PRESS RELEASE FROM NCWN: Registration is now open for the North Carolina Writers’ Network 2016 Squire Summer Writing Residency, June 23-26, at Queens University of Charlotte. The Squire Summer Writing Residency offers an intensive course in a chosen genre (fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry), with ten hour-and-a-half sessions over the four days of the program. Registrants […]
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NYS3 holds acting workshops June 13-17
PRESS RELEASE FROM NYS3: In advance of the 2016 Summer Intensive school semester, NYS3 – The Meisner Acting Conservatory for the Southeast, is hosting a week of professional workshops from June 13-17. Eleven workshops are open to the public and available to anyone –for the serious acting veteran looking to hone their craft, to the […]
Fashion, food and fundraising
The Pizza PanDemonium (now in its second year) offers pizza, beer, music and fashion, all while benefitting The Appalachian Angels and Eblen Charities.
Sound Track: “A White Light that Sings” by The Moon and You
Husband-and-wife musicians Ryan Furstenberg (vocals and guitar) and Melissa Hyman (vocals and cello), blend their voices and instruments and ideas into a comprehensive work.
Quiltmaking workshop at Asheville Art Museum, June 4 and 5
PRESS RELEASE FROM ASHEVILLE ART MUSEUM: The Asheville Art Museum is pleased to present ‘A Community Quilt,’ a weekend group quiltmaking workshop. In this intensive group experience, participants will explore the quiltmaking process using simple sewing tools, improvisational techniques and diverse fabrics. Together, the group will create a bed-sized quilt while learning hand-piecing, straight and […]
Flat Rock Playhouse presents The Music of The Eagles
PRESS RELEASE FROM FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE: Flat Rock Playhouse will resume its 2016 Music on the Rock concert series with The Music of The Eagles on May 12th at the Playhouse Downtown. This highly requested tribute will feature such hits as Hotel California, Witchy Woman, Take It to the Limit, Desperado and many others. Formed […]
Great Smokies Writing Program announces summer workshops
PRESS RELEASE FROM UNC ASHEVILLE: Great Smokies Writing Program Announces Summer 2016 Workshops Local writers will have the opportunity to hone their skills with UNC Asheville’s Great Smokies Writing Program (GSWP) workshops in fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry. These five-week classes are offered in the afternoon and evening in Asheville and Burnsville. Class size is […]
Country Night returns to The Mothlight
PRESS RELEASE FROM HEARTS GONE SOUTH: Country Night at The Mothlight is through with its winter hiatus and is back with bells on for the Spring. This popular dance and game night is changing things up this year and is moving from a monthly line up to a quarterly rotation. Showcases will happen this coming […]
CCCD’s Made in WNC exhibit will be on display at WantedDesign Brooklyn
PRESS RELEASE: This week, The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design (CCCD) will bring Made in Western North Carolina (WNC) to WantedDesign Brooklyn May 7 – 17, 2016, an opportunity made possible by the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority (BCTDA). The exhibition will be held during NYCxDESIGN, New York City’s official annual citywide celebration of […]
RiverMusic season launches with Greyhounds
Andrew Trube and Anthony Farrell have performed together for a decade and a half. They call themselves a “junkyard band,” but what the duo (sometimes a trio with versatile drummer Anthony Cole) plays is a soul flavored by blues, funk, rock and psychedelia.
Joseph Sobol Presents “Jack and the Least Gal: A Fantasia of Appalachian Wonder Tales” at The Vanishing Wheelchair Little Theatre
PRESS RELEASE: On May 28 at 6:30 p.m., enter the phantasmagorical world of Jack, the Appalachian wonder tale hero – and his feminine counterpart the Least Gal – in an evening of intertwining folk tales and songs, a delightfully original take on the Appalachian storytelling tradition as told by Joseph Sobol. The enchanting evening will […]
Top Of The Grade concert series in Saluda launches May 13
PRESS RELEASE: The Top Of The Grade Concerts In McCreery Park open their fourth summer season on May 13 with Dog Whistle. Bringing their considerable talents and musical experience to songs by artists like Hank Snow, The Louvin Brothers, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, and Johnny Cash, Dogwhistle plays real country music, the kind you heard […]
California Honeydrops bring their dance party back to Asheville
An encapsulated sense of happiness — an open invitation to the party — is at the heart of a Honeydrops show. Following an enthusiastic reception at LEAF last fall, the Oakland, Calif.-based band returns to Asheville for a show at Isis Restaurant & Music Hall on Friday, May 6.
Different Strokes stages The Mountaintop by Katori Hall, June 2-18
PRESS RELEASE FROM DIFFERENT STROKES! PERFORMING ARTS COLLECTIVE: What: The Mountaintop by Katori Hall, directed by Steph Hickling Beckman When: June 2nd through 18th , Thursday through Saturday evenings at 7:30pm. Where: The Be Be Theatre, 20 Commerce Street, Asheville NC 28801 Tickets: $18 in advance and $21.00 for General Admission at the Door. Early […]
Show review: stephaniesid at Diana Wortham Theatre
But the group’s May 1 performance was especially charged — the musicians had triumphantly sold out the venue, but they were also there to say good bye. The show marked the end of the local pop-noir outfit’s decade-long run, at least for now.
Saluda Art Legends — Past & Present, May 7
PRESS RELEASE: In recognition and celebration of the art community in Saluda during the month of May, the Saluda Historic Depot will present Saluda Art Legends-Past & Present in the Saluda Historic Depot. More than 17 artists living and passed will be represented in an exhibit in the depot with an opening reception May 7, […]
Young Voices in Bloom showcase and benefit for Asheville Symphony Community Outreach Program, May 15
PRESS RELEASE: MusicWorks! Asheville, an El Sistema-Inspired education program of the Asheville Symphony, is proud to offer its 2nd annual benefit concert. An evening of youthful joy awaits concert goers on May 13, 2016 as the students of MusicWorks! Asheville are joined by the Savannah Children’s Choir, the Asheville Youth Choir, and members of the […]
LAAFF, rebranded as The Living Asheville Arts Festival, returns Sept. 4
PRESS RELEASE FROM ARTS 2 PEOPLE: Arts 2 People is a grassroots, community activist, arts and social service organization that has been working in the community on behalf of emerging arts projects for two decades. A2P produced 15 years of LAAFF, and is the group responsible for the popular landmark Lexington Gateway mural at I-240 […]
CCCD announces 2016 Windgate Fellows
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE CENTER FOR CRAFT, CREATIVITY & DESIGN: Now in it’s eleventh year, The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design’s (CCCD) Windgate Fellowship Award, marks $1.65 million awarded to 110 emerging craft artists nationwide. Nominated from a national network of over 120 university art programs, these makers represent a skilled and motivated next […]
Photography workshop at Cullowhee Mountain Arts
PRESS RELEASE: Acclaimed photographer Barbara Tyroler will lead an abstract photography workshop, Barbara Tyroler – Considering Abstraction with the Camera, in June for Cullowhee Mountain Arts (CMA) on the campus of Western North Carolina University. CMA is a non-profit arts organization and operates its summer programs on the university campus. This photography workshop will complement […]
Joshua Davis from “The Voice” plays The Grey Eagle
If you’re a fan of “The Voice” you might remember singer-songwriter Joshua Davis. He was the earnest dad with the warm, raspy voice who ultimately lost out to a teenager with pretty hair and a bowler hat. That’s simplifying the situation, but really, Davis probably did well to leave the show with a following, some […]