Sundays-Thursdays : 8am-10pm
Friday & Saturday: 8am-12am
Well Played is proud to be Asheville’s gaming oasis, where you can choose from a selection of over 700 games, from the classics to the cutting-edge.
Not a big gamer? No problem! They have Gamemasters on hand who will help you choose the right adventure for your experience level and group size. Bring your friends or family, and stay for food, snacks, coffee, and beer!
Wednesdays: 10:00am-5:00pm
Saturdays: 10:00am-5:00pm
Sundays: 12:00pm-5:00pm
Wednesdays: 12:00pm-5:00pm
Saturdays: 12:00pm-5:00pm
Sundays: 12:00pm-5:00pm
Do you remember the roar of a big radial aircraft engine thundering into life? Or maybe you only have heard about it from Grand Dad’s reminiscences. Well it is still alive, and you can come hear it again here at the Western North Carolina Air Museum.
Come see what is was like: When airports had grass strips and didn’t have fences. When you could wash the airplanes for a ride, and when you could walk right up to the flight line and see, touch, & smell the excitement, up close & personal… come back in time to the Western North Carolina Air Museum.
If you remember when flying was an event instead of a burden, when climbing into an airplane was more exciting than riding a bus, and when every head turned at the sound of a motor buzzing overhead, then rediscover that excitement at the Western North Carolina Air Museum. Here the excitement lives on. It echoes in the fabric wings of the airplanes that brought it to life. It floats in the scent of avgas on a plane just returning from a flight. It lives in the people who show you around and answer questions – most are veterans of that golden age when not everyone knew how to fly, but every kid sure wanted to learn.
Set beside an active airport – we are more than just a place to look at planes. We’re a place to relive a moment in time that is rapidly passing away. You won’t find airplanes under glass. You won’t find velvet ropes to keep you away. You won’t find guards and ticket sellers and concessionaires.You’ll only find airplanes and people who love them. Many are pilots: Some even own and fly some of the airplanes that are on display. If you’re lucky enough to visit on a day when someone is going up, you might just be able to see a flying piece of aviation history.
We’re home to a unique collection of airplanes celebrating the Golden Age of Aviation, the decades surrounding the Second World War, when flying commanded the world’s attention and an airplane was in everybody’s future.
A place for flying folks to share memories of a disappearing era. And a place to show the young ones a proper airplane, with taut fabric over wooden spars, a single propeller at the nose, and a little wheel under the tail. We are also a place where you can see the actual restoration of such aircraft, as it is happening and talk to the people doing the work. People who will take the time to answer you questions and explain the work they are doing .
The Western North Carolina Air Museum is a center of living history in the popular Hendersonville – Flat Rock region of the state. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to remember flying the way it used to be. Bring your kids, your camera, and your leather jacket. You can view the airplanes in an hour or so, or spend the afternoon hanger-flying with our friendly, informative staff. We can’t guarantee fine weather, but our hangar doors are open rain and shine. And we can’t guarantee that we’ll be flying on the day you visit, but we do promise to propel your imagination back to the golden age of general aviation. Come for the airplanes. Stay for the memories. There’s plenty of both right here at the Western North Carolina Air Museum.
The Mineral and Lapidary Museum of Henderson County was founded with the goal of providing a place where people could discover and learn about the beauty and diversity of the world beneath our feet.
The museum’s goal is to be a primary resource for education and information to the community on the earth sciences related to geology and paleontology.
The museum currently features a mix of exhibits that range from specimens of raw minerals in their natural state to polished gemstones and other finished material. The museum also hosts special exhibits of collections on loan.
Among the popular highlights of the exhibits are the displays of minerals found in Henderson County and in the state of North Carolina — which has one of the nation’s most diverse mineral deposits, the exhibit on the Hendersonville meteorite, and the fluorescent mineral display. Also popular, especially with youngsters, are the museum’s displays of fossils which are highlighted by a casting of a tyrannosaurus rex skull, a mastodon tusk and teeth, and a wooly mammoth leg bone.
Visitors to the museum will quickly discover that there is more under our feet than dirt and that there is much more to rocks than most suspect.
The Mineral Museum is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and is volunteer run.
Wednesdays 1:00pm-3:00pm
Saturdays 10:00am-2:00pm
Free parking on the streets and FREE admission to Visitors.
The Apple Valley Model Railroad Club is one of the Top Tourist destinations in Western North Carolina. Our HO layout is located inside the Historic 1902 Hendersonville, N.C. Railroad Depot. It occupies an area of 22’x100’ and has a Western North Carolina setting. Our main yard is Asheville, N.C. where mainline trains run south to Spartanburg, S.C. and east to Spencer, N.C. At Hickory, N.C., the Carolina and Northwestern railroad departs to an upper level through Lenoir and Mortimer and joins with the W.M. Ritter logging railroad at Edgemont. Our G Scale All-Weather Layout is located outside behind the Depot.
We use a Digital Command Control (DCC) radio system to control the railroads. The tall mountainous scenery has view blocks that makes it necessary for operators to actually walk around and follow their trains as they progress thru the layout. Track signals are installed to help members safely operate their trains.
