Calendar of Events

We’re releasing our annual holiday blend on October 27th. This makes for a wonderful Christmas gift! Come and enjoy an opportunity to meet the Winemaker and get your bottle signed.

Our Winemaker will be in Hendersonville, NC 2pm-5pm &
Chimney Rock, NC 12pm-5pm

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At long last! We would like to invite you to a Halloween themed fundraiser for The Aerie! We are trying to raise money to paint the exterior and really bring this home back to life. Guests will be invited to see some of our progress, talk to us about the renovation, and get frightened by some scary surprises. Many more details are still to come, but please mark your calendars, pick out a scary costume, and invite your friends and family! Hope to see you soon!

To donate, please visit the link below. https://www.plumfund.com/fundraising/paint-the-aerie

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Our Annual Mini Monster Mash has a new location this year! Join us at The Recreation & Parks/Public Works Office (304 Black Mountain Ave) for games, magic, bounce houses, balloon animals, face painting, trick or treating, hay rides and more! Free and appropriate for ages 0-12 years.

The costume contest will be at 4pm but be sure to arrive early and register.

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Virginia and the Slims, a swingin fun group of musicians who love playing hot Jump Blues, Swing and Blues. They play regularly in and around the Asheville area and Western North Carolina. Clubs, Festivals, Parties, Weddings, Events of all kinds. They love playing for swing dancers and anybody who just likes to get on the dance floor and boogie! You are in for a treat!

We welcome them back to the Silver Fork stage!

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A Spot on the Hill, the original, research-based play returns this October to the Old Jonesborough Cemetery. Now celebrating its fifth season, this edition features new characters. New faces include William Elbert Munsey, the namesake of Munsey Memorial United Methodist Church in Johnson City, Jeremiah Edwards, founder of the Zion Hill School in Jonesborough, and Laura Brunner Dosser who was well known and respected for her eye for fashion. You’ll meet them and many more! Guests are encouraged to bring blankets and chairs to sit on. Come and listen to real stories of real lives among real tombstones.

Performances for A Spot on the Hill will take place at 6:30 p.m. on October 19th, 20th, and 26th. There will be a 2:30 p.m. matinee performance on October 20th and 27th. The October 20th matinee will take place inside the Jonesborough/Washington County History Museum. The museum is located inside the Jonesborough Visitor’s Center and is handicap accessible. Tickets are limited, and sell out fast, so make sure you buy yours today. Tickets are $8.00 and proceeds benefit the Heritage Alliance’s cemetery preservation and tombstone restoration fund.

Audience members should arrive 15 minutes prior to show time. Parking is available at the First Baptist Church and downtown. It is a short walk up East Main Street to the cemetery from the First Baptist Church lot. A golf cart courtesy shuttle will be available for guests who need it. This program is not suggested for children under 10 years of age. In case of inclement weather, performances will be moved inside to the Jonesborough/Washington County History Museum.

To purchase tickets, please call the Jonesborough Visitor’s Center at 423.753.1010. Tickets can also be purchased online at jonesborough.com/tickets.

The Heritage Alliance is dedicated to the preservation of the architectural, historical, and cultural heritage of our region and to providing educational experiences related to history and heritage for a wide range of audiences. For more information, please call our office at 423.753.9580, or contact the organization via email at [email protected]. Further information can also be found online at http://www.heritageall.org/.

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Asheville on Bikes hosts it’s 11th annual Pumpkin Pedaller, presented by New Belgium Brewing, on Sat. Oct. 27th. The ride is free, open to the public, and includes a variety of routing options. All routes, (except for the all ages roll about) are on active city streets. Participants should review / pre-ride the route before attending the event.
2:30pm – Gather at New Belgium (21 Craven St)
3:00pm – All ages roll about
3:15pm – The ride begins
5:00pm – Pumpkin Pedaller Party at New Belgium
*Costume Award Ceremony
* Raffle
*Food trucks
*and a few more things to be nailed down.

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Music + Beer!

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Looking forward to playing at my favorite Winery! Beautiful view of the vineyard, warm fireplace, great folks, delicious wine! Also, “Great Food For Any Mood” food truck will be serving the most delicious food!! See you soon!!❤?

