Calendar of Events

$10 Cover. Includes New Year’s Eve party favors and champagne toast.

https://www.facebook.com/events/537829646684202/

Noise on New Years.
Bring it in Right!!!

https://www.facebook.com/events/270812736939682/

Come celebrate the New Year with 3 hours of Unlimited Non Redemption Games including our Attractions & Activities! As well as Live Music + Local Brew + Midnight Balloon Drop + VIP space + more! ?

Pricing Info:
$20 GA Package (includes balloon drop, Package mentioned above)
$25 VIP Package (includes GA+ VIP area with snacks, party favors + included!)

Or

$10 No Play Entry

https://www.facebook.com/events/334198480495917/

-BADASS COOL SHIT-
This will for sure be the best tunes and dancin downtown! All vinyl soul and rock ‘n’ roll!! Get here for the countdown!
-NYE, YALL-

https://www.facebook.com/events/581528752307113/

Back at Veda Studios to bring in the New Year with an all night party!
Kri Samadhi
Axis Mundi
Sensoma
Horus
Treffen

$15 cash at the door

https://www.facebook.com/events/353292315213615/

Open Enrollment for the 2019-2020 School Year begins January 1, 2019 and ends March 29, 2019. Apply online today! Accepting applications for grades 5 – 12.

Apply today! https://www.franklinschoolofinnovation.org/

https://www.facebook.com/events/2406711866211882/

Before the Lake Lure Polar Plunge or after you finish your First Day Hike at Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park, stop at Old Rock Cafe and enjoy the first morning of the new year with a delicious breakfast. Who knows, you may find your favorite breakfast item for 2019.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2111714902201196/

Kickoff a new year at Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park during this First Day Hike. A Park Ranger will lead visitors from the front entrance of the park along the 3-mile main road to the base of the Rock. Hikers will learn about the Park’s fascinating history during their trek. An optional shuttle service will be provided back to the front gate at the end of the hike for those that do not want to walk down. Hike participants can return to the Park for the day at no charge. Hikers should wear comfortable shoes, dress appropriately for the weather and bring plenty of water.

Cost: Free. Meet at the Old Rock Café at 8am. Advance registration is not required. Please call the state park office at 828-625-1823 if you have any questions

https://www.facebook.com/events/390289878444902/

Reclaimed Creations is a unique sculpture exhibit created by renowned artist Sayaka Ganz. Utilizing reclaimed plastic objects, such as discarded utensils, Ganz creates amazing sculptures that visually appear unified at a distance, but are in fact separated when examined up close. Described as using a “3D impressionistic” style, Ganz’s exhibit includes installations of animals in motion, which are in rich in color and energy, to create an illusion of form.

About the Artist

Born in Yokohama, Japan, Sayaka Ganz grew up living in Japan, Brazil and Hong Kong. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Indiana University, Bloomington, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in sculpture from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. A lecturer and teacher, Ganz’s work has been displayed at various institutions around the globe, including the Hermann Geiger Foundation in Cecina, Italy, the Isle Gallery in Isle of Man, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California.

My work is about perceiving harmony, even in situations that appear chaotic from the inside. When observing my sculptures up close, one might see gaps, holes and items being held on only by small points; step away, however, and the sculptures reveal the harmony created when the objects are aligned to the same general (but not identical) direction. Similarly, it is important to gain perspective by stepping back from current problems and look at the larger picture. Then one can perceive the beauty and patterns that exist.”

Christmas at Biltmore Daytime Celebration*
Saturday, November 3, 2018 – Sunday, January 6, 2019 (daily)

*Included with estate admission.
*Does not include “Candlelight Christmas Evenings”

Experience the holidays wreathed with the wonder of Biltmore. Our celebration presents Christmas on a grand scale with more than 55 trees decorated by our talented staff, accented with miles of ribbon, garlands, and lights. Festive menus in our restaurants and holiday wine tastings make for a memorable visit.

Learn more about #ChristmasAtBiltmore or plan your visit: biltmore.com/Christmas

https://www.facebook.com/events/104655743803303/?event_time_id=104655863803291

Wake the body up mindfully + give yourself time on the mat!
Join Heather Miller ૐ for Vinyasa Flow + Yin, TUESDAYS// 9:15AM. ?

This class will combine a vinyasa flow through traditional asanas via sun salutations, warrior variations, and pranayama techniques, then we will slow down our movements and engage and lengthen through targeted muscle groups and fascia by using Yin Yoga techniques.

