Saturday, April 7

NATURE OUTING/BIRD WATCH, 8 a.m., Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary, Asheville. A celebration of spring for the whole family will be offered during the YouthQuest Nature Outing, hosted by the Ethical Society of Asheville. After meeting at 8 a.m. in the Bird Sanctuary for a guided bird watch, participants will enjoy nature games and activities followed by a picnic. Attendees are asked to bring their own picnics. Admission is free, but pre-registration is required for the craft project. For more information or to pre-register, call 335-7287. YouthQuest is billed as providing age-appropriate programs, events and opportunities to build a community of active and ethically aware children and youth.

Monday, April 9

COIN CLUB MEETING,  7 p.m., basement, Grove Arcade, downtown Asheville. The Buncombe County Coin Club will hold its monthly meeting.

WEST COAST SWING CLASSES, 7:30 and 8 p.m., The Hangar, Clarion Hotel, Fletcher. Free beginners’ lessons for West Coast Swing will be held at 7:30, followed by intermediate lessons at 8 every Monday. The lessons are free. After the lessons, an open dance will be held.

CONTRA DANCE, 8 p.m.,Grey Eagle. 185 Clingman Ave., Asheville. A contra dance is held weekly. Admission is $6.

Tuesday, April 10

TANGO LESSON/DANCE, 6 p.m., Eleven on Grove, Grove House Entertainment Complex, 11 Grove St., downtown Asheville. Tango lessons will precede a dance.

SWING LESSON/DANCE, 6:30 p.m., Club Eleven, Grove House Entertainment Complex, 11 Grove St., downtown Asheville. A lesson will be followed by a dance, with live music.

SHAG DANCE, 7-11 p.m., The Hangar, Clarion Inn Airport, 550 Airport Road, Fletcher. The Mountain Shag Club’s weekly dance will feature a DJ. At 6:30 p.m., free lessons will be offered by Paul and Debbie Peterson. Admission is $5.

Wednesday, April 11

TEA TIME SOCIAL, 6 p.m., Apollo Flame, 1025 Brevard Rd., Asheville. The Asheville Tea Party will hold its weekly Tea Time Social. All interested are invited to attend.

LECTURE, 7 p.m., First Congregational Church, 20 Oak St., Asheville. Asheville Green Drinks will host Dr. Helen Caldicott, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, who will advocate citizen action to remedy the nuclear and environmental crises. Refreshments will be served by Buchi Kombucha. Admission is free.

FREEDOM FORUM, 7-9 p.m., Simpson Lecture Room, A-B Tech, 340 Victoria Rd., Asheville. Dr. Dan’s Freedom Forum will feature Curtis Bowers, producer of “Agenda: Grinding America Down;” Dr. Clare Gray, author of “The Battle for America’s Soul;” and Dr. Dan Eichenbaum, a grassroots activist and expert on Agenda 21 — billed in the program as “the United Nations’ incremental plan to take away U.S. citizens’ private property rights and, ultimately, U.S. sovereignty.” 

Thursday, April 12

GREAT QUOTES PROGRAM, 7-9 p.m., Smoky Mountain Theatre, Lake Pointe Landing, Hendersonville. The Great Quotes program will feature Harold Hellickson, a retired MBA-holder. His quote — from Franklin Delano Roosevelt — is “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.” A question-and-answer period and general discussion will follow the presentation.

Thursday, April 12

CONTRA DANCE, 8 p.m., Bryson Gym, Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa. A contra dance is held weekly, preceded by beginner’s lessons at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $6.

Friday, April 13

CONCERT, 8 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place, Asheville. The Pacifica String Quartet will perform. 

Saturday, April 14

PRESENTATION, 4 p.m., Laurel Forum, Karpen Hall, UNC Asheville. Asheville poet Allen Wolfe will present “The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices From the Titanic.” Wolfe will share exerpts from his poetic novel that brings the Titanic disaster to life from 24 points of view. The presentation also will include a reader’s theater by an ensemble cast, related music and more. The program is free and open to the public.

CONCERT, 8 p.m., Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, U.S. Cellular Center, Haywood Street, downtown Asheville. Asheville Symphony Orchestra will perform “Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony.”

