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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“The Tel Aviv performance troupe Mayumana has an infectious beat and physical pyrotechnics to match.” (The New York Times)
“The 90 minutes of dancing, songs, and percussion will have your inner child smiling.” (The New York Times)
Currents is a spectacular show of “funky moves and cutting-edge technology” (Time Out New York) inspired by the historical Battle of Currents between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla in their quest to find energy sources for the world.
Audience members will be taken on a “non-stop, action packed” (ABC News) journey between two troupes, each representing a different view of the essence of light and electricity. The show combines a variety of elements including specially designed musical instruments, massive video art projections, and 11 skilled performers musically juggling between different sounds.
About the company
In 1996, Elyon Nuphar and Boaz Berman, driven by their deep love for percussion and music, created the first Mayumana show. The company’s shared passion for rhythm, fueled by their unique sense of humor and mischief, is inexhaustible and infectious. Sixteen years later, with performers from more than 20 different nationalities, Mayumana has become one of Israel’s leading cultural exports and has entertained millions of people around the world.
https://www.facebook.com/events/186380872057224/
The only Gypsy Jazz Jam in Asheville! This Django Reinhardt style evening of music is hosted by Steve Karla of & Phil Alley,joined by many of Asheville’s gypsy jazz musicians.
Asheville Guitar Bar features the only Gypsy Jazz Jam in Asheville! This Django Reinhardt style evening of music is hosted by Steve Karla of “Hot Point Trio”, & Phil Alley. Joining them are many of Asheville’s local musicians, re-creating the Hot Club Sound of Paris in the 20’s, 30’s & 40’s. It’s a great date night that takes you back in time, reminiscent of Woody Allen’s film “Midnight In Paris”. $5 at the door.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2038624189556477/?event_time_id=2038624206223142
Come see how much you know about one of the best franchises in film history! Prizes for the winners and best team name. May the force be with you!
https://www.facebook.com/events/401924870553949/
Its the Final Week of the Take Home the Belt Tournament! Who will win the right to keep the Championship Belt Forever!? Tonight we find out! Get here early for a seat and your cold beers. Free to play, Teams of up to six, and weekly prizes to hand out.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1188758384608009/
Understanding Antisemitism and its Intersections with White Supremacy & White Nationalism
This webinar is aimed at strengthening our collective movements for liberation. Our goals are: 1) to enable people to recognize anti-semitism 2) learn how antisemitism intersects with white supremacy and white nationalism 3) develop a shared commitment to ending anti-semitism alongside all oppressions.
REGISTER HERE:
https://bit.ly/2HXWsh3
Sonia Alexander currently works as the Program Director/Community Organizer at the Center for Social Responsibility of the Manhattan JCC. She is a long time member leader at JFREJ, including work with the Antisemitism working group. She loves turning cement into gardens, going to the beach at all times of year, and reading out loud.
Talia Cooper is the donor organizer at the National Domestic Workers Alliance and a body liberation personal coach. She is the former executive director of Jewish Youth for Community Action (JYCA), where she led organizing work for young people. Talia also loves to write and sing folk music.
Sonia and Talia have led trainings about antisemitism and its intersections with race, class, white supremacy, & Islamophobia for a variety of communities over the years. They are also both founding members and leaders of Movementmatch.org.
https://www.facebook.com/events/280149326014879/
The Open Jam at Noble Kava welcomes players of all kinds to come explore, push boundaries, step out of comfort zones, gain experience, and meet and play with musicians from Asheville and beyond. There are no genre restrictions, as long as it’s not too loud for the room. All genders and all peoples are welcome (also well behaved animals are welcome, too).
We provide full backline–drum kit, amps, piano, keys, and PA with mics/inputs. The jam is hosted by the house band, the Kavalactones, who play for the first half hour or so, and then the jam opens up. There’s no list. Just show up and let us know you want to play. We recommend bringing your own instrument (guitar, bass, musical saw, ect.), unless you play keys, or sticks if you play kit.
This is a weekly opportunity for experienced musicians to get together, talk, and share ideas in a living room-like setting. No alcohol is served, but players are invited to try kava at the two-fer-one rate, and kavalactone elixir shots are $1 off anytime the Kavalactones are playing at the bar. Bula!
As a follow-up to the Introduction to Partner Dance Series, join us as we build on the basics and explore more challenging patterns of the beginner West Coast Swing series.
