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Thursday, September 1, 2022
Carpenter Academy of Irish Dance Classes
Sep 1 all-day
Asheville Performing Arts Academy

Asheville Irish Dance

For Beginners to Advanced Dancers

The Asheville Performing Arts Academy partners with the Carpenter Academy of Irish Dance. Classes range from beginners to competition dancers.

We have a few important changes to our schedule this year (2022). Please note that your dancer’s class section must be approved by Ms. Heather. In order to keep class sizes small, we are dividing up classes by the following levels:

FALL SEMESTER DATES
  • Start: Monday, September 12th
  • End: Wednesday, December 14th
  • No Classes: December 5th & 7th
  • Workshops: October 1st & 2nd,
    November 5th & 6th
BEGINNERS
  • Beginner Class: Monday – 5:00pm to 5:45pm
  • Advanced Beginner/New Novice Soft Shoe: Monday – 5:45pm to 7:00pm
  • Advanced Beginner/New Novice Hard Shoe: Wednesday – 5:45pm to 7:00pm
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED
  • Monday – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
  • Wednesday – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
OIREACHTAS/COMPETITIVE
  • Dancers will be asked to stay late some class periods for extra time on their dances
ADULT
  • Please contact the studio for more information
Daily Meditation + Support (online)
Sep 1 @ 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
online

Hosted by: The Buddhist Studies Institute

FREE – ONLINE – 30 MINUTES – DAILY
🌺Guided meditation support and community🌺

🌸Stabilization and Liberation:
In order to liberate our minds– we need stable calm.

🌸Consistency & Commitment:
Stabilizing in calm clear presence takes consistent training.

🌸Support & Community:
Daily Meditation is a container and support for your meditation focus.

Expand your meditation circle- join us online any day or every day!

Formerly known as 100 Days of practice to support a Tibetan Yogis tradition to practice 100 days in the winter, this has now been expanded to continue daily. To learn more and register: https://buddhiststudiesinstitute.org/daily-meditation/

Friday, September 2, 2022
Carpenter Academy of Irish Dance Classes
Sep 2 all-day
Asheville Performing Arts Academy

Asheville Irish Dance

For Beginners to Advanced Dancers

The Asheville Performing Arts Academy partners with the Carpenter Academy of Irish Dance. Classes range from beginners to competition dancers.

We have a few important changes to our schedule this year (2022). Please note that your dancer’s class section must be approved by Ms. Heather. In order to keep class sizes small, we are dividing up classes by the following levels:

FALL SEMESTER DATES
  • Start: Monday, September 12th
  • End: Wednesday, December 14th
  • No Classes: December 5th & 7th
  • Workshops: October 1st & 2nd,
    November 5th & 6th
BEGINNERS
  • Beginner Class: Monday – 5:00pm to 5:45pm
  • Advanced Beginner/New Novice Soft Shoe: Monday – 5:45pm to 7:00pm
  • Advanced Beginner/New Novice Hard Shoe: Wednesday – 5:45pm to 7:00pm
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED
  • Monday – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
  • Wednesday – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
OIREACHTAS/COMPETITIVE
  • Dancers will be asked to stay late some class periods for extra time on their dances
ADULT
  • Please contact the studio for more information
Daily Meditation + Support (online)
Sep 2 @ 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
online

Hosted by: The Buddhist Studies Institute

FREE – ONLINE – 30 MINUTES – DAILY
🌺Guided meditation support and community🌺

🌸Stabilization and Liberation:
In order to liberate our minds– we need stable calm.

🌸Consistency & Commitment:
Stabilizing in calm clear presence takes consistent training.

🌸Support & Community:
Daily Meditation is a container and support for your meditation focus.

Expand your meditation circle- join us online any day or every day!

