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October 2024 Community Calendar

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Tranzmission Prison Project Packaging Party

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Community Heater Build

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Firestorm Game Night

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Community Heater Build

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Skeletons in the Closet: Queer Horror Book Club

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When Freedom Is the Question...: A Conversation with Bill Ayers

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Wed, Oct 2

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, Oct 3

5:00pm – 7:00pm

[Canceled] Girls With Slingshots 20th Birthday Signing

Girls With Slingshots' 20th birthday with cartoonist Danielle Corsetto!

Fri, Oct 4

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, Oct 6

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.

Wed, Oct 9

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. 

Thu, Oct 10

7:00pm – 8:30pm

Rattling the Cages: Post-Prison Activism & Archiving Resistance

Former political prisoners Eric King, Jake Conroy, and Claude Marks discuss staying active and engaged in liberation struggles after being released from prison, and also the importance of understanding our histories of resistance.

Fri, Oct 11

6:00pm – 8:00pm

[Postponed] Gender Reveal Party: A Queer Craft Circle

Embark on a playful exploration of the self in this monthly all-ages crafting club.

Sat, Oct 12

1:00pm – 2:30pm

[Postponed] "Desecrated Poppies" Book Tour

Join us for an afternoon poetry reading with Palestinian poet Yaffa, who is doing a hybrid tour with their latest collection Desecrated Poppies. Funds raised will support queer and trans Palestinians.

Sun, Oct 13

5:00pm – 6:30pm

[Postponed] Reconnecting Amid Climate Chaos

Author Leah Rampy shares her award winning book, Earth & Soul: Reconnecting Amid Climate Chaos, and discusses its call to renew a deep and personal relationship with Earth.

Wed, Oct 16

2:00pm – 6:00pm

Community Heater Build

Community members will be building tent-safe copper coil heaters for unhoused neighbors and individuals displaced by flooding.
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, Oct 18

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, Oct 19

6:00pm – 7:30pm

[Postponed] Punk Rock Photography with Jim Saah

Photographer Jim Saah shows slides from the salad days of punk rock and discusses the personal and cultural importance of photos from the scene in DC.

Sun, Oct 20

1:00pm – 3:00pm

Asheville Prison Books Packaging Party

The Asheville Prison Books monthly meetup is an opportunity for new folks to learn about APB and plug in!

Wed, Oct 23

2:00pm – 6:00pm

Community Heater Build

Community members will be building tent-safe copper coil heaters for unhoused neighbors and individuals displaced by flooding.
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, Oct 26

11:00am – 12:30pm

Skeletons in the Closet: Queer Horror Book Club

This month our book club is reading Chuck Tingle's Hollywood horror, Bury Your Gays.
2:00pm – 5:00pm

These Landlords Are Off Their Gourds!: Pumpkin Carving Benefit

Show off your pumpkin carving prowess at this all-ages fundraiser for disaster rent relief! The best jack-o'-lantern will walk away with a $100 bookstore gift card.

Sun, Oct 27

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!

Wed, Oct 30

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. 
6:00pm – 7:30pm

When Freedom Is the Question...: A Conversation with Bill Ayers

At this author event, acclaimed scholar and activist Bill Ayers examines the roots of systemic oppression and the concept of freedom.

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