Calendar of Events
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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Phone: (828) 250-6488
Email: [email protected]
Event Type: Story Time for Kids
Age Group: Toddler – (ages 18 mos.-2 yrs.)
Library: Skyland / South Buncombe
Location: 260 Overlook Rd. – Asheville
Toddler Times are interactive story times for children ages 18 months to 3 years.
Phone: (828) 250-6484
Email: [email protected]
Event Type: Story Time for Kids
Age Group: Family – (children of all ages)
Library: Fairview
Location: 1 Taylor Rd. – Fairview
A movement based story time for children of all ages.
Phone: (828) 250-6482
Email: [email protected]
Event Type: Story Time for Kids
Age Group: Baby – (ages 4 mos.-18 mos.)
Library: Weaverville
Location: 41 N. Main St. – Weaverville
Mother Goose Time is a lively language enrichment story time serving our youngest folks–the 4 month-old to 18 month-old set.
Phone: (828) 250-4738
Email: [email protected]
Event Type: Story Time for Kids
Age Group: Preschool – (ages 3-5)
Library: East Asheville
Location: 902 Tunnel Rd. – Asheville
Preschool story times are geared towards 3-5 year-olds and include singing, stretchers, and creative activities
Phone: (828) 250-4752
Email: [email protected]
Event Type: Story Time for Kids
Age Group: Preschool – (ages 3-5)
Library: North Asheville
Location: 1030 Merrimon Ave. – Asheville
Preschool story times are geared towards 3-5 year-olds and include singing, stretchers, and creative activities.
On April 7 through 23, Grovewood Gallery will host Spring Awakening, a pediatric patients’ exhibition to benefit Arts For Life, an Asheville-based nonprofit that provides pediatric patients and their families with arts education and engagement opportunities. An opening reception will take place on Saturday, April 7 from 2-5pm and feature live music by the Haw Creek Sweet Hots, ice cream by The Hop, and craft activities for kids. Admission is free.
All artwork will be available for sale, and 100% of proceeds will benefit Arts For Life. Grovewood Gallery will also donate 10% of all regular gallery sales from the exhibition’s opening day.
Every day across North Carolina, Arts For Life’s team of staff members, volunteers, interns, and teaching fellows brighten the lives and healthcare experiences of children and families facing serious illnesses and disabilities. By bringing visual art, music, and creative writing education into hospitals and clinics, they help these children and teens remember that they’re not just patients: they’re artists, musicians, and poets, with a world of possibility at their fingertips.
Phone: (828) 250-4750
Email: [email protected]
Event Type: Story Time for Kids
Age Group: Toddler – (ages 18 mos.-2 yrs.)
Library: West Asheville
Location: 942 Haywood Rd. – Asheville
Toddler Times are interactive story times for children ages 18 months to 3 years.
Phone: (828) 250-4754
Email: [email protected]
Event Type: Story Time for Kids
Age Group: Toddler – (ages 18 mos.-2 yrs.)
Library: Oakley / South Asheville
Location: 749 Fairview Rd. – Asheville
Toddler Times are interactive story times for children ages 18 months to 3 years.
Please join the Department of Anthropology and Sociology for Engaged Learning Experience presentations by our students.
Phone: (828) 250-4752
Email: [email protected]
Event Type: Classes
Age Group: Adult
Library: North Asheville
Location: 1030 Merrimon Ave. – Asheville
Join instructor Darleen Benson as she leads six-session series of chair yoga classes intended specifically for seniors. A yoga teacher with almost forty years of experience, Darleen will lead the class in a beginner-friendly routine designed to increase strength, flexibility, and balance while learning natural body postures that fight pain and promote mobility.
Class sessions will take place on the following Wednesdays from 1-2:15pm at the North Asheville Library:
- March 7
- March 14
- March 21
- April 4
- April 11
- May 9
As always, the program is free and open to the public.
Visitors to Grovewood Village will have the opportunity to learn the story of Biltmore Industries on a guided history tour, offered Wednesday – Saturday at 1pm during April – November. The tour includes a visit to Biltmore Industries’ production facility (aka Dye House), where guests can peek into the past and view the original looms, carding machines, spinning mule and dye vats used to make the famed Biltmore Handwoven Homespun.
The tours last approximately 45 minutes and operate on a first-come, first-served basis, open to 25 people. There is no charge to take the tour, but donations are appreciated. Tours begin at the Homespun Museum in Grovewood Village, where a docent will give a detailed overview of Biltmore Industries’ historic importance before leading guests into the 100-year-old Dye House (usually closed to the public).
Private group tours are also offered for a fee and should be scheduled at least one week in advance.
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This is an Open Forum with the Chancellor and the Provost. The Q&A-style format will allow campus staff members to come ask questions and learn about current campus initiatives, plans, and priorities. We hope that you’ll join us!
Phone: (828) 250-6480
Email: [email protected]
Event Type: Arts & Crafts
Age Group: School Age – (grades K-5)
Library: Leicester
Location: 1561 Alexander Rd. – Leicester
Educators from the Asheville Art Museum will visit the second Wednesday of every month to teach different aspects of art and provide an art activity. Kids learn about art and also make something cool to bring home. For school-aged kids.
