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03/03/10
thru
04/07/10
5PM -
7PMSalt Glaze Pottery
Mark Tomzack
In this course, students will make traditional salt glaze pottery. A variety of forms will be demonstrated for students and practiced. Various slips and glaze decorations specific to this type of firing will be used. Students will finish all pottery in WPCC's newly constructed salt kiln. All skill levels welcomeWestern Piedmont Community College
1001 Burkemont Avenue Morganton, NC
Courtney Long 828-448-3552
clong@wpcc.edu$150.00
03/04/10
thru
03/29/10
Annual Art Front Exhibit
Mar 5 - Mar 29 Annual Art Front Exhibit The UNC Asheville Art Department student organization, Art Front, is essential in the daily functioning of the Highsmith Union Gallery. Their exhibit celebrates Art Front s commitment to art and to the Gallery. Highsmith Union Gallery lower level Highsmith Union UNC Asheville M-F 9-9/Sat 9-6/Sun 12-6 when classes are in session unca.edu/highsmith/galleryHighsmith Union Gallery
UNC Asheville Asheville, NC
Tracie Pouliot
tpouliot@unca.edufree
03/04/10
thru
03/04/10
7AM -
8AMCherokee Basketry book signing
Anna Fariello
Anna Fariello is Associate Research Professor at Western Carolina University, will be doing a book signing for her new book, Cherokee Basketry: From the Hands of our Elders at Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe. The book describes the craft s forms, functions and methods and records the tradition s celebrated makers.Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe
55 Haywood Street Asheville, NC
Anna Fariello (828) 254-6734
fariello@wcu.edufree
03/05/10
thru
03/07/10
9AM -
5PMLetterpress Printing for Writers
Frank Brannon
For the beginning or seasoned writer/poet, letterpress printing may be used a tool in the writing process. This three-day class will explore the basics of letterpress printing and hand typesetting, including type composition, mixing ink, press set-up, and printing on the Vandercook Proof Press. Students will design and produce a small project of their own.Asheville BookWorks
428 1/2 Haywood Road Asheville, NC
Laura Ladendorf 828.255.8444
info@ashevillebookworks.com$303 + $25 studio fee
03/05/10
thru
03/07/10
10AM -
5PMDo Not Fold, Spindle, Or Mutilate!
Let's explore some surface techniques in creating jewelry via reticulation and fold-forming with pliers & hammers. You will learn to create textured surfaces,& even "draw" edges with a torch. Shapes can be altered by with pliers and forging with hammers. We will be working in brass,copper sterling and reticulation silver. This workshop is recommended for jewelers with some soldering experience only. Bring sunglasses to prevent over-exposure to bright torchlight. Mountain Metalsmiths School of Jewelry & Lapidary
197 Locust Court Arden, NC
828-687-7830
$270 plus materials
03/12/10
thru
04/09/10
Art Exhibit by Knight at Opportunity House
Costanza Knight
The Arts League of Henderson County presents an exhibit by Costanza Knight entitled Polyrhythms that opens Friday, March 12th and runs through April 9th in the Grace Etheredge Room at Opportunity House. Knight, a watermedia and mixed media artist, creates contemporary expressions that celebrate the human form and the landscape. Her recent Blue Green Jazz Series explores music as a subject matter. Grace Etheredge Room at Opportunity House
1411 Asheville Highway Hendersonville, NC
Art League of Henderson County
Free
03/12/10
thru
03/12/10
6PM -
9PMClay Date Night
You are sure to have a great night learning some slippery moves at this monthly event. Bring a date, come with friends, or meet someone new on a Friday night! Our instructors will walk you through a few simple projects, or you can impress your date with your own creations.Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts
236 Clingman Avenue Asheville, NC
828-285-0210
$25 per person, $45 for two people
03/13/10
7PM -
10PMWednesday Evenings Playing with Rocks
How would you like to learn to cut and polish stones for your own unique jewelry designs? Starting on March 13th at 7 PM, WEDNESDAY EVENING class sessions now offer an opportunity for you to cut your own pretties from rough material provided by the school OR if you have your own material, bring it in to see what is suitable for cutting into cabochons. Mountain Metalsmiths School of Jewelry & Lapidary
197 Locust Court Arden, NC
828-687-7830
$360 per 8 sessions plus materials
03/13/10
thru
12/11/10
11AM -
5PM2nd Saturday Artist Market
2nd Saturday Artist Market
Monthly Artist Market: 2nd Saturday of each month, March through December, inside the Rocket Club in West Asheville. Wide variety of arts and crafts, community booth featuring a local organization each month and food from a local favorite! Artist booths $25/month or $15 each if sharing.The Rocket Club
401 Haywood Road Asheville, NC
Lori Theriault
info@crazygreenstudios.comno admittance fee
03/17/10
thru
07/17/10
2PM -
4PMKids: St. Patrick's Clay Day with Gabriel Kline
Shake off the boredom and express yourself in clay after your early release from school! Space is limited, enroll early. Ages 6-12Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts
236 Clingman Avenue Asheville, NC
828-285-0210
$35
Monday, March 1 at 7pm:
BRIDGING DIFFERENCES BOOKCLUB
Join host Patti Digh for a discussion of Leah Hager Cohen’s Train Go Sorry.
Tuesday, March 2 at 7pm:
FRET KNOT RADIO HOUR
Fret Knot Radio Hour will be recording their podcast live in the Malaprop’s Cafe. Come hear interviews with Brian Lee Knopp, local author of the Malaprop’s bestseller Mayhem in Mayberry, and Franzi Charen and Caroline Green of the Asheville Grown Campaign. You can also enjoy music from Boston based indie folk rock musician Tom Thumb. Come be a part of this first-of-its-kind event!
Wednesday, March 3 at 7pm:
NEW MALAPROP’S BOOKCLUB
Join host Jay Jacoby in a discussion of Junot Diaz’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.
Thursday, March 4 at 7pm:
ANNA FARIELLO READING & BOOKSIGNING
An associate professor at Western Carolina University, Anna Fariello will discuss her recent book, Cherokee Basketry: From the Hands of Our Elders. Fariello, a former research fellow at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, studied this art form—passed down from mother to daughter and employing natural resources—and its impact on the culture and the environment.
Friday, March 5 at 5:30pm:
MEET THE AUTHORS OF THE MONEY BOOK
Joseph D’Agnese and Denise Kiernan, authors of several books including the recent Signing Their Lives Away, have written The Money Book, a financial guide just for freelancers, part-timers, and the self-employed. Join them for some wine and discuss the non-9-to-5 life!
Friday, March 5 at 7pm:
MARIJO MOORE READING & BOOKSIGNING
Local author and store favorite MariJo Moore, of Cherokee, Irish and Dutch ancestry, presents limited first edition copies of her newest book, The Boy with a Tree Growing from His Ear and Other Stories. One of the stories takes place at Malaprop’s!
Saturday, March 6 at 2pm:
CLOTHES LINES READING & BOOKSIGNING
Local authors and editors of the new anthology Clothes Lines Nancy Dillingham and Celia Miles will be here with several contributors to read pieces from the book. The anthology features short pieces by Western North Carolina women writers.
Saturday, March 6 at 4pm:
TOM ANGLEBERGER READING & BOOKSIGNING
Roanoke Times columnist Tom Angleberger joins us to discuss The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, his story about Dwight, a sixth-grader who makes a surprisingly prescient Yoda finger puppet out of paper, and his classmate’s quest to discover how Yoda can be so smart when Dwight himself is so clueless.
Saturday, March 6 at 7pm:
ALEX BIGNEY READING & BOOKSIGNING
Renowned artist Alex Bigney discusses Talking to Tesla: An Artist’s Dream Journal, which pairs Bigney’s own story with reflections upon a vivid series of dreams in which scientist Nikola Tesla visited him.
Sunday, March 7 at 3pm:
POETRIO READINGS AND BOOKSIGNINGS
Today’s featured poets are Mimi White (Singed Horizon), Martha Boothe Baddour (Scheherazade) and Kennon Webber, who just won third place in Rapid River’s Annual Poetry Contest for his poem, “Manuel Labor.”
Monday, March 8 at 7pm:
TRAVELING BONFIRES READINGS AND BOOKSIGNINGS
Join us for an hour of Traveling Bonfires poetry readings!
Wednesday, March 10 at 7pm:
LITERARY TRIVIA NIGHT
Literary Trivia night, hosted by booksellers Lauren, Seth and Stella Harr, is open to the public. Test your word nerd knowledge and win prizes!
Thursday, March 11 at 7pm:
CATHY MITCHELL READING & BOOKSIGNING
Local author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Cathy Mitchell ventures inside the mind of a Boykin Spaniel looking for a good home in Save a Spaniel, her new novel. Alli Marshall at the Mountain Xpress says, “Warm and engaging…any dog owner will see something of their own pooch in Mitchell’s heroine, and — especially for those who don’t yet own a dog — Spaniel is a great introduction to both the heartbreaks and joys of fostering a pet.” Bring your favorite canine!
Friday, March 12 at 7pm:
THOMAS MULLEN READING & BOOKSIGNING
Thomas Mullen, author of the acclaimed debut novel The Last Town on Earth, will discuss his new book The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers. A recent review in the LA Times says, “Set in the Depression-era Midwest, Thomas Mullen’s second novel The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers tells a rip-roaring yarn that manages to be both phantasmagorical and historically accurate… [a] labyrinthine, luminous narrative, reminiscent of Michael Chabon’s best fiction.”
Saturday, March 13 at 1pm:
ROSE SENEHI BOOKSIGNING
Of The Wind in the Woods, Rose Senehi’s latest novel, Sallie Bissell (Legacy of Masks) says, “Writing with a sharp eye on the beauty of the deep woods...Rose Senehi gives us a vivid picture of modern day drama set in ancient woods.” Please join us as this local favorite signs copies of The Wind in the Woods.
Saturday, March 13 at 7pm:
JULIA HUGHES JONES READING & BOOKSIGNING
Galled and intrigued by a Martin Luther quotation stating that “Girls begin to talk and to stand on their feet sooner than boys because weeds always grow up more quickly than good crops,” Julia Hughes Jones set out to uncover and share the deep, rich and often absent women’s history. The result is The History of Weeds, which Linda Savage (Reclaiming Goddess Sexuality: The Power of the Feminine Way) calls “required reading… for any woman or man who understands the need for restoring respect for the feminine and for creating balance between the sexes.”
Sunday, March 14 at 3pm:
NAN CHASE READING & BOOKSIGNING
Nan Chase, local author of Asheville: A History and Bark House Style, joins us to share her new book, Eat Your Yard! Replete with ideas for an edible landscape, Eat Your Yard! also includes recipes and tips on canning, pickling, dehydrating, freezing, juicing, and fermenting.
Monday, March 15 at 7pm:
JONATHAN LAUGHTER READING & BOOKSIGNING
Hendersonville author Jonathan Laughter reads from and signs his debut novel, Charismata: You’ll Never Look at Your Hometown the Same Way Again! A story of two men from the same town who meet much later in life, the novel explores the way in which their lives intersect—and the consequences of that intersection.
Tuesday, March 16 at 7pm:
SARAH ADDISON ALLEN READING & BOOKSIGNING
Asheville’s own Sarah Addison Allen returns with her eagerly anticipated third novel, The Girl Who Chased the Moon. More quirky characters, curious foodstuffs, and magic can be expected from the author of the New York Times bestseller Garden Spells and The Sugar Queen.
Wednesday, March 17 at 7pm:
LARRY BAKER READING & BOOKSIGNING
Larry Baker presents his story of a down-and-out radio DJ looking to redeem himself in his novel, A Good Man. Harry Ducharme, Baker’s main character who DJs at WWHD in St. Augustine, Florida, is an homage to both Flannery O’Connor (“A Good Man is Hard to Find,” “The River”) and Harry Chapin (“WOLD”).
Thursday, March 18 at 5:30pm
WOMEN ON WORDS
Women on Words is a women’s poetry circle where the members inspire and critique the presented poems. New members are always welcome.
Thursday, March 18 at 7pm
STITCH-N-BITCH
Bring your current projects, settle down with a hot cup of tea and talk shop with fiber artist and “Urban GypZ”, Stacey Budge-Kamison. This monthly event is open to the public.
Thursday, March 18 at 7pm
I. ALEXANDER OLCHOWSKI READING & BOOKSIGNING
The Farmer, I. Alexander Olchowski’s fourth novel, is the first selection of the Slow Book Movement—whose mission, borrowed from the Slow Food Movement, is to reawaken modern society to the pleasures of slowing down to read, and savor, good literature.
Friday, March 19 at 7pm:
RON RASH READING & BOOKSIGNING
Of Ron Rash’s new collection of short stories, Burning Bright, Library Journal says, “[Rash] is a master craftsman who pares down language to its essential elements in these starkly beautiful stories.” Rash, the author of the critically acclaimed novel Serena among others, is a professor at Western Carolina University and a favorite of many Malaprop’s staff members.
Saturday, March 20 at 7pm:
HOWARD FRANK MOSHER READING & BOOKSIGNING
The Los Angeles Times has called Howard Frank Mosher “a combination of Ernest Hemingway, Henry David Thoreau, and Jim Harrison.” The author of ten previous works of fiction, Mosher will discuss his newest novel, the Civil War era thriller Walking to Gatlinburg, and present a slideshow entitled “Transforming History into Fiction: the Story of a Born Liar.”
Sunday, March 21 at 3pm:
WRITERS AT HOME
Join us for Tommy Hays’ monthly series featuring readings by UNC Asheville’s Writing Scholarship Winners: Amanda Gardener, Sally Parrish, Daniel Resner, and Beth Sarno.
Monday, March 22 at 7pm:
BETH DELAP READING & BOOKSIGNING
The Lioness, the Rich, and the Humvee, local author Beth DeLap’s adaptation of C. S. Lewis’s The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, takes place in a modern day, war-torn Iraq. DeLap donates some proceeds to nomorevictims.org, to assist Iraqi children injured by U.S. actions.
Tuesday, March 23 at 7pm:
ANGELO KALTSOS READING & BOOKSIGNING
The story of a man and his land, in Of Bears, Mice, and Nails: Outhouse Chronicles Angelo Kaltsos relates how he found a special piece of property in Maine and made his home there. Kaltsos’s story is intermingled with entries from his outhouse guestbook, where his guests pontificate about their time spent in a rustic, quiet, and magical place.
Thursday, March 25 at 7pm:
ROB AMBERG READING & BOOKSIGNING
Local photographer and writer Rob Amberg joins us to read from oral histories presented in his latest book, The New Road: I-26 and the Footprints of Progress. The story of evolution within a rural community, The New Road provides a look at the social, cultural, and environmental impact of the I-26 Corridor as it cuts through Madison County, NC.
Friday, March 26 at 7pm:
ALAN DENIRO READING & BOOKSIGNING
The story of angsty, wise-cracking teenage Macy, who is trying to reunite her family in a post-apocalyptic landscape, Alan DeNiro’s debut novel Total Oblivion, More or Less is rife “with ‘what ifs’ that are as informed by Herodotus as they are by Huck Finn and Hardees,” according to The Los Angeles Times. Karen Joy Fowler (The Jane Austen Book Club) says, “Chock-a-block with adventure, suspense, and surprise. Apocalyptic family values, too! Recommended to all.”
Saturday, March 27 at 7pm:
NEAL HUTCHESON & GARY CARDEN DVD EVENT
Award-winning storyteller Gary Carden and Emmy-winning filmmaker Neal Hutcheson (The Last One) discuss the documentary release, The Outlaw Lewis Redmond, and their collaborative efforts to document an Appalachian folk legend.
Sunday, March 28 at 3pm:
MAUREEN HEALY READING & BOOKSIGNING
Local writer and founder of Growing Happy Kids, Maureen Healy will discuss her new book, 365 Perfect Things to Say to Your Kids. Teachers, parents, grandparents, doctors and anyone who is interested in bringing out the best in children is welcome to join us as Healy shares her tips for positive communication.
Description:
Stephens-Lee Recreation Center will host a free Capoeira Angola Workshop on Tuesday, March 2nd from 6:30-8:00 PM at 30 G.W. Carver Street.
Capoeira, a dance-fight-game created by African slaves brought to Brazil in the 1500s, is now a popular sport! Participants perform acrobatic movements to music, enhancing flexibility, balance, strength, and coordination. Capoeira Angola is set apart by its rich African tradition and fluid movements that represent a fight, a dance, and a body conversation.
This event is brought to you as part of Stephens-Lee's free workshop series--Women’s Health and Education Endeavors (WHEE!). Appropriate for all fitness levels. Everyone welcome!
For information, contact Maureen Jablinske at 828-350-2058 or Stephenslee@ashevillenc.gov.
Description:
Library Programs - March 2010
ADULTS
Tuesday, March 2
Skyland Library Knitters - 6-8pm
Enka Book Club: Sarah's Key - 7pm
Weaverville Evening Book Club: Sixty Slices of Life...on Wry - 7pm
Wednesday, March 3
Swannanoa Library Knitters - 5-7pm
Weaverville Morning Book Club: Paths of Glory - 11:30am
Saturday, March 6
Weaverville Library Mosaic Reception - 3pm
Monday, March 8
Black Mountain Library Essay Contest: Write the Great American Novel - 6pm
Tuesday, March 9
Leicester Book Club: Signs in the Blood - 1pm
Sit and Knit at the Weaverville Library - 3pm
Reading Proust at the West Asheville Library – 7pm
Thursday, March 11
Fairview Afternoon Book Club: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - 1pm
Saturday, March 13
POP Volunteer Training at the East Asheville Library – 9am to 2:30pm
West Asheville Book Club: The Elegance of the Hedgehog – 10am
Monday, March 15
West Asheville Library Celebrates Earth Day with Earth Days – 7pm
Tuesday, March 16
North Asheville Library: Indian Givers – 2pm
East Asheville Book Club: The Geography of Bliss - 2pm
Black Mountain Mystery Book Club: The Man Who Smiled - 7pm
Becky Stone as Pauli Murray at the Weaverville Library - 7pm
Wednesday, March 17
Swannanoa Library Knitters - 5-7pm
Thursday, March 18
Skyland Book Club: The Last Dickens - 2:30pm
Fairview Evening Book Club: The Story of a Marriage - 7pm
Tuesday, March 23
Sit and Knit at the Weaverville Library - 3pm
Black Mountain Library Knitters - 6:30pm
Tuesday, March 30
Leicester Library Knitters - 6:30pm
KIDS & TEENS
Tuesday, March 16
Bilingual Bedtime Storytime at the Weaverville Library - 6:30pm
Friday, March 19
Weaverville Teen Awesome Group Meeting - 4-5:30pm
Description:
The contest is open to preK-12th graders of the French Broad River Watershed-submissions being accepted now.
Winners will be on display in Holly Library at AB Tech!
Categories:
~Poetry
~2D (all mediums accepted, up to 11x17)
~Sculpture (up to 18 in. cubed)
~Photography
~Bookmark Art
Submission deadline is March 17th, 2009.
Please visit http://www.riverlink.org/earthdaycontest.asp for more information and updates.
Contact-Rebecca Childress, Education Coordinator, education@riverlink.org or 828-252-8474 ext 111.
Time:
10:00am - 12:00pm
Description:
2010 Basic Home Maintenance Course
February 16th, 2010 - March 2nd, 2010
Asheville, NC
Are there repairs around your home that need to be done but you lack the knowledge and skill to do them yourself? The Basic Home Maintenance Course will give you those skills.
This series of five two hour classes will be held during the day from 10:00am – 12:00 noon, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, February 16, 18, 23, 25 and March 2, 2010.
Some of the topics to be covered are: saving on your heating and cooling bills, basic plumbing repairs, interior and exterior maintenance, landscaping and lawn care, indoor air quality, common household pest, etc.
The course will be held at the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Center, 94 Coxe Avenue in downtown Asheville. The registration fee of $20 includes all materials. Preregistration is necessary by calling 255-5522.
For more information, visit http://buncombe.ces.ncsu.edu/
Event Location
92 Coxe Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801
Contact
Debbie Sparks at (828) 255-5522
Event Sponsor
NC Cooperative Extension, Buncombe County Center
Time:
1:00pm
Description:
Enjoy a one- to three-hour guided walk on the Arboretum’s forest trails - adjusted to visitors’ interests and abilities. Depending on the individual trail guide’s specialty and weather conditions, the walks may explore various areas of natural history and can include interpretive information on trees, wildflowers, native plants, birds, insects, and culture.
Walks begin in Baker Exhibit Center Lobby each Tuesday and Saturday at 1 p.m. and occur year-round rain or shine or snow, unless lightning, weather or trail conditions are dangerous.
Free with the parking of $6 per personal vehicle. Parking is always free for members.
For more information, see www.ncarboretum.org.
Send Reminder:
Yes - 12 days 4 hours before event
Time:
8:00pm - 9:15pm
Description:
Come join us at The Fire Personal Training Studio for a weekly viewing of NBC's The Biggest Loser. The Show airs every Tuesday from 8 to 9 pm. Get motivated and inspired to meet your weight loss goals THIS SEASON. Watch the show with like- minded individuals who will support you.
The Trainers, Kam Parker and April Dennis will be there to offer their comments and expertise on the show. So, come for a little guided exercise during the commercials, and lots of fun!
If you want to begin a program, have your measurements and body composition taken for only $10. Otherwise, this event is FREE and open to the public.
The Fire is located at 736C Tunnel Road in East Asheville, just up from the DMV across from Play It Again Sports. Call 505-7080 for more info.
Description:
03/03/10
thru
04/07/10
5PM -
7PMSalt Glaze Pottery
Mark Tomzack
In this course, students will make traditional salt glaze pottery. A variety of forms will be demonstrated for students and practiced. Various slips and glaze decorations specific to this type of firing will be used. Students will finish all pottery in WPCC's newly constructed salt kiln. All skill levels welcomeWestern Piedmont Community College
1001 Burkemont Avenue Morganton, NC
Courtney Long 828-448-3552
clong@wpcc.edu$150.00
03/04/10
thru
03/29/10
Annual Art Front Exhibit
Mar 5 - Mar 29 Annual Art Front Exhibit The UNC Asheville Art Department student organization, Art Front, is essential in the daily functioning of the Highsmith Union Gallery. Their exhibit celebrates Art Front s commitment to art and to the Gallery. Highsmith Union Gallery lower level Highsmith Union UNC Asheville M-F 9-9/Sat 9-6/Sun 12-6 when classes are in session unca.edu/highsmith/galleryHighsmith Union Gallery
UNC Asheville Asheville, NC
Tracie Pouliot
tpouliot@unca.edufree
03/04/10
thru
03/04/10
7AM -
8AMCherokee Basketry book signing
Anna Fariello
Anna Fariello is Associate Research Professor at Western Carolina University, will be doing a book signing for her new book, Cherokee Basketry: From the Hands of our Elders at Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe. The book describes the craft s forms, functions and methods and records the tradition s celebrated makers.Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe
55 Haywood Street Asheville, NC
Anna Fariello (828) 254-6734
fariello@wcu.edufree
03/05/10
thru
03/07/10
9AM -
5PMLetterpress Printing for Writers
Frank Brannon
For the beginning or seasoned writer/poet, letterpress printing may be used a tool in the writing process. This three-day class will explore the basics of letterpress printing and hand typesetting, including type composition, mixing ink, press set-up, and printing on the Vandercook Proof Press. Students will design and produce a small project of their own.Asheville BookWorks
428 1/2 Haywood Road Asheville, NC
Laura Ladendorf 828.255.8444
info@ashevillebookworks.com$303 + $25 studio fee
03/05/10
thru
03/07/10
10AM -
5PMDo Not Fold, Spindle, Or Mutilate!
Let's explore some surface techniques in creating jewelry via reticulation and fold-forming with pliers & hammers. You will learn to create textured surfaces,& even "draw" edges with a torch. Shapes can be altered by with pliers and forging with hammers. We will be working in brass,copper sterling and reticulation silver. This workshop is recommended for jewelers with some soldering experience only. Bring sunglasses to prevent over-exposure to bright torchlight. Mountain Metalsmiths School of Jewelry & Lapidary
197 Locust Court Arden, NC
828-687-7830
$270 plus materials
03/12/10
thru
04/09/10
Art Exhibit by Knight at Opportunity House
Costanza Knight
The Arts League of Henderson County presents an exhibit by Costanza Knight entitled Polyrhythms that opens Friday, March 12th and runs through April 9th in the Grace Etheredge Room at Opportunity House. Knight, a watermedia and mixed media artist, creates contemporary expressions that celebrate the human form and the landscape. Her recent Blue Green Jazz Series explores music as a subject matter. Grace Etheredge Room at Opportunity House
1411 Asheville Highway Hendersonville, NC
Art League of Henderson County
Free
03/12/10
thru
03/12/10
6PM -
9PMClay Date Night
You are sure to have a great night learning some slippery moves at this monthly event. Bring a date, come with friends, or meet someone new on a Friday night! Our instructors will walk you through a few simple projects, or you can impress your date with your own creations.Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts
236 Clingman Avenue Asheville, NC
828-285-0210
$25 per person, $45 for two people
03/13/10
7PM -
10PMWednesday Evenings Playing with Rocks
How would you like to learn to cut and polish stones for your own unique jewelry designs? Starting on March 13th at 7 PM, WEDNESDAY EVENING class sessions now offer an opportunity for you to cut your own pretties from rough material provided by the school OR if you have your own material, bring it in to see what is suitable for cutting into cabochons. Mountain Metalsmiths School of Jewelry & Lapidary
197 Locust Court Arden, NC
828-687-7830
$360 per 8 sessions plus materials
03/13/10
thru
12/11/10
11AM -
5PM2nd Saturday Artist Market
2nd Saturday Artist Market
Monthly Artist Market: 2nd Saturday of each month, March through December, inside the Rocket Club in West Asheville. Wide variety of arts and crafts, community booth featuring a local organization each month and food from a local favorite! Artist booths $25/month or $15 each if sharing.The Rocket Club
401 Haywood Road Asheville, NC
Lori Theriault
info@crazygreenstudios.comno admittance fee
03/17/10
thru
07/17/10
2PM -
4PMKids: St. Patrick's Clay Day with Gabriel Kline
Shake off the boredom and express yourself in clay after your early release from school! Space is limited, enroll early. Ages 6-12Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts
236 Clingman Avenue Asheville, NC
828-285-0210
$35
Description:
UNC Asheville will host a screening of the Emmy-Award nominated documentary "The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo" followed by a discussion with acclaimed actress Andie MacDowell at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 3, in UNC Asheville's Lipinsky Auditorium. UNC Asheville students, who have examined the issues in class, will join MacDowell in the discussion. The event is sponsored by UNC Asheville's Office of the Provost, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, and Center for Diversity Education in conjunction with the Martin Luther King Jr. Association of Asheville, Hunter Automotive Group and MacDowell. The event is open to the public; donations will be accepted at the door to benefit OurVoice and Helpmate.
