Calendar of Events

A musical hour with 3 local 17 year olds! Featuring Colby Kledis on Bass, Aiden Miser on Guitar and Josh Owen on Keys. They meet weekly for music instruction from Sarah Hasty Pettinelli and have performed at several venues around Asheville. They will play some well known covers as well as a couple of originals.

https://www.facebook.com/events/260461514664188/

Come join us for Community Art Night! Held the first Tuesday of every month, this is a free event open to everyone- artist or not! While there will be a different event planned for every time, there will always be an opportunity for our youth to get involved in the evening’s project, or make a craft and take it home, so make sure to bring the kids along.

This month we will be getting into the spirit of the season by making Christmas ornaments! We’ve got a variety to choose from, so please come, meet your neighbors, get inspired, maybe get a little messy, and be prepared to have fun!

https://www.facebook.com/events/201588247421702/

Come join us for our Annual Community Christmas Dinner! Please bring a covered dish to share and items for a pounding.

https://www.facebook.com/events/219559075498126/

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!

https://www.facebook.com/events/726348577700947/?event_time_id=726348657700939

Come join us for this fun and creative Wine Glass Painting Class held at Rustic Grape Wine Bar
14 Aston St @ S. Lexington
Asheville, North Carolina, NC 28801
This month’s design: Snowy Pinecones
12/4/18 @ 6:30pm
In this 1.5 hour class, you will hand paint a design on a wine glass guided by an instructor from Le Painted Grape. All painting supplies and wine glass included. Wine and food available for extra purchase from venue. No outside food or drink. We teach you STEP BY STEP so no exp. necessary. Sign up with your friends!

https://www.facebook.com/events/326907978105614/

We’ve been talking to the folks from Bardic Alchemy, a Celtic Rock band from Asheville and they’ve agreed to play at Triskelion as many Tuesdays as they can come down to the Brewery.

Bardic Alchemy is a brand new element in the Celtic Rock world. This trio, based in the mountains of Asheville, North Carolina is comprised of multi-instrumentalist Connell Sanderson, guitarist Nick Marcone and percussionist and vocalist Tyler Watts.

Bardic Alchemy is best described as a psychedelic trip into a musical world that is heavily inspired by the Celtic musical traditions…run through various effects pedals. Everything from soothing, mellifluously reverberating whistle melodies supported by groovy guitar lines and thumping djembe beats to high energy dance tunes on the Scottish and Irish pipes to three part vocal harmonies and even improvised pieces, Bardic Alchemy is a surprisingly dynamic and unpredictable musical journey.

So… Tuesdays… will now be…

Celtic Rock Tuesday!

https://www.facebook.com/events/295165234422578/?event_time_id=295165997755835

Angel Light Ministries of Spartanburg will present a benefit concert, ONE FOR BUFFALO, on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at Wild Wing Café in downtown Spartanburg, beginning at 7 pm. Proceeds from the show and auction will go to Michael Buffalo Smith to help with major medical bills accumulated during three hospital stays since July.

Performers scheduled to appear include: Fayssoux McLean (Emmylou Harris); with Franklin Wilkie (Marshall Tucker Band/Garfeel Ruff); and Kym McKinnon (Electric City Blues Band) ; the Silver Travis Band; Justin McCorkle; Mark Burrell (Toy Caldwell Band); Ronnie Lowery; Teresa Degeer and Dickey Brown of Sweet T Trio; and other surprise guests.

Besides the music, there will be an auction, so be sure to bring cash. Up for auction, a brand new fiddle, signed by the legendary Charlie Daniels; a framed, autographed Slingblade movie poster, from Oscar and Golden Globe winner Billy Bob Thornton; An autographed drumstick from Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, the late Bob Burns of Lynyrd Skynyrd). And more. There will also be a raffle for CDs. DVDs, books and more!

Admission is by a minimum donation of $7 (Although we encourage generous donations!)

Buffalo will have his latest books and CDs available for purchase and signing! Makes great Holiday gifts!

Michael Buffalo Smith was born and raised in Spartanburg where he worked for various newspapers, magazines and radio stations. He was graduated from Spartanburg Methodist College and USC Spartanburg, and founded the national music magazines GRITZ and KUDZOO. He is a writer/author with seven books published, the latest of which is From Macon to Jacksonville: More Conversations in Southern Rock (Mercer University Press) which features a foreword by Charlie Starr of Blackberry Smoke. Smith is also a performer and recording artist. His 2018 album Makin’ it Back to Macon was produced by the legendary Paul Hornsby and features Capricorn Records legend Tommy Talton and an all-star cast.