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Join us this Saturday to watch one of the most anticipated games of the college football season! #9 Florida takes on #7 Georgia in an over 100 year rivalry. We’ll have the game on our TV’s and over the sound system in the bar and beer specials throughout the day. We are outside food friendly, so feel free to bring your favorite tailgate snack! Game starts at 3:30, but we’ll have pre-game coverage starting around 3.

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Come and join the fun at our Howl In events at Full Moon Farm!

This month’s treat theme is PUMPKINS! If you would like to bring a special treat to share with the wolfdogs you can do so by bringing small, un-cut, ripe pumpkins. Please do not pre-slice or carve them – part of the fun for the wolfdogs is getting into them! Anything between the size of a baseball to a basketball is fair game for them!

Gates open at 3:00 p.m.
Farm tour begins 3:15 p.m.

Meet our most famous wolfdogs, hear their stories and learn about the breed and find out why they’ve stolen our hearts.

Stay for our pot luck at 4:30 p.m. ($5 donation requested to help with cost of food and drinks). Please bring a covered dish to share.
*We provide drinks, grilled hot dogs and burgers.*

Enjoy shopping in Gwenny’s Gift Den! We have many wonderful gift items featuring wolves and our wolfdogs.

** WE HAVE OUR HOWL IN RAIN OR SHINE!! **
If the weather is bad, we still play! We have a shelter to get out of the rain, and still give a small tour. Bring an umbrella and some snacks, and we’ll try and keep you dry! =)
When you visit, please consider bringing something from our wishlist for the wolfdogs! We have needs big and small. The wishlist can be found here:
fullmoonfarm.org

Call or email for directions:
828-664-9818
[email protected]

Happy HOOOLOWEEN and hope to see you soon!

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Come visit us at our tea blending room and shared space with Asheville Goods! 7 Brevard Rd in West Asheville. We will be open from 2-7pm for our Fall Pop Up and Tasting. We’ll be providing a free sampling of our fall seasonal tea blends like our line of Chai’s, Spiced Apple Rooibos and Hibiscus Ginger, and the shop (both Asheville Goods and Asheville Tea Company) will be open for business. Come have a cuppa with us!!

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Saturday, October 27th 3:00 – 4:30pm
Cost: $15-$25 sliding scale

Join Jacci Lea and her husband Alvin Young (from the Wild Lotus Band) in this musical yoga collaboration.
This special class will include a slow centered asana practice and a long relaxation accompanied by live music.

https://www.facebook.com/events/262525217702361/?event_time_id=262525224369027

Saturday, October 27th 3:00 – 4:30pm
Cost: $15-$25 sliding scale

Join Jacci Lea and her husband Alvin Young (from the Wild Lotus Band) in this musical yoga collaboration.
This special class will include a slow centered asana practice and a long relaxation accompanied by live music.

https://www.facebook.com/events/262525217702361/

NC Songsmiths is an organization that produces tour series for songwriters from or based out of NC.

Doug Mcelvy – Soulgrass

Sunday, October 21
Friday Friends, Morganton – 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Sunday, October 21
The Bywater, Asheville – 8:00 – 11:00PM

Monday, October 22
The Local, Boone – 6:45PM – 8:45PM

Tuesday, October 23
MadCo Brew House, Marshall – 6:00 – 8:00PM

Wednesday, October 24
The Wine and Oyster, Biltmore Village – 7:00 -9:00PM

Thursday, October 25
Catawba Brewing, Morganton – 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Friday, October 26
Taste Full Beans, Hickory – 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
&
The Twisted Pear – Rutherfordton – 8:00 – 10:00 PM

Saturday, October 27
Lake James Cellars Winery, Glen Alpine – 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM

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It’s almost Halloween and Blue Ghost is ready to celebrate!
We’ll be holding our party on October 27th from 4-10PM.
Here’s the schedule of events:
*** We’ll really be kicking things off early on Friday with the Release of our Barrel Aged Wildfire Saison at 6PM. Come in early on the 27th to get the party started early. You won’t wanna miss out on this special release.
– At 4:30 we’ll be showing Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest for the kids. Popcorn will be for sale and every kid will get a treat bag!
– 6PM: Adults and kids will get a chance to show off their costumes before we announce a winner for both categories.
– 7PM: Virginia and the Slims will take the stage to provide live tunes until 9PM.
Of course the The Hungry Ghost will be serving a special holiday inspired menu. All of your favorite BG brews will be on tap along with our seasonal releases, Fall Amber with Roasted Pecans and No Noggin Pumpkinhead Ghostman Ale.
Get into the spirit and bring the family out for a night of fun at Blue Ghost!

