PRESS RELEASE FROM PAN HARMONIA: Next Road Over, Asheville’s first melodica orchestra Barbara Weiss and friends in concert next Sunday, August 21 After several years rehearsing in a basement studio, Asheville’s first melodica orchestra, Next Road Over, performs its debut concert on Sunday August 21 at 3 pm at St Matthias church. The missing link […]
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park announces new Chief of Resource Education
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Superintendent Cassius Cash announced that Nigel A. Fields has been selected as the next Chief of Resource Education. He replaces Liz Dupree, who retired at the end of last year. Nigel most recently served as the Chief of Interpretation and Education for New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park and Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve.
Three WNC bands will be featured at the 76th annual National Folk Festival
PRESS RELEASE FROM EVENT ORGANIZERS: Nineteen North Carolina performing groups and individuals will appear in downtown Greensboro from September 9 – 11, 2016 at the 76th National Folk Festival. The free event in 2016 marks the event’s second year of its three-year residency in Greensboro. Last fall, the 75th National Folk Festival attracted more than […]
Robert “Bob” Chilmonik announces run for county school board
Press release from Robert “Bob” Chilmonik for School Board Campaign: I am announcing my intention to run for Buncombe County School Board representing the Owen District. The citizens of Buncombe county need experienced, results driven representation focused on high quality public education. My background includes over twenty years’ corporate management experience, supervising a large professional staff […]
Fundraising run on Aug. 20 to help veterans at VA Medical Center
Press release from Buncombe County Concerned Bikers Association: The 16th annual Veterans Appreciation Day and Poker Run will be held Saturday August 20th, 2016. Presented by the Buncombe County Concerned Bikers Association and held at the Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville, this event has raised almost $20,000 over the past four years, and 100% […]
Congressional candidate Rick Bryson publishes political novel
Press release from Rick Bryson: Bryson City, August 12, 2016—Before he became a candidate for Congress for the NC 11th District, Frederick E. (Rick) Bryson was a writer, having published over 1000 technical articles and three novels. But his latest novel — The Jefferson Legion — is unusual in that it contains remarkable parallels to his campaign for […]
The Downtown Marketplace announces impending closure at September’s end
Asheville’s Downtown Market has announced that it will be closing shop at the end of September after five years of business under its current ownership. Originally opened at 45 South French Broad Avenue in 2008, DTM was taken over by Lance Hardcastle and Susanne Watson in 2011 after the building was foreclosed upon. Hardcastle and […]
Comedian Matt Fernandez performs at The Grey Eagle, Aug. 21
PRESS RELEASE FROM EVENT ORGANIZERS: The Grey Eagle presents an Evening of Comedy, Sunday, August 21, featuring nationally known comedian Matt Fernandez and guest appearances by local comics Rigel Pawlak, Nick Taylor and Zane Mitchell. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 the day of the show. Showtime is 7 pm. No one can accuse Matt […]
Laura Hope-Gill holds Writing Beyond Rape workshop, Aug. 20
PRESS RELEASE FROM EVENT ORGANIZERS: Writing Beyond Rape: From Silence to Song 8/20/16 at Lenoir Rhyne from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm Laura Hope-Gill, a North Carolina Arts Fellow and Director of Thomas Wolfe Center for Narrative at Lenoir-Rhyne University, will present a day of writing, witness, and reflection for survivors of sexual abuse, all […]
Cades Cove bicycle volunteers receive national recognition
Press release from National Park Service: WASHINGTON (August 11, 2016) An extraordinary group of VIPs (Volunteers-In-Parks) donated 7.9 million hours of service to the National Park Service in 2015. These 440,000 people performed an astonishing variety of tasks which enhanced both park operations and the visitor experience. This week, the National Park Service and National Park […]
Carolina Mountains Literary Festival brings prominent writers to Burnsville Sept. 8-10