For more information about this event, call UNC Asheville's Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program at 828/251-6419.
Description:
Hint of Spring Dinner - March 3!!!
This is a very last-minute, VERY special dinner.
Susi Gott, director of the Seasonal School of Culinary Arts,
is here from France for a brief time and has suggested a
"Hint of Spring" dinner (with a hint of truffles.)
It's THIS Wednesday - (sorry for the late notice). There will be four chefs and four courses and four wines and, well,
we do hope you can come.
Read the details below.
The Menu
Fried Green Olives stuffed with Garlic Confit
Croque Monsieur with Truffle Mornay
Segura Viudas Cava “Brut Reserva”
**
Velouté de Courges à la Rapée de Truffe
(Cream of Buttercup Soup with Grated Truffles)
2008 Jean Marc Lafage Côté Est; VDP des Côtes Catalanes
**
Trumpet Mushroom-Dusted Single Diver Scallop over Celery Root Purée,
with Micro Greens & Fennel Slaw
2008 Joseph Drouhin Macôn-Villages; Burgundy
**
Chicken Marsala with Wild Mushrooms & Truffled Potatoes au Gratin
2008 Château de Ségriès Côtes-du-Rhône; Rhône Valley
**
Chocolate Caramel Hazelnut Tart with Sea Salt
and Truffled Crème Fraîche
Hazelnut Coffee or Decaf
The Chefs
Mary Collins-Shepard is preparing the starters.
Susi Gott will make the soup
Chris Aquilino is preparing the scallops
We here at Laurey's are in charge of the main course,
and Deborah Maugans is the evening's sweetster
And Eberhard Heide, from the Wine Market, is the sommelier
How do you sign up?
To reserve and pay on-line go to the SSCA website:
www.schoolofculinaryarts.org
OR
give US a call at 828-252-1500
Time:
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Description:
Asheville Strategic Alliance is offering this FREE educational seminar:
Credit Card Reform: What You Don't Know Could Hurt You.
Wednesday, March 3 and Wednesday, March 17, 2010
6-7 pm
at Handmade in America located at 125 S. Lexington Ave
This seminar will be a panel discussion hosted by several of the ASA members:
The major portion of credit card reform, the CARD Act (Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009) begins on February 22, 2010. Join us, on March 3rd at 6 PM to learn how this law will impact you across the various financial areas of your life: insurance, mortgages, small businesses and spending. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to understand the good, the bad and the ugly of how this law will affect your long-term personal and emotional well-being. Reservations are not required but will be accepted and respected, since a large attendance is anticipated for this special event.
email lmgothberg@yahoo.com to RSVP to this event
Description:
Swannanoa gets a taste of surreal corporate intrigue with Warren Wilson Theatre’s production of Sheila Callaghan’s wise and witty new play, Fever/Dream.
Fever/Dream is an updated, hip and darkly comic version of the classic Life is a Dream by the Spanish Renaissance playwright Calderón. Callaghan’s play had its world premiere just this year at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, DC, attracting the national attention of playgoers and critics alike.
The play follows the story of the imprisoned Segis Basil, the son of big business executive Bill Basil. Segis, by the orders of his father, has been chained to a desk and forced to work in customer service in the basement of the Basil Enterprises skyscraper. Life is monotonous and inhumane for Segis until a disillusioned bike courier and her nerdy friend discover him. Together, the trio rattle the whole office building, shaking-up ennui-stricken video-blogging corporate associates and uncovering executive plots on their way up the management chain. Released from his prison, will Segis succeed in transforming corporate culture in the age of new media, or will he be returned to his customer service dungeon and believe it’s all been a dream?
Sheila Callaghan is a working playwright who creates relevant and meaningful plays for the blogging and tweeting Echo Boomer generation. She has written numerous critically acclaimed plays such as Scab, Crawl Fade to White, Crumble (Lay Me Down, Justin Timberlake), We Are Not These Hands, Dead City, Lascivious Something, Kate Crackernuts, and That Pretty Pretty; or, The Rape Play. She is the recipient of the Princess Grace Award for emerging artists, a Jerome Fellowship from the Playwright's Center in Minneapolis, a MacDowell Residency, a 2005 Cherry Lane Mentorship Fellowship, the Susan Smith Blackburn Award, and the prestigious Whiting Award. Callaghan is also a writer for the television series The United States of Tara, starring Toni Collette and created by Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody.
Director and Theatre Department Co-Chair Ron Bashford chose Fever/Dream to showcase the best new American playwriting at Warren Wilson and to provide students with the opportunity to work on a play that reflects contemporary issues with a fresh perspective.
Fever/Dream performs at Kittredge Theatre on the Warren Wilson College Campus on March 4, 5 and 6 at 8 p.m. and March 7 at 2 p.m. Tickets are free for all students, $5 for seniors and Warren Wilson alumni, and $10 general admission.
As collaborators, the students and staff of Warren Wilson Theatre strive to create some of the most exciting and interesting theatre in the Asheville area at exceptionally affordable prices. All performances are open to the public. For ticket information, call 828-771-3040 or e-mail theatre@warren-wilson.edu.
Interested theatergoers and prospective students may visit our website and sign up for our new e-newsletter at www.warren- wilson.edu/~theatre.
Time:
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Description:
MARCH 4, 2010 - Small Business & Sustainability
Kim Elena Bullock, Counter Culture Coffee
Kim Elena Bullock is the Sustainability and Producer Relations Manager for Counter Culture Coffee, a specialty coffee roasting company based in Durham, North Carolina.
A post-college coffee shop job helped Kim realize that coffee lay at the intersection of her interests in sustainable agriculture, development and Latin America.
She joined Counter Culture Coffee in 2004 as a Customer Relations Representative and in 2007 moved to the sourcing side of the supply chain to develop and strengthen the long-term relationships with coffee growers that make possible the best, most sustainable coffees.
Between trips to origin, Kim Elena works on the advancing the three-part environmental, social and
fiscal sustainability mission of the company at home. She regularly speaks and teaches classes on coffee, tasting and sustainability in Counter Culture Coffeeʼs training centers across the east coast.
Kim will present information on the sustainability program ofCounter Culture Coffee - a North Carolina small business. A part of her presentation will feature a community in Nicaragua, Finca de Esperanza Verde, where bird research is being conducted by John Gerwin of the NC Museum of Natural Science. This Nicaraguan community is also the destination for a WWC 2010 International Social Work Course.
The presentation is free but you must RSVP: 828.771.3781 or www.mountaingreenwnc.org.
Location: Warren Wilson College
Time:
5:30pm
Description:
We have live music every Thursday now. NEW!!!!! - Thursday Night Gourmet Comfort Tunes: 6 to 8
Come on Thursdays, have a glass of wine or a beer, enjoy simple supper and listen to some live music with us.
AND join us in our Tuesday nights jams: 1st and 3rd are Old Time jams. 2nd and 4th are Uke jams. Listen or play, the choice is yours.
Laurey's Catering and Gourmet-to-Go
828.252.1500
www.laureysyum.com
Time:
6:15pm - 7:45pm
Description:
Improve your communications skills! Toastmasters International Club 436 meets every Thursday, 6:15 p.m. at Denny's Restaurant, Patton Ave. (Rte 19), Asheville. Guests always welcome! Questions? Email: mail@ashevilletoastmasters.com.
Time:
9:30am - 4:00pm
Description:
Immigrant Realities in Western North Carolina
A Workshop of the Center for Participatory Change’s
Grassroots Support Organizing School
Friday, March 5, 2010
9:30 am to 4:00 pm
West Asheville Library Community Room, 942 Haywood Road, West Asheville
Offered by the Center for Participatory Change and the
Coalición de Organizaciones Latino Americanas
This full day workshop is directed to people who live or work in Western North Carolina’s growing Latino immigrant communities. We’ll go beyond the basics to cover:
U.S. HISTORY OF IMMIGRATION: Exploring your personal and our national immigrant past.
THE IMMIGRATION PROCESS: Looking at the complexities of immigration laws, and why and how people emigrate to the United States.
STORIES FROM OUR WNC COMMUNITIES: Reflecting on the contributions and challenges faced by immigrants and the larger community.
WHAT CAN WE DO? Reviewing strategies that we can use to effectively engage with Latinos in our Western North Carolina communities.
DID YOU KNOW? Learning about current policies affecting immigrants in Western North Carolina, and the organizing strategies being used to seek justice and fair treatment for all people.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: Leaning about the rights of immigrants in regards to arrests, detention, and deportation.
Cost: $50, payable to Center for Participatory Change
Space is limited! Register early. Call 828 232 2049 or email craig@cpcwnc.org to register, or for more information.
Spanish/English simultaneous interpretation is available; please let us know if you need interpretation when you register.
Time:
11:30am - 2:00pm
Description:
SheBIZ Alliance
Date: March 5, 2010
Time: 12:00pm - 2:00pm (Lunch served @ 11:30 a.m.)
Location: Mountain BizWorks (Asheville)
Cost: $20 per meeting for Mountain BizWorks’ members and Sheville.org advertisers, otherwise $25 per meeting.
Deadline for Registration: 3/3/10
Instructor: Sharon Oxendine
Contact: shebiz@sheville.org
What is it?
It is a women’s networking and referral alliance! The mission of the SheBIZ Alliance is to provide women a place to network and develop business leads in a non-competitive business environment.
How does it work?
The SheBIZ Alliance will hold closed monthly meetings of no more than 20 women. In these meetings you will have a chance to present your business to these women and they will in turn sign up to generate business leads for you.
What’s required of me?
Each member must agree to get leads for another business. You should bring 20 business cards to your first meeting. Each member will be required to sign a confidentiality agreement. We will provide lunch.
Who can join?
Any woman owned and operated small business can join.
How do I join?
For more information, please contact:
shebiz@sheville.org or 828.281.4122
Is there a fee?
$20 per meeting for Mountain BizWorks’ members and Sheville.org advertisers, otherwise $25 per meeting.
Description:
17th Annual Organic Growers School Spring Conference - Registration is now open!
March 6 & 7, 2010 at the University of North Carolina at Asheville.
We are very excited to have established a partnership with UNCA, and will be making the big move to downtown Asheville in 2010! Join over 1300 farmers, gardeners, chefs, activists, and conscious consumers for a smorgasbord of learning and networking, right in the heart of Asheville.
The Organic Growers School Spring Conference is a one-of-a-kind event that brings people of all walks of life together for a weekend of learning and networking near Asheville, North Carolina.
Since 1993, the OGS Spring Conference has been the best way to kick-off the season, with over 70 classes and hands on workshops on a variety of topics, from starting your first vegetable garden, baking bread, and saving on home energy costs, to raising your own goat herd.
The mission of OGS is to provide down-to-earth, practical advice on growing and sustainable living, while remaining affordable and accessible to anyone wanting to participate.
For more info, visit www.organicgrowersschool.org or contact meredith@organicgrowersschool.org.
Description:
The Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, recently relocated to Warren Wilson College from UNCA, is hosting two workshops in March on Renovation, Repair and Painting Training.
The workshops, to be held in Jensen Lecture Hall on the WWC campus, are scheduled for March 6 and March 19 from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. each day. The training is designed for contractors, painters and all others working on home-improvement projects in structures built before 1978. Workshop instructors are Linda Block, certified as a lead-risk assessor by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, and Adrianne Weir, a certified lead inspector.
Participants will learn how to protect their health and that of their families and clients when working in an environment containing lead paint, varnish, stains or shellac. Common renovation activities such as sanding, cutting and demolition can disturb lead-based paint and create hazardous lead dust and chips that can harm the health of adults and children.
Lead-safe training certification for contractors is required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency before April 22, 2010 and is good for five years. Each participant who successfully completes the course at Warren Wilson will receive a protective Tyvek suit, N-100 dust mask, course materials and an EPA Certificate of Completion.
For more information about the March workshops or the Lead Poisoning Prevention Program at Warren Wilson, contact program coordinator Linda Block at 828-771-5821 or lblock@warren-wilson.edu.
Description:
Do you want to lose weight, reduce pain, slow down signs of aging, relief from addictions, or have emotional stabilization? If so, then this presentation is for you. Learn about the effects of brain chemistry to your health, how to balance body energy, and whole life skills for problem solving and stress reduction.
Dr. Suka Chapel presents at the Hendersonville Food Coop.
Call 828-890-8193 for more information.
Description:
17th Annual Organic Growers School Spring Conference
March 6 & 7, 2010 at the University of North Carolina at Asheville.
Registration is now open!
We are very excited to have established a partnership with UNCA, and will be making the big move to downtown Asheville in 2010! Join over 1300 farmers, gardeners, chefs, activists, and conscious consumers for a smorgasbord of learning and networking, right in the heart of Asheville.
View the class schedule
View Children's Program Schedule
View a MAP of the UNCA Campus
The Organic Growers School Spring Conference is a one-of-a-kind event that brings people of all walks of life together for a weekend of learning and networking near Asheville, North Carolina. Since 1993, the OGS Spring Conference has been the best way to kick-off the season, with over 70 classes and hands on workshops on a variety of topics, from starting your first vegetable garden, baking bread, and saving on home energy costs, to raising your own goat herd. The mission of OGS is to provide down-to-earth, practical advice on growing and sustainable living, while remaining affordable and accessible to anyone wanting to participate. Need more info? Contact us.
Description:
Dear Friends,
I hope you are all feeling contentedness in this new year.
I just returned (January 2010) from a very lovely tour in Israel with a fresh outlook.
The concerts were sold out, and the various mix of people were so kind and gracious.
I highly recommend walking down the ancient streets of old Jerusalem... letting your mind wander.
Our World Fusion Trio just finished a promo video for our "Global Symphony Project"....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNIzBful1ys
Upcoming Events I will performing in:
1) Saturday January 9 Akira Satake - world fusion banjo River Guergerian - Percussion Duncan Wickel - Fiddle, Julia Weatherford - Cello White Horse Black Mountain 105C Montreat Rd., Black Mountain, NC 8:00 pm $12 http://whitehorseblackmountain.com
2) Sunday January 10 Free Planet Radio Celo Friends Meeting House 70 Meeting House Ln Burnsville, NC, 28714 (828)-675-4456 3:00 pm $10
3) January 15 Rhonda Larson Music featuring Free Planet Radio (With live web broadcast) Western Michigan University - Dalton Hall Kalamazoo, MI http://www.rhondalarson.com
5) Saturday January 30 Free Planet Radio Madison County Arts Center 90 South Main St., Marshall, NC 28753 Phone: 828-649-1301 http://www.madisoncountyarts.com/mcac/index.cfm
6) Monday February 8 Supra Sonic Solar Plexus Chakra ReAwakening Adventure River Guerguerian-Percussion, Gongs, Singing Bowls John Vorus-Didjeridu, Jacquelyn Dobrinska-Yoga Jubilee Community Center 46 Wall Street, Asheville NC, 7:00 - 9:00pm, $20 http://www.jubileecommunity.org/ For more Information ... (828)-318-2814 http://guerguerian.com/gigs/SSCRA3.jpg
7) Saturday February 20 Free Planet Radio White Horse Black Mountain 105C Montreat Rd, Black Mountain, NC 8:00 p.m. $12 http://www.whitehorseblackmountain.com
8) Saturday March 13 Echo Early Music Festival Gerald Trimble-Viol, River Guerguerian-Percussion St Matthias Episcopal 1 Dundee St., Asheville, NC 28801 - 7:30 pm http://www.eemf.net/index.htm
9) April 28 Omar Faruk Tekbilek Ensemble Istanbul, Turkey
*for more local and non-local events....
http://guerguerian.com/events.html much peace to all, River Guerguerian http://www.ShareTheDrum.com http://www.freeplanetradio.com If you would like to be removed from this list please reply with "butterfly" in the subject heading
Time:
8:30am - 2:30pm
Description:
SEMINAR: HOW TO START A BUSINESS IN TOUGH TIMES
Sponsored by: Teresa T. Carrelli, CPA
Registration: $40.00 (box lunch provided during seminar)
Save $5 by pre-registering! Visit www.ashevillescore.org/greatbeginnings.htm.
There is an ancient Oriental saying that states, "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." We at Asheville SCORE would add that it's probably a good idea to be headed in the right direction when that step is taken. Our How to Start a New Business in Tough Times seminar is designed to point the new or potential business owner in the right direction.
This seminar provides an overview of key elements and issues that every business owner must face: the Business Plan, Record Keeping (for tax/inventory/accounting), Legal Structure, Financing, Promotion/Marketing and Risk Management/Insurance (workers' comp and liability).
Any person starting a business without this knowledge may be taking those aforementioned initial steps toward a cliff, while admiring the clouds in the sky!
Our five-speaker team will bring their expertise to you in an easy-to-grasp manner, so that by the end of the session you will have a realistic understanding of what you need to do to get your business off on the right foot. There will be ample opportunities to ask specific questions of each speaker.
Here’s a fact: most business start-ups fail due to bad business decisions made by the owners. This seminar will help you make the right decisions during the critical formative stages of your organization. The seminar runs until 2:00, so lunch is included in the seminar fee.
Kerry Friedman is a partner in the Asheville law firm of Patla, Straus, Robinson & Moore, PA, specializing in business and corporate law. He will make you aware of the various legal forms of business organizations and the advantages /disadvantages of each so that you can make the best decision for your business. In addition, this is an opportunity for you to become familiar with a broad variety of the legal issues of your business and the options available to you.
Glenn Pirrong is an Asheville SCORE counselor with an extensive background in finance and general management. Prior to purchasing and operating his own company he was the CFO of a NASDAQ-traded public company. Earlier he held senior financial positions with major corporations and was the president of a subsidiary company. His presentation will cover many areas of obtaining financing for small business.
William ‘Chip’ Williamson is President of Hutton Vincent Williamson Mclean Insurance Company, located in Asheville, NC. Chip started his career as a field agent and then eventually became President of Schley and Williamson Agency in Asheville. He successfully merged his company with two other insurance agencies in Western North Carolina. An Asheville native, Chip is active in his church and various community organizations. His company is a full service agency offering complete services for home, auto, business, life and health.
Terri Carrelli, CPA is a graduate of UNCA with BA in Economics. She earned her CPA in 1988. A member of AICPA and NCACPA since '89, she began her career as an auditor with McGladrey and Pullen specializing in small to midsize businesses. This was followed by association with Brian C Hunter CPA P.A., specializing in small business and accounting software consulting, tax returns and financial statement preparation and tax planning. Terri is currently owner and principal of her own consulting firm. She can be reached at 828-230-0704 or by email at teresacarrelli.cpa@gmail.com.
Don Sinclair is our presenter. He was a practicing chiropractic physician for 25 years with four clinics. In addition, he owned Chiroventures, Limited. - a publishing house specializing in newsletters, audio tapes and videos for the chiropractic profession. At Chiroventures he was responsible for all the company's marketing and advertising, which led to his founding his own advertising agency. He is a graduate of Rutgers University and Life Chiropractic College. Don is presently a marketing consultant and SCORE counselor serving the Asheville area. The knowledge he shares with you comes from his practical successes...and failures, and can help your business grow.
Scheduled dates, times, location and directions:
March 6, 2010 - Saturday
Time; 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.(boxed lunch provided)
* 8:00 a.m. - Registration
* 8:30 a.m. - Seminar starts promptly
* Location: A-B Tech Enka Campus, Small Business Center, Room 2046
Directions:
* Take I-40 to Exit 44 (coming from East or West)
* Turn right off the exit ramp.
* Go to 4th traffic light (do not count the light at the end of the exit ramp).
* Turn left on Sand Hill Road (this is a 4-way intersection with Asbury Road turning to the right)
* Go to second entrance on left (there is a sign identifying A-B Tech Enka Campus)
* The Small Business Center is on the left at the far end of the building.
* Room 2046 is on the second floor.
* There is ample parking
Inclement Weather Schedule:
When weather conditions are such that driving is hazardous, seminars will be cancelled and rescheduled. Asheville Score will follow A-B Tech's decision to cancel classes.
Time:
1:00pm
Description:
Enjoy a one- to three-hour guided walk on the Arboretum’s forest trails - adjusted to visitors’ interests and abilities. Depending on the individual trail guide’s specialty and weather conditions, the walks may explore various areas of natural history and can include interpretive information on trees, wildflowers, native plants, birds, insects, and culture.
Walks begin in Baker Exhibit Center Lobby each Tuesday and Saturday at 1 p.m. and occur year-round rain or shine or snow, unless lightning, weather or trail conditions are dangerous.
Free with the parking of $6 per personal vehicle. Parking is always free for members.
For more information, see www.ncarboretum.org.
Send Reminder:
Yes - 12 days 4 hours before event
Time:
7:30pm
Description:
Caring Artists For Evergreen
What: CAFÉ 7; Live music, dancing, silent auction, great food and drink to benefit Evergreen’s educational programs
When: March 6, 2010 at 7:30pm
Where: The Venue - 21 North Market St. in Downtown Asheville
Entertainment: Katharine Whalen of the Squirrel Nut Zippers will perform with her 7-piece band Lucky.
How You Can Help: We are looking for sponsors and silent auction donations. We need: Sponsorship Benefit, Silent Auction Donations
Description:
17th Annual Organic Growers School Spring Conference - Registration is now open!
March 6 & 7, 2010 at the University of North Carolina at Asheville.
We are very excited to have established a partnership with UNCA, and will be making the big move to downtown Asheville in 2010! Join over 1300 farmers, gardeners, chefs, activists, and conscious consumers for a smorgasbord of learning and networking, right in the heart of Asheville.
The Organic Growers School Spring Conference is a one-of-a-kind event that brings people of all walks of life together for a weekend of learning and networking near Asheville, North Carolina.
Since 1993, the OGS Spring Conference has been the best way to kick-off the season, with over 70 classes and hands on workshops on a variety of topics, from starting your first vegetable garden, baking bread, and saving on home energy costs, to raising your own goat herd.
The mission of OGS is to provide down-to-earth, practical advice on growing and sustainable living, while remaining affordable and accessible to anyone wanting to participate.
For more info, visit www.organicgrowersschool.org or contact meredith@organicgrowersschool.org.
Description:
17th Annual Organic Growers School Spring Conference
March 6 & 7, 2010 at the University of North Carolina at Asheville.
Registration is now open!
We are very excited to have established a partnership with UNCA, and will be making the big move to downtown Asheville in 2010! Join over 1300 farmers, gardeners, chefs, activists, and conscious consumers for a smorgasbord of learning and networking, right in the heart of Asheville.
View the class schedule
View Children's Program Schedule
View a MAP of the UNCA Campus
The Organic Growers School Spring Conference is a one-of-a-kind event that brings people of all walks of life together for a weekend of learning and networking near Asheville, North Carolina. Since 1993, the OGS Spring Conference has been the best way to kick-off the season, with over 70 classes and hands on workshops on a variety of topics, from starting your first vegetable garden, baking bread, and saving on home energy costs, to raising your own goat herd. The mission of OGS is to provide down-to-earth, practical advice on growing and sustainable living, while remaining affordable and accessible to anyone wanting to participate. Need more info? Contact us.
Time:
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Description:
Come join us for an enlightening session & experience the energy of Reiki.
We begin the circle with a brief introduction about Reiki Energy, followed by a powerful Chakra Clearing and Balancing Meditation incorporating Sound Healing with a Crystal Singing Bowl. While sitting in a circle of Meditation, each person will receive a mini Reiki treatment.
Reiki is an ancient Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It’s similar to acupuncture (without the needles) and works on the energy centers (Chakras) in the body.
The circle will be given by Odilia Forlenza, Reiki Master/Teacher who has been Certified as Reiki Master/Teacher by the world-renowned William Lee Rand., RMT. Odilia is most Compassionate & has been performing treatments and teaching in NC, FL & NY for several years.
