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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Sunday, June 9, 2019
Sunday Sound Bath
Jun 9 @ 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
Violet Owl Wellness

Purpose, Path and Divine Gifts
with Riitta Thrall

Meditation and Sound Waves allowing you to raise your vibrational energy so you can create a portal of communication between you, your Soul, your Guides and the Universe! Awaken new states of consciousness and awareness, enhancing cellular response, activate DNA, providing you with new and heightened connections to not only your life path, but the higher guidance that resides within you.

Relax in the vibrations of the Crystal and Tibetan Bowls with Enchanting Chimes on Sunday’s Sound Bath.

Sliding scale $10-20
❤️

Upcoming Dates:
Sunday, June 9th
1pm-2:15pm
Online Tickets:
https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=630417&sclassid=720&sDate=6/9/2019&sLoc=1&sTG=24&sType=1

https://www.facebook.com/events/394951957952658/

The first Historic Hendersonville Pub Crawl!
Jun 9 @ 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Dry Falls Brewing Co.

Join us for a fun day out on the town, visiting all the best breweries Hendo has to offer! We’ll be starting at Dry Falls at 1 PM, then the lineup is as follows (all times approximate):

1 PM – 1:45 PM Dry Falls Brewing Co.
walk

2 PM – 2:45 PM Sanctuary Brewing Company

walk

3:00 – 3:45 Triskelion Brewing Company
walk

4:00 – 4:45 Guidon Brewing Co.
walk

5 PM – ?? Southern Appalachian Brewery

This will be the first of a quarterly crawl, with each event benefiting a different non-profit in the area.

Your ticket purchase will help us determine how many people will be in attendance, and the $5 will go towards your purchase of a t-shirt available at the Crawl!

Tickets can be purchased here: hhpubcrawl.bpt.me

https://www.facebook.com/events/327472221480601/

Yacht Rock Karaoke
Jun 9 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Salvage Station

Come sing your heart out with us, every Sunday from 1pm-4pm!

https://www.facebook.com/events/840858406265548/?event_time_id=840858436265545

SOLD OUT – Asheville Drag Brunch FUNdraiser for Our VOICE 510(c)3
Jun 9 @ 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Banks Ave.

The smashingly successful Asheville Drag Brunch will host another spectacular show on Sunday, June 9 at 12:30 p.m. at Banks Ave.@ in Asheville, NC. The $20 ticket includes a fabulous brunch catered by AUX Bar and the hour-long drag show. Tickets are on sale now at www.AshevilleDragBrunch.com. This unique event is a fundraiser for Our VOICE, a crisis intervention and prevention agency which serves victims of sexual violence, age 13 through adult, in Buncombe County.

Banks Avenue Bar boasts full-service bar and AUX Bar catering promises a bountiful brunch with vegetarian options. The family-friendly drag queen entertainment promises to be sing along top-notch fun with plenty of laughter and audience interaction. The show includes performances by professional queens including Ginger Von Snap, Sya Cox, Erica Chanel and is hosted by The Bearded Lady: DIVINE (Divinity Holeburn)– they’re a hoot!

“Our shows are a blast and have sold out every time so get your tickets now,” show performer DIVINE said. “This event is a fundraiser, yes, but its also an opportunity to showcase Asheville’s incredible local performers, restaurants, and dedication to helping the community. Our brunches are held at different locations, showcase different drag queens, and the profits always benefit local charities so you should drag yourself to brunch every time!”

This special performance of Asheville Drag Brunch is Sunday June 9 at 12:30 p.m. at Banks Avenue Bar in Asheville, NC. The $20 tickets are on sale now at www.AshevilleDragBrunch.com.

ABOUT ASHEVILLE DRAG BRUNCH:

Asheville Drag Brunch is the littlest big show in town! The event is designed to showcase local and guest drag queens, promote local restaurant businesses, and support local charities.

The show happens at multiple venues, is fast-paced family-friendly fun, and is designed to raise funds for non-profit organizations. These local groups rotate and are advertised with each individual show.

