PRESS RELEASE FROM EVENT ORGANIZERS: Buncombe County Chautauqua 2016 American Adventures June 20-23 at 7pm Nightly A-B Tech – Ferguson Auditorium American Adventures will be held June 20-23 in Ferguson Auditorium at A-B Tech in Asheville. This year’s Buncombe County Chautauqua will present some wildly courageous and adventurous characters. The Save Our Buncombe Chautauqua Committee […]
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Oxford American launches its summer issue in Asheville, June 4
Oxford American editor Eliza Borné and others (such as Western North Carolina writer and OA contributor Jeremy B. Jones) will appear at an Asheville-based launched for that summer issue at Downtown Books & News.
Matthew Quick presents his new YA novel, Every Exquisite Thing, at Malaprop’s
“When you write about mental health, you want to start conversations [that are] helpful in the community,” Matthew Quick says. “But where does your responsibility as a writer end?” The author returns to Malaprop’s on Saturday, June 4.
Memorial Day concert and ceremony in Pack Square Park, May 30
PRESS RELEASE FROM CITY OF ASHEVILLE: The City of Asheville Mayor’s Committee for Veterans Affairs will host the annual Memorial Day Concert and Ceremony on the Roger McGuire Green stage in Pack Square Park starting at 2:30 p.m. Monday, May 30, 2016. Featured will be the award winning Fort Bragg North Carolina Ground Forces Band […]
Pulitzer Prize nominee David George Haskell will appear at Carolina Mountains Literary Festival
PRESS RELEASE FROM CAROLINA LITERARY FESTIVAL: As part of the North Carolina Humanities Council Pulitzer Initiative, the Carolina Mountains Literary festival welcomes David George Haskell, Pulitzer Prize nominee for his book The Forest Unseen. The annual festival is held in Burnsville September 8-10, 2016. Haskell’s appearance is made possible by The North Carolina Humanities Council […]
Lex 18 hosts Moulin Rouge-themed shows
PRESS RELEASE FROM LEX 18: Sunday, June 12, and Wednesday, June 29 Limited to 20 persons per show 6:00pm seating 7:45pm seating Price per person: $55.00 Gratuity and 7.25% tax are additional and presented on site Includes: Three course dinner, bottle of wine from our select French wines (1 bottle per couple), dinner show. Tickets […]
Free Range Asheville bring Daniel Pujol to Ole Shakey’s, June 4
PRESS RELEASE FROM FREE RANGE ASHEVILLE: June 4, 2016 Pujol Ole Shakey’s 7pm – $5 at the door / 21+ 790 Riverside Dr Asheville, NC 28801 FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/557328771125486/ “Nashville artist Daniel Pujol has built a reputation for engaging classic issues and contemporary ideas in a thoughtful, nuanced way rarely seen in rock’n’roll.” – Sobotka […]
Live taping of the Sick of Stupid Comedy Tour, June 25
PRESS RELEASE FROM FUNNY BUSINESS AT THE MILLROOM: On Saturday, June 25th, Funny Business at the Millroom presents the Sick of Stupid Comedy Tour featuring Tom Simmons, Stewart Huff and Cliff Cash. Sick of Stupid promises to give audiences an intelligent, comedic look at all things Southern. Sick of Stupid Comedy Tour Standup Comics Tom […]
Oxford American holds summer issue launch party at Downtown Books & News, June 4
Little Rock, Ark.-based literary magazine Oxford American holds a launch party for its summer issue at Downtown Books & News on Saturday, June 4. The event features local author and Oxford American contributor Jeremy B. Jones, banjo player Joe Sundrell and Oxford American editor Eliza Borné — the magazine’s first female editor in its 25 […]
Exhibition “Perceptions the Black Male: images of Dignity” opens June 3 at Pink Dog
PRESS RELEASE FROM EVENT ORGANIZERS: Perceptions the Black Male: Images of Dignity This body of work was inspired by the need to present a counter perception to the continuous seemingly collective negative perceptions of black males in the United States. We believe that now is an important and opportune time to address the various perceptions […]
Anam Cara Theatre Co. holds auditions for “American Cream”
PRESS RELEASE FROM ANAM CARA: ANAM CARA THEATRE COMPANY seeks actors for American Cream Compiled, distilled and rendered by Zach Trebino Directed by Rachel Thomas-Levy May 26, 6-9pm at Toy Boat Community Art Space (101 Fairview Rd.) May 27, 3pm-5pm at Colourfield (54 Ravenscroft Dr.) Possible callbacks May 27, 8pm-10pm at Colourfield ABOUT AUDITIONS: Anam […]
Anti-folk duo Paleface returns to Asheville
Paleface, the singer-songwriter who fronts a duo of the same name, has been working on a followup to the band’s 2011 release, One Big Party. The band will play some of that new material at Jack of the Wood on Friday, May 27.
