Event / Festival: Rainforest ALIVE! at The Health Adventure
Dates: December 22 thru 5/28/06
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Location: The Health Adventure 2 South Pack Square, Asheville
Contact: 828-254-6373
Cost: Free for members or with Museum admission
Description: Explore a semi-tropical rainforest with the sights, sounds and smells of the real thing! Your expedition continues with exotic wildlife such as emperor scorpions, poison dart frogs, Burmese pythons, and a giant tarantula.

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Event / Festival: The Health Adventure Free Admission Day!
Dates: March. 1st
Time: 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: The Health Adventure      2 South Pack Square, Asheville
Contact: 828-254-6373
Cost:
Description: Free Admission Day! Enjoy The Health Adventure at no charge from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month!

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Event / Festival: Munchkin Market at Biltmore Station - Upscale Children's Consignment Sale
Dates: March 10-16 Sale Dates
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Location: We are located at Biltmore Station, in Biltmore Village above Porter & Prince and International Kitchen & Bath. This is the front section of the complex that faces Biltmore Ave. You can park in the large parking lot to the side of the complex. Please, be respectful of other businesses during business hours, and do not park in the spaces closest to the building.
Contact: 828-232-4453
Description: Spring & Summer Clothes, Furniture, Strollers...Everything you need for your baby or child! You'll find the highest quality, name brand clothing & gear for your Munchkin, at reasonable prices!

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Event / Festival:  Care Bears Live : Caring and Sharing Friends
Dates: March 28th, 29th
Time: March 28 7:00 pm   / March 29th 10:30 am and 7:00 pm
Location: Thomas Wolfe Auditorium  ..87 Haywood Street,  Asheville, North Carolina 28801
Contact: 828-259-5736
Cost: Call for info. You found them on WNCKids.com.
Description: The fun-loving Care Bears are embarking on their first U.S. live stage tour! Join us on a magical, musical journey to Care-a-lot, home of the Care Bears. All of your favorite Care Bear friends sing, dance and share important lessons in this brand new live stage presentation.

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Event / Festival: Sideways Stories from Wayside School * NC PREMIERE!
Dates: March 10th-19th
Time: Performances Friday and Saturday nights at 8:00 pm and Sunday afternoons at 2:30 pm
Location: Asheville Community Theatre is located in historic downtown Asheville, North Carolina at 35 East Walnut Street 28801
Contact: 828-254-1320
Cost: Tickets are $20 for adults, $18 for seniors (over 60), and $10 for students.
Description: By John Olive, adapted from Louis Sachar's novels. Directed by Cindy Baldwin
Based on the wildly popular series of children's books by Louis Sachar, this play brings to life an elementary school accidentally built thirty stories high where the oddest things can happen. Wicked teachers turn students to apples. Public address systems sprout mouths and tongues and warn of wandering cows. Missing floors and mythical teachers turn out to be real and intriguingly intertwined. Entertaining and engaging! All of these young actors are between the ages of 9 and 11.
Spellbound Bookstore will be selling books at the upcoming Asheville Community Theater production of “Sideways Stories.” A portion of the proceeds will go to benefit ACT kids programs.

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Event / Festival: Little Moments Tour - Visit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Western North Carolina
Dates:  March 28
Time: Tours are from noon to 12:45
Location: Room 213 50 S. French Broad Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801
Contact:  828-253-1470
Cost:
Description: Visit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Western North Carolina during a Little Moments Tour and learn about us! We are excited about what we are doing in the community; let us tell you about it! , . for more info.

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Event / Festival:  - Under Southern Skies - - NC Dance Theatre, Mainstage Dance Series
Dates: March 3 and March 4
Time: 8:00p.m
Location: Diana Wortham Theatre Downtown Asheville Pack Place
Contact: 257-4530
Cost: $30, Senior $28. Student $25, Child $10
Description: In Under Southern Skies, North Carolina Dance Theatre celebrates the music and artists of the South and reflects on the ever-changing landscape of the region.

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Event / Festival: The Kennedy Center Imagination Celebration on tour presents Willy Wonka
Dates: March 28
Time: 7pm
Location: Peace Center in Greenville
Contact: 1-800-888-7768
Cost:
Description: Join Willy Wonka and his band of Oompa Loompas as they lead Charlie, the spoiled-rotten Veruca Salt, gluttonous Augustus Gloop, gum-chewing Violet Beauregarde, and television junkie Mike Teavee through a labyrinth of lemon drops, life lessons, and giggles galore. Featuring live actors, puppets, plenty of surprises, and many memorable songs-including "The Candy Man," "I Want It Now!", and “Pure Imagination.”

