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, August 20, 2022
Gatherings of Artists + Writers Coffee
Aug 20 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

TFAC invites all artists: painters, sculptors, writers, performers & more — to a casual weekly drop-in gathering on Saturday mornings at 9 AM to share your works in progress, alert others, and chat about art and what’s happening in your community.

The first weekly Coffee is Saturday, August 20 at 9 am.

No RSVP needed, just drop by!

Free parking available on Melrose Avenue, behind and alongside TFAC.

Saturday, August 27, 2022
Gatherings of Artists + Writers Coffee
Aug 27 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

TFAC invites all artists: painters, sculptors, writers, performers & more — to a casual weekly drop-in gathering on Saturday mornings at 9 AM to share your works in progress, alert others, and chat about art and what’s happening in your community.

The first weekly Coffee is Saturday, August 20 at 9 am.

No RSVP needed, just drop by!

Free parking available on Melrose Avenue, behind and alongside TFAC.

Saturday, September 3, 2022
Coffee Shop: The Rhu | Session #1 | Topic: Bubbles
Sep 3 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am
The Rhu

Coffee Shop: The Rhu | Session #1 | Topic: Bubbles

Creative Prompt
Write a story from within a bubble.

Where
https://www.the-rhu.com/

Fun Fact for this day

### 3 Sept, 1976 Mars Viking 2 Lands

September 3rd, 1976 : The unmanned U.S. spacecraft Viking 2 launched on September 9th1975 lands on Mars to take the first close-up, color photographs of the planet’s surface.

Gatherings of Artists + Writers Coffee
Sep 3 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

TFAC invites all artists: painters, sculptors, writers, performers & more — to a casual weekly drop-in gathering on Saturday mornings at 9 AM to share your works in progress, alert others, and chat about art and what’s happening in your community.

The first weekly Coffee is Saturday, August 20 at 9 am.

No RSVP needed, just drop by!

Free parking available on Melrose Avenue, behind and alongside TFAC.

Saturday, September 10, 2022
Gatherings of Artists + Writers Coffee
Sep 10 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

TFAC invites all artists: painters, sculptors, writers, performers & more — to a casual weekly drop-in gathering on Saturday mornings at 9 AM to share your works in progress, alert others, and chat about art and what’s happening in your community.

The first weekly Coffee is Saturday, August 20 at 9 am.

No RSVP needed, just drop by!

Free parking available on Melrose Avenue, behind and alongside TFAC.

Saturday, September 17, 2022
Gatherings of Artists + Writers Coffee
Sep 17 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

TFAC invites all artists: painters, sculptors, writers, performers & more — to a casual weekly drop-in gathering on Saturday mornings at 9 AM to share your works in progress, alert others, and chat about art and what’s happening in your community.

The first weekly Coffee is Saturday, August 20 at 9 am.

No RSVP needed, just drop by!

Free parking available on Melrose Avenue, behind and alongside TFAC.

Thursday, September 22, 2022
Raegan Payne Virtual Writers Workshop “Inciting Incident”
Sep 22 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
online

The Jump Off: The Importance of the Inciting Incident will help writers craft exciting openings to hook an audience. “If you don’t grab an audience in the opening moments of a speech, play, novel, or even television series, they’re lost forever. Learn how to identify a compelling inciting incident and make it riveting.”

Raegan Payne is a published, award-winning playwright whose plays have been produced from Los Angeles to Lagos. She studied Shakespeare at the British American Drama Academy and improv/sketch writing at The Groundlings in Los Angeles and has just finished a master’s degree at the University of Cambridge in Writing for Performance. She is a member of Ammunition Theatre Company’s Writers Group, the Dramatist Guild, Actors’ Equity, SAG-AFTRA, and the Los Angeles Female Playwrights Initiative. She unwinds by fostering kittens and practicing Aikido. For more info go to: raeganpayne.com

Saturday, September 24, 2022
Gatherings of Artists + Writers Coffee
Sep 24 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

TFAC invites all artists: painters, sculptors, writers, performers & more — to a casual weekly drop-in gathering on Saturday mornings at 9 AM to share your works in progress, alert others, and chat about art and what’s happening in your community.

The first weekly Coffee is Saturday, August 20 at 9 am.

No RSVP needed, just drop by!

Free parking available on Melrose Avenue, behind and alongside TFAC.

Saturday, October 1, 2022
Gatherings of Artists + Writers Coffee
Oct 1 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

TFAC invites all artists: painters, sculptors, writers, performers & more — to a casual weekly drop-in gathering on Saturday mornings at 9 AM to share your works in progress, alert others, and chat about art and what’s happening in your community.

The first weekly Coffee is Saturday, August 20 at 9 am.

No RSVP needed, just drop by!

Free parking available on Melrose Avenue, behind and alongside TFAC.

Saturday, October 8, 2022
Gatherings of Artists + Writers Coffee
Oct 8 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

TFAC invites all artists: painters, sculptors, writers, performers & more — to a casual weekly drop-in gathering on Saturday mornings at 9 AM to share your works in progress, alert others, and chat about art and what’s happening in your community.

The first weekly Coffee is Saturday, August 20 at 9 am.

No RSVP needed, just drop by!

Free parking available on Melrose Avenue, behind and alongside TFAC.

Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Award-Winning author and former Asheville resident, Chloe Kemp, presents her book, WISDOM KEEPER: My Extraordinary Journey to Unlock the Sacred Within
Oct 12 @ 8:30 pm
Sovereign Kava

Chloe lived in Asheville for 12 years and is now residing in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Much of her book takes place in Asheville. Chloe’s spiritual memoir reveals the Divine pathway to a more peaceful, happy, fulfilled, and healthy life. Come meet Chloe and find out why her book is changing lives.

GOLD WINNER Memoir by a female—2022 Living Now Book Awards — Books for Better Living

FINALIST New Age Nonfiction: 2022 International Book Awards

SOVEREIGN KAVA hosting Author Event: Wed, OCT. 12, @ 8:30 pm
268 Biltmore Ave.

🌻 Book Discussion 🌻 Reading Excerpts from the book 🌻 Q & A session 🌻 Autographed English & Spanish books available to purchase

For more information about Chloe and her WISDOM KEEPER spiritual memoir: www.ChloeKempWisdomKeeper.com

Thursday, October 13, 2022
Writing Out of Pain: Memoirs by WNC Authors Lecture and Book Discussion Series: Vietnam veterans reading poems and prose from Brothers Like These: Vietnam War Veterans
Oct 13 @ 7:00 pm
West Asheville Public Library


Some of our greatest art has come in response to the pain of this world: war, accident, crime and punishment, physical and mental illness, racial and class-based inequities. As Asheville resident Nancy Sehested has written, “The deeply human questions of forgiveness, redemption, and mercy emerge from the ruins of broken lives…Pain is not the last word.”

On eight evenings from September to December, the Wilma Dykeman Legacy and the West Asheville Library will celebrate four memoirs of resilience and hope from the mountains of Western North Carolina. All events are free and will be at the West Asheville Library, except for the digital event on December 8.

About the Wilma Dykeman Legacy

The Wilma Dykeman Legacy is a tax-exempt non-profit organization founded in 2012 to sustain and promote Wilma Dykeman’s values by sponsoring diverse workshops, events, and other programs.  The core values of this extraordinary woman from Buncombe County included environmental integrity, social justice, and the power of the written and spoken word.  For more information, visit www.wilmadykemanlegacy.org.

Saturday, October 15, 2022
Gatherings of Artists + Writers Coffee
Oct 15 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

TFAC invites all artists: painters, sculptors, writers, performers & more — to a casual weekly drop-in gathering on Saturday mornings at 9 AM to share your works in progress, alert others, and chat about art and what’s happening in your community.

The first weekly Coffee is Saturday, August 20 at 9 am.

No RSVP needed, just drop by!

Free parking available on Melrose Avenue, behind and alongside TFAC.

Saturday, October 22, 2022
Gatherings of Artists + Writers Coffee
Oct 22 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

TFAC invites all artists: painters, sculptors, writers, performers & more — to a casual weekly drop-in gathering on Saturday mornings at 9 AM to share your works in progress, alert others, and chat about art and what’s happening in your community.

The first weekly Coffee is Saturday, August 20 at 9 am.

No RSVP needed, just drop by!

Free parking available on Melrose Avenue, behind and alongside TFAC.

Saturday, October 29, 2022
Gatherings of Artists + Writers Coffee
Oct 29 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

TFAC invites all artists: painters, sculptors, writers, performers & more — to a casual weekly drop-in gathering on Saturday mornings at 9 AM to share your works in progress, alert others, and chat about art and what’s happening in your community.

The first weekly Coffee is Saturday, August 20 at 9 am.

No RSVP needed, just drop by!

Free parking available on Melrose Avenue, behind and alongside TFAC.

Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Write Your Novel at the Library with NaNoWriMo
Nov 1 all-day
various locations

Write Your Novel at the Library with NaNoWriMo

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel during the thirty days of November. Now, each year on Nov. 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand-new novel.

If you are doing NaNoWriMo this year, the Buncombe County Public Library wants to support you in your endeavors! Join us for the following events throughout the month to keep you invigorated and motivated. All events are free, but online events require registration. To learn more or to sign up, visit the Library’s event calendar. Additional events may be added, so be sure to check back throughout the month.

Two big events for NaNoWriMo:

  • Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.
    Denise Kiernan at the Wedge: Join New York Times bestselling author Denise Kiernan for a NaNoWriMo event at the Wedge Brewery. Denise’s cohost for this event will be her husband, author and editor Joseph D’Agnese. This free event is sponsored by Buncombe County Public Libraries and Malaprops bookstore.
  • Saturday, Nov. 19 from 1-4 p.m.
    Read Local, Write Local Author’s Fair: Connect with local authors and readers at the first-ever Write Local, Read Local Author Fair at the Black Mountain Library! Join authors and illustrators as they talk about their books and writing, sell copies of their work, and get to know the readers living in their community. Writers will be selling copies of their books and we will also have books available for checkout. Cash only for author sales, please.

