Mantra of Bliss with Goa Gil and Arianne

It's getting to be that time of year when festivals are in their final planning stages. Lots of these Asheville area festivals are held at Deerfield's. Below is one that must not be missed from Those People Productions:



We welcome Goa Gil back to the southeastern United States. Join us in a regional gathering of the tribes as we celebrate Goa Gil's sonic transmission of cutting-edge psychedelic trance integrating in a galactic wonderworld near you! The space is once again the amazing Deerfields, with its lush green valleys and orchards to camp in and fresh water ponds for swimming after a long hot dance!

Goa Gil & Arianne (The Nommos, Avatar Records)

Friday May 16- Sunday the 18, 2008
All ages (under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian)

Gate opens at 4pm, Friday, May 17, 2008

Drum Circle Friday Night !

NO RE-ENTRY - Bring everything you will need for survival
Primitive campsites are available in designated areas
No renegade sound systems
Carpool and leave no trace
Absolutely no dogs allowed
Buses and Rv's welcomed and offered discounts for more than 5 passengers (please email in advance).Pre-registered tickets $45.00 US until May 10th

$50.00 US at The Gate

Deco by Pyite and The Community
Sound by DS Audio
Flyer Design by ..iikah..
Visuals by Psyonic
More info and directions at:

www.goagil.com Goa Gil is one of the founders of the goa trance and psytrance movement in electronic dance music.

www.deerfields.com Deerfields is located 20 minutes south of Asheville, North Carolina in the Mills River Community (directions). The private retreat is a 940-acre family-owned tract of unspoiled wilderness offering camping, swimming, and hiking. Cascading through the Queens Creek Mountains of the Appalachia, the land is surrounded by ponds, apple orchards, and rhododendrons.

Triboriginal

Registration now open
September 18-21, 2008
Triboriginal: Tribal Dance, Music & Culture Camp

Triboriginal is an annual event in gorgeous Black Mountain, NC. In addition to workshops & master classes with national drum & dance artists, TribO provides classes in the circus arts, stagecraft & presentation, business training for artists, melody & culture, a full children's program with a scholarship fund, rustic country lodging, all whole foods catered meals, & a full weekend of parties and excellent performance.

Experience the Triboriginal Cultural Immersion. Performers, night owls, families, all together in a gorgeous mountain setting with four days of arts programming.

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French Broad Music Festival

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No More Victims

No More Victims - Asheville is an extraordinary group of locals who are now working on the funding for another one of Iraq war's smallest victims.

Rusul, whose leg was badly injured in the same US airstrike of November, 2006 that took both of sister Salee’s legs.

The Asheville group met Salee in September of 2007 when she came to Asheville for a No More Victims presentation. She had her operation in Greenville, South Carolina, where she was surgically fitted with prosthetic legs.

Rusul will be coming to Shriners Hospital in Greenville, South Carolina for an amputation and prosthesis in the spring of 2008.

The Asheville and Greenville communities have been working in conjunction to get these girls brought over here from Iraq, arranging for their surgery, and funding the project through fundraising efforts.

They are relying heavily on the kindness of strangers and friends and you can donate to this worthy cause via PayPal on the website.

Iraq Body Count @ UNCA

Iraq Body Count is a display of over 3,700 white flags on the UNCA quad to represent the number of American soldiers that have died in the Iraq war thus far (since we ordered the flags, unfortunately even more casualties have occurred).

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UNCA Students for a Democratic Society

Panel on the Iraq War

Date: Tuesday, March 11 2008
Time: 7:00 PM
Place: Laurel Forum, Karpan Hall, UNCA Campus
Admission: Free, donations welcome

UNCA SDS is holding a panel followed by a question and answer session regarding the Iraq war and its consequences for women, the environment, the economy, and society in Iraq. It will also discuss the resistance to the war both in Iraq and in countries like the United States.

Speakers: (all are members of UNCA SDS)

Kati Ketz: The war's impact on women in Iraq
Michael Graham: The war's impact on the environment
Jessica Randell: The social and human costs of the war
Brian Chorley: The war's impact on the economy of Iraq
Josh Sykes: The resistance to the war

For more info contact: Brian Chorley, chorley.1@osu.edu, (315) 402 0092


I received this anonymously via email, so thank you so much to whoever sent it.

Of Montreal

Of Montreal
Originally uploaded by pggaillard, who has some excellent shots of several bands.

They performed at The Grey Eagle this month. They probably get the best bands to play at their venue.

The Messenjah

LUCIANO
The Messenjah

May 6, 2008
@ The Grey Eagle
Asheville, NC

Victor Chiarizia, Asheville Artist

Victor Chiarizia's glass is well-known for its technical innovations, organic forms and spirited colorations. His most acclaimed work includes The Botanicals, a series of sculptures with flameworked glass which is treated with multiple applications of enamels to give luster and luminosity to the vines, blossoms, fruit, human hands, and other elements that cling to amorphous hot glass vessels.

