Ben Lovett was introduced to 12 songwriters in Los Angeles, and during a series of blind-date-type meet-ups, composed songs with each of those strangers-turned-collaborators. The result is the four-EP series, Lovers & Friends, which launched in September.
White Horse Black Mountain hosts musicians Jimmy Landry, Beth Wood and David LaMotte at the seventh annual Birthday Bash Sunday, Nov. 1, at 7:30 p.m.
After an invitation from Heather Henson, local puppeteer Hobey Ford adapted his Legend of Sleepy Hollow-inspired production into a seven-minute short film. It premieres locally Thursday, Oct. 29, at The Magnetic Theater.
The Halloween-themed fundraiser, held at the Asheville Masonic Temple, features live music, dance, an art exhibit and live auction.
The multi-talented wellness specialist performs at Jubilee Community Church on Sunday, Nov. 1, at 8 p.m.
Halloween only falls on a Saturday every six years, so that’s one more reason to go all out this year. When planning your costume, steer clear anything too heavy, tight or restrictive because the offerings in and around Western North Carolina promise plenty of dancing.
Verch’s trio plays a roots set at Isis Restaurant and Music Hall on Thursday, Oct. 29, at 8:30 p.m.
The seventh annual Holocaust Remembrance Concert, entitled ELEGY: Songs of Lamentation, takes place at UNC Asheville’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute in the Manheimer Room on Sunday, Nov. 8, at 5 p.m.
Shawn Mullins returns to The Grey Eagle as part of his tour for “My Stupid Heart.” Chuck Cannon opens the seated show Thursday, Oct. 29, at 8 p.m.
Each week, Xpress highlights notable WNC crowdsourcing initiatives that may inspire readers to become new faces in the crowd. This week features a single mother’s sailing journey toward empowerment, a new hammock that holds 800 pounds worth of loungers and the third episode of Southern Songs and Stories, featuring Tellico.
Knoxville-based folk band William Wild recently made its Asheville debut at The Grey Eagle.
Great news for this issue: all four spotlighted shows take place on weekend nights. And they represent a wide variety of styles including soul, chillwave and avant-garde.
Haywood Arts Regional Theatre is serving up something spooky for the season.
Attendees can enter to win a prize for the most attractive carved pumpkin, best costume and most flavorful vegan pumpkin pie.
Singer-songwriter (and recent Asheville transplant) Chris Jamison performs a free show at Pisgah Brewing Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 6 p.m.
Inspired by Authors/activists Neal Shirley and Saralee Stafford’s book Dixie Be Damned, artist Phil Blank has created stunning visual representations of the hard-fought, often violent struggles of the disenfranchised throughout Southern history, from the coalfields of Tennessee to the anti-KKK partisan groups that roamed Robeson County, N.C., during Reconstruction.
The stealthy stitchers of Purl’s Yarn Emporium are at it again. On Wednesday, Oct. 21, Wall Street was transformed with knit and crochet creations. As with their installations last spring and fall, the stitchers will be adorning many fixtures along the quaint street. This fall, however, they have added a much larger target to their yarn-bombing: the Flat Iron sculpture.
It appears that the geeks have inherited the Earth, or at least the realm of popular entertainment. And the Asheville Comic Expo celebrates all things geeky in Western North Carolina on Saturday, Oct. 24.
A slideshow of select photos by Rice will be debuted at the UNCA High Smith Student Union’s Alumni Hall Friday, Oct. 23.
The husband-and-wife ambient folk duo returns to North Carolina — their home state — for a show at The Grey Eagle Sunday, Oct. 25. The Collection, from Greensboro, will back Lowland Hum onstage.
New Mountain hosts the music and belly dancing performances — a benefit for the United Nations Refugee Agency — on Sunday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m.
