Atlanta-based Higher Learning is “well on their way towards the outer reaches of Jupiter,” according to the band’s bio. The quartet performs on the Broadway Outdoor Stage (open to the public) on Saturday, April 26, 3 p.m.
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Toubab Krewe and Kokanko Sata play Tryon Fine Arts Center, April 29
From a press release: Toubab Krewe and Kokanko Sata play Tryon Fine Arts Center, April 29 Tryon Fine Arts Center presents Toubab Krewe with special guest Kokanko Sata on Tuesday, April 29th at 7 PM. The union will celebrate the West African rhythms and instruments which had definitive impact on the development of American blues […]
10th anniversary of Kituwah Preservation and Education Program
From a press release: 10th anniversary of Kituwah Preservation and Education Program The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians marked the 10th anniversary of the tribe’s successful indian language initiative, the Kituwah Preservation and Education Program (KPEP), on April 17, 2014. Funded by a $3 million grant from the Cherokee Preservation Foundation, the KPEP is multi-faceted […]
Slam chance
Sixteen Youth poets compete for slots on this year’s Grand Slam Championship team. The contest takes place at NC Stage on Tuesday, April 22. Photo from Asheville Youth Poetry’s Facebook page.
Local writer named co-winner of 2014 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize
From a press release: Local writer named co-winner of 2014 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize Susan Levi Wallach of South Carolina and Jude Welchel of Asheville, NC, have been selected by final judge Marianne Gingher of UNC-Chapel Hill as the co-winners of the 2014 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize. They will split the $1,000 first-prize award. Wallach’s […]
RiverLink announces RiverMusic 2014 lineup
From a press release: RiverLink announces RiverMusic 2014 lineup The first two years of RiverMusic brought thousands of smiling faces to the French Broad River to enjoy its splendor, and RiverLink will host five nights — plus a full Saturday of fun at RiverFest — of live music this summer. As in past years, there […]
Music Video Asheville’s winning streak
The seventh annual Music Video Asheville was held last night at Diana Wortham Theatre. Featuring a red carpet, a networking event and about two hours-worth of locally and regionally created videos, the night paid tribute to the arts community. Among many memorable moments was presenter Ben Lovett calling teen singer-songwriter Indigo DeSousa from the stage […]
Frances Mayes reads from new memoir, Under Magnolia, at Malaprop’s
Travel and food writer and memoirist Frances Mayes returns to her pre-Under the Tuscan Sun days in new book, Under Magnolia.
You probably watched the movie Under the Tuscan Sun, where Diane Lane (as Frances, an American) gets over a painful divorce by starting a new life in a scenic Italian villa with a makeshift adopted family of workmen, neighbors and expatriate friends.
Spring onstage
Asheville’s theater season heats up Provocative works and cutting-edge performance collectives are still making their presence felt — and in fact, the arrival of longer days and warmer temps means dramatic offerings can now be presented outdoors. For more local theater, check out our calendar and mountainx.com. Flat Rock Playhouse’s season continues at a breathless […]
Smart Bets: Slow Down Pictures
Slow Down Pictures is the third art show with a soundtrack created by former Xpress designer and artist Nathanael Roney, and musician J Seger (Emily Easterly, VA/MD). “For the first time in the series, the individual works themselves have been titled, if not mostly for the sake of mentioning them here — Burden, Composure, Sh*t […]
All creatures great and small
The Fox & Beggar Theater debuts with surreal circus experience Animalia “He breathes in the wet dawn through / his mottled skin, soaks in its vitality / until his old heart thumps with delight / and he jumps off his bed of lettuce leaves / and moss hairs / into the ruddy mud.” So goes […]
Smart Bets: B.F. Long IV Studios & Alchemy Fine Art
Portrait painter Benjamin Franklin Long IV is also a master of the “true fresco,” the technique used by Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel. Long has completed more than 15 major fresco works throughout the U.S. and has shown his work in Florence, London and Paris, among other locales. A 2001 recipient of the Arthur […]
Smart Bets: Zansa
Local Afropop band Zansa has big news: Frontman Adama Dembele recently returned from a trip to his home country, Ivory Coast, where he performed at the weeklong MASA Festival, according to a press release. Fellow Ivory Coast native and dancer Barakissa Coulibaly (pictured) just made her way to Asheville, where she’ll be teaching and performing […]
Clemson University architecture students develop inflatable “clouds” for Moogfest
From a press release: Clemson University architecture students develop inflatable “clouds” for Moogfest Event-goers at this year’s Moogfest in Asheville, North Carolina, will see clouds in the air — five, to be precise — no matter what the weather proves to be. That is because 17 Clemson University architecture students have been given the task […]
LEAF adds The Family Stone to May lineup
From a press release: LEAF adds The Family Stone to May lineup The 38th LEAF Festival is thrilled to announce the addition of The Family Stone as Sunday’s final act. LEAF FestivaL, May 8th – 11th, in Black Mountain, N.C. also featuring Bootsy Collins and the Funk Unity Band, Beats Antique, Sierra Leone’s Refugee All […]
Meet author Lee Smith in Waynesville, May 6
From a press release: Meet author Lee Smith in Waynesville, May 6 You’re Invited! Friends of the Library Annual Meeting Tuesday, May 6th 7:00 pm First United Methodist Church, Waynesville Meet Lee Smith Author Lee Smith, will be the speaker for the Friends of the Library annual meeting on Tuesday, May 6th. Smith is the […]
Free show at The Mothlight
From a press release: Free show at The Mothlight That’s right! Last minute FREE SHOW TONIGHT! Check out Poor Old Shine and enjoy an early show… 8:00. Wait wait. What’s this? Another FREE SHOW… tomorrow! Apothecary Presents has put together a great line up for Blusongs IV… the capstone to an impressive year-long project. Come […]
All Go West Music Festival announces lineup
From a press release: All Go West Music Festival announces lineup 2014 marks the 4th year for what has become one of the most highly regarded, free music festivals in the Asheville area. All Go West takes place in West Asheville, the heart of the locals community. Attendees can easily walk to the event from […]
Quiet Life at the Orange Peel on May 11
From a press release: Quiet Life at the Orange Peel on May 11 QUIET LIFE RETURN TO THE ROAD IN SUPPORT OF WILD PACK WITH PORTUGAL. THE MAN Portland based folk-rock band Quiet Life have announced new North American tour dates with Toy Soldiers and Portugal. The Man starting early next month in Philadelphia with […]
Sound Track web extra: Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs
The Athens, Ga.-based duo claimed to be rusty when they took the Grey Eagle stage (not so: They opened with a fierce rendition of the Piedmont Blues song “Crow Jane”). They claimed they hadn’t been practicing much. Also untrue, but Holly and her one-man-backing-band Lawyer Dave (on guitar, vocals and a couple of kick drums) do create this casual atmosphere, like this is their front porch and you just happened to wander past.
2014 Matthews Poetry Prize winners announced
From a press release: 2014 Matthews Poetry Prize winners announced The editors at THE ASHEVILLE POETRY REVIEW are pleased to announce the WILLIAM MATTHEWS POETRY PRIZE RECIPIENTS for 2014. Bruce Sager, from Westminster, MD was awarded first prize for his poem, “The Lot of Stars,” and will receive $1000, plus publication in the 20th Anniversary […]