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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Discover your inherently Creative Self as we step into the New Year!
Through yoga, movement, writing and simple art explorations, we will unfold and transform self-limiting belief patterns to reveal our NATURAL state of being – PURE ALIVENESS – unlimited, unbound, regenerative and deeply resilient.
Enjoy moving through this deep discovery process with a supportive community by your side and an experienced facilitator to hold space during your evolution.
The ART of Being is an Open Invitation to ALL Beings – 18yrs + regardless of age, ethnicity, religion, gender orientation.
Early Bird Deal – $99 – by 12/1
$130 after 12/1
Maeve Hendrix has 8 years of experience guiding groups through movement, yoga, writing and art explorations. She is a licensed mental health counselor and specializes in Expressive Arts Therapy.
To learn more visit : maevehendrix.net
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Transition From Figurative To Abstract Sculpture
Leonid Siveriver
Mondays 6-9pm
January 7- February 25
The objective of this course is to develop a basic understanding of the human form in three-dimensions based on work with a live model, and then utilize that knowledge for abstraction. By combining the human figure with geometric forms you will expand your palette of techniques, and create some truly dynamic, inspired work.
Level: All Levels
Tuition: $350 + $75 Lab and Live Model Fee
Join us on January 7th, the first Monday of the New Year for an evening of five stories, three songs, and one community with the theme THE GIFT.
Five lovely storytellers, including local treasures James Navé, Jennah Dunham, and David Lynch, as well as beloved and brilliant musician Billy Jonas, and a deepening of community at a time when it’s so inviting: come along to the Block for five stories, three songs, and one expanding community…
If you’ve been before, would you consider bringing a friend? And if you haven’t, would you take the leap? We’d be delighted to have you. (And there’s Karaoke for a Good Cause afterwards!).
Let us know if you can join us – and share the invitation – here.
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Join the Asheville Cat Weirdos for the first Cat Chat! We are starting an educational series open to the public on cat health and behavior. Our first event will be “The Contented Kitty: keeping your cat happy and healthy indoors.” Dr. Annie King of the Pet Vet on Patton will host a short presentation followed by a question and answer panel with local cat experts Dr. Trish McMillan of Loehr Animal Behavior and Dr. Karel Carnohan of the Cat Care Clinic. Snacks will be provided and raffle tickets will be available for some amazing prizes! Sponsored by the Pet Vet on Patton!
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Join award-winning screenwriter Andrew Shearer in this introductory course on the basics of screenwriting. Learn how to take your idea and develop it into a story ready to be made into a short film. Take your storywriting to the next level!
During the 8 week course, students will learn the fundamentals of how to write a screenplay. Topics explored include screenwriting fundamentals (such as conflict, beginning/middle/end), finding the story spark and discovering what you want to say (theme), creating compelling characters, techniques to write a successful short film (vs the feature format), implementing successful visual storytelling, crafting well constructed scenes utilizing POV, dialogue, structure, and style, and understanding the basic formatting of a script. Students will leave with a completed short script and the beginnings of a feature screenplay.
Class will meet once a week, from 6:30- 9:30 pm, for 8 weeks total. Tuition for the course is $575, and a $50 deposit is required to guarantee placement.
Register on the website (ashevilleschooloffilm.com), or call for more details.
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Our 2018 intern, Gabriel Whitlock, will be embarking on a 1,500 mile bike tour from his home in Fairview to Little Rock, Arkansas to attend the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group. Gabe intends to raise awareness about hunger, food insecurity, and the ways that The Lord’s Acre works towards community-based solutions. “I saw this fundraiser as a chance to give back to all that The Lord’s Acre has given to me and just make that circle complete,” says Gabe.
Join us this Monday with Gabe as he discusses his upcoming journey. If you are unable to attend but want to support, please visit this link to pledge as many dollars per mile as you are able.
https://pledgeit.org/gearing-up-for-giving-gardens
Photo by April Tarjick.
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CLUB DANCES
Learn East Coast Swing & Night Club 2: Starts Mon. January 7th
Time get out and have some fun. Learn East Coast Swing timing, patterns and cool moves that will have anyone looking good on the dance floor. East Coast Swing is a great foundation for other swing dances (West Coast, Shag, Blues Dancing) and a great way to meet new people with your own interests.
Club Dance Class also includes an introduction to Night Club 2, a beautiful romantic dance, bringing style and grace to those wonderful slow songs.
All classes taught in a fun, supportive setting at the Asheville Ballroom, with lots of time to help you learn quickly and easily.
