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Community Events & Workshops • Social & Shared-Interest Groups • Government & Politics • Seniors & Retirees • Animals • Technology • Business & Careers • Volunteering • Health Programs & Support Groups Calendar C a t e g o r i e s : Helplines • Sports Groups & Activities • Kids • Spirituality • Arts • Spoken & Written Word • Food • Festivals & Gatherings • Music • Theater • Comedy • Film • Dance • Auditions & Call to Artists Calendar for April 21 - 29, 2010 Unless otherwise stated, events take place in Asheville, and phone numbers are in the 828 area code. Day-by-day calendar is online Want to find out everything that’s happening today — or tomorrow, or any day of the week? Go to www. mountainx.com/events. Weekday Abbreviations: SU = Sunday, MO = Monday, TU = Tuesday, WE = Wednesday, TH = Thursday, FR = Friday, SA = Saturday
Community Events & Workshops You are the Masterpiece You Have Been Waiting For! (pd.) Performing Life with InterPlay Saturday, April 24 10:00 am – 4:30 pm, 7-9 pm evening share Grace Studio, 17 Carolina Lane
$49-$99 sliding scale. Experience InterPlay’s unique approach to the performance moment through our personal and collective body with InterPlay cofounder Cynthia WintonHenry. www.interplay.org Alt Prom • SA (4/24), 8pm-Midnight - YouthOUTright, an LGBTQ youth support group, is sponsoring an “alternative to the Prom” dance called “Alt Prom” for all youth ages 14-23. At Phil Mechanics Studio (Flood Gallery). $25. Info: www. youthoutright.org. Asheville Design Center An exhibit and meeting space at 8 College St., Asheville. Info: www.ashevilledesigncenter.org. • TH (4/22), 6-8pm - “Designing Community: Charrettes, Masterplans and Form-Based Codes.” Architect David Walters will be discussing the
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Calendar Information In order to qualify for a free listing, an event must cost no more than $40 to attend and be sponsored by and/or benefit a nonprofit. If an event benefits a business, it’s a paid listing. If you wish to submit an event for Clubland (our free live music listings), please e-mail clubland@mountainx.com. Free Listings To submit a free listing: * Online submission form (best): http://www.mountainx.com/ events/submission * E-mail (second best): calendar@mountainx.com * Fax (next best): (828) 251-1311, Attn: Free Calendar * Mail: Free Calendar, Mountain Xpress, P.O. Box 144, Asheville, NC 28802 * In person: Mountain Xpress, 2 Wall St. (the Miles Building), second floor, downtown Asheville. Please limit your submission to 40 words or less. Questions? Call (828) 251-1333, ext. 365. Paid Listings Paid listings lead the calendar sections in which they are placed, and are marked (pd.). To submit a paid listing, send it to our Classified Department by any of the following methods. Be sure to include your phone number, for billing purposes. * E-mail: marketplace@mountainx.com. * Fax: (828) 251-1311, Attn: Commercial Calendar * Mail: Commercial Calendar, Mountain Xpress, P.O. Box 144, Asheville, NC 28802 * In person: Classified Dept., Mountain Xpress, 2 Wall St. (the Miles Building), Ste. 214, downtown Asheville. Questions? Call our Classified Department at (828) 251-1333, ext. 335.