Technique for Butoh dance six-week session
PRESS RELEASE FROM EVENT ORGANIZERS: What: A TECHNIQUE FOR BUTOH DANCE 6 – Week Session Who: Taught by Julie Becton Gillum email: jbgbutoh@gmail.com website: www.ashevillebutoh.com When: Monday Evenings, 6:30 – 8:30 PM, June 13, 20, 27, July 11, 18, 25 Where: French Broad Studios 475 Fletcher Martin Road, Alexander, NC 28701 Cost: $100 for entire […]
Art in Bloom opens May 27
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE STUDIOS AT FLAT ROCK: Nature and art have been entwined this spring in a creative dance of beauty for the first annual Art in Bloom show opening this weekend at The Studios at Flat Rock. After winning an all-medium competition in April, members of the Ikenobo Ikebana Society, practitioners of the […]
Old Town Swannanoa Tour with Bill Alexander, June 4
PRESS RELEASE FROM SWANNANOA VALLEY MUSEUM: The Swannanoa Valley Museum hosts a stand-alone tour led by always-entertaining (and mostly-truth-telling) guide, Bill Alexander. The tour will explore the area that was once part of the mill town that surrounded Beacon Manufacturing in downtown Swannanoa. More Details: Swannanoa remained primarily a rural, farming community until the late […]
Anam Cara holds free summer theater classes for teens
PRESS RELEASE FROM ANAM CARA: ANAM CARA THEATRE COMPANY announces Free Summer Theatre Classes for Teens! WHO: Performers ages 13-18 WHEN: Saturdays June 18-September 3, 2016 @ 1-4 PM WHERE: School for Creativity and Invention (near downtown Asheville) HOW TO GET INVOLVED: AUDITIONS Wednesday, May 25 @ 4 PM Saturday, May 28 @ 10 AM […]
Barbara Bates Smith performance launches OLLI Appalachian Summer Theater series, June 19
PRESS RELEASE FROM UNC ASHEVILLE: The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at UNC Asheville presents the Appalachian Summer Theater Series at the Reuter Center on campus, with 2 p.m. Sunday performances on June 19, July 31 and Aug. 7. June 19 – Barbara Bates Smith begins the series with her monodrama Ivy Rowe, adapted by […]
Grateful Steps hold a fine art silent auction fundraiser
PRESS RELEASE FROM GRATEFUL STEPS: Grateful Steps, Asheville’s nonprofit publisher has launched a very promising fundraiser. The event is underway and extends to June 15 at Grateful Steps. Many of us have nicely framed or frameable prints or other works of art we no longer display in our homes. They may be in a closet, […]
Window (re/production | re/presentation) exhibition recepetion June 3
PRESS RELEASE FROM EVENT ORGANIZERS: Window (re/production | re/presentation) is pleased to announce an off-site exhibition, a thing re | sembling a win • dow, opening Friday, May 20th at The Asheville Area Arts Council in the Grove Arcade. A public reception will be held on Friday, June 3rd from 5 to 8 p.m., with […]
UNC Asheville announces Concerts on the Quad series lineup
PRESS RELEASE FROM UNC ASHEVILLE: UNC Asheville’s Concerts on the Quad will return this summer with four free Monday evening shows, ranging from folk, bluegrass and country, to soul, funk, rock, Latin and jazz. The free concerts take place June 20 and 27, and July 11 and 18, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on the […]
VIDEO: Eric Congdon performs “Huckleberry”
The song is a tribute to Jerry Reed.