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The Enka History Book Club reads historical fiction and non-fiction.
We’ll be discussing, The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson.
Books are available for pick up at the library in large print and regular print.
The group meets in the community room and newcomers are always welcome.
In the case of inclement weather and winter storms, we will post canceled on this page, on our Facebook page, and on our Instagram page. Follow: @enkacandlerlibrary
Weaverville Tailgate Market will host an indoor winter market
Feb 15 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Weaverville Community Center
Ugliest Holiday Sweater Contest
Join us December 10th, 2022 for a jolly good time! Stop by the market from 10am to 1pm wearing your tackiest, ugliest holiday sweater. For a $1 donation you can enter into our Ugliest Sweater Contest! The prize is an amazing market basket filled with products from our wonderful vendors!
Ornithology
Feb 15 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Leicester Library
Join us for an educational program with the North Carolina Arboretum to explore the unique features and diversity of birds! Come ready to hear about the ecoEXPLORE program, learn about a few WNC bird species, and try to spot birds living around the library.
PacJAM Registration Open for Winter Session
Feb 15 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center
Building Community One Tune at a Time
Pacolet Junior Appalachian Musicians (PacJAM) provides an opportunity for area youth and adults to experience community through the joy of participating in traditional music.
PacJAM offers sessions each fall and winter/spring semester, as well as an intensive day camp one week each summer for youth.
Students of all skill levels ages 6-late teens and adults are invited to join us for instruction in traditional music. Click here to learn more.
Our winter program will run every Wednesday from January 18 – March 22 from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM for Beginner & Intermediate students, & 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM for advanced students.
Proud recipients of the South Arts 2022
In These Mountains Projects Grant
French Broad Valley Jam
Feb 15 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Oklawaha Brewing Company
Join us for a weekly mountain music JAM with players in a round, where the session is focused on regional fiddle tunes and songs! You are welcome to come and listen or to learn and join in. This event supports the Henderson County Junior Appalachian Musician (JAM) Kids Program. Free but donations are accepted. Weekly event takes place at Oklawaha Brewing Company.
Hybrid | Jennifer McGaha launches Bushwhacking, in conversation with Bev MacDowell
Feb 15 @ 6:00 pm
Malaprop's Bookstore and Virtual
This is a hybrid event, meaning there is an option to attend virtually and a limited number of seats are available to attend the event in-store. The event is free but registration is required for both in-person and virtual attendance.
Please click here to register for the VIRTUAL event. The link required to attend will be emailed to registrants prior to the event.
Please click here to register for the IN-PERSON event. Note the important event details on the RSVP form.
This event includes a book signing. If you would like a signed book but can’t attend in person, use the order comments field when you order below to request a signed copy and tell us to whom the book should be personalized.
If you decide to attend and to purchase books, we ask that you purchase from Malaprop’s. When you do this you make it possible for us to continue hosting author events and you keep more dollars in our community. You may also support our work by purchasing a gift card or making a donation of any amount below. Thank you!
When you stray from a trail and strike out into the woods, you are bushwhacking. The term implies a physical thrashing about–pushing past branches, slicing through thickets, leaping across downed trees–but it also implies a certain fortitude and resilience to seek places unknown. In Bushwhacking, Jennifer McGaha borrows the term, likening it to what writers do when faced with the equally daunting blank page. Exploring the wilderness of your inner life means leaving a relatively comfortable place and going where no path exists. Writers face similar, unknown obstacles when forging a route to a final draft. Part writing memoir, part nature memoir, and part meditation on a life well lived, Bushwhacking draws on McGaha’s experiences running, hiking, biking, paddling, and getting lost across the Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina to offer readers encouragement and practical suggestions to accompany them on their writing and life journeys. Each essay links one of McGaha’s forays into the wilderness to an insight about the creative process. An almost-failed attempt at zip lining becomes a lesson on getting out of one’s comfort zone. The thrum of a hummingbird’s wings, an autumn sunset, and a hound dog’s bay at a bear on the path are impromptu master classes in finding inspiration in the small, the ordinary, and the unexpected. With humility, humor, and hard-won wisdom, Bushwhackinghonors writing craft traditions and offers fresh insights into how close communion with nature can transform your writing and your life.
