Press release: Join RiverLink’s Dave Russell for the July 21 RiverFront Bus Tour RiverLink offers a monthly riverfront bus tour about Asheville’s past, present and future. The next tour will be Thursday, July 21, 2016, when the public is invited to tour the French Broad and Swannanoa Rivers with RiverLink. This is an opportunity to see the improvements that […]
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Peggy Ratusz performs at Tryon’s Summer Tracks, July 15
PRESS RELEASE FROM EVENT ORGANIZERS: The 17th season of Tryon’s most popular summer event – Summer Tracks – continues on Friday, July 15 with the Peggy Ratusz Full On Blues. The show begins at 7 p.m. in Rogers Park. The quality of “ruby throated” Blues Chanteuse Peggy Ratusz has been praised all over the world. […]
Art show to benefit Appalachian Wildlife Refuge, Aug. 6
PRESS RELEASE FROM EVENT ORGANIZERS: Asheville artists celebrate Appalachian Wild’s work to help injured and orphaned wildlife at Wild Art 2016: The Show to Benefit Appalachian Wildlife Refuge. The event will be held at scenic Addison Farms Vineyards a local, family-owned farm at 4005 New Leicester Highway, just 20 minutes northwest of downtown Asheville on […]
Saluda Historic Depot hosts “How the West Was Won” railroad exhibit July 15 – August 31
Saluda Train Tales Presents How the West Was Won: Trains and the Transformation of Western NC SALUDA, N.C. — Ray Rapp, curator of this exhibit will present the romance and realism of mountain railroading in an exhibition on display at the Saluda Historic Depot on loan from the Mars Hill University’s Rural Heritage Museum. “Saluda […]
Great Smoky Mountains National Park hosts community wildfire preparedness meeting
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in partnership with Americorps and FireWise, will host a Community Wildfire Preparedness meeting on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. at the Oconaluftee Administrative Building adjacent to the Oconaluftee Visitor Center near Cherokee, NC. Park Fire Information Officer, Katie Corrigan, will discuss wildland fire management practices and present an overview of recent wildfires in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Safelight brings back the “Walk a Mile in Our Shoes” fundraising event
Press release from Safelight: Safelight announces the return of “Walk A Mile in Our Shoes” in Downtown Hendersonville. Sponsored by Pardee Hospital, this famous awareness and fundraising event will be held Tuesday, September 20, just prior to a comedic performance by Pam Stone at Flat Rock Playhouse Downtown. Safelight Board of Directors Chair Pat Ashe […]
Forum to focus on mental health in WNC, July 26
From a press release: Carolina Public Press, an online in-depth and investigative news service serving Western North Carolina, will hold a free and public conversation about mental health in Western North Carolina on Tuesday, July 26, from 8:30-10:30 a.m. at Lenoir-Rhyne University’s Center for Graduate Studies of Asheville. The latest in the media organization’s Newsmakers […]
The Mothlight hosts Ryanaroo, a fundraiser for a local man fighting cancer
Local husband, father, yoga teacher, physical therapist, and beloved member of the Asheville community, Ryan Conrad is facing advanced pancreatic cancer. But his friends are trying to ease at least the financial burden on his family. In the name of helping out a fellow community member in need, The Mothlight is hosting a fundraiser. What: […]
WNC students and teachers become rangers for a summer at the Great Smoky Mountains Park
Press release from Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Great Smoky Mountains Park officials announce the completion of two unique summer programs engaging selected high school students and teachers as park rangers. The Teachers in Parks and the High School Student Intern programs are six-week paid work experiences where participants learn about the resources of the Park […]
The SeatWeaving Roadshow stops at The Folk Art Center on Sunday, July 31
PRESS RELEASE FROM SILVER RIVER CENTER FOR CHAIR CANING: The 9th Annual Gathering of The SeatWeavers’ Guild, Inc. brings the craft of chair caning to the Folk Art Center July 29-31. Asheville’s Silver River Center for Chair Caning is hosting the conference and will be having an Open House at the chair museum in CURVE […]
Forum to focus on mental health in WNC
Press release from Carolina Public Press: Carolina Public Press, an online in-depth and investigative news service serving Western North Carolina, will hold a free and public conversation about mental health in Western North Carolina on Tuesday, July 26, from 8:30-10:30 a.m. at Lenoir-Rhyne University’s Center for Graduate Studies of Asheville. The latest in the media […]
With help from SECU, NC Habitat for Humanity to build a home in every county in NC
Press release from Habitat for Humanity NC: Habitat for Humanity of North Carolina’s ambitious “SECU Habitat Mountain to the Sea Challenge”—to build a home in each of North Carolina’s 100 counties—has gotten a major boost with a $450,000 grant from Oak Foundation. The grant will cover most of the administrative costs associated with the oversight […]
Appalachian Summer Theater Series continues with Gary Carden’s Outlander, with Music by Joe Penland
PRESS RELEASE: A piece of Smoky Mountain history will come to the stage when Outlander, written by award-winning storyteller Gary Carden, with mountain music by Joe Penland, is presented at 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 31 at UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center. Seating will be general admission with tickets $6 at the door. The play, which tells the […]
Buncombe County taking applications for emergency food, shelter program funding
Buncombe County has been awarded $90,273 of Federal funds to supplement emergency food and shelter programs. The funds were made available through the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/ Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program. Buncombe County was selected by a National Board chaired by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency along with nonprofit partners.
