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.
Interested in adding an event to our calendar? Please click the green “Post Your Event” button below.
Before you even begin thinking about volunteering, ask yourself – Am I well enough to volunteer?
Your safety and limiting the spread of COVID-19 is everyone’s main priority. We encourage you to review and adhere to the recommendations on the Buncombe County readiness site on how best to avoid COVID-19 and what to do if you think you might have it.
Creative Peacemakers is an after-school program sponsored by St.George’s Episcopal Church serving children from the Deaverview Apartment Community. The mission of Creative Peacemakers is to bring peace to communities by helping children practice peacemaking through cooperative play, loving relationships, and creative expression. We provide opportunities for nurture, healing, empowerment, and building resilience.
We are seeking volunteers to assist us in our small after school program for children in West Asheville in low-income housing. We provide a safe and nourishing environment, healthy snacks, and creative activities. Our program currently meets during the school year on most Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 3:00-5:00pm. You may volunteer for one or two days a week.
Volunteer Responsibilities:
- Assist with serving snacks
- Interact with children during activity time
- Supervise games and outdoor free time
- For people with background in education, there is also an opportunity to assist with curriculum development and program planning and administration
Requirements:
- Background check
- Orientation booklets will be provided
- Masks are required if unvaccinated
Location:
Deaverview Apartment Community Center
275 Deaverview Rd.
Asheville, NC 28806
Health & Safety:
- Hand washing stations are available
- Hand sanitizer is available
Montford Pre-Teen Afterschool Program
Pre-registration required. FREE for the 2021-2022 school year
August 23, 2021 – June 3, 2022 | Monday-Friday | 3:30-6pm
5th-6th graders.
New program designed to meet the needs of your pre-teen.
Providing time dedicated to school assignments, life skills, arts,
communication, leadership, fitness, nutrition, and loads of fun.
Location: Montford
Teen Leadership Program
Pre-registration required. FREE for the 2021-2022 school year
August 23, 2021-June 3, 2022 | Monday-Friday | 3:30-6pm
6th-9th graders.
Looking for a cool and enriching alternative for your Teen to attend
this school year? We offer creative activities, diverse projects,
field trips, and more.
Locations: Grant, Shiloh, Stephens-Lee
Before you even begin thinking about volunteering, ask yourself – Am I well enough to volunteer?
Your safety and limiting the spread of COVID-19 is everyone’s main priority. We encourage you to review and adhere to the recommendations on the Buncombe County readiness site on how best to avoid COVID-19 and what to do if you think you might have it.
Literacy Together (formerly the Literacy Council of Buncombe County) is a nonprofit organization working with children, youth, and adults to increase comprehensive literacy and English language skills through access to literacy resources and specialized instruction by trained volunteer tutors. Literacy Together relies on volunteer tutors to offer students personal instruction and high-quality materials through various programs.
The Youth Literacy Program is seeking tutors to meet with students K-5 twice a week for 50 minutes, between 3:30 pm and 5:30 pm. The Youth Literacy Program works with two after-school programs that primarily serve youth of color. The two locations are in Asheville.
Youth Literacy tutors work with children from low-income families who read, write, and/or spell below their grade level. Tutors in this program complete an initial orientation and a 16-20 hours training, which includes some pre-course work and/or homework (short articles to read, short videos to watch). They then receive follow-up support and the option to attend in-service training throughout their tutoring commitment. Youth Literacy tutors commit to working with their students for at least one school year.
Time Commitment:
- Twice a week for 50-minute sessions between 3:30 pm and 5:30 pm.
- Youth Literacy tutors commit to working with their students for at least one school year.
Requirements:
- GED or High School diploma
- Excellent customer service skills
- Ability to work patiently with various levels of literacy skills
- Access to reliable internet
- Ability to navigate virtual meetings with minimal distractions
- Complete a background check
Training:
- Tutors must complete 16-20 hours of training prior to being assigned a student
$1 off draft beers every Thursday!
Before you even begin thinking about volunteering, ask yourself – Am I well enough to volunteer?