Jennifer McGaha has taught creative nonfiction and memoir writing in various settings for more than twenty years and currently coordinates UNC Asheville’s Great Smokies Writing Program. She is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir Flat Broke with Two Goats, and her work has appeared in the Huffington Post, the Bitter Southerner, Brevity, CHEAP POP, Lumina, PANK, the Chronicle of Higher Education, Passengers, HerStry, and elsewhere. A native of Appalachia, McGaha lives in western North Carolina with her husband, two cats, six unruly dogs, ten relatively tame dairy goats, and an ever-changing number of hens.
Bev MacDowell
A hike and backpack guide for the Carolina Mountain Club and Blue Ridge Hiking Company. She’s led children and adults on trail adventures for more than 15 years. She is an Appalachian Trail Maintainer for the Max Patch section and is attached to the CMC Friday Maintenance Crew. She has completed Educator Outward Bound, 28 Miles in a day Make a Wish Hike, several CMC Challenges and 200 miles of the Spanish Camino del Santiago. The bulk of this was accomplished post 50 years old. She is grateful to be able to hike, help others do the same and to live in these gorgeous old mountains.
Adults Only Trivia Night Asheville Pizza and Brewing Company
Feb 15 @ 6:30 pm – 8:15 pm
Asheville Pizza and Brewing Company
EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 6:30 pm ~ FREE!
AGES 18+ ADULTS ONLY ~ NO KIDS ALLOWED
ON OUR HUGE SCREEN IN THEATER 2!
ENJOY DINNER & DRINKS (FULL BAR) WHILE PLAYING
There are 3 rounds with new winners each round so you can show up late, miss a round and still be a winner. Plus, we have mid-round prizes to create as many winners as possible.
The questions are presented by a hilarious host on our giant movie screen and includes fun videos in each round. You haven’t played a trivia night like this one!
Witty Wednesday Trivia
Feb 15 @ 6:30 pm
Sweeten Creek Brewing
Beat the mid week grind with some fun trivia! Win a $25 gift card for our taproom along with a $25 gift card from our resident kitchen, Bears Smokehouse BBQ!
An Evening With Ben Sollee + Scott Mulvahill
Feb 15 @ 7:00 pm
The Grey Eagle
– ALL AGES – FULLY SEATED SHOW – LIMITED NUMBER OF PREMIUM SEATING TICKETS AVAILABLE
Over the last two decades, Kentuckian Ben Sollee has distinguished himself as multi-faceted creative, blurring the lines between music, tech, and activism. A graduate of the Univeristy of Louisville School of Music, he holds a BFA in cello performance. Since his debut record in 2008, Mr. Sollee has released 6 studio records and nearly 10 EPs garnering praise from the New York Times and NPR. His music has been featured in tv shows such as Weeds and Parenthood. In addition, Sollee has a growing career as a composer for film, tv, and interactive media earning a Emmy Award in 2018 for his score on the ABC special Base Ballet. Beyond music, Mr. Sollee is known for his social and environmental advocacy working with organizations like Oxfam America, The Nature Conservancy, and Canopy KY to protect people and the land. He currently lives in Louisville, KY with his wife and three children.
Frontman. Singer-songwriter. World-renowned upright bassist. Multi-instrumentalist. Scott Mulvahill is leaving his unique mark on the intersecting worlds of Americana, bluegrass, folk, jazz, rock & roll, and roots music. Raised in Houston, Mulvahill cut his teeth as a member of Ricky Skaggs’ acclaimed band, Kentucky Thunder. The group toured internationally for five years, backed by the bottom-heavy pulse of Mulvahill’s upright bass. Along the way, he also composed music of his own, shining a light on the genre-jumping influences — Paul Simon’s sophisticated pop, James Taylor’s folk, Jaco Pastorius’ innovative jazz, and more — that would eventually inspire the material on his 2018 solo debut, Himalayas. His performances as part of Skaggs’ nightly shows laid the brickwork for Mulvahill’s transition from hotshot sideman to compelling frontman.
Encouraged by musical mentor Bruce Hornsby, Mulvahill developed a unique approach to his songwriting — one that mixed his chops as an upright bassist with hook-heavy melodies and compelling narratives. A true “musician’s musician,” Mulvahill fills his solo debut with complex fingerwork and innovative progressions. At the same time, Himalayas is a song-driven record that focuses its attention not upon Mulvahill’s virtuosity, but upon the sheer listenability of his material. This is acoustic-leaning roots music of the highest caliber, shot through with elastic vocals, dobro, fiddle, and the honest, biographical lyrics of a songwriter who gave up an enviable position in Skaggs’ band to pursue his own muse.
