Calendar of Events

Join us for our March meeting. Join us for a showing of the film Legalize Equality followed by a panel discussion with ERA-NC Alliance representatives Roberta Madden & Jimmie Cochran Pratt.

Dinner will be served, so let us know if you are planning to attend and enjoy dinner with us. RSVP by March 17th using this link:

http://bit.ly/RSVPDWBCMarch2019

Dinner cost is $12 for members, $15 for non-members.

If you’d like to renew your membership or join the Democratic Women, now is the time! Dues are $25 per year.

We hope to see you there!

https://www.facebook.com/events/909754699194751/

Peace Center Artist-in-Residence Igor Begelman hosts a FREE monthly music appreciation gathering that will unpack the rich traditions, diverse styles, and great composers of chamber music and beyond. Each interlude features a unique pairing ranging from Bach and Bordeaux to Chopin and Champagne, providing a multi-sensory sip, listen, and learn experience that highlights a musical period. Interludes are the perfect time to unwind, meet up, and connect with your musical community! (Featured drink will be available for purchase.)

THIS MONTH’S PAIRING: Ravel and Riesling
Step into one of Claude Monet’s gardens and delight in the Impressionist period when music sought to convey moods or capture feelings. Mimicking the visual artists of the time, the structure of a work of art became subordinate to its effect. In the years containing the first movie theater and the invention of color photography, the world was brimming with opportunities to fill life with audio and visual encounters. Be impressed and join us!

https://www.facebook.com/events/2115102288514558/

“Oyster, Oyster” is back at Legends. Join us every Thursday night at Legends on the Lake starting at 5:30pm. Fresh $.60 Oyster Raw Bar. And Chef features from the kitchen including:
• Oysters Rockefeller
• Oyster Scampi
For details, please call 828.694.3045.

https://www.facebook.com/events/379711562563277/?event_time_id=379711599229940

Why is FSI different than any Middle and High Schools in our area? Why do we focus on the whole child, not just the academic child? What is project-based learning? What is an EL education? What is a charter school?

Find out more about our school during our info sessions.

Please RSVP to:
https://www.franklinschoolofinnovation.org/admissions/prospective-students/

https://www.facebook.com/events/331098524167608/

The talk presents the story of a community of African Americans in northern Pickens County, South Carolina. Descendants of freed slaves obtaining land in 1865, the community persists largely through the efforts of Mable Owens Clarke, the family matriarch. The story chronicles five generations of the Owens family and their neighbors, describing their struggles through slavery, Reconstruction, the Jim Crow era, and the desegregation of the state. By using ethnographic interviews and secondary sources, the story allows members of a largely ignored community to present their own history for the first time. The story sheds new light on the African American experience in Appalachia, the resilience of a black community in the face of white oppression, and a new way to understand the symbolic relationship between residents and the land they occupy, a sentiment common in the Appalachians.

John M. Coggeshall (Ph.D. Anthropology, SIU-Carbondale, 1984) is Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice at Clemson University. His research Interests include American regional and folk groups, mountain cultures and sense of place, and rural African-American communities. His publications include Liberia, South Carolina: an African American Appalachian Community (University of North Carolina Press, 2018); Carolina Piedmont Country (University Press of Mississippi, 1996); and Vernacular architecture in Southern Illinois: the ethnic heritage (with J. Nast, SIU Press, 1988). He is currently working on a manuscript titled “Mountains of Menace and Majesty.”

Appalachian Evenings are free of charge and all are welcome. The event will be held in the Ramsey Center, which is located inside Renfro Library on the campus of Mars Hill University.

For events that happen before 6pm on a weekday, please park in the lot on Bailey Street just next to the Greenway – across the street from Chambers Gym. After 6pm, visitors may park in any available green or white parking space, even if it is designated “faculty” or “students.”

https://www.facebook.com/events/283756389032973/

Join community members for vegan desserts at the Block Off Biltmore! We’ll be talking about the Rojava Revolution, a feminist, pluralist, and ecological revolution currently taking place in Northern Syria against the backdrop of fascism and warfare.

