The Laurel of Asheville’s Community Events Calendar
If you would like to submit an event to appear in our online Community Events Calendar, please visit our submission page.
The Laurel of Asheville is a lifestyle magazine focused on the arts, culture, and communities of Western North Carolina, and submitted events should fall within this context.
All submissions are subject to editorial approval and edits for clarity and style before being published online. If you are going to include a photograph, please be certain that you have the rights to utilize that image. If there is a question about image rights, we may remove the image. Also, images should be no larger than 2000 pixels wide. Large images will prevent the event from being submitted.
Please allow up to 5 days for your event to be posted. If you encounter difficulties submitting an event, please email amy@thelaurelofasheville.com.
Trip to Planet Paperclip
Join local artists Kira Houston + MJ Gamelin on a Trip to Planet Paperclip, a collaborative worldbuilding project presented through Lamplight AVL’s Residency at 821.
Throughout the residency, Kira and MJ will create work set within the world of Planet Paperclip, a universe where objects take on new meanings. Community workshops are the heart of this residency—through these events, Kira + MJ invite the public to participate in their creative process, combining techniques from devised theatre with guided collage creation to collaboratively tell imaginative, far-out stories. MJ will facilitate these worldbuilding experiences, while Kira will document the stories in his ongoing body of Planet Paperclip collages. Each workshop is set within an immersive installation, a mysterious storyteller’s lair. On Thursday, November 19th, we invite you to join us for a closing reception celebrating what we have all accomplished together.
Participants must preregister for workshops; closing reception open to the public.
Learn more at lamplightavl.org/kira-houston-mj-gamelin-november-10-20-2026