Marni Nixon’s career launched as an invisible star, singing for Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady, Deborah Kerr in The King and I and Natalie Wood in West Side Story. She has graced the stages of opera houses and concert halls worldwide and even won four Emmy Awards for Best Actress hosting Boomerang, a children’s […]
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Teatro Latino de Asheville Teatro Latino de Asheville (TELASH) is sponsored by UNC-Asheville’s Foreign Languages Department and Depatment of Multicultural Affairs, as well as the student group Hermanos Orgullosos en las Américas (HOLA). That's a lot of acronyms, but worth noting, because the group performs the opening production of NC Stage’s 2010-2011 Catalyst Series. The […]
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Jamie Lidell on Beck, Feist, laying down vocal tracks and why he can sing like that
Brit-born, New York-based singer/songwriter Jamie Lidell talks to Xpress in advance of his Sept. 21 Orange Peel show.
Clips of Faith film and beer tour comes to Asheville
New Belgium matches amateur short films, esoteric beer and bikes (sort of) in an outdoor film fest coming to Asheville on Sept. 10.
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Image by Jamie Parlier
Video A-Go-Go: The Natural World, YouTubed
In this week’s Video A-Go-Go, we explore local videos with a natural theme, starting with Asheville’s own “double rainbow.”
Busk Break: Jessica Dennison
New York-based, ukulele-playing busker Jessica Dennison braves an oncoming rainstorm to perform her original tune “Grave” on a stop through Asheville.
SoundTrack Web Extra: Quetzatl at The Hookah Bar
Quetzatl is a veteran of the electronic music scene, and it showed with how tight and perfectly executed his set was. The years have, thankfully, not translated into an evolution of sound that is inaccessible or overly polished. His sound is gritty, but not from a lack of production savvy. It’s an approach that transcends the myriad genres that have been born from the electronic scene, and instead layers elements of different styles upon one another.
Edgy Mama: School uniforms and the Randolph experiment
I wore a school uniform for eight years, and, for the most part, it worked for me. I jumped out of bed at the last possible minute, threw on the same outfit as the previous day, grabbed breakfast and went to school.
Downtown After 5
Photos from the Friday, Aug. 20 Downtown After 5.
Busk Break: Shane Conerty, Revisited
Here’s Now You See Them‘s Shane Conerty performing his recently written song “Route 29.”
SoundTrack Web Extra: The Bushels
The Bushels, from Charleston, S.C., have a former Asheville singer/songwriter on mandolin and an arsenal of feel-good bar rockers in sophomore release, Wood & Steel.
Truth & Salvage Co. perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Last night L.A.-by-way-of-Asheville roots rockers Truth & Salvage Co. played their ballad “Pure Mountain Angel” on the ABC late-night show.
Review of The Ballad of Tom Dooley
Parkway Playhouse world premieres the original, full-scale musical, based on the sad tale of Tom Dula.
Stiletto: A ladies-only salsera dance retreat
Local salsera extraordinaire Maria Voisin has co-organized an “all-inclusive Latin dance retreat for women in the Appalachian Mountains,” held Thursday, Aug. 26 through 29 at Camp Merri-Mac in Black Mountain.
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Photo by Halima Flynt
Ten days to go
Aaron Woody Wood’s kickstarter campaign has ten days left. With 98 backers and more than $5,000 pledged, will he make it? You can help.
Asheville’s honest pint project
Our Brews News reporter takes to the streets to find out just how many ounces of craft beer you get for your cash.
Toubab Krewe shoots music video, announces ‘TK2’ listening party at Craggie Brewing
Toubab Krewe shoots its latest video at Warren Wilson College, and the band hosts a listening party for its new album at Craggie Brewing on Aug. 25.
Welcome to Asheville Streetstyle!
You’ve landed at Asheville Streetstyle, a photographic record of Asheville’s unique and evolving DIY fashion. Most outfits (and their wearers) are scouted and shot in the streets of downtown Asheville, though this site also includes images from fashion shows, boutiques, concerts, parties and other happenings in and around Western North Carolina. Asheville Streetstyle is a […]