#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.