PRESS RELEASE: The American Advertising Federation Asheville chapter (AAF Asheville) has announced its 2015-2016 American Advertising Awards Gala to recognize the best local advertising and marketing talent in Western North Carolina. Online registration for the Awards Gala can be found at http://adfedasheville.org/events/upcoming-events/. WHAT: 2016 AAF Asheville Awards Gala WHEN: Tuesday, February 16, 6:30 p.m. WHERE: […]
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New book from author Luke Hankins, Malaprop’s reading Feb. 12
Luke Hankins presents The Work of Creation at Malaprop’s Friday, Feb. 12, at 7 p.m. PRESS RELEASE: The Work of Creation: Selected Prose, is now available. The Work of Creation includes a number of genres–literary criticism; personal essays; meditations on art, aesthetics, and religion; and interviews–but the focus on the necessary engagement with both the […]
Call for student artwork inspired by the theme “Peace through People”
PRESS RELEASE: Creative students at Boys and Girls Club of Henderson County and in schools throughout Henderson County are encouraged to submit artwork, essays, poems, (ages 13-18) short films, and/or photography (ages 13-22) inspired by the theme “Peace through People.” The work should convey what that concept means to the artist. Local students will be […]
Ross Howell Jr. reads from new work of historical fiction at Malaprop’s, Feb. 14
PRESS RELEASE: Forsaken is a gripping, beautifully realized work of historical fiction by Ross Howell Jr. that raises contemporary questions about the racial politics of justice. The book has been recognized as a “title not to be missed” by the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance, which named Forsaken to the list of Winter 2016 Okra Picks. […]
The CCCD opens call for emerging curators
PRESS RELEASE: Call for Emerging Curators: A new opportunity from The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design. Application deadline: March 28, 2016, 6 p.m. EST craftcreativitydesign.slideroom.com Since 2010, The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design has supported the careers of emerging curators with an interest in contemporary craft through its Windgate Museum Internship Program. This […]
The Core plays a February residency at Isis Restaurant & Music Hall
PRESS RELEASE: The Core Original Modern Jazz Upstairs Lounge 6:30-8:30pm Justin Ray (trumpet); Jacob Rodriguez (sax) Bill Bares (piano); Zack Page (bass) Evan Martin (drums) The original members of Hard Bop Explosion reboot as a modern jazz band playing all-original music UPSTAIRS, where there’ll be more intimacy, risk-taking, chemistry and interactive magic than ever before. […]
Biltmore opens exhibit “Fashionable Romance: Wedding Gowns in Film,” Feb. 12
PRESS RELEASE: This Friday, Feb. 12, Biltmore will open “Fashionable Romance: Wedding Gowns in Film,” an exhibition of more than 40 award-winning costumes spanning 300 years of wedding fashion from films set in the years 1645 to 1935. Displayed in Biltmore House, wedding gowns from “Howards End,” “The Duchess” and “Emma” will be featured. www.biltmore.com/events/fashionable-romance […]
A weekend’s worth of Valentine’s Day celebrations
From partner yoga to an adult prom and from self-love workshops to chocolate decadence, there’s something for every kind of Valentine.
TC Arts holds a Writing from the Heart class
PRESS RELEASE: The Transylvania Community Arts Council is pleased to present a class entitled Writing from the Heart offered by WNC author Bobbie Pell. This class will be offered on Tuesday’s, March 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 from 10 am till 12 noon at the TC Arts Council. Cost for this course is $175. […]
Sound track: OTG by Marcel Anton
The spatial construction of the sound alone takes it beyond any basic blues formation, but it’s easy in its experimentation, at peace with its inner weirdness and content to strut and sway no matter who might be watching.