The Billy Sea to play The Bywater Saturday, July 9
Asheville’s The Billy Sea (Billy Cardine, River Guerguerian, Jake Wolf) will be reuniting their brand of ‘Global Americana’ fused with jazz and R&B, for two shows this weekend. On Saturday, July 9, the trio returns to the Bywater in Asheville for a concert with special guest Simon Thomas George (The Digs, Siamese Jazz Club) on keyboards.
LEAF announces fall lineup with Balkan Beat Box, Beats Antique, Squirrel Nut Zippers, more
PRESS RELEASE FROM LEAF: To the dreamers, wanderers and believers of infinite possibility, LEAF is excited to unveil the lineup of performing artists for the Fall 2016 LEAF Festival, taking place October 20-23, 2016 near Asheville at the majestic Lake Eden in Black Mountain, NC. We invite you explore a ‘Carnival of Wonder’ with performances […]
The Omni Grove Park Inn says “Goodnight to Hunger”
Just as The Omni Grove Park Inn and Omni Hotels & Resorts say goodnight to hundreds of thousands of guests every year, they will now Say Goodnight to Hunger! For every stay now booked directly on OmniHotels.com, the company will make a donation to Feeding America® to provide a family of four dinner for an entire week.* Donations will benefit Feeding America and local members in the 42 communities where Omni Hotels & Resorts’ 60 properties are located, with MANNA FoodBank being the local recipient in Asheville for The Omni Grove Park Inn.
Cashiers Plein Art Festival kicks off July 12
The Cashiers Plein Air Festival draws in 30 artists from across the state, the country and the world—with artists coming from as far as France—to Jackson County, North Carolina. Artists set up their easels in and around Cashiers to capture the landscape and lifestyle of the area.
Permit for modification to Duke Energy’s steam plant on WNC Regional Air Quality Agency’s Monday agenda
The WNC Regional Air Quality Agency Board of Directors meeting is set for Monday, July 11, at 4 p.m. in the Agency Boardroom at 125 S. Lexington Ave., Suite 101 in downtown Asheville.
UNC Asheville Summer Buzz Breakfast continues July 21
The Leadership Asheville Summer Buzz Breakfast Series continues July 21, with a panel discussion, Asheville’s Direction, featuring Mayor Esther Manheimer, UNC Asheville Chancellor Mary K. Grant and The Collider CEO Bill Dean. Jim Stokely, president of the Wilma Dykeman Legacy, will moderate the panel. The Summer Buzz Breakfast Series is presented by Ward and Smith, P.A. as a way to explore Asheville’s issues, meet community leaders, and get a taste of the Leadership Asheville experience.
APD seeks help identifying female
The Asheville Police Department would like to request public assistance in identifying the female in the photo below. She is not a suspect in a case but we believe she can provide valuable information on the identities of individuals responsible for multiple motor vehicle breaking and entering cases, as well as an Assault with a Deadly Weapon/Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle case (16-016126) that occurred on June 30, 2016 along New Leicester Highway.