Calendar of Events
Upcoming events and things to do in Asheville, NC. Below is a list of events for festivals, concerts, art exhibitions, group meetups and more.
Interested in adding an event to our calendar? Please click the green “Post Your Event” button below.
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Summer Art Camp To Go!
Join us for Summer Art Camp To Go! Sessions are available for K–12 students. Each weekly session includes several age-appropriate art projects using a variety of materials to engage students in an exploration of art through creativity and imagination. Enrollment is limited, and registration is required.Registration includes instructional videos for each project, art materials, and daily virtual classes. Virtual classes—beginning at 10am via Zoom—include time for inspiration, Q&A, and sharing. Streaming instructional videos and creative challenges are designed to provide hours of creative engagement at your own pace each day. All art materials necessary for each session are available for curbside pickup at the Museum the week before each session begins; if you prefer to ship materials to your home, then two weeks’ advance registration is required. Registration starts this Monday. For more information, email Sharon McRorie, education programs manager, or call 828.253.3227 x124. Members: $85, Non-Members: $95 (additional charge for shipping materials) |
BMC@Home – Composition student Andrew Kosinski performs a new piece for solo piano, guest artist Hanzhi Wang performs a Mendelssohn transcription for accordion, and flutists Amy Porter and Dilshad Posnock join conductor JoAnn Falletta in a special work for flute choir.
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| It’s concerto week at Digital BMC! New features include Kelly Hall-Tompkins performing the Barber Violin Concerto and Conrad Tao performing Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2, plus Bella Hristova performing the Bruch Violin Concerto. |
Video of the Week
Members of the BMC 2020 Janiec Opera Company join together to perform an at-home version of the “Humming Chorus” from Puccini’s opera Madama Butterfly. This wistful, wordless melody is sung by an off-stage chorus at the end of Act II, as Butterfly waits for her husband’s ship to dock.
Keith Lockhart discusses his deep connection with the music of Mahler and collaborating with his dear friend Ilana Davidson.
Brothers and Sisters Like These
[email protected]
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We want to amplify the work of BIPOC-led organizations and businesses across our region, and ask for you to support them with your attention and money.
During this time, it is NOT helpful to ask people of color what they need or how you can help. Direct financial contributions speak LOUDLY and are one of the best ways you can show your support.
Some Organizations Include:
- Asheville Black Lives Matter
- BeLoved Asheville
- Center for Participatory Change
- Men and Women United for Youth and Families
- RAFI USA Farmers of Color Network
- WNC Workers Center
POC-led Farms & Food Businesses include:
- The Harriet Tubman Freedom Farm
- Lionpaw Botanicals
- Ms. Quitas Kitchen
- Off Grid in Color
- Oliver’s Agroforest
- Rayburn Farms
- Sankofa Farms
- Smallcakes
- Southside Community Garden
- Sweet Thangs
- Sylvanaqua Farms
- Transplanting Traditions
- Tiger Bay Cafe
If there are others we have missed and should be added to this list, please let us know! Send suggestions to Emily Bell, [email protected]
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Tickets on sale through June 28, 2020We know how completely odd it seems to be raffling off a trip to London right now. We’re barely leaving our homes for any reason, so jetting off around the world seems flat out bonkers! We’re hopeful that international travel and fun vacations will happen again in the future – and that’s why we extended and amended the raffle prize! If you win, you can choose the trip to London (and you have 18 months to book your travel) OR you can choose to take the cash value of the trip instead ($10,000). Our raffles have been important fundraisers for ACT over the years, and this one is no different. ACT has lost 85% of our income as an organization, so this raffle is one of the few ways we can continue to bring a little money in the door. Buying a raffle ticket is a great way to support ACT right now – and it just might be you who gets some really great news from us! |
Empowered Women Empower Women
Since its inception, Spanx and The Spanx by Sara Blakely Foundation have been dedicated to elevating and supporting women through entrepreneurship. Knowing the ripple effect that empowering women can have to strengthen communities, the foundation donated $5 million to support female entrepreneurs in the wake of COVID-19 and teamed up with GlobalGiving to establish The Red Backpack Fund. GlobalGiving is making at least 1,000 grants of $5,000 each to female entrepreneurs in the U.S. to help alleviate the impact of the crisis.
For more details on our new “Omni Safe & Clean” initiative, please visit Guest Services or
https://www.omnihotels.com/omni-safe-and-clean.
the Omni Grove Park Inn is offering valet services with enhanced cleaning measures.
11:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. – Dine-in and takeout service is available
EDISON, craft ales + kitchen:
7:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. – A la carte dine-in & takeout breakfast service is available
The Marketplace:
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. – Coffee shop and grab & go service is available
The Great Hall Bar
Catering Events
Spa Cafe
Blue Ridge
VUE 1913
Presidents Lounge
Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar
In-Room Dining
Wild Food Foraging Tour
All appointments are scheduled based on the limited availability.
To check availability, please call 1-800-THE-OMNI.
Hours of operation:
Sunday – Thursday: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Friday – Saturday: 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
basis due to social distancing and safety guidelines. Water, food & beverage service is not available at the pool.
However, guests can bring in their own refreshments (no glass).
Hours of operation: 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM
The Sports Complex: Temporarily Closed
Spa Fitness Center: Temporarily Closed
Travel Advisory page at https://www.omnihotels.com/travel-advisory.
Please note: Nature Connects®: Art with LEGO® Bricks has been postponed until July; however, the exhibit will have an extended schedule and will be open until November 1. We look forward to seeing you!
The Arboretum is excited to welcome back the widely popular traveling exhibit, Nature Connects®: Art with LEGO® Bricks by Sean Kenney. Featuring 14 larger-than-life-size sculptures place created with nearly 500,000 LEGO Bricks, this family-friendly exhibit draws inspiration from the living world and combines art, play and science to create an inspiring intersection of education, entertainment and the environment. New sculptures include a 5-foot tall colorful peacock, giant dragonfly, bonsai tree and more!
Pisgah Legal Services Launches Campaign to Help Those Recently Unemployed Due to COVID-19 Find Health Insurance through Special Enrollment Process
Pisgah Legal Services (PLS), a nonprofit that provides free, civil legal aid in Western North Carolina, recently launched a targeted campaign to reach people recently unemployed due to COVID-19 who may have also lost their health insurance. Anyone who has experienced a qualifying life event in the past 60 days, including job loss, may qualify for Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance. Pisgah Legal Services offers free assistance and free information to help understand options for affordable health insurance. To find out more or to make an appointment, visit pisgahlegal.org/aca or call 828-210-3404.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has left many people without jobs and with that, health insurance,” said Jim Barrett, Executive Director for Pisgah Legal Services. “Many of these people may qualify to file for health insurance through Special Enrollment and it’s our goal to help them understand their options.”
As recently as early May, NC had surpassed the one million mark for individual unemployment insurance benefit claims, as noted on the N.C. Division of Employment website. Almost one-quarter, or 20.3 percent of the 4.97 million North Carolinians listed in the state’s workforce as of mid-March have filed an unemployment insurance claim. “The need is great and will likely grow,” notes Barrett. “Pisgah Legal wants to make sure that no one misses health care coverage as a result of recent job loss.”
When qualifying for a special enrollment period, people do not have to wait until November for Open Enrollment; they can take advantage of options now. One Asheville resident, Christina, lost her job in March and with it, her insurance. She suffers from heart disease and without insurance, was unsure how she would afford her medicines. By working with Pisgah Legal Services, she was able to get a Blue Cross Blue Shield plan for less than $17/month. “Pisgah Legal took care of everything for me,” said Christina. She hopes others take advantage of this valuable, free service.
Pisgah Legal Services works with organizations in WNC to provide these services across the region. These organizations include: Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Council on Aging of Buncombe County, Legal Aid or North Carolina, Mountain Projects, Inc., and, Western Carolina Medical Society.
Chris Cavanaugh of Magellan Strategy Group will share the latest data and his insights on the recovery of the tourism and hospitality sectors, and his thoughts on what business will look like as the economy comes back.
This session will be a webinar format conducted through Zoom. Registration is required in order to obtain the link for joining the webinar.
About the Speaker:
Since founding Magellan Strategy Group in Asheville 16 years ago, Chris Cavanaugh has provided strategic planning and marketing consulting services to a diverse range of clients across the U.S. and even Europe. Prior to founding Magellan, Cavanaugh was vice president of marketing for The Biltmore Company and helped guide the company’s marketing planning, strategy, and execution for almost ten years. Cavanaugh holds a bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from Emory University. A 25-year resident of Asheville, he had a career in consumer packaged goods marketing in the apparel and food products categories prior to joining Biltmore.