fundamentals of his book Designing Community as they relate to urban design as a process of interaction between professional designers and the community. Black Mountain Recreation & Parks Earth Day Celebration • SA (4/24), 9am-1pm - Eco flea market and recycling event. Rent a space and sell your old belongings, or come to shop. Bring in old electronics to be recycled. Held at the public parking lot adjacent from Sun Trust Bank in Black Mountain. Free. Info: 669-8610. Buncombe Co. Parks, Greenways & Rec. Events Events are free and are held at 59 Woodfin Pl., unless otherwise noted. To register or for more info: 250-4265. • TU (4/27), 9am - Annual spring Sightseers trip to Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge. $20, plus lunch is on your own. Register by April 22. Freeskool Events & Classes A teaching and learning network by and for the community. Community members offer free classes to other community members. Info: www.freeskoolasheville.org. • SU (4/25), 1-4pm - Skillshares: Meet at 39 Ormand Road to learn car maintenance (oil changes), Spanish and gardening. Henderson County Courthouse Events Info: 694-5003. • WEDNESDAYS (through 7/28), 2pm - Free tours of the renovated historic courthouse are offered. Mind the Gap Tour Interested in learning more about Children First’s programs? The group’s mission is to improve the lives of children, youth and their families through community collaboration, advocacy and programming. Seating is limited. Registration required: 259-9717 or jenniferh@childrenfirstbc.org. • TH (4/22), 3:45-4:45pm - Mind the Gap Tour. Nature’s Lessons in Healing Trauma: Intro to Somatic Experiencing • FR (4/23), 9am-1pm - Developed by Dr. Peter Levine, based on the fields of psychology and
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neurophysiology. Learn how the fight, flight, freeze systems organize. At All Souls Cathedral in Biltmore Village. $20. Info: www. traumahealing.com. Our VOICE Our VOICE will screen films and hold workshops in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. This year’s theme is “Everybody’s Safety = Every Body’s Freedom.” Info: www.ourvoicenc.org or 252-0562. • Through FR (4/30) - Our VOICE will be distributing free books on sexual violence and prevention. • SA (4/24), 9am - “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes.” Men will literally walk a mile in women’s shoes as a symbolic gesture of solidarity against sexual violence. The walk begins at Pritchard Park. Learn more and register online at www. WalkaMileAsheville.org. • SA (4/24) - Bar Outreach Project: Our VOICE advocates will visit Asheville bars to raise awareness of drug-facilitated sexual assault. • TH (4/29), 5-6:15pm - “Tough Guys and Good Girls: A workshop on gender stereotypes for youth workers,” will be held at the YMI Cultural Center, 39 S. Market St. —- 7pm - Film screening: Straightlaced. Director’s remarks from Debra Chasnoff will follow. Held at The Fine Arts Theatre, 36 Biltmore Ave. $10. Public Lectures & Events at UNCA Events are free unless otherwise noted. • FR (4/23), 11:25 - Humanities Lectures: “Environmental Sustainability,” with Grace Campbell in the Humanities Lecture Hall —- “WWII and the Holocaust,” with Dr. Ted Uldricks in Lipinsky Auditorium. • MO (4/26), 11:25am - Humanities Lectures: “Early Christianity,” with Dr. Merritt Moseley in Lipinsky Auditorium —- “Where have we been? Where are we? Where are we going?: The Ebb and Flow of Empires,” with Ann Dunn in the Humanities Lecture Hall.
weeklypicks Events are FREE unless otherwise noted. candidates listed in the primary election and participate in the question-and-answer wed Meet primary candidate forum for District 11 Wednesday, April 21, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at
UNCA’s Reuter Center. Presented by the League of Women Voters and NCCCR-Reuter Center. Directions: 251-6140. Info: 686-8281.
Earth Day Thursday, April 22! For local events, ceremonies, scavenger hunts and thur Celebrate more, see this week's Eco-Calendar and check out Alli Marshall's roundup of area happenings in the cover-story sidebar. Info: www.mountainx.com/events.
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Join noted author Nathan McCall for a community discussion titled "Race, Community and Gentrification: What Will We Do With Them?" Friday, April 23, at 7 p.m. at the YMI Cultural Center, 39 S. Market St., Asheville. Info: 252-4614.
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Spring Into the Park, a family-friendly festival in celebration of National Park Week, will be held Saturday, April 24, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Carl Sandburg Home in Flat Rock. Poetry Alive! will perform. The event will also feature storytelling, kid-friendly house tours and activity stations. Info: 693-4178.
