Calendar of Events

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.

EXHIBITION
“From Sea to Shining Sea: The Decay of America” includes works from four photographers who capture varying aspects of the decay and destruction of the American landscape; from aerial views of invasive construction sites to images documenting the broader humanitarian impact on the Sioux Nation at Standing Rock.

ARTISTS: Peter Essick, Carl Galie, Christine Hinz Lenzen, Sarah Stacke

OPENING RECEPTION to be held Sunday, Nov 11 at 3PM at Blue Spiral 1

This exhibition is held in conjunction with photo+sphere (www.photoplusavl.com), a city-wide exploration of photography and photo media from November 7-11, 2018. This show will be on display in our upstairs gallery from November 7th – December 7th, 2018.

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FILM: The Devil We Know
a 2018 Sundance Film Festival premiere documentary, is an exposé of the DuPont corporation, whose decades-long effort to deny the adverse effects of chemicals used in Teflon has resulted in birth defects, cancer, and death.

Sunday, November 11th, 2018 @ 1pm in the Fine Arts Theatre.
Ticket fee: $5 at the box office

Q+A SESSION
immediately after with the film with award-winning filmmaker and co-director of The Devil We Know, Jeremy Seifert

RECEPTION for the film and exhibition
at 3pm at Blue Spiral 1

https://www.facebook.com/events/368056477065758/

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=2336118186663650

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=316661585814688

Sarge’s is now running a volunteer and foster program that encompasses both the Sarge’s Adoption Center, and the new Haywood County Animal Shelter. We also have volunteers that work at PetSmart in Waynesville, enriching and cleaning the cages of the cats there.
We have various opportunities available for getting involved. At orientation, we will discuss the various roles filled by volunteers, safety precautions, training opportunities, and sign the legal paperwork needed. After this, you will get the back scenes tour of the new animal shelter.

https://www.facebook.com/events/260083264693603/

Come grab a BLAZE PIZZA pie for the crew all day (11 a.m. to 11 p.m.) on Friday, December 7, at 1840 Hendersonville Rd.
in Gerber Village (next to Sky Zone Trampoline Park) after hours of jumping to benefit FES Dad’s Club! 20 percent of all proceeds will go to this great group of school-helping dads!

https://www.facebook.com/events/363341431078569/

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=337462227058279

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.

We invite YOU to our holiday gathering, DECEMBER 7th from 11-7! Please join us for a chance to win a $500 gift card, complimentary services, a spin on the prize wheel, yummy snacks and goodie bags! We look forward to seeing you and appreciate your business!

https://www.facebook.com/events/368494813886741/

On December 7 from 11am-4pm, Hendersonville painter Cynthia Wilson will demonstrate acrylic layering and collage techniques at Grovewood Gallery. Known for her brilliantly colored dreamscapes and nature paintings, Wilson was recently juried into exhibitions at the National Academy of Design, as well as the National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic.

Finished paintings will be available to purchase. This event is free to attend and open to the public.

https://www.facebook.com/events/285471032304919/

As Virginia Woolf said, “one cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” Food and water are essential for survival, but mankind’s relationship to food has transformed over time from one of sustenance to one laden with personal and cultural significance.

A Matter of Taste explores depictions of food and drink in art and reveals how images of fruits and vegetables can function as complex metaphors for excess, status, memory, and politics. Drawn from southern museums and private collections, this exhibition showcases over 35 paintings, decorative arts, and works on paper by artists such as Andy Warhol, Wayne Thiebaud, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Claes Oldenburg.

This show spans 400 years and multiple continents, revealing the evolving role of food and drink in various media and cultural contexts. While depictions of fruit and vegetables appeared in ancient times, still life painting as an independent genre dates to 16th-century Holland.

In 19th-century America, still life paintings remained popular but evolved in terms of subject matter, media, and message. Painters such as Thomas Wightman, George Forster, and De Scott Evans embraced Dutch still lifes and used food as commentary on the current political climate and the transient state of the human condition.

Illustrated newspapers led to an increase of cartoons by artists such as Winslow Homer and William Hogarth, who utilized food and drink as social satire. The 20th-century modern art movement further changed the perception of food. The culture of mass production enabled Pop artists to elevate seemingly mundane foodstuffs to high art. Yet, other contemporary artists explored the symbolic and nostalgic role of food seen in works by Tim Tate, Linda Armstrong, and Laquita Thomson.

