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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This month, you can make a difference for someone needing food by enjoying a local beer! Our friends at 12 Bones Brewing and Appalachian Mountain Brewing are designating one of their delicious beers as their Pint with Purpose, where every beer sold in September helps provide FOUR MEALS we can get to our neighbors right now!
12 Bones Brewing will be donating $1 of every pint of Coastal Grandmother Kölsch, and Appalachian Mountain Brewery is donating $1 for every pint of their Spoaty Oaty Pale Ale!
Thank you to these Hops for Hunger brewery partners for taking action in September to help feed WNC families!
12 Bones Brewing 5 Foundy St Ste 10, Asheville, NC 28801
Appalachian Mountain Brewing
Tickets on Sale Monday Sept 11 at NOON
Today in Western North Carolina, more than 155,000 people are facing an empty bowl every month. But you can help fill those bowls and become part of a collective effort to end hunger in WNC at MANNA FoodBank’s 22nd Annual Empty Bowls event!
A fusion of creativity and compassion, Empty Bowls serves as a poignant reminder that, while art has the power to uplift and inspire, it can also serve as a platform for raising awareness about the very real problem of hunger across our mountains. Guests select a bowl handmade by local artisans and take with them a seasonal meal of delicious soups, breads, and dessert. The souvenir bowl that guests take home reminds them of the many WNC neighbors that are currently struggling to afford groceries.
Almost every part of the event is donated, including the event space, food, and local pottery and art. This allows MANNA to use event proceeds for our critical food distribution programs, which are currently reaching 155,000 food insecure neighbors every month across our 16-county service area, including the Qualla Boundary. Every dollar raised can help provide food for 4 meals. Since 2002, the collective generosity of our Empty Bowls guests, potters, sponsors, culinary partners, and everyone who has ever had a hand in the event, has allowed MANNA to provide the equivalent of 3.6 MILLION MEALS across Western North Carolina.
COLLECTOR’S CORNER
In addition to the souvenir soup bowls that ticket holders select, guests may purchase special works of high-end craft and art at the Collector’s Corner. Collector’s Corner items are both functional and gallery-quality pieces selected by the artists. 100% of the proceeds from Collector’s Corner sales go directly to supporting MANNA’s mission of ending hunger in WNC. The public is invited to shop the Collector’s Corner, even if they are not able to attend the Empty Bowls event.
TICKETS
MANNA hosts its annual Empty Bowls event in a walk-through format. Guests choose a one-hour time window that best suits their schedule, then arrive at the DoubleTree during that time window to select their bowl, choose their soups, and pick up bread + dessert. Guests can choose a one-hour time window any time between 10 AM and 6 PM, and can arrive any time during their chosen one-hour window. Both limited seating for those who would like to enjoy their meal in person AND limited curbside service for those who wish to remain in their cars are available.
Adult Ticket: $45 (includes your choice of one souvenir pottery bowl handmade by a local artist, your choice of three soups/stews/chowders packaged to go, and bread + dessert packaged to go)
Kids Package: $10 (includes one souvenir kid’s bowl handmade by a local artist and other pint-sized goodies)
Fur Kids Package: $30 (guests choose a dog or cat package; includes one souvenir pottery pet bowl handmade by a local artist, yummy treats for your furry friend, and other fun surprises)
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This month, you can make a difference for someone needing food by enjoying a local beer! Our friends at 12 Bones Brewing and Appalachian Mountain Brewing are designating one of their delicious beers as their Pint with Purpose, where every beer sold in September helps provide FOUR MEALS we can get to our neighbors right now!
12 Bones Brewing will be donating $1 of every pint of Coastal Grandmother Kölsch, and Appalachian Mountain Brewery is donating $1 for every pint of their Spoaty Oaty Pale Ale!
Thank you to these Hops for Hunger brewery partners for taking action in September to help feed WNC families!
