Calendar of Events

Upcoming events and things to do in Asheville, NC. Below is a list of events for festivals, concerts, art exhibitions, group meetups and more.

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Saturday, September 5, 2020
Helen on Wheels CANCELLED
Sep 5 @ 8:00 pm
Flat Rock Playhouse

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Sunday, September 6, 2020
Library News Libraries Offer Passport Around the World
Sep 6 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Buncombe County Libraries

Ready for a change of scene, but not ready to travel in the age of COVID-19? The library has just what you need. Check out Passport Around the World. Call BCPL’s Ask a Librarian line (828) 250-4700, email [email protected], or call or email your local library, and tell us where you would like to virtually visit. Your librarian will select 5-10 items about your destination of choice, anything from documentaries, folktales, and cookbooks to travel guides, poetry, and children’s books. We will notify you when your items are ready. Pick up your Passport bundle at the curbside pickup location of your choice. Bon Voyage!

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Brunch of Jokers Comdey Show
Sep 6 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
The Grey Eagle

Brunch Of Jokers Comedy Show

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Patio Show: Brunch of Jokers
Sep 6 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
The Grey Eagle

PATIO SHOW: Brunch of Jokers

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JASON!!

Join us for a very special Birthday Brunch of Jokers as we celebrate our show producer’s 51st birthday. Jason Scholder will be featuring and our good friend, Ritch Shydner will be guest-hosting.

RATED R: Shows are 18+ and feature adult comics, talking about adult subjects, using adult language. We invite you to come with an open mind and a desire to laugh! If you are looking to be offended, we can arrange that, too.

 

Marquee Comedy is excited to bring comedy back to The Grey Eagle. Please wear a mask until you are seated. Respect social distancing. Support local comedy and help us make Sunday Brunch the funniest meal of your life! And if you’re sick, please stay home. We’ll be doing this again next month and will be happy to see you.

 

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Helen on Wheels CANCELLED
Sep 6 @ 2:00 pm
Flat Rock Playhouse

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Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Discussion Bound Book Club
Sep 8 @ 12:00 pm
Online

The group is not meeting in our store for now but hey are holding a virtual book club meetings. Click here for details.

Hosted by the Asheville Art Museum, this monthly discussion is a place to exchange ideas that relate to artworks and the art world. The club typically meets the second Tuesday of every month at noon at Malaprop’s. Click here to view important news and find the selection for this month.

 

Event date:
Tuesday, August 11, 2020 – 12:00pm
Tuesday, September 8, 2020 – 12:00pm
Tuesday, October 13, 2020 – 12:00pm
Tuesday, November 10, 2020 – 12:00pm
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Virtual Jewish Book Club
Sep 8 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Online

The Jewish book club (separate from the Israeli book club )  meets monthly on the second Tuesday at 1 PM at the JCC to discuss selected books by Jewish authors.

If you are interested in joining the book club, please email tami@jcc-asheville.org.

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Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle Launches Even As We Breath
Sep 8 @ 6:00 pm
Online

Join us for this exciting Book Launch! This event is free but registration is required. Registrants will receive an email on the day of the event with the URL and password required to attend on Zoom. Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle will sign and personalize books ordered prior to the event. Please pre-order the book via the link below and add your personalization request in the comments section during checkout. If you decide to attend and to purchase the author’s book(s), we ask that you purchase from Malalprop’s. When you do this you are supporting our work and keeping more dollars in our community.