Smith experienced a string of complications following a surgery in July that have sidelined him temporarily.

Angel Light Ministries is a Christian organization founded by Spartan Timothy Shook in order to help those in need.

https://www.facebook.com/events/284715332168672/

Tuesday, December 4, 7pm {120 College Street}

Performance: The Future Leaks Out

A quadraphonic modular synthesizer piece in which spoken word audio recordings are cut up in a similar manner to the Surrealist “Exquisite Corpse” game, or the cutup literary method or Brion Gysin and William S. Burroughs. Realized using the Make Noise Morphagene and other synthesizer modules. Composed and performed by Eric “Rodent” Cheslak and Walker Farrell.

FREE + Open to the Public – sponsored by Make Noise

https://www.facebook.com/events/1437874533015229/

*PLEASE RSVP ON MEETUP.COM TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT*

Soul Canoe:

We invite you to join World-Bridger, Wuji Wayfarer, at the time of the New Moon each month, for a chance to experience one of the oldest known medicine ways. Wuji says, “We gather together to circle up, clear up and wise up! Through the core practice of journeying to sonic drumming we enter the Otherworld, where direct guidance is received.”

Wuji’s ceremonial experience is deep and wide and as a guide he seeks only to, “Free the radical and radiant creative flow of each person for self healing, visionary-culture-creation and the honoring of relationship with all sentient beings”

Please arrive ten to fifteen minutes before 7. Bring bottled water, and a small blanket to wrap around yourself and a small pillow if needed. There will be individual clearing, followed by a short thematic talk, followed by the 20 minute drum journey, then a talking-soul share, and closing integration. Plan on staying until 9.

This ceremony is for adults 18 and up. No experience is necessary. Attendance is held to 12 people max. Your place in the circle is only reserved by registering and paying the $25 fee in advance.

Allergy Alert: Sometimes one or more of the following plant medicines are burned during the ceremonial process: mugwort, sage, sweetgrass, rosemary, palo santo, frankincense.

Feel free to contact Wuji with questions at 505-919-8229 or e-mail – [email protected]

This will be a 3 part Series on Tuesday Evenings from 7-9 on the following dates:
Oct 9th
Nov 6th
Dec 4th

Wuji is also available for private sessions including Integrative & Ceremonial Bodywork, Sound Healing, & Reiki Sound Healing. For more information visit: www.appalachiahealingarts.com/wuji

https://www.facebook.com/events/1773825116005213/

Join the Asheville Symphony Chorus for our 4th Annual Handel’s Messiah Community Sing Along. Accompany our members in song or sit back and enjoy over 200 voices uniting in the strains of this magnificent work! Singers are encouraged to arrive 45-60 minutes early to rehearse. Feel free to bring your own music score or you may borrow one of ours. Each year, this event is proving to be more fun and even more magical for singers and audience members alike. Please come early to ensure you get a seat!

https://www.facebook.com/events/295793501272407/

FREE to join the first 2 times!!
FREE 20 minute private Synergy Activation Session for attending your first session!

Join us for a night of Intuitive Synergy Activation in a REMOTE group setting! (You will receive zoom call details after you purchase your tickets. This event is not in person.)

Synergy: the combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects. A group Intuitive Synergy session is an opportunity for you to take action in a powerful way that will have a lasting impact on your life and how you live it. By combining our efforts, you get exponential results.

Benefits of Activation
-clear old beliefs, stuck patterns and blocks,
-let go of physical and emotional pain, discomfort, and illness
-improve intuition
-connect to abundance
-create alignment physically, emotionally, spiritually and mentally within your body/being on both a conscious and subconscious level
-retrain your nervous system to support your health

Benefits of Group Activation:
– What is healing for 1 person is often healing for you as well
-sacred, loving, safe space
-unconditional support given & received
-meet others who are on the healing journey
-you are not alone
-affordability
-you learn about yourself from others who act as a mirror

