Calendar of Events

9 am Students meet to make poster boards for Asheville’s MLK Rally and March. Students are asked to dress warmly with MHU branded clothing. Location: Bentley Fellowship Hall

10 am Asheville MLK Rally and March
Students/faculty/staff load buses and vans for Asheville’s MLK Rally and March (MHU’s DEI director is the emcee for this event). March starts at St. James AME Church and ends at Asheville City Hall.
Return to MHU by approximately 2 pm. Interested students should contact [email protected]. Meet in front of Broyhill Chapel.

11 am – 3 pm Bailey Mountain Hike
Participants will read excerpts from King’s speech, “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop.” For more information, contact Prof. Ryan Bell at [email protected].
Meet in front of Broyhill Chapel to carpool to the mountain.

11 am – 12:30 pm “At the River I Stand: King’s Final Days”
Documentary and discussion with Dr. Brett Johnson. Location: Belk Auditorium

12:45 – 2 pm Lunch

3 – 4:15 pm “Helms vs. Gantt—The 1990 NC Senate Election; Voter Suppression Then & Now” With Prof. Jonathan McCoy. Location: Day Hall 205

3 – 4:15 pm “Beyond Vietnam” MLK’s revolutionary and prescient views of poverty, militarism, and racism, with Dr. Heather Hawn. Location: Belk Auditorium

3 – 4:30 pm Community Service Project with the Center for Community Engagement Sign-up sheet is on the bulletin board outside the Center for Community Engagement in Marshbanks Hall. Contact Caroline Twiggs at [email protected] for more information.

5 pm MLK Peace Candlelight Vigil Location: Upper Quad (Lunsford Commons)

7 pm MLK Trivia with Dr. Brett Johnson Location: Ponder Atrium in Ferguson Math & Science Center

https://www.facebook.com/events/2224318577888547/

Sanctuary Brewing Company, Looking Glass Realty, and RE/MAX RESULTS are teaming up offering haircuts, resume building, job skills, a hot meal, and clothing drive! The event starts at 10 AM on Monday December 17th and goes to 1 PM.

Donations can be made any time at Sanctuary Brewing Company for the following: Makeup (new), clothing (business), non-perishable food, hygiene items, and basic office supplies (pens, notebooks, etc.)

All Donations are appreciated, however items most in need are outerwear, pants, sweaters, etc.

We are also in need of 1-3 volunteers that can help transport folks from PBJ, Rescue Mission, and Safelight.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2335937186650766/

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.

We don’t want to just remember Dr. King’s dream but walk in the way he walked and teach our children to do so! Tomorrow, we will talk about how to make a family justice commitment that will help you engage in the movement as a family throughout the year! We will make signs and silkscreen t-shirts for the March. March together and learn more about the powerful things Dr. King said and did!!

https://www.facebook.com/events/254521702134719/

Join in a roadside cleanup in preparation for the MLK Jr March from St. James AME Church to Downtown. We will be finished with the cleanup in time if volunteers would like to walk in the MLK Jr March. We will be supplying gabbers, gloves, vests and bags. Last year we had a HUGE turnout. We cleaned up from Downtown all the way through Historic East End / Valley Street neighborhood. Thanks to the City of Asheville Sanitation Dept for providing their dumpster for this project.

Please sign up to let us know that you’re coming out.
https://goo.gl/forms/EHakTCHNuldqOjfF2

https://www.facebook.com/events/290789504903659/

Winter can be the most beautiful time of the year at Chimney Rock. Leafless trees make for expansive views of Lake Lure and the Hickory Nut Gorge. The sky is clear; you’re likely to find a quiet spot to sit and enjoy the peacefulness. You may even see a critter scamper by you in the forest. Capture that special moment or scene on your camera, enter it in our Winter Wonders Photo Contest and tell us about it. We’ll use the winning entries on our website and Facebook album, and you’ll win some fun prizes. Photos must be taken within the Chimney Rock section of the Park.

Cost: No additional cost to enter.

https://www.facebook.com/events/789533238046693/?event_time_id=789533308046686

TOT TIME
Art is fun! During Tot Time, we explore the elements of art including line, shape and color. We inspire your imagination with art from the Museum’s Collection, stories, and hands-on art-making. Each session includes time for free play.

