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Upcoming events and things to do in Asheville, NC. Below is a list of events for festivals, concerts, art exhibitions, group meetups and more.

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Monday, August 10, 2020
Chill with Carolina Hemp Company in the latest #digAVL Video
Aug 10 all-day
Online

Meet Brian Bullman of Carolina Hemp Company. What better way to kick back and relax and help keep your immune system up then with some local hemp. Brian tells us all about the newest additions to their lineup of immunity-boosting and anxiety-reducing hemp. Find out more by checking out the video.

See the video interview here!
While we’ve all had to adjust to the “new normal” (whatever that is), our local business owners and managers each have their own story to tell about how they’ve been affected and what they are doing during these unprecedented times. Dig Local is proud to partner with our friend, Ann Smith, at Leap Frog Tours to interview some of the awesome folks who make Asheville, Asheville.
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Categories: Community Health & Wellness
Completing the Census is Safe, Easy and Important! Make NC Count!
Aug 10 all-day
Online

Completing the survey is quick and easy to do. You can complete your Census questionnaire online, by phone or on paper. By using your phone, tablet or computer, or simply grabbing a pencil or pen, you can complete the questionnaire, spending less than 10 minutes on what can impact your community in the next 10 years.

The process is safe, easy and important and you can respond in one of three ways:

  • Online by visiting my2020census.gov.
  • By phone by calling 1-800-923-8282. For information on language support, click here for a listing of telephone numbers.
  • Via mail

Help Make NC Count! View and download resource materials by clicking on the button below.

NC Census Outreach & Engagement Toolkit

 

diverse group of people holding hands together in the park

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Categories: Community
COVID-19 Business Resources
Aug 10 all-day
Online

As our community responds to COVID-19, our staff are monitoring the situation and working to bring you information and resources. Please watch this page for news updates and emerging resources.

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Categories: Community Health & Wellness
COVID-19 Relief: NC Help Keep Your Recycling Program Going
Aug 10 all-day
 
The NC Division of Environmental Assistance and Customer Service (DEACS) recently a new grant funding opportunity available to North Carolina local governments and private recycling businesses through the COVID-19 Recycling Relief Grant Program.
Proposals are now being accepted for projects to purchase equipment and/or resources to support residential recycling programs that have been stopped or impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. DEACS is seeking grant projects that support or improve an existing recycling program operated by a local government or a private recycling business.  There is no deadline for grant proposals.  Proposals will be continuously accepted, and awards will be made for the winning proposals on a rolling basis while funding is available.
For more information, contact:
Matt James at (919) 707-8133, [email protected]
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Categories: Community
COVID-19 Testing in Buncombe County
Aug 10 all-day
Online

COVID-19 Testing in Buncombe County

COVID-19 testing is suggested for people experiencing symptoms, those who have been identified as a close contact to a confirmed case regardless of symptoms, and for those who work in congregate living settings with concerns of a potential outbreak.

Testing is widely available at urgent cares, federally qualified health centers, and through some primary care providers for those who need it however, it remains important to focus on the prevention of COVID first and foremost to keep the virus from spreading further into the community and to loved ones.

FIND TESTING NEAR YOU:

If you DO NOT HAVE a healthcare provider who offers testing for COVID-19 and you need to get tested, there are several ways to find testing near you.

  1. Visit the Find My Testing Place website to find a clinic or pop up testing site near you.
  2. People in Buncombe County can access testing by completing the Buncombe County Self-Checker online to set up an appointment at one of the county’s open-air, drive-through sites. People can also call the Ready Team at (828) 419-0095 from 8:30 am – 5:00 pm., Monday – Friday to be pre-screened for testing at these sites.
  3. You can call the Buncombe County nurse line at (828) 250-5300 to find out where you can get tested (Press OPTION #1 to speak with a nurse) from 8 am to 5:30 pm.
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Categories: Community Health & Wellness
Craft Your Commerce Online Summer Workshop Series
Aug 10 all-day
Online

Craft Your Commerce is a Mountain BizWorks entrepreneurial program designed to connect, elevate and advance creative and craft-centered companies through a series of business training workshops and classes designed by makers for makers. The program is offered in partnership with Center for Craft, UNC Asheville, and area creative entrepreneurs.

The 2020 Summer Workshop Series: Creative Shifts will focus on adapting your craft business to thrive in a drastically changed market.

