November 2005 Monthly Event
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Can You Tell Me How To Get To
Sesame Street?
July 1 Through November 27 2005
The Health Adventure
Event / Festival:
Christmas at Biltmore
Dates: November 4th - Jan. 1st 2006
Time: Daytime reservations are not needed or available
Location: Biltmore Estates
Contact: 800-624-1575
Cost: Mon - Thursday Adults $42.00 | Children 6 - 16
$21.00 | 5 and under Free | Fri - Sunday Adults $44.00
| Children 6 - 16 $22.00 | 5 and under Free
Description: American
and Vanderbilt Christmas traditions come to life with
Biltmore House’s extravagant holiday décor. Music in the
Third Floor Living Hall fills America’s largest home with
Yuletide cheer, while dozens of Christmas trees, miles of
garland, and thousands of twinkling lights transform every
room into a vision of splendor.
Event / Festival:
Paper Caper - Fabulous Friday The Health Adventure
Dates: November 4th
Time: 10:30 - 11:30 am
Location: The Health Adventure
Contact:
254-6373, Ext.
329
Cost: $5.00 members / $7.00 non-members / Caregivers Free
Description:
Come play with
paper in all of its forms. You'll take some fun home when
you see the amazing things paper can do. Classes are fun for
moms and dads, too! Our education staff designs intriguing
activities that teach and entertain all ages.
Event / Festival:
Spellbound Children's Bookshop - Spanish and English Story
Time
Dates: November 19
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Location: Spellbound Children's Bookshop 866 Haywood
Rd.
Contact: 232-2228
Cost: Free
Description: Special bi-lingual story-time Part of 3-part
series. Stories can be your child's passport to the world.
No prior Spanish language skills needed to understand and
enjoy these traditional and contemporary stories in Spanish
and English. Recommended ages 3 and up
Event / Festival:
Holiday Parade
Downtown Asheville
Dates: November 19
Time: 2:00 pm
Location: Patton and Biltmore Ave.
Contact: 251-4147
Cost: Free
Event / Festival:
Christmas Parade
in Maggie Valley
Dates: November 26
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: Soco Rd. in Maggie Valley
Contact: 828-926-1686
Cost: Free
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Event / Festival:
WNC Nature Center Wolf
Howl
Dates: November 8 Tuesday
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Location: WNC Nature Center 75 Gashes Creek Rd.
Contact: 298-5600
Cost: $5.00 Adult, $3.00 Child
Description:
Trek into the world of
wolves with presentations on Red and Grey wolves of North
America (indoor and outdoor). Bring warm clothing and
flashlights. Refreshments served.
Event / Festival:
Homeschool Happenings at The Health Adventure
Dates: November 9 Wednesday
Time: 1:30 pm
Location: The Health Adventure
Contact: Pre-Registration Required - Stafanie Kompathoum
254-6373
Cost: $5.50 Student, Adults free
Description:
Ages K - Grade 8
Event / Festival:
Community Helper's Day
Dates: November 12
Time: 10:30 - noon
Location: The Health Adventure
Contact: Brenda Pace 828-254-6373
Cost: Free for for members or with museum admission
Description:
Ages 2 - Adult
Event / Festival:
Fall family
Day - Asheville Art Museum
Dates: November 6
Time: 2:00 pm
Location: Asheville Art Museum / 2 South pack Square at Pack
Place
Contact: Brenda Pace 828-253-3227
Cost: Free with museum admission
Description:
Bring the entire family!
Meet local artist Dusty Benedict who will lead a discussion
of his art work in the gallery and then work in the studio
with messy charcoal and paper to discover new, never before
seen forms. Fun for all ages. Reservations suggested.
