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Folkmoot 2016 – Blue Ridge C.C.

Folkmoot, a word meaning “meeting of the people,” provides communities all over Western North Carolina the opportunity to build a deeper sense of connection, mutual respect and shared purpose by experiencing other cultures. Dancers from 10 nations around the globe and brand new events will spark the 33rd edition of Folkmoot festival when it convenes July 21-31 in our beloved Smoky Mountains. Click for information on visiting dance groups. Groups of 20 or more receive a 20% discount, call 828-452-2997 for more information.

Independence Day Sunset Fireworks Hike

This year, celebrate the Fourth of July with your family, friends, guests, and the Swannanoa Valley Museum on a 1.5-mile, moderate hike to the peak of Sunset Mountain. Here, Museum guests will enjoy an old-fashioned watermelon cutting, and then stay to watch the sun set and the fireworks explode over the town of Black Mountain. Hike leaders will share the history and vintage photographs of this most historic place over dinner. Bring a picnic, water, folding chairs, cameras, and flashlights. The Museum will provide watermelon and transport cargo to the summit.

Meet: Black Mountain Savings Bank, 200 East State Street, Black Mountain, NC 28711
Difficulty Rating: Moderate, 1.5 mile each way
Meet Time: 6:00 PM
Estimated Return Time: 11:00 PM

 

Dino Week!

Greetings, delicious human morsels! It is I, Clarence the T. Rex, here to tell you about a very special opportunity to get eaten. Did I say eaten? Just kidding! Haha. I’M TALKING ABOUT DINO WEEK AT DANCING BEAR TOYS. See you there, snacks! xoxo, Clarence

July 11-17, 3:30-4:30 pm, Asheville Store Only

 

Monday, July 11 – Excavate a cryogenically frozen dinosaur!


Tuesday, July 12 – Make a dinosaur skeleton out of Q-tips!


Wednesday, July 13 – Go on a dinosaur walkabout!


Thursday, July 14 – Make your own fossil to take home!


Friday, July 15 – Make DINO POOP COOKIES! yEEEEAH


Saturday, July 16 & Sunday, July 17 – Design your own species of dinosaur, and make it out of clay to take home!

Jump Two: Tinikling (all ages)

Discover the traditional Philippine dance which originated during the Spanish colonial era.  The dance involves two people beating, tapping, and sliding bamboo poles on the ground and against each other in coordination with one or more dancers who step over and in between the poles in a dance.  Now, are you curious?!

“Wings of Life” Encore Film Screening

This Disney nature film is a visual feast as it delves into the realm of flowers and their pollinators.  For more information on this free screening, call the Library at 250-6482.

The WCU Roadworks Presents: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (6th-12th Grade)

The WCU College of Fine and Performing Arts will present a free performance of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) at the West Asheville Library. Join these madcap players in tights as they weave their wicked way through all of Shakespeare’s comedies, histories and tragedies in one wild ride that will leave you breathless and helpless with laughter.

In Grovemont Park @ 6:30PM. Bring camp chairs or blankets, have a picnic or just sit back and enjoy. Bringeth ON the fun! Free. Questions? Contact us at 828-250-6486 or Swannanoa.library@buncombecounty.org.

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