📱 Getting started

• Step 1 | Download the official Geocaching app.
• Step 2 | Create your free account.
• Step 3 | Select a cache to find.
• Step 4 | Follow the clues and navigate your way to its location.
• Step 5 | Log your cache once you’ve found it.

📍 On the hunt

• Welcome to Asheville | N 35° 35.824 W 082° 33.710 | This is a quick and easy find at the Asheville Chamber of Commerce.
• We the People | N 35° 35.815 W 082° 32.910 | This geocache is hidden near the Charters of Freedom monument downtown.

• Hoop and Flow Arts Jam | Tuesday, July 18 | 6-8 p.m. | Pritchard Park, 67 Patton Ave., Asheville | Free | Practice your hula hooping skills at this event that’s open to all ages and levels of experience.
• Hand-Piecing: A Quilting Workshop | Tuesday, July 18 | 6-8:30 p.m. | Black Mountain Center for the Arts, 225 W State St., Black Mountain | $160 | Elizabeth Prine will teach the age-old method of quilting, where participants will learn to create templates, transfer them to fabric, and hand stitch everything together.

• Chess Club | Wednesday, July 19 | 5-10 p.m. | Vintage Kava, 141 Reems Creek Rd., Weaverville | Free | Test your skills against other players at this monthly event.

• “THE RIVER RUNS ON” Film Premiere | Thursday, July 20 | 6-9 p.m. | New Belgium Brewing Company, 21 Craven St., Asheville | $12 | Explore the beauty of the Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests during the local premiere of the feature documentary.
• “Some Notes on Dating During Outbreak” | Thursday, July 20-Saturday, July 29 | 7:30-9:30 p.m. | The BeBe Theatre, 20 Commerce St., Asheville | $15-$20 | Settle in for the world premiere of Travis Lowe’s dark comedy, exploring a blind date gone horribly wrong.
• Love♡Shine♡Play Festival 2023 | Thursday, July 20-Sunday, July 23 | Times vary | Pack Square Park, S. Pack Square, Asheville | $0-$525 | Enjoy four magical days of movement, music, laughter, adventure, and connection in the breathtaking Blue Ridge Mountains.*

• Downtown After 5 | Friday, July 21, Friday, Aug. 18 | 5-9:30 p.m. | Downtown Asheville, 100 Block of N.Lexington Ave., Asheville | Free | Enjoy local beer, cider, wine + food while jamming to The Rumble with Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr. and Funk’n Around.
• “Bat Boy: The Musical” | Friday, July 21-Saturday, Aug. 5 | 7:30 p.m. | Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E. Walnut St., Asheville | $18-$35 | Catch the opening show of the musical, detailing the story of a half boy, half bat creature.

• Until midnight tonight, Buncombe County is under a Code Orange air quality alert. This means that sensitive groups — like older adults, children, and people with respiratory conditions — should limit prolonged outdoor activity or heavy exertion outdoors. Get the forecast details. (Asheville Citizen-Times)

• The beloved Duke’s mayonnaise mascot, Tubby, is paying a visit to Asheville. Local food tour guide and writer Stu Helm began petitioning for Tubby’s arrival back in June, and now his efforts are paying off. Visit Pack Square Park from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on August 3 to get your picture with Tubby.

• Make a splash at the newly repaired Recreation Park Pool at 65 Gashes Creek Rd. The pool is now open from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, and 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday.

• The Justice Resource Center is now accessible through a new entrance on the 14th floor of the Buncombe County Courthouse. Upon entering the Judicial Complex at 60 Court Plaza, take a right and continue around to the elevators in the basement of the old courthouse.

• South Slope Cheese Shop has introduced four new owners. Asheville locals Abby, Maria, Nate, and Jeremiah took over the shop on July 1 as former owners Kurt and Emily retired. Gouda luck to the new team.

• This Sunday, July 23 at 12 p.m., Flowermouth Coffee and Outsider Brewing are teaming up for a special coffee beer — and you can watch the magic happen in real time. Head to Outsider Brewing at 939 Riverside Dr. to see the live brew using Flowermouth’s Honey Process Costa Rica blend.

• Ever tried Salt Therapy? Be transformed by the healing wonders of the Asheville Salt Cave — a full-circle wellness spa offering therapeutic massages, a hammam bathhouse and steam room, and a one-of-a-kind, micro-climate salt cave loaded with 30 tons of element-releasing pure pink salt. Book a relaxing experience (you deserve it).*

• Adjusting to college can be tough. That’s why UNC Asheville launched IGNITE — a first-year program designed to help new students build connections, develop skills, and ignite their passions. Hear what two students have to say about their experience in the program.*

• Our new must-have for concerts and baseball games this summer: this clear, stadium-approved backpack. Psst — It’s also great for football games in the fall.*