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Bring the whole family out for a celebration of Spring and the hope of restoration for the Swannanoa Valley!

Music, Food, Piñatas, Easter Egg Hunt, Easter Baskets, Games for Teens & Youth, Free store (provided by RiverLife Fellowship)

Organized by RiverLife Fellowship

 

 

 

Earth Day Cleanup Day

What better way to celebrate Earth Day than to help Buncombe County beautify its parks? The 2023 Earth Day cleanup is a volunteer day for community members, schools, clubs, organizations, businesses, etc to engage in a hands-on way to clean up various parks throughout Buncombe County in preparation for increased use as warm weather amps up. This will include Lake Julian Park, Charles D. Owen Park, Buncombe County Sports Park, Ledges Whitewater Park, and Alexander River Park.
The tasks volunteers can help with include litter pickup and landscaping. The litter pickup would include cleaning up trash and debris from along roadways, walking paths, entrances to parks, and wooded areas. The landscaping opportunities include:
– Trimming limbs and shrubs
– Planting flower plugs and other small plants and bushes along buildings and picnic shelters, park entrances, in garden areas and on embankments
– Rejuvenating garden areas with wildflower seeds and plugs, and watering plants, clearing brush
– Removing fallen limbs, overgrowth from pathways planted areas,
– Removing invasive species from choking out native species in some areas.
– Volunteer groups are limited in capacity by location and volunteers can choose which park and task they would like to be involved with. Volunteers will be provided materials such as gloves, litter pickers, trash bags, loppers, shovels, shears, watering cans, seedlings, bulbs, shrubs, flowers, safety vests, etc.
Be sure to register for this event!

EARTH DAY SENSORY DROP IN EVENT

Join Regulate Sensory Camp any time between 10am and 2pm for four multisensory stations to enhance visual, auditory, tactile, oral, olfactory, proprioceptive and vestibular senses through exploration and fun!
This event is for children 6 months to 12 years of age! Parents at expected to participate with their child under the instruction of host.
Cost is $20 dollars with siblings being half off!
Take home sensory item provided!

Arise & Shine ARTS Launch Party!

Join us to celebrate the launch of Arise & Shine ARTS! We will have live music, activities for the kids, and for the kids at heart! Fun for all ages!

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Movie Night Fundraiser

Help Sienna Breath Fundraiser
Sienna, a 6 month old, Olde English Bulldog/Dogue De Bordeaux mix, is on her second E.R. stay and on her way to a referred specialist. After over $8000 in E.R. stays, medication, oxygen, and endotracheal wash, fluids, etc and many more bills to come, it’s time to ask for help!
With the help of the Lovely Flat Rock Cinema, we have rented it out for an evening to show “Turner and Hooch” in honor of Siennas lineage. Tickets will be $15 per head, with the option to contribute more if you desire. Food, snacks, drinks (alcoholic and not) can be purchased at the theater.
Movie starts at 6:30, please come grab a seat and snack at 6 p.m. Only 60 spots available, so grab your partner, kids, neighbors and come watch a great movie while supporting a puppy in the community!
First to purchase their tickets receive a spot, so please get your ticket money in ASAP To Amber. you can message me directly to pay in cash or check, or facebook pay and venmo are accepted.
venmo @Ambersanborn55

Saturday Morning Art Classes for Kids of all ages!! Sewing Series!!

