Calendar of Events

¡ECAC va a Asheville a colaborar con el condado de Guatemala e informar acerca de nuestros programas y servicios! Estaremos sirviendo a la comunidad guatemalteca de las montañas de Carolina del Norte.
Tendremos mesa de información y presentaciones cortas durante el día para que aprenda acerca de nuestra labor con padres de niños con discapacidades.
Si usted es un padre de un niño con discapacidades y su niño tiene IEP y le gustaría discutir su situación específica o tiene preguntas acerca de educación especial, traiga su documentación y sus preguntas ¡Ahí nos vemos! ECAC estará de 8 am a 1:00 pm.
Por favor comparta esta información con sus familiares y amigos.
El Consulado de Guatemala ha invitado a varias organizaciones para empoderarlo con información y recursos en su comunidad.

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We are celebrating the holiday all week long with an old time Christmas celebration. We will have a WNC Farmers Market “Wish Book”, caroling, holiday decor, Santa, food, and lots of surprises!

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Reclaimed Creations is a unique sculpture exhibit created by renowned artist Sayaka Ganz. Utilizing reclaimed plastic objects, such as discarded utensils, Ganz creates amazing sculptures that visually appear unified at a distance, but are in fact separated when examined up close. Described as using a “3D impressionistic” style, Ganz’s exhibit includes installations of animals in motion, which are in rich in color and energy, to create an illusion of form.

About the Artist

Born in Yokohama, Japan, Sayaka Ganz grew up living in Japan, Brazil and Hong Kong. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Indiana University, Bloomington, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in sculpture from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. A lecturer and teacher, Ganz’s work has been displayed at various institutions around the globe, including the Hermann Geiger Foundation in Cecina, Italy, the Isle Gallery in Isle of Man, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California.

My work is about perceiving harmony, even in situations that appear chaotic from the inside. When observing my sculptures up close, one might see gaps, holes and items being held on only by small points; step away, however, and the sculptures reveal the harmony created when the objects are aligned to the same general (but not identical) direction. Similarly, it is important to gain perspective by stepping back from current problems and look at the larger picture. Then one can perceive the beauty and patterns that exist.”

The Asheville Marathon Training will begin on Sunday, October 28th! It isn’t too late to join in on the training group and program.

We will also have a kick-off party at Fleet Feet Asheville on Thursday, October 25th at 6pm if you would like to get more information on the marathon and the half marathon training programs. https://www.facebook.com/events/158349081761555/

Long Runs are Sunday morning at 8:30am and will meet at Bent Creek – Hardtimes Trailhead Parking Lot unless otherwise notified.
We will have staff from Fleet Feet Sports Asheville and ChiRunning/ChiWalking as group leaders at all Sunday runs.

Directions to Trailhead are here – https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hard+Times+Trailhead/@35.4876945,-82.6263392,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x88599247298909e5:0x5663696471e707c7!8m2!3d35.4876945!4d-82.6241452?shorturl=1

If you haven’t already signed up for the half marathon or full marathon training program – please sign up before you attend the training runs – Get signed up here -> https://idaph.net/product/asheville-marathon-half-community-training-plans/

Fleet Feet Asheville ChiRunning/ChiWalking Chi Running

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The Asheville Marathon Training will begin on Sunday, October 28th! It isn’t too late to join in on the training group and program.

We will also have a kick-off party at Fleet Feet Asheville on Thursday, October 25th at 6pm if you would like to get more information on the marathon and the half marathon training programs. https://www.facebook.com/events/158349081761555/

Long Runs are Sunday morning at 8:30am and will meet at Bent Creek – Hardtimes Trailhead Parking Lot unless otherwise notified.
We will have staff from Fleet Feet Sports Asheville and ChiRunning/ChiWalking as group leaders at all Sunday runs.

Directions to Trailhead are here – https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hard+Times+Trailhead/@35.4876945,-82.6263392,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x88599247298909e5:0x5663696471e707c7!8m2!3d35.4876945!4d-82.6241452?shorturl=1

If you haven’t already signed up for the half marathon or full marathon training program – please sign up before you attend the training runs – Get signed up here -> https://idaph.net/product/asheville-marathon-half-community-training-plans/

Fleet Feet Asheville ChiRunning/ChiWalking Chi Running

https://www.facebook.com/events/2155420058111252/?event_time_id=2155420114777913

Help us help our community on Sunday, December 2! Bring 24 cans of food or 2 winter coats in good condition and receive your lift ticket that Sunday for free! Regular rental and lesson rates apply. Day skiing only. All proceeds go to Haywood Christian Ministries as well as other community outreach facilities. Celebrate the giving season by giving back to those in need.

https://www.facebook.com/events/259183944780186/

Christmas at Biltmore Daytime Celebration*
Saturday, November 3, 2018 – Sunday, January 6, 2019 (daily)

*Included with estate admission.
*Does not include “Candlelight Christmas Evenings”

Experience the holidays wreathed with the wonder of Biltmore. Our celebration presents Christmas on a grand scale with more than 55 trees decorated by our talented staff, accented with miles of ribbon, garlands, and lights. Festive menus in our restaurants and holiday wine tastings make for a memorable visit.

