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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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Saturday, September 7, 2019

Asheville, NC NEDA Walk

Sep 7 @ 9:30 am – 11:30 am

Carrier Park

Did you know that over 30 million Americans have or will struggle with an eating disorder? Join me at Carrier Park on September, 7 at 9:30 AM for the 2019 NEDA Walk.

Your support will help to raise awareness, eliminate stigmas and gather funds for those struggling. Come join our team of warriors in the fight against eating disorders!

The walk is donation based and all proceeds will be forwarded to the National Eating Disorder Awareness group, a non-profit organization.

Categories: Fundraisers

Asheville Fairy Hair at Hickory Nut Gap Farm Renaissance Faire

Sep 7 @ 11:00 am – 6:00 pm

Hickory Nut Gap Farm

?Saturday, September 7th 11am-6:30pm
✨ASHEVILLE✨
Hickory Nut Gap Farm Renaissance Faire
57 Sugar Hollow Rd, Fairview, North Carolina 28730
***PLEASE NOTE THERE IS AN ENTRANCE FEE***
Sign up here to reserve your spot and for more information:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B044BA5AB2FA1FA7-hickory3

Categories: Art & Craft Community Family Fun Featured Festivals

Renaissance Faire at the Farm

Sep 7 @ 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Hickory Nut Gap Farm

Attention all knights, pages, jesters, jousters, kings, queens, princesses and princes! Get your costumes ready, and come out and have some fun on September 7th! Boys, girls, moms, dads, come one, come all to the First Annual Renaissance Fair at the Farm. We have all sorts of fun demonstrations planned, such as fencing, sword fighting, and juggling. Other activities to be announced, including a costume contest!

Categories: Art & Craft Community Dance Education Family Fun Festivals Food & Drink Music Nightlife Outdoors Parks & Recreation

Sunday, September 8, 2019

Memorymoog Plus Synthesizer Raffle Bob Moog Foundation

Sep 8 all-day

Bob Moog Foundation

ends on September 23, 2019 at 11:59pm ET, or when all 4,500 tickets sell out, whichever comes first.

Bob Moog Foundation announces its fall raffle featuring a coveted, fully restored vintage Memorymoog Plus synthesizer, formerly owned, played, and signed by Dr. Fink of The Revolution. The Memorymoog was part of The Revolution’s touring rig on the Purple Rain, Around the World in a Day, and Parade tours.

Funds raised from the raffle will be used to expand the Foundation’s hallmark educational project, Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool, currently inspiring over 3,000 elementary school students per year through the science of sound. The raffle will also help support the Foundation’s newest project, the Moogseum, an immersive, experiential facility that brings Bob Moog’s legacy and the science of sound and synthesis alive for people of all ages. The newly opened Moogseum is located in downtown Asheville, NC.

Categories: Fundraisers Raffle

Sweet Dreams, Full Plates Third Annual Campaign September

Sep 8 all-day

see below for participating hotels

Asheville’s hospitality industry is proving sweet dreams can truly turn into full plates.

This September, over 45 hotels are coming together for the third annual Sweet Dreams, Full Plates campaign – a major collaboration aimed at connecting Asheville area’s thriving tourism industry to local hunger relief issues.

The idea is simple. Hotel guests, during the month of September, are given the opportunity to forgo stayover services by hanging a door hanger on their room door. The door hanger says, “We Fed A Family,” and for every room that chooses to participate, the hotel makes a $2 donation on their behalf.

With each $2 donation, MANNA FoodBank is able to provide enough food for seven meals.

AC Hotel
Aloft Asheville Downtown
Best Western Tunnel Road
Country Inn & Suites
Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Asheville Westgate
Courtyard Marriott
Crowne Plaza Tennis and Golf Resort – Asheville
Doubletree by Hilton Asheville – Biltmore
Four Points by Sheraton – Asheville Downtown
Hampton Inn – Tunnel Road
Hampton Inn & Suites – Asheville South
Hampton Inn & Suites Biltmore Area
Hampton Inn & Suites Asheville – Biltmore Village
Haywood Park Hotel
Hilton Asheville Biltmore Park
Hilton Garden Inn – Asheville Downtown
Holiday Inn – Biltmore West
Holiday Inn Express and Suites (Donation Only)
Homewood Suites by Hilton Asheville
Hotel Indigo – Asheville Downtown
Hyatt Place Asheville Downtown
Quality Inn and Suites – Biltmore East (Donation Only)
Renaissance Asheville Hotel (Donation only)
Residence Inn Biltmore
Springhill Suites Marriott
THE WINDSOR – Boutique Hotel
Cambria Hotel & Suites Downtown
POSH
Country Inn & Suites Tunnel Road
Comfort Inn – Tunnel Road

