Calendar of Events

Parents! You do not want your 7th-12th grader to miss this conference, hosted right here on campus! Mark your calendar! Registration opens next week!

https://www.facebook.com/events/619152248556348/

Join us for trivia every Thursday at 6. Check each date for our new theme!

Think you know your stuff? We’ll call your bluff!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1231329450367252/?event_time_id=1231329510367246

In this intimate workshop you will learn the basics of using a loom and weaving cloth over the course of 4 Thursday evenings. Class taught by Danielle Burke.

https://www.facebook.com/events/308658413367376/?event_time_id=308658423367375

Members of the WNC MMA and their guests are invited to share good times and beautiful views at The Capital Club in downtown Asheville.

Refreshments will be provided. No charge to attend for all current Active and Allied members of the WNC Medical Managers Association. We encourage you to bring a guest. Join the WNC Medical Managers Association or activate your membership here

https://www.facebook.com/events/340655586561103/

$15 Advance / $15 Day of Show

Joe & Hannah’s music is an intricate and compelling dance of melodies, vocals, a blend of covers and originals, and a spicy mix of Rock, Celtic, Flamenco and Americana influences. This year, they are celebrating the release their new documentary film called “A Tree Finds Its Voice” which is about their matched cello & guitar made from the same trees. Join Acoustic Eidolon as they celebrate their journey through music, stories and a life unexpected

Seated Lounge Show:: Limited Tables Available with a Dinner Reservation :: All Other Seating is First Come First Serve General Admission :: Please Call Venue for Dinner (Table) Reservations

https://www.facebook.com/events/607449693044274/

Join us Thursday May, 9th 2019 for a special musical performance by the MEGA talented Hope Griffin! Music starts @ 7 PM!

https://youtu.be/K9-huGlxfjM

Bio
Born in Anchorage, Alaska, Hope Griffin was literally born into music. Surrounded by a musical family, she began singing and performing when she was very young. Hope first got turned onto the idea of writing her own music when she received a guitar at age 17. She attended Carson-Newman University and went on to receive a Bachelors degree in classical voice. It was there that her true flair for songwriting developed. Hope’s drive to perform her original works was launched after winning a songwriters contest in college in 2007. She eventually moved to Asheville, North Carolina where she began introducing her angelic vocals and folky lyrics into the music scene.

Since her time in Asheville, Hope has entered and won several singer/songwriter contests, including 2nd place of thousands to open for Dave Barnes. In 2012, her debut single “Hanging In The Balance” made international radio play. She was recognized in regional publications such as the Herald-Journal, The Mountain Xpress, and The Daily Times. She appeared on WNC television, and began touring all over the Southeast USA. In 2014, in an effort to expand her acoustic sound, she teamed up with NJ born cellist and Asheville transplant Jamie Leigh Bennett to create a dynamic guitar/cello blend of original sound. In 2016 & 2017, she consecutively snagged both best “Singer-Songwriter” and best “Acoustic/Folk Band” titles in Western North Carolina though community votes. Later on that year, Hope added long-time friend and talented lead guitarist Andrew Thelston into the group. Together, their combined fusion of her silky vocals, Andrew’s sassy, electric blues rifts, and Jamie Leigh’s deep, rich cello lines has made for a listening experience quite unlike any other. Hope’s “in your face” style of ballad writing, as well as the trio’s reputation for playing fresh versions of songs that span through the decades has made them popular amongst a wide range of age groups.

Hope continues to wow audiences and stretch the musical boundaries by switching from soulful ballads to high-energy blues with ease. Her 6 original song EP, entitled “Say What You Will” released on February 6th, 2015 to a sold out show at Isis Restaurant & Music Hall in Asheville, NC. Her third song on the album titled “A Fisherman’s Life” was awarded “best song” in WNC in 2016. Each song on the record offered a diverse style and hook worthy of its subject matter, but all were linked with Hope’s angelic voice, catchy beats, and poignant imagery. The album was one that fans of folk music and singer-songwriters had been waiting for since Hope first began mesmerizing her audiences, and was the perfect exhibition of her extraordinary talent.