Learn more about #ChristmasAtBiltmore or plan your visit: biltmore.com/Christmas

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Chase your dreams and celebrate all girls being happy, healthy and confident at the family-friendly Girls on the Run 5K run and walk at Asheville Outlets on Sunday, December 2.

The Asheville and WNC community is encouraged to join 500+ girls in 3rd through 8th grade from counties throughout Western North Carolina who have trained with volunteer coaches at 42 sites for the past 10 weeks as part of the Girls on the Run International program, which combines running with lessons about important topics such as preventing bullying and processing emotions. The 5k is the culminating event of the fall season.

The 5K is family-friendly, non-competitive and open to the public. Runners and walkers of all ages and levels are encouraged to register. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Girls on the Run of Western North Carolina scholarship fund, which aims to make the non-profit’s program accessible to all girls in the community, regardless of their ability to pay the registration fee.

Registration is $20 online. Registration will also be open on race day at Asheville Outlets starting at 9 a.m. Strollers are welcome. Pet are not allowed at the event for safety reasons.

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Proper movement builds and maintains strong bones. Join Dianne Hunter for a special Pilates workshop that focuses on the deep muscles around your spine and into your core. Stabilize, build, and strengthen with Pilates. Anyone at any age can learn to move better and reverse the aging process. This workshop is designed for all ages and ability levels.

$15 members | $25 nonmembers
Register with the membership desk today!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1854259474671897/

Where: Asheville Mall
When: Sunday, December 2rd from 9am-11am
Registration: One registration spot is for (1) group of people

Santa Cares is a sensory-friendly opportunity for children with all spectrums of special needs to enjoy the time-honored tradition of the Santa Photo Experience with their family in a calming environment prior to public hours. Please RSVP in advance by reserving one ticket per group. Photo packages are available for purchase during the event.

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One of the most difficult things we can do in life is to be fully awake and fully present for ourselves and for the people we love and care about. Join us for a weekend of yoga, meditation, and mindfulness practices that will help bring your body, mind, and heart into a state of harmony. This weekend will offer you a firm foundation in the traditional teachings of meditation along with modern insight from the latest research in contemplative neuroscience.

You will learn and practice a variety of specific techniques along with some research on their unique benefits. You don’t have to be a teacher, or even desire to become a teacher to attend this course.

https://www.facebook.com/events/244036276218007/

Ring in the season with Biltmore Village’s 30th Annual Dickens Christmas Celebration on Friday, Nov. 30! Shop the Show and Tell Pop Up Craft Market or make your own at our kids’ crafts station from 2 to 5 pm, and enjoy more than 20 live entertainment acts throughout the day. Sip hot cocoa at the Mugs of Merriment Christmas Beverage Competition with the Blind Pig Supper Club from 5 to 6:30 pm, and stay for the moment of wonder: the tree and street lighting at 6:30 pm. On Sat. Dec. 1, bring the kids back for a puppet show and parade on The Village Green.

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The 3rd Holiday Market will feature locally made food, ceramics, photography, jewelry, savory and sweet treats, and more. A portion of each purchase will support Asheville Community Yoga. Many of our vendors have also chosen to donate 1 item to a special raffle basket, and the lucky winner will get an entire basket full of goodies from the market. Currently the basket is valued at over $1,000 with additional items coming in every day and tickets are one for $10 or five for $30.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1106852219489627/

When reflecting on the current state of the environment, it seems that we have entered into times of seismic sorrows. Carbon emissions, water pollution, fracking, and changing climate patterns all point to a troubling reality with serious consequences for human and non-human populations. Through weavings, installations, sculpture, and print, artists Rena Detrixhe and Tali Weinberg (Tulsa, OK) explore the complex relationship between humans and the planet, offering insights, expressing grief, and creating space for resilience and change.

In Time of Seismic Sorrows is curated by Marilyn Zapf and organized by the Center for Craft. The Center for Craft is supported in part by the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

The South has always been home to a blend of cultures — from Native Americans here by 14,000 years ago to Europeans 500 years ago, followed by Africans forced to migrate. By 1500, cultures in the South included Creek, Cherokee, Catawba, Choctaw, Chitimacha, and Coushatta, from Europe English, Scottish, Irish, and German, and Africans from Senegal to Congo. Baskets were integral in daily life, as agricultural equipment for gathering, sifting, storing, and serving the finished product or as receptacles for tools, clothes, sacred objects, and even infants.

