The prom is a thing of legend, of dreams and anxiety, of hopes and fears, of soaring triumph and abject despair. And movies. So many teen movies. With all that drama in store, why would anyone want to miss out? Eblen Charities doesn’t think that anyone should — which is what Operation Prom Dress is […]
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Big Love Fest seeks vendors + the lineup is announced
Bands include Kovacs and the Polar Bear, Floating Action, Pleasure Chest and the Decent Lovers. Vendor applications are accepted until March 22.
Juggling, pythons and motorized scooters
Asheville's punk scene may be underground (if it were mainstream, it wouldn't be punk, right?) but it's also vibrant and busy. Looking for a punk show? Check out the Asheville Punk Rock Community Networking Machine (http://ashcomcal.blogspot.com), which boasts a monthly calendar of shows and includes not just music but art openings and spoken work events. […]
Smart bets web extra: Taylor Martin’s Engine with The Whiskey Grins
Two bands, one night, one tiny ticket price of $5. Or you can win a pair of tickets from Xpress.
Local artist Adrienne van Dooren will show work at the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival
Local art enthusiast Roya June writes, “Adrienne van Dooren won 1st place in Asheville’s 7th Annual Creative Arts Show and Competition last Thursday. Her entry will now go forward to the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival in Boston, MA October 8-15. Her winning entry, “A Ribbon of Hope,” is shown here. “The timing of the […]
The life aquatic
Asheville’s Doc Aquatic has been hard at work on a next album. But you don’t have to wait for that to come out to see them live. You can hear them on the “New Weird Asheville” compilation (free download) and they open for The Hill and Wood at Grey Eagle on Thursday, March 8.
Wardrobe department
Mark your calendar: Asheville Community Theatre holds a costume sale on March 17. Photo by Ewa Skowska.
Smart bets web extra: Weekend Cult
San Francisco-by-way-of-Asheville hip-hop group Fist Fam drops a new LP, and gets ready to head back east.
Time to get creative
Asheville’s second Creative Sector Summit will be held on Thursday, March 29.
Playing her own party
Stephaniesid’s birthday show is on Saturday. Xpress will give away a pair of tickets. Photo by Michael Oppenheim.
New exhibit of drawings and installations opens at UNCA’s Tucker Gallery on Friday
“Now but Not Yet,” a collection of new work by Dona Barnett, a senior at UNC-Asheville, will be on display from Friday, March 2 through Tuesday, March 20 in the S. Tucker Cooke Gallery in UNCA’s Owen Hall. An opening reception takes place this Friday, March 2, 6-8 p.m. in the gallery. Says a press […]
IndieGoGo for Bob Moog’s SoundSchool
Help the Moog Foundation meet its fundraising goal and enter to win a Moog Voyager. (Photo from stateofthereunion.com.)
Asheville Earth Day Photo Contest
The festival takes place Saturday, April 21 in downtown Asheville. Get in the Earth Day mood by uploading your photos. Six winning entries will be featured in Xpress and will win VIP passes to the festival. (Photo of the first Earth Day in 1970 from www.earthday.org.)
Zee Avi hearts Asheville
The singer-songwriter performed to a full house at Jack of the Wood last night. Click through for videos.
No additives or preservatives
The way that Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Christopher Paul Stelling tells it, Asheville is really where his career began. He worked at Greenlife, lived near Asheville Pizza Company and eventually traded in all of his musical equipment for a nylon-stringed Gibson classical guitar. He credits losing a job in 2008 with propelling him toward his destiny, "because […]
The Ghost Wolves: rock ‘n roll in black ‘n white
The Austin-based blues-rock duo talked to Xpress before their Jack of the Wood show last weekend. Click through for the video.
Smart bets web extra: Michael Burks
The Little Rock, Ark.-based bluesman plays Pisgah Brewing this week. Xpress will give away tickets.
Interview with Sara Benincasa
Xpress talked to the comedian and author before her Malaprop’s event last week. Click through for the video.
Grateful Steps Short Story Contest
Local small press Grateful Steps is currently accepting entries for its first annual short story contest. According to a press release, “The contest winner will receive $300, and ten finalists will have their entries included in an e-book anthology to be published by Grateful Steps.” The deadline for entries is midnight on Monday, April 30; […]
Smart bets web extra: The Black Lillies
The Knoxville-based Americana band plays the Altamont Theatre on Saturday, March 3.
Zee Avi, in her own words
The Malaysian-born singer-songwriter talks to Xpress about how travel impacts her songwriting, what her next album might sound like, and what it’s like to be on the Brushfire recording label. She plays at Jack of the Wood on Monday, Feb. 27. Click through for the podcast.