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Home Movie Day Asheville

Home Movie Day is an international celebration of amateur films and filmmaking, providing many cities with a taste of local history and days gone by.

Bring home movies to share, or just come to enjoy the memories of others in the community!

We can show movies on 8mm, Super 8mm, and 16mm film, as well as VHS, DVD, and digital files! Please contact us if you have any questions about your films, or if you want to let us know in advance that you’ll be joining us! We have a 1 reel (3 minutes) limit until everyone has had a chance to share their films (and then we’re happy to watch more, if you bring them!)

Bring your sweet tooth, because home movies wouldn’t be complete without a good old fashioned BAKE SALE! (All proceeds from the bake sale go to sustain our community filmmaking space and resource library at Mechanical Eye Microcinema)

“Home Movie Day is the perfect opportunity for people to connect with our past and to move the conversation about preserving our cultural heritage into the future.” Ken Burns

HOME MOVIE DAY FAQ
What film formats can I bring to Home Movie Day?
Volunteers will inspect and project 16mm, 8mm, and Super 8 film. We will also project DVDs, VHS, & VHS-C. If you have any other oddball formats (28mm, 9.5mm, etc.), HMD representatives can help you find a safe, cost-effective way to view these prints.

Do I need to bring a home movie?
Nope. You’re welcome to stop by and just watch other people’s home movies. This isn’t a film screening where you need to stay silent. The more the audience contributes, the more fun it is.
Your commentary will be much appreciated!

I have a whole box of ’em! Can we watch ’em all?
Nobody likes a home movie hog. Bring as many films as you’d like, but we’ll be screening one reel (3-5mins) from each participant until everyone has had a chance to see their home movies. After that, second helpings are totally fine–especially in Kodachrome.

Do I have to get up and talk about my home movies?
You’re welcome to narrate your home movies and inform everyone that this scene was shot at Aunt Bertha’s high school graduation and that this one was shot on your family trip to Florida in 1982. Or you can just sit in the auditorium and watch them in anonymous silence. Whatever floats your celluloid boat.

My home movies are very personal. Why would I want to watch them with a bunch of voyeurs?
Home movies often commemorate scenes of enormous personal importance: weddings, graduations, birthdays, family reunions. Though home movies often begin as family records with
deeply private meaning, the passage of years makes them compelling to people far beyond your immediate family. They serve as authentic records of our neighborhoods, traditions, and
communities. You’ll enjoy sharing them–really.

Will you take my home movies and never give them back? They’re incredibly precious to me!
Nope. We’ll just inspect and project your home movies and return them to you in comparable condition. If there are broken perforations or cracked frames, we’ll fix those and return the films in better condition! Keep in mind that decades-old films are fragile and there’s an inherent (though slight) risk of damage during any projection. If we do not feel that the film can be safely
projected, we will not screen it.

Will you take my home movies and never give them back? I don’t want ’em anymore!
Some venues are associated with film archives. In those cases, the archivists would be happy to discuss options for donating your old, unwanted home movies to their collections.

This sounds amazing! How much will this expert consultation set me back?
Home Movie Day is free, but donations are always welcome to defray costs.

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Beary Scary Halloween

Join us for a full day of nature programs about animals considered creepy and crawly! This fun-filled day includes an opportunity to create animal enrichments, trick-or-treating through the animal habitats and a costume contest. Plus, children in costume are admitted at half-price. Included with admission.
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Buncombe County Bookmobile

Session runs October 10th-December 8th

 

MONDAY/WEDNESDAY

Eliada Home 9:00am-10:30am

W. Buncombe Elementary 12:30pm-1:15pm

Mosswood MHP: 1:30pm-2:15pm

 

TUESDAY/THURSDAY

Barnardsville Elementary: 9:00am-9:45am

Building Blocks: 10:30am-11:15am

Leicester Comm. Center: 11:45am-12:30pm

Woodfin: 1:00pm-1:45pm

 

The Bookmobile is rolling to a neighborhood near you! Children 3-5 are invited to join us for story time, songs, and crafts as we play and learn together. There is no fee and no registration necessary! Children will check out books to take home, and steady attendance earns them books to keep forever!

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Vermont Avenue Halloween

Thousands of people gather in a family-oriented event where the streets are free and safe from any car traffic, thanks to the efforts of a core of volunteers and neighbors. Please sign up to volunteer! If you can’t volunteer, please donate to help with the cost, buy candy for the residents and add to the volunteer booty bag! We are looking for local business sponsors as well.

 

Parking on side streets is limited and discouraged. Parking is suggested at West Asheville Park or along Haywood Rd. Better yet, walk or bike!

 

Most of Vermont Avenue (open Google Map) and parts of side streets will be closed to car traffic (see roads shown in black on the map). As always, barricades are manned to allow access to EMS vehicles.

 

Residents within the “Closed” area are encouraged to avoid entering/exiting during the closure and visitors should plan to park outside the closure. Westgate Rd has been added as “closed to through traffic” by the City of Asheville this year to create a safer traffic flow (access available for residents and EMS).

 

Barricades will go up at 5:30pm and come down at 9pm.

 

At closing, residents will no longer be handing out candy (they will likely be out of candy before 9pm!) and are welcomed to turn out the lights and call it a night.

Happy Halloween!!

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Open House

Truck Rides, Refreshments, Activities, Sparky

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Treats on the Street

Oct 31 – Thursday evening – TREATS on the STREET 5 – 7 pm; Halloween Goblins & Treats for young children in downtown area. “When witches go riding, and black cats are seen. The moon laughs and whispers, ’tis near Halloween.” Main Street area.

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22nd Annual PumpkinFest

The Town of Franklin presents the 22nd Annual PumpkinFest
featuring the World Famous Pumpkin Roll
Saturday, October 20, 2018

Get ready to let the good times roll during Franklin, North Carolina’s 22nd Annual PumpkinFest! This street festival and celebration of Autumn is pure familiy fun! Children and adults alike will have a blast taking part in traditional and some very non-traditional fall festivities during Western North Carolina’s premier autumn festival.

PumpkinFest rolls into action on Saturday, October 20th and Historic Downtown Franklin, North Carolina is full tilt with everything pumpkin. Bring your pumpkin (or purchase one downtown) and sign up early for the World Famous Pumpkin Roll. The Costume Parade and Contest is another highlight of the day as well as the Pumpkin Pie Eating Contest. And don’t miss out on more than 80 vendors including mountain arts & crafts along with great food! There is always live entertainment including roving street performers. PumpkinFest runs from 9am to 4pm and is held rain or shine.

More information can be obtained by calling 828-524-2516 or drop us an email at pumpkinfest@franklinnc.com. You can also follow PumpkinFest on Facebook to keep posted on the latest information! More on the schedule of events is below and we’ll be updating the schedule so check back with us from time to time.

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Brain Bash: Trick or Treaters Family Night

BRAIN BASH!
Oct 13th 3:30pm-Close – Trick or Treaters Family Night at all area Ryan’s Restaurants. Activities will include pictographs, puzzles, and riddles. Up to 2 kids (11 years and younger) eat for $1.99 each with the purchase of an adult or senior regular-priced buffet.

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