Has your little one shown some interest in learning to knit and purl? Sign the up for our Beginner’s Kids Knit Workshop where they will learn the basics like casting on, binding off, knit and purl stitches. They will take home samples they will be able to refer to when ready to tackle future knit projects. Ages 8-13.
Space is limited so be sure to register!
Come celebrate Earth Day with Chick-fil-A South Asheville and create your own Dirt Cups Dessert. DJ Jazzy Bill will be playing music!!
Aug 24th & 25th 12:00pm-5:00pm
FREE Clothes Rummage and Swap with The People’s Interactive Network in Swannanoa at 50 Old Buckeye Cove Road, 28778. Free and open to the public. 20 ITEMS PER PERSON. There will be an “open rummage” and a “drop off and processing” area so items can be sorted for people who are wait listed for them and/or put out for the rummage if not. All excess will be purged to various charities afterward, but only those that help those in need for FREE. There will be free bread and possibly fresh veggies.
All donations will be accepted: clothes, dishes, linens, household, decor, books, toys, games, small appliances, small furniture, etc.including monetary donations. No TV’s or computers taken, no beds.
Learn more HERE: https://www.facebook.com/events/338182953794334/?event_time_id=338182960461000?ti=icl
11:30am-12:30pm in their Asheville location (518 Kenilworth Rd)
3:30pm-4:30pm in their Hendersonville location (418 N Main Street)
Pete the Cat will be visiting both Dancing Bear Toys stores this Saturday (Oct 5th) for a book signing, meet & greet pictures, and a groooovy story time!
Apr 28th: Dancing Bear Toys Asheville @ 518 Kenilworth Rd, Asheville, North Carolina 28805
May 5th: Dancing Bear Toys Hendersonville @ 418 N Main St, Hendersonville, North Carolina 28792
Help us dance the afternoon away with the grooviest cat in town, Pete! Join us for a story time, a dance party, snacks, and a special book signing with the big blue cat himself!
Come join us for our 8th year of Bingo at the Canton Armory. There will be great prizes and a chance to win $1,000 cash! Tickets are $20 for 20 games. All proceeds from Bingo go to teacher grants, beginning teacher support, and other retention efforts.
Doors Open at 4:30pm, Games start at 6pm
Join 420 independent bookstores in 48 states for a celebration of brick-and-mortar indies and exclusive day-of merchandise.
In addition to the special IBD items for sale, we’ll be giving away free gifts all day (stickers, posters, gift certificates).
The IBD items will only be available for in-store purchase at participating independent bookstores. No pre-orders accepted. Each bookstore will have a limited number of each item, and they will be sold on first come first served basis until quantities run out.
Among the exclusive limited edition IBD items available for purchase at Spellbound on Saturday, April 30th:
* A special signed & numbered edition of Raymie Nightingale, the new novel by two-time Newbery Award winner Kate DiCamillo. Includes a special note from Kate. $16.99
* Neil Gaiman Coloring Book featuring colorable illustrations by Chris Riddell from Neil Gaiman’s Coraline; The Graveyard Book, and Fortunately, the Milk. $14.99
* A collectable Curious George® plush doll sporting a t-shirt that reads READ TO ME on the front and the IBD logo on the back. $15.00
* Draw Me! includes step-by-step instructions on how to draw characters like Mo Willem’s Pigeon, Curious George, Fly Guy, and many more. $16.99
* X is For… Vinyl Record. This vinyl record companion to the New York Times bestselling Rad American Women A-Z features Angela Davis, Rebecca Solnit and is great for kids of all ages. $10.99
* Limited edition Duck & Goose print drawn especially for Bookstore Day by Tad Hills, the bestselling creator of the Duck & Goose books. All giclée prints are signed and numbered. $12.99
About Independent Bookstore Day
Independent Bookstore Day (IBD) is produced in partnership with the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association. Pete Mulvihill, co-owner of Green Apple Books in San Francisco, spearheaded the launch of the event in 2014 after noting the success of Record Store Day. www.indiebookstoreday.com
A FREE SeatWeaving Festival for all ages and levels of experience! Join the nation’s first and only Seat Weaving Guild, Inc as they demonstrate:
+ Rush Weaving
+ Hand-Woven Caning
+ Splint Weaving
+ Machine Woven Caning
+ Shaker Tape Weaving
Public is welcome to step in and try out the ancient and global craft of chair seat weaving. Meet chair caners from all over the country. Get advice on your chairs. Learn about history, materials, and process of a variety of styles of seat weaving!
Warning: you might become a chair nerd.
For more information contact SRCCC at www.SilverRiverChairs.com or call 828-707-4553.
Showtimes :
Friday, April 29th, 7:30pm
Saturday, April 30th, 3:00pm
Saturday, April 30th, 7:30pm
Tickets will be available at the door
Master showman Harold Hill is in town and he’s got “seventy-six trombones” in tow. Can upright, uptight Marian, the town librarian, resist his powerful allure? The story follows fast-talking traveling salesman, Harold Hill, as he cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band he vows to organize. The catch? He doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian, whose belief in Harold’s power just might help him succeed in the end in spite of himself.
Based on Meredith Wilson’s six-time-Tony-Award-winnin