Calendar of Events – be sure and check the library calendar for more details:

Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 6 p,m.
Dark City Poets Writing Group at the Black Mountain Library

Saturday, Nov. 5 at 3 p.m.
Virtual Come Write-In

Tuesday, Nov. 8 at 6 p.m.
So You Want to Self-Publish? A Webinar with Nora Gaskin

Thursday, Nov. 10 at 4 p.m.
Creative Writing Group at the Leicester Library

Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.
NANOWRIMO with Denise Kiernan @ The Wedge Foundry

Saturday, Nov. 12 from 9:30-11 a.m.
Rise ‘n’ Write-In at the Enka-Candler Library

Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m.
Virtual Come Write-In

Thursday, Nov. 17 at 3 p.m.
Come Write-In at the East Asheville Library

Friday, Nov. 18 from 10 a.m.-noon
Come Write-In at Pack Memorial Library

Saturday, Nov. 19 from 1-4 p.m.
Read Local, Write Local Author’s Fair at the Black Mountain Library

Monday, Nov. 21 from 10-11:30 a.m.
Virtual Rise ‘n’ Write-In

Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 6:30 p.m.
Author Julyan Davis at the North Asheville Library

Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 6:30 p.m.
One Night, Two Fairview Authors at the Fairview Library

Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Write Your Novel at the Library with NaNoWriMo
Nov 2 all-day
various locations

Write Your Novel at the Library with NaNoWriMo

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel during the thirty days of November. Now, each year on Nov. 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand-new novel.

If you are doing NaNoWriMo this year, the Buncombe County Public Library wants to support you in your endeavors! Join us for the following events throughout the month to keep you invigorated and motivated. All events are free, but online events require registration. To learn more or to sign up, visit the Library’s event calendar. Additional events may be added, so be sure to check back throughout the month.

Two big events for NaNoWriMo:

  • Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.
    Denise Kiernan at the Wedge: Join New York Times bestselling author Denise Kiernan for a NaNoWriMo event at the Wedge Brewery. Denise’s cohost for this event will be her husband, author and editor Joseph D’Agnese. This free event is sponsored by Buncombe County Public Libraries and Malaprops bookstore.
  • Saturday, Nov. 19 from 1-4 p.m.
    Read Local, Write Local Author’s Fair: Connect with local authors and readers at the first-ever Write Local, Read Local Author Fair at the Black Mountain Library! Join authors and illustrators as they talk about their books and writing, sell copies of their work, and get to know the readers living in their community. Writers will be selling copies of their books and we will also have books available for checkout. Cash only for author sales, please.

Calendar of Events – be sure and check the library calendar for more details:

Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 6 p,m.
Dark City Poets Writing Group at the Black Mountain Library

Saturday, Nov. 5 at 3 p.m.
Virtual Come Write-In

Tuesday, Nov. 8 at 6 p.m.
So You Want to Self-Publish? A Webinar with Nora Gaskin

Thursday, Nov. 10 at 4 p.m.
Creative Writing Group at the Leicester Library

Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.
NANOWRIMO with Denise Kiernan @ The Wedge Foundry

Saturday, Nov. 12 from 9:30-11 a.m.
Rise ‘n’ Write-In at the Enka-Candler Library

Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m.
Virtual Come Write-In

Thursday, Nov. 17 at 3 p.m.
Come Write-In at the East Asheville Library

Friday, Nov. 18 from 10 a.m.-noon
Come Write-In at Pack Memorial Library

Saturday, Nov. 19 from 1-4 p.m.
Read Local, Write Local Author’s Fair at the Black Mountain Library

Monday, Nov. 21 from 10-11:30 a.m.
Virtual Rise ‘n’ Write-In

Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 6:30 p.m.
Author Julyan Davis at the North Asheville Library

Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 6:30 p.m.
One Night, Two Fairview Authors at the Fairview Library

Thursday, November 3, 2022
Write Your Novel at the Library with NaNoWriMo
Nov 3 all-day
various locations

Write Your Novel at the Library with NaNoWriMo

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel during the thirty days of November. Now, each year on Nov. 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand-new novel.

If you are doing NaNoWriMo this year, the Buncombe County Public Library wants to support you in your endeavors! Join us for the following events throughout the month to keep you invigorated and motivated. All events are free, but online events require registration. To learn more or to sign up, visit the Library’s event calendar. Additional events may be added, so be sure to check back throughout the month.

Two big events for NaNoWriMo:

  • Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.
    Denise Kiernan at the Wedge: Join New York Times bestselling author Denise Kiernan for a NaNoWriMo event at the Wedge Brewery. Denise’s cohost for this event will be her husband, author and editor Joseph D’Agnese. This free event is sponsored by Buncombe County Public Libraries and Malaprops bookstore.
  • Saturday, Nov. 19 from 1-4 p.m.
    Read Local, Write Local Author’s Fair: Connect with local authors and readers at the first-ever Write Local, Read Local Author Fair at the Black Mountain Library! Join authors and illustrators as they talk about their books and writing, sell copies of their work, and get to know the readers living in their community. Writers will be selling copies of their books and we will also have books available for checkout. Cash only for author sales, please.