$50
https://www.facebook.com/events/361365697990258/?event_time_id=361365707990257
As a follow-up to the Introduction to Partner Dance Series, join us as we build on the basics and explore more challenging patterns of the beginner West Coast Swing series.
$50
https://www.facebook.com/events/361365697990258/
Start from the beginning and learn the fundamentals of spins, climbs, and sexy dance moves on the static and spin pole! This concentrated eight week series is great for building strength and a quicker understanding of the mechanics, timing, and grace that is helpful for pole dancing.
We will focus on the static pole for the first 6 weeks and move to an introduction of the beauty of spin pole for the last two.
Pole dancing is fun, an amazing workout, and sensually expressive. Enjoy learning with the same group of students each week who are all brand new to pole.
Bring heels because they are fun to dance in and a lot less intimidating than they seem!
$128 for the series. Reserve your spot here: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=330572&stype=-8&sView=day&sLoc=0
https://www.facebook.com/events/624852267970616/?event_time_id=624852274637282
Come down to ONE WORLD BREWING DOWNTOWN!!! for PIZZA KARAOKE!!! Every TUESDAY!! COME GET YOUR SANG ON before FUNK JAM!!! Free FRESH PIZZA when YOU SING!!!
https://www.facebook.com/events/2088188291270135/?event_time_id=2088188324603465
10pm
21+
Donation$
One Stop
Join us downstairs during Funk Jam for an all-star local cast of rotating DJ’s spinnin’ vinyl and scratchin’ like there’s no tomorrow!
https://www.facebook.com/events/2261496624135396/?event_time_id=2261496650802060
Tuesday Night Funk Jam – 11PM – Ca$h Donation$ – 21+
EVERY Tuesday at Asheville Music Hall!
Tuesday Night Funk Jam has been a huge part of Asheville’s vibrant music scene since 2008 and is #Asheville’s hottest weekly concert.
Tuesday Night Funk Jam is programmed and orchestrated by an evolved Legendary House Band with trombonist Derrick Lee Johnson at the helm.
At 11PM sharp, the Legendary House Band kicks off the night followed by opening up the stage to jam to our local community of musicians for an ‘Open Jam’.
While this is an amazing opportunity for musicians to network and refine their musical chops it is ALSO an event for the people who support our music scene and need a night to shake their hips to the best funk around town!
Regularly, nationally touring musicians, TONIGHT funk jam is going to be off the chain. We have Lee Allen (of Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band) jumping back in with The Legendary House Band. Come out to the Asheville Music Hall tonight and help us kick off the first funk jam of 2019. We start at 11pm. #asheville #noplacelikehome #makemusiceveryday #mftnfj
https://www.facebook.com/events/786766998382570/?event_time_id=786767028382567
Adding a Southeast destination for designer toy makers and collectors, *Assembly Required brings designer, bootleg and art toy artists from around the country, to present and sell their work.
Asheville’s premiere designer toy expo, *Assembly Required, is presented by Unboxing Asheville, Morgan’s Comic’s, 103.3 Asheville FM and Appalachian Pinball Museum. Focusing on this artistic movement, designer toys are a form of lowbrow pop art. These toy makers pull inspiration from a variety of subversive segments of culture, as well as subcultural elements, including (but not limited to) comics, tattooing, street art, and everything related to toys of the 60’s through the 80’s.
Echoing production methods of traditional toy manufacturers, designer toys are usually intended to be displayed as collectibles, rather than to be played with. Toy makers mediums range from resin to vinyl, from plastic to plush; with molding, and production techniques such as kitbash, sofubi and bootleg (recently coined ‘Artisanal Action Figure’, by New York Times writer, Rich Juzwiak [11/23/18]). (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/23/style/bootleg-toys-action-figures.html).
Juzwiak interviews such artists as the Sucklord and Killer Bootlegs, both of whom will be present at *Assembly Required.
Perfect for elementary aged learners, our signature Semester of Science at AMOS is a four class series that meets for an hour and a half every month (Wednesdays in Spring).
We will cover all the basics in this four part series:
⭐️ Learn how to identify night constellations after entering our blow up planetarium.
⭐️ Discover what rocks are made of and how crystals grow.
⭐️ Understand the world of matter and energy by tinkering with sound and light.
⭐️Then get your maker skills on in our signature engineering lessons for the young inventor in your family!
Spots are limited to 10 participants per semester in effort to keep a small teacher-to-student ratio.