12 Bones Brewing 5 Foundy St Ste 10, Asheville, NC 28801
Appalachian Mountain Brewing
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This month, you can make a difference for someone needing food by enjoying a local beer! Our friends at 12 Bones Brewing and Appalachian Mountain Brewing are designating one of their delicious beers as their Pint with Purpose, where every beer sold in September helps provide FOUR MEALS we can get to our neighbors right now!
12 Bones Brewing will be donating $1 of every pint of Coastal Grandmother Kölsch, and Appalachian Mountain Brewery is donating $1 for every pint of their Spoaty Oaty Pale Ale!
Thank you to these Hops for Hunger brewery partners for taking action in September to help feed WNC families!
12 Bones Brewing 5 Foundy St Ste 10, Asheville, NC 28801
Appalachian Mountain Brewing
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Puptart is a tail wagging robot dog who sits and stays, pants when listening, and responds to someone talking to and petting it. It will not jump up or run away, plus it’s fur free, so no sneezes and runny noses coming your way! Every Wednesday afternoon, Puptart will be available for reading practice in the children’s picture book room. Help establish a joy of reading and develop early literacy skills. Sign up at the front desk, pick a book and practice reading for up to 15 minutes. |
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This month, you can make a difference for someone needing food by enjoying a local beer! Our friends at 12 Bones Brewing and Appalachian Mountain Brewing are designating one of their delicious beers as their Pint with Purpose, where every beer sold in September helps provide FOUR MEALS we can get to our neighbors right now!
12 Bones Brewing will be donating $1 of every pint of Coastal Grandmother Kölsch, and Appalachian Mountain Brewery is donating $1 for every pint of their Spoaty Oaty Pale Ale!
Thank you to these Hops for Hunger brewery partners for taking action in September to help feed WNC families!
12 Bones Brewing 5 Foundy St Ste 10, Asheville, NC 28801
Appalachian Mountain Brewing
A Wing and a Prayer is the story of a band of scientists, birders, hunters and ranchers working to save birds set against the loss of a third of North America’s bird populations in the past 50 years. Avid birders by avocation and veteran journalists by vocation, Anders and Beverly Gyllenhaal traveled over 25,000 miles in a refashioned Airstream, finding inspiring and encouraging rescue missions all across the hemisphere, but they also discovered how much more can and must be done to halt the dramatic declines. In this impassioned talk, they walk us through the steps any one of us can take to contribute to saving our imperiled bird populations.
Copies of A Wing and a Prayer will be available for purchase that evening through Malaprop’s Bookstore for the authors to sign. Participants can stay after to enjoy ArborEvenings in the garden!
Poet Donika Kelly and memoirist Melissa Febos will present a reading at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 14 in UNC Asheville’s Highsmith Union, Blue Ridge Room.
Donika Kelly is the author of “The Renunciations,” winner of the Anisfield-Wolf book award in poetry, and Bestiary, the winner of the 2015 Cave Canem Poetry Prize, a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and a Kate Tufts Discovery Award. A recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, she is a Cave Canem graduate fellow and founding member of the collective Poets at the End of the World. Her poems have been published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Paris Review, and elsewhere. She is an assistant professor in the English Department at the University of Iowa, where she teaches creative writing.
Melissa Febos is the bestselling author of four books, including “Girlhood,” which won the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism and has been translated into seven languages; and “Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative.” Her fifth book, “The Dry Season,” is forthcoming from Alfred A. Knopf. Her work has recently appeared in The Paris Review, The New Yorker, The Sun, The New York Times Magazine, The Best American Essays, Vogue, and New York Review of Books. Febos is a professor at the University of Iowa.
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This month, you can make a difference for someone needing food by enjoying a local beer! Our friends at 12 Bones Brewing and Appalachian Mountain Brewing are designating one of their delicious beers as their Pint with Purpose, where every beer sold in September helps provide FOUR MEALS we can get to our neighbors right now!
12 Bones Brewing will be donating $1 of every pint of Coastal Grandmother Kölsch, and Appalachian Mountain Brewery is donating $1 for every pint of their Spoaty Oaty Pale Ale!
