Calendar of Events

Surface Showcase: Newsprint Image Transfer with Molly Morning-glory

2-Day Workshop
September 28- 29
Friday 6-9pm, Saturday, 9:30am-4:30pm

Join Molly Morning-glory this September to learn the secrets of this simple method for printing on clay! Molly will demonstrate how to use newsprint, underglaze, and slip to transfer your original imagery onto slabs, which can then be used to create any number of fantastic forms. We will have lots of time to practice, troubleshoot, and really get this method down. Bring sketches, inspirational quotes, and your favorite imagery to transfer. You’ll leave this weekend feeling inspired and motivated to make new work!

Level: All Levels
Tuition: $295 +35 Lab Fee

The Effect of Glass on Grape: Riedel Tasting
Friday, September 28 — 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Picture a crisp autumn evening on lovely Lioncrest Veranda at Deerpark. Imagine a specialty wine experience where you sip Biltmore’s award-winning wines from expertly-crafted Riedel stemware. On this fascinating evening, you’ll discover the impact wine glass shape and size has on your favorite vintages, and why Riedel is known worldwide as “the winemaker’s choice.” Join us for this one-time-only event where a sip of wine becomes a celebration!

($95 per person, includes a set of Riedel glassware for each ticketed attendee; must 21+ to participate; See link for full details.)

https://www.facebook.com/events/327613224661342/

Come meet up with us in Pack Square Park with your family and friends. Enjoy entertainment by local drag favorites Katarina Eclipse, Alexis Black, Sylvur Cox, The Legendary ChickP, The Iconic Marceline Mashic and more! Bring food, blankets, and come hang out with us in the park. Show starts at 7:00. We will also have supplies to make posters for the Pride Festival on Saturday.

https://www.facebook.com/events/425404774650540/

Music on the Lawn at Isis Music Hall :: FREE

Every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday in September we will be hosting lawn concerts! Bring a chair or blanket or grab one of ours that we offer. You can enjoy adult beverages and food on our patio or in the lawn!!

Music goes from 6:30-8:30PM

Wednesday, September 5th :: Gypsy Guitar
Thursday, September 6th :: Letters to Abigail
Friday, September 7th :: The Honeylovers

Wednesday, September 12th :: Whistlepig
Thursday, September 13th :: Gravyhouse Storytellers
Friday, September 14th :: Dulci Ellenberger Trio

Wednesday, September 19th :: Rob Parks and Friends
Thursday, September 20th :: Upland Drive
Friday, September 21st :: Dulci Ellenberger Trio

Wednesday, September 26th :: Whistlepig
Thursday, September 27th :: The Honeylovers
Friday, September 28th :: Gold Rose

https://www.facebook.com/events/219528968920231/?event_time_id=219528998920228

Music on the Lawn at Isis Music Hall :: FREE

Every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday in September we will be hosting lawn concerts! Bring a chair or blanket or grab one of ours that we offer. You can enjoy adult beverages and food on our patio or in the lawn!!

Music goes from 6:30-8:30PM

Wednesday, September 5th :: Gypsy Guitar
Thursday, September 6th :: Letters to Abigail
Friday, September 7th :: The Honeylovers

Wednesday, September 12th :: Whistlepig
Thursday, September 13th :: Gravyhouse Storytellers
Friday, September 14th :: Dulci Ellenberger Trio

Wednesday, September 19th :: Rob Parks and Friends
Thursday, September 20th :: Upland Drive
Friday, September 21st :: Dulci Ellenberger Trio

Wednesday, September 26th :: Whistlepig
Thursday, September 27th :: The Honeylovers
Friday, September 28th :: Gold Rose

https://www.facebook.com/events/219528968920231/

Plates and Mugs: Focusing On Surface and Form With Laurie Caffery Harris

Tuesdays, 6:30-9pm
August 28- October 2

These two popular forms offer endless possibilities of expression to the clay artist. In this intermediate level class, we will use the potter’s wheel to create our forms, then focus on creating a unique surface that reflects your individuality. Through demonstrations and practice on our own test tiles, we will cover surface design including mishima (slip inlay), painting, and sgraffito carving. There will also be a heavy emphasis on handle making, as we seek to create forms that are both beautiful, and easy to use.