Yin Yoga:
-uses your breath to engage and open targeted structures within the body with longer holds within poses
-helps you release stress + tension

Truly ALL levels are welcome to practice + explore the positive mind/body/soul game changer that is yoga! ?‍♀️?

➳ 60 minute class

➳ $12 drop in/ Pre-register on Mindbody app- Primal Studios to reserve your space + speed up the sign in process!

➳ Bring your yoga mat OR ?
We have Buti Yoga B-aligned mats for your use.

➳ Our Studio is in the same building as Tribe Dance & Pole at 457 N. Lousiana Ave. in West Asheville

? Instructor Heather Miller is a certified Yoga Instructor, Buti Yoga Instructor, and massage therapist who found healing and growth in yoga time and time again, first after an injury on the Appalachian Trail, and then after giving birth to her children.
In her own words “I am truly blessed to have this community welcome me and see my light that I have to offer. I can’t wait to meet you on the mat and expand your hearts with me.”

✨ Primal Studios is a Yoga/Buti Yoga/Movement studio that inspires you to move outside your comfort zone, and connect & thrive in the community as we evolve together! Visit us at 457 N. Louisiana Ave. in West Asheville, right inside the TRIBE Dance & Pole building! www.primalstudiosasheville.com ✨

https://www.facebook.com/events/2177831959149533/?event_time_id=2177831965816199

Check our Holiday Hours to plan your shopping trips to Asheville Outlets! *Store hours may vary.

SPECIAL DATES:
Thursday, November 22 (Thanksgiving Day) | 6pm-2am
Friday, November 23 (Black Friday) | 9am-9pm
Saturday, November 24 | 9am-9pm
Saturday, December 22 | 9am-9pm
Sunday, December 23 | 9am-6pm
Monday, December 24 (Christmas Eve) | 9am – 6pm
Tuesday, December 25 (Christmas) | CLOSED
Monday, December 31 (New Year’s Eve) | 10am – 6pm
Tuesday, January 1, 2018 (New Year’s Day) | 10am – 9pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/2207665626141222/?event_time_id=2207665642807887

When reflecting on the current state of the environment, it seems that we have entered into times of seismic sorrows. Carbon emissions, water pollution, fracking, and changing climate patterns all point to a troubling reality with serious consequences for human and non-human populations. Through weavings, installations, sculpture, and print, artists Rena Detrixhe and Tali Weinberg (Tulsa, OK) explore the complex relationship between humans and the planet, offering insights, expressing grief, and creating space for resilience and change.

In Time of Seismic Sorrows is curated by Marilyn Zapf and organized by the Center for Craft. The Center for Craft is supported in part by the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

CRAZY FUN!!! Join us for our 11th Annual Lake Lure New Year’s Day Polar Plunge! Costume Contest as well a other prizes. Registration begins at 10am. There is a $20 Registration Fee. We’ll have bonfires to warm you and hot cocoa to sooth that New Year’s Eve thing. Come hang out with a bunch of crazy plungers! New Year’s Resolutions are made HERE!

https://www.facebook.com/events/333204417262037/

Start the new year right with a bike ride. The trails are soaked so meet at the Pisgah store at 10am for a fun little (approx. 22 mile) gravel loop in Pisgah. 276 right 477 (Avery Creek) left 276 right 475b left 475 right 276 to shop. We recommend gravel or mountain bikes. Extra miles can be added for those wanting more.

https://www.facebook.com/events/288117051741644/

Start 2019 off with a bang! The Annual Resolution Run events welcome families and participants of all ages to come run, walk or crawl their way to completing their first resolution! The 5k is a perfect distance for all abilities to run/walk and to start off your new year! The 10 mile event was designed with endurance road runners in mind. Both events are timed with chip timing.

Runners and Walkers participating in the 5k event will explore nearby downtown neighborhoods and experience the best of the Asheville City while completing their first 3.1 miles of the year. Runners participating in the ten mile event will wind their way through the beautiful rolling neighborhoods in N. Asheville around the flat (and fast) Beaver Lake area and through downtown Asheville.

We are excited to partner again with the YMCA of Western North Carolina, iDream Athletes Foundation and the Western Carolina Rescue Ministries for the Resolution Run! As one of our 2019 Resolution Run Charity Partners, the Downtown Asheville YMCA will host our Pre-Event Packet-Pickup as well as be out and along the race course to keep you hydrated and energized! The WCRM will host a shoe drive at packet pickup and on race day. So BRING SHOES, BRING SHOES, BRING SHOES! Especially gently used or new tennis shoes! Tennis shoes seem to be the best, as the homeless population likes them, because they hold up for such a long period of time. The shoes that the WCRM receive during the Resolution Run event will go towards their annual “Foot Care Clinic”.

