Warren Wilson College nudges writers and poets into the spotlight
More of the same, or are the local arts becoming a little edgier?
Connie Bostic | 01/02/08
Push Gallery's street-smart style
Connie Bostic | 01/02/08
Tyler Ramsey's new album, new career course
Scapegoat Theatre Collective uses the stage as a platform
Emmylou Harris, Shawn Colvin, Patty Griffin and Buddy Miller showcase their talents
Jason Bugg | 01/09/08
Under a full December moon, Catie Curtis tackles social issues one simple pleasure at a time
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni | 01/09/08
Artists' RoundTable shows off its finest at the Asheville Area Arts Council
Connie Bostic | 01/16/08
Richard Thompson presents "1,000 Years of Popular Music"
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni | 01/16/08
Camp act Cookie LaRue reveals the talent that Pete Seeger (allegedy) tried to squash
"Soul Sanctuary" offers glimpses into the African-American worship experience
Connie Bostic | 01/16/08
Id Fest Returns as POPAsheville
Dane Smith | 01/16/08 |
Local spiritual leader shows the lush side of meditation
| 01/23/08 |
How author Andy Rae makes woodworking a page turner
Legendary blues pianist Pinetop Perkins keeps the blues alive
Dane Smith | 01/23/08
Fringe Festival returns
ECHO music festival brings the sounds of another age to Asheville
Expat Richard Shindell filters Americana through a distant lens
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni | 01/23/08
Stomp comes to Asheville
Local author proves you can go home again
Lord of the Dance comes to Asheville
Asylum Street Spankers do it themselves
Dane Smith | 01/30/08
Asheville's vibrant music scene, now on video
The glory (and pain) of local professional wrestling
Jason Bugg | 01/30/08 |
Carolina Funk puts Asheville's Innersouls back in the spotlight
Legendary saxophone player Maceo Parker takes us on a trip to the funky side
Jason Bugg | 02/06/08
The Fiery Furnaces play it cool
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni | 02/06/08
Larry the Cable Guy wires Asheville for blue-collar laughs
Canadian folk hero Gordon Lightfoot comes to Asheville
SeepeopleS proves long-distance relationships can survive
Dane Smith | 02/06/08
New works at Blue Spiral 1 reveal artists' fixations
Connie Bostic | 02/13/08 |
Cathryn Griffin's eye-catching photos
Connie Bostic | 02/13/08
Three-play festival explores the realms of love, mayhem, myth and power
How to woo your sweetie with songs from another century
Liars shrug off critical drubbing and emerge winners
Jason Bugg | 02/13/08
The matchless maxims of Arlo Guthrie
Andrea Clark captures an often-overlooked side Asheville history
Connie Bostic | 02/20/08
Moonlight and Magnolias proves that tomorrow is always another day
Why Secret Lives of the Freemasons had to leave town to play to their fans
Jason Bugg | 02/20/08
Winter bluegrass festival returns to Asheville
Yale alumni photo exhibit reveals the odd, the beautiful and the miserable
Connie Bostic | 02/27/08
The North Carolina Dance Festival puts movement theater at center stage
How Les Claypool keeps himself occupied
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni | 02/27/08
Dark Star Orchestra embodies the spirit of the Grateful Dead
Dane Smith | 02/27/08
British pop star speaks out about scenic views, the motivational power of nostalgia and why he loves Cat Power
Two women take on leadership roles in the local arts community
Connie Bostic | 03/05/08 |
Four comedy lovers are serious about turning Asheville into a comedy town
Jason Bugg | 03/05/08 |
How Hope and Anchor makes punk rockers listen by turning down the volume
David Cole | 03/05/08 |
The Felice Brothers revive rambling Americana
Dane Smith | 03/05/08
The behind-the-scenes story of the movie and the man who made it
Anne Fitten Glenn | 03/05/08 |
Moving Women presents Thin Walls
Weaverville's Biscuit Burners debut new album
San Francisco's Cryptacize explores the music between the notes
David Cole | 03/12/08
Trailer park-themed musical pulls in to Diana Wortham
BioFlyer Productions presents Jesus Christ Superstar
Stars mark the return of the epic album
Jason Bugg | 03/19/08
The Ahleuchatistas, five years in
Dane Smith | 03/19/08
WNC's (re)burgeoning woodworking scene
The Guerrilla girls bring their activist tactics to Asheville
Connie Bostic | 03/26/08
Drive-By Truckers find a balance between their past and future
Jason Bugg | 03/26/08 |
RJD2 sets his sights beyond the hip-hop underground
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni | 03/26/08
Tim O'Brien brings his songs back into the kitchen
