Zenith is an examination of life’s intimate moments and intricate workings: a peeling back of the layers, a gaze into the microcosm.
Smart Bets: Traitor
Brett Neveu’s modern adaptation of Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People” opens March 13 at The Magnetic Theatre.
NIN drummer Ilan Rubin’s The New Regime plays The Orange Peel
The multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter discusses what it’s like to be a musician in a time of limited attention spans.
Smart Bets: Kelly Hoppenjans
The NewSong finalist headlines The Grey Eagle on March 11.
Che Apalache brings Argentinian bluegrass back to North Carolina
The Buenos Aires-based collective plays a show at Isis Music Hall on Saturday, March 7.
Smart Bets: Jacob Tobia
The gender activist reads from their new memoir on March 10 at Malaprop’s.
Smart Bets: Freekbass & The Bump Assembly
The funk innovators perform at Ambrose West on March 5.
Album review: ‘I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone’ by Wednesday
There isn’t a title track, but the poetry of the album’s moniker warrants reflection. The names of the album’s eight tracks almost make up a story — that kind of surreal, late-night whisper session between good friends as sleep closes in. “Underneath,” “Coyote,” “November” … is this part of the list from the narrator who was trying to describe one person to another?
Hola Cultural Center offers as a welcoming space
The Hola Cultural Center is intended to provide a central, physical location where people from all cultures can connect through the arts.
VIDEO RELEASE: “Original Dixieland One-Step” by Firecracker Jazz Band
The local group will play an album release show at The Mothlight on Saturday, March 14.
Smart Bets: Dan Deacon
The Moogfest veteran plays The Grey Eagle on Feb. 29.
Smart Bets: MAR
The Peruvian-born, Asheville-based artist plays an EP release show Feb. 29 at the Tina McGuire Theater.
The art of Ishmael is featured at OpenDoors Art Affair fundraiser
OpenDoors celebrates and supports local students through its work, and the goal for this year’s fundraiser is $210,000.
Podcast series ‘Palimpsest’ releases its third season
“Palimpsest” releases new episodes bi-weekly on Tuesdays.
Smart Bets: Progressive jazz in the round
Three Southeastern-based improvisational groups perform Feb. 28 at Fleetwood’s.
Smart Bets: Shapeshifters
The work of regional artists Joshua Adams and Jiha Moon is currently on display at the Center for Craft.
Acoustic Asheville: Lula Wiles
Isa Burke, Eleanor Buckland and Mali Obomsawin met in college and released their first record in 2016.
2020 Xpress Poetry Contest is open for submissions
Poets are asked to submit work around the theme of a famous or noteworthy person/personality in Western North Carolina.
Local women artists take on welding, metalwork and engineering
Artistic modalities aren’t gendered any more than, say, cuisines, dance styles or literary genres. Yet, historically, certain forms of making have been more associated with female-bodied people (fiber arts and jewelry design among them) while other skill sets, such as electronics, blacksmithing and welding, have been associated with male artists. “I really like being able […]
Album review: ‘Andromeda’ by Anders Manga
Andromeda has a big and beautiful sound that begs to be played at high volume.
Smart Bets: The Office! A Musical Parody
The national tour stops by Diana Wortham Theatre on Feb. 23.