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 Parkinson’s Disease Foundation estimates there are more than 1 million people in the United States with Parkinson’s Disease (PD), and more than 60,000 people are diagnosed each year. The main symptoms of the disease are movement related.
The Y offers three evidence-based programs to improve range of motion, flexibility, posture, and activities of daily motion.
The Y offers three PD programs: Pedaling for Parkinson’s, PWR!Moves, and Rock Steady Boxing. Through support from the Parkinson’s Foundation, these classes are free for patients and caregivers.
The National PE & School Sport Institute is now accepting registrations! We will be at UNC Asheville on July 22-24, 2019. Here is our refreshed registration website > http://www.nationalpeinstitute.com/#
https://www.facebook.com/events/569404653527187/
#CampGirlBoss is a powerful day-camp experience for girls between the ages of 11 – 13 years old, presented by the Sequoyah Fund in Cherokee, NC. The program is a unique combination of entrepreneurship, leadership, and professional development to help empower 300 middle school Girl Bosses across WNC.
In 2018, the inaugural camp was held on campus at UNC Asheville and was taught by some of the most successful women leaders from across WNC. During the summer of 2019, there will be several camps hosted around Western North Carolina. There are opportunities to apply, host, volunteer, and sponsor WNC Girl Bosses.
Asheville, North Carolina will host a Camp Girl Boss camp during the week of July 22-25 at the A-B Tech Enka Campus. Additional camp details, registration, and volunteer applications are available at www.campgirlboss.com
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Summer is all about outdoor fun, spending quality time together as a family and taking in the wonderful sights of nature. Submit your photos of your family hiking, sunlight making its way through the trees or of the fantastic views that make Chimney Rock so special. 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 cost to enter contest.
https://www.facebook.com/events/540542089755630/?event_time_id=540542193088953
Join us for Fired Up Art Camp!
Campers will have the opportunity to explore new areas of art in a fun and creative way. Projects will include Pottery Wheel, Clay Hand Building, Glass Fusing, Canvas Painting, Mosaics and much more! 10% OFF if registered by 5/15/19 (Discount applies to full week only. Not valid with other discounts or offers.)
Sign up on our website! Questions? Message or call (828) 253-8181
5-Day Camp $130/week, 9:00 am – Noon. Individual days $35.00 per day, Ages 5-12 years old.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2219285648322773/?event_time_id=2219285654989439
There’s more than Chunky Monkey and New York Super Fudge Chunk in downtown Asheville’s Ben & Jerry’s this summer.
Art created by Vance Elementary School fifth grade students of art educator Robbie Lipe is now on display on the brick walls opposite the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. The exhibit depicts the students’ interpretation of the artist Kehinde Wiley and the contemporary portraits he creates inspired by traditional Baroque paintings. It will be featured through the end of the summer.
“Ben & Jerry’s is excited about showcasing art from the community inside our scoop shop,” said general manager Chris Carter. “Making use of our walls to show what local artists are creating complements our social mission — to be actively involved in the places we live and do business. I hope this is the first of many art exhibits on our walls.”
Carter gave all the credit for the exhibit to Ms. Lipe, who teaches kindergarten through 5th-grade students at Vance Elementary. She was named the North Carolina Arts Educators Association “Art Educator of the Year” in 2017-2018.
Ben & Jerry’s is located at 19 Haywood Street. Current hours are Monday-Thursday 12 pm to 10 pm; Friday 12 pm – 11 pm; Saturday 11:30 am – 11 pm; Sunday 11:30 am – 10 pm.
For more information, call Carter at 310-601-6247.
Meet yourself in a whole new way, learning your strengths and finding solutions to your most troubling difficulties. Identify your lucky spot, your true life path, your likely health concerns, your smart career moves, and discover how to be your best self in your love life. $2/minute, 15 minute minimum. Cash only.
https://www.facebook.com/events/330025067916218/?event_time_id=330025081249550
Hobby horsing is the “safe, fun and affordable way to ride horses”. Riders participating in competitive hobby horsing – a toy consisting of a stick with a model horse head – perform and mimic the movements and technicality of horseback riding in the disciplines of show jumping and dressage, then translate that to their stick horse, where judges will mark and score their rounds. For participants competing in show jumping, courses are set with tricky combinations and patterns, similar to the show jumping competitions seen at TIEC throughout the year. Individuals must register by noon on event day.
