Beginning October 7, the three-hour documentary-styled art installation Question Bridge: Black Males will be on view at the Asheville Art Museum. This innovative transmedia project facilitates a dialogue between Black men from diverse and contending backgrounds, and creates a platform for them to represent and redefine Black male identity in America. The work will be on view during regular public hours from October 7, 2020 through March 15, 2021.

Question Bridge: Black Males is a project that explores critically challenging issues within the African American male community by instigating a transmedia conversation among Black men across geographic, economic, generational, educational, and social strata of American society. Question Bridge provides a safe setting for necessary, honest expression and healing dialogue on themes that divide, unite, and puzzle Black males today in the United States.

MANNA FoodBank and their partner agencies have served an average of 101,000 people each month since March. This is a 70% increase over pre-pandemic levels. The need is deep and persistent across Western North Carolina. MANNA is dedicated to our neighbors in need and is working to end hunger across the mountains of North Carolina. When you round up to support MANNA, they are able to do amazing things. No amount is too small because $1 provides 3.5 meals!

Because of the busy holidays and cold and flu season, winter is traditionally hard on the nation’s
blood supply. Add in the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, and healthy blood donors can play a
big part in ensuring lifesaving treatments are available for patients throughout the winter
months.
Donate Nov 15-Dec 15 for a chance to win an Outdoor Living Experience! Prize includes a propane
powered pizza oven, fire pit, outdoor heater and stipend towards propane. See
terms: rcblood.org/comfort.
Come to give Dec. 18-Jan. 4 for a long-sleeved Red Cross T-shirt, while supplies last!
To help encourage and provide incentive for youth donors to donate blood, any donor, ages 16-24,
who comes to give blood Oct. 17 – Dec. 17, 2020 will automatically receive a $10 e-gift card, by
email.
To make an appointment or to learn more, download the American Red Cross Blood Donor
App, visit RedCrossBlood.org, call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or enable the Blood
Donor Skill on any Alexa Echo device. Completion of a RapidPass® online health history
questionnaire is encouraged to help speed up the donation process. To get started, follow the
instructions at RedCrossBlood.org/RapidPass or use the Blood Donor App. A blood donor card
or driver’s license or two other forms of identification are required at check-in. Individuals who
are 17 years of age in most states (16 with parental consent where allowed by state law), weigh
at least 110 pounds and are in generally good health may be eligible to donate blood. High
school students and other donors 18 years of age and younger also have to meet certain height
and weight requirements.

Asheville Gallery of Art’s December show, “#ArtSquared,” is amulti-artist show featuring a variety of original square paintings by gallery members. The show runs December 3-29 during gallery hours, 12-5 p.m. Thursday thru Sunday. You can also make arrangements for a private tour by emailing a request to [email protected].

Let art turn your child’s holiday into an adventure to remember! Students in grades 1–4 are invited to join our educators for one or all three afternoons of art-filled fun. Students spend their time in the Museum’s John & Robyn Horn Education Center creating art of all kinds. All supplies are provided. Space is limited to small groups of up to eight students; face coverings and social distancing are required.

Holiday Arts Extravaganza

Each year between Christmas and New Year, we invite you to join us for afternoons of art-filled fun! Students in grades 1–4 will spend their time creating art of all kinds. All supplies are provided. Students are encouraged to wear clothes that can get messy. Pre-registration is required.

The Rec n Roll mobile recreation unit is headed to your neighborhood! This free program offers all sorts of games and activities the whole family can enjoy. Come out and Play! *Weather Permitting.

The Rec n Roll mobile recreation unit is headed to your neighborhood! This free program offers all sorts of games and activities the whole family can enjoy. Come out and Play! *Weather Permitting.

HRC is proud to announce a two-day youth tennis camp this Christmas Break season. Camp will be held December 28-29 and will be 2-5 pm each day. Campers get tennis training and get to use many of the amenities of HRC such as the racquetball courts, clubhouse and rec room.

“We are very excited to be able to continue offering camp during the Christmas break.  We can handle all abilities on our tennis courts and safely have fun off and on the court with all the things available to us at HRC,” stated Director of Junior Programs Kim DelFino.

Camp is for 5-16 year olds and features tennis training, match play, snack time, and non-tennis recreational time. Space is limited due to Covid-19 protocols being followed.  Price for $80 for both days or $50 a day.  It is open to members and non-members alike.

Hendersonville Racquet Club is a six acre complex that includes 7 outdoor tennis courts, 3 indoor tennis courts, four racquetball courts, an outdoor swimming pool, fitness center, group fitness classes, three pickleball courts and outdoor leisure area by Shaw’s Creek and pond.

HICKORY NUT GAP WILL DONATE A POUND OF OUR PASTURE RAISED MEATS TO FAMILIES IN NEED FOR EVERY SAMPLER BOX PURCHASED BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 2020.

Candlelight, firelight and live music bring holiday warmth to Biltmore House’s extravagant holiday décor during these nighttime tours. Candlelight Christmas Evenings include a self-guided candlelight tour of Biltmore House, next-day visit to the gardens, Antler Hill Village and Biltmore Winery. Evening guests can also take advantage of Antler Hill Village & Winery to enjoy free wine tastings.

Tickets may be purchased at www.biltmore.com or by phone (800-411-3812).