“I wanna go over where I’ve never been,” he sings during the sparsely-decorated title track, one of several tracks to deal with the universal themes of facing one’s fears, taking leaps, and chasing down new horizons. Those messages are reflected in Mulvahill’s own career, as he pioneers a sound centered upon his voice and upright bass. “As important as the bass is to the sound of my music, it’s not a crutch,” he says. “To me, the songwriting, the voice, and the message are what really matter. 2020’s “Creative Potential” and 2021’s “Surrounded” EPs have found him taking those leaps while keeping true to the core of his musicianship, songwriting, unique concept of artistry. For a lifelong musician like Scott Mulvahill, the climb is never over.
RAISING BLACK: Joy, Pain, Sunshine + Rain
Feb 15 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
MAGNETIC THEATRE
Magnetic Theatre host Black Diamond Enterprise in the Black Poetry Theatre presentation of RAISING BLACK. Join us as we explore the Joy, Pain, Sunshine & Rain of life. Come for the encouragement, good time & singing!
Call Magnetic Theatre for tickets – (828) 239-9250
The Greenville Swamp Rabbits are much more than a professional hockey franchise playing in Upstate South Carolina; it is truly Greenville’s hockey team. Formerly known as the Road Warriors, the club rebranded to the Swamp Rabbits on August 26, 2015 in an effort to really ingrain itself in the fabric of the community. The name is inherently Greenville – specific to the city and unique in the sports world.
It’s the electrifying energy and unstoppable passion of Swamp Rabbits fans inside The Well combined with the award-winning game presentation that make attending a Swamp Rabbits game the BEST fan experience in the ECHL! From the moment you step inside the arena, you’ll find FREE concourse activities for the whole family, including sign-making, temporary tattoos, interactive games, music and there’s always a good chance you’ll run into the Swamp Rabbits mascot Stomper! Throughout the season, fans can also expect a lineup of special theme nights and exciting giveaways.
Every Brilliant Thing
Feb 15 @ 7:30 pm
NC Stage Company
By Duncan MacMillian with Jonny Donahoe
Directed by Charlie Flynn-McIver and Starring Scott Treadway
You’re six years old and your mom’s in the hospital because, as your dad says, she “finds it hard to be happy”. You start making a list for her of all the wonderful things in life.
No. 1 “Ice cream”
No. 6 “Rollercoasters”
No. 517 “Knowing someone well enough to get them to check your teeth for broccoli”
The list grows as you do, taking on a life of its own, eventually morphing into a million items and the very thing that helps you find light during your own darkest moments.
No. 999 “Sunlight”
No. 10,000 “Waking up late with someone you love”
No. 999,997 “The alphabet”
Every Brilliant Thing is a heart wrenching and hilarious one-man play that will have your belly laughing and your eyes brimming. Based on true and untrue stories, it is a life-affirming story of how to achieve hope through focusing on the smallest miracles of life.
One of the funniest plays you’ll ever see about depression—and possibly one of the funniest plays you’ll ever see, full stop…There is something tough being confronted here—the guilt of not being able to make those we love happy—and it is explored with unflinching honesty.” —The Guardian (UK)
Content Warning: Although the play balances the struggles of life while celebrating all that is wonderful in living each day, Every Brilliant Thing contains descriptions of depression, self-harm, and suicide. It is recommended for audience members 14 and older. If you or somebody you know is struggling, please call 988, The Suicide & Crisis Hotline.
JAZZ ALL STARS
Feb 15 @ 7:30 pm
Genevieve's
The Peace Center is proud to present the Fine Arts Center Jazz All Stars concerts in Genevieve’s. Now in its fifth year, the Fine Arts Center concert series prepares student musicians for a career in the arts and entertainment industry by giving them a resume-building, professional opportunity to perform in paid settings.
