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Saturday, August 16, 2025
Rocky Cove Railroad Exhibit
Aug 16 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
NC Arboretum

On exhibit Saturdays and Sundays from 12 – 4 p.m., Rocky Cove Railroad is a G-Scale (garden scale) model train that demonstrates the coming of trains to western North Carolina at the turn of the 20th century. The exhibit is located below the Grand Promenade. Please note, Rocky Cove Railroad will not operate in rainy or wet conditions.

Sunday, August 17, 2025
Rocky Cove Railroad Exhibit
Aug 17 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
NC Arboretum

On exhibit Saturdays and Sundays from 12 – 4 p.m., Rocky Cove Railroad is a G-Scale (garden scale) model train that demonstrates the coming of trains to western North Carolina at the turn of the 20th century. The exhibit is located below the Grand Promenade. Please note, Rocky Cove Railroad will not operate in rainy or wet conditions.

Knit-n-Give
Aug 17 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Mission Rathbun House

Are you looking for an excuse to knit or crochet for a good cause? Help make baby hats and blankets and adult hats, scarves, and slippers to support at-risk newborns and homeless adults.  Your handmade knitwear will keep our neighbors warm.  Volunteers with basic skills in knitting or crocheting are welcome. Please bring your own needles or crochet hooks and a pattern.

Check out Knit-n-Give on WLOS: http://wlos.com/news/only-on-wloscom/close-knit-group-of-women-use-their-talents-to-help-asheville-charities

 

 

Monday, August 18, 2025
Victoria Benton Frank: Reading and Signing
Aug 18 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Hub City Bookshop

On August 18 at 6 PM, we’ll be hosting Victoria Benton Frank for a discussion of her latest novel, The Violet Hour, a heartwarming and empowering novel about thriving after tragedy.

Get a 10% discount on the book when you RSVP on Eventbrite and present it at the bookshop register!

Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Empower Hour
Aug 19 @ 11:30 am
YWCA of Asheville

Join us for Empower Hour, a one-hour program and facility tour where you will experience firsthand the YWCA’s work to bridge gaps in earning power, education, health & wellness and access to childcare.

Empower Hours take place twice a month on the first and third Tuesday at 11:30 am.
Lunch is served as part of our Empower Hour, so reservations are required.

To make a reservation: contact Elizabeth Alvandi, Advancement Assistant, at (828) 254-7206 ext. 103 or [email protected].

Lunch and Lit with Victoria Benton Frank
Aug 19 @ 12:00 pm
Soby's

A heartwarming and empowering novel about thriving after tragedy, from the author of the “enchanting, hilarious, and insightful” (Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times author) My Magnolia Summer. If you love Kristy Woodson Harvey and Mary Kay Andrews, you do not want to miss Lunch & Lit with Victoria Benton Frank!

Lunch and Lit with Victoria Benton Frank
Aug 19 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Soby's

A heartwarming and empowering novel about thriving after tragedy, from the author of the “enchanting, hilarious, and insightful” (Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times author) My Magnolia Summer. If you love Kristy Woodson Harvey and Mary Kay Andrews, you do not want to miss Lunch & Lit with Victoria Benton Frank!

Never been to Lunch & Lit? Your ticket includes entry to the event, a signed copy of the book, and a three course meal from Soby’s.

In Conversation with Glenis Redmond
Aug 19 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
J Hudson Booksellers

Join us for a special free reading with Greenville Poet Laureate Glenis Redmond for her new poetry collection, Over Yonder!

Georgann Eubanks: Reading and Signing
Aug 19 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Hub City Bookshop

Georgann Eubanks will visit the bookshop on August 19th at 6 PM to share her new book, The Fabulous Ordinary: Discovering the Natural Wonders of the Wild South, “an engaging and enlightening tour of the US South’s flora and fauna.”

Get a 10% discount on the book when you RSVP on Eventbrite and present it at the bookshop register.

Thursday, August 21, 2025
True Home Open Mic at Flood Gallery
Aug 21 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Flood Gallery

Uncensored expression: anyone is invited to step up to share song, music, poetry, comedy, rants & raves!

The most eclectic open mic around, in a welcoming gallery setting! 6 pm signup, perform 6:30-8:30 pm.