Event / Festival:
"A Country Christmas
Carol"
Dates: Nov. 2nd - 20th
Time: 7:15 Wednesday-Saturday | 2:15 pm - Thursday, Saturday
and Sunday
Location: Flat Rock Playhouse - U.S. 25, 3 miles south of
Hendersonville
Contact: 828-693-0731
Cost: Tickets $29.00 with $10.00 off for students and $2.00
off for seniors
Description:
A new country-western musical
Event / Festival:
"The Best
Christmas Pageant Ever"
Dates: Nov. 26th - December 11th
Time:
Location: Flat Rock Playhouse - U.S. 25, 3 miles south of
Hendersonville
Contact: 828-693-0731
Cost: Tickets $29.00 with $10.00 off for students and $2.00
off for seniors
Description:
Event / Festival:
Festival Of Trees
Dates: November 5th - Dec. 4th
Time: Mall Hours
Location: Biltmore Square Mall
Contact: 828-667-2308
Cost:
Description:
benefiting Mountain Area Hospice
Event / Festival:
Asheville Merchants Corporation Holiday Parade
Dates: November 19
Time: 2:00 pm
Location: Downtown Asheville
Contact: 828-251-4147
Cost:
Description:
Downtown Asheville parade that has kicked off the holiday
season in sheville for 59 years.
Event / Festival:
16th Annual WNC Symposium on Learning Disabilities &
Attention Deficit Disorders
Dates: November 7th and 8th
Time:
Location: Grove Park Inn
Contact: 251-4868 or visit
http://www.wncsymp.org
Cost: 2 day Conference with lunch on Monday is $95.00, Cost
for Monday only with lunch is $65.00 and Tuesday only is
$50.00. Add $20.00 to cost above for on-site registration.
Free sessions will be from 6:30 to *pm. Monday for parents
and teachers. Childcare available.
Description:
2 Day Conference. keynote speakers and more than 30 workshop
with CEU credit available.
Event / Festival:
The 2005 National Gingerbread House Competition
Dates: Nov. 7th - Jan 8th
Time:
Location: Grove Park Inn in the Vanderbilt Atrium
Contact: 252-2711
Cost:
Description:
More than 200 gingerbread works of art from all over the
country on display.
Event / Festival:
Disney On Ice
Dates: November 23rd. - 27th
7
performances
Time:
Location: Asheville Civic Center
Contact: 828-251-5505
Cost: Tickets are available at the Asheville Civic Center
box office,
Ticketmaster online, and charge by phone 251-5505
Description:
"Disney on Ice Celebrates Walt Disney's 100 Years of Magic"
Event / Festival:
The Atlanta
Ballet - "The Nutcracker"
Dates: November 11th
Time: 7:30
Location: Western Carolina University's Fine and Performing
Arts Theater
Contact: 227-2479 or visit
http://www.fapac.wcu.edu
Cost:
Description:
Event / Festival:
Rennie Harris
Puremovement
Dates: November 11th and 12th
Time: 8:00 pm
Location: Diana Wortham Theatre
Contact: 828-257-4530
Cost:
Description:
This revolutionary company presents dance that harness the
explosive and raw energy of hip-hop into electrifying stage
performances.
Event / Festival:
Foster / Adopt Fall
Festival
Dates: November 12th
Time: 1 pm to 4 pm
Location: Asheville Civic Center
Contact: Erica Jourdan 828-250-5868
Cost: Free
Description:
Information on foster parenting, materials on youth needing
adoptive homes, arts and crafts, face painting, give-aways
and more.
Event / Festival:
Santa Paws
Dates: November 12th
Time: 11 am to 4 pm
Location: Grove Park Inn Country Club
Contact:
Cost: 20.00 for one 4x6 photo and electronic copy
Description:
Have pictures of your two and four legged children taken
with Santa and his sleigh. Cookies, hot chocolate, apple
cider and karaoke.
Event / Festival:
Ice Skating -
Hendersonville
Dates: November 24th - 26th
Time: 4 pm to 8 pm
Location: Copper crest at Osceola lake - Hendersonville
Contact: 828-692-2544
Cost: Free
Description:
Free Ice Skating and Refreshments!
Event / Festival:
Super Science Saturday
Dates: November 12th
Time: 3 to 4:30 pm
Location: Colburn Earth Science Museum
Contact: 254-7162
Cost: Free for members / $5.00 for non-members
Description:
Dinosaurs will be the program's theme.
Event / Festival:
Science Sisters Club
Dates: November 23rd
Time: 4 to 4:45 pm
Location: Colburn Earth Science Museum
Contact: 254-7162
Cost:
Description:
An exploration of science for girls in grades 3-5.
