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Event Cancellations Due to Coronavirus
Several upcoming events have been canceled or postponed due to concerns about the new coronavirus (COVID-19). Events listed on this page may be outdated, so please visit the event website or contact the event organizer for the latest information.
Event organizers can contact us to update their event’s information.
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 Want to catch up on your Native knowledge? As of Monday, November 1st, SVM’s online discussion of An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, with a special presenation by Catawba teacher and artist Roo George-Warren, will be public on YouTube. In this discussion, Roo explains some foundational ways of understanding the long history of Indigenous culture, explores the complexities of Native citizenship and blood quantum, and talks about how Native voices can be supported today. Watch video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDt2CdrChYE&t=84s&mc_cid=18aca97aae&mc_eid=ee3f47ab42
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National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel during the thirty days of November. Now, each year on November 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand-new novel. If you are doing NaNoWriMo this year, the Buncombe County Public Library wants to support you in your endeavors. Join us for the following events to keep you invigorated and motivated.
All events are free, but you do need to register. To sign up, visit the Library’s event calendar and click on the event on the calendar.
You Wrote a Novel, So Now What?
Thursday November 5 at 5pm
What will you do on December 1 when you finish NaNoWriMo and have a book that’s ready to get out into the world? In this webinar BiblioLabs Community Engagement Manager, Emily Gooding, will show you how to format your novel by using the PressBooks resource available to you for FREE from the library. You will also learn how you can submit your novel to the Indie Author Project and have a digital version of your novel available to readers in the Library!
Celebrate Indie Author Day
November 7
More info available on the Buncombe County events calendar soon.
Come Write In Virtually with BCPL Librarians Who are Also Writing Novels This Month!
Friday November 13 at 4 pm and Wednesday November 18 at 7 pm
We’ll have two virtual Write Ins and would love to write with you in a Zoom Room while our cats meow in the background. We’ll have some prompts but mostly this will be a time to awkwardly write in front of your camera while strangers on the call do the same. Just kidding – we’ll have a blast!
Join the library’s Creative Writing Group Online
Friday November 20 at 3 pm
This monthly group meets on Zoom where we do several rounds of writing and reading our writing to each other. Our focus is creating a supportive and fun environment through writing exercises and discussions. You are welcome but not required to bring a 300-500 word piece of original writing.
Be Inspired by Local and National Authors
Tuesday, November 19 at 7pm
Join us via Zoom on November 19 to celebrate the release of The Right Kind of Fool by Sarah Loudin Thomas as she’s joined in conversation by New York Times bestselling author Lisa Wingate. Sarah and Lisa will chat about inspiration, writing, and their latest stories. The event hosted by Sassafras on Sutton and the Black Mountain Library will include giveaways and time for Q&A. Join us for a great evening of historical fiction! Registration is Limited!
Join Our NaNoWriMo Message board
Anytime
Join our BCPL_Nanowrimo Message Board on the NaNoWriMo Forums. https://forums.nanowrimo.org/
Any questions? Contact your friendly neighborhood library or email [email protected]
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Wooden Shoe Lasts
The last is the soul of a shoe. Apart from selecting the leather, there are few elements of the shoemaking process that are more impactful on the end result than the crafting of a last. Originally hand carved by cordwainers, i.e. bespoke shoemakers, using hardwoods like maple or beech, most lasts today are made up of a high-density plastic that is 100% recyclable and more suited for mass production.
For several hundred years – if not longer – the foot-shaped last has been an essential tool of the shoemaker’s trade. According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, the word ‘last’ is derived from the Old English ‘læste’, meaning ‘to follow’.
Today, we are used to seeing a pair of lasts, closely resembling a left and right foot. However, as late as the 1850s, most shoes were made on absolutely straight lasts, with no recognizable difference between the two shoes.
Read more about the life of a shoemaker named George Morris, who was enslaved by the Smith family, in our Deep Dive into Archives virtual exhibit.
Since the onset of the pandemic in March, the YWCA of Asheville has been flexible and sensitive to the needs of our families as they arise. We closed our doors to the public from March–June to provide children of medical professionals and other essential workers with no-cost child care; now we continue to adapt.
We have opened a school-age classroom and are now enrolling children in grades Kindergarten-5th who are learning virtually. They will have access to a safe, learning environment, with WiFi access, meals (breakfast, lunch, and snack), outdoor activities, and crafts while guardians work. We accept vouchers for this program.
Fees are $433 per month, Priority will be given to families that qualify for
vouchers and subsidies OR who have no alternative childcare options.
We accept Child Care vouchers.
*At this time we are only enrolling full-time attendance.
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Tours are reserved on a first-come, first-served basis: Wednesday – Saturday Tour reservations last for 1 hour to allow time for cleaning between groups. All visitors, staff, and volunteers are required to wear masks while inside the building. |
Have you ever wanted to use your voice, body, and imagination to say something you believe in?! Then this is the class for you! Each day we will warm up our bodies, voices, and imagination and work together to create an original skit with movement based on one of Aesop’s Fables! Our final class session will be recorded and shared with friends and families.
Act Out: Original Fairy Tales
For ages 10-12 * Taught by Amanda Klinikowski
Over the course of seven weeks, students will use their bodies, voices, and imaginations to come up with their own characters and create a short, original Fairy Tale. We will use class time to warm up, play theatre games, and collaboratively create our dialogue for our story which will be recorded on the final day of class and shared with families before the holidays.
