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Saturday, June 12, 2010 Public Access Category: All Benefits Conference Exhibition Fairs/Fests Gatherings Instruction or Classes* Performances/Theatre Presentations Tour Workshop Category: All

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Karen Hamaker-Zondag on Egyptian Mythology Description: Kepler College is pleased to announce the location for Karen Hamaker-Zondag's weekend on Egyptian Mythology: it will be Saturday and Sunday, June 12-13, at the Labyrinth Center in Fairview, NC – just Southeast of Asheville. A full description of the workshop can be found here: http://www.kepler.edu/home/ The directions to the center are here: http://www.labyrinthcenter.com/TLC_Directions1.pdf Note: please follow these directions: GPS devices tend to get lost. The sessions will run as follows: * Saturday 10 – 5 * Sunday 9:30 – 4:30 Space is limited to 18 attendees. Book as soon as you can! For information about group discount prices, please contact enewberg@kepler.edu This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . 7:00am 8:00am 9:00am [9:00am] Guided Bird Walk in HVL Description: Sat. Jun 12 Guided Bird Walk. 9 a.m. Jackson Park, Hendersonville. Cosponsored by ECO and Henderson County Bird Club. Visit eco-wnc.org for more information. 10:00am [10:00am-6:00pm] River Arts District STUDIO STROLL Description: The River Arts District Studio Stroll is the first (since 1994!), biggest, and easiest to navigate tour of working artist studios in the region. 130 studios are open, including painting, pottery, glass, photography, drawing, jewelry, quilts, encaustic, ironwork, sculpture, clothing, book arts, weaving, woodworking and more. When: Saturday & Sunday, June 12-13, 2010 — 10am to 6pm Where: River Arts District, Asheville NC (info tent at corner of Clingman Ave and Lyman St.) More information: www.riverartsdistrict.com [10:00am-6:00pm] Toe River Studio Tour - Mitchell & Yancey Counties Description: The Toe River Arts Council hosts the Toe River Studio Tour in the scenic mountain communities for Mitchell and Yancey counties. This spring's self-guided Studio Tour takes place June 11 to 13. Dates and times are: Friday, June 11, 12 - 4 Saturday, June 12, 10 - 6 Sunday, June 13, 10 - 6 Some locations host clusters of artists, a boon to those following the trail, where a visitor can meet more than one artist at each stop or vicinity. This year's tour features 103 participants with 9 galleries who will be open from noon to 4 pm on Friday, June 11; and then 10 am to 6 pm Saturday, June 12 and Sunday, June 13. A special tour reception takes place on Friday, June 11 from 5 to 8 pm at the Spruce Pine TRAC Gallery. The exhibit of participants’ work opens May 8 at the Spruce Pine TRAC Gallery and continues through the Tour weekend. The Burnsville Gallery will feature an exhibit by Artistree from June 9 through June 26 that displays artists’ work in a home setting. Both galleries are open regular hours and extended hours for the Tour weekend. A map guide can be online or picked up at any of the participating studios and galleries, local businesses, or at one of the two TRAC Galleries at 102 West Main in Burnsville or 269 Oak Avenue in Spruce Pine. Both are regularly open Mondays through Saturdays from 10 to 5 pm. Visit www.toeriverarts.org or call 828.682.7215 for more information. [10:00am-5:00pm] AVL Art in the Park - Pack Square Description: Art in the Park, Pack Square, Downtown Asheville Saturdays, June 12, 19 and 26 10 am to 5 pm The creative spirits are setting up tents in downtown Asheville this June. For three Saturdays local and regional artists will infuse Pack Square Park with art and craft as vibrant and of the earth as Nature’s glowing autumn leaves. The streets around the Vance Monument and Hoss Haley’s marvelous new fountain will resonate with the colors, textures and forms of contemporary and traditional mountain crafts exhibited by the artists themselves. From pottery to jewelry to sculpture and two-dimensional art, the market promises an array of creations from the planet’s very marrow, including glass, ceramics, woodworking, metalsmithing, and the fabric arts. Come on out to Asheville Art in the Park to connect with these artists and many more. You will not only be participating in an art market, but you will be part of a cycle of giving. 10% of the proceeds from the event will be donated to a local art non-profit. Visit www.ashevilleartinthepark.com for more information. [10:00am-5:00pm] Dillsboro Arts & Music Festival Description: Dillsboro Arts & Music Festival Sat, 06/12/2010 - 10:00am - 5:00pm Dillsboro This annual street festival presents mountain crafts, music, dancers, and storytellers. Explore the stores, or shop for hand-woven baskets, pottery, woodwork, stained glass, jewelry, and more at the many booths lining Front Street. Local music acts perform all day at the Dillsboro Depot. Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; free; (828) 586-1439; www.visitdillsboro.org Location: Front St, Dillsboro 11:00am 12:00pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm [6:30pm-11:00pm] Wine Auction + Gala Dinner to benefit AVL Art Museum Description: Asheville Wine Auction + Gala Dinner June 12 Arden The Asheville Art Museum presents a black-tie gala and auction of vintage and collector wines, art, estate jewelry, oriental rugs, and vacation getaways. A dinner with paired wines precedes the auction, which is a fund-raiser for the museum’s exhibits and programming. Togar Rugs, 562 Long Shoals Rd.; Saturday, 6:30-11 p.m.; $125; (828) 253-3227; www.ashevilleart.org [7:30pm] SART presents "A Little Night Music" - Mars Hill Description: June 9 - 27 Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre presents "A Little Night Music", a STEPHEN SONDHEIM MUSICAL suggested by the film Smiles of a Summer Night by Ingmar Bergman. Winner of Six Tony Awards: Best Musical, Best Book, & Best Score. “Isn’t it bliss?” Affairs of the heart spend a weekend in the country at a 20th-century Swedish estate, where style and sophistication mix with romance, wit and charm. — Send in the Clowns RATED PG-13 June 9, 7:30pm (limited seating) June 10, 7:30pm June 11, 7:30pm June 12, 7:30pm June 13, 2:30pm matinee June 16, 7:30pm June 17, 2:30pm matinee June 18, 7:30pm June 19, 7:30pm June 20, 2:30pm matinee June 23, 2:30pm matinee June 24, 2:30pm matinee June 25, 7:30pm June 26, 7:30pm June 27, 2:30pm matinee Visit www.sartplays.org for more information. [8:00pm] Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre and White Dog ProjectX International - US/ Description: Who: Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre and White Dog ProjectX International with Compania Contemporanea del Estado de Yucatan A.C. Alsur Danza - USA Mexican Collaboration What: “The Maya Stories” Modern dance theatre Where: Diana Wortham Theatre – Downtown Asheville, Pack Place When: June 11 and 12 at 8:00pm How Much: $25.00 general admission / $20.00 students and seniors / $15.00 in advance Contact: www.acdt.org 828-254-2621 7:00pm 8:00pm 9:00pm