Your safety and limiting the spread of COVID-19 is everyone’s main priority. We encourage you to review and adhere to the recommendations on the Buncombe County readiness site on how best to avoid COVID-19 and what to do if you think you might have it.
Getting Back to the Basics/Project Lighten Up is a unique summer and afterschool educational opportunity for low-income and minority youth that supports students’ recreational and educational learning. We provide meaningful educational support and develop self-esteem in a positive environment through mentoring and enriching activities.
Project Lighten Up is seeking in-person volunteers to assist students attending the afterschool program during the school year with spelling and reading 1-2 times a week for 1 hour.
Time Commitment:
- Commitment to a 5-week session
- Volunteers are asked to commit to a minimum of 1 shift per week
- Volunteers choose from one, 1-hour session per week OR two, 30-minute sessions per week
- Volunteer shifts are Tuesdays & Thursdays between 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Please arrive 15 minutes prior to shift start for health screening and transition time
Requirements/Training:
- Respond above to the opportunity
- Answer all health/safety and opportunity related questions prior to submitting your response
- Phone interview with the program director
- Volunteer application
- Complete a background check
- Attend training by program staff
- Adheres to all CDC guidelines and safety protocols
Skillset:
- Enjoys working with youth in different grade levels
- Enjoys working in a learning environment
- Remains patient and calm with students experiencing technical or learning challenges
- Demonstrates a positive attitude and empathy for students and Lighten Up team
- Non-judgmental, fair, firm, and friendly
- Models excellent verbal and non-verbal communication
Health/Safety:
- Health and safety screening prior to every shift start:
- List of health and safety questions asked
- Temperatures taken
- We are asking volunteers to wear/bring their own face covering (masks available upon request)
- Fabric or disposable face mask
- Asking volunteers to maintain a physical distance of 6 feet or more when possible
- Note: there are times when the volunteer task requires volunteers to engage with students closer than 6 feet. Please do not sign up if you feel uncomfortable.
- Volunteers will be asked to adhere to proper hand hygiene
World-renown Celtic musical artist Jamie Laval presents a behind-the-scenes view of how he creates music. Months of research, creative inspiration, skilled application of technological tools and diligent practicing go into each new song before it is ready to be shared with the public. Learn about the process from inception to manifestation in this three-part lecture/performance series.
TFAC will follow CDC and Polk County COVID recommendations. Participants will have space to social distance and appropriate face masks are strongly recommended. The program will also be available via Zoom.
Description
Registrations are for ONE HOUSEHOLD.
All sessions will be held on Thursdays, from 4:30-5:30. For those desiring to participate by Zoom, a link will be sent out the morning of the call.
Schedule:
- February 10: Celtic Music: Cultural History and Performance Practice
- February 17: How I use Technology to Create Music
- February 24: Violins to Bagpipes and Beyond: All about Musical Instruments
Taught by Alexa Hibbert
Ages 9-12
Feb 10-Mar 31, 2022 | Thursdays
And a 5-6-7-8! Have you ever wanted to feel confident in a dance audition or learn awesome choreography to your favorite musical numbers? In this class students will learn basic dance styles used in musical theatre and how to act through their dancing. This course will help dancers prepare to ace an audition and pick up choreography quickly and efficiently. Tuition will be $175.00 – payment plans and scholarships will both be available.
Cook teams of 4-6 individuals are invited to bring ingredients and prepare meals onsite or bring meals that have been prepared elsewhere. To meet our dietary standards, we ask that each meal provides a meat, vegetable and starch.
Requirements:
- Background Check
- Brief orientation prior to service
- Ability to Multi-Task
- Friendly Demeanor
Health & Safety:
- We are asking volunteers to wear/bring their own face mask if you have not been fully vaccinated
- Temperatures will be checked and a COVID-19 disclosure will be signed at the volunteer entrance
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Before you even begin thinking about volunteering, ask yourself – Am I well enough to volunteer?
Your safety and limiting the spread of COVID-19 is everyone’s main priority. We encourage you to review and adhere to the recommendations on the Buncombe County readiness site on how best to avoid COVID-19 and what to do if you think you might have it.