The scenery is complete but the railroad still requires added details to enhance the overall effect. Visitors can expect to see a wide variety of locomotives and rolling stock as the club has a large collection of equipment. Members also bring their own equipment to run as well.
There are many aspects of model railroading that involve operation of the railroad and the model trains in a manner that very nearly replicates prototype operations. Many model railroaders today, including some of our members, are particularly interested in this aspect of the hobby. Once a month we conduct prototypical operating sessions.
The club is located in the 1902 Hendersonville depot by the former Southern Rwy route through the famous Saluda Grade on active tracks now used by shortline Blue Ridge Southern RR. Around the corner are a bakery, coffee shop, pizza place, restaurants, ice cream shop, coffee shop and two micro-breweries. We are only a few blocks from downtown Hendersonville.
The historic 7th Ave District was the primary commercial area of Hendersonville in its early years.
September 23, 2024 – May 19, 2025
The Buncombe County Schools Bookmobile is a FREE program where K-5th grade can choose a book to check out from their library each week. Weekly attendance with a book return will be rewarded. Families can participate by visiting one of their community sites labeled with an asterisk below. There is absolutely no pre-enrollment required except that you and your child live in the Buncombe County School District. Their site locations include schools, mobile home parks, apartment complexes and community centers. THE BOOKMOBILE OPERATES ON THE BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCHOOLS SCHEDULE, SO WHEN SCHOOLS ARE OFF, THE BOOKMOBILE DOES NOT RUN.
2024 -2025 School Year Schedule (*Locations with an asterisk are open to the community)
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Remaining active or restarting activity are often a struggle in late pregnancy and the early postpartum period. Parent-to-Par
We usually meet at French Broad River Park However if it’s under 40 degrees, raining, or snowing we meet at the Asheville Mall. Be sure to check the Homegrown Babies Facebook Page each Tuesday morning to confirm location.
Running late? No biggie, there will be a gaggle of strollers walking the loop for over an hour!
Bring your pregnant belly, grandparents, partners, strollers and your lovely self to be in community with other folks going through similar things as you!
In addition to story times for the little ones (see our calendar for those), our local libraries have several clubs, classes, and other fun programs on their calendars for families with kids of all ages. And, unless they specify that you must register in advance for an event, you won’t likely need a library account with that county to attend them! Visit the events calendars for the numerous library systems we have in our area, below …
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BUNCOMBE COUNTY LIBRARIES … EVENT CALENDAR HERE
HENDERSON COUNTY LIBRARIES … EVENT CALENDAR HERE
HAYWOOD COUNTY LIBRARIES … EVENT CALENDAR HERE
MCDOWELL COUNTY LIBRARIES … EVENT CALENDAR HERE
We will have some of the best Comic Book Dealers in the South east attending so you will have tons of comics to choose from, Several toy dealers, Craft Vendors and Great Artist. Lots of other collectibles to choose from like Funko pops and Action Figures.
Gaming cards will be here. Pokemon, MTG, One Piece, Yugioh, and more.
Special Guest Gregbo Watson will be attending. He is one of the Great Comic and Pinup Artist. He is working with great publishers such as Dynamite, Zenescope, MERC, Comics Elite, Ethereal, and Coffin.
Special Guest Matthew Manning will be attending. Matthew K. Manning is the author of dozens of comic books and over 100 prose books. He has written for DC, Marvel, IDW, Skybound, Abrams, Scholastic, Disney, DK Publishing, Insight Editions, Capstone, Andrews/McMeel, Running Press, and several other publishers.
We also have several local artist attending. Come by and check out their prints and get their autograph.You can get your very own sketch from any of these guys as well!
We will have Yoda from Star Wars! Baby Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy. Also The 501st Legion, Mandalorian Mercs Costume Club, and the Klingon Assault Group as well. Bring your camera!
The Ultimate Experience will be back with the costume contest. Costume Contest registration between 11am-12pm. and starts at 2pm. Adult, kids and Group if available categories. Cash prizes given out to top 3.
Tours are NOT at French Broad Chocolate Lounge in Pack Square. All tours take place at French Broad Chocolate Factory & Cafe, 821 Riverside Drive, Asheville NC 28801.During the Open Studio Sessions your group will have a nice variety of creative materials set out at our tables plus a demo and some examples to get you going. During the Playdates, your experience will be led by a local artist, who will share tips, techniques and possibilities for creating with a type of medium like collage papers, watercolors for example.
Come unplug, connect & create together
ArtPlay is a collaborative arts and creativity studio/gallery to the River Arts District of Asheville! A place where adults, families and artists gather to create, connect, and learn. They believe all people have imaginative capacities and creative ideas, and that you don’t have to be an artist to create and make. Kids know this intuitively, but as adults, we often need permission to play ~ to experiment, mess around, make mistakes and not worry about the outcome.
When you walk into ArtPlay, you will find local works of art for sale, in addition to immersive, materials-based experiences where we make things together, have fun, and play creatively!