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Event / Festival:  J.R.’s Super Shows/Rodeo
Ages:
Dates: March 3 thru March 5
Time:
Location: WNC Ag Center in Fletcher
Contact: 687-1414
Cost: Admission charged
Description:  

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Event / Festival: Critters of the Rainforest: Scales, Slime & Creepy Crawlies - The Health Adventure
Ages: all ages
Dates: March 18th
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Location: The Health Adventure
Contact: Brenda Pace
Cost: Free for members or with museum admission
Description: Science lets you up close and personal with some of the amphibians, reptiles and invertebrates that make the rain forest their home.

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Event / Festival: The Health Adventure Homeschool Happenings
Dates: March 8, April 5, May 10th
Time: 1:30 - 2:30
Location: The Health Adventure     2 South Pack Square, Asheville
Contact: Stefanie Kompathoum 828-254-6373 ext. 329
Cost: $5.50 per student
Description: Ages K- 8th grade. Interactive, hands-on learning programs. Pre-Registration is required.

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Event / Festival: The Health Adventure - Fabulous Friday
Ages: 3-6
Dates: March 10, April 7, May 12
Time: Registration - 10:30 am
Location: The Health Adventure     2 South Pack Square, Asheville
Contact: Call to reserve! 254-6373, Ext. 329
Cost: $5.00 members -  $7.00 non-members
Description: Interactive, hands-on learning experience programs for pre-schoolers. Pre-Registration is required.
March 10 - The Eyes Have It - Discover a rainbow of surprises using colors, shadows, and illusions. Take apart our model eye and see how it all works. This is at the Health Adventure from 10:30-11:30am. It is for ages 3-6. Call to reserve! 254-6373, Ext. 329.

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Event / Festival: Pre-School Story Hour with Miss Debbie Lee
Ages: 2-6
Dates: March. 2
Time: 10:30 am - 11:30 (Colburn Educators provide a craft activity from 11:00 - 11:30
Location: Colburn Earth Science Museum 2 South Pack Square, Asheville
Contact: 828-254-7162
Cost: call for information.
Description: Music, movement, puppets, stories and art

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Event / Festival: Junior Rock Hounds  - Colburn Earth Science Museum
Ages:
Dates: March. 1
Time: First Wednesday of the month from 4-4:45 p.m.
Location: Colburn Earth Science Museum - 2 South Pack Square
Contact: Contact Jen Matthews at 254-7162 ext. 313 for more information or to enroll your child today.
Cost: $30 for members and $50 for non-members.
Description: Sign up now to become a junior rock hound at the Colburn Museum! We will meet with our geologist Phil. You will receive monthly mineral specimens, a collector's box, as well as an introductory guide book. 

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Event / Festival: A Year with Toad and Frog - Tony nominated smash musical
Ages: all ages
Dates: March 24 thru April 2
Feb. 24, 7 pm
Feb. 25, 11am, 2pm, 5pm
Feb. 26, 11am & 2pm
Location: SC Children's Theatre at the Peace Center in Greenville, SC. 29601  300 South Main Street on the corner of South Main and Broad Streets
Contact: 1-800-888-7768
Cost:
Description: This three time Tony nominated smash musical captures the gentle and endearing spirit of Arnold Lobel's very popular and whimsical stories. Set to a jazzy score, an unlikely friendship blossoms and grows through the seasons in a story the entire family will adore! This will be performed by the SC Children's Theatre at the Peace Center in Greenville.

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Event / Festival: Mid-day Musicals at Pack Library
Ages:
Dates: March 4 and March 11th
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Location: Lord Auditorium
Contact:
Cost: Admission: Free
Description: Mid-Day Musicals return to Pack Library each Saturday through March 11.   The snow date for any missed performance is March 18. Don’t miss this annual musical treat.
Feb. 11 - Classic Disney, Feb. 18 - Music from “The Fantasticks,”
Feb. 25 - Music From “The Boy From Oz,”
March 4 - De-Lovely: The Music of Cole Porter and March 11 - Simon and Garfunkel favorites. Call 250-4700.

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Event / Festival: Look What I Did with a Leaf
Ages: Children's activity
Dates: March 11
Time: 10 - 11 am
Location: The Botanical Gardens at Asheville
151 W.T. Weaver Boulevard
Asheville, North Carolina 28804-3414
Contact: 828-252-5190
Cost: Donation of $1 per child
Description:

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Event / Festival: Middle School Madness!!
Ages: grades 6-8
Dates: March 18
Time: 7 to 11 p.m
Location: YMCA Reuter Family Center
Contact: 651-9622
Cost: $5 for members; $10 for friends
Description: Swimming, rock climbing and more.

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Event / Festival: Struttin' Your Mutt Doggie Fashion Show
Dates: March 11
Time: starts at 11AM
Location: Madison Inn Black Mountain
Contact: (828)669-0706
Cost: Tickets $20
Description: Show followed by buffet lunch. Proceeds benefit Full Moon Farm Wolfdog Rescue and Sanctuary.

