#PlanAhead Guide: Feb 19 – 23

The weather's getting better, but a rainy forecast means that you might still be staying indoors. Don't worry, we got you.

Monday | February 19

Film: Visiting Writer Series - Film Screening, The Danish Girl | 7 p.m. | UNCA Highsmith Union | Free | UNCA will provide a free screening of the Oscar-winning movie.

Sing: Honky Tonk Karaoke | 9 p.m. | Ole Shakey's | 790 Riverside Dr. | Pull your cowboy boots on + croon along to your favorite tune. 🤠

Tuesday | February 20

Network: African-American Business Association Workshop + Meetup | 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Goodwill | 1616 Patton Ave. | Focus on community lending resources + preparing for business loans. Lunch provided.

Show: Big Gigantic w/ Shallou and Marley Carroll | 9 p.m. | The Orange Peel | 8 p.m. | $29 | Dance it out when Big Gigantic descends on AVL for their Got the Love tour. 🕺

Wednesday | February 21

Talk: Archaeologist Karen Britt on Mosaics | Wednesday, Feb. 21 | 7:30- 9 p.m. | UNCA Humanities Lecture Hall | Free | Britt, returning from an excavation project in the ancient Jewish village of Huqoq, will present an illustrated lecture on ancient floor mosaics in Jordan and Israel and how they relate within a greater religious/cultural context.

Thursday | February 22

WaterCooler: Televised UNCA Men’s Basketball vs. Winthrop | Thursday, Feb. 22 | 7 p.m. | Kimmel Arena | ESPNU will host a live broadcast as the Bulldogs (9-3) go head-to-head in a rivalry match against Winthrop University (8-4).

Talk: The Appalachian Origins of the Modern Civil Rights Movement in the USA | Thursday, Feb. 22 | 6-7:30 p.m. | UNCA Humanities Lecture Hall | Free | Appalachian studies scholar William H. Turner will explore the various local + regional catalysts of the Modern Civil Rights Movement.

Show: Slam Poetry with Andrea Gibson | Thursday, Feb. 22 | 8 pm | The Grey Eagle | 185 Clingman Avenue Ext. | $25 / $22 | The spoken word poetry mastermind returns to AVL to thrill + challenge us with powerful poems about heartbreak, mental illness, and white supremacy. Chastity Brown will slam the banjo and sing in accompaniment. 🎵

Friday | February 23

Show: An Evening of Improv Comedy with the Reasonably Priced Babies | Friday, Feb. 23 | 8 p.m. | Ambrose West | 312 Haywood Rd. | $12 | A night of silliness from award-winning improv comedy troupe RPB, founded in 2011 and still going strong. Among the accolades received? Skippy Flapjack's Happy Funtime Literature Award for Pronoun Exploration. Yep.

Show: The Tesla Quartet | Friday, Feb. 23 | 7-9 p.m. | Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center | 56 Broadway St. | Suggested donation of $10-20 | Performance of a rarely-heard composition, originally performed at Black Mountain College in 1945, from this Juilliard-born quartet in collaboration with the Hugo Kauder Society 🎻

Dish: Asheville Truffle Experience | 4 p.m. | The Collider | 1 Haywood St., Ste. 401 | Tickets start at $25 for a la carte experience in this weekend of prized Black Winter Truffles, which kicks off at this open reception on Friday, followed by dinner at The Market Place. Tickets available here. (confirming some details for this)