Okeh Records' historic Asheville sessions
Kent Priestley, illustrations by Phil Blank | 04/02/08 |
The work and influence of Kitty Couch
Connie Bostic | 04/02/08 |
Literary festival highlights regional and national authors
Local band Lewis makes pop without pretense
Michael Ian Black is more than just a familiar face
Jason Bugg | 04/02/08
The Everybodyfields stay true to their alt roots
Alli Good draws inspiration from junior high and Salvador Dali
Connie Bostic | 04/09/08
British pop star Kate Nash plays Asheville
Why local bands love Mount Dungeon
Jason Bugg | 04/09/08 |
Asheville boutiques and galleries turn up clothing masterpieces
Why Earth Day is finally catching on
Here and Forward presents an evening of contemporary dance
EAR PWR share the love
David Cole | 04/16/08
Erick Baker masters the art of right place, right time
Art book honors adventurous women, literature and history
Connie Bostic | 04/23/08
WordFest brings poets and people together
Anne Fitten Glenn | 04/23/08
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! goes live
David Cole | 04/23/08 |
The Trainwreks' 'dirty-tonk' debut
Destroyer's cryptic, captivating music
Jason Bugg | 04/23/08
Post-Dylan, these sisters are doing it for themselves
British Sea Power learns when not to play
Jason Bugg | 04/30/08
Flood Gallery examines war, the media and personal battles
Connie Bostic | 04/30/08
Ingrid Michaelson heralds a new music model
A decade after "MMMBop," boy-band Hanson grows up, thinks globally
Jayhawks founder Mark Olson gets personal
Jason Bugg | 05/07/08
DeVotchKa music continues to channel Old World spirits and cross borders
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni | 05/07/08 |
What world music really means at Lake Eden Arts Festival
Richard Layman, Asheville's voice of jazz
Multimedia exhibit rethinks landscape art
Connie Bostic | 05/14/08
The Galen Kipar Project explores greater depth with simpler tools
David Cole | 05/14/08
Local author Sarah Addison Allen returns
The Presidents of the United States of America still wonder about their own strange brand of success
Jason Bugg | 05/14/08
The lowdown on headbands, short-shorts and get-fit-quick schemes
Brevard hosts the fifth annual White Squirrel Festival
Brandon Bouchillon | 05/21/08
Dance serves as the framework for theatrical comedy
Festival finds its footing
It may not be obvious, but Silver Mt. Zion insists it's a bar band
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni | 05/21/08
Shimshai's introspective take on world music
Wayne Robbins & the Hellsayers prepare a new album
Jason Bugg | 05/28/08
Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre presents La Casa de Bernarda Alba
Mary Gauthier's personal demons don't compare to the trials and tribulations of songwriting
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni | 05/28/08
Conscious Freedom Intensive teaches Happiness 101
Asheville's Plowshares from the ground up
Homespun Museum opens rarely seen backroom
Melted Men brings grandeur back to live music
Jason Bugg | 06/04/08
Dead Confederate reinvents itself, again
Chris Hassiotis | 06/04/08
Corpus Theatre Collective presents Ivory
How indie-pop group Rilo Kiley keeps its act together
The annual Arts Council fundraiser takes on a new hue
Sketch comedy troupe bites back with a new season
Viktorija Krulikas | 06/11/08 |
The Breeders overcome outside commitments, family illness (and creepy writers) to produce new album and tour
Jason Bugg | 06/11/08 |
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss cross musical boundaries
Fame eludes The M's, but not near-perfect melodies
Justin F. Farrar | 06/18/08
Capleton finds strength in adversity
Penland's body-centric exhibit
Connie Bostic | 06/18/08 |
The 48 Hour Film Project turns creative pressure and deadlines into cinematic art
Shindig on the Green celebrates its 42nd year
Vortex Music Festival presents a wealth of local and regional talent
Jason Bugg | 06/25/08 |
Terpsicorps puts male dancers in the spotlight
Local graphic novelist Hope Larson debuts new book
Anne Fitten Glenn | 06/25/08 |
Sir Richard and Alan Bishop eulogize the Sun City Girls on their current tour
Jason Bugg | 06/25/08
Tony Bradley crafts masterful lines
Connie Bostic | 07/02/08
The Warlocks bridge the sonic gap between psychedelia and metal
Jason Bugg | 07/02/08 |
Asheville Community Theatre brings I Hate Hamlet to the stage
Viktorija Krulikas | 07/02/08
A Fourth of July events roundup
The search for bliss in Asheville
Why men in skirts get into tossing trees at the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games
Listen up!