We are lucky to have incredible Animal Educators to help us spread the word on the important roles they play in the Park. Join one of our Park naturalists for an informal program where your family will love meeting some of our wilder teammates! Kids of all ages are sure to take home some fun facts and special memories. Then, grab a Track Trail brochure at the Animal Discovery Den and round out the day with a hike along our Great Woodland Adventure trail with 12 education stations. Don’t forget your camera!
Cost: Included with Park admission.
https://www.facebook.com/events/205232420384951/?event_time_id=205232493718277
Join me on Mondays this Summer at Balsam Falls Brewing in Sylva, NC for some acoustic guitar tunes and tasty beers.
https://www.facebook.com/events/630416150703461/?event_time_id=630416187370124
Hi there. This is David, the CEO of Embody Healing, LLC. I’m doing an informal sit down style presentation about supporting intersex people with herbs and oils and I’d love if you could come. I promise this presentation will have useful information for ALL bodies- male, female, trans male, trans female, AND intersex people.
This is an informal presentation with no power point and few expectations. The goal is to help people learn what intersex is and have a basic understanding of some of the ways intersex people can be supported with herbs and oils. I plan to talk to you for about an hour, then take questions and have discussion for about an hour. Obviously we’re not going to go too deep in an informative discussion, but it will be a good introduction to the topics presented. I’ll be basing what I say off of my own experience as an intersex person as well as including the experiences of intersex clients I’ve had so you can understand the variations presented by intersex people. Please come if you’re a practitioner or oils salesperson interested in better helping folks, or simply a person curious about the experience of being intersex.
The layout of the material:
What is intersex and how is it different from male, female, or trans as concerns oils and herbs? (This portion will also be useful for male, female and trans folks- you should all come!) (20 min)
Emotional Needs and Support for Intersex (and trans) People Using Oils (20 min)
Biological Needs of Intersex People and Herbs, Oils, and Supplements (20 min)
Questions and Discussion (about an hour)
This event is donation based.
Hope to see you there!
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Your presenter is an intersex person who has worked in natural health, healing, or medicine since 2008. They are currently the CEO of Embody Healing, LLC, and a holistic practitioner specializing in traditional folk herbalism and spirituality. Here’s their website if you’d like more info: http://rebekahgambleholisticpractitioner.com/
https://www.facebook.com/events/1153190898221443/
Don’t change it…Embrace it!
For any woman who wants to love, is learning to love, or already loves her body. About 90% of women are dissatisfied with their bodies. Instead of trying to change, hide or disassociate from them, which effectively denies women their full personal power, join other women as we reclaim them. Step into your birthright to live in and love your amazing body regardless of shape, weight, or age. It’s a radical act, which is needed. For when sleeping women wake, mountains move.
We won’t ask you to change a thing. That’s part of the problem to begin with. Feel free to go a diet, binge on Oreos, “let yourself go”, join Crossfit, read another self help book, party all night, dye your hair, get plastic surgery, wear heels, grow your pit hair…we don’t care!!! Just be yourself… and reclaim the time, energy and money we as women put into changing ourselves. Imagine what we would do without an internalized corset!!
Five-week series to reclaim your body image & body wisdom:
Week 1: Media, Culture & the Water We Swim in.
Week 2: The Lineage of Shapes, Sizes & Parts.
Week 3: Eating Food: healthism, nourishment, guilt & pleasure.
Week 4: Getting Old: sags, greys, wisdom, wrinkles, regret, & freedom.
Week 5: Cycles: pregnancy, periods, pain, transformation, & power.
Mondays from 6 – 9, starting July 22nd at Jubilee! 46 Wall Street. with Wise Woman Practitioner Jackie Dobrinska
Pre-registration requested:
Whole series $150 for series
No one turned away for lack of funds. Please email me directly if you want to register at a different rate. [email protected]
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starts July 22
from 6:00 – 9:00
Pre-registration requested:
Whole series $150
Jubilee! Community
To Register email me at [email protected]
No one turned away for lack of funds.
This series offers us a way to acknowledge and potentially recover the juicy, amazing body and the power that lives within it. At the very least, it gives us an opportunity to see how connected we are as women.
(While this topic encompasses all genders, for the sake of this series we are focusing on women who identify as women and have female-hormone based cycles.)
https://www.facebook.com/events/2855338371358689/?event_time_id=2855338374692022
Every Monday, starting at 6pm, Highland will be hosting the East Side Social Ride with Asheville Bicycle Company.
