#PlanAhead Guide: Feb 19 – 23
The weather’s getting better, but a rainy forecast means that you might still be staying indoors. Don’t worry, we got you.
Monday | February 19
DIY: Relationship Vision Board Workshop | 5:30 p.m. | Raven & Crone | 555 Merrimon Ave. | $20 | Focus on your #relationshipgoals. 💌 Led by Raven & Crone’s Lisa Wagoner.
Film: Visiting Writer Series - Film Screening, The Danish Girl | 7 p.m. | UNCA Highsmith Union | Free | UNCA will provide a free screening of the Oscar-winning movie.
Show: Dirty Soul Revival, Galena, + Andrew Thelston Band | 9 p.m. | The Mothlight | 701 Haywood Rd. | Free | Get down with three rock/funk bands on your Monday night.
Sing: Honky Tonk Karaoke | 9 p.m. | Ole Shakey’s | 790 Riverside Dr. | Pull your cowboy boots on + croon along to your favorite tune. 🤠
Tuesday | February 20
Network: African-American Business Association Workshop + Meetup | 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Goodwill | 1616 Patton Ave. | Focus on community lending resources + preparing for business loans. Lunch provided.
Show: Big Gigantic w/ Shallou and Marley Carroll | 9 p.m. | The Orange Peel | 8 p.m. | $29 | Dance it out when Big Gigantic descends on AVL for their Got the Love tour. 🕺
Arts: Evening w/ Photographer + Engineer Anrika Rupp | 6 – 8 p.m. | The Collider | 1 Haywood St., Ste. 401 | Free, suggested donation of $10 | Intersections of art + science and Rupp’s new series documenting the changing climate
Wednesday | February 21
Civic: State of Downtown Luncheon | Wednesday, Feb. 21 | 12 - 1:30 pm | US Cellular Center Banquet Hall | 87 Haywood St. | $15 | Join Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer and County Commission Chair Brownie Newman in a discussion of city + county initiatives. Catered lunch included. 🥪
Show: Bob Nocek presents Tape Face | Wednesday, Feb. 21 | 8 p.m. | Diana Wortham Theater | 18 Biltmore Ave. | $31 | Through miming, stand-up, and drama, Tape Face’s twisted and eccentric performance will entice your inner child to come out + play.
Talk: Archaeologist Karen Britt on Mosaics | Wednesday, Feb. 21 | 7:30- 9 p.m. | UNCA Humanities Lecture Hall | Free | Britt, returning from an excavation project in the ancient Jewish village of Huqoq, will present an illustrated lecture on ancient floor mosaics in Jordan and Israel and how they relate within a greater religious/cultural context.
WaterCooler: UNCA Men’s Soccer Opener | Wednesday, Feb. 21 | 7 p.m. | UNCA Greenwood Field | $6 | The Bulldogs will kick off their season in a match against Furman University. ⚽
Thursday | February 22
WaterCooler: Televised UNCA Men’s Basketball vs. Winthrop | Thursday, Feb. 22 | 7 p.m. | Kimmel Arena | ESPNU will host a live broadcast as the Bulldogs (9-3) go head-to-head in a rivalry match against Winthrop University (8-4).
Talk: The Appalachian Origins of the Modern Civil Rights Movement in the USA | Thursday, Feb. 22 | 6-7:30 p.m. | UNCA Humanities Lecture Hall | Free | Appalachian studies scholar William H. Turner will explore the various local + regional catalysts of the Modern Civil Rights Movement.
Show: Slam Poetry with Andrea Gibson | Thursday, Feb. 22 | 8 pm | The Grey Eagle | 185 Clingman Avenue Ext. | $25 / $22 | The spoken word poetry mastermind returns to AVL to thrill + challenge us with powerful poems about heartbreak, mental illness, and white supremacy. Chastity Brown will slam the banjo and sing in accompaniment. 🎵
Show: Gospel Night with The Voices of Harmony | Thursday, Feb. 22 | 10 p.m. | The Double Crown | 375 Haywood Rd. | $10 | Lovely ladies from Cowpens, SC perform their soulful selections at this popular monthly series.
Friday | February 23
Show: An Evening of Improv Comedy with the Reasonably Priced Babies | Friday, Feb. 23 | 8 p.m. | Ambrose West | 312 Haywood Rd. | $12 | A night of silliness from award-winning improv comedy troupe RPB, founded in 2011 and still going strong. Among the accolades received? Skippy Flapjack’s Happy Funtime Literature Award for Pronoun Exploration. Yep.
Show: The Tesla Quartet | Friday, Feb. 23 | 7-9 p.m. | Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center | 56 Broadway St. | Suggested donation of $10-20 | Performance of a rarely-heard composition, originally performed at Black Mountain College in 1945, from this Juilliard-born quartet in collaboration with the Hugo Kauder Society 🎻
Dish: Asheville Truffle Experience | 4 p.m. | The Collider | 1 Haywood St., Ste. 401 | Tickets start at $25 for a la carte experience in this weekend of prized Black Winter Truffles, which kicks off at this open reception on Friday, followed by dinner at The Market Place. Tickets available here. (confirming some details for this)
Arts: Welcome Penland School of Crafts Director Mia Hall | Friday, Feb. 23 | 5:30-7:30 p.m. | The Center for Craft | 67 Broadway St. | Free | Join Penland Crafts in welcoming their new director Mia Hall, a furniture designer and woodworker extraordinaire.
