Valentine's Day Ideas
- Think outside the box of chocolates, and indulge in some handcrafted chocolate in the Asheville area. You can watch award-winning chocolate being made at Chocolate Fetish, or even go on a fun and delicious Hot Chocolate Tasting. The new French Broad Chocolate Lounge encourages their guests to have a love affair with chocolate. Along with their signature handmade, organic truffles the lounge offers chocolate desserts, French-pressed coffee, organic teas, and locally made bread, cheese and ice cream.
- Book a romantic romantic Valentine's Day vacation package with extras like couples massages or even a proposal getaway package!
- Heat things up with a relaxing soak and massage during a winter spa vacation.
- Enjoy a romantic getaway in a room with a fireplace and hot tub.
- Really heat things up by enjoying some of the hot winter nightlife!
- Get more Romantic Getaway Ideas
Valentine's Day Events
There are also dozens of events in the week surrounding Valentine's Day. See the list of Valentine's Day ideas, happenings and events for you and your sweetheart to enjoy.
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Lines of Discovery: American Drawings
New exhibition of American drawings in Appleby Foundation Gallery.
Event date(s):
Nov 01, 2007 to Feb 10, 2008
Free Fly-Casting Lessons
Ever wanted to learn to cast a fly rod? Come participate in a free fly-casting lesson on the banks of the French Broad River. Under the guidance of a Headwaters Outfitters fly-fishing guide, you'll learn to roll cast, overhead cast, sidearm cast and bow-and-arrow cast. Afterwards, you have the option of putting your newfound skills to use during a half-day guided fishing trip.
Event date(s):
Nov 10, 2007 to Mar 08, 2008
Nace Brock: Painter, Poet and Photographer
Ignatius (Nace) Brock moved to Asheville with his wife in 1897 to open a photography studio in the Swananoa-Berkeley Hotel on Biltmore Avenue. Brocks photographs included staged painterly portraits, mountain landscapes and genre scenes marketed to tourists. In his images, we see Asheville of an earlier age through the eyes of a man who clearly loved the world around him. This exhibition is organized and curated by the Asheville Art Museum. This project is sponsored in part by the Judy Appleton Memorial Fund.
Event date(s):
Jan 18, 2008 to Apr 27, 2008
Dr. Entomo's Palace of Exotic Wonders
Learn about bizarre live insects from around the world. Reminiscent of a traditional circus sideshow, the exhibit will feature more than two-dozen living and mounted insects ranging from glow-in-the-dark scorpions to bird-eating tarantulas. Visitors will also witness the wonders of metamorphosis as butterflies emerge from their chrysalis in Winged Transformers, a corresponding butterfly house exhibit.
Event date(s):
Jan 19, 2008 to May 11, 2008
Pressing Matters in Printmaking
The Folk Art Center main gallery will host this international, invitational exhibition representing the work of 50 artists using various printmaking techniques. Fourteen printmaking techniques are represented in the show including aquatint, mezzotint, relief printing and woodcuts. The 48 contributing artists come from as close as Asheville and as far away as Canada and California. The exhibition is an amazing collage of images filled with ideas and color. Some subjects include: architecture, nature, religion, science and whimsy. The show opens with a text panel of printmaking definitions, helping the viewer relate to what they see. In addition, throughout the show certain artists are highlighted with short biographies to give perspective to their place in the exhibition. The most well known contributors to Pressing Matters in Printmaking are probably Harvey Littleton, the father of the Studio Glass Movement, and his world famous student, Dale Chihuly.
Event date(s):
Jan 19, 2008 to May 18, 2008
Maud Gatewood: Catching the Moment
No dilettante debutante (though her good manners were widely lauded), Maud Gatewood (1934-2004), was a disciplined and accomplished painter, a respected teacher and an impassioned community activist. She has been described as a hard-drinking chain smoker, as blunt, feisty, tough and demanding, both of herself and of those around her. Yet her paintings are tinged with gentleness and sincerity, evocative without being literal. Most of all, the paintings reflect a passion for the landscape and a deep understanding of the human condition.
