Calendar of Events

The 3rd Annual Asheville Winter Swim League will kickoff in January and go through February. All levels and abilities of swimmers are welcome to attend!

What is the AVL Swim League? The intention of the swim league is to build a better swimming community in WNC. All levels and abilities of swimmers will be training together in a friendly, cohesive, structured and coached GROUP atmosphere.

How is the AVL structured? The Swim League is intended for adults, ages 16 and Up, we welcome swimmers of all experience levels including Novice/Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced/Expert Swim Groups with swim leaders and pool-side support and instruction.

Location: All swims unless otherwise noted will meet at the Leila Patterson Center in Fletcher, NC. The LPC Pool is an INDOOR, 25 Yard pool… pretty incredible! We meet Thursdays 6:30-7:30pm. We will have 3 lanes reserved for the Swim League. To prevent over crowding in the lanes, it will be first come first serve.

Cost: The Swim League is FREE. A $5 Suggested Donation for Coach Led Swims are accepted when you sign in at the swim. These donations are for iDream Athletes Foundation and for our coaches/leaders on the pool-deck at each group training.

Contact [email protected] with questions or suggestions!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1173582029474153/?event_time_id=1173582052807484

Join Jennifer for an Intro to Pole Fitness 6 week series. By the end of this series, students will be all set to attend Pole 2 classes, and may also attend any Pole Dance classes on the schedule (such as Sultry Pole). Students will learn Pole Fitness Level 1 in its entirety, and will be proficient in many beginner skills upon completion. Expect a thorough yoga-inspired full body warm up followed by pole conditioning skills to help you achieve your pole fitness goals. Students will also learn basic pole combinations in addition to skills, and will have time to experiment and play at the end of class. Class will end with a brief feel-good cool down stretch session.

$60 for the full series, occurs on Thursdays at 6:30pm from January 3rd to February 7th. Sign up now from your student account at circusdb.org/empyrean. We only allow for 6 sign ups for the beginner series for the comfort of new students and to allow for ample time on the poles, so be sure to sign up ASAP as these series sell out QUICK! We offer 2 hours of open studio per missed class of a series.

https://www.facebook.com/events/195806667985708/?event_time_id=195806704652371

Irish Session at Triskelion!
( Every first and third Thursday of the month)

A session is a community celebration of traditional Celtic Music and an exploration of a vast, colorful, musical world that originates from Ireland, Scotland and the other Celtic nations.

The tunes start at 6:30 and the final set will finish by 8:30; every first and third Thursday of the month.

All skill levels are welcome, beginners are invited and it is free to the public. We will mainly be playing dance tunes from the Irish music tradition, but certainly not strictly!

If you are interested in playing traditional Celtic music, please come join us!

https://www.facebook.com/events/137638900463983/?event_time_id=137639477130592

Do you love succulent plants?
Do you love wine?

Then this is the event you don’t want to miss!

Learn the basics of planting and caring for your own succulent planter. The Workshop is $40.00 and includes; 3 large healthy and beautiful succulents from our local farm partner, our own blend of succulent’s soil, moss, decorative rock, sand and an upcycled champagne bottle cut by Hooarte with wine cork stabilizers.
No experience necessary, planting can get messy so dress appropriately
Wine Sage & Gourmet will have beer and wine available for purchase. Succulent workshops tend to sell out so be sure to register quick to guarantee your spot.

https://www.facebook.com/events/459985061192903/

$20 / $25

From Ithaca NY, Joe Crookston returns to Asheville for a night of sublime, orchestral folk, hilarious stories, fiddle and slide guitar, original visual artwork, and beauty that will leave you feeling more awake and alive with a renewed sense of what’s possible. This will be your best night out in years. Grab a friend and decide to be part of this night. You’ll be glad you did. Promise.

Seated Lounge Show:: Limited Tables Available with a Dinner Reservation :: All Other Seating is First Come First Serve General Admission :: Please Call Venue for Dinner (Table) Reservations

https://www.facebook.com/events/251662895518264/

You are not going to miss this! It’s the 3rd Thursday of the month and that can only mean one thing at Sanctuary Brewing Company! Billy Litz is back for his solo Thursday show!

