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Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Go On A Blind Date With a Book at the Library This February
Feb 16 all-day
Buncombe County Libraries

Buncombe County Public Libraries is playing matchmaker in February as Blind Date with a Book returns. The blind date books are easy to spot; they’ll be the ones with the paper-wrapped book covers. Check one out and take it home. Remember, don’t judge a book by its cover, and you might fall in love with a new author, genre, or series you hadn’t tried before.

The Fairview, Swannanoa, Pack, Black Mountain, Leicester, and North Asheville Libraries will be happy to set you up on your blind date anytime in February.

Thursday, February 17, 2022
Go On A Blind Date With a Book at the Library This February
Feb 17 all-day
Buncombe County Libraries

Buncombe County Public Libraries is playing matchmaker in February as Blind Date with a Book returns. The blind date books are easy to spot; they’ll be the ones with the paper-wrapped book covers. Check one out and take it home. Remember, don’t judge a book by its cover, and you might fall in love with a new author, genre, or series you hadn’t tried before.

The Fairview, Swannanoa, Pack, Black Mountain, Leicester, and North Asheville Libraries will be happy to set you up on your blind date anytime in February.

Friday, February 18, 2022
Go On A Blind Date With a Book at the Library This February
Feb 18 all-day
Buncombe County Libraries

Buncombe County Public Libraries is playing matchmaker in February as Blind Date with a Book returns. The blind date books are easy to spot; they’ll be the ones with the paper-wrapped book covers. Check one out and take it home. Remember, don’t judge a book by its cover, and you might fall in love with a new author, genre, or series you hadn’t tried before.

The Fairview, Swannanoa, Pack, Black Mountain, Leicester, and North Asheville Libraries will be happy to set you up on your blind date anytime in February.

Saturday, February 19, 2022
Go On A Blind Date With a Book at the Library This February
Feb 19 all-day
Buncombe County Libraries

Buncombe County Public Libraries is playing matchmaker in February as Blind Date with a Book returns. The blind date books are easy to spot; they’ll be the ones with the paper-wrapped book covers. Check one out and take it home. Remember, don’t judge a book by its cover, and you might fall in love with a new author, genre, or series you hadn’t tried before.

The Fairview, Swannanoa, Pack, Black Mountain, Leicester, and North Asheville Libraries will be happy to set you up on your blind date anytime in February.

Sunday, February 20, 2022
Go On A Blind Date With a Book at the Library This February
Feb 20 all-day
Buncombe County Libraries

Buncombe County Public Libraries is playing matchmaker in February as Blind Date with a Book returns. The blind date books are easy to spot; they’ll be the ones with the paper-wrapped book covers. Check one out and take it home. Remember, don’t judge a book by its cover, and you might fall in love with a new author, genre, or series you hadn’t tried before.

The Fairview, Swannanoa, Pack, Black Mountain, Leicester, and North Asheville Libraries will be happy to set you up on your blind date anytime in February.

Monday, February 21, 2022
Go On A Blind Date With a Book at the Library This February
Feb 21 all-day
Buncombe County Libraries

Buncombe County Public Libraries is playing matchmaker in February as Blind Date with a Book returns. The blind date books are easy to spot; they’ll be the ones with the paper-wrapped book covers. Check one out and take it home. Remember, don’t judge a book by its cover, and you might fall in love with a new author, genre, or series you hadn’t tried before.

The Fairview, Swannanoa, Pack, Black Mountain, Leicester, and North Asheville Libraries will be happy to set you up on your blind date anytime in February.

Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Go On A Blind Date With a Book at the Library This February
Feb 22 all-day
Buncombe County Libraries

Buncombe County Public Libraries is playing matchmaker in February as Blind Date with a Book returns. The blind date books are easy to spot; they’ll be the ones with the paper-wrapped book covers. Check one out and take it home. Remember, don’t judge a book by its cover, and you might fall in love with a new author, genre, or series you hadn’t tried before.

