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July 2012 Community Calendar

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For Our Lifetime

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Sunaural Summer

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Chris Wilson National Tour

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Morzsa Records Concert

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Grendel Girls Tiny Horrible Poetry Tour

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Civil Rights Trivia Night

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Interweave Improvisational Sound Lab

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Firestorm Community Game Night

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Carla Seidl - A Night of Global Folk & Jazz

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Far Away Places

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Aspergers Adults United

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Imperiled Life: Revolution Against Climate Catastrophe

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Firestorm Community Game Night

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Shana Falana Dream Pop Show

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Allijah Motika

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Acoustic Encouragement

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Red Squares, Black Flags and Casseroles

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Bananas Foster, Donkee Tonk & The Blue Steel Smokers

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Firestorm Community Game Night

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Rootn Tootn & Rollicking Adventure of a Jolly Rancher Vol 3

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Austin Miller & Jaime Lauren Webb

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Animal Rights Reading Group

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Aspergers Adults United

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Sun, Jul 1

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, Jul 2

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
8:00pm – 9:00pm

For Our Lifetime

Central New Jersey pop/punk band For Our Lifetime comes to Firestorm to perform songs from their new album "Have You Lived."

Tue, Jul 3

7:00pm – 11:00pm

Sunaural Summer

Swamping presents a night of music and comedy. Featuring sketches, readings, and stand-up comedy, along with musical performances with some of Asheville's best avant-pop, this will be an unforgettable night.
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, Jul 4

6:00pm – 10:00pm

Firestorm Community Game Night

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

Thu, Jul 5

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.
7:30pm – 9:30pm

Chris Wilson National Tour

An acoustic duo of guitar, sax, vocals and percussion that will make you feel good to be alive!

Fri, Jul 6

5:00pm – 6:30pm

Morzsa Records Concert

The Morzsa Records Collective is group of Hungarian and American song writers and musicians based in Budapest Hungary, who write and perform chamber-folk Americana-inflected post-pop music.

Sat, Jul 7

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.
7:00pm – 8:00pm

Grendel Girls Tiny Horrible Poetry Tour

The Juniper Bends, a quarterly reading series, presents Kristin Stone, author of "Domestication Handbook," and Feng Sun Chen, author of "Butcher's Tree".

Mon, Jul 9

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, Jul 10

6:00pm – 8:00pm

Interweave Improvisational Sound Lab

A mixed abilities group doing improv as a mechanism for self expression and team building. Interweave uses narrative in the form of song.
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.

Wed, Jul 11

6:00pm – 10:00pm

Firestorm Community Game Night

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

Thu, Jul 12

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.
7:30pm – 9:30pm

Carla Seidl - A Night of Global Folk & Jazz

Original music and covers from around the world! Recently back from teaching music in Benin, West Africa, local singer-songwriter and multidisciplinary artist it is sure to be an exotic and unique performance.

Fri, Jul 13

9:00pm – 11:00pm

Far Away Places

We deliver original tunes varying from hypnotic to high speed, delivered with acoustic and electric guitar or with layers of violin or viola. Harmonic vocals and multifaceted lyrics create this unique, ethereal sound.

Sat, Jul 14

1:00pm – 3:00pm

Aspergers Adults United

A social and support group for people on the autism spectrum. Any adults with Aspergers or autism are invited to join.
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, Jul 15

10:00am – 1:00pm

Tranzmission Waffle Benefit

A vegan brunch to support Tranzmission Prison Project, a volunteer run organization that works to support LGBTQQIA prisoners nationwide. Win!

Mon, Jul 16

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, Jul 17

6:00pm – 8:30pm

Imperiled Life: Revolution Against Climate Catastrophe

Author and activist Javier Sethness-Castro of the Institute for Anarchist Studies will present his recently published work on the climate crisis and lead a discussion on the struggle necessary to achieve systemic ecological change.
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, Jul 18

6:00pm – 10:00pm

Firestorm Community Game Night

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

Thu, Jul 19

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

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.
8:00pm – 9:30pm

Shana Falana Dream Pop Show

An experimental pysch-pop band from Brooklyn's shoegaze scene. Combining live-looping of reverb-drenched vocals and guitar with drums, pre-recorded backing tracks and stunning visual projections, Shana Falana has been described as transcendental.

Fri, Jul 20

5:30pm – 6:30pm

Allijah Motika

Local artist, Allijah Motika performs soulful original songs on drums, guitar and piano.
7:00pm – 9:00pm

Dayvid McClung and Bradley Bailey

Long friends and performers Bradley Bailey and Dayvid McClung offer an Atlanta-based audio romance double feature.

Sat, Jul 21

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 – 9:00pm

Acoustic Encouragement

Yoeshi Roberts plays positive and motivating music.

Sun, Jul 22

8:00pm – 11:00pm

Timbre and Elk Tracks

Once again, Timbre will bring her enchanting and compelling music to Firestorm, this time joined by local folk artist Elk Tracks. This is a free show but, as always, merch will be available and donations are greatly appreciated.

Mon, Jul 23

8:00pm – 10:00pm

Red Squares, Black Flags and Casseroles

This presentation will include a short history of the Quebec student movement, a timeline of the most recent strike and some thoughts and critiques on tactics, strategy and direction as the movement spreads to the neighbourhoods.

Tue, Jul 24

8:00pm – 10:00pm

Bananas Foster, Donkee Tonk & The Blue Steel Smokers

A kickoff to a cross country tour from Asheville to San Francisco, featuring lots of local talent.

Wed, Jul 25

6:00pm – 10:00pm

Firestorm Community Game Night

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

Thu, Jul 26

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.
6:00pm – 7:00pm

Rootn Tootn & Rollicking Adventure of a Jolly Rancher Vol 3

Abstract expressionism commenting on humanity, technology, consumerism, farming, sexuality, compassion, surviving suicide and avant garde fashion.
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.

Fri, Jul 27

7:00pm – 9:00pm

Austin Miller & Jaime Lauren Webb

Austin Miller is on tour from Orlando, joined by his brother Kyle on upright bass. Jaime Lauren Webb, a local favorite, is known for playing a plethora of different instruments live, including harp, banjo and ukelele.

Sat, Jul 28

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.

Mon, Jul 30

5:00pm – 8:00pm

Aspergers Adults United

A social and support group for people on the autism spectrum. Any adults with Aspergers or autism are invited to join.

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