BLOGASHEVILLE AWARDS

VOTE IN THE 2008 BLOGASHEVILLE AWARDS!!

Each year, the mighty bloggers of BlogAsheville come together for a uproarious night of celebration, congratulation, community and awards. The 3rd Annual Extravablogiversapaloozathon BlogAsheville voting has begun!

Vote Here

Go over and vote for me! I did. If you don't have a lot of time, you can vote for what you can and go ahead and submit it. Voting closes this Thursday at 11:59pm. It's always a good way to visit more of the Asheville blogs. There really is a lot of pretty cool blogs.

(x-posted to Easy Bake Coven)

Holy Ground

A Feminist Retreat Ministry

Sacred Circle Worship Each Wednesday of every month, women and men of all faith perspectives are invited to Holy Ground for a time of communal silence, meditative reading, group reflection and sharing and ritual. Sacred Circle meets from 9-10 am.

September 9 & 23, October 7 & 21, November 4 & 18, December 2& 16, every other Tuesday, 4:00 - 5:30

Drawing Deeply from our Own Wells: A Writing Experience for Women with Late Life Wisdom with Joyce Hollyday

Upon hearing that most people in the U.S. have water piped into their homes, an African woman responded, “But how do the women speak to each other? If we didn’t talk at the village well, we wouldn’t know about our lives.” If you are a woman in that third stage of life (what shall we call it -- the Crone era?), please consider being part of this 8-week series. You will be invited to dig deeply into your own personal well of experience and wisdom. And together, we will create a “village well” as we share our stories. No writing experience is necessary. No grades! Just a safe space for writing, sharing, and connection.

Joyce Hollyday is a co-pastor and co-founder of Circle of Mercy, an ecumenical congregation in Asheville. She is the author of several books, including Clothed with the Sun: Biblical Women, Social Justice, and Us.

18 Orange St., Asheville, NC

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Third Annual RiverSculpture

Third Annual RiverSculpture
A Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition,
September 27, 2008 - January 5, 2009

The new dates, September 27, 2008 - January 5, 2009, encompass the leaf season as well as the Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year holidays — allowing all of us to enjoy the sculpture in a full range of natural settings. The exhibition is free and open to the public seven days a week with plenty of parking.

The new work, from accomplished sculptors in three states, includes new and returning artists working in a range of traditional and environmental media. In addition, a series of special events during October integrates kids’ art, music, dance and theater with contemporary sculpture.

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Moving Women

Founded in 2007, Moving Women is a dance performance ensemble that honors and invites the diverse perspectives offered by cross-genre collaboration. Core members challenge themselves by working with other dancers, visual artists, musicians, poets, actors, and performance artists to create original works.

Movement for Peace Project

This project is designed to inspire, inform and involve community while promoting 11 days of peace, leading up to the UN’s International Day of Peace on Sunday, September 21.

The Movement for Peace Project have many events coming up. Besides the peace events, there is the yoga, and LAAFF, and Sunday September 21st, The International Day of Peace.

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Spiritual Didgeridoo Workshop: Discovering the Sacredness of Breath & Sound

828-891-8700 or 684-3798
Sunday September 7, 2008
Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Unity Center, 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Rd
www.unitync.net

with Sound Therapist Phil Jones. During this interactive presentation, Australian sound therapist Phil Jones will teach you how to play the didgeridoo, an ancient and sacred wind instrument made from the eucalyptus tree, hollowed out by white ants, decorated with symbolic Dreamtime art, and traditionally played in ceremony and healing by the Aboriginal clans of Australia. Playing the didgeridoo is an entertaining way to explore the power of breath and sound and increase your lung capacity with healing and revitalizing oxygen…Shallow breathers, asthmatics, and smokers particularly benefit. You will discover how simple deep breathing exercises, when combined with the mesmerizing primordial sound of the didgeridoo, will effectively:

* Balance, Harmonize, and Recharge your Body, Mind, and Soul
* Erase ‘Thought Clutter’ and enhance Objectivity, Insight, and Clarity
* Enable you to authentically Express and Connect with your Creative and Intuitive Self

The primordial vibration of the didgeridoo and the simple breathing techniques help create a state of relaxation, lower blood pressure, relax the heart, improve digestion, and significantly reduce sleep apnea and snoring. Phil will also share the traditional Aboriginal techniques of “Circular/Continuous Breathing” and “Australian Bush” sound effects. Phil studied seven years with an enlightened Hindu teacher (1968-1975) and parallels the didgeridoo, a non-denominational meditation accelerator, with Eastern Philosophy, New Thought, and Aboriginal Traditions.

No musical experience is necessary. All participants will be provided an authentic Australian didgeridoo to play during the workshop. Didgeridoos and meditation CD’s will be available to purchase after the workshop. Love Offering.