Learn how to reverse the very real and devastating impact of stress through the SIMPLE practice of instinctive meditation that will profoundly shift your life.
Instinctive meditation means it’s natural and our bodies are wired to do it easily and efficiently. All we need to do is to set up the right conditions and our bodies will eagerly cooperate. Learn the skill set needed to meditate on your own even if you have a racing mind and little spare time.
Dropping into deep relaxation on a regular basis helps you to be calm in the face of overwhelm and urgency, can improve your health, and help you be more responsive and less reactive to challenges.
This will be a live webinar on Zoom. You can attend from anywhere that is comfortable to you. Once you register, you will get instructions on how to log in to the event. You will have the option of having your video on or off. You can also call in using a phone number. Link to zoom class:
https://mailchi.mp/9e1057b0227e/meditation-asheville-salt-cave
We’ll start with the basic principles of this approach. Then you will learn and practice some basic skills. This will be followed by a longer guided meditation where you can incorporate the basic skills. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions during the class.
A weekly Zoom drop-in class in instinctive meditation will run on Wednesdays from 10:00-11:00 am EST starting April 29 and running for 12 weeks.
Drop in as you can. Each class will cover a different technique.
FREE LUNCHES for anyone 18 years of age and under at the Ferguson Family YMCA. Simply drive up to our front door and let us know how many lunches you need, no questions asked.
For additional food for your family, pick up a FREE box of fresh produce at our Mobile Markets. Calendars are online at ymcawnc.org/nutritionprograms.
JUNE 3, 10, 17, & 24—Wednesdays, 6–8pm
Registration deadline: June2
THIS FREE PROGRAM WILL TAKE PLACE VIRTUALLY VIA ZOOM. SPACE IS LIMITED.
We are going online! Mark your calendars for every second Wednesday at 6:30PM.
The Healing Oasis Practitioner’s have special healing practices and long distance healing for you every month! We hope you can join us on Zoom (just like Skype).
Feel free to message us with any questions about this next event.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2865393340212695/?event_time_id=2865393350212694
We are happy to announce that we will be offering socially-distanced summer camps. All camps will comply with CDC and NCDHHS and the state Executive Order 138 regarding easing restrictions on travel, business operations, and mass gatherings: Phase 1.
Here are some guidelines and protocols that we are putting in place, including, but not limited to:
• Providing adequate hand sanitizer, hand washing stations, and disinfectant solutions.
• All campers will be required to bring masks to camp, and to wear them in all appropriate settings.
• Camps with more than 10 people will be held outdoors to assist in maintaining 6 or more feet of social distancing.
• Camps with 10 or fewer people will be held indoors at AMS Loft, with proper ventilation assured, and will include as much outdoor time as possible.
• Singing will be properly monitored for extra social distancing, and will include masks and 1-person-use microphones at all times.
JUNE 15-19: Rock Camp, ages 10-18
JULY 13-17: Ukulele Camp, ages 7-10, 9am-12pm
JULY 20-24: Ukulele Camp, ages 7-10, 9am-12pm
JULY 27-31: Harry Potter-themed Suzuki Strings, ages 7-12
JUNE 8-12: Fiddle Camp, ages 7-12, 1pm-4pm
Camps run 9am-4pm, except where noted.
Prices range from $190-$350
Organic Growers School’s Farm Beginnings® Farmer Training is entering its sixth year offering a year long farmer training. Organic Growers School has graduated 61 farmers in the last 5 years and will graduate 76 by September 2020. Farm Beginnings® is a 12-month training that uses a mix of farmer-led classroom sessions, on-farm tours, mentorship, and an extensive farmer network, tapping into the knowledge of the most innovative & skilled farmers in Western NC. During this current pandemic, the role of farmers and how food gets to our tables has been more at the forefront of conversations. Many individuals right now are expressing interest in growing their own food and developing more self sufficiency and land based skills. If you want to farm, it has never been easy and if you want to get into farming now, it is time to do so with the right support and training on how to be adaptive and resilient, like our Farm Beginnings training.
Don’t miss our staff-curated list of live events and resources.
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Summer Art Camp To Go!
