Calendar of Events

Experience Asheville’s brightest holiday tradition at Winter Lights at The North Carolina Arboretum. Walk through an outdoor winter wonderland and see the Arboretum’s gardens dressed in more than half-a-million holiday lights. Roast s’mores by the fire, listen to your favorite holiday tunes or enjoy a cup of hot cocoa, cider or beer. Proceeds from the event will support the Arboretum’s educational programs, exhibit and facilities year-round.

Tickets range from $8-18 and must be purchased in advance online at www.ncwinterlights.com.

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Tour Gatlinburg’s most dazzling light displays by hopping aboard the Gatlinburg Trolley Ride of Lights! This popular winter tradition is the perfect way to see our mountain town in all its Winter Magic splendor. Get your tickets today!

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Genre: Drum & Bass
Tickets: $30.00
Show: 8PM (Doors: 7PM)
Ages: 21+

Our House Productions, The Biltmore Connect and Fluid DNB are excited to presents Goldie

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Goldie emerged as the breakout superstar of jungle/drum’n’bass during the ’90s, and remained the genre’s most visible figure throughout the following decades.

While many electronic music producers during the ’90s were content with facelessly pumping out tracks designed for DJs and club play, Goldie was a true personality, combining roots in hip-hop and graffiti culture with jazz and soul influences, as well as a sense of ambition grand enough to rival most classical composers. While he has often worked in collaboration with other producers and engineers, including Rob Playford, Optical, and Technical Itch, he’s responsible for envisioning ideas far beyond the scope of most drum’n’bass artists. Early singles such as 1992’s “Terminator” (as Metalheads) pioneered the timestretching technique and ushered in the darkside movement. Goldie’s full-length debut, 1995’s Timeless, remains his crowning achievement, as well as one of the few jungle releases to reach a wide audience outside of the underground scene. Its 1998 follow-up, the misunderstood SaturnzReturn, was even more ambitious and personal. Since then, his celebrity status in the U.K. has only increased, as he’s appeared in several movies (including the 1999 James Bond flick The World Is Not Enough) and television programs (particularly reality shows). He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2016. While he’s continued releasing music as Rufige Kru in addition to running the crucialMetalheadz label, his third proper solo album, The Journey Man, didn’t arrive until 2017.

A native of Walsall, England, Goldie was born to a Scottish-Jamaican couple and put up for adoption. He bounced around child-care homes and several sets of foster parents during his childhood years, and became fascinated with the rise of hip-hop, breakdancing, and graffiti art. By 1986, he was involved with breakdancing crews around his home of Wolverhampton; after making several trips to London for all-day breakdancing events (and to see hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa), Goldie appeared in the English documentary on graffiti art called Bombing. He also spent time in New York and Miami (working in a market stall selling customized gold teeth), but returned to England by 1988. For a time, Goldie worked at the Try 1 shop in Walsall (also selling gold teeth), then moved to London. He began hanging out with two fellow heads from the British hip-hop scene, Nellee Hooper and 3-D (later of Massive Attack), and by 1991 he’d been introduced to the breakbeat culture that birthed jungle; at the seminal club night Rage, DJs Grooverider and Fabio pitched ancient breakbeats up to 45 rpm, blending their creations with the popular rave music of the time. Goldie was hooked on the sound of raw breakbeat techno, and he gradually switched his allegiance to jungle from the British hip-hop scene that later generated trip-hop.

Through his girlfriend DJ Kemistry (later to make her name as part of the mixing duo Kemistry & Storm), Goldie hooked up with Degoand Mark Mac, two of the most influential figures in the emerging drum’n’bass scene. The duo’s Reinforced Records and recordings as4hero were fostering an increasingly artistic attitude to the music, and Goldie learned much about breakbeat production and engineering at their studios. He appeared on an obscure white label 12″ by Icelandic breakbeat hardcore duo Ajax Project, then debuted on Reinforced as Rufige Kru with two 1992 EPs: Killa Muffin and Darkrider. As Metalheads, the title track to his Terminator EP (released the same year) broke him into the jungle scene — besides pioneering the crucial jungle concept of time-stretching (basically extending a sample without altering its pitch) the single evinced the growing separation between the uplifting rave scene and its emerging dark side, reliant on breakbeats and restless vibes.

