Tuesday | March 13
MustDo: Sour Fest 2018 | Thirsty Monk | Both Patton Ave. + Biltmore Park locations | Enjoy wild ales, kettle sours + mixed fermentation from breweries around Asheville. 🍻 Tapping schedules: downtown + Biltmore Park. If you’ve been wanting to explore sour beers, now is your time.
Civic: Local Civics 101 |6 p.m. | Arthur R Edington Education & Career Center | 133 Livingston St. | A month-long series about the roles + decision making process in Asheville’s government. This week? Buncombe county politics. 🏙
TryThis: Climate City Experience: Mocha Raspberry Swirl | 12:30 – 8 p.m. | Ultimate Ice Cream Co. | 1070 Tunnel Rd. | In honor of Climate Con 2018, The Collider and Ultimate Ice Cream have created a flavor consisting of raspberries, cocoa + coffee (All crops impacted by climate change). 🍦
Community: Mull it Over: Beer and Books Book Club | 7 – 8 p.m. | The Whale | 507 Haywood Rd. | Ages 21+ | This month’s book is “Hidden Figures” by Margot Lee Shetterly. 🚀Come for a beer, stay for the book talk.
Dish: Bad Hombres Taco Pop-Up | 5 p.m. – 2 a.m. | Sovereign Remedies | 29 N Market St. | A “world-famous taco pop-up.” Taco tuesday, on a whole new level. 🌮
Show: Displace at Funk Jam | 9 p.m. | Asheville Music Hall | 31 Patton Ave. | Listen to the Florida band on Spotify here.🎷
Wednesday | March 14
MustDo: YMCA Winter Market South | 4 – 6:30 p.m. | Reuter Family YMCA | 3 Town Square Blvd. | Being the only winter market in South Buncombe County, don’t miss out on 10 local vendors + their specialty products. 🥕
Community: An Evening with the Answer Man | 6 – 7 p.m. | Highland Brewing Company | 12 Old Charlotte Hwy. | Free | The Citizen Times + Gerber Givens Park are hosting a night for you to ask John Boyle (the community’s answer man) and local experts + officials questions about AVL.
Network: 1 Million Cups Asheville: Open Pitch | 9 – 10 a.m. | Asheville Social Hall | 81 Broadway | 10 people will be selected to pitch themselves, business or creative projects in one minute. 🗣
Dish: Italian Dinner with the Winemaker | 6:15 p.m. | Smoky Park Supper Club | 350 Riverside Dr. | $80 per person | Time to fancy a night of Italian music, food + wine pairings.
Learn: Digital editing basics | 4 – 7 p.m. | The Asheville Darkroom | 207 Coxe Ave., Ste 16 | $50 workshop fee | This three-hour class will teach you the basics of digital editing softwares Adobe Photoshop + Lightroom. 📸
Thursday | March 15
MustDo: Hendersonville Restaurant Week | March 15-24 | 11:30 a.m. – 8 p.m. | $10+ for meals | Checkout the restaurant listing + tickets here. #HendersonvillleRW 🥘
ForKids: Storytime & Art | 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. | Skyland/South Buncombe Library | 260 Overlook Rd. | Bring your preschool + school age students for a morning of stories, songs + hands-on art projects.
Network: Entrepreneur’s Work-shop: Craft Your Commerce | 9 – 11:30 a.m. | Center for Craft | 67 Broadway St. | $40 tickets here | This workshop in the series is Capture and Convey: Telling Your Story Through Images taught by Nicole McConville.
Show: SoMo: The Reservations Tour ft. Caye + Kid Quill | Thursday, March 15 | 9 p.m. | Orange Peel | 101 Biltmore Ave | $20 | R&B’s most successful underground superstar debuts his second album. 🎶
Show: Grateful Dead Night with Phuncle Sam | 8 –11:30 p.m. | Ambrose West | 312 Haywood Rd. | $5 tickets here | Ages 18+ |Asheville’s Dead-centric jam band. 🎸
Music: Vinyl Night | 6:30 p.m. | Sweeten Creek Brewing | 1127 Sweeten Creek Rd. | Bring the whole family for a night of music sharing. B.Y.O.V. Bring your own vinyl
Learn: Loom to Living Room Seminar | 7 p.m. | Ten Thousand Villages | 10 College St. | Free | Find out all about the history + process of hand-woven Bunyaad Fair Trade Rugs at this event mid-way through Ten Thousand Village’s 5-day oriental rug event. Reservations recommended.
Friday | March 16
MustDo: Climate City Experience: A Toast to Climate City | 5 – 10 p.m. | Highland Brewing Co. | 12 Old Charlotte Hwy. | Cheers to Climate City!! Enjoy a small-batch beer brewed to celebrate the start of ClimateCon 2018 + The Collider. 🍻
Arts: Zelda Fitzgerald’s Jazz Age Literary Karaoke and Theatre | 6 – 8:30 p.m. | Malaprop’s Bookstore & Cafe | 55 Haywood St. | Listen to readings of jazz-age literature + sign up to read readings from Zelda following the karaoke party. 🎙️ Dress up as 1920’s flapper or gent to make the night more fun.
Arts: The Wind in the Willows | March 16-18 | 7:30 p.m. (March 16) + 2:30 p.m. (March 17-18) | Asheville Community Theatre | $7 tickets here | ACT’s Youth Production Class presents the classic tale of Toad, Mole, Badger + Water Rat. 🎭
Wellness: Yoga Nidra in the Salt Cave | 6 – 7 p.m. | Asheville Salt Cave | 12 Eagle St. | $38 (pre-paid event only) tickets here | Enjoy an hour of the traditional teachings of yoga nidra and guided relaxation to reintegrate the five body sheaths. Protip: These events sell out fast so go ahead and plan for next month.
Show: SOJA at The Orange Peel | 8 p.m. – midnight | The Orange Peel | $25+ tickets here | Ages 18+ | Poetry in Motion Tour featuring SOJA and RDGLDGRN.🎵
Show: Lose Yourself to Dance Party w/ DJ Marley Carroll | 10 p.m. – 2 a.m. | Asheville Music Hall | 31 Patton Ave. | Ages 21+ | Suggested donation of $5 | From classic hip-hop + soul to indie, funk and everything in between dance the night away to this dance party series.
Show: Live Music: Steelin’ Time | 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. | New Belgium Brewing | 21 Craven St. | Swing to the steel guitar vibe with these little known rags, stomps + Hawaiian melodies played by Scott Sharp in his power trio. 🎸
Cause: A Benefit for Nova Lane, Tyler’s Loving Daughter | 6:30 – 11 p.m. | The Asheville Masonic Temple | 80 Broadway St. | $25+ door donation | A night of drinks + music has been created by members of the community to celebrate the life of Tyler Garrison and raise money for his daughter, Nova Lane.