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Feb 15 @ 8:00 pm
Diana Wortham Theatre
This irreverent and hilarious troupe is back in Asheville by popular demand — bringing the most fun you will ever have at the ballet. Dancing the line between drag and ballet, the divas and cavaliers of this all-male company blend their expert knowledge of ballet with a comic approach, proving that men can, indeed, dance en pointe. Donning tutus and false eyelashes, The Trocks perform classical ballet, maintaining its artistry and athleticism, with a twist.
Art in the Heart 2523: A Speculative Moment by Artist Briar Coleman
Feb 16 all-day
Pack Square Park
Sculpture on display February 11-26, 2023
Audio visual projection on Saturdays, February 11, 18, & 25; 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Project Type: Sculpture Project Sponsors and Collaborators: Collaborators include Tiffany De’Bellott and Shuvonda Harper with Center for Participatory Change, Catherine Mitchelle, Executive Director with River Front Development Group; and Brian Randall with Hall Fletcher Elementary About the Project: Speculative fiction and science fiction are genres that probe into the future with the imagination. They ask “how might we live differently?” Briar’s sculpture will do the same representing a monument commissioned in the year 2523, five hundred years from now. They plan to install a transparent, nine-foot-tall obelisk that will be filled with swirling fog that will slowly disperse into the atmosphere through small holes in the top of the obelisk. Text and images will be projected onto the fog that represent what a monument could possibly be and say in 2523. The text will come from extensive interviews they will do with youth and leaders from the Asheville community. Briar’s project will collectively envision a future Asheville that has gone a long way to heal from its past, one that is not just equitable, but deeply flourishing. With the removal of the Vance monument, Asheville is now at a crossroads in its memorialization and has a unique opportunity to learn, grow, and heal. About the Artist: Instagram @oikos_umbra
ARTS Day Registration is now open
Feb 16 all-day
Raleigh
North Carolina’s Annual Conference of Art & Action
April 17, 2023 – Conference Day at the McKimmon Center, Raleigh
ARTS Day is a gathering of artists and arts leaders from across the state to convene as peers and prepare for action, then meet with their elected representatives at the NC General Assembly to deliver a message about the ARTS that is simple, inclusive, and positive. But ARTS Day is more than a collection of speakers and meetings with lawmakers, it is the annual culmination of a movement. The mission of Arts NC is to unite people and communities to strengthen and celebrate a creative North Carolina, an idea that is embodied in our annual two-day conference.
DAY 1 – CONFERENCE DAY
9:00-11:00
Registration and Networking
9:30
Advocacy 101 – Nate McGaha, Executive Director, Arts North Carolina
Asheville Outlets to Host Food Is Love Food Donation Drive for MANNA FoodBank
Feb 16 all-day
Asheville Outlets
Asheville Outlets will again team with MANNA FoodBank to hold a Food is Love Food Donation Drive during the month of February 2023. The drive will focus on collecting healthy, nonperishable foods for distribution to those in need in western North Carolina. Items of need include low-sodium canned vegetables, canned tuna and chicken, low salt nuts, no sugar added fruits, shelf stable milk, whole grain pasta, brown rice, oatmeal, canola & olive oil, peanut butter, low sodium soups, canned and dried beans, and low sugar cereals Collection bins will be in the Asheville Outlets food court. Monetary donations can be made at MANNAFoodBank.org. For more information, visit ShopAshevilleOutlets.com.
Beginner Youth Tennis Classes
Feb 16 all-day
Hendersonville Racquet Club
Registration is now open for the next session of youth tennis classes starting March 3rd at Hendersonville Racquet Club. Kids are put in groups based on age and ability with seven levels available. The session is six weeks long and is $79 for members or $99 for non-members for one class a week. Two days a week (12 sessions) is $139/169.
“Our youth tennis program has something for any child who wants to play. From beginner to high performance player, we put them into situations where they will be challenged and can succeed while having a fun time doing it.” stated HRC Junior Tennis Academy Tennis Pro Cre Still.
The format for this session is having classes once or twice for six weeks. All classes are taught by certified tennis professionals and will be held on HRC’s arena courts. For more info go to www.hvillerc.com or contact 828-693-0040 or [email protected].
Hendersonville Racquet Club is a six acre complex that includes 6 outdoor tennis courts, 3 arena tennis courts, four racquetball courts, 7 pickleball courts, an outdoor swimming pool, fitness center, group fitness room and outdoor leisure area by Shaw’s Creek and pond.