Calendar of Events – be sure and check the library calendar for more details:

Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 6 p,m.
Dark City Poets Writing Group at the Black Mountain Library

Saturday, Nov. 5 at 3 p.m.
Virtual Come Write-In

Tuesday, Nov. 8 at 6 p.m.
So You Want to Self-Publish? A Webinar with Nora Gaskin

Thursday, Nov. 10 at 4 p.m.
Creative Writing Group at the Leicester Library

Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.
NANOWRIMO with Denise Kiernan @ The Wedge Foundry

Saturday, Nov. 12 from 9:30-11 a.m.
Rise ‘n’ Write-In at the Enka-Candler Library

Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m.
Virtual Come Write-In

Thursday, Nov. 17 at 3 p.m.
Come Write-In at the East Asheville Library

Friday, Nov. 18 from 10 a.m.-noon
Come Write-In at Pack Memorial Library

Saturday, Nov. 19 from 1-4 p.m.
Read Local, Write Local Author’s Fair at the Black Mountain Library

Monday, Nov. 21 from 10-11:30 a.m.
Virtual Rise ‘n’ Write-In

Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 6:30 p.m.
Author Julyan Davis at the North Asheville Library

Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 6:30 p.m.
One Night, Two Fairview Authors at the Fairview Library

Friday, November 4, 2022
Write Your Novel at the Library with NaNoWriMo
Nov 4 all-day
various locations

Write Your Novel at the Library with NaNoWriMo

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel during the thirty days of November. Now, each year on Nov. 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand-new novel.

If you are doing NaNoWriMo this year, the Buncombe County Public Library wants to support you in your endeavors! Join us for the following events throughout the month to keep you invigorated and motivated. All events are free, but online events require registration. To learn more or to sign up, visit the Library’s event calendar. Additional events may be added, so be sure to check back throughout the month.

Two big events for NaNoWriMo:

  • Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.
    Denise Kiernan at the Wedge: Join New York Times bestselling author Denise Kiernan for a NaNoWriMo event at the Wedge Brewery. Denise’s cohost for this event will be her husband, author and editor Joseph D’Agnese. This free event is sponsored by Buncombe County Public Libraries and Malaprops bookstore.
  • Saturday, Nov. 19 from 1-4 p.m.
    Read Local, Write Local Author’s Fair: Connect with local authors and readers at the first-ever Write Local, Read Local Author Fair at the Black Mountain Library! Join authors and illustrators as they talk about their books and writing, sell copies of their work, and get to know the readers living in their community. Writers will be selling copies of their books and we will also have books available for checkout. Cash only for author sales, please.

Calendar of Events – be sure and check the library calendar for more details:

Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 6 p,m.
Dark City Poets Writing Group at the Black Mountain Library

Saturday, Nov. 5 at 3 p.m.
Virtual Come Write-In

Tuesday, Nov. 8 at 6 p.m.
So You Want to Self-Publish? A Webinar with Nora Gaskin

Thursday, Nov. 10 at 4 p.m.
Creative Writing Group at the Leicester Library

Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.
NANOWRIMO with Denise Kiernan @ The Wedge Foundry

Saturday, Nov. 12 from 9:30-11 a.m.
Rise ‘n’ Write-In at the Enka-Candler Library

Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m.
Virtual Come Write-In

Thursday, Nov. 17 at 3 p.m.
Come Write-In at the East Asheville Library

Friday, Nov. 18 from 10 a.m.-noon
Come Write-In at Pack Memorial Library

Saturday, Nov. 19 from 1-4 p.m.
Read Local, Write Local Author’s Fair at the Black Mountain Library

Monday, Nov. 21 from 10-11:30 a.m.
Virtual Rise ‘n’ Write-In

Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 6:30 p.m.
Author Julyan Davis at the North Asheville Library

Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 6:30 p.m.
One Night, Two Fairview Authors at the Fairview Library

Saturday, November 5, 2022
Write Your Novel at the Library with NaNoWriMo
Nov 5 all-day
various locations

Write Your Novel at the Library with NaNoWriMo

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel during the thirty days of November. Now, each year on Nov. 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand-new novel.

If you are doing NaNoWriMo this year, the Buncombe County Public Library wants to support you in your endeavors! Join us for the following events throughout the month to keep you invigorated and motivated. All events are free, but online events require registration. To learn more or to sign up, visit the Library’s event calendar. Additional events may be added, so be sure to check back throughout the month.

Two big events for NaNoWriMo:

  • Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.
    Denise Kiernan at the Wedge: Join New York Times bestselling author Denise Kiernan for a NaNoWriMo event at the Wedge Brewery. Denise’s cohost for this event will be her husband, author and editor Joseph D’Agnese. This free event is sponsored by Buncombe County Public Libraries and Malaprops bookstore.
  • Saturday, Nov. 19 from 1-4 p.m.
    Read Local, Write Local Author’s Fair: Connect with local authors and readers at the first-ever Write Local, Read Local Author Fair at the Black Mountain Library! Join authors and illustrators as they talk about their books and writing, sell copies of their work, and get to know the readers living in their community. Writers will be selling copies of their books and we will also have books available for checkout. Cash only for author sales, please.

