PRESS RELEASE: Please join Free Range Asheville, a fresh organization connecting culture and counterculture that crosses disciplines, traditions, and genres for people of all ages and economic backgrounds, on Tuesday February 23, 7pm at the Diana Wortham Theatre for their kick-off event featuring the New York City based, forty two piece, orchestral collective ‘The Knights’. […]
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Six-week Butoh dance class starts Feb. 15
PRESS RELEASE: 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, starting 2/15/2016 and ending 3/28/2016 Where: French Broad Studios 475 Fletcher Martin Road, Alexander, NC 28701 Cost: $100 for entire series OR $20 per session Based […]
Désirant hosts Valentine’s event with sweets, cocktails, sales
PRESS RELEASE: What: Désirant is the go-to shopping destination in the heart of Asheville, with an elite selection including the best of the best in luxury and moderately priced items, all hand-picked for the astute customer in a wide range of categories including women’s clothing and accessories, men’s accessories, decorative and vintage wall art, unique […]
Kelly McGillis will teach an acting class at NYS3
PRESS RELEASE: NYS3 – The Meisner Acting Conservatory for the Southeast in Asheville, NC is pleased to announce that Kelly McGillis, veteran actor of stage and screen, will again be providing her considerable talents as an instructor of Shakespeare, Mask and On-Camera Acting for Film this Spring. McGillis caught the world’s attention when she starred […]
Polar Plunge to benefit youth education, Feb. 6
PRESS RELEASE: On February 6, 2016, (a.k.a. Super Bowl Saturday), Haywood Waterways Association and Lake Junaluska Assembly are hosting the “4th Annual Polar Plunge Benefit-t-t-ting Kids in the Creek & Youth Education”. The Polar Plunge is a community event, bringing together public officials, schools, businesses, churches, and many others to support kids. The event lasts […]
NC artist Scott Woody featured on first episode of “Handcrafted America”
PRESS RELEASE: The Maker Movement is on fire! Etsy, Pinterest, DIY, Kickstarter and Maker Faire boast millions of people and billions of dollars. Americans still work with their hands and they seek out unique, one-of-a-kind creations for themselves and for others. Now, a new series on INSP showcases their work in “Handcrafted America.” Two NC […]
The Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition is open for submissions
PRESS RELEASE: The Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition is now open for submissions. The Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition accepts one-poem submissions. The contest awards the winner $200 and publication in storySouth. The deadline is Tuesday, March 1. Sarah Rose Nordgren will serve as the final judge. Nordgren is the author of the poetry collection Best Bones […]
LEAF Festival announces spring 2016 theme
PRESS RELEASE: The LEAF Festival will celebrate its 42nd by bringing “World Fusion with Cuban Spice” to Lake Eden in Black Mountain, NC from Thursday, May 12th to Sunday, May 15th. Early bird (discount) tickets have been on sale since January 1st at www.theLEAF.org/tickets (or by calling 828-68-MUSIC) and since then, have been selling at […]
2016 ArtFields Competition in Lake City includes five Asheville artists
PRESS RELEASE: Of the 383 artists selected from all over the Southeast, 58 are from North Carolina, including five from Asheville: Mark Bettis, Cheri Brackett, James Daniel, Libby Gamble and Leif Johansen. ArtFields, the South’s largest and most engaging art competition and festival, is pleased to announce the accepted artists for the 2016 event. This […]
The Asheville Fringe Arts Festival defies genres
The Asheville Fringe Arts Festival, which runs Thursday to Sunday, Jan. 21-24, features more than 30 local and imported performing artists.