Mixed-Up + Messy!
JANUARY 14 – FEBRUARY 18 — Mondays, 10am – 11:30am
For pre-school aged students accompanied by an adult
Meet at the Stephens-Lee Center (30 George Washington Carver Avenue, Asheville 28801)

Pre-register through the Asheville Parks and Recreation Dept. by calling (828) 350-2058, drop-ins are welcome.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2019297284783802/?event_time_id=2019297288117135

Monday Morning routine elevated! ?‍♀️☕? Get ZEN with an uplifting, all-levels strength-building vinyasa flow, then enjoy local coffee!

Meet us at Primal Studios at 10:30am for yoga with Mauni Tomlo, then coffee from Fractals Coffee Shop and Cafe, a local Asheville neighborhood shop. Beans are roasted by Pennycup Coffee CO, an Asheville based small-batch roaster.

You likely already know the benefits of yoga for your body and your mind, but what about the perks of drinking coffee? In addition to helping you wake up or shake off grogginess, recent research shows that coffee has some pretty great health benefits. Coffee is full of antioxidants, which help ward off disease. In moderation, coffee & yoga can coexist as a part of a healthy routine.

➳ 60 minute class

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

➳ We have Buti Yoga B-aligned mats for your use!

About the Yoga Class:

Embark on a short mindfulness meditation to identify the intention you wish to cultivate, then move through an alignment-based, steady-paced, strength-building vinyasa practice that challenges your body and encourages the embodiment of your vital essence to to emerge in a peaceful yet powerful way.

Next, enjoy a gentle, therapeutic deep stretching flow that will open the heart, lengthen the muscles and ease the hamstrings, hips and lower back.

End your practice with an essential oil infused savasana that encourages an inspirational morning.

We can’t wait to see you! ✨ All are welcome!

? Instructor Mauni Tomlo is an experienced 200 hr RYT Yoga Instructor trained in a classic Baptiste style of yoga. Her dynamic classes hit the sweet spot between peace and power.

✨ 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/585360665260047/?event_time_id=597079194088194

We are honored to share our passion for our Beloved Black Bears in our exhibit at the “FW Gallery” in Woolworth Walk – downtown Asheville. We are grateful to have been chosen to be their Featured Artists. We want to also thank the many lovely people who work at Woolworth Walk and have supported and assisted us with the exhibit.

The FW Gallery exhibit will end Tuesday, January 29th at 6pm. Our permanent artist booth #229 downstairs “Beloved Black Bear” has over 50 black bear canvases 11×14 at $75 each. We hope you will stop by to visit.

We are happy to say that many black bear canvases have been sold and are now adorning many homes. Our wish is for all of us to share our compassion for the black bear with our friends, family, and neighbors and create connections with the bears giving them a voice.

Love, April Johnson & Jeff Miller

https://www.facebook.com/events/300039080626478/?event_time_id=300039147293138

Please join us at St. James AME Church at 11:30am for the kick off ceremony of our Peace March & Rally. At 12:15pm we will march down College Street to City-County Plaza where the rally will be held. This is a free event. Attendees are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items which will be donated to Manna Foodbank.

https://www.facebook.com/events/303363670505675/

On Monday, January 21st, our neighbors at Oskar Blues Brewery North Carolina are donating 10% of their earnings to Brevard Ballet! In addition to the usual food and beverage options our dancers will be performing excerpts from Cinderella.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2132593516763977/

Join us around noon for a pot of stew and the kick off to our annual day of service! We’ll work until 4-ish in the afternoon. As always, a family-friendly event…all ages welcome. Please, no dogs/pets!

We’ll be spreading mulch, installing water catchment systems, cleaning portraits/art throughout the garden, flipping compost, and more! Let us know if you have a talent you’d like to share or if you’d like to lead any activities…

We’ll spend the morning cooking up a pot (or two) of stew to share with visitors and may fire up the oven for some fresh bread. If you’d like to arrive early to help with food, please let us know and we’ll connect!

https://www.facebook.com/events/211142736497798/

Our annual month of classic anime returns on Friday, January 4th featuring the best movies from Studio Ghibli and animation legend Hayao Miyazaki!

THE MOVIES & DATES ARE…

Jan. 4 – 7: Spirited Away
Jan. 8 – 10: Kiki’s Delivery Service – 30th Anniversary
Jan. 11 – 14: Princess Mononoke
Jan. 15 – 17: Porco Rosso
Jan. 18 – 21: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind – 35th Anniversary
Jan. 22 – 24: Grave of the Fireflies (NOT FOR YOUNG VIEWERS)
Jan. 25 – 28: My Neighbor Totoro
Jan. 29 – 31: The Cat Returns
Feb. 1 – 4: Howl’s Moving Castle – 15th Anniversary
Feb. 5 – 7: Castle in the Sky

SHOWTIMES:
There will be two matinees and a 10:00 pm show every day for each movie. We’ll post specific showtimes for each movie here and on our website’s movie page.