Sunday, April 15

STAMP CLUB MEETING, 2 p.m., Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community Center, 1617 Hendersonville Rd., Asheville. The Asheville Stamp Club will hold its monthly meeting.

LECTURE, 2-3:30 p.m., Friends Meeting House, 227 Edgewood Rd., Asheville. Lotte Meyerson, a Holocaust survivor; and Mark Boyd, Ph.D, will present a talk on “Germany’s Response To Its Holocaust Past” during the monthly meeting of the Ethical Society of Asheville. Meyerson, who lived in Darmstadt, German, for the first 14 years of her life before immigrating with her family to Chicago, has visited Germany three times — the last two as guest of the City of Darmstadt. Boyd, a chemical physicist and computer scientist, says he was profoundly changed as the result of teaching humanities classes at UNC Asheville. He converted to Judaism and developed an avocation as a bicycle tourist who contributed to spending several summers in Europe, where he developed several close long-term relationships with Germany. He and Meyerson will discuss many ways Germany has owned up to the evid it did, the programs of education and resistution it instituted, both governmental and private. A discussion will follow their presentation, after which time will be allowed for informal conversations.

Monday, April 16

WEST COAST SWING CLASSES, 7:30 and 8 p.m., The Hangar, Clarion Hotel, Fletcher. Free beginners’ lessons for West Coast Swing will be held at 7:30, followed by intermediate lessons at 8 every Monday. The lessons are free. After the lessons, an open dance will be held.

CONTRA DANCE, 8 p.m.,Grey Eagle. 185 Clingman Ave., Asheville. A contra dance is held weekly. Admission is $6.

Tuesday, April 17

TANGO LESSON/DANCE, 6 p.m., Eleven on Grove, Grove House Entertainment Complex, 11 Grove St., downtown Asheville. Tango lessons will precede a dance.

SWING LESSON/DANCE, 6:30 p.m., Club Eleven, Grove House Entertainment Complex, 11 Grove St., downtown Asheville. A lesson will be followed by a dance, with live music.

SLIDE PRESENTATION, 2 and 6 p.m., Kaplan Auditorium, Henderon County Library, downtown Hendersonville. Occupy Hendersonville will host a PowerPoint slide presentation on “The Distribution of Income and Wealth: A Picture of What It Looks Like in America” in two separate sessions. Following the presentation, a question-and-answer session and discussion of income and wealth distribution will be held.

SHAG DANCE, 7-11 p.m., The Hangar, Clarion Inn Airport, 550 Airport Road, Fletcher. The Mountain Shag Club’s weekly dance will feature a DJ. At 6:30 p.m., free lessons will be offered by Paul and Debbie Peterson. Admission is $5.

Wednesday, April 18

TEA TIME SOCIAL, 6 p.m., Apollo Flame, 1025 Brevard Rd., Asheville. The Asheville Tea Party will hold its weekly Tea Time Social. All interested are invited to attend.

Thursday, April 19

ECONOMIC FORUM, 7 p.m., Lipinsky Auditorium, UNC Asheville. An economic forum, Crystal Ball XXVIII, will feature noted economists making predictions for the local, state, national and world economies for the next 12 months. The forum will be preceded by a reception from 6:15 to 7 p.m. Admission is free.

CONTRA DANCE, 8 p.m., Bryson Gym, Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa. A contra dance is held weekly, preceded by beginner’s lessons at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $6.

Saturday, April 21

STAMP/POSTCARD SHOW, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Comfort Inn Suites, 890 Brevard Rd., Asheville. The Asheville Stamp and Postcard Show will be held over two days. The show will conclude from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 22. Admission is free.

CONCERT, 7:30 p.m., Conference Center, Blue Ridge Community College, East Flat Rock. The Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra will present “Romantic Rhapsodies,” billed as a “delightful” concert of classical and romantic music. The works will include a favorite late symphony by Mozart, and a romantic piano work by Rachmaninoff,  played by internationally acclaimed pianist James Dick. In addition, Dair Brooks, winner of the HSO’s Young Artist Competition, will be playing a movement from the St. Saens Violin Concerto, and then the orchestra will finish with “Midsommarvaka” by Hugo Alfven. For tickets, call the HSO office at 697-5884, or visit www.HendersonvilleSymphony.org.