Thank you to these Hops for Hunger brewery partners for taking action in September to help feed WNC families!
12 Bones Brewing 5 Foundy St Ste 10, Asheville, NC 28801
Appalachian Mountain Brewing
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This month, you can make a difference for someone needing food by enjoying a local beer! Our friends at 12 Bones Brewing and Appalachian Mountain Brewing are designating one of their delicious beers as their Pint with Purpose, where every beer sold in September helps provide FOUR MEALS we can get to our neighbors right now!
12 Bones Brewing will be donating $1 of every pint of Coastal Grandmother Kölsch, and Appalachian Mountain Brewery is donating $1 for every pint of their Spoaty Oaty Pale Ale!
Thank you to these Hops for Hunger brewery partners for taking action in September to help feed WNC families!
12 Bones Brewing 5 Foundy St Ste 10, Asheville, NC 28801
Appalachian Mountain Brewing
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This month, you can make a difference for someone needing food by enjoying a local beer! Our friends at 12 Bones Brewing and Appalachian Mountain Brewing are designating one of their delicious beers as their Pint with Purpose, where every beer sold in September helps provide FOUR MEALS we can get to our neighbors right now!
12 Bones Brewing will be donating $1 of every pint of Coastal Grandmother Kölsch, and Appalachian Mountain Brewery is donating $1 for every pint of their Spoaty Oaty Pale Ale!
Thank you to these Hops for Hunger brewery partners for taking action in September to help feed WNC families!
12 Bones Brewing 5 Foundy St Ste 10, Asheville, NC 28801
Appalachian Mountain Brewing
Join the Club de Lectura and read novels written by Central and South American authors. The club meets at a restaurant or cafe with food related to the monthly pick. The main goal is to connect with each other, enjoy a good read, and ask each other questions. Everyone is welcome! Please CLICK HERE to view the Club’s main page for the pick of the month, and be sure to email: [email protected] for the location of the meeting!
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This month, you can make a difference for someone needing food by enjoying a local beer! Our friends at 12 Bones Brewing and Appalachian Mountain Brewing are designating one of their delicious beers as their Pint with Purpose, where every beer sold in September helps provide FOUR MEALS we can get to our neighbors right now!
12 Bones Brewing will be donating $1 of every pint of Coastal Grandmother Kölsch, and Appalachian Mountain Brewery is donating $1 for every pint of their Spoaty Oaty Pale Ale!
Thank you to these Hops for Hunger brewery partners for taking action in September to help feed WNC families!
12 Bones Brewing 5 Foundy St Ste 10, Asheville, NC 28801
Appalachian Mountain Brewing
As we prepare for residents to move in this week, we’re thrilled to be hosting this online auction to support Compass Point Village, which provides housing for 87 chronically homeless individuals. This exciting auction is an opportunity for you to help raise funds for Compass Point Village and contribute to the ongoing mission of ending homelessness in our community.
You can start bidding today through midnight on Sunday, September 24th. By participating, you not only have the chance to acquire handcrafted home decor, unique furniture, exciting experiences, and locally made art, but you can also make a lasting impact on the lives of those experiencing homelessness in your community.
About Our Auction
Elevate your space and make a meaningful impact by participating in Homeward Bound’s Online Auction. The online auction features distinctive home goods generously donated by local partners, offering you a chance to transform your home with one-of-a-kind pieces. By participating in Homeward Bound’s auction, you’re not only refining your environment, but also contributing to a vital cause. You’re playing a pivotal role in the completion of Compass Point Village, a permanent supportive residence that will house 87 individuals transitioning out of chronic homelessness. Join us and bid generously. Let your home be a canvas for both style and change.
About Homeward Bound WNC
Homeward Bound is committed to preventing and ending homelessness in our community through permanent housing and support. Since 2006, Homeward Bound has moved nearly 2,500 people into housing and 92% have not returned homelessness. Compass Point Village is our new permanent supportive housing residence that will provide homes for 87 of our city’s most vulnerable neighbors. The residence will include on-site case management, 24/7 support staff, behavioral and health services, social and educational opportunities, a medical clinic, and job training. Proceeds from this auction will go toward the remainder of our fundraising goal to support Compass Point Village.