Class starts every 6 weeks / no partner required, call John at 828 712 0791 for more info.
https://www.facebook.com/events/564995227307231/?event_time_id=564995230640564
Takes All Kinds – Open Mic Night!
Calling all singers, songwriters, storytellers, hula hoopers, stand ups, poets, prophets, and anyone else that wants to show a skill! Come one, come all!
Host’s Josh Dunkin and Steven Durose want to hear all of your stuff!
No Mimes!
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Come on out every week to really drill that technique into your body. After all, good technique is the foundation to great dance!
Haven’t danced before? No worries! Sarah Joy will get you started off right.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2207664732782541/?event_time_id=2207664746115873
This 4 week pole and chair dance choreography focused series is perfect for those looking to add to their repertoire of pole tricks and skills to create performance quality movement – or just to learn something fun and new! Students will learn dance moves and combinations utilizing the chair and pole, and smoothing transitions between the two. No dance experience required but pole experience is a must – appropriate for pole level 3+. Heels encouraged.
• Meets every Monday in January @ 7:15-8:15pm in Studio 108
• For intermediate-advanced pole students – L3+
• $60
https://www.facebook.com/events/281074322755689/
This 4 week pole and chair dance choreography focused series is perfect for those looking to add to their repertoire of pole tricks and skills to create performance quality movement – or just to learn something fun and new! Students will learn dance moves and combinations utilizing the chair and pole, and smoothing transitions between the two. No dance experience required but pole experience is a must – appropriate for pole level 3+. Heels encouraged.
• Meets every Monday in January @ 7:15-8:15pm in Studio 108
• For intermediate-advanced pole students – L3+
• $60
https://www.facebook.com/events/281074322755689/?event_time_id=281075086088946
Setting Intentions from a Clear, Calm Space
Winter is the perfect time for inner contemplation and stillness. Come and explore the many benefits of a regular meditation practice.
Learn a few basic techniques to quiet the fluctuations of the mind. When the mind is still, we have increased immunity, greater discernment and high levels of inner peace and contentment. All yoga postures lead to this one: asana – a comfortable seated position.
$15 drop-in // or $45 for the whole series // Space is limited: to save yours, register via the form below – via the class calendar – call 828.246.6570 – or email [email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/events/211739846414019/?event_time_id=211739869747350
The next Asheville Movie Guys screening will be at 7:20 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 7, featuring “Mary Queen of Scots.”
Everyone is welcome to join us for the movie and discussion.
Asheville Citizen Times subscribers and Asheville Movies.com patrons get in for the discounted price of $6.50, courtesy of the Fine Arts Theatre. Just say you’re a subscriber or patron at the box office.
Subscribers to the Asheville Movie Guys mailing list may also download and print out a coupon for free popcorn. Limited to the first 20 requests. To be added, email [email protected].
The evening includes a brief introduction by the Asheville Movie Guys, Citizen Times planning editor Bruce Steele and Edwin Arnaudin of AshevilleMovies.com, as well as a lively discussion with the audience after the credits.
For additional showtimes and a trailer, visit fineartstheatre.com.
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Alabama v Clemson III… Who ya got???
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Join us for free hot chocolate at the Killian Front Terrace and the General Studies Courtyard at the Henderson County Campus.
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Join us for free hot chocolate at the Killian Front Terrace and the General Studies Courtyard at the Henderson County Campus.
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Celebrate you new year with FABA!
Network with Fellow FABA members the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month at the YMCA at Mission-Pardee Health Campus. Coffee Club will be in Activity Room A on the 1st Floor.
Our Spotlight Speaker will be Louise St. Romain from FastCat Studio
https://www.facebook.com/events/335539823894315/
Wake the body up mindfully + give yourself time on the mat!
Join Heather Miller ૐ for Vinyasa Flow + Yin, TUESDAYS// 9:15AM. ?
This class will combine a vinyasa flow through traditional asanas via sun salutations, warrior variations, and pranayama techniques, then we will slow down our movements and engage and lengthen through targeted muscle groups and fascia by using Yin Yoga techniques.
Yin Yoga:
-uses your breath to engage and open targeted structures within the body with longer holds within poses
-helps you release stress + tension
Truly ALL levels are welcome to practice + explore the positive mind/body/soul game changer that is yoga! ?♀️?
➳ 60 minute class
➳ $12 drop in/ Pre-register on Mindbody app- Primal Studios to reserve your space + speed up the sign in process!
➳ Bring your yoga mat OR ?