The name was later taken for his influential Metalheadz Records, which released material from a legion of crucial jungle artists: Photek,Doc Scott, Dillinja, Source Direct, Peshay, J Majik, Alex Reece, Lemon D, and Optical, among others. Later singles such as “Angel” and remixes for 4hero’s Reinforced label spread Goldie’s fame, and in 1994 he signed a contract with London Records’ dance imprint FFRR. His first major-label single was “Inner City Life,” sung by British soul singer Diane Charlemagne. The song appeared on Goldie’s 1995 full-length debut Timeless as part of the album’s 20-minute title suite. He gained additional fame in early 1996, when an American tour supporting Björk sparked a relationship between the two and led to a brief engagement period before they called off a wedding. Goldie resurfaced in 1998 with a high-profile follow-up, SaturnzReturn, an epic two-disc set including one track, “Mother,” that in itself broke the 60-minute barrier. The album received mixed reviews and didn’t sell nearly as well as its predecessor, but three of its singles (including collaborations with KRS-One and Noel Gallagher) hit the U.K. Top 40, and the album has remained a favorite among some of the artist’s most loyal fans. Goldie followed the album with the considerably more stripped-down Ring of Saturn EP.

Save for a handful of mix albums (most notably 2011’s Fabriclive 58), two studio efforts credited to Rufige Kru (2007’s Malice in Wonderland and 2009’s Memoirs of an Afterlife), and Sine Tempus, the 2008 soundtrack to an unreleased film directed by the man himself, Goldie’s career over the next two decades became less and less music-focused. He turned his hand to acting, appearing in Guy Ritchie’s Snatch, the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough, and the perennial BBC soap opera Eastenders. He also appeared on a number of reality TV shows, including Maestro, where he learned how to conduct a symphony orchestra, and Goldie’s Band: By Royal Appointment, where he put together a band of unknowns to perform at Buckingham Palace. He was awarded an MBE on the Queen’s 2016 Honours list for services to music and young people. A career-spanning compilation, The Alchemist, was released by Rhino in 2013. Goldie’s third solo studio album and first in nearly two decades, The Journey Man came out in 2017 through Cooking Vinyl. Guest vocalists on the album included Terri Walker, Naomi Pryor, José James, and Natalie Duncan, whom he had discovered while making Goldie’s Band TV show. Later in the year, he collaborated with grime pioneer Skepta on the single “Upstart.” 2018 saw the release of 25 Years of Goldie, a collection of remastered rarities, remixes, and unreleased tracks. ~ John Bush & Paul Simpson, Rovi

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Asheville’s Newest Singles Dating Events @ Archetype Brewing in West Asheville. Archetype is a great party venue with award-winning Brews (and also a lovely selection of non-alcoholic drinks.)

Join DATE.PLAY.LOVE the first Sunday of every month for an inclusive singles night full of games, great beer, and connections!

Our next event is January 6, 2019, from 7 to 9pm. Come meet other open-minded singles in Asheville in a no-pressure, super-chill environment with games, great conversation and lots of laughs.

Tickets and additional information is available at Dateplaylove.org. Follow link above to get your tickets ahead of time!

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Killswitch Engage
Born of Osiris
Crowbar
Death Ray Visionn
Show: 7pm
Doors : 6pm
$35 – $250
All Ages

Tickets & Info: www.theorangepeel.net/event/killswitch-engage-w-born-of-osiris-crowbar-death-ray-vision/

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE exists deep within the eye of the storm, wielding the thunderous power of the elements like metallic alchemists, touching a nerve with the disenfranchised, and crafting populist anthems that both challenge the status quo and rally those who society casts aside. Across multiple albums, videos, and worldwide tours, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE forged a musical foundation steeped in classic heavy metal, melodic death metal, and early punk/hardcore, and built a following across economic, political, religious, international and social divides.