Formerly known as 100 Days of practice to support a Tibetan Yogis tradition to practice 100 days in the winter, this has now been expanded to continue daily. To learn more and register: https://buddhiststudiesinstitute.org/daily-meditation/

SILENT DISCO: MOLLY PARTI
Sep 2 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Rabbit Rabbit
Saturday, September 3, 2022
‘4M’ Mountain Makers Mushrooms & Music Festival
Sep 3 all-day
Jackson Arts Market

Celebration and education of Blue Ridge Mountain culture, arts, & nature.
jacksonartsmarket.com for more information

Carpenter Academy of Irish Dance Classes
Sep 3 all-day
Asheville Performing Arts Academy

Asheville Irish Dance

For Beginners to Advanced Dancers

The Asheville Performing Arts Academy partners with the Carpenter Academy of Irish Dance. Classes range from beginners to competition dancers.

We have a few important changes to our schedule this year (2022). Please note that your dancer’s class section must be approved by Ms. Heather. In order to keep class sizes small, we are dividing up classes by the following levels:

FALL SEMESTER DATES
  • Start: Monday, September 12th
  • End: Wednesday, December 14th
  • No Classes: December 5th & 7th
  • Workshops: October 1st & 2nd,
    November 5th & 6th
BEGINNERS
  • Beginner Class: Monday – 5:00pm to 5:45pm
  • Advanced Beginner/New Novice Soft Shoe: Monday – 5:45pm to 7:00pm
  • Advanced Beginner/New Novice Hard Shoe: Wednesday – 5:45pm to 7:00pm
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED
  • Monday – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
  • Wednesday – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
OIREACHTAS/COMPETITIVE
  • Dancers will be asked to stay late some class periods for extra time on their dances
ADULT
  • Please contact the studio for more information
Daily Meditation + Support (online)
Sep 3 @ 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
online

Hosted by: The Buddhist Studies Institute

FREE – ONLINE – 30 MINUTES – DAILY
🌺Guided meditation support and community🌺

🌸Stabilization and Liberation:
In order to liberate our minds– we need stable calm.

🌸Consistency & Commitment:
Stabilizing in calm clear presence takes consistent training.

🌸Support & Community:
Daily Meditation is a container and support for your meditation focus.

Expand your meditation circle- join us online any day or every day!

Formerly known as 100 Days of practice to support a Tibetan Yogis tradition to practice 100 days in the winter, this has now been expanded to continue daily. To learn more and register: https://buddhiststudiesinstitute.org/daily-meditation/

Swing Nights at Continuum
Sep 3 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Continuum Art Gallery, Hendersonville

Join us in our new monthly social swing event on the 1st Saturdays of every month, The
music, open vintage space and wood floors and is guaranteed to have you dancing East Coast and/or Lindy all night long, A free
lesson is offered to kick things off and will include a different combination of moves each time, No partner or rhythm needed and
dress is casual, $10 for lesson and/or social dance.

Sunday, September 4, 2022
Carpenter Academy of Irish Dance Classes
Sep 4 all-day
Asheville Performing Arts Academy

Asheville Irish Dance

For Beginners to Advanced Dancers

The Asheville Performing Arts Academy partners with the Carpenter Academy of Irish Dance. Classes range from beginners to competition dancers.

We have a few important changes to our schedule this year (2022). Please note that your dancer’s class section must be approved by Ms. Heather. In order to keep class sizes small, we are dividing up classes by the following levels:

FALL SEMESTER DATES
  • Start: Monday, September 12th
  • End: Wednesday, December 14th
  • No Classes: December 5th & 7th
  • Workshops: October 1st & 2nd,
    November 5th & 6th
BEGINNERS
  • Beginner Class: Monday – 5:00pm to 5:45pm
  • Advanced Beginner/New Novice Soft Shoe: Monday – 5:45pm to 7:00pm
  • Advanced Beginner/New Novice Hard Shoe: Wednesday – 5:45pm to 7:00pm
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED
  • Monday – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
  • Wednesday – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
OIREACHTAS/COMPETITIVE
  • Dancers will be asked to stay late some class periods for extra time on their dances
ADULT
  • Please contact the studio for more information
Daily Meditation + Support (online)
Sep 4 @ 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
online

Hosted by: The Buddhist Studies Institute

FREE – ONLINE – 30 MINUTES – DAILY
🌺Guided meditation support and community🌺

🌸Stabilization and Liberation:
In order to liberate our minds– we need stable calm.

🌸Consistency & Commitment:
Stabilizing in calm clear presence takes consistent training.