Categories: Fundraisers

Youth Art Competition Application Deadline October 1, 2019

Sep 8 all-day

Hot Works 4^th Asheville Fine Art Show, October 26 & 27, 2019 takes place in Pack Square Park, downtown Asheville. This art show is juried by art professionals and brings artists to sell his/her art in all discipline including paintings, sculpture, clay, glass, fiber, jewelry, wood and more. All art is original and personally handmade by the artist who is present at the show. There is something for everyone, in all price ranges. You will see many artists at this show who do not attend other shows in North Carolina or South Carolina.

As part of our commitment to bring art education into the community, a Youth Art Competition for grades K-8 or ages 5-13 is integrated within a 10×20 space at the Asheville Fine Art Show. Sponsored by Institute for the Arts & Education, the associated 501c3 non-profit organization, all students in grades K-8 or ages 5-13 are encouraged to enter his/her original and personally handmade art that will be publicly displayed in the art show the entire weekend. On Sunday, October 27 at 3pm, there is $250 in youth art awards presented. Students are exposed to the rules and entrepreneurship opportunity of doing art shows for a living. The program brings families to the art show and exposes them to great art.

Categories: Art & Craft

Grove Park Tour of Homes Fundraiser

Sep 8 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

tour of homes--varies

This is the organization’s biggest and most important fundraiser of the year, with proceeds going to the ongoing restoration and beautification of the Proceeds benefit neighborhood beautification projects in 3 public parks: Griffing Rose
Gardens, E.W. Grove and Sunset Park. Tour is self-paced with chartered trolley transportation between stops.

See a remarkable variety of homes this year from brick Arts & Crafts to stunning mid-century moderns– all situated in the beautiful Grove Park district.

Tickets on the day of the tour will be available for purchase at $25 per person at the main ticket booth at the corner of Country Club Drive and Club View or at the Preservation Society at 324 Charlotte Street. Cash or Check preferred for same day tickets.

Categories: Fundraisers

Whole Foods Welcomes AshevilleFairyHair.com

Sep 8 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Whole Foods

✨ASHEVILLE✨ Come out for some fun with Finklepott’s Original Fairy Hair!
You can wash it,
brush it,
comb it,
curl it,
flat iron, (up to 450°!)
color it,
straighten it,
perm it,
blow it dry, get your haircut, etc.
Do whatever you normally do to your hair -but most of all; ENJOY IT!

Sign up here to reserve your spot and for more information:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b044ba5ab2fa1fa7-whole7

Categories: Art & Craft Community Featured

Monday, September 9, 2019

Memorymoog Plus Synthesizer Raffle Bob Moog Foundation

Sep 9 all-day

Bob Moog Foundation

ends on September 23, 2019 at 11:59pm ET, or when all 4,500 tickets sell out, whichever comes first.

Bob Moog Foundation announces its fall raffle featuring a coveted, fully restored vintage Memorymoog Plus synthesizer, formerly owned, played, and signed by Dr. Fink of The Revolution. The Memorymoog was part of The Revolution’s touring rig on the Purple Rain, Around the World in a Day, and Parade tours.

Funds raised from the raffle will be used to expand the Foundation’s hallmark educational project, Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool, currently inspiring over 3,000 elementary school students per year through the science of sound. The raffle will also help support the Foundation’s newest project, the Moogseum, an immersive, experiential facility that brings Bob Moog’s legacy and the science of sound and synthesis alive for people of all ages. The newly opened Moogseum is located in downtown Asheville, NC.

Categories: Fundraisers Raffle

Standing Strong Seeks Sponsors

Sep 9 all-day

Diana Wortham Theatre

JOIN US for standing strong!

