLUS: ***A special reduced rate ticket list for the Black and Brown community*** Daniele Martin’s goal within ACA is to increase interest and engagement in the arts by increasing diversity in casting as well as in our audience, and to that end Dani’s List was created. Please reach out to Daniele with your ticket requests via Facebook or at her email at [email protected]. We look forward to seeing you.

Post-Show Talk-Backs: Following select shows we invite special guests to lead discussions around specific themes, and provide a forum for processing any thoughts or questions inspired in young people during the performance. Our in progress schedule includes

April 19, 7pm: Juan G Sanchez Martinez – professor at UNCA whose work focuses on indigenous cultural expressions and challenges traditional theories of language, genre and periods.

April 21, 1pm: DeWayne Barton of Hood Huggers International – a visual and performing artist, Barton is involved in justice issues — both through his art and his community involvement.

April 26, 7pm: Tom Godleski – A Mountain Xpress “Influential,” Godleski is a storyteller, teacher, composer and performer whose musical SNOWBOUND, frequently performed at ACT, uses traditional stories and details to create a holiday play steeped in Western North Carolina tradition.

April 28, 1pm: BeLoved Asheville – a community deeply rooted in love and justice working to transform our city and world through community-led solutions. Find out more at www.belovedasheville.com

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3rd Brittenstrong 5K benefit run

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More details to follow. Check our website for updates. Sides and Character Breakdowns Click on link. http://hendersonvilletheatre.org/urand-durang-auditions-april-27-28/
Second Stage
PERFORMANCE DATES: July 5-14
Director: Beth Bristol
Two of Durang’s most popular one acts, “”For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls”” and “”‘dentity Crisis,”” combined together into one night of bizarre hilarity. These crackpot comedies both turn family upside down in a way that only Christopher Durang can.

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More details to follow. Check our website for updates. Sides and Character Breakdowns Click on link. http://hendersonvilletheatre.org/urand-durang-auditions-april-27-28/
Second Stage
PERFORMANCE DATES: July 5-14
Director: Beth Bristol
Two of Durang’s most popular one acts, “”For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls”” and “”‘dentity Crisis,”” combined together into one night of bizarre hilarity. These crackpot comedies both turn family upside down in a way that only Christopher Durang can.

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Baires returns with outstanding authentic Argentine food!

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Are you a potential camper curious to see where campers sleep or eat meals? Are you a parent with questions for the Camp Director? Spring is a beautiful time in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Bring your potential future camper to see spectacular Camp WaBak in its Springtime glory. Guided tours will be available, and the Camp Director will be on-site to answer any questions. (Please remember camp is a smoke-free and pet-free facility.)

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The convocation will explore North Carolina’s connection, through the use of its public airports, a local airline (Aero Contractors), and locally based employees of the airline, to the CIA’s Rendition, Detention, and Interrogation (RDI) program that began after the 9/11 attacks. Muslim people were kidnapped, bound, and transported to CIA black sites and to foreign countries, where they were held indefinitely without charges and were tortured. Most were innocent of any offense.

Speakers will include NC Commission of Inquiry on Torture Commissioner David Crane, former war crimes prosecutor, retired Colonel Larry Wilkerson who has extensive knowledge of the program, and Christina Cowger, a founder of NC Stop Torture Now.

Deadline to register is April 25. This event is free, but you must RSVP on our website: https://www.ncchurches.org/event-single/faith-and-conscience-convocation-a-call-for-accountability-for-torture/

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Join us for our 5th Annual Founders’ Day Celebration and the fabulous Filthy Franklin Mud Run! Food, games, music, and mud! What could be more fun? Mud Run registration on sale now! Register by April 11 for a Filthy Franklin t-shirt. https://www.franklinschoolofinnovation.org/founders-day-filthy-franklin-mud-run/
Run is 1.75 miles and has awesome prizes from Hard Exercise Works and FootRX Running.

Festival will include a climbing wall, dunk tank, tug of war, doughnut game, cake walk, music, food and drinks. Bring your friends and family.

Please park across the street at IFB (Industries for the Blind.)

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Songful Sundays w/ The Bald Mountain Boys benefiting MANNA Foodbank

Come enjoy Sunday Funday with The Bald Mountain Boys & support MANNA FOODBANK!! We will be accepting food donations at the door!