The Fairview, Swannanoa, Pack, Black Mountain, Leicester, and North Asheville Libraries will be happy to set you up on your blind date anytime in February.

Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Go On A Blind Date With a Book at the Library This February
Feb 23 all-day
Buncombe County Libraries

Buncombe County Public Libraries is playing matchmaker in February as Blind Date with a Book returns. The blind date books are easy to spot; they’ll be the ones with the paper-wrapped book covers. Check one out and take it home. Remember, don’t judge a book by its cover, and you might fall in love with a new author, genre, or series you hadn’t tried before.

The Fairview, Swannanoa, Pack, Black Mountain, Leicester, and North Asheville Libraries will be happy to set you up on your blind date anytime in February.

Thursday, February 24, 2022
Go On A Blind Date With a Book at the Library This February
Feb 24 all-day
Buncombe County Libraries

Buncombe County Public Libraries is playing matchmaker in February as Blind Date with a Book returns. The blind date books are easy to spot; they’ll be the ones with the paper-wrapped book covers. Check one out and take it home. Remember, don’t judge a book by its cover, and you might fall in love with a new author, genre, or series you hadn’t tried before.

The Fairview, Swannanoa, Pack, Black Mountain, Leicester, and North Asheville Libraries will be happy to set you up on your blind date anytime in February.

Friday, February 25, 2022
Go On A Blind Date With a Book at the Library This February
Feb 25 all-day
Buncombe County Libraries

Buncombe County Public Libraries is playing matchmaker in February as Blind Date with a Book returns. The blind date books are easy to spot; they’ll be the ones with the paper-wrapped book covers. Check one out and take it home. Remember, don’t judge a book by its cover, and you might fall in love with a new author, genre, or series you hadn’t tried before.

The Fairview, Swannanoa, Pack, Black Mountain, Leicester, and North Asheville Libraries will be happy to set you up on your blind date anytime in February.

Saturday, February 26, 2022
Go On A Blind Date With a Book at the Library This February
Feb 26 all-day
Buncombe County Libraries

Buncombe County Public Libraries is playing matchmaker in February as Blind Date with a Book returns. The blind date books are easy to spot; they’ll be the ones with the paper-wrapped book covers. Check one out and take it home. Remember, don’t judge a book by its cover, and you might fall in love with a new author, genre, or series you hadn’t tried before.

The Fairview, Swannanoa, Pack, Black Mountain, Leicester, and North Asheville Libraries will be happy to set you up on your blind date anytime in February.

Mardi Gras + King Cake 10W-40 Release
Feb 26 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Hi-Wire Brewing
  • Enjoy the new beer brewed with coffee, chocolate, vanilla, cinnamon + pecans and celebrate the Carnival season with live music.
Sunday, February 27, 2022
Go On A Blind Date With a Book at the Library This February
Feb 27 all-day
Buncombe County Libraries

Buncombe County Public Libraries is playing matchmaker in February as Blind Date with a Book returns. The blind date books are easy to spot; they’ll be the ones with the paper-wrapped book covers. Check one out and take it home. Remember, don’t judge a book by its cover, and you might fall in love with a new author, genre, or series you hadn’t tried before.

The Fairview, Swannanoa, Pack, Black Mountain, Leicester, and North Asheville Libraries will be happy to set you up on your blind date anytime in February.

Monday, February 28, 2022
Go On A Blind Date With a Book at the Library This February
Feb 28 all-day
Buncombe County Libraries

Buncombe County Public Libraries is playing matchmaker in February as Blind Date with a Book returns. The blind date books are easy to spot; they’ll be the ones with the paper-wrapped book covers. Check one out and take it home. Remember, don’t judge a book by its cover, and you might fall in love with a new author, genre, or series you hadn’t tried before.

The Fairview, Swannanoa, Pack, Black Mountain, Leicester, and North Asheville Libraries will be happy to set you up on your blind date anytime in February.