The races start and finish at 10am in the heart of downtown Asheville at Pack Square.

Bring warm layers of clothes, tie up you running shoes and get ready to ring in the new year.

We highly encourage participants of all abilities and speeds but we do have awards categories for the Resolution Run 10 mile and 5k.

AWARDS

OVERALL Category:
Overall male/female winners (top 3) and masters winners will receive gift certificates with their locally made pottery award.
Overall awards – 1,2,3 (male/female) | Master’s male/female overall
AGE GROUPS Category:
Age Groups male/female winners (top 3) will receive a locally made pottery award.

Age groups – (male/female) | Age Groups – 1st, 2nd, 3rd
15 & under, 16-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75 & over.
*Awards Ceremony to be held at approximately 11:30am in Pack Square.

All participants registered by Dec. 12th are guaranteed a soft, comfy and awesome long-sleeve t-shirt. All ten mile finishers will receive a classy, 2019 commemorative Finisher Medal.

Makes sure to like our Resolution Run Facebook page with more info is here – @AVLNYRR

Registration is open here: https://racesonline.com/events/new-year-s-resolution-run

https://www.facebook.com/events/1608224262617566/

Join Jenny for a wild, magical morning flow to get you lifted! ?? Experience Buti Yoga Lite, TUESDAYS// 10:30am!!

Cynthia Sims is subbing January 1st!

This a great introductory class for anyone practicing Buti Yoga or who wants to try it out! We focus on alignment, deep core engagement, and yoga postures in a slightly slower-paced class with lower intensity cardio plyometrics.

?‍♀️? Buti Yoga utilizes the Spiral Structure Technique + deep core engagement in this empowering class, activating shakti – the divine feminine energy that AWAKENS power + sustainable confidence. Music drives the movements! ♫ ♫ ♫

➳ 60 minute class – ALL LEVELS welcome & celebrated.

➳ $12 per class drop in. Sign up on our Mindbody app- Primal Studios. Space is limited.

➳ Bring your yoga mat OR ?
We have Buti Yoga B-aligned mats for your use.

➳ Our Studio is in the same building as Tribe Dance & Pole at 457 N. Lousiana Ave. in West Asheville

? Instructor Jenny Roberts is a Life Artist, Filmmaker, Self-Discovery Enthusiast + Vegan Athlete, who practices yoga as one of many tools to find freedom in the mind, body, and spirit. Jenny is our Creative Director/Photographer/Videographer at Primal Studios and produces inspiring content at How to Be Light – Jenny Roberts howtobelight.com.

✨ Primal Studios is a Yoga/Buti Yoga/Movement studio that inspires you to move outside your comfort zone, and connect & thrive in the community as we evolve together! Visit us at 457 N. Louisiana Ave. in West Asheville, right inside the TRIBE Dance & Pole building! www.primalstudiosasheville.com ✨

https://www.facebook.com/events/220682732183579/?event_time_id=220682735516912

With the end of 2018 in sight, the sixth annual Paris Plunge is quickly approaching!

What better way to ring in the new year than to have a soul-cleansing dip in the frigid waters of Lake Placid with a few hundred of your best friends? Hot beverages and a sweet treat will await you afterward! Prizes are to be awarded to the best costumes for men, women, boys, girls, and team. All proceeds support your park.

The 2019 Paris Plunge will begin promptly at 1:19 p.m. on New Years Day. Please arrive early for registration.

Entry fees are :

Adults: $10
Under 10: $5
Event day registration is allowed. Long-sleeve, T-shirts are available on a first-come-first-served basis.

Event Day Registration begins at 11:30 a.m. at the park center on 1/1/2019.

This event is rain or shine!!

https://www.facebook.com/events/438247110051359/

As Virginia Woolf said, “one cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” Food and water are essential for survival, but mankind’s relationship to food has transformed over time from one of sustenance to one laden with personal and cultural significance.

A Matter of Taste explores depictions of food and drink in art and reveals how images of fruits and vegetables can function as complex metaphors for excess, status, memory, and politics. Drawn from southern museums and private collections, this exhibition showcases over 35 paintings, decorative arts, and works on paper by artists such as Andy Warhol, Wayne Thiebaud, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Claes Oldenburg.