“The Eagle Flies on Sunday”
A benefit for Loving Food Resources
Sunday, March 7th, 2010 at 6:00 PM, The Grey Eagle Lounge in Asheville will host the Third Annual fundraiser for Loving Food Resources with Gas House Mouse, Bombs Away Cabaret, a silent auction, a raffle for a weekend getaway and more…
Asheville, NC, February 4, 2010: The Grey Eagle will open its doors on 185 Clingman Ave. at 6:00 with the first act performing at 6:30 in this benefit concert for Loving Food Resources. Now in it's 19th year, Loving Food Resources is a Non-Profit Organization which provides basic needs to people living with HIV/AIDS and those with terminal illnesses in home hospice care through food, health and personal care items.
· Kitty Love will be creating a live painting for a “live auction”
· An expanded Silent auction raises the stakes.
· We will have free deserts from some of Asheville’s finest bakeries.
· Food is available from Two Cousins Restaurant in The Grey Eagle.
· Bombs Away Cabaret opens the show with magic, dance, satire and burlesque.
· Gas House Mouse starts the dance with their high energy blues/rock Asheville sound.
SteveNyou Presents
is a grassroots approach to organizing benefit concerts for Non-Profit Organizations to raise awareness and funds for specific causes.
Steve in his own words:
“I have been involved in many levels of giving over the years and steveNyou Presents has been the culmination of such humanitarian work. We had a concert on my 50th birthday, and we raised over $5000 and last year $6,000! I realized how we as a people can make a difference communally. How each person has something very special to contribute to a cause…and how it’s not always money. Please come and join me for my third annual 50th birthday party.”
Description:
03/03/10
thru
04/07/10
5PM -
7PMSalt Glaze Pottery
Mark Tomzack
In this course, students will make traditional salt glaze pottery. A variety of forms will be demonstrated for students and practiced. Various slips and glaze decorations specific to this type of firing will be used. Students will finish all pottery in WPCC's newly constructed salt kiln. All skill levels welcomeWestern Piedmont Community College
1001 Burkemont Avenue Morganton, NC
Courtney Long 828-448-3552
clong@wpcc.edu$150.00
03/04/10
thru
03/29/10
Annual Art Front Exhibit
Mar 5 - Mar 29 Annual Art Front Exhibit The UNC Asheville Art Department student organization, Art Front, is essential in the daily functioning of the Highsmith Union Gallery. Their exhibit celebrates Art Front s commitment to art and to the Gallery. Highsmith Union Gallery lower level Highsmith Union UNC Asheville M-F 9-9/Sat 9-6/Sun 12-6 when classes are in session unca.edu/highsmith/galleryHighsmith Union Gallery
UNC Asheville Asheville, NC
Tracie Pouliot
tpouliot@unca.edufree
03/04/10
thru
03/04/10
7AM -
8AMCherokee Basketry book signing
Anna Fariello
Anna Fariello is Associate Research Professor at Western Carolina University, will be doing a book signing for her new book, Cherokee Basketry: From the Hands of our Elders at Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe. The book describes the craft s forms, functions and methods and records the tradition s celebrated makers.Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe
55 Haywood Street Asheville, NC
Anna Fariello (828) 254-6734
fariello@wcu.edufree
03/05/10
thru
03/07/10
9AM -
5PMLetterpress Printing for Writers
Frank Brannon
For the beginning or seasoned writer/poet, letterpress printing may be used a tool in the writing process. This three-day class will explore the basics of letterpress printing and hand typesetting, including type composition, mixing ink, press set-up, and printing on the Vandercook Proof Press. Students will design and produce a small project of their own.Asheville BookWorks
428 1/2 Haywood Road Asheville, NC
Laura Ladendorf 828.255.8444
info@ashevillebookworks.com$303 + $25 studio fee
03/05/10
thru
03/07/10
10AM -
5PMDo Not Fold, Spindle, Or Mutilate!
Let's explore some surface techniques in creating jewelry via reticulation and fold-forming with pliers & hammers. You will learn to create textured surfaces,& even "draw" edges with a torch. Shapes can be altered by with pliers and forging with hammers. We will be working in brass,copper sterling and reticulation silver. This workshop is recommended for jewelers with some soldering experience only. Bring sunglasses to prevent over-exposure to bright torchlight. Mountain Metalsmiths School of Jewelry & Lapidary
197 Locust Court Arden, NC
828-687-7830
$270 plus materials
03/12/10
thru
04/09/10
Art Exhibit by Knight at Opportunity House
Costanza Knight
The Arts League of Henderson County presents an exhibit by Costanza Knight entitled Polyrhythms that opens Friday, March 12th and runs through April 9th in the Grace Etheredge Room at Opportunity House. Knight, a watermedia and mixed media artist, creates contemporary expressions that celebrate the human form and the landscape. Her recent Blue Green Jazz Series explores music as a subject matter. Grace Etheredge Room at Opportunity House
1411 Asheville Highway Hendersonville, NC
Art League of Henderson County
Free
03/12/10
thru
03/12/10
6PM -
9PMClay Date Night
You are sure to have a great night learning some slippery moves at this monthly event. Bring a date, come with friends, or meet someone new on a Friday night! Our instructors will walk you through a few simple projects, or you can impress your date with your own creations.Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts
236 Clingman Avenue Asheville, NC
828-285-0210
$25 per person, $45 for two people
03/13/10
7PM -
10PMWednesday Evenings Playing with Rocks
How would you like to learn to cut and polish stones for your own unique jewelry designs? Starting on March 13th at 7 PM, WEDNESDAY EVENING class sessions now offer an opportunity for you to cut your own pretties from rough material provided by the school OR if you have your own material, bring it in to see what is suitable for cutting into cabochons. Mountain Metalsmiths School of Jewelry & Lapidary
197 Locust Court Arden, NC
828-687-7830
$360 per 8 sessions plus materials
03/13/10
thru
12/11/10
11AM -
5PM2nd Saturday Artist Market
2nd Saturday Artist Market
Monthly Artist Market: 2nd Saturday of each month, March through December, inside the Rocket Club in West Asheville. Wide variety of arts and crafts, community booth featuring a local organization each month and food from a local favorite! Artist booths $25/month or $15 each if sharing.The Rocket Club
401 Haywood Road Asheville, NC
Lori Theriault
info@crazygreenstudios.comno admittance fee
03/17/10
thru
07/17/10
2PM -
4PMKids: St. Patrick's Clay Day with Gabriel Kline
Shake off the boredom and express yourself in clay after your early release from school! Space is limited, enroll early. Ages 6-12Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts
236 Clingman Avenue Asheville, NC
828-285-0210
$35
Monday, March 1 at 7pm:
BRIDGING DIFFERENCES BOOKCLUB
Join host Patti Digh for a discussion of Leah Hager Cohen’s Train Go Sorry.
Tuesday, March 2 at 7pm:
FRET KNOT RADIO HOUR
Fret Knot Radio Hour will be recording their podcast live in the Malaprop’s Cafe. Come hear interviews with Brian Lee Knopp, local author of the Malaprop’s bestseller Mayhem in Mayberry, and Franzi Charen and Caroline Green of the Asheville Grown Campaign. You can also enjoy music from Boston based indie folk rock musician Tom Thumb. Come be a part of this first-of-its-kind event!
Wednesday, March 3 at 7pm:
NEW MALAPROP’S BOOKCLUB
Join host Jay Jacoby in a discussion of Junot Diaz’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.
Thursday, March 4 at 7pm:
ANNA FARIELLO READING & BOOKSIGNING
An associate professor at Western Carolina University, Anna Fariello will discuss her recent book, Cherokee Basketry: From the Hands of Our Elders. Fariello, a former research fellow at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, studied this art form—passed down from mother to daughter and employing natural resources—and its impact on the culture and the environment.
Friday, March 5 at 5:30pm:
MEET THE AUTHORS OF THE MONEY BOOK
Joseph D’Agnese and Denise Kiernan, authors of several books including the recent Signing Their Lives Away, have written The Money Book, a financial guide just for freelancers, part-timers, and the self-employed. Join them for some wine and discuss the non-9-to-5 life!
Friday, March 5 at 7pm:
MARIJO MOORE READING & BOOKSIGNING
Local author and store favorite MariJo Moore, of Cherokee, Irish and Dutch ancestry, presents limited first edition copies of her newest book, The Boy with a Tree Growing from His Ear and Other Stories. One of the stories takes place at Malaprop’s!
Saturday, March 6 at 2pm:
CLOTHES LINES READING & BOOKSIGNING
Local authors and editors of the new anthology Clothes Lines Nancy Dillingham and Celia Miles will be here with several contributors to read pieces from the book. The anthology features short pieces by Western North Carolina women writers.
Saturday, March 6 at 4pm:
TOM ANGLEBERGER READING & BOOKSIGNING
Roanoke Times columnist Tom Angleberger joins us to discuss The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, his story about Dwight, a sixth-grader who makes a surprisingly prescient Yoda finger puppet out of paper, and his classmate’s quest to discover how Yoda can be so smart when Dwight himself is so clueless.
Saturday, March 6 at 7pm:
ALEX BIGNEY READING & BOOKSIGNING
Renowned artist Alex Bigney discusses Talking to Tesla: An Artist’s Dream Journal, which pairs Bigney’s own story with reflections upon a vivid series of dreams in which scientist Nikola Tesla visited him.
Sunday, March 7 at 3pm:
POETRIO READINGS AND BOOKSIGNINGS
Today’s featured poets are Mimi White (Singed Horizon), Martha Boothe Baddour (Scheherazade) and Kennon Webber, who just won third place in Rapid River’s Annual Poetry Contest for his poem, “Manuel Labor.”
Monday, March 8 at 7pm:
TRAVELING BONFIRES READINGS AND BOOKSIGNINGS
Join us for an hour of Traveling Bonfires poetry readings!
Wednesday, March 10 at 7pm:
LITERARY TRIVIA NIGHT
Literary Trivia night, hosted by booksellers Lauren, Seth and Stella Harr, is open to the public. Test your word nerd knowledge and win prizes!
Thursday, March 11 at 7pm:
CATHY MITCHELL READING & BOOKSIGNING
Local author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Cathy Mitchell ventures inside the mind of a Boykin Spaniel looking for a good home in Save a Spaniel, her new novel. Alli Marshall at the Mountain Xpress says, “Warm and engaging…any dog owner will see something of their own pooch in Mitchell’s heroine, and — especially for those who don’t yet own a dog — Spaniel is a great introduction to both the heartbreaks and joys of fostering a pet.” Bring your favorite canine!
Friday, March 12 at 7pm:
THOMAS MULLEN READING & BOOKSIGNING
Thomas Mullen, author of the acclaimed debut novel The Last Town on Earth, will discuss his new book The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers. A recent review in the LA Times says, “Set in the Depression-era Midwest, Thomas Mullen’s second novel The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers tells a rip-roaring yarn that manages to be both phantasmagorical and historically accurate… [a] labyrinthine, luminous narrative, reminiscent of Michael Chabon’s best fiction.”
Saturday, March 13 at 1pm:
ROSE SENEHI BOOKSIGNING
Of The Wind in the Woods, Rose Senehi’s latest novel, Sallie Bissell (Legacy of Masks) says, “Writing with a sharp eye on the beauty of the deep woods...Rose Senehi gives us a vivid picture of modern day drama set in ancient woods.” Please join us as this local favorite signs copies of The Wind in the Woods.
Saturday, March 13 at 7pm:
JULIA HUGHES JONES READING & BOOKSIGNING
Galled and intrigued by a Martin Luther quotation stating that “Girls begin to talk and to stand on their feet sooner than boys because weeds always grow up more quickly than good crops,” Julia Hughes Jones set out to uncover and share the deep, rich and often absent women’s history. The result is The History of Weeds, which Linda Savage (Reclaiming Goddess Sexuality: The Power of the Feminine Way) calls “required reading… for any woman or man who understands the need for restoring respect for the feminine and for creating balance between the sexes.”
Sunday, March 14 at 3pm:
NAN CHASE READING & BOOKSIGNING
Nan Chase, local author of Asheville: A History and Bark House Style, joins us to share her new book, Eat Your Yard! Replete with ideas for an edible landscape, Eat Your Yard! also includes recipes and tips on canning, pickling, dehydrating, freezing, juicing, and fermenting.
Monday, March 15 at 7pm:
JONATHAN LAUGHTER READING & BOOKSIGNING
Hendersonville author Jonathan Laughter reads from and signs his debut novel, Charismata: You’ll Never Look at Your Hometown the Same Way Again! A story of two men from the same town who meet much later in life, the novel explores the way in which their lives intersect—and the consequences of that intersection.
Tuesday, March 16 at 7pm:
SARAH ADDISON ALLEN READING & BOOKSIGNING
Asheville’s own Sarah Addison Allen returns with her eagerly anticipated third novel, The Girl Who Chased the Moon. More quirky characters, curious foodstuffs, and magic can be expected from the author of the New York Times bestseller Garden Spells and The Sugar Queen.
Wednesday, March 17 at 7pm:
LARRY BAKER READING & BOOKSIGNING
Larry Baker presents his story of a down-and-out radio DJ looking to redeem himself in his novel, A Good Man. Harry Ducharme, Baker’s main character who DJs at WWHD in St. Augustine, Florida, is an homage to both Flannery O’Connor (“A Good Man is Hard to Find,” “The River”) and Harry Chapin (“WOLD”).
Thursday, March 18 at 5:30pm
WOMEN ON WORDS
Women on Words is a women’s poetry circle where the members inspire and critique the presented poems. New members are always welcome.
Thursday, March 18 at 7pm
STITCH-N-BITCH
Bring your current projects, settle down with a hot cup of tea and talk shop with fiber artist and “Urban GypZ”, Stacey Budge-Kamison. This monthly event is open to the public.
Thursday, March 18 at 7pm
I. ALEXANDER OLCHOWSKI READING & BOOKSIGNING
The Farmer, I. Alexander Olchowski’s fourth novel, is the first selection of the Slow Book Movement—whose mission, borrowed from the Slow Food Movement, is to reawaken modern society to the pleasures of slowing down to read, and savor, good literature.
Friday, March 19 at 7pm:
RON RASH READING & BOOKSIGNING
Of Ron Rash’s new collection of short stories, Burning Bright, Library Journal says, “[Rash] is a master craftsman who pares down language to its essential elements in these starkly beautiful stories.” Rash, the author of the critically acclaimed novel Serena among others, is a professor at Western Carolina University and a favorite of many Malaprop’s staff members.
Saturday, March 20 at 7pm:
HOWARD FRANK MOSHER READING & BOOKSIGNING
The Los Angeles Times has called Howard Frank Mosher “a combination of Ernest Hemingway, Henry David Thoreau, and Jim Harrison.” The author of ten previous works of fiction, Mosher will discuss his newest novel, the Civil War era thriller Walking to Gatlinburg, and present a slideshow entitled “Transforming History into Fiction: the Story of a Born Liar.”
Sunday, March 21 at 3pm:
WRITERS AT HOME
Join us for Tommy Hays’ monthly series featuring readings by UNC Asheville’s Writing Scholarship Winners: Amanda Gardener, Sally Parrish, Daniel Resner, and Beth Sarno.
Monday, March 22 at 7pm:
BETH DELAP READING & BOOKSIGNING
The Lioness, the Rich, and the Humvee, local author Beth DeLap’s adaptation of C. S. Lewis’s The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, takes place in a modern day, war-torn Iraq. DeLap donates some proceeds to nomorevictims.org, to assist Iraqi children injured by U.S. actions.
Tuesday, March 23 at 7pm:
ANGELO KALTSOS READING & BOOKSIGNING
The story of a man and his land, in Of Bears, Mice, and Nails: Outhouse Chronicles Angelo Kaltsos relates how he found a special piece of property in Maine and made his home there. Kaltsos’s story is intermingled with entries from his outhouse guestbook, where his guests pontificate about their time spent in a rustic, quiet, and magical place.
Thursday, March 25 at 7pm:
ROB AMBERG READING & BOOKSIGNING
Local photographer and writer Rob Amberg joins us to read from oral histories presented in his latest book, The New Road: I-26 and the Footprints of Progress. The story of evolution within a rural community, The New Road provides a look at the social, cultural, and environmental impact of the I-26 Corridor as it cuts through Madison County, NC.
Friday, March 26 at 7pm:
ALAN DENIRO READING & BOOKSIGNING
The story of angsty, wise-cracking teenage Macy, who is trying to reunite her family in a post-apocalyptic landscape, Alan DeNiro’s debut novel Total Oblivion, More or Less is rife “with ‘what ifs’ that are as informed by Herodotus as they are by Huck Finn and Hardees,” according to The Los Angeles Times. Karen Joy Fowler (The Jane Austen Book Club) says, “Chock-a-block with adventure, suspense, and surprise. Apocalyptic family values, too! Recommended to all.”
Saturday, March 27 at 7pm:
NEAL HUTCHESON & GARY CARDEN DVD EVENT
Award-winning storyteller Gary Carden and Emmy-winning filmmaker Neal Hutcheson (The Last One) discuss the documentary release, The Outlaw Lewis Redmond, and their collaborative efforts to document an Appalachian folk legend.
Sunday, March 28 at 3pm:
MAUREEN HEALY READING & BOOKSIGNING
Local writer and founder of Growing Happy Kids, Maureen Healy will discuss her new book, 365 Perfect Things to Say to Your Kids. Teachers, parents, grandparents, doctors and anyone who is interested in bringing out the best in children is welcome to join us as Healy shares her tips for positive communication.
Description:
A 9 month life changing, experiential journey into the art and science of Herbalism. Hands-on classes in gardening, beekeeping, medicine making, and plant ID bring the world of holistic healing to life. Learn to integrate Eastern energetics with abundant, sustainable Western herbs. Appropriate for both developing professionals and those seeking greater attunement with themselves through the plants
Appalachia School of Holistic Herbalism
www.HerbsHeal.com
828-350-1221
Description:
Tues & Thurs 6-9pm & 1 weekend/month
A 9 month life changing, experiential journey into the art and science of Herbalism. Hands-on classes in gardening, beekeeping, medicine making, and plant ID bring the world of holistic healing to life. Learn to integrate Eastern energetics with abundant, sustainable Western herbs. Appropriate for both developing professionals and those seeking greater attunement with themselves through the plants. ~400 hour certification
Appalachia School of Holistic Herbalism
828-350-1221
www.herbsheal.com
Description:
The contest is open to preK-12th graders of the French Broad River Watershed-submissions being accepted now.
Winners will be on display in Holly Library at AB Tech!
Categories:
~Poetry
~2D (all mediums accepted, up to 11x17)
~Sculpture (up to 18 in. cubed)
~Photography
~Bookmark Art
Submission deadline is March 17th, 2009.
Please visit http://www.riverlink.org/earthdaycontest.asp for more information and updates.
Contact-Rebecca Childress, Education Coordinator, education@riverlink.org or 828-252-8474 ext 111.
Time:
8:00pm - 9:15pm
Description:
Come join us at The Fire Personal Training Studio for a weekly viewing of NBC's The Biggest Loser. The Show airs every Tuesday from 8 to 9 pm. Get motivated and inspired to meet your weight loss goals THIS SEASON. Watch the show with like- minded individuals who will support you.
The Trainers, Kam Parker and April Dennis will be there to offer their comments and expertise on the show. So, come for a little guided exercise during the commercials, and lots of fun!
If you want to begin a program, have your measurements and body composition taken for only $10. Otherwise, this event is FREE and open to the public.
The Fire is located at 736C Tunnel Road in East Asheville, just up from the DMV across from Play It Again Sports. Call 505-7080 for more info.
Description:
RiverLink is an exciting place with an abundance of opportunities for volunteers to get involved. From office work to helping us host special events to cleaning litter from local waterways, RiverLink can match most everyone with a way to help out. We rely on the help of volunteers and gratefully appreciate the talent, skills, and interests our volunteers bring to the table.
Its staff is small, but RiverLink is a non-profit mouse that roars, and it's the volunteers who make that roar felt. Western North Carolinians (and others) who would like to be involved in restoring the French Broad Watershed as a place to live, work and play, are invited to join the team by attending one of two volunteer information sessions on March 10. There's a morning session at 10 a.m. and an afternoon session at 5 p.m. at the RiverLink offices, 170 Lyman Street in the River Arts District of Asheville.
The information session will detail RiverLink's volunteer positions in a Powerpoint presentation. Volunteers will have a chance to fill out a volunteer application, and the Volunteer Coordinator, Dave Russell, will be available to answer questions and help everyone find their best fit at RiverLink.
Please RSVP to Dave Russell by calling (828) 252-8474, ext. 118 or via e-mail at volunteer@riverlink.org.
Time:
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Description:
“Rise Up and Call Her Name” – a woman honoring journey which studies the Goddess cultures in Africa, Asia and the Americas, will
begin Wed. Mar. 10, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. for 13 weeks. SOLS (Sisters of Lucy Stone) is offering this UU curriculum as a journey into Global
Earth-based Spiritualities.
Limited class size, women only, $20 fee with scholarships available. (Sign up today!). Supplies include email of 300 page SourceBook and crafts materials. Facilitators are Linda
Metzner, Mamie Hilliard and Byron Ballard.
Contact Barbara Rogers, Office Administrator to enroll or for further information.
828-333-2721, blackmtnbarb@gmail.com or admin@uusv.org
Annelinde Metzner, composer and poet
Poetry of the natural world: therootedearth.blogspot.com
Poetry of the world's peoples: isntitallofus.blogspot.com Custom songs and ordering: AnnelindesAnthems.com
Time:
5:30pm
Description:
We have live music every Thursday now. NEW!!!!! - Thursday Night Gourmet Comfort Tunes: 6 to 8
Come on Thursdays, have a glass of wine or a beer, enjoy simple supper and listen to some live music with us.
AND join us in our Tuesday nights jams: 1st and 3rd are Old Time jams. 2nd and 4th are Uke jams. Listen or play, the choice is yours.
Laurey's Catering and Gourmet-to-Go
828.252.1500
www.laureysyum.com
Time:
6:00pm
Description:
MAGNOLIAS SPRING FLING WEDDING EVENT
FOR WOMEN BY WOMEN
MARCH 11, 2010
Click here for details about Weddings Spring Fling Event
Magnolias Spring Fling Wedding Event
26 E. Walnut Street, Downtown Asheville
March 11th at 6pm ~ until
Free for you, Fun for All
Magnolias invites you, your sisters, mom, girlfriends and bestfriends to drop in for a fun, free, casual Weddings & Bridal event. Meet and visit with our favorite wedding and bridal vendors.
Enjoy a free glass of wine, hors d'oeuvres, chair massages, facial rejuvenation demos and great door prizes.
We'll be giving away mountain pendant & earring set, pearl necklace & earring set, bridal bouquet, gift baskets, gift certificates for chair massages, facials, portrait sessions, and more!
Whether you're planning on getting married or not, there is something here for you.
www.magnoliasasheville.com
Time:
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Description:
We're just under a week away from our first NCWU Member Showcase, and we hope many of your will be able to join us! We are looking forward to a night of networking with our members and people new to NCWU, and highlighting the work and members of NCWU to the public.
Event: NC Women United Member Showcase
Date: Thursday, March 11, 2010
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Location: Radisson Research Triangle Park, 150 Park Drive, RTP, NC 27709
Room H, on the Third Floor -- take the gold elevator just past the registration desk
Fee: $10 in advance; $12 at the door (space permitting)
Heavy hors d'oeuvres will be served
Registration: http://ncwu.org/2010/showcase/form.php
More information: http://www.ncwu.org
Contact: showcase@ncwu.org, 866/518-7657
Organizations including AAUW, Business and Professional Women, the League of Women Voters, National Organization for Women, MomsRising, and WomenNC will have representatives at the event to talk to those who are interested in learning more about their programs and priorities.
Even if you personally don't expect to join any of these organizations, please consider this an opportunity to learn about the organizations and their priorities. How can they help you advance your organization's goals? As you meet some of their leaders, you may see connections that you didn't know existed. Networking has such surprising benefits, it may be worth a couple hours of your time. And it will also be a great opportunity for some socializing with the other members, so please join us if you can!
Time:
6:15pm - 7:45pm
Description:
Improve your communications skills! Toastmasters International Club 436 meets every Thursday, 6:15 p.m. at Denny's Restaurant, Patton Ave. (Rte 19), Asheville. Guests always welcome! Questions? Email: mail@ashevilletoastmasters.com.
Time:
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Description:
Building Bridges’ Silent Racism Women’s Discussion Group
January – April 2010 Thursday evenings
2nd and 4th Thursday of each month from 7-9
Who can attend? All women of all races who have participated in the Building Bridges 9 week program in the past.
When will we meet? Meetings will be held on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month from January through April from 7-9 PM. Meeting dates include: January 14h and 28th, February 11th and 25th, March 11th and 25th, April 8th and 22nd. Please do not register if you will not be able to attend almost all of the meetings.
Where will we meet? The first meeting will be held at the Coordinator’s home and at that time group participants will schedule dates to host future meetings in their homes or community space.
What if I can’t host a meeting in my home? Don’t let that stop you! There will be more group members than weeks to meet so not everyone will be a host.
How many women can attend? Space is limited to 12 women who have participated in Building Bridges 9 week session in the past. Participants will be registered on a first come first served basis.