Classes will meet on Wednesdays from 9:00 AM to 10:30 PM. The semester consists of four classes, February through May, for a package price of $40.
Recommended for ages 6-8. Please adhere to the age recommendations for best curriculum and social experience for all.
https://www.facebook.com/events/382266582533431/?event_time_id=382266585866764
Hominy Creek Road is constantly subjected to litter from the overpassing highways, and from heavy traffic of trucks and cars transporting waste. Running parallel to the Hominy Creek, which flows into the French Broad River, this road is a high priority to keep clean.
Join us for a public workday to remove litter from Hominy Creek Road. You’ll have a chance to stop and see the Asheville GreenWorks Trash Trout along the way and learn how this device collects trash 24/7.
Please wear comfortable clothes and close-toed shoes for walking. We will provide all of the supplies you’ll need. Bring water and a good attitude!
Meet at the parking lot for the Hominy Creek Trail at the corner of Shelbourne and Hominy Creek Roads, 25 Shelbourne Rd. *Carpooling suggested.
Contact [email protected] with any questions. RSVP here to let us know if we can expect to see your smiling face: https://goo.gl/forms/pJ7YPGM4R9gRi8GG2
https://www.facebook.com/events/1193781987684811/
The calendar says winter, but did you know that spring is just a few months away? There’s no time like the present to get prepared for the future – a future in bright colors, shorts and dresses, and blouses and short-sleeved shirts. It’s even better when you can save A LOT.
Head out to the Little Red Schoolhouse, located behind the Original Mast Store in Valle Crucis, to stock up on shorts, shirts, and more for Spring Break and all the other warmer days to come.
Here’s the full scoop:
• Salesman Samples are 70% OFF (limited sizes)
• Other apparel is an Additional 20% OFF the last red-lined price
• Shoes are priced as marked
**Size runs may not be available in all merchandise. Selection includes items for men and women.**
The Schoolhouse is open Monday – Saturday 10 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. and Sunday noon until 6 p.m.
https://www.facebook.com/events/495934130936987/?event_time_id=495934177603649
We are supporting Bounty & Soul’s work providing healthy food for our local community by providing them with metal silverware for their food sampling events. These wiill prevent the wastage and expense of disposable spoons and forks.
Bounty & Soul provide samples of delicious plant based foods and education for those members of the community who are receiving donated healthy food. Rather than use plastic spoons and forks for the demonstrations and sampling, Bounty & Sould are finding ways to be more green and sustainable, and we want to help.
We are aiming to collect 80 sets of metal or durable bamboo small spoons and forks through the month of February. Please bring washed used or new silverware to our store and enjoy our thanks and a browse and a cup of fair trade coffee.
https://www.facebook.com/events/618459661957593/?event_time_id=618459751957584
Description: 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/267246603967105/?event_time_id=267246630633769
Special storytime guest author J. Rutland will read his book, Chilly da Vinci. While others do “penguin” things, Chilly da Vinci, a self-declared inventor penguin, builds machines that don’t work…yet! Chilly ties into the popular “maker” movement with humor and imagination in this imaginative picture book.
https://www.facebook.com/events/302790030364348/
Join us every Wednesday for $3 Pints of Good Fight and a the perfect chilly weeknight activity. . .board games!
https://www.facebook.com/events/342227486373185/?event_time_id=342227519706515
Tiny Tots Yoga is for babies and toddlers that are crawling to 2 years with a caregiver (parent, friend, or guardian.)
During Tiny Tots Yoga class, crawlers and walkers will playfully practice yoga postures in seated, standing, walking, jumping. Quiet time will be provided at the end for parents, and bubbles for toddlers.
No prior yoga experience is needed.
*No mats are used in Tiny Tots Yoga class.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2086907968266921/
Join your YMCA & AARP friends and staff for a cool or hot beverage and discussion about topics that are important to all of us. Community experts will join us for some topics. Stop by to share, learn, and make new friends!
January 23: Q&A Group Exercise – What Class Should I Take?