Please join us on the evening of Thursday October 24, 2019 at the Diana Wortham Theatre. This event supports the quality health care and education programs that Planned Parenthood provides in the Asheville community. STANDING STRONG details

Sponsor Lunch with Irin: 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Sponsor Reception with Irin: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Main Program: 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Private Champagne and Dessert Reception 8:00 to 9:00 p.m.

The Sponsor Reception ($1,000+) begins at 5:30 p.m. at Diana Wortham Theatre. Guests will meet Irin Carmon and enjoy complimentary wine and heavy hors d’oeuvres before the program.

Doors open for all at 6:30 p.m. with curtain time at 7:00 p.m. in the Diana Wortham Theatre. Irin will deliver the keynote address.

To close out an evening supporting our critical work, sponsors ($500 – $150) are invited to the Private Champagne and Dessert Reception immediately following the program.

Categories: Community Fundraisers

Sweet Dreams, Full Plates Third Annual Campaign September

Sep 9 all-day

see below for participating hotels

Asheville’s hospitality industry is proving sweet dreams can truly turn into full plates.

This September, over 45 hotels are coming together for the third annual Sweet Dreams, Full Plates campaign – a major collaboration aimed at connecting Asheville area’s thriving tourism industry to local hunger relief issues.

The idea is simple. Hotel guests, during the month of September, are given the opportunity to forgo stayover services by hanging a door hanger on their room door. The door hanger says, “We Fed A Family,” and for every room that chooses to participate, the hotel makes a $2 donation on their behalf.

With each $2 donation, MANNA FoodBank is able to provide enough food for seven meals.

AC Hotel
Aloft Asheville Downtown
Best Western Tunnel Road
Country Inn & Suites
Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Asheville Westgate
Courtyard Marriott
Crowne Plaza Tennis and Golf Resort – Asheville
Doubletree by Hilton Asheville – Biltmore
Four Points by Sheraton – Asheville Downtown
Hampton Inn – Tunnel Road
Hampton Inn & Suites – Asheville South
Hampton Inn & Suites Biltmore Area
Hampton Inn & Suites Asheville – Biltmore Village
Haywood Park Hotel
Hilton Asheville Biltmore Park
Hilton Garden Inn – Asheville Downtown
Holiday Inn – Biltmore West
Holiday Inn Express and Suites (Donation Only)
Homewood Suites by Hilton Asheville
Hotel Indigo – Asheville Downtown
Hyatt Place Asheville Downtown
Quality Inn and Suites – Biltmore East (Donation Only)
Renaissance Asheville Hotel (Donation only)
Residence Inn Biltmore
Springhill Suites Marriott
THE WINDSOR – Boutique Hotel
Cambria Hotel & Suites Downtown
POSH
Country Inn & Suites Tunnel Road
Comfort Inn – Tunnel Road

Categories: Fundraisers

Youth Art Competition Application Deadline October 1, 2019

Sep 9 all-day

Hot Works 4^th Asheville Fine Art Show, October 26 & 27, 2019 takes place in Pack Square Park, downtown Asheville. This art show is juried by art professionals and brings artists to sell his/her art in all discipline including paintings, sculpture, clay, glass, fiber, jewelry, wood and more. All art is original and personally handmade by the artist who is present at the show. There is something for everyone, in all price ranges. You will see many artists at this show who do not attend other shows in North Carolina or South Carolina.

As part of our commitment to bring art education into the community, a Youth Art Competition for grades K-8 or ages 5-13 is integrated within a 10×20 space at the Asheville Fine Art Show. Sponsored by Institute for the Arts & Education, the associated 501c3 non-profit organization, all students in grades K-8 or ages 5-13 are encouraged to enter his/her original and personally handmade art that will be publicly displayed in the art show the entire weekend. On Sunday, October 27 at 3pm, there is $250 in youth art awards presented. Students are exposed to the rules and entrepreneurship opportunity of doing art shows for a living. The program brings families to the art show and exposes them to great art.

Categories: Art & Craft

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Memorymoog Plus Synthesizer Raffle Bob Moog Foundation

Sep 10 all-day

Bob Moog Foundation

ends on September 23, 2019 at 11:59pm ET, or when all 4,500 tickets sell out, whichever comes first.

Bob Moog Foundation announces its fall raffle featuring a coveted, fully restored vintage Memorymoog Plus synthesizer, formerly owned, played, and signed by Dr. Fink of The Revolution. The Memorymoog was part of The Revolution’s touring rig on the Purple Rain, Around the World in a Day, and Parade tours.

