Join fellow cat lovers for a charming evening of book discussion and mingling with adoptable felines! Snacks will be provided and please feel free to bring your beverage of choice! There will also be a feline behavior Q & A with Dr. Anne Peden Symonds, DVM.
Featured Book: Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat by David Dosa
Please RSVP to events@ashevillehumane.org
You and your pet are invited to join The Paw it Forward Campaign presented by Dog Tag Art!
The campaign runs from April 15 – June 15, 2016. On Sunday, June 26 we will host a Victory Celebration and Open House at AHS where we will crown the pets who raised the most as our “Top Pawlanthropists!”
There will be food trucks (Ron’s Taco Shop and Amazing Pizza Co.), music, entertainment, and adoptable animals! Bring your dogs so you can both enjoy delicious ice cream from The Hop Ice Cream Cafe! This event is free and open to the public.
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Our goal is to raise $60,000 to enhance quality care for our shelter animals and expand our services for at-risk pets in our community.
Tuesdays & Thursdays 2-4pm. We will dance, craft, snack, watch ballet snippets … with mini performances in the studio to show off what we learned! Email us at RiverArtsBallet.com which camps are of interest
1st Camp: June 21st & 23rd
2nd Camp: June 28th & 30th
3rd Camp: July 19th & 21st
4th Camp: July 26th & 28th
5th Camp: August 9th & 11th
6th Camp: August 16th & 18th
Join us for a Brother Wolf Animal Rescue Donation Day at Native!
We will be hanging out in the Native backyard with adoptable animals. 20% of the day’s food proceeds wil be donated to Brother Wolf. Feel free to bring items to donate! See below for needed items.
Dog/Puppy food, dry and canned
Cat/Kitten food, dry and canned
Toys (dog and cat toys)
Collars
Leashes
Harnesses
Cleaning supplies (dish soap, hand sanitizer, bleach, paper towels, toilet tissue, large black trash bags, any type of cleaning supplies)
Dog/Puppy treats
Cat/Kitten treats
Items do not need to be unopened but must be securely taped up.
Everyone who brings a donation will receive a raffle ticket. Brother Wolf will be putting a basket together to raffle off.
Live Music!
July 1st: Abby the Spoon Lady & the Fly By Night Rounders @ 7:30pm
July 5th: The Everlong Brothers @ 6:30pm
July 7th: Stephen Evans @ 6:30pm
July 8th: Mark Bumgarner @ 7:30pm
July 12th: Chris Jamison @ 6:30pm
July 13th: Andrew Tufano @ 6:30pm
July 15th: Bob Sinclair and The Big Deals @ 7:30pm
July 20th” The Euphonic Ragtime Duo @ 7:30pm
July 21st: The Paper Crowns @ 6:30pm
July 22nd: Chris Jamison Trio @ 7:30pm
July 27th: Red Bread Trio @ 6:30pm
July 29th: Kevin Williams @ 7:30pm
Aug 4th: Ryan Furstenberg @ 6:30pm
At either the Black Mountain or downtown Asheville locations! 4-7pm!
Please join us on Fridays from 4:00-7:00 at our Black Mountain and French Broad Avenue locations for free wine and food samples! We will be serving a spectrum of delicious and interesting wines and delicious offerings from our catering team or Chef Michael!
Downtown Asheville location: 45 S. French Broad
Black Mountain location: 3018 US 70 W Suite 1
PARI’s annual spring open house is free and open to the public. Join us for a day of fun and STEM learning!
Admission is free, but there will be some paid activities
Take in our museum galleries with NASA and space artifacts, minerals and gems, meteorites, and more, open with scientists to answer your questions
Peek through a solar telescope to safely observe the Sun and look for sunspots
(weather allowing)
Journey through our solar system on the Galaxy Walk, our scale model of our home in the universe
Visit the activity tables with fun stuff for kids
Hear music played by DJ RaZor with 4 Dreamz Entertainment
Immerse yourself in outer space with a planetarium show (requires a separate $5 ticket)
Enjoy a meal from local food vendors, including the Local Harvester food truck and Lemonade Shake Ups from the BBQ Shed (food must be purchased)
Visit booths and displays from some of PARI’s friends and partners.
Hike to our observation deck for beautiful views
Play games outside
Pick out some summer reading with the Transylvania County Book Mobile.
Explore with rovers and robots with Hendersonvills’s robotics club.
Talk to one of our educators about our summer camps and learn about scholarships for your kids. You can even claim a scholarship (while they last) and register while you’re here.The “Whole Bloomin Thing” Spring Festival is held The Saturday Of Mothers Day Weekend each year. Upcoming will be its Fourteenth year in 2016.
Haywood County’s spring festival kicks off the growing season with new excitement each year as The “Whole Bloomin’ Thing” Spring Festival continues to grow. Beautiful flowering baskets, vegetable and herbs, berry bushes, potted plants, trees, perennials, are all a beautiful assortment of color, size and variations. Fresh local produce & organic beef. Local Food Vendors from turkey legs, hot dogs, hamburgers, BBQ, fresh ice cream, kettle corn, fresh squeezed lemonade, and much much more. Each year, Children’s Activities will vary.
Local artists will feature a wide range of nature-inspired gifts and handicrafts from baskets to beads, soap to stemware, bags to birdhouses, wreaths, jewelry, planters, wooden, clay, and metal art work, and dozens of original decorative creations. Live entertainment throughout the day will be provided by local artist as each year brings new local talent to the Spring Festival.
And don’t forget the Frog Level Businesses which offer you antiques, antique restorations, pottery, massages, gourmet coffee, food and craft beer, one of a kind art galleries and more.
Check out the Historical Buildings in The Historical Frog Level Shopping District.
The tenth annual Art in Autumn Outdoor Arts and Crafts Festival takes place Saturday, September 17, 2016, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Main Street in downtown Weaverville, North Carolina, located in Buncombe county 7 miles from downtown Asheville.
Sponsored by the Weaverville Business Association, the festival features 114 juried artists and craftspeople and live music. In recent years, Weaverville has established itself as a culturally rich destination point, with its now well-established street festival each September. It has earned a reputation for its quaint atmosphere, artistic spirit, and distinctive shops and restaurants.
The annual Art in Autumn festival brings a jovial celebration of community and fine art and craft to the Main Street of this lovely small town. All are welcome. Admission and parking are free.
Churchwide “yard-sale”
FREE toiletries
FREE haircuts
FREE household supplies
FREE children’s coloring books
FREE blood pressure checks provided by Faith Community Nursing
FREE dental screenings provided by Blue Ridge Community Health Services
FREE skin cancer screenings provided by Dermatology Center of Hendersonville