February 27: Financial Fitness
March 27: Caring for the Caregiver
April 24: Hiking
May 22: Creativity Matters
June 26: Nutrition
https://www.facebook.com/events/2099662273432676/?event_time_id=2099662283432675
New UNC Asheville Chancellor Nancy J. Cable:
LAF Feb 27th Critical Issues Forum Luncheon
Dr. Nancy J. Cable, UNC Asheville’s eighth permanent chancellor, is now six months into her new job and already has dealt with at least one major challenge: just one day after she assumed the office, a fire safety issue was reported at a newly-completed campus dormitory complex. To insure the students’ safety, Dr. Cable worked out an agreement with state and local officials to temporarily house #Asheville firefighters in the dormitory while the issues were being corrected. That work has since been completed and the firefighters have moved out.
Dr. Cable has a distinguished resume. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, she earned her B.A. from Marietta College, a M.Ed. from the University of Vermont, and a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. She also completed the Harvard University Institute for Educational Leadership.
Dr. Cable served as Dean at Denison University from 1977-1986, Guilford College from 1986-1991, and Vice President and Dean of Admission and Financial Aid at Davidson College from 1991-2005. Most recently, she had been president of the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations. She succeeds Dr. Mary Grant, who left in December 2017 to serve as president of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate in Boston.
About her new position, Dr. Cable says “I am delighted and honored to be chosen… UNC Asheville is a true gem of an academic liberal arts and sciences institution…” At LAF’s February 27th event, she is expected to outline her vision for the university’s future.
If you have already made a reservation, please disregard this reminder.
WHAT: LAF’s February 27th Critical Issues Luncheon
WHERE: The Country Club of Asheville, 170 Windsor Road
TIME: Food Service begins at 11:45am, the program at 12:15pm
COST: $25 for LAF members, $30 for nonmembers
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED by Friday, February 22nd.
RSVP to Nancy Williams at [email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/events/431154330759364/
FABA Resource Recess
Setting Goals + Managing Time = A Successful 2019
2nd Floor Mission Pardee Health Campus – 2775 Hendersonville Rd.
Networking and BYO Lunch from 11:30 am – 12 pm
Start 2019 With The End In Mind.
Learn ways to maximize your time and create new habits for effectiveness.
Panelists:
Cindy Ireland, Jeff Percival and Jesse Boeckermann
Facilitator:
Stephen Lalla
https://www.facebook.com/events/259960424691847/
Jonathan is a traditional southern Rootworker and Hoodoo Practitioner. He has received initiations in Lucumi and Ifa as well as receiving Asentamento in Quimbanda. His lineage can be traced to Cuba, Nigeria and Brazil respectively. He has been reading tarot cards for more than 15 years and has training in a wide variety of traditional folk magics. He is a graduate of the Lucky Mojo Correspondence Course and as a spiritual worker he not only foretells your future but focuses on remediating any problems that may show up in the clients reading. Cost is 2 dollars a minute with a 15 minute minimum, PayPal and cash accepted.
He also has a line of washes and oils for sale at Raven and Crone and he is available for hands on cleansing work, custom oils and mojo bags on request.
https://www.facebook.com/events/387499182007600/
You are invited to attend a free event at the Goodwill Industries headquarters in Asheville on Wednesday, February 27.
This educational event will start at 1 pm, and end at 3 pm. The Goodwill Industries headquarters is located at 1616 Patton Avenue. The location is ADA compliant, and accessible parking is available. Lunch will be served.
Several guest experts will be in attendance.
Learn the latest about disability rights. See demonstrations of assistive technology devices. Also get information about device purchase financing options from Self-Help Credit Union.
This event is hosted by Self Help Credit Union. The event is sponsored by Disability Rights North Carolina. Device demonstrations will be conducted by the North Carolina Assistive Technology Program.
https://www.facebook.com/events/387606738690070/
We are continuing to host Wednesday markets here at Honey + the Hive, bringing in local farmers, artists, and crafters! Come join us from 1-5pm every Wednesday from January 9th to February 27th!
https://www.facebook.com/events/385091415568706/?event_time_id=385091442235370
Learn about the forces affecting accuracy of value. Soundness of the procedure used in an appraisal. Guiding principles in valuation.
https://www.facebook.com/events/398240597409640/
Come to the Masonic Temple for this FREE event! Watch the judges, buy and try slices from the competitors, and vote on line!
https://www.facebook.com/events/313912959265304/
Every Wednesday is Pint Night at the #brewery. Grab a free pint glass with the purchase of a #beer. Check out what we have on tap today on our website!
Come stop in. We open at 2 p.m. every Wednesday.
www.BlackMountainBrewing.com
https://www.facebook.com/events/2049123941800769/?event_time_id=2049123981800765