Events Calendar
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Since the early 1950’s Spruce Pine, North Carolina has been the host of the Festival and welcomed visitors from around the world to shop for beautiful jewelry, gemstones, minerals, beads, crystals, fossils and more! Even celebrities have been spotted at the Festival selecting their jewelry, gemstones and gifts! The Festival features gem, jewelry and mineral dealers from across the country showcasing their merchandise to fit every budget. Whether you are shopping for an engagement ring, a special stone for your own setting, a custom designed piece of jewelry or a special crystal display for your home, you can’t miss the NC Mineral and Gem Festival.
Th, Fri, Sat: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Sun: 12:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Admission: $3
Children under 10 admitted free
Friday: $1 admission for Senior Citizens
The Commons Shopping Center
12121 Hwy 226 S
Spruce Pine, NC 28777
Contact:
Mitchell County Chamber of Commerce
Phone: 828-765-9033
Website: www.ncgemfest.com
Email: [email protected]
LEAF Downtown celebrates communities, creativity, diversity and families in
the heart of downtown Asheville & showcases dynamic musical talent, immersive cultural arts
performances and local handcraft & culinary artists. LEAF Downtown will further the goals of
inclusivity, community partnership and economic vitality in the greater Asheville area, while
driving the greater LEAF Community Arts mission to connect cultures & create community
through music & arts. Visit theLEAF.org/downtown for more info on this inclusive, family-
friendly, FREE event!
4TH ANNUAL LEAF DOWNTOWN AVL LINEUP:
Maceo Parker, Grandmaster Flash
Wax Tailor (Solo & Special Guests)
Maggie Koerner, Victory Boyd, Free Planet Radio
LEAF Funk Mixtape Allstars, Tall Tall Trees, Supatight
Ben Phan & The Soul Symphony, I,Star, Brie Capone
King Garbage, Nex Millen, Hope Giffin, Red Leg Husky, Liz Teague Band
Blue Ridge Pride Drag Show, Unifire Theater, NU Paradigm
Voted by WNC as the #1 Nonprofit Serving the Arts, #1 Music Festival, #1 Camping Festival, #1
Kids Festival, #1 Music-Related Nonprofit & #1 Cultural Arts Event, LEAF Community Arts is a
non-profit organization in which all donations & festival proceeds support cultural arts education
programming locally & globally! Since 2004, LEAF Schools & Streets has served over 55,000
youth with programs in over 20 Western North Carolina locations. LEAF International features
cultural preservation programs in 10 countries worldwide. Your attendance at LEAF not only
provides you with an amazing weekend experience with friends and family, but provides a
platform for fostering the growth of our youth into creative leaders in their communities
worldwide. Join the movement @ theLEAF.org
For the seventh consecutive year, the Asheville Habitat
ReStore at 31 Meadow Road near Biltmore Village is encouraging residents to show off their
creativity and talent for a chance to win in the ReStore ReUse Contest. Garden shed, artist
studio, chicken coop…tree house, playhouse, tiny house…if you recently built a structure like
this using predominantly reused building materials, Habitat wants to know. The contest runs
July 1-August 31 and submissions must be sent electronically. Information and entry form will
be available on ashevillehabitat.org starting July 1 st .
The purpose of the contest is to showcase innovative building projects constructed
predominantly of used building materials. “Our customers often tell us about the projects they
make using materials purchased at the ReStore. This contest is a great way to showcase their
projects and inspire others to reuse, recycle and repurpose usable materials,” said Scott
Stetson, ReStore General Manager. Five judges will select winners in the following categories: Furniture, Homesteading, Live
and/or Work Space, Home Décor, Youth (age 16 and under), and Best in Show. Winners will
be announced in
mid-September.
Blossman Gas & Appliance, located at 170 Sweeten Creek Road in Asheville, invites the community to join them for the annual Customer Appreciation Day and Community Open House on Saturday, August 4th, 2018, 9am to 4pm. Guests will enjoy a complimentary BBQ lunch, served noon to 3pm, and a variety of other appetizers and desserts throughout the day. There will be fun for the entire family including a dunking booth, giant slide for the kids, and corn hole for the adults. Asheville Radio Group will be doing a live remote and Teddy from the Asheville Tourists will be on-site at lunch time. All are welcome!