How much does it cost? $30, payable by check or money order to Building Bridges which must be received by December 14th and mailed to Building Bridges C/O Dawn Klug 75 Lees Creek Road Asheville, NC 28806
What is supplied? A copy of the book, Silent Racism How Well Meaning White People Perpetuate the Racial Divide by Barbara Trepagnier, printed weekly discussion questions and an opportunity to meet with a group of women working to overcome racism within ourselves and our community.
What will we do? The group will read and discuss the book Silent Racism by Barbara Trepagnier in order to help participants with the following:
Rethink Racism in terms of a continuum of racist behaviors
Deepen understanding of how well meaning white people contribute to the racial divide with silent racism, passivity and institutional racism
Deepen understanding of the impact of racial awareness on being antiracist.
Deepen understanding of antiracism, what it is, why it matters and how to develop it within ourselves
Develop and continue a support group of antiracist women in our community
How do I sign up? Just fill out the registration sheet on the other side of this flyer and mail it along with a check or money order for $30 made out to Building Bridges to Building Bridges C/O Dawn Klug 75 Lees Creek Road Asheville, NC 28806 by December 14th. Participants will be registered on a first come first served basis.
For more information contact the group coordinator, Dawn Klug at dawnmarieklug@charter.net or 828-242-5581
For more information contact Dawn Klug, the group coordinator at dawnmarieklug@charter.net or 828-242-5581
Space is limited to 12 female participants, registered on a first come first served basis.
Time:
5:00pm - 9:30pm
Description:
Asheville, NC – Friday, March 12th from 5pm-9pm in Asheville's Downtown, supporters of The NC Chapter of the Zeitgeist Movement will present an event open to the community in honor of Zeitgeist Day (shortened: ZDay). ZDay is an annual day of global action, occurring annually in the month of March, designed to explore the root causes of the unfolding world financial, environmental, and labor collapses that are not discussed in mainstream press or academia and increase awareness about a proposed solution that involves the creative application of Science and Technology for social concern on a global scale in the form of a "Resource-Based Economy".
The event will consist of a screening of the film Zeitgeist Addendum, & a Zeitgeist Orientation guide video followed by a short Question and Answer session. Location: at Firestorm Cafe and Books, 48 Commerce Street, downtown Asheville, NC 28801. Free open to the public event.
This year, over 500 simultaneous ZDay events are expected to take place in 70+ countries worldwide
Time:
6:00pm
Description:
Asheville Green Drinks is a networking party that is part of the self-organizing global grassroots movement to connect communities with environmental ideas, media and action. People who are interested in environmental issues and topics meet up for a drink.
It's a great way of catching up with people you know and also for making new contacts. Everyone invites someone else along, so there's always a different crowd making Green Drinks an organic, self-organizing network.
These events are very simple and sometimes unstructured, but many people have found employment, made friends, developed new ideas, done deals and had moments of serendipity.
Every Friday night at BoBo Gallery:
6:00pm socializing starts
6:30pm speaker
7:15pm socializing again!
Sign up for our weekly email newsletter that reminds you and tells you about the speaker.
http://www.ashevillegreendrinks.com
When:: BoBo Gallery, Asheville, NC
Description:
What: Bench Grafting and cloning around!
When: Saturday, March 13, 2010 from 10:00-3:00
Where: Location: Westwood Co-housing
How much: $40.00
Two things I like to do most in the world is chasing after bee swarms, and grafting fruit trees. Learn to graft your own fruit trees!
This is nothing short of magical when you learn to stick a branch of one tree onto another and it grows. Granted, it harks a little of Dr. Frankenstein, but you won't need a big scary castle to resurrect a favorite tree from Grandma’s yard, or a favorite cider tree selection. Just a ‘bench and the comfort of working indoors for this, the civilized way of grafting, is all that is needed.
Discussed and illustrated will be the whip and tongue, and the cleft grafts, rootstock varieties, seedlings versus clones, aftercare, and setting up your own nursery for income diversification.
Included in the price is one rootstock, choice of several varieties of budwood, and aftercare materials. I will have plenty of rootstock for sale to do multiple grafts if desired.
I encourage people to bring their own varieties of apple tree cuttings to graft or to swap and share with other participants. (See below for proper budwood (scion) harvesting and storage.
Seeing as a young, healthy, organic fruit tree costs $30.00 this class nearly pays for itself with one graft.
Time of classes:
Classes will run from 10:00AM - 3:00PM (with a lunch break) Please come a 15 minutes early to sign in and get settled.
Lunch and what else to bring:
Please bring a bag lunch with you so we can eat together. A large part of Fruit school is fellowship with other enthusiasts. We can talk about a fruit club. Not to mention saving gas.
Bring hand pruners and appropriate clothes for the weather as we will be outside for some of the programs.
Send payment to:
Bill Whipple
70 Alabama Ave
Asheville, NC 28806
Please include your email and phone number.
For questions email me at: whipplebill@hotmail.com
or call: 828-713-2424. For more information, visit barkslip.com.
Other Classes offered for 2010:
Top working trees and advanced grafting: April 17th (prerequisite of grafting class is required)
Time:
8:00am - 3:45pm
Description:
SAT Prep Strategies Course
Facilitator: Dr. Joseph Aicher, Jr, Retired Professor of Economics, Raleigh, NC
Recommended for 9th – 12th grade students / Teachers and counselors welcomed!
Improve Your SAT Scores in a weekend!
Learn strategies for Reading Comprehension
Learn strategies for 5 levels of mathematics questions.
Learn strategies for sentence completion
Adopt the "Yes, I Can!" attitude.
Improve SAT scores.
Scheduled SAT Test Dates (visit www.collegeboard.com for more info):
• November 7, 2009
• March 13, 2010
• May 1, 2010
• June 5, 2010
This workshop will be held at MAHEC.
To download the registration form, please visit:
http://www.mahec.net/media/brochures/hc000009.pdf
For more information, please contact Rachel Hawkins at (828)257-4461 or Rachel.Hawkins@mahec.net.
Time:
10:00am - 2:00pm
Description:
Please stop by Madison County Cooperative Extension Saturday (10am-2pm) to pick up some winter veggies, delicious breakfast, crafts, goat cheese and more!
A dozen vendors will be set up as part of a new winter indoor tailgate market that will occur every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month in March. Mark your calendars now!(March 13, March 27). Accepting cash, checks, credit/debit, EBT.
See you soon!
DRIVING DIRECTIONS:
From Asheville take 19-23/I26 North to the Marshall Exit 19-A. Follow Hwy 25/70 North/West for 9.3 miles, after the 4 lane road becomes a 2 lane road turn RIGHT onto LONG BRANCH ROAD (Do not take the first Long Branch Road off the four lane). (Look for NC Cooperative Extension signs at each of the turn offs; these signs will be low to the ground)
Once on LONG BRANCH ROAD go .4 miles and turn RIGHT onto KENPACK LANE (first road on the right). Then go .2 miles and turn RIGHT onto ELDERBERRY LANE (first road on the right), then IMMEDIATELY turn LEFT onto CAROLINA LANE. Go .2 miles (you will pass ball fields on the left) and Madison County Cooperative Extension will be to your left (you will see NC Cooperative Extension sign in front of parking lot and a sign on the building).
Time:
10:30am - 12:30pm
Description:
Salamanders and the Southern Appalachians: Why is our area the epicenter of Salamander Diversity?
Date: March 13, 2010
Time: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Folk Art Center Auditorium, Milepost 382, Blue Ridge Parkway, at the Tunnel Road entrance.
Sponsored by the Friends of the WNC Nature Center Free for Friends of the WNC Nature Center.
Free for Friends of the WNC Nature Center and suggested donation of $5 for the general public.
Reservations recommended to Sarah Oram, at friends@wildwnc.org with name and number in your party.
For more information, please call Sarah at (828) 298-5600 ext. 308. Light refreshments provided.
Presented by Joseph Pechmann, Professor of Biology, WCU, and Patrick Brannon, Director, Highlands Research Center.
The talk will cover the general natural history and biology of salamanders, why the southern Appalachians represent the epicenter of salamander diversity, examples of regional species and threats to salamander diversity.
Mr. Brannon grew up in Tryon, NC and spent the majoity of his life in the southern Appalachian mountains. He received his undergraduate degree from UNC-Asheville in 1992, where he performed research on the effects of clearcut logging on salamander populations.
He received a Master's degree from Appalachian State. Since 2004 he has been the director of the Highlands Nature Center, part of the Highlands Biological Station, in Highlands NC.
In this position he presents a wide variety of outreach programming to regional schools and adult groups, including short courses on salamanders and small mammals for college students. He continues to perform field research on both salamander and shrew ecology.
Professor Pechmann has a Phd. in Zoology from Duke University, a M.S. in Zoology from University of Georgia and a B.A. in Biology from Hamilton College.
He is now Associate Professor of Biology at Western Carolina University. He writes extensively and presents at herpetological and ichthyological conferences.
Time:
7:00pm
Description:
Gathering at the Garage: A Fusion of the Arts!, benefiting Anam Cara Theatre Company, Saturday March 13th at The Garage at Biltmore. Music from singer/songwriter Katie LaRue with Emily Ryane, silent art and local goods auction featuring local artists and area businesses, chance to win cash prize in 50/50 raffle, and late night dance party with DJ Drea. Doors open at 7pm. $5 Tickets available at Firestorm Café and The Asheville Area Arts Council. More info: (828)545-3861
Send Reminder:
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Description:
Comfort Foods: Love, Memories, and Stories
Sunday, March 14, 6 pm at the Hawk and Ivy B&B
Foods from the heart. Bring your own favorite comfort dish, its story and the recipe. This will be great fun as we eat and share tale. We will supply dishes, utensils, tea/cafe, and a little wine. Space is very limited. Please call or email to reserve. Cost: $10 a person. Call Eve or James Davis 828-626-3486; email: info@hawkandivy.com.
Directions: Coming from the south, east or west toward Asheville, take 1_240. Turn north on 19/23 North, now called I-26 W, at Exit 4A, toward Weaverville. Go 12 miles to the Jupiter/Barnardsville Exit. Exit 15. Turn right and continue 6.5t miles to our house #133 on the right, green house with a red roof. From the north take I-26 to Exit 15, turn left and continue 6.5 mi. to #133 on the right. Park in the field to the left, across the street from the Hawk and Ivy.
Time:
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Description:
Come join us for an enlightening session & experience the energy of Reiki.
After a brief introduction to Reiki, we begin the circle with a powerful New Moon Manifestation Meditation incorporating Sound Healing with a Crystal Singing Bowl. This is followed by each person receiving a mini Reiki treatment while in a circle of meditation.
Reiki is an ancient Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It’s similar to acupuncture (without the needles) and works on the energy centers (Chakras) in the body.
The circle will be led by Odilia Forlenza, Reiki Master/Teacher who has been Certified as Reiki Master/Teacher by the world-renowned William Lee Rand., RMT. Odilia has been performing Reiki Energy treatments and teaching Reiki for several years.
Contact: Odilia at 828-367-0434
www.AshevilleReiki.com
http://www.ashevillereiki.com/index_files/ReikiHealingCircleAshevilleNC.htm
Send Reminder:
Yes - 1 days 4 hours before event
Description:
03/03/10
thru
04/07/10
5PM -
7PMSalt Glaze Pottery
Mark Tomzack
In this course, students will make traditional salt glaze pottery. A variety of forms will be demonstrated for students and practiced. Various slips and glaze decorations specific to this type of firing will be used. Students will finish all pottery in WPCC's newly constructed salt kiln. All skill levels welcomeWestern Piedmont Community College
1001 Burkemont Avenue Morganton, NC
Courtney Long 828-448-3552
clong@wpcc.edu$150.00
03/04/10
thru
03/29/10
Annual Art Front Exhibit
Mar 5 - Mar 29 Annual Art Front Exhibit The UNC Asheville Art Department student organization, Art Front, is essential in the daily functioning of the Highsmith Union Gallery. Their exhibit celebrates Art Front s commitment to art and to the Gallery. Highsmith Union Gallery lower level Highsmith Union UNC Asheville M-F 9-9/Sat 9-6/Sun 12-6 when classes are in session unca.edu/highsmith/galleryHighsmith Union Gallery
UNC Asheville Asheville, NC
Tracie Pouliot
tpouliot@unca.edufree
03/04/10
thru
03/04/10
7AM -
8AMCherokee Basketry book signing
Anna Fariello
Anna Fariello is Associate Research Professor at Western Carolina University, will be doing a book signing for her new book, Cherokee Basketry: From the Hands of our Elders at Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe. The book describes the craft s forms, functions and methods and records the tradition s celebrated makers.Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe
55 Haywood Street Asheville, NC
Anna Fariello (828) 254-6734
fariello@wcu.edufree
03/05/10
thru
03/07/10
9AM -
5PMLetterpress Printing for Writers
Frank Brannon
For the beginning or seasoned writer/poet, letterpress printing may be used a tool in the writing process. This three-day class will explore the basics of letterpress printing and hand typesetting, including type composition, mixing ink, press set-up, and printing on the Vandercook Proof Press. Students will design and produce a small project of their own.Asheville BookWorks
428 1/2 Haywood Road Asheville, NC
Laura Ladendorf 828.255.8444
info@ashevillebookworks.com$303 + $25 studio fee
03/05/10
thru
03/07/10
10AM -
5PMDo Not Fold, Spindle, Or Mutilate!
Let's explore some surface techniques in creating jewelry via reticulation and fold-forming with pliers & hammers. You will learn to create textured surfaces,& even "draw" edges with a torch. Shapes can be altered by with pliers and forging with hammers. We will be working in brass,copper sterling and reticulation silver. This workshop is recommended for jewelers with some soldering experience only. Bring sunglasses to prevent over-exposure to bright torchlight. Mountain Metalsmiths School of Jewelry & Lapidary
197 Locust Court Arden, NC
828-687-7830
$270 plus materials
03/12/10
thru
04/09/10
Art Exhibit by Knight at Opportunity House
Costanza Knight
The Arts League of Henderson County presents an exhibit by Costanza Knight entitled Polyrhythms that opens Friday, March 12th and runs through April 9th in the Grace Etheredge Room at Opportunity House. Knight, a watermedia and mixed media artist, creates contemporary expressions that celebrate the human form and the landscape. Her recent Blue Green Jazz Series explores music as a subject matter. Grace Etheredge Room at Opportunity House
1411 Asheville Highway Hendersonville, NC
Art League of Henderson County
Free
03/12/10
thru
03/12/10
6PM -
9PMClay Date Night
You are sure to have a great night learning some slippery moves at this monthly event. Bring a date, come with friends, or meet someone new on a Friday night! Our instructors will walk you through a few simple projects, or you can impress your date with your own creations.Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts
236 Clingman Avenue Asheville, NC
828-285-0210
$25 per person, $45 for two people
03/13/10
7PM -
10PMWednesday Evenings Playing with Rocks
How would you like to learn to cut and polish stones for your own unique jewelry designs? Starting on March 13th at 7 PM, WEDNESDAY EVENING class sessions now offer an opportunity for you to cut your own pretties from rough material provided by the school OR if you have your own material, bring it in to see what is suitable for cutting into cabochons. Mountain Metalsmiths School of Jewelry & Lapidary
197 Locust Court Arden, NC
828-687-7830
$360 per 8 sessions plus materials
03/13/10
thru
12/11/10
11AM -
5PM2nd Saturday Artist Market
2nd Saturday Artist Market
Monthly Artist Market: 2nd Saturday of each month, March through December, inside the Rocket Club in West Asheville. Wide variety of arts and crafts, community booth featuring a local organization each month and food from a local favorite! Artist booths $25/month or $15 each if sharing.The Rocket Club
401 Haywood Road Asheville, NC
Lori Theriault
info@crazygreenstudios.comno admittance fee
03/17/10
thru
07/17/10
2PM -
4PMKids: St. Patrick's Clay Day with Gabriel Kline
Shake off the boredom and express yourself in clay after your early release from school! Space is limited, enroll early. Ages 6-12Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts
236 Clingman Avenue Asheville, NC
828-285-0210
$35
Monday, March 1 at 7pm:
BRIDGING DIFFERENCES BOOKCLUB
Join host Patti Digh for a discussion of Leah Hager Cohen’s Train Go Sorry.
Tuesday, March 2 at 7pm:
FRET KNOT RADIO HOUR
Fret Knot Radio Hour will be recording their podcast live in the Malaprop’s Cafe. Come hear interviews with Brian Lee Knopp, local author of the Malaprop’s bestseller Mayhem in Mayberry, and Franzi Charen and Caroline Green of the Asheville Grown Campaign. You can also enjoy music from Boston based indie folk rock musician Tom Thumb. Come be a part of this first-of-its-kind event!
Wednesday, March 3 at 7pm:
NEW MALAPROP’S BOOKCLUB
Join host Jay Jacoby in a discussion of Junot Diaz’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.
Thursday, March 4 at 7pm:
ANNA FARIELLO READING & BOOKSIGNING
An associate professor at Western Carolina University, Anna Fariello will discuss her recent book, Cherokee Basketry: From the Hands of Our Elders. Fariello, a former research fellow at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, studied this art form—passed down from mother to daughter and employing natural resources—and its impact on the culture and the environment.
Friday, March 5 at 5:30pm:
MEET THE AUTHORS OF THE MONEY BOOK
Joseph D’Agnese and Denise Kiernan, authors of several books including the recent Signing Their Lives Away, have written The Money Book, a financial guide just for freelancers, part-timers, and the self-employed. Join them for some wine and discuss the non-9-to-5 life!
Friday, March 5 at 7pm:
MARIJO MOORE READING & BOOKSIGNING
Local author and store favorite MariJo Moore, of Cherokee, Irish and Dutch ancestry, presents limited first edition copies of her newest book, The Boy with a Tree Growing from His Ear and Other Stories. One of the stories takes place at Malaprop’s!
Saturday, March 6 at 2pm:
CLOTHES LINES READING & BOOKSIGNING
Local authors and editors of the new anthology Clothes Lines Nancy Dillingham and Celia Miles will be here with several contributors to read pieces from the book. The anthology features short pieces by Western North Carolina women writers.
Saturday, March 6 at 4pm:
TOM ANGLEBERGER READING & BOOKSIGNING
Roanoke Times columnist Tom Angleberger joins us to discuss The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, his story about Dwight, a sixth-grader who makes a surprisingly prescient Yoda finger puppet out of paper, and his classmate’s quest to discover how Yoda can be so smart when Dwight himself is so clueless.
Saturday, March 6 at 7pm:
ALEX BIGNEY READING & BOOKSIGNING
Renowned artist Alex Bigney discusses Talking to Tesla: An Artist’s Dream Journal, which pairs Bigney’s own story with reflections upon a vivid series of dreams in which scientist Nikola Tesla visited him.
Sunday, March 7 at 3pm:
POETRIO READINGS AND BOOKSIGNINGS
Today’s featured poets are Mimi White (Singed Horizon), Martha Boothe Baddour (Scheherazade) and Kennon Webber, who just won third place in Rapid River’s Annual Poetry Contest for his poem, “Manuel Labor.”
Monday, March 8 at 7pm:
TRAVELING BONFIRES READINGS AND BOOKSIGNINGS
Join us for an hour of Traveling Bonfires poetry readings!
Wednesday, March 10 at 7pm:
LITERARY TRIVIA NIGHT
Literary Trivia night, hosted by booksellers Lauren, Seth and Stella Harr, is open to the public. Test your word nerd knowledge and win prizes!
Thursday, March 11 at 7pm:
CATHY MITCHELL READING & BOOKSIGNING
Local author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Cathy Mitchell ventures inside the mind of a Boykin Spaniel looking for a good home in Save a Spaniel, her new novel. Alli Marshall at the Mountain Xpress says, “Warm and engaging…any dog owner will see something of their own pooch in Mitchell’s heroine, and — especially for those who don’t yet own a dog — Spaniel is a great introduction to both the heartbreaks and joys of fostering a pet.” Bring your favorite canine!
Friday, March 12 at 7pm:
THOMAS MULLEN READING & BOOKSIGNING
Thomas Mullen, author of the acclaimed debut novel The Last Town on Earth, will discuss his new book The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers. A recent review in the LA Times says, “Set in the Depression-era Midwest, Thomas Mullen’s second novel The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers tells a rip-roaring yarn that manages to be both phantasmagorical and historically accurate… [a] labyrinthine, luminous narrative, reminiscent of Michael Chabon’s best fiction.”
Saturday, March 13 at 1pm:
ROSE SENEHI BOOKSIGNING
Of The Wind in the Woods, Rose Senehi’s latest novel, Sallie Bissell (Legacy of Masks) says, “Writing with a sharp eye on the beauty of the deep woods...Rose Senehi gives us a vivid picture of modern day drama set in ancient woods.” Please join us as this local favorite signs copies of The Wind in the Woods.
Saturday, March 13 at 7pm:
JULIA HUGHES JONES READING & BOOKSIGNING
Galled and intrigued by a Martin Luther quotation stating that “Girls begin to talk and to stand on their feet sooner than boys because weeds always grow up more quickly than good crops,” Julia Hughes Jones set out to uncover and share the deep, rich and often absent women’s history. The result is The History of Weeds, which Linda Savage (Reclaiming Goddess Sexuality: The Power of the Feminine Way) calls “required reading… for any woman or man who understands the need for restoring respect for the feminine and for creating balance between the sexes.”
Sunday, March 14 at 3pm:
NAN CHASE READING & BOOKSIGNING
Nan Chase, local author of Asheville: A History and Bark House Style, joins us to share her new book, Eat Your Yard! Replete with ideas for an edible landscape, Eat Your Yard! also includes recipes and tips on canning, pickling, dehydrating, freezing, juicing, and fermenting.
Monday, March 15 at 7pm:
JONATHAN LAUGHTER READING & BOOKSIGNING
Hendersonville author Jonathan Laughter reads from and signs his debut novel, Charismata: You’ll Never Look at Your Hometown the Same Way Again! A story of two men from the same town who meet much later in life, the novel explores the way in which their lives intersect—and the consequences of that intersection.
Tuesday, March 16 at 7pm:
SARAH ADDISON ALLEN READING & BOOKSIGNING
Asheville’s own Sarah Addison Allen returns with her eagerly anticipated third novel, The Girl Who Chased the Moon. More quirky characters, curious foodstuffs, and magic can be expected from the author of the New York Times bestseller Garden Spells and The Sugar Queen.
Wednesday, March 17 at 7pm:
LARRY BAKER READING & BOOKSIGNING
Larry Baker presents his story of a down-and-out radio DJ looking to redeem himself in his novel, A Good Man. Harry Ducharme, Baker’s main character who DJs at WWHD in St. Augustine, Florida, is an homage to both Flannery O’Connor (“A Good Man is Hard to Find,” “The River”) and Harry Chapin (“WOLD”).
Thursday, March 18 at 5:30pm
WOMEN ON WORDS
Women on Words is a women’s poetry circle where the members inspire and critique the presented poems. New members are always welcome.
Thursday, March 18 at 7pm
STITCH-N-BITCH
Bring your current projects, settle down with a hot cup of tea and talk shop with fiber artist and “Urban GypZ”, Stacey Budge-Kamison. This monthly event is open to the public.
Thursday, March 18 at 7pm
I. ALEXANDER OLCHOWSKI READING & BOOKSIGNING
The Farmer, I. Alexander Olchowski’s fourth novel, is the first selection of the Slow Book Movement—whose mission, borrowed from the Slow Food Movement, is to reawaken modern society to the pleasures of slowing down to read, and savor, good literature.
Friday, March 19 at 7pm:
RON RASH READING & BOOKSIGNING
Of Ron Rash’s new collection of short stories, Burning Bright, Library Journal says, “[Rash] is a master craftsman who pares down language to its essential elements in these starkly beautiful stories.” Rash, the author of the critically acclaimed novel Serena among others, is a professor at Western Carolina University and a favorite of many Malaprop’s staff members.
Saturday, March 20 at 7pm:
HOWARD FRANK MOSHER READING & BOOKSIGNING
The Los Angeles Times has called Howard Frank Mosher “a combination of Ernest Hemingway, Henry David Thoreau, and Jim Harrison.” The author of ten previous works of fiction, Mosher will discuss his newest novel, the Civil War era thriller Walking to Gatlinburg, and present a slideshow entitled “Transforming History into Fiction: the Story of a Born Liar.”
Sunday, March 21 at 3pm:
WRITERS AT HOME
Join us for Tommy Hays’ monthly series featuring readings by UNC Asheville’s Writing Scholarship Winners: Amanda Gardener, Sally Parrish, Daniel Resner, and Beth Sarno.
Monday, March 22 at 7pm:
BETH DELAP READING & BOOKSIGNING
The Lioness, the Rich, and the Humvee, local author Beth DeLap’s adaptation of C. S. Lewis’s The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, takes place in a modern day, war-torn Iraq. DeLap donates some proceeds to nomorevictims.org, to assist Iraqi children injured by U.S. actions.
Tuesday, March 23 at 7pm:
ANGELO KALTSOS READING & BOOKSIGNING
The story of a man and his land, in Of Bears, Mice, and Nails: Outhouse Chronicles Angelo Kaltsos relates how he found a special piece of property in Maine and made his home there. Kaltsos’s story is intermingled with entries from his outhouse guestbook, where his guests pontificate about their time spent in a rustic, quiet, and magical place.