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Event / Festival: Skatepark - as part of the 4th annual Blue Ridge Games
Dates: March 25
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Location:  Brevard's Zero Gravity Skatepark, 1800 Old Hendersonville Highway.
Contact: 862-6700.
Cost: $16 to compete, free for spectators
Description:  - Skatepark - as part of the 4th annual Blue Ridge Games, enjoy or participate in this event in Brevard's Zero Gravity Skatepark, 1800 Old Hendersonville Highway. Beginners, intermediate, advanced and sponsored/professional divisions.

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Event / Festival: United Mountain Horse Show
Dates: March 10 and March 11
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Location: WNC Ag Center in Fletcher
Contact: 687-1414
Cost:
Description:

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Event / Festival: Seussical the Musical
Dates: March 31 thru April 16 /March 31, April 1-2, 5-9, 12-16
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Location: The Barn at State Street between Kanuga and Willow
Contact: 692-1082
Cost:
Description: Musical based on the works of Dr. Seuss, by Hendersonvile Little Theatre
www.hendersonvillelittletheatre.org

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Event / Festival: Go Fly a Kite Day
Dates: March 12
Time: 1 to 4 pm
Location: Foothills Equestrian Nature Center       3381 Hunting Country Road, Tryon, NC  28782
Contact: Call 859-9021
Cost: Free event, made possible with the support of the Kirby Endowment Fund at the Polk County Community Foundation.
Description: The first 200 children will receive a free kite.

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Event / Festival: Nick Bruel will sign his picture books Boing and Bad Kitty
Dates: Saturday, March 18
Time: 2:00pm
Location: Spellbound Bookstore     866 Haywood Road in west Asheville
Contact: 232-2228 for more info
Cost: Free
Description: NY Times best-selling author Nick Bruel will sign his picture books Boing and Bad Kitty. Both were Children’s Book of the Month Club selections

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Event / Festival: Free Yoga Workshop for kids
Dates & Times: Thursday, March 23 from 6-7pm
 and Saturday, March 25 from 1-2pm
Location: Spellbound Bookstore     866 Haywood Road in west Asheville
Contact: 232-2228 for more info
Cost:
Description: Free Yoga Workshop for kids. No reservations necessary unless bringing a group. Kids of all ages and skill levels welcome at one or both classes.

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Event / Festival: Montford Climbing Wall Homeschool Adventure
Dates: March 8
Ages: 9-17
Time: 11:00 am
Location: Montford Center Climbing Wall 34 Pearson Drive
Contact: 82-251-4029
Cost: $3 CR - $4 NR 
Description: Meet for an afternoon of fun at our Montford Climbing Wall.  Bring lunch, water and wear comfortable clothes
and tennis shoes.  We will walk to Magnolia Park for lunch and the playground.  Meet at 11:00 am at the
 Montford Recreation Center, 34 Pearson Drive, pick-up at 3:00 pm.

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Event / Festival: Ceili at the Asheville Arts Center
Dates: March 12
Ages:
Time: 3:00-5:00
Location: Asheville Arts Center
Contact: 253-4444
Cost: Free
Description: Everyone is welcome to Asheville Arts Center's Ceili! This traditional Irish social gathering will feature some of Asheville's best Irish musicians, as well as Irish dancers from the Asheville Arts Center.
Bring your friends and family for a chance to enjoy a relaxing afternoon of live music, dance, demonstrations, a potluck dinner, and a chance to learn a few Irish dance steps! The cost is free, simply bring a dish, drink, or dessert to share with others there!

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Event / Festival: "Sound of Music"
Dates: March 24 thru April 2nd
Ages:
Time: Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 2:30pm on the high school campus in the Center for the Arts. 
Location: Swain County High School
Contact: 736-1072
Cost: Tickets are $5-$8
Description: This beloved musical will be presented by the Swain County High School drama program, vocal ensemble, band, and art classes in a production involving more than 100 students.

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Event / Festival: Go Under The Sea at Michaels Arts and Craft Store
Dates: March 25
Ages: Mess Free Fun for all ages
Time: 10am to 3pm
Location: Asheville store off Tunnel Rd.
Contact:
Cost: Free
Description: Try the new Crayola, Color Wonder paint Ems

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Event / Festival: Victorian Easter Smith- McDowell House
Dates: March 31 thru April 23
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Time:
Location: Smith McDowell House - 283 Victoria Rd., A-B Tech Campus Asheville, NC.
Contact:
Cost:
Description: For the Victorians, Easter officially welcomed springtime. Enjoy the season as the Victorians celebrated it at the Smith-McDowell House. For more information, visit  http://www.wnchistory.org

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Event / Festival: Egg Decorating at The Smith-McDowell House Museum
Dates: March 25
Ages:
Time: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m
Location: Smith McDowell House - 283 Victoria Rd., A-B Tech Campus Asheville, NC.
Contact: Call 253-9231 or visit www.wnchistory.org.
Cost:
Description: EGG DECORATING: For children from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Smith-McDowell House Museum on campus of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, Victoria Road, Asheville. A lecture for adults. $7 adults, $3 children.

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