Funds raised from the raffle will be used to expand the Foundation’s hallmark educational project, Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool, currently inspiring over 3,000 elementary school students per year through the science of sound. The raffle will also help support the Foundation’s newest project, the Moogseum, an immersive, experiential facility that brings Bob Moog’s legacy and the science of sound and synthesis alive for people of all ages. The newly opened Moogseum is located in downtown Asheville, NC.

Categories: Fundraisers Raffle

Sweet Dreams, Full Plates Third Annual Campaign September

Sep 10 all-day

see below for participating hotels

Asheville’s hospitality industry is proving sweet dreams can truly turn into full plates.

This September, over 45 hotels are coming together for the third annual Sweet Dreams, Full Plates campaign – a major collaboration aimed at connecting Asheville area’s thriving tourism industry to local hunger relief issues.

The idea is simple. Hotel guests, during the month of September, are given the opportunity to forgo stayover services by hanging a door hanger on their room door. The door hanger says, “We Fed A Family,” and for every room that chooses to participate, the hotel makes a $2 donation on their behalf.

With each $2 donation, MANNA FoodBank is able to provide enough food for seven meals.

AC Hotel
Aloft Asheville Downtown
Best Western Tunnel Road
Country Inn & Suites
Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Asheville Westgate
Courtyard Marriott
Crowne Plaza Tennis and Golf Resort – Asheville
Doubletree by Hilton Asheville – Biltmore
Four Points by Sheraton – Asheville Downtown
Hampton Inn – Tunnel Road
Hampton Inn & Suites – Asheville South
Hampton Inn & Suites Biltmore Area
Hampton Inn & Suites Asheville – Biltmore Village
Haywood Park Hotel
Hilton Asheville Biltmore Park
Hilton Garden Inn – Asheville Downtown
Holiday Inn – Biltmore West
Holiday Inn Express and Suites (Donation Only)
Homewood Suites by Hilton Asheville
Hotel Indigo – Asheville Downtown
Hyatt Place Asheville Downtown
Quality Inn and Suites – Biltmore East (Donation Only)
Renaissance Asheville Hotel (Donation only)
Residence Inn Biltmore
Springhill Suites Marriott
THE WINDSOR – Boutique Hotel
Cambria Hotel & Suites Downtown
POSH
Country Inn & Suites Tunnel Road
Comfort Inn – Tunnel Road

Categories: Fundraisers

Youth Art Competition Application Deadline October 1, 2019

Sep 10 all-day

Hot Works 4^th Asheville Fine Art Show, October 26 & 27, 2019 takes place in Pack Square Park, downtown Asheville. This art show is juried by art professionals and brings artists to sell his/her art in all discipline including paintings, sculpture, clay, glass, fiber, jewelry, wood and more. All art is original and personally handmade by the artist who is present at the show. There is something for everyone, in all price ranges. You will see many artists at this show who do not attend other shows in North Carolina or South Carolina.

As part of our commitment to bring art education into the community, a Youth Art Competition for grades K-8 or ages 5-13 is integrated within a 10×20 space at the Asheville Fine Art Show. Sponsored by Institute for the Arts & Education, the associated 501c3 non-profit organization, all students in grades K-8 or ages 5-13 are encouraged to enter his/her original and personally handmade art that will be publicly displayed in the art show the entire weekend. On Sunday, October 27 at 3pm, there is $250 in youth art awards presented. Students are exposed to the rules and entrepreneurship opportunity of doing art shows for a living. The program brings families to the art show and exposes them to great art.

Categories: Art & Craft

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.

Categories: Art & Craft Bookclubs

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Memorymoog Plus Synthesizer Raffle Bob Moog Foundation

Sep 11 all-day

Bob Moog Foundation

ends on September 23, 2019 at 11:59pm ET, or when all 4,500 tickets sell out, whichever comes first.

Bob Moog Foundation announces its fall raffle featuring a coveted, fully restored vintage Memorymoog Plus synthesizer, formerly owned, played, and signed by Dr. Fink of The Revolution. The Memorymoog was part of The Revolution’s touring rig on the Purple Rain, Around the World in a Day, and Parade tours.

