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Tall Tales, Short Tales, even No Tales (well, no tails)

Tall Tales, Short Tales, even No Tales (well, no tails)

Renowned storytellers Becky and Pat Stone tell Tall Tales, Short Tales, even No Tales (well, no tails) from “Jack Cures the Doctor” to “How Tadpoles Became Frogs.” Join us for this special program on Sunday May 20th at 2pm.

This program of stories and songs is great fun for people of all ages. Bring the kids and grandparents. Free to all with home made refreshments served after.

Program and refreshments courtesy of Friends of the Fairview Library.

Empyrean Arts Open House

Join us Saturday, June 2nd to experience our newly expanded training facility & try out classes for just $5 each. We now have 2 additional classrooms in the 32 Banks Avenue building, located right next door to us in suite 107. The schedule will indicate the studio in which your class is located. For example, a class in our large aerial room would be tabled as “108,” and any classes next door in 107 will indicate either upstairs or downstairs (“107U” is upstairs & “107D” is downstairs).

Students must sign up in advance for our $5 open house classes by creating a student account with us here: circusdb.org/empyrean. From your student account, purchase the number of $5 classes you’d like to attend and once purchased, scroll ahead in the schedule to sign up, thus reserving your spot in class. You will receive a confirmation email for each class you sign up for, and the home page of your student account will display those classes, as well. Please cancel your reservation before the 12 hours leading up to your class from your student account. Email us at info@empyreanarts.org for more information or questions.

Current open house class schedule (expected to grow):

• 11:00am-12pm – Beginning Spin Pole with Waverly (107U)
• 11:00am-12pm -Aerial Yoga with Autum (107D)
• 11am-12pm – BOOM! Total Body Conditioning with Steven

• 12:15-1:15pm – Pilates with Elizabeth (107D)
• 12:15-1:15pm – Intro to Pole with Lauren (108)
• 12:15-1:15pm – Aerial Yoga with Autum (107D)

• 1:30-2:30pm – Flexibility-Contortion with Julie (107D)
• 1:30-2:30pm – Intro to Silks & Sling with Waverly (108)
• 1:30-2:30pm – Sultry Pole with Elizabeth (107U)

Shiloh Funday 2018

Come along and enjoy a fun day out for all the family!

Snow cones, card games, bingo, raffles, inflatables, and a FREE live performance “FREE FLOW Band”

YTL Sweethearts Supper

On Saturday, May 12, at 7 pm at the Arthur R. Edington Center, 133 Livingston Street, Youth Transformed for Life ( YTL) Training Programs will hold its Third Annual Sweethearts Supper fundraiser. The event will feature food by Chef Clarence Robinson of Cooking With Comedy Catering, Chef Sherri Davis of SD’s Catering & Food Service and Baked Pie Company. We will also enjoy music by Jonathan Santos.

Tickets are $45 for individuals and $85 for couples and are available online at www.ytltraining.org.

MENU
Appetizers:
• Mini Italian meatballs
• Mini spinach dip bread bowls
• Cheese and grape skewers

Salad:
Strawberry and feta salad

Vegetarian soup:
Mexican black bean soup

Main Course:
Bourbon brown sugar salmon
or
Bourbon brown sugar tofu
or
Slow cooked beef brisket with roasted potatoes

Cilantro yellow rice with each choice

Side Choices:
apples and carrots or tomatoes and spinach

Dessert:
Original creation by Baked Pie Company

Proceeds will go to support YTL’s G.R.A.C.E (Growing in Responsibility by Accepting Challenges Everyday) for Teens programs which focus on creating equity for disadvantaged teens, homeless teens, and young adult offenders reentering the workforce. YTL is committed to working outside of the classroom to close the achievement (opportunity) gap that exists within the Asheville City Schools. By creating positive summer experiences and opportunities to participate in activities that challenge them both physically and intellectually, YTL’s summer program seeks to be a change agent in the lives of program participants. The program meets participants where they are and provides them with the tools necessary to build confidence in themselves, providing support academically and socially.