Riding on the wings of the success of 2015’s album, Hope jumped back in the studio to record a larger project titled “Where the Soil & the Stars Meet”, which released on October 31st, 2016. As a strong follow up to her previous release, Hope’s album—her first LP—was as eclectic and as unpredictable of a musical journey as those who fell in love with her debut might have expected. Song after song, Hope defied convention, leading her audience by the hand through honest reflections of true love, a broken heart left devastated, a chance meeting with strangers, to the celebration of a long life well-lived. Constantly blending genres, the very essence of Hope’s trademark style constantly remains: Her lyrical quality of capturing the simplest of life’s moments and rendering them profound reflections on the emotions that unite us all. A haunting and always evolving collection of ballads, “Where the Soil and Stars Meet” peered into the soul of an artist whose fingers remain firmly on the pulse of the curious odyssey in which we all find ourselves.

At the conclusion of 2017 (and just in time for the season), Hope released her latest project “And the Lights Will Shine” – a 6-song collection of holiday tunes. Reflective of her usual folk flair, the EP was well received by all. As expressed by Bill Kopp from the Mountain Xpress: “With ‘And the Lights Will Shine,’ folk/Americana artist Hope Griffin bravely takes on a clutch of holiday classics (adding an original of her own) and creates a fine, distinctive record in the process.”

Hope can currently be seen touring as a Folk/Americana trio with her cellist Jamie Leigh and lead guitarist Andrew Thelston at many venues throughout the US. Her free spirited personality and ability to tell beautiful stories through song make her a true force to be reckoned with – and a hard excuse to miss.

http://www.hopegriffinmusic.com/

https://www.facebook.com/events/2313038549019546/

Come see this beautiful local singer. She stared out singing when she was 9 and has stolen everyone’s heart as she got older. Come out and see her sing.

https://www.facebook.com/events/583604142121812/

Mitch’s Totally Rad Trivia is a team trivia played in 7 rounds over the course of 2 endlessly entertaining hours. The game covers everything pop culture and is always irreverent by nature. The game is not your average pub quiz as it explores everything from didgeridoo covers of pop songs to bad celebrity tattoos and everything in between. Ever wanted to identify animals by their gonads? Then this is the game for you! Mitch curates a one of a kind trivia smorgasbord of random, unusual, and hilarious subjects. This absurd trivia game is not about historical facts or sports stats, it is all about random movies, unforgettable ear-worms, and the hilariousness of growing up in the 80’s and 90’s. The game starts at 7pm in the cozy One Stop in downtown Asheville. Drink specials include $4 bourbon/$4 Washington Apple Shots and $5 White Russians, and food is available from MOJO Kitchen which offers 1/2 price nachos during the game! Best of all the winning team each week takes home a collection of Totally Rad Prizes including a $35 gift certificate to The One Stop/MOJO Kitchen.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2129604460458895/?event_time_id=2129604477125560

Pisgah Trout Unlimited’s monthly Chapter Meetings are open to anyone and are held at the DFR Room in downtown Brevard. Each month we feature a different speaker who will address various topics from fishing to conservation. Whether you are interested in learning more about Trout Unlimited or are a long time member come have a beer, meet some local fishermen and TU members and learn about what our chapter is doing to support our local waters and fish.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1001814280012553/

Pisgah Trout Unlimited’s monthly Chapter Meetings are open to anyone and are held at the DFR Room in downtown Brevard. Each month we feature a different speaker who will address various topics from fishing to conservation. Whether you are interested in learning more about Trout Unlimited or are a long time member come have a beer, meet some local fishermen and TU members and learn about what our chapter is doing to support our local waters and fish.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1001814280012553/?event_time_id=1001814293345885

Queer Punk Cake Off: A benefit to support Fierce Flix

Join us for the second year of music and cake auctioning chaos at Sly Grog Lounge – 271 Haywood St

Bring a cake or bring your appetite!

If you’d like to let us know you’re donating a cake, you can email us at [email protected] (but feel free to also just show up with a cake to donate to the auction)!

Doors 7pm // Cake Auction & Bands 8pm

Bands: Charli Jasper, Eggshell Emily, Rooster, Decyve, Nomadic War Machine, and Permission Slip

All proceeds go to support Fierce Flix!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1949045085223021/

Skeletonwitch
w/ Soft Kill, Wiegedood, portrayal of guilt
at The Mothlight
Thursday, May 9th
Doors 7pm, Show 7:45
Tickets: $16adv, https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1828698

SCHEDULE BELOW…
Doors – 7pm
Portrayal of Guilt – 7:45 – 8:10
Wiegedood – 8:30 – 9:00
Soft Kill – 9:20 – 10:00
Skeletonwitch – 10:20 – 11:20

https://www.facebook.com/events/2016036425360424/

Do you drink and know things? Come out for $3 drafts and show off your big brain box!