Format:
-Creating the safe, sacred space and unconditional support
-Group healing for the whole group
-Individual healing sessions determined by intuition

https://www.facebook.com/events/826947177643733/?event_time_id=848742692130848

Seinfeld Trivia at Craft Centric! Prizes for the winners + best team name.
Sam Adams will be providing prizes to raffle off throughout the night and we will be tapping their winter lager!

https://www.facebook.com/events/988949797963923/

Come and join us for the classic tale of the Nutcracker by the Ballet Conservatory of Asheville at the Bardo Arts Center at WCU!
Tickets are $5 for WCU Students | $10 for WCU Staff/Faculty | $15 for Public. Show is Tuesday, December 4th at 7:30 pm.
The proceeds from the Nutcracker will go to Miracle at WCU.
Contact the Bardo Center Box Office at 828-227-2479
#IgnitetheSparkWCU #TheNutcracker #HolidaysatUC2018

https://www.facebook.com/events/325743818012034/

Join The Retrocade for Mario Kart Tournament Tuesdays featuring Mario Kart 8 Deluxe!! The standard $10 door price gets you in for the day, with $3 going toward the prize pot! No tournament entry fees required! Tournaments will be every other Tuesday starting September 12th! Sign ups start at 8pm with the Tournament starting at 9pm! See you there!

https://www.facebook.com/events/284877992116219/?event_time_id=284878012116217

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!

https://www.facebook.com/events/508160279700184/?event_time_id=508160306366848

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.”

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

https://www.facebook.com/events/104655743803303/?event_time_id=104655780469966

Reading Day pancakes is an Honors Program tradition. Bring your exam season studies to the forum and enjoy pancakes made just for you! Gluten-free options will be available, as well as fruit, upon request.

https://www.facebook.com/events/190583355157616/

Please join NCServes – Western Community stakeholders in the morning at the ABCCM – Veterans Restoration Quarters for the Network’s 1 year In Practice Review.
During the In Practice Review (IPR), we plan on sharing NCServes – Western’s recent updates and developments, report on the Network’s performance against its qualitative and quantitative goals, provide an overview of the Network users’ demographics, as well as we look to improve the services available in the network. Please click the RSVP link below to attend.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2224948294441983/

Back by popular demand! Stop and see us for your holiday gift giving needs or if you just need a little more sparkle in your life. We’re here to help you pick out the perfect gift 10am to 5pm

We’ll have jewelry, bags, wearables and more marked way down, as well as a chance for you to browse our retail website at prices up to half off!

http://www.graceandgloryretail.com

https://www.facebook.com/events/197663661156385/?event_time_id=197663701156381

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/

https://www.facebook.com/events/2336118139996988/?event_time_id=2336118179996984

Enjoy a visit to Christmas pasts from the 1840s to the 1890s. Each room contains antique and reproduction decorations and traditions. Four live trees, one of which will be decorated with traditional Appalachian decorations, hand made by our SMH over History club.
Admission at the door $9 adults, $5 children/students, free for WNC Historical Association members and A-B Tech students.
Group tours may be requested at 828-253-9231
Special 12 Days of Christmas Scavenger Hunt for children.

https://www.facebook.com/events/316661532481360/?event_time_id=316661612481352

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.)

https://www.facebook.com/events/337462147058287/?event_time_id=337462233724945

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.

STORYTIME & ART
Our programs for preschool and school-age students are back at a library near you! Storytime & Art is for preschool aged students accompanied by an adult. Come join in the fun with stories and songs, then make a hands-on art project just for the little ones!

DECEMBER 5 — First Wednesdays, 11am
Meet at North Asheville Library (1030 Merrimon Avenue, Asheville 28804)

https://www.facebook.com/events/1987783647982609/

Interested in presenting your startup at 1 Million Cups? This insightful training led by 1MCAVL organizers will get you presentation ready for these 10 minute pitches and help narrow your focus to the essentials, including:

– How your product or service solves a problem
– Who your customers are, and how you reach them
– Your revenue model
– Your 1-2 biggest challenges
– Crafting a clear and compelling pitch
– Preparing your pitch deck
– Helpful tips, tricks, and tools to use to blow your audience’s minds & have a successful experience

*Eligible high-growth startups are those that are pursuing scalable and replicable business models, and currently or plan to expand into regional or national markets.*

Held the first Wednesday of each month 12-1pm at the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce in the Wells Fargo Room, 1st floor.

https://www.facebook.com/events/268353037139593/