Upcoming events and things to do in Asheville, NC. Below is a list of events for festivals, concerts, art exhibitions, group meetups and more.

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Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Adult League Dodgeball Registration
Aug 14 all-day
Johnston Elementary School

Dodge, duck, dip, and dive your way into our Adult Dodgeball League, best described as a party on the dodgeball court. Your rise to dodgeball superstardom begins on Thursday evenings, September 5-October 31 (except September 19).

Remember the hard rubber you got pummeled with during recess? We don’t use those. We use soft-centered balls to keep the hard impacts and injuries to a minimum. Balls start flying at 6:00 p.m. Sweat bands encouraged!

Overview

  • Your $25 registration fee includes eight weeks of dodgeball play
  • Each team consists of no more than six players on the court at one time (3 males and 3 females)
  • Each team will play seven matches in a best of seven format (each match has a five minute time cap)
  • Once all the opposing team’s players are eliminated, the match is over
  • A win is worth three points and a loss is worth one point
Thursday, August 15, 2019
Adult League Dodgeball Registration
Aug 15 all-day
Johnston Elementary School

Dodge, duck, dip, and dive your way into our Adult Dodgeball League, best described as a party on the dodgeball court. Your rise to dodgeball superstardom begins on Thursday evenings, September 5-October 31 (except September 19).

Remember the hard rubber you got pummeled with during recess? We don’t use those. We use soft-centered balls to keep the hard impacts and injuries to a minimum. Balls start flying at 6:00 p.m. Sweat bands encouraged!

Overview

  • Your $25 registration fee includes eight weeks of dodgeball play
  • Each team consists of no more than six players on the court at one time (3 males and 3 females)
  • Each team will play seven matches in a best of seven format (each match has a five minute time cap)
  • Once all the opposing team’s players are eliminated, the match is over
  • A win is worth three points and a loss is worth one point
Friday, August 16, 2019
Adult League Dodgeball Registration
Aug 16 all-day
Johnston Elementary School

Dodge, duck, dip, and dive your way into our Adult Dodgeball League, best described as a party on the dodgeball court. Your rise to dodgeball superstardom begins on Thursday evenings, September 5-October 31 (except September 19).

Remember the hard rubber you got pummeled with during recess? We don’t use those. We use soft-centered balls to keep the hard impacts and injuries to a minimum. Balls start flying at 6:00 p.m. Sweat bands encouraged!

Overview

  • Your $25 registration fee includes eight weeks of dodgeball play
  • Each team consists of no more than six players on the court at one time (3 males and 3 females)
  • Each team will play seven matches in a best of seven format (each match has a five minute time cap)
  • Once all the opposing team’s players are eliminated, the match is over
  • A win is worth three points and a loss is worth one point
Saturday, August 17, 2019
Adult League Dodgeball Registration
Aug 17 all-day
Johnston Elementary School

Dodge, duck, dip, and dive your way into our Adult Dodgeball League, best described as a party on the dodgeball court. Your rise to dodgeball superstardom begins on Thursday evenings, September 5-October 31 (except September 19).

Remember the hard rubber you got pummeled with during recess? We don’t use those. We use soft-centered balls to keep the hard impacts and injuries to a minimum. Balls start flying at 6:00 p.m. Sweat bands encouraged!

Overview

  • Your $25 registration fee includes eight weeks of dodgeball play
  • Each team consists of no more than six players on the court at one time (3 males and 3 females)
  • Each team will play seven matches in a best of seven format (each match has a five minute time cap)
  • Once all the opposing team’s players are eliminated, the match is over
  • A win is worth three points and a loss is worth one point
Sunday, August 18, 2019
Adult League Dodgeball Registration
Aug 18 all-day
Johnston Elementary School

Dodge, duck, dip, and dive your way into our Adult Dodgeball League, best described as a party on the dodgeball court. Your rise to dodgeball superstardom begins on Thursday evenings, September 5-October 31 (except September 19).