Visitors will also experience an elaborately set dining table fit for a sumptuous feast. Dining became its own art form over time and communicated one’s social standing and wealth. Each of the table’s six place settings represent a different culture and offer a glimpse into global dining customs. Selective drinkware will accompany this section revealing how tea sets and even punch bowls reflected an owner’s prestige.

Thursday, December 6th. 5-8pm,
Indoor Boutique – Happy Hour Ladies Night (Benefiting Saved by the Heart) $5 Donation Entry for Attendees

Friday, December 7th.
-Indoor Boutique – 10am-Noon – Community Brunch (Benefiting Greer Relief) – $5 Donation Entry for Attendees –
-Indoor Boutique & Outdoor Village – Regular Hours Noon-8pm (Until Santa Leaves)
Santa visit 7:30pm

Saturday, December 8th
Indoor Boutique & Outdoor Village – Regular hours 9am-2pm

Mark your calendars for this year’s Greer Station Vintage Christmas Friday and Saturday, Dec 7-8 with a fun preview event on Thursday evening Dec 6th. We are back at Grace Hall. Our charity partners this year are Saved by the Heart Companion Animal Services and Greer Relief & Resources Agency, Inc. TELL YOUR FRIENDS! #vintagechristmasgreer

We are extremely excited about our 2018 addition of the Marketplace Village on Victoria St in Downtown Greer. Located conveniently between Greer City Park and Trade St we are able to add lots more vendors and entertainment to our already extensive lineup. Marketplace Village hours are Friday Dec 7th Noon-8pm and Saturday Dec 8th, 9am-2pm. Each day, we are giving away shopping bags to the first 50 attendees.
Our Christmas Marketplace creates an enjoyable experience that includes shopping for giftables, decor ideas, and tasty treats throughout! Don’t miss this!

Interested in being a vendor?! Check out our website vintagechristmasgreer.com

https://www.facebook.com/events/303841557040272/?event_time_id=303841563706938

✨ Take time to Nourish Yourself. ✨Join Instructor Ami Lee for Restorative Yoga, Fridays at 12pm at Primal Studios. ?

Restorative Yoga is the use of props to support the body in positions of ease and comfort to facilitate relaxation and health.

In this class, we will settle into some supported floor poses while releasing tension, gently breathing, and allowing gravity to draw us towards the steadiness of the earth underneath.

Restorative yoga poses manipulate our nervous system in such a way that reduces the influence of our activating systems (sympathetic) and increases the efforts of our quieting systems (parasympathetic) so that we may take rest. All of the organ systems in the body are benefited during deep relaxation.?‍♀️?

➳ 60 minute class – All levels welcome✨ ✨ ✨

➳ $12 drop in/ Pre-register on Mindbody app- Primal Studios to reserve your space + speed up the sign in process!

➳ Bring a 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. Louisiana Ave. in West Asheville.

? Ami Adkison received her 200 RYT from Asheville Yoga Center, specializing in Yin, Flow, and Restorative yoga. Yoga found her as a teenager and has become a way of balancing stress and anxiety in everyday life. She customizes a complete spiritual and physical experience for the mind, body, and soul that will bring you out of your head and into your body.

✨ 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. ✨primalstudiosasheville.com ✨

https://www.facebook.com/events/357427804999654/

All sets this year will be songwriters in-the-round.
Please check out these wonderful artists!
Schedule is below.

Friday, Dec 7
12:00-1:30
Alexa Rose & Tim Comstock
Ian Reardon & Chris Carter
Devils In Dust
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1:45-3:15
Laura Blackley
Todd Cecil
Stevie Lee Combs
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3:30-5:00
Paul Edelman
Aaron Woody Wood
Morgan Geer
Kevin Fuller
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Saturday, Dec 8
12:00-1:30
Nikki Talley
Brie Capone
Hannah Kaminer
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1:45-3:15
Kevn Kinney
Leigh Glass
Joshua Singleton
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3:30-5:00
Ray Sisk
Joe Lasher
Karen Kayne

https://www.facebook.com/events/2224536724247655/?event_time_id=2224536750914319

We’re releasing My Cuzin’ Yeddy Oatmeal Stout this Friday. This is a velvety smooth winter warmer, with a roasted malt character, hints of mocha and a rich body. Just in time for Snowmageddon.

https://www.facebook.com/events/580893935696903/

Contact improvisation requires a courageous willingness — but never so much as when we dance in the absence of will – those moments when we drop the reigns and, nowhere bound, allow our animal to carry us.

