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.

PreOrder prepackaged Ice Cream from The Hop!!! by Tues. 12pm

Mar 30 all-day

The Hop online

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PreOrder prepackaged Ice Cream from The Hop!!! If interested in stocking up on dairy and/or vegan pints and half pints here are the details…
Step 1:
Visit our online Square store, https://my-site-100004-108923.square.site/, between now and 12pm Tuesday.
Step 2:
Place order and pay for dairy and/or vegan pints and half pints. Again, that link is https://my-site-100004-108923.square.site/.
Step 3:
Stop by The Creamery (167 Haywood Rd across from Hole Doughnuts) Tuesday between 2 and 8pm.
Step 4:
Message me via The Hop Ice Cream Cafe FB page that you have arrived and I will bring your order to your car. No need to get out!
Step 5:
Enjoy when you’re ready!

Please note we will not be allowing walk-up orders at The Creamery. All orders will have to be placed via https://my-site-100004-108923.square.site/ by Tuesday at 12pm.

Categories: Community Food & Drink

The Culinary Gardener Online Fresh Produce

Mar 30 all-day

Online

Order a box of produce online for $25 on Instagram with The Culinary Gardener.

Categories: Community Food & Drink

Virtual Museum Tours

Mar 30 all-day

Google Arts & Culture

https://artsandculture.google.com/project/streetviews

Virtual tour

Explore panoramic views of famous sites in 360˚ Street View tours.

Categories: Art & Craft

Harris Teeter: Special Shopping Hours, Delivery Options for Vulnerable Populations

Mar 30 @ 6:00 am – 7:00 am

Harris Teeter

Harris Teeter reserves 6-7am on Mondays and Thursdays for in-store shoppers age 60 and older. ExpressLane Online Shopping pickup times from 9am-2pm on Thursdays are reserved for these shoppers with the $4.95 fee waived (use code: SD60). Home delivery is also offered for seniors during these times for $5 (used code: SDDEL).

Categories: Community Health & Wellness

WNC Farmers Market Open 7am-6pm daily

Mar 30 @ 7:00 am – 6:00 pm

WNC Farmers Market

• The WNC Farmers Market (570 Brevard Rd.) is open for business daily from 7 a.m.- 6 p.m. Find fruits + veggies, plus other staples like meats, cheese, beans, preserves, salsas, honey + condiments.

In a continued effort to provide our community with fresh, locally grown produce, meats and cheeses from area farmers, the market will remain open and operate under normal business hours. The market will be open daily from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

While most of the market will remain open as usual, there are some exceptions:

Moose Cafe – CLOSED.

Additional updates to vendor schedules will be posted as soon as possible. For specific vendors not listed above, we encourage you to reach out to them directly before coming to the market.

Visitors are encouraged to follow CDC recommendations when visiting the market. A complete list of tips and best practices can be found here.

COVID-19 is not a food-borne illness. It is extremely unlikely that someone will catch it through eating. The virus is most likely to cause illness through respiratory transmission. The routes to be concerned about include being in very close proximity to many people, or coming in contact with high touch surfaces.

Thank you for your continued support during these unprecedented times!

Categories: Community Food & Drink Garden Health & Wellness

Live Morning Didgeridoo Meditation

Mar 30 @ 7:30 am – 8:00 am

online

Tune in with me on Facebook Live each morning at 7:30am for a 20 minute live meditation with didgeridoo. I’ll be guiding you through simple and effective ways that will help you to:

Calm your nervous system
Become more resilient to stress
Get you ready for the day and evening

The intention is for you to learn this simple skillset quickly and use it right now to stay centered, balanced and show up for yourself, your family, and your community.

The more of us that can do that, the better! I hope to see you soon.

Warmly,

Corey Costanzo

ps If you miss the live meditation, check our website later in the day. We will be uploading all recordings.

Categories: Community Health & Wellness Music

Natural Impressions: Prints from the Asheville Printmakers CANCELLED

Mar 30 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

The North Carolina Arboretum

On display daily January 18 – April 19, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the upstairs gallery of the Education Center, the Asheville Printmakers’ newest exhibit, Natural Impressions, will feature a variety of two- and three-dimensional print pieces utilizing numerous printmaking processes. Works will inspire visitors to think about the beauty and fragility of plants and the natural world through various perspectives and printmaking techniques. All pieces are available for purchase and a portion of the sales will benefit The North Carolina Arboretum Society.

Founded in 2013, the Asheville Printmakers is an energetic group of artists dedicated to expressing ideas and imagery through the medium of print. The group encompasses a wide range of processes and content, including traditional methods, such as lithography, woodcut and screen printing, and contemporary photographic printing processes, such as carbon printing, platinum-palladium and photopolymer etching.

