Calendar of Events

We’re back this holiday season popping up at the Asheville Masonic Temple!

Shop our festive 20-day pop up shop featuring some of the area’s best in handmade and vintage. We’ve curated goods featuring over 125 local & indie makers, designers, and vintage wares including clothing, jewelry, decor, greeting cards, and more. You’re sure to find the perfect gift for everyone on your list!

HOLIDAY POP UP SHOP
Open November 30 – December 19
10am-8pm everyday
The Asheville Masonic Temple
80 Broadway St, Asheville, NC 28801

OPENING PARTY
Saturday, December 1 | 6-9pm
Join us Saturday evening for our Opening Party, December 1st from 6-9pm and enjoy complimentary Bhramari Brewing Co beer, sweet bites, live music, and fairy hair.

SPECIAL EVENTS
Saturday, December 1 | 12-7pm
Take a timeless portrait with Revelry Tintype

Sundays, December 2, 9, and 16 | 1-3pm
Take some time for your self during this busy season with a relaxing chair massage with LMBT Massage by Amy Gallagher Massey

For more details and a full list of vendors visit: https://www.showandtellpopupshop.com/

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FREE Santa Photos will be available at the center through December 24 at the The North Carolina Arboretum sponsored Santa Set. Every family who visits Santa at Asheville Outlets will receive two FREE 4” x 6” Santa photo prints and a digital download of a single image. Free Santa Photos is hosted by Great Beginnings Lead To Great Smiles.

(Additional photos and Christmas merchandise are available for purchase. One giveaway per family, per Christmas season. Some restrictions may apply. Valid only through December 24, 2018.)

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FREE Santa Photos are back at Asheville Outlets (ShopAshevilleOutlets.com)! From November 17th through December 24th, every family who visits Santa will receive two FREE 4”x6” Santa photo prints and a digital download of a single image. Additional photos and Christmas merchandise are available for purchase. FREE Santa photo is sponsored by Great Beginnings Great Smiles; the FREE Santa photo set is sponsored by North Carolina Arboretum Winter Lights.

Santa’s Photo Hours are:
11 a.m. – 8 p.m. Monday – Saturday, Sundays, 12 p.m. – 6 p.m. and Christmas Eve, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Santa takes a break to feed his reindeer weekdays and Saturdays: 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. + 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. and Sundays, 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Located at food court. One giveaway per family, per Christmas season. Some restrictions may apply, valid only through December 24, 2018.

From a primal flow to a gentle meditative dance, our internal compass guides us as we connect with our own internal rhythms and sense of knowing.

Tara (Becky) will take you on a journey of the senses. While drinking in the sacred sounds of heart beat and breath, we take the ability to listen and to feel even deeper within. We
tap into that intuitive sense of knowing; how and when to move and when to be still. Allow yourself to reconnect to that sacred animal within, ultimately reminding us how to simply be both on and off of the yoga mat.

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Network and have lunch with new and old friends while you promote your business products and services in South Asheville at Post 25 Kitchen & Lounge. Bring a big stack of business cards and a friend if you like. ALL are invited, no cost to attend the meeting, we just ask that you support our host restaurant and buy your lunch (the food is exceptional!)
Thanks to our Sponsors!
– Lone Bird Studio Asheville Web Design
– Big Frog Custom T-Shirts & More
– Radius Chiropractic
– Rainbow International of Asheville
– Montreat College School of Adult and Graduate Studies
– CBIZ, Inc. Flex-Pay
– Coach Bill Gilliland
Join our MeetUp Group: https://www.meetup.com/Asheville-Business-Networking

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Every Tuesday we have a tap takeover! This month, we want to welcome One World Brewing. Come in tomorrow and every Tuesday this month to see our selection of OWB beers on draft.

#localbeer #AVLbreweries #burgersandbeer #buylocal #taptakeover #BeerCity

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As Virginia Woolf said, “one cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” Food and water are essential for survival, but mankind’s relationship to food has transformed over time from one of sustenance to one laden with personal and cultural significance.

A Matter of Taste explores depictions of food and drink in art and reveals how images of fruits and vegetables can function as complex metaphors for excess, status, memory, and politics. Drawn from southern museums and private collections, this exhibition showcases over 35 paintings, decorative arts, and works on paper by artists such as Andy Warhol, Wayne Thiebaud, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Claes Oldenburg.

This show spans 400 years and multiple continents, revealing the evolving role of food and drink in various media and cultural contexts. While depictions of fruit and vegetables appeared in ancient times, still life painting as an independent genre dates to 16th-century Holland.

In 19th-century America, still life paintings remained popular but evolved in terms of subject matter, media, and message. Painters such as Thomas Wightman, George Forster, and De Scott Evans embraced Dutch still lifes and used food as commentary on the current political climate and the transient state of the human condition.