This show spans 400 years and multiple continents, revealing the evolving role of food and drink in various media and cultural contexts. While depictions of fruit and vegetables appeared in ancient times, still life painting as an independent genre dates to 16th-century Holland.

In 19th-century America, still life paintings remained popular but evolved in terms of subject matter, media, and message. Painters such as Thomas Wightman, George Forster, and De Scott Evans embraced Dutch still lifes and used food as commentary on the current political climate and the transient state of the human condition.

Illustrated newspapers led to an increase of cartoons by artists such as Winslow Homer and William Hogarth, who utilized food and drink as social satire. The 20th-century modern art movement further changed the perception of food. The culture of mass production enabled Pop artists to elevate seemingly mundane foodstuffs to high art. Yet, other contemporary artists explored the symbolic and nostalgic role of food seen in works by Tim Tate, Linda Armstrong, and Laquita Thomson.

Visitors will also experience an elaborately set dining table fit for a sumptuous feast. Dining became its own art form over time and communicated one’s social standing and wealth. Each of the table’s six place settings represent a different culture and offer a glimpse into global dining customs. Selective drinkware will accompany this section revealing how tea sets and even punch bowls reflected an owner’s prestige.

Our GABF Gold Medal winning Maerzen is coming back for its debut at Studios! Amber in color, this finely filtered German lager is malty, but far from sweet. The Munich, Vienna & Melanoidin malts give it a toasty, biscuit-like aroma and flavor. Noble European hops (Hallertau Mittelfrueh) are used to perfectly balance the strong malt character. Prost!

https://www.facebook.com/events/315384612432466/

The 11th Annual Lake Lure New Year’s Day Polar Plunge is back with the strength of a glacier as it returns “shoreside” at the Lake Lure Public Beach.

Join us as we run headlong into 2019 by plunging into beautiful Lake Lure on New Year’s Day.

Why would we do this? It’s all to support our first responders of Hickory Nut Gorge. Doing something wild and crazy on the first day of the year is just a bonus!

Prizes will be awarded to the best costume across several categories. Stay tuned for further updates, and be sure to follow the Lake Lure New Year’s Day Polar Plunge Facebook Page!

https://www.facebook.com/events/509206559593088/

Ring in the New Year with your favorite booksellers and baristas! We’ll be open 12-5 and almost everything in the bookstore is 25% off.

https://www.facebook.com/events/273985539946269/

Celebrate the beginning of 2019 dancing in community and contributing to the Asheville Movement Collective Home Seed Fund. All proceeds after expenses will go to the AMC Home Seed Fund.
Facilitator Marilyn Joy Gaunt
12:30-2:30
12:30 warmup 1:00 pm circle

Price: $10-20 Sliding Scale. Additional Donations are welcome.

Children are welcome. Childcare not provided for this event.

AMC offers a shared experience and a shared place for spontaneous, free-form movement. What each of us brings to this shared place affects everyone, and we create this experience together with:

-Awareness of others and ourselves
-Permission from others and ourselves
-Participation through movement and presence

We practice moving in healthy community by:
-Arriving without strong scents (including perfumes, oils, and body scents)
-Dancing in bare feet, socks, or supportive footwear
-Maintaining a nonverbal dance space
-Encouraging a substance-free space
Children are welcome. Childcare provided for this event.

www.ashevillemovementcollective.org
AMC is a 501c3 nonprofit organization

https://www.facebook.com/events/1908279882586978/

We’ll be ringing in 2019 with FOOTBALL on New Year’s Day! Whether it’s the Fiesta, Sugar or Rose Bowl that you’re into…we’ll be showing all 3!
Fiesta~1pm LSU vs. UCF
Rose~5pm Ohio State vs. Washington
Sugar~8:45pm Georgia vs. Texas
We’ll also be serving up Smoked Pork, Collards and Black Eyed Peas! Come down and join us while we start the New Year out right.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1049032038636042/

On January 1st, 2019 become an Ultimate Outsider by racing along with the park rangers inside Devils Fork State Park at 1:00PM.

A kid’s one mile fun run will start at 12 PM on January 1st, 2019. This race will take place prior to the start of the Ranger Run 5K, and is intended for children 12 and under who are not quite ready for 5K.

As part of our First Day Hike Series at state and national parks across the United States, we will also be providing a Park Ranger guided trail hike on the Oconee Bell Nature Trail (approximately 1.1 miles) at no cost. There is no registration for the First Day Hike, just bring comfortable hiking boots or shoes and dress for the weather. The guided nature hike also starts at 1 PM.