Age 7-10 (ORANGE) Beginners meet Fri 5-6, Sat 1-2, Sun 4-5
Age 9-15 (GREEN) Beginners meet Fri 6-7, Sat 2-3, Sun 5-6
Age 9-15 (YELLOW) Intermediates meet Sat 2-3, Sun 5-6
HRC Youth Performance Elite (HYPE) Intermediates and Advanced ages 8-18 meet Monday through Thursday 4-7pm
· Classes for all ages and ability! Open to the public. Call for advanced and tournament/elite class session times. All classes taught by certified tennis professionals
· Six class (session) package – One day/week – $79 members/$99 for non-members.
· Two days/week $139 /$169. Drop-In (single) class – $15 for members, $20 for
non-members. Private lessons may be purchased separately.
Celebrate Black Legacy Month
Feb 16 all-day
Buncombe County Libraires
Join us throughout February as we celebrate Black Legacy Month with programs and events for all ages! In addition to the programs listed below, we will have special story times and exhibits at most of our libraries.
Bright Star Touring Theatre: African Folktales – February 1 at 4pm at the Weaverville Library (for children ages 3 and up)
Book Club: Jazz by Toni Morrison – Thursday, February 2 a 3pm at the Weaverville Library
Book Club: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett – Tuesday, February 7 at 6pm
Book Club: The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict Tuesday, February 14 at 1pm at the Leicester Library
Book Club: Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina by Misty Copeland – February 16 at 2:30pm at the Skyland/South Buncombe Library
Book Club: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett – February 21 at 7pm at the Fairview Library
Black Experience Book Club: The Furrows by Namwali Serpell – February 23 at 6:30pm at the Noir Collective, co-sponsored by the East Asheville library
Drop by your local library and check us out. Email or call if you have any questions.
Our librarians have also put together a Black Legacy Month reading list for all ages.
Black Legacy Month Reading List 2023
Books for Adults
Adult Fiction
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library edited by Glory Edim
What the Fireflies Knew by Kai Harries
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Dubois by Honoree Fannone Jeffers
How Long ‘Til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemison
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Black Bottom Saints by Alice Randall
The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
Adult nonfiction
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho
Carefree Black Girls: A Celebration of Black women in Popular Culture by Zeba Blay
The 1619 Project edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones
Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey
Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby*
The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee
All That She Carried by Tiya Miles
Please Don’t Sit On My Bed In Your Outside Clothes by Phoebe Robinson*
You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey by Amber Ruffin*
Counting Descent by Clint Smith
The Body Is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor
Here For It by R. Eric Thomas*
Koshersoul: the faith and food journey of an African American Jew by Michael W. Twitty
*especially good on audio because the authors read their work!
Picture books for families to share
My Heart Flies Open by Omileye Achikeobi-Lewis
Only the Best: The Exceptional Life and Fashion of Ann Lowe by Kate Messner
My N.C. From A to Z by Michelle Lanier
Shhh! The Baby’s Asleep by JaNay Brown-Wood
Curls by Ruth Forman
Fly by Brittany J. Thurman
Opal Lee and What it Means to be Free: The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth by Alice Faye Duncan
Build a House by Rhiannon Giddens
Bright Brown Baby, A Treasury by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renee Watson
Chapter books for older kids
Isaiah Dunn is My Hero by Kelly J. BaptistBlended by Sharon Draper
Ikenga by Nnedi Okorafor
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
Tristan Strong Trilogy (Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, Tristan Strong Destroys the World, and Tristan Strong Keeps Punching) by Kwame Mbalia
From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood edited by Kwame Mbalia
Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson
Operation Sisterhood by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
The Door of No Return by Alexander Kwame
Books for teens
Quincredible by Rodney Barnes
The Legendborn Cycle (Legendborn and Bloodmarked) by Tracy Deonn
All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
Survive the Dome by Kosoko Jackson
Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther’s Promise to the People by Kekla Magoon
Ain’t Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds
Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
Okoye to the People by Ibi Zoboi
City of Asheville survey Fiscal Year 2023-24 Budget development
Feb 16 all-day
online
The City of Asheville wants to hear from you! We are kicking off our Fiscal Year 2023-24 (FY24, which runs July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024) budget development process by seeking feedback from the community.
