Events in Asheville This Week

Photo: This is Oona, sitting in front of the Asheville Arts Center on Saturday evening. She has a basket of roses in her lap. This was part of the No More Victims - Asheville fund raising event this past Saturday. Thanks, Oona, for your help!
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04/14/08 Common Sense at the Nuclear Crossroads meeting – check details at www.nuclearcrossroads.org

04/14/08 League of Women Voters of Asheville Buncombe County invite everyone to meet and greet the Buncombe County Commissioner Candidates at 7 PM at the Jewish Community Center on Charlotte Street in Asheville. The format will be a one-on-one, with the public invited to meet the candidates personally. Contact Ruth at rachristie@charter.net for more information.

04/14/08 David Rovics in concert at the Firestorm Café & Books (48 Commerce Street, Asheville, behind the purple building at Coxe and Patton Avenues) at 8:30 PM. $10 at the door. This is a benefit for Cecil Bothwell, who is running for county commissioner. There will be a kid’s show at 5 PM as well.

04/15/08 The WNC Physicians for Social Responsibility will hold a meeting at noon (brown bag lunch) at Unitarian Universalist Church in Asheville. They will be showing: AMERICA'S DIALOGUE, more than a video on the nuclear age, this portrays the human cost of militarism & war, the degradation & pollution of our environment; the problem of energy & global warming, the enormous drain of resources away from healthcare & education, an embedded culture of weapons manufacture & war, and the very real and growing threat, not only to our own, but to our children’s future. It intends to be catalyst for a great national debate. Norman Cousins says of it "What the country needs today is a moratorium on its normal activity, habits, and general routine; which is to say, a moratorium on trivia in order to acquire a basic literacy on the questions of our time.”

04/15/08 The WNC Peace Coalition will hold a meeting at 7 PM at Unitarian Universalist Church in Asheville. Please call the Peace Line for more information at 271-0022.

04/15/08 Meteorological Society and Colburn Earth Science Museum will sponsor talks on Climate Change in 2008: Past, Present and Future are three talks on climate change that are free and open to the public. All talks will be at 7 p.m. at Diana Wortham Theatre at Pack Place downtown. "What does climate change mean for the future? Challenges to our water systems and infrastructures." Panel discussion of leading experts focused on environmental issues surrounding climate change. Followed by a meet-the-presenters reception at the Colburn Earth Science Museum. For more information contact Paul Roelle, president Asheville Chapter of the American Meteorological Society at 271-4250, ext. 1009.

04/17/08 Jim Hightower is coming to Asheville! Proceeds from this event will benefit Common Cause North Carolina, and this is endorsed by Progressive Democrats of America. Time is 7 PM, and location is First Congregational Church. Cost is $10, or $5 for students. Private reception and book signing immediately following costs extra. Purchase your tickets TODAY at: www.commoncause.org/nc/hightowerinasheville

04/17/08 One-stop early voting begins, and goes until May 3^rd.

04/18/08 “The Big Read” from a novel by Willa Cather, at UNC-Asheville’s Lipinsky Auditorium at 7 PM. My Antonia: The Story with Signs - condensed, adapted, and performed by Barbara Bates Smith adding American Sign Language. This immigrant story will be followed by a talk on immigration, and a Q&A by Esther Olavarria, Senator Kennedy’s Immigration Counsel; Advisor to UN Commissioner on Refugees. Free, open to the public, 828-251-6645 for more information.

04/19/08 There will be displays and programs at the Transylvania Public Library in Brevard all day. The vigil for peace is from 12 to 1 PM in front of the Courthouse in Brevard. At 2 PM, there will be an interactive program with Vietnam and Iraq war veterans and history scholars. This will be called “The Whole World is Watching”. Contact Connie for more information at newlease7@yahoo.com More information below.

04/19/08 County Conventions for the NC Democratic Party