COMMUNITY CALENDAR JUNE 13 - 21, 2018
CALENDAR GUIDELINES For a full list of community calendar guidelines, please visit mountainx.com/calendar. For questions about free listings, call 251-1333, ext. 137. For questions about paid calendar listings, please call 251-1333, ext. 320.
ANIMALS DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE 18 Biltmore Ave., dwt.com • WE (6/13), 7pm "Amazing Acro Cats," troupe of real, performing rescued house cats. $22-$40. FIRESTORM BOOKS & COFFEE 610 Haywood Road, 828-255-8115, firestorm.coop • 3rd FRIDAYS, 6-7:30pm - Animal Rights Reading Group. Free to attend. MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 828-254-6734, malaprops.com • WE (6/13), 6pm - Kim Brophey presents their book, Meet Your Dog: The GameChanging Guide to Understanding Your Dog's Behavior. Free to attend.
BENEFITS ASHEVILLE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE 828-254-7162, colburnmuseum.org • TH (6/14), 6-9pm - Proceeds from the "Under the Stars" fundraiser, with food, drink, live music and silent auction, benefit the Asheville Museum of Science. $35/$30 members. Held at Highland Brewing Company, 12 Old Charlotte Highway, Suite 200 ASHEVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 828-254-7046, ashevillesymphony.org • TH (6/14) through SA (6/16), 9am-5pm - Proceeds from the Asheville Symphony Guild Estate Sale benefit Care Partners and the Asheville Symphony. Free to attend. Held at CarePartners Estate Sale Showroom, 75 Fairview Road
BREVARD MUSIC CENTER 828-862-2105, brevardmusic.org • SA (6/16) - Proceeds from the "Prelude Masquerade" with dinner, silent and live auctions and live music and dance benefit the Brevard Music Center. $150. Held at Brevard Music Center, 349 Andante Lane Brevard FOLKMOOT USA 828-452-2997, folkmootusa.org • TH (6/14), 7-8pm - Proceeds from "Folkmoot’s World of Fortune" trivia night benefit Folkmoot USA. $20 to play/ Free to attend. Held at Bearwaters Brewing Company, 130 Frazier St., #7 Waynesville
BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY A-B TECH SMALL BUSINESS CENTER 828-398-7950, abtech.edu/sbc • WE (6/13), 6pm - "Small Business Bookkeeping," seminar. Registration required. Free. Held at A-B Tech Small Business Center, 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler • TH (6/14), 3-6pm "An Entrepreneur's Guide to Bridging the Digital Divide," seminar. Registration required. Free. Held at A-B Tech Small Business Center, 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler
WORKING LUNCH: The Collider’s Summer Lunch & Learn Series takes place each Tuesday and Thursday, noon-1 p.m., through the end of July. Every week, speakers share tools, mindsets and skills necessary to start and grow a business while imbuing attendees with a better understanding of how climate change impacts businesses and how climate data can help encourage success. The Thursday, June 14, session is led by Isaac Pino, partner and investment manager at Huckleberry Capital Management, who will offer a behind-the-scenes look at how to evaluate Arcimoto, an upstart electric vehicle maker. Admission to each workshop is free for Collider members, $10 for Friends of The Collider and $20 for nonmembers. For more information, visit thecollider.org. Photo courtesy of The Collider (p. 18) THE COLLIDER 1 Haywood St., Suite 401, 1828, thecollider.org/ • TU (6/14), 1pm - Lunch & Learn: "Evaluate a Startup: Sustainability Investment Series," presentation by Isaac Pino. Registration required. $20. • TU (6/19), 1pm - Lunch & Learn: "Pitching Investors," presentation by Porter Bayne, CEO of Antenna.
