This year’s Blue Ridge Bookfest is held Friday and Saturday, May 18 and 19 at Blue Ridge Community College in Flat Rock. The free event includes 40 authors, presentations and exhibitors. According to a press release, “Volunteers like you are the backbone of the bookfest. Every year we depend on all our volunteers to help […]
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WCU’s Mountain Heritage Day festival seeks crafters and artists
Mountain Heritage Day will be held Saturday, Sept. 29, on the Western Carlina University campus. That’s months away, but it’s not too soon to begin the application process for an arts or crafts vendorship. Applications are available at the festival web site mountainheritageday.com, or by calling WCU’s Mountain Heritage Center: 227-7129. Deadline is Friday, March […]
Buckaneers
Blair and JV in black and red, on Patton Ave.
Ladies’ night
Two women-centered acts (Paper Tiger and Hudson K) play Asheville stages on Saturday
Smart bets web extra: Same As It Ever Was
The ultimate Talking Heads tribute comes to Asheville on Friday. Xpress will give away a pair of tickets.
Sarong it’s right
According to Malaysian-born, New York-based singer-songwriter Zee Avi, the ukulele is the new electric guitar. "The ukulele is becoming my main instrument," she says. Partly because the diminutive stringed instrument is so portable, partly because it's the perfect proportion for the diminutive musician, and partly because, in recent years, the ukulele has risen above its […]
Local painter leads the votes for the Biltmore wine label contest
Artist Marcus Thomas paints with his teeth. Video by Bob Peck.
Help needed finding stolen musical equipment
Over the weekend, local musician Dup Crosson (of Saint Solitude and To My Dear Friends) lost approximately $5,000 in musical equipment when his practice space was robbed. The most important piece, to Crosson, is a 2008 Fender Telecaster, American Deluxe guitar. It’s white with a white pickguard and a black lightning bolt apoxied to the […]
Have your cake and dance to it, too
“Holiday Coconut Cake with a Side of Dance Party” at BoBo Gallery on Tuesday is two bands (including Michael Libramento’s Coconut Cake), 2 DJs and one worthy cause. Photo from Short Street Cakes.
Leather meets sweater
Two friends, two very different styles. Leather jacket, dark jeans, striped top and fringed moccasins; oversized sweater-jacket, printed skirt, striped sock and Converse.
The answer to your Drunken Prayer
Morgan Geer returns to Asheville (this time to stay awhile) and celebrates the release of “Into the Missionfield” with a Saturday, Feb. 25 show at the LAB.
Second Hafiz event on Sunday
Poets Daniel Ladinsky and Tracey Schmidt will read at Malaprop’s on Saturday, Feb. 18. World musician Chris Rosser adds accompaniment. Because the event sold out, a second reading has been added for Sunday, Feb. 19.
New York Magazine covers Asheville in its travel section
(Photo: Courtesy of the Asheville Convention & Visitors Bureau) “Home to the annual electronic-music festival Moogfest, this progressive spot in the heart of the Smoky Mountains boasts a thriving arts and music scene year-round,” says “New York Magazine” in its travel feature, “The Five-Point Weekend Escape Plan: Go Alternative in Asheville.” While to-do suggestions begin […]
“Sacred mischief”
"Great poetry can be like spending time with the grandeur of nature, and really, in a way, having beauty speak to you," says poet Daniel Ladinsky, who is well known for his renditions of the works of 14th century Persian lyric poet, Hafiz. Ladinsky recently published A Year with Hafiz: Daily Contemplations, and will present […]
Smart bets web extra: Josh Blake’s Jukebox
Guitarist/singer Josh Blake brings the churnin’ urn of burnin’ funk to The One Stop this Friday. Xpress will give away a pair of tickets to the show.
Winter flowers
Floral scarf, dress and tights on Haywood Street.
Smart bets web extra: Two People Playing Music
2PPM releases new EP, “For People.” All the people mentions aside, the experimental instrumental collection takes its cues from nature, mechanics and travel.
Three shows for Saturday
Comedy (the Valentine’s-themed show pictured here), classical music and a trio of rock bands. You choose!
Asheville’s Kristina Benshoff will show at New York Fashion Week
The River Arts District-based fashion designer takes part in the PLITZS showcase of emerging designers this Saturday. Photo of Benshoff’s work by Yve Adams.
Show review: The Dirty Names
The Annapolis, Md. rock quartet left it all on the stage.
Smart bets web extra: Delta Rae
The roots-pop band from Durham comes to The One Stop on Friday. Xpress will give away a pair of tickets on Facebook in the noon hour.