PRESS RELEASE FROM THE SWANNANOA GATHERING: • Traditional Song Week Concert I – Monday, July 4 • Traditional Song Week Concert II – Wednesday, July 6 • Old-Time Week Concert I – Monday, July 18 • Old-Time Week Concert II – Wednesday, July 20 • Fiddle/Mando & Banjo Weeks Concert I – Monday, August 1 […]
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Anam Cara’s Accordion Time Machine presents “Hang Ten,” July 15 and 16
PRESS RELEASE FROM ANAM CARA: ANAM CARA THEATRE CO.’s ACCORDION TIME MACHINE Presents HANG TEN 7/15 and 7/16 @ TOY BOAT COMMUNITY ART SPACE Accordion Time Machine, Anam Cara’s Experimental Theatre Ensemble, presents “Hang Ten” Friday, July 15 AND Saturday, July 16, 2016 at 8:00pm Toy Boat Community Art Space 101 Fairview Rd. Asheville, NC […]
Local musician Penny White receives Parent’s Choice Award
PRESS RELEASE FROM ASHEVILLE JCC: For 35 years Penny White has worked at the Asheville Jewish Community Center, first as the Children and Family Programs Director and most recently as the music specialist. Penny has released a CD with many of the songs popular at her weekly sing-alongs for young children. Shabbat Shindig with Penny […]
Fian Arroyo and Joe Burleson show work at first exhibition in new AAAC space, July 1
PRESS RELEASE FROM EVENT ORGANIZERS: Two Roads One Vision The Works of Fian Arroyo & Joe Burleson Art Opening at the Asheville Area Arts Council Friday, July 1st at 5pm 207 Coxe Avenue, Asheville, NC Fian Arroyo has been creating award-winning illustrations and character designs for many Fortune-500 companies including advertising, editorial, corporate, toy & […]
Green Energy Park hosts beginning bladesmithing class Aug. 6 and 7
PRESS RELEASE FROM GREEN ENERGY PARK: Beginning Bladesmithing Class with Brock Martin from WarFire Forge Saturday, August 6th and Sunday, August 7th, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm (12 hours total) Cost $215 (materials included), due at registration What to Expect: Participants will begin by making a simple butter knife from mild steel in order to […]
Parkway Playhouse’s teen-improv comedy troupe performs “Get the Hook” June 24 and 25
PRESS RELEASE FROM PARKWAY PLAYHOUSE: Parkway Playhouse’s teen-improv comedy troupe, “Get the Hook” will perform on June 24 and 25 at Parkway Playhouse at 7:30pm. Tickets are $5.00 and are available at the door. Get The Hook is a Vaudville term for when a look shepherd’s crook was used to yank performers offstage in the […]
Asheville Gallery of Art invites area artists to submit work
PRESS RELEASE FROM ASHEVILLE GALLERY OF ART: The Asheville Gallery of Art, in its exciting new and expanded venue at 82 Patton Avenue in Asheville, invites area artists to apply for membership. The Asheville Gallery of Art (AGA) is an artists’ cooperative which exhibits original, two-dimensional works by thirty-one member artists. Interested artists should obtain […]
Jerry Pope publishes an adult coloring book of Beacon Blanket Mill designs
PRESS RELEASE FROM JERRY POPE: Add a local twist to the adult coloring book craze that’s sweeping Amazon and the world. Jerald Pope has created a 24 page coloring book of super-intricate patterns based on the original Beacon blankets woven at the world famous Beacon Blanket Mill. The Beacon Blanket Mill, located in Swannanoa, NC, […]
Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center hosts M.C. Richards exhibit and events
PRESS RELEASE FROM BMCM+AC: Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center (BMCM+AC) presents the exhibition M.C. Richards, Centering: Life + Art – 100 Years. The exhibition will run from June 3 – August 20, 2016, with a free opening reception on June 3 from 5:30 – 8:00pm. There will be a digital catalog accompanying the […]
Sunset Motel exhibit opens at Push Gallery, June 24
PRESS RELEASE FROM PUSH GALLERY: Reception June, 24 6-10pm Push Gallery, Asheville Brock Forrer & Ally Alsup “Sunset Motel” marks the 3rd exhibition by artist couple and collaborators, Brock Forrer and Ally Alsup. Since moving to North Carolina from Alaska a year ago, Alsup and Forrer have changed their medium and direction from printmaking and […]
Flat Rock Playhouse debuts two new Carl Sandburg plays
PRESS RELEASE FROM FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE: Look out Connemara, there’s a new kid in town. Two new kids to be exact! In celebration of the 2016 Centennial of the National Park Service, Flat Rock Playhouse announced today plans to debut two original works to be performed by the Flat Rock Playhouse 2016 Apprentice Company during […]
World War II veteran Paul Willis shares poetry at Malaprop’s, June 25
The Canton resident has been writing poetry and prose for 60 of his 95 years.