https://www.facebook.com/events/2275612219386852/?event_time_id=2275612286053512

Opening: Nicky Egan

Chicano Batman

They came out of L.A., four young men in vintage formalwear, playing songs that blended Brazilian Tropicalía with early ’70s psychedelic soul and the romantic pop of bands like Los Ángeles Negros. It was an immediately addictive sonic brew, and their reputation grew fast. Since forming in 2008, Chicano Batman have released two full-length albums—a self-titled 2009 debut, and 2014’s Cycles Of Existential Rhyme—and two EPs. The band has played Coachella, and toured with Alabama Shakes and Jack White, among others. Now, they’re making their boldest statement yet with Freedom Is Free, their third album and ATO Records debut.

Frontman Bardo Martinez met bassist Eduardo Arenas in 2008, and they quickly found common ground in the work of Caetano Veloso and other Tropicalía performers, as well as the kind of vintage soul and pop heard on “the albums our parents have in their closets.” They recruited drummer Gabriel Villa and made their first album as a trio; guitarist Carlos Arévalo joined the band in 2011 and they released The Joven Navegante EP the following year.

Chicano Batman’s look has done as much to set them apart as their sound or their name. Since the beginning, they’ve performed in matching suits and ruffled shirts; Bardo explains, “We’re making a particular reference that some people understand—Los Ángeles Negros, Los Pasteles Verdes. In the ’70s, it was a big thing where all these cats were playing romantic ballads, but they were funky as hell.”

That sharp funk groove shows up throughout Freedom Is Free, but especially on the title song. Bardo’s uplifting lyrics, delivered in his uniquely dreamy/romantic style, are bolstered by the backing vocals of New York’s all-female Mariachi Flor de Toloache.

“It’s a counterpoint to the propaganda catch phrase that was invented by the US government during the first Iraq war, ‘Freedom isn’t free,’” he explains. “It’s a counter-narrative…the song itself relates to the idea that freedom is inherent to every individual on this planet and in the universe. I live in Los Angeles, and people are pretty jaded; everybody’s so caught up in their routine they can’t tap into their own spirits. For me, music is about the spirit.”

The first single, “Friendship (Is a Small Boat In A Storm),” is an organ-driven soul jam with buzzing, psychedelic guitar from Carlos (who wrote the music). “I’m not a lyricist,” he says. “I brought in the chords and the instrumental melodies, and I gave it to Bardo. So he wrote the lyrics and the vocal melodies, and then we brought it to the band and they added the rhythmic elements and the overall feel.”

Perhaps the biggest surprise on Freedom Is Free is “The Taker Story.” Over a slow, ominous groove, Bardo unleashes a stinging indictment of imperialism and conquest, with the Mariachi Flor de Toloache amplifying his simmering fury as the band channels the Funkadelic of “March to the Witch’s Castle” and America Eats Its Young.

“That’s all Bardo; he composed the bass line, he composed the chords, he had the whole idea for it,” says Carlos. “That’s the only song on the album where the vocals were tracked live. What you hear is what we did.”

Freedom Is Free reflects Chicano Batman’s decision to foreground the soul and R&B elements of their sound. To achieve their ambitious sonic goals, the quartet worked with producer Leon Michels (El Michels Affair, The Arcs) in his Diamond Mine Recording studio in Long Island City, NY. Michels, a veteran in the New York soul revival scene, has performed in Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, The Black Keys and The Menahan Street Band. In addition to tracking the album to analog tape, Michels contributed keyboards and his trademark horn arrangements (he’s been sampled by Jay-Z and Ghostface Killah). The partnership between Michels and Chicano Batman truly captures the band’s live energy and brings their aesthetic goals to life.

“They get together, they rehearse every week, they fight about the arrangements, they have a classic band dynamic,” Michels says. “So for me it was really just about shaping up the songs. They were already there, but some of them were eight minutes long, so we had to cut them up and make it so you were engaged from start to finish. They had just come off a tour, and they were tight as hell, so it was just a matter of getting the right take. At the most, we did three takes of a song.”

Recording with Michels allowed Chicano Batman access to his collection of vintage gear, which helped expand their creative palette. “The possibilities were sonically endless,” Carlos says. “If you wanted to do something, it was like, ‘Yeah, I have that over here. You want a Mellotron? I have a Mellotron.’ He had amazing equipment, and his aesthetic is right in line with ours.”

