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Saturday, March 15, 2025
Ignite Dance Competition
Mar 15 @ 8:00 am
Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville

Ignite Dance Competition doors open at 7am. Event starts at 8am.

You Are Here: Understanding Maps
Mar 15 @ 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm
The North Carolina Arboretum

You Are Here: Understanding Maps with Anton DuMars

ON-SITE  |  Saturday, March 15  |  1 – 3:30 pm

Blue Ridge Naturalist – Elective Credit

With GPS built into our phones and cars, we are increasingly in danger of losing our ways of navigating. Expand your understanding of topographic and geologic maps with this course taught by Geologist Anton DuMars. An in-class portion will focus on an investigation of map symbols, scales, dates, color-coding, water features, and other attributes that are used to interpret data on topographic and geologic maps into. Then the class will move outside for a skills session to interpret real-world features within a map, stepping off on some exploration at the Arboretum. If you have one, please bring a handheld compass with you to the class but we will have some for students to borrow if needed.

This program takes place both indoors and out. Please come prepared to walk on gentle, yet uneven terrain, and dress appropriately for the weather.

Sunday, March 16, 2025
Ignite Dance Competition
Mar 16 @ 8:00 am
Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville

Ignite Dance Competition doors open at 7am. Event starts at 8am.

Celtic Angels Ireland
Mar 16 @ 3:00 pm
Wortham Center for Performing Arts

CMI Entertainment Presents Celtic Angels Ireland – A History of Ireland

Sunday, March 16, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.

An evening of Craic (fun) Ceol (music) and Traidisiún (tradition). Get swept away in the enchanting harmonies of the Celtic Angels as they present an impassioned homage to their beloved Emerald Isle.

This gloriously evocative journey will captivate audiences and have them clapping their hands, wiping their tears and stamping their feet. Escape to Verdant Valleys and Heathery Highlands. Step back in time to the Land of Saints and Scholars. Lose yourself in the alluring Angels’ magical melodies.

With over 30 Irish traditional and contemporary tunes masterfully intertwined and
performed fully live by the Trinity Ensemble, the Heavenly Celtic Angels and the
Dynamic Celtic Knights Dancers, the spectacular Celtic Angels Ireland is guaranteed to
entertain and delight.

Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Charlotte Hornets vs. Atlanta Hawks
Mar 18 @ 7:00 pm
Spectrum Center

Come check out the Charlotte Hornets at the Spectrum Center.

Thursday, March 20, 2025
Charlotte Hornets vs. New York Knicks
Mar 20 @ 7:00 pm
Spectrum Center

Come check out the Charlotte Hornets at the Spectrum Center.

Friday, March 21, 2025
Waves Dance Competition
Mar 21 all-day
Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville

Learn more at https://www.wavesdancecompetition.com/ashevillenc

Koresh Dance Company presents Masquerade, Student Series
Mar 21 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Wortham Center for the Performing Arts

Inspire your future generation of creative thinkers with a show unlike anything they’ve seen before: a truly unique, intra-active theatrical dance work where reality and fiction intertwine.

Reservations for individuals (9 people or less): $12 each; groups (10 people or more): $11 each. Recommended for grades 6–12. The Student Series is open to school groups, homeschoolers, community groups and families.

Masquerade
Mar 21 @ 10:00 am
Wortham Center for Performing Arts

Wortham Center Student Series Koresh Dance Company presents Masquerade

Friday, March 21, 2025 at 10 a.m.
Grades 6–12 • Show Length: 60 min.

Inspire your future generation of creative thinkers with a show unlike anything they’ve seen before: a truly unique, intra-active theatrical dance work where reality and fiction intertwine.

Reservations for individuals (9 people or less): $12 each. To reserve, call the box office at 828-257-4530 ext. 1, or email [email protected].

Reservations for groups (10 people or more): $11 each. To reserve, complete the Student Series Reservation Form. Please note that all group reservations require a deposit of $1 per ticket. Please contact the box office if you have questions.

Harlem Globetrotters 2025 World Tour
Mar 21 @ 7:00 pm
Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville

Harlem Globetrotters 2025 World Tour Presented by Jersey Mike’s Subs returns to the ExploreAsheville.com Arena at Harrah’s Cherokee Center – Asheville on March 21, 2025.

Koresh Dance Company
Mar 21 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Wortham Center for the Performing Arts

Immerse yourself in the space where reality and fiction intertwine in “Masquerade,” an intra-active, contemporary, operatic dance performance set to electronic symphonic music, sung live by soprano Sage DeAgro-Ruopp. A fan-favorite of seasons past, this internationally acclaimed, Philadelphia-based troupe artfully finds the line between beauty and innovation — then boldly dances on it — and this truly unique theatrical work is no exception, creating a world where truth belongs to the imagination of the beholder.

