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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+ PAUL I. TOSH BAND with members of Dirty Dead
+ JLAD (JIMMI LANG’S ALMOST DOORS)
+ RIYEN ROOTS W/NIKI FOSTER
MOTHER’S DAY LEAF SUNDAY FUNDAY THE BLOCK 2-6pm
SUGGESTED $5-10 DONATION to support the end of Gordon Piland’s incarceration and **fingers-crossed** upcoming release and re-entry. This is NOT a political event, but a community gathering designed to raise money to assist now (commissary/phone expenses) and upon release and re-entry. All money will go to him and his family directly.
Can’t make it? Donate $5 $10 $20 through Venmo @lucysnow (Gordon’s daughter in Charlotte)
The Odditorium.
Sunday, May 12th, 2019.
Doors at 8 PM.
Music at 9 PM.
$5
Paladin (Power/thrash metal from Atlanta, GA)
https://www.facebook.com/paladinatl/
https://paladinatl.bandcamp.com/
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Paladin/3540427585
Tombstone HWY (Southern stoner metal from Asheville, NC)
https://www.facebook.com/TombstoneHWY/
https://www.facebook.com/events/2036689136637005/
From Thursday, May 2nd until Saturday, June 22nd, Momentum Gallery hosts a two-person, mixed media exhibition called Dissolution. The collection features individually created and collaborative works by two artists, Seth Clark and Jason Forck. Original collages mounted to panels play off architectonic sculptures in glass and wood culminating in a cohesive body of work that explores the notion of deteriorating architecture. This event is free and open to the public.
Wildflowers springing from the ground are a sign that spring and warmer weather are right around the corner. Capture photos of your family and friends enjoying the Park and enter them into our Shades of Spring Photo Contest for a chance to win fabulous prizes. 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/267786327235081/?event_time_id=267786373901743
We will be hosting open warm-up classes Tuesday-Saturday, May 7-11th, and Monday-Friday, May 13-17th, 9a-10:30a. Feel free to stick around after class and observe our creative process for DELVE 2019! We will be working until 3 pm every day.
Classes will include Intermediate/Advanced Improvisational Techniques, Ballet, and Contemporary Modern.
These classes are “pay what you can” with a suggested donation of $7. THERE WILL NOT BE CLASS ON SUNDAY MAY 12TH.
CLASS SCHEDULE:
All class levels are Intermediate/Advanced unless otherwise noted. All classes are 1.5hrs and start promptly at 9am, be a few minutes early to sign-in!
May 7 – Modern with Vanessa
May 8 – Body Mapping/Ballet with Gavin
May 9 – Improvisation Techniques with Gavin (Open Level)
May 10 – Ballet with Gavin
May 11 – Body Mapping/Modern with Vanessa
May 13 – Body Mapping/Ballet with Gavin
May 14- Modern with Vanessa
May 15 – Improvisation Techniques with Gavin (Open Level)
May 16 – Body Mapping/Modern with Vanessa
May 17 – Ballet with Gavin
https://www.facebook.com/events/583722598816759/?event_time_id=583722612150091
A new temporary exhibit titled “Dressing for the Occasion: Mid-Century Sandburg as Celebrity and Family Man” opens on May 13, 2019. The exhibit, which runs through October, is part of the Sandburg Home tour and features clothing and accessories from both the park’s permanent collection and loaned items from the Sandburg family.
“Dressing for the Occasion” offers visitors a window into the style, culture, and feel of mid-century America. The family’s clothing and accessories weave together the roles of Carl Sandburg as a prominent writer, celebrity, father, and husband. This temporary exhibit offers an exciting opportunity for the public to view objects that are normally in storage or in the possession of Sandburg family members. Tours of the Sandburg Home are offered daily from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. Tickets are available first come, first served, each day from the visitor information area in the ground level of the Sandburg Home.