A ticket to brunch ensures a seat at a table or bar, the meal, and a beverage. Remember to bring tips for the queens as this is the main way they raise additional money for the local non-profit.

During the glitter-adorned affairs, patrons howl, clap and cheer as the queens channel celebrities with spot-on lip syncing and sky-high heels. And wherever you look, there is cause for celebration. Lively groups of different genders, races and ages whoop it up for all sorts of special occasions, from birthdays to bachelorettes to anniversaries, and even divorces.

www.AshevilleDragBrunch.com

*I understand that I will be added to this email list, may appear in photos for promotional use, and may request to be removed from either/both at any time. If I have any food preferences or restrictions I will email [email protected] with my request within 24 hours of purchasing this ticket. Otherwise I will eat what is available.Furthermore I agree to hold harmless all people and businesses associated with this event.

https://www.facebook.com/events/399347494178749/

August Osage County on Main Stage
Jun 9 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Hendersonville Community Theatre

AUGUST OSAGE COUNTY BY TRACY LETTS
Main Stage
May 31-June 9
Director: Beth Norris
This award-winning dark comedy centers on a tense family reunion in a small Oklahoma town. When the family patriarch vanishes, the Westons daughters return home to care for their afflicted, manipulative mother Violet. Armed with prescription drugs and paranoid mood swings, Violet reigns over the home as family secrets unfold.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2110794938957605/

August Osage County on Main Stage
Jun 9 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Hendersonville Community Theatre

AUGUST OSAGE COUNTY BY TRACY LETTS
Main Stage
May 31-June 9
Director: Beth Norris
This award-winning dark comedy centers on a tense family reunion in a small Oklahoma town. When the family patriarch vanishes, the Westons daughters return home to care for their afflicted, manipulative mother Violet. Armed with prescription drugs and paranoid mood swings, Violet reigns over the home as family secrets unfold.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2110794938957605/?event_time_id=2110794952290937

Bodies of Water
Jun 9 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
OM Sanctuary

Bodies of Water
Tuition: $20
100% of proceeds will be donated to non-profit organizations who are tending the earth and cleaning the planet’s waters.

Facilitated by Body Dialogue™ practitioner, Madelyn Ilana, this class will offer a 90 minute guided somatic practice of grounding, exploring fluidity in movement, finding ease in our breathing and feeling comfort in our bodies.

Throughout the practice, Madelyn will weave some live ambient violin music.

From a place of center and ground, after the movement practice, participants will come together for an open conversation about our planet’s waters, and discuss strategies for how individuals can all serve as stewards and tenders of Mother Earth. The class can share resources and ideas with one another.

https://www.facebook.com/events/321582545195284/

Elite Foundation Hemp History Week Fundraiser
Jun 9 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
THE BLOCK off biltmore

Mark your calendars for June 9th!! Elite Foundation will be sponsoring “The Hemp Food Challenge” in honor of Hemp History Week! Free to the public, and thousands in door prizes, this is a DO NOT MISS event with incredible chefs from:
?The Nohm Co.
?Sovereign Remedies
?Simple
and
?Green Opportunities Cafe
Plus the proceeds will be going to “My Daddy Taught Me That” a program designed to support the development, uplift, and education of youth and young males.

https://www.facebook.com/events/463296774214744/

Family Animal Encounters
Jun 9 @ 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park

We are lucky to have incredible Animal Educators to help us spread the word on the important roles they play in the Park. Join one of our Park naturalists for an informal program where your family will love meeting some of our wilder teammates! Kids of all ages are sure to take home some fun facts and special memories. Then, grab a Track Trail brochure at the Animal Discovery Den and round out the day with a hike along our Great Woodland Adventure trail with 12 education stations. Don’t forget your camera!
Cost: Included with Park admission.

https://www.facebook.com/events/539272899873223/?event_time_id=539272933206553

Romeo & Juliet
Jun 9 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
North Carolina Stage Company

Coming to the main stage after the NC Stage 2019 Community Tour, Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet includes live music and an ensemble of eight actors playing multiple parts. The piece will be performed as it was on the Tour, with minimal props and costumes, all the lights on and with limited seating in an intimate setting.

