Talented teen-aged dancers take the stage in Muses of Terpsicorps, Stars of Tomorrow, a debut performance by Terpsicorps and Center Stage’s junior dance company. The concert of classical and contemporary ballet will be performed at Diana Wortham Theatre on Sunday, May 16.
Photos of the Norah Jones concert at the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, May 11, 2010. Photos by Jonathan Welch. ***updated with review from Charmaine Colosimo***
Get your budget weekend entertainment here: A little art, a lot of music and a dance party thrown in for good measure. Oh yeah, and a comic books convention. And a bird house auction. Yeah, that’s right: All of that and money left over for an iced coffee.
So maybe you don't know a thing about comic books. Maybe you don't know your Green Lantern from your Green Hornet, maybe you've never stayed up late playing Dungeons & Dragons, maybe you haven't dressed up in tights and a cape since your second-grade Halloween (not that there's anything wrong with that). Hey, join the […]
Just because it's old-time doesn't mean it has to be old-fashioned: That's the takeaway from "Hit 'Em Up Style," the hip-hop cover by black string trio The Carolina Chocolate Drops. "It's a real American kind of thing," says multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens. "You take a hip-hop tune, you put it on a banjo and there you […]
"I've always kind of had this romantic idea of being a college English professor." So says Sam Quinn, singer, songwriter, artist, gold medalist of in between-song stage banter and co-founder of Tennessee's now defunct The Everybodyfields. It's been a couple years since we've heard from Sam. After the fallout from The Everybodyfields, he took his […]
After years of planning and months of construction, a new Biltmore venue, Antler Hill Village, recently opened to guests and pass holders. This weekend marks its official grand opening. The Village includes new attractions such as an exhibit focusing on Edith Vanderbilt (founder George Vanderbilt's wife), Cedric's Tavern, a bandstand, an outdoor adventure center, an […]
Jason Smith, the singer/songwriter/composer known as Night's Bright Colors (NBC), released the fourth and final installment in his Hospital Quartet on Sunday, May 2. The album — like its predecessors — is available online only, by free download. The drop date was significant: It was Smith's birthday. He begins a new year as his current […]
The pickins' have never been slim on the campus of Wilkes Community College over the last weekend of April, and this year was of no exception. Merlefest, the gold standard of acoustic music festivals, served up yet another heaping helping of some of the finest musicians across a wide spectrum of roots-music categories — and […]
Asheville High graduate Chris Chalk knew that someday he would get to Broadway, he says. "I wouldn't call it a dream, only because it's a reality of mine that I have been working to manifest for years," he tells Xpress. "A dream sounds so elusive for some reason and I knew this was coming. I […]
Mountain Xpress film reviewers Ken Hanke and Justin Souther launch their new movie podcast, The Elitist Bastards Go To The Movies. In this week’s podcast, the pair discuss Babies, Iron Man 2 and Vincere, preview their upcoming screening of The Exorcist III and speculate about the quality of several upcoming theatrical releases.
The local punk band plays its first show at the Grove House complex this Wednesday.
Check out photographs from the Spring 2010 Lake Eden Arts Festival here!
This week, we take a look at recent local videos through the lens of local tourism. Featured this week: Aggressive street sweeping, beer-city pride, stand-up comedy, animal tourists, graffiti and home-grown music videos.
Raise your hand if you, your kids, or someone you know learned to swim at the Asheville YWCA under the tutelage of Jean Coile and her teaching staff.
The Asheville Film Festival will likely go on hiatus for 2010, as a local filmmaker asks to take it over from the city.
Asheville-based progressive, jazzy jam band Deja Fuze performed a quick set for passersby in front of the Flat Iron sculpture this afternoon. Drawing power from their van, the amplified trio of Jake Cavinder (drums), Joey Lewis (guitar) and Keith Harry (bass) performed roughly a half-dozen songs before moving on.
The Junior Women’s Club of Hendersonville held the PB & J 5K Race on Saturday, May 1st at Rugbee Middle School. Check out the photo gallery from the race. Photos by Halima Flynt.
Both shows go on sale today at noon.
