Enjoy our Soul Food Supper prepared by the Stephens-Lee Teen Leadership participants and the Stephens-Lee Alumni.
FREE (Soul Food Supper requires a free ticket).
30 George Washington Carver, 828-350-2058
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The Weave Pop Up Market
This incredible space will offer 5 Pop-Up Markets featuring unique local artists and small business owners. NO DIRECT SALES
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It will also be host to the 2nd Annual Winter In The Weave 2-day Holiday event. Featuring 16 vendors,food/drink specials by The Creperie and Cafe, plus live music.
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In addition, the space will also offer event space rental for workshops hosted by various local artists,coffee and craft events( 2-3hr classes held on Sat or Sun mornings), possible local indoor Farmers Market during colder months.
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For Vendor or Space Rental Information please contact Sarah Jane at : beansbonsai@aol.com or (574)612-3878
Red Panda Exhibit Opening Weekend at WNC Nature Center
We’re stoked that Red Panda’s have come to Asheville and their home will be visible to the public starting 2.14.
Face Painting with Katy Jo will be hanging out at the WNC Saturday and Sunday to provide fun face painting to any visitor who’d like it – and we’ve been working on some special red panda face paint.
Come see us! Come see the red pandas! Get your faces painted 🙂 Visit this delightful place.
Remember – you can check out a ZOOM pass from the library to gain free entrance to the WNC Nature Center too.
4th Annual Hole Lotta Love
It’s our 4th Annual Hole Lotta Love event! We will be featuring our three Valentine’s themed doughnuts: Persian Love Cake (pistachio, rose, cardamom, saffron), Cherry Amaretto, and French Broad Chocolate Malt, as well as our classic Vanilla. Our vegan and gluten free options will also be available.
Ashli Rose will be back and providing live music for the event!
No reservations necessary. Kid friendly!
St Patrick’s Day Skate
Smoky Mountain Sk8way & FUN ZONE’s
St Patrick’s Day Skate
1pm – 6pm
All Ages
WEAR GREEN!
Roller skating, Irish games, inflatables, arcade, mini golf, Irish snacks
Bounce Into Spring Family Festival
Celebrate spring’s arrival at this family festival (liability waiver is required) with FREE all-ages adventure play stations in the center of all the action. There’s nothing quite like shaking off winter’s cabin fever — especially around the ponds at Charles D Owen Park.
Our popular Kids Fishing Tournament is also scheduled for the same day, open to all youth 15 and under. Fishing will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end promptly at 11:30 a.m. Registration is $10 per angler with more info below.
In the past, Bounce Into Spring play stations have included:
– Slackline
– Soccer Shot
– Bow & Arrow (Nerf-style)
– Football Target Throw
– Basketball Shot
– Disc Golf
– Agility Course
– Arts + Crafts with the LEAF Community Arts Teaching Artists
– Imagination adventures with the Swannanoa Library Branch
Fishing Tournament info:
– The semi-annual event is open to all children ages 15 and under and is sponsored by Buncombe County Recreation Services.
– Fishing begins at 8:30 a.m. and ends promptly at 11:30 a.m.
– Register online now through April 16 at midnight. On-site registration will also be available at 8:00 a.m. the day of the tournament. Your registration fee covers fishing bait, snacks, and a hot dog lunch at the conclusion of the tournament.
– No fishing license is required for children under 16 years of age.
– This is a catch and release event. Charles D. Owen Park will supply a bucket for each competitor’s catch. After the fish has been weighed and measured, it will be released back into the lake.
– Participants bring their own poles.
– Fishing is allowed in the Charles D. Owen Park ponds only; any competitor caught fishing in Beetree Creek or the Swannanoa River will be disqualified. No boat fishing is allowed. All children must be accompanied by at least one adult.
– Children will be grouped into one of five age categories and prizes awarded in each category. Prizes will be given for the biggest fish, the smallest fish, and the most fish caught.
– In addition, all competitors in every age group will have an opportunity to show off their casting skills. Casting poles and targets are provided and children can demonstrate their ability anytime during the tournament. There are prizes for the winners of the casting competition, too!
Contact chris.bubenik@buncombecounty.org for sponsorship information.
First-Ever Asheville Pizza Fight
PIZZA FIGHT COUNT DOWN! The First-Ever Asheville pizza fight is happening on Wednesday, February 27th, from 1:30 – 3:00pm at The Asheville Masonic Temple! The public is welcome to come join us, for FREE! Watch the judges, purchase slices, and vote on line!
So far we have Manicomio, Tin Can Pizzeria, Favillas New York Pizza, East Village Grille, and Pizza Mind, and I want to add a few more! Strangely, it’s been more difficult to get venues to deliver pizzas to this contest than any other food we’ve done so far! Ha ha! Ok!
All money raised by pizza sales will be donated to the restoration and preservation of the temple’s historic, hand-painted theater backdrops!
This event is co-sponsored by Shay Brown Events, and Takeout Central! It is FREE to the public.
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eating pizza at The Asheville Masonic Temple.
Preschoolers Playroom One-Day Passes FACEBOOK GIVEAWAY CONTEST
Family Friendly Asheville has been gifted one-day passes to give away to 10 LUCKY winners to Preschoolers Playroom! Preschoolers Playroom is a brand new indoor playroom for crawlers to 5 years to explore, interact and play while parents watch or join in. Climbing structure, slides, big soft blocks, foot powered racetrack, PARTY ROOMS, free coffee and WiFi and more! Each pass is good for the full day! Food is allowed, so feel free to pack a lunch and have a picnic! Same day re-admittance is also allowed if you need to take your little one home for a nap. Deadline to enter is 7:00pm on Tuesday, February 19th, 2019.
Riceville Community Market
Every Other Saturday in Winter
Every Saturday during warmer months
9:30am-1:30pm – Riceville Community Market at Riceville Volunteer Fire Department in Asheville. “This is just the beginning! Please come out and support YOUR new community market! It’s a little bit of everything. This is the first day of many to come. We are still in the beginning phases of this venture. Our goal is to promote community relationships and support of our local farmers, artists and craftsmen.”
Adult & Child Yoga Class
Tenesha Abernathy of Tabernathy Dance and Design has graciously offered to teach this class free of charge for Family Place families. She is an artist, dancer, special education teacher, yoga instructor, and mother.
Tenesha offers a variety of movement and art classes at The Art Lab here in Brevard. You can find out more about her at https://tabernethydance.net/
Wear comfortable clothes, and be ready to move at 10:30am, this is a thirty minute class.