May 11th, 2024: A very special Mommy and Me themed painting this month! Gender, clothing, hair, skin can be customized to match you your favorite colors or style! LEARN MORE HERE
June 8th, 2024: June’s kids paint event. The theme this month was requested by participants … RAINBOW PIZZA PARTY!!! Free paint time to customize the back round. LEARN MORE HERE
July 13th, 2024: LEARN MORE HERE
Please RSVP to enjoy free soup and/or salad, purchase tickets to cooking classes and purchase handmade ceramic bowls.
On Sunday April 21st 1-5pm UNCA’s Health and Wellness Department and the Student Environmental Center will host Bountiful Bowls, an Earth Day and Food Waste Reduction Month event and fundraiser to benefit Bountiful Cities.
This FREE event is open to all. Community members and students are invited to come and celebrate outside the Sherrill Center at UNCA where they can enjoy some “stone soup.” Participants are encouraged to bring a vegetable or pantry item that can be part of the stone soup. We will celebrate Food Waste Reduction month using donated up-cycled produce to make the soup and a Panzanella Salad for attendees. Firefly Valley Pottery will lead participants in a hands-on experience with clay, and participants can take hand built pots with them. The Student Environmental Center will lead Earth Day activities and share information about sustainability.
Participants can purchase beautiful ceramic hand-made bowls (on a sliding scale) to support Bountiful Cities work, then fill it with soup or salad!
Tickets ($25 each) are also on sale for cooking classes with Plant-Based Nutrition Expert and Professor Amy Joy Lanou in the Teaching Kitchen at the Sherill Center at UNCA. Lanou will explore techniques to reduce food waste and cook delicious dishes with fresh and local produce. You can purchase a ticket to the cooking class and add on a ceramic bowl for $40.
Special thanks to our co-sponsor Firefly Valley Pottery. Thanks also to UNCA Ceramics department, AB Tech Ceramics department, Asheville High School Ceramics department, and many local ceramic artists for donating bowls for this event. And thanks to the Food Equity Initiative at UNCA for donating supplies.
Please RSVP, purchase bowls and tickets today! You may choose your bowl on a first come first served basis on the day of the event. If we don’t sell out, bowls will be available for purchase on the day of the event and pick up at one of our up coming events.
Art teachers from Buncombe County Schools transformed the Asheville Mall into a gallery for the All-County K-8 Art Show. You can see the pieces on display through May 4.
MALL HOURS:
Spectators are free to enjoy all activities! Free face painting, Carolina Cloggers, Jackie the dancing DJ, WNC Flashmob, Hit the Pit Bbcue food truck, Glazed & Infused donuts will be on location for breakfast, Frozen Josie’s icecream truck, 50/50, door prizes, silent auction, fire trucks, police cars,and SDMO merchandise from Krafty Kreations!
Get your little ones signed up for our Kids Kokedama Workshop where they can get their hands dirty and leave with a one-of-kind planting experience.
Friday Sale: May 17, 3-7 pm
Saturday Sale: May 18, 9-3:30
Lower Parking Lot, Town Square
Loads of vendors with garden plants and related items.
Free, but advance registration required
Celebrate the matriarchs in your life with a memorable High Tea experience at The Omni Grove Park Inn.
Whether you’re expressing gratitude as a daughter, partner, or friend, our lavish Mother’s Day Tea Party offers an enchanting affair filled with soft melodies of a local violinist, delectable hors d’oeuvres, and artisanal activities.
Join us for the Jump off Rock Half Marathon + 10k Artisan Market and Race Expo on May 10, 2024 at Continuum Art!
Local artisans will be showcasing and selling their products and services alongside running related vendors.
On the Fourth Tuesday of every month, general admission to the Cradle of Forestry is FEE FREE! Additionally, National Get Outdoors Day (Sat, June 8th, 2024) and Public Lands Day (Sat, Sept 28th, 2024) are also FEE FREE.
Gather up your family and friends, pack a picnic lunch, and go discover how this innovative educational institution shaped our country’s history and imagine how it felt to be one of its first pupils.
Their trails offer visitors a chance to explore historical buildings from the time of the Biltmore Forest School (1898-1914), climb aboard and ring the bell of a 1914 Climax logging train engine, and interact with historical interpreters through programs and special events.
Inside their Discovery Center, you’ll find a gift shop, a spacious theater playing a short film about the history of their site, and an interactive exhibit hall, including a historic Bell UH-1F helicopter for children to take a virtual flight to see and feel what it must be like to work as a US Forestry Helicopter pilot.
2024 FEE FREE DAYS:
The typical 2024 fees for general admission at the Cradle of Forestry are as follows: