Weekly Picks

There may not be any keg stands, but there will be plenty to drink at a wine kegger to benefit Girls on the Run. Hosted by Sante Wine Bar and Tap Room, 1 Page Ave. on Wednesday, Feb. 29 from 4-10 p.m. $10. Info: 254-8188.

Donate business clothes to low-income women through the Dress for Success program. Donations will be accepted at Dress Barn, 800 Fairview Road, #D2, Thursday, March 1 through Sunday, March 4. Info: 298-6635.

Award-winning novelist Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street, will present a book signing and reception in UNCA’s Lipinsky Auditorium on Friday, March 2 at 7 p.m. Info: http://asheville.lr.edu.

See collectibles, artifacts and trains for kids at the Asheville Train Show at the WNC Agricultural Center, 1301 Fanning Bridge Road on Saturday, March 3 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Expo begins on Friday, March 2. $5. Info: http://www.asheville-trainshow.com.

The Asheville Cello Choir will perform works by O'Brien, Rabinowitz and Leyden at St. Matthias Church, 1 Dundee St. on Sunday, March 4 at 3 p.m. Donations accepted. Info: 285-0033.

Celebrate Women’s History Month with a play about women’s rights activist Francis Perkins on Monday, March 5 at 7 p.m. at North Carolina Stage Company, 15 Stage Lane. The production will benefit the League of Women Voters an N.C. Stage Company. A reception will begin at 6 p.m. $19.50/$10 students. Info: http://www.ncstage.org.

Get out from behind the computer at a meeting of the Asheville Blogger Society on Tuesday, March 6 at 5:30 p.m. at Asheville Brewing Company, 77 Coxe Ave. Info: avlbloggersociety@gmail.com.

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