We will start with a speaker panel of leading WNC based craft business entrepreneurs to hear how they’ve adjusted their business model and operations to meet the challenges of COVID-19. We will then learn from a Portland-based craft manufacturing entrepreneur about the innovative techniques and leadership strategies that have helped him to successfully scale his business and continue to weather these challenging market conditions. Finally, we will open a window into the realm of commercial projects and buyers, which is a customer and revenue segment that remains untapped for many craft entrepreneurs.

Throughout the series, an integrative cohort-based learning program will help weave together lessons from the workshops and guide entrepreneurs in developing their own goals and actionable plans.

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Categories: Art & Craft
Deciphering the Riddle of Bach
Aug 10 all-day
Online

Great Performances:
Violinist Scott Yoo discovers a riddle in Bach’s portrait, with discoveries and performances along the way.

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Categories: Education Music
Digital BMC: BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 IV. Allegro
Aug 10 all-day
Online

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
IV. Allegro
Brevard Music Center Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Recorded on June 23, 2017,
at the Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium in Brevard, NC

Selected past performances by BMC orchestras, faculty, and guest artists on YouTube, SoundCloud, and Open Air Brevard.

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Categories: Music
Don’t Waste Durham: Reduce Waste Survey
Aug 10 all-day
Online
Customer Survey about Takeout “Extras”
This survey is 17 questions long and should take approximately 5 minutes to complete. Responses will be recorded anonymously unless contact information is provided following completion.

WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? Don’t Waste Durham thanks you VERY much for taking this survey. Your responses are important to understanding whether and how much people are using the takeout “extras” (plastic forks, paper napkins, etc) that restaurants give you with your takeout/delivery. THANK YOU!

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Categories: Community Other
Grove Arcade Makers Market Accepting Vendor Applications
Aug 10 all-day
Online

The Battery Park end of the Grove Arcade is home to the Makers Market, an outdoor bazaar with a dozen stalls filled by artisans selling their craft directly to the public. The market is now accepting vendor applications for local artist to sell their wares, and the application fee is currently waived due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Learn more about the process and vendor regulations, as well as how to apply, here.

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Categories: Art & Craft
It’s Time to Clean Up the French Broad River
Aug 10 all-day
Online

Call on Asheville City Council to do its part to clean up the French Broad River, starting with the establishment of a Stormwater Task Force to address the City’s water pollution problems. Not only does the City have a legal obligation to protect water quality, Council’s commitment to racial equity demands action to protect residents of the Southside neighborhood from the highest pollution levels in the city.

Take Action Now

Our river is a public resource, and tens of thousands of people recreate on the French Broad every year. However, none of the testing sites within the City of Asheville pass the EPA’s safe limit on average, and the worst site that we test is Nasty Branch, which drains over half of downtown Asheville and flows through the historically African American Southside neighborhood, before discharging into the French Broad River in the River Arts District.

High levels of E. coli also indicate the presence of other, more harmful microbes, such as Cryptosporidium, Giardia, Shigella, and norovirus. Heavy rains and storms often result in spikes in E. coli contamination, increasing the risk to human health. Contact with or consumption of contaminated water can cause gastrointestinal illness and skin, ear, respiratory, eye, neurologic and wound infections. The most commonly reported symptoms are stomach cramps, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and low-grade fever.

Asheville City Council has a moral and legal responsibility under the Clean Water Act to protect our river and water quality for all city residents. Henderson County has already established a Stormwater Task Force, Asheville should too.

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Categories: Community Outdoors Parks & Recreation
Jane Goodall Narrates For An Animated Poem of Hope
Aug 10 all-day
Online

Anthropologist Dr. Jane Goodall narrates this story of hope as we emerge from COVID-19 lockdown.

Set to beautiful artwork created by Tom’s sister, Bee Rivett-Carnac, a noted illustrator with two decades’ experience, the poem conjures an inspiring vision of the renewed, nature-rich world that’s waiting for us as we emerge from isolation.

A former Buddhist monk, Tom has spent the last 20 years working on climate change. He is known as one of the architects of the landmark Paris Agreement, signed by 195 countries in 2015, having served as the chief political strategist at the UN.

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Categories: Community Family Fun Film
Lincoln Center Presents Carousel
Aug 10 all-day
Online

Don’t miss this performance of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel, streaming now on YouTube.