No matter the climate, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE makes trend-resistant,timeless heavy music that has elevated them to the critical and community status of the greatest of American metal bands. The fiercely individual yet collaboratively resilient New Englanders have also commanded respect and appreciation from all corners. Having shared the stage with acts ranging from Rise Against to Slayer, the diversity and versatility of their touring reach is unparalleled. As headliners on celebrated tours like Ozzfest, Vans Warped Tour, Taste of Chaos, Rockstar Mayhem, and countless international festivals, their influence reigns on a worldwide scale.

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE anthems, singles, and live staples, like “Fixation on the Darkness,” “My Last Serenade,” “A Bid Farewell,” “My Curse,” “Always,” and “In Due Time,” have had staying power and appeal to all generations of metal fans worldwide.

The band’s seventh studio album, INCARNATE, possesses a stack of new KILLSWITCH ENGAGE anthems certain to set the heavy music world ablaze once more. A defiant cry to let go of the past, to keep away from scars that resurface, “Cut Me Loose” will resonate with anyone who struggles with anxiety or depression.”Hate by Design” also challenges our habit of tearing down when we should be building up, while“It Falls On Me” was penned during singer Jesse Leach’s solitary trips into the wilderness, where deep reflection and meditation resulted in the most intense of spiritual yearning. “The Great Deceit” is the heaviest song on the record, a scathing screed against the corruption that exists within government, organized religion, and other institutions. It’s not so much choosing a side as calling “bullshit” across the board, enlivened by the spirit of The Clash and Bad Brains that’s also a vital part of the Killswitch DNA.

“I find myself not in the light and not in the darkness, but dead in the middle, pleading to both sides, trying to find balance and peace,” says the singer, with characteristic honesty and humility. “I haven’t lost my faith, per se. But I’m not swallowing the contradictions or the dogma of everything we were all taught.”

As cofounders of KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, lead guitarist/backing vocalist Adam Dutkiewicz, rhythm guitarist Joel Stroetzel, bassist Mike D’Antonio, and Leach (who returned four years ago after a decade-long absence) together with longtime drummer Justin Foley employ unrelenting determination to continually release powerfully potent work. Ever the technician, Dutkiewicz’s impressive skills as a producer (a discography that includes work with August Burns Red, Every Time I Die, and Parkway Drive) is part and parcel of the KILLSWITCH sound. Foley’s power and dexterity has been evident since he first emerged in the band Blood Has Been Shed. In addition to his undeniable stage presence and rhythmic heft, D’Antonio works behind the scenes most of the band’s cover artwork, merchandise, and web presence. Stroetzel is the most dyed-in-the-wool metalhead of the bunch.

Leach wears his heart on his sleeve like never before, coming out of the experience of making INCARNATE a brand new person. It’s an album of reclamation and redefinition, from a band that still rules the scene.

Leach sounds more confident and inspired than ever on INCARNATE. But this was no easy feat to achieve. He came back into the band he cofounded after the writing process for Disarm the Descent was largely finished. The band was quickly on the road behind the well-received album. Following the long touring process, Leach was determined to put a definitive stamp on this new album.

“I really wanted to make sure that where I was at in my life was really represented properly on the record. I took a couple weeks to just soul search. I fell into a bit of a depression and because of that I came up with some pretty dark stuff,” he confesses. “By the time the record was done, I realized I’d changed. I was a different person. That has never happened to me before with a record.”

The closest he’d come to this type of transformative experience was with Times Of Grace, the project where he first reconnected with Dutkiewicz after years of estrangement. The record the pair made together under that moniker reignited their electric songwriting and their honest give-and-take in the studio.

“Jesse is a very passionate dude with a lot of things to say,” notes his longtime friend and collaborator. “Vocal tracking is probably my favorite part of the recording process. We’d end up having deep conversations about life, politics, religion. The kind of conversations old friends might have over a cup of coffee.”

