The local historical twist on the Dickens classic will be performed Dec. 6-8 at the Vance Birthplace.
Smart Bets: WORD — Smorgasbord of Styles
The collection of “storytelling superstars” perform Nov. 9 at Habitat Tavern and Commons.
Smart Bets: Tar Heel Tellers Storytelling Festival
The North Carolina Storytelling Guild’s annual event takes place Nov. 3 at the Henderson County Library.
Top tellers compete in Asheville Moth GrandSLAM
Held monthly at The Mothlight, The Moth StorySLAMs in Asheville were an immediate sensation.
Smart Bets: Festival of Heroes
The combination Medieval Market and Viking Fight Night takes place Oct. 13 at the Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre.
Smart Bets: Asheville Circus
The electric Americana band hosts “3 Ring Shenanigans” art and music events Oct. 8-10 at Ambrose West.
Theater review: ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ at Hendersonville Community Theatre
Those yearning for a thorough version of this classic will find it here. The cast rises to the emotional challenge and reminds us how wild and untamed Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof can be.
Queer Girls Literary Reading celebrates 10 years
Co-organizers Lori Horvitz and Lockie Hunter reflect on the groundbreaking series’ history.
Smart Bets: K-Wave
The dual celebrations of Korean culture will be held Sept. 22 at the TC Roberson High School gymnasium.
Smart Bets: Drag Queen Story Hour
Beauty Bar hosts readings by Euphoria for children of all ages on Sept. 16.
Smart Bets: The Human Side
The music and spoken word performance event takes place Sept. 9 at The Block Off Biltmore.
Woods & Wilds encourages forest protection through storytelling
Seven regional storytellers and Papadosio side project EarthCry perform at the Dogwood Alliance event, Sept. 8 at The Grey Eagle.
Smart Bets: My Grandfather’s Prayers
Puppetteer Lisa Aimee Sturz performs her multimedia show Sept. 1-2 at White Horse Black Mountain.
Smart Bets: A Psychedelic Circus
The Snozzberries’ immersive, collaborative A/V experience takes place Aug. 31 at Asheville Music Hall.
Smart Bets: Liminalities
Carmelo Pampillonio’s audio installation opens Aug. 17 at Revolve.
David Joe Miller relaunches an open mic night at Habitat
Since moving to Asheville, Miller has been producing storytelling events and open mic nights focused on the spoken word, which he defines as storytelling, poetry, monologues, comedy, and any other verbal artform.
The Magnetic Theatre gets infested with ‘Bugs!’
On July 19, the Asheville Creative Arts will debut its first original musical, Bugs! at The Magnetic Theater. The production runs through Sunday, July 29.
Smart Bets: Folkmoot
The 35th annual international festival runs July 19-29 in communities throughout Western North Carolina.
Video release: “White people US” by Justin Blackburn
After petitioning YouTube to reinstate the powerful work, the media outlet relented and Blackburn’s words are again available to, hopefully, fuel dialog.
Grayson Morris brings emersion back to Asheville
On Friday and Saturday, July 13 and 14, Morris’ semi-annual project returns with ’emersion presents: half-light,’ taking place in the woods, near Asheville, at dusk.
Stories On Asheville’s Front Porch series returns in July
The series opens on Saturday, July 7, with Abby “The Spoon Lady” Roach, one of the best known buskers in town. She and her musician partner, Chris Rodrigues, will perform stories and songs.