The Asheville Area Arts Council will hold the Turquoise Ball, a fundraiser for local arts programming, on Saturday, Aug. 27.
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The Asheville Area Arts Council will hold the Turquoise Ball, a fundraiser for local arts programming, on Saturday, Aug. 27.
No shame in starting the weekend early. You just finished off a weekend, and it was nice, right? So take a cue from your relaxed state and kick off this coming weekend on Thursday. July 21 has a number of entertainment options (a hip-hop show, The Devil Makes Three and Angela Faye Martin — seen here) worthy of your careful consideration.
Steve Martin and Asheville’s The Steep Canyon Rangers performed on the annual PBS celebration, A Capitol Fourth. Watch the video and get a preview of that the musicians will bring to the Mountain Song Festival in Brevard this September.
While the night did not go off without a hitch (missing band members, a small crowd) both acts played their hearts out.
DTA5, held on Lexington Ave. on the third Friday of each warm-weather month, offers not just eclectic music but eclectic personal style of every ilk.
Boudi in a floral dress, tall boots and a brown beret with a sparkly brooch. On Haywood St.
Part Broadway musical, part Dr. Seuss send up, Seussical is on stage at Parkway Playhouse Thursday, July 28-Saturday, Aug. 6.
Alligator Indian performs a free show at Fred’s Speakeasy. Saturday, July 16. 10 p.m., free.
Courtney and Evie at Woolworth Walk
Hoop Jams take place in Pritchard Park every Tuesday evening during the summer months.
You know how there are some days in Asheville where everything seems to happen at once, and even if you gave it your very best college try, you couldn’t possibly cram it all in to one 24-hour period of time? Well Saturday, July 16 is one of those days. Here, to make your time management next to impossible, are five events worth shoe-horning into your schedule (including The Black Rabbits, seen here, who’ll play Westville Pub).
One thing that Los Angeles-based electronic trio The Glitch Mob can do that an analog band can't do is switch parts mid-song. "We can change instruments throughout the set," says Justin Boreta. "Everything is very flexible. Say, in this song I'm going to play a synthesizer and then a keyboard and then the bass line […]
On Friday, July 8, the Psychedelic Furs performed the whole of 1981’s Talk Talk Talk along with a set-worth of career hits in a show that felt nostalgic but not dated. Photos by Shaun Hollingsworth.
Members of local steampunk group S.P.A.T.S. posed for photos outside the Wedge Brewery.
Justin Boreta from L.A.-based The Glitch Mob talks about why the electronic trio loves playing Asheville, how the group chooses what to play live and what to automate, and how attitudes are changing when it comes to electronic versus analog music.
A flowered romper and sundress, modeled in Chicken Alley.
A coin-embellished headscarf and bead necklaces. Seen on Lexington Ave.
Jade in a thrifted skull scarf, black knit shift with zipper details and hand-tooled leather bag.
From retro cool to modern pop, Deep River plays classic country.
You may know The Psychedelic Furs as a seminal post-punk ‘80s band. You may recall their brooding British sound, falling just on the edgy side of pop, strangely at odds with the angsty teen romance of Pretty in Pink, (although it was the Furs' song of the same name that scored the 1986 John Hughes […]
A trio of weekend-casual outfits. It’s the cut-off Miami Dolphins t-shirt, turquoise jorts and yellow belt that makes the shot.