A sliding scale donation of $10 to $20 — with no one turned away — covers your desserts and benefits an upcoming delegation of community members from Western North Carolina who are travelling to Rojava to participate in and observe the radical transformation taking place. The event will include a short film followed by presentation and discussion! Bring extra dollars for a limited edition t-shirt designed by local artist Emily Eagan to celebrate the upcoming Rojava/Appalachia exchange!

Note that this event is NOT at Firestorm although Firestorm is hosting an Internationalist Commune of Rojava Q&A on March 16th!

https://www.facebook.com/events/456029414935453/

An evening of fly tying with the crew from Southern Drifters Outfitters, LLC at Homeplace Beer Co. Come learn how to tie your favorite patterns or learn new techniques from some of the great tyers in the area. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. There will be materials and tools provided for those that want to try their hand at tying. This is an evening of flies and brews so come have a good time. Many a fish tale to be told!

https://www.facebook.com/events/357257808236823/?event_time_id=357257818236822

Circle Round : Come and celebrate Ostara, the Spring Equinox, with our Drum and Chant Circle. Help raise energy and bring Life back to the Earth, as you learn new rhythms and chants within the sacred circle. Bring drums/rhythm instruments if you have them, and enthusiasm. We will have some extra rhythm instruments available for use. Love donations for use of space and/or contributions of canned goods for the foodbank are welcome.

Presented by Meade, Founder and drum mistress of Ouroboros Drum Circe and co-founder of Tuatha Dea Celtic Tribal Drum Family, and Rhiannon of SerpentStone on Thursday, March 21, 2019, from 6-8 pm.

Circle Round is a monthly forum which meets on the third Thursday of each month from 6-8 pm at the Raven and Crone, 555 Merrimon Ave., Asheville, NC. For further info, or if you wish to be a presenter for a future meeting, contact Rhiannon at [email protected].

https://www.facebook.com/events/378999766235997/

Some of Asheville’s racial history is hidden away, and some of it is hidden in plain sight. Who were the people behind names like Vance, Merrimon, Patton and Dickson? What people and places have been mostly forgotten? Learn about the research Claxton students have done, and join us in a discussion about how we as a community are affected by who and what we choose to remember. FREE for anyone to attend with childcare provided to Claxton families only. Please RSVP to help us with numbers.

https://www.facebook.com/events/599097487180623/

Gut health has been proven to contribute to brain health, heart health, and overall immune system wellness. Join us for these three workshops, and learn how to eat and move better for a healthy gut!

Fermenting 101: Sauerkraut, Kimchi, and Kombucha
February 21 | 6:00-7:30 p.m.

Happy Belly Yoga
March 21 | 6:00-7:30 p.m.

Improving Digestion with Ayurveda
April 18 | 6:00-7:30 p.m.

$15 per class | Save 15% by registering for the entire series

https://www.facebook.com/events/576089376151730/?event_time_id=576246616136006

Dulci Ellenberger and Kevin Williams come together as members of the bands Moves, Big Sound Harbor and Cowboy Judy to form a uniquely groovy duo. Highlighting intricately crafted two part harmony and dynamic arrangements.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1872861536172680/

For our March 21st meeting of the Chimney Rock Village Community Development Association, our dinner host will be the Esmeralda Inn.
A chef-inspired dinner will be served at 6 pm, and then we’ll convene the meeting at 6:30 pm.
Everyone is welcome, but only CDA members can vote on any actions. Not a member? Not a problem! Come learn all about the work of our organization and how we promote all things Chimney Rock Village! Look for the agenda later in the month.
Your RSVP is strongly encouraged so that the Esmeralda Inn can plan accordingly.

https://www.facebook.com/events/302458993788572/

Let the professionals show you how these often overlooked/disposed of parts can be the tastiest bits of the whole animal.