Parking Fees

Members: Free
Personal Vehicles: $14
Motorhomes / Vehicles (21’ or larger): $50
Buses: $100

There are no other admission charges required for visitors to access the Arboretum’s grounds and facilities during the day beyond the standard parking fees listed above.

Categories: Art & Craft Benefit Community

Quarter Cow Butchery Class: Front Quarter

Mar 30 @ 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Hickory Nut Gap Farm

LEARN

Learn about how our cattle are raised from our farm director Asher Wright. He will discuss rotational grazing model, health benefits of grassfed beef and how various inputs on the production side impact the quality of the meat.

EAT

Enjoy a beautiful spread of our in-house made Charcuterie & a locally crafted adult beverage of your choice.

WATCH

Watch head butcher Brian Bermingham demonstrate how to break down each part of a quarter cow, explaining each step of the process along the way.

You’ll learn from our butcher about the differences between each cut, including how they differ in texture, flavor, and cooking requirements.

TAKE

Each participant will take home a portion of different cuts of beef from the class!

Categories: Education Food & Drink

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Asheville Area Arts Council Arts Impact Surveys

Mar 31 all-day

Asheville Area Arts Council On-line

Asheville Area Arts Relief Fund Survey

We are looking into starting an arts relief fund, but donations are hard to come by right now. Please complete this very short survey to help us determine how we can work together to support our local arts community during this pandemic.

Take the Survey

Americans for the Arts Economic Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on the Arts and Cultural Sector Survey

This survey is designed to collect information about the financial and human impacts that the spread of the coronavirus has had on arts and cultural organizations. The survey also collects basic information about the participating organizations so that the data can be parsed by specific geographic regions, artistic disciplines, and budget categories.

Take the Survey

Categories: Art & Craft Community

Brass Monkey Photography Free Online Classes

Mar 31 all-day

Brass Monkey Photography Online

Hi everyone! I hope that you are staying safe (and sane) in this unprecedented time? I’d like to offer a FREE online class, (absolutely no catch) on getting the most out of your camera.

Do you have a digital camera that you only use in Automatic mode and would like to get more out of it? Have you ever wondered what the different settings are and how they could help you when taking portraits or landscape photographs?

I’d like to set up a few beginner sessions to go over the basics. I will create 60-90 minute segments (via video link) and will look at:

– Aperture
– ISO
– Shutter Speed
– How different lenses impact your photo
– And many more topics

They’ll be in bite size chunks that are more manageable and give you an opportunity to review your notes prior to the next class. The class will be interactive at points too – it’s not just me talking to you via a pre-recorded message. Let’s have some fun together and have you using your camera more this spring/summer!

Respond below and let me know. Please RSVP within 24 hours of the start of each class.

Thanks!

Natasha

Categories: Art & Craft Community

Create Your Own Sculpture with Asheville Art Museum

Mar 31 all-day

online w/ Asheville Art Museum

After Authur Bradburn, Robot Lamp, circa 1985, mixed media sculpture electrical parts , 2001.14.33

MUSEUM FROM HOME

Create Your Own Sculpture

This artist used found objects to create this sculpture.

ACTIVITY

Look around your house for things you might use to create your own sculpture: a cardboard box, paper towel tubes, tea tin, caps off of juice or milk cartons. Then use glue, duct tape, or string to put a sculpture together and share it with us!

Take a picture, email it to [email protected] and you might see it posted on this page! You can also share it with us on social media, tagging @ashevilleartmuseum. Don’t forget to give your artwork a name. You don’t have to, but it’s fun. Happy sculpting!

Categories: Art & Craft Community Family Fun

Dine To Be Kind

Mar 31 all-day

Participating Restaurants

Enjoy a day of dining out to help animals in need! The 17th Annual Dine To Be Kind will be held on March 31st at participating restaurants. When you dine in (or carry out) for breakfast, lunch, and/or dinner, 15%-25% of your bill will be donated to the lifesaving programs at Asheville Humane Society. For a full list of participating locations, visit www.ashevillehumane.org/dine-to-be-kind.

Categories: Food & Drink Fundraisers

Henderson County Restaurant Week

Mar 31 all-day

Henderson County Resuaurants

Participating restaurants offer a variety of special Prix Fixe Menus for lunch, dinner or both. Check the Henderson County Restaurant Week website for participating restaurants and their menus.

Categories: Food & Drink

Hickory Nut Gap Farm Update Online Orders and Store Hours

Mar 31 all-day

Hickory Nut Gap

A Few Farm Store Updates…

Moving forward, our hours will be Wednesday – Sunday, 1pm – 4pm.
We will be accepting orders via online only. https://www.hickorynutgap.com/product-category/home-delivery/?utm_source=Farm+General+Interest&utm_campaign=ad50dba514-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_03_25_12_35&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c6a6d890c6-ad50dba514-34117913 We will not be accepting orders over the phone.
Orders placed after 7am will be available for pickup the following business day.
We are shipping orders and also offering drive-through pickup from the Farm Store.
The deli and kitchen will be closed until further notice.