Remember the hard rubber you got pummeled with during recess? We don’t use those. We use soft-centered balls to keep the hard impacts and injuries to a minimum. Balls start flying at 6:00 p.m. Sweat bands encouraged!

Overview

  • Your $25 registration fee includes eight weeks of dodgeball play
  • Each team consists of no more than six players on the court at one time (3 males and 3 females)
  • Each team will play seven matches in a best of seven format (each match has a five minute time cap)
  • Once all the opposing team’s players are eliminated, the match is over
  • A win is worth three points and a loss is worth one point
Monday, August 19, 2019
Adult League Dodgeball Registration
Aug 19 all-day
Johnston Elementary School

Dodge, duck, dip, and dive your way into our Adult Dodgeball League, best described as a party on the dodgeball court. Your rise to dodgeball superstardom begins on Thursday evenings, September 5-October 31 (except September 19).

Remember the hard rubber you got pummeled with during recess? We don’t use those. We use soft-centered balls to keep the hard impacts and injuries to a minimum. Balls start flying at 6:00 p.m. Sweat bands encouraged!

Overview

  • Your $25 registration fee includes eight weeks of dodgeball play
  • Each team consists of no more than six players on the court at one time (3 males and 3 females)
  • Each team will play seven matches in a best of seven format (each match has a five minute time cap)
  • Once all the opposing team’s players are eliminated, the match is over
  • A win is worth three points and a loss is worth one point
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Youth Tennis Classes Ages 4-18
Aug 27 all-day
Hendersonville Racquet Club

Registration is now open for the next session of indoor youth tennis classes starting September 3rd at Hendersonville Racquet Club.  Kids are put in groups based on age and ability with seven levels available.  The session is six weeks long and is $79 for members or $99 for non-members for one class a week or $129/$149 for two classes a week plus a play day at the end of the session.  Each player also gets a half hour one-on-one session with one of our certified pros.

The format for this session is having classes once or twice a week for six weeks. Then the session concludes with a fun L6 Play Day where they can get match experience.  All classes are taught by certified tennis professionals and will be held on HRC’s outdoor or indoor courts.

 

2019 Chamber Classic Golf Tournament
Aug 27 @ 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
The Cliffs at Walnut Cove

The Chamber Classic Golf Tournament is a fun opportunity for members of the business community to network, connect with colleagues, and enjoy a beautiful day out of the office.

This Captain’s Choice tournament begins with a shotgun start at 8:00 am and again at 2:00 pm. Sponsors will host fun contests at several holes, with prizes offered for players.

Entry fee includes breakfast provided by Bojangles of WNC before the morning flight, and all participants are invited to enjoy a healthy lunch provided by Arby’s. Two beverage stations will be set up on the course, with beer provided by Highland Brewing Company and soft drinks from Pepsi-Cola.

Hole 14 on the course features a hole-in-one contest, and some lucky golfer may win a brand new car, compliments of Asheville Ford Lincoln!

. If you need assistance signing up as an individual, please contact [email protected]Space is limited so be sure to sign up your team soon!

Every great event needs volunteers!

Anyone interested in volunteering to help with this tournament may contact Judi Willard, at (828) 210-2729 or [email protected]

 

 

Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Youth Tennis Classes Ages 4-18
Aug 28 all-day
Hendersonville Racquet Club

Registration is now open for the next session of indoor youth tennis classes starting September 3rd at Hendersonville Racquet Club.  Kids are put in groups based on age and ability with seven levels available.  The session is six weeks long and is $79 for members or $99 for non-members for one class a week or $129/$149 for two classes a week plus a play day at the end of the session.  Each player also gets a half hour one-on-one session with one of our certified pros.

The format for this session is having classes once or twice a week for six weeks. Then the session concludes with a fun L6 Play Day where they can get match experience.  All classes are taught by certified tennis professionals and will be held on HRC’s outdoor or indoor courts.

