The new school year is quickly upon us and parents know that along with it often comes added sickness and stress.
Join Middle Path founder, Ellen, in this FREE educational event, as she goes over some foundational basics for nutrition and herbal support to help bolster your children for the season.
Covering topics including a solid nutritional basis in both foods and vitamins, as well as herbs for added support in immune strength, stress reduction, and mental focus.
Unity in Community! The 2019 East End/Valley Street Community Heritage Festival will take place August 23, 24, & 25 in MLK Park in Asheville. There will be live music, vendors, food trucks, and a children’s area.
Hours are Friday, August 23 from 6pm to 9pm, Saturday, August 24 from 10am to 9pm, and Sunday, August 25 from 10am to 6pm.
The Community Heritage Festival Parade and Car Show on MLK Drive starts at 11am on Saturday from South Charlotte Street (Historic Valley Street) to MLK Park. East End/Valley Street is Asheville’s oldest African-American neighborhood. An alcohol free, family friendly festival! Come celebrate with us! Everyone is welcome!
Food Vendors/Food Trucks – Ox Tails, Rice & Beans, Chicken Wings, Hot Dogs, Fish, Chicken on a Stick, Italian Ice, Bean Pies, Popcorn, Funnel Cakes & much more!
Arts & Crafts – Clothing, African Clothing, Jewelry, Shea Butter & much more!
Music & Entertainment – Stanley Baird Group, Otesha Creative Art Ensemble, Uptown Swagga Band, West Sound Band, Free Flow Band, Drummers (drumming, dancing, stilt walker) Djs and others!
Children’s Area on Saturday & Sunday – Story Telling, Balloon Creations, Face Painting, Bounce House, Arts & Crafts & more!
Saturday Morning Parade & Car Show – Starts at 11am!
Sunday Worship Service and Gospel Music – Worship service with Brent LaPrince Edwards of St James AME Church followed by Gospel Music with local choirs and gospel artists!
Come sample, picnic, and enjoy the evening with us at Groce United Methodist Church – 954 Tunnel Road August 2nd, 3-7PM!
Food and drinks from Copper Crown, face-painting, Kid and Senior yoga with WellSpring Wellness Center, music, chiropractic consultations from Gardens of Health Chiropractic, PC, in addition to our regular vendors and a chance to win a RAFFLE BASKET full of goodies from the market!
Market starts at 3PM, food is served at 6PM and we’ll announce our raffle winner at 6:30PM! Facepainting all day. Can’t wait to see you there!
7 Week Session, Saturdays 10:00-10:45am, August 3rd-September 14th
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Movement, music, laughter and play come together to help your toddler explore the basic concepts of dance! Bond with your little one through fun movement activities, action songs, multi sensory props, sing-a-longs, parachute play and more! This caregiver/toddler dance class is a great opportunity to meet other local families and create new friendships! After class, enjoy more time together at the river and coffee shop behind the studio!
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3 WAYS TO SIGN UP!
*7 Class Pass, $42- Register for the full session and get 7 classes for the price of 6!
*4 Class Pass, $28- Join us on the class dates that work best for your schedule!
*Drop In Pass, $10- Come dance and play when it fits your schedule! Register in advance or just show up when you can!
Knoxville’s WDVX Kidstuff Radio Host and National Parent’s Choice Award-winning recording artist Sean McCollough brings his participatory show for kids and their adults to Asheville with lots of songs from his new children’s album “Earworm.”
Here’s what renowned Asheville children’s artist Billy Jonas has to say about it:
“Sean McCollough has that X factor – his music Is joyful, engaging, sweet, creative, illuminating, and memorable, and rises to the top overtime. It worms its way into your ears, and lifts your heart. I love Sean’s voice, and I love his take on the world. Like the classic children’s and family music you already love, this music will keep both the adults and the kids happily singing along on repeated listenings. Prepare for a wonderful new addition to the soundtrack of your family’s life!”
Listen for tracks from Sean’s new record on Radio Active Kids on Asheville’s 103.3 FM.
Sean McCollough Family Music
WDVX Kidstuff with Sean McCollough
http://seanmccollough.com/
Trading Post / Flea Market
Lots of great stuff!!!
