The collaboratively envisioned vinyl-pressing facility, performance space, record store, craft cocktail bar and eatery opens Thursday, Oct. 8.
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Nomadic War Machine’s new EP finds an audience
Although the EP “Are We Not Monsters” is the latest output from the prolific local artist Margaret Killjoy, it’s just one of many creative ventures the musician, writer and activist has been at work on.
Asheville Fringe Arts Festival’s summer series moves online
Fringe Digital Summer offers a virtual alternative. It returns via the Zoom conferencing platform on Wednesday, Aug. 19.
Local artist Margaret Cogswell opens her Tiny Gallery
Cogswell’s initial goals for the gallery were that she would pursue whatever she felt like making and that the space would serve as a place for her to engage directly with people through her work.
Asheville’s social dance scene practices social distancing
Solo dance workshops are especially accessible for quarantined dance enthusiasts and, Annie Erbsen points out, “There’s also still a lot of music being streamed.”
Local art class leaders meet COVID-19 challenges with creativity
For three local makers and educators, keeping art available is important to the local economy and to the Asheville area’s need for creative outlets as part of recovery from COVID-19 and quarantine.
Spaceman Jones launches ‘Smoke Break’ video podcast from quarantine
“I’d been looking at how to expand what I do, because I’m always bugged by ideas,” says Davaion Bristol. Launching “Smoke Break” as a video podcast “gave me another outlet to express myself, to connect with people.”
Carl Sandburg Writer-in-Residence Tony Robles creates through COVID-19
Instead of writing in an academic or erudite style, “for me, the onus is to produce work that will resonate” with those in his community, Robles says.
Smart Bets: ‘Old Lovegood Girls’ by Gail Godwin
Godwin’s return to subjects of female friendship, intellectual development and the passing of time are likely to be welcome distractions during this time of social distancing and homebound activities.
Streamside Music and NewRootz Studio offer online concert series
Initial NewRootz shows were with The Snozzberries and Dirty Dead. Streamside’s first concerts were by Al Petteway, Shane Parish and Trio Sefardi, with jazz guitarist Sean McGowan slated for Friday, April 10.
ARTeries by Stina adapts to COVID-19
Not only are repurposed wearables on offer — an environmentally conscious aesthetic long associated with Asheville’s design community — but the means to repair and upkeep favorite wardrobe pieces further reduces the need for purchasing new apparel.
Smart Bets: Facebook Live Art Auction
Each Sunday, 3-4 p.m., the organization will feature works from local artists in the community.
IamAVL amps up its live streaming services to aid local musicians
In addition to the online concerts produced by IamAVL, and its “Echo Sessions” series, which is broadcast on UNCTV and at PBS.org, the web-based music platform also provides streaming service from a number of venues around Asheville. In this era of coronavirus-induced social distancing, such digital capabilities are playing new roles.
Smart Bets: Guidance for Arts Professionals & Organizations
Asheville Area Arts Council is providing assistance in the form of an online resource.
ACDT launches Festival of New Dance
“This is an experiment for us to try a different concept with what’s called ‘new dance,’” says Susan Collard. “[It] involves a lot of projection, video and film, and almost everyone in this concert is using some type of collaboration with a filmmaker, a video projector or experimental music.”
Art in real time
These days, Bellenoit can be found live painting on Tuesday nights at One World West.
Album review: ‘Zenith’ by Grayson Varn
Zenith is an examination of life’s intimate moments and intricate workings: a peeling back of the layers, a gaze into the microcosm.
Album review: ‘I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone’ by Wednesday
There isn’t a title track, but the poetry of the album’s moniker warrants reflection. The names of the album’s eight tracks almost make up a story — that kind of surreal, late-night whisper session between good friends as sleep closes in. “Underneath,” “Coyote,” “November” … is this part of the list from the narrator who was trying to describe one person to another?
VIDEO RELEASE: “Original Dixieland One-Step” by Firecracker Jazz Band
The local group will play an album release show at The Mothlight on Saturday, March 14.
2020 Xpress Poetry Contest is open for submissions
Poets are asked to submit work around the theme of a famous or noteworthy person/personality in Western North Carolina.
Local women artists take on welding, metalwork and engineering
Artistic modalities aren’t gendered any more than, say, cuisines, dance styles or literary genres. Yet, historically, certain forms of making have been more associated with female-bodied people (fiber arts and jewelry design among them) while other skill sets, such as electronics, blacksmithing and welding, have been associated with male artists. “I really like being able […]