The first way to engage is to participate in our budget priorities survey. This short survey should take less than ten minutes to complete and will ask residents to rank between City services and categories of capital investment to help guide Council and Staff as they make decisions about what to prioritize in the FY24 budget.
The survey is available in English, Spanish, Ukrainian and Russian starting on Monday February 6, 2023 and will close on Friday, March 3, 2023 at 11:59 pm.
The second way to engage is through a public comment session to be held during the regular meeting of the Asheville City Council on Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 5:00 pm. Similar to other public comment sessions, residents may comment at the Council meeting in person, by voicemail or by email. Voicemail and email information will be released when the agenda for the February 28 meeting is published on Friday, February 24. You will be able to find more information on the Virtual Engagement Hub when the agenda is released.
Feedback received during the public comment session and from the survey will be compiled, analyzed, and presented to City Council during their budget work session on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Staff will also share results with the community, as well as updates on how community priorities are reflected in the FY24 budget when it is proposed in May.
Free Tax Help at the Library
Feb 16 all-day
various Buncombe County Libraries
AARP Foundation Tax-Aide, in cooperation with the IRS, NC Department of Revenue, Buncombe County Library System, and Council on Aging, Inc. will offer free tax preparations for taxpayers of low and moderate income, with special attention to those aged 60 and older.
You will need an appointment to speak with a tax help aide. At your appointment, you can drop off your tax documents and you’ll be given another appointment in about 2 weeks to pick up your paperwork and completed tax form.
How it works
Pick up a tax record envelope and instructions at Black Mountain, West Asheville, Weaverville, or Pack Library during library hours.
Complete the Intake/Interview Booklet in your envelope by answering all questions. Then sign and date the last 3 pages. Place all your tax forms and any information relating to your tax return in your envelope.
Make an appointment to drop off your Tax Record Envelope and meet with a Tax-Aide volunteer.
Schedule and appointments
Black Mountain Library
Mondays and Thursdays, appointments are available between 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
To make an appointment, either email [email protected] with your name and telephone number, or call (828) 669-8610 between 1:30 and 4:30 p.m. Monday – Friday. An AARP volunteer will contact you to set up your appointment. You can pick up a tax packet at the library. At your appointment, a tax volunteer will check all documents and give you a follow-up appointment to pick up your completed tax return and documents.
Pack Memorial Library
Wednesdays, appointments are available between 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
To make an appointment on Wednesday at Pack Library, email [email protected] with your name and phone number. An AARP volunteer will contact you to set up your appointment. If you don’t have access to email, the staff at the library can email AARP for you. You can pick up your tax packet at the library. At your appointment, a tax volunteer will check all documents and give you a follow-up appointment to pick up your completed tax return and documents.
Saturdays, appointments are available between 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
To make an appointment for Saturday tax help at Pack Library, email [email protected]. At your appointment, a tax volunteer will check all documents and give you a follow-up appointment to pick up your completed tax return and documents. This tax help is provided by UNCA. Saturday tax help ends on April 1 and there will be no tax help on February 18.
Weaverville Library and Weaverville First Baptist Church
Thursdays, appointments are available between 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
To make an appointment for tax help at the Weaverville First Baptist Church email [email protected] with your name and telephone number OR call the Weaverville Library at 828-250-6482 with questions. If you don’t have access to email, the staff at the library can email AARP for you. An AARP volunteer will contact you to set up your appointment at the Weaverville First Baptist Church. You can pick up your tax packet at the library. At your appointment, a tax volunteer will check all documents and give you a follow-up appointment to pick up your completed tax return and documents.
West Asheville Library
Tuesdays, appointments are available between 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
To make an appointment at the West Asheville Library email [email protected] with your name and telephone number. An AARP volunteer will contact you to set up your appointment. If you don’t have access to email, the staff at the library can email AARP for you. You can pick up your tax packet at the library. At your appointment, a tax volunteer will check all documents and give you a follow-up appointment to pick up your completed tax return and documents in 1 or 2 weeks.
Tax help will start on Feb. 1 and end on April 15.