Description:

Kepler College is pleased to announce the location for Karen Hamaker-Zondag's weekend on Egyptian Mythology: it will be Saturday and Sunday, June 12-13, at the Labyrinth Center in Fairview, NC – just Southeast of Asheville. A full description of the workshop can be found here: http://www.kepler.edu/home/

The directions to the center are here: http://www.labyrinthcenter.com/TLC_Directions1.pdf
Note: please follow these directions: GPS devices tend to get lost.

The sessions will run as follows:

* Saturday 10 – 5
* Sunday 9:30 – 4:30

Space is limited to 18 attendees. Book as soon as you can! For information about group discount prices, please contact enewberg@kepler.edu This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Description:

Sat. Jun 12

Guided Bird Walk. 9 a.m. Jackson Park, Hendersonville.

Cosponsored by ECO and Henderson County Bird Club.

Visit eco-wnc.org for more information.

Description:

The River Arts District Studio Stroll is the first (since 1994!), biggest, and easiest to navigate tour of working artist studios in the region. 130 studios are open, including painting, pottery, glass, photography, drawing, jewelry, quilts, encaustic, ironwork, sculpture, clothing, book arts, weaving, woodworking and more.

When: Saturday & Sunday, June 12-13, 2010 — 10am to 6pm
Where: River Arts District, Asheville NC (info tent at corner of Clingman Ave and Lyman St.)
More information: www.riverartsdistrict.com

Description:

The Toe River Arts Council hosts the Toe River Studio Tour in the scenic mountain communities for Mitchell and Yancey counties.

This spring's self-guided Studio Tour takes place June 11 to 13.

Dates and times are:

Friday, June 11, 12 - 4
Saturday, June 12, 10 - 6
Sunday, June 13, 10 - 6

Some locations host clusters of artists, a boon to those following the trail, where a visitor can meet more than one artist at each stop or vicinity.