Billy Litz…
is an Asheville, NC based multi-instrumentalist (trumpet, keys, guitar, harmonica, foot percussion) and singer with a lust for song-writing. He has been called “…. A prolific tunesmith…Blessed with a distinctive lead voice — high, thick, suitably retro” – Bold Life Magazine He tours the East Coast as the front man of the feel-good 4-piece, soul band, Hustle Souls, and as a dynamic one-man-band solo artist where New Orleans trumpet, honky-tonk piano, and foot stomping percussion meet the acoustic guitar and whining harmonica.

http://www.billylitz.com/

https://www.facebook.com/events/302679757016096/

We love strong, passionate, intelligent women like the incredible Dolly Parton, so come celebrate her birthday with us with a special 30th Anniversary screening of the hilarious and sassy STEEL MAGNOLIAS!

Dolly’s actual birthday is Saturday, January 19th, but we’re celebrating it a bit early.

The cast of this hilarious tear-jerker is incredible. Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Julia Roberts, Sally Field, Olympia Dukakis and Daryl Hannah brilliantly bring Robert Harlings’ award-winning play to life on the big screen.

TICKETS: Tickets are only $3.00. They are now on sale at the main bar of our 675 Merrimon Avenue location and also online at our website below:
https://www.ashevillebrewing.com/movies/

MOVIE SYNOPSIS:
Six women come together in this hilarious and heartwarming story of life, love and loss in a small Louisiana parish. At the center of the group is Shelby Eatenton, newly married and joyfully pregnant, despite the fact that her diabetes could make childbirth life-threatening. Terrified and angry at the possibility of losing her only daughter, M’Lynn Eatenton looks to her four closest friends for strength and laughter as she battlesher deepest fear of death in order to join Shelby in celebrating the miracle of new life.

CONTENT GUIDELINE: Rated PG-13 for adult content and language. There are many uses of “s**t”, one “godd*****t” and one “son of a b****” plus several “Christ”.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2216098735318627/

We know how much you all love the music round of trivia on Tuesday nights, so we’ve dedicated an entire night just to music trivia! Gather a team of up to 6 music loving players and come out January 17 & 31 at 7pm for our bi-weekly Name That Tune evening of fun! There will be music from the following categories: Today’s Hits, 80’s/90’s, Country, R&B/hip hop, TV/Movies, and miscellaneous. You’ll guess the artist and song title and sing along as loud as you can! You will not want to miss this fun evening! Prizes awarded!!

https://www.facebook.com/events/2269331276682680/

This series will treat us to 4 mini retreats during the time of the year when our minds & bodies could most benefit from slowing down and turning inward.

A combination of gentle movement, yin & restorative asanas, mantra chanting, mindfulness practices and meditation will be included. Bring a journal, pen, and a mug for tea time.

Cost: $50 for full series, $15 for drop-ins
Financial assistance available
***TO REGISTER CLICK THE LINK BELOW***
https://ashevillecommunityyoga.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=16992&action=edit

https://www.facebook.com/events/1108629775965466/?event_time_id=1108629782632132

Scott Kendrick of Asheville started playing the guitar during his sophomore year of high school. After five years of progressing on the instrument, he discovered fingerstyle guitar and was amazed at the technique which fused percussion, rhythm, melody, vocal melody, and bass all into one bodied performance.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2004146633218439/

Mack Kells presents its “St. Patrick’s Weight Loss Challenge.
Prizes Awarded!
Need the motivation to drop those holiday pounds? Come join us as we get competitive! Do this with friends or family. Kee yourself accountable!
See what you can do to improve yourself in just 8 short weeks!!
Let us know if you plan on being there for the first weigh-in!
Rules, Terms and Conditions Apply

https://www.facebook.com/events/217384922472045/

***Tickets become available one week before the show, at 3pm ET.

https://themoth.org/events/intentions-asheville

INTENTIONS: Prepare a five-minute story about best-laid plans. To do lists, apologies, New Years resolutions. Making something happen through sheer will. What I meant was….

https://themoth.org/events/instincts-asheville

For more details on preparing a Moth story if you’d like to participate, follow the link above.

It is brilliant and quietly addictive” – The London Guardian

“New York’s hottest and hippest literary ticket” – The Wall Street Journal

The Moth is an acclaimed not-for-profit organization dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling. It is a celebration of both the raconteur, who breathes fire into true tales of ordinary life, and the storytelling novice, who has lived through something extraordinary and yearns to share it. At the center of each performance is, of course, the story – and The Moth’s directors work with each storyteller to find, shape and present it.

