This year, 82 videos were reportedly turned in this year, and the anonymous selection committee has been working hard to decide which ones will make the cut.
Like all great children’s classics, it’s wise nonsense for audiences of all ages.
The Asheville rockers debut new tunes and team with Andrew Scotchie & the River Rats for a Fleetwood Mac tribute on April 12 at Salvage Station.
You can enjoy an all-(local)-star tribute to a country legend, an excellent local singer-songwriter, a touring female-led indie band and a fiery British songwriter whose best work ranks up there with Springsteen and Dylan.
Recently, Foehl played his first show in Asheville, at The Orange Peel.
“The teacher in the book, Ms. Bird, comes off as an old and ugly schoolmarm,” Trudrung says. “I wanted to play up her femininity.” Inspirations for the role included Kellyanne Conway and Jeffrey Dahmer.
Barber’s new album, Rejuvenation, will be released Saturday, April 20.
Elevated national attention aside, there’s always been a danger in allowing New York-based media to define Appalachia.
For this year’s Xpress Poetry Contest, writers were tasked with creating an ode (or a haiku or a ballad or a quatrain, etc.) to the Western North Carolina environment.
Acclaimed guitarist Meg Duffy brings their band to The Mothlight on April 13.
The Swannanoa native plays an album release show on April 9 at The Grey Eagle.
The Cloud Show, which also includes work by Judit Just, Court McCracken, Carmelo Pampillonio and Neil Goss, will open in the Thom Robinson & Ray Griffin Exhibition Space on Friday, April 5.
La Danza del Sur, coming up on Saturday, April 6, at The Mothlight, will be the largest Noche LatinX event to date, with a bigger venue and regional talent.
The inaugural local celebration of invention, creativity, curiosity and hands-on learning takes place April 6 on UNC Asheville’s Main Quad.
Asheville-based artist Elizabeth Albright’s show of zoomorphic transformations of classic portraiture has an opening reception on April 5 at Downtown Books and News.
In an exclusive performance the musician performed a classic from his days with Uncle Tupelo and a new song that’ll be featured on his forthcoming solo album, ‘WARMER.’
Nick Lowe, Victor Wooten, Bob Boilen and Fantastic Negrito are among the performers and presenters for the festival’s second edition.
Local transgender, non-binary and gender nonconforming artists’ work will be displayed and auctioned on March 31 at the Taylor Art Gallery.
“Not only is the music evolving,” mandolinist Ty Gilpin says, “but the subject matter of the music is also changing to reflect what’s happening in the world today.”
The Asheville folk/Americana duo perform new songs at Ambrose West on March 29.
In the spirit of exploration, many of the {Re}HAPPENING’s concerts and exhibitions delve into and build off of the concepts engaged by mid-century Black Mountain College teachers and students.
The prolific Asheville-based vocalist and multi-instrumentalist opens for Avey Tare on March 28 at The Mothlight.