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Categories: Music
North Carolina COVID-19 Resources for Renters Facing Eviction
Aug 10 all-day
Online

From NCDHHS

If you are a renter in North Carolina facing eviction due to COVID-19 economic impacts, there may be resources available to you.

Rental and Utility Assistance

If you were unable to pay your rent and/or utilities due to COVID-19 or its economic impacts, you may qualify for assistance. Call NC 2-1-1 to learn of resources in your community for emergency needs, including rental and utility assistance.

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Categories: Community
Play Music Games From PBS Kids
Aug 10 all-day
Online

Enjoy free online games featuring music and dance with fun characters from PBS Kids.

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Categories: Family Fun Music
Recycle Your Pumps at Select WIC Locations During August
Aug 10 all-day
Buncombe County

WIC Locations During August.

Pump Recycling

 

Pump Recycling at select WIC Locations- 8/1-8/31

To celebrate World Breastfeeding Week- Breastfeed for a Healthier Planet, Buncombe County WIC staff are hosting a pump recycling event! During the month of August, we will be accepting ALL used/unwanted and personally owned electric pumps, manual pumps and any pump parts from anyone in the community. By doing this, we ensure that pumps are disposed of and recycled properly for the health of our community and planet.

The drop-off locations with be at 40 Coxe Ave. Asheville, NC 28801 and 339 New Leicester Hwy. Asheville, NC 28806.

Please put pumps/parts in a plastic bag and take to the location of your choice. When you arrive, call (828) 250-5000 and we will come out to get it from you.

Support Breastfeeding for a Healthier Planet

For years, breastfeeding promotion and support has been a pillar of the National Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) program and has been a strength of our local WIC program here in Buncombe County. Buncombe County WIC staff have created comprehensive outreach strategies and programs that make breastfeeding accessible, convenient, and possible for many mothers in our communities. Their efforts have resulted in an increase in local breastfeeding rates, improved maternal and infant health, and have improved the health of the mountains we call home.

About WBW

World Breastfeeding Week is a campaign run by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) to increase breastfeeding rates across the globe by bringing attention to the intersections between breastfeeding and global themes. This year, we will look at breastfeeding and its impact on the environment and climate change.

Breastfeeding Is Environmentally Safe

There are many beneficial factors to breastfeeding for mothers, babies, and even the environment. Not only is breastmilk full of nutrients babies need to develop healthy bodies and immune systems, it is also natural and renewable. Producing breastmilk is something that a mother’s body typically does naturally- without any processing or the release of environmentally damaging bi-products. Formula is a lifesaver for many mothers who are unable to breastfeed but it requires multi-step processing which releases pollutants and drains natural resources like water and clean air. In fact, it is estimated that over 4,000 liters of water are needed to produce 1 kg of breast milk substitute powder.

Breastmilk Is Zero Waste

Breastfeeding also eliminates the need for packaging- making it a zero waste way to provide infant nutrition. Production and packaging of breastmilk alternatives requires continual use of natural resources; but the effects of this type of production outlive the product itself. Packaging can sit in landfills for years before decomposing, emitting harmful greenhouse gas which accelerates global warming. Breastfeeding, on the other hand, makes it possible to deliver infants the nutrition they need without any of these harmful environmental effects.

Increasing breastfeeding rates locally and across the globe is a powerful way to reduce pollution and conserve our natural resources. While breastmilk alternatives are a vital part of infant nutrition, they should only be used if a mother is unable to breastfeed. When these products are used in mass, the impacts are devastating on our environment. Breastfeeding is the healthies source of nutrition for infants and protects our communities and environment from harmful pollutants, damaging bi-products, and waste.

Support breastfeeding in Buncombe County by recycling your pump.  The drop-off locations with be at 40 Coxe Ave. Asheville, NC 28801 and 339 New Leicester Hwy. Asheville, NC 28806.

Please put pumps/parts in a plastic bag and take to the location of your choice. When you arrive, call (828) 250-5000 and we will come out to get it from you.

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Categories: Community Health & Wellness
Seattle Children’s Theater A Kids Play About Racism
Aug 10 all-day
Online

Black and red text on white background. Text reads A Kids Play About Racism.