Since its launch in 1997, The Moth has presented thousands of stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide.

Moth shows are renowned for the great range of human experience they showcase. Each show starts with a theme, and the storytellers explore it, often in unexpected ways. Since each story is true and every voice authentic, the shows dance between documentary and theater, creating a unique, intimate, and often enlightening experience for the audience.

Moth stories dissolve socio-economic barriers, expose vulnerabilities, and quietly suggest ways to overcome challenges and see with new eyes.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2051819451580678/

Show us your Parks & Rec knowledge in seven rounds of questions including an image round. We will have prizes for the winners + Best Team Name.

https://www.facebook.com/events/526476474520394/

Join us in learning two songs for the Jan 20th, Women’s March in Asheville.

Four local women singing conductors/directors have joined together to lead these songs at the march and we’re having an open practice session for anyone (all people welcome!) to join and learn these two songs ahead of time.

We hope to see you Thursday and at the march on Sunday!
Warmly,
Suzannah, Althea, Simone, Melodie

Suzannah Park – Wild Asheville Community Chorus
Althea Gonzalez – Womansong
Simone Bernhard – Asheville Gay Men’s Chorus
Melodie Galloway – Asheville Choral Society

Rehearsal location:
5 Ravenscoft Dr – Asheville, NC
Entrance and elevator is around back.
We meet on the 3rd floor

https://www.facebook.com/events/323259754956986/

TAARKA at The Grey Eagle

https://www.facebook.com/events/753281981681880/

Twerking strengthens muscles in just about every part of your body, plus gets you CLUB READY!!

Not only do you sculpt, tone and grow your booty, your thighs become super strong, your hip flexibility increases and more than anything, TWERK boosts your confidence! You can burn up to 500 calories in 60 minutes of twerk. Basically, you’ll sculpt and and tone while having fun!

➳ 60 minutes of movement ? with Joshua McClure

➳ SIGN UP NOW to save your spot + save time signing in!
$12 drop in or Pre-register on Mindbody app- Primal Studios.

➳ Our Studio is in the same building as Tribe Dance & Pole at 457 N. Lousiana Ave.

✨ All levels welcome! No experience necessary!

✨ 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/475804546277633/?event_time_id=475804549610966

Envisioned Arts ATL Presents:

Caspa on Hennessey Sound Design

Thursday, January 17th
Asheville Music Hall
31 Patton Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

9pm | 21+ | $20+
Tickets: https://caspavl.theticketingco.com/

Caspa
UK bass pioneer, DJ, label owner, ex-pro basketball player, straight talking dubstep champion, dopest ghost: Caspa can be introduced in many ways. But the best is through his beats. His decade-deep discography has dented dances since dubstep’s earliest chapters. Over three studio albums, four mix compilations, 30+ singles and many high-profile remixes including Depeche Mode, The Prodigy, Deadmau5, Kaskade, Swedish House Mafia, Grand Puba, Ludacris, Miike Snow and TC, his precision heavyweight productions have been released on eminent labels such as Digital Soundboy and Tempa as well as his own influential imprints DubPolice and Subsoldiers. Both iconic dubstep brands that have played a major role in the worldwide dubstep phenomenon and boasted the earliest work of some of the scene’s most respected creative artists like L-Wiz, Subscape, The Others, Emalkay and Caspa’s partner in grime Rusko.

DJ-wise he’s just as renowned: West London to Cape Town via USA, Australia, India and beyond, Caspa demonstrates how uncompromised club dynamics can work from some of the world’s most iconic festival stages (Glastonbury, Sonar, EDC Vegas, Dour Festival) to some of the world’s most respected club institutions such as Fabric whose mix CD series featured his and Rusko’s era-defining, generation-inspiring ‘Fabriclive 37’ album.

Fast forward: Caspa continues to innovate at the heart of UK bass culture. From 2014’s lean, molten back-to-basics ‘500’ concept to 2017’s sub-stacked ‘Vibrations’ series by way of his and Rusko’s rule-wrecking slew of genre-burning EPs and well into the future, Caspa continues to push the music he lives his life for in many ways. But the best has yet to come.

music = https://soundcloud.com/caspaofficial

LUDGE

music = https://soundcloud.com/ludgenoise

Vibe Emissions

music = https://soundcloud.com/vibeemissions

https://www.facebook.com/events/634009157054096/

Acoustic duo from Dirty Dead

https://www.facebook.com/events/2148893681835315/

Another free happy dance party!!!