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This month, you can make a difference for someone needing food by enjoying a local beer! Our friends at 12 Bones Brewing and Appalachian Mountain Brewing are designating one of their delicious beers as their Pint with Purpose, where every beer sold in September helps provide FOUR MEALS we can get to our neighbors right now!
12 Bones Brewing will be donating $1 of every pint of Coastal Grandmother Kölsch, and Appalachian Mountain Brewery is donating $1 for every pint of their Spoaty Oaty Pale Ale!
Thank you to these Hops for Hunger brewery partners for taking action in September to help feed WNC families!
12 Bones Brewing 5 Foundy St Ste 10, Asheville, NC 28801
Appalachian Mountain Brewing
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Join Librarian and Friend Jill Totman this Fall to discuss, “Books I Swore I’d Never Read Again!” Re-read classic titles will fresh perspective & new conversations.
This group will meet in person at the Weaverville Library on the third Tuesday evening of the month at 6 PM. Copies of each title will be available at the Weaverville Library while supplies last. No reservations are necessary & newcomers are always welcome. Thanks to the Friends of the Weaverville Library for sponsoring this series! |
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“Beloved author Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction with a unique love story set in the New York City theater world during the 1940s. Told from the perspective of an older woman as she looks back on her youth with both pleasure and regret (but mostly pleasure), City of Girls explores themes of female sexuality and promiscuity, as well as the idiosyncrasies of true love.” Barnes and Noble The library’s moderated online book discussion group meets on the third Tuesday of each month, September through May. You can join by emailing [email protected] at least one hour prior to the meeting. |
As we prepare for residents to move in this week, we’re thrilled to be hosting this online auction to support Compass Point Village, which provides housing for 87 chronically homeless individuals. This exciting auction is an opportunity for you to help raise funds for Compass Point Village and contribute to the ongoing mission of ending homelessness in our community.
You can start bidding today through midnight on Sunday, September 24th. By participating, you not only have the chance to acquire handcrafted home decor, unique furniture, exciting experiences, and locally made art, but you can also make a lasting impact on the lives of those experiencing homelessness in your community.
About Our Auction
Elevate your space and make a meaningful impact by participating in Homeward Bound’s Online Auction. The online auction features distinctive home goods generously donated by local partners, offering you a chance to transform your home with one-of-a-kind pieces. By participating in Homeward Bound’s auction, you’re not only refining your environment, but also contributing to a vital cause. You’re playing a pivotal role in the completion of Compass Point Village, a permanent supportive residence that will house 87 individuals transitioning out of chronic homelessness. Join us and bid generously. Let your home be a canvas for both style and change.
About Homeward Bound WNC
Homeward Bound is committed to preventing and ending homelessness in our community through permanent housing and support. Since 2006, Homeward Bound has moved nearly 2,500 people into housing and 92% have not returned homelessness. Compass Point Village is our new permanent supportive housing residence that will provide homes for 87 of our city’s most vulnerable neighbors. The residence will include on-site case management, 24/7 support staff, behavioral and health services, social and educational opportunities, a medical clinic, and job training. Proceeds from this auction will go toward the remainder of our fundraising goal to support Compass Point Village.
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This month, you can make a difference for someone needing food by enjoying a local beer! Our friends at 12 Bones Brewing and Appalachian Mountain Brewing are designating one of their delicious beers as their Pint with Purpose, where every beer sold in September helps provide FOUR MEALS we can get to our neighbors right now!
12 Bones Brewing will be donating $1 of every pint of Coastal Grandmother Kölsch, and Appalachian Mountain Brewery is donating $1 for every pint of their Spoaty Oaty Pale Ale!
Thank you to these Hops for Hunger brewery partners for taking action in September to help feed WNC families!
12 Bones Brewing 5 Foundy St Ste 10, Asheville, NC 28801
Appalachian Mountain Brewing