We’ll make a liver pâté,a kidney pie, and headcheese from our locally sourced animals while enjoying a pairing with some delicious wines and other charcuterie.

https://www.facebook.com/events/338983443616276/

THIS IS IT!
Did you miss TOYBOX THEATRE’s new epic blockbuster puppet play!?!
Here is your chance to catch the 2019 Asheville Fringe Festival award winner!
WINNER: Funniest Show AND Fringiest of The Fringe!
Follow a handful of dead rock stars as they go on a mystical quest to obtain enlightenment! The story is told thru the use of tons of handmade props and puppets with live music provided by Michael Woodward of the band Aquamule
Show starts at 6pm!
$15 at the door

https://www.facebook.com/events/580356449042913/

Patrick Dodd, a fan-favorite contestant from The Voice, will be joining us every Thursday to rock out with his band and the occasional special guest. Swing on by the Tasting Room for some southern-styled rock and jam influenced tunes, $3 pints of Highland Pilsner, and a limited small batch brew that we like to call For the Love of Dodd!

About Patrick Dodd

After years of honing his chops on Beale Street in Memphis, TN, Native Memphian, Patrick Dodd was recently thrust into the national spotlight as a contestant on NBC’s The Voice. Viewers loved his signature rasping growl that echoes with soul and heartfelt rocking rhythm that Dodd displayed on stage for a worldwide audience to hear! Viewers cried “Foul” when Dodd was eliminated from the show and demanded that he get on the road and tour.

Patrick and his band have been influenced by such gifted players as Gregg Allman, The Black Crowes, The Black Keys, Gov’t Mule and Derek Trucks along with soul icons like Steve Wonder and Ray Charles. The group gets every room moving, from the first note to the final guitar flourishes.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2288090488099272/?event_time_id=2288090524765935

Join us for trivia every Thursday at 6. Check each date for our new theme!

Think you know your stuff? We’ll call your bluff!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1231329450367252/?event_time_id=1231329500367247

These are our regular Public Events. If you want to schedule a private session you can here: https://www.betterthanunicorns.com/play-vr/

We pick the games, you pay a flat admission fee of $15 ($10 for students) and jam!
Come early… we will queue players up as you show up!

Sign our waiver, rules, and media release ahead of time here: https://www.betterthanunicorns.com/play-vr/

Bring your friends and #getyourheadinthegame!

Become a Patreon to join our inner circle to explore how deep the immersive rabbit hole goes: https://www.patreon.com/betterthanunicorns!

https://www.facebook.com/events/302734167026800/?event_time_id=302734280360122

Beginning Stained Glass: Foil Method!
Four-week series at MACA ?

Instructor: Catherine Bruggeman
Course Questions: 910.915.9104
Registration 828.652.8610 or at mcdowellarts.org
Location: MACA 50 S Main st. Marion, NC
Times: Thursdays in March | March 7, 14, 21, & 28 | 6:30-8:30 pm
Cost: $135.00

This is a 4-week beginner’s course in handcrafting stained glass
panels. Sessions will meet from 6:30-8:30 pm on Thursdays, March
7, 14, 21, and 28th

Students will get an overview of the history, design, methods and techniques used in designing and creating stained glass windows. Students will complete a 14×14 inch quilt block pattern and use their choice of colors. Background color will be Single Glue Chip Clear to make your design POP! Students learn by hands on application as they are instructed on a step by step approach to; selecting glass color and texture, preparing the pattern, “cutting” (scoring) glass, foiling, staging and soldering, and finally, cleaning, finishing, framing and displaying the panel.

Syllabus

Week 1 History, Construction Methods, Pattern Selection, Glass Selection, and pattern Prep., Number and Cut.
-Complete all steps to begin “cutting” next week. Students can complete their pattern prep at home if time does not allow.

