Zombie poetry cabaret fundraiser, June 11

Press release: Sunday, June 11, 4pm Zombies invade the Altamont Theater for a zombie cabaret fundraiser. Tickets available at www.ZombieCabaret.US Asheville’s Poetry Cabaret Collective has been accepted into the prestigious Capital Fringe Festival and our cast needs money for food, gas, and lodging. We’re taking our cultural resistance to Washington DC and we need your […]

Youth OutRight hosts Rainbow Galaxy Prom, June 3

Press release: Youth OutRight’s annual prom will be held Saturday June 3 starting at 7:00 PM at the Doubletree Biltmore Hotel. This year’s “Rainbow Galaxy Prom” promises to be a stellar event, with Rainbow Galaxy-themed decorations, refreshments, a photobooth by Asheville Strike-A-Pose, and music by DJ Devan. The event invites youth to bring their preferred […]

WORD! Poetry Show with Caleb Beissert and Justin Blackburn at Pack Library, June 8

Press release: David Joe Miller Presents WORD! A Celebration of Contemporary Poetry by two of Asheville’s most loved performance poets, Caleb Beissert and Justin Blackburn! Thursday evening, June 8th at 7pm. Doors open at 6:30 for this FREE show sponsored by the Friends of the Buncombe County Library and David Joe Miller. Caleb Beissert is […]

Brie Capone named winner of the LEAF Singer-Songwriter Competition, presented by NewSong Music

Press release: Folk-soul artist Brie Capone has been named the winner of the fourth annual LEAF Singer-Songwriter Competition, presented by NewSong Music. Capone and eight other singer-songwriter solo and duo acts were selected from more than 400 entries to this year’s contest. Other finalists were Andy Palmer from Denver, CO; Beth Snapp from Kingsport, TN; […]

Comedians Dave Waite and Grant Lyon at the Grey Eagle, June 3

Press release: On Saturday, June 3rd at 8:00pm, Funny Business at the Grey Eagle presents a special show featuring two nationally touring comedy headliners Dave Waite and Grant Lyon. Waite and Lyon headline comedy clubs all across the United States and are both LA-based roommates. Dave Waite Los Angeles-based comedian Dave Waite is a charismatic […]

Collaborative project between Open Hearts Art Center and ACDT at BeBe Theatre, June 8-10

Press release: A new work of dance starring Open Hearts Art Center (OHAC) participants and Asheville Contemporary Dance Theater (ACDT) will take the stage of the BeBe Theatre on June 8, 9, and 10. OHAC and ACDT are in the process of conducting 30 weeks of one hour rehearsals to collaboratively develop and refine the […]

Youth poets take part in “Rethink Highschool” event at NC Stage, May 23

Press release: Young Poets Engage America to Rethink High School HomeWord Youth Poetry, Youth Speaks, and XQ Institute Partner in National Town Halls with Spoken Word Poets TOWN HALL: NORTH CAROLINA STAGE COMPANY MAY 23, 2017 at 7:00 P.M. On Tuesday, May 23, 2017​, ​HomeWord Youth Poetry​,an Asheville-based youth spoken word organization, will partner with […]

Theater review: ‘Malverse’ explores race relations at The Magnetic Theatre

The show, onstage at The Magnetic Theatre through Saturday, June 3, deals with a white couple who’ve settled in a predominantly black neighborhood in hopes that, as the area gentrifies, their investment will pay off handsomely. But in this play, systemic racism plays out not through dreams deferred as much as through nightmares, real and imagined.

Mica craft gallery opens “Works in Black and White – Members & Friends” exhibition, May 27-July 24

Press release: Mica, the contemporary craft cooperative gallery in Bakersville, NC, invites you to our current exhibit entitled “Works in Black and White – Members & Friends”, that runs from May 27 to July 24, 2017. We will keep our doors open until 8 pm, and offer light refreshments on the first evening of this […]