Categories: Community Food & Drink

How to Buy Local While Social Distancing: On-Farm Pickups and More

Mar 31 all-day

NC and SC Farms

Many farms across North and South Carolina have added on-farm pickups, home delivery & online pre-orders to accommodate for social distancing in light of the COVID-19 outbreak. Please see the listings below for more information, and check out our interactive Google Map for farm locations near you!

Are you a farmer interested in being listed? Email [email protected]

Please:

DO NOT show up at farms without prior permission.
Follow specific instructions provided by each farm.
Stay home if you are feeling ill.

Categories: Community Food & Drink Garden Health & Wellness

LEAF Healing Arts Online Yoga

Mar 31 all-day

Online

Yoga
Kelly Gilmore Yoga
Great Abiding Yoga w/ Tara (Becky) Eschenroeder
Restorative Yoga w/ Costanzo Family
Sierra Hollister
Kids Yoga with Eden Toan

Categories: Health & Wellness Yoga

LEAF’s Virtual Yoga Class

Mar 31 all-day

LEAF Online

Yoga is a great way to calm your mind and connect back to yourself. Our amazing Healing Arts coordinator, Sonya Costello, put together this family-friendly yoga class that you can do from anywhere! Get your family together, take a deep breath and find your inner peace. Watch the video here!

Categories: Health & Wellness Yoga

Living Web Farms: Online Videos and Audios

Mar 31 all-day

On line Video

Video Table of Contents

Audio Table of Contents

Categories: Community Garden Health & Wellness

Meals On Wheels: Schedule

Mar 31 all-day

Asheville NC

Beginning March 18, the Meals On the Bus mobile feeding site will operate its traditional summer route, stopping at six neighborhoods on the following schedule:

King Creek: 10:30-10:55 a.m.
Dodd Meadows: 11:05-11:30 a.m.
Shorty Collins: 11:40 a.m.-12:05 p.m.
Leisure Lane: 12:15-12:35 p.m.
Sugarloaf Apartments: 12:55-1:20 p.m.
Conner Creek Mobile Home Park: 1:35-2 p.m.

Families who lack transportation should contact their child’s school so HCPS staff can deliver meals to their children.

IMPORTANT COVID-19 UPDATE:

The following is an update for our seniors and volunteers.

Due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus, we are implementing the following safeguards to protect our senior clients as well as our volunteers.

We are utilizing a no-contact delivery protocol. We have asked volunteers to place meals in bags to cut down on the passing of germs. Volunteers should place meals in a bag, knock on the door or ring the doorbell, and hang the meals on a handle at the door. In addition, volunteers should call clients that have difficulty in getting to the door right away, to let them know their meal is at the door. As for seniors that cannot come to the door, we would like to leave meals hanging inside of the door for you, but we can discuss that case by case.

We have disposable gloves and plastic bags available for volunteers upon request.

While this pandemic is ever-changing, we will continue to assess the situation daily and ensure that we are following all suggested protocols while guaranteeing the homebound in our community remain safe, healthy and fed.

If you should have any questions or concerns, please call us at 828-253-5286.

*Stay Informed About COVID-19 – https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

Categories: Community Food & Drink

Meditation Live THRIVE Love with Carolyn Little Online

Mar 31 all-day

Youtube Online

Meditation Youtube videos at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBvKHTs0CRwWfYoBmlVd2eg?mc_cid=c289d7ac95&mc_eid=7ea4a42efd

Supported through LEAF

Categories: Health & Wellness

MUSEUM FROM HOME Color Our Collection

Mar 31 all-day

Online w/ Asheville Art Museum

Coloring is great way to combat stress and anxiety. Download and print these free coloring sheets and note cards featuring works from Collection artist Lorna Blaine Halper. During this time of social distancing, we can’t think of a better way to show someone you care than sending them a card via snail mail. Use our coloring template or craft your own!

Categories: Art & Craft Community Family Fun

National Museum of Natural History – Virtual Tours

Mar 31 all-day

National Museum of Natural History On-line

The Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History virtual tours allow visitors to take self-guided, room-by-room tours of select exhibits and areas within the museum from their desktop or mobile device. Visitors can also access select collections and research areas at our satellite support and research stations as well as past exhibits no longer on display.

Virtual Tour Tips

To navigate between adjoining rooms in the tours, click on the blue arrow links on the floor or use the navigation map in the upper right of the presentation screen.
Look for the camera icon which gives you a close-up view of a particular object or exhibit panel.
Try zooming in as some of the images are stitched together from individual pictures in order to create very high resolution giga-pixel images.