Week 2 We Score! (“cut” practice glass)
Use of Pliers, Breaking techniques, Pattern Placement, Number, “Cut” and clean all pieces. Discuss Foil method, types of foil.
-All pieces must be “cut” during session. Careful with drinks- glass
flies!

Week 3 Foil all pieces and “map” Placement, accurately fit.
-Complete all foiling and placement-ready to solder. Homework, can complete foiling at home if necessary.

Week 4 Solder! Flux, Tack and bead panel, flip, repeat! Add hanging Hardware, Clean and patina (Optional), Show off!!! Picture Time.
-No snacks tonight! You may transfer some chemicals with your hands. You will be framing the project with wood (optional).

Supplied by Instructor for use during the class.
1. Pattern, Choice of Glass, Pattern Scissors (if necessary), Paper and sharpies, Glass cutters and oil, paper
towels and cloths, Breaking and Grozing Pliers, Running Pliers, Adhesive backed Copper Foil,
Burnishing tool, Project “board”, Flux and Flux Brush, Solder and soldering Iron, Whiting (cleaning
material for class) and brushes, Patina (optional), Hang rings or Wood frame.
2. Safety Goggles, BANDAIDES! Yup- you will need them at least once during the 4 sessions? Aprons.
3. Weekly Handouts with tips and tricks.
4. FABULOUS instruction and Fun!

https://www.facebook.com/events/2361904214039437/?event_time_id=2361904227372769

Join us to connect with parents of children living with T1D at this regularly scheduled meeting and learn some advanced management techniques from our local Pediatric Endocrinology group. For more information please reach out to Megan Ritchie at [email protected]

https://www.facebook.com/events/337148110222418/

Irish Session at Triskelion!
( Every first and third Thursday of the month)

A session is a community celebration of traditional Celtic Music and an exploration of a vast, colorful, musical world that originates from Ireland, Scotland and the other Celtic nations.

The tunes start at 6:30 and the final set will finish by 8:30; every first and third Thursday of the month.

All skill levels are welcome, beginners are invited and it is free to the public. We will mainly be playing dance tunes from the Irish music tradition, but certainly not strictly!

If you are interested in playing traditional Celtic music, please come join us!

https://www.facebook.com/events/137638900463983/?event_time_id=137638920463981

Join your fellow PTs, PTAs, and PT/PTA students in Asheville on Thursday, March 21st at 6:30 pm for #PTPubNight.

If you can’t make the event or wish to check in early, you can do so at http://ptpubnight.com/checkin. We’ll donate $1 for each online check-in to Global Women’s Health Initiative.

Site Leader: Ansrea Iturralde

https://www.facebook.com/events/2217576621892425/

$1 off flagships!

It’s like Open Mic night, but every song is guaranteed to sound good! Share your vinyls with us and we’ll play them for you! 6:30 – 8:30

https://www.facebook.com/events/347259619444923/?event_time_id=347259656111586

Join us every Thursday night at 6:30 for the finest trivia in Asheville! Complete with fantastic beer and awesome prizes courtesy of Catawba Brewing Co.
Find out more info @ https://www.facebook.com/trivianightatcatawbabiltmore/

https://www.facebook.com/events/359055401343268/?event_time_id=359055444676597

Women Get the Job Done
Doors 6pm / Panel 6:30pm
Free Event – First Come First Serve
Women have historically been few and far between in positions producing music, conducting orchestras or engineering audio. But recently, this paradigm has begun to shift. In this panel discussion, attendees will examine this sea change with music industry trailblazers including recording engineer Susan Rogers, musician Rissi Palmer, conductor Melisse Brunet, and musician and scientist Sally Sparks.

Women Who Move the Needle
Doors 7:30pm / Show 8pm
Tickets: $15
A follow-up performance to the early evening panel discussion, Women Get the Job Done, Women Who Move the Needle features an all-women powerhouse concert that pays tribute to the pioneering women of music history. The performance will bring together a supergroup of favorite local artists for a setlist including favorites from female innovators like Aretha Franklin, Joan Baez, Annie Lennox ,Nina Simone and a whole lot more.