Registration required. $20. • TU (6/21), 1pm - Lunch & Learn: "How Angel Investors Evaluate Deals," presentation by Josh Dorfman, CEO of The Collider. Registration required. $20. WNC TECHATHON barbarad@landofsky.org • MO (6/18), 5:30-8pm WNC Techathon, job fair for tech employers and job seekers. Free.Held at Highland Brewing Company, 12 Old Charlotte Highway, Suite 200
CLASSES, MEETINGS & EVENTS CLASSES AT VILLAGERS (PD.) • Fruit Trees for WNC. Sunday, June 17. 5:308pm. $15-30. • Summer Cordials, Syrups, and Elixirs. Sunday, July 15. 6-8:30pm. $25-50. Registration/Information: www.forvillagers.com EMPYREAN ARTS DROP IN CLASSES (PD.) Sultry Pole Tuesdays 5:30pm and Sundays 6:15pm. Floor Theory Dance Wednesdays 7:30pm. Flexibility Sundays 3:00pm, Mondays 7:15pm and Tuesdays 7:30pm. Ballet Barre Mondays 6:00pm and Saturdays 1:15pm. EMPYREANARTS.ORG 828.782.3321
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UFOS AND THEIR SPIRITUAL MISSION (PD.) UFOs, Crop Circles. The emergence of Maitreya, The World Teacher. Rising voice of the people calling for justice and freedom. The old order is dying. What is behind these extraordinary events? • Saturday, June 23, 1pm. Crystal Visions, 5426 Asheville Highway. Free presentation. 828-492-0876. AMERICAN LEGION POST NC 77 216 4th Ave. W, Hendersonville • 2nd THURSDAYS, noon - Korean War Veterans Chapter 314, general meeting. Free. ASHEVILLE CHESS CLUB 828-779-0319, vincentvanjoe@gmail. com • WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm - Sets provided. All ages and skill levels welcome. Beginners lessons available. Free. Held at North Asheville Recreation Center, 37 E. Larchmont Road ASHEVILLE FRIENDS OF ASTROLOGY ashevillefriendsofastrology. org, tfigura@verizon.net • FR (5/18), 7-9pm - "The 7 Rays and Astrology," presentation by Thia McGinnis. Free to attend. Held at EarthFare Westgate, 66 Westgate Parkway
HOMINY VALLEY RECREATION PARK 25 Twin Lakes Drive, Candler, 828-242-8998, hvrpsports.com • 3rd THURSDAYS, 7pm - Hominy Valley board meeting. Free. LAND-OF-SKY REGIONAL COUNCIL OFFICES 339 New Leicester Highway, Suite 140, 828-251-6622, landofsky.org • 3rd FRIDAYS, 9-10:30am - Community Advisory Committee for Adult Care Homes, meeting. Registration: julia@landofsky.org. Free. LEICESTER COMMUNITY CENTER 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 828-774-3000, facebook.com/Leicester. Community.Center • 3rd THURSDAYS, 7pm - The Leicester History Gathering, general meeting. Free. OLLI AT UNCA 828-251-6140, olliasheville.com • TH (6/21), 5:30-7:30pm - Advance care planning workshop. Assistance provided so attendees can leave with legally executed, notarized advance directive documents. Free. Held at UNC-Asheville Reuter Center, 1 Campus View Road THE HISTORIC SALUDA COMMITTEE historicsaluda.org/
• FR (6/15), 7pm Community update and screening of the film, Saluda Summer. Free. Held at Saluda Historic Depot, 32 W. Main St., Saluda
DANCE For dance related events see the dance section in the A&E calendar on p. 42
FOOD & BEER FAIRVIEW WELCOME TABLE fairviewwelcometable. com • THURSDAYS, 11:30am1pm - Community lunch. Admission by donation. Held at Fairview Christian Fellowship, 596 Old Us Highway 74, Fairview LEICESTER COMMUNITY CENTER 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 828-774-3000, facebook.com/Leicester. Community.Center • WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am-1pm - Welcome Table meal. Free.
FESTIVALS BETTER DADS FESTIVAL betterdadsfestival.com • SA (6/16), 1-9pm Outdoor festival celebrating healthy fatherhood with drum-