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The Tuesday evening Hoop Jam, presented by Mission Health with Asheville Hoops, returns to Pritchard Park on May 28 from 5:30-7:30pm. Hoop Jam continues every ...
Free trolley service through Gray Line Trolley (the red trolley) will be available from downtown Asheville to the RiverMusic series in the River Arts District ...
From the city of Asheville: Asheville, NC - The City of Asheville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Department is now accepting applications for local non-profit ...
Full announcement from Craig Hoge: Please take a moment to help a young Asheville High student win The Congressional Art Competition. Cassandra Hoge is the ...
From the Asheville Citizen-Times: Moog Music also has plans to build an outdoor stage for concerts, as well as a new gallery that would highlight ...
The Asheville Downtown Association (ADA) today announced the recipients of its 2013 Downtown After 5 wristband grants. Chosen organizations sell wristbands at one of the ...
Full details here: As of March 23, the Asheville Art Museum celebrates the first anniversary of its successful Art works PRIMED interim expansion project. Beginning ...
Press release From UNC Asheville News Services TheatreUNCA presents “Spring Awakening” TheatreUNCA will present the Tony Award-winning musical “Spring Awakening,” with 6 evening performances and ...
Earth Fare presents the 4th annual Easter on the Green Saturday, March 30 from 2-5pm on Roger McGuire Green at Pack Square Park. This family-friendly ...
Details from the college: “An Evening with N.C. Poet Laureate Joseph Bathanti,” presented by UNC Asheville’s Creative Writing Program and the university’s Literature Club, takes ...
Details from the college: Guest artist Dustin Spagnola will speak about his art and public works during a visit to Western Carolina University on Tuesday, ...
Details here: "Regional fine artist and muralist Doreyl Ammons Cain, from Jackson County, recently received a $500 grant award from the Jackson County Arts Council ...
Full details from the Facebook event page: Flood Gallery presents Dr. Brian Butler, of the University of North Carolina at Asheville, for a lecture on ...
If Asheville Free Media co-manager Kim Roney says the show is going to rock your socks off, it will. More here: http://www.ashevillefm.org/news/03/2013/in-studio-with-lantern-playing-static-age-tonight We'd give you ...
If you haven't listed to "Love This Giant," the collaborative album from David Byrne and St. Vincent, it's pretty fantastic. The two will play together ...
Press release From UNC Asheville News Services Celtic Crossroads, fusing bluegrass, gypsy, classical and jazz influences with traditional Irish music and dance, will perform at ...
Press release From Mission Health WHAT:Music From The Heart – Soulful tribute of African American Musical Legends WHEN:Friday, Feb. 22, 2013 at 6:30pm (Doors open ...
Press release From UNC Asheville News Services The Reuter Center Singers’ next concert takes place at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, at the Kenilworth Presbyterian ...
Last year, Somo Publishing (a local creator of digital resources for college courses), released their video, "Bad Romance: Women's Suffrage" in honor of Women's History ...
In a press release, The Bob Moog Foundation announced an auction of a limited edition red Moog Little Phatty Stage II® synthesizer, signed by over ...
Looking for an extra-special Valentine this year? According to a press release, "The Montford Park Players are offering personalized delivery of spoken word sonnets and ...
Press release From UNC Asheville News Services The Writers at Home series, sponsored by UNC Asheville’s Great Smokies Writing Program, continues in February with readings ...
Full announcement from Hendersonville Toastmasters: Hendersonville, NC — Four Seasons Toastmasters (www.fourseasonstoastmasters.com) invites you to its Demonstration Meeting to be held on Tuesday, February 5, ...
In a recent interview published in Rolling Stone magazine, My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James offers effusive praise for local musician Seth Kauffman and his ...
Via Ashvegas: If you think of Asheville as the hooping capital of the U.S., turns out you were right–and now we have proof. Hooping.org, the ...
The Orange Peel released this today, per Morrissey's publicist: "Following hospital treatment, Morrissey has been diagnosed with a bleeding ulcer and the upcoming engagements in ...
Press release From UNC Asheville Painter Clarence Morgan will open his solo exhibition at UNC Asheville with a lecture and reception on Friday, Feb. 8. ...
According to a press release, New Belgium Brewing has put out the call for inspired short films for its touring beer and film festival. "Now ...
Here's the press release from the Haywood County Tourism Development Authority: An Area Tradition Presented by Local Band, Balsam Range Canton, NC – The award-winning ...
Asheville's Montford Park Players have big plans for 2013: An expansion of the Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre. The improvements include a paved and lighted path, new ...
Xpress mistakenly reported that Red June will perform at the New Isis Restaurant & Music Hall on New Year's Eve. In fact, the band's show ...
Royal Peasantry will host a Lexington Avenue Pride Holiday Celebration on Friday, Dec. 21, and Saturday, Dec. 22, as announced on Facebook. The store, which ...
Here's the press release from Amy Allen: With the release of "Summoning the Mountains: Pilgrimage into Forty" Amy Allen may be the first to tell ...
"Have you ever wondered when Christmas traditions like kissing under the mistletoe, Santa Claus and exchanging gifts began?" asks a press release from the North ...