🌸Support & Community:
Daily Meditation is a container and support for your meditation focus.

Expand your meditation circle- join us online any day or every day!

Formerly known as 100 Days of practice to support a Tibetan Yogis tradition to practice 100 days in the winter, this has now been expanded to continue daily. To learn more and register: https://buddhiststudiesinstitute.org/daily-meditation/

Monday, September 5, 2022
Carpenter Academy of Irish Dance Classes
Sep 5 all-day
Asheville Performing Arts Academy

Asheville Irish Dance

For Beginners to Advanced Dancers

The Asheville Performing Arts Academy partners with the Carpenter Academy of Irish Dance. Classes range from beginners to competition dancers.

We have a few important changes to our schedule this year (2022). Please note that your dancer’s class section must be approved by Ms. Heather. In order to keep class sizes small, we are dividing up classes by the following levels:

FALL SEMESTER DATES
  • Start: Monday, September 12th
  • End: Wednesday, December 14th
  • No Classes: December 5th & 7th
  • Workshops: October 1st & 2nd,
    November 5th & 6th
BEGINNERS
  • Beginner Class: Monday – 5:00pm to 5:45pm
  • Advanced Beginner/New Novice Soft Shoe: Monday – 5:45pm to 7:00pm
  • Advanced Beginner/New Novice Hard Shoe: Wednesday – 5:45pm to 7:00pm
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED
  • Monday – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
  • Wednesday – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
OIREACHTAS/COMPETITIVE
  • Dancers will be asked to stay late some class periods for extra time on their dances
ADULT
  • Please contact the studio for more information
Daily Meditation + Support (online)
Sep 5 @ 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
online

Hosted by: The Buddhist Studies Institute

FREE – ONLINE – 30 MINUTES – DAILY
🌺Guided meditation support and community🌺

🌸Stabilization and Liberation:
In order to liberate our minds– we need stable calm.

🌸Consistency & Commitment:
Stabilizing in calm clear presence takes consistent training.

🌸Support & Community:
Daily Meditation is a container and support for your meditation focus.

Expand your meditation circle- join us online any day or every day!

Formerly known as 100 Days of practice to support a Tibetan Yogis tradition to practice 100 days in the winter, this has now been expanded to continue daily. To learn more and register: https://buddhiststudiesinstitute.org/daily-meditation/

Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Carpenter Academy of Irish Dance Classes
Sep 6 all-day
Asheville Performing Arts Academy

Asheville Irish Dance

For Beginners to Advanced Dancers

The Asheville Performing Arts Academy partners with the Carpenter Academy of Irish Dance. Classes range from beginners to competition dancers.

We have a few important changes to our schedule this year (2022). Please note that your dancer’s class section must be approved by Ms. Heather. In order to keep class sizes small, we are dividing up classes by the following levels:

FALL SEMESTER DATES
  • Start: Monday, September 12th
  • End: Wednesday, December 14th
  • No Classes: December 5th & 7th
  • Workshops: October 1st & 2nd,
    November 5th & 6th
BEGINNERS
  • Beginner Class: Monday – 5:00pm to 5:45pm
  • Advanced Beginner/New Novice Soft Shoe: Monday – 5:45pm to 7:00pm
  • Advanced Beginner/New Novice Hard Shoe: Wednesday – 5:45pm to 7:00pm
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED
  • Monday – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
  • Wednesday – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
OIREACHTAS/COMPETITIVE
  • Dancers will be asked to stay late some class periods for extra time on their dances
ADULT
  • Please contact the studio for more information
Daily Meditation + Support (online)
Sep 6 @ 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
online

Hosted by: The Buddhist Studies Institute

FREE – ONLINE – 30 MINUTES – DAILY
🌺Guided meditation support and community🌺

🌸Stabilization and Liberation:
In order to liberate our minds– we need stable calm.

🌸Consistency & Commitment:
Stabilizing in calm clear presence takes consistent training.

🌸Support & Community:
Daily Meditation is a container and support for your meditation focus.

Expand your meditation circle- join us online any day or every day!