Calendar of Events – be sure and check the library calendar for more details:

Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 6 p,m.
Dark City Poets Writing Group at the Black Mountain Library

Saturday, Nov. 5 at 3 p.m.
Virtual Come Write-In

Tuesday, Nov. 8 at 6 p.m.
So You Want to Self-Publish? A Webinar with Nora Gaskin

Thursday, Nov. 10 at 4 p.m.
Creative Writing Group at the Leicester Library

Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.
NANOWRIMO with Denise Kiernan @ The Wedge Foundry

Saturday, Nov. 12 from 9:30-11 a.m.
Rise ‘n’ Write-In at the Enka-Candler Library

Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m.
Virtual Come Write-In

Thursday, Nov. 17 at 3 p.m.
Come Write-In at the East Asheville Library

Friday, Nov. 18 from 10 a.m.-noon
Come Write-In at Pack Memorial Library

Saturday, Nov. 19 from 1-4 p.m.
Read Local, Write Local Author’s Fair at the Black Mountain Library

Monday, Nov. 21 from 10-11:30 a.m.
Virtual Rise ‘n’ Write-In

Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 6:30 p.m.
Author Julyan Davis at the North Asheville Library

Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 6:30 p.m.
One Night, Two Fairview Authors at the Fairview Library

Gatherings of Artists + Writers Coffee
Nov 5 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

TFAC invites all artists: painters, sculptors, writers, performers & more — to a casual weekly drop-in gathering on Saturday mornings at 9 AM to share your works in progress, alert others, and chat about art and what’s happening in your community.

The first weekly Coffee is Saturday, August 20 at 9 am.

No RSVP needed, just drop by!

Free parking available on Melrose Avenue, behind and alongside TFAC.

Sunday, November 6, 2022
Write Your Novel at the Library with NaNoWriMo
Nov 6 all-day
various locations

Write Your Novel at the Library with NaNoWriMo

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel during the thirty days of November. Now, each year on Nov. 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand-new novel.

If you are doing NaNoWriMo this year, the Buncombe County Public Library wants to support you in your endeavors! Join us for the following events throughout the month to keep you invigorated and motivated. All events are free, but online events require registration. To learn more or to sign up, visit the Library’s event calendar. Additional events may be added, so be sure to check back throughout the month.

Two big events for NaNoWriMo:

  • Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.
    Denise Kiernan at the Wedge: Join New York Times bestselling author Denise Kiernan for a NaNoWriMo event at the Wedge Brewery. Denise’s cohost for this event will be her husband, author and editor Joseph D’Agnese. This free event is sponsored by Buncombe County Public Libraries and Malaprops bookstore.
  • Saturday, Nov. 19 from 1-4 p.m.
    Read Local, Write Local Author’s Fair: Connect with local authors and readers at the first-ever Write Local, Read Local Author Fair at the Black Mountain Library! Join authors and illustrators as they talk about their books and writing, sell copies of their work, and get to know the readers living in their community. Writers will be selling copies of their books and we will also have books available for checkout. Cash only for author sales, please.

Calendar of Events – be sure and check the library calendar for more details:

Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 6 p,m.
Dark City Poets Writing Group at the Black Mountain Library

Saturday, Nov. 5 at 3 p.m.
Virtual Come Write-In

Tuesday, Nov. 8 at 6 p.m.
So You Want to Self-Publish? A Webinar with Nora Gaskin

Thursday, Nov. 10 at 4 p.m.
Creative Writing Group at the Leicester Library

Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.
NANOWRIMO with Denise Kiernan @ The Wedge Foundry

Saturday, Nov. 12 from 9:30-11 a.m.
Rise ‘n’ Write-In at the Enka-Candler Library

Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m.
Virtual Come Write-In

Thursday, Nov. 17 at 3 p.m.
Come Write-In at the East Asheville Library

Friday, Nov. 18 from 10 a.m.-noon
Come Write-In at Pack Memorial Library

Saturday, Nov. 19 from 1-4 p.m.
Read Local, Write Local Author’s Fair at the Black Mountain Library

Monday, Nov. 21 from 10-11:30 a.m.
Virtual Rise ‘n’ Write-In

Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 6:30 p.m.
Author Julyan Davis at the North Asheville Library

Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 6:30 p.m.
One Night, Two Fairview Authors at the Fairview Library

Launch Of A Group Storytelling Project To Un-Segregate Us
Nov 6 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Story Parlor

Interactive workshop for adult beginners wishing for a stage to shine on (or behind), with a scriptwriting lesson and mock auditions using scenes from the feature script ‘BILLIE’S SONG, AN URBAN FAIRY TALE’.

This fun lesson and opportunity to get up perform is an introduction to the ‘BILLIE’S SONG’ Theatrical Readings Project being planned for Spring 2023. The script has half Black characters and half White (with a few roles that can be other). For the theatrical readings we will be recruiting community members from diverse neighborhoods to be both cast and creative team, with wardrobe, props, and set pieces all obtained in a community scavenger hunt or created by community members. The goal will be to rotate performance locations, from an art gallery to a church to a public housing community center to a storefront business, to draw-in people who wouldn’t normally turn out together.

Script Synopsis: Billie, a struggling working-class Black actress estranged from her family, becomes involved with Benjamin, an emotionally conflicted wealthy white man angling to secure a leadership position he has on a probationary basis. Initially, Billie and Ben amuse, then need and support each other. But the differences in their communities—and the personal demons they don’t reveal to each other—eventually put them up against each other in a potentially violent fight for survival (for Billie physical survival, for Ben spiritual vs face-saving survival).

“I think the script is wonderfully written, well-paced, fun, and serious without taking itself seriously. I especially love the ending!” – Erin Clare, Story Parlor founder, formerly Creative Director of the Austin Film Festival and its Writer Conference

Led by Trayce Gardner (Writer/Teacher/Guerilla Filmmaker/Community Organizer) and recent refugee from Brooklyn, NY, where she taught beginning scriptwriting and short filmmaking classes for seven years at New York City College of Technology’s Continuing Ed.