Leach pins much of the creative confidence of INCARNATE on the band’s defiance of compromise. “As a creative individual I refuse to phone in anything. I refuse to let stuff slide. I don’t care about deadlines or the business side of things,” he says. “If we don’t deliver a record that’s got our souls on it, then we’re doing ourselves a total disservice.And we’d be doing our fans a disservice, too.”

All of it has kept them enveloped in the most excitingly relevant pop culture touchstones of any given era since, ever since they formed back in 1999.

Alive or Just Breathing (2002) was certified silver in the United Kingdom as were The End of Heartache (2004) and As Daylight Dies (2006), both of which were certified gold in the United States for sales in excess of a half million copies. Each of the band’s most recent albums, Killswitch Engage (2009) and Disarm the Descent (2013), debuted in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 Albums chart.

INCARNATE arrives as one of Rolling Stone’s Most Anticipated Metal Albums of 2016. “Strength of Mind” premiered via postmodern content network and powerhouse brand Nerdist, even as the band graced the cover of Revolver in Star Wars regalia, just before The Force Awakens smashed box office records. This is nothing new for KILLSWITCH ENGAGE. They’ve always been present in the heart of the culture with invitations to contribute to HBO’s Game of Thrones, WWE, God of War, Guitar Hero, Resident Evil, and even Freddy vs. Jason.

Two Grammy nominations, three Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards, and two Boston Music Awards are just a small part of the fruit of their labor. The real evidence of the band’s impact lies in their fiercely devoted fans around the world.

The reckless abandon of creative passion, the search for higher truths and personal justice, and the authentic reality of the duality within all people –the light, the dark, the playful, the deadly –these are the components that comprise KILLSWITCH. They are the elements of KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, INCARNATE.

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Killswitch Engage, Born of Osiris, Crowbar & Death Ray Vision

The Orange Peel
Asheville, NC

December 2, 2018, 7:00 pm

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We’ve got a great slate of silent shorts and fun to get you in the Holiday spirit!

Featuring Laurel and Hardy, Charley Chase, and Our Gang!

Sunday, December 2 at 7PM
Special Event $12
Buy Tickets at the box office or ONLINE

We are honored to have as hosts:

Andrew Fletcher providing his dazzling piano accompaniment.
and
Frank Thompson, film historian, sharing his vast knowledge of the films and era.

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$15 Advance / $15 Day of Show

Best in Blues 2016-18, Peggy Ratusz brings together the finest for this concert tradition! Songs from Sister Rosetta-Tharpe to the Talking Heads, covered by all-female guest artists: Ruth Cooney, Rebecca O’Quinn, Melodee Edington-Leyshon, Regina Loveday; supported by an incredible all-male band: Aaron Price, Kelly Jones, Ben Bjorlie, Grant Cuthbertson!

Main Stage Seated :: Limited Tables Available with a Dinner Reservation :: All Other Seating is First Come First Serve General Admission :: Please Call Venue for Dinner (Table) Reservations

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With a legendary career spanning more than four decades, KANSAS remains one of America’s most iconic classic rock bands. This “garage band” from Topeka released their debut album in 1974 and has since gone on to sell more than 30 million albums worldwide.

Composing a catalogue that includes fifteen studio albums and five live albums, KANSAS produced eight gold albums, three sextuple-Platinum albums, one platinum live album and two one million-selling gold singles, Carry On Wayward Son and Dust in the Wind. Now here’s your chance to experience KANSAS live in concert!

The concert at the US Cellular Center in Asheville, NC is part of an exciting three night getaway at Westgate Smoky Mountain Resort & Spa in Gatlinburg, TN. You’ll also enjoy a welcome party with dinner, open bar, a DJ and prizes, personal concierge service, complimentary transportation to and from the event and even a late checkout on your final day.

Located adjacent to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Westgate Smoky Mountain Resort offers a scenic mountain views and easy access to the nation’s most visited national park. The spacious accommodations feature all the comforts of home, plus a wide variety of exquisite resort amenities ranging from hiking trails and recreational options to an award-winning on-site restaurant, a world class spa and the year-round, Wild Bear Falls indoor water park!

