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April 2016 Community Calendar

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Monday
Tuesday
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Saturday
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The Tipout Showcase Open Mic

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Marigolds & Skulls Gallery Opening

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Psychogynechology Book Release Tour

+ 3 More

06

Wild Words Inspired Workshop

07

Political Prisoners Letter Writing Night

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09

Girl Sex 101

+ 1 More

10

Vegan Pressure Cooking: Book Signing and Cooking Demonstration

+ 1 More

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Showing Up for Racial Justice

+ 2 More

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Table Magic

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The Tipout Showcase Open Mic

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Asheville Cannabis Legalization

+ 2 More

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Love is Lifeforce: A Revolutionary Mothering Workshop

+ 3 More

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Showing Up for Racial Justice

+ 2 More

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ReVisioning History Book Group

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Asheville Animal Rights Reading Group

+ 1 More

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Travel By Haiku

+ 1 More

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Showing Up for Racial Justice

+ 2 More

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Other Worlds Are Possible Book Group

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29

Racism and Gentrification

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Fri, Apr 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, Apr 2

7:00pm – 8:00pm

Marigolds & Skulls Gallery Opening

The North Carolina Humanities Council presents the works of Jose Guadalupe Posada, the father of Mexican printmaking.

Tue, Apr 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!
5:00pm – 7:00pm

Psychogynechology Book Release Tour

Three Monster House Press poets -- Morgan Eldridge, Michelle Gottschlich and Wendy Lee Spacek -- present three books!
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, Apr 6

6:00pm – 7:30pm

Wild Words Inspired Workshop

Let your words be wildly free to express your hearts desire. This donation-based workshop will workshop focus on honoring our stories, developing a relationship with the words we choose to speak, and connecting with others.

Thu, Apr 7

6:00pm – 8:00pm

Political Prisoners Letter Writing Night

The first Thursday of every month, join local activists for a night of support and solidarity for those incarcerated. Materials will be provided.

Sat, Apr 9

3:00pm – 4:00pm

Girl Sex 101

Author and sex educator Allison Moon presents her latest work, "Girl Sex 101," which offers helpful info for ladies and lady-lovers of all genders and identities.
5:00pm – 7:00pm

How to Drive a Vulva: Girl Sex Workshop

Learn how to navigate the twists and turns of female sexuality in a class designed for people of all genders.

Sun, Apr 10

12:00pm – 2:00pm

Asheville Tarot Circle

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

5:00pm – 6:00pm

Vegan Pressure Cooking: Book Signing and Cooking Demonstration

Join Jill Nussinow, The Veggie Queen, as she shares her new book "Vegan Under Pressure."

Tue, Apr 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.

Thu, Apr 14

1:00pm – 4:00pm

Table Magic

A 25 year veteran of magic will be performing a variety of feats using coins, cards, balls, and other intriguing objects.

Fri, Apr 15

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, Apr 16

1:00pm – 2:30pm

Asheville Cannabis Legalization

A newly formed advocacy organization.
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.
6:30pm – 8:30pm

Raising Kids Without Sexual Shame

Being uncomfortable with the topic of sexuality can make it nearly impossible to communicate with children about their bodies and desires. $10 suggested donation.

Sun, Apr 17

2:00pm – 4:00pm

Love is Lifeforce: A Revolutionary Mothering Workshop

This workshop, facilitated by Alexis Pauline Gumbs and Alba Onofrio will be an immersion in queer feminist of color love practices. Note: This event is taking place in the French Broad Food Co-op's Movement Learning Center and not at Firestorm!
3:00pm – 4:00pm

Open Borders, Undocumented Immigrants & Desperate Refugees: A Chomsky Inspired Approach to Migration

The real solution to the current refugee and migrant crisis, worldwide, is to dismantle the current system of border control in favor of free movement. Professor Robert Barsky lays out the case for liberation!
5:00pm – 6:00pm

Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines

Inspired by the legacy of radical and queer black feminists of the 1970s and ’80s, "Revolutionary Mothering" places marginalized mothers of color at the center of a world of necessary transformation.
7:00pm – 9:00pm

Rachel Bell and Friends

Rachel Bell reads from her new work, "Welcome To Your New Life With You Being Happy." Rachel will be joined by local poets Grey Lajoie and Mary Moore Dalton!

Tue, Apr 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, Apr 20

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.

Fri, Apr 22

10:00am – 9:00pm

Garden and Green Living Book Sale

Up your garden game with books on composting, permaculture, seed saving, orcharding, water and soil systems. We're discount our entire selection of Chelsea Green titles by an awesome 20% to 40%!

Sat, Apr 23

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.

Sun, Apr 24

11:00am – 12:30pm

Asheville FM Station Meeting

Asheville FM is a volunteer-based, grassroots community radio station broadcasting at 103.3 on the FM dial in Asheville, NC. Created by Friends of Community Radio, a 501(c)3 non-profit entity.
6:00pm – 9:00pm

Travel By Haiku

Philadelphia author Marshall James Kavanaugh is on tour with his new collection of poetry, "Travel By Haiku." Suggested donation $5.

Tue, Apr 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!
7:00pm – 9:00pm

Prout Study Circle

This monthly meetup will discuss ways to implement Prout (Progressive Utilization Theory) through local projects.

Wed, Apr 27

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.

Fri, Apr 29

7:00pm – 9:00pm

Racism and Gentrification

A community conversation on the future of West Asheville, hosted as part of the YWCA’s Stand Against Racism Campaign.

Sat, Apr 30

6:00pm – 8:00pm

Pioneers Press Author Reading

Pioneers Press authors Adam Gnade (The Do-It-Yourself to Fighting the Big Motherfuckin' Sad), Trace Ramsey (Quitter: Good Luck Not Dying), and Emma Anti-Climax (The Way You Walked Was Thorny) team up for an event of rad readings and fun times.

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