WESTERN WOMEN'S BUSINESS CENTER 828-633-5065 x101, carolinasmallbusiness.org • TU (9/18), 11:30am1pm - "Protecting your Business from Financial Fraud," African American Business Association workshop and meeting. Registration: jhanks@carolinasmallbusiness.org. Free. Held at Arthur R. Edington Education and Career Center, 133 Livingston St.
CLASSES, MEETINGS & EVENTS CLASSES AT VILLAGERS (PD.) • Optimize Your Circadian Rhythms. Sunday, September 23. 5:308pm. $12. • Nutrition for the Brain. Wednesday, September 26. 6:308pm. $25. Registration/ Information: www.forvillagers.com EMPYREAN ARTS CLASSES (PD.) INTRO TO POLE FITNESS CLASSES on Tuesdays 7pm, Thursdays 8pm, and Sundays 2:15pm. SULTRY POLE on Wednesdays 7:30pm. POLE FITNESS INT/ADV on Wednesdays 6pm and Thursdays 6:30pm. AERIAL YOGA on Wednesdays 8pm and Fridays 12pm. More information and Sign Up at empyreanarts.org. TAYLOR GUITARS ROAD SHOW AT MUSICIANS WORKSHOP (PD.) Factory experts demonstrate the new V-class bracing. Play rare and unusual models. All welcome for a fun informative event. September 19th, 7 p.m. Free VILLAGERS... (PD.) ...is an Urban Homestead Supply store offering quality tools, supplies and classes to support healthy lifestyle activities like gardening, food preservation, cooking, herbalism, and more. 278 Haywood Road. www.forvillagers.com 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 MUSEUM OF SCIENCE 828-254-7162, colburnmuseum.org • FR (9/14), 5:30-7pm "Make & Mingle," adults only event to make crafts, listen to music, drink craft brews and mingle. Registration required. $15. Held at Asheville Museum of Science, 43 Patton Ave. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • WE (9/12), 4:30-5:45pm - Beginner's Spanish class for adult beginners. Registration required. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • TU (9/18), 6-7pm Spinning Yarns, knitting and crochet group. For all skill levels and ages. Materials supplied or participants may bring their own. Free. Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road HOMINY VALLEY RECREATION PARK 25 Twin Lakes Drive, Candler, 828-242-8998, hvrpsports.com • 3rd THURSDAYS, 7pm Hominy Valley board meeting. Free. LEICESTER COMMUNITY CENTER 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 828774-3000, facebook.com/ Leicester.Community. Center • 3rd THURSDAYS, 7pm - The Leicester History Gathering, general meeting. Free. ONTRACK WNC 50 S. French Broad Ave., 828-255-5166, ontrackwnc.org • THURSDAYS (9/13) until (9/27), 5:30-8pm - "Money Management and Credit," class series. Registration required. Free. • TU (9/18), 5:30-7pm "Budgeting and Debt," class. Registration required. Free.
• WE (9/19), noon - "Going to College Without Going Broke," workshop. Registration required. Free.
Harvest Cookbook. Free to attend. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave.
PACK PLACE 2 S. Pack Square • TU (9/18), 11am - Don't Punish the Pain, public rally in defense of the chronically ill who are denied access to pain medication. Free.
FAIRVIEW WELCOME TABLE fairviewwelcometable.com • THURSDAYS, 11:30am1pm - Community lunch. Admission by donation. Held at Fairview Christian Fellowship, 596 Old US Highway 74, Fairview
UNITED COMMUNITY BANK 50 United Bank Drive, Etowah • FR (9/14), 10am-1pm Document shredding and drug take back event with the Henderson County Sheriff's Office and Hope Rx. TRANSITION ASHEVILLE 828-296-0064, transitionasheville.org • MO (9/17), 6:30-8pm - "Transitioning from a 'market' to a 'sacred' economy," presentation by author, David Korten. Free. Held at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, 337 Charlotte St. VANCE BIRTHPLACE 911 Reems Creek Road, Weaverville, 838-645-6706, nchistoricsites.org/vance • SA (9/15), 9am-noon "Loyalty and Desertion during the Civil War," panel discussion with Friends of the Vance Birthplace and professors from East Tennessee State University. Free.