Funds raised from the raffle will be used to expand the Foundation’s hallmark educational project, Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool, currently inspiring over 3,000 elementary school students per year through the science of sound. The raffle will also help support the Foundation’s newest project, the Moogseum, an immersive, experiential facility that brings Bob Moog’s legacy and the science of sound and synthesis alive for people of all ages. The newly opened Moogseum is located in downtown Asheville, NC.

Categories: Fundraisers Raffle

Standing Strong Seeks Sponsors

Sep 11 all-day

Diana Wortham Theatre

JOIN US for standing strong!

Please join us on the evening of Thursday October 24, 2019 at the Diana Wortham Theatre. This event supports the quality health care and education programs that Planned Parenthood provides in the Asheville community. STANDING STRONG details

Sponsor Lunch with Irin: 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Sponsor Reception with Irin: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Main Program: 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Private Champagne and Dessert Reception 8:00 to 9:00 p.m.

The Sponsor Reception ($1,000+) begins at 5:30 p.m. at Diana Wortham Theatre. Guests will meet Irin Carmon and enjoy complimentary wine and heavy hors d’oeuvres before the program.

Doors open for all at 6:30 p.m. with curtain time at 7:00 p.m. in the Diana Wortham Theatre. Irin will deliver the keynote address.

To close out an evening supporting our critical work, sponsors ($500 – $150) are invited to the Private Champagne and Dessert Reception immediately following the program.

Categories: Community Fundraisers

Sweet Dreams, Full Plates Third Annual Campaign September

Sep 11 all-day

see below for participating hotels

Asheville’s hospitality industry is proving sweet dreams can truly turn into full plates.

This September, over 45 hotels are coming together for the third annual Sweet Dreams, Full Plates campaign – a major collaboration aimed at connecting Asheville area’s thriving tourism industry to local hunger relief issues.

The idea is simple. Hotel guests, during the month of September, are given the opportunity to forgo stayover services by hanging a door hanger on their room door. The door hanger says, “We Fed A Family,” and for every room that chooses to participate, the hotel makes a $2 donation on their behalf.

With each $2 donation, MANNA FoodBank is able to provide enough food for seven meals.

AC Hotel
Aloft Asheville Downtown
Best Western Tunnel Road
Country Inn & Suites
Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Asheville Westgate
Courtyard Marriott
Crowne Plaza Tennis and Golf Resort – Asheville
Doubletree by Hilton Asheville – Biltmore
Four Points by Sheraton – Asheville Downtown
Hampton Inn – Tunnel Road
Hampton Inn & Suites – Asheville South
Hampton Inn & Suites Biltmore Area
Hampton Inn & Suites Asheville – Biltmore Village
Haywood Park Hotel
Hilton Asheville Biltmore Park
Hilton Garden Inn – Asheville Downtown
Holiday Inn – Biltmore West
Holiday Inn Express and Suites (Donation Only)
Homewood Suites by Hilton Asheville
Hotel Indigo – Asheville Downtown
Hyatt Place Asheville Downtown
Quality Inn and Suites – Biltmore East (Donation Only)
Renaissance Asheville Hotel (Donation only)
Residence Inn Biltmore
Springhill Suites Marriott
THE WINDSOR – Boutique Hotel
Cambria Hotel & Suites Downtown
POSH
Country Inn & Suites Tunnel Road
Comfort Inn – Tunnel Road

Categories: Fundraisers

Youth Art Competition Application Deadline October 1, 2019

Sep 11 all-day

Hot Works 4^th Asheville Fine Art Show, October 26 & 27, 2019 takes place in Pack Square Park, downtown Asheville. This art show is juried by art professionals and brings artists to sell his/her art in all discipline including paintings, sculpture, clay, glass, fiber, jewelry, wood and more. All art is original and personally handmade by the artist who is present at the show. There is something for everyone, in all price ranges. You will see many artists at this show who do not attend other shows in North Carolina or South Carolina.

As part of our commitment to bring art education into the community, a Youth Art Competition for grades K-8 or ages 5-13 is integrated within a 10×20 space at the Asheville Fine Art Show. Sponsored by Institute for the Arts & Education, the associated 501c3 non-profit organization, all students in grades K-8 or ages 5-13 are encouraged to enter his/her original and personally handmade art that will be publicly displayed in the art show the entire weekend. On Sunday, October 27 at 3pm, there is $250 in youth art awards presented. Students are exposed to the rules and entrepreneurship opportunity of doing art shows for a living. The program brings families to the art show and exposes them to great art.

