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January 2016 Community Calendar

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The Tipout Showcase Open Mic

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Spirituality & Myth Youth Group

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"Fire with Fire": Anti-Militarist Puppet Show

+ 3 More

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Dialogue Cafe

07

ESP Meetup

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Asheville Tarot Circle

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Showing Up for Racial Justice

+ 2 More

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This is an Emergency: A Poster Art Show and Roe v Wade Celebration

+ 1 More

16

Spirituality & Myth Youth Group

+ 2 More

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Showing Up for Racial Justice

+ 2 More

20

Wisdom Council Planning

+ 2 More

21

Empty Walls + Friends

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23

ChickFlicks Volunteer Meeting

+ 2 More

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Showing Up for Racial Justice

+ 1 More

27

Wisdom Council Planning

+ 1 More

28

Transcendance: Meditation for Queer/Trans Community

29

Em Gee, Paranoid Pious and Julia Rooks

30

Spirituality & Myth Youth Group

31

Comparative Divination and Oracle Traditions

+ 1 More

Fri, Jan 1

6:30pm – 9:00pm

The Tipout Showcase Open Mic

Join us the first and third Friday of each month for a showcase of local music, poetry, dance and more, followed by an open mic!

Sat, Jan 2

10:30am – 12:30pm

Spirituality & Myth Youth Group

Participants will watch and discuss the Joseph Campbell series "The Power of Myth." This group will meet every other weekend through January, 2016.

Tue, Jan 5

10:00am – 12:00pm

Showing Up for Racial Justice

Showing up for Racial Justice (SURJ) is a national network of groups educating and organizing white people to act as part of a multi-racial majority for racial justice.
4:00pm – 5:30pm

Asheville TimeBank Orientation

A standing opportunity to join the Asheville TimeBank!
6:00pm – 9:00pm

Figure Drawing with Live Model

The Asheville Figure Drawing Network hosts a non-instructed, drop-in session with a nude model. $10 fee pays model.
7:00pm – 8:30pm

"Fire with Fire": Anti-Militarist Puppet Show

Total War Puppets will excavate traces of militarism from our most intimate depths. Suggested donation $5-20, no one turned away,

Wed, Jan 6

2:00pm – 4:00pm

Dialogue Cafe

Interviews and dialog with persons in all walks of life; a forum especially for activists in the field of social justice, women's rights, nutrition and health, and the healing arts.

Thu, Jan 7

6:00pm – 7:00pm

ESP Meetup

Participants will discuss different styles of ESP and the methods of Edgar Cayce.

Sat, Jan 9

5:00pm – 6:00pm

Let's Explore Africa Game Night

LEA is a fun trivia game established to help contestants learn about Africa as they navigate the continent from Cape Town to Casablanca. Participants will answer multiple choice questions at various difficulty levels.

Sun, Jan 10

12:00pm – 2:00pm

Asheville Tarot Circle

Discussion, exercises and practice in exploring the psychological dimensions of the Tarot.

Tue, Jan 12

10:00am – 12:00pm

Showing Up for Racial Justice

Showing up for Racial Justice (SURJ) is a national network of groups educating and organizing white people to act as part of a multi-racial majority for racial justice.
4:00pm – 5:30pm

Asheville TimeBank Orientation

A standing opportunity to join the Asheville TimeBank!
6:30pm – 9:00pm

WNC Vets for Peace

The monthly meeting for Veterans for Peace Chapter 099.

Wed, Jan 13

7:30pm – 9:00pm

Capitalism v. Democracy: Money in Politics and the Free Market Constitution

Author Tim Kuhner will present his critically-acclaimed book about how our democracy turned into a plutocracy and why we need a constitutional revolution.

Thu, Jan 14

7:00pm – 9:00pm

Free Herman Bell Birthday Info Session

Stepping up to support lifelong freedom fighter and US political prisoner Herman Bell.

Fri, Jan 15

5:00pm – 7:00pm

This is an Emergency: A Poster Art Show and Roe v Wade Celebration

A reproductive justice and gender rights poster art show to support Open Umbrella Collective's "Year of Visibility" and celebrate the passing of Roe v. Wade 43 years ago.
6:30pm – 9:00pm

The Tipout Showcase Open Mic

Join us the first and third Friday of each month for a showcase of local music, poetry, dance and more, followed by an open mic!