WHEN: Sunday April 28th, 2019

WHERE: Ambrose West 312 Haywood Road Asheville, NC 28806

DOORS: 1:30pm

SHOW: 2pm

AGES: ALL

SEATING: SRO

TICKETS: $5

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Every single plant, tree, herb and flowerhas its own very unique and individual energy and spirit. We can work in partnership with those energies for both magical and medicinal purposes. In this class we will focus on the magical spirit of plants, flowers & trees. You will learn different ways to connect with plants in ritual and magical practice. We will discuss specific plants and their magical lore and associations to the elements, planets and deities. We will magically infused herb bath salts to take home with you. $25 ticket link below to prepay or cash, credit at event

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Jack of the Wood : Sunday-Irish Session 

Sundays

1 till who knows when?

Traditional Irish music is kept alive at Jack of the Wood with our unplugged Sunday session.

Jack of the Wood

95 Patton ave

Asheville, NC 28801

(828) 252.5445

http://www.jackofthewood.com/

Free Kids Safety Workshop led by the instructors of the Speak Up and Move Kids Leadership and Safety Programs at Budo Mountain Family Martial Arts. At least one grown up must attend with each child, so you can help them practice at home! Due to recent events in our community, our focus will be on neighborhood safety. Children will learn solid, research-based skills for staying safe when playing in their yards, walking the neighborhood, and other scenarios near the home when not directly supervised by an adult. Our approach helps kids be confident and not fearful.

You must register at https://ashevilleninjas.sites.zenplanner.com/event.cfm?eventId=3EB5B43C-B43C-4AC3-8147-8B3CE46C9A20

If you have questions before the event, please don’t hesitate to email us at [email protected]

This event is completely free. We just ask that you register to let us know how many people to expect. Thank you!

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!st and 4th Sundays Jazz Jam Hosted by UNCA Music Department

4:00- 7:00 pm
$3 students suggested donation
$5 non-students suggested donation

The band begins at 4:00. Jam (with a full rhythm section) begins at 5:00 and goes until 7:00.

Come bring your axe and jam or just hang!

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Bywater Bluegrass Jam Every Sunday from 4-7pm and hosted by Drew Matulich! Come out and enjoy some Bluegrass Music on the French Broad River and bring a friend!

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Beltane Celebration and potluck. All ages and genders are welcome. Beltane marks the return of spring and celebrates the fertility of the Earth made possible by the light and warmth of the sun. The event is family friendly, with fun and festivity for all, including music and dancing around a Maypole. The all-male troupe of the Asheville Morris Dancers and the all-female Ashgrove Garland Dancers will entertain us with English folk dances accompanied by live music. Please bring a potluck dish to share, flowers for the Maypole, a chair if you need it for the ritual, and a food donation if you wish. Gathering will occur in Sandburg Hall, followed by a procession up the street to Grove Park for the ritual and Maypole dance. In case of inclement weather, the celebration will be held in the church sanctuary.
Please like the Blue Ridge Spirit CUUPS page https://www.facebook.com/BlueRidgeSpiritCircle/?epa=SEARCH_BOX

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The Camp Tikvah Benefit provides much needed funding for the JCC’s fully inclusive summer camp experience for children with autism. This will allow us to offer individual camp counselor support for each child and scholarship opportunities for families that need extra help.

Asheville locals and Asheville JCC employees Mama Danger will be playing tunes to get you movin’ and groovin’. Check out their YouTube Channel:

page:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo9Xg1eF7fqvq7UVXz8z8AA

This night of fun for a cause at the beautiful Momentum Art Gallery will include live music, food, drink, raffles, silent auction, and more!

Join us and rsvp by selecting ‘going.’ Tickets on sale now. Ticket price includes 2 drink tickets appetizers.

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Join us for a night of all things Futurama! Come flex all your muscles involving all things Fry, Bender & Leela! Prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd! Cheers everyone and good luck!

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Join us for a night celebrating all things The Simpsons! Come show your knowledge of one of the most celebrated cartoons in the history of TV! Prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd! Cheers everyone!

