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Thank you to Juan Santana who designed all our graphics this year!
On Saturday, March 10, 2018 the City of Asheville will mark Asheville’s Third Annual Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald Day, with festivities around town between
Friday, March 9 - Friday, March 16, 2018.
Please join us as we CELEBRATE ZELDA and all of her phenomenal talents!
FRIDAY, MARCH 9 - 12pm – Art Break exploring the life and art of Zelda Fitzgerald at the Asheville Art Museum, 175 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville 28801. Free. http://www.ashevilleart.org/event/discussion-forgotten-lives-zelda-fitzgerald/
FRIDAY, MARCH 9 , 6- 7:30pm - "We Sing of Peace”: Exploring Emotional Stability, Health, & Wellness Through Song, with Asher Leigh at Base Camp, 56 Ravenscroft Drive, Asheville 28801. This group is welcome to anyone who is seeking a safe place to explore their feelings through music. No formal singing experience necessary! PLEASE NOTE 6- 7:30pm
SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 10:30 am - 3pm - Zelda’s Flowers: Painting & Drawing Workshop with co-instructors Pamela Lanza and Glenn Hirsch at the Asheville Art Museum On the Slope, 175 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville 28801. SIGN UP through the Asheville Art Museum link - https://shop.ashevilleart.org/collections/event-tickets/products/zeldas-flowers-painting-drawing-workshop
SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 11:00am - 5:00 pm - Art Opening, Aurora Studio & Gallery will have an exhibit at Trackside Studios, 375 Depot Street, Asheville in the River Arts District 28801. Aurora Studio offers supportive art workshops for artists who have been affected by mental health issues, addiction or homelessness. On MARCH 10, Trackside Artists will donate 10% of all sales to Aurora Studio.
SATURDAY, MARCH, 7 - 10 pm - ZELDA’S COCKTAIL PARTY - A ROARING 20’S EVENING at The Pillar Rooftop Bar located at Hilton Garden, 309 College St, 6th Floor, Asheville, 28801. Come decked out in 20’S PERIOD APPAREL, listen to the jazzy sounds of the MILLIE PALMER TRIO and enjoy a classic Prohibition cocktail. PRIZES awarded the FOR BEST COSTUME!
SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 3pm - Orbit DVD - 781 Haywood Road, West Asheville 28806, is having a Raffle at 3pm. Link to Orbit DVD: http://www.orbitdvd.com/
TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 12pm – Discussion Bound book group: Villa America by Liza Klaussmann at Malaprop’s Bookstore/Café, 55 Haywood Street, Asheville 28801. Sponsored by the Asheville Art Museum. Free. http://www.ashevilleart.org/event/discussion-bound-villa-america-by-liza-klaussmann/
THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 6:00pm - 7:30 pm - Highland Hospital: Practices, Treatment & Mental Health, Discussion hosted by Dr. Daniel Johnson MD, who will offer a presentation on the psychiatric practices that took place at Highland Hospital at the Lord Auditorium at the Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood Street, Asheville 28801.
Link to Pack Memorial Library: https://www.buncombecounty.org/Governing/Depts/Library/calendar.aspx#/?i=16
FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 6:00 pm - Zelda Fitzgerald’s Jazz Age Literary Karaoke, with readings by Tom Downing, Michael Crosa and Allison Stinson at Malaprops - 55 Haywood Street, Asheville 28801. Literary Karaoke where the public is invited to read published works by Zelda or writers of that era for 3 - 5 minutes. SIGN UP is with Malaprops.
AND from 7 - 8:30pm, Monika Gross of At-A-Site Theater as part of the ongoing project Celebrating the Birthdays of Dead Writers: the afterlife of the written word, will be offering intimate one-to-one readings of Zelda Fitzgerald's writings.
THIS JUST IN - We are getting a beer this year, brewed by Asheville Brewery. Zelda Ale, look for it the week of March 9 at Asheville Pizza & Brewing!
Information can also be found on the CELEBRATE ZELDA 2018 FB EVENT Page.
Sponsored by a grant from the Asheville Area Arts Council, and support from the Asheville Art Museum, Aurora Studio & Gallery, Asheville Base Camp, Chestnut, Malaprops, Orbit DVD, Pack Memorial Library, Pillar Roof Top Bar at Hilton Garden Inn, The POP Project, Trackside Studio and the CELEBRATE ZELDA COMMITTEE.PLEASE NOTE 6- 7:30pm