Categories: Art & Craft

Thursday, September 12, 2019

Memorymoog Plus Synthesizer Raffle Bob Moog Foundation

Sep 12 all-day

Bob Moog Foundation

ends on September 23, 2019 at 11:59pm ET, or when all 4,500 tickets sell out, whichever comes first.

Bob Moog Foundation announces its fall raffle featuring a coveted, fully restored vintage Memorymoog Plus synthesizer, formerly owned, played, and signed by Dr. Fink of The Revolution. The Memorymoog was part of The Revolution’s touring rig on the Purple Rain, Around the World in a Day, and Parade tours.

Funds raised from the raffle will be used to expand the Foundation’s hallmark educational project, Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool, currently inspiring over 3,000 elementary school students per year through the science of sound. The raffle will also help support the Foundation’s newest project, the Moogseum, an immersive, experiential facility that brings Bob Moog’s legacy and the science of sound and synthesis alive for people of all ages. The newly opened Moogseum is located in downtown Asheville, NC.

Categories: Fundraisers Raffle

Sweet Dreams, Full Plates Third Annual Campaign September

Sep 12 all-day

see below for participating hotels

Asheville’s hospitality industry is proving sweet dreams can truly turn into full plates.

This September, over 45 hotels are coming together for the third annual Sweet Dreams, Full Plates campaign – a major collaboration aimed at connecting Asheville area’s thriving tourism industry to local hunger relief issues.

The idea is simple. Hotel guests, during the month of September, are given the opportunity to forgo stayover services by hanging a door hanger on their room door. The door hanger says, “We Fed A Family,” and for every room that chooses to participate, the hotel makes a $2 donation on their behalf.

With each $2 donation, MANNA FoodBank is able to provide enough food for seven meals.

AC Hotel
Aloft Asheville Downtown
Best Western Tunnel Road
Country Inn & Suites
Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Asheville Westgate
Courtyard Marriott
Crowne Plaza Tennis and Golf Resort – Asheville
Doubletree by Hilton Asheville – Biltmore
Four Points by Sheraton – Asheville Downtown
Hampton Inn – Tunnel Road
Hampton Inn & Suites – Asheville South
Hampton Inn & Suites Biltmore Area
Hampton Inn & Suites Asheville – Biltmore Village
Haywood Park Hotel
Hilton Asheville Biltmore Park
Hilton Garden Inn – Asheville Downtown
Holiday Inn – Biltmore West
Holiday Inn Express and Suites (Donation Only)
Homewood Suites by Hilton Asheville
Hotel Indigo – Asheville Downtown
Hyatt Place Asheville Downtown
Quality Inn and Suites – Biltmore East (Donation Only)
Renaissance Asheville Hotel (Donation only)
Residence Inn Biltmore
Springhill Suites Marriott
THE WINDSOR – Boutique Hotel
Cambria Hotel & Suites Downtown
POSH
Country Inn & Suites Tunnel Road
Comfort Inn – Tunnel Road

Categories: Fundraisers

Youth Art Competition Application Deadline October 1, 2019

Sep 12 all-day

Hot Works 4^th Asheville Fine Art Show, October 26 & 27, 2019 takes place in Pack Square Park, downtown Asheville. This art show is juried by art professionals and brings artists to sell his/her art in all discipline including paintings, sculpture, clay, glass, fiber, jewelry, wood and more. All art is original and personally handmade by the artist who is present at the show. There is something for everyone, in all price ranges. You will see many artists at this show who do not attend other shows in North Carolina or South Carolina.

As part of our commitment to bring art education into the community, a Youth Art Competition for grades K-8 or ages 5-13 is integrated within a 10×20 space at the Asheville Fine Art Show. Sponsored by Institute for the Arts & Education, the associated 501c3 non-profit organization, all students in grades K-8 or ages 5-13 are encouraged to enter his/her original and personally handmade art that will be publicly displayed in the art show the entire weekend. On Sunday, October 27 at 3pm, there is $250 in youth art awards presented. Students are exposed to the rules and entrepreneurship opportunity of doing art shows for a living. The program brings families to the art show and exposes them to great art.