Thursday, March 25 at 7pm:
ROB AMBERG READING & BOOKSIGNING
Local photographer and writer Rob Amberg joins us to read from oral histories presented in his latest book, The New Road: I-26 and the Footprints of Progress. The story of evolution within a rural community, The New Road provides a look at the social, cultural, and environmental impact of the I-26 Corridor as it cuts through Madison County, NC.
Friday, March 26 at 7pm:
ALAN DENIRO READING & BOOKSIGNING
The story of angsty, wise-cracking teenage Macy, who is trying to reunite her family in a post-apocalyptic landscape, Alan DeNiro’s debut novel Total Oblivion, More or Less is rife “with ‘what ifs’ that are as informed by Herodotus as they are by Huck Finn and Hardees,” according to The Los Angeles Times. Karen Joy Fowler (The Jane Austen Book Club) says, “Chock-a-block with adventure, suspense, and surprise. Apocalyptic family values, too! Recommended to all.”
Saturday, March 27 at 7pm:
NEAL HUTCHESON & GARY CARDEN DVD EVENT
Award-winning storyteller Gary Carden and Emmy-winning filmmaker Neal Hutcheson (The Last One) discuss the documentary release, The Outlaw Lewis Redmond, and their collaborative efforts to document an Appalachian folk legend.
Sunday, March 28 at 3pm:
MAUREEN HEALY READING & BOOKSIGNING
Local writer and founder of Growing Happy Kids, Maureen Healy will discuss her new book, 365 Perfect Things to Say to Your Kids. Teachers, parents, grandparents, doctors and anyone who is interested in bringing out the best in children is welcome to join us as Healy shares her tips for positive communication.
Time:
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Description:
FREE Monthly Classes
Focus: Online Marketing, Technology, Sales, & Arts Business Growth!
Every 3rd Monday of the Month, 6pm-7:30pm
February 2010 - May 2010
Upcoming locations: Andrews & Bakersville
Welcome Craft Artists & Entrepreneurs!
FREE Monthly Classes
Focus: Online Marketing, Technology, Sales, & Arts Business Growth!
Every 3rd Monday of the Month, 6pm-7:30pm
February 2010 - May 2010
Upcoming locations: Andrews & Bakersville
Reminder! The next free class will be held next Monday, March 15, in Andrews!
March 15, 2010
Andrews Valley Initiative
985 Main St.
Andrews, NC 28901
6pm-7:30pm
Instructor: Ronda Birtha
Topic: Developing your Web Presence
Upcoming Classes:
April 19, 2010
Mitchell County Historic Courthouse
Corner of Crimson Laurel Way & State Road 1211
Downtown Bakersville
Bakersville, NC 28705
May 17, 2010
Andrews Valley Initiative
985 Main St.
Andrews, NC 28901
Send Reminder:
Yes - 1 days 4 hours before event
Time:
7:00pm
Description:
West Asheville Library Celebrates Earth Day with Film
EARTH DAYS
Monday, March 15 at 7pm
West Asheville Library
Join local environmental thinker Jim Barton for this special advance showing of Director Robert Stone’s new documentary, Earth Days, which traces the history of the modern environmental movement .
The New York Times review called the film “a beautifully composed tribute to visionary thinking and political ingenuity, a time line of peaks and valleys stretching from the early initiatives of the 1950s to the legislative successes of the 1970s.”
This program is free and the public is invited. For more information please contact the West Asheville Library by phone at 250-4750 or email westashevile.library@buncombecounty.org
Time:
2:00pm - 7:30pm
Description:
NC Elk Experience
Lecture and visit to Cataloochee Valley to view the elk - 5 hour experience
Date: March 16, 2010
Time: 02:00 pm - 07:30 pm
Location: WNC Nature Center and Cataloochee Valley
Contact Name Keith Mastin
Contact Email kmastin@ashevillenc.gov
Contact Phone 828-298-5600, ext 305
WNC Nature Center presents: “North Carolina Elk Experience - An educational journey for 2010!”
Our most popular offsite excursion for the WNC Nature Center’s is our NC Elk Experience to the Cataloochee Valley. We are looking forward to another year of educational experiences with guests. The journey will take us just west of Asheville into the beautiful mountains of Haywood County.
We invite you to join us for our 2010 winter & spring trip to on March 16 & 25th as well as September 7 & 16, 2010, to view the elk in Cataloochee Valley.
The fee is $20.00 per person ($18.00 if a member of the Friends of the WNC Nature Center). Tickets are sold on first come-first served basis. Snacks are served in the vans. Guests may elect to drive their own vehicles at a reduced rate ($10.00 per person).
Guests will meet at either 2:00 or 3:00pm (depending upon the season) at the Nature Center in our classroom for a one hour presentation on elk ecology and biology.
We will then load our vans and travel west on Interstate 40 to exit 20, the Cataloochee Valley exit. We plan on returning to the Nature Center by 8:30pm (varies with our outdoor experiences in the valley).
Call Keith to purchase your tickets or with any questions you may have at (828) 298-5600, ext 305. The center accepts Visa, MasterCard, checks or cash. We look forward to your company on the NC Elk Trip!
WNC Nature Center, 75 Gashes Creek Road, Asheville, NC 28805
Time:
7:00pm
Description:
The Asheville Chapter of the American Meteorological Society and the Colburn Earth Science Museum are kicking off their third annual series of free scientific climate change talks with the panel discussion “Climate Change and Local Food and Agriculture” at 7p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 16 at the Diana Wortham Theatre.
Dr. Anne Waple, president of the local AMS chapter, author or editor of over a dozen national climate reports, and a manager of climate assessments at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Asheville, will moderate the discussion.
Scheduled panelists are Charlie Jackson, executive director of the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project; Amanda Stone, Buncombe County Cooperative Extension Agent; Laura Lengnick, Ph.D., a Warren Wilson College professor of environmental studies; and David Kendall, Madison County Cooperative Extension Agent.
“Asheville's growing reputation as a 'foodie' town means fresh, local, organic produce can be found in almost every supermarket and on many of our restaurant's tables,” Waple said. “And yet, even as the food revolution is taking a firm hold, we face the challenge of climate change. Problems such as new pests and diseases, longer droughts and more intense rainfall, as well potential benefits such as a longer growing season, will impact what we grow and consequently what we eat. Our goal is to lead a community discussion to investigate expected impacts as well as potential solutions to develop secure and sustainable food and farming in Western North Carolina.”
More Information
Event Location
Diana Wortham Theatre
Pack Place
Asheville, NC 28801
Contact
Erin Bonito at Buncombe County Cooperative Extension at (828) 255-5522
Event Sponsor
The Asheville Chapter of the American Meteorological Society and the Colburn Earth Science Museum
Time:
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Description:
Join us at 7pm on Tuesday, March 16th or March 30th for a Free Preview Women’s Circle on The CRONE, CREATIVITY & KUNDALINI: Embodying your Authentic Wise Woman.
This Free Preview Women's Circle will be held at: WOMENS WELLNESS & EDUCATION CENTER, 24 Arlington Street, Asheville, NC, 28801. (Conveniently located just blocks off the Charlotte Street Exit of I-240 in Downtown Asheville).
OVERVIEW OF THE EVENING:
We will gather together to learn from each other in sacred circle, as seasoned women of consciousness. The time is ripe for the Crone to take her place on the wheel of life at the Turning of the Ages. We will move, share, journey and overview The Crone, Kundalini & Creativity, a week-long event taking place for the first time here in Western NC.
Cronehood is ready to be re-visioned as a time of integration, making whole and birthing a new creativity in alignment with each woman’s own unique soul qualities. Co-facilitators Anyaa McAndrew and Mary Lane will guide us through a magical evening dedicated to the menopausal woman!
ANY QUESTIONS? Call Anyaa McAndrew at 828-788-0773 or email anyaa@vzemail.com
Hope to see you there!
DIRECTIONS TO WOMENS WELLNESS & EDUCATION CENTER:
From I-240 exit at Charlotte Street, Travel North on Charlotte Street for ONE Block, Take a Right on Artlington Street just past the BP Station, The Center is on the Right – 24 Arlington Street.
Parking available in the Centers parking lot or on the street.
ANYAA MCANDREW is a licensed psychotherapist, grounded in shamanic and transpersonal psychology, a sacred-sexual educator, a certified Shamanic Breathwork™ facilitator, Imago couples therapist and Shamanic astrologer. She has been facilitating emotional healing work and creating safe, nurturing space for profound, personal transformation for over 34 years. She offers private intensives, workshops and women’s circles around the country. www.goddessontheloose.com
MARY LANE draws upon the wisdom of her own journey along with her studies in the ancient Taoist 5 Element System of Nutrition, Plant Spirit Medicine, sacred sexuality, wildcrafting, and professional training as a chef, supporting women to transform self rejection to self care and love. www.divinenourishment.net
Time:
8:00pm - 9:15pm
Description:
Come join us at The Fire Personal Training Studio for a weekly viewing of NBC's The Biggest Loser. The Show airs every Tuesday from 8 to 9 pm. Get motivated and inspired to meet your weight loss goals THIS SEASON. Watch the show with like- minded individuals who will support you.
The Trainers, Kam Parker and April Dennis will be there to offer their comments and expertise on the show. So, come for a little guided exercise during the commercials, and lots of fun!
If you want to begin a program, have your measurements and body composition taken for only $10. Otherwise, this event is FREE and open to the public.
The Fire is located at 736C Tunnel Road in East Asheville, just up from the DMV across from Play It Again Sports. Call 505-7080 for more info.
Description:
"Thoroughly Modern Millie"
at West Henderson High School
Thurs/Fri/Sat March 18, 19, 20
Tickets: Adults $10; Students $8
Contact WHHS for tickets: 891-6571
Time:
12:00pm - 2:00pm
Description:
Come tour the French Broad and Swannanoa Rivers with RiverLink and witness their magic first hand.
This is an opportunity to see the improvements that have occurred and hear what is coming over the next several months and years to make our rivers a better place to work, live and play.
You will also learn some local history and visit some streets and neighborhoods you have never seen before.
If you ever wondered about the river development project – this is your opportunity to see and hear about the plans for the future. The bus will meet you in front of Asheville City Hall and return to City Hall.
This tour is free for RiverLink members. Non-members cost $15.00 per person. Lunch is not provided but you can bring your own.
Reservations are a must – so call us at 828- 252-8474 or visit www.riverlink.org/bustour.asp to make your reservation online.
Time:
5:30pm
Description:
We have live music every Thursday now. NEW!!!!! - Thursday Night Gourmet Comfort Tunes: 6 to 8
Come on Thursdays, have a glass of wine or a beer, enjoy simple supper and listen to some live music with us.
AND join us in our Tuesday nights jams: 1st and 3rd are Old Time jams. 2nd and 4th are Uke jams. Listen or play, the choice is yours.
Laurey's Catering and Gourmet-to-Go
828.252.1500
www.laureysyum.com
Time:
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Description:
College Planning: Real Solutions and Strategies for Everyone
Facilitator: Laura Misner, College Foundation of North Carolina
Recommended for Parents of middle and early high school students. Students welcomed!
Workshop will include:
• Academic Preparation
• Career Exploration and Planning
• Searching for the Right College
• College Application Tips
• Finding Money for College
• Avoiding Financial Aid Scams
• Free Resources for Every Age and Grade
This workshop will be held at MAHEC.
To download the registration form, please visit:
http://www.mahec.net/media/brochures/hc000009.pdf
For more information, please contact Rachel Hawkins at (828)257-4461 or Rachel.Hawkins@mahec.net.
Time:
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Description:
Whether you want to fulfill your creative dreams, break a bad habit, or just accomplish more, this workshop’s for you. Learn simple, inexpensive strategies for getting things done and making lasting change in all aspects of your life…one small step at a time.
Location: South Asheville
Class size: Minimum - 3, Maximum - 6; pre-registration required
Cost: $25
For more information or to register, call Lisa Eubank at 828-450-9303 or e-mail: Lisa@createinspire.com.
Time:
6:15pm - 7:45pm
Description:
Improve your communications skills! Toastmasters International Club 436 meets every Thursday, 6:15 p.m. at Denny's Restaurant, Patton Ave. (Rte 19), Asheville. Guests always welcome! Questions? Email: mail@ashevilletoastmasters.com.
Description:
A fun evening of music, laughter, and great bargains! The Unitic Band & Friends will play an hour-long concert during the Silent Auction, followed by regular Auction of larger items conducted by our auctioneer/comedian Brandon Walters. Come laugh and have fun, and find a bargain from the hundreds of items & services we'll have for sale!
Now accepting: Donations of items, services, or gift certificates to sell!
Visit our Auction Webpage www.unitync.net/Auction.html to see the latest listing of what's for sale. Free admission. Open to the Public - bring a friend! Refreshments available for sale. Doors open at 6:30.
Unity Center
2041 Old Fanning Bridge Rd
Mills River (5 minutes from AVL airport)
891-8700 or 684-3798
www.unitync.net
Send Reminder:
Yes - 2 days before event
Description:
"Thoroughly Modern Millie"
at West Henderson High School
Thurs/Fri/Sat March 18, 19, 20
Deadline for Registration: RSVP by making payment. Contact Jamie Beasley 828.253.2834 Ext 11 or jamie@mountainbizworks.org
Instructor: Randy Siegel
Contact: jamie@mountainbizworks.org
What would make you truly happy? Financial security? A better balance of work and play? Or perhaps a new job? While each can contribute to well-being, experts agree that the keys to true happiness are found in connection and contribution.
In this highly interactive, two-hour workshop, you’ll explore four pathways to living a life that matters: personhood, purpose, persona, and presence. For each, you’ll learn a life goal, universal truth, and practical steps to enrich your life.
You’ll learn strategies to:
1. Become the full expression of all you are
2. Live a life that becomes a legacy
3. Put persona in proper perspective
4. Love what you do and who you are with
Your trainer Randy Siegel has earned the trust of professionals working for such industry leaders as Earthlink, The Recording Academy (The Grammy Awards), State Farm Insurance, Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa, and the University of Georgia's MBA Program.
One client summed up Randy's work this way: "You teach far more than communication; your message is about life issues, growth, awareness, and openness. It’s powerful stuff, and your ability to communicate it and share your life is inspiring.” Please visit BuildYourInfluence.com for more information on Randy Siegel.
Space is limited. Must pay in advance.
RSVP by making payment in person, over the phone, or by sending a check (payable to “Mountain BizWorks”).
153 South Lexington Ave, Asheville, NC, 28801
Time:
12:00pm - 12:30pm
Description:
Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity will raise the first wall of it's 5th Women Build House! Habitat staff and volunteers will join the homeowners-to-be (The Searles family)and community well-wishers are welcome! The event will be held at Habitat's Woodland Court neighborhood off Patton Avenue in West Asheville. Directions available at www.ashevillehabitat.org, or call 828.251.5702.
Description:
“{Re}HAPPENING: a feast for the senses”
Celebrates Innovation & Collaboration in the Arts
Media Arts Project and Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center Collaborate on Joint Fundraiser / Event Series
ASHEVILLE, NC – The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center (BMCM+AC) & the Media Arts Project (MAP) invite the WNC community to participate in an evening of art, performance, music & dinner on Saturday, March 20th in the original dining hall of the former Black Mountain College (now Camp Rockmont).
Members of the Media Arts Project and the greater arts community are lining up to participate. New media work from Scott Furr, Mark Koven, Megan McKissack, Gene Felice, Mark Hanf, Marnie Muller, Lorraine Walsh, Lei Han & Wray Bowling will be on display. Dancers Claire Elizabeth Barrett, Julie Becton Gillum & Sara Baird will perform. Sculpture and ceramics will be shown from Jinx “aka Sean Pace” & Mellissa Terreza. Performance artists such as Graham Hackett, Queen Mae & the Bells, and puppeteer Madison J. Cripps will be part of the evening. Sound installation and performance will be created by Wayne Kirby, Dave Hamilton, Salvatore D’Angio, Ross Gentry & Chris Ballard. Guest chef Mark Rosenstein will represent the culinary arts. With over twenty artists in attendance, it promises to be a unique evening of collaboration and invention.
{Re}HAPPENING: a feast for the senses launches a new event series that will draw from the wide range of artistic talents that make WNC an extraordinary community. At the March 20 event, the evening will consist of two halves. The first half begins at 6 p.m. with a cocktail social, leading into a seated “family style” dinner served at 7 p.m. Various forms of art and performance will be take place throughout the cocktail hour and dinner. The second half begins at 9 p.m. and includes drinks (beer, wine & non-alchoholic), light appetizers and an extended evening of art, performance & dancing. Tickets for the entire evening including dinner are $40 ($35 for BMCM+AC and MAP members). For the second half (art, drinks & snacks) only, the ticket price is $15 ($10 for members). The LaZoom Bus will be running a shuttle service throughout the evening from downtown Asheville to the BMC campus and back.
Contact us or stop by for more info or to purchase tickets for the event:
Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center
56 Broadway
Asheville, NC 28801
828-350-8484
bmcmac@bellsouth.net
Description:
Asheville Artisan Bread Bakers Festival – 2010
MARCH 20, 2010
GREENLIFE GROCERY (70 Merrimon Ave) 10am – 2pm: Bakers’ showcase. Taste bread from 15 local, artisan bakeries. Meet the bakers. Taste cheese from two local dairies. Buy a loaf of bread and get a ticket to any workshop.
GREENLIFE GROCERY – teaching kitchen (70 Merrimon Ave) 1:00 – 2:30pm: EMILY BUELHER – baker, author
Hand Kneading for Beginners Learn to knead a basic loaf of bread! We'll make a simple recipe, and talk about the chemistry of the dough, ways to make kneading easier, and how to tell when the dough is "done." Then we'll discuss how to bake your dough when you get it home!
3:00 – 4:30pm: JEN LAPIDUS – baker, project coordinator of the North Carolina Organic Bread Flour Project, an initiative of the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association
Linking the Farmer, the Miller, and the Baker: A North Carolina Local Bread Wheat Endeavor As a project of Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, the North Carolina Organic Bread Flour Project has received a two-year grant from the NC Tobacco Trust and Santa Fe Tobacco to lay the groundwork for the cleaning, storing, and milling of North Carolina organic hard and soft wheat, and other small grain in western North Carolina.
1pm – 4:30pm: MARK ROSENSTEIN – chef, author
Wood-fired Brick Oven Workshop
Chef Rosenstein, who just sold his restaurant after three decades of providing Asheville with his ground-breaking approach to local food, will demonstrate the use of a back-yard wood-fired brick oven. (Directions to the workshop will be available at the festival.)
1pm – 4:30pm: DAVE BAUER – baker, owner Farm & Sparrow Bakery
Wood-fired Brick Oven Workshop
Farm & Sparrow Bakery has just christened its new 6' by 10' wood-fired brick oven. Dave will demonstrate the workings of this unique oven – an triple-wide door system with semi-automatic opening,advanced flue technology, etc. (Directions to the workshop will be available at the festival.)
A-B TECH MAGNOLIA BUILDING – demonstration auditorium
2:30 - 4pm: PETER REINHART – author, baker – Johnson&Wales University
Artisan Breads Every Day In this demonstration class, we will examine some of the recent new methods and books, such as "Artisan Baking in Five Minutes a Day" and "Kneadlessly SImple," also the NY Times/Jim Lahey French Bread method, as well as Reinhart's new book. All of these books challenge standard baking conventions and norms, even those of artisan bakeries, and push into new frontiers and possibilities for making great bread, simply and easily.
A-B TECH MAGNOLIA BUILDING – baking kitchen
Noon – 2:00: LIONEL VATINET – baker, owner Le Farm (Cary, NC)
Country French Bread
Lionel Vatinet leads this introductory bread class about the basics and fundamentals of "le pain francais". Learn everything about the essential elements of great French bread including Lionel’s signature kneading technique, shaping the dough and how to build the crust in your home oven.
2:30 – 4:30pm: LIONEL VATINET – baker, owner Le Farm (Cary, NC)
Whole Grain Breads
Whole Grain is THE buzz word now. Come learn the art & expertise of working with La Farm’s master baker on whole grain breads: 100% whole Wheat bread and La Farm's popular Multi-grain bread.
Each workshop has limited space; a separate ticket is required for each session. You can get a workshop ticket for each of loaf of bread you purchase (as long as tickets are available).
Driving directions from Greenlife Grocery to the A-B Tech Magnolia Building:
* turn right out of the Greenlife parking lot onto Merrimon Avenue.
* go south on Merrimon Ave., under the interstate and through town (the name changes to Biltmore Ave.).
* keep going south on Biltmore Ave. for a total distance of about 1.6 miles.
* turn right onto Victoria Road towards the A-B Tech campus.
* turn right at the sign for the Bread Festival and up the hill to the Magnolia Building.
Description:
Upcoming ASHH Certification Courses
Jan 25, 2010 Clinical Herbalism Certification begins.
This class is designed for the seasoned student of Herbalism preparing to initiate a professional career. ASHH has teamed with The Blue Ridge School of Herbal Medicine to offer students the supervision and instruction in which to practice meeting with clients, gain scientific knowledge, bridge healing modalities, and be proficient in business skills. Herbalists will acquire the experience and confidence necessary to commence their work in the world; a unique and rare opportunity to further one’s knowledge while serving the community in ASHH’s herbal clinic.~250 hour certification $1800.
March 9, 2010 Traditional Herbalist Certification begins. Tues & Thurs 6-9pm & 1 weekend/month
A 9 month life changing, experiential journey into the art and science of Herbalism. Hands-on classes in gardening, beekeeping, medicine making, and plant ID bring the world of holistic healing to life. Learn to integrate Eastern energetics with abundant, sustainable Western herbs. Appropriate for both developing professionals and those seeking greater attunement with themselves through the plants. ~400 hour certification $2800 if paid by March 1st, or $3000 by payment plan.
March 24, 2010 Fundamentals of Herbalism begins. Wednesdays, 6-9pm & 2 Saturdays/ month
A rich, comprehensive introduction to the world of herbal and holistic healing. Linear evening lectures and hands-on herbal experiences on Saturdays in a variety of lush regions of the Blue Ridge Mountains. ~70 hour certification $650.
Short programs at Appalachia School of Holistic Herbalism
Tues. Jan 19, 7-8:30pm –Simplifying & Organizing w/ Mary Morgaine Thames
Tips, guidance and inspiration on how to de-clutter, simplify and let go of things in your life that are no longer needed. Bring with you one possession you are ready to pass on, if inspired.
Tues. Jan 26, 7-9pm- Sleeping Well w/ Mary Morgaine Thames
A healthy sleeping life is one of the best tools we have in living a balanced waking life. Does your sleep rejuvenate you? Rituals to do, supportive herbs and food, and creating a healthy sleeping environment will be shared. Bring an empty glass jar to class if you can. $13
Tues. Feb 23, 6-8:30pm- “Your body is trying to get your attention. Are you listening?” w/Cynthia Hynes, D.C In this hands-on workshop you will learn to use the first two of twelve universal healing rhythms. You will find anchors to peace and power within your body. You will learn when you store your wisdom and why you have been missing so much of its truth. Wear comfortable clothes and bring a blanket or yoga mat. These are simple exercises, based on somato-respiratory integration, and are for all ages and physical conditions. $40
Herbal Medicine Making Series with Melissa Fryar* Fridays 6-9pm $40 each or take all 4 for $125!
Take home multiple goodies and heaps of empowerment from each class!
*Fri. Feb 5, 7-9pm- The Herbal Home w/Melissa Fryar includes your own home cleaning kit!
Clean your entire home using just a few natural ingredients! Learn to make great smelling, effective,
and economical natural cleaning products.
*Fri. Feb 12, 7-9pm- Hello Aphrodite! Herbal Love Treats & Potions w/ Melissa Fryar
This class will cover the sexy herbs. Herbs to nourish you and the one you love. Using teas, baths, oils, and foods, you will learn the many ways to nourish your libido and your creativity. Take home a luscious chocolate rose syrup and a sexy oil blend!
*Fri. Feb 19, 6-9pm- Gesundheit! Herbs for Winter Wellness w/ Melissa Fryar
Learn how to make nourishing herbal remedies to keep you and your family well during this season of cold and flu's. We will make a syrup and tea for you to take home and will discuss recipes that include an immune soup, anti-infection tincture, cough syrups, and more! After this class you will have the knowledge to boost your immune system and soothe even the worst colds & flu by making your own herbal medicines.
*Fri. Feb 26, 6-9pm- Bath & Bubbles...Creating your own Herbal Beauty Care w/ Melissa Fryar
If you love hot baths and healthy pampering, this class is for you. We will cover how to make bath salts and fizzies, bath & body oils to nourish the skin & hair, lip balms, and body powders. You will take home a lip balm, bath salts, and the inspiration to create your own spa night or gifts.
Awakening of Desire Sexuality Series w/ Kelly Avena Bowers* Mondays from 6-9pm. $30 per class or $200 for the series. All classes are clothing on and hands-off.
*Mon. Mar 1, 6-9pm- Eros through the Ages - A Brief History of Sexuality w/ Kelly Bowers
Explore attitudes, beliefs, cultural practices, spirituality, artwork, media, politics and laws in relationship to sexuality.
*Mon. Mar 15, 6-9pm- The Erotic Body - The Anatomy of Sexual Desire w/ Kelly Bowers
Explore the anatomy and physiology of sexual response.