We have Buti Yoga B-aligned mats for your use.
➳ Our Studio is in the same building as Tribe Dance & Pole at 457 N. Lousiana Ave. in West Asheville
? Instructor Heather Miller is a certified Yoga Instructor, Buti Yoga Instructor, and massage therapist who found healing and growth in yoga time and time again, first after an injury on the Appalachian Trail, and then after giving birth to her children.
In her own words “I am truly blessed to have this community welcome me and see my light that I have to offer. I can’t wait to meet you on the mat and expand your hearts with me.”
✨ Primal Studios is a Yoga/Buti Yoga/Movement studio that inspires you to move outside your comfort zone, and connect & thrive in the community as we evolve together! Visit us at 457 N. Louisiana Ave. in West Asheville, right inside the TRIBE Dance & Pole building! www.primalstudiosasheville.com ✨
https://www.facebook.com/events/2177831959149533/?event_time_id=2177831972482865
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.
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.
Meet at us Etowah Library (101 Brickward Road, Etowah 28729) on second Tuesdays at 10am!
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Join Jenny for a wild, magical morning flow to get you lifted! ?? Experience Buti Yoga Lite, TUESDAYS// 10:30am!!
Cynthia Sims is subbing January 1st!
This a great introductory class for anyone practicing Buti Yoga or who wants to try it out! We focus on alignment, deep core engagement, and yoga postures in a slightly slower-paced class with lower intensity cardio plyometrics.
?♀️? Buti Yoga utilizes the Spiral Structure Technique + deep core engagement in this empowering class, activating shakti – the divine feminine energy that AWAKENS power + sustainable confidence. Music drives the movements! ♫ ♫ ♫
➳ 60 minute class – ALL LEVELS welcome & celebrated.
➳ $12 per class drop in. Sign up on our Mindbody app- Primal Studios. Space is limited.
➳ Bring your yoga mat OR ?
We have Buti Yoga B-aligned mats for your use.
➳ Our Studio is in the same building as Tribe Dance & Pole at 457 N. Lousiana Ave. in West Asheville
? Instructor Jenny Roberts is a Life Artist, Filmmaker, Self-Discovery Enthusiast + Vegan Athlete, who practices yoga as one of many tools to find freedom in the mind, body, and spirit. Jenny is our Creative Director/Photographer/Videographer at Primal Studios and produces inspiring content at How to Be Light – Jenny Roberts howtobelight.com.
✨ Primal Studios is a Yoga/Buti Yoga/Movement studio that inspires you to move outside your comfort zone, and connect & thrive in the community as we evolve together! Visit us at 457 N. Louisiana Ave. in West Asheville, right inside the TRIBE Dance & Pole building! www.primalstudiosasheville.com ✨
https://www.facebook.com/events/220682732183579/?event_time_id=220682738850245
Post Firing Sculpture Repair
Molly Morning-glory & Mac McCusker
Tuesdays 10:30am-1pm
January 8- February 26
Have broken projects piling up in your studio? Perhaps the piece you worked on for ages didn’t come out how you wanted? Join Molly Morning-glory and Mac McCusker to learn about cold finishing techniques and materials. Bring in your duds and we’ll help you make them beautiful! Sand blasting, epoxies, acrylic paint, spray enamel and more will be covered in this 8-week class. We will also create a sculpture or vessel to be bisque fired and finished without glazing, using shoe polish, patina, or furniture wax.
Level: Intermediate and Advanced
Tuition: $310 + $50 Lab Fee
We are honored to share our passion for our Beloved Black Bears in our exhibit at the “FW Gallery” in Woolworth Walk – downtown Asheville. We are grateful to have been chosen to be their Featured Artists. We want to also thank the many lovely people who work at Woolworth Walk and have supported and assisted us with the exhibit.
The FW Gallery exhibit will end Tuesday, January 29th at 6pm. Our permanent artist booth #229 downstairs “Beloved Black Bear” has over 50 black bear canvases 11×14 at $75 each. We hope you will stop by to visit.
We are happy to say that many black bear canvases have been sold and are now adorning many homes. Our wish is for all of us to share our compassion for the black bear with our friends, family, and neighbors and create connections with the bears giving them a voice.
Love, April Johnson & Jeff Miller
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From a primal flow to a gentle meditative dance, our internal compass guides us as we connect with our own internal rhythms and sense of knowing.