EVEN AS WE BREATHE

Nineteen-year-old Cowney Sequoyah yearns to escape his hometown of Cherokee, North Carolina, in the heart of the Smoky Mountains. When a summer job at Asheville’s luxurious Grove Park Inn and Resort brings him one step closer to escaping the hills that both cradle and suffocate him, he sees it as an opportunity. The experience introduces him to the beautiful and enigmatic Essie Stamper — a young Cherokee woman who is also working at the inn and dreaming of a better life. With World War II raging in Europe, the resort is the temporary home of Axis diplomats and their families, who are being held as prisoners of war. A secret room becomes a place where Cowney and Essie can escape the white world of the inn and imagine their futures free of the shadows of their families’ pasts. Outside of this refuge, however, racism and prejudice are never far behind, and when the daughter of one of the residents goes missing, Cowney finds himself accused of abduction and murder. Even As We Breathe invokes the elements of bone, blood, and flesh as Cowney navigates difficult social, cultural, and ethnic divides. Betrayed by the friends he trusted, he begins to unearth deeper mysteries as he works to prove his innocence and clear his name. This richly written debut novel explores the immutable nature of the human spirit and the idea that physical existence, with all its strife and injustice, will not be humanity’s lasting legacy.

Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle, an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), holds degrees from Yale University and the College of William and Mary. Her work Going to Water won the Morning Star Award for Creative Writing from the Native American Literature Symposium and was a finalist for the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction. She is coeditor of the Journal of Cherokee Studies and serves on the board of trustees for the North Carolina Writers’ Network.

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Exploring and Settling the American West Bookclub
Sep 8 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Online

Exploring and Settling the American West: Four Classic Books Explained and Discussed

ASHEVILLE: The American West. It has been a land of myth and romance, turbulent history and great literature.
On eight evenings from September to December, the Wilma Dykeman Legacy will celebrate four classic books . Through four lectures and four book discussions — all beginning at 7:00 PM via Zoom (see link below)– the following writers will be featured:
Tuesday, September 8 Lecture by Dr. Victoria Barker about Elizabeth Madox Roberts and her novel The Great Meadow
Tuesday, September 15 Book discussion about The Great Meadow
Tuesday, October 13 Lecture by Dr. Michael Sartisky about A.B. Guthrie and his novel The Big Sky
Tuesday, October 20 Book discussion about The Big Sky
Tuesday, November 10 Lecture by Dr. James Aton about John Wesley Powell and his memoir The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
Tuesday, November 17 Book discussion about The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
Tuesday, December 8 Lecture by Dr. Charles Peek about Willa Cather and her novel O Pioneers!
Tuesday, December 15 Book discussion about O Pioneers!

 

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Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Helen on Wheels CANCELLED
Sep 9 @ 2:00 pm
Flat Rock Playhouse

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Helen on Wheels CANCELLED
Sep 9 @ 7:30 pm
Flat Rock Playhouse

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Thursday, September 10, 2020
Library News Libraries Offer Passport Around the World
Sep 10 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Buncombe County Libraries

Ready for a change of scene, but not ready to travel in the age of COVID-19? The library has just what you need. Check out Passport Around the World. Call BCPL’s Ask a Librarian line (828) 250-4700, email [email protected], or call or email your local library, and tell us where you would like to virtually visit. Your librarian will select 5-10 items about your destination of choice, anything from documentaries, folktales, and cookbooks to travel guides, poetry, and children’s books. We will notify you when your items are ready. Pick up your Passport bundle at the curbside pickup location of your choice. Bon Voyage!

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Helen on Wheels CANCELLED
Sep 10 @ 2:00 pm
Flat Rock Playhouse

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Lit Cafe Bookclub – The French Broad with Jim Stokely
Sep 10 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
zoom
Wilma Dykeman (1920 – 2006) was a writer, speaker, teacher, historian, and environmentalist. Her son, Jim Stokely, President of the Wilma Dykeman Legacy, will speak about his mother and her groundbreaking work, The French Broad, in this 45-minute presentation followed by time for moderated questions.

Zoom Webinar
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Helen on Wheels CANCELLED
Sep 10 @ 7:30 pm
Flat Rock Playhouse

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Friday, September 11, 2020
The Bird Who Sang Beethoven Brevard Music Center
Sep 11 all-day
Online

The Bird Who Sang Beethoven is a children’s book in rhyme about a baby bird born in the concert hall at the Brevard Music Center just as Beethoven’s Fifth is being played and he thinks that is what birds sing! His offspring continue the tune for generations and spread it far and wide!

