Soul food, live music and entertainment including Christian Soldiers, Mars Hill Radio Theatre, Virtuous and more.
Just Folks Organization is a non-profit organization focused on preserving black history & culture, and providing community service to inner-city Asheville. Visit their Facebook page HERE: https://www.facebook.com/JustFolksOfAsheville/
***FREE CHILDCARE WILL BE PROVIDED***
Keith Howard, J.D., an expert in special education law, student discipline law, bullying, and other education-law related matters has advocated for children for much of his carreer. He will present, Know Your Rights, an advocacy workshop that provides tools and resources for parent and advocates of children attending public schools. A question and answer period will follow the presentation.
The school-to-prison pipeline is real. In these times of little or no tolerance, we need to know how to support parents and advocates working to save children from bleak futures. The atmosphere created by these policies can mean behavior that once got kids sent to the principal‘s office, now mean children are expelled, suspended and sometimes channeled to law enforcement – this is a problem nationwide; black and brown children, in particular, face disparate discipline for similar behavior as white children.
Those interested in a positive future for our children are encouraged to attend this important special programing hosted by Asheville-Buncombe NAACP at Hill Street Baptist Church, 135 Hill Street Avl 28801. FREE CHILDCARE will be provided.
Questions about the event contact 828.423.6476 or 4ward2getherCall2Action@gm
We’re adding a new beer to the Fat Tire family: Fat Tire Belgian White is made with Seville oranges and Indian coriander. It’s a fresh, perfectly sweet, natural tasting Belgian White. We are also celebrating the evening with our musically-inclined, fun-loving, employee-owned neighbors at Moog Music . Come experience a Moog Installation and music by Deja Fuze. Cheers!
Join us to celebrate the first total solar eclipse visible in the continental United States in 38 years!
We’ll have events all weekend in historic downtown Black Mountain, August 18-21, leading up to a party on Town Square to watch the eclipse on Monday afternoon, August 21.
Pick up your Eclipse Weekend Passport in participating downtown shops for discounts and a chance to win a $100 gift certificate: Black Mountain Quilts, Black Mountain Yarn Shop, Chifferobe Home & Garden, Common Housefly, C. W. Moose Trading Co., Design Driven Studio, Europa, Giftcrafts, Krista Anne’s, Periwinkles, SCORE!, Sweet on Cherry Street, The Curiosity Shoppe, The Dancing Dragonfly, Visions of Creation.
Eclipse glasses will be available at these downtown shops throughout the weekend while supplies last: Design Driven Studio, Europa, SCORE!, Sweet on Cherry Street, The Dancing Dragonfly, Visions of Creation.
Friday: Outdoor Movie, “Teenagers from Outer Space”
Enjoy this 1959 classic with popcorn and soft drinks, starting at dark behind The Junction on Black Mountain Avenue. Come dressed as an alien or martian!
Saturday: 5-7 p.m. Sip & Shop throughout downtown
Participating shops and inns will be open late, providing wine samples: Antiques on Sutton, Black Mountain Quilts, Bramblewood, Chifferobe Home & Garden, Common Housefly, Curiosity Shoppe, C. W. Moose Trading Co., Design Driven Studio, Europa, Giftcrafts, Inn Around the Corner, Key City Antiques, Merry Wine Market, Mountain Nest, Periwinkles, SCORE!, Seven Sisters Gallery, The Curiosity Shoppe, The Dancing Dragonfly, Visions of Creation. Look for the wine glass balloons!
Monday: 1 p.m. Eclipse Party with live music by Jordan Okrend on Town Square (wear your eclipse glasses!). Although Black Mountain is not in the path of totality, the moon will block the sun 98.9% from our viewing location. The start of the partial eclipse will begin around 1 p.m., the maximum eclipse will occur at 2:38 p.m., and the partial eclipse will end at 4:01 p.m. A rain location will be available to watch NASA’s live feed of the eclipse.
Questions about the weekend? Email eclipse@visitblackmountain
Special thanks to these “Rock the Eclipse in Black Mountain” sponsors: C. W. Moose Trading Company, Design Driven Studio, Europa, Giftcrafts, SCORE, Sweet on Cherry Street, The Dancing Dragonfly, and Visions of Creation Gallery. And thanks to the Town of Black Mountain for providing the use of Town Square and to the Black Mountain-Swannanoa Chamber of Commerce for procuring its use.
HOSTED BY Gwendolyn Graves and Harley Davidson OF Asheville
This is a family friendly event with food and music!
Join Asheville Outdoor Families in celebrating this exciting natural event! We will be meeting at the Pink Beds Picnic Area for some pre-ecplipse activities and snacks before totality (estimated to be around 2:37 pm).
I have 20 pairs of eclipse glasses for the first 20 people who sign up, so let me know if you’re coming!!
This event is FREE, but registration is required. Let me know you’re attending by sending a Facebook message, emailing Toni Duval at ashevilleoutdoorfamilies@g
We’ll see you outside!
11:00am-12:00pm: Mills River Library
2:00pm-3:00pm: Main Hendersonville Library
Farmer Jason has performed several thousand concerts in venues ranging from rural fairs on the Alaskan tundra to posh European performance halls. The highly acclaimed live show involves sing-alongs, dancing, and discussions about nature appreciation, ecology, and farm animals. Farmer Jason performs solo with just his acoustic guitar (no backing track gimmickry), which adds to the spontaneous, high energy nature of his concerts. Although aimed at children ages 2 to 8, everyone is invited to get involved, and they do! Farmer Jason draws his musical influences from folk, country, and rock ‘n’ roll with a dash of DIY punk rock. Grab a pitchfork, or your guitar, and climb aboard the tractor! This is the very last event of our Summer Fun @ the Library, so you won’t want to miss it!
Activities include learning ways to determine the age of a tree, a nature hike to the bird sanctuary, and a leaf print craft. Age 5 – 12.
Free ticket required. Please pick up your ticket at the library two weeks before the program.
It’s a free-form sidewalk decorating party! Chalk will be provided, but please bring your own if you have some to share. All ages welcome.