Formerly known as 100 Days of practice to support a Tibetan Yogis tradition to practice 100 days in the winter, this has now been expanded to continue daily. To learn more and register: https://buddhiststudiesinstitute.org/daily-meditation/

Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Carpenter Academy of Irish Dance Classes
Sep 7 all-day
Asheville Performing Arts Academy

Asheville Irish Dance

For Beginners to Advanced Dancers

The Asheville Performing Arts Academy partners with the Carpenter Academy of Irish Dance. Classes range from beginners to competition dancers.

We have a few important changes to our schedule this year (2022). Please note that your dancer’s class section must be approved by Ms. Heather. In order to keep class sizes small, we are dividing up classes by the following levels:

FALL SEMESTER DATES
  • Start: Monday, September 12th
  • End: Wednesday, December 14th
  • No Classes: December 5th & 7th
  • Workshops: October 1st & 2nd,
    November 5th & 6th
BEGINNERS
  • Beginner Class: Monday – 5:00pm to 5:45pm
  • Advanced Beginner/New Novice Soft Shoe: Monday – 5:45pm to 7:00pm
  • Advanced Beginner/New Novice Hard Shoe: Wednesday – 5:45pm to 7:00pm
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED
  • Monday – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
  • Wednesday – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
OIREACHTAS/COMPETITIVE
  • Dancers will be asked to stay late some class periods for extra time on their dances
ADULT
  • Please contact the studio for more information
Daily Meditation + Support (online)
Sep 7 @ 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
online

Hosted by: The Buddhist Studies Institute

FREE – ONLINE – 30 MINUTES – DAILY
🌺Guided meditation support and community🌺

🌸Stabilization and Liberation:
In order to liberate our minds– we need stable calm.

🌸Consistency & Commitment:
Stabilizing in calm clear presence takes consistent training.

🌸Support & Community:
Daily Meditation is a container and support for your meditation focus.

Expand your meditation circle- join us online any day or every day!

Formerly known as 100 Days of practice to support a Tibetan Yogis tradition to practice 100 days in the winter, this has now been expanded to continue daily. To learn more and register: https://buddhiststudiesinstitute.org/daily-meditation/

West Coast Swing Night
Sep 7 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Continuum Art Gallery, Hendersonville

Come check out for yourself the popular West Coast Swing dance style that can be done to a
wide variety of music, including pop, country, blues, and contemporary music, come at 7pm for a group classes: intermediate
classes with Pflumm and Alain Rogozhin and beginner classes with Rachel Harris and Tola Sun, Followed by a social dance at
8pm, Dress is casual and no partner is needed, BYO wine or beer,

Thursday, September 8, 2022
Carpenter Academy of Irish Dance Classes
Sep 8 all-day
Asheville Performing Arts Academy

Asheville Irish Dance

For Beginners to Advanced Dancers

The Asheville Performing Arts Academy partners with the Carpenter Academy of Irish Dance. Classes range from beginners to competition dancers.

We have a few important changes to our schedule this year (2022). Please note that your dancer’s class section must be approved by Ms. Heather. In order to keep class sizes small, we are dividing up classes by the following levels:

FALL SEMESTER DATES
  • Start: Monday, September 12th
  • End: Wednesday, December 14th
  • No Classes: December 5th & 7th
  • Workshops: October 1st & 2nd,
    November 5th & 6th
BEGINNERS
  • Beginner Class: Monday – 5:00pm to 5:45pm
  • Advanced Beginner/New Novice Soft Shoe: Monday – 5:45pm to 7:00pm
  • Advanced Beginner/New Novice Hard Shoe: Wednesday – 5:45pm to 7:00pm
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED
  • Monday – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
  • Wednesday – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
OIREACHTAS/COMPETITIVE
  • Dancers will be asked to stay late some class periods for extra time on their dances
ADULT
  • Please contact the studio for more information
Daily Meditation + Support (online)
Sep 8 @ 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
online

Hosted by: The Buddhist Studies Institute

FREE – ONLINE – 30 MINUTES – DAILY
🌺Guided meditation support and community🌺

🌸Stabilization and Liberation:
In order to liberate our minds– we need stable calm.

🌸Consistency & Commitment:
Stabilizing in calm clear presence takes consistent training.