Come celebrate the end O Summer with us with a swim-run orienteering race on Saturday, September 7 at Lake James State Park.
Classic (point-to-point) orienteering that will involve wading across a narrow, waist-deep channel between a little island and the mainland, and/or swimming out to at least one control flag, lazily circling the island on Patrick McGillicutty ‘s pontoon boat. He will talk like a pirate all day, especially if you ask him to knock it off.
Start area is TBA, but probably near the main beach. We will begin on foot. Finish area will be on the island’s shore somewhere, where we will have a picnic, comparing finishing times with our toes in the sand.
A variety of courses will be available, from Beginner to Expert, and timing will be electronic.
If you are not a good swimmer, you must bring and wear a Personal Fl-O-tation Device. We may have kayaks or canoes or inner tubes or water wings or pool noodles.
– Cost will be $20 for soloists AND teams (subtract $5 if you have your own finger stick)
– If you are a group, you pay just $20 for your group (of up to four people) and includes 1 MAP AND 1 TIMING DEVICE
– $5 from every map goes towards the gas bill for Pat’s boat
– this event is kid and pet friendly (if they can hang)
– max attendance is 60 participants due to another large event at the park that day. 50 available tickets assumes 10 participants are family and teammates.
WNC Orienteering Club is proud to present its craziest, fastest paced, most unique family-friendly navigation game yet – the JAKE RUSH-O SUPER ULTRA SPRINT!
Find checkpoints in the park with just a map… as fast as you can!
This is a BEGINNER, KID, and FAMILY-FRIENDLY scavenger hunt-type game that will challenge your mind and body in a unique and exciting way!
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Jake Rusher Park in South Asheville occupies just a couple of city blocks, is mostly an open, grassy field, and features a multi-level wooden playground structure in the middle.
There will be 20 checkpoints (orange and white flags) hung around the park, including the playground.
Runners will line up in corrals to be sent off THREE AT A TIME at 30 second intervals starting at 11am. Runners will get a detailed map with the flags to find IN ORDER using a supplied timing device. No navigation experience necessary!
The entire field will be on the course at the same time, zig zagging and dodging one another as everyone runs their respective courses. It will be PANDEM-O-NIUM.
When you finish your course, you can take a break and then begin your next course.
Runners will complete THREE short courses like this, each about 1km long and with increasingly complex navigation. Each course will include a MAZE to negotiate before completing each course.
The objective is to finish all three courses in as short a time as possible, your result being the sum total of your three elapsed times.
Mistakes are bound to happen in this hectic, crazy format, so instead of being disqualified for an error (as is the case in classic orienteering,) a TIME PENALTY will be assessed for each mis-punch.
The starts window will open at 11am and close at 12 noon, allowing the last competitor to start enough time to comfortably finish their courses before we close the course and announce results at 2pm.
Average finish times for the entire event will be in the 1 to 2 hour range, and you can expect to cover 2 to 3 miles.
This event is for runners, walkers, shufflers, moseyers, saunterers, lolligaggers and lumberers alike, so don’t think you have to be a “runner” to participate!
Timing and scoring will be electronic, featuring our brand new SPORTident e-punching system! Results will be provided instantly to each runner as a printed receipt, displayed in real time, and published to the web after the event.
Cost is just $20 for individuals and teams, and includes three course maps and electronic timing equipment. Be sure to register early, as we expect this event to sell out!
When it’s all over, we expect to pile into Rocky’s Hot Chicken Shack, just across the street, for post-race food and libations.
Come on down, bring the whole family, and experience this fun and unique navigation game! See y’all there!
Interested in our awesome after-school program at the Y? Come and take a tour of our location at the Kellogg Center, learn about the program, and get an after-school preview.
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Contact Laura Guysick for more information at Lguysick@ymcawnc.org.
Aug 10th 11:30 am – 1 pm
$25 for Child/Parent Pair
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Join Us! Fun Family Event! Transitions can be scary – yoga isn’t!! Join Ruth for this fun family work/play shop. We will talk about the transition from summer to fall and learn and explore through play, song, stories, games, partner yoga and deep parent-child connection.