About the Author: Harper Howze is a freshman at Sumner Academy in Kansas City, Kansas, and an aspiring writer. This is his first published work. Lucille Chaveas, his co-author and “Grand” (mother), is a Brevard resident and avid supporter of the Brevard Music Center.

Price: $12.00

Authors: Harper Howze, Lucille Chaveas

Illustrator: Megan Robertson

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Library News Libraries Offer Passport Around the World
Sep 11 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Buncombe County Libraries

Ready for a change of scene, but not ready to travel in the age of COVID-19? The library has just what you need. Check out Passport Around the World. Call BCPL’s Ask a Librarian line (828) 250-4700, email [email protected], or call or email your local library, and tell us where you would like to virtually visit. Your librarian will select 5-10 items about your destination of choice, anything from documentaries, folktales, and cookbooks to travel guides, poetry, and children’s books. We will notify you when your items are ready. Pick up your Passport bundle at the curbside pickup location of your choice. Bon Voyage!

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Book Club Webinar: Hotter Than a Pepper Sprout
Sep 11 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Swannanoa Valley Museum & History Center

Join the Swannanoa Valley Museum for an online book club discussion of award-winning songwriter Billy Edd Wheeler’s autobiography “Hotter Than a Pepper Sprout.” Registrants will receive a Zoom link before…

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Helen on Wheels CANCELLED
Sep 11 @ 8:00 pm
Flat Rock Playhouse

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Saturday, September 12, 2020
The Bird Who Sang Beethoven Brevard Music Center
Sep 12 all-day
Online

The Bird Who Sang Beethoven is a children’s book in rhyme about a baby bird born in the concert hall at the Brevard Music Center just as Beethoven’s Fifth is being played and he thinks that is what birds sing! His offspring continue the tune for generations and spread it far and wide!

About the Author: Harper Howze is a freshman at Sumner Academy in Kansas City, Kansas, and an aspiring writer. This is his first published work. Lucille Chaveas, his co-author and “Grand” (mother), is a Brevard resident and avid supporter of the Brevard Music Center.

Price: $12.00

Authors: Harper Howze, Lucille Chaveas

Illustrator: Megan Robertson

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Categories: Bookclubs Family Fun Music
Library News Libraries Offer Passport Around the World
Sep 12 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Buncombe County Libraries

Ready for a change of scene, but not ready to travel in the age of COVID-19? The library has just what you need. Check out Passport Around the World. Call BCPL’s Ask a Librarian line (828) 250-4700, email [email protected], or call or email your local library, and tell us where you would like to virtually visit. Your librarian will select 5-10 items about your destination of choice, anything from documentaries, folktales, and cookbooks to travel guides, poetry, and children’s books. We will notify you when your items are ready. Pick up your Passport bundle at the curbside pickup location of your choice. Bon Voyage!

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Paddle Wilma Dykeman’s French Broad
Sep 12 @ 10:00 am – 3:30 pm
Amboy Road River Park
PADDLE 
THE FRENCH BROAD
Saturday, September 12

Join us at Amboy Road River Park as we prepare to paddle 6.5 miles exploring part of Wilma Dykeman’s French Broad. This float, with four interpretive stops and one stop for lunch, will take approximately five hours. We will learn about this river section’s natural and cultural history including the tenuous relationship between humans and the river.

Date: Saturday, September 12, 2020
Time: 10:00am – 3:30pm
Cost: $35 members/$50 general
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Helen on Wheels CANCELLED
Sep 12 @ 2:00 pm
Flat Rock Playhouse

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Helen on Wheels CANCELLED
Sep 12 @ 8:00 pm
Flat Rock Playhouse

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Sunday, September 13, 2020
The Bird Who Sang Beethoven Brevard Music Center
Sep 13 all-day
Online

The Bird Who Sang Beethoven is a children’s book in rhyme about a baby bird born in the concert hall at the Brevard Music Center just as Beethoven’s Fifth is being played and he thinks that is what birds sing! His offspring continue the tune for generations and spread it far and wide!