PLUS every show is now Pay What You Wish!

The cast for Romeo & Juliet includes Josephine Thomas, James Hendley, Tara Whitney Rison, Dwight Chiles, Rosemary Shemesh, Jefferson Haynes, Silas Waugh, and Samantha LeBrocq. With live music featuring Teso McDonald and Lea Anna Bright. Directed by Charlie Flynn-McIver.

https://www.facebook.com/events/302568837346868/?event_time_id=302570777346674

Romeo & Juliet
Jun 9 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
North Carolina Stage Company

Coming to the main stage after the NC Stage 2019 Community Tour, Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet includes live music and an ensemble of eight actors playing multiple parts. The piece will be performed as it was on the Tour, with minimal props and costumes, all the lights on and with limited seating in an intimate setting.

PLUS every show is now Pay What You Wish!

The cast for Romeo & Juliet includes Josephine Thomas, James Hendley, Tara Whitney Rison, Dwight Chiles, Rosemary Shemesh, Jefferson Haynes, Silas Waugh, and Samantha LeBrocq. With live music featuring Teso McDonald and Lea Anna Bright. Directed by Charlie Flynn-McIver.

https://www.facebook.com/events/302568837346868/

Hands on a Hardbody
Jun 9 @ 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Asheville Community Theatre

These 10 Texans know that their lives would change if they could just win this new “hardbody” truck. Their fate is in their hands as they laugh, cry, pray, and push themselves to the limits to keep at least one hand on this hardbody and drive away with the prize. Who will be the last person standing? Based on a true story.

Starring Dan Baechtold, Tiffanie Boone, Paul Gerber, Dillon Giles, Blaine Greenfield, Bob Kelso, Adam Christopher Lentini, Lau Ren, Stephanie Marzuola, Jay Mitchell, Linda Pannullo, Jay Allen Ponton, Sara Terry, Andy Erwin Thompson, Audrey Wells and Aaron Ybarra

Book by Doug Wright; Music by Trey Anastasio and Amanda Green; Lyrics by Amanda Green; Directed by Jerry Crouch; Music Director: Lynda Ferrell Shuler; Choreography by Shari Azar

https://www.facebook.com/events/403852137137590/?event_time_id=403852143804256

Electric Trio at The Greenhouse Moto Cafe
Jun 9 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
The Greenhouse Moto Cafe

Singer/pianist Laura Laughter and guitarist Tim Levene are a versatile duo covering classics from the 60’s on. You’ll hear fresh arrangements on a variety of blues, rock, and motown favorites that aim to remain true to the original artist, while also showcasing the range and purity of Laura’s vocals and the ingenuity of Tim’s guitar playing. Their set will include the duo’s interpretations of favorites from artists Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, Hendrix, Jackson 5, Beatles, Pink Floyd, Jim Croce, Dire Straits, Doobie Bros, Allman Bros, U2, Guns and Roses, Dave Matthews, John Mayer, and many more.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2164749150285765/

EmiSunshine (matinee family show at 3pm) at The Grey Eagle
Jun 9 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
The Grey Eagle

MATINEE SHOW (3pm): EmiSunshine at The Grey Eagle

https://www.facebook.com/events/2229990050600100/

Jack of the Wood : Sunday-Irish Session
Jun 9 @ 3:00 pm
Jack of the Wood

 

Jack of the Wood : Sunday-Irish Session 

Sundays

1 till who knows when?

Traditional Irish music is kept alive at Jack of the Wood with our unplugged Sunday session.