FOOD & BEER APPALACHIAN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE PROJECT 828-236-1282, asapconnections.org, robin@asapconnections.org • TH (9/13), 6-8:30pm Proceeds from ASAP’s Local Food Experience with small plates, local food tastings, silent auction and raffle benefit ASAP. $30. Held at New Belgium Brewery, 21 Craven St. BIG IVY COMMUNITY CENTER 540 Dillingham Road, Barnardsville, 828-626-3438 • MO (9/17), 7pm - Healthy eating class. Free. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • WE (9/19), 6pm - Cathy Cleary presents her cookbook, The Southern
LEICESTER COMMUNITY CENTER 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 828774-3000, facebook.com/ Leicester.Community. Center • 3rd TUESDAYS, 2:30pm - MANNA food distribution. Free. • WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am1pm - Welcome Table meal. Free. • WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am1pm - Welcome Table, community meal. Free. MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 828-2546734, malaprops.com • WE (9/19), 6pm - Carol Adams presents her book, Protest Kitchen: Fight Injustice, Save the Planet, and Fuel Your Resistance One Meal at a Time. Free to attend.
FESTIVALS ASHEVILLE JUGGLING FESTIVAL ashevillejugglingfestival. com • FR (9/14) through SU (9/16) - Festival with large indoor juggling space, variety shows, workshops and a “Construction Zone” where non-jugglers can receive instruction. See website for full schedule, registration and locations. Free. ASHEVILLE OUTLETS 800 Brevard Road, shopashevilleoutlets.com • SU (9/16), 11am-4pm - Touch-a-Truck Family Festival event that allows kids of all ages to explore vehicles of all types (including public service, emergency, utility, construction, garbage, transportation, delivery and a helicopter). $5. CHEROKEE HOMESTEAD EXHIBIT 805 Highway 64 Business, Hayesville
• SA (9/15), 10am-3pm Cherokee Heritage Festival, with Cherokee dancing, music, presentations, arts and crafts. Free to attend. MOUNTAIN STATE FAIR 828-687-1414, mountainfair.org • FR (9/7) through SU (9/16) - NC Mountain State Fair celebrates the people, agriculture, art and regional tradition with rides, exhibits, performances, animals and food and drink vendors. See website for full schedule and admission fees. Held at WNC Agricultural Center, 1301 Fanning Bridge Road OPEN STREETS ASHEVILLE openstreetsasheville.com • SU (9/16), 1-5pm Downtown, car-free street party with yoga, art activities, massage, all-ages dance and fitness classes, soccer and games. Bikes and other non-motorized vehicles are welcome for the parade. Free to attend. Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St. THE WEDGE AT FOUNDATION 5 Foundy St., 828-5052792, wedgebrewing.com/ location-wedge-foundation/ • SU (9/16), 3-5:30pm Mountain Medicine Festival, community event highlighting and benefiting local environmental nonprofits. Includes tabling from nonprofits, live music from The Resonant Rogues and Jay Brown, food trucks and kid's activities, Information: facebook.com/events/ 253327615389034/. Free to attend.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS BLUE RIDGE REPUBLICAN WOMEN’S CLUB facebook.com/BRRWC • 2nd THURSDAYS, 6pm - General meeting. Free to attend. Held at Gondolier Restaurant, 1360 Tunnel Road. BUNCOMBE COUNTY SENIOR DEMOCRATS 828-274-4482 • TH (9/13), 4:30pm Potluck and general meeting with presentation by congressional candidate David Wilson Brown. Free. Held at Buncombe County
Democratic Headquarters, 951 Old Fairview Road HENDERSON COUNTY LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS lwvhcnc.org • TH (9/20), 5:30-7:30pm - "What's On The Ballot?" presentation and general meeting. Free. Held at Blue Ridge Community Health Services, 2579 Chimney Rock Road, Hendersonville
KIDS ASHEVILLE FARMSTEAD SCHOOL 218 Morgan Cove Rd. Candler, 828-771-6047, ashevillefarmstead.org/ • SA (9/15), 10am-noon Family Discovery Day with tours, drafts and a raffle. Free. ASHEVILLE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE 43 Patton Ave., 828-2547162, colburnmuseum.org • 2nd & 4th FRIDAYS, 9-9:45am - Little Explorers Club: Guided activities for preschoolers (with their caregivers). Admission fees apply. • 2nd FRIDAYS, 5:307:30pm - "Night at the Museum," parents night out event for children 4-10 years old. Event includes pizza, movie and activities. Registration required. $15. ASHEVILLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION avltennis.com/ • Through SA (9/15) - Open registration for beginner plus and intermediate tennis clinics for ages five to 17 from SU (9/9) to SU (9/30) at Aston Park Tennis Center. Registration required: avltennis.com. $30-$40. BEAUTY BAR 800 Fairview Road, Suite AA • SU (9/16), 3-5pm - "Drag Queen Story Hour," storytelling by a drag queen and pop-up bookshop with Spellbound Books. Free to attend. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • FR (9/14), 4pm - Fandom Friday Cosplay Club for children ages 12 and up. Free. Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler
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