Starting in April, Emily’s Art Alley will be hosting Saturday morning art classes for kids of all ages!! Classes will be held at EmVi Art Studio, in the River Arts District!
April Series: Sewing!!
Each Saturday we will focus on hand sewing! Students will learn various stitches- including the whipstitch and backstitch and how to sew on buttons. Each class will build up to creating a pattern and sewing their own original felt creature!
April 1st:
We will begin the series by learning how to thread a needle, make a knot, and learn the whipstitch. Using the techniques learned in class will create a pizza felty!!!
Prerequisite: None
Class Fee: $40
April 8th:
Students will continue their exploration of sewing! They will learn the running stitch and how to sew on buttons! Using socks, students will create their very own sock pig!
Prerequisite: April 1st class or some sewing experience
Class Fee: $40
April 15:
Students will learn about patterns and how various pieces are put together to create a three dimensional stuffed animal! We will cut out a pattern and learn/use the backstitch to add designs. By the end of class, students will have their own little felt elephant!
Prerequisite: Previous classes or sewing experience (how to thread needle, whipstitch)
Class Fee: $40
April 22 and 29:
These two classes students will create their own pattern and felt creature! First class, students will draw their idea for their creature, create a pattern and begin cutting out all their pieces. Second class, students will see their creature together!! Some outside of class work may be required. **Students have to sign up for both classes**
Prerequisite: Previous classes or Sewing experience
Class Fee: $80 (both classes)
Sign up for the whole series and save! All five classes: $180
Class fee includes: sewing kit, all materials for the class (fabric, thread, buttons, socks, etc…), instruction by Emily Alley, homemade snacks provided by Leviticus Moore.
Times: 9am-12pm
Age requirement: All ages!!
Class size: minimum: 5 students , max: 10
Emily is a professional artist currently living in Asheville. She received a bachelors in Art History and a bachelor’s in Art Education from Illinois State University. She taught art in the public school system in central Illinois and Las Vegas to kindergarten through twelfth grade for 15 years.

Cloth Doll Design and Construction Demo

Charlie Patricolo will use dolls in various stages of completion to demonstrate the creative process used to make her charming cloth dolls. Charlie, who has been making dolls for nearly 50 years, is a fiber arts instructor at the John C. Campbell Folk School and a member of the Original Doll Artist Council of America

Easter Wonderland

A free outdoor event for kiddos and their families! come down and join us at Brevard, NC VFW Post 4309.

Ages 1-3 12:00pm

Ages 4-6 1:00pm

Ages 7-10 2:00pm

Livermush Festival

Saturday, June 7th
17th Annual Livermush Festival
“It’s a Squeal”
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Join us for a “squealin'” good time in Downtown Marion on June 7th! We will have free kids activities, a hog callin’ and pig squealin’ contest plus a food truck rodeo!

You vote for the best livermush dish. The best Food Truck livermush dish earns a trophy! Winning hog callers and pig squealers win $25.00 and a free 2025 Livermush T-Shirt.

On top of that, we will have live music and will be hosting over 70 craft vendors! A good time will be had by all!

We do not ask for payments or applications through facebook or messenger. To apply for a space, please go to our official Livermush Festival Website, marionlivermushfestival.com. Due to overwhelming response, the application portal has been closed.

***We will never ask people to message us on Facebook to accept vendor payments.

***We will never reach out to you on facebook comments to ask you to pay with apps like paypal or cash app.

***The only way to pay online is on our official site,marionlivermushfestival.com and those applications are now closed due to popular demand for vendor spaces.

For more information, 828-652-2215, follow Livermush Festival on Facebook and/or www.marionlivermushfestival.com.

90+ vendors will be in attendance! Show them your support!

Live Music!
John Richardson and Slow Burn
Foothills Community School String Band
Little Miss McDowell

Food Trucks!
Mama T’s Rolling Snack Shack
Sips Soda Shop
The Just Peachy Pop Shop
Appalachian Chics
Scoops & More
Pelican’s Snoballs of Marion
Ain’t that Sweet Cotton Candy
Kettle Corn from MB Concessions
Jay’s Lemonade
Most Wanted Food Company

The 2025 Sponosors:
Hunter’s Livermush
Mission Hospital McDowell
McDowell Technical Community College
The Paper
NC S.A.F.E.
Carolina Chiropractic Plus
Renewal by Andersen
Cellular Sales Verizon in Conover, NC
Optimum
The City of Marion

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