Available Tours

Hall of Fossils - Deep Time, Giant Sloth

Permanent Exhibits

Current Exhibits

Past Exhibits

Museum Support Center & Research Stations

The Burghers of Calais in the Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden

A Few Other Smithsonian Tours

Please note: This tour and these presentations have been tested and should work on all common devices, browsers, and operating systems (using a desktop computer with Windows, Mac, Linux or a mobile device such as an iPhone, iPad, or Android). Functionality and appearance may vary as it will adjust automatically to accommodate the most visitors. Please let us know what you think of the tour and how the experience can be improved. Send your feedback to the NMNH Webmaster.

Categories: Art & Craft Community Education Family Fun

Online Survey Asheville Art Museum

Mar 31 all-day

Asheville Art Museum

Survey JUST Click the type that you want.

What type of content would you like to see most from us?
 DIY activities for kids
 DIY activities for adults
 Interactive programs/webinars
 Deeper dives into the artwork

Categories: Art & Craft

PreOrder prepackaged Ice Cream from The Hop!!! by Tues. 12pm

Mar 31 all-day

The Hop online

Image may contain: food

Please note we will not be allowing walk-up orders at The Creamery. All orders will have to be placed via https://my-site-100004-108923.square.site/ by Tuesday at 12pm.

Categories: Community Food & Drink

The Culinary Gardener Online Fresh Produce

Mar 31 all-day

Online

Order a box of produce online for $25 on Instagram with The Culinary Gardener.

Categories: Community Food & Drink

Virtual Museum Tours

Mar 31 all-day

Google Arts & Culture

https://artsandculture.google.com/project/streetviews

Virtual tour

Explore panoramic views of famous sites in 360˚ Street View tours.

Categories: Art & Craft

Ingles Special Shopping Hours, Delivery Options for Vulnerable Populations

Mar 31 @ 7:00 am – 8:00 am

Ingles Grocery Stores

Starting on Tuesday, March 24, Ingles will dedicate the first shopping hour from 7 – 8 am on Tuesdays and Wednesdays to senior shoppers and those with compromised immune systems.

Categories: Community Health & Wellness

Publix Markets: Special Shopping Hours, Delivery Options for Vulnerable Populations

Mar 31 @ 7:00 am – 8:00 am

Publix Markets

Publix Markets reserves 7-8 a.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for customers age 65 and older. Home delivery is available through Instacart.

Categories: Community Health & Wellness

WNC Farmers Market Open 7am-6pm daily

Mar 31 @ 7:00 am – 6:00 pm

WNC Farmers Market

• The WNC Farmers Market (570 Brevard Rd.) is open for business daily from 7 a.m.- 6 p.m. Find fruits + veggies, plus other staples like meats, cheese, beans, preserves, salsas, honey + condiments.

In a continued effort to provide our community with fresh, locally grown produce, meats and cheeses from area farmers, the market will remain open and operate under normal business hours. The market will be open daily from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

While most of the market will remain open as usual, there are some exceptions:

Moose Cafe – CLOSED.

Additional updates to vendor schedules will be posted as soon as possible. For specific vendors not listed above, we encourage you to reach out to them directly before coming to the market.

Visitors are encouraged to follow CDC recommendations when visiting the market. A complete list of tips and best practices can be found here.

COVID-19 is not a food-borne illness. It is extremely unlikely that someone will catch it through eating. The virus is most likely to cause illness through respiratory transmission. The routes to be concerned about include being in very close proximity to many people, or coming in contact with high touch surfaces.

Thank you for your continued support during these unprecedented times!

Categories: Community Food & Drink Garden Health & Wellness

Live Morning Didgeridoo Meditation

Mar 31 @ 7:30 am – 8:00 am

online

Tune in with me on Facebook Live each morning at 7:30am for a 20 minute live meditation with didgeridoo. I’ll be guiding you through simple and effective ways that will help you to:

Calm your nervous system
Become more resilient to stress
Get you ready for the day and evening

The intention is for you to learn this simple skillset quickly and use it right now to stay centered, balanced and show up for yourself, your family, and your community.

The more of us that can do that, the better! I hope to see you soon.

Warmly,

Corey Costanzo

ps If you miss the live meditation, check our website later in the day. We will be uploading all recordings.

Categories: Community Health & Wellness Music

March 2020 Mar 2020

Calendar of Events

Virtual tour

Explore panoramic views of famous sites in 360˚ Street View tours.

Asheville Area Arts Relief Fund Survey

Americans for the Arts Economic Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on the Arts and Cultural Sector Survey

ACTIVITY

A Few Farm Store Updates…

Virtual Tour Tips

Available Tours

Virtual tour

Explore panoramic views of famous sites in 360˚ Street View tours.