Join good company for dancing and discovery. With games, some sweat, and the unique physicality of the contact body we will savor and rock the boundaries between states of allowing and mindful intention.

We will explore:

*Moving from a base of sensation
*Dancing with a shared central axis
*Seeking ease in going off balance
*Finding the spontaneous acrobatics of the form
*Spending more time in nuance, disorientation, and extended follow-through

This workshop is for those with a beginning grasp of Contact fundamentals. If you are new to CI, please consider taking the Fundamentals Series or other classes leading up to the workshop and coming to classes and jams to get some dance time under your belt.

~=Schedule=~
Friday
1-4pm Intermediate Module
5-7pm Potluck @ Group House (with hot tub)
7:30-10pm Jam

Saturday
10:30am Registration
11-6pm Workshop (lunch break time TBA)
Evening Community Time @ Group House (with hot tub!)

Sunday
9:30-4pm Workshop (lunch break time TBA)

~=Registration=~
Registration Open – Closes Nov. 30th

Sliding Scale Pricing:
Suggested $180-300 Range
$225 average needed to cover costs

https://www.ashevillejam.com/nowhere-bound-with-martin-keogh/

About Martin Keogh:
Martin Keogh has taught and performed contact improvisation for over thirty-eight years on six continents. For his contribution to the development of the form he is a Fulbright Senior Specialist and listed in Who’s Who in the World. Martin spent time traveling to monasteries in Japan and Korea and was the director of the Empty Gate Zen Center in Berkeley before discovering the world of dance. He is the author of four books including the recently released, Dancing Deeper Still: The Practice of Contact Improvisation. More info at: www.martinkeogh.com

https://www.facebook.com/events/2171073456492609/?event_time_id=2171073483159273

Contact improvisation requires a courageous willingness — but never so much as when we dance in the absence of will – those moments when we drop the reigns and, nowhere bound, allow our animal to carry us.

Join good company for dancing and discovery. With games, some sweat, and the unique physicality of the contact body we will savor and rock the boundaries between states of allowing and mindful intention.

We will explore:

*Moving from a base of sensation
*Dancing with a shared central axis
*Seeking ease in going off balance
*Finding the spontaneous acrobatics of the form
*Spending more time in nuance, disorientation, and extended follow-through

This workshop is for those with a beginning grasp of Contact fundamentals. If you are new to CI, please consider taking the Fundamentals Series or other classes leading up to the workshop and coming to classes and jams to get some dance time under your belt.

~=Schedule=~
Friday
1-4pm Intermediate Module
5-7pm Potluck @ Group House (with hot tub)
7:30-10pm Jam

Saturday
10:30am Registration
11-6pm Workshop (lunch break time TBA)
Evening Community Time @ Group House (with hot tub!)

Sunday
9:30-4pm Workshop (lunch break time TBA)

~=Registration=~
Registration Open – Closes Nov. 30th

Sliding Scale Pricing:
Suggested $180-300 Range
$225 average needed to cover costs

https://www.ashevillejam.com/nowhere-bound-with-martin-keogh/

About Martin Keogh:
Martin Keogh has taught and performed contact improvisation for over thirty-eight years on six continents. For his contribution to the development of the form he is a Fulbright Senior Specialist and listed in Who’s Who in the World. Martin spent time traveling to monasteries in Japan and Korea and was the director of the Empty Gate Zen Center in Berkeley before discovering the world of dance. He is the author of four books including the recently released, Dancing Deeper Still: The Practice of Contact Improvisation. More info at: www.martinkeogh.com

https://www.facebook.com/events/2171073456492609/

Give Mom the night off and let the kids jump, jump, jump away from 3-7 p.m. on Friday, December 7 at Asheville’s SKY ZONE trampoline park! Sponsored by FES Dad’s Club, 30% of all proceeds go to benefit this awesome group! Make sure to MENTION FES DAD’S CLUB AT THE REGISTER!

https://www.facebook.com/events/348361909062712/

Learn or review the anatomy of the cranium and explore new relationships for release between these structures. In addition, we will address ways of working with TMJ issues.

Formal study group are tailored specifically to participants’ needs, meeting the student exactly where they are and supporting them in their process. This time is used to review techniques, clarify principles, discuss specific client cases or issues, and have space to dive deeper into areas of interest, concern, or curiosity.