Monday, November 7, 2022
Write Your Novel at the Library with NaNoWriMo
Nov 7 all-day
various locations

Write Your Novel at the Library with NaNoWriMo

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel during the thirty days of November. Now, each year on Nov. 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand-new novel.

If you are doing NaNoWriMo this year, the Buncombe County Public Library wants to support you in your endeavors! Join us for the following events throughout the month to keep you invigorated and motivated. All events are free, but online events require registration. To learn more or to sign up, visit the Library’s event calendar. Additional events may be added, so be sure to check back throughout the month.

Two big events for NaNoWriMo:

  • Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.
    Denise Kiernan at the Wedge: Join New York Times bestselling author Denise Kiernan for a NaNoWriMo event at the Wedge Brewery. Denise’s cohost for this event will be her husband, author and editor Joseph D’Agnese. This free event is sponsored by Buncombe County Public Libraries and Malaprops bookstore.
  • Saturday, Nov. 19 from 1-4 p.m.
    Read Local, Write Local Author’s Fair: Connect with local authors and readers at the first-ever Write Local, Read Local Author Fair at the Black Mountain Library! Join authors and illustrators as they talk about their books and writing, sell copies of their work, and get to know the readers living in their community. Writers will be selling copies of their books and we will also have books available for checkout. Cash only for author sales, please.

Calendar of Events – be sure and check the library calendar for more details:

Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 6 p,m.
Dark City Poets Writing Group at the Black Mountain Library

Saturday, Nov. 5 at 3 p.m.
Virtual Come Write-In

Tuesday, Nov. 8 at 6 p.m.
So You Want to Self-Publish? A Webinar with Nora Gaskin

Thursday, Nov. 10 at 4 p.m.
Creative Writing Group at the Leicester Library

Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.
NANOWRIMO with Denise Kiernan @ The Wedge Foundry

Saturday, Nov. 12 from 9:30-11 a.m.
Rise ‘n’ Write-In at the Enka-Candler Library

Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m.
Virtual Come Write-In

Thursday, Nov. 17 at 3 p.m.
Come Write-In at the East Asheville Library

Friday, Nov. 18 from 10 a.m.-noon
Come Write-In at Pack Memorial Library

Saturday, Nov. 19 from 1-4 p.m.
Read Local, Write Local Author’s Fair at the Black Mountain Library

Monday, Nov. 21 from 10-11:30 a.m.
Virtual Rise ‘n’ Write-In

Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 6:30 p.m.
Author Julyan Davis at the North Asheville Library

Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 6:30 p.m.
One Night, Two Fairview Authors at the Fairview Library

Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Write Your Novel at the Library with NaNoWriMo
Nov 8 all-day
various locations

Write Your Novel at the Library with NaNoWriMo

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel during the thirty days of November. Now, each year on Nov. 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand-new novel.

If you are doing NaNoWriMo this year, the Buncombe County Public Library wants to support you in your endeavors! Join us for the following events throughout the month to keep you invigorated and motivated. All events are free, but online events require registration. To learn more or to sign up, visit the Library’s event calendar. Additional events may be added, so be sure to check back throughout the month.

Two big events for NaNoWriMo:

  • Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.
    Denise Kiernan at the Wedge: Join New York Times bestselling author Denise Kiernan for a NaNoWriMo event at the Wedge Brewery. Denise’s cohost for this event will be her husband, author and editor Joseph D’Agnese. This free event is sponsored by Buncombe County Public Libraries and Malaprops bookstore.
  • Saturday, Nov. 19 from 1-4 p.m.
    Read Local, Write Local Author’s Fair: Connect with local authors and readers at the first-ever Write Local, Read Local Author Fair at the Black Mountain Library! Join authors and illustrators as they talk about their books and writing, sell copies of their work, and get to know the readers living in their community. Writers will be selling copies of their books and we will also have books available for checkout. Cash only for author sales, please.

Calendar of Events – be sure and check the library calendar for more details:

Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 6 p,m.
Dark City Poets Writing Group at the Black Mountain Library

Saturday, Nov. 5 at 3 p.m.
Virtual Come Write-In

Tuesday, Nov. 8 at 6 p.m.
So You Want to Self-Publish? A Webinar with Nora Gaskin

Thursday, Nov. 10 at 4 p.m.
Creative Writing Group at the Leicester Library

Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.
NANOWRIMO with Denise Kiernan @ The Wedge Foundry

Saturday, Nov. 12 from 9:30-11 a.m.
Rise ‘n’ Write-In at the Enka-Candler Library

Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m.
Virtual Come Write-In

Thursday, Nov. 17 at 3 p.m.
Come Write-In at the East Asheville Library

Friday, Nov. 18 from 10 a.m.-noon
Come Write-In at Pack Memorial Library

Saturday, Nov. 19 from 1-4 p.m.
Read Local, Write Local Author’s Fair at the Black Mountain Library

Monday, Nov. 21 from 10-11:30 a.m.
Virtual Rise ‘n’ Write-In

Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 6:30 p.m.
Author Julyan Davis at the North Asheville Library

Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 6:30 p.m.
One Night, Two Fairview Authors at the Fairview Library

Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Write Your Novel at the Library with NaNoWriMo
Nov 9 all-day
various locations

Write Your Novel at the Library with NaNoWriMo

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel during the thirty days of November. Now, each year on Nov. 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand-new novel.