According to a press release, Hand in Hand Gallery (2720 Greenville Highway /NC 225 in Flat Rock), will close on Saturday, Dec. 29. The gallery ...
Details, from the MAP: Attention artists, performers and musicians: The next {Re}Happening will take place on the former grounds of Black Mountain College on Saturday, ...
Details here: The Asheville Area Arts Council (AAAC) and River Arts District Business Association (RADBA) are offering the second round of Artist Business Brainstorm Sessions ...
Starbuck, one of the characters in Herman Melville's "Moby Dick," is the first mate on board the Pequod. Accoridng to a character analysis on shmoop.com, ...
Greenlife Grocery (70 Merrimon Ave.) announces a holiday-themed party set for Saturday, Dec. 1. The Winter Wonderland fashion show features the store's staff in "natural ...
Here's the press release from FOUND Magazine: My Heart Is An Idiot: FOUND Magazine’s 10th Anniversary Tour Comes to North Carolina! Author and This American ...
The Asheville Downtown Association is excited to announce the winners of its 2012 Holiday Windows Contest, sponsored by Window World of Asheville. Judge's Favorite: Sensibilities ...
Local artist Linda McCane unveils her new series of paintings, "This Year and Several Thousand Before." According to a press release, McCrane's new work is ...
With the theme “Silver, Bells & Snowflakes,” the 66th Annual Asheville Holiday Parade, sponsored by Mission Health, rolls, marches and dances its way through downtown ...
Press release from UNC Asheville News Seervices Vocalist Stephanie Morgan and keyboard artist Chuck Lichtenberger of Stephanie’s Id will join UNC Asheville’s Percussion Ensemble as ...
On the heels of a 20th Anniversary tour, and completion of a seventh studio album (due out in 2013), newgrass folk-rockers Acoustic Syndicate recently announced ...
On Thursday, Nov. 15, Diamond Brand Outdoors (2623 Hendersonville Road) holds a fundraiser to benefit the ongoing programs of Diana Wortham Theatre. According to a ...
The Asheville Downtown Association is seeking volunteers for the 66th Annual Asheville Holiday Parade and JingleFest on Saturday, November 17. Volunteers are needed in various ...
Press release from UNC Asheville News Service Climbing PoeTree – the duo of spoken word artists Alixa Garcia and Naima Penniman – will perform at ...
"In 'Romeo Loves Juliet,' the titular star-crossed lovers are both women, and the genders of several other characters have been flipped as well," says a ...
Press release From UNC Asheville News Services: The UNC Asheville Drama Department presents Oscar Wilde’s witty comedy, “The Importance of Being Earnest,” Nov. 8-17 in ...
Press release From Asheville School Asheville School’s drama department will present All in the Timing on October 25 and 26 at 7:15 pm in Graham ...
One of Hollywood’s most renowned directors, Ron Howard, has selected a local winner from Hendersonville in Canon’s “Project Imaginat10n,” where five celebrity directors - Eva ...
"An awesome week of comedy in Asheville, starting tonight at LAB with comedian Rory Scovel who is on his 'Embrace the Fall Tour,'" writes Tom ...
Asheville’s own Dancing with the Stars event will celebrate its 5th anniversary this year with an all-star cast of local celebrities and community leaders. Modeled ...
Local world music collective Shantavaani (Jay Brown, Aditi Sethi-Brown, Sarah Carlisle, Matthew Cox and Sarah Moor) started playing together in 2009. Of their sound, their ...
Evolved from Sunday afternoon jam sessions, musical collective Primrose draws from an eclectic repertoire: folk, old time, country and pop. The group's core members are ...
Always wanted to play a snarky, naughty, Macy's department store Christmas elf? Here's your chance: "For the first time since 2002, we are holding auditions ...
The Asheville Downtown Association's Holiday Committee has extended the deadline for parade applications to Wednesday, October 10. Applications are available here. This year there are ...
To gear up for our Oktoberfest, the Asheville Downtown Association (ADA) is hosting its 2nd Annual "Find the Gnome" Pub Crawl on Wednesday, September 26 ...
The Mountain Xpress seeks submissions for its American Craft Week coverage. If your studio, gallery or university is hosting a craft fair, workshop or demonstration, ...
excerpt from the Asheville Citizen-Times A documentary about the great poet and author Carl Sandburg by Asheville filmmaker Paul Bonesteel gets a national TV audience ...
Press release From UNC Asheville News Services Lauren Winner, a writer, historian and theologian known for chronicling her own spiritual journeys, will present “The Art ...
The Asheville Poetry Review holds its annual William Matthews Poetry Prize, a poetry contest with prizes including cash and publication in the journal. This year's ...
In a press release, Merge Records announced that Asheville-based garage rock outfit Reigning Sound (fronted by Greg Cartwright) has signed to the Durham, N.C. label. ...
In a recent newsletter, local theatre N.C. Stage Company writes, "We are honored to be one of 10 theatres in the entire country to receive ...
Here's the press release from Asheville band Toubab Krewe, which is trying to raise funds for Malian refugees. In addition to its benefit show in ...