Event date(s):
Jan 25, 2008 to May 18, 2008
Best Italian Dishes Cooking Classes
Some of the best Italian regional dishes Each class is a complete meal, to be shared at the end of the class Classes are small and students are welcome to partecipate in the preparation if they so desire. Classes take place on Saturdays once a month, 10 am-1pm
Event date(s):
Jan 26, 2008 to Jun 14, 2008
Would You Like Yoga With That? presented by LYLAS
Would You Like Yoga With That? is the fourth original production written and performed by LYLAS. Featuring all new material, Would You Like Yoga With That? is an original sketch comedy show in the style of Saturday Night Live. Though LYLAS pokes fun at all things Asheville and beyond, their humor is never mean-spirited. The show is infused with musical numbers and game shows, cameo appearances from recurring characters, and more pop culture references than a Trivial Pursuit game. Written, directed, and performed by women, but without any pesky political or social messages, LYLAS is just plain funny. LYLAS has consistently sold out performances for all of their past shows, recently opened for Henry Cho at The Orange Peel, and frequently has standing room only crowds. LYLAS (an acronym which stands for Love Ya Like A Sis and is commonly found scrawled in yearbooks or texted between phones) is a collaboration between seven Asheville women. LYLAS regulars Karri Brantley, Jenny Bunn, Sarah Carpenter, Emily Miller and Betsy Puckett return to the stage in this production and newcomers Robin Raines and Marissa Williams make their LYLAS debuts.
Event date(s):
Jan 30, 2008 to Feb 09, 2008
Emerson Woelffer: At the Center and At the Edge
Emerson Woelffer, a first-generation Abstract Expressionist, taught painting and drawing at Black Mountain College in the summer of 1949 at the request of Buckminster Fuller. Born in Chicago, he taught at the New Bauhaus there, as well as later in Colorado (at the Colorado Springs Fine Art Center). Ultimately he settled in Los Angeles where he influenced countless artists through his teaching at Chouinard, Cal Arts and at the Otis Art Institute. Black Mountain College was a center of modernist and alternative education in the United States. People affiliated with Black Mountain College include John Dewey, Josef Albers, Robert Motherwell, Charles Olson, Buckminster Fuller, John Cage and others. A friend of Motherwell, Olson, and Jonathan Williams, Woelffers connection with Black Mountain College ranged far wider than the one summer he was on the North Carolina campus. The title of the show At the Center and At the Edge highlights how Woelffers career paralleled the history of Black Mountain College. Both were highly influential, and yet both were not at the center of the physical hot spots of the artworld of their time. Further, both are currently being seen to have had far more significance than was apparent during their lifetimes. The title also references an essay Circles written by the source of Woelffers first name Ralph Waldo Emerson. In the essay Emerson (Ralph Waldo) likens the growth of ideas to the proliferation of circles drawn off the edges of other circles. The pieces on exhibit will survey the full reach of his career with a slight emphasis on works done around and in relationship to the time of his affiliation with Black Mountain College.
Event date(s):
Feb 01, 2008 to May 31, 2008
Explore the Science of Communication: Get the Message
From a cocked eyebrow to the front page news, experience the dynamic variety of tools people use to communicate. Try your brush at virtual cave art, signal a crane operator, puzzle over expressions, send a message in Morse, and more! Designed for interaction, these hands-on experiences invite you to explore the subtle structures we use when sending and receiving information. Get the Message was designed through a collaboration of Discovery Center Museum of Rockford, Illinois and the Family Museum of Arts and Sciences of Bettendorf, Iowa and supported by the National Science Foundation.
Event date(s):
Feb 01, 2008 to May 25, 2008
Orchids and Iris in the Garden
Jamie Kirkells paintings on silk represent an accurate depiction of botanical art while providing true inspiration for the viewer. With influences from around the world, Kirkells paintings reflect a combination of classical and contemporary styles.
Event date(s):
Feb 01, 2008 to Apr 20, 2008
Gallery Opening and Show for Warren Wilson College Faculty/Alumni Show
Gallery Show by Warren Wilson College Art Department Faculty and Alumni, including Ceramics: Leah Leitson / Ryan Florey; Bookmaking/Printmaking: Gwen Diehn / Kelcey Loomer; Digital Photography: Arlin Geyer / Daniel Sockwell; Sculpture: Karen Powell / Sophia Ann Williams; Art History: Louly Konz / Heather Wilson; Drawing/Printmaking: Bette Bates / Wyn Miller; Photography: Eric Baden / Bleu Cease; Painting: Dusty Benedict / TBA. Come meet the artists, enjoy a glass of wine and light hors d'oeuvres, and see the show.
Event date(s):
Feb 01, 2008 to Feb 26, 2008
Wine and Chocolate
Experience the decadent world of wine and chocolate during Earth Fares free weekend taste celebration.