Level: Intermediate and Advanced
Tuition: $255 + $35 Lab Fee

Venue/Show info: https://bit.ly/1CjMuvb

https://www.facebook.com/events/455781971549801/

Select Evenings, May 17–October 7, 2018

Biltmore House & Gardens opens to the public on Thursday–Sunday evenings for a special reservations-only viewing of Chihuly’s stunning large-scale glass sculptures. Chihuly Nights at Biltmore is an enchanting opportunity to witness the effects of dramatic nighttime lighting upon the luminous colors and graceful forms of these spectacular pieces. Sunset over the majestic Blue Ridge Mountains, live music in the gardens, and a wine bar make the evening experience all the more enticing. Chihuly’s towering works of art illuminated against a night sky surrounded by the timeless beauty and magnificence of Biltmore House & Gardens: a truly moving, memorable experience

EARLY SHOW: Funny Business Presents: Comedian James Adomian (NBC’s Last Comic Standing, IFC, Adult Swim, John Oliver’s New York Stand Up Show, & More)

Part of Blue Ridge Pride Festival (Blue Ridge Pride Center)!

Friday, September 28th 7:00PM
$16 advance / $19 at the door
Tickets @ https://ticketf.ly/2LPdKO4

James Adomian is a comedian and actor well known for his standup, characters and impressions. Adomian can be seen in David Cross’ feature directorial debut HITS, and in forthcoming feature films LOVE AFTER LOVE and ADVENTURES OF DRUNKY. He just wrapped filming on Christopher Morris’ film alongside Anna Kendrick. Adomian has guest starred on Comedy Central’s @MIDNIGHT, THE MELTDOWN, and DRUNK HISTORY as well as Adult Swim’s CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL and IFC’s COMEDY BANG! BANG! As Bernie Sanders, James is one-half of TRUMP VS. BERNIE, a comedy debate act that includes a memorable guest appearance on Comedy Central, and two TV specials for Fusion, along with a live international tour in 2016 and a #1 Comedy Album (TRUMP VS BERNIE: LIVE IN BROOKLYN).

Adomian performed standup on JOHN OLIVER’S NEW YORK STAND UP SHOW on Comedy Central, and on NBC’s LAST COMIC STANDING where he was a Top 10 finalist. He has also performed to much acclaim over the years at the JUST FOR LAUGHS Festival in Montreal and many other top comedy festivals. Adomian is also a voiceover artist who has been featured in numerous animated shows including: Showtime’s OUR CARTOON PRESIDENT, AMERICAN DAD, VENTURE BROTHERS, Disney’s FUTURE WORM and Nickelodeon’s PIG GOAT BANANA CRICKET. He is also a beloved regular guest on the Earwolf podcast network, where his debut standup comedy album LOW HANGIN FRUIT was released in 2012.

https://www.facebook.com/events/210122636289961/

Evan Wade Trio

https://www.facebook.com/events/667255330313692/

Four weekends – seven retreats covering each part of the small catechism + Luther/Reformation History. Experiential learning leaves lasting lessons and builds relationships. Creative worship, crafts, songs, games and a campfire create an experience long remembered. Lutheridge staff provide supervision for campers, sharing their faithful witness. Come alone or with a group. Lessons are geared to middle school, but 5th graders and high school youth are welcome. Adults are encouraged, but not required to attend with their youth. Pastors Mary and Tim Canniff-Kuhn provide leadership for all retreats with involvement from other teachers.

https://www.facebook.com/events/586080221769257/

You are invited to attend the performances of three eccentic Indie-folk artist, Hieronymus Bogs (NY/NM), Utah Green & Mary T. Sullivan (Asheville, NC) at The Sly Grog on Fri. 9/28. No Cover!

Utah Green 7pm
https://utahgreen.bandcamp.com/album/fortune

Hieronymus Bogs 8pm https://hieronymusbogs.bandcamp.com

Sacred Daisy 9pm
Sacred Daisy is the incendiary offspring of M. T. Sullivan and friends.
SacredDaisy.bandcamp.com

Hieronymous Bogs is a one man troupe whose musical performances explore the primitive ties between music, ritual & art.
links-
https://www.hieronymusbogs.com
https://hieronymusbogs.bandcamp.com
video-
https://youtu.be/KumuPeeD-nc
recent album review-
http://www.i94bar.com/albums/the-plow-hieronymous-bogs-self-released

Hieronymus Bogs’s eclectic blend of orchestral folk, spoken word, and performance art nearly evades traditional classification altogether. During one of his intimate performances, you might find the bearded Bogs kneeling penitently, singing, “Lovers, don’t get trapped by illusion,” or someplace offstage beseeching his audience to enter “this half imagined portal.” It’s musical art that’s both unconventional and surprisingly embraceable. Evoking an ancient crooner, Bogs’s voice sits comfortably between Roy Orbison and Scott Walker, with hints of Antony and the Johnsons’s theatricality. Commandingly fusing mystically inspired lyricism and delicately stark instrumentation, his songs set emotions free in an almost hypnotic way. From optimism’s peaks to regret’s chilling depths, his music cycles through potent moods and descriptive imagery, conjuring cinematic landscapes where beggars are clothed, ruins are rebuilt, and beautiful losers waltz through existence.

https://www.facebook.com/events/230472824464744/

Come on out singles and couples! The LGBTQ Elder Advocates and AARP are hosting our first LGBTQ SENIOR PROM! Our Royal themed celebration will feature great tunes by DJ Sherry, a photo booth, and delicious hors d’oeuvres at Club Eleven (above Scandals).