Event / Festival:
The Highland Repertory Theatre presents
"The Velveteen Rabbit"
Dates: November 25th - 27th
Time: 1 pm Friday and Saturday - Sunday 2 pm.
Location: Diana Wortham Theatre
Contact: 828-257-4530
Cost: $12.00 Adults / $8.00 Children
Description:
Event / Festival:
Tellebration
Dates: November 20th
Time: 3:00 to 6:00
Location: Folk Art Center
Contact: http://www.southernhighlandguild.org
Cost:
Description:
Join the Ashevile venue and enjoy traditional folk tales and
contempory stories by some of the most recognizable names in
storytelling.
Event / Festival:
Downtown
Holiday Lighting Celebration
Dates:
Time: 5:30 to 6:30
Location: Downtown Hendersonville
Contact: 828-697-2022
Cost:
Description:
Event / Festival:
A Grove Park Inn Holiday
Dates: November 25th - December 30th
Time:
Location: Grove park Inn
Contact: 828-252-2711
Cost:
Description:
Festivities include the Grove park Inn Holiday Chorus
sin-a-longs, visits with Santa on Saturday in December,
craft demonstrations, choral concerts and an extensive
display of gingerbread houses.
Event / Festival:
Storytelling Festival
Dates: November 26
Time: 1pm to 5 pm
Location: Foothills Equestrian Nature Center 3381 Hunting
Country Road, Tryon, NC.
Contact: 828-859-9021
Cost: Free
Description:
Event / Festival:
Red
Herring Puppets presents Aesop's Fables
Dates: November 19
Time: 11 am
Location: Diana Wortham Theatre
Contact: 828-257-4530
Cost: $8.00 general admission / $5.00 Children
Description:
Red herring Puppets have created an original rhymed version
of the classic tales told with music and large tabletop
puppets. These timeless stories are simple to undertand and
address topics relevant to school-age children such as
bullying, selfishness, competition, ingenuity and the
affirmation that little beings can achieve great things.
Show is designed for pre-K through fifth grade.
Event / Festival:
Owl Prowl Camp Out
Dates: November 19
Time: 8:00 pm
Location: Chimney Rock Park
Contact: 800-277-9611
Cost:
Description:
Fun programs for the whole family with an overnight campout
under the stars in the Meadows. Learn to identify owls by
their call and silhouette then tell stories by the campfire.
Event / Festival:
The Polar Express
Train Ride
Dates: Starts November 11th thru December 23rd
Time: Times Vary - Call for reservations and schedule
Location: The Great Smoky Mountains Railroad - Departing
Bryson City or Departing Dillsboro for a three-course dining
experience
Contact: 1-800-872-4681 / 828-586-8811
Cost: Departing Dillsboro Dining Train $54.00 Adults /
$29.00 Children Call for more info.
Description:
The Polar Express departing Bryson City comes to life when
the train leaves the depot for a journey through the quite
wilderness for a special visit to the "North Pole" with
Santa Clause. Enjoy Hot chocolate and cookies while
listening and reading along with the magical story.
Event / Festival:
The Health Adventure :
SPIN
Dates: November 11 - thru Jan. 15
Time:
Location: The Health Adventure
Contact: 254-6373
Cost:
Description:
A unique exhibit that explores the science of rotational
physics.
Event / Festival:
Spotlights Youth Theater
presents "The Lion, The Witch and The
Wardrobe"
Dates: November 11 and 12th
Time: 7 pm
Location: Haywood Community College Theater
Contact: Debbie Albury 452-3510
Cost: $2.00 / $3.00
Description:
Event / Festival:
Nature Adventure for
Families
Dates: November 26 and 27th
Time:
Noon to 4:00 p.m.
Location:
The North Carolina
Arboretum
Contact:
828-665-2492
Cost: contact for info
Description:
Family
Fun begins at the Visitor Education Center. Stop in and pick
up a special trail map that leads you on an adventure along
the Natural Garden Trail, looking for hidden animal tracks.
Event / Festival:
Teddy Bear
Tea
Dates: November 27th
Time:
4:00 p.m.
Location:
Monte Vista Hotel 308 W. State St., Black Mountain
Contact:
828-669-2119
Cost: $7.00
Description:
Refreshments,
Storytime, Favors, Games, Photo with Ted E. Bear
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