Customers can enter for a variety of door prizes, and a raffle for the two grand prizes of a Broil King Grill and Rinnai Tankless Water Heater. Proceeds raised from the raffle will go to support Meals on Wheels of Buncombe County. Representatives from Rinnai water heaters, Empire gas logs, and Primo grills will be available to answer questions and help people find just the right propane appliance for their homes. Guests can also take advantage of a 15% discount on items purchased on the event day, plus $6 cylinder refills on 20# certified, in-date grill cylinders (see store for details and restrictions).
Asheville Manager David Lipe looks forward to welcoming his community to the store, sharing, “My team looks forward to hosting our community at a fun store event for the whole family. We are really grateful for our neighbors’ support, and enjoy giving back to our community with great food, excellent sale prices, and outdoor fun & games on a nice summer day. We hope some new faces will come through, too, to see what Blossman Gas is all about and how we can help them prepare their homes for cold weather.”
If you would like more information about the Asheville Customer and Community Appreciation event, contact branch manager David Lipe at 828-667-0437 or [email protected].
The #1 most requested musical at FRP and international phenomenon…MAMMA MIA!
Dance the night away to such ABBA favorites as “Dancing Queen,” “Take a Chance on Me,” “The Winner Takes It All” and “Thank you for the Music” in this delightful musical comedy and Broadway sensation.
Following the release of the brand new musical movie, Mamma Mia 2 in movie theaters on July 20th, see where it all began at the Flat Rock Playhouse Mainstage from July 27th to August 18th as WE present Mamma Mia!
Matinees: Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00PM
Evenings: Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30PM. Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00PM
Flat Rock Playhouse Mainstage
2661 Greenville Highway Flat Rock, NC 28731
For the seventh consecutive year, the Asheville Habitat
ReStore at 31 Meadow Road near Biltmore Village is encouraging residents to show off their
creativity and talent for a chance to win in the ReStore ReUse Contest. Garden shed, artist
studio, chicken coop…tree house, playhouse, tiny house…if you recently built a structure like
this using predominantly reused building materials, Habitat wants to know. The contest runs
July 1-August 31 and submissions must be sent electronically. Information and entry form will
be available on ashevillehabitat.org starting July 1 st .
The purpose of the contest is to showcase innovative building projects constructed
predominantly of used building materials. “Our customers often tell us about the projects they
make using materials purchased at the ReStore. This contest is a great way to showcase their
projects and inspire others to reuse, recycle and repurpose usable materials,” said Scott
Stetson, ReStore General Manager. Five judges will select winners in the following categories: Furniture, Homesteading, Live
and/or Work Space, Home Décor, Youth (age 16 and under), and Best in Show. Winners will
be announced in
mid-September.
Come on over to Asheville Outlets (www.shopashevilleoutlets.com) and join us for a Back-to-School Kids Day with Give to the Music Sunday, August 5 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The event will be a free fun-filled day for kids and their families featuring an afternoon of entertainment for kids of all ages including strolling magic, balloon art, face painting, crafts, mega-games and live music (Rock Academy, The Buskits and Spintastics). The event is FREE and open to the public.
Booths & Displays: Give to the Music, Great Beginnings Great Smiles, Macaroni Kids, Kanuga, UNCA, Chimney Rock, The Learning Village, Asheville Ride for Kids, Mt. Dew Truck, Enka-Candler Fire & Rescue and MORE!
The #1 most requested musical at FRP and international phenomenon…MAMMA MIA!
Dance the night away to such ABBA favorites as “Dancing Queen,” “Take a Chance on Me,” “The Winner Takes It All” and “Thank you for the Music” in this delightful musical comedy and Broadway sensation.
Following the release of the brand new musical movie, Mamma Mia 2 in movie theaters on July 20th, see where it all began at the Flat Rock Playhouse Mainstage from July 27th to August 18th as WE present Mamma Mia!
Matinees: Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00PM
Evenings: Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30PM. Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00PM
Flat Rock Playhouse Mainstage
2661 Greenville Highway Flat Rock, NC 28731
By highlighting these and other works, Brevard Music Center is presenting some of Bernstein’s greatest output and showing a wonderful variety of his music that is at the core of American classical music experience. We spend so much time celebrating the works of European masters like Beethoven, Mozart, Mahler, and Dvôrak. And those works all deserve to be celebrated. But they must stand alongside Bernstein, Copland, and Gershwin—these masters gave American classical music its voice.