Bring the following documents and tax forms to your tax help appointment. Photocopies are recommended:
Photo ID / Driver License for Taxpayer and Spouse
Social Security Cards for Taxpayer, Spouse and ALL dependents
Prior year Federal and State tax return
W-2 (Wages), W-2G (Gambling winnings)
Amounts of Stimulus Payments you received (EIP-3, IRS Letter 6475)
Amounts of Child Tax Credit Payment you received (IRS Letter 6419)
1099-B (Brokerage Statement, Sale of Stocks and Bonds), 1099-Ks
1099-G (Unemployment and State refunds)
1099-NEC (Self-Employment), 1099-MISC, PLUS itemized list of expenses
1099-S (Sale of Home), 1099-C (Forgiveness of Credit Card Debt)
1098- Home Mortgage Interest and Real Estate Taxes
1099-T (Education Credits) PLUS Student Account Statement
1098-E (Student Loan Interest)
1099-SA and/or 5498-SA (HSA = Health Savings Account) PLUS itemized list of expenses
1095-A (Health Insurance – Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance Marketplace)
Schedule K-1 (Form 1065)
Any other documents or information relevant to preparation of the tax return
Voided check for direct deposit of any refund to your checking / savings account
Gardening Video: Cool Cover Crops
Feb 16 all-day
online
Flowering Buckwheat
Gardening in the Mountains presents: Cool Cover Crops
Presenter: John Bowen, Extension Master Gardener VolunteerSM
Master Gardener and long time cover cropper John Bowen will help you pick a cover to match your needs, space and schedule. He will discuss the pros and cons of several crop choices for WNC gardens and help you make a plan to maximize the benefits of creative cover crops.
Video access: To access this video on the Buncombe County Master Gardener website, click on the link below:
Or go to www.buncombemastergardener.org , click on the ‘Gardening Videos’ tab at the top of the page, and select the video from the list provided.
Gardening Video: Garden Conifers and Evergreens
Feb 16 all-day
online
Presenter: Bruce Appeldoorn – Appeldoorn Landscape Nursery
Bruce Appeldoorn, a life-long nurseryman and the owner of Appeldoorn Landscape Nursery, will share with us some of the best conifers for Western North Carolina gardens. You will see his favorite low-maintenance, long-lived choices based on his 45 years of nursery experience.
Get Your Go Local Card
Feb 16 all-day
online
The Go Local Card celebrates the interdependence of our businesses to each other, public education and to the youth in our community.
Our community values equitable educational opportunities for everyone and the Go Local Card is an annual fundraiser for Asheville’s city public schools.
Since inception, we have raised nearly $220,000 for our schools. This program connects 4,000 children and their families to a healthy local economy and locally owned businesses that support their school.
… and cards are available for purchase at any one of these businesses through Aug. 2023
Journeyperson Program NOW FREE! 12-Month Farm Support Cohort
Feb 16 all-day
Organic Growers School
The upcoming Journeyperson course is now available AT NO COST! Due to some timely grant funding, we can offer this in-depth farmer training for farmers in years 3-7 with no associated tuition fee! The course consists of monthly cohort meet-ups and 2-3 in-depth workshops, plus mentorship!
In addition, a select number of participants will also receive matched FUNDS for your farm savings account (Savings Incentive Program) and money to spend on a professional development opportunity of your choosing! Want to attend a workshop on livestock management? OGS will contribute towards that fee! Are you saving money for a farm asset? OGS will contribute up to a certain amount to that investment.
The Journeyperson Program is for farmers who have been independently farming for three or more years and are serious about operating farm businesses in the Southern Appalachian region.
Need Help With Water Bills? New Water Assistance Program Could Offer Help.
Feb 16 all-day
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If you’re behind on your water bill or afraid your water might get cut off, a new resource might be able to help you. On Jan. 4, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners approved more than $450,000 in federal funding for the Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP). The initiative is aimed at preventing water disconnections and helping reconnect drinking and wastewater services.
The LIHWAP will be administered by Buncombe County-based Eblen Charities. The nonprofit will make payments directly to utilities on behalf of qualifying households. The program is slated to run through Sept. 30, 2023 or until funds are exhausted.
Eligibility requirements
Households that currently receive Food and Nutrition Services (FNS), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) or Work First services, or those that received Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) services from Oct. 1, 2020-Sept. 30, 2021, are automatically eligible to receive this benefit if their water services have been cut off or are in danger of being cut off.
For additional eligibility information or to apply, please contact Eblen Charities at (828) 255-3066.
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