Outside the studio, Chicano Batman have built a stellar reputation through heavy touring across the country. They’ve played major festivals like Coachella, Bonnaroo, Outside Lands, and opened for Jack White, Alabama Shakes, and Portugal. The Man. The past two years have demonstrated a breakout year, selling out just about every show across the US as a headliner in support of their most recent record.

NICKY EGAN
Dubbed a “soul songstress” by Phillyburbs.com, Nicky Egan is an accomplished songwriter and
keyboardist who commands the stage with captivating energy.
Originally from Philadelphia, Egan grew up in a home where the sounds of Richie Havens, Bob
Marley, Bonnie Raitt, and The Rolling Stones were frequently buzzing on the stereo.
Egan now splits here time between Los Angeles and Brooklyn. Since 2017, she’s been playing keys and singing for Chicano Batman on the road, and hibernating off the road in Dumbo, New York, recording new music with writing partner, Joe Crispiano of The Dap Kings.

https://www.facebook.com/events/288319835165830/

An Evening With: Choir! Choir! Choir! at The Grey Eagle

https://www.facebook.com/events/2291860574436474/

This event is SOLD OUT. All the way from Japan…The one and only Guitar Wolf! Not only Guitar Wolf, but legendary Greg Cartwright and The Tip Tops (Reigning Sound/Oblivians), Zin Vetro (Asheville’s own Space Glammers) and Paint Fumes (kicking off their tour)!

This will be a very special night with very limited tickets for sale. We love you Asheville and are so happy to bring this amazing show to you!

https://www.facebook.com/events/2257233797874248/

Hot young jazz band with attitude
$5 suggested donation at the door
$7 martinis $5 rail

https://www.facebook.com/events/355574348498063/

Genre: Energetic soul, psych-rock and R&B
Tickets: adv. $12 / dos. $15
Show: 9PM (Doors: 8PM)
Ages: 21+

Con Brio

Named for an Italian musical direction meaning “with spirit,” Con Brio is a San Francisco Bay Area seven-piece that plays energetic soul, psych-rock and R&B that’s as fresh and freethinking as the place they call home. With charismatic singer Ziek McCarter bringing “the dance moves, splits and all, of James Brown” (KQED) and a tight, veteran band that “comes across like a party punk version of Sly and the Family Stone” (Consequence of Sound), Con Brio is known to convert anyone who sees their electric live show.

The band’s sophomore LP, Explorer (out July 6th, 2018 on Transistor), represents an impressive leap for the group PopMatters has called “the best new live band in America.” The album is a travelogue of sorts, written over the course of two years and one presidential election — all while the band was touring the globe (Japan, France, Australia, the Netherlands) and fielding questions about our leaders, our choices, our guns.

While Paradise spoke about inequality and the Black Lives Matter movement, turning a mirror on America in 2016, Explorer looks outward, urging hope in the face of cynicism, but ultimately presenting more questions than answers: What does it mean to represent America abroad during a time of unprecedented volatility at home?

Having proved themselves on an international stage (as well as at U.S. festivals like Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Outside Lands and Austin City Limits), Con Brio breaks new sonic ground on Explorer, expanding beyond raw energy and retro sounds toward a layered, contemporary production style. It’s a big record, with plenty of joy and more than a few growing pains. It sounds, unsurprisingly, like a band on the verge.

“No one can say what’s going to happen next week, let alone next year,” says McCarter. “But we can keep doing what we do. Head out there with our eyes open. And try to create moments of love, of liberation, everywhere we go.”

web: www.thebandconbrio.com
vid: https://youtu.be/2ppqTVJo4ig

April B. & The Cool

April B. & The Cool is a soulful concoction of heavy and light and rock and funk and jazz and folk and everything in between. We mean hypnotic; we mean casting a spell over an audience that will leave them on their feet cheering or stunned into rapturous silence.

“There’s no way to pigeonhole Asheville’s April B. & The Cool. What I heard pouring off the Taproom Stage crossed genres that include R&B, hip hop, soul, jazz, reggae and rock. It’s alternative everything. Led by multi-instrumentalist April Bennett and a rotating stable of talented area musicians including guitarist JP Miller and trombonist Derrick Johnson, both from Asheville’s Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, bassist John Durham and drummer Joshua “Forte” Joyner; April B. & The Cool had us dancing to jazz, a heady genre normally reserved for older hipsters sipping vodka tonics in cramped dark clubs. Didn’t think that was possible, but April’s stunning, sensuous voice and expert guitar licks gave us no other choice.”