Jack of the Wood

95 Patton ave

Asheville, NC 28801

(828) 252.5445

http://www.jackofthewood.com/

Shakedown Sunday Cancelled with Dirty Dead
Jun 9 @ 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm
FBO at Hominy Creek

Come shake your bones and be part of our “Shakedown Street” with Dirty Dead on three special Sunday afternoons this summer. Swimming, floating, snacks, shopping, dancing and so much more at the beautiful French Broad Outfitters location at Hominy Creek. This all ages event is FREE and Dirty Dead, Asheville’s fire GD cover band, are hosting! Responsible doggie owners welcome. VENDORS: inquire about space with Derek at [email protected]

https://www.facebook.com/events/407017889860402/

Sunday Concert: The Maggie Valley Band
Jun 9 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Haywood County Public Libraries

Everyone is invited to hear The Maggie Valley Band! One of our local favorites (Americana/Appalachian music).

Sponsored by The Friends of the Library. Please call 828-648-2924 if you have any questions.

Location: Canton Branch Library

https://www.facebook.com/events/360030757864396/

The Dixie Swim Club
Jun 9 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Parkway Playhouse

Five Southern women, whose friendships began many years ago on their college swim team, set aside a long weekend every August to recharge those relationships. Free from husbands, kids and jobs, they meet at the same beach cottage on North Carolina’s Outer Banks to catch up, laugh and meddle in each other’s lives.

Tickets will be available at the door or online HERE:
(Adults: $22, Military/Senior/Students: $20, Children: $11)

https://www.facebook.com/events/277601139834638/?event_time_id=312981272963291

Homegrown Sundays All Summer Long!
Jun 9 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
One World Brewing West

We’ve got a great line up for this year, come out and see some great local bands paired with great local brews!

Aaron Woody Wood and The Love Drugs- June 2nd
Pleasure Chest- June 9th
Caromia- June 16th
Eleanor Underhill- June 23rd
Pierce Edens – June 30th
Roots and Dore- July 7th
Juan Holiday- July 14th
Bald Mountain Boys- July 21st
Modern Strangers- July 28th
David Earl- August 4th

https://www.facebook.com/events/329487861049108/?event_time_id=329487867715774

Pleasure Chest at One World West
Jun 9 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
98.1 The River

Blues, Soul, Rock n Roll from Asheville North Carolina

https://www.facebook.com/events/2205328312889764/

Sunday Bywater Bluegrass Jam 4-7pm
Jun 9 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
The Bywater

Bywater Bluegrass Jam Every Sunday from 4-7pm and hosted by Drew Matulich! Come out and enjoy some Bluegrass Music on the French Broad River and bring a friend!

https://www.facebook.com/events/256311128567439/?event_time_id=256311208567431

Vegan Fest Afterparty
Jun 9 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
THE BLOCK off biltmore

Junxtion and Block off Biltmore
Present :
The 3rd annual afterparty!

Featuring DJ’s

Ra mak
Sursee
Jericho

Vegan treats from some of Asheville’s best vegan restaurants !

Join us for House Music !! food and drinks from 4pm-7pm!!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1248954495269715/

Veganfest After Party!
Jun 9 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
THE BLOCK off biltmore

Head over to THE BLOCK off biltmore after the event on Sunday for our official Veganfest AFTER PARTY!

Join fellow attendees to talk about your favorite parts of the day, what you purchased, and all you learned from our awesome speakers on Saturday and Sunday. Grab a beer, a kombucha, and/or a soft drink. Vegan snacks from some of Asheville’s best restaurants.

Live music with DJ’s Ramak, Sursee, and Jericho.

The BLOCK off Biltmore is one of our sponsors of the event so please support them over this weekend and every time you are in Asheville. Long time ethical vegan, Cam McQueen is the owner. Woman owned business.

#AshevilleVeganfest2019
#VeganfestAfterParty

https://www.facebook.com/events/435200513937777/

Gay Chorus Deep South – Film Screening
Jun 9 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Peace Center

The documentary film Gay Chorus Deep South chronicles the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus and the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir as they embarked on a 2017 tour of the American Deep South in hopes of uniting in a time of difference.