ABCCM Transformation Village provides up to 100 beds of transitional housing and will provide emergency shelter beds, post Covid-19. Transforming lives is through four developmental phases called Steps to Success including stabilization, life skills, education and reintegration. We are honored to report that 8 out of 10 leave us with a living wage job and permanent housing.
Transformation Village gives hope, healing, health and a home to single women, mothers with children, and female Veterans experiencing homelessness. We provide residents a fresh start and a place to heal surrounded and supported by Christian love, trust, education and companionship.
We are seeking energetic volunteers to prepare and serve meals for our residents for lunch and dinner. This opportunity provides you with the chance to prepare meals in our commercial kitchen alongside our trained staff while serving the women and children of Transformation Village.
Rhiannon Skye Tafoya (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians), Ul’nigid’, 2020, letterpress (photopolymer and Bembo & Cherokee Syllabary metal type) printed on handmade & color plan paper with paper-weaving, closed: 11 × 11 ¼ inches, assembled: 23 ½ × 11 ¼ × 5 ⁵⁄₈ inches. Courtesy the Artist. © Rhiannon Skye Tafoya, image Rhiannon Skye Tafoya.
In conjunction with our current exhibition A Living Language: Cherokee Syllabary and Contemporary Art, we invite Western North Carolina K–12 visual arts teachers to participate in a casual and collaborative professional-development workshop. This workshop will include an in-gallery talk with the exhibition curator, Zoom presentation and Q&A with exhibition artist Skye Tafoya, and related artmaking with museum educators in our studio. Evening for Educators is an opportunity to network with other art educators, share and learn as both teacher and student, and connect with your own creative process. Generous funding for A Living Language programming is provided by Blue Ridge National Heritage Area and Cherokee Preservation Foundation.
Visual arts teachers/coordinators are invited to register to participate in this professional development at the ticket link above. CEU credits are available. Lesson plan included.
Please note:
- Professional development takes place indoors in the Museum’s John & Robyn Horn Education Center.
- Masks and social distancing are required.
TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The Museum is committed to providing engaging and educational experiences for pre-K–12 teachers in WNC schools. Our professional-development opportunities include curriculum-based and exhibition-inspired workshops led by Museum educators and/or special guests that provide teachers with tools to facilitate object-based learning. These workshops are interactive, hands-on, and incorporate artmaking. Come excited to learn together with your colleagues, and leave inspired with ideas to incorporate into your classroom and personal practice!
Bicycle and Pedestrian Task Force
Agenda,
Vision: For Asheville to be a community of connected pathways that is healthy, safe and accessible for people of all ages.
Mission: To educate the public about bicycle and pedestrian transportation; to advocate for the development and maintenance of safe, convenient and inter-connected facilities; to promote the benefits of walking and biking for individuals and community health.
Introductions & Administrative Details
- Sign in and brief introduction of all attendees
- Do we have someone taking minutes?
- Review/accept January Minutes
- Agenda OK? Changes?
Old Business
- Initiating the Walk Friendly application process. Comments about Asheville on Web Site.
Link: (https://www.walkfriendly.org/communities/asheville-nc/
New Business
- Setting up Priorities for the Year.
Discussion/Project Work (To consider)
- Report from NY Times, “Pedestrian Deaths Spike in U.S. as Reckless Driving Surges”. Is Asheville traffic part of this phenomenon?
Regular Updates (brief updates/announcements and input from Task Force)
- Multimodal Commission
- French Broad River MPO
- Buncombe County
- NCDOT update
- Asheville on Bikes/BRBC/AARP/Street Tweaks/other groups
- General updates
Announcements/Events
- Next Bike/Ped Task Force meeting is in March 17th
- Agenda Items for next month?
- Guests you want to invite to future meetings?
- Keep sending/posting images for the Task Force website and Facebook page. Scott Dickens is the point of contact
2021 was the year cryptocurrencies and blockchain projects exploded into the mainstream. From Bitcoin and Dogecoin to Bored Apes and Burger King, the world of web3 seemed to spill over from internet forums to everyday life.
In this session, you can learn the basics of blockchain, cryptocurrencies, NFTs & DAOs and how they are impacting our economy, culture, and way of doing business.