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Mo Alexander is back in Asheville!

When Mo Alexander hits the stage, it’s clear that you’re in the hands of a man who knows what he’s doing. With comedy influences such as Bill Hicks, Paul Mooney, and Richard Pryor, Mo combines intelligence and debauchery into a product that is just as funny as it is important. With an ability to access both the smartest and the stupidest parts of your brain, there’s a reason this comedy phenom has been headlining comedy clubs nationwide for over 20 years.

Mo began his professional full-time comedy career in July 1996 featuring in clubs throughout the United States and by 1999 he was headlining.

In 1998 Mo made an appearance in Bret Michael’s film, A Letter from Death Row.

After impressing Keenan Ivory Wayans with a good natured roast, Mo was invited to be the opening act on tour with Keenan in 1999.

In 2003 he was given his own Las Vegas show, “The Mo Funny Show” at the Casino Royale.

In the past few years Mo has been on several syndicated radio shows in major markets, such as Bob & Tom (Indianapolis), and Mancow (Chicago). He made his way through the ranks to become a semi-finalist in both the San Francisco Comedy Competition (2012) and the Seattle Comedy Competition (2013) and has been a headliner at a number of comedy festivals such as: Asheville Comedy Fest (2015), Altercation Comedy Festival (2016), Hopkins Comedy Festival (2017), Memphis Comedy Festival (2017), North Carolina Comedy Festival (2018).

On December 15, 2017 Mo’s first national stand-up appearance aired on Comedy Central where he appeared in Kevin Hart’s “Hart of the City: Memphis”

Mo has released four CD’s: Evolution (2006), Nappy Headed Hoes and Other FCC Infractions (2008), Just in Case the Mayans are Right….(2016) (featured on the iTunes new and notable charts front page for 5 months), and Got Clots (2016).

Got Clots is a hilarious look at life, chronicling 77 days of hospitalization, as can only be told from inside the comedic mind of Mo Alexander and was released exactly one year from the time of his first death and resurrection which occurred on April 5, 2015 (Easter Sunday).

To say that Mo is funny is like saying that Michelangelo was a good painter. Taking all of life’s absurdities and creating a night of hysterical laughter is why Mo Alexander is one of this industries greats. Mo takes a lifetime of experience and insight and transforms them into some of the most ingenious laugh riots you will ever experience in your life. Not for the faint of heart or mind, intelligent and hard-hitting are two terms that best describe what everyone that has ever been to a Mo Alexander Show will experience. Nothing compares to the energy of a room when Mo is through with it. Watching Mo Alexander is a night of hilarity and mischief that one won’t soon forget. He usually tries to leave you with the underlying message,”I’m trying to save the world, one comedy show at a time.” After a night with Mo you realize that not only were you entertained, you’re changed. You have a mission: “Slap the stupid!”

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Hosted by Art Sturtevant
Featuring Kelly Morgan & Charley McMullen
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ages 18+

Tickets $7 advance, $10 door
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Upbeat and informative food safety training and ServSafe® exam.

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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.”

We’re making Christmas wishes come true for kids in foster care and in domestic violence shelters in our area. We’ve collected the wishes of 576 kids and we need your help making those wishes come true! Will you help? See the wishes now at mymix965.com

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ServSafe® Manager Training & Exam session is a One Day 8 Hour Training Class & Proctored Exam, accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)-Conference for Food Protection (CFP). The program blends the latest FDA Food Code, food safety research and years of food sanitation training experience. Managers learn to implement essential food safety practices and create a culture of food safety. All content and materials are based on actual job tasks identified by foodservice industry experts.

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ServSafe® Food Protection Manager Certification Training & Exam session is a One Day 8 Hour Training Class & Proctored Exam, accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)-Conference for Food Protection (CFP). The program blends the latest FDA Food Code, food safety research and years of food sanitation training experience. Managers learn to implement essential food safety practices and create a culture of food safety. All content and materials are based on actual job tasks identified by foodservice industry experts.