Led by Gay Chorus Conductor Dr. Tim Seelig, the tour brought a message of music, love, and acceptance to communities and individuals confronting intolerance. Over 300 singers traveled from Mississippi to Tennessee through the Carolinas and over the bridge in Selma, performing in churches, community centers, and concert halls. The journey challenged Seeling and other chorus members who fled the South to confront their own fears, pain, and prejudices on a journey towards reconciliation.

The film, which highlights First Baptist Greenville and Pastor Jim Dant, shows what happened when the lines that often divide us – faith, politics, and sexual identity – were erased through the soaring power of music, humanity, and a little drag.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A panel discussion with the film’s director David Charles Rodrigues, Executive Director Christopher Verdugo, Producer Bud Johnson, Gay Chorus Conductor Dr. Tim Seelig, and First Baptist Greenville Pastor Jim Dant.

The documentary comes to Greenville after making its world premiere at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival.

https://www.facebook.com/events/365928634019246/

Sexy Sunday Slow Jams
Jun 9 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Danceclub Asheville

It’s Sunday…. we’re gonna take it nice and easy, but also keep it super sexy, of course!

This class is one part exotic choreography, one part slow flow. Meaning – less thinking, more dancing and slowing down movement to find your own personal style.

Join Jennie – who’s soulful, sexy movements have mesmerized so many of us – and let her teach you some beginner level, super sultry, exotic style movement that you can really sink your teeth into!

The goal of this class is for students to have time with each movement while dancing so you can really focus on how your body moves, and how your body wants to move. Jennie encourages body positivity, accentuating your assets, and boosting self esteem through dance.

Sign Up here: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=330572&stype=-104&sView=day&sLoc=0

https://www.facebook.com/events/410647176333710/

An Evening with Sam Pacetti
Jun 9 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Isis Music Hall

$15 Advance / $15 Day of Show

Sam Pacetti is one who brings it all together. A fingerstyle guitar wizard. A deft songwriter, capable of haunting depth and wry humor in the space of one song. A impassioned and ecstatic vocalist, as well as a mesmerizing live performer, seamlessly melding head-spinning guitar pyrotechnics and raw emotion into one breathtaking package.

Lounge 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

https://www.facebook.com/events/2135445519901706/

Stonewall Commemoration Month Adult Cocktail Night
Jun 9 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Crow and Quill

Stonewall Commemoration Month 2019 rolls on with an adult cocktail night at the Crow and Quill, a beloved local venue renowned for their high quality cocktails and mocktails. Get fabulous (or not, we love you just as you are!) and mix and mingle with beloveds in your community while also meeting new, fantastic people to cherish. We can’t wait to see your lovely faces and sip some delightful libations with you!

Tranzmission has organized and celebrated Stonewall Commemoration Week for 17 years and these events represent our most important fundraisers of the year, allowing us to continue providing direct services to our local community.

$5-$15 Sliding Scale Admission, no one turned away for lack of funds. Proceeds to benefit Tranzmission

Check out the rest of our Stonewall Commemoration Month events right here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/2292336287721214/

https://www.facebook.com/events/781661568893667/

The Performance Lab: The Harold
Jun 9 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Asheville School of Improv

The Asheville School of Improv is excited to offer a special edition of The Performance Lab focused on the classic long-form improv structure, The Harold. Originally performed by the troupe, The Committee, in San Francisco in the late 60s, this three-tiered structure is now performed by troupes all around the world. Instructor Tom Chalmers studied The Harold with one its original creators, Del Close, at Improv Olympic in Chicago. Tom performed Harolds as part of the college troupes, The Purple Crayon of Yale and Columbia’s Six Milks. Tom continued to do Harolds with a number of NYC troupes, including Gigantic Man, The Upright Citizens Brigade’s first house team, with fellow members Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel. Tom is currently a member of the popular Ashevile improv troupe, Reasonably Priced Babies.

This six-week course will focus on teaching the basic structure of The Harold as well as strategies on how best to execute the stages of the long-form structure; the opening, the scenes, and the group games. Students will learn how to pull apart themes, insert and invent fun filler games, as well as how to establish and return to scenes through practiced approaches like time dash, same dynamic, world within a world, and more. The class will also reinforce the philosophy preached by Del Close: there is no set way to do a Harold. Rigidity is the enemy of spontaneity.

