Mast Store Hendersonville

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, and everybody is trying to think of just the right gift for their sweethearts. What if that right thing could have a positive effect on someone in your community that you don’t even know? It could happen!

The Blue Ridge Bookfest presents the Dickens Dinner at The Cedars Hotel on Saturday, January 7th at 6:30PM. This enchanting meal is interspersed with five dramatic readings from Charles Dickens’ classics.

With many of our neighbors being unemployed or underemployed and winter on the horizon, there’s even more need to share the warmth and help others to fend off the cold. The Mast General Store is hosting its seventh annual Share the Warmth coat, sweater and blanket collection campaign from now until November 30th.

Did you know that the Mast Store has a network of leaf reporters? Now in its eighth year, reporters in the High Country, Hendersonville, Waynesville, Asheville, and Greenville submit weekly reports beginning the end of September and stretching until the first week (sometimes later) of November.

What if you had to wait two days to eat? Mast General Store, Merrell Footwear, and MANNA FoodBank are partnering to provide children in the Hendersonville area with weekend food, and you can help.  For each pair of Merrell shoes purchased at Mast Store October 1^st through 16^th, Merrell will fill a pack with food to feed a child for a weekend.

Gardens are bearing the last of their summer gifts. Children awaken early for hours filled with learning. The length of sunlight shortens with each passing day. Some mornings there’s a familiar crisp scent in the air serving as a reminder that fall is fast approaching. Knowing the season transitions quickly, it’s never too early to plan your autumn excursion to the mountains.

The North Carolina Apple Festival is celebrating its 65^th anniversary this Thursday through Sunday, September 2^nd through 5^th. This sweet seasonal Western North Carolina family tradition is celebrated by 60,000 folks annually. Harvesting apples has been an important part of Henderson County’s heritage and culture since the mid 1700s.

Kimberly Masters is not only a world traveler, but a woman who creatively harnesses the tantalizing scents of her journeys in one unusual package – soap! Kimberly has pedaled her bike across the United States (including Alaska and Hawaii) as well as cycled around the stunning landscapes of Thailand, Costa Rica, and the Himalayas of Nepal. It’s Kimberly’s unique gift for gathering the scents of her travels into a very special bar of soap that’s made her company Essential Journeys (makers of Soap by the Slice) a sweet smelling success!

The Hendersonville Street Dance is a summer tradition held every Monday evening through August 15th. Don’t miss the last two weeks of this wonderful event when Main Street comes alive with people square dancing and clogging to a band playing traditional bluegrass music. Special appearances by area clogging teams make for an entertaining, foot stomping affair.