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Free event for the city of Greer! Come in your best Halloween costume and enjoy carnival games, inflatables, live performances, tons of candy, and much more! Bring your friends and family!

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Join us for a spooktactular afternoon of pumpkin carving and enjoying the fall weather. (Hopefully for real this time, if you attended the last social event you know the fall weather hadn’t *quite* arrived yet!) We’d love to have one more day of fun outside with all of you before the weather (actually) turns too cool for fun, outdoor excursions! Bring yourself, your family, your kids, your friends, a tasty dish to share (if you are able, if not there will be plenty to share) and join us for some socializing and spooky pumpkin carving fun! Let’s enjoy the opportunity to connect and reconnect with our community before the colder months are truly upon us.

Please BYOP (Bring Your Own Pumpkin). If you are not able to bring a pumpkin, please comment or message us and let us know ahead of time so that we can look into getting one for you. Some carving tools will be on site, but feel free to bring some along if you’ve got ’em!

If you are interested in helping to make our awesome programming and events happen, this is also a great time to get more information about opportunities to join us and make sure these programs and events are grand successes! Without our volunteers none of what we do would be possible, so join us in serving our thriving and vibrant community today.

As always friends, family, and children are welcome at the social events, so feel free to bring your crew, we’d love to share some space with them, too. ♥

This is an alcohol and substance-free event to ensure that everyone in our community can come and enjoy some connected community time without having to worry about endangering their sobriety. <3 Thanks for understanding!

https://www.facebook.com/events/491451891321618/

TRYON, NC — The Carolina Foothills Chamber of Commerce will present the 25th Annual Shuckin’ and Shakin’ event from 5 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, at the Harmon Field air gym.
Activities include live DJ dance music, all-you-can-eat seafood consisting of oysters roasted over an open fire, shrimp, mussels, barbecue chicken wings, authentic gumbo, coleslaw, rolls, iced tea, coffee, desserts and a great selection of draft beers and wine.
A bonfire will light up the sky after dark as guests dance away the hours.
Tickets are $50 and can be purchased at The Carolina Foothills Chamber of Commerce office or online via our website CarolinaFoothillsChamber.com. Please be sure you buy your tickets in advance, Tickets are not sold at the door. 21+ Event-No Coolers-No Pets
For more information, call (828) 859-6236.

This is the Auxiliary annual chili dinner that everyone’s been awaiting. Hope to see you there.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2727082004182613/

A day and night of Rock-n-Roll mayhem to commemorate a wild and wonderful year at Fleetwood’s!

Zin Vetro!
Gak!!
Cloud City Caskets!!!
The Power!!!!!
Fixed Faces(Greenville)!!!!!!
Slow Poison!!!!!!!
Caps (Knoxville)!!!!!!!
Crack Rock Opera!!!!!!!!

https://www.facebook.com/events/265320954099756/

Join us for a family friendly Halloween Bash on Saturday, October 27th from 5PM-7PM! We will have crafts, balloon art, face panting, and much more!

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Día de los Muertos is truly a celebration of life and the beauty of remembering those who have come before us.

Come and enjoy music and dance, get your face painted, eat delicious food, enjoy family friendly games and activities, see a screening of Pixar’s Coco, and visit the stunning altar artistic installations created by community members paying homage to los muertos.

Día de los Muertos es verdaderamente una celebración de la vida y la belleza de recordar a los que nos han precedido.

Venga y disfrute de la música y el baile, pinte su cara, coma comida deliciosa, disfrute de juegos y actividades para toda la familia, vea una exhibición de Coco de Pixar y visite las impresionantes instalaciones artísticas del altar creadas por miembros de la comunidad que rinden homenaje a los muertos.

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Celebrate Halloween and the diversity of the Blue Ridge Mountains by dressing up as one of our unique species and enjoying some of the finest pubs in downtown Asheville. Creativity in costumes is encouraged and don’t be afraid to get puny! For ideas of species to dress up as check out this list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yQxCzlwaX965IDtt8cAYD_YJw-195owpGmofJFD21Gg/edit?usp=sharing Copy names and paste to your browser for images and information about species. Knowledgeable folks are welcome to add to the list of endemic species. Please invite your friends!

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TBA

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Sign up for the ultimate stargazing experience!