No cost due to sponsor support
Customers are the key to building a successful business and your online reputation is crucial for finding customers. This fast paced class teaches you where and how to find your customers. In this class you will learn how to get a free Online Reputation report. Learn which SEO keywords your competitors are using for free. We will briefly compare the more current methods of social media marketing. You will quickly learn how to find, motivate, and keep consumers coming to your business. Discover the variety of Free market research tools that will give you critical information about your industry and customers.
- Facebook Giveaways
- Facebook Boosts
- Facebook Marketplace
- Youtube
- Facebook Yard Sales
- Survey Monkey
Speaker(s): Nick Hawks
Co-Sponsor(s): Henderson County Chamber of Commerce, Brevard/Transylvania Chamber of Commerce
Webinar info forthcoming
Join us as we celebrate the love of a pet and the winners of our annual Pet Photo Contest.
Contest submissions are accepted through February 6th, with winners notified by February 11th. This year’s contest is sponsored by Wag! A Unique Pet Boutique, who will also be providing award prizes!
For complete contest details, check out the contest page here!
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6:00pm – 8:00pm
Open mic comedy every Thursday from 6-8pm at Ginger’s Revenge Tasting Room.
Rotating hosts each week Clay Jones, James Burks and Katy Hudson
No cover
Signup starts at 5:30, and signup order will not necessarily be show order. Each comic gets 5 mins of stage time
N. C. Wyeth, Rip Van Winkle, 1921, cover illustration, 50 × 36 inches. Bank of America Collection.
The Wyeths: Three Generations has been loaned through the Bank of America Art in our Communities® program.
PUBLIC TOURS
Join docents for tours of the Museum’s Collection and special exhibitions. No reservations are required.
Taught by Alexa Hibbert
Ages 13-18
Feb 10-Mar 31, 2022 | Thursdays
This class is for more advanced movers and dancers and will cover Musical Theatre Dance styles through the years. This course will also help dancers prepare for and feel confident in dance auditions, pick up choreography quickly and efficiently. Come dance with us! Tuition will be $175.00 – payment plans and scholarships will both be available.
Kickoff 2022 with the Western Regional SBCN and EmPOWERing Mountain Food Systems as we present a virtual series on enhancing your farming business. Convenient online classes for you to attend and hear from speakers with information, tips, and more. Registration is FREE!
Join us at 6 pm on Thursdays, January through March, to hear from EmPOWERING Mountain Food Systems. We encourage you to take this time to engage with fellow agribusinesses, entrepreneurs and resource providers while learning new skills and the power of collaboration along the way.
Kickoff 2022 with the Western Regional SBCN and EmPOWERing Mountain Food Systems as we present a virtual series on enhancing your farming business. Convenient online classes for you to attend and hear from speakers with information, tips, and more. Registration is FREE!
Join us at 6 pm on Thursdays, January through March, to hear from EmPOWERING Mountain Food Systems. We encourage you to take this time to engage with fellow agribusinesses, entrepreneurs and resource providers while learning new skills and the power of collaboration along the way.
January 20- Online Farm Taxes Explained: Property, Equipment and Sales. Dive deeper into farm taxes as they pertain to the many different sides of your farming business. Ask a local farmer about their experience navigating taxes and learn some tips of your own.
January 27- Online Sales Platforms for Direct to Consumer Sales: There are many choices to consider! Hear what works for some regional farmers and determine which platform may be a good fit for your operation.
February 3- Agritourism in Southwestern NC Trends and Storytelling: NCSU researchers spent a year learning from regional providers. What are their findings and recommendations? February 10- Airbnb, HipCamp and Harvest Host: Exploring farm visit options for lodging on your farm. Hear farmer success stories
February 17- Using Social Media to Promote your Farm Business: Facebook, Insta, and Twitter how to get followers and keep them!
February 24- Liability for On Farm Visits: Protect your visitors, your farm and home.
March 10- Making Value Added Products at Home: Regulations for a Home Certified Kitchen & Marketing Options
March 17- Food Safety: Good practices and Regulations for the farm
and market
March 24- Farm Service Agency and Natural Resource Management: Services and Cost Share for your Farming Operations
Join the Western North Carolina Historical Association (WNCHA) Thursday, February 17 at 6PM via Zoom for another program exploring African American education in WNC.
