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ARTArt After DarkAsheville Art Museum2 S. Pack Square, (828) 253-3227Art After Dark features the images of six artists – three photographers and three painters – whose works were either created during the darkest hours of the day utilizing artificial light, or use the night as inspiration for creating dream-like images. Artists in this exhibition include Steve Fitch, Yvonne Jacquette, Xavier Nuez, Matthew Pillsbury, Robert Yarber and John Zurier. www.ashevilleart.org

MARKETOoh La La Curiosity MarketPritchard Park, 10am-4pmOoh La La Curiosity Market is an artist's market showcasing the work of more than a dozen local artists. Ooh La La will feature works by local painters, leather smiths, jewelry makers, potters , up-cycled crafters, and other curious delights, all beneath the colored canopies of large market umbrellas. The market also features live local music.

MUSICDowntown After FiveNorth Lexington Avenue Downtown After Five, occurring each third Friday of the month, provides free live music entertainment in downtown Asheville. On August 16, featured bands are The Revivalists from the music capital of New Orleans and Asheville’s Lyric, filling downtown with their unique mix of rock, funk and soul. September 20 will feature Truth & Salvage Co. and The Blue Rags.www.ashevilledowntown.org

FOODThe Asheville Wine & Food Festival Downtown Asheville locations (see website for info.)The Asheville Wine & Food Festival brings together the finest regional, national, and international wines, exceptional local restaurants, craft beer and spirits, and handcrafted artisanal foods for three days of palate-pleas-ing indulgence. This highly anticipated event will be held in the heart of the city’s lively downtown. www.ashevillewineandfood.com

FESTIVALYMI 120th Anniversary Celebration YMI Cultural Center, 39 S. Market St.Celebrate the YMI’s 120 years of existence as an institution of national, state and local historical recognition. In lieu of a Goombay festival normally held in August, YMI are proud to celebrate this Founders Celebration. Events include The History of YMI Forum, a YMI Block Party, Founders Gala and Make a Joyful Noise: Celebration of Gospel Choirs.www.ymiculturalcenter.org

FILMClips of Faith Beer & Film TourPack Square ParkBenefiting Asheville on Bikes, New Belgium Brewing’s traveling beer and film festival, Clips of Faith Beer & Film Tour, returns to Asheville’s Pack Square Park. The national tour showcases short films made by New Belgium’s fans accompanied by tastings from the brewery’s popular Lips of Faith series as well as New Belgium favorites. www.clipsoffaith.com

ARTFirst Friday Art WalkDowntown AshevilleExplore 25 downtown galleries, studios and museums — all located within a half mile radius. Galleries, museums, and jewelry studios present a fun-filled evening full of exceptional art and activities for the whole family to enjoy. New downtown venues to be featured include Artetude, blue, Handmade in America, Mora, and Updraft Gallery. www.ashevilledowntowngalleries.org

ART/ARCHITECTUREHarry Seidler: Architecture, Art and Collaborative DesignThe Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center56 Broadway, (828) 350-8484Harry Seidler studied with Josef Albers at Black Mountain College in the mid-1940s and became a major proponent of Bauhaus principles of design in his architectural practice. The exhibition traces Seidler’s key role in bringing Bauhaus principles to Australia and identifies his distinctive place and hand within and beyond modernist design methodology. www.blackmountaincollege.org

THEATERSteel MagnoliasAsheville Community Theatre35 East Walnut Street, (828) 254-1320A play that is both genuinely funny and deeply moving, it follows a group of southern ladies in a small-town beauty parlor over three years. The strong bond between the women is revealed as they deal with marriage, death, and birth - not necessarily in that order - and, in the end, the strength and purposefulness which underlies the antic banter of its characters is illuminated. Finding a woman in this town who can't quote sections of this play verbatim will be a challenge! www.ashevilletheatre.org

COMEDY6th Annual Laugh Your Asheville Off Comedy FestivalVarious downtown venuesIn only five years the Laugh Your Asheville Off festival has become one of the largest and most respected stand-up comedy events in the country. The event attracts top comedy producers and representatives that will be in attendance to scout the hottest new comedic talent. Comedians will include Landry, Ryan Singer, Jen Kober and Hampton Yount.www.laughyourashevilleoff.com

LITERATUREWriters at Wolfe: Trish FoxwellThomas Wolfe Memorial52 North Market Street, (828) 253-830412:00-2:00 FreeTrish Foxwell's new book, A Visitor's Guide to the Literary South, will allow readers to follow in the footsteps of some of American literature’s most renowned writers. This literary journey will acquaint you with the literary sites that inspired Thomas Wolfe, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Stephen Crane, Edgar Allen Poe and more. From Virginia to Louisiana, A Visitor’s Guide to the Literary South allows one to experience the haunts, havens, and homesteads of important writers who were stirred by the South’s fertile soil.www.wolfememorial.com

WHAT’S ON: ASHEVILLE EVENTS CALENDAR

Left to right: The Bender Gallery @ First Friday Art Walk, Harry Seidler Exhibit @ Black Mountain College Museum, The Asheville Wine & Food Festival,Asheville’s Lyric @ Downtown After Five (photo by Wendy Lawrence), Art After Dark @ Asheville Art Museum.