Connect with the art and artists in a dance master class and pre-show discussions.

Masquerade 
Mar 21 @ 8:00 pm
Wortham Center for Performing Arts

Wortham Presents Koresh Dance Company presents Masquerade 

Friday & Saturday, March 21 & 22, 2025 at 8 p.m.

Immerse yourself in the space where reality and fiction intertwine in “Masquerade,” an intra-active, contemporary, operatic dance performance set to electronic symphonic music, sung live by soprano Sage DeAgro-Ruopp. A fan-favorite of seasons past, this internationally acclaimed, Philadelphia-based troupe artfully finds the line between beauty and innovation — then boldly dances on it — and this truly unique theatrical work is no exception, creating a world where truth belongs to the imagination of the beholder.

Connect with the art and artists in a dance master class and pre-show discussions.

Saturday, March 22, 2025
Waves Dance Competition
Mar 22 all-day
Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville

Learn more at https://www.wavesdancecompetition.com/ashevillenc

Koresh Dance Company
Mar 22 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Wortham Center for the Performing Arts

Immerse yourself in the space where reality and fiction intertwine in “Masquerade,” an intra-active, contemporary, operatic dance performance set to electronic symphonic music, sung live by soprano Sage DeAgro-Ruopp. A fan-favorite of seasons past, this internationally acclaimed, Philadelphia-based troupe artfully finds the line between beauty and innovation — then boldly dances on it — and this truly unique theatrical work is no exception, creating a world where truth belongs to the imagination of the beholder.

Connect with the art and artists in a dance master class and pre-show discussions.

Masquerade 
Mar 22 @ 8:00 pm
Wortham Center for Performing Arts

Wortham Presents Koresh Dance Company presents Masquerade 

Friday & Saturday, March 21 & 22, 2025 at 8 p.m.

Immerse yourself in the space where reality and fiction intertwine in “Masquerade,” an intra-active, contemporary, operatic dance performance set to electronic symphonic music, sung live by soprano Sage DeAgro-Ruopp. A fan-favorite of seasons past, this internationally acclaimed, Philadelphia-based troupe artfully finds the line between beauty and innovation — then boldly dances on it — and this truly unique theatrical work is no exception, creating a world where truth belongs to the imagination of the beholder.

Connect with the art and artists in a dance master class and pre-show discussions.

Sunday, March 23, 2025
Waves Dance Competition
Mar 23 all-day
Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville

Learn more at https://www.wavesdancecompetition.com/ashevillenc

Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Charlotte Hornets vs. Orlando Magic
Mar 25 @ 7:00 pm
Spectrum Center

Come check out the Charlotte Hornets at the Spectrum Center.

Thursday, March 27, 2025
City Dance
Mar 27 @ 7:30 pm
Landmark Hal

Beginner’s workshop lesson at 7:30 P.M., then 8-11 P.M. Contra Dance with Country Waltzing at the break and the final dance. This is a partner dance but it’s not necessary to come with a partner. We have different live bands and callers.

Saturday, March 29, 2025
Boats and Birds
Mar 29 @ 8:30 am – 11:30 am
Lake Julian Park

Ages 5+

Suitable for Beginners to Advanced Birders

This outing takes place at Lake Julian Park from 8:30-11:30 am. Get to know the birds of Lake Julian, one of Buncombe County’s birding hotspots!  We will start with a walk along the shore of Lake Julian and ends with birding on the lake from Lake Julian’s pontoon boat.  Free, Registration Required.  Binoculars are available upon request but supplies are limited. Dress for the weather!

Registration opens 30 days prior to activity.

For more information email [email protected] or call 828-250-4260.

Bear’s Smokehouse Reopening Party
Mar 29 @ 5:00 pm
Bear's Smokehouse

After months of dedicated service providing over 1 million meals to Asheville and surrounding areas in partnership with World Central Kitchen (WCK), Bear’s Smokehouse BBQ is gearing up for an exciting grand reopening on Saturday, March 29. As WCK operations wind down on their property, Bear’s Smokehouse BBQ has fired up its own kitchen once again, welcoming guests back with its signature flavors and community-driven spirit.

To commemorate this milestone and bid farewell to the post-hurricane relief efforts, Bear’s Smokehouse is throwing an unforgettable event: “To Hell with Helene.” This free community celebration will feature an evening of live music, comedy, food, and fun as a way to reflect, release, and rebuild.

Event Highlights:

🎶 Live Performance by LYRIC – Kicking off at 5:00 PM
😂 Special Guest: Comedian Cayla Clark
🥧 Pie Eating Contest
🪓 Axe Throwing
🐂 Mechanical Bull Rides
🔥 Burning of Negativity – Guests can write down what they want to release from the hurricane’s aftermath and “burn” it on-site.
💃 DJ Set & Dance Party – Instructor-led dance party starts at 8:30 PM