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Save the Date! RiverLink is excited to co-sponsor the premiere of Hidden Rivers, a feature length 1-hour film that explores the rivers and streams of the Southern Appalachian region, North America’s most biologically rich waters.

Doors open at 5:45. Program begins at 6:15.

Tickets on sale through riverlink.org

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The Cider, Wine & Dine Weekend features Henderson County wineries and cideries partnering together to create a signature weekend filled with all things cider, wine and food-related! Activities for the weekend include, of course, enjoying local artisan hard cider, wines and mead, plus lots of food, fire pits, movies, live music, production facility tours, and much more.

The participating local producers, sellers and venues include:
– Appalachian Ridge Artisan Cider
– Bold Rock Hard Cider
– Burntshirt Vineyards Chimney Rock
– Burntshirt Vineyards Hendersonville
– Point Lookout Vineyards & World’s Edge Meadery
– Saint Paul Mountain Vineyards
– Saint Paul Mountain Vineyards Flat Rock
– The Horse Shoe Farm
– Wine Sage & Gourmet

For more info on this event, visit www.visithendersonvillenc.org/cider-wine-dine-weekend

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The Cider, Wine & Dine Weekend features Henderson County wineries and cideries partnering together to create a signature weekend filled with all things cider, wine and food-related! Activities for the weekend include, of course, enjoying local artisan hard cider, wines and mead, plus lots of food, fire pits, movies, live music, production facility tours, and much more.

The participating local producers, sellers and venues include:
– Appalachian Ridge Artisan Cider
– Bold Rock Hard Cider
– Burntshirt Vineyards Chimney Rock
– Burntshirt Vineyards Hendersonville
– Point Lookout Vineyards & World’s Edge Meadery
– Saint Paul Mountain Vineyards
– Saint Paul Mountain Vineyards Flat Rock
– The Horse Shoe Farm
– Wine Sage & Gourmet

For more info on this event, visit www.visithendersonvillenc.org/cider-wine-dine-weekend

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Intro to Partner Acrobatics is a 75 minute class designed to introduce you to the foundations of partner balance. Class will start with a full body warm up, and will introduce you to both L-basing and standing acrobatic poses, showing you various entrances and exits to these skills as well as training exercises to level up your strength and flexibility both in and out of acro. No partner or experience is required.

Registration in advance is highly recommended. Purchase classes, view the schedule, and sign up through your student account: circusdb.org/empyrean

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The 1st Asheville Tattoo Arts Convention is coming to the US Cellular Center, April 26th- 28th, 2019. Villain Arts is excited to host a show in Asheville, NC this year. The Asheville Tattoo Arts Convention is for industry professionals and tattoo lovers as well. General public is welcome. Come get tattooed by 200 of the world’s best tattoo artists, including the top local, national & international artists. Meet & Greet TV celebrities from Ink Master, Tattoos After Dark and Best Ink. Tattoo TV stars will be on hand to tattoo the public! In addition, there will be numerous vendors with everything from industry supplies to clothing, artwork & jewelry. Daily tattoo competitions for you to show off your tattoos. Performances by The Enigma Live, Olde City Sideshow, Marlo Marquise and dynamic live human suspension are just a few of the other exciting things happening throughout the weekend. The Asheville Tattoo Arts Convention is a don’t miss event, with something for everyone.

Sale Dates and Times:

Public Onsale : Mon, 18 Mar 2019 at 06:00 PM

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The Purple Onion is pleased to welcome back Paul Thorn, Sunday, April 28 as part of our Sunday Concert Series. The performance begins at 7 PM. The doors open at 5 PM. Reservations can be made online.

Raised in Tupelo, Mississippi, among the same spirits (and some of the actual people) who nurtured the young Elvis generations before, Paul Thorn has rambled down back roads, battled four-time world champion boxer Roberto Duran on national television, signed with and been dropped by a major label, performed on stages with Bonnie Raitt, Mark Knopfler, Sting, and John Prine among many others, and made some of the most emotionally restless yet relatable music of our time. With 20 years of writing, touring, and entertaining under his belt, he shows no sign of slowing down. His latest record, Don’t Let the Devil Ride, released March 2018, has been breaking genre barriers and topping charts, putting a new twist on his already-entertaining live show.

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