Tuesday, March 1, 2022
King Cake Ice Cream
Mar 1 all-day
online

The Hop Handcrafted Ice Cream logo

Ashley has a new and improved recipe for this flavor, which she has described as a cross between cinnamon roll and cheesecake with little swirls of color. It is made with bits of her from-scratch king cake and each pint includes a “baby”

Auditions: An Inspector Calls Reader’s Theatre
Mar 1 @ 10:30 am – 2:30 pm
Asheville Community Theatre

All performances at 2:30 pm. Friday and Saturday performances are held at Asheville Community Theatre; Sunday performances are held at the Reuter Center on the campus of UNCA in conjunction with OLLI Asheville.

An Inspector Calls

By J.B. Priestley; Directed by Margaret Crowell

About the show

AUDITION DATE: Tuesday, March 1, 2022; 10:30 am-2:30 pm

PERFORMANCE DATES: March 18-20, 2022; 2:30 pm

REHEARSAL DATES: March 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 2022; 10:30 am -2:30 pm

DIRECTOR SEEKS: 4 men, 3 women * Note: To attend a face-to-face program at OLLI Asheville, you must be vaccinated for COVID-19. Since the Sunday matinee performance is at OLLI, all actors will need to be vaccinated.

Saturday, March 5, 2022
MakeHER Market
Mar 5 all-day
Reynolds Village

Celebrate International Women’s Day 2022
with
The MakeHER Market at Reynolds Village

The MakeHER Market returns on Saturday, March 5th in celebration of International Women’s Day in a new location at Reynolds Village in North Asheville.

The debut event was held in 2019 as a way to highlight and create connections between the talented community of Asheville female entrepreneurs. International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated worldwide in early March to honor the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Among its missions, IWD 2022 strives to “imagine a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination. A world that’s diverse, equitable, and inclusive. A world where difference is valued and celebrated. Together we can forge women’s equality. Collectively we can all #BreakTheBias.”

The 2022 MakeHER Market will raise money for HelpMate and feature 20 female, independent creatives, makers and designers and their unique, hand crafted goods. Fair Trade coffee, jewelry and home décor as well as locally made art, accessories and botanicals will be available to purchase. Created and organized by Fair Trade companies Incite Coffee Co. and Maadili Collective, as well as Hello, Gorgeous! Professional Bra Fitting & More, all women-owned, local Asheville companies. In addition to shopping for local vendor goods, guests can donate to the Hello Gorgeous! Bra Drive for HelpMate, a year-round program to provide courageous survivors with bra fittings and gently loved, cleaned, and curated bras. The MakeHER Market event aims to honor the empowerment and enterprising ventures of diverse women locally and abroad.

All participating vendors will be fully vaccinated against Covid 19 and the event will follow the Buncombe County mandates for Covid protocols for all guests.

Event hours are 11am to 5pm, admission is free and families are welcome.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/makeHERmarket

WHAT: The MakeHER Market
WHERE: 61 North Merrimon Avenue, Suite 107, North Asheville
WHEN: Saturday, March 5th, 11-5pm. Rain or shine.

#IWD2022 #BreaktheBias

WHITE HORSE LIVE: New Year’s Eve with The Riccardis
Mar 5 @ 12:00 am – 12:00 pm
White Horse Black Mountain
WHITE HORSE LIVE: New Year's Eve with The Riccardis

With over 65 million views on social media, Sandy and Richard Riccardi have been snarkastically encouraging the nation in song and satire the last several years, and look forward to making you laugh and hope again! Join us for a celebration of a new year.

Sandy and Richard Riccardi have been taking on the political world with their patented blend of comedy cabaret and socio-relevant lyrics since their first viral video, “Hockey Mama For Obama” back in the simpler times of 2008. They have continued to entertain over 60 million viewers with hits like “Tiki Torch Nazis,” “The Boy From Mar-a-Lago,” and most recently Sandy was featured on the Roy Zimmerman mega-hit “The Liar Tweets Tonight.”