We hope you are able to tour the Mars Hill Anderson Rosenwald School with us, but for those unable, or who simply want to learn more, please join us as Betty J. Reed discusses her research into the Brevard Rosenwald School and other segregated schools in WNC. This school, also funded by Julius Rosenwald, served African American students in Transylvania County from c1923-1966 and, according to Reed, represents “a microcosm of Black education in southern Appalachia.”
About the Speaker:
Betty Jamerson Reed, a native of Western North Carolina, is an independent scholar who has spent over twenty-five years researching the history of schools in the region, especially those functioning during the era of segregation. In 2002 she became a surveyor of Rosenwald schools in southwestern North Carolina for the State Archives Department. A retired educator who focused on educational leadership and rural education, she lives on a farm in Transylvania County. Her dissertation, a case study of the Brevard Rosenwald School, was written in 1998. Reed’s extensive research forms the basis for three books: The Brevard Rosenwald School (2004), School Segregation in Western North Carolina (2011), and Soldiers in Petticoats (2019). Recently her article “Sequoyah, the Son of a Virginian,” appeared in the July issue of The Virginia Writers Journal. Her poetry has appeared in various journals, anthologies, and online publications. Journalism educator Howard Spanogle asserts: Reed “leads readers on journeys into unnoticed Appalachian communities and shows how it takes a trailblazing visionary to create a village of successful learners.” See her website.
Tickets: $5 for WNCHA members/ $10 for General Admission. We also have no-cost, community-funded tickets available. We want our events to be accessible to as many people as possible. If you are able please consider making a donation along with your ticket purchase. These donations are placed in our Community Fund, which allows us to offer tickets at no cost to those who would not be able to attend otherwise.
Viewing: Registrants will receive a Zoom link with which to view the program. It will also be recorded and later available on our website.
(Image: Brevard Rosenwald School and students/staff, c1920, Courtesy of the Rowell Bosse North Carolina Room, Transylvania County Library)
Rumi was a Sufi mystic and poet in the 1200’s AD. His poems on love, soul, and God inspire people of all faiths to this day. I’ll bring some of my favorites for discussion but encourage others to bring some of theirs as well.
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TV: BALLY SPORTS SOUTHEAST – RADIO: CHARLOTTEWFNZ 610 AM/102.5 FM
In her virtual lecture, “Boomtown Blues: Archaeologies of Expansion and Collapse in Amazonia,” Anna Browne Ribeiro (assistant professor in the department of anthropology at the University of Louisville) will explore some of the major ancient and historical patterns of expansion and contraction of political-economic systems alongside an analysis of resource and land-use strategies.
Amazonia has a deep and complex history of human habitation marked by political diversity, ancient environmental engineering practices, and long-distance communication networks. Building on recent findings of environmental shifts and ethno-archaeological research, Browne Ribeiro considers the relative successes of late pre-colonial and modern systems of exploitation and considers these in terms of contemporary risk-management and the future of tropical forests.
Join the talk through Zoom.
For more information, please email UNC Asheville Senior Lecturer in Art/Art History and Classics, and President of the AIA’s WNC Chapter, Laurel Taylor, at [email protected].
Professor Ribeiro holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in Anthropology and is a specialist in the archaeology of the Amazonia Basin. Her research considers a range of topics from agriculture to environmental degradation to colonialism. For more info on Professor Ribeiro, visit louisville.edu/anthropology/about-us/dr-anna-t-browne-ribeiro
Accessibility
Find accessibility information for campus buildings at maps.unca.edu. For accessibility questions or to request event accommodations, please contact [email protected] or 828.250.3832.
Visitor Parking
Visitors must have a permit to park on campus — please visit the Transportation website to register.
High society playboy Bertie Wooster and his school chum, Eustace, hatch a plan to save Bertie from an unwanted marriage and Eustace from an undesirable job as a respected businessman. Will the ever-faithful manservant Jeeves be able to rescue these bumbling fools from themselves? A delicious romp full of deception and disguise.