Meet at Highland Brewing Company for a fun pedal, great company and amazing beers! Highland’s no-drop group ride welcomes participants of all ability levels for a moderate to easy paced 12-15 mile road ride from the Tasting Room. A drag rider will be on each ride to make sure everyone makes it back to enjoy a beer or two!
Asheville Bicycle Co. will be onsite with their mobile bike shop for some quick adjustments and expert advice to get your ride dialed in before we take off!
Helmets and reflectors or lights are required for all riders. Please arrive early for your first ride to sign a waiver.
https://www.facebook.com/events/460432007833420/?event_time_id=460432047833416
Are you ready to show off your meticulous knowledge of useless facts? Well, this is your chance! Nerdy Talk Trivia will be hosting our weekly trivia night with $3 Gaelic pints.
Gift card prizes will be awarded weekly to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.
https://www.facebook.com/events/296662684572217/?event_time_id=296662731238879
Open Mic Night at The Grey Eagle
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The walkable streets of Gatlinburg become a live stage during the city’s summer-long performance festival. Visitors are invited to encounter costumed storytellers, musical ensembles and cloggers portraying characters from time periods as far back as the 1800s along the Parkway.
Daily performances from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.
https://www.facebook.com/events/352862205433672/?event_time_id=352862312100328
Embark upon a pilgrimage to self-healing during this unique opportunity to practice Yoga Nidra with Indu Arora. We often take more than we give to our body and mind and forget that rest is just as important as action. How often have you consciously paid attention to when your body and mind really need added rest and rejuvenation?
Yoga Nidra is an ancient practice with incredible relevance in the modern world. With an excess of stress, discomfort and uneasiness, we need a vehicle to connect deeply to our true nature, peace, health and self-awareness. This heightened self-awareness helps us to remain detached and calm amidst the chaos within our daily lives. Yoga Nidra provides a path for the rediscovery of our true nature and the many benefits that can be realized from its practice.
https://www.facebook.com/events/291428911525985/
Come get comfortable upside down!
Once you’re there you won’t want to leave!
This six week series is great for anyone who is new to inverting and would like to build some badass strength!
Learn all the pretty, wowing beginner invert poses on the pole.
We will also build on conditioning exercises each week that will help develop your core muscles to have you inverting like a champ.
Here are a few moves you can expect to learn:
– Classic straddle invert
– Outside leg hang (with pretty variations)
– Inside leg hang (with pretty variations)
– Cross leg lay back
– Straight leg lay back
– Jade
– Butterfly
– Superperson from inside leg hang
– Crucifix
– Pike
– Chopper
– Trap Mount Invert
And more!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1261781433984632/?event_time_id=1261781453984630
Presented by the Lake Lure Lions Club.
Games, Fun and Prizes. Fun for the whole family. Every Monday night starting at 7:00pm. Lakeview Terrace at Rumbling Bald Resort.
May 27th – Sept 16th, 2019.
https://www.facebook.com/events/259931391584766/?event_time_id=259931408251431
Have a terrible case of the Mondays? Got a sick a twisted sense of humor? Come play Cards Against Humanity with us! We have 3 box sets with every expansion. We’re pushing tables together, making new friends, and having laughs every Monday!
https://www.facebook.com/events/371611523634185/?event_time_id=371611606967510
It Takes All Kinds Open Mic Night at Sanctuary Brewing Company!
Calling all singers, songwriters, stand ups, poets and prophets! Come one, come all.
Host Josh Dunkin and Steven Durose of The Gathering Dark want to hear all of your stuff!
No Mimes!
https://www.facebook.com/events/531022364070354/?event_time_id=531022444070346
Rich in Romantic themes and motifs, Mendelssohn’s brilliant, yet lyrical D minor Piano Trio stands as one of his most popular and beloved instrumental creations.
PERFORMANCE DETAILS
BRAHMS Intermezzo in A major
CLARA SCHUMANN Piano Trio in G minor
MENDELSSOHN Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor
Please note: All seating is general admission.
TRUE stories from comedians who partied way too hard and lived to tell YOU the story. With photos from the events! Chicago comedy comes to it’s favorite mountain town to party.