Dancing Bear Toys holds a royal game day, Feb. 27
PRESS RELEASE: Dancing Bear Toys is happy to announce its first ever royal game day in celebration of the tenth anniversary of one of our favorite games Sleeping Queens. The card game was invented by 6yearold Miranda Evarts, who thought up the game one night when she couldn’t fall asleep. She awoke the next […]
Parkway Playhouse performs Dying to be Loved at the Nu Wray Inn for Valentine’s Day
PRESS RELEASE: Dying for some Valentine’s Day excitement? Parkway Playhouse and the Nu Wray Inn are serving it up! Dying to be Loved – an interactive murder-mystery dinner is replete with a three-course, family style dinner as well as making each guest a suspect in the mystery that unravels as patrons enjoy their food. Dying […]
Dublin roots band I Draw Slow plays Isis Resuarant & Music Hall, Feb. 25
PRESS RELEASE: I Draw Slow Feb 25, 2016 at 8:30 PM Isis Restaurant & Music Hall $12 Advance / $15 Door Doors 5PM :: Show 8:30PM Dublin roots band I Draw Slow has been garnering praise around the globe since the release of their 2012 album Redhills. Now their last release, White Wave Chapel (2014), […]
Asheville Art Museum presents a workshop series on art conservation
PRESS RELEASE: The Asheville Art Museum is pleased to present a series of “Make It Last” workshops focused on the important topic of art conservation. The series is designed for collectors, artists and those who are curious about the inner workings of the art world, and includes demonstrations and discussions with Museum staff and guest […]
Storybook Characters come alive in local libraries
PRESS RELEASE: Thirty-three doll artists from Western North Carolina, Tennessee & South Carolina, have made children’s storybook characters come alive. GoFigure artists have created “one of a kind” sculpted characters like Serafina and the Black Cloak, and Dr. Seuss’s “Snort.” These characters were made to celebrate National Reading Month. Where the public can find the […]
Joshilyn Jackson in conversation with Sara Gruen at Malaprop’s, Feb. 20
PRESS RELEASE: Joshilyn Jackson, the beloved author of gods in Alabama, Backseat Saints, and Someone Else’s Love Story, is coming to Asheville to discuss her new novel, The Opposite of Everyone. To our delight, she will discuss the book and her writing with longtime friend Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants! These two New […]
The Grey Eagle hosts NPR’s World Cafe with Jon Stickley Trio and The Honeycutters, Feb. 23
PRESS RELEASE: NPR’s World Cafe, produced by XPN in Philadelphia, is bringing the show to Asheville’s The Grey Eagle on Tuesday, February 23 for an evening of entertainment with Jon Stickley Trio and The Honeycutters, two Asheville-based bands who have both been making headlines across the country. World Cafe host David Dye will be in […]
Moog Circuit Bending Challenge
PRESS RELEASE: 5th Annual Moog Circuit Bending Challenge Moog Music was born when a young Bob Moog started tinkering with electronic circuitry. As a boy, Moog built small radios, amps, and Theremins in his basement workshop with his father and the rest is history. Circuit-bending is a chance art form pioneered by Reed Ghazala in […]
Redleg Husky plays monthly gig at One World Brewing
PRESS RELEASE: WHO: Redleg Husky WHAT: Asheville Americana WHERE: One World Brewing,10 Patton Ave. WHEN: Feb 10 (second Wednesday of every month) 8-10pm, Free INFO: Redleg Husky is an acoustic roots trio based in Asheville, North Carolina. Since its inception in 2012, the band has been performing its unique blend of boot-stomping folk music at […]
Brevard Music Center announces 80th anniversary and 2016 summer music festival
PRESS RELEASE: This summer, over a ten-week period spanning June to August, Brevard Music Center (BMC) celebrates a historic 80th Anniversary with over eighty performances in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. BMC’s 2016 Summer Music Festival features a number of firsts—the operatic world-premiere of Falling Angel, an inaugural Jazz Institute, and a […]
Puppy Bowl adoption event and viewing party
PRESS RELEASE: Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl XII will be airing on Sunday, February 7 from 3-5 PM. Four puppies from Asheville Humane Society were selected to be a part of this adorable sporting event, and Bella will be featured in the coveted Starting Lineup. Animal Planet worked with 44 different animal shelters and rescue organizations […]