Songwriter, musician and performer Mitski has released five full-length albums. The most recent of which, 2018’s Be The Cowboy, was named Album of the Year by the likes of Pitchfork, Vulture, Consequence, ESQUIRE, and FLOOD, and the #2 Album of 2018 by The New York Times (Jon Pareles), NPR Musicand SPIN. It launched Mitski from cult favorite to indie star, landing her an extensive profile in The New Yorker and performances on Austin City Limits and Jimmy Kimmel Live! (she played The Late Show with Stephen Colbert following the release of 2016’s Puberty 2). After being off the road since September 2019, Mitski makes a daring return with new single/video “Working For The Knife,” which signifies a new intensity we haven’t yet seen from her yet. She’ll tour in 2022, playing theaters throughout the country, including Radio City Music Hall in New York, Shrine Exposition Hall in LA, Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, and more.
WORTHAM CENTER PRESENTS
PHILADANCO! The Philadelphia Dance Company
Internationally renowned for its innovation, creativity and electrifying performances, The Philadelphia Dance Company and its superbly trained dancers carry forward a decades-long legacy of breaking barriers and building bridges across cultural divides — preserving predominantly African American traditions in dance. Described by Dance Magazine as “a miracle of skill and energy,” the nonprofit dance company, founded in 1970, was created to provide opportunities for black dancers, who were systematically denied entrance to many local dance schools. Now in its 50th season, PHILADANCO! continues to serve as a beacon of opportunity, inclusion and hope, representing people from widely diverse backgrounds and communities.
Engage deeper with the art and artists
Pre-show discussions at 7pm in Henry LaBrun Studio
Listening to Buffalo Rose is like driving on the open road with the windows down, letting the breezes of various musical styles wash over you. Buffalo Rose commandeers the shimmering and electrifying riffs of the mandolin (Bryce Rabideau), the cascading guitar arpeggios of folk and bluegrass (Shane McLaughlin), the ringing purity of the dobro (Malcolm Inglis), and the steady percussive thrum of upright bass (Jason Rafalak), providing a effervescent blanket of sound under and around which the ethereal harmonies of Lucy Clabby, Rosanna Spindler, and McLaughlin float. There’s a singular beauty in every Buffalo Rose song, whether the group is covering Madonna’s “Borderline” or delivering their stirring original material.
While their following grew in the Pittsburgh area, they gained national attention opening for bands such as the Infamous Stringdusters, Dustbowl Revival, and Dangermuffin. In March 2018, the band gathered the music they had been playing on the road and released their first full-length album, The Soil and the Seed. After Spindler replaced Reid in the fall of 2018, the band released their Big Stampede EP in November 2019, followed by Borrowed and Blue: Live Around One Microphone in May of 2020.
Reserved Seat Tickets are available with Dinner reservations – You must call the venue at 828-575-2737 to make dinner reservations and secure those tickets.
General Admission Tickets are available for the main stage balcony only. Seating in the balcony is first come, first serve. Dinner service is NOT currently being offered for general admission tickets.; drink service is available at the downstairs bar on the main floor.
You must call the venue at 828-575-2737 for Reserve Seat Tickets and to make dinner reservations.
Proof of Vaccination or Negative Covid Test w/i 48 Hours :: Masks are Required
All ticket sales are final.
Grab your girls and come dance!
AMG Late Nights is spicing up Thursdays with SENSE – Enjoy drink specials, Hookahs, and music by DJ AUDIO and No_Fxcking.Requests.
*No Cover until February*
*VIP Coming Soon*
*Lighting by Raydio*
 Twice each year, we survey our membership and the downtown business community. Surveys are an important tool in gathering feedback from our members. The results will be presented at our State of Downtown Luncheon on Tuesday, March 8.
The survey takes about 15-20 minutes to complete. This survey is focused on downtown businesses. We want to hear from owners and employees alike, so please share with your staff. **We hope to work with partners to develop at survey for residents later in the year. Survey data is shared with City Council, County Commission and appropriate staff. It is also discussed at meetings with partners and other organizations working towards solutions. It’s important that we hear from as many businesses as possible. |