This class will be offered in person on the ACT Mainstage, following all the recommended protocols for safety and sanitation. Limited to 8 students. In person classes are 50 minutes with an added 10 minutes for temperature checks. For ages 18+.
Incorporating aspects of the top improv programs in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, this course covers the fundamentals of improvisational acting with an emphasis on comedy; such as listening, commitment, adding information, agreement, intuitive reaction over desperate invention, as well as recognizing and capitalizing on emerging patterns. The class is crafted in such a way to have participants gradually gain their improv instincts through enjoyable and achievable exercises rather than teaching them the taste of disappointment and frustration. Students will gain experience and confidence in unscripted comedic performance through a series of improvised stories, scenes, and group structures; all done from a safe distance.
This class will be offered in person on the ACT Mainstage, following all the recommended protocols for safety and sanitation. Limited to 8 students. In person classes are 50 minutes with an added 10 minutes for temperature checks. For ages 18+.
Improv II reinforces all of the skills learned in Improv I by applying those skills to advanced scene work, character creation structures, and at times intentionally conflict-filled scenarios. Beyond Basic will encourage students to no longer be bound by the rules of improv but to swing freely and see that the strategies are not restricting but sound instincts. A sense of play is as important as proper technique. Students will gain further experience and confidence in unscripted comedic performance through more-involved improvised stories, scenes, and group structures; again all done from a safe distance.
PREREQUISITE: Improv I or extensive improv experience (*must be pre-approved by instructor)
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Want to catch up on your Native knowledge? As of Monday, November 1st, SVM’s online discussion of An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, with a special presenation by Catawba teacher and artist Roo George-Warren, will be public on YouTube. In this discussion, Roo explains some foundational ways of understanding the long history of Indigenous culture, explores the complexities of Native citizenship and blood quantum, and talks about how Native voices can be supported today. Watch video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDt2CdrChYE&t=84s&mc_cid=18aca97aae&mc_eid=ee3f47ab42
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National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel during the thirty days of November. Now, each year on November 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand-new novel. If you are doing NaNoWriMo this year, the Buncombe County Public Library wants to support you in your endeavors. Join us for the following events to keep you invigorated and motivated.
All events are free, but you do need to register. To sign up, visit the Library’s event calendar and click on the event on the calendar.
You Wrote a Novel, So Now What?
Thursday November 5 at 5pm
What will you do on December 1 when you finish NaNoWriMo and have a book that’s ready to get out into the world? In this webinar BiblioLabs Community Engagement Manager, Emily Gooding, will show you how to format your novel by using the PressBooks resource available to you for FREE from the library. You will also learn how you can submit your novel to the Indie Author Project and have a digital version of your novel available to readers in the Library!
Celebrate Indie Author Day
November 7
More info available on the Buncombe County events calendar soon.
Come Write In Virtually with BCPL Librarians Who are Also Writing Novels This Month!
Friday November 13 at 4 pm and Wednesday November 18 at 7 pm
We’ll have two virtual Write Ins and would love to write with you in a Zoom Room while our cats meow in the background. We’ll have some prompts but mostly this will be a time to awkwardly write in front of your camera while strangers on the call do the same. Just kidding – we’ll have a blast!
Join the library’s Creative Writing Group Online
Friday November 20 at 3 pm
This monthly group meets on Zoom where we do several rounds of writing and reading our writing to each other. Our focus is creating a supportive and fun environment through writing exercises and discussions. You are welcome but not required to bring a 300-500 word piece of original writing.
Be Inspired by Local and National Authors
Tuesday, November 19 at 7pm
Join us via Zoom on November 19 to celebrate the release of The Right Kind of Fool by Sarah Loudin Thomas as she’s joined in conversation by New York Times bestselling author Lisa Wingate. Sarah and Lisa will chat about inspiration, writing, and their latest stories. The event hosted by Sassafras on Sutton and the Black Mountain Library will include giveaways and time for Q&A. Join us for a great evening of historical fiction! Registration is Limited!
Join Our NaNoWriMo Message board
Anytime
Join our BCPL_Nanowrimo Message Board on the NaNoWriMo Forums. https://forums.nanowrimo.org/
Any questions? Contact your friendly neighborhood library or email [email protected]
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Wooden Shoe Lasts
The last is the soul of a shoe. Apart from selecting the leather, there are few elements of the shoemaking process that are more impactful on the end result than the crafting of a last. Originally hand carved by cordwainers, i.e. bespoke shoemakers, using hardwoods like maple or beech, most lasts today are made up of a high-density plastic that is 100% recyclable and more suited for mass production.
For several hundred years – if not longer – the foot-shaped last has been an essential tool of the shoemaker’s trade. According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, the word ‘last’ is derived from the Old English ‘læste’, meaning ‘to follow’.
Today, we are used to seeing a pair of lasts, closely resembling a left and right foot. However, as late as the 1850s, most shoes were made on absolutely straight lasts, with no recognizable difference between the two shoes.
Read more about the life of a shoemaker named George Morris, who was enslaved by the Smith family, in our Deep Dive into Archives virtual exhibit.