Event date(s):
Feb 08, 2008 to Feb 10, 2008
New York's Aquila Theatre Company presents Julius Ceasar by William Shakespear
Shakespeare's epic story of the rise and fall of one of the worlds most notorious leaders. Set in a world of political intrigue and strained domestic relationships, Julius Caesar explores the moral and political dilemma of Marcus Brutus. Aquila Theatre Company's inspired production asks the audience to consider the price of democracy and freedom, and the consequences that befall a society when it is asked to defend its core beliefs. Using its renowned aesthetic -- excellent acting, crystalline verse-speaking, original music, and innovative conceptualization and design -- Aquila brings Julius Caesar to vibrant life in a production that is visceral, challenging and, above all, entertaining.
Event date(s):
Feb 08, 2008 at 08:00 PM
"Naked Tree ID" Guided Hike at Chimney Rock Park
Chimney Rock Park's "naked" trees will soon put on a new cloak of leaves, so now is a good time to inspect their peculiar features. Learn what details of twigs and buds can be used to identify dormant plants. Bring your favorite winter tree guide and magnifying lens, if you have such.
Event date(s):
Feb 09, 2008 at 09:00 AM
Beginning Lapidary Workshop at the Mountain Metalsmiths School of Jewelry & Lapidary
The Beginning Lapidary Workshop will teach you how to select rough material, to cut and shape it into a finished and polished stone, ready for mounting. You will learn to use saws and grinders throughout the entire cutting process. It is highly recommended that you wear old clothes, bring a waterproof apron and eye protection. You may supply your own materials or purchase rough from the school.
Event date(s):
Feb 09, 2008 to Feb 10, 2008
Joseph Heller's Catch 22
Aquila Theatre Companys dynamic, timely and hilarious new production of Joseph Hellers own stage adaptation of his classic novel explores the enduring questions of the absurdity of war and its impact on society. A World War II bomber pilot, Joseph Heller considered CATCH-22 to be a modern day Iliad, with its anti-hero Yossarian as a new Achilles. With this in mind, Aquila approaches Hellers work with an eagerness to explore the themes of the insanity of war in theatrical form. The highly allegorical and wonderfully surreal text of this great modern novel provides an excellent dramatic vehicle for raising these issues at this opportune time.
Event date(s):
Feb 09, 2008 at 08:00 PM
Dougie MacLean
Dougie MacLean is one of Scotlands most successful, respected and popular musicians. A singer, songwriter, composer and magical performer, he is also a fine guitarist and fiddle player. From his home base in Butterstone near Dunkeld in the beautiful Tay Valley in Perthshire Scotland, MacLean tours the world with his unique blend of lyrical, roots-based, songwriting and instrumental composition. His strong international reputation has been built on the road, through hundreds of performances at concerts and festivals worldwide, including New Yorks Carnegie Hall.
Event date(s):
Feb 10, 2008 at 07:00 PM
Meet the Author: Sondra Ray
Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe: Rock Your World with the Divine Mother. Author and noted healer Sondra Ray discusses her latest book, Rock Your World with the Divine Mother, which explores the role of the sacred feminine in cultures and religions throughout the world. Sondra Ray is the founder of Loving Relationships Training and one of the founders of the rebirthing movement.
Event date(s):
Feb 11, 2008 at 07:00 PM
Tour de France Seminar
The Wine Guy will be leading a two-session exploration of the wines of France, focusing on the major growing areas and the types of grapes found in each.
Event date(s):
Feb 12, 2008 at 07:00 PM
Winner Dinner at La Caterina Trattoria
La Caterina Trattoria teams up with Steve Pignatiello for a six-course dinner, paired with six Burgundy wines,
Event date(s):
Feb 13, 2008 at 07:00 PM
Sugo Valentine's Day Tasting Dinner
For our first Valentine's Day, Sugo will be offering a four course tasting menu beginning with a glass of Prosecco and finishing with a luscious dessert! There will be three choices in each category to satisfy anyone from the simple diner, to the most adventurous foodie. Best wishes in this new year. To Begin A TOAST WITH PROSECCO Appetizers Choice of One TASTING OF WILD GAME Venison Tar Tare, Boar Sausage, Rabbit Turnover PROSCIUTTO WRAPPED GRILLED ROMAINE HEARTS Caesar dressing, garlic croutons, Parmeggianno Reggianno, black pepper, anchovies SHRIMP-PARSNIP BISQUE truffled parsnip chips, spicy shrimp oil TASTING OF SEAFOOD Sunburst Trout Farm Smoked Trout Bruschetta, Seared Sea Scallop with salt cod ravioli, Crab Lasagne Pasta Choice of One GOAT CHEESE AND MINT RAVIOLI WITH LAMB BOLOGNESE STROZZAPRETI AMATRICIANA 'priest stranglers' in spicy tomato sauce seasoned with Guanciale GNOCCHI DI MASCARPONE Sorrel Pine Nut butter, spinach, currants Entrees Choice of One RED WINE BRAISED BEEF SHORT RIBS sweet potato risotto, fresh Horseradish Gremolata POMAGRANATE GLAZED DUCK CONFIT root vegetable gratinee, Balsamic braised Kale TASTING OF VEGETABLES Root Vegetable Gratinee, Balsamic Braised Kale, Goat Cheese baked Polenta with Wild Mushroom Ragu CATCH OF THE DAY Desserts Choice of One CHOCOLATE THREE WAYS spicy, salty, sweet CRANBERRY WALNUT CROSTADA Cardamom Cream RED PEPPER AND PISTACHIO PARFAIT
Event date(s):
Feb 14, 2008
Valentine's Day Gourmet Dinner Train
The Great Smoky Mountians Railroad special train excursions feature award-winning cuisine. This train departs from the Dillsboro Depot. Choose your entree from Gilled Pork Tenderloin with Garlic Mashed Potatoes or Pan Seared Salmon with Lump Crabmeat and Wild Rice Pilaf and complimentary champagne. Treat your sweetheart to a romantic trip into the past aboard our vintage dining cars with full bar service.