The band will be:

Eliza Hill
Kayla McKinney
Nicole Nicolopoulos
Rachel Waterhouse
Ashli Bales
Coco Eva Solange
Tasnim Setayesh
Marisa Blake
April Bennett

To purchase tickets, call 828.254.7046 or visit the Asheville Symphony office at 27 College Place, Suite 100, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday, or order online via the link below.
https://ashevillesymphony.secure.force.com/ticket#sections_a0F1N00000uDrP2UAK

Presented by: Asheville Music Professionals and Connect Beyond Festival with the Asheville Symphony Orchestra!

These are just two of the many amazing events happening during Asheville Amadeus Festival. More info here:https://ashevillesymphony.org/asheville-amadeus/asheville-amadeus-2019-events/

https://www.facebook.com/events/383213289134328/

Did you love Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Jessica Simpson, and maybe Mandy Moore back in the 90s or still to this day? Come celebrate all the Pop Princesses of the 90’s with hit songs, delicious food and great beer! Cider & wine on draft as well! Prizes for all Bingo winners! Cheers everyone!

https://www.facebook.com/events/329159391045654/

Main St. NoTones – Acoustic jam session at the Hub. The NoTones welcome all singers & musicians. First & Third Thursday of each month, 7:00 pm – whenever.

https://www.facebook.com/events/244654603082232/?event_time_id=244654619748897

$15 Advance / $15 Day of Show

Maybe April is a Country Americana group from Nashville, made up of Katy DuBois and Alaina Stacey. They met at a music industry camp in Nashville, TN and wrote a song that would later take them to Los Angeles to play at a GRAMMY week event, along with Bonnie Raitt, Kris Kristofferson, and many others. Maybe April is recognized for their harmonies, strength as instrumentalists, original songs, and shared roles as front-women, each adding something different to their unique sound.

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/279613439388167/

THE TOBACCONIST
Director: Nikolaus Leytner
Language: German w/English subtitles
108 Minutes

Thursday, March 21 at 7:00 pm
Friday, March 22 at 1:00 pm
All tickets $10

A tender, heart-breaking story about one young man and his friendship with Sigmund Freud during the Nazi occupation of Vienna. Seventeen-year-old Franz journeys to Vienna to apprentice at a tobacco shop. There he meets Sigmund Freud (Bruno Ganz), a regular customer, and over time the two very different men form a singular friendship. When Franz falls desperately in love with the music-hall dancer Anezka, he seeks advice from the renowned psychoanalyst, who admits that the female sex is as big a mystery to him as it is to Franz. As political and social conditions in Austria dramatically worsen with the Nazis’ arrival in Vienna, Franz, Freud, and Anezka are swept into the maelstrom of events. Each has a big decision to make: to stay or to flee?

Tickets may be purchased in advance at the Fine Arts Theatre Box Office, or online at AshevilleJewishFilmFestival.com.

Watch the trailer:
https://youtu.be/r_eqtpuEAJE

https://www.facebook.com/events/2371617286407749/

This 97-minute documentary takes the audience on a visceral ride of raw emotions and dramatic events based on Jack Kerouac’s brilliantly honest 1962 novel, Big Sur. The film is told through narrative, selected readings, music and candid interviews with notable writers, scholars, poets, actors and musicians including, Tom Waits, Patti Smith, Aram Saroyan, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Sam Shepard. With a post-film discussion led by filmmakers, Curt Worden and Gloria Bailen.

FREE for BMBC+AC members + students w/ID / $8 non-members

https://www.facebook.com/events/2113921972026438/

Sale Dates and Times:

Public Onsale : Mon, 10 Sep 2018 at 02:00 PM

https://www.facebook.com/events/320943785133650/