Students will act as a Harold troupe (or troupes) and perform the format several times over the several Sundays and eventually perform a Harold in front of a paying audience as part of an end-of-class performance, currently scheduled for June 23rd.

Eligible students must have completed the Basic and Beyond Basic classes at The Asheville School of Improv or a similar level of learning at a recognized improv academy. All applying students must be approved by the instructor.

The Asheville School of Improv has emerged as the central training ground for aspiring improvisers in the Asheville area. Led by esteemed instructor Tom Chalmers, the Asheville School of Improv offers classes that cover the fundamentals as well as the finer points and far-reaching possibilities of performing in an improvised format. More and more people from more and more places are saying “yes” to The House of “Yes And,” from those focused on a future as an improv comedian, to aspiring actors seeking to expand their skills, to interested individuals who are intrigued by the challenge of the sport of spontaneity.

Launched in 2016 , the Asheville School of Improv grew out of the former Asheville acting conservatory, NYS3, which had been offering improv classes since 2012, all taught by one teacher, Tom Chalmers. A graduate of Columbia University, Tom has been absorbing, performing, and advocating improv comedy for over thirty years. While at college, Tom spent summers in Chicago studying with Second City and Improv Olympic, where he learned under improv legend, Del Close. Tom chose to stay in New York where he trained with The Groundlings East / Gotham City Improv. He was a student, performing company member, teacher, and eventually Artistic Director. While in New York, Tom also trained with the Upright Citizen’s Brigade and Burn Manhattan. Tom’s former students have gone on to work on such shows as Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, and Family Guy, as well as several successful feature films. Tom has been an instructor at NYU, a guest lecturer at Columbia, and is currently an Adjunct Professor at Warren Wilson College. Tom takes all the best ideas and approaches from all the people and programs that he has worked with and blends them together to define his supportive yet demanding style of teaching.

https://www.facebook.com/events/431205311042114/?event_time_id=431205327708779

Three Levels of Improv Classes – Summer 2019
Jun 9 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Asheville School of Improv

Summer is almost here. Get ready to take the plunge into the pool of refreshingly challenging and entertaining classes offered by The Asheville School of Improv. The sunny sky is the limit for your comedic instincts and spontaneity skills with three different levels of classes staring up the second week in May For information and signup, click here: http://ashevilletheatre.org/education/adult-classes/ or call (828) 254-1320 x2

Here are the classes currently offered:

Improv I: The Basics of Inspired Improvisation

Incorporating aspects of the top improv programs in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, this course covers the fundamentals of improvisational acting with an emphasis on comedy; such as listening, commitment, adding information, agreement, intuitive reaction over desperate invention, as well as recognizing and capitalizing on emerging patterns. The class is crafted in such a way to have participants gradually gain their improv instincts through enjoyable and achievable exercises rather than teaching them the taste of disappointment and frustration. Students will gain experience in unscripted comedic performance through improvised stories, scenes, games and group structures. The final class will be open to friends and family to attend to give the students a chance to feel the lift of performing for a live audience.

Summer 2019 Dates:
Mondays, 6:30 – 9:00 pm
May 13th – June 17th
Performance: Wednesday, June 19th, 2019
Cost: $225

Improv II: Beyond the Basics – Learning to Fly

Improv II will reinforce all of the skills learned in Improv I by applying those skills to advanced scene work, original character development structures, and intentionally conflict-filled scenarios. Beyond Basic will encourage students to no longer be bound by the rules of improv but to swing freely and see that the strategies are not restricting but sound instincts. Students will gain further experience in unscripted comedic performance through more involved improvised stories, scenes, games and group structures. The final class will be open to friends and family to attend to give the students a chance to feel the lift of performing for a live audience.