Categories: Art & Craft

CONTEMPORARY FOLIAGE EXHIBITION OPENS AT MOMENTUM GALLERY

Sep 12 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Momentum Gallery

Momentum Gallery, in downtown Asheville, hosts an opening reception for its fall group exhibition – A New Leaf, Thursday, September 12th, from 5-8pm.

A New Leaf is a sophisticated collection of original works celebrating the charm and beauty of one of nature’s great wonders – foliage. From atmospheric photography to glass sculpture, trompe l’oeil relief paintings and eye-popping infinity mirrors, exquisite works are cast or constructed from actual leaves while others imitate their natural counterparts. Coinciding with leaf season in the mountains, this exhibition continues at 24 N Lexington Avenue through Saturday, November 9th.

Demetra Theofanous collaborates with her partner Dean Bensen to compose arrangements of remarkably detailed, cast glass leaves into cascading, wall-mounted arrangements that appear as if they’re being blown by the wind. Trompe l’oeil master Ron Isaacs’ calls his series of small, wall-mounted works in the show Couples. Isaacs’ paired leaves constructed as all of his work is from birch plywood and painted, often appear anthropomorphic, frozen mid embrace. Artists Jo Stealey and Hillary Waters Fayle incorporate actual foliage in their works. Fayle incises and embroiderers leaves to make wonderfully intimate works, while Stealey fashions tonal wall-hangings with bold geometric patterns reminiscent of tapestries.

Other artists participating in A New Leafinclude: Elizabeth Busey, printmaking; Jeri Eisenberg, photography; Linda Ethier, cast glass; Amy Gross, mixed media; Kit Paulson, lampworked glass; Sandy Rothberg, photography; Jim Sams, wood sculpture; and Tim Tate, mixed media.

Categories: Art & Craft

Friday, September 13, 2019

Memorymoog Plus Synthesizer Raffle Bob Moog Foundation

Sep 13 all-day

Bob Moog Foundation

ends on September 23, 2019 at 11:59pm ET, or when all 4,500 tickets sell out, whichever comes first.

Bob Moog Foundation announces its fall raffle featuring a coveted, fully restored vintage Memorymoog Plus synthesizer, formerly owned, played, and signed by Dr. Fink of The Revolution. The Memorymoog was part of The Revolution’s touring rig on the Purple Rain, Around the World in a Day, and Parade tours.

Funds raised from the raffle will be used to expand the Foundation’s hallmark educational project, Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool, currently inspiring over 3,000 elementary school students per year through the science of sound. The raffle will also help support the Foundation’s newest project, the Moogseum, an immersive, experiential facility that brings Bob Moog’s legacy and the science of sound and synthesis alive for people of all ages. The newly opened Moogseum is located in downtown Asheville, NC.

Categories: Fundraisers Raffle

Standing Strong Seeks Sponsors

Sep 13 all-day

Diana Wortham Theatre

JOIN US for standing strong!

Please join us on the evening of Thursday October 24, 2019 at the Diana Wortham Theatre. This event supports the quality health care and education programs that Planned Parenthood provides in the Asheville community. STANDING STRONG details

Sponsor Lunch with Irin: 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Sponsor Reception with Irin: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Main Program: 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Private Champagne and Dessert Reception 8:00 to 9:00 p.m.

The Sponsor Reception ($1,000+) begins at 5:30 p.m. at Diana Wortham Theatre. Guests will meet Irin Carmon and enjoy complimentary wine and heavy hors d’oeuvres before the program.

Doors open for all at 6:30 p.m. with curtain time at 7:00 p.m. in the Diana Wortham Theatre. Irin will deliver the keynote address.

To close out an evening supporting our critical work, sponsors ($500 – $150) are invited to the Private Champagne and Dessert Reception immediately following the program.

Categories: Community Fundraisers

Sweet Dreams, Full Plates Third Annual Campaign September

Sep 13 all-day

see below for participating hotels

Asheville’s hospitality industry is proving sweet dreams can truly turn into full plates.

This September, over 45 hotels are coming together for the third annual Sweet Dreams, Full Plates campaign – a major collaboration aimed at connecting Asheville area’s thriving tourism industry to local hunger relief issues.

