Join us at the Colburn Museum for 4 days of awesome experiments and messy fun. Our hands-on science camp is a great way to spend the mornings learning and exploring!
Spring Break Science Camp will run from 10-12:30pm on Tuesday, March 29th through Friday, April 1st.
Be sure your scientist packs a lunch!
Join us for our Spring Break Creativity Camps and Afternoon PLAY! Ages 3 through grade 5. Held at our amazing Roots + Wings Creative Campus, our unique creativity camps develop innovative problem solving and critical thinking skills, confidence, collaboration and more as we encourage the creative voice of every student. Your child will explore a wide range of art and design mediums, while creating original works of art, both individually and collaboratively.
Ages 3-6
8:45am – 12:45pm
$180
Grades 1-5
9am – 1pm
$180
Afternoon PLAY
We will explore a different art and design medium everyday!
Age 3 – grade 5
1:15 – 4:30pm
$140
(students CAN bridge through to afternoon – our team will help them during the transition time)
only M-F options available
sibling discount of $10 per camp
“Join us for this interactive 5 – day art camp March 28th-April 1st! We will explore the wonders of the earth, outer space, and how WE fit into the big picture! In celebration of upcoming Earth Day, we will complete up-cycled art projects using recycled supplies. We will also take our sights to the stars and beyond, with science and outer-space inspired 2-d and 3-d projects. Who says art and science aren’t related? $175 for Monday-Friday, 9 – 1 pm. Make art, Make Friends!
Sylva’s 11th annual Fireworks Festivities will begin at 6:30pm on Friday, July 4, 2025 at the Bridge Park.
The Jackson County Chamber of Commerce is proud to welcome the band Gotcha Groove to the stage for a performance from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. They are one of the southeast’s finest bands. They will perform classic hits, pop favorites, R&B, Motown, soul and beach music.
Fireworks are organized and provided by Jackson County and should begin at dark immediately after the concert, approximately 9:30pm. The fireworks are visible from various locations throughout downtown Sylva and the immediate surrounding areas.
In addition to music and fireworks, the Jackson County Parks and Recreation Department will be providing children’s activities from 4-7:30 p.m.
Food and beverage vendors will be on site as well.
For more information, please contact the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce at 828-586-2155 or visit their Facebook page or website at www.mountainlovers.com.
“Sunday FUNday, Ages 7+ Join us to paint the Kiddo Birds on a Wire! Great for ALL ages:) Parents with younger kids may stay during class, but are not required to. All canvases will be pre-traced, and our artist instructor will walk everyone through painting this fun canvas.”
“Free and open to the public
Panelists include: Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer, Councilwoman Julie Mayfield and General Manager of Duke Energy Western Region, Robert Sipes.
This program in sponsored by Carolina Jews for Justice/West. The purpose of the meeting is to update the community on the collaborative partnership between the City of Asheville, Buncombe County and Duke Energy on building a 21st Century electric energy infrastructure in our community.
As part of the WNC Modernization Plan, Duke Energy has committed to work with our community in reducing electricity demand by 25 Megawatts/year in order to prevent the construction of a 192 MegaWatt natural gas peaking turbine.
The City of Asheville has been engaged in reducing its carbon footprint since Mayor Bellamy signed the Mayor’s Climate Agreement in 2007. In the past three years, the City has passed a Clean Energy Economy Resolution and developed a Community Clean Energy Policy Framework. Now we have Duke Energy’s commitment to put resources into our community to help us reduce energy use and to begin to build community energy infrastructure. This is an opportunity that we cannot afford to ignore. Citizen participation is needed, so please attend.
I want to encourage everyone to attend this important gathering, says Rabbi Justin Goldstein of Congregation Beth Israel. While we may not have much control over how the industrial nations of the world react to climate change, we do have a big say in how our local government responds. We are blessed to live in a community, which has taken a strong voice of leadership on curtailing our city’s carbon output, and we are blessed to have a mayor and city council willing to engage Duke Energy, the largest utility in the country, in assuring a more sustainable future for our city and our region. The Jewish tradition compels us to be stewards of Creation and to ensure that our planet is sustained for future generations. That Mayor Manheimer is willing to share her time to discuss the city’s goals of establishing sustainable practices and its relationship with Duke Energy is an opportunity we should not miss, he added.
For more information about Carolina Jews for Justice events and projects go to www.carolinajewsforjustice
“Rising 6th grade students, parents, and families will hear from AMS staff Information about courses and programs at Asheville Middle School.”
“Join YAJA for our vegeterian Shabbatluck! Bring a dish and your friends!”
Fifteen years ago, the Town of Sylva, Jackson County Parks and Recreation Department and Jackson County Chamber of Commerce teamed up to create the Concerts on the Creek music series at Bridge Park in Sylva.
The 15th annual season will start on Friday, May 24 (Memorial Day weekend) and end on Friday, Aug. 30 (Labor Day weekend). That will be 15 Fridays of Concerts on the Creek, with the Fireworks Festivities and concert on Thursday, July 4 sprinkled in for good measure. These events are held every Friday from 7-9 p.m.
These events are free with donations encouraged. Everyone is welcome. Dogs must be on a leash. No smoking, vaping, coolers or tents allowed. Bring a chair or blanket. Food trucks will be available on select nights.
“Come experience the aloha spirit with an introduction to the basic movements of hula. We will learn about the hula history, Hawaiian culture and the traditional version of the Lilo and Stitch dance!”