🌸Support & Community:
Daily Meditation is a container and support for your meditation focus.

Expand your meditation circle- join us online any day or every day!

Formerly known as 100 Days of practice to support a Tibetan Yogis tradition to practice 100 days in the winter, this has now been expanded to continue daily. To learn more and register: https://buddhiststudiesinstitute.org/daily-meditation/

Friday, September 9, 2022
Carpenter Academy of Irish Dance Classes
Sep 9 all-day
Asheville Performing Arts Academy

Asheville Irish Dance

For Beginners to Advanced Dancers

The Asheville Performing Arts Academy partners with the Carpenter Academy of Irish Dance. Classes range from beginners to competition dancers.

We have a few important changes to our schedule this year (2022). Please note that your dancer’s class section must be approved by Ms. Heather. In order to keep class sizes small, we are dividing up classes by the following levels:

FALL SEMESTER DATES
  • Start: Monday, September 12th
  • End: Wednesday, December 14th
  • No Classes: December 5th & 7th
  • Workshops: October 1st & 2nd,
    November 5th & 6th
BEGINNERS
  • Beginner Class: Monday – 5:00pm to 5:45pm
  • Advanced Beginner/New Novice Soft Shoe: Monday – 5:45pm to 7:00pm
  • Advanced Beginner/New Novice Hard Shoe: Wednesday – 5:45pm to 7:00pm
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED
  • Monday – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
  • Wednesday – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
OIREACHTAS/COMPETITIVE
  • Dancers will be asked to stay late some class periods for extra time on their dances
ADULT
  • Please contact the studio for more information
Daily Meditation + Support (online)
Sep 9 @ 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
online

Hosted by: The Buddhist Studies Institute

FREE – ONLINE – 30 MINUTES – DAILY
🌺Guided meditation support and community🌺

🌸Stabilization and Liberation:
In order to liberate our minds– we need stable calm.

🌸Consistency & Commitment:
Stabilizing in calm clear presence takes consistent training.

🌸Support & Community:
Daily Meditation is a container and support for your meditation focus.

Expand your meditation circle- join us online any day or every day!

Formerly known as 100 Days of practice to support a Tibetan Yogis tradition to practice 100 days in the winter, this has now been expanded to continue daily. To learn more and register: https://buddhiststudiesinstitute.org/daily-meditation/

The Asheville Ballet presents Fall into Dance
Sep 9 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Pack Square Park

“Fall Into Dance: An Artistic Harvest” is a gift to our community – a professional production of all original choreography by Western North Carolina’s own Ballet Company and North Carolina’s oldest ballet company, The Asheville Ballet, directed by Ann Dunn. Resident choreographers, including Ann Dunn, Fleming Lomax, Tricia Renshaw, Stephanie Wolfe, and Jaimon Caceres, present their exciting new work in a variety of styles, from classical to contemporary, on September 9 at 7:30pm at the Roger McGuire Green stage, Pack Square Park. Tickets are $15 and are available through Eventbrite. Bring a lawn chair and join us for an evening of dance in our beautiful city, under the stars! Image by Rose Pillmore.

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-asheville-ballet-presents-fall-into-dance-friday-september-9-tickets-400873903637

Join and share our Facebook event: https://fb.me/e/25fOz6Rzm

For more information, please visit www.ashevilleballet.com

Ann Dunn’s “Seen/Unseen” is a four movement contemporary duet based on sculptures by Black Mountain College artist, Leo Amino. The work is set to music by Washington D.C. composer, Erin Snedecor (cello, voice, and electronic), and is a collaboration with textile artist, Kristin Pondy.

Dunn’s “Betty” is a solo based on the movement images of Elizabeth Schmitt Jennerjahn taken at Black Mountain College, and on two pieces of her textile art. Again, the music and costume collaborations are with Snedecor and Pondy.

“Jet Lag” explores the rushed and quick paced nature of air travel. Destination – Paris, France. Stephanie Wolfe, in collaboration with dancers, plays with the quirky side of a stressful endeavor by using props and music from Frank Sinatra and Louie Armstrong. A happy ending awaits with a series of love stories set under the romantic lights of the Eiffel Tower.