If you are doing NaNoWriMo this year, the Buncombe County Public Library wants to support you in your endeavors! Join us for the following events throughout the month to keep you invigorated and motivated. All events are free, but online events require registration. To learn more or to sign up, visit the Library’s event calendar. Additional events may be added, so be sure to check back throughout the month.

Two big events for NaNoWriMo:

  • Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.
    Denise Kiernan at the Wedge: Join New York Times bestselling author Denise Kiernan for a NaNoWriMo event at the Wedge Brewery. Denise’s cohost for this event will be her husband, author and editor Joseph D’Agnese. This free event is sponsored by Buncombe County Public Libraries and Malaprops bookstore.
  • Saturday, Nov. 19 from 1-4 p.m.
    Read Local, Write Local Author’s Fair: Connect with local authors and readers at the first-ever Write Local, Read Local Author Fair at the Black Mountain Library! Join authors and illustrators as they talk about their books and writing, sell copies of their work, and get to know the readers living in their community. Writers will be selling copies of their books and we will also have books available for checkout. Cash only for author sales, please.

Calendar of Events – be sure and check the library calendar for more details:

Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 6 p,m.
Dark City Poets Writing Group at the Black Mountain Library

Saturday, Nov. 5 at 3 p.m.
Virtual Come Write-In

Tuesday, Nov. 8 at 6 p.m.
So You Want to Self-Publish? A Webinar with Nora Gaskin

Thursday, Nov. 10 at 4 p.m.
Creative Writing Group at the Leicester Library

Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.
NANOWRIMO with Denise Kiernan @ The Wedge Foundry

Saturday, Nov. 12 from 9:30-11 a.m.
Rise ‘n’ Write-In at the Enka-Candler Library

Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m.
Virtual Come Write-In

Thursday, Nov. 17 at 3 p.m.
Come Write-In at the East Asheville Library

Friday, Nov. 18 from 10 a.m.-noon
Come Write-In at Pack Memorial Library

Saturday, Nov. 19 from 1-4 p.m.
Read Local, Write Local Author’s Fair at the Black Mountain Library

Monday, Nov. 21 from 10-11:30 a.m.
Virtual Rise ‘n’ Write-In

Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 6:30 p.m.
Author Julyan Davis at the North Asheville Library

Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 6:30 p.m.
One Night, Two Fairview Authors at the Fairview Library

Thursday, November 10, 2022
Write Your Novel at the Library with NaNoWriMo
Nov 10 all-day
various locations

Write Your Novel at the Library with NaNoWriMo

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel during the thirty days of November. Now, each year on Nov. 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand-new novel.

If you are doing NaNoWriMo this year, the Buncombe County Public Library wants to support you in your endeavors! Join us for the following events throughout the month to keep you invigorated and motivated. All events are free, but online events require registration. To learn more or to sign up, visit the Library’s event calendar. Additional events may be added, so be sure to check back throughout the month.

Two big events for NaNoWriMo:

  • Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.
    Denise Kiernan at the Wedge: Join New York Times bestselling author Denise Kiernan for a NaNoWriMo event at the Wedge Brewery. Denise’s cohost for this event will be her husband, author and editor Joseph D’Agnese. This free event is sponsored by Buncombe County Public Libraries and Malaprops bookstore.
  • Saturday, Nov. 19 from 1-4 p.m.
    Read Local, Write Local Author’s Fair: Connect with local authors and readers at the first-ever Write Local, Read Local Author Fair at the Black Mountain Library! Join authors and illustrators as they talk about their books and writing, sell copies of their work, and get to know the readers living in their community. Writers will be selling copies of their books and we will also have books available for checkout. Cash only for author sales, please.

Calendar of Events – be sure and check the library calendar for more details:

Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 6 p,m.
Dark City Poets Writing Group at the Black Mountain Library

Saturday, Nov. 5 at 3 p.m.
Virtual Come Write-In

Tuesday, Nov. 8 at 6 p.m.
So You Want to Self-Publish? A Webinar with Nora Gaskin

Thursday, Nov. 10 at 4 p.m.
Creative Writing Group at the Leicester Library

Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.
NANOWRIMO with Denise Kiernan @ The Wedge Foundry

Saturday, Nov. 12 from 9:30-11 a.m.
Rise ‘n’ Write-In at the Enka-Candler Library

Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m.
Virtual Come Write-In

Thursday, Nov. 17 at 3 p.m.
Come Write-In at the East Asheville Library

Friday, Nov. 18 from 10 a.m.-noon
Come Write-In at Pack Memorial Library

Saturday, Nov. 19 from 1-4 p.m.
Read Local, Write Local Author’s Fair at the Black Mountain Library

Monday, Nov. 21 from 10-11:30 a.m.
Virtual Rise ‘n’ Write-In

Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 6:30 p.m.
Author Julyan Davis at the North Asheville Library

Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 6:30 p.m.
One Night, Two Fairview Authors at the Fairview Library

NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month: Denise Kiernan at the Wedge
Nov 10 @ 7:00 pm
The Wedge Brewery

Denise Kiernan at the Wedge: Join New York Times bestselling author Denise Kiernan for a NaNoWriMo event at the Wedge Brewery. Denise’s cohost for this event will be her husband, author and editor Joseph D’Agnese. This free event is sponsored by Buncombe County Public Libraries and Malaprops bookstore.