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Atmospheric: A Virgo Full Moon Gathering

Date & Time: 2008-02-20 8:00 PM
Location: Ghosttown Studios
Asheville Full Moon Gathering & Evoke Community present:

Atmospheric: A Virgo Full Moon Gathering

About Virgo: The mutable sign of Virgo is practical and adaptable. It typifies service to others in some way. It denotes keen analytical and critical faculties with great attention to detail.

Our themed sounds will be in an atmospheric, ambient, chill-out state of mind.
Costume and alter decoration are welcomed from all.
Josh Spice will be displaying art.

Ananda will be leading a Kundalini yoga class from 8pm-9pm. Bring your own mat.

DJ sets with:

Gilbot (AFM)
jOshU (AFM, Pimpin' Asheville)
Olof (Speaks in Tongues, AFM)
Medisin (T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi, AFM)

Also, as a community we encourage all participants to bring their cultural gifts. If you are interested in presenting visual art, performance art, or ritual, please do so. If you would like to present a larger installation, please contact a member of the community to see about creating space or defining time to share with us all. Our gatherings are created by all in attendance, the talents and arts they bring, and wonderful people who donate their time and energy toward coming together every month!

This full moon will be held at Ghosttown Studios
120 Alexander Pl.
Swanannoa, NC
28778

From Asheville:
I-40 East
Exit 59
Left onto Patton Cove Rd.
Right at the light
2nd Right, Park St
2nd Left, Alexander Pl.
Park in the church parking lot.

Each full moon we gather from dusk until dawn to celebrate the cyclical, cosmic interplay of life through music, dancing and ritual under open sky . Our purpose is to experience joy, to heal ourselves through movement and to embody the truth of each moment through sound. Every gathering is an opportunity for us to practice living and breathing at a higher vibration, to acknowledge our unity of spirit and to ground this collective experience through our bodies and into our daily lives. We invite you to co-create this experience with us.

We share a cultural identity that is rooted in a global, social phenomena beyond specific musical genres or religious associations. As we continue to grow, we will communicate and collaborate with our larger community around the world, celebrating our differences as well as our unified purpose to heal and to manifest The Vibe.

$10 per person goes toward water, fruit, tea, decoration, tp, warm weather campground rental, indoor space rental, equipment costs, generator/gas, and all the factors that allow us to create, share, and sustain the Asheville Full Moon gatherings in their ever evolving community.

Street Fiddler Ian Moore Dancing in Pack Square

(x-posted from A Year in Asheville)

Asheville Music Jamboree

At Deerfield's, on May 23-25 2008, the Asheville Music Jamboree will embrace that diversity and beauty, inviting patrons from all walks of life to enjoy an eclectic mix of world-class entertainment and to celebrate a unique sense of community in an intimate setting of rolling hills and bountiful apple orchards.

AMJam is excited to announce the BEST 3-day music festival in Western North Carolina featuring Asheville’s favorite son, Warren Haynes and Gov’t Mule!

We are truly excited about AMJam 2008.....you don't want to miss this years festival. Be sure to check back in and get your tickets to AMJam 2008." MySpace

ASA-WNC

Our goal at ASA-WNC is to bring about legislation in the State of North Carolina to protect cannabis patients, their doctors and caregivers from arrest. Further, as these laws change, it is our goal to provide quality control to state dispensaries through our NC Cannabis Patient's Network to maintain clean, safe standards for our patients.

We plan to join with thousands of others and petition congress on a national level to reschedule cannabis so doctor's can write prescriptions for patients that may benefit from it's use, and to provide researchers with a safe, legal supply.

We must end the misinformation, the propaganda and the bad laws.

ASA-WNC
PO Box 205
Mill Spring, NC 28756

Phone: 828-625-2818
Email: info@asawnc.org

www.asawnc.org
www.youtube.com/asawnc
www.youtube.com/cannabistherapeutics

The Government Can Not Lie Anymore, Cannabis Cures!

We will be holding regular monthly meetings the 3rd Sunday of each month at Greenlife Grocery Community Center, 90 Merrimon Avenue, Asheville, NC - from 3:00-4:30 pm
February 17th, March 16th, April 20th, May 18th

Join Us and Learn the Facts

IVAW Storms UNCA

I have finally calmed down. There was an action in the Highsmith building of UNCA today. I arrived to be a quiet observer and film the action. It happened a little after noon today and now, at a bit after 2pm, I have finally calmed down.

Soldiers in camo and full gear stormed the student building across from the downstairs cafe. A handful of SDS students posed as Iraqis sitting in their home. As the soldiers swept the room, they screamed, "GET THE FUCK DOWN, DOWN ON THE GROUND NOW! MOVE! NOW! MOVE IT YOU STUPID BITCH!". A crowd started to gather, as it was lunchtime anyway. The Marine recruiters who had a table set up near by, acted like nothing was happening.

[Read More ...] | this photo and more taken by the Gaias Tears website.

Asheville's Swingin' Mardi Party

x-posted from A Year In Asheville.