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A Matter of Scale: Short Films by Anne Haydock

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Firestorm Game Night

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Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions: Education & Action Session

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[Canceled] AVL Zine Fest Reading

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Asheville Food and Beverage United Open Hours

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Skeletons in the Closet: Queer Horror Book Club

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Barb Morrison and Alysia Sawchyn

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Asheville Food and Beverage United Open Hours

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Thu, Aug 1

6:00pm – 7:30pm

Data Analysis for Activists and Amateur Researchers

Computer security engineer Micah Lee presents his new book, Hacks, Leaks, and Revelations, which explains the technical skills needed for effective data-science investigations.

Fri, Aug 2

6:00pm – 8:00pm

Firestorm Game Night

Cooperative and competitive table-top gameplay for new and experienced players! Bring a game you love or try something new.

Sun, Aug 4

12:00pm – 3:00pm

Tranzmission Prison Project Packaging Party

An open, monthly volunteer event to help prepare books and zines for mailing to prisons across the United States.
3:00pm – 5:00pm

Political Prisoner Letter Writing

Letters save lives! Join Blue Ridge ABC each month for an evening of solidarity with incarcerated comrades. Celebrate their birthdays by sending words of encouragement and support.
5:00pm – 6:00pm

A Matter of Scale: Short Films by Anne Haydock

Mechanical Eye Microcinema presents a program of short films by Anne Haydock.

Mon, Aug 5

7:00pm – 8:30pm

Against Fascism, Against the State

Writers Xtn Alexander and Matthew Lyons share their new edited volume on the "three way fight" approach to antifascism and offer reflections on the dangers we now face from the ruling class and the far right.

Wed, Aug 7

6:00pm – 7:00pm

Drop-in Community Notary Service

Have documents that require notarization, like advance care directives, name change paperwork, custody arrangements, etc.? Stop by Firestorm on the first Wednesday of each month for free, friendly, no-judgment Notary Public services!

Thu, Aug 8

6:30pm – 8:00pm

Failure to Comply: A Conversation with Cavar

A conversation and reading with Cavar, author of Failure to Comply, about trans/Mad liberation and abolitionist speculative fiction.

Sat, Aug 10

3:00pm – 4:30pm

Bail Fund Volunteer Orientation

Learn more about Asheville Community Bail Fund and how you can plug in!

Wed, Aug 14

5:00pm – 7:00pm

Asheville Food and Beverage United Open Hours

Drop in for AFBU's "open hours" to talk to a local organizer about how to start building a union campaign in your workplace. 

Fri, Aug 16

6:00pm – 8:00pm

Firestorm Game Night

Cooperative and competitive table-top gameplay for new and experienced players! Bring a game you love or try something new.

Sat, Aug 17

1:00pm – 2:30pm

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions: Education & Action Session

Learn about BDS: what it is, how it works, and how you can participate in this global movement!
3:00pm – 5:00pm

DIYabled Allyship Panel

Join advocates and organizers from six sectors of Asheville's grassroots ecosystem to learn more about what allyship looks like in our community!
6:00pm – 7:30pm

"Loving Corrections" Book Launch

In conversation with organizer Ash Williams, author adrienne maree brown shares her new book Loving Corrections.

Sun, Aug 18

1:00pm – 3:00pm

[Postponed] Asheville Prison Books Packaging Party

The Asheville Prison Books monthly meetup is an opportunity for new folks to learn about APB and plug in!
4:00pm – 6:00pm

[Canceled] AVL Zine Fest Reading

Meet local writers and zinesters, listen to some really nice words, raise money for a zine fest!

Mon, Aug 19

4:00pm – 5:30pm

Tarot to Connect with Revolutionary Realities

Join three authors for a discussion about grounding spiritual practices in our current political realities to cope with and fight oppression.

Wed, Aug 21

5:00pm – 7:00pm

Asheville Food and Beverage United Open Hours

Drop in for AFBU's "open hours" to talk to a local organizer about how to start building a union campaign in your workplace. 

Sat, Aug 24

11:00am – 12:30pm

Skeletons in the Closet: Queer Horror Book Club

This month our book club is reading Emmett Nahil's haunting horror at sea, From the Belly.
5:00pm – 8:00pm

1022 Haywood Anniversary Party

Time flies! It's been a full year since we opened our new location at 1022 Haywood Road and we're throwing a party to celebrate.

Sun, Aug 25

1:00pm – 2:30pm

Barb Morrison and Alysia Sawchyn

Two writers—Barb Morrison, author of Bottoming for God, and Alysia Sawchyn, author of A Fish Growing Lungs—join us for a reading on identity and becoming.
4:00pm – 6:00pm

Abolitionist Reading Club

A monthly discussion of topics of incarceration, repression and liberation framed by writings from, about and against prisons!

Tue, Aug 27

7:00pm – 8:30pm

Rattling the Cages: Black August & Prisoner Support

In this fourth Rattling the Cages panel talk, Eric King, dequi kioni-sadiki, and Harold Taylor discuss the significance and relevance of Black August today, and the importance of political prisoner support.

Wed, Aug 28

5:00pm – 7:00pm

Asheville Food and Beverage United Open Hours

Drop in for AFBU's "open hours" to talk to a local organizer about how to start building a union campaign in your workplace. 

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