Real good for free (or cheap): Clothing

Posted on August 4, 2010August 4, 2010 by Alli Marshall

Tips to find free, cheap and discount clothing around Asheville. Have more ideas? Please add them in the comment field.

Style at the of Montreal concert

Posted on August 4, 2010June 20, 2014 by Alli Marshall

Athens, Georgia-based of Montreal recently played The Orange Peel and their fans dressed for the occasion. Photos by Halima Flynt.

Parking lot

Posted on August 4, 2010June 20, 2014 by Alli Marshall

This weekend on a shoestring

Posted on August 4, 2010August 4, 2010 by Alli Marshall

This weekend brings art (Friday is the Downtown Art Walk in Asheville), a great book sale and lots of music. Know of more events that are $5 or less to attend? Please add them in the comments field.

Flat-footing and fist-pumping

Posted on August 3, 2010August 3, 2010 by Alli Marshall

Even with their acoustic instruments (banjo, mandolin, guitars and a standup bass) and distinctly mountain sound, local bluegrass act Sanctum Sully feels right at home opening for jam/funk band Kung Fu Dynamite. Their grass is blue(ish): Asheville’s Sanctum Sully sounds “a little different than Tony Rice.” Photo By Briana Brough Photography "People are a lot […]

Waiting on Patton Ave.

Posted on August 3, 2010June 20, 2014 by Alli Marshall

For those about to rock

Posted on August 2, 2010August 2, 2010 by Alli Marshall

So you didn’t get tickets to The Black Keys. They swing through Asheville fairly often, and this fall brings a surprising number of rock shows sure to leave your eardrums begging for mercy. Here’s a sampling, from indie and punk to Southern rock and experimental.

Parasol

Posted on August 2, 2010June 20, 2014 by Alli Marshall

Luke J-Walker, Ivy and Charlotte stroll down Haywood Street.

Blue Ridge Rollergirls return to the Asheville Civic Center

Posted on July 31, 2010July 31, 2010 by Alli Marshall

The local roller derby team goes up against the Texas Hell Marys on Saturday, July 31.

Hanson fans

Posted on July 30, 2010June 20, 2014 by Alli Marshall

Best Of Asheville Vaudeville

Posted on July 29, 2010July 29, 2010 by Alli Marshall

**UPDATE: This event has been postponed until October. Check back for a confirmed date.**
Asheville Vaudeville’s BEST OF Asheville Vaudeville! Variety show and MANNA Food Bank Benefit takes place Friday, Aug. 6 at Club 828.

Garrison Keillor’s Summer of Love in Brevard

Posted on July 28, 2010July 28, 2010 by Alli Marshall

A Prairie Home Companion brings its A Summer Love Tour to the Brevard Music Center on Saturday, August 14.

This weekend on a shoestring

Posted on July 28, 2010July 28, 2010 by Alli Marshall

This weekend brings art openings, CD releases and reading events. Lots to do, tiny little cover charge.

“We’re calling it Middle Eastern Kentucky”

Posted on July 27, 2010July 27, 2010 by Alli Marshall

"This could really be a Ricky Skaggs odyssey," the musician tells Xpress by phone. Skaggs (who started his career as an elementary-schooler when bluegrass legend Bill Monroe called him up on stage and placed his own mandolin around Skaggs' neck) could classify most of his half-century in music as an odyssey. He was still a […]

Events at the Thomas Wolfe Memorial

Posted on July 27, 2010July 27, 2010 by Alli Marshall

The final installment of the NC Deptartment of Cultural Resource’s statewide arts and cultural heritage program, 2nd Saturdays, takes place Saturday, Aug. 14, and a display about sewing and clothing is currently on exhibit.