Nearly every room in the historically furnished house museum will be included in the exhibit. Visitors will see the characteristic scarves Carl Sandburg wore as he played his guitar and sang folk songs to entertain his family and guests, the dress Lilian Sandburg wore to meet President Lyndon B. Johnson, and many other mid-century pieces worn by the Sandburgs and their daughters. Historic photographs, paired with the clothing, will provide context.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1282810215200932/?event_time_id=1282810218534265
Substitute teaching is an opportunity to work with diverse student populations and have a flexible schedule!
This class is required for those looking to become a substitute teacher in area schools but is also great for others that are interested in teaching youth, as a career or in community organizations.
Learn how to cultivate relationships with school personnel, utilize different instructional strategies, develop lesson and classroom management plans, and more!
Textbook: Substitute Teacher Handbook, 9th edition.
Prerequisite: high school diploma or GED.
Attendance at all class meetings is required.
EDU-3002-332WT – RM 211, Goodwill Ctr., Goodwill $130
For more information contact Carol Faust at 828-398-7924 or
[email protected]
To register visit www.abtech.edu/ce-registration
https://www.facebook.com/events/291890235073455/?event_time_id=291890238406788
Learn to write icons from professional icon writer Melissa Moss. This retreat is intended for those new to icon writing.
The retreat will be held in as close to a scriptorium atmosphere as possible. We will start with prayer, have prayer at noon-day, and end the workday with prayer. We pray especially that the Holy Spirit will work through our hands to help us depict the holy images. Technique and icon lore will be covered, and questions welcomed from the participants, but otherwise, we will work in silence.
All materials are provided.
We will be working with the icon of Christ Pantocrator from St. Catherine’s monastery in the Sinai. You will leave the 5-day retreat with your own icon.
On Tuesday evening the group will travel to Grace Church in the Mountains, Episcopal in Waynesville for a lecture and visit to the stunning traveling exhibition that presents the mystery and spiritual power of icons through the work of artist Ludmila Pawlowska’s exhibit Icons in Transformation. Overnight participants will purchase dinner in Waynesville on Tuesday.
Commuter and overnight options are available. Registration fees and other information are available on the Lake Logan website.
https://www.facebook.com/events/390950841697784/
An exhibition of youth art titled “Let a Joy Keep You,” is on display from April 1 to May 31, 2019. The inspiration for the art comes from the first line of Carl Sandburg’s poem “Joy.” Each of the 70 canvases reflects how the young artists chose to interpret what joy means to them. Visitors can see the installation at the Sandburg Home when they visit. Young artists are represented from across the country and locally, including students from Sugarloaf Elementary School in Hendersonville, NC.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2304444942927531/?event_time_id=2304444986260860
Now is a great time to explore the potential dance offers as a source of pleasure, grace, and coordination. Get those motor neurons firing in new ways and expand your movement and mental facilities. We dance and we laugh. Open to veterans and non-veterans. Free. Mondays at 9:30 in the Community Living Center 2nd floor at the VA on Tunnel Road. (Photo courtesy of Dance for PD, NYC)
https://www.facebook.com/events/724949141240621/?event_time_id=724949154573953
‼️DAY GAME- First Pitch 10:35AM‼️
Get to the stadium early! Its Education Day at McCormick Field!
https://www.facebook.com/events/361855927993773/
$1 per Pint sold of Painted Fortune will be donated to the Friends of the Mountain to Sea Trail.
Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail brings together communities and volunteers to build and maintain a simple footpath across North Carolina. We spread the word to people who love trails and North Carolina and help them find ways to use, care for and extend the trail. We are the primary source of information about how to hike the trail through our website (MountainstoSeaTrail.org) and printed trail guides.
https://www.facebook.com/events/455801344960188/
$1 per Pint sold of Painted Fortune will be donated to the Friends of the Mountain to Sea Trail.
Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail brings together communities and volunteers to build and maintain a simple footpath across North Carolina. We spread the word to people who love trails and North Carolina and help them find ways to use, care for and extend the trail. We are the primary source of information about how to hike the trail through our website (MountainstoSeaTrail.org) and printed trail guides.
https://www.facebook.com/events/455801344960188/?event_time_id=455801441626845
$1 per Pint sold of Painted Fortune will be donated to the Friends of the Mountain to Sea Trail from now through May 14th! Thanks to Bhramari Brewing for the support and to volunteer Kim Elkins for coordinating!
https://www.facebook.com/events/354160471881890/?event_time_id=354160521881885
Join us for our Blood Drive. Every 2 seconds, someone in the US needs blood. Your 1 donation could save up to 3 lives. Every participant will receive a free gift. Sign up today!
https://www.facebook.com/events/500079190527396/
Join us for another free legal name change clinic. We will supply you with all of the paperwork needed for the name change and help you answer any questions you may have while navigating this often confusing process. It’s easier with friends!
Our clinic is free, but there are different costs associated with the name change process that you will pay to different agencies along the way, and they are as follows:
Fingerprint fees: $10 each (you’ll need 2 sets)
State background check: $14
FBI background check: $18
Name change petition: $120
Notary fees: vary by location
There is also a charge for a new copy of your birth certificate, but that depends on what state you were born in. To find that info, check https://www.vitalchek.com.
Not all fees are due at the same time in the name change process. Fingerprints are the first step in the process which you then send off for the the state and FBI background checks. The federal background check can take up to 3 months to return, so you will have a little time to get the filing fee for the name change petition together.
If you feel like you would be more comfortable with an escort to the ID Bureau for fingerprinting or to the courthouse to file papers, please let us know in advance of the clinic date so that we can make the proper arrangements.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1708098039316464/?event_time_id=1708098055983129
Make a blood donation and receive a Hillman Beer gift card!! Values may vary from month to month.
https://www.facebook.com/events/210931303172573/?event_time_id=210931319839238
Stop by the Ferguson Family YMCA on Monday May 13th for our Blood Drive with The Blood Connection.
For every donor, $10 will be given back toward the charitable work of the YMCA of WNC.
Donors will also receive a $10 Wal-Mart gift card!
https://www.facebook.com/events/314165545920300/
Ride For Reading, presented by Asheville on Bikes and Strive Beyond, links the physical wellness of bike riding and the mental development of early reading. It’s one-part kids book drive, benefiting Asheville Primary School and one part bike-powered delivery ride. Ride For Reading is a national campaign and this is Asheville’s inaugural ride.
DONATE CHILDREN BOOKS TODAY
Now through Monday, May 13 bring new and used early reading books to New Belgium Brewing’s Liquid Center. The drop box is just inside the main doors, on the left. Asheville Primary School students are ages 3-6
DELIVERY RIDE – MAY 13, 3PM
Bring your bike and carrying capacity to New Belgium for a 3-mile round trip ride to Asheville Primary School to deliver the books. We’ll return to the Liquid Center for beverage time.
For more info on Ride For Reading: https://www.rideforreading.org/
https://www.facebook.com/events/594910677658327/
** Meeting agenda and materials will be posted when they’re available.
LINK: https://www.ashevillenc.gov/council/committees/planning_n_economic/default.htm
“The Planning & Economic Development Committee will recommend policies to support City Council’s long-range vision and comprehensive planning goals. Areas of focus include developing policies to enhance the employability of Asheville residents, master planning of land uses, transportation, etc., development policies and processes, building codes and development standards, annexation policies/goals/objectives, economic development strategies and incentive policies.”
https://www.facebook.com/events/404333963750646/
GreatDances for a Night out
https://www.facebook.com/events/399177114002155/
Our next information session is two weeks from day. We’ll see you there.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2062345410553247/
Come meet NC Senate Candidate Julie Mayfield, discuss issues that matter to you and let us know how you can help make this campaign a success.