Initially each culture had its own preferred basket material and method of manufacture — twilled rivercane for Native Americans, plaited oak for Europeans, and coiled grasses for Africans. Interaction between groups spurred adaptations to changing circumstances, such as the use of white oak by the Cherokee in the 1800s, as rivercane stands were decimated by European settlements. Native Americans also adopted the European picnic, flower, egg, and market baskets to sell in the 20th-century art market. Native and European Americans wove honeysuckle into baskets after 1854, when introduced from Japan. By the 17th century African Americans discovered bulrush along the coasts, coiling it into large, round “fanners” to winnow rice. Later bulrush was one medium among sweetgrass, pine needles, and palmetto, giving rise to the name “sweetgrass baskets” along the coast.

Baskets were woven not only for use in the fields and homes or for sale in art galleries but also as a connection to ancestors and spirits, as designs were said to come from inside one’s head, from memories of one’s mother’s motifs, or from the Creator. Indeed, working with one’s hands in nature to gather materials and to form them into a basket was considered spiritually and physically healthy, becoming a part of the practice of occupational therapy around World War I.

Today, basketweavers in the South from all three traditions are teaching the next generation to continue this art. Artists from across the region work with old and new materials in old and new forms, innovating for their legacy, for art’s sake, and for political causes, as embodied in the varied vessels in this gallery and epitomized in the virtuosic miniature examples in the case at right.

Over a hundred regional artisans have their handmade on display for sale in this folk and heritage craft show. The show has everything from quilters to soap makers, basket makers, leather craftsmen, master jewelers and more. Started in 1987, the event has grown every year and now takes place at Western Carolina University’s Ramsey Center in Cullowhee, North Carolina. Children under 12 free & free parking.

https://www.facebook.com/events/217373352220720/

We’re back this holiday season popping up at the Asheville Masonic Temple!

Shop our festive 20-day pop up shop featuring some of the area’s best in handmade and vintage. We’ve curated goods featuring over 125 local & indie makers, designers, and vintage wares including clothing, jewelry, decor, greeting cards, and more. You’re sure to find the perfect gift for everyone on your list!

HOLIDAY POP UP SHOP
Open November 30 – December 19
10am-8pm everyday
The Asheville Masonic Temple
80 Broadway St, Asheville, NC 28801

OPENING PARTY
Saturday, December 1 | 6-9pm
Join us Saturday evening for our Opening Party, December 1st from 6-9pm and enjoy complimentary Bhramari Brewing Co beer, sweet bites, live music, and fairy hair.

SPECIAL EVENTS
Saturday, December 1 | 12-7pm
Take a timeless portrait with Revelry Tintype

Sundays, December 2, 9, and 16 | 1-3pm
Take some time for your self during this busy season with a relaxing chair massage with LMBT Massage by Amy Gallagher Massey

For more details and a full list of vendors visit: https://www.showandtellpopupshop.com/

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For three days—always the first weekend in December—visit the beautiful mountain setting known as the Toe River Arts region; visit with over 100 artists; view their work where it is conceived and created. Take the journey of the arts. It’s all free.

Stop by the Spruce Pine Gallery (269 Oak Avenue) at 5:30 on the first Friday (November 30) for a “Meet-the-Artist” reception. Toast the artists and the coming year with good friends, new friends, and those you’ve yet to meet.

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Visit Mica and Mica artist members for the finest of contemporary craft, everything from sculpture, to scarves, to ornaments, to mugs, and paintings. Special for the Tour, visit Mica for a custom fitting with artists Liz Spears and Neal Howard with their elegant handmade clothing.

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Visit Mica and Mica artist members for the finest of contemporary craft, everything from sculpture, to scarves, to ornaments, to mugs, and paintings. Special for the Tour, visit Mica for a custom fitting with artists Liz Spears and Neal Howard with their elegant handmade clothing.

https://www.facebook.com/events/205362287017856/

Freshly made Christmas decorations and gifts! Items are unique and each item handcrafted by the Land O’ Sky Garden Club membership.
All proceed go toward scholarships.

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Freshly made Christmas decorations and gifts! Items are unique and each item handcrafted by the Land O’ Sky Garden Club membership.
All proceed go toward scholarships.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1110146392509800/?event_time_id=1110146402509799

He’s back! Vollie McKenzie brings us his eclectic set of American music.
He’s a singer, songwriter, musician, and versatile performer in the swing, honky-tonk, old time, and roots gospel traditions, and we’re so proud to feature him this weekend!

https://www.facebook.com/events/190560395205468/

FREE Santa Photos will be available at the center through December 24 at the The North Carolina Arboretum sponsored Santa Set. Every family who visits Santa at Asheville Outlets will receive two FREE 4” x 6” Santa photo prints and a digital download of a single image. Free Santa Photos is hosted by Great Beginnings Lead To Great Smiles.

