On the final scehduled event for the 2017 Boyd Cycling Ring of Fire, May 24th, The Hop Ice Cream Cafe will be on hand to dish out ice cream to every one of our young racer partcipants riding for fun and the love of their bike. While kids will receive The Hop Ice Cream Cafe gift certificates at each of our kids races starting May 3, on this night they will have their sweet sweat rewards immediately following their 3 lap fun race. Parents and adult racers can partake in the desserts too!
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2017 Strawberry Jam Festival
Come join us for our annual Strawberry Jam Festival on May 27, 2017 at Darnell Farms in Bryson City, NC, where Appalachian and Agriculture collide.
Good Ol’ Fashioned Mountain Fun for the Whole Family.
Experience Local Music and Dancing from the following Local Groups:
The Pluff Mud String Band
Tangled Feet Stompers
Hannah Styles Music (both Acoustic and Group)
Bill Mize Guitar
Black Jack County
Opie Fife
(Full Musician and Dancer Lineup to be Announced)
Local Food from Big Laurel Foods, The Backwoods Bakery, Yo Mama’s Dawgs & Catering and more. Fresh Fruits and Vegetables grown by Darnell Farms and other local farm, Craft Vendors such as CelCher Handmade, SouthernGypsy Salvation, and many more Appalachian Tradition Demonstrations, Plow Demonstrations, Pony Rides and Petting Zoo by Walker’s Ponies and Petting Zoo , Inflatables, Face Painting by Macon Faces Face Painting, Hayrides, Fishing, Camping, and much much more.
Free Admission (Only Donations for the Upkeep and Maintainance of the Farm upon arriving.)
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Ben’s Summer Music Bash
Join us for a celebration of Music, Food, Summer, and Comunnity with Push/Pull Strikes Brass, Andrew Scotchie and the River Rats, Lyric, Dub Kartel, Iggy Radio,Svannah Smith and the Southern Soul, Nex Millen, and DJ Kilby. Whole Hog Roast during the day. Summer Drink Specials. Custom T-Shirt Printing. Raffel to benifet LEAF’s Burton St ONEmic Studio. Music starts at 2 and runs alll day. $7
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Fiber Weekend
On Saturday May 12, members of the Guild will gather to demonstrate the wide array of techniques using fiber. This free event will be held in the Folk Art Center’s auditorium from 10am until 4pm.
In addition to the fiber, will be locally made barbecue and fixins’ from Farmhouse BBQ throughout the day on Saturday.
The annual Fiber Wearable Fashion Show will be held on Sunday, May 13 at both 1pm and 3pm. In its 20th year it will continue to honor fiber wearables from a selected pool of artists within the Guild. With 21 years of membership in the organization, weaver Liz Spear will be emceeing.
Textile arts are known for building a sense of community, and to celebrate this, the Guild invites visitors to Fiber Weekend to bring their own handwork, whether it be crochet, embroidery or spinning. Weather permitting we would like to fill the hill behind the Folk Art Center auditorium with people engaged in fiber arts. Bring a blanket and enjoy a spring afternoon of craft.
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Participant List:
Barbara Miller & French Broad Weavers, woven book marks
Rita de Maintenon, crochet
Robin Ford, batik
Martine House, embroidery
Teena Tuenge, weaving
Sandy Adair, tapestry weaving
Carlson Tuttle, lace making
Chad Alice Hagen, felting
Mary Nichols, spinning & knitting
Joanna White, silk painting (NEW MEMBER!)
Joan Berner, felting
Elizabeth Garlington, quilting
Connie Griggs Brown, quilting
Rug Hookers with Sharon Richmond
Eileen Hallman, spinning
Lorraine Cathey, felting
Lin Oglesby, knitting
Haywood Community College Professional Crafts Program with Amy Putansu
EGA with Barbara Decker
Julie Wilson, spinning & shearing & carding
Anthony Cole, shearing
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4th Annual Adopt-a-Thon featuring Lovable Adoptable Rescues
Plus! A boxer kissing booth, “Beers and Blooms” with refreshments for people and pets, and fun for people and pets of all ages!