Jonathan Scales' new album takes the steel drums even further from the islands
The bigger and better Musique Automatique returns without last year's "smashing" distraction
Jason Bugg | 07/09/08
Viktorija Krulikas | 07/16/08
Led Zep-inspired locals Custard Pie reunite
Jason Bugg | 07/16/08
Ruthie Foster's new sound is firmly rooted in tradition
The Explorers Club keep the good vibrations happening
Jason Bugg | 07/16/08
Connie Bostic | 07/16/08
Comedy festival is laughing louder in its second year
Jason Bugg | 07/16/08 |
The If You Wannas with the Royal Bangs
Hunter Pope | 07/23/08
Micah Sherrill's Oz represents more hard work than magic
Connie Bostic | 07/23/08
Things to do when you don’t want to "Bele Share" your weekend
Jason Bugg | 07/23/08 |
Metal, rock and punk mainstays at annual Anti-Bele Chere concert
Amos Lee takes community where he can find it
Jason Bugg, Alli Marshall | 07/30/08
Immediate Theatre Project’s double feature finds something in common with apples and oranges
Jason Bugg | 07/30/08
Biblically inspired play comes home to WNC
She & Him prove celebrity doesn't mean you can't make good music
Jason Bugg | 07/30/08
Painter is diner-friendly, label-shy
A local list of desert-island essentials
Custard Pie serves up one satisfying show
All-ages arts show takes over Pritchard Park
Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance introduces Hurricane & other forces of nature
Viktorija Krulikas | 08/06/08
Asheville native's bestseller details "365 nights" of spousal intimacy
Anne Fitten Glenn | 08/06/08 |
Why Trinumeral is no paint-by-number festival
Next stop: Heartbreak Hotel
Jake Frankel, Hunter Pope | 08/13/08 |
WCU show highlights artists from N.C.’s westernmost reaches
Connie Bostic | 08/13/08
Mournful ambient duo Arms and Sleepers want you to keep your eyes on the music
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni | 08/13/08
Local Showcase promises the last great local show (for this week, at least)
Jason Bugg | 08/13/08
The advent of a music and healing arts festival
Never mind the whammy bar, here's The Davids
Agent Orange are reunited -- and it feels so good
Jason Bugg | 08/20/08
Asheville's Push Gallery hosts traveling photo show's first stop
Viktorija Krulikas | 08/20/08
Gavin DeGraw keeps his fans (and John Mayer) guessing
Goombay! time brings dancing and celebration to The Block
Dehlia Low's high lonesome: Dehlia Low sounds lonely. Lonely in a good way, mind you. But lonely.
The Montford Park Players present the enchanting tale of Doctor Faustus
Elf Power gets older and wiser
Jason Bugg | 08/27/08
Paranormal-romance author calls Asheville home
Remembering John Payne: Local artist, Wedge owner and community builder
Connie Bostic | 08/27/08 |
Local musician organizes free evening of music at Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre, hopes others will follow
Dave Cole | 09/03/08
Inaugural flower carpet blooms at Biltmore
An old mountain craft becomes a green-building sensation
Tift Merritt picks up the pieces
Jason Bugg | 09/03/08
The inside scoop on Asheville's all-local street festival
Ba Man Bia: Not-so-easy listening
Viktorija Krulikas | 09/10/08 |
Moving Women presents 11 days of Movement for Peace
Silver Jews' leader sobers up, finds some comfort, inspiration in the Torah
John Schacht | 09/10/08
Xavier Rudd navigates rougher waters on his new CD
Brothers and Sisters: Sweet harmony, lonelier lyrics
Bill Kopp | 09/10/08
Artist and illustrator Art Spiegelman makes it new
Jason Bugg | 09/10/08
When local bands aren't busy booking shows, they're in the studio
Jake Frankel | 09/17/08
James Owen | 09/17/08 |
Warren Wilson exhibition offers the gamut of printmaking techniques
Connie Bostic | 09/17/08
Author Mark Strand to read at sculpture benefit
Gary Ettari | 09/17/08 |
If You Want Blood riffs off history to push boundaries
Brian Butler | 09/17/08 |
The Belleville Outfit crams in two Asheville dates
Brewgrass may be sold out, but there's still a hoppy time to be had in WNC
Sweat Equity: Vertigo Jazz Project
| 09/24/08
Writer stops by on his "Swing State Tour"
The Bard's sexy, divisive secrets revealed
Tony Clifton goes from the Big Sleazy to the Big Easy
Jason Bugg | 09/24/08 |
The enduring vernacular of Richard Sharp Smith
Jake Frankel | 10/01/08
This year's crop of Penland core artists show their stuff
Katey Schultz | 10/01/08
Author Thomas Rain Crowe and artist Robert Johnson team up on an "activist's handbook"
GWAR evolves from heavy-metal parody to institution
