Asheville GreenWorks, Blue Ridge Pride among those to benefit from 2012 Downtown After 5 series

The news, from the Downtown Association: The Asheville Downtown Association announces the recipients of its 2012 Downtown After 5 wristband grants. Chosen organizations sell wristbands at one of the five concerts and receive a grant of up to $2,000. Selected nonprofits are Asheville GreenWorks (May 18), Katy’s Kids/MANNA FoodBank (June 15), Asheville Buncombe Youth Soccer […]

ECO orientation for new volunteers to be held Thursday

Details here: The Environmental and Conservation Organization (ECO) will offer a short film and discussion for people interested in working with ECO as volunteers to carry out their mission of protecting Henderson County’s natural heritage. The orientation session will be held at Black Bear Coffee Shop in downtown Hendersonville on March 29 starting at 5:30 […]

Asheville Symphony announces winners in its Young Artist Competition

Details here: “The Asheville Symphony is pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 Young Artist Competition. The competition took place on Saturday, March 24, with 19 applicants ages 10 to 17 competing. Applicants were invited from a 23-county area of Western North Carolina. First place: Grace Kim, flute, Concertina, “Opus 107” by Chaminade. Second […]

BMC Museum + Arts Center presents writer’s evening with Brenda Flanagan and Joseph Bathanti

The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center presents a writers’ evening on Friday, March 23 at 7:30 p.m. The BMC space is located at 56 Broadway St. Details: “Known internationally for her dramatic presentations of her stories and poems, Brenda Flanagan teaches Creative Writing, Caribbean and African American Literatures and Literary Analysis at Davidson […]

Local artist to show portrait drawings of “The Faces of Haywood Street”

A special art show will open on Sunday. Details here, from Murmuring Grove Studio: An art exhibit, “The Faces of Haywood Street”, which opens Sunday, March 25 at First Congregational United Church of Christ, is the result of a transformational experience in community building for its artist, Mandy Kjellstrom of Asheville. Models for the portraits, […]