The Stargazer’s Journey is designed to allow a small intimate group to work directly with an astronomical educator while they observe the night sky.

The evening will begin at our restaurant, Smiley’s, where your educator will tell you about the history of our facilities while you enjoy dinner.

You will then move to our south observation deck to watch the sunset with 360-degree views of the Pisgah National Forest including views of the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Once the skies become dark, the event will move to our sky deck where optical telescopes will be ready to provide stunning views of distant objects in the night sky. We will select planets, nebulae, galaxies, stars, and clusters from the best of what the season has to offer.

(Should weather conditions not cooperate, we will offer refunds or rainchecks to our guests for Stargazer’s Journey).

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The Adventure Center of Asheville will be offering a Halloween Theme night climb at the Treetops Adventure Park. Watch the world transform from dusk to night while climbing in the trees. Trails will be illuminated to give climbing the obstacles a new perspective. Over 15,000 colored lights, plus colorful lasers sparkling on thousands of leaves, cables, rope, and platforms throughout the park will create a mystical tree climbing experience like you can’t imagine.

The Twilight session start time is 5:45 The introductory price this year is $37/person. Standard day sessions are $47. The Red course is not open during the Twilight climbs.

Please visit our website (www.advavl.com) or call our reservation center at 800-451-9972.

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Virtual Reality Haunted House, Costume Contest, Vintage Horror Movies, Special Beer Release, Live DJ.

It’s 2018, that makes it officially “the future”…and it’s time for a grown-up haunted house. Local VR company, Better Than Unicorns, will be presenting your biggest fears, in full VIRTUAL REALITY. That’s right, walk through a graveyard, face the Demogorgon in Will Byers’ house from Stranger Things, and much more in a fully immersive VR experience. $10 gets you your first beer and a ticket for your very own VR haunted house session (the party is free, tickets are for VR only). Limited tickets available, so get yours soon. Additional VR tickets will be available night-of, if there are any left!.

THE PARTY IS FREE, so if VR isn’t your thing, come on down for some good old fashioned Halloween spook!

SPECIAL BEER RELEASE: 7pm we’ll be releasing a brand new beer! Grab one, then give us your best name idea. We’ll pick our favorite, and the genius who came up with it will get an Archetype gift card!

COSTUME CONTEST: 9pm – Put your name on the list with the bartender when you get here, strut your stuff at 9pm and our panel of judges will decide the most original costume! Winner will get an Archetype gift card.

Vintage horror movies will be playing on the projector screen, Death Jam Jasper will be spinning a special Halloween vinyl set all night, and the beer will be flowing. Come celebrate the best holiday of the year at Archetype.

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For the past year we have been embraced by our wonderful community and we couldn’t be more thankful. To help us celebrate turning 1, we have planned some fun festivities with a special 1 year anniversary party. Starting at 6 pm, we will release our second special brew. We will also have our 2nd annual Costume Contest and our 1st annual Dance Party, hosted by our very own DJ Steve. More details can be found on the Facebook events page. #beercurvesarebetter

https://www.facebook.com/events/268352090473131/

DeWayne Barton (BLove) and Saige Hipkins to exhibit at the Flood Gallery in Black Mountain, Oct. 27th

The Flood Gallery Fine Art Center and Courtyard Gallery are pleased to announce the opening exhibitions of Asheville artist DeWayne Barton (BLove) and Black Mountain Artist, Saige Hopkins at 850 Blue Ridge Rd in Black Mountain on October 27th from 6pm to 9pm. Saige Hopkins will be exhibiting in the main gallery while DeWayne’s exhibition is the grand opening of the new Gateway Center next door to the main gallery. Both exhibits will be opened simultaneously from 6pm to 9pm with food and live music provided by Tom Johanson.

DeWayne “B-Love” Barton
Show title:
“Ancestors in the Garden” — Repurposed Sculptures —
Helping fund Hood Huggers International

DeWayne Barton, affectionately dubbed “B-Love”, repurposes found objects and trash to create three dimensional sculptures, to inspire people to become heroes and to come up with solutions to social and environmental problems. He has been an effective social and environmental artist, poet, teacher, and activist. Originally from the Burton Street Community of Asheville, NC, Barton grew up in the Southeast side of Washington, D.C., then served four years in the Navy, stationed out of Norfolk, VA, after which he returned to Burton Street. Since then, he has been actively engaged in his community focusing on environmental issues and social justice. He co-founded the Burton Street Community Peace Garden, Green Opportunities, and is a board member of the Blue Ridge Sustainability Institute.