SPECIAL BONUS… At the final 10:00 pm show of each movie we will show the original Japanese version with English subtitles! All other shows will be the English dubbed version.

TICKET INFO:
Tickets are only $3.00, and sales operate on our normal ticket policy of going on sale 24 hours before your desired show date.

For example, Friday movie tickets go on sale Thursday, the day before.

https://www.facebook.com/events/359072128006762/?event_time_id=359072188006756

Is 2019 the year you will become a Four Seasons Volunteer?

Join us on the #MLKDay of Service for New Volunteer Orientation and learn how volunteers at Four Seasons are serving their community.

Preregistration is required, call us at (828) 692-6178 or email [email protected] to find out more today!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1336098993196404/

This four-week series will meet once a week to help you set and achieve your fitness goals. We will Focus on individual goals and use a group setting to help motivate. There will be focus on nutrition and physical activity. Certified Personal Trainer and Sports Nutrition Specialist Natalie Sleik Will Lead this Series. You will leave with a workout geared toward each major muscle group, before and after assessments, and a nutrition plan.

January 7-28

Meeting times are 10:00 am – 11:00 am OR 5:00 pm- 6:00 pm

Members $100, non-members $120

Visit the Y to sign up today! Spots are limited.

https://www.facebook.com/events/278932892824759/?event_time_id=278932906158091

Come and join Us this Monday January 21th at Ginger’s Revenge Craft Brewery & Tasting Room
Great food, Great times …

https://www.facebook.com/events/528592234328548/

This four-week series will meet once a week to help you set and achieve your fitness goals. We will Focus on individual goals and use a group setting to help motivate. There will be focus on nutrition and physical activity. Certified Personal Trainer and Sports Nutrition Specialist Natalie Sleik Will Lead this Series. You will leave with a workout geared toward each major muscle group, before and after assessments, and a nutrition plan.

January 7-28

Meeting times are 10:00 am – 11:00 am OR 5:00 pm- 6:00 pm

Members $100, non-members $120

Visit the Y to sign up today! Spots are limited.

https://www.facebook.com/events/278932892824759/?event_time_id=278932912824757

Join SAHC for a Full Wolf Moon night hike on the SAHC protected Flatwoods Pasture property! This roughly 0.75 miles to the high-elevation pastures with beautiful, western-facing views from which we can enjoy the sunset. Participants are welcome to bring food and beverages to enjoy an evening picnic – we will have about an hour between sunset and moonrise, during which time we will discuss our land protection work in the area as well as a discussion about red wolves, their conservation, and implications of reintegrating them into the Appalachian Mountains. Finally, when the January “Wolf moon” rises, we will have a group howl!

Cost: Free for members, $10 for non-members
Registration is full

https://www.facebook.com/events/382279412592880/

We are happy to partner with yoga instructor Sarah Myers to offer a community yoga class every Monday from 5:30-6:15pm. The cost is only $5 per class with a portion benefiting the community center.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2096130267102829/

Join us for the 9th Annual Kenilworth Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. taking place Monday, January 21st at Kenilworth Presbyterian Church (123 Kenilworth Rd. Asheville, NC 28803). Community potluck from 5:30-6:30pm in Kenilworth Center,4 Chiles Ave. (directly behind church) followed by the program which will begin at 6:30pm in the Church Sanctuary.

This year, the evening’s topic is: “Mountains to Move: Black Asheville’s Call to Action”. We are honored to host a panel of outstanding Asheville visionaries. Panelists include DeWayne Barton, Councilwoman Sheneika Smith, Dr. Marcus Harvey and Sheriff Quentin Miller. The evening will be hosted by Marvin Chambers a founding member of A.S.C.O.R.E. (Asheville Student Committee on Racial Equality) and an icon of the Civil Rights Movement in North Carolina. The panel discussion will be moderated by Ami Worthen, writer and collaborator for justice and liberation.

DJ Profe$$ah G. will be spinning great tunes and onsite childcare will be provided. Come out for food, fellowship and learn how Black Asheville is sustaining the dream Of Martin Luther King, Jr. and advancing his legacy into our collective future!
For more information contact Katie Adams 828-273-3747
[email protected]

https://www.facebook.com/events/231567207773878/

We hope you will join us for the annual Candlelight Service as we celebrate community members whose service to the community is reflective of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy. This is a free event and open to the community. There is a reception afterwards in the fellowship hall.

https://www.facebook.com/events/367379083822093/

Edit: SOLD OUT. Look for a new class to begin in March ?. Let us know if you’d like to be added to the waiting list.