This is for all LGBTQ elders, “elders in training” ;), and everyone 21+ and older who support them. It is held the night before Asheville Pride, so come start the celebration with us! Dress flashy or whatever makes you feel like royalty, it’s all about whatever makes you feel good!

Tickets: $15 per individual, $25 per couple. Pay cash or check at door.

Official Evite: http://evite.me/26TYvgweXz

https://www.facebook.com/events/1992589634137225/

Check out this month’s live music lineup:

Friday 9/7 – Peter Karp
Saturday 9/8 – Blue Dragons

Friday 9/14 – Sold Out First Aid Kit Concert with The Orange Peel
Saturday 9/15 – Chris Jamison

Friday 9/21 – The Old Chevrolette Set
Saturday 9/22 – Gold Rose

Wednesday 9/26 – Sold Out Primus Concert with The Orange Peel
Friday 9/28 – Third Nature
Saturday 9/29 – TurnUp Truk

https://www.facebook.com/events/2156555354597352/?event_time_id=2156555397930681

Pieces of Pisces will be opening up for “Wintervals” Friday the 28th 7-8pm at Triskelion Brewing

https://www.facebook.com/events/722930178049032/

We’re bringing the Shag Doctorz back for a free, End of Summer Party in the Park concert! Food trucks, at 6 pm, music starts at 7 pm.

https://www.facebook.com/events/295153187960750/

The Squirrel Nut Zippers began their musical journey in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in the mid 1990’s, as a musician’s escape from the cookie cutter world of modern rock radio at the time. Jimbo Mathus along with drummer/percussionist Chris Phillips formed the band as a casual musical foray among friends and family in the area. It wasn’t long before the band’s quirky mix of jazz chords, folk music, and punk rock leanings spread out of the region and attracted a national audience. Between 1995-2000 the Squirrel Nut Zippers sold over three million albums. Their watershed album, Hot (1996) was recorded in the heat of New Orleans, fueled by a youthful hunger to unlock the secrets of old world jazz. This passion mixed with klezmer, blues and random bits of contemporary musical leanings became the bands signature style. At the time, there were few other bands inhabiting this space. The album would eventually break free of any “jazz” stereotypes and land on commercial radio, taking the band to remarkable heights for what was essentially an anti-establishment sound. Years later and through chronicles of every kind, the band has emerged from a lengthy recording hiatus, invigorated, invested, and rejuvenated. “It’s not a reunion, it’s a revival” has been the battle cry for Mathus since reforming the group in 2016. With an all-star cast of New Orleans musicians, the band breathed new life in to the old material, and inspired Mathus to return to the studio to reignite the band’s unique, enigmatic sound.

Taller Than Dogs will lay down the beats; Moe’s will serve up the eats.

https://www.facebook.com/events/229455621258152/

Soul-baring music from one of Arizona’s up & coming indie-folk bands

Every story begins somewhere. Tow’rs began in the mountains of Flagstaff, Arizona. They were originally a group of strangers who found each other through a deep love for music & story telling. Over the years they have become a family, writing not just music together, but our lives. Sights are set on being students of story with one another and loving people through the craft.

$12 Advance / $12 Day of Show

Seated Lounge Show:: Limited Tables Available with a Dinner Reservation :: All Other Seating is First Come First Serve General Admission :: Please Call Venue for Dinner (Table) Reservations

https://www.facebook.com/events/533665347079350/

It’s Big Daddy’s 65th birthday.  The mood is somber, despite the festivities, because a number of evils poison the gaiety: greed, sins of the past and desperate hopes for the future as the knowledge that Big Daddy is dying slowly makes the rounds.

The “I Love the 80s Dance Party” is back! Come dressed to impress and dance to your favorite tunes from The Cure,Madonna, The GoGos, Duran Duran, and so much more….