Stick around for the Loon Lunge, our version of the polar bear club, and jump into chilly Lake Jocassee after the race and hike! The annual Loon Lunge will commence after all runners and hikers have finished (approximately 2:30 PM).

2019 First Day 5K Ranger Run and Loon Lunge
$27.87
(includes 2.87 processing fee)

2019 First Day Kid’s One Mile Run
$12.04
(includes 2.04 processing fee)
Costs for same day registration increase to $30 plus registration fees for the Ranger Run 5K and $15 plus registration fees for the kid’s one mile fun run.

Lodging at the villas and camping is available at Devils Fork State Park, please contact (864) 944-2639 or visit www.southcarolinaparks.com to make reservations for the New Year’s Day weekend. Use promo code 5KSAVE20 for a discount of 20% off when making your reservations for villas or campsites for the Ranger Run 5K. Promo Code is valid only from December 28, 2018 through January2, 2019.

For more information, please contact Jim Stanton by calling (864) 918-8475 or at [email protected] .

https://www.facebook.com/events/904969553224683/

Momentum on Broadway, downtown Asheville’s newest contemporary art gallery, located at 52 Broadway Street, hosts a storytelling event with local printmaker and raconteur Andy Farkas, New Year’s Day – Tuesday January 1, 2019 – from 2-4pm. This all ages story telling event, “What Will Your Story be for 2019?” will be in conjunction with a special presentation of his original prints and watercolors.

Andy depicts times of triumph, bewilderment, and excitement through his beautifully written vignettes inscribed within his whimsical imagery. Inspired by Andy’s daughters and his own life events, these original vignettes call upon our emotions to do the thinking and our own life stories to give the phrases added depth and significance. Along with sharing his charming and insightful stories, Andy will discuss his creative process of printmaking in the Japanese style of Moku Hanga, an ancient Japanese printmaking technique using woodcut engravings and water-based pigments.

“Stories build bridges between the seen and unseen world — breathing life into a way of being, understanding, and feeling that, at its most profound, illumines a path toward enlightenment.” – Andy Farkas

This event will take place at Momentum’s Broadway location, 52 Broadway street in downtown Asheville from 2-4pm. Light refreshments will be served. All ages are welcome, and this event is free and open to the public.

Kakizome (in Japanese “first writing”) is a traditional Japanese calligraphy written at the beginning of the year.

Karuta Card matching game in Hiragana (Japanese ABC)

All materials are prepared. Please ask staff if you would like to try.

For Kakizome, if you would like to place your Kakizome to frame, our neighbor “BLACKBIRD FRAME & ART” gives you special discount as a new year gift “Otoshidama” ? Please ask staff more detail.

https://www.facebook.com/events/262919221050586/

Intimate Cacao Ceremonies at Blomkraft Studio through the Holiday Season!

Sacred Cacao is about reviving the ancient use of cocoa as a ceremonial plant medicine used to facilitate heart opening & connection, but without leaving you with a hangover! Ceremony is a time to step outside of the busyness of life and connect with your inner self. In this workshop we will sit together for 2 hours drinking a chocolate brew made from ceremonial grade Guatemalan cacao mixed with traditional herbs & spices. There will be invocations for opening sacred space as well as music-mantra, devotional chanting & sound healing with bowls, bells & a harmonium. You will be given the chance to share any area of your life where you are seeking healing & a greater sense of wholeness. You will then be able to relax & journey with the cacao & music into a space of healing. Participants will learn about cacao & the benefits of ceremony, as well as experience the unique healing portal that is Asheville! Includes live music, guided meditation & heart sharing.

https://www.facebook.com/events/367657680659954/

Come enjoy the holiday season and all its wonder while playing alongside the Broad River and the fully decorated Mini Golf Course!
$6.50 to play and kids under 5 are FREE!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1473877239423624/?event_time_id=1473877296090285

Candlelight Christmas Evenings*
Saturday, November 3, 2018 – Saturday, January 5, 2019 (Select Dates)

*Check website for availability/dates
*By reservation only.
*Pricing varies by date.

Candlelight, firelight, and live music bring holiday warmth to the extravagant holiday décor of Biltmore House, creating an evening to remember. Evening guests can also take advantage of Antler Hill Village & Winery to enjoy free wine tastings. Advance reservations are required for evening visits.

Learn more about #ChristmasAtBiltmore or plan your visit: biltmore.com/Christmas

https://www.facebook.com/events/1524627331014393/?event_time_id=1524627454347714