Press release from Great Smoky Mountain Railfest Steam will be returning to the Bryson City Depot for the Great Smoky Mountains Railfest this year on ...
New Belgium Brewing's traveling film festival and beer tasting event came through Asheville last week (Friday, Sept. 7, in Pack Square Park). According to a ...
Wherein the dexterous Oxford A finds Sister Bad Habit for a Q and A. An excerpt: "Sister Bad Habit is a hairy-legged presence that’s bizarre ...
The Asheville Downtown Association today announced that Olympic silver medalists Lauren Tamayo and Manteo Mitchell will serve as Grand Marshals for the 66th Annual Asheville ...
The Symphony, which was set to play a free concert in Pack Square Park today, sent out this notice this morning: Due to weather, the ...
From the press release: A senior project film created by Western Carolina University students last year has been accepted into the third annual Atlanta Shortsfest. ...
From the park's website: Our climbing tower on the Meadows will be open to guests for a free climb on Saturday & Sunday, Sept. 1-2, ...
From the press release: Asheville, NC – Asheville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts will offer Acrylic Painting classes for adults at the Harvest House, 205 ...
In case you were in the market for a gold lame jumpsuit, or something '50s-era, or a hat or three, here's your chance: Asheville Community ...
Poet Tracey Schmidt is set to release "Returning Home," a CD poetry from her new book, "I Have Fallen in Love with the World." A ...
PRESS RELEASE J.D. Lewis, founder of The Actors Lab, which has offices in Los Angeles and Charlotte and soon Asheville, will conduct a free workshop ...
emma’s revolution, the project of activist musicians Pat Humphries & Sandy O., is all about creating "new standards in the art and culture of social ...
Full announcement from the city of Asheville: Asheville, NC – The City of Asheville Parks Recreation and Cultural Arts Department is launching its second Mobile ...
Diana Wortham Theatre announced its upcoming Mainstage series for 2012/2013. Shows include: • Kathy Mattea on Sept. 14 • Jeremy Kittel Band on Oct. 12 • The Capitol ...
Asheville Free Media has cancelled its monthly meeting on Saturday, July 28, due to Bele Chere. The next scheduled meeting is Aug. 18 at DeSoto ...
From UNC Asheville's News Service: “Horizons – Past and Present,” an exhibition of photographs by Jon Michael Riley, will open Friday, Aug. 10, at Blowers ...
Asheville gets a new club this weekend, just in time for Bele Chere. Slated to be a "new space for discerning tastes," Club Tetrus will ...
The downtown establishment announced this morning it would be closed for Bele Chere weekend. Know any others? Here's the word: Dear Asheville Escapees, As if ...
Submissions are being accepted now through Saturday, Sept. 1 for the seventh annual Anything Goes—Everything Shows exhibition, to be on display at The Courtyard Gallery ...
Based on "the musicy words and wordy music of Woody Guthrie," "Hard Travelin' with Woody" — written and performed by Randy Noojin — was produced ...
Downtown After 5, presented by Harmony Motors, continues on Friday, July 20, from 5-9pm with Sol Driven Train taking the stage following local opener, Common ...
Local folk musician and Grammy winner David Holt presents a tribute to his friend and collaborator, the late Doc Watson. The concert takes place at ...
Malaprop's announces the launch of "Remember Me as a Time of Day," an anthology of poetry by women from the Women on Words poetry group. ...
According to a press release, The Asheville Lyric Opera will open its 14th season with "La Traviata," "Giuseppi Verdi’s tale of desire, love, and redemption." ...
From the press release: ASHEVILLE, NC – The City of Asheville invites the community to "Chere the Fun" by volunteering for the 2012 Bele Chere ...
The Asheville Area Arts Council's annual color ball fundraiser has been around since 1952 (then known as the Beaux Arts Ball). The year's color is ...
Indie rockers Band of Horses (with Asheville resident Tyler Ramsey on guitar and former local musician Bill Reynolds on bass) will release their fourth studio ...
Local dance instructor Lisa Zahiya has a busy summer in the works. She's teaching classes in bellydance and tribal fusion at Studio Zahiya, along with ...
According to a press release, local Afro-Americana fusion band Toubab Krewe will giveaway a pair of tickets to this weekend's Carnavalito festival (a $102 value), ...
Lia Cook, "Tracts Past," 2010 Woven cotton, rayon, 81” x 51” Photo: Lia Cook From UNC Asheville News Services: (Hendersonville, NC) – The Center for ...
Twang On Festival is set for two days of free live music at Geneva Riverside Lodging, Tiki Bar & Grill (3147 Memorial Hwy., Lake Lure). ...
"Summer 2012 is all about sunlight traveling through water and the beautiful lines and shapes that occur on the bottom of pools," writes local artist ...
Music on the Mountaintop, which takes place in the Grandfather Campgrounds in Foscoe, North Carolina, has announced its second round of performers. They are: The ...
In Charleston Magazine, Melissa Smith (an Asheville local) writes, "Escape to this Western North Carolina gem for the best of what’s new in town, including ...