A national treasure and Leader in youth arts, Seattle Children’s Theatre is an organization we’ve long admired from afar. Their dedication to children and families and their use of the performing arts in service to young people learning about the complexities of the world has long been inspiring. Most recently, they produced A Kids Play About Racism. “A groundbreaking online performance for families that explains what racism is, how to know it when you see and experience it, and ideas for what you can do about it.” Though made for kids, audiences of all ages can learn something new from this innovative and thoughtful production.

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Categories: Theatre
Support the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
Aug 10 all-day
Online

The League of Women VotersEmpowering Voters. Defending Democracy. The Legacy of Congressman Lewis and Voting Rights

http://participate.lwv.org/c/10065/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=13972&utm_source=ActionAlert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=080620

On the 55th Anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act, we take this opportunity to think of the work of giants and those before us who have created the foundation on which we stand. As we commemorate this historic day for voting rights, we look back at the legacy of Congressman John Lewis, and his tireless fight and advocacy for voting rights and justice for Black people across the country. 

Congressman Lewis presided over the historic House vote in December 2019 for the Voting Rights Advancement Act. To fully honor his legacy would mean to pass the Voting Rights Advancement Act in the Senate and restore protections for voters in a critical election year.

 The protections outlined in the Voting Rights Advancement Act will: 

  • Re-establish preclearance coverage for states and localities with a history and pattern of discrimination in voting
  • Provide preclearance nationwide for states and localities with substantial minority populations to enact voting changes that have historically contributed to voter suppression, such as changes in methods of election and cuts in polling locations
  • Create greater transparency and public notice for last-minute voting information changes, such as polling location changes and ballot information

 

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Categories: Community
Teacher Survey with Asheville Art Museum
Aug 10 all-day
Online
Calling all teachers! If you teach in a public, private, charter school, home school, or learning pod, we want to hear from you. As we transition in-person group programs to the virtual realm, we need your feedback to create a model that will work for you and other teachers for the upcoming school year. We’re giving away a FREE Virtual Visit to one of the first 25 teachers to fill out the survey!
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Categories: Community Education
Vessels of Hope Fundraiser Chapter Two
Aug 10 all-day
Online

“As we continue to press into Hope, we continue to hear from supporters, and the message is loud and clear – they also feel the Hope connected to our mission, and want to keep supporting us.” Discovering new ways to sustain The Village Potters Clay Center during this season is the primary job now for the resident potters at TVPCC. As Sarah continues to apply for loans and grants, other potters are choosing hope each day by taking the torch from her to carry on the mission with a second “chapter” of Vessels of Hope.

The Village Potters are Sarah Wells Rolland, George Rolland, Judi Harwood, Lori Theriault, Julia Mann, Christine Henry, and Tori Motyl. They comprise an intentional Collective of potters who share a commitment to nurture creative exploration through education, experience, and community. The Village Potters includes a fine craft gallery, a Teaching Center offering ongoing classes in wheel and hand building for adults, an Advanced Ceramic Studies Program, and online demonstration and workshops. The Village Potters Clay Center is an educational member of The Craft Guild of the Southern Highlands, and is an official distributor for Laguna Clays.

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Categories: Art & Craft Fundraisers
YMCA offers flexible, affordable childcare options for school reopening
Aug 10 all-day
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 As the state’s largest provider of licensed school-age childcare, the YMCA of Western North Carolina is enhancing its childcare programs to meet the needs of working parents as area schools reopen under Plan B and Plan C.
The Y is working with its school partners to create a flexible program that can accommodate changes to school plans and offer consistent care that meets children’s social, emotional, and academic needs for the 2020-2021 school year.
Starting Aug. 17, the Y will offer childcare options for the state’s Plan B (in-person and remote) and Plan C (fully remote). As always, the programs are affordable and accessible to all.

The Y’s childcare programs vary by school system and are subject to change. Here’s an overview:

  • Asheville City Schools
    As of July 23, ACS plans to reopen in Plan C for all grades for the first nine weeks of school. During this time, the Y will operate “School’s Out” care at the YMCA Youth Services Center for ACS students in K-5.
  • Buncombe County Schools
    As of July 28, BCS will implement an enhanced version of Plan B. After one week in Plan B for onboarding and orientation, all K-8 students will switch to Plan C until Sept. 28. During Plan B weeks, the Y will offer onsite afterschool programs as well as full-day care at the YMCA Youth Services Center at Beaverdam and the Reuter Family YMCA. During Plan C the Y will operate “School’s Out” locations in the Roberson, Reynolds, Enka, and North Buncombe districts.
  • Henderson County Public Schools
    As of July 20, HCPS will reopen in Plan C for all grades for the first six weeks of the school year. Under Plan C, the Y will offer full-day care at the UNC Asheville Kellogg Center. When HCPS moves to Plan B, the Y will offer afterschool and full-day care at the Kellogg Center.
  • Hours of operations will vary by school system, and will adjust to meet local school day requirements. The Y will provide afterschool care during Plan B weeks. During Plan B and Plan C weeks, the Y will also offer full-day care.
    Families can sign up for afterschool care, full-day care, or both. In Buncombe and Henderson, afterschool is $95/week per child and full-day care is $200.
  • Community donations fund scholarships, which are available for each program on a sliding scale.
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Categories: Community
YWCA 21 Day Racial Equity, and Social Justice Challenge
Aug 10 all-day
Online

Join us for a back to school, back to learning, 21 Day Racial Equity, and Social Justice Challenge. This challenge provides an opportunity to dive into racial equity and social justice topics where participants will be provided curated resources like articles, podcasts, activities, and more conveniently delivered straight to their inbox. Resource emails will begin Sunday, August 9th, and continue for four weeks.

A 21 day, habit building series like this helps you discover how racial inequity and social injustice impact our community. This series will allow you to connect with others and identify ways to dismantle racism and other forms of discrimination.

Registration is now open on our YWCA of Asheville’s website. We will also be facilitating conversation in the 21 Day Racial Equity and Social Justice Challenge Facebook group, where
participants can discuss the content and engage with participants taking the challenge.

Our challenge was inspired by the YWCA of Greater Cleveland, who was inspired by Food Solutions New England. Food Solutions New England was the first to use an exercise from Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr. and Debby Irving’s book and adapt it into an interactive 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge. The challenge is designed to create dedicated time and space to build more effective social justice habits and bring awareness to issues of race, power, privilege, and leadership.
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Categories: Community
Nature Connects®: Art with LEGO® Bricks
Aug 10 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
The North Carolina Arboretum

Please note: Nature Connects®: Art with LEGO® Bricks has been postponed until July; however, the exhibit will have an extended schedule and will be open until November 1. We look forward to seeing you!

The Arboretum is excited to welcome back the widely popular traveling exhibit, Nature Connects®: Art with LEGO® Bricks by Sean Kenney. Featuring 14 larger-than-life-size sculptures place created with nearly 500,000 LEGO Bricks, this family-friendly exhibit draws inspiration from the living world and combines art, play and science to create an inspiring intersection of education, entertainment and the environment. New sculptures include a 5-foot tall colorful peacock, giant dragonfly, bonsai tree and more!

 

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Categories: Family Fun
Blue Ridge Humane Hosts Free Pet Food Giveaway
Aug 10 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Blue Ridge Humane Society

Blue Ridge Humane Society will be offering a free pet distribution for those in need or affected by COVID-19, on Monday, August 10, from 9am-1pm at the Blue Ridge Humane Society Adoption Center located at 88 Centipede Lane in Hendersonville, NC. Cat and dog food will be distributed first come, first serve, as supplies last. Social distancing and protective measures will be taken by all staff and we ask the public to do the same during the drive-thru pick-up.  Additional resources and supplies will also be available.

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Categories: Community Pets
Fairy Trail at Bullington Gardens
Aug 10 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Bullington Gardens

The Fairy trail is open Monday thru Saturday, 9am-4pm. We encourage all visitors to be patient as there will be limits to the number of people allowed on the trail at the same time. While the trail is outdoors, there are some small spaces and we want to ensure our guests and fairies are safe. Please practice appropriate social distancing and bring a mask in case. Masks are not required, but are considerate in a close area. Our restrooms are not open to the public at this time. Please make arrangements prior to visiting.

 

Rules of the trail:

Do not move or rearrange fairy displays. The fairies are very fond of their own decorating.

Do not leave trash on the trail. Fairies do not like litter in their town.

Please ensure children and pets are supervised at all times. Dogs and loud noises can scare the fairies into hiding.

Do not disturb wildlife or vegetation. The fairies depend on the vegetation to build their homes.

The trail is one way only. Please stay on the trail at all times.

 

The Fairies can’t wait to see you all here!