Monday, April 23

WEST COAST SWING CLASSES, 7:30 and 8 p.m., The Hangar, Clarion Hotel, Fletcher. Free beginners’ lessons for West Coast Swing will be held at 7:30, followed by intermediate lessons at 8 every Monday. The lessons are free. After the lessons, an open dance will be held.

CONTRA DANCE, 8 p.m.,Grey Eagle. 185 Clingman Ave., Asheville. A contra dance is held weekly. Admission is $6.

Tuesday, April 24

TANGO LESSON/DANCE, 6 p.m., Eleven on Grove, Grove House Entertainment Complex, 11 Grove St., downtown Asheville. Tango lessons will precede a dance.

SWING LESSON/DANCE, 6:30 p.m., Club Eleven, Grove House Entertainment Complex, 11 Grove St., downtown Asheville. A lesson will be followed by a dance, with live music.

SHAG DANCE, 7-11 p.m., The Hangar, Clarion Inn Airport, 550 Airport Road, Fletcher. The Mountain Shag Club’s weekly dance will feature a DJ. At 6:30 p.m., free lessons will be offered by Paul and Debbie Peterson. Admission is $5.

Wednesday, April 25

TEA TIME SOCIAL, 6 p.m., Apollo Flame, 1025 Brevard Rd., Asheville. The Asheville Tea Party will hold its weekly Tea Time Social. All interested are invited to attend.

Thursday, April 26

CONTRA DANCE, 8 p.m., Bryson Gym, Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa. A contra dance is held weekly, preceded by beginner’s lessons at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $6.

Friday, April 27

AGENDA 21 SPEAKER, 8-10 p.m., Pardee Education Center, Blue Ridge Mall, Four Seasons Boulevard, Hendersonville. Dr. Michael Coffman, billed as one of the foremost experts on Agenda 21, will deliver an address on two consecutive days. His April 28 talk will be from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Coffman, who holds a Ph.D. in forest science, is the president of Environmental Perspectives Inc. He also serves as executive director of Sovereignty International, Inc and the Local Environment and Resource Network. He provides professional guidance and training in defining environmental problems and conflicts, and developing solutions to specific issues as well as the hidden dangers of international treaties and agreements that threaten our Constitutional protections, especially property rights. He played a key role in stopping the ratification of the Convention on Biological Diversity (Biodiversity Treaty) in the U.S. Senate one hour before the ratification vote by anticipating and exposing the unbelievable agenda behind the treaty. He has written three books exposing the environmentalist phenomenon — “The Birth of World Government,” “Saviors of the Earth? The Politics and Religion of Environmentalism, and Environmentalism!” “The Dawn of Aquarius or the Twilight of a new Dark Age?” The programs, sponsored through the Anti-Communism KTM of Western North Carolina, are free and open to the public.

Saturday, April 28

TRILLIUM FESTIVAL, 7:30-3 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Church, 500 Montreat Rd., Black Mountain. The church’s seventh annual spring festival, Trillium — A Festival of Follies and Flings, will be held rain or shine. Features will include live music, a rummage sale, cake walks, a bake sale, a book sales, games for children and adults and refreshments. Any profits will go to the UUC’s partner church in Medeser, Romania, and to local nonprofit agencies.

Monday, April 30

WEST COAST SWING CLASSES, 7:30 and 8 p.m., The Hangar, Clarion Hotel, Fletcher. Free beginners’ lessons for West Coast Swing will be held at 7:30, followed by intermediate lessons at 8 every Monday. The lessons are free. After the lessons, an open dance will be held.

CONTRA DANCE, 8 p.m.,Grey Eagle. 185 Clingman Ave., Asheville. A contra dance is held weekly. Admission is $6.

Friday, May 4

PREPAREDNESS SEMINAR, 5-9 p.m., Ridgecrest Conference Center, Black Mountain. The Second Annual Sensible Preparedness Seminar will be held over two days. Saturday’s session will run from 8:15 a.m to 5 p.m. Meal tickets (for three meals) are $31. For admission tickets, which are $15 in advance and $18 at the door, visit www.carolinareadiness.com.