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June 2012 Community Calendar

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Silly Billy & Jesika

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WNC Linux Users Group

+ 1 More

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Dinner with Progressives

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Mindful Occupation: How to Rise Up Without Burning Out

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A Question of Meaning

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Asheville Anime Club

+ 1 More

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11

Civil Rights Trivia Night

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Awakening the New Masculine

+ 1 More

13

Open Mic for the Streets

+ 1 More

14

Ash Devine and the Folk Montage

+ 2 More

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Ordinance to prevent MSD's attempt to privatize our water

+ 2 More

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T.C. Costello

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Firestorm Open Mic

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Sea Couch

+ 1 More

21

Community Race Discussion Group

+ 3 More

22

Deep Green Resistance Roadshow

+ 1 More

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Birth Day: A Home Birth with Naoli Vinaver

+ 3 More

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Asheville Ruby Meetup

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Stop AVL BID meeting

+ 1 More

28

Stonewall Anniversary Film

+ 3 More

29

Lakota Solidarity Project

+ 1 More

30

The Electric Lady Tour

+ 1 More

Fri, Jun 1

4:00pm – 6:00pm

Silly Billy & Jesika

Silly Billy (Austin, TX) and Jesika (Edinburg, TX) bring their radical tour of Texas folk/punk music.

Sat, Jun 2

12:00am – 3:00pm

WNC Linux Users Group

Linux users meet up twice a month to provide technical support and host presentations for the community. Never used Linux? We'll help you get started!
3:30pm – 5:30pm

Asheville Anime Club

A monthly event for anime enthusiasts, this club screens lesser-known films. Content may not be suitable for a young audience.

Sun, Jun 3

2:00pm – 3:00pm

Firestorm Orientation

Learn how our unique worker-owned business operates. This is the first step towards joining our team, so bring a resume if you're interested in application.

Mon, Jun 4

6:00pm – 8:00pm

Dinner with Progressives

Dinner with Progressives is a social outlet for thoughtful people in Asheville NC. The gathering includes time to eat together and then enjoy presentations which focus on solutions for a brighter future. Dinner 6-7pm Speaker 7-8pm

Tue, Jun 5

7:00pm – 9:00pm

Firestorm Open Mic

Showcasing Asheville's best musical and spoken word artists! Come to perform, or just kick back and enjoy the rich local talent. Sign up starts at 7:00pm.

Wed, Jun 6

6:00pm – 10:00pm

Firestorm Community Game Night

A weekly, free event for experienced and new players of tabletop games. All ages welcome!

Thu, Jun 7

12:00am – 1:30pm

Community Accountability Crew

A series of dialogs on community accountability. Join allies in developing a team to confront intimate violence using a transformative justice framework!
2:00pm – 3:00pm

Asheville Homeless Network

Asheville's only stand-alone membership organization dedicated to helping homeless people help themselves.
6:30pm – 8:30pm

Mindful Occupation: How to Rise Up Without Burning Out

A community discussion about sustainable activism and collaborative mutual aid. Mindful Occupation uses principles of radical mental health and mutual aid to provide a supportive space where people can change the world.

Fri, Jun 8

7:30pm – 9:30pm

A Question of Meaning

Acoustic guitarists Katie Brugger and Arthur Hancock (of URTV fame) perform new songs about the primary source of human misery, greed, violence and stupidity.

Sat, Jun 9

3:30pm – 5:30pm

Asheville Anime Club

A monthly event for anime enthusiasts, this club screens lesser-known films. Content may not be suitable for a young audience.
7:00pm – 10:00pm

AHN Open Mic

Come one, come all! Unhoused musicians, poets, comedians, street folk, punks, occupiers, tent campers, etc. A night of creative performance to raise money for the Asheville Homeless Network, a membership organization for homeless people.

Sun, Jun 10

10:00am – 2:00pm

Free Christopher French Waffle Brunch

Activist Christopher French is still in prison after being arrested two weeks ago at the NATO Summit in Chicago. Christopher faces an unjust $10,000 bond and needs our support. Join us for delicious waffles and more!

Mon, Jun 11

7:00pm – 9:00pm

Civil Rights Trivia Night

An evening of fun, political discussion and an exploration of ways to build Civil Rights campaigns. Do you know your rights? From Fusion Centers to the PATRIOT Act try out your knowledge for fun and prizes!

Tue, Jun 12

6:00pm – 7:00pm

Asheville Local Exchange Trading System

Interested in joining Asheville LETS? This is your big chance! This orientation will prepare you to participate in the network.
7:00pm – 8:30pm

Awakening the New Masculine

Join ground-breaking men’s work visionary and nationally acclaimed workshop facilitator, Gary Stamper, as he introduces his new book, "Awakening the New Masculine." Discover new ways to live, work, play, and love in an emerging consciousness!

Wed, Jun 13

1:00pm – 3:00pm

Open Mic for the Streets

Music with members of the BeLoved House community, who believe that self-expression is key to empowerment and social change.
6:00pm – 10:00pm

Firestorm Community Game Night

A weekly, free event for experienced and new players of tabletop games. All ages welcome!

Thu, Jun 14

12:00am – 1:30pm

Community Accountability Crew

A series of dialogs on community accountability. Join allies in developing a team to confront intimate violence using a transformative justice framework!
2:00pm – 3:00pm

Asheville Homeless Network

Asheville's only stand-alone membership organization dedicated to helping homeless people help themselves.
8:00pm – 10:00pm

Ash Devine and the Folk Montage

Folk music that perks the ears, tickles the heart and calls for vocalization. After 6 months of traveling as a minstrel and song collector and folk variety show wrangler in the Pacific North West USA, folk singer Ash Devine returns to Asheville!

Sat, Jun 16

1:00pm – 3:00pm

Ordinance to prevent MSD's attempt to privatize our water

It is well known by most that MSD wants Asheville's water. Water privatization has never been for the public benefit! Come join a teach-in on a the ordinance to prevent MSD's attempt to privatize our water and fight back!
3:30pm – 5:30pm

Asheville Anime Club

A monthly event for anime enthusiasts, this club screens lesser-known films. Content may not be suitable for a young audience.
7:30pm – 10:00pm

Yoeshi Roberts

Live music featuring acoustic encouragement.

Sun, Jun 17

8:00pm – 10:00pm

T.C. Costello

Equal parts punk rock and world music,His shows feature such instruments as the accordion, the marxophone, a 1920s steampunk zither, and the khaen, an ancient bamboo instrument from Laos, where he studied the instrument in 2010... Awesome.

Mon, Jun 18

7:00pm – 9:00pm

Animal Rights Movie Night

A monthly film screening to exploring our relationship with animals, the state of our shared ecosystem and the work of philosophers, scientists, activists and others.

Tue, Jun 19

7:00pm – 9:00pm

Firestorm Open Mic

Showcasing Asheville's best musical and spoken word artists! Come to perform, or just kick back and enjoy the rich local talent. Sign up starts at 7:00pm.

Wed, Jun 20

12:00pm – 1:30pm

Sea Couch

An acoustic folk duo from Baltimore, Sea Couch consists of husband and wife, Dan and Amanda Dorsey. They write and play melancholic folk songs focusing on stark instrumentation and soulful lyrics / harmonies.
6:00pm – 10:00pm

Firestorm Community Game Night

A weekly, free event for experienced and new players of tabletop games. All ages welcome!

Thu, Jun 21

12:00am – 1:30pm

Community Accountability Crew

A series of dialogs on community accountability. Join allies in developing a team to confront intimate violence using a transformative justice framework!
2:00pm – 3:00pm

Asheville Homeless Network

Asheville's only stand-alone membership organization dedicated to helping homeless people help themselves.
5:30pm – 7:30pm

Community Race Discussion Group

Open discussion on addressing and combating Racism in the Asheville/WNC community. Upcoming topics: June 21: Racism in Public Spaces July 19: Racism in policing, implications of the BID August 16: Race and schools/education
5:30pm – 7:30pm

Community Race Discussion Group

A monthly discussion group jointly sponsored by the Firestorm Collective and our friends at the YWCA to tackle the challenges of race and racism in our community.

Fri, Jun 22

5:00pm – 7:30pm

Deep Green Resistance Roadshow

This workshop will cover the inability of current efforts to truly address the fundamental contradictions of our modern struggles and present concrete steps to an equitable, thriving future.
8:00pm – 10:00pm

Andrea Lee & the Voodoo Wedding

Punch-drunk love-songs, waltzes and rock... all wrapped into one. Come hear this unique acoustic experience and sound.

Sat, Jun 23

10:00am – 12:00am

Birth Day: A Home Birth with Naoli Vinaver

Birth Day is a documentary exquisitely capturing the beauty of a natural home birth in the lush mountain countryside of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. Taped by the baby's grandfather and narrated by the baby's mother.
1:00pm – 2:00pm

Animal Rights Reading Group

A group dedicated to exploring the ethical theory behind animal rights as written by philosophers, scientists, activists and others.
3:30pm – 5:30pm

Asheville Anime Club

A monthly event for anime enthusiasts, this club screens lesser-known films. Content may not be suitable for a young audience.
6:00pm – 7:00pm

Sips Card Presentation

A Q&A with Sips Card, a literary publisher that distributes cards with QR codes that link to a short story or groups of poems that are meant to last as long as a cup of coffee.

Tue, Jun 26

7:00pm – 9:00pm

Asheville Ruby Meetup

The Asheville Ruby meetup is open to professional programmers and beginners. Ruby is an open-source programming language focused on simplicity and elegance.

Wed, Jun 27

12:00pm – 1:30pm

Stop AVL BID meeting

We're getting together to plan our next moves for stopping the BID! At the last meeting, we tentatively scheduled a community forum for July 19, to get a broad range of voices to the table. Goals and logistics for the forum will be discussed.
6:00pm – 10:00pm

Firestorm Community Game Night

A weekly, free event for experienced and new players of tabletop games. All ages welcome!

Thu, Jun 28

12:00am – 1:30pm

Community Accountability Crew

A series of dialogs on community accountability. Join allies in developing a team to confront intimate violence using a transformative justice framework!
2:00pm – 3:00pm

Asheville Homeless Network

Asheville's only stand-alone membership organization dedicated to helping homeless people help themselves.
5:00pm – 7:30pm

Stonewall Anniversary Film

In 1969, the Stonewall Riots spilled over into the streets of Greenwich Village and kicked off the gay rights movement. Join us for Nigel Finch's drag musical dramatization on this anniversary!
8:00pm – 10:00pm

Another RoadSide Attraction

An eight-piece band of "true believers," Another RoadSide Attraction bring their unique blend of gypsy jazz and riverboat steam to Asheville.

Fri, Jun 29

5:00pm – 7:30pm

Lakota Solidarity Project

The Strong Heart Lakota Solidarity Project is a grassroots collaboration tasked with recording and documenting human rights abuses on the Pine Ridge Reservation. They are presently working to produce a formal complaint and need our support!
8:00pm – 9:30pm

Jimmy Morris Solo

A mixture of sounds, genres and colors; some bright and cheery and some dark and gray. Jimmy has had a love for music for as long as he can remember. Each word, each note, and each song he writes comes from deep within and he writes it all.

Sat, Jun 30

3:30pm – 5:30pm

Asheville Anime Club

A monthly event for anime enthusiasts, this club screens lesser-known films. Content may not be suitable for a young audience.
6:00pm – 7:30pm

The Electric Lady Tour

This touring team comes to you from Brooklyn, NY and Boston, MA. The dynamic duo, Rhianna LaRocque and Megan Lui, have joined forces to independently fund this tour of epic electric guitar and beautiful songwriting a folk'n good time.

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