P.S. the Fairies would like us to remind you that we are a non-profit and donations are greatly appreciated. Help us keep the fairies living in the style with which they’ve become accustomed.

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Categories: Family Fun Garden Outdoors
Bender Gallery presents artist Toland Sand
Aug 10 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Bender Gallery

Light Squared

When a friend gave Toland Sand a stained glass studio in 1977, he embarked upon a journey that would lead him to explore the myriad qualities that define glass as a medium. Sand’s 43 years as a sculptor has resulted in works of stained glass, blown glass, and every combination in between. A pioneer in utilizing the unique properties of dichroic glass, Sand begins his current sculpture with optical crystal and dichroic coated glass, hand worked by grinding in ever finer stages until a polish is achieved. Seeking balance, harmony, and symmetry, with an accent on deconstructed form, his work inhabits the symbolic, the cosmic, and the mystery. Sand is inspired by his peers as well as artists such as Isamu Noguchi, David Smith, Henry Moore, and Mark Rothko.
Sand’s work can be found numerous public and private collections including the Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass, Neenah, WI, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN, Imagine Museum, Sarasota, FL, and others.

Bender Gallery continues to be open and welcoming visitors into our gallery in limited numbers and with facemasks, of course. We remain dedicated to supporting our artists during these unprecedented times by making ourselves available almost anytime you wish to speak with us to answer questions and sharing their work online and through social media. We and our artists thank you for your support!

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Categories: Art & Craft
Grand Opening Atelier Maison + Co Fine Home Furnishings
Aug 10 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Atelier Maison & Co

Welcome to Asheville’s

HOME FURNISHINGS DESTINATION

Located in Asheville’s Historic Biltmore Village, Atelier Maison & Co. is the area’s home furnishings destination offering healthy, design-forward furniture, accessories and more. We believe living green is not only better for the environment, but essential in building a happier, healthier home. Here you’ll find everything you need, as well as an experienced design team to guide you along the way.

We carry healthy furniture lines, as well as our own exclusive line of green, envy-worthy furniture. So whether you live in Atlanta, Knoxville, Greenville, Charlotte or here in Asheville, we invite you to come experience a home furnishings studio unlike anything else in the area.

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Categories: Other
Storytimes Online with Buncombe Librarians
Aug 10 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Online

Join us a for a fun, socially distanced story time!

A brand new story time video will be posted every day. Keep checking back!
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Categories: Bookclubs Family Fun
Book Club: Blackberries, Blackberries
Aug 10 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Swannanoa Valley Museum & History Center

From the publisher: An enchanting, haunting collection of stories by Crystal Wilkinson, a self-described Black, country girl and poet from rural Kentucky. The stories explore the joys and pain of the women of “Affrilachia”, and will touch the reader profoundly.

From the author: “I grew up on a farm in Indian Creek, Kentucky during the seventies. I swam in creeks and roamed the knobs and hills. We had an outhouse and no inside running water. Our house was heated by coal and wood-burning stoves and we lived so far back in the woods that we could get only one television station. But it was a place of beauty – trees, green grass and blue sky as far as you could see. I am country. Being country is as much a part of me as my full lips, wide hips, dreadlocks and high cheek bones. There are many Black country folks who have lived and are living in small towns, up hollers and across knobs. They are all over the South—scattered like milk thistle seeds in the wind. The stories in this book are centered in these places

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Categories: Bookclubs
Name Change Clinic
Aug 10 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
online

Join us for another free legal name change clinic. We will supply you with all of the paperwork needed for the name change and help you answer any questions you may have while navigating this often confusing process. It’s easier with friends!

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Our clinic is free, but there are different costs associated with the name change process that you will pay to different agencies along the way, and they are as follows:

Fingerprint fees: $10 each (you’ll need 2 sets)
State background check: $14
FBI background check: $18
Name change petition: $120
Notary fees: vary by location
There is also a charge for a new copy of your birth certificate, but that depends on what state you were born in. To find that info, check https://www.vitalchek.com.

Not all fees are due at the same time in the name change process. Fingerprints are the first step in the process which you then send off for the the state and FBI background checks. The federal background check can take up to 3 months to return, so you will have a little time to get the filing fee for the name change petition together.

If you feel like you would be more comfortable with an escort to the ID Bureau for fingerprinting or to the courthouse to file papers, please let us know in advance of the clinic date so that we can make the proper arrangements.

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Categories: Community