“The Hats We Wear” is a new work by Fleming Lomax set to music of the ragtime era. This upbeat ballet is a four-part depiction of the many proverbial hats we wear in life and culminates with a rousing ensemble celebration of how we navigate and integrate these roles.

Tricia Renshaw’s “In Other Ways” is a non-narrative piece that explores how energy and relationships shift and change, but don’t necessarily end or dissolve.

Renshaw’s “Stay Young, Go Dancing” is an upbeat depiction of youthful joy and exuberance expressed in movement.

Jaimon Caceres has created a contemporary pointe work, titled “The Nature of Change”, set to Maurice Ravel’s beautiful “Une Barque sur L’Ocean”, that tells a story of three different people learning to surrender to the inevitable necessity of changes in life.

Saturday, September 10, 2022
Carpenter Academy of Irish Dance Classes
Sep 10 all-day
Asheville Performing Arts Academy

Asheville Irish Dance

For Beginners to Advanced Dancers

The Asheville Performing Arts Academy partners with the Carpenter Academy of Irish Dance. Classes range from beginners to competition dancers.

We have a few important changes to our schedule this year (2022). Please note that your dancer’s class section must be approved by Ms. Heather. In order to keep class sizes small, we are dividing up classes by the following levels:

FALL SEMESTER DATES
  • Start: Monday, September 12th
  • End: Wednesday, December 14th
  • No Classes: December 5th & 7th
  • Workshops: October 1st & 2nd,
    November 5th & 6th
BEGINNERS
  • Beginner Class: Monday – 5:00pm to 5:45pm
  • Advanced Beginner/New Novice Soft Shoe: Monday – 5:45pm to 7:00pm
  • Advanced Beginner/New Novice Hard Shoe: Wednesday – 5:45pm to 7:00pm
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED
  • Monday – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
  • Wednesday – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
OIREACHTAS/COMPETITIVE
  • Dancers will be asked to stay late some class periods for extra time on their dances
ADULT
  • Please contact the studio for more information
Dirty Dancing Festival of Lake Lure
Sep 10 @ 11:00 am
Keeter Field - next to the 1927 Lake Lure Inn & Spa

Picture

Get into the spirit of the era and step back in time  to that unforgettable summer in the Catskills and join us where it all began in the breathtaking mountains of Western North Carolina. Filled with excitement and nostalgia, fans can experience  the  the moves, music and memories from our all time favorite movie and fancy the chance to channel their inner “Baby & Johnny.”

This year’s one-day  festival showcases film-inspired entertainment and activities for all ages that will be treasured with friends and family for a lifetime. You’ll go crazy for  Swayze, enjoy some great entertainment, and weep with joy attempting the famous lake lift scene all while keeping the awareness on the fight against Pancreatic Cancer strong.

It’s time to dress up as your favorite character, dust off your Keds, and really  shake it down
​where Johnny & Baby once did the Mambo!


Only 2500 will be available for this year’s festival so get yours early to ensure  entry!
​More than 800 tickets were sold in the first week!

Our committee is still in the planning stages,  so check back frequently and visit our Facebook page for more information as it becomes available.

Dirty Dancing Festival of Lake Lure!
Sep 10 @ 11:00 am
Keeter Field - next to the 1927 Lake Lure Inn & Spa

 

Picture

Get into the spirit of the era and step back in time  to that unforgettable summer in the Catskills and join us where it all began in the breathtaking mountains of Western North Carolina. Filled with excitement and nostalgia, fans can experience  the  the moves, music and memories from our all time favorite movie and fancy the chance to channel their inner “Baby & Johnny.”

This year’s one-day  festival showcases film-inspired entertainment and activities for all ages that will be treasured with friends and family for a lifetime. You’ll go crazy for  Swayze, enjoy some great entertainment, and weep with joy attempting the famous lake lift scene all while keeping the awareness on the fight against Pancreatic Cancer strong.

It’s time to dress up as your favorite character, dust off your Keds, and really  shake it down
​where Johnny & Baby once did the Mambo!
 The Chamber of Hickory Nut Gorge is happy to announce the return of the   Dirty Dancing Festival  of Lake Lure!
This year’s  festival will  be a ONE-DAY event  certain to be “the time of your life!”