The idea is simple. Hotel guests, during the month of September, are given the opportunity to forgo stayover services by hanging a door hanger on their room door. The door hanger says, “We Fed A Family,” and for every room that chooses to participate, the hotel makes a $2 donation on their behalf.

With each $2 donation, MANNA FoodBank is able to provide enough food for seven meals.

AC Hotel
Aloft Asheville Downtown
Best Western Tunnel Road
Country Inn & Suites
Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Asheville Westgate
Courtyard Marriott
Crowne Plaza Tennis and Golf Resort – Asheville
Doubletree by Hilton Asheville – Biltmore
Four Points by Sheraton – Asheville Downtown
Hampton Inn – Tunnel Road
Hampton Inn & Suites – Asheville South
Hampton Inn & Suites Biltmore Area
Hampton Inn & Suites Asheville – Biltmore Village
Haywood Park Hotel
Hilton Asheville Biltmore Park
Hilton Garden Inn – Asheville Downtown
Holiday Inn – Biltmore West
Holiday Inn Express and Suites (Donation Only)
Homewood Suites by Hilton Asheville
Hotel Indigo – Asheville Downtown
Hyatt Place Asheville Downtown
Quality Inn and Suites – Biltmore East (Donation Only)
Renaissance Asheville Hotel (Donation only)
Residence Inn Biltmore
Springhill Suites Marriott
THE WINDSOR – Boutique Hotel
Cambria Hotel & Suites Downtown
POSH
Country Inn & Suites Tunnel Road
Comfort Inn – Tunnel Road

Categories: Fundraisers

Youth Art Competition Application Deadline October 1, 2019

Sep 13 all-day

Hot Works 4^th Asheville Fine Art Show, October 26 & 27, 2019 takes place in Pack Square Park, downtown Asheville. This art show is juried by art professionals and brings artists to sell his/her art in all discipline including paintings, sculpture, clay, glass, fiber, jewelry, wood and more. All art is original and personally handmade by the artist who is present at the show. There is something for everyone, in all price ranges. You will see many artists at this show who do not attend other shows in North Carolina or South Carolina.

As part of our commitment to bring art education into the community, a Youth Art Competition for grades K-8 or ages 5-13 is integrated within a 10×20 space at the Asheville Fine Art Show. Sponsored by Institute for the Arts & Education, the associated 501c3 non-profit organization, all students in grades K-8 or ages 5-13 are encouraged to enter his/her original and personally handmade art that will be publicly displayed in the art show the entire weekend. On Sunday, October 27 at 3pm, there is $250 in youth art awards presented. Students are exposed to the rules and entrepreneurship opportunity of doing art shows for a living. The program brings families to the art show and exposes them to great art.

Categories: Art & Craft

The Regional Artist Project Grant WORKSHOP

Sep 13 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Asheville Area Arts Council

The Regional Artist Project Grant is an annual grant program that provides financial support to developing professionals by funding a project pivotal to the advancement of their careers as artists. The selection criteria include artistic merit, the potential of the project to contribute to the artist’s professional growth, and the feasibility of the project itself. The Asheville Area Arts Council, Toe River Arts Council, and the Madison County Arts Council are pleased to announce the 2019/2020 Regional Artist Project Grant application is open.

The Regional Artist Project Grants awarded range from $400 – $1,200. Full or partial cash match is not required but is preferred. Artists currently enrolled in a graduate or undergraduate program and artists who have received a Regional Artist Project Grant within the last two funding cycles are not eligible.

Categories: Art & Craft

“Natural Disaster” Exhibition Seung Jun (“Jun”) Seo Opening

Sep 13 @ 7:00 pm

Gallery 101

• As a child raised by his grandmother in rural South Korea, Jun’s only friends were the clay figures he created from the ground

• “Natural Disaster” is based on the violent dichotomy of the volcano and the earthquake—and attempts to build a bridge of acceptance between the two

• “Natural Disaster” will be on display September 5th through October 27th, 2019.

Gallery 101, a new downtown art gallery owned and operated by the artist. Jun is a South Korean-born former art director for corporate brands, stage director for prominent theater and television companies, and installation artist. He has written and directed numerous stage productions and art exhibitions in locations such as Seoul, New York, N.Y., and London, U.K.

Categories: Art & Craft

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