2008 Pritchard Park 8

2008 Pritchard Park 8
Originally uploaded by anoldent

PERFORMANCE & INSTRUCTION IN THE PARK - just a few more weeks! Join Baraka Mundi from 5:30-7pm on Wednesdays at Pritchard Park on Patton & College. To see some beautiful shots from last week, visit www.flickr.com/photos/anoldent.

Wednesday - Asheville, NC
at Pritchard Park in Downtown Asheville

Summer 2008

Haunted High School in Asheville?

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Tersicorps - Theatre of Dance

Hurricane & Other Forces Of Nature



August 7-9, 8pm

Diana Wortham Theatre
2 South Pack Square
Asheville, NC 28801
828-257-4530

$30/$25 students & seniors

Our lovely ladies return to join the men for Hurricane & other forces of nature, featuring the Asheville premiere of Maloy’s award winning, "Hurricane." The piece, created for the 21st Century Choreographic Competition in April, will be restaged for the Terpsicorps dancers. The idea for "Hurricane" grew out of the climate crisis that is becoming increasingly apparent in today’s world. The choreography embodies the strength, patterns and progression of a hurricane from its beginnings at sea to its aftermath on land. The dancers portray the hurricane itself, as well as individuals impacted by the escalating fear of climate change. Maloy will be collaborating once again with projection artist G. Craig Hobbs.

Footage of actual hurricanes will swirl around the dancers adding to the atmosphere of a storm, with recorded music by Godspeed You Black Emperor! and costumes by Asheville’s premiere fashion designer R. Brooke Priddy.

Terpsicorps also has a myspace page.
http://www.myspace.com/terpsic orps

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Happy 30th, Bele Chere! We're watching you LIVE

Mountain Xpress also has a Live Cam during the festival and tons of good information.

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Pritchard Park Friday

Concerning the usual Pritchard Park Friday night drum circle:

Friday & Saturday night from 8:30 to 10:00 there will be community drumming at the Main Stage on Lexington Ave.

On Sunday from 5:00 - 6:00 there will be drumming at the Drum Tent on Lexington and Walnut.

This week's Mountain Express has a Bele Chere pull-out section that covers all the rest of the drumming schedule at the Drum Tent. I hope this helps. Enjoy the drumming and Bele Chere.

Changes because of Bele Chere this weekend

The 2008 National Convention

Latest SDS Convention Updates:

This summer, from July 24-28, join SDSers from around the country for our Third National Convention! SDS has grown in numbers, in organizational capacity, and in prominence over the past year, and it’s time to celebrate those successes and decide how to move forward as an organization. We left the second convention, and the subsequent ratification process, with several excellent instruments that have served us quite well, including many of the National Working Groups, the SDS News Bulletin, and more.

We still do not have a formal national structure yet, however, and it’s time to ask, once again, how do we organize ourselves? How do we make SDS as horizontal, diverse, and accessible as possible? How do we spread out national work and empower more people to take on leadership? How can we better provide support for chapters around the country? In short, how can we become a truly effective organization that can seriously challenge the power structure of this country, and work towards building a truly democratic society?

Join us in College Park, MD to discuss these questions and more, to build skills, to network, and build our organization! We’re working on travel stipends, so don’t let a lack of funds get in the way of participating in this important event!

Folks are encouraged to arrive on Thursday, July 24th and depart Monday, July 28th. Although all decision making will start July 25th and end the evening of July 27th, there will be social events and good times July 24th and possibly an action July 28th.

Kenneth Snelson

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Equality Asheville

Join the Coalition for Equality and concerned citizens July 15-19 for a week of educational, eye-opening, powerful & fun activities for Western North Carolina to learn about the harmful realities of "Reparative Therapy", which aims at changing one’s sexual orientation.

A Community Response to the Exodus International Conference being held at Ridgecrest Conference Center during the same dates.

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Coalition for Equality, P.O. Box 2612, Asheville, NC 28802 - 828-669-6677

This has been going on all week so apologies for being a little late getting this information.

Helen's Bridge

When the Zealandia Castle caught fire in the late 1900's, a woman named Helen lost her only child, a daughter. Helen was so crushed by the loss that she hung herself from the bridge right down the road from the castle, thereby the name, Helen's Bridge, located on Beaucatcher Mountain. On Halloween night, people go to the bridge and try to conjure Helen. There are many versions of this legend and some say you must call for Helen 3 times.





Helen's Bridge photo by Mike. I've heard the bridge has been restructured. Has anyone been to the bridge lately?

Speaking of folklore and urban legends, Asheville has many good ones that attract visitors from afar. Grove Park Inn's Pink Lady is a popular one. See about more of them here on Ghost Stories of Asheville.

Sacred Sound Concert & Elementals Workshop

An "Open-to-All" Sound Weaving Concert by Gabriella Kapfer and Storytelling from the Elemental Kingdom by Terry Frank

Saturday Evening, July 19 at 6:30 pm – Love Contributions for the Concert

Mystic Glenn Wisdom School in Waynesville, NC

For directions call (828) 926-4998 or e-mail events@sistersoflight.com

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