Asheville on Bikes hosts the Summer Cycle, June 26
PRESS RELEASE FROM ASHEVILLE ON BIKES: Asheville on Bikes (AoB) presents the tenth annual Summer Cycle on Sunday, June 26th. The summer social ride begins at Second Gear on Haywood Rd in West Asheville, rolls through a variety of neighborhood streets before connecting to Hominy Creek and French Broad greenways and culminates at Kolo Bike […]
Robin Russell Gaiser shares her new book, Musical Morphine
Gaiser hosts a book release celebration, with a reading and musical performance, at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place, on Sunday, June 19.
Theater review: Sideshow by Dark Horse Theatre
Though there’s a carnival theme to Sideshow, the new production by Dark Horse Theatre, onstage at N.C. Stage Company, it’s not intended for children. The series of vignettes, each interpreting one of the seven deadly sins, is dark and disturbing.
Gregory Alan Isakov tours symphony-inspired songs
Gregory Alan Isakov will perform at The Orange Peel on Saturday, June 18 with The Ghost Orchestra, his eight-piece band including members of the Colorado Symphony and the Fort Collins Orchestra.
Jim Arrendell and The Cheap Suits perform at Sundays Live@Aloft, June 26
PRESS RELEASE FROM ALOFT ASHEVILLE DOWNTOWN: With the best rooftop venue in town, Aloft Asheville Downtown will host its next Sundays Live@Aloft event on June 26th from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. featuring Jim Arrendell and The Cheap Suits, a soul-driven dance party band that features one of the best three-piece rhythm sections in Asheville. […]
Local country band Deep River performs at Isis on July 3
PRESS RELEASE FROM DEEP RIVER: After 23 years of performing in Nashville and Asheville Deep River will finally get to bring its unique recipe for Southern country music ‘stew’ including covers and originals flavored with rock, blues, Cajun, folk and bluegrass so you can swing, two-step, shag or clog the night away at Isis Restaurant […]
Blacksmithing classes offered at Jackson County Green Energy Park, July 16 and 17
PRESS RELEASE FROM JACKSON COUNTY GREEN ENERGY PARK: Blacksmithing Fundamentals Class with Brock Martin from WarFire Forge Saturday, July 16th and Sunday, July 17th, 9:00am – 2:00pm (10 hours total) Cost $175 (materials included), due at registration What to Expect: This course is designed to introduce students to the art of blacksmithing. Fundamental techniques that […]
Asheville Art Museum Gala celebrates What’s NEXT, June 18
PRESS RELEASE FROM ASHEVILLE ART MUSEUM: The Asheville Art Museum is busy getting ready for NEXT, its annual benefit gala this Saturday June 18 at the Renaissance Hotel in Asheville. It’s an especially exciting time for the Museum as it undergoes construction to create the new Asheville Art Museum. During construction the Museum will be […]
Brevard and Transylvania County Arts & Culture Celebration, June 24–July 4
PRESS RELEASE FROM TC ARTS COUNCIL: The Transylvania Community Arts Council invites everyone to come out to Brevard and Transylvania County to enjoy Arts & Culture Celebration 2016 from June 24 – July 4. Tammy Hopkins, Executive Director of the TC Arts Council said, “This is a celebration of all ARTS in Brevard and Transylvania […]