Jello shots will also be on hand with 80s themes! :)

Free for members. $5 for non-members to pay for your annual membership.

https://www.facebook.com/events/249445979210562/

Located in the Appalachian Mountains of Western North Carolina, Kyle is a husband, father of 4, a pastor at Faithbridge, and multiple instrument singer/songwriter whose music is a product of his own creative and contemplative explorations, but exists to do more than entertain. The hope is to inspire and stir listeners to find their own art that is their lives given back to the world.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1689896927785804/

Nick Gonnering is a 12 string inspirational folk artist from the Asheville, NC area. His music is a reflection of his yogic journey through life and it centers around the heart, transformation, and clarity.

https://www.facebook.com/events/181497889285454/

Nick Gonnering returns for a Friday Patio session. One of our favorite live music performers!

Nick Gonnering is a 12 string inspirational folk artist from the Asheville, NC area. His music is a reflection of his yogic journey through life and it centers around the heart, transformation, and clarity.

After traveling the National Parks for the centennial out of a 1977 motorhome in 2016, Nick decided to truly pursue his passion for music and use his gift as a way to unite the people he loves. His most recent album “Finding My Niche” is an acoustic journal of his introspective journey into happiness and peace.

“Now More than ever, Music needs to be more than flashy personas and Ego. It needs to be inspirational, moving, and focused on opening the hearts of the world to work as one in the face of injustice” His newest music is centered around this idea. To bring people together through music and sharing of the hearts vibration. “We are emotional beings having a human experience, and I have been trying to cut my ego out of it so that the true essence of our spirit can shine through this beautiful conduit that is music!”

Nicks unique style is reminiscent of early John butler trio, jack Johnson and Michael hedges. With a voice similar to that of Jason Mraz and Brandon Boyd. His powerful lyrics will help guide you through his journey but also reflect on the macrocosm of the times we are surrounded by and how to steady your mind to remain truly and authentically you.

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https://www.facebook.com/events/680891642280176/

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https://www.facebook.com/events/672204176446147/

“Degenerate” Composers (Jewish composers who suffered under the Nazi 3rd Reich during WW II)

Hans Krása: Passacaglia and Fugue for String Trio
Hans Gál: String Trio in F-sharp minor, Op. 104
Gideon Klein: Trio for Violin, Viola, and Cello
Hans Krása: Dance Tanec

Sold-out houses and standing ovations characterize the performances of the renowned Aspen String Trio. After more than 20 years of friendship and music-making, the Trio is an ensemble with magical synergy. These three world-class instrumentalists each have a long-time association as artist-faculty with the Aspen Music Festival; combined they have performed across the globe in the world’s most prestigious venues.

Amanda Shires
plus Leah Blevins Music
Show : 8pm
Doors : 7pm
$18 – $25
Ages 18+
Partially seated show

Tickets & Info: www.theorangepeel.net/event/amanda-shires/

Amanda Shires is not an entertainer. She isn’t looking to help listeners escape their everyday lives or soundtrack celebrations. She isn’t reaching for celebrity, and she isn’t concerned with cultivating a personal brand. She is an artist in the true sense of the word, meaning she creates because she has a real need for the process of creating. That is not to say that the songs on My Piece Of Land aren’t entertaining, but that quality is a by-product. The real intention here is to relate.

Ms. Shires began her career as a teenager playing fiddle with the Texas Playboys. Since then, she’s toured and recorded with John Prine, Billy Joe Shaver, Todd Snider, Justin Townes Earle, Shovels & Rope, and most recently her husband Jason Isbell. Along the way she’s made three solo albums, each serving to document a particular period in her life while improving on the perceptive qualities of the previous record.

The songs on My Piece Of Land deal with family, with anxiety, with the phases of one young woman’s life; but the primary focus of My Piece Of Land is the concept of home. Ms. Shires addresses the similarities and differences between the home she was born into, the two homes she was eventually split between, and the home she has finally made for herself. Some of these stories are from the creator’s point of view and some most certainly are not. You’d be hard-pressed to identify which is which, though, considering the level of empathy involved in the creation of these stories. “The concept of home, like the concept of love, is more complex than it seems,” says Ms. Shires. “You start out with this inherited idea of home, but as you grow you realize that’s only a suggestion. You have to use that along with all the little pieces of wisdom you’ve picked up along the way to finally build your own place in the world.” Ms. Shires sometimes describes songwriting as “solving the puzzles,” but before the songwriter even begins to arrange rhymes and melodies, she must first be acquainted with the complicated workings of the heart.