Event date(s):
Feb 14, 2008 to Feb 16, 2008
Joseph and Sarah Elizabeth Malinak
Getting Back to Love with Joseph and Sarah Elizabeth Malinak. This Valentine's Day, join the Malinaks- local authors and life coaches- as they present their latest book and discuss ways to improve your relationship by gaining a deeper understanding of both yourself and your partner.
Event date(s):
Feb 14, 2008 at 07:00 PM
Arlo Guthrie Solo Reunion Tour-Together at Last
In 1961 Arlo Guthrie took the stage for the first time...solo. Now, after years of touring with his band, "It's coming up to 50 years of life on the road and I'd love to have a chance to do it like I did, with nothing but a couple of guitars and a harmonica." Guthrie is taking that chance in Asheville; make it a very special Valentine's treat for someone and grab a pair of the only 1000 tickets for this rare opportunity to see Guthrie at his unplugged best.
Event date(s):
Feb 14, 2008 to Feb 15, 2008
Jazz After 5
Live jazz from The Pipeline and The Patrick Boland Trio will be the featured sound for the Grove Arcades February Jazz After 5 performance of 2008 taking place Friday evening, February 15, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The Grove Arcade and the Asheville Downtown Association co-sponsor the free concert series that features local musicians and food from area restaurants. Beer, wine and appetizers from local restaurants will be available for purchase.
Event date(s):
Feb 15, 2008 at 05:00 PM
A Valentines Day Present to Yourself - Weekend Workshop in Jewelry Fabrication
Candy and flowers are great gifts, but they don't last. Why not let that special someone treat you or why not even treat yourself to a fulfilling and enjoyable 2 day workshop in Jewelry Fabrication. Jewelers with some experience can have the opportunity to bring projects with them to work out the "kinks" while the beginner with little or no experience can learn to SAFELY solder, saw, hammer, file and get comfortable with various tools in a jewelry studio setting. Eye protection is required for this workshop.
Event date(s):
Feb 16, 2008 to Feb 17, 2008
Frog Love in the Pink Beds
An adult-oriented amphibian awareness program at the Cradle of Forestry, Pisgah National Forest, in the scenic and historic Pink Beds valley. Learn about wood frogs and amphibian conservation while exploring winter woods. Program begins inside the Forest Discovery Center with songs and a program on the natural history of frogs and how people can contribute to their consevation. We'll step outside for a look at a breeding pool. Depending on the weather we'll venture further into the woods.
Event date(s):
Feb 16, 2008 at 11:00 AM
Holistic Learning Exchange Open House
New Holistic Center with Unique Classes, Holistic Social Gatherings, and Tailored Therapies. Get a Car Reading from The Soul Mechanic and a Toe Reading from the Toe Reader! Free snacks and beverages! Have fun and gain some insight into yourself and others!
Event date(s):
Feb 16, 2008 at 11:00 AM
Meet the Author: Karl Campbell
Author and Appalachian State history professor Karl Campbell reads and presents his biography, Senator Sam Ervin: Last of the Founding Fathers, a fascinating look at the contradictory life of North Carolina native Senator Sam Ervin. Come learn more about a complex man who championed civil liberties, opposed civil rights, and chaired the 1973 Senate Watergate hearings. Reception to follow!
Event date(s):
Feb 16, 2008 at 07:00 PM
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