For those fans of house music, we’ll be droppin’ beats all night. From funk to tech to progressive and more. Come out and dance with us.

Music selection provided by Oneiric and Bongwater

(Donations and tips appreciated)

Sponsored by Mad Props Asheville

https://www.facebook.com/events/360726808062366/

The Devil Makes Three
plus Lost Dog Street Band

Thur. 01/17/19 @ The Orange Peel (Asheville, North Carolina)
ADV Ticket Price $27.50 // DOS Ticket Price $30
Ages 18+
Door Time 8pm // Show Time 9pm

Listen To The Devil Makes Three’s Latest Album “Chains Are Broken”: https://spoti.fi/2NQsUzI

Follow The Devil Makes Three:
Website – http://thedevilmakesthree.com/
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/thedevilmakesthreemusic
Twitter – https://twitter.com/thedevilmakes3
Instagram – http://instagram.com/thedevilmakes3
Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/artist/63knPlGzLHTNDf1J78Fvte?si=43jKrefISpSn6xJWeRNGSw
YouTube – http://www.youtube.com/channel/UClr7iqeI9-Qt–dksZXfkQw

https://www.facebook.com/events/284050095561753/

Join us as we discuss preparing for 6th & 9th grade registration, Fine Arts registration, and important dates to remember as we head into the second half of the year and begin focusing on the 2019/2020 school year. Families of current 5th & 8th grade students are encouraged to attend!

https://www.facebook.com/events/503821606791670/

https://buncombe.ces.ncsu.edu/site-buncombe/2019-certified-turfgrass-professional-short-course/

https://www.facebook.com/events/503966060094309/?event_time_id=503966063427642

Toe River Arts locations will be closed the month of January to sweep, mop, clean and give our spaces some attention. We would love to have some extra help on January 5th at our Spruce Pine location and January 12th at our Burnsville location.
Interested in volunteering? Contact us at [email protected]

https://www.facebook.com/events/531641217311955/

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.

Winter can be the most beautiful time of the year at Chimney Rock. Leafless trees make for expansive views of Lake Lure and the Hickory Nut Gorge. The sky is clear; you’re likely to find a quiet spot to sit and enjoy the peacefulness. You may even see a critter scamper by you in the forest. Capture that special moment or scene on your camera, enter it in our Winter Wonders Photo Contest and tell us about it. We’ll use the winning entries on our website and Facebook album, and you’ll win some fun prizes. Photos must be taken within the Chimney Rock section of the Park.

Cost: No additional cost to enter.

https://www.facebook.com/events/789533238046693/?event_time_id=789533301380020

*Dates are subject to change, due to weather. Please contact your FSA to confirm.

Head Start Parents! Join us for our Parent Meetings, where we will discuss the following topics:

11/20/18 – Your Family’s Well-Being; Child Growth & Development; Focus on Goal Setting; Building Resilience
1/18/19 – Healthy Families, Safety & Injury Prevention; Transition to Kindergarten (City Schools)
3/12/19 – Transition to Kindergarten (County Schools); Family/Financial Literacy, Fatherhood Engagement

https://www.facebook.com/events/387992218408847/

Your first class is always free! Register at http://Asheville.FIT4MOM.com

Stroller Barre® is a 60-minute cardio and strength interval class designed to improve posture, stability, and mobility. The workout combines moves inspired by barre, ballet, Pilates, fitness, and yoga to help you regain your posture and alignment and strengthen your body from the inside out! Stroller Barre will help you reconnect with your body, increase flexibility and develop the core strength needed for motherhood. This class will be indoors until late spring. We will see YOU in January!

https://www.facebook.com/events/2347757482123949/?event_time_id=2347757488790615

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

https://www.facebook.com/events/300039080626478/?event_time_id=300039137293139

The Return of Girl Scout Thin Mint Cookie Ice Cream! Because it is a big day (because the ice cream is delicious) we have decided this year to celebrate it’s release on January 18th at all 4 locations. That night The Hop Ice Creamery will be open from 3-9pm, The Hop Ice Cream Cafe on Merrimon will be open 11am – 10 pm, The Hop West 12-11pm and The Hop Black Mountain will be open 12-9pm!

https://www.facebook.com/events/364478327664192/