Winter Lights at The N.C. Arboretum

November 20, 2020 – January 10, 2021

5:30 – 10:30 p.m. Nightly

Experience Asheville’s BRIGHTEST holiday tradition at Winter Lights at The North Carolina Arboretum. This year, guests are invited to take a dreamy ride through the Arboretum’s enchanted forest and attend Winter Lights safely within their own vehicles. In light of COVID-19, the Arboretum has converted its popular event into a drive-thru show, allowing guests to navigate through a one-mile stretch of the Arboretum’s campus and see unique exhibits covered in thousands of holiday lights. As the Arboretum’s largest fundraising event of the year, proceeds generated from Winter Lights will directly support the Arboretum’s mission-driven programming.

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Looking for the perfect holiday gift? The White Labs team is hosting round two of our ultra-popular course Challenge Your Taste Buds! This fun, interactive (and virtual) experience allows YOU to be the sensory professional. While tasting delicious, high-quality beer, obviously…

By utilizing the easy-to-navigate tasting app, SampleOx, attendees will evaluate White Labs Brewing Company’s brand new can releases! After evaluation, each attendee will receive a live tasting score showing just how accurately they matched with the professional sensory panel at White Labs (woo!). This event is perfect for any experience level and is made simple with the guidance of White Labs’ Education & Engagement Curator, Jo Doyle. Join us as we spend a fun evening tasting unique, fermentation-focused beers while we increase our tasting knowledge.

The Details $25 gets you:

• One mixed four-pack of 16oz cans including White Labs Brewing Co. Tabberer IPA (WLP001 & WLP008) and Dark Lager (WLP800 & WLP810)

• Access to the digital event

We encourage doing this with a partner as we will be opening four 16oz. cans over the span of 90 minutes. This is an interactive zoom event where engagement and discussion is encouraged! Our fermentation experts will be there during the virtual event, so you can interact, ask questions, make comments and (virtually) hang with your fellow beer lovers.

We will be using the app Sample OX for the tasting portion. We encourage participants to download the app prior to the event. There will be a join code provided that will direct you to the correct event.

Beer pick-up will be available on Saturday, December 26th and Sunday, December 27th from our downtown Asheville Taproom during open business hours (11:30am-9pm). Our Asheville location, White Labs Kitchen & Tap, is located at 172 S. Charlotte St.

Totally Rad Trivia comes to French Broad River Brewing starting this Tuesday at 6:00PM! The same favorite local Pop Culture Trivia show mixed with the delicious brews of French Broad. Plus Papa Nicks Pizza right next door! Drink and Food Specials will be available.
The show is completely social distanced and we will all be doing everything we can to make it a safe and enjoyable experience, so the only thing you’ll have to worry about is how many times I’ll reference a show you’ve never watched.
Seating is limited due to current pandemic restrictions so message me to reserve a table for you and your team

The light show is also synchronized to music that plays on the radio station indicated at the entrance to the show.

The drive-thru light show is about 30 minutes long, and there are two ticket options for purchase which covers vehicles of up to eight people

• Dec. 10-13: Rudolph
• Dec. 17-20: The Grinch
• Dec. 21-24: The Nativity

Over 90,000 guests rode THE POLAR EXPRESS™ with the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad in 2019 and we hope to see you in 2020! The 1¼ hour round-trip excursion comes to life as the train departs the Bryson City depot for a journey through the quiet wilderness for a special visit at the North Pole. Set to the sounds of the motion picture soundtrack, guests on board will enjoy warm cocoa and a treat while listening and reading along with the magical story. Children’s faces show the magic of the season when the train arrives at the North Pole to find Santa Claus waiting. Santa will board THE POLAR EXPRESS™, greeting each child and presenting them with a special gift as in the story, their own silver sleigh bell. Christmas carols will be sung as they return back to the Bryson City Depot.

THE POLAR EXPRESS™ begins November 13, 2020, and operates through December 31, 2020.

Come enjoy an evening of live music, food and drinks at the Isis Music Hall. Reservations are highly recommended.

They knew they would make history, but not what history would make of them.

Fed up with living under the tyranny of British rule, John Adams attempts to persuade his fellow members of the Continental Congress to vote in favor of American Independence and sign the Declaration. But how much is he willing to compromise in the pursuit of freedom? And to whom does that freedom belong?

Direct from the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University, visionary director Diane Paulus (Jagged Little Pill, Waitress, Pippin) reexamines a pivotal moment in American history in a re-imagining of the Tony Award^®-winning musical 1776 prior to its Broadway engagement at Roundabout Theatre Company.

Not recommended for children under 10 years of age. Parental discretion is advised.

Over 90,000 guests rode THE POLAR EXPRESS™ with the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad in 2019 and we hope to see you in 2020! The 1¼ hour round-trip excursion comes to life as the train departs the Bryson City depot for a journey through the quiet wilderness for a special visit at the North Pole. Set to the sounds of the motion picture soundtrack, guests on board will enjoy warm cocoa and a treat while listening and reading along with the magical story. Children’s faces show the magic of the season when the train arrives at the North Pole to find Santa Claus waiting. Santa will board THE POLAR EXPRESS™, greeting each child and presenting them with a special gift as in the story, their own silver sleigh bell. Christmas carols will be sung as they return back to the Bryson City Depot.

THE POLAR EXPRESS™ begins November 13, 2020, and operates through December 31, 2020.

EVERY Tuesday at Asheville Music Hall! Tuesday Night Funk Jam has been a huge part of Asheville’s vibrant music scene since 2008 and is #Asheville’s hottest weekly concert. Tuesday Night Funk Jam is programmed and orchestrated by an evolved Legendary House Band with trombonist Derrick Lee Johnson at the helm. At 10PM sharp, the Legendary House Band kicks off the night