Step into the unknown: Asheville Fringe Arts Festival returns for 16th year

Volume
24
/ Issue
27
January 24, 2018

ONLINE VERSION

Cover Design Credit:

Hillary Edgin

Cover Photography Credit:

Jennifer Bennett
The Asheville Fringe Arts Festival — a four-day extravaganza — returns for its 16th year, with subthemes including experimental art, fringey fun, raw emotion, social justice and the wildly weird. On the cover: Puppeteer Keith Shubert in costume as America’s Favorite Cartoon Witch. Shubert’s latest work, Total WTF, will debut at this year’s festival.

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  • Smart Bets: At the River

    -by Edwin Arnaudin
    The oral history project about Southern Presbyterian ministers' activism during the Civil Rights era premieres Jan. 28 at White Horse Black Mountain.

  • BIGBOIFLY Fashion Show returns to the runway

    -by Shawndra Russell
    Joe Greene promises his upcoming fashion show will be "much fresher because we have five clothing lines in this one [with] a whole lot of big men ripping the runway…

  • Smart Bets: Galaxy Girl

    -by Edwin Arnaudin
    The Asheville-based alternative-pop artist lands at The Grey Eagle on Jan. 28.

  • Steep Canyon Rangers will be joined by symphony members for a hometown concert

    -by Bill Kopp
    A recent North Carolina Hall of Fame induction recognizes the Steep Canyon Rangers' part in the rich and ongoing musical tradition. “It's a ridiculously crazy honor to be in there,”…

  • The Asheville Fringe Arts Festival returns for its 16th year

    -by Thomas Calder
    The four-day multidisciplinary arts festival, which runs Thursday through Sunday, Jan. 25-28, is the place for artists to showcase new, innovative works. Subthemes for this year’s Fringe include experimental art,…

  • Smart Bets: Floyd Is Dead

    -by Edwin Arnaudin
    The creative, multi-sensory take on Pink Floyd and The Grateful Dead comes to Asheville Music Hall on Jan. 26.

  • Ian Ridenhour puts heart and soul into ‘Ribcage’

    -by Hayley Benton
    Local pop-rock artist Ian Ridenhour starts off 2018 with a bang, introducing his third album "Ribcage" to Asheville fans on Friday, Jan. 26 at Isis Music Hall.

  • Smart Bets: Dom Flemons

    -by Edwin Arnaudin
    The Carolina Chocolate Drops co-founder plays Blue Ridge Community College’s Thomas Auditorium on Jan. 25.

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  • Screen scene: Local film news

    -by Edwin Arnaudin
    White Horse Black Mountain continues its Movies and Meaning series, Casablanca Cigar Bar screens its namesake film and more.

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