Hey, lets start 2019 with a hip-pop and a shimmy. Join Kelly for a beginner workshop where we will explore all the sassy fun of bellydance. We promote health, fitness, self-expression, and community. Come smile and shimmy with us!

8wk workshop, Monday’s 6pm-7pm

Jan. 14th – March 4th

$80 per person prepaid, or $13 per class

Registration is Monday, Jan 7th 5pm-7pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/506182803210344/?event_time_id=506182806543677

Open Mic Night at The Grey Eagle

https://www.facebook.com/events/785121775155013/

Transition From Figurative To Abstract Sculpture

Leonid Siveriver

Mondays 6-9pm
January 7- February 25

The objective of this course is to develop a basic understanding of the human form in three-dimensions based on work with a live model, and then utilize that knowledge for abstraction. By combining the human figure with geometric forms you will expand your palette of techniques, and create some truly dynamic, inspired work.

Level: All Levels
Tuition: $350 + $75 Lab and Live Model Fee

Full Moon Hike: Cold Moon
Join naturalist James Wilkins each month on the full moon and experience the sights, sounds and sensations of nature at night. Please wear shoes and clothing appropriate for walking in the woods. Flashlights are not needed. Register online at least 2 days in advance by emailing James Wilkins at [email protected].

Cold Moon – Mon., Jan. 21, 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Bony Moon – Tues., Feb. 19, 6:20 p.m. – 7:50 p.m.
Windy Moon – Wed., Mar. 20, 7:20 p.m. – 8:50 p.m.
Flower Moon – Fri., April 19, 8:20 p.m. – 9:50 p.m.
Planting Moon – Sat., May 18, 8:15 p.m. – 9:45 p.m.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2198663180406084/

Join us for a night of general knowledge trivia! Prizes for first, second, and third place! Cheers everyone!

https://www.facebook.com/events/387253678489089/

CLUB DANCES

Learn East Coast Swing & Night Club 2: Starts Mon. January 7th

Time get out and have some fun. Learn East Coast Swing timing, patterns and cool moves that will have anyone looking good on the dance floor. East Coast Swing is a great foundation for other swing dances (West Coast, Shag, Blues Dancing) and a great way to meet new people with your own interests.

Club Dance Class also includes an introduction to Night Club 2, a beautiful romantic dance, bringing style and grace to those wonderful slow songs.

All classes taught in a fun, supportive setting at the Asheville Ballroom, with lots of time to help you learn quickly and easily.

Class starts every 6 weeks / no partner required, call John at 828 712 0791 for more info.

https://www.facebook.com/events/564995227307231/?event_time_id=564995237307230

ON MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY 2019, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL GATHER TO CELEBRATE THE
WORDS AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING,
JR.

STUDENTS WILL SEEK TO PERFORM THE MOST
ACCURATE AND ENGAGING REENACTMENT OF
SOME OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.’S MOST
FAMOUS AND IMPORTANT WRITINGS AND
SPEECHES.

FOR COMPLETE DETAILS:

https://sites.google.com/view/mlkrecitation/home?authuser=0&fbclid=IwAR27NrRSRwUzslW3YTpVn4P7jIKb_nFy9_zJiG-Kl5XT9YsR0hMTmCmIb_w

OR CALL/TEXT: 828.772.7115

FINAL EVENT:
1/21 – 7:00 PM
YMI CULTURAL
CENTER
39 S. Market Street –
Asheville, NC 28801

$500 in
Scholarships to
be Awarded
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Middle and High
School Divisions
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No Cost to
Participate
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Open to All

sponsored by: Asheville School, YMI Cultural Center, BeLoved Asheville, and Sunbelt Rentals

https://www.facebook.com/events/219936022264151/

Josh Dunkin hosts another edition of It Takes All Kinds Open Mic Night!

Bring your instruments, comedy routines, poems, stories, etc. and show us what you got on the Sanctuary Brewing Company Stage!

*No mimes*

https://www.facebook.com/events/2210097412592427/

Come on out every week to really drill that technique into your body. After all, good technique is the foundation to great dance!

Haven’t danced before? No worries! Sarah Joy will get you started off right.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2207664732782541/?event_time_id=2207664739449207