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Youth Food Preservation Camp (9-12yrs)
What better way to enjoy all our local foods than learning how to safely preserve them for the winter? Kids, ages 9 to 12, are invited to participate in a six day hands-on workshop June 19 – 23 and June 26, 9 am until 12 noon at the Henderson County Extension Center in Jackson Park.
Kids will learn how to make jam, pickles, how to freeze and dry foods, how to can tomatoes and green beans. Each class costs $5 to cover the cost of the supplies and materials. At the end of the workshops, each participant will take home samples of their hard work. Space is limited to the first 10 who register and pay their fees.
Contact Renay Knapp, Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent for more information. Contact Ivy Olson or Barbara Walker at 828/697-4891 to register.
June 19th: Canning Tomatoes
June 20th: Make My Strawberry Jam
June 21st: Make My Pickles
June 22nd: Dry My Fruits
June 23rd: Freeze My Fruits and Vegetables
June 226th: Can My Vegetables
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Old Candler Town Farmers and Artists Baazar
Anyone that has been here before knows how breathtaking and unique this space is. We’re adding local farmers and artists to the scene every Thursday from 2pm-6pm starting on April 27th.
Come out and support local food, art and families! Some of what you will see include: Whisperholler Farms, Doc Brown’s BBQ Food Truck and a number of artists!
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Incubator Series Presents: Pete & Pickles, a staged reading
Staged reading. Based on the children’s book by Berkeley Breathed, and adapted for the stage by Katie Jones, Pete & Pickles is about Pete, a perfectly practical, predictable, pig, who lives an uncomplicated, solitary life… until he unexpectedly rescues a runaway circus elephant, named Pickles. Pickles is spontaneous, imaginative and beautifies everything in her path. Before Pete realizes it, his life is changed forever, and he finds himself swan-diving off of Niagara Falls, skiing down the Matterhorn, and singing love songs on the canals of Venice. This story is about the healing power of imagination and storytelling, and the beauty of unexpected friendships.
Reservations recommended, but not required. Admission is pay-what-you-can, with a suggestion of $10, collected at the door. All proceeds support new, live theater.
Email: info@ashevillecreativearts.org to make your reservation today.
Directed by Jesse Richardson-Bull
Developed with members of the Wishbone Theatre Collective
With: Craig Holcombe, Jenni Robinson, Julia Cunningham, Marc Cameron, and Tate Albert
About the Series:
Under the guidance of ACA Resident Artists, the INCUBATOR series provides rehearsal and performance space, dramaturgical and artistic support, including (as necessary) direction, casting, musical composition, puppetry, and marketing.
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Medieval Kids Faire & New Classic Ale Release Party
Saturday, May 6th
1:00-7:00PM
92 Thompson St.
Asheville, NC, 28803
Thirsty Monk Brewery, French Broad Chocolates and Nine Mile have teamed up to create the New Classic Ale, a collaboration beer to benefit the New Classical Academy in Asheville, NC!
Bring the whole family for a fun-filled afternoon at the Medieval Kids Faire at the Thirsty Monk Warehouse, with plenty of exciting activities to enjoy, including delicious food, medieval crafts, a bouncy castle, games, LARPing, face painting, archery, a catapult competition and a medieval dress-up photo booth!
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT: http://bit.ly/
Each $10 adult admission includes a special, limited edition 750ML take-home Growler-Bottle of the New Classic Ale, a complex, yet easy drinking Belgian Ale, combining delicious, mild spices from Nine Mile, and rich cocoa from French Broad Chocolates!
Child admission is $5.
Tokens will be available for purchase, and can be redeemed for food or activities.
All proceeds directly benefit the New Classical Academy, and will be used to purchase school supplies and furniture for their new building.
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Ms Arty Pants Mommy & Me Doughnut Date
2 Sessions! 10:00am-12:00pm & 2:00pm-4:00pm
Create a canvas together using two separate 8×10 canvases (one for Mommy and one for child) that create one picture when placed together!! How sweet is that?? Can choose from something we have or send us your own idea when registering and we will do our best to make it work! And what better to top off the morning than a yummy doughnut bar!
Of course we only have limited seating so text to register 4006232! Have more than one child? Just ask about special pricing for a multiple canvas painting
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