Illustrated newspapers led to an increase of cartoons by artists such as Winslow Homer and William Hogarth, who utilized food and drink as social satire. The 20th-century modern art movement further changed the perception of food. The culture of mass production enabled Pop artists to elevate seemingly mundane foodstuffs to high art. Yet, other contemporary artists explored the symbolic and nostalgic role of food seen in works by Tim Tate, Linda Armstrong, and Laquita Thomson.

Visitors will also experience an elaborately set dining table fit for a sumptuous feast. Dining became its own art form over time and communicated one’s social standing and wealth. Each of the table’s six place settings represent a different culture and offer a glimpse into global dining customs. Selective drinkware will accompany this section revealing how tea sets and even punch bowls reflected an owner’s prestige.

Looking for that perfect gift? Our apparel (hoodies, t-shirts, caps) will be 15% off through Dec. 24th.

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Music and Art Showcase for students in grade 4th – 8th.

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Theatre of the Oppressed (T.O.) is a form of popular community-based education that uses theater as a tool for social change. Originally developed out of Augusto Boal’s revolutionary work with peasant and worker populations in Latin America, it is now used all over the world for social and political activism, conflict resolution, community building, therapy, and government legislation. It is also practiced on a grassroots level by community organizers, activists, teachers, social workers, cultural animators, and more. In the Theatre of the Oppressed, the audience becomes active, such that as “spect-actors” they explore, show, analyse and transform the reality in which they are living.

Lise Kloeppel joined the UNC Asheville Drama Department in 2008, where she’s been actively involved with TheatreUNCA as an actress (Urinetown) and director (The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek). She has experience in a variety of educational and community settings as a public school teacher, teaching artist, administrator, and community-based artist.

“With a background in popular education (Freire) and theater of the oppressed (Boal) philosophy and practices, I use theater and the arts as an educational and community-building tool for people from all different ages, experiences, and backgrounds to find new ways of actively engaging in the world around them. I am interested in the role artists play in society and how we can use our tools of transformation to create a more just, peaceful, and connected world.” – Lise Kloeppel

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The West Asheville Tailgate Market will be hosting our annual Indoor Holiday Market at the Mothlight! The market will run on the Tuesdays between Thanksgiving and Christmas, Nov. 27, Dec. 4, Dec. 11, and Dec. 18.

Buy your weekly groceries and pick up locally made holiday gifts from your favorite West Asheville Tailgate Market vendors. There will be music and beverages! Bring your family and friends!

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Join us as we celebrate the kick-off of winter break and alumni coming home with music, gingerbread decorating, a hot beverage bar, and an ugly holiday sweater competition—followed by the Home for the Holidays Dinner & Alumni Basketball game! Holiday Hoopla is a free celebration! Guests may attend either or both events. R.S.V.P. by emailing [email protected]. Complete details at https://www.carolinaday.org/page.cfm?p=1539

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Winter Fest Party!
3-5 p.m.
Join us for gingerbread decorating, ugly holiday sweater contest, hot beverage bar, music, and more! Festive fun for all ages! (Ugly Sweater Contest winner judging 3-4 p.m.; winners announced at 4:30 p.m. )

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Home for the Holidays Dinner & Alumni Basketball!
5-7 p.m. (Tip-off is approximately 5:30 p.m.)
Enjoy dinner on us while watching our alumni from a variety of years hit the courts in a special game! FREE event! All ages and all community members welcome—dinner is complimentary. (If you are interested in playing in the Alumni Basketball game, please contact Elizabeth Garland: [email protected], 828-210-9149.)

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Each individual who donates more than $25 worth of toys will be given a 10% discount, that day, toward their entire tab.

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Every first and third Tuesday of the month, we’ll have basic computer skills classes in our computer lab downstairs. Come and improve your skills in a patient and understanding environment.

All library events are free. No registration is required for the class and everyone is welcome.
Computers may be limited based on capacity.
For more information or call 250-4717.

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Let us take the stress away of gift wrapping and let us take care of it! We are wrapping gifts for donations from now until Christmas Eve. The money will benefit the fur babies of Henderson County.?

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Please join us for our free adoption information meeting. Interact with Bethany adoption specialists who will share their expertise and answer your questions. Learn how to make adoption more affordable with grants, loans, and many other programs. Register on our website to reserve your spot.

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Every Tuesday join us from 5pm-8pm for build your own tacos!

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Join us at the Del Webb Library on Tuesday December 18th from 5:00pm to 7:00pm as we celebrate Christmas! Miss Maggie will read some festive stories while everyone enjoys snacks and cocoa. Afterwards children are encouraged to sit with Santa Claus for pictures and a present to take home. This program is open for all families to attend!

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A fun drawing class that doesn’t take itself seriously, learn to draw figures, objects, and draw from your thoughts. Listen to a selected album and draw what you hear, have a timed switch draw with other people in the class and see what is created. Materials are supplied or bring your own drawing materials! Program will be held in our auditorium downstairs. If you cannot make the full 2 hours, come when you can! Please just be sure to sign up so we have enough supplies for everyone and the instructor can prepare properly.
Older teens and Adults only.
Registration is required. **Registration signs you up for this one class, not a series of classes. Register for the class at the link posted:
https://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library/branch-locations/pack-memorial.aspx?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D130154142

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Jump into your favorite pair of jammies and head over to Asheville Outlets (ShopAshevilleOutlets.com) for a North Pole Pajama Party Tuesday, December 18th from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Kids, as well as mom + dad will enjoy complimentary Lindt Chocolate Shop hot chocolate and savor special holiday truffles.