It’s wonderful for Brevard to be joining in with orchestras and institutions all around the world in celebrating the birth of one of the most compelling musicians of our time…or any other time.
THE 2018 BREVARD MUSIC CENTER | LEONARD BERNSTEIN FESTIVAL
Sun., June 24: Beloved Bernstein
Mon., July 9: Bernstein & Friends
Thurs., July 12: Leonard Bernstein/An American Icon (free lecture/details to come)
Fri., July 13: A Bernstein Celebration
Sat., July 14: West Side Story (movie + live symphony)
Sun., July 15: Bernstein the Educator
Thurs., July 26 & Sat., July 28: Candide (opera with English supertitles)
Sun., August 5: Season Finale: Bernstein’s Mass
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.
For the seventh consecutive year, the Asheville Habitat
ReStore at 31 Meadow Road near Biltmore Village is encouraging residents to show off their
creativity and talent for a chance to win in the ReStore ReUse Contest. Garden shed, artist
studio, chicken coop…tree house, playhouse, tiny house…if you recently built a structure like
this using predominantly reused building materials, Habitat wants to know. The contest runs
July 1-August 31 and submissions must be sent electronically. Information and entry form will
be available on ashevillehabitat.org starting July 1 st .
The purpose of the contest is to showcase innovative building projects constructed
predominantly of used building materials. “Our customers often tell us about the projects they
make using materials purchased at the ReStore. This contest is a great way to showcase their
projects and inspire others to reuse, recycle and repurpose usable materials,” said Scott
Stetson, ReStore General Manager. Five judges will select winners in the following categories: Furniture, Homesteading, Live
and/or Work Space, Home Décor, Youth (age 16 and under), and Best in Show. Winners will
be announced in
mid-September.
Category: Craft, DIY & Maker
Contact Name: Jess Herzog
Contact Phone: 864-596-3502
Contact Email: [email protected]
Want to learn to cross stitch? Looking for a new pattern, wanting to break into a new fiber or art just feel like it’s better to stitch with someone else alone? Come to the AV area and hang out with other stitchers. Someone who knows their stuff will be on hand to help with any questions you have. Bring your works in progress and get stitchin’.
Advanced Wheel Clay Camp Ages 8-12 with Kelsey Sickmeyer
August 6-10
Monday- Friday, 2-5pm
Attention all young artists! This is a camp for kids who have taken a wheel camp with Kelsey or who already have some experience on the potter’s wheel. Daily demonstrations will cover cool things you can do in the studio. A series of challenging projects will inspire your creativity. We will be working on making a set of bowls, cups, or plates, and show you the tricks for making taller vases and lidded jars.
Room: Vann Studio
Category: Educational Workshops
Contact Name: Jessie
Contact Phone: 864-596-3506
Contact Email: [email protected]
Learn tips about budgeting, finding housing, and more that will be perfect for when you’re leaving for college or looking for your first apartment! For teens ages 12-18 or in grades 7-12.
Category: Fun & Games
Contact Name: Randi Breland
Contact Phone: 864-578-3665
Contact Email: [email protected]
Finish up Summer Reading with us. We will be playing Dance, Dance Revolution and enjoying pizza.
Category: Craft, DIY & Maker
Contact Phone: 864-457-2218
We are making mini cork memo boards for your locker or bedrooms! For teens ages 12-18 or in grades 7-12. Snacks will be provided.
Category: Fun & Games
Contact Phone: 864-472-8363
Join us to play Bingo and win prizes like candy, books, and a Barnes and Noble gift card! This program is for children ages 5-11.
Category: Fun & Games
Contact Name: AJ Riske
Contact Phone: 864-439-4759
Bring your taste buds and prepare for an Oreo showdown as we sample different varieties and rank them.
Category: Film Showings
Contact Phone: 864-476-8770
Join us for a showing of the film “Ready Player One.” All adult patrons are invited. No registration is required.
Category: Health & Fitness
Contact Name: Terry
Contact Phone: 864-472-8363
Contact Email: [email protected]
The August 6th Gentle Exercise class has been cancelled.
Keep up a healthy lifestyle as you exercise 30 minutes of low-impact cardiovascular exercise followed by 30 minutes of gentle yoga taught by Spartanburg Regional nurse, DJ Liner. Charge for the class is $2.00 per person and open to adults 18+.