“Violence spins in vicious cycles, and if you want to fully understand why these events in Morganton occurred, then you have to examine root causes that predate 1927,” says author and historian Kevin W. Young.
Around town: City invites applicants for new public art installation
City replaces art in front of S&W, Webster unveils pavilion for May Day, Folkmoot hosts Latin American music celebration, Cherokee create remembrance archive and more!
Local artist’s new website breaks down barriers to dance
Melvin AC Howell’s HASdance.com seeks to make the art form more accessible to beginners.
Guy Mead wins 2024 Xpress Poetry Contest
This year’s competition asked writers to draft an original, previously unpublished piece on the theme of our shared humanity.
Best Medicine: Powering Asheville with ‘pisskey’ and solar panel hats
Comedian Eric Brown is joined by his latest round of fellow local stand-ups to discuss tourism, sustainability and the apocalypse.
Around town: RAD gets a new gallery
New gallery in River Arts District, Wilma Dykeman Fellowship announced, UNCA professor stages new play and more!
Local theaters get creative sourcing sets, props and costumes
Behind-the-scenes players from Asheville Community Theatre, Flat Rock Playhouse and N.C. Stage Co. talk shop.
Four of a Kind: Logan Hall shares insights on local visual arts scene
The graphic designer talks new projects and the city’s visual arts scene.
Four of a Kind: Leah Solita Mangum talks local pottery scene
The potter talks new projects and the city’s craft scene.
Four of a Kind: Jaze Uries discusses local music scene
The musician talks new projects and the city’s sonic scene.
Four of a Kind: Jennifer Trudrung on local film scene
The actor/writer/director talks new projects and the city’s film scene.
Around town: Tyger Tyger features paper-themed exhibit
Tyger Tyger announces new exhibition of artists from around the world, Nancy Dillingham releases a new memoir, FiberFest returns, and more!
Moon Bride and Weird Mountain release new albums
Both groups adjust to new names while sharing engrossing new collections.
Debut novel revisits unsolved political assassination
The former journalist discusses the challenges of shifting to writing novels.
Playbill picks: April local theater highlights
A pair of one-person shows and a Roald Dahl musical are among this month’s top options.
Waynesville-based nonprofit spotlights WNC storytellers
The monthly events run April-August and feature Adama Dembele, Ann Miller Woodford, DeWayne Barton, Marsha Almodovar and Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle.
Around town: Annual Maker Faire hosts innovators of all ages
Maker Faire Asheville returns. Plus: Scuttlebutt premieres at LaZoom Room; a poetry showcase comes to Weaverville; and more!
John Garland Wells explores century-old murder in new prose poetry novella
The Asheville-based author’s “Hinterkaifeck” delves into the still-unsolved 1922 murder of the Gruber family in rural Bavaria.
Laura Rikard on intimacy coordination in film, TV and theater
The co-founder of Theatrical Intimacy Education spoke at the Berlin International Film Festival in February.
Asheville Art Museum honors early 20th-century landscape painters
In its latest exhibit, Honoring Nature: Early Southern Appalachian Landscape Painting, the Asheville Art Museum spotlights several early 20th century painters who captured the soaring vistas of the Great Smoky Mountains.
Around town: Story Parlor reflects on upcoming anniversary
Story Parlor turns two, LEAF releases Gratitude Report, Downtown After Five returns and more!