 

WNC Declassified: Local History Discoveries in Secret Documents
Aug 28 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Pack Memorial Library

WNC Declassified:Local History Discoveries in Secret Documents

Join WNC Magazine senior editor and Friends of the North Carolina Room board member Jon Elliston as he recaps his yearlong written series with a multimedia presentation in the Lord Auditorium at Pack Memorial Library.

Learn more about:

**Asheville’s Fascist: William Dudley Pelley’s obscure but infamous Silver Shirt movement lives on in his paper trail

**Swannanoa’s Superspy: Carl Duckett’s unlikely journey from small-town roots to top CIA official

**Rosman’s Spy Base: When the National Security Agency set up a mountain espionage station, it was a hard secret to keep

**Senator Sam Ervin’s Secret Wars: He stuck to the Constitution through clashes with McCarthy, the Army, CIA, and Nixon

**School Under Scrutiny: The FBI’s files on Black Mountain College tell a little-known story of art, politics, and surveillance

Local Author Launches Debut Novel at Malaprops Pop-Up
Aug 28 @ 7:00 pm
Malaprop’s Pop-Up in downtown Hendersonville

My name is Meagan Lucas and I am a Hendersonville-based writer. I’m having a book launch for my debut novel, Songbirds and Stray Dogs, at the new Malaprop’s Pop-Up in downtown Hendersonville.

In Songbirds and Stray Dogs, 21 year old Beaufort waitress, Jolene, has spent the majority of her life living in the shadow of the pain her mother caused, and trying to prove herself worthy of her Aunt’s stingy love. Unintentionally pregnant and abandoned again, Jolene tries to outrun her shame in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Penniless, alone, and chased by demons from her past, she is forced to confront her mother’s legacy, and her own fear. Song Birds and Stray Dogs is a Southern story, born of sweet tea and the Bible Belt, chow-chow and cornbread, shot guns and porch rocking. But it is also a universal story of escaping the burden of your past and finding yourself at home in a strange land.

Thursday, August 29, 2019
Youth Tennis Classes Ages 4-18
Aug 29 all-day
Hendersonville Racquet Club

Registration is now open for the next session of indoor youth tennis classes starting September 3rd at Hendersonville Racquet Club.  Kids are put in groups based on age and ability with seven levels available.  The session is six weeks long and is $79 for members or $99 for non-members for one class a week or $129/$149 for two classes a week plus a play day at the end of the session.  Each player also gets a half hour one-on-one session with one of our certified pros.

The format for this session is having classes once or twice a week for six weeks. Then the session concludes with a fun L6 Play Day where they can get match experience.  All classes are taught by certified tennis professionals and will be held on HRC’s outdoor or indoor courts.

 

Kathy Izard: The Hundred Story Home
Aug 29 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Pack Memorial Library

Kathy Izard: Reading & Signing "The Hundred Story Home" w AHOPE

Teen – (grades 6-12), Adult

Join us at Pack Memorial Library to welcome Kathy Izard, author of “The Hundred Story Home” and children’s book, “A Good Night for Mr. Coleman.” She will be conducting a reading followed by a Q&A with guests from AHOPE Day Center- Homeward Bound of WNC.

Kathy Izard is an award-winning author and speaker who helped bring transformation to Charlotte in homelessness, housing and mental health. Her memoir “The Hundred Story Home” has been featured on NPR and the TODAY Show and inspires people to be changemakers in their communities. kathyizard.com

Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe will be here for book sales and help with the book signing.

Program is free and everyone is welcome. Doors open at 5:30.

Friday, August 30, 2019
Youth Tennis Classes Ages 4-18
Aug 30 all-day
Hendersonville Racquet Club

Registration is now open for the next session of indoor youth tennis classes starting September 3rd at Hendersonville Racquet Club.  Kids are put in groups based on age and ability with seven levels available.  The session is six weeks long and is $79 for members or $99 for non-members for one class a week or $129/$149 for two classes a week plus a play day at the end of the session.  Each player also gets a half hour one-on-one session with one of our certified pros.