$75

https://www.facebook.com/events/1675930019179812/

Each individual who donates more than $25 worth of toys will be given a 10% discount, that day, toward their entire tab.

https://www.facebook.com/events/563935094055904/?event_time_id=563935120722568

It’s the most wonderful time of the year……. Friar Fig Figgy pudding is here and it’s better than ever!

https://www.facebook.com/events/938293079695511/

Join us as we welcome WINTER by listening to The Stories Trees Tell. We will be joining together at the Botanical Gardens to listen to what the trees have to say. Please bring a notebook and a pen and a blanket or camping chair to sit on. We will spend some time sitting in a circle on the ground together. We will be spending 25 minutes of quiet time walking in and listening to nature. We will then write what we experienced and join together to share those experiences. The event will be led by Erin Everett, an Asheville-area resident who is also a quiatlzques, a weather worker and tradition-holder in the Nahua lineage of the Central Highlands of Mexico.

The event is free and we will meet in the parking lot!

https://www.facebook.com/events/480125382488162/

Join us each Friday for fun, snacks and your favorite beverage to help kick off your weekend. It’s where everybody knows your name!
We have wine, beer and other beverage choices, plus free snacks and the great people of Hendersonville! Stop in and join us! Tonight 10% of all proceeds from 359 Club will go to IAM – Interfaith Ministry. So come out and support this vital ministry in Henderson County!

https://www.facebook.com/events/367128734037212/

Plan now to join us for our annual holiday event!
Friday December 7. 4-8 pm
SALE! SALE! SALE!
Homemade appetizers, spirits, friends and fun.
Bring your family and friends!

https://www.facebook.com/events/919938218204998/

This event is the full trifecta! Come pamper yourself, knock out some holiday shopping, and support local causes in the process!

* $1/minute charity foot soaks, massages & mini facials
* Free add-on to nail treatment (paraffin wax or charcoal clay)
* Wine and snacks
* 10-15% off retail all day long
* Enter to win a 30 or 60 minute treatment (100% proceeds go to local non-profit of choice)
* Get your holiday gift cards and gift baskets!

This event is in presented in support of two local charities, REACH of Haywood and Haywood Waterways, who will receive 100% of profits from the $1/min treatments, and 10% of profits from sales all day.

Please RSVP by December 4. For more information, contact [email protected].

https://www.facebook.com/events/265262127523238/

Penland Gallery Pop Up

Fri, Dec 7, 5-8 pm & Sat, Dec 8, 10-2 pm

The Center for Craft is teaming up with the Penland Gallery at Penland School of Crafts to bring twenty-five artists to Asheville for a two day holiday pop-up shop, December 7th and 8th.

The shop will present work in clay, textiles, metal, glass, print, wood, and jewelry by WNC artists affiliated with Penland School. Join us to meet the artists and enjoy fine contemporary craft and well-designed objects.

More information will be available soon at penland.org/gallery

Featuring work by:

Terry Gess
Ronan Peterson
Susan Feagin
Will Baker
Joy Tanner
Kurt Anderson
Jason Hartsoe
Matt Repsher
Gay Smith
Shaker + Salt
Corey Pemberton
Kit Paulson
Josh Fredock
Morgan Hill
Lisa Colby
Laura Wood
Anna Johnson
Tara Locklear
Emily Rogstad
Marian Miller
Paige Davis
Carmen Grier
Bright House

https://www.facebook.com/events/203742983850868/?event_time_id=203742990517534

Join us as we celebrate the Grand Opening of Point Lookout Vineyards!

https://www.facebook.com/events/223267068402050/

We will be outside collecting warm clothing donations for Asheville’s Homeless men, women, and children

https://www.facebook.com/events/293202474625059/

One of the Upstate’s premier Christmas events takes place in Greer City Park when Santa comes to visit!

5:00pm-7:00pm
Holiday Craft Stations
Inflatables
Greer Relief S’mores
Plate 108 Cookie Decorating

Performances will take place on the amphitheater from 5:00pm-7:15pm.

Santa will arrive at the park at 7:15pm.

Children under 16 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian at all times. Pets are not permitted.

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, activity or public meeting of the Events Division at 864-968-7008 as soon as possible, but no later than 48 hours prior to the scheduled event.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1883835975245690/

Death Cafe…. A special Time to share

https://www.facebook.com/events/702192346829559/