About the Author: Harper Howze is a freshman at Sumner Academy in Kansas City, Kansas, and an aspiring writer. This is his first published work. Lucille Chaveas, his co-author and “Grand” (mother), is a Brevard resident and avid supporter of the Brevard Music Center.

Price: $12.00

Authors: Harper Howze, Lucille Chaveas

Illustrator: Megan Robertson

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Categories: Bookclubs Family Fun Music
Library News Libraries Offer Passport Around the World
Sep 13 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Buncombe County Libraries

Ready for a change of scene, but not ready to travel in the age of COVID-19? The library has just what you need. Check out Passport Around the World. Call BCPL’s Ask a Librarian line (828) 250-4700, email [email protected], or call or email your local library, and tell us where you would like to virtually visit. Your librarian will select 5-10 items about your destination of choice, anything from documentaries, folktales, and cookbooks to travel guides, poetry, and children’s books. We will notify you when your items are ready. Pick up your Passport bundle at the curbside pickup location of your choice. Bon Voyage!

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Monday, September 14, 2020
The Bird Who Sang Beethoven Brevard Music Center
Sep 14 all-day
Online

The Bird Who Sang Beethoven is a children’s book in rhyme about a baby bird born in the concert hall at the Brevard Music Center just as Beethoven’s Fifth is being played and he thinks that is what birds sing! His offspring continue the tune for generations and spread it far and wide!

About the Author: Harper Howze is a freshman at Sumner Academy in Kansas City, Kansas, and an aspiring writer. This is his first published work. Lucille Chaveas, his co-author and “Grand” (mother), is a Brevard resident and avid supporter of the Brevard Music Center.

Price: $12.00

Authors: Harper Howze, Lucille Chaveas

Illustrator: Megan Robertson

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Book Club: Hotter Than a Pepper Sprout
Sep 14 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Swannanoa Valley Museum & History Center

From the Publisher: “Award winning songwriter, musician, author, playwright, poet, visual artist, and Appalachian Renaissance man Billy Edd Wheeler is best known for penning “Jackson,” which was popularized by Johnny…

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Mystery Book Club
Sep 14 @ 7:00 pm
Online

The club will meet virtually during the Covid-19 pandemic. If you are interested in attending, please email [email protected] for instructions about how to attend the club event.  

Join host Tena Frank for Malaprop’s Mystery Book Club! Click here to see a full schedule of what the club is reading. Club attendees get 10% off the book at Malaprop’s!

The club meets at Malaprop’s on the second Monday of every month at 7:00pm.

Event date:
Monday, August 10, 2020 – 7:00pm
Monday, September 14, 2020 – 7:00pm
Monday, October 12, 2020 – 7:00pm
Monday, November 9, 2020 – 7:00pm
Event address:
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Tuesday, September 15, 2020
The Bird Who Sang Beethoven Brevard Music Center
Sep 15 all-day
Online

The Bird Who Sang Beethoven is a children’s book in rhyme about a baby bird born in the concert hall at the Brevard Music Center just as Beethoven’s Fifth is being played and he thinks that is what birds sing! His offspring continue the tune for generations and spread it far and wide!

About the Author: Harper Howze is a freshman at Sumner Academy in Kansas City, Kansas, and an aspiring writer. This is his first published work. Lucille Chaveas, his co-author and “Grand” (mother), is a Brevard resident and avid supporter of the Brevard Music Center.

Price: $12.00

Authors: Harper Howze, Lucille Chaveas

Illustrator: Megan Robertson

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Categories: Bookclubs Family Fun Music