A worker-owned community event space
Located at 48 Commerce Street
Open 10am - 11pm (except Sun)
New Books
Upcoming Events
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Green Zone
Release: May 1, 2009
Reducing our carbon footprint is only the tip of the quickly melting iceberg. The Green Zone presents a sobering revelation: until we address the attack that the US military is waging on the global environment, the things we do at home won’t change a thing. -
Agitate! Educate! Organize!
Release: May 1, 2009
Lavish full-color reproductions of more than 250 of the best posters that have emerged from the American labor movement. Readers will want to return again and again to this visually fascinating treasury of little-known images from the past. -
A History of the French Anarchist Movement
Release: April 1, 2009
The first English-language evaluation of the French anarchist movement between WWI and WWII. David Berry's original research explores the debates and growing pains of a massive, working-class, revolutionary movement facing great obstacles and uncertainty. -
What We Leave Behind
Release: April 1, 2009
A piercing, impassioned guide to living a truly responsible life on earth. Award-winning writer Derrick Jensen and activist Aric McBay weave historical analysis and devastatingly beautiful prose to remind us that one being’s waste must always become another being's food. -
A Crime So Monstrous
Release: March 24, 2009
Today there are more slaves than at any time in history, according to this report on current and former slaves and slave dealers. Skinner's travelogue-cum-indictment is interspersed with a detailed account of the work of John Miller, America's antislavery czar. -
Be Amazing
Release: March 17, 2009
Whether you want to glow in the dark, swallow a sword, quit smoking, find Atlantis, live forever, get out of jury duty, stop global warming, become a ninja, or simply be the center of the universe, Be Amazing covers all the essential life skills. Just absorb a few pages, then let the hero worship begin! -
Spell Albuquerque
Release: March 1, 2009
Tennessee Reed was diagnosed at an early age with language-based learning disorders. The experts agreed that she would never read or write. This book is an inspiring memoir of one woman's struggle to overcome racism and institutional authority and achieve what everyone said was impossible. -
Arm the Spirit
Release: March 1, 2009
In 1985, Diana Block, her infant son and five companions active in the struggle for Puerto Rican independence fled L.A. after finding a surveillance device in their car. Facing the possibility of arrest because of her militant activities, Diana spent the next decade living underground. -
Microgreens Guide
Release: February 17, 2009
The small amount of space needed to grow microgreens (a porch, patio, windowsill, or balcony) allows them to be easily incorporated into daily meals. Microgreens teaches the easy process of how to plant and grow little greens, as well as how to harvest your results every two weeks. -
Blood and Soil
Release: February 17, 2009
Kiernan examines outbreaks of mass violence, focusing on worldwide colonial exterminations and twentieth-century case studies including the Armenian genocide, the Nazi Holocaust, Stalin’s mass murders, and the Cambodian and Rwandan genocides.
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Thursday, July 2nd | 2:00pm
Asheville Homeless Network [meeting]
The nation's only stand-alone membership organization dedicated to helping homeless people help themselves.
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Thursday, July 2nd | 8:00pm
Firestorm Poetry Slam [poetry]
Local poets host our monthly poetry slam night. Open mic followed by slam competition. Registration at 7:30pm.
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Friday, July 3rd | 8:00pm
Mountain Yellers [performance]
Canceled. A band from South Carolina / Florida that plays folk tunes about booze and boxcars. Expect ukuleles, banjos and fun!
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Sunday, July 5th | 4:00pm
Firestorm Orientation
A public orientation to Asheville's only worker-owned cafe co-op! Come learn about the history and structure of Firestorm Cafe and Books! Internship applications available.
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Tuesday, July 7th | 8:30pm
Open Mic with Ash Devine [performance]
Ash Devine showcases the newest rising stars in town! Come to perform, or just kick back and enjoy the best of Asheville's rich local talent!
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Wednesday, July 8th | 6:30pm
Asheville Copwatch
Join fellow Asheville residents every Wednesday to promote civilian police oversight and review.
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Wednesday, July 8th | 7:00pm
Celtic / Eclectic Jam
Come every Wednesday to play or just to listen!
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Thursday, July 9th | 7:00pm
Polyamory Group
A monthly gathering to explore polyamory and support individuals for whom it is a lifestyle.
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Friday, July 10th | 8:30pm
The South French Broads [performance]
Asheville's very own South French Broads celebrate their new CD at this all ages show and release party.
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Saturday, July 11th | 8:00pm
Devon McClive & Jena Lindbo [performance]
Oakland-based celloist McClive joins Asheville's irresistable Lindbo for an evening of East-meets-West folk melodies, playful rythmn and vocals.
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Tuesday, July 14th | 6:30pm
Asheville Local Exchange Trading System
Interested in joining Asheville LETS? This is your big chance! This orientation will prepare you to participate in the network.
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Saturday, July 18th | 7:00pm
Mindi Meltz's Beauty [author event]
Local Author Mindi Meltz reads from Beauty, a story and a poem which carries the reader through a fluid dream of interconnected moments, intimate and rich with longing.
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Saturday, July 18th | 8:00pm
Lucas Paine [performance]
Melodic, acoustic thought-rock with a strong voice and intelligent lyrics, Paine has just released his debut solo album on Park Bench Records.
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Saturday, July 25th | 7:00pm
Female Singer's Night [performance]
An awesome slate of talent including Scratch Gravel (punk), Nikki Talley (folk), Shift (pscydelic/jam) and more. All for $10.
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Monday, July 27th | 6:00pm
Blue Ridge Black Cross [meeting]
A local chapter of the Anarchist Black Cross (ABC) which organizes material and legal support for revolutionary prisoners worldwide.