Choreography can be an intensely personal art form. More than just a combination of postures and movements, choreography is also a reflection of the thoughts, insights and personal resolutions of its creator. It’s a kind of art that, first and foremost, exists in the choreographer’s imagination, and must translated by the dancers into something an […]

“It’s the right thing at the right time. Everybody’s talking green,” says Lyndajoy Storer, resource-development director at local grassroots initiative Quality Forward. She’s referring to Quality Forward’s Earth Day Asheville, presented by Earth Fare—a community-oriented event slated for The Orange Peel next week. The sound of green: Ruby Slippers will perform at Quality Forward’s Earth […]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder; any art collector knows that. But sometimes procuring beauty isn’t enough—if you’re going to surround yourself with masterpieces, why limit yourself to pieces affixed to walls and displayed on end tables? Many Asheville-area galleries offer artistic pieces equally at home in the exhibit space and in the […]

Say the words Mount Dungeon to those who aren’t in the know, and you will likely be greeted by either quizzical looks or taunts of being a Dungeons & Dragons nerd. But to a growing audience in Asheville, the name Mount Dungeon is fast becoming synonymous with relevant, original and interesting local music. But what […]

Though Kate Nash’s camp tried to talk her out of naming her debut album Made of Bricks (Polydor, 2008), she couldn’t be swayed. And if the dizzying selection of sometimes-bubbly, sometimes-biting songs on the album is anything to go by, Nash sticks to her guns—no matter how bad an idea those guns may represent. Potty-mouthed, […]

Self-taught artist Alli Good believes that it’s easier for her to maintain her unique vision by working in isolation. “I love Asheville’s art scene,” she says, “but I can start to second-guess what I’m doing if I’m around it too much.” Alli Good’s “First Signs of Passion, a Horse and a Bucket” That might be […]

The Everybodyfields, the alt-country duo with the unwieldy name and the addictively melancholy songs, have come a long way. All the way from Johnson City to Knoxville, for starters. The brighter side of melancholy: Who says that The Everybodyfields are always glum? “I’d lived in Johnson City for so long,” says singer/songwriter Jill Andrews, who […]