Handmade on Haywood Sunday Market

Sundays Get Crafty on the West Side
Artisans and inventors, designers and makers gather Sundays from 10-4 to bring locally crafted treasures to the brunch destination of walkable West Asheville. Beginning Mother’s Day, May 13th, 2018 professional and up-and-coming artists will offer unique wearable, decorative, and functional goods for the creative life.
Vending opportunities: 1alienmenace@gmail.com

35th Anniversary Celebration “We’re on the Map”

We are having a community event to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of Candler being on the map. Join us for an evening of free family fun. We will have food truck, inflatables, music, school tours and much more! Alumini of CES will get a special recognition and are encouraged to attend.

Weaverville Schools Spring Fling

We are excited to bring you another year of the Weaverville Spring Fling. This event marks the pinnacle of hours of planning and anticipation to bring fun and festivities to our kids and the Weaverville Community.

What’s especially exciting is that the result of all this fun is that we are able to give back to the schools and provide funding to valuable programs and materials in our Weaverville Primary and Elementary Schools.

The Details

When: Friday, May 18, 4-7 PM

Where: Weaverville Primary School (Weaverville Elementary, in the event of rain)

What: Spring festival chock full of fun including inflatables, face painting, photo booth magic shows, live music, food trucks and more!

How Much: $12 wristbands

Extra Attraction Tickets: INDIVIDUAL TICKETS are $1 per ticket inflatable (1 turn), face paint (1 ticket), tattoo (1 ticket), hair paint (1 ticket)

Guests may come to this event without an armband and watch main stage performances.

Each Raffle Ticket is $1 and are to be purchased at Raffle Basket tables.

T-Shirts are $10 each. Women’s Cut Available This Year!

Mothers Day Workshop

Still looking for the perfect way to thanks Mom or to spend some time with your mom? Join Dogwood Designs Bakery for a Mothers day cake class. You will get to design and decorate your own cake for Mothers day. Bring your mom and spend some time together. Bring your sister or brother and do something together for mom. Moms have a fun date with your child. Cost is $55 and for one 6 inch cake to decorate. There will also be refreshments to enjoy, tips from the baker and all the tools you will need to make an amazing Mothers Day experience. If you are interested you can send us a Facebook Message or email me at dogwooddeisgnsbakery@gmail.com

4th Annual Pig On A Wire BBQ Sauce Competition

The 4rd Annual BBQ Sauce Competition presented by Luella’s Bar-B-Que & Hi-Wire Brewing is Thursday, May 31 at the Big Top Production Brewery & Taproom.

This year we have broken up the sauce entry categories into three different divisions: Tomato, Mustard, & Anything Gose (pun-intended). There is a limit of ONE entry PER category.

Entry qualifications include:
Must include a Hi-Wire Brewing beer in sauce
Must make at least 32oz of sauce
Must come up with unique Sauce Name
Sauce must be dropped off to Hi-Wire Brewing’s Big Top facility by Tuesday, May 29 @ 6pm (will be kept refrigerated until the competition).
Judging will happen by guests and a celebrity judging panel. Each 1st place winners receive Bragging Rights, a coveted PIG ON A WIRE Trophy and gift cards from Hi-Wire and Luella’s. 2nd place winners receive PIG ON A WIRE Medal of Honor, Hi-Wire and Luella’s merch and satisfaction knowing that to be #2, you must be #1 in someone’s eyes.

Judging Panel – PRIZES
1st Place – Tomato, Mustard, Anything Gose
2nd Place – Tomato, Mustard, Anything Gose

People’s Choice Judging – PRIZES
1st Place – Tomato, Mustard, Anything Gose
2nd Place – Tomato, Mustard, Anything Gose

Best Named Sauce – PRIZE
One Overall Winner

Judging will happen from from 5-7pm and is free and open to the public. Winners will be announced at 7:30pm. Other activities include live bluegrass and a speciality menu by Luella’s.

Signup here via ticket link.

Please email events@hiwirebrewing.com with any questions.

Grand Re-Opening Party!

Join us at the end of Asheville Beer Week to celebrate the grand opening of our new tasting room! We’re overwhelmingly excited to show you what we’ve been working on the last few months. Come check out our new taproom and outdoor space, equipped with a full food menu, corn hole, an outside bar, and a whole new look. We’ll have live music all day long from Asheville’s Virginia Dare Devils and Kaizen with no cover charge. Bring your friends, family, and furry friends to our place June 2 for a beer and let us know what you think.

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