The format for this session is having classes once or twice a week for six weeks. Then the session concludes with a fun L6 Play Day where they can get match experience.  All classes are taught by certified tennis professionals and will be held on HRC’s outdoor or indoor courts.

 

Arms and The Man Readers Theatre ACT
Aug 30 @ 2:30 pm
ACT: 35below

This comedy is often viewed as Shaw’s wittiest play! This is a borderline farce that will stimulate serious thinking about the nature of both romance and war. What is Raina to do when she finds that an enemy soldier has taken refuge in her room? What will her fiancée say? The plot, of course, thickens! Directed by Jim Reid and performed as Readers Theatre as a part of The Autumn Players’ Readers Theatre Showcase Series.

Saturday, August 31, 2019
Youth Tennis Classes Ages 4-18
Aug 31 all-day
Hendersonville Racquet Club

Registration is now open for the next session of indoor youth tennis classes starting September 3rd at Hendersonville Racquet Club.  Kids are put in groups based on age and ability with seven levels available.  The session is six weeks long and is $79 for members or $99 for non-members for one class a week or $129/$149 for two classes a week plus a play day at the end of the session.  Each player also gets a half hour one-on-one session with one of our certified pros.

The format for this session is having classes once or twice a week for six weeks. Then the session concludes with a fun L6 Play Day where they can get match experience.  All classes are taught by certified tennis professionals and will be held on HRC’s outdoor or indoor courts.

 

Arms and The Man Readers Theatre ACT
Aug 31 @ 2:30 pm
ACT: 35below

This comedy is often viewed as Shaw’s wittiest play! This is a borderline farce that will stimulate serious thinking about the nature of both romance and war. What is Raina to do when she finds that an enemy soldier has taken refuge in her room? What will her fiancée say? The plot, of course, thickens! Directed by Jim Reid and performed as Readers Theatre as a part of The Autumn Players’ Readers Theatre Showcase Series.

Mercer vs Western Carolina Football
Aug 31 @ 6:00 pm
Western Carolina University EJ Whitmire Stadium
Sunday, September 1, 2019
Beer City Soccer Cup The Finals
Sep 1 all-day
Memorial Stadium

  • THE NATION’S LARGEST 
    ADULT SOCCER EVENT
     ASHEVILLE 

  •  ENTRY TO THE BEER CITY CUP IS FREE!! … AND FAMILY FRIENDLY!! 
Youth Tennis Classes Ages 4-18
Sep 1 all-day
Hendersonville Racquet Club

Registration is now open for the next session of indoor youth tennis classes starting September 3rd at Hendersonville Racquet Club.  Kids are put in groups based on age and ability with seven levels available.  The session is six weeks long and is $79 for members or $99 for non-members for one class a week or $129/$149 for two classes a week plus a play day at the end of the session.  Each player also gets a half hour one-on-one session with one of our certified pros.

The format for this session is having classes once or twice a week for six weeks. Then the session concludes with a fun L6 Play Day where they can get match experience.  All classes are taught by certified tennis professionals and will be held on HRC’s outdoor or indoor courts.

 

Arms and The Man Readers Theatre ACT
Sep 1 @ 2:30 pm
Reuter Center on UNCA’s campus

This comedy is often viewed as Shaw’s wittiest play! This is a borderline farce that will stimulate serious thinking about the nature of both romance and war. What is Raina to do when she finds that an enemy soldier has taken refuge in her room? What will her fiancée say? The plot, of course, thickens! Directed by Jim Reid and performed as Readers Theatre as a part of The Autumn Players’ Readers Theatre Showcase Series.

Monday, September 2, 2019
Tour D’ Apple
Sep 2 all-day
Blue Ridge Community College

The Tour d’Apple is an exciting ride through Western North Carolina’s apple orchards, waterfalls, and mountains to benefit the charitable projects of the Hendersonville Four Seasons Rotary Club. It includes a Century (100 miles), a metric century (100km), as well as 45 and 25mi options.