Time(s)

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Lecture – 8 Hour Lecture (Breaks given during the day)
1:00 PM – 1:45 PM – Lunch Break
4:30 PM – Must be onsite for exam & online course/exam option
5:00 PM – Exam Administered (If you are taking a computer proctored the exam, make sure you bring your laptop with WiFi and create an account on ServSafe.com prior to exam). You have 2 hours to complete the test but most take 45 minutes to an hour

Books, Study Guide & Practice Exam(s)

Once registration payment is received, you will receive a confirmation email with your study materials to download via a PDF link. The study guide does not replace the current ServSafe® Manager Book but is designed to be a supplement to prepare you for the training & exam. Confirmation emails are only sent to contact person email address only with information on how to access the study guide.
If you would like to have the book shipped to you prior to Instructor-Led Course you may purchase in our online store or at ServSafe.com
Also, you can access the study guide in the Apple or Google App Stores. Search for “WeGoHRB“. This is a free download.

Class & Exam Language

This class is taught in English.
Paper Exams are available in English, Spanish, Korean, French Canadian, Japanese and Chinese.
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If English is not your first language you are allowed to use English to Your Language paper dictionary during the exam.
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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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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.

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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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.

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.

Please join us for the ceremonial swearing-in for Sheriff Quentin Miller at 1:30 p.m. on December 3rd in the Buncombe County Judicial Complex, Courtroom 1A.

Chief District Court Judge Calvin Hill administering the Oath of Office.

The event is open to the public and all are welcome to attend.

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Drop off your children on Monday afternoons from 3:00-3:45pm to join Emma as she guides them in a playful yoga practice where children will explore creative movement, restorative play, mindfulness, breath-work and self expression. This practice can increase mind and body awareness, strength, flexibility focus and creativity. Class is for kids ages 2+ and is sliding scale with a recommended fee of $8-12
Cash, Check and Venmo excepted

Emma currently teaches at a visual arts preschool and offers weekly kids yoga & art classes. She has over 10 years of experience teaching children in a variety of settings. Emma holds an NC Teaching License in Elementary Education and is a certified yoga instructor (RYS 250) She loves learning, and doing her own yoga & art in her free time! Emma is excited to continue sharing her knowledge, experience and creativity with the community!

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Please join us in the media center at BMP for a general PTO Meeting. Remember this is a meeting for both BMP and BME. All parents and caregivers welcome to attend. Come learn more about your PTO and find out ways you can become more involved with your child’s school.

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Don’t roll the dice on your Monday! Bet on a sure thing, FUN! Come on down to Triskelion Brewing Company this Monday for our weekly tabletop gaming night. Bring your board games, and let’s play! Everything is fine, from Vampire, D&D, Pathfinder, Warhammer… to Catan, Star Wars Armada, Munchkin and everything in between!

This is a family friendly night too as many of the regular players have adolescents, and they are welcomed to play too!

We open at 4pm and you’re welcome to come in and play anytime in the afternoon, but folks usually start setting up board games around 6pm… The D&D game hosted by The Bearded Dragons Inn starts around 8pm and are open to all who wish to join. New gamers and veterans alike!

So grab your luck dice, dust off your notebooks and head out for a fun and entertaining night surrounded by fellow gamers!

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This is TNG’s Holiday Party, held in the upstairs of Jubilee – First, we’ll gather around the piano while Howard leads us in singing some fun seasonal songs, before chowing down on yummy treats and settling in to watch “Elf” on the big screen!

Bring a potluck dish to share, any alcohol or other drinks you’d like to enjoy, and pillows/blankets for snuggling in to watch the movie.

This is a kid-friendly event (movie is rated PG)!!

Come anytime, and leave anytime, we’ll be there for a few hours. Invite your friends – open to all! Hope to see you there – contact Stefanie at 828-450-6141 if you have any questions!

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