Afterwards, the first 50 shoppers in-line to visit Santa for FREE Santa Photos (2 FREE 4″x6″ prints and a digital download of a single image) will receive a $5 gift card from Lindt Chocolate Shop and surprise swag bag!

Open 5:00 – 10:00 p.m. Advance Tickets Required. Enjoy the wonder of the park dazzlingly lit for the holidays, with a nighttime train and more.

Join Asheville Girls Pint Out for their annual white elephant swap and holiday party! This year our host will Be Cork & Craft in WAVL.

Bring a WRAPPED gift to swap. The gift MUST be under $15 and has to be related to craft beer in some way, but it CANNOT be beer or glassware.

LADIES ONLY. 21+

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Candlelight Christmas Evenings*
Saturday, November 3, 2018 – Saturday, January 5, 2019 (Select Dates)

*Check website for availability/dates
*By reservation only.
*Pricing varies by date.

Candlelight, firelight, and live music bring holiday warmth to the extravagant holiday décor of Biltmore House, creating an evening to remember. Evening guests can also take advantage of Antler Hill Village & Winery to enjoy free wine tastings. Advance reservations are required for evening visits.

Learn more about #ChristmasAtBiltmore or plan your visit: biltmore.com/Christmas

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Low County Boil prepared by Chuck Connolly $25.00 per person (wine will be sold by bottle or glass). Reservations required. Call the wine shop or email – [email protected]

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Check out what Boss Chick is all about in this FREE promo class!
This class will start a regular schedule of every Tuesday at 5:30 PM starting January 8th!

The Boss Chick Dance Workout is a hardcore Hip Hop, Dancehall & Afrobeats dance workout that will have women poppin’, lockin’ and droppin’ their way to a bangin’ new body. The class features dance combinations in the styles of Hip Hop, Dancehall, Twerk and Afrobeats dance along with a core strength training series and cool down stretch.

Space is limited! Reserve your spot here: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=330572&stype=-104&sView=day&sLoc=0&date=12/18/18

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The transition space between Fall & Winter can be tough on our physical bodies, and often leads to mental and emotional exhaustion as the busy-ness of the holidays is in full swing. This guided practice, led by Kelsey Burke E-RYT, is an offering of healing for both body & soul.

During this 1.5 hour practice, Kelsey will guide students through a gentle Restorative Yoga sequence, followed by a guided, healing Yoga Nidra meditation to reset body & mind as we move into this new season.

Together we will rest, relax, and restore the body, as we turn inward to honor and nurture the light within. No experience in yoga or meditation is necessary. Please wear comfortable and warm clothing, including cozy socks.

Cost is $15 preregister; $20 day of the event.

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Join Asheville GreenWorks, City of Asheville and West Asheville Branch Library for a FREE composting workshop. Learn basic to advanced composting techniques!

Topics:
Tumbling Composters
Static Compost Bins
Indoor Vermicomposting
How to speed up your composter
Building your own system
and MORE!

Static compost bins will be for sale at this workshop.

This event is free but we ask that you RSVP https://goo.gl/forms/g0VadK7YWujXvVrq2. Call 828-254-1776 or email [email protected] for questions.

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Join us this month for Cooking with The Dining Diva! Molly will be pulling out the “Wow Your Friends and Family” holiday brunch recipes. Menu to come! Space is very limited and only a few tickets remain! So call to sign up today!

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“A Christmas Carol” appears for one week at the Red Rocker Inn in Black Mountain, North Carolina.

“A Christmas Carol” is a raucous and fun retelling of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol. This one-man show will be appearing in December at the Red Rocker Inn for the week before Christmas.

Beautifully staged at the historic Red Rocker Inn Bed & Breakfast and Restaurant in Black Mountain, NC. Always charming, the inn will be lavishly decorated in her holiday finest. Menu includes prime rib and other festive delights served with impeccable style.

“A Christmas Carol” is a call to return to family and to bring love and caring for the less fortunate. The production is one-third Masterpiece Theater and two-thirds live interactive Comedic Theater. Dickens’s biting commentary on a life based on a banker’s balance sheet is as fresh and funny as yesterday’s news.

Performance Dates in 2017:
Tuesday December 18th at 6:00 PM
Wednesday, December 19th at 6:00 PM
Friday, December 21st at 6:00 PM
Saturday, December 22nd at 6:00 PM

The Red rocker Inn: 136 N Dougherty St, Black Mountain, NC 28711
http://www.RedRockerInn.com
http://www.ericwolf.org/scrooge/
Ticket Cost:
$65.00 Dinner Included
Reserve Tickets:
(828) 669-5991

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