Interactive • Bike Jousting: Though Michael Mooney's tall bike will not return to LAAFF this year, his bicycle jousting — a game that Mooney developed specifically for LAAFF — will. Contestants gear up in foam armor, sit astride a bike with a banana saddle and elliptical wheels, and try to dismount their opponent with a boxing […]
Festival of Flavor
What's a street festival without food? A grouchy group of drunken zombies, that's what. Fortunately, for festival-goers, there are plenty of local restaurants available to help soothe the blood-sugar woes at LAAFF. Just what can revelers expect to see and taste? Several Lexington Avenue merchants will be represented at the LAAFF food court, and it's […]
LAAFF schedules
Greenlife Electric Stage Peggy Ratusz & Daddy LongLegs: 11-11:45 a.m. Kovacs and the Polar Bear: 12:05-12:50 p.m. Boom Chix: 12:55-1:05 p.m. Paper Tiger: 1:10-1:55 p.m. Lisa Zahiya Hip Hop & Bhangra: 2-2:10 p.m. The Archrivals: 2:15-3 p.m. Asheville Hoops Troupe: 3:05- 3:15 p.m. Woody Pines: 3:20-4:20 p.m. Asheville Vaudeville: 4:25-4:40 p.m. Sanders-Cardine-Pond-Sip:e 4:45-5:45 p.m. Asheville […]
Interactive arts area performer descriptions
At the interactive arts area: Asheville Hoops: Hula hooping for kids of all ages. Asheville Hoops hosts of the community hoop jam in Pritchard Park on Tuesdays. Stina Andersen: Weaver Woman Stina Andersen, sewing teacher, renegade seamstress and local clothing designer of ARTeries by Stina presents The Tunnel of LAAFFs! This interactive arts installation will […]
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Park
In celebration of its 50th anniversary — that's the golden anniversary, in case anyone's thinking of sending gifts — the Asheville Symphony Orchestra takes its oboes, timpani, English horns, violas, piccolos, etc. out of the concert hall and into the park. The newly dedicated Pack Square Park, to be exact, and the concert (free to […]
Labor of love
When Secret Agent 23 Skidoo’s wife and three-year-old daughter left for a two-week vacation, he decided to write a kids’ book and surprise them with it when they returned. Skidoo didn’t realize it then, but that loving gesture would prove to be a turning point in his career. Five years later, the longtime GFE member, […]
Pisgah’s field of dreams
Ever since musicphile Jason Caughman, owner of Pisgah Brewing Company, first set up shop in Black Mountain five years ago, he has been itching to transform the empty, four-acre field behind his brewery into something special. Something like — oh, I don't know — a 2,500-capacity outdoor venue? "I'm a daydreamer, I guess," says Caughman, […]
Deciding which shows you should see, so you don’t have to
The Suspect: Stockholm Syndrome This band started in 2004 as a side project for Widespread Panic bassist Dave Schools and Jerry Joseph of the Jackmormons. The band combines blues, funk and rock, and even throws in a little reggae and steel drum music for good measure. They just released a seven-song live EP, Live at […]
Artillery
The old adage says that one person’s trash is another person’s treasure, and that’s exactly what Sharon Cobb had in mind when she opened Trash, Inc., a new creative reuse center aimed at reducing landfill clutter. From mannequin arms to architectural blueprints, Trash, Inc. specializes in cheap, reusable and salvaged art materials. Geared primarily towards […]
SoundTrack
The Hookah Bar gave Asheville a dose of dub with Time to Get Ill a few weeks ago, presenting Dallas-based D-Queue and his slammin’ beats alongside locals faves like Quetzatl and GalaxC Girl. Dr. Phonicle started the night off with a set full of reggae-infused dubstep. Although he wasn’t spinning tunes with the heavy, crashing […]
Smart bets
Pies in Disguise anniversary party There have been mutterings of a pie fest, as in "Asheville really should have one." Makes sense: There are multiple beer fests, a wine and food fest, Organic fest and plenty of music fests that wouldn't be complete without local edibles. Perhaps the Pies in Disguise one year anniversary party, […]
Review of Catfish Moon
Everyone leaves the theatre feeling like they learned something, or at least re-learned something, about the preciousness of life and friendship.
If You Wannas at the LAB
The Ifs brought their minimalist pop mayhem to the LAB on Saturday. They’ll do it again this Sunday at LAAFF. Video whizz Jesse Hamm caught them for Xpress.
Photos of Westville Pub’s ComeTogether Fest ** updated with a video **
Hot wings, beer, bands, a dunking booth and delicious barbecue: Check out photos from Westville Pub’s annual ComeTogether Fest, an end-of-summer celebration and benefit for Helpmate.
Music on the Mountaintop: Saturday, Aug. 28
Festivities at Music on the Mountaintop got an early start Saturday morning as the sun rose over the misty Boone hills and drowsy campers rubbed the sleep from their eyes.
Video A-Go-Go: Wilding, Fighting, Models and Music
This week: Buried Pictures unveils the trailer for Wilding, Asheville MMA shows some sparring, behind-the-scenes at a fashion-model party and Uncle Mountain on UNC-TV.
Stiletto Dance Retreat
Photos of the Stiletto Dance Retreat. The all women’s intensive latin dance retreat took place over the weekend at Camp Merrimac in Black Mountain.
Photo by Jonathan Welch
Edgy Mama: LAAFFing with kids
It’s time again for that funkiest and most family-friendly of Asheville street fests: the Lexington Avenue Arts & Fun Festival.
Busk Break: Tyler Lupton
A relatively recent arrival to Asheville, Tyler Lupton is yet another local busker without much of a presence on the web. Like what you hear? Your best bet of hearing more is to catch him playing live on the streets of Asheville. And when you do, be sure to request this tune, “Car By Car.”
Goombay Festival photo gallery
Goombay Festival, held by the YMI Cultural Center, is happening Aug. 27 – 29 in downtown Asheville. Check out a photo gallery from the festival! Photos by Halima Flynt.
At Goombay festival
Vendors at Africa/Caribbean Goombay Festival this weekend. Photos by Aiyanna Sezak-Blatt.