Books Over Drinks with Pamela Terry
Aug 21 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
J Hudson Booksellers

A charming, heartfelt novel about the bonds of family, whether found or foretold, from the author of The Sweet Taste of MuscadinesIf you love Patti Callahan Henry and Kristy Woodson Harvey, you do not want to miss Books Over Drinks with Pamela Terry!

Friday, August 22, 2025
Lunch & Learn: The Last Train Robber
Aug 22 @ 12:30 pm
Chapman Cultural Center

Friday, August 22 at 12:30

Chapman Cultural Center

The Last Train Robber

Did You Know America’s Last Train Robber Lived Out His Years in Spartanburg, SC?

He never meant to rob a moving train—or get caught in a shootout just blocks from the White House. But it really happened.

Climb aboard with author Wilson Casey to hear the firsthand account of the last moving train robbery in American history. In Bedlam on the W. Virginia Rails, Casey shares the incredible true story of Luman “Lu” Ramsdell, as told by the train robber himself. Dubbed “The B&O Zoot Suit Bandits” by the national press, Lu and his gang became infamous for their violent 1949 heist.

Lunch and Learn is sponsored by the Chapman Cultural Center

There are a limited number of seats, be sure to register in advance (even members!)

Admission: $5 for non-members / Free for SCHA members.

Don’t forget to bring your lunch!

Saturday, August 23, 2025
Allen Lyle: Author Pop-Up
Aug 23 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Hub City Bookshop

Allen Lyle will be dropping by Hub City Bookshop on August 23 at 11 AM – 1 PM to sign copies of Red Sun Rising, the first installment in an exciting dark fantasy/sci-fi series.

We would love to know you are coming!

 

Rocky Cove Railroad Exhibit
Aug 23 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
NC Arboretum

On exhibit Saturdays and Sundays from 12 – 4 p.m., Rocky Cove Railroad is a G-Scale (garden scale) model train that demonstrates the coming of trains to western North Carolina at the turn of the 20th century. The exhibit is located below the Grand Promenade. Please note, Rocky Cove Railroad will not operate in rainy or wet conditions.

Sunday, August 24, 2025
Rocky Cove Railroad Exhibit
Aug 24 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
NC Arboretum

On exhibit Saturdays and Sundays from 12 – 4 p.m., Rocky Cove Railroad is a G-Scale (garden scale) model train that demonstrates the coming of trains to western North Carolina at the turn of the 20th century. The exhibit is located below the Grand Promenade. Please note, Rocky Cove Railroad will not operate in rainy or wet conditions.

Monday, August 25, 2025
Golden Hour Book Release
Aug 25 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
J Hudson Booksellers

Join us for a special Golden Hour to celebrate the release of R.F. Kuang’s highly anticipated novel, Katabasis! This event is free, with specialty cafe items and books available for purchase. Author will not be here.

Off-site Book Launch with Scott Gould
Aug 25 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
The Bohemian Cafe

Join local author Scott Gould at The Bohemian Cafe (2 W. Stone Ave.) for the launch of his latest novel, Peace Like A River!

Books Over Drinks with Brooke Lea Foster
Aug 25 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
J Hudson Booksellers

From the “great storyteller” (Natalie Jenner, author of The Jane Austen Society) Brooke Lea Foster, a captivating new novel set in 1965 and 1978 about a graduate student who returns with her sisters to their family’s summer home on Martha’s Vineyard and begins to unravel old family secrets. If you love Beatriz Williams and Karen White, you do not want to miss this Books Over Drinks event!

Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Books Over Drinks with Penny Zang
Aug 26 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
J Hudson Booksellers

The Virgin Suicides meets I Have Some Questions For You with a dash of the horrors of Nightbitch in this debut suspense following one woman as she begins to uncover the truth of the death of her estranged best friend and the Sylvia Plath adoring girls they attended college with decades ago. If you love Kate Elizabeth Russell and Rebecca Makkai, you do not want to miss Books Over Drinks with Penny Zang!

Wednesday, August 27, 2025
In Conversation with Pete Candler
Aug 27 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
J Hudson Booksellers

Join us for a free In Conversation event with Southern author Pete Candler to celebrate his book, A Deeper South!