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Go on a "Spring/Migratory Birding" walk with Dr. Kitti Reynolds Sunday, April 25, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Botanical Gardens at Asheville, 151 W. T. Weaver Blvd. Meet in front of the visitor center with your binoculars and your favorite bird guide. Info: 252-5190. The Buncombe County Extension Center, 94 Coxe Ave., Asheville, will offer a course on
mon "Canning and Preserving Made Easy: An Introduction to Canning, Pickling and Making Jams and Jellies" Monday, April 26, from 6 to 9 p.m. $10. Registration required: 2555522.
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Catch the last performance of Warren Wilson Theater's production of The Bacchae by Euripides Tuesday, April 27, at 8 p.m. at the Kittredge outdoor amphitheater. The production runs nightly at 8 p.m. starting April 23. $10/$5 seniors/free for students. Info: 771-3040.
• WE (4/28), 7pm - “UFOs: The Secret Story,” with Robert Hastings in the Highsmith University Union, Alumni Hall. Safe Schools for All Presents Anti-Bullying Films/ Trainings Info: www.diversityed. org/node/63. • WE (4/28), 4:30-6:45pm - Anti-Bullying Teacher and Community Training at UNCA’s Laurel Forum. $15 —- 7pm - Screening of Let’s Get Real at Lipinsky Auditorium at UNCA. Free admission. Spring Rails 2010 • SA (4/24), 10am-4pm - Model railroad show and swap meet at the Whitmire Activity Building. Model train layouts and model railroad vendors. $5/Free for kids under 13 or scouts in uniform. Info: 685-2726. Swannanoa Valley Museum Located at 223 W. State St., Black Mountain. Info: 669-9566 or www.swannanoavalleymuseum.org. • Through SU (10/31) - A Flood Runs Through It, an exhibition focusing on historic floods and storm
tracks in the Swannanoa Watershed. $2. WCU Asheville Luncheon Series Hear about the latest developments at the university at the Hilton in Biltmore Park. $10.50 for lunch. Info: alumni.wcu.edu, 227-7335 or mramsey@wcu.edu. • WE (4/21), 11:45am - Gathering and reception followed by lunch buffet —- 12:15pm - Program focusing on the Mountain Heritage Center. Weapons in Space? Nukes on Earth? • WE (4/21), 2-4pm - Physicians for Social Responsibility, UNCA Student Environmental Center and Nuclear Information and Resource Service offer two opportunities to have a follow-up discussion from Karl Grossman’s March 25 talk on weapons in space. Info & RSVP: 242-5621. YMI Cultural Center Located at 39 South Market St., the community-based organization seeks to enhance the cultural and economic lives of people in
WNC, particularly minority and low-income residents. Gallery hours: Tues.-Fri., 10am-5pm. Info: 252-4614 or www.ymicc.org. • FR (4/23), 7pm - Nathan McCall will discuss “Race, Community and Gentrification: What Will We Do with Them?” Free and open to the public.
Social & SharedInterest Groups Create Your Ideal Relationship! (pd.) For individuals and couples who want to improve one or more relationships in their lives. Classes held last Sunday each month, 7pm-9pm. • Learn more! (828) 6450999 or www.meetup. com/CreatingYourIdealRel ationship Do You Feel A Calling To Channel Light (pd.) as a part of who you are? Do you know life force or chi energy as connecting us to all life? Are you looking for others to share and synergistically use this energy? Jim, 778-0726.
Asheville Connects • FR (4/23), 9am-2pm - Open space meeting at Mt. Olive Baptist Church. Asheville Connects is a series of community meetings designed to strengthen Asheville’s social-service networks by reducing duplicated efforts and discovering untapped resources. Asheville Homeless Network Meetings take place at Firestorm Cafe & Books in downtown Asheville. Info: 552-0505. • THURSDAYS, 2pm - All homeless people and interested citizens are welcome. Blue Ridge Toastmasters Club Meets once a week to enhance speaking skills both formal and impromptu. Part of an international proven program that takes you through the steps with fun along the way. Network with interesting people of all ages and professions. Info: www.blueridgetm.org or 926-4600. • MONDAYS, 12:201:30pm - Meeting.