Prerequisite: Improv 1 or extensive improv experience (approved by instructor)

Summer 2019 Dates:
Tuesdays, 6:30-9:00 pm
May 14th – June18th, 2019
Performance: Wednesday, June 19th, 2019
Cost: $225.00

Improv III: The Performance Lab – The Harold

The Asheville School of Improv is excited to offer a special edition of The Performance Lab focused on the classic long-form improv structure, The Harold. Originally performed by the troupe, The Committee, in San Francisco in the late 60s, this three-tiered structure is now performed by troupes all around the world. Instructor Tom Chalmers studied The Harold with one its original creators, Del Close, at Improv Olympic in Chicago. Tom performed Harolds as part of the college troupes, The Purple Crayon of Yale and Columbia’s Six Milks. Tom continued to do Harolds with a number of NYC troupes, including Gigantic Man, The Upright Citizens Brigade’s first house team, with fellow members Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel. Tom is currently a member of the popular Ashevile improv troupe, Reasonably Priced Babies.

This six-week course will focus on teaching the basic structure of The Harold as well as strategies on how best to execute the stages of the long-form structure; the opening, the scenes, and the group games. Students will learn how to pull apart themes, insert and invent fun filler games, as well as how to establish and return to scenes through practiced approaches like time dash, same dynamic, world within a world, and more. The class will also reinforce the philosophy preached by Del Close: there is no set way to do a Harold. Rigidity is the enemy of spontaneity.

Students will act as a Harold troupe (or troupes) and perform the format several times over the several Sundays and eventually perform a Harold in front of a paying audience as part of an end-of-class performance, currently scheduled for June 23rd

Prerequisite: Improv 1 and II and/or teacher’s approval
Class Size: Maximum of 12 students

Summer 2019 Dates
Sundays, 6:00-8:00 pm
May 12th – June 15th, 2019
Performance: Sunday, June 23rd, 2019 at 6:30 pm
Cost: $200

About the Asheville School of Improv
The Asheville School of Improv has emerged as the central training ground for aspiring improvisers in the Asheville area. Led by esteemed instructor Tom Chalmers, the Asheville School of Improv offers classes that cover the fundamentals as well as the finer points and far-reaching possibilities of performing in an improvised format. More and more people from more and more places are saying “yes” to The House of “Yes And,” from those focused on a future as an improv comedian, to aspiring actors seeking to expand their skills, to interested individuals who are intrigued by the challenge of the sport of spontaneity.

Launched in 2016 , the Asheville School of Improv grew out of the former Asheville acting conservatory, NYS3, which had been offering improv classes since 2012, all taught by one teacher, Tom Chalmers. A graduate of Columbia University, Tom has been absorbing, performing, and advocating improv comedy for over thirty years. While at college, Tom spent summers in Chicago studying with Second City and Improv Olympic, where he learned under improv legend, Del Close. Tom chose to stay in New York where he trained with The Groundlings East / Gotham City Improv. He was a student, performing company member, teacher, and eventually Artistic Director. While in New York, Tom also trained with the Upright Citizen’s Brigade and Burn Manhattan. Tom’s former students have gone on to work on such shows as Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, and Family Guy, as well as several successful feature films. Tom has been an instructor at NYU, a guest lecturer at Columbia, and is currently an Adjunct Professor at Warren Wilson College. Tom takes all the best ideas and approaches from all the people and programs that he has worked with and blends them together to define his supportive yet demanding style of teaching.

https://www.facebook.com/events/314704929450857/?event_time_id=314704982784185

Intro to Bhajans (Devotional Songs)
Jun 9 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Veda Studios

Come experience the joy of Bhakti Yoga – the yoga of devotion!

Dr. Sarah Amedoro and Erin Gahan Clark will host this event the second Sunday of each month at Veda Studios. We will gather to chant and sing prayers from a variety of cultures and lineages. This offering is for everyone – no prior experience needed!

Song sheets will be prepared, pronunciation reviewed, and lineage/heritage discussed. Donations from the Heart are welcomed!

https://www.facebook.com/events/509991652863281/?event_time_id=509991662863280