This year's tour features 103 participants with 9 galleries who will be open from noon to 4 pm on Friday, June 11; and then 10 am to 6 pm Saturday, June 12 and Sunday, June 13. A special tour reception takes place on Friday, June 11 from 5 to 8 pm at the Spruce Pine TRAC Gallery.

The exhibit of participants’ work opens May 8 at the Spruce Pine TRAC Gallery and continues through the Tour weekend. The Burnsville Gallery will feature an exhibit by Artistree from June 9 through June 26 that displays artists’ work in a home setting. Both galleries are open regular hours and extended hours for the Tour weekend.

A map guide can be online or picked up at any of the participating studios and galleries, local businesses, or at one of the two TRAC Galleries at 102 West Main in Burnsville or 269 Oak Avenue in Spruce Pine. Both are regularly open Mondays through Saturdays from 10 to 5 pm.

Visit www.toeriverarts.org or call 828.682.7215 for more information.

Description:

Art in the Park, Pack Square, Downtown Asheville

Saturdays, June 12, 19 and 26
10 am to 5 pm

The creative spirits are setting up tents in downtown Asheville this June. For three Saturdays local and regional artists will infuse Pack Square Park with art and craft as vibrant and of the earth as Nature’s glowing autumn leaves.

The streets around the Vance Monument and Hoss Haley’s marvelous new fountain will resonate with the colors, textures and forms of contemporary and traditional mountain crafts exhibited by the artists themselves.

From pottery to jewelry to sculpture and two-dimensional art, the market promises an array of creations from the planet’s very marrow, including glass, ceramics, woodworking, metalsmithing, and the fabric arts.

Come on out to Asheville Art in the Park to connect with these artists and many more. You will not only be participating in an art market, but you will be part of a cycle of giving. 10% of the proceeds from the event will be donated to a local art non-profit.

Visit www.ashevilleartinthepark.com for more information.

Description:

Dillsboro Arts & Music Festival

Sat, 06/12/2010 - 10:00am - 5:00pm

Dillsboro
This annual street festival presents mountain crafts, music, dancers, and storytellers. Explore the stores, or shop for hand-woven baskets, pottery, woodwork, stained glass, jewelry, and more at the many booths lining Front Street. Local music acts perform all day at the Dillsboro Depot.

Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; free; (828) 586-1439; www.visitdillsboro.org

Location: Front St, Dillsboro

Description:

Asheville Wine Auction + Gala Dinner

June 12
Arden
The Asheville Art Museum presents a black-tie gala and auction of vintage and collector wines, art, estate jewelry, oriental rugs, and vacation getaways. A dinner with paired wines precedes the auction, which is a fund-raiser for the museum’s exhibits and programming.

Togar Rugs, 562 Long Shoals Rd.; Saturday, 6:30-11 p.m.; $125; (828) 253-3227; www.ashevilleart.org

Description:

June 9 - 27

Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre presents "A Little Night Music", a STEPHEN SONDHEIM MUSICAL suggested by the film Smiles of a Summer Night by Ingmar Bergman.

Winner of Six Tony Awards: Best Musical, Best Book, & Best Score.

“Isn’t it bliss?” Affairs of the heart spend a weekend in the country at a 20th-century Swedish estate, where style and sophistication mix with romance, wit and charm. — Send in the Clowns
RATED PG-13

June 9, 7:30pm (limited seating)
June 10, 7:30pm
June 11, 7:30pm
June 12, 7:30pm
June 13, 2:30pm matinee

June 16, 7:30pm
June 17, 2:30pm matinee
June 18, 7:30pm
June 19, 7:30pm
June 20, 2:30pm matinee

June 23, 2:30pm matinee
June 24, 2:30pm matinee
June 25, 7:30pm
June 26, 7:30pm
June 27, 2:30pm matinee


Visit www.sartplays.org for more information.

Description:

Who: Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre and White Dog ProjectX International with Compania Contemporanea del Estado de Yucatan A.C.

Alsur Danza - USA Mexican Collaboration

What: “The Maya Stories” Modern dance theatre

Where: Diana Wortham Theatre – Downtown Asheville, Pack Place

When: June 11 and 12 at 8:00pm

How Much: $25.00 general admission / $20.00 students and seniors / $15.00 in advance

Contact: www.acdt.org 828-254-2621