Pack up the family for an afternoon of play and community fun on car-free streets. The Stroller Stroll kicks off at Get Out Mama HQ (location TBD) on the 1.5 mile route at 2:30 PM. Imagine the family-friendly fun of a stroller parade traveling the entire route with local parents providing memorable fun for stroller babes and their older siblings (think ride-on toys and decorated bikes!).
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Fall Plant Sale at The Botanic Garden
The BGA’s annual Fall Plant Sale will be held on the second Saturday in September, from 9 am to 3 pm. The Botanical Gardens and numerous local plant nurseries and garden clubs will offer a wide variety of trees, shrubs, and flowers for fall plantings.
As always, this event is held rain or shine!
- August, 25
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Gather: A Family Workshop
Our mission at Roots+Wings is to nurture and encourage the natural creativity within students of all ages, and this very special workshop does just that.
GATHER is a unique tool that will inspire connection and meaningful relationships within your home through journaling. Life is busy, but take a moment to create…together.
As the newest journal in the Take Action Series by Journal Junky, “GATHER” invites you and your family on a journey of creativity. Filled with 50 pages of exciting prompts, your family will draw, paint, make lists, dream, and more in this awesome keepsake journal. GATHER is a unique tool that will inspire connection and meaningful relationships within your home. Life is busy, but take a moment to create…together. All participants will leave with their own GATHER journal.
families of all ages
- August, 25
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‘Donner & Vixen’ Family Friendly Painting Class (10+yrs)
Donner and Vixen…They’re all SO CUTE!! Friday, November 23rd from 3-5pm, bring your favorite DEAR to paint your favorite DEER! Paint together as a set, or pick your favorite! You can even change the accessories to add your favorite BELLS and whistles! Family friendly for 10+.
- August, 25
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Beer City Cup Finals
This is a family friendly event with plenty of action and entertainment for all!
Join us for the “Finals” of the Nation’s largest adult soccer event!
92 teams from 32 cities across 11 states compete for a chance at glory and $11K in cash prizes!
The Finals of the Beer City Cup have grown into one of Asheville’s most exciting events. Combining top quality soccer and some of the city’s tastiest beverages has proven to be a magic mix.
$2 CRAFT BEER (seriously, TWO DOLLARS) flows from noon to 10 p.m. + fireworks wrap up the night after the Open finals at 9 p.m.
$2 Beers from:
Oskar Blues Brewery North Carolina
Sierra Nevada Brewery, Asheville, NC
Catawba Brewing Co.
Highland Brewing Company
Green Man Brewery
Appalachian Mountain Brewery and Cidery
Asheville Brewing
Pisgah Brewing Company
Hi-Wire Brewing
wow.
- August, 25
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4th Annual Veteran Jam 5K, Race Against PTSD and Veteran Support Event
Veteran Jam is hosting their 4th Annual Race Against PTSD on November 25th!
Prizes will be awarded to the Top Three Overall Male and Female Finishers, as well as Top Three Male and Female in the Veteran’s Category. Prizes will also be give to the Top Three Male and Femal (youth under 18) Category and of course, Top Three Dog Finishers!
Prizes sponsored by Prana Chiropractor
Check In- 9am
Race Starts at 11am
Adults $30
Youth Under 18 $20
Veterans FREE
Please visit www.veteranjam.org to register
Registration after November 10th will not receive a tshirt so sign up early!
- August, 25
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Thomas Wolfe 8k
Join us for the 41st Anniversary of Asheville’s oldest and most prestigious running event. A portion of the proceeds benefit the Asheville Track Club, Friends of Thomas Wolfe Memorial and literacy programs.
Start in front of the Thomas Wolfe House on 52 North Market St. run through downtown Asheville into the historic Montford Neighborhood, along the Reed Creek Greenway, through the Riverside Cemetery past Wolfe’s final resting place and back to finish in front of the Thomas Wolfe House. Live music and awards on the front porch of Wolfe’s ‘Old Kentucky Home’. On-site registration will be available on race day. The race will be capped at 600 runners. No pets or strollers, please.
- August, 25
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‘From Anger to Forgiveness’: A Four Week Series in Nonviolent Communication For Parents
Thursday evenings September 8, 15, 22, 29 6:30-8:30pm
Facilitated by Roberta Wall www.steps2peace.com
What makes it so hard to let go of anger? And can forgiveness lead us to authentic, empowered and effective action? This question is so timely now, as streets from Asheville to St. Paul to Dallas, Baton Rouge to Istanbul, Baghdad and Nice, flow with blood and tears.
In Nonviolent Communication, we say that anger has a surprising purpose, and that its energy can be harnessed and transformed into self-understanding, authentic action, and forgiveness.
In our personal lives and in the collective life of society, anger can awaken us to what is really important.
The tragedy is when the only outlets we know for expressing and achieving what is important turn into violence, resentment, hatred and punishment.
Anger is an authentic and important expression of our heart’s yearnings. When we understand and value the needs underlying anger – yours and mine- we can create partnership and new ways to fulfill everyone’s needs, without violence and hatred. This is a state of true and ongoing forgiveness.
There are many rich sources for modelling compassionate and constructive uses of anger to develop a higher self -understanding and a more authentic and satisfying connection with others. In this series, we will draw on Nonviolent Communication (NVC), Mindfulness and Judaism to share together a personal and collective journey into our anger and its transformation.
Note from Roberta: I’m excited to present this in the Hebrew month of Elul, a month of inner preparation for entering the New Year in connection and forgiveness. Integrating this yearly practice with NVC and Mindfulness creates an opportunity for everyone to learn and practice personal and communal methods for healing our hearts and our society from the toxins of hatred and violence.
I want to emphasize that this is certainly not only relevant for people who are into Judaism- or identify as Jewish – rather I see all of this as a deep plunge into great traditions and sources of wisdom to contribute to our personal and global transformation.
Register: Call or email Polly: (828) 775-6333 polly.medlicott@gmail.com.
- August, 25
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‘Aesop’s Fables’ stage production
Red Herring Puppets was awarded an UNIMA citation of excellence (the highest honor in American puppetry) for its production of AESOP’S FABLES. It is an original, rhymed version of the classic tales, told with original music by Cathy Riley and large table top puppets. These timeless stories – including “The Lion and the Mouse,” “The Tortoise and the Hare,” “The Owl and the Grasshopper,” “The Fox and the Crow,” “The Crow and the Pitcher,” and “The Stork and the Fox” – are simple to understand and address topics relevant to school age children such as bullying, selfishness, competition, ingenuity, and the affirmation that little beings can achieve great things.
All tickets to AESOP’S FABLES are $5.00! Bring the whole neighborhood!
- August, 25
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Asheville JCC Hanukkah 8K & Kids Latke Loop
The 4th annual Asheville Jewish Community Center Hanukkah 8K will take place on Sunday, December 8, 2019 at 9 am.
The JCC Hanukkah 8K is a community-wide celebration of the 8-day Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights. Proceeds of the JCC Hanukkah 8K will benefit Shalom Children’s Center.
This year’s race is presented by Black Orthodontics and Sleep Number.
For more information about the Hanukkah 8K, email wendy@jcc-asheville.org.
In conjunction with the Hanukkah 8K, the annual FREE kids’ race, the Latke Loop, where kids are challenged to run 8 laps around the JCC parking lot, is adorable and fun! For information about how you can register your child to run this year’s Latke Loop, email kate@jcc-asheville.org.
- August, 25
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