Join us as we welcome Sandy and Richard back to White Horse for a special New Year’s Eve performance to guarantee laughter as pandemic-monium stretches into another year.

Act2 Players Reader’s Theatre Audition
Mar 5 @ 10:00 am
Hendersonville Theatre

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Are you an adult interested in theatre who is available during the day? Hendersonville Theatre has created Act2 Players just for you.

HT’s Act2 Players is dedicated to producing short works in a reader’s theatre setting. Adults interested in acting and available for daytime rehearsals during the week are invited to audition on Saturday, March 5 at 10 am at the theatre, 229 S. Washington Street, Hendersonville. Auditions will consist of cold readings from various potential scripts to be produced as a public performance on April 1-3. No experience is necessary. Additional information can be found at www.hendersonvilletheatre.org.

The health and safety is a priority to HT, and all participants in Act2 Players and theatre staff must be vaccinated. During auditions, HT is limiting the number of people inside the theatre. After arrival and check-in, actors may be asked to wait in their vehicle or outside. Mask-wearing is required in the theatre.

In April, selected plays will be performed on book with limited staging. The proposed time commitment will be 3 weeks, allowing for several directed rehearsals and 2-3 performances.

Reader’s theatre is a legitimate form of drama with actors using their voices and upper bodies to convey various roles in a script through reading to an audience. It differs from a play in that parts or roles are read rather than memorized. Actors usually stand or sit behind lecterns or music stands and use techniques such as vocal and facial expressions, as well as hand and arm movements. Small hand props may be used as well.

Since 1966, Hendersonville Theatre has provided an inviting and nurturing environment for live theatre, as well as high-quality, affordable entertainment for the residents of Hendersonville and surrounding areas.

Tuesday, March 15, 2022
MANNA FoodBank Table for Three Raffle
Mar 15 all-day
online

After a two-year hiatus, MANNA is thrilled to announce the return of the Table For Three raffle, our hunger-ending initiative that features a grand prize of 52 restaurant gift certificates for a “meal for two” from the Asheville-area’s finest local restaurants. The pricing for the tickets ($104) is intentional. Every raffle ticket sold will provide one meal a day for more than a year for a food-insecure neighbor – hence the winning ticket equals a Table for Three.
Mark your calendars for March 15, when you’ll be able to check out this year’s incredible Restaurant Partners and be one of the first people to purchase your tickets. Only 500 tickets will be sold!
Be a Social Leprechaun – Partnership event at Mojo Coworking
Mar 15 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Mojo Coworking Asheville
Be a Social Leprechaun - Partnership event at Mojo Coworking

Get your green on! This will be a fun partnership social event at Mojo Coworking’s fabulous event space. Mojo is Asheville’s original coworking space and they have recently moved to beautiful new digs on Broadway St.

Event beverages will be sponsored by Hi-Wire Brewing, which happened to be incubated once upon a time at Mojo. HUGE thanks to Hi-Wire for sharing their super suds.

Mojo has an impressive event space on the first floor below their office on the corner of Broadway and Woodfin streets.

Saturday, March 19, 2022
St. Patrick’s Day Block Party
Mar 19 @ 2:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Downtown Weaverville

Join us in Downtown Weaverville from 2pm – 7pm for food, drink, and fun in honor of Saint Patrick’s Day! The Block Party will occupy sections of Florida Avenue and Merchant’s Alley. The party will feature food vendors, a costume contest, Irish inspired beer and cocktails, music, a raffle, and more.

25th Anniversary Party at the Mansion
Mar 19 @ 3:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Green Man Brewery

Green Man’s 25th Anniversary Celebration! Music Festival on St. Patrick’s day and throughout the weekend. Thursday focuses on Dirty Jack’s, Green Man’s original location; featuring the bands Supper Club, Father Son Picnic, Jeb Rogers Band, and Skunk Ruckus all inside our original taproom! Friday will have a smaller street festival feel with two local DJ’s at the Green Mansion, featuring Dj Meow Meow and DJ lyric. Saturday is the big street festival blow out! Featuring the bands Patrick Dodd, Red Clay Revival, and Empire Strikes Brass. Every day is totally free to attend and focuses on supporting the Asheville community through the WNC Bridge Foundation along with other local vendors, food trucks, and community organizations.