Join us for Summer Art Camp To Go! Sessions are available for K–12 students. Each weekly session includes several age-appropriate art projects using a variety of materials to engage students in an exploration of art through creativity and imagination. Enrollment is limited, and registration is required.Registration includes instructional videos for each project, art materials, and daily virtual classes. Virtual classes—beginning at 10am via Zoom—include time for inspiration, Q&A, and sharing. Streaming instructional videos and creative challenges are designed to provide hours of creative engagement at your own pace each day. All art materials necessary for each session are available for curbside pickup at the Museum the week before each session begins; if you prefer to ship materials to your home, then two weeks’ advance registration is required. Registration starts this Monday. For more information, email Sharon McRorie, education programs manager, or call 828.253.3227 x124. Members: $85, Non-Members: $95 (additional charge for shipping materials) |
BMC@Home – Composition student Andrew Kosinski performs a new piece for solo piano, guest artist Hanzhi Wang performs a Mendelssohn transcription for accordion, and flutists Amy Porter and Dilshad Posnock join conductor JoAnn Falletta in a special work for flute choir.
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| It’s concerto week at Digital BMC! New features include Kelly Hall-Tompkins performing the Barber Violin Concerto and Conrad Tao performing Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2, plus Bella Hristova performing the Bruch Violin Concerto. |
Video of the Week
Members of the BMC 2020 Janiec Opera Company join together to perform an at-home version of the “Humming Chorus” from Puccini’s opera Madama Butterfly. This wistful, wordless melody is sung by an off-stage chorus at the end of Act II, as Butterfly waits for her husband’s ship to dock.
Keith Lockhart discusses his deep connection with the music of Mahler and collaborating with his dear friend Ilana Davidson.
- Explore the Collection and exhibitions virtually on our website.
- Get to know our staff and volunteers, take deeper dives into artwork with our Works of the Week, and more on the Museum blog.
- Relive the grand reopening parties, check out artist interviews, and learn about the history of Pack Square on our YouTube channel.
- Play “I Spy” with your kids using artwork from our Collection.
- Color our Collection (kids and adults) with downloadable coloring sheets and note cards.
- Follow us on social media on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
We’ll update this page with virtual tours, children’s activities, and more, as we continue to develop content to provide inspiration, calm, comfort, and yes, even some fun during this unprecedented time.
Brothers and Sisters Like These
[email protected]
-
We want to amplify the work of BIPOC-led organizations and businesses across our region, and ask for you to support them with your attention and money.
During this time, it is NOT helpful to ask people of color what they need or how you can help. Direct financial contributions speak LOUDLY and are one of the best ways you can show your support.
Some Organizations Include:
- Asheville Black Lives Matter
- BeLoved Asheville
- Center for Participatory Change
- Men and Women United for Youth and Families
- RAFI USA Farmers of Color Network
- WNC Workers Center
POC-led Farms & Food Businesses include:
- The Harriet Tubman Freedom Farm
- Lionpaw Botanicals
- Ms. Quitas Kitchen
- Off Grid in Color
- Oliver’s Agroforest
- Rayburn Farms
- Sankofa Farms
- Smallcakes
- Southside Community Garden
- Sweet Thangs
- Sylvanaqua Farms
- Transplanting Traditions
- Tiger Bay Cafe
If there are others we have missed and should be added to this list, please let us know! Send suggestions to Emily Bell, [email protected]
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Tickets on sale through June 28, 2020We know how completely odd it seems to be raffling off a trip to London right now. We’re barely leaving our homes for any reason, so jetting off around the world seems flat out bonkers! We’re hopeful that international travel and fun vacations will happen again in the future – and that’s why we extended and amended the raffle prize! If you win, you can choose the trip to London (and you have 18 months to book your travel) OR you can choose to take the cash value of the trip instead ($10,000). Our raffles have been important fundraisers for ACT over the years, and this one is no different. ACT has lost 85% of our income as an organization, so this raffle is one of the few ways we can continue to bring a little money in the door. Buying a raffle ticket is a great way to support ACT right now – and it just might be you who gets some really great news from us! |
Empowered Women Empower Women
Since its inception, Spanx and The Spanx by Sara Blakely Foundation have been dedicated to elevating and supporting women through entrepreneurship. Knowing the ripple effect that empowering women can have to strengthen communities, the foundation donated $5 million to support female entrepreneurs in the wake of COVID-19 and teamed up with GlobalGiving to establish The Red Backpack Fund. GlobalGiving is making at least 1,000 grants of $5,000 each to female entrepreneurs in the U.S. to help alleviate the impact of the crisis.