We would love to see you. The link that says “ticket” is the link for letting us know you want to RSVP. No contribution required to attend.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2208057222620502/
Join us for this special author event, including an introduction and Q+A with the Museum’s curatorial staff, author talk, and book-signing!
Photos Day or Night: The Archive of Hugh Mangum is an intimate look at the life and work of this early 20th-century American photographer. The book was made in close collaboration with Mangum’s granddaughter and features never-before-seen photographs and ephemera from their family archive.
Sarah Stacke is a photographer and writer based in Brooklyn, NY. In 2012 she received a graduate degree from Duke University tailored to analyze photographic representations of African and African American communities. For her capstone project, Stacke extensively researched Mangum’s archive and curated the first-ever solo exhibition of his work, which was shown at Duke’s Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) in 2012. Shortly thereafter she wrote pieces for The New York Times and Aperture about Mangum, and curated a major installation of his work, Keep All You Wish: The Photographs of Hugh Mangum, at the Asheville Art Museum in 2015. She has been an instructor at CDS since 2013 and is an adjunct professor at CUNY’s Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism and the International Center of Photography, where she teaches a course about the role archives play in society. In her photography work, Stacke looks at daily life in communities whose geographic borders were formed during periods of colonization. Often spending time with a community over the course of months or years, she looks at the intersection of culture and memory, and questions how land—and the loss of it—shapes identities. Her work has appeared in National Geographic, The New York Times, The New Yorker, BuzzFeed, and Photo District News.
Presented in partnership with Malaprop’s Bookstore/Café. Books will be available for purchase at Malaprop’s.
Curated open mic night featuring some of Asheville’s finest pickers and crooners.
https://www.facebook.com/events/287844478776020/
Curated open mic night featuring some of Asheville’s finest pickers and crooners.
https://www.facebook.com/events/287844478776020/?event_time_id=287844492109352
Early screening: 6:30pm
Second Screening: 8:00pm
*Band members Rico and Ra’id will be in attendance with director John Rash for Q&A following film
Negro Terror is a documentary film that tells the story of one band’s influential role within the vibrant and eclectic underground music community of Memphis, TN.
As a band, Negro Terror champions the history, music, and various politics of their beloved hometown through social and political ideologies that are far more complex than just being another hardcore punk band with a provocative name.
SEE MORE ABOUT THIS FILM HERE: www.voiceofmemphis.com
https://www.facebook.com/events/1992944190818613/
Rumba, Patterns and Movements
https://www.facebook.com/events/796412870744019/
Join fabulous Empyrean pole arts instructor Lauren for our next Intro to Pole Fitness – 8 week series. Starting on Monday April 1st from 6:15-7:15pm, these classes will take place in our upstairs pole room in suite 107 (“107U”).
Students will not only be guided through our Pole Fitness Level 1 in its entirety, but will also begin learning how to sequence many beginning pole skills together. Class will begin with a thorough full body warm-up, followed by pole conditioning exercises. Students will then begin learning pole tricks and spins to help achieve pole fitness goals. Towards the end of class, students will have time to explore learned movements through an optional free dance time. Class will come to an end end with a feel good cool down stretch session. Upon completion of the series, students will be ready for a Pole 2 level up assessment (a pressure-free in-class skill evaluation).
$100 for the full 8 week series, starting on Monday April 1st and finishing on Monday May 20th. Sign up now from your student account at circusdb.org/empyrean by purchasing the “Intro to Pole Fitness – 8 Week Series.” We limit space for 6 sign ups in our Intro to Pole 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 are happy to grant one free make-up class per series, strict all sales final / no refunds policy on series.
https://www.facebook.com/events/260204118234908/?event_time_id=260204141568239
The City of Asheville will hold an informational meeting to discuss how public input informed the profile used to search for Asheville’s next police chief.
The informational session will take place at 6:30 p.m. May 13 at the Stephens Lee Recreation Center, 30 George Washington Carver Ave.
Find more information at this link: https://bit.ly/2Y5NXne
https://www.facebook.com/events/432870120623856/