His new exhibit, Ancestors in the Garden, includes a large six foot statue titled, “Why Vote?” It is inspired by presidential elections that ignores and undercounts black American votes. Now expanded to include rusted chains, a wireframe man and headshots of former presidents, it is mounted on a trailer for exhibit at the Flood Gallery, and was displayed at the Smithsonian in 2005. His artwork has been shown in several galleries and museums, including the Smithsonian Institute, the August Wilson Center for African American Culture, Duke University, and his poetry has been read at the Library of Congress. Barton recently founded Hood Hugger International that serves to build greater communication, connection and wealth in systemically marginalized neighborhoods in the Appalachian region through the arts, environment, and social enterprise. Driven by his love of people and this planet, B-Love uses art to encourage us to heal each other, and then focus on healing the planet.

Saige Hopkins
Show title:
“hunky-shanky-piddygutt” — prints & journals —
whimsical woodland characters

Saige Hopkins is exhibiting a collection of monoprints inspired by science, daydream, drama, and Western North Carolina folklore, resulting in whimsical characters she interacts with in the woods of NC. Included in the exhibit is Hopkins’ first hand-bound book, “Searching for Hill Rubies”, a compilation of excerpts from her mother’s journal as well as her own writing, plus a series of journal entries written by a ghost, chronicling her experiences with regaining consciousness through interacting with her environment. Saige Hopkins grew up nearby in the woods of Gerton, NC. Hopkins recently graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The Cooper Union in New York City, where she loved absorbing all that she could of the city’s own form of wildness. However, even amidst all the excitement, she never stopped feeling the tug of the mountains. This show is her first independent exhibition in a gallery. Saige is now intentionally living near her childhood home and working to foster its unique spirit; beautiful, bizarre, and inclusive.

Both exhibits open Oct 27th at the Flood Gallery Fine Art Center at 850 Blue Ridge Rd, in Black Mountain, NC and close on December 8th. All exhibits and events at the Flood Fine Art Center are free and open to the public.

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AVOID THE HALLOWEEN MADNESS, AND HAVE A GREAT TIME.

Come party with Different Strokes! Performing Arts Collective!

* YOUR TICKET WILL INCLUDE:
– Costume Contest
– Casino Games
– Prizes
– Silent Auction
-Live Action
– 50/50 Raffel
– Free Wine
– Free Beer (Brunton’s Finest)
– Dinner provided by Mamacita’s Taqueria
– DJ Spun Music
– Dancing

*WHERE?
15 Overbrook Place, Asheville NC 28805

*WHEN?
October 27 (Saturday) from 6:00 – 10:00PM
Tickets can be purchased online for $50 Thru Sept. 30th; $60 beginning 10/1, or for $75 at the door. NO FEES for online purchases!

*WHAT?
Why battle parking, or slow driving through your neighborhood, when you can get dressed up (or not) in your favorite Halloween costume, and party with us? While simultaneously supporting the growth of the Performing Arts in Asheville, of course…

Join us for a night of fun, games, and other treats as we raise money to supplement the cost of renovating The DownStage– Asheville’s newest Performing Arts Venue!

*WHY?
Our vision for Different Strokes! is to create a world-class theatre that engages our community in a relevant discussion about our shared humanity. As we look back over 8 successful seasons and plan for another, our consistent quality and growth dictate that we must locate our current programming to a more permanent location. In the spring of 2018, Different Strokes! will make a home in a newly renovated theater in the South Slope district of Downtown Asheville. This 120 seat performing arts venue will more comfortably accommodate our growing audience, become a home for other diverse and varied performing arts groups, and allow us to expand our provocative and transformative programming.

Your financial contribution, including the purchase of your ticket(s), is a vital part of helping us to expand DS!PAC’s vision of excellence, develop new programs and projects, turn new ideas into reality, and executing innovative ways of serving our community and region. Time is of the essence, as we begin equipping the building with a stage, lights, sound, seats and essentials to make this space, with incredible potential, into an incredibly inviting performance venue!

If you can’t join us, but would still like to be a part of this exciting time for growth in the life of Asheville’s Performing Arts scene, please make your tax-deductible donation today, at https://www.paypal.me/DifferentStrokesPAC

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