Ray McNeice performs “Lives of a Poet” at NC Stage, Jan. 18
PRESS RELEASE: Ray McNeice will be performing from his one man show Lives of a Poet Monday night, January 18 at the NC Stage Company, 15 Stage Lane in downtown Asheville, NC. The performance begins at 7:30 and doors open at 7:00. Ray has earned a national reputation as a poet and performer for almost […]
Akira Satake and Duncan Wickel at the White Horse, Jan. 23
PRESS RELEASE: Akira Satake + Duncan Wickel Live at White Horse Black Mountain Saturday, Jan. 23rd 2016 at 8pm With Special guest appearance by Julia Weatherford on cello Akira Satake, composer and banjo and shamisen (Japanese banjo) player, and multi-genre violinist Duncan Wickel join forces for an evening of kaleidoscopic original music combining World, Jazz, […]
Author Jake Bible hosts a group focused on the business of books
The the monthly Asheville meeting — which begins on Monday, Jan. 18, at Malaprop’s — takes its cues from the Writers Coffeehouse launched by New York Times best-selling author Jonathan Maberry.
Indie-songsmiths in the round at The Grey Eagle, Jan. 20
PRESS RELEASE: Songwriter and musician Joe Novelli writes: The idea is to gather together a bunch of my favorite indie bandleaders from the world over and have an old-school songwriter night at The Grey Eagle as they often do in Texas and Nashville and other song-centric musical locales … A cozy intimate show where the […]
Asheville Lyric Opera holds Winter Gala, Feb. 27
PRESS RELEASE: Who: Asheville Lyric Opera is proud to announce the featured performers for their 17th Annual Winter Opera Gala. What: The evening will feature live performances by internationally acclaimed soprano, Meredith Hansen, and Emmy award winning tenor, John Fowler. Hailed as a “standout,” Ms. Hansen’s career highlights include performances at the Metropolitan Opera, and […]
Sculptural basketry artist and letter carver at Grovewood Gallery, Feb. 19 and 20
PRESS RELEASE: Grovewood Gallery in Asheville will be hosting demonstrations and displays by letter carver Clark Kellogg and world-class sculptural basketry artist Matt Tommey on February 19 and 20 from 11am – 4pm on both days. Clark Kellogg studied letter carving under master carver Chris Pye and has been carving letters on commission and spec […]
Sidney Lanier Poetry Competition opens
PRESS RELEASE: Entries are now being accepted for the annual Sidney Lanier Poetry Competition sponsored by the historic Lanier Library. The competition is open to adult and high school poets from North and South Carolina. Keith Flynn, award-winning poet and founder and editor of the Asheville Poetry Review, will judge this year’s entries and present […]
Pam Jones Trio performs at The White Horse, Jan. 22
PRESS RELEASE: Pam Jones Trio Blends Jazz, Folk, Pop Friday, January 22 – 8 p.m.- Singer Pamela Jones and band. Cabaret jazz. $15 The White Horse Black Mountain’s popular Cabaret Jazz series continues on Friday, January 22 at 8 p.m with vocalist/songwriter Pam Jones. Pam relocated to Asheville from New York City, where she acted […]
Live music/yoga benefit for MANNA Food Bank
PRESS RELEASE: Live Music/Yoga benefit for MANNA Food Bank Featuring Shala Worsley and the Alex Krug Combo. Please join us for a very special afternoon of flow and yin yoga led by Asheville’s own Shala Worsley and accompanied by the sweet sounds of the Alex Krug Combo. Social to follow with delectable treats provided by […]
“Writers at Home” reading at Malaprop’s, Jan. 24
PRESS RELEASE: Faculty members in UNC Asheville’s Great Smokies Writing Program (GSWP) will read from their works when the Writers at Home series resumes at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 24, at Malaprop’s Bookstore/Café, 55 Haywood St., in downtown Asheville. This event is free and open to the public. Tina Barr, Kenneth Chamlee, Brian Lee […]
Anam Cara Theatre Company seeks proposals for 2016-17 season
PRESS RELEASE: Anam Cara Theatre Company is currently accepting play proposals for our 2016-2017 Season. Proposals will be accepted from directors interested in directing a specific play, directors open to directing any play, and playwrights interested in having Anam Cara Theatre Company produce a play they have written. Performances will occur between October 2016 and […]