The Bearded Dragons Inn hosts their weekly West Marches game. This is a drop in game for all to join. If you have never played before come and join us. Our amazing community will teach you all you need to know. If you have years, or even decades of experience stop on by as well as you’ll experience a whole new style of play. For more information check out our website:
https://sites.google.com/outlook.com/westmarchesattriskelion/home
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Summer Reading Programs continue and July’s library events are full of fun, interesting, and educational opportunities. Check out one of the many book clubs or reading times with our therapy dog. Also, the Early Bird Special: Classics & Casseroles will have you watching classic movies while noshing on potluck items. As for Summer Reading Programs, you can get down with Groovin’ on Grovemont and launch fireworks with the Bottle Rockets! program.
There’s so much going on in July, check out the Summer Reading Programs and July Library Events lists below.
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Come experience the love of clay with our talented artists at Odyssey ClayWorks! Learn to sculpt, coil, and even get to try your hand at throwing on the potter’s wheel in a fun and upbeat atmosphere. All skill levels welcome.
Momentum Gallery in downtown Asheville hosts new summer exhibitions – Mariella Bisson, Setting Shapes; Oil paintings by two new painters: Samantha Keely Smith and Paul Sattler; and a group invitational called Give Me Wood. These exhibitions continue at 24 N Lexington Avenue through the end of August.
Mariella Bisson deftly delineates the sculptural planes of regional waterfalls and sylvan scenes creating refreshingly contemporary landscape paintings. Her oil-over-collage paintings feature built-up texture, suggesting the complex surface of stone and tree bark, lichen, and moss. Bisson’s paintings demonstrate a strong understanding of formal composition and reflect a sensibility honed from time she’s spent immersed in the outdoors. Of note, Bisson is a two-time recipient of the Pollock-Krasner grant and was awarded a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship in painting.
Samantha Keely Smith creates inspired and stirring abstract paintings in oil. The Brooklyn-based artist sees her paintings “as an expression of our internal turbulence. They reflect the overwhelming reality of being constantly aware of what is happening in the wider world – Change is the only constant.” Smith’s nebulous compositions are evocative of luminous cloudscapes and primordial oceans. Brilliant areas of stained pigment collide with waves of painterly brush strokes ultimately conjuring imagined environments with a timeless quality. “These paintings are about the essence of who we all are, as human beings… We all want love and connection.” Smith’s works give form to fluctuations between turbulence and calm present in everything from our emotions to the temporal world. Overall, Smith’s focus is on the underlying psychological impact of the dawning awareness of our shifting reality.
An accomplished oil painter, Paul Sattler was the recipient of the John R. Solomon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. In 2004, he was selected to exhibit at the 179th Annual Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art at the National Academy of Design in New York, where he received the Wallace Truman Prize. Dramatic narratives unfold in his charged and enigmatic oil paintings which reference historic and literary sources. Sattler comments, “A diverse population of animals are enmeshed in my works’ human-inhabited environments, theatrical locales, and domestic dramas.”
Give Me Wood is an imaginative and evocative collection of contemporary painting and wood sculpture. Central to the identity and creation of all the extraordinary two- and three-dimensional works in the exhibition is the common material of wood. The participating artists defy logic, explore space (both real and imagined), carve, bend, turn, and otherwise construct some truly amazing and innovative work! Featuring Michael Alm, Garry Knox Bennett, Gil Bruvel, Christian Burchard, Tom Eckert, David Ellsworth, Ron Layport, Wendy Maruyama, and Sylvie Rosenthal.
The Blackout Diaries
Presented by Slice of Life Comedy
Show: 8pm
Doors: 7pm
$10
Brought to you by Slice of Life Comedy at The Orange Peel on Monday 7/22 is a special installment of The BlackOut Diaries, an interactive show from Chicago where local Asheville comedians tell their most hilarious and embarrassing drinking stories with an accompany slide show and the audience gets to ask questions about the events.
Hosted by Chicago comedian Sean Flannery. Featuring Hillary Begley, Moira Goree, Jason Scholder, James Burks, Alex Joyce, Matt Mittan and special guests.
The show starts early at 8p, so you can get lots of drinking in before last call. It’s recommended you have your Uber on standby!
Tickets & Info: www.theorangepeel.net/event/the-blackout-diaries-2/
https://www.facebook.com/events/1028239917564930/
Summer is all about outdoor fun, spending quality time together as a family and taking in the wonderful sights of nature. Submit your photos of your family hiking, sunlight making its way through the trees or of the fantastic views that make Chimney Rock so special. 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 cost to enter contest.
https://www.facebook.com/events/540542089755630/?event_time_id=540542196422286