10 Weeks to Optimal Digestive Health w/ John Joseph Immel* Fridays from 6:30-8:30
$25 Each Class, or Entire Series for $225!
A specialty of Ayurveda, diet & digestion play an enormous role in any self-healing program. Through this series you’ll discover: The relationship between your body, digestion, and food; How to experience and use food medicinally; Manage, design and create an effective diet for self healing; New tools for healing chronic digestive disorders of the stomach, gall bladder, small intestine, and colon; Perspectives on food allergies, parasites, and the effect of food on emotions.
*Fri. Mar 19, 6:30-8:30pm- 10 Weeks to Optimal Digestive Health w/ Joseph Immel
Introduction to Ayurvedic Digestion and Dosha Theory
Sat. Mar 20, 1-5pm- Qigong for Spring Wellness w/Camilo Sanchez, OMD, LAc
In the spring time life energy wakes up from hibernation and begins to flow out. In the process the
body also gets rid of toxins and mucus accumulated during winter. According to Chinese medicine, the liver function is increased during the spring time to detoxify and cleanse the body. Join us to learn time-tested Elixir Qigong TM exercises to support your liver energy during the spring. $45-65
*Fri. Mar 26, 6:30-8:30pm- 10 Weeks to Optimal Digestive Health w/ Joseph Immel
Twenty Healing Qualities of Nature
*Mon. Mar 29, 6-9pm- Tasty Temptations w/ Kelly Bowers
Making Elixirs, Cordials and Edible Aphrodisiacs
*Fri. Apr 2, 6:30-8:30pm- 10 Weeks to Optimal Digestive Health w/ Joseph Immel
The Six Tastes and Their Effects
Sat. Apr 3, 11am-3pm- Wild Herb Identification w/ Robin Allison
Learn the basic skills necessary to properly identify locally abundant medicinal herbs. We will explore methods using field guides, discussing plant families, as well as profiling a handful of our locally growing medicinals. $30-45 Sliding Scale
*Fri. Apr 9, 6:30-8:30pm- 10 Weeks to Optimal Digestive Health w/ Joseph Immel
Introduction to Agni and Ama
*Mon. Apr 12, 6-9pm- Enhancing Desire w/ Kelly Bowers
Herbal, Flower Essence & Essential Oil Aphrodisiacs. Make and take home aphrodisiac goodies!
*Fri. Apr 16, 6:30-8:30pm- 10 Weeks to Optimal Digestive Health w/ Joseph Immel
Ayurvedic Anatomy of the Stomach, Small Intestine, and Colon
Sat. Apr 17 & Sun. Apr. 18, 2-5pm- Celtic Tree Lore w/ Crystalline Ruby Muse
For the ancient Celts, trees were a vital source of tribal culture, spirituality, and physical well-being. Study eight historically sacred trees, their spiritual significance and any lore surrounding them, as well as their practical uses, nutritionally and otherwise. We will look at, touch, smell, and taste specimens and/or their medicines to help us connect with and enjoy these tree beings. $20-30 sliding scale
*Fri. Apr 23, 6:30-8:30pm- 10 Weeks to Optimal Digestive Health w/ Joseph Immel
Introduction to the Blood, Spleen, Liver, and Kidneys
*Mon. Apr 26, 6-9pm- Succulent Sex: Lubricants, Oils and Topical Stimulants w/ Kelly Bowers
All about making and purchasing slippery lotions and potions.
*Mon. May 10, 6-8pm- Passionate Play: Exploring Pandora's Toy Box w/ Kelly Bowers
The art of toy selection, care and play, as well as how to nurture your erotic imagination.
*Mon. May 10, 8-9:30pm- Spycey Party: Sex Toy Demo Party w/Spyce Free and open to Public!
*Mon. May 24, 6-9pm- Fantasy to Reality: Exploring Sexuality through Erotic Art, Photography, Writing and Film w/ Kelly Bowers
Discover your sexual fantasies and desires through the exploration of erotica
*Fri. June 4, 6:30-8:30pm- 10 Weeks to Optimal Digestive Health w/ Joseph Immel
Seven Step Plan to Eliminate Food Cravings
*Mon. June 7, 9pm- Embodying the Sensual w/Avena 6-7:30pm; and Bootstraps Burlesque 7:30-9pm
Nurturing your Sensual Side through Movement and Belly Dancing. Dress comfortably.
*Fri. June 11, 6:30-8:30pm- 10 Weeks to Optimal Digestive Health w/ Joseph Immel
Yoga Poses and Breathing for Digestion
*Fri. June 18, 6:30-8:30pm- 10 Weeks to Optimal Digestive Health w/ Joseph Immel
Detoxification and Cleansing Programs
*Fri. June 25, 6:30-8:30pm- 10 Weeks to Optimal Digestive Health w/ Joseph Immel
Herbs and Treatment for Digestion
We are always adding new workshops.
Check www.HerbsHeal.com for the latest info.
Be sure to call 828.350.1221 to secure your spot in class!
Description:
"Thoroughly Modern Millie"
at West Henderson High School
Thurs/Fri/Sat March 18, 19, 20
Tickets: Adults $10; Students $8
Contact WHHS for tickets: 891-6571
Time:
8:30am - 12:00pm
Description:
Learn all the cool things kids can do in 2010!
Saturday March 20th
8:30 – 12 noon
Blue Ridge Community College, Flat Rock, NC
Admission is free!
Information Sessions
8:30 - 9:00 am Arts, Dance, Drama
9:10- 9:40 am Arts and Music
9:50- 10:20 am Youth Sports
10:30 – 11:00 am Youth Activities and Clubs
11:15 – 12 Noon Camps
Child Care Information
10:30 – 11:00 am Day Programs
11:15 – 12 Noon After School Programs
Meet Local Providers of
Children’s Activities
8:30am – 12 noon
Come out and talk with organizations that offer children activities, sports and clubs.
Get your questions answered and have the ability to register onsitefor programs your children desire.
Building Location: Blue Ridge Conference Hall
For more information: http://www.blueridge.edu/business_person/documents/kids_expo.pdf
Time:
8:30am - 12:00pm
Description:
SEMINAR: BUSINESS PLAN
Sponsored by Mountain 1st Bank & Trust
Save $5 by pre-registering! Visit http://www.ashevillescore.org/businessplan.htm
Ask any banker if they would consider lending money to you for a business that does not have a Business Plan. Once they wipe the tears of laughter from their face, they will look at you sympathetically and say, "Of course...NOT!". Why would they do such a mean spirited thing?
Lenders know that without a Business Plan (1) They cannot make a valid judgment about whether your business idea is a good one or not and (2) They cannot be sure that you have thought through all the essential issues of your proposed business. And guess what... neither can you!
Join our Business Plan workshop and learn how to assess the real chance your business has to survive in today's hotbed economy.
The speakers are successful business persons who will bring you first-hand insights.
Bob Weinberg founded RW Consulting in 1996 specializing in direct and database marketing and offers clients expertise in such areas as business strategy and evaluation, marketing database conceptual design and application, and managing multiple channels of distribution. During his career, Bob has helped more than 200 organizations to launch or improve database marketing operations, lead generation programs, management and marketing information and control systems, and approaches to customer list design and segmentation.
Glenn Pirrong is an Asheville SCORE counselor with extensive background in finance and general management. Prior to purchasing and operating his own company, he was the CFO of a NASDAQ-traded public company. Earlier he held senior financial positions with major corporations and was president of a subsidiary company. He will present the material on the Financial Section of the Business Plan covering Balance Sheet, Income Statement (P & L), Cash Flow Statement and Break even Analysis.
Scheduled dates, times, location and directions:
March 20, 2010 - Saturday
* 8:00 a.m. - Registration
* 8:30 a.m. - Seminar starts promptly
* Location: A-B Tech Enka Campus, Small Business Center, Room 2046
Directions:
* Take I-40 to Exit 44 (coming from East or West)
* Turn right off the exit ramp.
* Go to 4th traffic light (do not count the light at the end of the exit ramp).
* Turn left on Sand Hill Road (this is a 4-way intersection with Asbury Road turning to the right)
* Go to second entrance on left (there is a sign identifying A-B Tech Enka Campus)
* The Small Business Center is on the left at the far end of the building.
* Room 2046 is on the second floor.
* There is ample parking
Inclement Weather Schedule:
When weather conditions are such that driving is hazardous, seminars will be cancelled and rescheduled. Asheville Score will follow A-B Tech's decision to cancel classes.
Time:
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Description:
Come to the "Women Build Bash" at Tallgary’s (Formerly College Street Pub) at 4 College Street, across from the Thirsty Monk. Blues singer Peggy Ratusz and her band Daddy Long Legs will perform, along with other various local artists. The cover charge is $10 at the door and includes appetizers. All proceeds benefit Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity's Women Build 2010! For more information, please call Laura Peterson at 828.251.5702.
Description:
"Thoroughly Modern Millie"
at West Henderson High School
Thurs/Fri/Sat March 18, 19, 20
Tickets: Adults $10; Students $8
Contact WHHS for tickets: 891-6571
Time:
11:00am - 5:00pm
Description:
While Reiki is spiritual in nature, it is not a religion. Anyone from any religious background can learn and use Reiki. Unlike other healing modalities, the ability to channel Reiki Energy is passed on from Master to Student during a Reiki Attunement.
If you have the desire to help others, this Ancient Art of Healing is simple and can make a profound difference in your life. Learn to treat yourself, friends and family, or become a Professional Reiki Practitioner.
In this class you will learn the history of Reiki, The Major Chakras and associations, Reiki hand positions, Japanese healing techniques for self healing & healing others, Reiki Meditation & Protection. Receive Manual, Level I Attunement and Reiki I Certification from IARP. You will leave this class able to perform Reiki Energy Healings.
Tuition $150
Register Early online & save
http://www.ashevillereiki.com/index_files/ReikiICertificationTrainingClasses.htm
Location: Women's Wellness & Ed. Ctr.
24 Arlington St., Asheville
(off Charlotte St.)
Contact: Odilia at 828-367-0434
Odilia@AshevilleReiki.com
www.AshevilleReiki.com
Send Reminder:
Yes - 1 days 4 hours before event
Time:
2:30pm - 5:00pm
Description:
Billy Jonas plays a Hands of Hope benefit concert at the Orange Peel on March 21.
Seeing Billy Jonas perform live is not so much a concert as it is an experience. Known primarily as a percussionist, Jonas is much, much more. His singalongs and music - much of it made on found-object instruments -- bring smiles to faces aged 2 to 80. A Billy Jonas performance combines singalongs, bangalongs and whisperalongs. Improvised songs featuring audience participation are a mainstay.
In a special Hands of Hope benefit that will help RiverLink and others, Jonas brings his barely-contained wackiness to Asheville's Orange Peel on Sunday, March 21. Doors will open at 2:30 p.m., with Jonas scheduled to crank up the fun at 3:00. Cost is $10 for kids age 2 and up, and $15 for adults. The Orange Peel is located at 101 Biltmore Avenue in downtown Asheville. Call the Peel at (828) 225-5851 for more information.
Description:
03/03/10
thru
04/07/10
5PM -
7PMSalt Glaze Pottery
Mark Tomzack
In this course, students will make traditional salt glaze pottery. A variety of forms will be demonstrated for students and practiced. Various slips and glaze decorations specific to this type of firing will be used. Students will finish all pottery in WPCC's newly constructed salt kiln. All skill levels welcomeWestern Piedmont Community College
1001 Burkemont Avenue Morganton, NC
Courtney Long 828-448-3552
clong@wpcc.edu$150.00
03/04/10
thru
03/29/10
Annual Art Front Exhibit
Mar 5 - Mar 29 Annual Art Front Exhibit The UNC Asheville Art Department student organization, Art Front, is essential in the daily functioning of the Highsmith Union Gallery. Their exhibit celebrates Art Front s commitment to art and to the Gallery. Highsmith Union Gallery lower level Highsmith Union UNC Asheville M-F 9-9/Sat 9-6/Sun 12-6 when classes are in session unca.edu/highsmith/galleryHighsmith Union Gallery
UNC Asheville Asheville, NC
Tracie Pouliot
tpouliot@unca.edufree
03/04/10
thru
03/04/10
7AM -
8AMCherokee Basketry book signing
Anna Fariello
Anna Fariello is Associate Research Professor at Western Carolina University, will be doing a book signing for her new book, Cherokee Basketry: From the Hands of our Elders at Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe. The book describes the craft s forms, functions and methods and records the tradition s celebrated makers.Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe
55 Haywood Street Asheville, NC
Anna Fariello (828) 254-6734
fariello@wcu.edufree
03/05/10
thru
03/07/10
9AM -
5PMLetterpress Printing for Writers
Frank Brannon
For the beginning or seasoned writer/poet, letterpress printing may be used a tool in the writing process. This three-day class will explore the basics of letterpress printing and hand typesetting, including type composition, mixing ink, press set-up, and printing on the Vandercook Proof Press. Students will design and produce a small project of their own.Asheville BookWorks
428 1/2 Haywood Road Asheville, NC
Laura Ladendorf 828.255.8444
info@ashevillebookworks.com$303 + $25 studio fee
03/05/10
thru
03/07/10
10AM -
5PMDo Not Fold, Spindle, Or Mutilate!
Let's explore some surface techniques in creating jewelry via reticulation and fold-forming with pliers & hammers. You will learn to create textured surfaces,& even "draw" edges with a torch. Shapes can be altered by with pliers and forging with hammers. We will be working in brass,copper sterling and reticulation silver. This workshop is recommended for jewelers with some soldering experience only. Bring sunglasses to prevent over-exposure to bright torchlight. Mountain Metalsmiths School of Jewelry & Lapidary
197 Locust Court Arden, NC
828-687-7830
$270 plus materials
03/12/10
thru
04/09/10
Art Exhibit by Knight at Opportunity House
Costanza Knight
The Arts League of Henderson County presents an exhibit by Costanza Knight entitled Polyrhythms that opens Friday, March 12th and runs through April 9th in the Grace Etheredge Room at Opportunity House. Knight, a watermedia and mixed media artist, creates contemporary expressions that celebrate the human form and the landscape. Her recent Blue Green Jazz Series explores music as a subject matter. Grace Etheredge Room at Opportunity House
1411 Asheville Highway Hendersonville, NC
Art League of Henderson County
Free
03/12/10
thru
03/12/10
6PM -
9PMClay Date Night
You are sure to have a great night learning some slippery moves at this monthly event. Bring a date, come with friends, or meet someone new on a Friday night! Our instructors will walk you through a few simple projects, or you can impress your date with your own creations.Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts
236 Clingman Avenue Asheville, NC
828-285-0210
$25 per person, $45 for two people
03/13/10
7PM -
10PMWednesday Evenings Playing with Rocks
How would you like to learn to cut and polish stones for your own unique jewelry designs? Starting on March 13th at 7 PM, WEDNESDAY EVENING class sessions now offer an opportunity for you to cut your own pretties from rough material provided by the school OR if you have your own material, bring it in to see what is suitable for cutting into cabochons. Mountain Metalsmiths School of Jewelry & Lapidary
197 Locust Court Arden, NC
828-687-7830
$360 per 8 sessions plus materials
03/13/10
thru
12/11/10
11AM -
5PM2nd Saturday Artist Market
2nd Saturday Artist Market
Monthly Artist Market: 2nd Saturday of each month, March through December, inside the Rocket Club in West Asheville. Wide variety of arts and crafts, community booth featuring a local organization each month and food from a local favorite! Artist booths $25/month or $15 each if sharing.The Rocket Club
401 Haywood Road Asheville, NC
Lori Theriault
info@crazygreenstudios.comno admittance fee
03/17/10
thru
07/17/10
2PM -
4PMKids: St. Patrick's Clay Day with Gabriel Kline
Shake off the boredom and express yourself in clay after your early release from school! Space is limited, enroll early. Ages 6-12Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts
236 Clingman Avenue Asheville, NC
828-285-0210
$35
Monday, March 1 at 7pm:
BRIDGING DIFFERENCES BOOKCLUB
Join host Patti Digh for a discussion of Leah Hager Cohen’s Train Go Sorry.
Tuesday, March 2 at 7pm:
FRET KNOT RADIO HOUR
Fret Knot Radio Hour will be recording their podcast live in the Malaprop’s Cafe. Come hear interviews with Brian Lee Knopp, local author of the Malaprop’s bestseller Mayhem in Mayberry, and Franzi Charen and Caroline Green of the Asheville Grown Campaign. You can also enjoy music from Boston based indie folk rock musician Tom Thumb. Come be a part of this first-of-its-kind event!
Wednesday, March 3 at 7pm:
NEW MALAPROP’S BOOKCLUB
Join host Jay Jacoby in a discussion of Junot Diaz’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.
Thursday, March 4 at 7pm:
ANNA FARIELLO READING & BOOKSIGNING
An associate professor at Western Carolina University, Anna Fariello will discuss her recent book, Cherokee Basketry: From the Hands of Our Elders. Fariello, a former research fellow at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, studied this art form—passed down from mother to daughter and employing natural resources—and its impact on the culture and the environment.
Friday, March 5 at 5:30pm:
MEET THE AUTHORS OF THE MONEY BOOK
Joseph D’Agnese and Denise Kiernan, authors of several books including the recent Signing Their Lives Away, have written The Money Book, a financial guide just for freelancers, part-timers, and the self-employed. Join them for some wine and discuss the non-9-to-5 life!
Friday, March 5 at 7pm:
MARIJO MOORE READING & BOOKSIGNING
Local author and store favorite MariJo Moore, of Cherokee, Irish and Dutch ancestry, presents limited first edition copies of her newest book, The Boy with a Tree Growing from His Ear and Other Stories. One of the stories takes place at Malaprop’s!
Saturday, March 6 at 2pm:
CLOTHES LINES READING & BOOKSIGNING
Local authors and editors of the new anthology Clothes Lines Nancy Dillingham and Celia Miles will be here with several contributors to read pieces from the book. The anthology features short pieces by Western North Carolina women writers.
Saturday, March 6 at 4pm:
TOM ANGLEBERGER READING & BOOKSIGNING
Roanoke Times columnist Tom Angleberger joins us to discuss The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, his story about Dwight, a sixth-grader who makes a surprisingly prescient Yoda finger puppet out of paper, and his classmate’s quest to discover how Yoda can be so smart when Dwight himself is so clueless.
Saturday, March 6 at 7pm:
ALEX BIGNEY READING & BOOKSIGNING
Renowned artist Alex Bigney discusses Talking to Tesla: An Artist’s Dream Journal, which pairs Bigney’s own story with reflections upon a vivid series of dreams in which scientist Nikola Tesla visited him.
Sunday, March 7 at 3pm:
POETRIO READINGS AND BOOKSIGNINGS
Today’s featured poets are Mimi White (Singed Horizon), Martha Boothe Baddour (Scheherazade) and Kennon Webber, who just won third place in Rapid River’s Annual Poetry Contest for his poem, “Manuel Labor.”
Monday, March 8 at 7pm:
TRAVELING BONFIRES READINGS AND BOOKSIGNINGS
Join us for an hour of Traveling Bonfires poetry readings!
Wednesday, March 10 at 7pm:
LITERARY TRIVIA NIGHT
Literary Trivia night, hosted by booksellers Lauren, Seth and Stella Harr, is open to the public. Test your word nerd knowledge and win prizes!
Thursday, March 11 at 7pm:
CATHY MITCHELL READING & BOOKSIGNING
Local author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Cathy Mitchell ventures inside the mind of a Boykin Spaniel looking for a good home in Save a Spaniel, her new novel. Alli Marshall at the Mountain Xpress says, “Warm and engaging…any dog owner will see something of their own pooch in Mitchell’s heroine, and — especially for those who don’t yet own a dog — Spaniel is a great introduction to both the heartbreaks and joys of fostering a pet.” Bring your favorite canine!
Friday, March 12 at 7pm:
THOMAS MULLEN READING & BOOKSIGNING
Thomas Mullen, author of the acclaimed debut novel The Last Town on Earth, will discuss his new book The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers. A recent review in the LA Times says, “Set in the Depression-era Midwest, Thomas Mullen’s second novel The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers tells a rip-roaring yarn that manages to be both phantasmagorical and historically accurate… [a] labyrinthine, luminous narrative, reminiscent of Michael Chabon’s best fiction.”
Saturday, March 13 at 1pm:
ROSE SENEHI BOOKSIGNING
Of The Wind in the Woods, Rose Senehi’s latest novel, Sallie Bissell (Legacy of Masks) says, “Writing with a sharp eye on the beauty of the deep woods...Rose Senehi gives us a vivid picture of modern day drama set in ancient woods.” Please join us as this local favorite signs copies of The Wind in the Woods.
Saturday, March 13 at 7pm:
JULIA HUGHES JONES READING & BOOKSIGNING
Galled and intrigued by a Martin Luther quotation stating that “Girls begin to talk and to stand on their feet sooner than boys because weeds always grow up more quickly than good crops,” Julia Hughes Jones set out to uncover and share the deep, rich and often absent women’s history. The result is The History of Weeds, which Linda Savage (Reclaiming Goddess Sexuality: The Power of the Feminine Way) calls “required reading… for any woman or man who understands the need for restoring respect for the feminine and for creating balance between the sexes.”
Sunday, March 14 at 3pm:
NAN CHASE READING & BOOKSIGNING
Nan Chase, local author of Asheville: A History and Bark House Style, joins us to share her new book, Eat Your Yard! Replete with ideas for an edible landscape, Eat Your Yard! also includes recipes and tips on canning, pickling, dehydrating, freezing, juicing, and fermenting.
Monday, March 15 at 7pm:
JONATHAN LAUGHTER READING & BOOKSIGNING
Hendersonville author Jonathan Laughter reads from and signs his debut novel, Charismata: You’ll Never Look at Your Hometown the Same Way Again! A story of two men from the same town who meet much later in life, the novel explores the way in which their lives intersect—and the consequences of that intersection.
Tuesday, March 16 at 7pm:
SARAH ADDISON ALLEN READING & BOOKSIGNING
Asheville’s own Sarah Addison Allen returns with her eagerly anticipated third novel, The Girl Who Chased the Moon. More quirky characters, curious foodstuffs, and magic can be expected from the author of the New York Times bestseller Garden Spells and The Sugar Queen.
Wednesday, March 17 at 7pm:
LARRY BAKER READING & BOOKSIGNING
Larry Baker presents his story of a down-and-out radio DJ looking to redeem himself in his novel, A Good Man. Harry Ducharme, Baker’s main character who DJs at WWHD in St. Augustine, Florida, is an homage to both Flannery O’Connor (“A Good Man is Hard to Find,” “The River”) and Harry Chapin (“WOLD”).
Thursday, March 18 at 5:30pm
WOMEN ON WORDS
Women on Words is a women’s poetry circle where the members inspire and critique the presented poems. New members are always welcome.
Thursday, March 18 at 7pm
STITCH-N-BITCH
Bring your current projects, settle down with a hot cup of tea and talk shop with fiber artist and “Urban GypZ”, Stacey Budge-Kamison. This monthly event is open to the public.
Thursday, March 18 at 7pm
I. ALEXANDER OLCHOWSKI READING & BOOKSIGNING
The Farmer, I. Alexander Olchowski’s fourth novel, is the first selection of the Slow Book Movement—whose mission, borrowed from the Slow Food Movement, is to reawaken modern society to the pleasures of slowing down to read, and savor, good literature.
Friday, March 19 at 7pm:
RON RASH READING & BOOKSIGNING
Of Ron Rash’s new collection of short stories, Burning Bright, Library Journal says, “[Rash] is a master craftsman who pares down language to its essential elements in these starkly beautiful stories.” Rash, the author of the critically acclaimed novel Serena among others, is a professor at Western Carolina University and a favorite of many Malaprop’s staff members.
Saturday, March 20 at 7pm:
HOWARD FRANK MOSHER READING & BOOKSIGNING
The Los Angeles Times has called Howard Frank Mosher “a combination of Ernest Hemingway, Henry David Thoreau, and Jim Harrison.” The author of ten previous works of fiction, Mosher will discuss his newest novel, the Civil War era thriller Walking to Gatlinburg, and present a slideshow entitled “Transforming History into Fiction: the Story of a Born Liar.”
Sunday, March 21 at 3pm:
WRITERS AT HOME
Join us for Tommy Hays’ monthly series featuring readings by UNC Asheville’s Writing Scholarship Winners: Amanda Gardener, Sally Parrish, Daniel Resner, and Beth Sarno.
Monday, March 22 at 7pm:
BETH DELAP READING & BOOKSIGNING
The Lioness, the Rich, and the Humvee, local author Beth DeLap’s adaptation of C. S. Lewis’s The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, takes place in a modern day, war-torn Iraq. DeLap donates some proceeds to nomorevictims.org, to assist Iraqi children injured by U.S. actions.
Tuesday, March 23 at 7pm:
ANGELO KALTSOS READING & BOOKSIGNING
The story of a man and his land, in Of Bears, Mice, and Nails: Outhouse Chronicles Angelo Kaltsos relates how he found a special piece of property in Maine and made his home there. Kaltsos’s story is intermingled with entries from his outhouse guestbook, where his guests pontificate about their time spent in a rustic, quiet, and magical place.