Start making your plans to attend the Festival AND participate in the various pre and post-festival activities
being offered at local establishments.



Only 2500 will be available for this year’s festival so get yours early to ensure  entry!
​More than 800 tickets were sold in the first week!

Our committee is still in the planning stages,  so check back frequently and visit our Facebook page for more information as it becomes available

Daily Meditation + Support (online)
Sep 10 @ 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
online

Hosted by: The Buddhist Studies Institute

FREE – ONLINE – 30 MINUTES – DAILY
🌺Guided meditation support and community🌺

🌸Stabilization and Liberation:
In order to liberate our minds– we need stable calm.

🌸Consistency & Commitment:
Stabilizing in calm clear presence takes consistent training.

🌸Support & Community:
Daily Meditation is a container and support for your meditation focus.

Expand your meditation circle- join us online any day or every day!

Formerly known as 100 Days of practice to support a Tibetan Yogis tradition to practice 100 days in the winter, this has now been expanded to continue daily. To learn more and register: https://buddhiststudiesinstitute.org/daily-meditation/

Sunday, September 11, 2022
Carpenter Academy of Irish Dance Classes
Sep 11 all-day
Asheville Performing Arts Academy

Asheville Irish Dance

For Beginners to Advanced Dancers

The Asheville Performing Arts Academy partners with the Carpenter Academy of Irish Dance. Classes range from beginners to competition dancers.

We have a few important changes to our schedule this year (2022). Please note that your dancer’s class section must be approved by Ms. Heather. In order to keep class sizes small, we are dividing up classes by the following levels:

FALL SEMESTER DATES
  • Start: Monday, September 12th
  • End: Wednesday, December 14th
  • No Classes: December 5th & 7th
  • Workshops: October 1st & 2nd,
    November 5th & 6th
BEGINNERS
  • Beginner Class: Monday – 5:00pm to 5:45pm
  • Advanced Beginner/New Novice Soft Shoe: Monday – 5:45pm to 7:00pm
  • Advanced Beginner/New Novice Hard Shoe: Wednesday – 5:45pm to 7:00pm
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED
  • Monday – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
  • Wednesday – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
OIREACHTAS/COMPETITIVE
  • Dancers will be asked to stay late some class periods for extra time on their dances
ADULT
  • Please contact the studio for more information
Daily Meditation + Support (online)
Sep 11 @ 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
online

Hosted by: The Buddhist Studies Institute

FREE – ONLINE – 30 MINUTES – DAILY
🌺Guided meditation support and community🌺

🌸Stabilization and Liberation:
In order to liberate our minds– we need stable calm.

🌸Consistency & Commitment:
Stabilizing in calm clear presence takes consistent training.

🌸Support & Community:
Daily Meditation is a container and support for your meditation focus.

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Monday, September 12, 2022
Carpenter Academy of Irish Dance Classes
Sep 12 all-day
Asheville Performing Arts Academy

Asheville Irish Dance

For Beginners to Advanced Dancers

The Asheville Performing Arts Academy partners with the Carpenter Academy of Irish Dance. Classes range from beginners to competition dancers.

We have a few important changes to our schedule this year (2022). Please note that your dancer’s class section must be approved by Ms. Heather. In order to keep class sizes small, we are dividing up classes by the following levels:

FALL SEMESTER DATES
  • Start: Monday, September 12th
  • End: Wednesday, December 14th
  • No Classes: December 5th & 7th
  • Workshops: October 1st & 2nd,
    November 5th & 6th
BEGINNERS
  • Beginner Class: Monday – 5:00pm to 5:45pm
  • Advanced Beginner/New Novice Soft Shoe: Monday – 5:45pm to 7:00pm
  • Advanced Beginner/New Novice Hard Shoe: Wednesday – 5:45pm to 7:00pm
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED
  • Monday – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
  • Wednesday – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
OIREACHTAS/COMPETITIVE
  • Dancers will be asked to stay late some class periods for extra time on their dances
ADULT
  • Please contact the studio for more information