Friday, November 11, 2022
Write Your Novel at the Library with NaNoWriMo
Nov 11 all-day
various locations

Write Your Novel at the Library with NaNoWriMo

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel during the thirty days of November. Now, each year on Nov. 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand-new novel.

If you are doing NaNoWriMo this year, the Buncombe County Public Library wants to support you in your endeavors! Join us for the following events throughout the month to keep you invigorated and motivated. All events are free, but online events require registration. To learn more or to sign up, visit the Library’s event calendar. Additional events may be added, so be sure to check back throughout the month.

Two big events for NaNoWriMo:

  • Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.
    Denise Kiernan at the Wedge: Join New York Times bestselling author Denise Kiernan for a NaNoWriMo event at the Wedge Brewery. Denise’s cohost for this event will be her husband, author and editor Joseph D’Agnese. This free event is sponsored by Buncombe County Public Libraries and Malaprops bookstore.
  • Saturday, Nov. 19 from 1-4 p.m.
    Read Local, Write Local Author’s Fair: Connect with local authors and readers at the first-ever Write Local, Read Local Author Fair at the Black Mountain Library! Join authors and illustrators as they talk about their books and writing, sell copies of their work, and get to know the readers living in their community. Writers will be selling copies of their books and we will also have books available for checkout. Cash only for author sales, please.

Calendar of Events – be sure and check the library calendar for more details:

Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 6 p,m.
Dark City Poets Writing Group at the Black Mountain Library

Saturday, Nov. 5 at 3 p.m.
Virtual Come Write-In

Tuesday, Nov. 8 at 6 p.m.
So You Want to Self-Publish? A Webinar with Nora Gaskin

Thursday, Nov. 10 at 4 p.m.
Creative Writing Group at the Leicester Library

Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.
NANOWRIMO with Denise Kiernan @ The Wedge Foundry

Saturday, Nov. 12 from 9:30-11 a.m.
Rise ‘n’ Write-In at the Enka-Candler Library

Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m.
Virtual Come Write-In

Thursday, Nov. 17 at 3 p.m.
Come Write-In at the East Asheville Library

Friday, Nov. 18 from 10 a.m.-noon
Come Write-In at Pack Memorial Library

Saturday, Nov. 19 from 1-4 p.m.
Read Local, Write Local Author’s Fair at the Black Mountain Library

Monday, Nov. 21 from 10-11:30 a.m.
Virtual Rise ‘n’ Write-In

Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 6:30 p.m.
Author Julyan Davis at the North Asheville Library

Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 6:30 p.m.
One Night, Two Fairview Authors at the Fairview Library

Saturday, November 12, 2022
Write Your Novel at the Library with NaNoWriMo
Nov 12 all-day
various locations

Write Your Novel at the Library with NaNoWriMo

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel during the thirty days of November. Now, each year on Nov. 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand-new novel.

If you are doing NaNoWriMo this year, the Buncombe County Public Library wants to support you in your endeavors! Join us for the following events throughout the month to keep you invigorated and motivated. All events are free, but online events require registration. To learn more or to sign up, visit the Library’s event calendar. Additional events may be added, so be sure to check back throughout the month.

Two big events for NaNoWriMo:

  • Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.
    Denise Kiernan at the Wedge: Join New York Times bestselling author Denise Kiernan for a NaNoWriMo event at the Wedge Brewery. Denise’s cohost for this event will be her husband, author and editor Joseph D’Agnese. This free event is sponsored by Buncombe County Public Libraries and Malaprops bookstore.
  • Saturday, Nov. 19 from 1-4 p.m.
    Read Local, Write Local Author’s Fair: Connect with local authors and readers at the first-ever Write Local, Read Local Author Fair at the Black Mountain Library! Join authors and illustrators as they talk about their books and writing, sell copies of their work, and get to know the readers living in their community. Writers will be selling copies of their books and we will also have books available for checkout. Cash only for author sales, please.

Calendar of Events – be sure and check the library calendar for more details:

Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 6 p,m.
Dark City Poets Writing Group at the Black Mountain Library

Saturday, Nov. 5 at 3 p.m.
Virtual Come Write-In

Tuesday, Nov. 8 at 6 p.m.
So You Want to Self-Publish? A Webinar with Nora Gaskin

Thursday, Nov. 10 at 4 p.m.
Creative Writing Group at the Leicester Library

Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.
NANOWRIMO with Denise Kiernan @ The Wedge Foundry

Saturday, Nov. 12 from 9:30-11 a.m.
Rise ‘n’ Write-In at the Enka-Candler Library

Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m.
Virtual Come Write-In

Thursday, Nov. 17 at 3 p.m.
Come Write-In at the East Asheville Library

Friday, Nov. 18 from 10 a.m.-noon
Come Write-In at Pack Memorial Library

Saturday, Nov. 19 from 1-4 p.m.
Read Local, Write Local Author’s Fair at the Black Mountain Library

Monday, Nov. 21 from 10-11:30 a.m.
Virtual Rise ‘n’ Write-In

Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 6:30 p.m.
Author Julyan Davis at the North Asheville Library

Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 6:30 p.m.
One Night, Two Fairview Authors at the Fairview Library