Thursday, March 25 at 7pm:
ROB AMBERG READING & BOOKSIGNING
Local photographer and writer Rob Amberg joins us to read from oral histories presented in his latest book, The New Road: I-26 and the Footprints of Progress. The story of evolution within a rural community, The New Road provides a look at the social, cultural, and environmental impact of the I-26 Corridor as it cuts through Madison County, NC.
Friday, March 26 at 7pm:
ALAN DENIRO READING & BOOKSIGNING
The story of angsty, wise-cracking teenage Macy, who is trying to reunite her family in a post-apocalyptic landscape, Alan DeNiro’s debut novel Total Oblivion, More or Less is rife “with ‘what ifs’ that are as informed by Herodotus as they are by Huck Finn and Hardees,” according to The Los Angeles Times. Karen Joy Fowler (The Jane Austen Book Club) says, “Chock-a-block with adventure, suspense, and surprise. Apocalyptic family values, too! Recommended to all.”
Saturday, March 27 at 7pm:
NEAL HUTCHESON & GARY CARDEN DVD EVENT
Award-winning storyteller Gary Carden and Emmy-winning filmmaker Neal Hutcheson (The Last One) discuss the documentary release, The Outlaw Lewis Redmond, and their collaborative efforts to document an Appalachian folk legend.
Sunday, March 28 at 3pm:
MAUREEN HEALY READING & BOOKSIGNING
Local writer and founder of Growing Happy Kids, Maureen Healy will discuss her new book, 365 Perfect Things to Say to Your Kids. Teachers, parents, grandparents, doctors and anyone who is interested in bringing out the best in children is welcome to join us as Healy shares her tips for positive communication.
Description:
"Thoroughly Modern Millie"
at West Henderson High School
Thurs/Fri/Sat March 18, 19, 20
Tickets: Adults $10; Students $8
Contact WHHS for tickets: 891-6571
Time:
6:00pm
Description:
Interested in learning more about foster care and foster care adoption? What you learn might surprise you - There is no cost to adopt a child in foster care in NC; adopting families can be single or two-parent; free training and ongoing support, even Post Adoption Support Services are provided.
Walk-in Open House Offered Monthly by Professional Parenting, a Division of Appalachian State University's Institute of Health and Human Services
- no rsvp required:
1st Monday of each month at Noon and
4th Monday of each month at 6PM
Contact: Katherine Todd at 350.9830
Location: 51 Thompson Street, Suite F, Asheville - Turn off Biltmore Ave onto Thompson Street, directly across from Moe’s restaurant. Turn right into the second parking lot & park. We are up the handicap ramp, Suite F. Follow the balloons.
Description:
"Thoroughly Modern Millie"
at West Henderson High School
Thurs/Fri/Sat March 18, 19, 20
Tickets: Adults $10; Students $8
Contact WHHS for tickets: 891-6571
Time:
12:00pm - 2:00pm
Description:
SIGN UP FOR OUR
EAT WITH THE EDITORS lunch!
Come join us for lunch TUESDAY MARCH 23 from noon to 2 at Mother and Son Bistro and Bakery just 5 minutes north of Asheville. Enough being snowbound... let’s get out and kick up our heels and make some new friends. Meet the editors, some of our writers, readers, advertisers, and who knows... maybe your new best friend!
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED.
MAKE YOUR RESERVATION NOW!
ONLY $10.95.
Time:
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Description:
Asheville Business Alliance
Date: March 23, 2010
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Mountain BizWorks (Asheville)
Cost: Free for Members; $5 for the public
Deadline for Registration: RSVP by 3/18
Contact: jamie@mountainbizworks.org
Website design and strategy with Lorraine Conard.
Time:
8:00pm - 9:15pm
Description:
Come join us at The Fire Personal Training Studio for a weekly viewing of NBC's The Biggest Loser. The Show airs every Tuesday from 8 to 9 pm. Get motivated and inspired to meet your weight loss goals THIS SEASON. Watch the show with like- minded individuals who will support you.
The Trainers, Kam Parker and April Dennis will be there to offer their comments and expertise on the show. So, come for a little guided exercise during the commercials, and lots of fun!
If you want to begin a program, have your measurements and body composition taken for only $10. Otherwise, this event is FREE and open to the public.
The Fire is located at 736C Tunnel Road in East Asheville, just up from the DMV across from Play It Again Sports. Call 505-7080 for more info.
Description:
"Thoroughly Modern Millie"
at West Henderson High School
Thurs/Fri/Sat March 18, 19, 20
Deadline for Registration: March 19, 2010
Instructor: various
Contact: daphne@mountainbizworks.org
Learn how to achieve your "still point," what your eyes reveal about your health, and native herbs and plants which help promote a healthy lifestyle.
Description:
UNC Asheville Holds Tenth Annual F-Word Film Festival;
Two Feminist Films to be Screened
UNC Asheville will hold the 10th annual “F-Word Film Festival: A Celebration of Images By and About Women (But For All Audiences)” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 25, in UNC Asheville’s Humanities Lecture Hall. Two award-winning films, “Club Native” and “Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority,” will be screened. A panel discussion with UNC Asheville faculty and students will follow the screenings. The event is free and open to the public.
In “Club Native,” filmmaker Tracey Deer examines the Mohawk society of her hometown Kahnawake, an Indian reserve in Canada. In Kahnawake there are two unspoken rules: never marry a non-Native, and never have a child with a non-Native. In a community where membership status rests on the measurement of blood “purity,” following one’s heart requires risking one’s Mohawk status, as well as one’s family and community. The 75-minute film has won a number of awards, including the Award of Commendation from the Society for Visual Anthropology Film Festival, the Colin Low Award for Best Canadian Documentary and an Honourable Mention for the Alanis Obomsawin Best Documentary Award.
“Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority,” explores the political story of Patsy Takemoto Mink, an Asian American woman who battled racism and sexism and redefined American politics. In 1965 she became the first woman of color in the United States Congress. Seven years later, she ran for the U.S. presidency and co-authored Title IX, the landmark legislation that opened up higher education and athletics to America’s women. The 56-minute film was directed by Kimberlee Bassford, and has received a host of awards, including the Hawaii International Film Festival Audience Award for Favorite Documentary, the DisOrient Asian American Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature and the Zora Neale Hurston Award for Best Documentary Film.
For more information, call Lori Horvitz, UNC Asheville associate professor of literature, at 828/251-6590.
Description:
"Thoroughly Modern Millie"
at West Henderson High School
Thurs/Fri/Sat March 18, 19, 20
Tickets: Adults $10; Students $8
Contact WHHS for tickets: 891-6571
Time:
2:00pm - 7:30pm
Description:
NC Elk Experience
Lecture and visit to Cataloochee Valley to view the elk - 5 hour experience
Date: March 25, 2010
Time: 02:00 pm - 07:30 pm
Location: WNC Nature Center and Cataloochee Valley
Contact Name Keith Mastin
Contact Email kmastin@ashevillenc.gov
Contact Phone 828-298-5600, ext 305
WNC Nature Center presents: “North Carolina Elk Experience - An educational journey for 2010!”
Our most popular offsite excursion for the WNC Nature Center’s is our NC Elk Experience to the Cataloochee Valley. We are looking forward to another year of educational experiences with guests. The journey will take us just west of Asheville into the beautiful mountains of Haywood County.
We invite you to join us for our 2010 winter & spring trip to on March 16 & 25th as well as September 7 & 16, 2010, to view the elk in Cataloochee Valley.
The fee is $20.00 per person ($18.00 if a member of the Friends of the WNC Nature Center). Tickets are sold on first come-first served basis. Snacks are served in the vans. Guests may elect to drive their own vehicles at a reduced rate ($10.00 per person).
Guests will meet at either 2:00 or 3:00pm (depending upon the season) at the Nature Center in our classroom for a one hour presentation on elk ecology and biology.
We will then load our vans and travel west on Interstate 40 to exit 20, the Cataloochee Valley exit. We plan on returning to the Nature Center by 8:30pm (varies with our outdoor experiences in the valley).
Call Keith to purchase your tickets or with any questions you may have at (828) 298-5600, ext 305. The center accepts Visa, MasterCard, checks or cash. We look forward to your company on the NC Elk Trip!
WNC Nature Center, 75 Gashes Creek Road, Asheville, NC 28805
Time:
5:30pm
Description:
We have live music every Thursday now. NEW!!!!! - Thursday Night Gourmet Comfort Tunes: 6 to 8
Come on Thursdays, have a glass of wine or a beer, enjoy simple supper and listen to some live music with us.
AND join us in our Tuesday nights jams: 1st and 3rd are Old Time jams. 2nd and 4th are Uke jams. Listen or play, the choice is yours.
Laurey's Catering and Gourmet-to-Go
828.252.1500
www.laureysyum.com
Time:
6:15pm - 7:45pm
Description:
Improve your communications skills! Toastmasters International Club 436 meets every Thursday, 6:15 p.m. at Denny's Restaurant, Patton Ave. (Rte 19), Asheville. Guests always welcome! Questions? Email: mail@ashevilletoastmasters.com.
Description:
"Thoroughly Modern Millie"
at West Henderson High School
Thurs/Fri/Sat March 18, 19, 20
Tickets: Adults $10; Students $8
Contact WHHS for tickets: 891-6571
Time:
9:00am - 12:00pm
Description:
Payroll in QuickBooks
Date: March 26, 2010
Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm
Location: Mountain BizWorks (Asheville)
Cost: $65 for members, $100 for alumni, $140 for walk ins
Deadline for Registration: 3/19/10
Instructor: Candy Williams
Contact: naomi@mountainbizworks.org
Payroll in QuickBooks meets for two Fridays from 9 a.m. -12 noon. In this class you will learn:
- how to set-up employee payroll information
- payroll schedules
- writing and printing payroll checks
- paying payroll taxes
- tracking tax liabilities
- creating and filing tax forms
Description:
Great vocals, incredible variety, and consummate professionalism are the group's hallmarks. The band has been delighting audiences for over 20 years!
Tuxedo Junction is best known for its rich four- and five-part vocal harmonies and phenomenal variety of musical styles. From the swing and folk-rock classics of the 1940s to 1960s, from the Motown and east coast beach hits of the late '50s to early '70s, and the funk and rock hits from the '80s to present day destined-to-be-classics, expect to be delighted by these pop music veterans!
* Jim Taylor - guitar, vocals
* Joey Moore - drums, vocals
* Dave Dela Rosa - guitar, vocals
* Amy Rae - vocals, guitar
* Joel Pressman - bass
* Mary Jo Finsterwalder - keyboards
Tuxedo Junction has been called "one of the most danceable and listenable bands in the southeast"! Formed in 1987, this six-piece, Asheville-based band has been the entertainment of choice for well over 1,000 wedding receptions, country club, and corporate events and community festivals in four states.
www.corajean.com/tuxedojunction.html
Concert at 7:30pm.
Tickets: $12 advance; $15 at door.
Call to reserve tickets with MC/Visa
891-8700 or 684-3798
Unity Center
2041 Old Fanning Bridge Rd
Mills River (5 minutes from AVL airport)
www.unitync.net
Send Reminder:
Yes - 5 days 4 hours before event
Description:
Learn about the dangers of exotic plants that have infiltrated habitats and threatened indigenous plants at a workshop put on by the Western North Carolina Alliance, the Appalachian Trail Conservancy and Wind Fox Herbal at Zeis Hall, Rm. 104 on the UNCA Campus. You will also learn how these same plants can be used for medicinal purposes.
Description:
"Thoroughly Modern Millie"
at West Henderson High School
Thurs/Fri/Sat March 18, 19, 20
Tickets: Adults $10; Students $8
Contact WHHS for tickets: 891-6571
Time:
8:30am - 1:00pm
Description:
SEMINAR: ACCOUNTING FOR NON-ACCOUNTANTS
Sponsored by Asheville Savings Bank
The success of your business depends upon your ability to understand and apply accounting principles. By the end of this seminar you will have sufficient working knowledge of basic accounting skills that you can apply to your business right away. You will learn:
* to understand the basic theory of accounting
* how to speak and understand the accounting vocabulary
* how to keep accurate records...and do it easily
* how to read and understand the three basic and essential financial documents you need (Income Statement, Cash Flow Statement, Balance Sheet)
You will learn HOW TO MANAGE YOUR BUSINESS FINANCES
You will learn AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF THE BUSINESS PLAN
Get the answers to ALL YOUR ACCOUNTING QUESTIONS at this valuable seminar.
Free, take-home handouts will be distributed to help you after the seminar.
Vaughn Fisher is a Partner with KaplanCFO Solutions, LLC. Prior to joining KaplanCFO Solutions, LLC, Fisher served as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Daniels Business Services in Asheville.
Beginning as the Company controller, he steadily rose in the organization to assume the role of COO, where he was responsible for all aspects of the Company’s business, including Financial and Production operations as well as providing leadership to the sales team.
Before joining Daniels, Fisher was the CFO of the local school system where he was responsible for administering a $70 million budget and providing financial leadership to a 4500 employee organization. He has a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from the University of Georgia.
Scheduled date, times, and location:
March 27, 2010 - Saturday
* 8:00 a.m. - Registration
* 8:30 a.m. - Seminar starts promptly
* Location: A-B Tech Enka Campus, Small Business Center, Room 2046
For more information or to register, visit: www.ashevillescore.org or call 828-271-4786.
Time:
8:30am - 12:00pm
Description:
First event of its kind in WNC. Whether you are a novice or an expert, there will be something here for you.
Local experts in various fields of bicycling, including fit experts, mechanic and technical experts will provide information on how to buy and maintain your bike along with tips on personal training.
Local cyclists will provide valuable information on where to ride your bike, whether mountain, road, commuting, cycling routes through town, or just for fun.
Participating local bicycle businesses will be onsite to answer any questions about their products and services. We live in a paradise for cyclists, so whatever your inclination you will leave the Expo with all sorts of information about how to take advantage of it!
To add to the fun and excitement, door prizes await you, as well as screenings of two favorite cycling movies, Breaking Away and the beautiful Triplets of Belleville.
Date: Saturday, March 27th
Time: 8:30 am - 12 Noon
Location: Blue Ridge Conference Hall, Blue Ridge Community College, Flat Rock
Cost: Admission is free compliments of the sponsors
To Register: visit http://www.blueridge.edu/business_person/events/bike.php
Planned events for the expo are as follows:
* RIDING VENUES SEMINARS: for both road and mountain, and just for fun around town, We'll have maps, local tour leaders and experts who know our area best on hand to deliver the best places to ride.
* MECHANICAL SEMINAR: just the basics, here, to make sure your bike is ready to ride. Tips and tricks will be shown, as well as some road side (or trail side) survival tactics.
* FIT SEMINAR: how do you know if a bike will fit properly? Examples will be shown of good and bad fit, how to know the differences, and how fit can impact your cycling and your body.
* COMMUTING SEMINAR: thinking about using your car less and riding to work? All the answers to your questions about how to do it safely, enjoyably, and within budget!
* BIKES AND ACCESSORIES ON DISPLAY: Participating local bicycle businesses will be on hand to answer any questions about their products and services.
EVENT SPONSORS: Blue Ridge Community College, Blue Ridge Innovation Network, and Appalachian Bicycle Institute.
Time:
10:00am - 2:00pm
Description:
Please stop by Madison County Cooperative Extension Saturday (10am-2pm) to pick up some winter veggies, delicious breakfast, crafts, goat cheese and more!
A dozen vendors will be set up as part of a new winter indoor tailgate market that will occur every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month in March. Accepting cash, checks, credit/debit, EBT.
See you soon!
DRIVING DIRECTIONS:
From Asheville take 19-23/I26 North to the Marshall Exit 19-A. Follow Hwy 25/70 North/West for 9.3 miles, after the 4 lane road becomes a 2 lane road turn RIGHT onto LONG BRANCH ROAD (Do not take the first Long Branch Road off the four lane). (Look for NC Cooperative Extension signs at each of the turn offs; these signs will be low to the ground)
Once on LONG BRANCH ROAD go .4 miles and turn RIGHT onto KENPACK LANE (first road on the right). Then go .2 miles and turn RIGHT onto ELDERBERRY LANE (first road on the right), then IMMEDIATELY turn LEFT onto CAROLINA LANE. Go .2 miles (you will pass ball fields on the left) and Madison County Cooperative Extension will be to your left (you will see NC Cooperative Extension sign in front of parking lot and a sign on the building).
Time:
11:00am
Description:
Asheville Puppetry Alliance presents: Stories from Aunt Nelly's Mountain Home
Saturday March 27, 2010– 11 am
Diana Wortham Theatre, Asheville, dwtheatre.com
Tickets: Regular $8, Senior $5, Child $5
Aunt Nelly's porch is the best place to learn about life on the Blue Ridge. Why don't you'all come on up and join Nelly and her friends!
This production by Mountain Marionettes' features storytelling as well as traditional marionette variety acts. Enjoy the music, from Bluegrass to Classical that will remind you of the Southern Appalachian.
Some of the characters you will meet include a fantastic Fiddler, Nelly's brother, and a farmer that falls apart on the job. This production was designed to fit into NC 4th grade curriculum but everyone from 2 to 92 will enjoy their time on Nelly's porch.
Mountain Marionettes is a full time professional puppet company performing with short strung, trick marionettes in a Cabaret style variety show.
http://www.mountainmarionettes.com/
Also visit /www.ashevillepuppetry.org.
Time:
1:00pm - 4:00pm
Description:
This class is geared especially for Women of all ages and will teach Jin Shin Jyutsu Self-Help sequences that balance hormones and deal with the symptoms of menopause and PMS as well as erase stress and induce deep relaxation. Learn ways to release tensions and replenish mental and physical energies. Learn to manage stress, reduce aches and pains, boost the immune system, balance hormones, speed up healing time and simply relax. Learn how to create an oasis of balance and bliss in your life.
This self-help class will introduce the history, philosophy, principles, and art of Jin Shin Jyutsu through the gentle use of our hands. In this relaxing yet energizing class, you will actively learn self-help exercises for daily living to help maintain your own health and well-being.
Jin Shin Jyutsu Self-Help can be used anywhere and at any time. It's methods are so easy and unobtrusive that you can use them on yourself in a crowded bus or in the middle of a difficult meeting.
Jin Shin Jyutsu practitioner and self-help instructor, Beth Molaro, will guide you through the flow patterns that you will use on yourself to bring balance to the body’s energies, promoting optimal health and well-being.
Nurses earn 3 CEU's for participating in this class. Beth Molaro, certified Jin Shin Jyutsu Self-Help Instructor, is authorized through Empowering Connections, LLC which is an approved provider of continuing education by the Alabama State Nurses Association. ASNA is an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Commission on Accreditation, thus these credits are recognized nationally. There is a $10 CEU filing fee.
Workshop Cost: $35 includes handouts. Text book available for additional cost.
Please wear comfortable loose-fitting clothing. Bring pillows, floor cushion/mat and your curiosity.
Workshop Location: Women's Wellness and Education Center, 24 Arlington Street, Asheville, NC 28801
Register today at http://genbook.us1.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=76bab2720fba56f703cb43cc5&id=04fb1a42ca
Description:
"Thoroughly Modern Millie"
at West Henderson High School
Thurs/Fri/Sat March 18, 19, 20
Tickets: Adults $10; Students $8
Contact WHHS for tickets: 891-6571
Description:
03/03/10
thru
04/07/10
5PM -
7PMSalt Glaze Pottery
Mark Tomzack
In this course, students will make traditional salt glaze pottery. A variety of forms will be demonstrated for students and practiced. Various slips and glaze decorations specific to this type of firing will be used. Students will finish all pottery in WPCC's newly constructed salt kiln. All skill levels welcomeWestern Piedmont Community College
1001 Burkemont Avenue Morganton, NC
Courtney Long 828-448-3552
clong@wpcc.edu$150.00
03/04/10
thru
03/29/10
Annual Art Front Exhibit
Mar 5 - Mar 29 Annual Art Front Exhibit The UNC Asheville Art Department student organization, Art Front, is essential in the daily functioning of the Highsmith Union Gallery. Their exhibit celebrates Art Front s commitment to art and to the Gallery. Highsmith Union Gallery lower level Highsmith Union UNC Asheville M-F 9-9/Sat 9-6/Sun 12-6 when classes are in session unca.edu/highsmith/galleryHighsmith Union Gallery
UNC Asheville Asheville, NC
Tracie Pouliot
tpouliot@unca.edufree
03/04/10
thru
03/04/10
7AM -
8AMCherokee Basketry book signing
Anna Fariello
Anna Fariello is Associate Research Professor at Western Carolina University, will be doing a book signing for her new book, Cherokee Basketry: From the Hands of our Elders at Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe. The book describes the craft s forms, functions and methods and records the tradition s celebrated makers.Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe
55 Haywood Street Asheville, NC
Anna Fariello (828) 254-6734
fariello@wcu.edufree
03/05/10
thru
03/07/10
9AM -
5PMLetterpress Printing for Writers
Frank Brannon
For the beginning or seasoned writer/poet, letterpress printing may be used a tool in the writing process. This three-day class will explore the basics of letterpress printing and hand typesetting, including type composition, mixing ink, press set-up, and printing on the Vandercook Proof Press. Students will design and produce a small project of their own.Asheville BookWorks
428 1/2 Haywood Road Asheville, NC
Laura Ladendorf 828.255.8444
info@ashevillebookworks.com$303 + $25 studio fee
03/05/10
thru
03/07/10
10AM -
5PMDo Not Fold, Spindle, Or Mutilate!
Let's explore some surface techniques in creating jewelry via reticulation and fold-forming with pliers & hammers. You will learn to create textured surfaces,& even "draw" edges with a torch. Shapes can be altered by with pliers and forging with hammers. We will be working in brass,copper sterling and reticulation silver. This workshop is recommended for jewelers with some soldering experience only. Bring sunglasses to prevent over-exposure to bright torchlight. Mountain Metalsmiths School of Jewelry & Lapidary
197 Locust Court Arden, NC
828-687-7830
$270 plus materials
03/12/10
thru
04/09/10
Art Exhibit by Knight at Opportunity House
Costanza Knight
The Arts League of Henderson County presents an exhibit by Costanza Knight entitled Polyrhythms that opens Friday, March 12th and runs through April 9th in the Grace Etheredge Room at Opportunity House. Knight, a watermedia and mixed media artist, creates contemporary expressions that celebrate the human form and the landscape. Her recent Blue Green Jazz Series explores music as a subject matter. Grace Etheredge Room at Opportunity House
1411 Asheville Highway Hendersonville, NC
Art League of Henderson County
Free
03/12/10
thru
03/12/10
6PM -
9PMClay Date Night
You are sure to have a great night learning some slippery moves at this monthly event. Bring a date, come with friends, or meet someone new on a Friday night! Our instructors will walk you through a few simple projects, or you can impress your date with your own creations.Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts
236 Clingman Avenue Asheville, NC
828-285-0210
$25 per person, $45 for two people
03/13/10
7PM -
10PMWednesday Evenings Playing with Rocks
How would you like to learn to cut and polish stones for your own unique jewelry designs? Starting on March 13th at 7 PM, WEDNESDAY EVENING class sessions now offer an opportunity for you to cut your own pretties from rough material provided by the school OR if you have your own material, bring it in to see what is suitable for cutting into cabochons. Mountain Metalsmiths School of Jewelry & Lapidary
197 Locust Court Arden, NC
828-687-7830
$360 per 8 sessions plus materials
03/13/10
thru
12/11/10
11AM -
5PM2nd Saturday Artist Market
2nd Saturday Artist Market
Monthly Artist Market: 2nd Saturday of each month, March through December, inside the Rocket Club in West Asheville. Wide variety of arts and crafts, community booth featuring a local organization each month and food from a local favorite! Artist booths $25/month or $15 each if sharing.The Rocket Club
401 Haywood Road Asheville, NC
Lori Theriault
info@crazygreenstudios.comno admittance fee
03/17/10
thru
07/17/10
2PM -
4PMKids: St. Patrick's Clay Day with Gabriel Kline
Shake off the boredom and express yourself in clay after your early release from school! Space is limited, enroll early. Ages 6-12Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts
236 Clingman Avenue Asheville, NC
828-285-0210
$35
Monday, March 1 at 7pm:
BRIDGING DIFFERENCES BOOKCLUB
Join host Patti Digh for a discussion of Leah Hager Cohen’s Train Go Sorry.
Tuesday, March 2 at 7pm:
FRET KNOT RADIO HOUR
Fret Knot Radio Hour will be recording their podcast live in the Malaprop’s Cafe. Come hear interviews with Brian Lee Knopp, local author of the Malaprop’s bestseller Mayhem in Mayberry, and Franzi Charen and Caroline Green of the Asheville Grown Campaign. You can also enjoy music from Boston based indie folk rock musician Tom Thumb. Come be a part of this first-of-its-kind event!
Wednesday, March 3 at 7pm:
NEW MALAPROP’S BOOKCLUB
Join host Jay Jacoby in a discussion of Junot Diaz’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.
Thursday, March 4 at 7pm:
ANNA FARIELLO READING & BOOKSIGNING
An associate professor at Western Carolina University, Anna Fariello will discuss her recent book, Cherokee Basketry: From the Hands of Our Elders. Fariello, a former research fellow at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, studied this art form—passed down from mother to daughter and employing natural resources—and its impact on the culture and the environment.
Friday, March 5 at 5:30pm:
MEET THE AUTHORS OF THE MONEY BOOK
Joseph D’Agnese and Denise Kiernan, authors of several books including the recent Signing Their Lives Away, have written The Money Book, a financial guide just for freelancers, part-timers, and the self-employed. Join them for some wine and discuss the non-9-to-5 life!