Jason Bugg | 10/01/08
The explosive (and Black Keys-approved) debut of Royal Bangs
| 10/01/08
How Mad Tea Party became uke-abilly stars
Dane Smith | 10/01/08 |
Brooklyn-based Cordero plays downtown Marshall
Natasha Shealy | 10/08/08
Out There, Out Here marries Butoh dance with spoken-word theater
Todd Rundgren rocks out, but keeps it real
Bill Kopp | 10/08/08
The peaceful, easy surf rock of Donavon Frankenreiter
Loki Music Festival makes mischief with unexpected headliner
Steve Shanafelt | 10/08/08 |
Artist addresses violence against children
Katey Schultz | 10/08/08
Andrea Lee: Indie diva in the making
Viktorija Krulikas | 10/15/08
Artist Lewis Buck spends 60 years exploring and perfecting his craft
Connie Bostic | 10/15/08
Arizona releases an album; Seth Kauffman throws a free concert. Bar hopping is looking good
Talib Kweli, the entertainer, backed by a big band
Jake Frankel | 10/15/08
Learning aerialist arts at LEAF
Hunter Pope | 10/22/08
From the sacred to the profane, this Halloween offers something for everyone
Ebony Fashion Fair sashays into town
Liz Allen | 10/22/08 |
"National treasure" aside, Guy Clark has a job to do
Keller Williams' happy day job as a one-man jam band
Local sculptor Brent Skidmore balances art with utility
Katey Schultz | 10/22/08
Local CD roundup
Unknown Hinson rocks The Grey Eagle
Jason Bugg | 10/29/08 |
Touring Asheville's most haunted spots, pub-crawl style
Political rocker Billy Bragg plays Asheville two days before the election
John Schacht | 10/29/08
Recycled and found materials litter Trashformations
Alexandra Minor | 11/05/08
Jason Bugg | 11/05/08
Childhood friends marry music with literature
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni | 11/05/08
Sound swap ushers in new era for the record show
Whitney Shroyer | 11/05/08
Jerry Douglas glides into Asheville and out of a supporting role
Jason Bugg | 11/05/08
Clayspace Co-op builds business, community and really big pots in Asheville's River Arts District
Tony Wain and the Payne: Real damn country music
Liz Allen | 11/12/08
Local animator quits retirement to resurrect Haring
Connie Bostic | 11/12/08
Telepath will spread the wealth at its local CD-release show
Dane Smith | 11/12/08
Faith Ringgold's art quilts tell the African-American story
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo celebrates a year of kid-hop
Why Asheville’s Reigning Sound rules
Whitney Shroyer | 11/19/08 |
Expect stripped-down, beer-fueled mayhem
Bill Kopp | 11/19/08 |
White Dog ProjectX revives the legendary Mata Hari through modern dance
Jake Frankel | 11/25/08
Local paper and quilt artists put on exuberant show
Harriette Grissom | 11/26/08
The local (and profitable) face of Etsy.com
Widespread Panic plays two nights in town
Russ Keith | 11/26/08 |
David LaMotte calls it a career
Jason Bugg | 11/26/08
Toubab Krewe breaks boundaries and builds beats with Live at the Orange Peel release
Dane Smith | 11/26/08
Asheville's thriving Latin dance scene
Natasha Shealy | 12/03/08
Film charts guitarist's recovery from a brain injury
Liz Allen | 12/03/08
Tour opens artists' doors in Mitchell and Yancey counties
Katey Schultz | 12/03/08
Party with the Best of WNC (hand-picked by Xpress readers)
He's on a quest "to meet everybody in the whole world"
Bill Kopp | 12/03/08
Where drawing class meets burlesque
Marissa Williams | 12/10/08
The revamped sounds, songs and suits of The New Familiars
Jam by Day takes care of your daytime music needs
Jason Bugg | 12/10/08
Even if you're not going, learn what the hype is about
Alli Marshall, Jason Bugg, Rebecca Sulock | 12/10/08 |
What got ink; what we missed
Hunter Pope | 12/17/08
Local musician Tyler Ramsey's busy, busy year
Steve Shanafelt | 12/17/08
Second annual Winter SOULstice steams into The Orange Peel
Kent Priestley | 12/17/08
Local songwriter and percussionist Billy Jonas releases new CD at benefit concert
On the radar
Michael Burgin: A band for the drinking man and the thinking man
Viktorija Krulikas and Alli Marshall | 12/23/08
Visions of the artistic bigtime at stateside Art Basel
Connie Bostic | 12/23/08 |
The Avett Brothers herald fame with a sold-out three-night stand and a Rick Rubin-produced album
On the radar
How to get your New Year's Eve party started
Liz Allen | 12/31/08
Of Montreal shake the stationary hipster thing and start shaking their hips.
Jason Bugg | 12/31/08 |
Why an Asheville crew heads to Jamaica for Chinese New Year
On the radar
Alli Marshall and Rebecca Sulock | 12/31/08 |
