Santa Clause returns to Mountain Made this Sunday, December 8th from 1-4pm! Have a special gift that you want for the holidays? Now is your chance to ask the man himself! This event is FREE to attend.
Mountain Made is located in the historic Grove Arcade in the heart of downtown Asheville.
Winter Wonderland is returning to Grove Arcade bigger, brighter, and snowier than ever before! It all starts with our must-see Opening Night on Friday, November 29th from 5:30-7:30pm at Grove Arcade. This is a FREE event, so bring your family and friends!!
Featuring:
– The Asheville Symphony Chorus
– Lighting Ceremony of trees & lights
– Indoor snow
– Refreshments
*** Kid-friendly
*** All ages welcome
Winter Wonderland lights, trees, and decorations will be up through the end of the year.
Saturday, November 3 – Saturday, December 23 — 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Visit Santa in Antler Hill Village
Included with estate admission.
Bring the family to visit Santa at the bandstand in Antler Hill Village on select dates through December 23. It’s the classic Christmas moment you never outgrow, and one your children will talk about forever and ever. Have your camera ready to capture it!
Available November 3-4, 10-11, 17-18, 20-21, 23-25, and December 1-2, 8-9, 15-23.
Fridays & Saturdays, Nov 2nd-Jan 5th , 3:00pm-7:30pm
Included with estate admission, Biltmore Annual Pass, or overnight stay.
Enjoy traditional Christmas favorites sung by our roving bands of carolers. Performing 30-minute sets from various Antler Hill Village locations, these talented singers add to the festive holiday atmosphere of this charming part of the estate.
Monday-Saturday 10:00am-5:00pm
Sunday 1:00pm-5:00pm
The Asheville Museum of Science will be the premier science destination in downtown Asheville, NC. Bring the whole family and discover the science that makes Western North Carolina unforgettable. Tour our Colburn Hall of Minerals, watch as topography changes as you interact with our Terra Box, climb in our Cradle of Forestry exhibit, go back in time with our Teratophoneus dinosaur skeleton, make a splash with our French Broad River exhibit, and so much more!
Understanding how to raise our kids in a sexually healthy way starts at birth! The language we use, the physical touch and space we promote or discourage, understanding how our children grow physically and mentally is all a part of them developing a positive attitude toward their body and a respect for themselves and others.
Kelley Johnson, Ph. D. is teaching an awesome class this summer – Raising a Sex-Positive Child in a Sex-Negative Nation. This class will help parents understand all that sexuality includes (from body image to reproduction to boundary setting to honoring “no”), think about the values you want to share with your children, and learn concrete ways to promote healthy sexual development.
The class will be offered five times this summer with the first offering on Tuesday, June 20, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Please join us for a magical evening especially for dads and daughters of all ages. Registration includes entrance to the dance, a craft & photo memory to take home, light snacks and refreshments. All preregistered couples are entered into a drawing for fun giveaways during the event. Open to the public.
Register at:
You are invited to the Essential Journeys Soap Studio for our Annual Soap Sale.
Essential Journeys offers handcrafted soaps, Goat’s Milk Soaps, Lip Balms, Body Butter, Lotions, Soy Candles & Bath Salts.
Come and test our Arnica Salve, Body Butter and Goat’s Milk Lotions. To Try Them is To Love Them!
Please invite your friends we believe in “Word of Mouth”.
Functional gifts for teachers, business associates, friends and kids.
Can’t make it? We ship UPS or can have your order ready for pick up. Our NEW West Asheville Soap Studio is open most weekdays. Call or email for hours or to set an appointment.
We accept orders via phone, fax, email or website. When placing your order online use promotional code: BIKE2016 and receive the 20% OFF orders over $25.
I am thankful for the families and friends who have made the Essential Journeys Holiday Soap Sale a Holiday Tradition. Come for the quality hand crafted gifts, stay for the comraderie, photo booth, and refreshments.
As part of City and stakeholder efforts to improve public space management and placemaking downtown, a collaboration between the City, Wall Street merchants and Asheville Downtown Association called Walkable Wall Street launches on Nov. 19, the same day as the Asheville Holiday Parade. Walkable Wall Street incorporates a temporary closure to cars along the corridor while promoting a festive pedestrian experience.
Immediately following the Holiday Parade, Santa Claus will ride through Wall Street to arrive at the Grove Arcade, where he will welcome visitors and pose for photos until 4 p.m.
Wall Street will remain closed to vehicles and open for festivities and shopping through 9 p.m. Businesses will offer extended hours and family friendly activities in the street and in stores, including gift basket building, leather cuff making, holiday ornament decorating, a scavenger hunt, live music and special promotions.
Dec 7th, 12:00pm-6:00pm
Dec 8th, 12:00pm-6:00pm
Join us for hugs and high fives with 150 of the finest creatives showing their finest work!
The Big Crafty supports the creative community in all its go-for-broke, full-of-heart, boundary-pushing, human-scale, all-in, full-tilt glory.
We’re so proud to have been voted the region’s favorite art event for 11 years straight thanks to the generous support of the Asheville Area Arts Council and the Asheville City Government.