Sat, Jan 16

10:30am – 12:30pm

Spirituality & Myth Youth Group

Participants will watch and discuss the Joseph Campbell series "The Power of Myth." This group will meet every other weekend through January, 2016.
3:00pm – 5:00pm

Asperger’s Adults United

A group for adults on the Autism spectrum 18 years and older who want to meet for support, friendship, and fun activities. AAU meets at 3pm on the third Saturday of each month.
7:00pm – 9:00pm

Red is the Color of My Night

Publisher and community organizer Pasckie Pascua presents his new book with guest poets and musicians at Firestorm.

Sun, Jan 17

1:00pm – 2:00pm

"Sound" With Author Alexandra Duncan

"Brilliant, feminist science fiction" ... Local sci-fi author Alexandra Duncan reads from and signs copes of her new young adult novel "Sound."

Tue, Jan 19

10:00am – 12:00pm

Showing Up for Racial Justice

Showing up for Racial Justice (SURJ) is a national network of groups educating and organizing white people to act as part of a multi-racial majority for racial justice.
4:00pm – 5:30pm

Asheville TimeBank Orientation

A standing opportunity to join the Asheville TimeBank!
6:00pm – 9:00pm

Figure Drawing with Live Model

The Asheville Figure Drawing Network hosts a non-instructed, drop-in session with a nude model. $10 fee pays model.

Wed, Jan 20

10:30am – 12:00pm

Wisdom Council Planning

A meeting for people planning a Wisdom Council to use "dynamic facilitation" in support of community diverse needs.
6:00pm – 8:00pm

Dialogue Cafe

Interviews and dialog with persons in all walks of life; a forum especially for activists in the field of social justice, women's rights, nutrition and health, and the healing arts.
7:00pm – 9:00pm

ReVisioning History Book Group

This discussion group focuses on books that challenge or expand on dominant historical narratives and research methodologies.

Thu, Jan 21

8:00pm – 11:00pm

Empty Walls + Friends

Empty Walls is a pop-punk bank from Tampa, FL with members of Landbridge and Cop Problem. They're sweethearts, politically radical and catchy! locals to play as well.

Fri, Jan 22

5:00pm – 8:00pm

Letter Writing for International Day of Solidarity with Trans Prisoners

Tranzmission Prison Project invites community members to let incarcerated trans people know you're thinking of them with a handwritten letter!

Sat, Jan 23

12:00pm – 1:00pm

ChickFlicks Volunteer Meeting

An informational meeting for volunteers interested in helping with the first annual ChickFlicks camp!
2:00pm – 4:00pm

Asheville Animal Rights Reading Group

A group to discuss where human and non-human issues intersect and how we might take action on specific issues.
4:00pm – 6:00pm

WNC Asperger's Adults United Writers' Circle

A regular meeting to share and critique each other's writings. Participants will share stories, blogs, poems, musical lyrics or any other material they have written or read that they find inspiring and fulfilling.

Tue, Jan 26

10:00am – 12:00pm

Showing Up for Racial Justice

Showing up for Racial Justice (SURJ) is a national network of groups educating and organizing white people to act as part of a multi-racial majority for racial justice.
4:00pm – 5:30pm

Asheville TimeBank Orientation

A standing opportunity to join the Asheville TimeBank!

Wed, Jan 27

10:30am – 12:00pm

Wisdom Council Planning

A meeting for people planning a Wisdom Council to use "dynamic facilitation" in support of community diverse needs.
7:00pm – 9:00pm

Other Worlds Are Possible Book Group

This discussion group focuses on science fiction, speculative fiction and fantasy with feminist, social justice and/or "radical" themes.

Thu, Jan 28

6:30pm – 7:30pm

Transcendance: Meditation for Queer/Trans Community

Strengthening self awareness, love, and strength in the Queer/Trans community through meditation.

Fri, Jan 29

9:00pm – 11:30pm

Em Gee, Paranoid Pious and Julia Rooks

Three acoustic artists!

Sat, Jan 30

10:30am – 12:30pm

Spirituality & Myth Youth Group

Participants will watch and discuss the Joseph Campbell series "The Power of Myth." This group will meet every other weekend through January, 2016.

Sun, Jan 31

12:00pm – 2:00pm

Comparative Divination and Oracle Traditions

In partnership with the Asheville Tarot Circle, here's a chance to get together and talk about all things divination. What do these divination traditions mean to us? Where do they intersect? Where do they differ? How do we use them wisely?
5:00pm – 7:00pm

"The Product of Our Souls" with Author David Gilbert

A community discussion of race, racism, and American culture through the lens of early 20th-Century ragtime song, dance, and theater.

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