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Asheville Free Walking Tour for locals and visitors!

This insider excursion provides you with tips and local secrets about the best way to do Asheville on a budget! You will have a better understanding of how Asheville became the unique, quirky city you see now and learn everything we are doing to “Keep Asheville Weird.”

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This is the only walking tour provided that allows you to choose how much you think a walking tour is worth and pay whatever you like.

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We will follow the urban trail, stop along the way for some free honey tastings and finish the tour with some special beer tastings at one of the best local breweries in South Slope! At the brewery, you will also be able to participate in a free raffle where you receive gifts donated from local businesses like free salsa classes, local theatre performances, book and more!

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I want you to know and love my city as much as I do and I am excited to share this experience with you!

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RSVP on their Facebook event page so that they know to expect you, and meet them under their blue umbrella by Pack’s Tavern.

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Papertown Christmas Craft Fair

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Downtown Local Lights & Free Photos w Santa

The Asheville Downtown Association is once again partnering with Winter Lights at the North Carolina Arboretum and the City of Asheville to bring festive holiday lights to Pack Square and Pritchard Park in Downtown Asheville.

On Friday, November 22 from 5-7pm, we will host the Downtown Local Lights lighting ceremony, as well as offer free photos with Santa and Mrs Claus. We’ll light up the park at 6pm after a brief ceremony. We’ll also have free crafts with the LEAF Easel Rider.

Special thanks to IMA Photo & Images for capturing the moments (event photo also from IMA).

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Fall Mane Event

A free event focused on supporting veterans and at-risk youth through equine therapy and learning services!

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There will be lots of horses to play with, opportunities to learn more about the work we do, fun games for the kids and some good eats curtesy of Deli Volv food truck!

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The event is located in the McGough Arena at the WNC Ag Center (its the big covered arena!) and will begin at 6pm on Nov.19th!

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If you have any questions or would like to let us know you’re attending, please email Charlotte@HeartOfHorseSense.org
See y’all there!!

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The Ingles Giving Tree Lighting Ceremony

For the past 27 years, Ingles has partnered with MANNA FoodBank to construct the Ingles Giving Tree – a 20,000 pound tree of nonperishable items, which serves as a symbol of hope and compassion throughout the holiday season.

On November 25th, the Asheville Mall will be hosting the lighting ceremony for the Ingles Giving Tree. There’ll be music, tasty treats, warm beverages, and festive cheer as our community comes together to support our neighbors at the beginning of the holiday season!

PLUS, if you bring a bag of food donations on either Monday, 11/25 or Tuesday, 11/26, you can enter to win a $500 Ingles Gift Card!

Most Needed Donation Items: (Please, no glass jars or containers.)

Peanut Butter
Canned tuna and chicken
Whole grain pasta
Brown rice
Oatmeal
No sugar added fruits
Low sodium soups
Low sodium vegetables
Beans, canned and dry
Sugar free cereals
Granola bars, popcorn, and other healthy snacks
Reusable grocery bags

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Free Reusable Cup Day

Free Reusable Cup Day at all area Starbucks locations. Turn on your cheer – the holidays are back! Purchase a handcrafted holiday beverage and get a Reusable Red Cup FREE. While supplies last. The supply is typically very limited, so the earlier you go, the better your chances of getting one.

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“Surprise Happy Meal” Anniversary Toy Re-Release

This year marks the 40th anniversary of McDonald’s first Happy Meal, and they’re celebrating this milestone by re-releasing some of its most popular toys over the past four decades, including Ty Beanie Babies’ Patti the Platypus and the Tamagotchi. Between November 7 through 11, McDonald’s will sell a “Surprise Happy Meal” in 90 countries that will include the throwback toys.

👉 Learn more HERE:

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Santa Cares: A Sensory Friendly Event

Santa Cares is a special sensory-friendly opportunity for children with all spectrums of special needs and their families to enjoy the time-honored tradition of the Santa Photo Experience in a calming environment prior to public hours. Please RSVP in advance by reserving one ticket per group. Photo packages are available for purchase during the event.

Join us Sunday, December 8th from 9am-11am at Santa’s Workshop in Center Court. The mall entrance near ULTA and Barnes & Noble is the reccommended entrance.

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Kids Eat FREE on Halloween

Don’t let the rain slow you down tomorrow night. Zaxby’s of Marion will be giving out Halloween candy and feeding kids for free October 31, 2019 from 4-9pm. This will be dine in only and kids must be present. Limit two free kids meals per adult meal purchase Stop by and grab dinner and let your kiddos enjoy a free meal and some yummy candy!

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Anniversary Concert: Pat & Becky Stone, Zoe & Cloyd, David Holt

This event is free and open to the public, but due to limited seating you must have a ticket. Tickets can be picked up in person at the Fairview Public Library.

Join us at the final event in our year-long celebration of Fairview Library’s 20th Anniversary year. This special evening will be filled with performances by David Holt and Zoe & Cloyd, and MC-d by Fairview’s own Becky and Pat Stone.

Memories will be shared, fun stories will be told, and community will be had.

Hailing from opposite ends of the Appalachian mountains, Zoe & Cloyd is renowned fiddler and vocalist Natalya Zoe Weinstein and award-winning songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist John Cloyd Miller. Their show is as diverse as their upbringing: coming from a lineage of klezmer and jazz musicians, Natalya trained classically in her home state of Massachusetts before moving south in 2004. John, a twelfth generation North Carolinian and grandson of pioneering bluegrass fiddler, Jim Shumate, is a 1st place winner of the prestigious Chris Austin Songwriting Contest as well as an Artist Fellowship recipient for songwriting from the North Carolina Arts Council.

Four-time Grammy Award winner David Holt is a musician, storyteller, historian, television host and entertainer, dedicated to performing and preserving traditional American music and stories. Holt plays ten acoustic instruments and has released numerous award winning recordings of traditional mountain music and southern folktales.
Holt is well known for his television and radio series. David is currently hosting the PBS series David Holt’s State of Music, featuring some of the regions finest musicians including Rhiannon Giddens, Steep Canyon Rangers and Balsam Range. For over 30 years David has been host of the NC PBS series Folkways that takes the viewer through the Southern Mountains visiting traditional craftsmen and musicians. In 2002, Doc Watson and David won two Grammy Awards for Best Traditional Folk Recording for Legacy, a three CD collection of songs and stories reflecting Doc Watson’s inspiring life story.

Becky and Pat Stone, our MCs for the evening, are storytellers and musicians, whose credits include many a library performance, Stories on the Front Porch, Chautauqua, Bele Chere, and much more. Together they publish GreenPrints magazine, have four wonderful children, and are beloved by their Fairview community.

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8:00 am Cultivate Connections with Nature @ The North Carolina Arboretum
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May 18 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
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8:00 am MANNA FoodBank – Public Food Pan... @ all across the region
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