Screaming J’s Spring Equinox Boogie
Mar 19 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
One World Brewing West

This lovely lil’ hint 🌱🌞 🐛of Spring is finally upon us.. 🌼 what does that call for, you may ask yo’self?? ✨🍀💓🍀💫 it’s high time we all get lucky & get together 👒to BooGie til’ we drop🤩 so bring your smile & maybe some good friends, too🔥 🎹🎶 cuz we can’t hardly wait to celebrate life again with YOU’s‼️(if you grab some tixs in advance you save $12 in advance/$15 at the door) 🙌

Sunday, March 20, 2022
St. Patty’s Day Charcuterie Workshop hosted by Asheville Charcuterie Co.
Mar 20 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Catawba Brewing Biltmore Village

St. Patty's Day Charcuterie Workshop hosted by Asheville Charcuterie Co.

That’s right! Catawba has partnered up with AVL Charcuterie Co. for a Charcuterie Board Making Class! Grab a beer and head to the private back room where you’ll learn how to make a charcuterie board with Lindsey from AVL Charcuterie Co.

Asheville Charcuterie Co. will take you through the process step by step on how to make a gorgeous board to impress your family and friends. Eat your board after the class or take it home to share!

Tickets are $55 per person and each individual will receive their own board.

Monday, March 28, 2022
Auditions for As You Like It
Mar 28 all-day
MONTFORD PARK PLAYERS

Only a couple of days left to get your video in for auditions for As You Like It, directed by Mandy Bean (and for our 50th season).

Actors will submit initial audition information online through our website at https://www.montfordparkplayers.org/about-us/volunteers-page/ and may do so at any time.

The Montford Park Players is committed to gender-neutral and race-conscious casting. ALL are welcome and invited to participate!

Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Auditions for As You Like It
Mar 29 all-day
MONTFORD PARK PLAYERS

Only a couple of days left to get your video in for auditions for As You Like It, directed by Mandy Bean (and for our 50th season).

Actors will submit initial audition information online through our website at https://www.montfordparkplayers.org/about-us/volunteers-page/ and may do so at any time.

The Montford Park Players is committed to gender-neutral and race-conscious casting. ALL are welcome and invited to participate!

Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Auditions for As You Like It
Mar 30 all-day
MONTFORD PARK PLAYERS

Only a couple of days left to get your video in for auditions for As You Like It, directed by Mandy Bean (and for our 50th season).

Actors will submit initial audition information online through our website at https://www.montfordparkplayers.org/about-us/volunteers-page/ and may do so at any time.

The Montford Park Players is committed to gender-neutral and race-conscious casting. ALL are welcome and invited to participate!

Thursday, March 31, 2022
Auditions for As You Like It
Mar 31 all-day
MONTFORD PARK PLAYERS

Only a couple of days left to get your video in for auditions for As You Like It, directed by Mandy Bean (and for our 50th season).

Actors will submit initial audition information online through our website at https://www.montfordparkplayers.org/about-us/volunteers-page/ and may do so at any time.

The Montford Park Players is committed to gender-neutral and race-conscious casting. ALL are welcome and invited to participate!

Friday, April 1, 2022
Auditions for As You Like It
Apr 1 all-day
MONTFORD PARK PLAYERS

Only a couple of days left to get your video in for auditions for As You Like It, directed by Mandy Bean (and for our 50th season).

Actors will submit initial audition information online through our website at https://www.montfordparkplayers.org/about-us/volunteers-page/ and may do so at any time.

The Montford Park Players is committed to gender-neutral and race-conscious casting. ALL are welcome and invited to participate!