(Additional photos and Christmas merchandise are available for purchase. One giveaway per family, per Christmas season. Some restrictions may apply. Valid only through December 24, 2018.)

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FREE Santa Photos are back at Asheville Outlets (ShopAshevilleOutlets.com)! From November 17th through December 24th, every family who visits Santa will receive two FREE 4”x6” Santa photo prints and a digital download of a single image. Additional photos and Christmas merchandise are available for purchase. FREE Santa photo is sponsored by Great Beginnings Great Smiles; the FREE Santa photo set is sponsored by North Carolina Arboretum Winter Lights.

Santa’s Photo Hours are:
11 a.m. – 8 p.m. Monday – Saturday, Sundays, 12 p.m. – 6 p.m. and Christmas Eve, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Santa takes a break to feed his reindeer weekdays and Saturdays: 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. + 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. and Sundays, 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Located at food court. One giveaway per family, per Christmas season. Some restrictions may apply, valid only through December 24, 2018.

Jump for toys. Bring a new unwrapped toy or donation money to jump. All the money and toys we receive Will go back to kids in Haywood.

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Welcome back to the second chapter of circle. After we’ve mingled and settled, we will discuss the first 5 chapters of our book, and then have a class on Hermeticism with DJ.

Hermeticism
DJ will be offering a brief history and overview of the ancient wisdom of Hermeticism, of which the Kybalion by Three Initiates defines. He will focus on the 7 Hermetic principles which are universal laws still applicable to modern times.

Book PDF:
https://cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/religion.occult.new_age/Magick/Bucklands%20Complete%20Book%20of%20Witchcraft.pdf

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DETAILS
The 1st Sunday of every month, from 11:30-1:30 am, a study circle will be held at Asheville Raven & Crone. Together, we can go deeper into the old ways and bring them back to the present and into our personal lives if we so choose.

ALL ARE WELCOME
All genders, those with no knowledge and those who have studied for generations, young and elder. Anyone can be a witch. There are many ways to practice. Some are religious, some just practice as a way of life, and some are both. If you have any inkling of interest, come join u

SUGGESTED DONATION
$5-15 (To cover room costs, herbal teas and snacks, and eventually books and other materials).

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As Virginia Woolf said, “one cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” Food and water are essential for survival, but mankind’s relationship to food has transformed over time from one of sustenance to one laden with personal and cultural significance.

A Matter of Taste explores depictions of food and drink in art and reveals how images of fruits and vegetables can function as complex metaphors for excess, status, memory, and politics. Drawn from southern museums and private collections, this exhibition showcases over 35 paintings, decorative arts, and works on paper by artists such as Andy Warhol, Wayne Thiebaud, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Claes Oldenburg.

This show spans 400 years and multiple continents, revealing the evolving role of food and drink in various media and cultural contexts. While depictions of fruit and vegetables appeared in ancient times, still life painting as an independent genre dates to 16th-century Holland.

In 19th-century America, still life paintings remained popular but evolved in terms of subject matter, media, and message. Painters such as Thomas Wightman, George Forster, and De Scott Evans embraced Dutch still lifes and used food as commentary on the current political climate and the transient state of the human condition.

Illustrated newspapers led to an increase of cartoons by artists such as Winslow Homer and William Hogarth, who utilized food and drink as social satire. The 20th-century modern art movement further changed the perception of food. The culture of mass production enabled Pop artists to elevate seemingly mundane foodstuffs to high art. Yet, other contemporary artists explored the symbolic and nostalgic role of food seen in works by Tim Tate, Linda Armstrong, and Laquita Thomson.

Visitors will also experience an elaborately set dining table fit for a sumptuous feast. Dining became its own art form over time and communicated one’s social standing and wealth. Each of the table’s six place settings represent a different culture and offer a glimpse into global dining customs. Selective drinkware will accompany this section revealing how tea sets and even punch bowls reflected an owner’s prestige.

If the donuts were not enough reason to come see us again…..we are presenting “Christmas at the Farm” new this year! Come get your Christmas tree and have a day full of family fun! Put it in your calendar now, the Fri-Sun after Thanksgiving and the following Fri-Sun.
We will feature freshly cut fraser fir Christmas trees, cider donuts, pies, cider, cocoa, kids activities, Christmas music and finally get a head start on your Christmas card with professional photos!

https://www.facebook.com/events/339683449913954/

Please join us for our first ever COFFEE + PUPS Adoption Event!

10th Muse Coffee has partnered with the Woof Meow Team to bring you an adoption extravaganza! We will bring the pups, 10th Muse will bring the coffee, all you need to bring is an open heart and snuggles!

We hope to see you there!

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