Press release from Yancey County Tourism: BURNSVILLE, N.C. – The 11th annual Carolina Mountains Literary Festival brings a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a former poet laureate and numerous award-winning writers to downtown Burnsville, Sept. 8-10. This year’s festival includes 28 authors and 50 free and ticketed events under the theme of “Journey Out. Journey In.” “Each of the […]
County extension service announces fertilizer referendum
Press release from Buncombe County office of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service: The Buncombe County Nickels for Know-How Referendum will be held on Tuesday, November 1, 2016. Steve Duckett, County Extension Director said a polling place has been established in the County and will be open from 8 am to 5 pm. The […]
New animal rescue brings unique approach and new ideas
PRESS RELEASE: The Animal Rescue of Western North Carolina (TARWNC) is a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation located in Asheville, NC. While TARWNC may be new, founders Tim & Julie Tipton are well known in the animal sheltering circles of WNC having more than 15+ year’s experience in the field. They also have established contacts and […]
Distinguished Young Women of Buncombe County Scholarship Program announced class of 2017 participants
PRESS RELEASE: The Distinguished Young Women of Buncombe County Scholarship Program is proud to announce the 10 participants in the program for the Class of 2017. The final program will be held Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 7:00 at A.C. Reynolds High School. General admission tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students/seniors in advance […]
Community Choreography Projects presents a 9-week artistic conversation and workshop starting Sept. 12
PRESS RELEASE FROM EVENT ORGANIZERS: A person’s belongings and life experiences often inhabit his or her aspirations, heritage and personal identity. These belongings and life experiences are “archival threads.” They can run through a grandmother’s ring, a child’s drawing, a father’s hammer, or years of collected journals. But what do we do with these archival […]
Widespread Panic will play the U.S. Cellular Center on Sept. 17
PRESS RELEASE FROM ALL EYES MEDIA: Widespread Panic will be performing at the U.S. Cellular Center in Asheville, NC on September 17th. Showtime is at 8:00 PM and doors will open at 7:00 PM. Widespread Panic’s 2016 Fall Tour kicks off on the East Coast and will head South for stops in Alabama, Georgia, North […]
Public comment meeting for improving N.C. court system
PRESS RELEASE: The North Carolina Commission on the Administration of Law and Justice (NCCALJ) is inviting public comment on its work to date at a public meeting on Thursday, August 18, at the Buncombe County Judicial Complex. Comments may be provided online or in person by signing up to speak at nccalj.org/interim-reports. WHO Citizens are invited […]
UNC Asheville environmental scientists research rare mountain seep communities along Appalachian Trail
PRESS RELEASE: Reed Rossell, adjunct instructor and research associate in UNC Asheville’s Department of Environmental Studies, was awarded a 2016 grant of $5,000 from the North Carolina Appalachian Trail License Plate Grant Program to document and study the condition of rare seep communities along the Appalachian Trail corridor. These rare wetland plant communities form at […]
Alice Scott, 28, from Asheville, NC named Rising Star by American Craft Week
PRESS RELEASE: American Craft Week is pleased to announce the winners of the 2016 Rising Star Competition, naming 30 exceptional craft artists in the United States under the age of 30. The winners hail from all over the country. The state with the most winners is North Carolina with 7 young crafters, followed by Maryland with […]
Part 5 in the Asheville in the 1980s series: New Housing Old Buildings
PRESS RELEASE: Old buildings boarded up and in disrepair. Large anchor stores abandoning downtown for the new mall. A small mountain town with few cultural attractions. This is the view many people have of Asheville in the 1980s. But underneath, a renaissance was being chartered by citizens, social activists, businesses, and artists. This series of […]
Senator Tim Kaine to campaign on jobs in North Carolina
PRESS RELEASE: On Monday, August 15 and Tuesday, August 16, vice presidential nominee Senator Tim Kaine and his wife, Anne Holton, will campaign in Asheville and Fayetteville, where he will highlight Hillary Clinton’s 100-Day Jobs Plan to build an economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top. An economic analysis based on […]