Phone: (828) 250-4700
Email: [email protected]
Event Type: Arts & Crafts
Age Group: School Age – (grades K-5)
Library: Pack Memorial
Location: 67 Haywood St. – Asheville
Educators from the Asheville Art Museum will visit the second Wednesday of every month to teach different aspects of art and provide an art activity. Kids learn about art and also make something cool to bring home. For school-aged kids.
Phone: (828) 250-4700
Email: [email protected]
Event Type: Arts & Crafts
Age Group: Teen – (grades 6-12)
Library: Pack Memorial
Location: 67 Haywood St. – Asheville
Recycle old words into new. We’re upcycling books into word art. Pizza and drinks will be provided. Please sign up online at the library calendar.
Garden & Gun’s Mint Julep Month is underway, and MG Road is joining the party! From April 5 to May 5, the Asheville lounge is whipping up their own version of the classic cocktail – dubbed the MG Julep – composed of Olmeca Altos Reposado tequila, coriander, ginger and lime zest syrup, all served over crushed ice and garnished with fresh cilantro. Bottoms up!
MG Road is is gearing up for a week-long Spring Break celebration, including some of the hottest tunes and coolest drinks in Asheville! The lounge is throwing down from Sunday, April 8 to Sunday, April 15 with night after night of special events and tiki-themed cocktails – all to give you those Spring Break vibes.
Sunday 4/8 – The Return of Freaky Tiki ft. The Krektones & Food by Rick Shaw
Monday 4/9 – The Living Room Series “Special Island Edition”
Tuesday 4/10 – Classic “Tiki” Tuesday
Wednesday 4/11 – Panama City Beach Pool Party w/ DJ Lil Meow Meow
Thursday 4/12 – Early 2000s Karaoke – MTV Spring Break Edition
Friday 4/13 – Euro Trash Party w/ DJ No Respecto
Saturday 4/14 – Hip Hop w/ DJ Warf
Sunday 4/15 – Spring Break Blowout and Drag Show
Check out www.mgroadlounge.com or follow @mgroadlounge on Instagram for more details!
40th Anniversary Celebration
April 11 | Renaissance Asheville Hotel | 5:30pm
Opening remarks:
Gene R. Nichol
Boyd Tinsley Distinguished Professor of Law
UNC School of Law
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Honoring:
Pat Smith – Terry Van Duyn Community Volunteer Award
James Ellis – Roy W. Davis, Jr. Award
Sarah Corley – Karl H. Straus Board Emeritus Award
The Oliver Family – Pisgah Legal Services Philanthropy Award
Phone: (828) 250-4752
Email: [email protected]
Event Type: Informational
Age Group: Adult
Library: North Asheville
Location: 1030 Merrimon Ave. – Asheville
Do you find yourself wondering what’s going on in your child’s mind? Are you ever confused by your child’s behavior? Come have a candid conversation about what we know about child development, developmental milestones, and child behavior. Instead of focusing on parenting styles, we will spend our time discussing how children perceive the world and what makes them tick so you feel more confident in your own parenting decisions
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Bluegrass music from Argentina
The 51st Annual UNC Asheville Juried Student Exhibition will be held in the Thom Robinson and Ray Griffin Exhibition Space. This year, UNCA’s Art Guild will be sponsoring the exhibit. Art Guild, is a campus – wide student arts organization that is open to all forms of art visual art, music, theatre. Entry in the Juried Exhibition is open to any registered student on campus.
This year’s juror will be Robert Tynes. Robert Tynes was born in Chicago and spent his formative years in Birmingham, Alabama, with regular summer retreats to the mountains of North Carolina. He received a BA degree in Art from Rhodes College and a MFA degree in Painting from East Carolina University.
Tynes has held over twenty-five solo exhibitions of his work and has participated in more than a hundred and fifty group shows across the country. He is the recipient of several artist-in-residence grants including two from the Roswell Museum and Art Center, New Mexico and one from the Ucross Foundation in Wyoming. In addition, he has completed several large-scale commissions for The Doubletree Hotel in Kansas City, IBM Corporation in Atlanta, and the city of Charlotte’s Convention Center.
Currently Professor of Art in Painting at UNCA, Tynes has also taught at the University of Hawaii, Humboldt State University in California, and East Carolina University. He was the first Chairman of the Board for the Black Mountain College Museum & Arts Center, and has served as a member of the Boards of Directors for both the Asheville Area Arts Council and the Black Mountain Center for the Arts.
An opening reception will be Friday, April 6, 2018 from 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm. The exhibit will be open to the public Monday – Friday, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm. The closing reception will be Friday, May 4, 2018.
SpringSkunk Music Fest – April 12-14, 2018
Join us for the best music festival in South Carolina.
The Skunk Farm is a unique music and camping venue in Upstate South Carolina in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. They host two yearly music festivals. SpringSkunk Music Fest takes place the second weekend of April, and the Albino Skunk Music Festival takes place the first weekend in October. Both are often called “SkunkFest” by the attendees and artists. Originally founded as a bluegrass music festival, SkunkFest now features all sorts of mostly acoustic music – including Americana, Folk, Singer-Songwriter, Alt. Country, Acoustic, Roots and Bluegrass. They’re proud of our eclectic mix of music – check out this year’s line-up.