Press release: ANAM CARA THEATRE CO.’s ACCORDION TIME MACHINE presents B-SIDES 7/28 & 7/29 @ TOY BOAT COMMUNITY ART SPACE Accordion Time Machine, Anam Cara’s Experimental Theatre Ensemble, presents “B-Sides” Friday, July 28 AND Saturday, July 29, 2017 at 8:00pm Toy Boat Community Art Space 101 Fairview Rd. Asheville, NC 28803 Tickets $13 in advance, […]
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Kissing Summer Goodbye tour at Spellbound Children’s Bookshop, Aug. 8
Press release: How much talent can an event include in one evening? Four authors of young adult books come together at Spellbound Children’s Bookshop on Tuesday, August 8, at 6 p.m. for the “Kissing Summer Goodbye” Tour. Along with news on their latest novels, there’ll be an opportunity for a question-and-answer session (a great chance […]
Ecstatic Dance National Bus Tour stops in Asheville, July 29
Press release: The Ecstatic Dance National Bus Tour is dancing in Asheville! Join the bus tour for a special dance on Saturday, July 29th, from 6:30-10:30pm. The Ecstatic Dance Bus is on the ultimate cross country road trip – it’s 22 people, on 1 bus, driving across America in 30 days. The group is dancing […]
Anam Cara Theatre Company announces hiatus
Press release: It is with gratitude and eagerness for future endeavors that I write to let you know about an upcoming transition for Anam Cara Theatre Company. As many of you know, we have been producing 13 or more shows per season, an exciting, yet overwhelming undertaking. Sometimes I sit in the back row of […]
‘Repurposed Found and Pirated Altered Art’ opening at Flood Galley, July 29
Press release: Guitarist Tom Johanson performs at Flood Gallery Fine Art Center with Art opening July 29th Tom Johanson will open his art exhibition titled “Repurposed Found and Pirated Altered Art at Flood Gallery Fine Art Center, 2160 Hwy 70, Swannanoa, NC and performing original music influenced by folk flamenco jazz and psychedelic surf rock […]
Center for Craft, Creativity and Design announces ‘Craft After Dark’ gala and benefit, Aug. 10
Press release: Craft After Dark Gala After Party at The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design Thursday, August 10, 2017 8-10 pm (following the reception and dinner honoring Stoney Lamar) $50 (artists and young professionals), $100 (general admission) Crash the gala! Following a dinner in honor of artist and board member Stoney Lamar, The Center […]
Asheville Art Museum receives an NEA grant to support reinstallation of its permanent collection
Press release: The Asheville Art Museum has received a $20,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in support of the reinstallation of its Permanent Collection in the Museum’s renovated building, scheduled to open in late 2018. The Permanent Collection installation and first catalogue of the Museum’s Permanent Collection will consider multiple and […]
John C. Campbell Folk School and Penland School of Crafts name new directors
It was announced last month that John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown had selected Jerry Jackson as its new executive director. And this week, Penland School of Crafts in Penland named Maria “Mia” Hall as its next director.
NC Stage hosts free Meisner Acting Technique presentation, July 26
Press release: Meisner Acting Technique Presentation & Scenes with Kelley Hinman Wednesday July 26, 2017, 7:00pm – 8:30pm at NC Stage Kelley Hinman (AEA, SAG-AFTRA), former student of legendary Sanford Meisner and certified teacher of Meisner technique, will be at NC Stage on July 26, 2017 from 7:00pm – 8:30pm to showcase scenes from his […]
Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands celebrates 70 years
The biannual event returns to the U.S. Cellular Center Friday, July 21, to Sunday, July 23.
Single premiere: “Chloroform Pillow” by Tam Tsu
Tam Tsu holds an album release show at The Mothlight on Thursday, Aug. 3, with House and Land and Nathan Olson.
Performance and artist talk with Make Noise at BMCM+AC, July 21
Press release: Performance + Artist Talk with Make Noise Friday, July 21 7 pm – Free Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center 69 Broadway, Asheville, NC “We want our instruments to be an experience, one that will require us to change our trajectories and thereby impact the way we understand and imagine sound.” Make […]
“Celebrating Middle School Success” art exhibition at UNC Asheville
Press release: During the month of July, UNC Asheville is hosting the annual Celebrating Middle School Success exhibition in the Karpen Hall lobby, featuring works of art by some 40 students from area schools. The exhibition is free and open to the public, weekdays from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. A reception with the artists, hosted by […]
Our Vanishing Americana event in Saluda, July 21
Press release: Someone once said, “If you start forgetting how things began, you stop beginning things.” With un-daunting energy and perseverance, Mike Lassiter spent six years traveling across the state of North Carolina, looking for the lifeblood of small towns, community icons and historic businesses—the beginnings of Tar Heel commerce, livelihoods, family enterprises. At first […]
Summer book club and meet the author opportunity for rising 6th-12th graders
Press release: Calling all rising 6th-12th graders (and their parents)! Biltmore Lake is hosting a summer book club opportunity : read 1,2 or all 3 books in the Charlie Dead series, attend 1 or 2 book club meetings, and meet the author Geoff Camphire at the third, for questions and autographs! The series just won […]
Penland School of Crafts holds its annual benefit auction, Aug. 11 and 12
Press release: The Penland School of Crafts 32nd Annual Benefit Auction will take place on August 11 and 12 on the historic Penland campus, north of Asheville. The gala weekend event includes live and silent auctions, food, receptions at the Penland Gallery and the studios of Penland’s resident artists, and displays of work donated by […]
The WCU Bardo Arts Center announces its 2017-2018 season
Press release: The WCU PRESENTS performance series, previously known as Galaxy of Stars brings professional artists from around the world to the Bardo Arts Center performance hall. Season Subscriptions and Multi-Pass Ticket Packs are now available to the public; single tickets will become available August 1. Season Subscriptions and Multi-Pass Ticket Packs are now available […]
Hobo Quilt dedicated to the Saluda Historic Depot
Press release: Saluda volunteers quilted a Hobo Quilt in dedication to the “hobos” who lived along and traversed the nation’s railroads in trying times in America. This group presented the quilt to the board of the Saluda Historic Depot to be displayed along with other railroad artifacts and historical displays. Along with the quilt, the […]
Showcase spotlights local drag kings
Kingdom: A Drag King Showcase at Boiler Room in the Grove House, was intended to run as a sort of open mic, but after the inaugural show, organizer Viktor Grimm Couture was inundated with calls. He has already booked his twice-monthly events several dates in advance. Upcoming installations of Kingdom take place on Saturdays, July 8 and 22.
Swannanoa Gathering announces summer concerts
Press release: The campus of Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa serves as the home for the college’s program in continuing education, the Swannanoa Gathering, a series of week-long workshops in the folk arts, which draws students from as far away as Japan, Australia, France and Hong Kong to take classes in everything from fiddle to […]
Jerry Jacover presents ‘Murdoch’s Curse’ to benefit the Barn Alliance, July 17
Press release: Good friend and member of the Appalachian Barn Alliance, Jerry Jacover, has offered to do a FREE Book Talk about his novel– Murdoch’s Curse—A Saga of western North Carolina—to benefit the ABA. Join us on Monday, July 17 at 7pm at The Depot in downtown Marshall. After hearing about Jerry’s process in writing […]