The ride takes place on Labor Day and features an exciting course (no matter which length you choose) complete with plenty of rest stops. The ride begins at 8:00 am from Blue Ridge Community College.

Youth Tennis Classes Ages 4-18
Sep 2 all-day
Hendersonville Racquet Club

Registration is now open for the next session of indoor youth tennis classes starting September 3rd at Hendersonville Racquet Club.  Kids are put in groups based on age and ability with seven levels available.  The session is six weeks long and is $79 for members or $99 for non-members for one class a week or $129/$149 for two classes a week plus a play day at the end of the session.  Each player also gets a half hour one-on-one session with one of our certified pros.

The format for this session is having classes once or twice a week for six weeks. Then the session concludes with a fun L6 Play Day where they can get match experience.  All classes are taught by certified tennis professionals and will be held on HRC’s outdoor or indoor courts.

 

Thursday, September 5, 2019
Adult League Dodgeball Game
Sep 5 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Johnston Elementary School

Come out and watch the game!

Saturday, September 7, 2019
Western Carolina vs North Carolina State Football
Sep 7 @ 12:30 pm
Carter-Finley Stadium.
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Ninth Street Women: Five Painters and the Movement that Changed Modern Art
Sep 10 @ 12:00 pm
Malaprop’s Bookstore/Café

Set amid the most turbulent social and political period of modern times, Ninth Street Women is the impassioned, wild, sometimes tragic, always exhilarating chronicle of five women who dared to enter the male-dominated world of 20th-century abstract painting—not as muses but as artists. These women changed American art and society, tearing up the prevailing social code and replacing it with a doctrine of liberation. In Ninth Street Women, acclaimed author Mary Gabriel tells a remarkable and inspiring story of the power of art and artists in shaping not just postwar America but the future.

Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Dale Neal presents Appalachian Book of the Dead
Sep 11 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe

| A mystery novel set in Yonah, N.C.

Thursday, September 12, 2019
Adult League Dodgeball Game
Sep 12 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Johnston Elementary School

Come out and watch the game!

Ramble Ladies Evening Book Club
Sep 12 @ 7:00 pm
contact organizer

Second Thursday each Month
If you are interested in joining the Ramble Ladies Evening Book Club held the second Thursday of each month at 7pm, please, contact Judy Deutsch at [email protected].
Friday, September 13, 2019
The Y Celebrates New Americans: Welcoming Week 13-22
Sep 13 all-day
varies see schedule below

September 13-22

Welcoming Week is all about what the Y does best – helping people
reach their potential and bringing the community together! 

Welcoming Week, an initiative of Y-USA’s national partner Welcoming America, celebrates the growing movement of communities across the U.S. that fully embrace new Americans and their contributions to the social fabric of our country. During Welcoming Week, communities bring together immigrants and U.S.-born residents to promote cross-cultural understanding raise awareness of the benefits of welcoming everyone.

Corpening Memorial Y

Sept. 20

  • Community Swim Night, 4-6 p.m.

Sept. 21

  • Zumba Family Fiesta, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Reuter Family Y

Sept. 16

  • Voter Registration

Sept. 17

  • Multicultural Potluck Lunch at 11 a.m.

Sept. 18

  • Presentation by Pisgah Legal Services on Immigration Law and Policy 11 a.m.

Sept. 20

  • Feature Zumba Class with Curtis at 6:30 p.m.

Y at Mission Pardee Health Campus

Snacks from around the world, cooking demonstrations, arts and crafts, and more.

Ferguson Family Y

Sept. 15

  • Zumba Dance Class, 1:30-3 p.m.

Sept. 20

  • Special Parents Night Out

Sept. 21

  • Fun Around the World, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Woodfin Y

Games from across the globe, voter registrations, and more.

Hendersonville Family Y

Family-friendly events all week long.

Asheville Y

Sept. 18

  • Dance-A-Thon

Black Mountain Y

Sept. 16

  • Cookies Around the World