Tara (Becky) will take you on a journey of the senses. While drinking in the sacred sounds of heart beat and breath, we take the ability to listen and to feel even deeper within. We
tap into that intuitive sense of knowing; how and when to move and when to be still. Allow yourself to reconnect to that sacred animal within, ultimately reminding us how to simply be both on and off of the yoga mat.
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DISCUSSION BOUND
Second Tuesdays, 12pm
Free
Meet at Malaprop’s Bookstore/Café (55 Haywood Street, Asheville 28801)
This monthly discussion is a place to exchange ideas about readings that relate to artworks and the art world, and to learn from and about each other. Pick up some tasty local fare at the Malaprop’s Café to make the most of your midday break! Books are available at Malaprop’s for a 10% discount.
JANUARY 8
The Painted Word by Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe (1930-2018) was one of the founders of the New Journalism movement and the author of such contemporary classics as The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test and The Right Stuff, as well as the novel The Bonfire of the Vanities. As a reporter, he wrote articles for The Washington Post, the New York Herald Tribune, Esquire, and New York magazine, and is credited with coining the term “The Me Decade.” Among his many honors, Wolfe was awarded the National Book Award, the John Dos Passos Award, the Washington Irving Medal for Literary Excellence, the National Humanities Medal, and the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
In The Painted Word, Wolfe trains his satirical eye on contemporary art with a dazzling and keen wit. He addresses the scope of contemporary art from Abstract Expressionism through Pop, Op, Minimal, and Conceptual Art. The Painted Word is Tom Wolfe “at his most clever, amusing, and irreverent” (San Francisco Chronicle). Moderated by Tim Lewis.
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Our annual month of classic anime returns on Friday, January 4th featuring the best movies from Studio Ghibli and animation legend Hayao Miyazaki!
THE MOVIES & DATES ARE…
Jan. 4 – 7: Spirited Away
Jan. 8 – 10: Kiki’s Delivery Service – 30th Anniversary
Jan. 11 – 14: Princess Mononoke
Jan. 15 – 17: Porco Rosso
Jan. 18 – 21: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind – 35th Anniversary
Jan. 22 – 24: Grave of the Fireflies (NOT FOR YOUNG VIEWERS)
Jan. 25 – 28: My Neighbor Totoro
Jan. 29 – 31: The Cat Returns
Feb. 1 – 4: Howl’s Moving Castle – 15th Anniversary
Feb. 5 – 7: Castle in the Sky
SHOWTIMES:
There will be two matinees and a 10:00 pm show every day for each movie. We’ll post specific showtimes for each movie here and on our website’s movie page.
SPECIAL BONUS… At the final 10:00 pm show of each movie we will show the original Japanese version with English subtitles! All other shows will be the English dubbed version.
TICKET INFO:
Tickets are only $3.00, and sales operate on our normal ticket policy of going on sale 24 hours before your desired show date.
For example, Friday movie tickets go on sale Thursday, the day before.
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The ACW Cat Pantry will be set up at the Thrift Hound to hand out cat food, litter, non prescription flea and worm medication, and other donations we may have available. Each month on the 2nd Tuesday, and 4th Saturday, as the calendar allows.
Any questions or requests can be emailed to [email protected]
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Enjoy the warmth of our greenhouse while you create your own miniature garden in a glass jar with Mary Martin. All materials will be supplied. $45.
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Come learn about the night sky in the middle of the day! An AMOS educator will lead two short talks about astronomy at 1:30 and 2:30. Free with general admission.
Program is viewed in an inflatable planetarium with floor seating. Please call for questions about accessibility.
https://www.facebook.com/events/323773665163971/
We love our locals. Join us every Tuesday starting January 8th, 2019 for Locals Night with drinks specials, our Classics menu and a few other specials PLUS a meat case discount!
Asheville and Black Mountain locals will enjoy these perks at BOTH Butcher Bar locations…
DRINK SPECIALS
(all day)
$3 draft beers
$3 cans
$5 well drinks
SWEET & SIMPLE LOCAL DINNER MENU
Choose from:
Our Classics menu
$12 BBQ Platter o’ The Day – a rotating selection of meats, perfectly prepared in house, and served with two sides
$7 Famous Foothills Hot Dog – enjoy our famous hot dog BYO style and dress it any way you want at our toppings bar! Includes tallow chips.
MEAT CASE DISCOUNT
Shop local and source sustainably raised meat from local farms. Enjoy 20% off the meat case at both Butcher Bar locations.
NOTE: Our lunch hours and menu remain the same, then transition to Locals Night starting at 5pm.
See you then!
LEARN MORE: www.foothillslocalmeats.com
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