Most of this album was written after Ms. Shires had reached the seven-month point in a summertime pregnancy, and was no longer able to travel. For a woman used to touring most of the year, being stuck inside brought challenges and offered creative rewards. “Pregnancy does weird things to you,” Amanda says. “You walk around holding your arms over your belly, sometimes almost overcome by anxiety. I constantly wondered if I would be able to protect this child, if my marriage would last forever, if I’d learned enough about the world to be a good mother. At the same time, you’re so excited, so hopeful, and so severely physically limited.” About how the setting affected the finished product, she says “This record turned out to be a personal record, set in our home where I had lots of time for reflection and time to face my concerns and

fears.” The listener can hear Ms. Shires unpacking those anxieties in a song like “Slippin,’” with its ruminations on what could go wrong in a relationship that seems stable.

There’ll be a trigger, then up starts the fire, a handful of matches some faulty wiring.
You’ll say you have this hollow feeling. Something’s always been missing. Tonight could be the night you go slippin’ away from me.

Her piece of land is one with a panoramic view, and she pays close attention to even the smallest details. Take, for instance, the first stanza of “Harmless.”

A phased golden light rained down from the streetlight. It fell across your shoulder, paused just above your collar.

With this description of one fleeting moment, the writer sets an entire scene. Ms. Shires would argue that the term “poet” should not be used to mean “unusually perceptive songwriter,” since the roles of modern songwriter and poet are so very different. However, it isn’t hard to understand how her post-graduate education in poetry helps Ms. Shires choose which details to include. “It’s all about precision. My time in the MFA (Master Of Fine Arts) program at Sewanee taught me a lot about different ways of writing and how they all have one thing in common: the better you are at editing, the better your work will be. Spending long hours workshopping poems and reading the classics gave me a solid standard when it came time to edit my songs.”

Ms. Shires recorded My Piece Of Land under the guidance of brilliant Nashville producer Dave Cobb at his Low Country Sound studio. Inviting Cobb to produce My Piece Of Land was an easy decision to make, considering Ms. Shires had worked with him before on Jason Isbell’s albums Southeastern and Something More Than Free. Ms. Shires knew of Dave’s propensity toward arranging the songs in-studio, rather than rehearsing or making demos beforehand. Cobb believes in the spontaneity of early takes, and with the proficient rhythm section of Paul Slivka and Paul Griffith, the studio band was able to record the album in a relatively short amount of time without sacrificing performance quality. This approach gives each song on the album emotional urgency along with a groove that’s loose and effortless.

Among other things, “Pale Fire” is about consciously shifting one’s own priorities. There are two types of lovers: the kind we need and the kind we want. The hard part is finding someone who represents both. “You Are My Home” is written as a gift, a token of appreciation to someone who has helped the narrator define her place in the world. “Mineral Wells” is a song Ms. Shires wrote many years ago, after relocating to Nashville from her childhood home in Texas. It speaks to the part of us that never really leaves that original homeplace.

With My Piece Of Land, you get the sense that Amanda Shires has reached a personal pinnacle. This album is the creative milestone suited to accompany the recent milestones in her life: becoming a mother, developing into a true artist, and finally finding a home.

www.amandashiresmusic.com

https://www.facebook.com/events/471122143317266/

WHERE: Ambrose West, 312 Haywood Road, 28806
WHEN: Friday September 28, 2018
DOORS: 7pm | SHOW: 8pm
GENRE: improv comedy
AGES: all ages
SEATS: seated general admission
TICKETS: $10 g.a. / $15 VIP (guaranteed seat in 1st 3 rows!)
WEB LISTING: http://www.ambrosewest.com/rpbss

Founded in 2011, RPB is a group that hopes to change the world through the power of improv…or not. Called into being by the Universal Mind to spread joy, odd noises and viral goofiness for the betterment of man.

https://www.facebook.com/events/203621123661915/

At age 81, Buddy Guy is a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a pioneer of Chicago’s fabled West Side sound, and a living link to the city’s golden days of electric blues.

Guy has received seven Grammy® Awards, along with a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award and 37 Blues Music Awards – the most any artist has won. He has been honored with the Billboard Magazine Century Award for distinguished artistic achievement, a Kennedy Center Honor, and the Presidential National Medal of Arts. Rolling Stone magazine ranks him #23 in its “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.”

The title of Guy’s latest album says it all: The Blues Is Alive and Well. The legendary blues artist’s 18th solo LP and follow-up to 2015’s “Best Blues Album” Grammy-winner, Born to Play Guitar, showcases his raw and unadulterated sound. The new album is the latest triumph in an already-legendary career.

A major influence on rock titans like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, Guy is a genuine American treasure and one of the final surviving connections to a historic era in the country’s musical evolution.

https://www.facebook.com/events/435561783550091/

Derek McCoy -Guitar
Nikao Wallace -Drums
Tim Winter -Bass

Back at one of our new favorite spots to play. The last show we did there was killer. Be there and help us make this one even better!

https://www.facebook.com/events/183983762261107/