– Dalia Jakubauskas, Musicfestnews.com

web: http://www.aprilbmusic.com
vid: https://youtu.be/erjIwEVQ_TU

https://www.facebook.com/events/377922319725132/

Sing your lil heart out all night long!
Ask about our Karaoke Krasher events (last Thursday of every month)

https://www.facebook.com/events/2238333363096870/

Sing your lil heart out all night long!
Ask about our Karaoke Krasher events (last Thursday of every month)

https://www.facebook.com/events/2238333363096870/?event_time_id=2238333399763533

Genre: Jamgrass
Cover: $5 Suggested Donation @ Door’
Show: 10PM
Ages: 21+

FrazierBand

Original, bluegrass/roots/rock band from Nashville, TN founded and fronted by John Frazier, 2016 Nashville Scene Instrumentalist of the year.

web: http://www.frazierbandmusic.com/

vid: https://youtu.be/zgcd3SbxgpU

https://www.facebook.com/events/321500692056291/

Catch Lil Meow Meow Plays your favorite R&B and Rap jams every Thursday night! No cover. Party at Aux from 10pm-2am.

https://www.facebook.com/events/503021823559298/?event_time_id=503021876892626

From Thursday, May 2nd until Saturday, June 22nd, Momentum Gallery hosts a two-person, mixed media exhibition called Dissolution. The collection features individually created and collaborative works by two artists, Seth Clark and Jason Forck. Original collages mounted to panels play off architectonic sculptures in glass and wood culminating in a cohesive body of work that explores the notion of deteriorating architecture. This event is free and open to the public.

Come and join us for the annual Spring Plant Sale at the Vance Elementary School Peace Garden! We will have a variety of annual and perennial flowers, herbs, and veggies, including Vance-grown peppers, tomatoes, eggplant, basil, dill, and squash. All proceeds go to the Vance Elementary Peace Garden, where kids learn about food from seed to plate!

https://www.facebook.com/events/2535427606501898/

Let’s share our thanks and appreciation with CLX teachers and staff for all they do to help our children grow! Teacher Appreciation Week is May 6 – May 10. We’ve come up with a few ideas to show our teachers how much we appreciate them. Click here for the details–https://tinyurl.com/yyj94ghf. We are lucky to have such an awesome team working at Claxton! Please feel free to include any assistant, specialist or anyone else whom you would like to thank. You’re welcome to follow the suggestions in the link above or come up with your own way to show your appreciation! Thank you, CLX Teachers and Staff!!!

https://www.facebook.com/events/618977215250498/

** Meeting agenda and materials will be posted when they’re available.

LINK: https://www.ashevillenc.gov/departments/city_clerk/boards_n_commissions/downtown_commission.htm

“The Asheville Downtown Commission was created by City Council “…for the sustainability and continued development of downtown, a vital urban center of western North Carolina’s economic, cultural and visitor activity.”

In addition to providing City Council with recommendations on Downtown policies and initiatives, the Downtown Commission carries out Downtown Design Review on major development projects within the Central Business District.

Regular Meeting Schedule
The Commission meets on the second Friday of each month at 8:30 a.m. in the First Floor North Conference Room in City Hall, Asheville, N.C. The normal length of the meeting is 1-2 hours.”

https://www.facebook.com/events/347017732621094/

Wildflowers springing from the ground are a sign that spring and warmer weather are right around the corner. Capture photos of your family and friends enjoying the Park and enter them into our Shades of Spring Photo Contest for a chance to win fabulous prizes. 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/267786327235081/?event_time_id=267786357235078

An exhibition of youth art titled “Let a Joy Keep You,” is on display from April 1 to May 31, 2019. The inspiration for the art comes from the first line of Carl Sandburg’s poem “Joy.” Each of the 70 canvases reflects how the young artists chose to interpret what joy means to them. Visitors can see the installation at the Sandburg Home when they visit. Young artists are represented from across the country and locally, including students from Sugarloaf Elementary School in Hendersonville, NC.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2304444942927531/?event_time_id=2304444972927528

British mosaic maestro brings his cheeky fusions to town so you can create a one of a kind mosaics. All levels welcome!!

https://www.facebook.com/events/583496788777334/