Friday, March 5 at 7pm:
MARIJO MOORE READING & BOOKSIGNING
Local author and store favorite MariJo Moore, of Cherokee, Irish and Dutch ancestry, presents limited first edition copies of her newest book, The Boy with a Tree Growing from His Ear and Other Stories. One of the stories takes place at Malaprop’s!
Saturday, March 6 at 2pm:
CLOTHES LINES READING & BOOKSIGNING
Local authors and editors of the new anthology Clothes Lines Nancy Dillingham and Celia Miles will be here with several contributors to read pieces from the book. The anthology features short pieces by Western North Carolina women writers.
Saturday, March 6 at 4pm:
TOM ANGLEBERGER READING & BOOKSIGNING
Roanoke Times columnist Tom Angleberger joins us to discuss The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, his story about Dwight, a sixth-grader who makes a surprisingly prescient Yoda finger puppet out of paper, and his classmate’s quest to discover how Yoda can be so smart when Dwight himself is so clueless.
Saturday, March 6 at 7pm:
ALEX BIGNEY READING & BOOKSIGNING
Renowned artist Alex Bigney discusses Talking to Tesla: An Artist’s Dream Journal, which pairs Bigney’s own story with reflections upon a vivid series of dreams in which scientist Nikola Tesla visited him.
Sunday, March 7 at 3pm:
POETRIO READINGS AND BOOKSIGNINGS
Today’s featured poets are Mimi White (Singed Horizon), Martha Boothe Baddour (Scheherazade) and Kennon Webber, who just won third place in Rapid River’s Annual Poetry Contest for his poem, “Manuel Labor.”
Monday, March 8 at 7pm:
TRAVELING BONFIRES READINGS AND BOOKSIGNINGS
Join us for an hour of Traveling Bonfires poetry readings!
Wednesday, March 10 at 7pm:
LITERARY TRIVIA NIGHT
Literary Trivia night, hosted by booksellers Lauren, Seth and Stella Harr, is open to the public. Test your word nerd knowledge and win prizes!
Thursday, March 11 at 7pm:
CATHY MITCHELL READING & BOOKSIGNING
Local author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Cathy Mitchell ventures inside the mind of a Boykin Spaniel looking for a good home in Save a Spaniel, her new novel. Alli Marshall at the Mountain Xpress says, “Warm and engaging…any dog owner will see something of their own pooch in Mitchell’s heroine, and — especially for those who don’t yet own a dog — Spaniel is a great introduction to both the heartbreaks and joys of fostering a pet.” Bring your favorite canine!
Friday, March 12 at 7pm:
THOMAS MULLEN READING & BOOKSIGNING
Thomas Mullen, author of the acclaimed debut novel The Last Town on Earth, will discuss his new book The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers. A recent review in the LA Times says, “Set in the Depression-era Midwest, Thomas Mullen’s second novel The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers tells a rip-roaring yarn that manages to be both phantasmagorical and historically accurate… [a] labyrinthine, luminous narrative, reminiscent of Michael Chabon’s best fiction.”
Saturday, March 13 at 1pm:
ROSE SENEHI BOOKSIGNING
Of The Wind in the Woods, Rose Senehi’s latest novel, Sallie Bissell (Legacy of Masks) says, “Writing with a sharp eye on the beauty of the deep woods...Rose Senehi gives us a vivid picture of modern day drama set in ancient woods.” Please join us as this local favorite signs copies of The Wind in the Woods.
Saturday, March 13 at 7pm:
JULIA HUGHES JONES READING & BOOKSIGNING
Galled and intrigued by a Martin Luther quotation stating that “Girls begin to talk and to stand on their feet sooner than boys because weeds always grow up more quickly than good crops,” Julia Hughes Jones set out to uncover and share the deep, rich and often absent women’s history. The result is The History of Weeds, which Linda Savage (Reclaiming Goddess Sexuality: The Power of the Feminine Way) calls “required reading… for any woman or man who understands the need for restoring respect for the feminine and for creating balance between the sexes.”
Sunday, March 14 at 3pm:
NAN CHASE READING & BOOKSIGNING
Nan Chase, local author of Asheville: A History and Bark House Style, joins us to share her new book, Eat Your Yard! Replete with ideas for an edible landscape, Eat Your Yard! also includes recipes and tips on canning, pickling, dehydrating, freezing, juicing, and fermenting.
Monday, March 15 at 7pm:
JONATHAN LAUGHTER READING & BOOKSIGNING
Hendersonville author Jonathan Laughter reads from and signs his debut novel, Charismata: You’ll Never Look at Your Hometown the Same Way Again! A story of two men from the same town who meet much later in life, the novel explores the way in which their lives intersect—and the consequences of that intersection.
Tuesday, March 16 at 7pm:
SARAH ADDISON ALLEN READING & BOOKSIGNING
Asheville’s own Sarah Addison Allen returns with her eagerly anticipated third novel, The Girl Who Chased the Moon. More quirky characters, curious foodstuffs, and magic can be expected from the author of the New York Times bestseller Garden Spells and The Sugar Queen.
Wednesday, March 17 at 7pm:
LARRY BAKER READING & BOOKSIGNING
Larry Baker presents his story of a down-and-out radio DJ looking to redeem himself in his novel, A Good Man. Harry Ducharme, Baker’s main character who DJs at WWHD in St. Augustine, Florida, is an homage to both Flannery O’Connor (“A Good Man is Hard to Find,” “The River”) and Harry Chapin (“WOLD”).
Thursday, March 18 at 5:30pm
WOMEN ON WORDS
Women on Words is a women’s poetry circle where the members inspire and critique the presented poems. New members are always welcome.
Thursday, March 18 at 7pm
STITCH-N-BITCH
Bring your current projects, settle down with a hot cup of tea and talk shop with fiber artist and “Urban GypZ”, Stacey Budge-Kamison. This monthly event is open to the public.
Thursday, March 18 at 7pm
I. ALEXANDER OLCHOWSKI READING & BOOKSIGNING
The Farmer, I. Alexander Olchowski’s fourth novel, is the first selection of the Slow Book Movement—whose mission, borrowed from the Slow Food Movement, is to reawaken modern society to the pleasures of slowing down to read, and savor, good literature.
Friday, March 19 at 7pm:
RON RASH READING & BOOKSIGNING
Of Ron Rash’s new collection of short stories, Burning Bright, Library Journal says, “[Rash] is a master craftsman who pares down language to its essential elements in these starkly beautiful stories.” Rash, the author of the critically acclaimed novel Serena among others, is a professor at Western Carolina University and a favorite of many Malaprop’s staff members.
Saturday, March 20 at 7pm:
HOWARD FRANK MOSHER READING & BOOKSIGNING
The Los Angeles Times has called Howard Frank Mosher “a combination of Ernest Hemingway, Henry David Thoreau, and Jim Harrison.” The author of ten previous works of fiction, Mosher will discuss his newest novel, the Civil War era thriller Walking to Gatlinburg, and present a slideshow entitled “Transforming History into Fiction: the Story of a Born Liar.”
Sunday, March 21 at 3pm:
WRITERS AT HOME
Join us for Tommy Hays’ monthly series featuring readings by UNC Asheville’s Writing Scholarship Winners: Amanda Gardener, Sally Parrish, Daniel Resner, and Beth Sarno.
Monday, March 22 at 7pm:
BETH DELAP READING & BOOKSIGNING
The Lioness, the Rich, and the Humvee, local author Beth DeLap’s adaptation of C. S. Lewis’s The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, takes place in a modern day, war-torn Iraq. DeLap donates some proceeds to nomorevictims.org, to assist Iraqi children injured by U.S. actions.
Tuesday, March 23 at 7pm:
ANGELO KALTSOS READING & BOOKSIGNING
The story of a man and his land, in Of Bears, Mice, and Nails: Outhouse Chronicles Angelo Kaltsos relates how he found a special piece of property in Maine and made his home there. Kaltsos’s story is intermingled with entries from his outhouse guestbook, where his guests pontificate about their time spent in a rustic, quiet, and magical place.
Thursday, March 25 at 7pm:
ROB AMBERG READING & BOOKSIGNING
Local photographer and writer Rob Amberg joins us to read from oral histories presented in his latest book, The New Road: I-26 and the Footprints of Progress. The story of evolution within a rural community, The New Road provides a look at the social, cultural, and environmental impact of the I-26 Corridor as it cuts through Madison County, NC.
Friday, March 26 at 7pm:
ALAN DENIRO READING & BOOKSIGNING
The story of angsty, wise-cracking teenage Macy, who is trying to reunite her family in a post-apocalyptic landscape, Alan DeNiro’s debut novel Total Oblivion, More or Less is rife “with ‘what ifs’ that are as informed by Herodotus as they are by Huck Finn and Hardees,” according to The Los Angeles Times. Karen Joy Fowler (The Jane Austen Book Club) says, “Chock-a-block with adventure, suspense, and surprise. Apocalyptic family values, too! Recommended to all.”
Saturday, March 27 at 7pm:
NEAL HUTCHESON & GARY CARDEN DVD EVENT
Award-winning storyteller Gary Carden and Emmy-winning filmmaker Neal Hutcheson (The Last One) discuss the documentary release, The Outlaw Lewis Redmond, and their collaborative efforts to document an Appalachian folk legend.
Sunday, March 28 at 3pm:
MAUREEN HEALY READING & BOOKSIGNING
Local writer and founder of Growing Happy Kids, Maureen Healy will discuss her new book, 365 Perfect Things to Say to Your Kids. Teachers, parents, grandparents, doctors and anyone who is interested in bringing out the best in children is welcome to join us as Healy shares her tips for positive communication.
Description:
"Thoroughly Modern Millie"
at West Henderson High School
Thurs/Fri/Sat March 18, 19, 20
Tickets: Adults $10; Students $8
Contact WHHS for tickets: 891-6571
Description:
01/30/10
thru
04/04/10
Women in Wood Exhibition at Grovewood Gallery
Grovewood Gallery will present “Women in Wood,” an exhibition to bring light to the exceptional quality of work being created by women artists working in the medium of wood – both woodturning and constructed wood. Grovewood Gallery
111 Grovewood Rd Asheville, NC
828-253-7651
free
Description:
"Thoroughly Modern Millie"
at West Henderson High School
Thurs/Fri/Sat March 18, 19, 20
Tickets: Adults $10; Students $8
Contact WHHS for tickets: 891-6571
Time:
8:00am
Description:
March 30th, 2010 @ 8:00 AM - March 31st, 2010
Candler, NC
Sponsored by NCSU Cooperative Extension and conducted by the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
What: During this intensive two-day workshop you’ll be able to explore how to start a new food business by speaking with successful producers and university personnel. The workshop will focus on food businesses that process, package, and sell a variety of food products.
Workshop participants will receive a reference notebook and other materials that will help you develop your business. In–class exercises will make the program even more meaningful.
Dates: March 30-31, 2010
Location: Haynes Building, A-B Tech, Enka Campus
Cost: $95 per person
Registration deadline is March 16th.
Pre-registration is required: Make check payable to Blue Ridge Food Ventures, but send it to: Cathy Hohenstein NC Cooperative Extension 94 Coxe Ave. Asheville, NC 28801
Event Location
AB Tech - Enka Campus
The Haynes Conference Center
Candler, NC 28715
Contact
Cathy Hohenstein at (828) 255-5522
Event Sponsor
Blue Ridge Food Ventures
Time:
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Description:
Join us at 7pm for a Free Preview Women’s Circle on The CRONE, CREATIVITY & KUNDALINI: Embodying your Authentic Wise Woman.
This Free Preview Women's Circle will be held at: WOMENS WELLNESS & EDUCATION CENTER, 24 Arlington Street, Asheville, NC, 28801. (Conveniently located just blocks off the Charlotte Street Exit of I-240 in Downtown Asheville).
OVERVIEW OF THE EVENING:
We will gather together to learn from each other in sacred circle, as seasoned women of consciousness. The time is ripe for the Crone to take her place on the wheel of life at the Turning of the Ages. We will move, share, journey and overview The Crone, Kundalini & Creativity, a week-long event taking place for the first time here in Western NC.
Cronehood is ready to be re-visioned as a time of integration, making whole and birthing a new creativity in alignment with each woman’s own unique soul qualities. Co-facilitators Mary Lane and Anyaa McAndrew will guide us through a magical evening dedicated to the menopausal woman!
ANY QUESTIONS? Call Anyaa McAndrew at 828-788-0773 or email anyaa@vzemail.com
Hope to see you there!
DIRECTIONS TO WOMENS WELLNESS & EDUCATION CENTER:
From I-240 exit at Charlotte Street, Travel North on Charlotte Street for ONE Block, Take a Right on Artlington Street just past the BP Station, The Center is on the Right – 24 Arlington Street.
Parking available in the Centers parking lot or on the street.
MARY LANE draws upon the wisdom of her own journey along with her studies in the ancient Taoist 5 Element System of Nutrition, Plant Spirit Medicine, sacred sexuality, wildcrafting, and professional training as a chef, supporting women to transform self rejection to self care and love. www.divinenourishment.net
ANYAA MCANDREW is a licensed psychotherapist, grounded in shamanic and transpersonal psychology, a sacred-sexual educator, a certified Shamanic Breathwork™ facilitator, Imago couples therapist and Shamanic astrologer. She has been facilitating emotional healing work and creating safe, nurturing space for profound, personal transformation for over 34 years. She offers private intensives, workshops and women’s circles around the country. www.goddessontheloose.com
Send Reminder:
Yes - 4 hours before event
Time:
8:00pm - 9:15pm
Description:
Come join us at The Fire Personal Training Studio for a weekly viewing of NBC's The Biggest Loser. The Show airs every Tuesday from 8 to 9 pm. Get motivated and inspired to meet your weight loss goals THIS SEASON. Watch the show with like- minded individuals who will support you.
The Trainers, Kam Parker and April Dennis will be there to offer their comments and expertise on the show. So, come for a little guided exercise during the commercials, and lots of fun!
If you want to begin a program, have your measurements and body composition taken for only $10. Otherwise, this event is FREE and open to the public.
The Fire is located at 736C Tunnel Road in East Asheville, just up from the DMV across from Play It Again Sports. Call 505-7080 for more info.
Description:
04/24/09
thru
11/27/09 Brevard's 4th Friday Gallery Walks crawl Brevard NC
05/21/09
thru
11/01/09 H. Douglas Pratt and John C. Sill's BIRDS: The Science of Illustration exhibit Asheville NC
06/01/09
thru
12/01/09 Central & Southern Appalachian Call to Handcrafters call to artists Old Fort NC
06/06/09
thru
12/31/09 2nd Annual Sculpture for the Garden exhibit Asheville NC
07/02/09
thru
10/02/09 TWO PERSON EXHIBIT exhibit ASHEVILLE NC
07/10/09
thru
10/04/09 Summertime Memories-Western North Carolina Treasures exhibit Flat Rock NC
07/10/09
thru
12/06/09 Cherokee Carvers: Tradition Renewed exhibit Asheville NC
08/08/09
thru
12/12/09 2nd Saturday Artist Market call to artists Asheville NC
08/08/09
thru
10/01/09 Kids Clay Classes (6 week sessions) workshop Asheville NC
08/10/09
thru
10/02/09 Form for Flowers with Tacy Apostolik workshop Asheville NC
08/10/09
thru
10/02/09 Pots for Peace with Gabe Kline workshop Asheville NC
08/11/09
thru
10/02/09 Beginning Wheel Throwing with Lindsay Rogers workshop Asheville NC
08/12/09
thru
10/02/09 Box Fetishes with Cynthia Lee workshop Asheville NC
08/12/09
thru
10/02/09 The World of Cylinders with Becca Floyd workshop Asheville NC
08/12/09
thru
10/02/09 The Bowl Project with John Hartom and guest artists workshop Asheville NC
08/13/09
thru
10/02/09 Starting with Handbuilding with John Britt workshop Asheville NC
08/13/09
thru
10/02/09 Wheel Throwing Going Forward with John Britt workshop Asheville NC
08/15/09
thru
10/03/09 Western Raku & Sawdust Firing with Holly de Saillan workshop Asheville NC
08/18/09
thru
09/30/09 Asheville Art in the Park call to artists Asheville NC
08/28/09
thru
10/01/09 Annual Selected Student Exhibit exhibit Asheville NC
09/01/09
thru
10/31/09 Figuratively Speaking exhibit Asheville NC
09/04/09
thru
10/18/09 Wichita National All Media Craft Exhibition 2009 exhibit Wichita KS
09/10/09
thru
10/30/09 Salvage: Reclaiming Recycling exhibit Lancaster PA
09/13/09
thru
10/24/09 Tryon Sculpturama 2009 call to artists Tryon NC
09/19/09
thru
10/25/09 Weekend Clay Demonstrations demonstration Asheville NC
09/28/09
thru
10/01/09 Collage: Mixing the Media with Vae Hamilton workshop Glendale Springs NC
09/30/09 Meet the Maker: Craft In America pre-screening with Special Guest Mark Hewitt television show Asheville NC
09/30/09
thru
10/21/09 Craft Revival Survey Final Month call to artists Cullowhee, NC NC
10/01/09
thru
11/08/09 The Art of Fine Craft 2009 exhibit Lincoln NE
10/01/09 Meet the Maker: Craft In America pre-screening matinee television show Asheville NC
10/01/09
thru
10/22/09 Reuter YMCA Holiday Market call to artists Asheville NC
10/02/09
thru
10/02/09 Barbara Perez - Handbuilt Sculptural Ceramics opening Hendersonville NC
10/03/09 Biltmore Lake Arts and Crafts Fair craft show Candler NC
10/03/09 Portfolio Workshop for Visual Artists workshop Asheville NC
10/05/09
thru
10/09/09 Nothing but Sculpture workshop Linville Falls NC
10/05/09
thru
10/07/09 Pastels:Painting from Photographs with Betty Powell workshop Glendale Springs NC
10/05/09
thru
11/06/09 Behind the Lens exhibit Brevard NC
10/06/09
thru
10/08/09 Introduction to Woodturning workshop Asheville NC
10/07/09 Meet the Maker: Craft In America National Viewing Party opening Asheville NC
10/08/09
thru
10/10/09 Introduction to Papermaking workshop West Asheville NC
10/09/09
thru
10/11/09 The Bold Fun of Plein Air with Louis Munroe workshop Glendale Springs NC
10/10/09
thru
10/11/09 Little Mountain Pottery Festival festival Tryon NC
10/10/09
thru
10/10/09 9th Annual Craft bazaar craft show Arden NC
10/10/09
thru
10/11/09 Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen Fall Fair fair Berea KY
10/10/09
thru
10/10/09 Mary Farmer - Nature Encaustics demonstration Hendersonville NC
10/10/09
thru
10/11/09 East of Asheville Studio Tour crawl Swannanoa NC
10/12/09
thru
11/30/09 Pottery Classes workshop Waynesville NC
10/13/09
thru
11/10/09 Book Arts Sampler: A Primer workshop Asheville NC
10/14/09
thru
11/14/09 Human Rites the Body and Blood.... Installation Art by Luzene Hill exhibit Asheville NC
10/14/09
thru
12/16/09 The World of Cylinders with Becca Floyd workshop Asheville NC
10/14/09
thru
12/16/09 Handbuilding and Surface Inspiration with Cynthia Lee workshop Asheville NC
10/14/09
thru
12/16/09 Stoke, Stoke, Stoke: Wood and Salt Forms, Slips, and Glazes with Andrew Stephenson workshop Asheville NC
10/15/09
thru
10/18/09 Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands craft show Asheville NC
10/15/09
thru
12/17/09 Foundations of Handbuilding with Barbara Perez workshop Asheville NC
10/15/09
thru
10/18/09 Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands craft show Asheville NC
10/17/09
thru
12/19/09 Raku II with Holly de Saillan workshop Asheville NC
10/17/09 Meet the Makers: Vincent & Jessie Leman of Dust Furniture other Asheville NC
10/17/09
thru
10/18/09 Tryon Arts & Crafts Fall Festival festival Tryon NC
10/19/09
thru
10/21/09 Color with Chuck McLachlan workshop Glendale Springs NC
10/19/09
thru
10/23/09 Rustic Windsor Chair Tutorial workshop Marshall NC
10/19/09
thru
12/14/09 Intermediate Wheel Throwing with Gabe Kline workshop Asheville NC
10/20/09
thru
11/24/09 Kids Class: Clay Holidays with Barbara Perez workshop Asheville NC
10/20/09
thru
12/15/09 Beginning Wheel Throwing with Lindsay Rogers workshop Asheville NC
10/20/09
thru
12/15/09 Learning to Throw with Emily Reason workshop Asheville NC
10/20/09
thru
12/15/09 Plates, Platters, Tumblers and Teacups with Emily Reason workshop Asheville NC
10/21/09
thru
12/02/09 Kids Class: Gabe’s Groovalicious Clay Games with Gabe Kline workshop Asheville NC
10/22/09
thru
12/03/09 Kids Class: Afternoon Art with Holly de Saillan workshop Asheville NC
10/22/09
thru
10/24/09 Digital Photography with Phil Rhyne workshop Glendale Springs NC
10/24/09
thru
10/25/09 Bisque Molds: A Beginning with Matt Kelleher and Shoko Teruyama demonstration Asheville NC
10/24/09 Ghosts and Goblets other Waynesville NC
10/24/09
thru
10/25/09 Charlotte Fine Art Show call to artists Charlotte NC
10/26/09
thru
11/01/09 Florida Society of Goldsmiths workshop workshop Little Switerland NC
10/26/09
thru
10/28/09 Figure Drawing with Marica Holmes workshop Glendale Springs NC
10/27/09 Meet the Maker: Carl Powell lecture Asheville NC
10/27/09 Meet the Maker: Carl Powell studio tour other Asheville NC
11/02/09
thru
11/06/09 Windsor Chair Tutorial workshop Marshall NC
11/02/09
thru
11/04/09 Introduction to Woodturning workshop Asheville NC
11/06/09 Stone in the Yard: Understanding and Appreciating Stonework in the Landscape lecture Asheville NC
11/12/09 Meet the Maker: Suzanne Ramljak lecture Asheville NC
11/13/09
thru
11/14/09 Art Mart call to artists Brevard NC
11/14/09
thru
11/15/09 River Arts District Studio Stroll crawl Asheville NC
11/14/09
thru
01/17/10 Quilt Visions - "Interpretations 2009" exhibit San Diego CA
11/16/09
thru
11/20/09 Fundamentals of Woodworking workshop Asheville NC
11/16/09
thru
11/20/09 Ladderback Chair Tutorial workshop Marshall NC
11/20/09
thru
12/01/09 Teresa Koch: BA Sculpture exhibit Asheville NC
11/21/09
thru
11/22/09 Piedmont Craftsmen’s 46th Fair craft show Winston-Salem NC
11/23/09
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12/16/09 Santa's Palette Holiday Show & Sale call to artists Brevard NC
12/04/09
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12/16/09 Sam Owen: BA Sculpture exhibit Asheville NC
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12/06/09 Pulp to Paper workshop Asheville NC
12/05/09
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12/06/09 Home of the Perfect Christmas Tree Holiday Market craft show Spruce Pine NC
12/06/09 Guild Artists' Holiday Sale craft show Asheville NC
12/08/09
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12/09/09 Advanced Woodturning workshop Asheville NC
12/08/09
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12/10/09 Advanced Woodturning workshop Asheville NC
12/12/09 Holiday Tour of Homes benefit Brevard NC
12/13/09 Guild Artists' Holiday Sale craft show Asheville NC
01/29/10
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01/31/10 Introduction to Letterpress Printing workshop Asheville NC
02/13/10
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02/14/10 Pulp to Paper workshop Asheville NC
03/05/10
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03/07/10 Letterpress Printing for Writers workshop Asheville NC
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04/18/10 Pulp to Paper workshop Asheville NC
05/28/10
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05/30/10 Introduction to Letterpress Printing workshop Asheville NC
06/25/10
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06/27/10 Letterpress Printing for Writers workshop Asheville NC
11/05/10
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11/07/10 Papermaking from Local Fibers workshop Asheville NC
Description:
"Thoroughly Modern Millie"
at West Henderson High School
Thurs/Fri/Sat March 18, 19, 20
Tickets: Adults $10; Students $8
Contact WHHS for tickets: 891-6571
Time:
8:00am
Description:
March 30th, 2010 @ 8:00 AM - March 31st, 2010
Candler, NC
Sponsored by NCSU Cooperative Extension and conducted by the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
What: During this intensive two-day workshop you’ll be able to explore how to start a new food business by speaking with successful producers and university personnel. The workshop will focus on food businesses that process, package, and sell a variety of food products.
Workshop participants will receive a reference notebook and other materials that will help you develop your business. In–class exercises will make the program even more meaningful.
Dates: March 30-31, 2010
Location: Haynes Building, A-B Tech, Enka Campus
Cost: $95 per person
Registration deadline is March 16th.
Pre-registration is required: Make check payable to Blue Ridge Food Ventures, but send it to: Cathy Hohenstein NC Cooperative Extension 94 Coxe Ave. Asheville, NC 28801
Event Location
AB Tech - Enka Campus
The Haynes Conference Center
Candler, NC 28715
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