PRESS RELEASE: JANUARY 23, 30, FEBRUARY 6 + 13 – Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Members: $80 | Non-members: $100 Instructor: Stefanie Wielkopolan The Asheville Art Museum is excited to present a four-part writing workshop, where participants will explore the influence that the visual arts have on emotions, memories and stories. Each week focuses […]
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Rock drummer Freda Love Smith pens a memoir with recipes
When Smith’s eldest son, Jonah, was in his last year of high school, she decided to give him a series of cooking lessons so he’d be self-sufficient when he left home. Those tutorials sparked the idea for a memoir that deftly stitches together family life, stories from her stints as the drummer in The Blake Babies, Antenna and The Mysteries of Life, and personal food-related memories.
Violinist Stefan Jackiw signs CDs at MetroWines, Feb. 11
PRESS RELEASE: Highly regarded around the world for his musicianship, Violinist Stefan Jackiw will be @MetroWines to sign his CD on Thursday, February 11th from 6 to 7pm. We will be tasting wines from Robert Walter Selections, a local Asheville Importer. This event is “on the house @MetroWines” and parking is free, easy and close. […]
Local musician Ben Lovett records motion picture soundtrack for “Synchronicity”
PRESS RELEASE: Lakeshore Records will release the SYNCHRONICITY – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack digitally on January 22 and on CD in February. The album features the film’s original score by Ben Lovett (THE SIGNAL) – his sixth collaboration with writer/director Jacob Gentry. “Jacob and I were both raised on 80’s movies and the music of […]
2016 North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame Inductees announced
PRESS RELEASE: Clyde Edgerton, Margaret Maron, and Carl Sandburg will join the fifty-seven inductees currently enshrined, in a ceremony at the Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities in Southern Pines. The North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame celebrates and promotes the state’s rich literary heritage by commemorating its leading authors and encouraging the continued […]
AmiciMusic announces January concerts
PRESS RELEASE: AmiciMusic presents “TRANSCENDENT TRIOS” in January AmiciMusic begins 2016 with another intimate chamber music concert featuring two of the most passionate and powerful piano trios in the literature— Mendelssohn’s C Minor and Brahms’ B Major Trios. AmiciMusic, now in its 5th year, is dedicated to breaking down barriers between performers and audience by […]
“Ray Spillenger: Rediscovery of a Black Mountain Painter” exhibit opens Jan. 22
PRESS RELEASE: Ray Spillenger: Rediscovery of a Black Mountain Painter Exhibition: January 22, 2016 – May 21, 2016 Opening Reception: Friday, January 22 from 5:30 – 8:00 p.m., FREE Admission Curated by Dr. Theodore E. Stebbins Jr., Curator of American Art, Emeritus, Harvard Art Museums Gallery talk by the curator at 6:45 p.m., January 22, […]
Asheville Music Professionals hosts free tax workshop, Jan. 13
PRESS RELEASE: January 13, 2016 @ Cork & Keg AMP Tax Workshop 5-7pm Join us for a FREE workshop on taxes and accounting for musicians, presented by Brian C. Hunter, CPA. Free refreshments provided by Asheville Music Professionals! Topics will include: Income Tax Preparation and forms, getting all the available Deductions, Record Keeping, dealing with […]
Bill Nace, Ed Yazijian, Jake Meginsky and Oggetto at Downtown Books and News, Jan. 13
Downtown Books and News hosts an evening of experimental music on Wednesday, Jan. 13, at 7:30 p.m. The lineup includes Oggetto (Frank Meadows, Michael Flannery and Carmelo), Jake Meginsky (electronic musician and installation artist) and Bill Nace and Ed Yazijian playing as a duo Suggested donation is $7-12 for bands. dbnbooks.com FROM A PRESS RELEASE: […]
Kirtan to benefit Ryan Conrad and family, Jan. 16
PRESS RELEASE: One Center Yoga will host a Kirtan to benefit Ryan Conrad and Family with Osel & Friends on Saturday January 16, 2016 from 7:30-9:30pm. Ösel (Tibetan for clearlight) is a metaphor for the experience of being the non-dual basis of all existence. Words can only point to it, however, through deep listening it […]
Lazy Diamond celebrates first anniversary Jan. 15
PRESS RELEASE: John Wesley Coleman III with Spider Bags and The Sexpatriates January 15th at Lazy Diamond Austin’s John Wesley Coleman III incorporates his heady musings and witticisms with analog slacker rock. His new full length release, Greatest Hits, is now available on vinyl by local imprint Super Secret Records (The album is also available […]
Music Video Asheville opens call for submissions
PRESS RELEASE: We are thrilled to announce a call for submissions for the 9th Annual Music Video Asheville (MVA), the annual showcase to celebrate the collaboration of Asheville musicians and filmmakers. Submission acceptance begins on January 13. Last year, 65 local musicians and filmmakers submitted their Music Videos for consideration in this growing event. Thirty […]
Smart bets: Fireships
Brooklyn-based alt-folk collective Fireships plays Ben’s Tune-Up Sunday, Jan. 10.
Sacred Groves photography exhibition opens Jan. 11 at UNC Asheville
PRESS RELEASE: Protecting the Environment through Cultural Traditions: Sacred Groves of Sierra Leone and India, an exhibit of photographs by Alison Ormsby of the UNC Asheville environmental studies faculty, will be on view January 11 – February 26, in Blowers Gallery, in UNC Asheville’s Ramsey Library. An opening artist lecture will be held in the […]
Local artist introduces figurines with a global mission
“Why a toy? Why not medicine, water or money?” Joe Adams asks. “In my own youth, having toys was an outlet to imagine a better world. To work out the situations that were happening around me in positive play.”
The Belfast Boys play White Horse, Jan. 16
PRESS RELEASE: White Horse Black Mountain favorites the Belfast Boys have graced the venue’s stage many times with their innovative take on traditional Irish music, so it’s fitting that on Saturday, January 16 at 8 p.m. the listening room becomes the setting for a showcase of songs destined for a new album and readings of […]
Cecil Bothwell launches new book at Malaprop’s, Feb. 6
PRESS RELEASE: What: Cecil Bothwell releases new book Where: Malaprop’s When: Sat. Feb. 6, 7 p.m. Local author and City Council member Cecil Bothwell will release Usin’ the Juice: an Oratorio, at Malaprop’s Books and Cafe, Sat. Feb. 6, at 7 p.m. Bothwell’s tenth book is a collection of speeches and sermons delivered in two […]
Asheville Ballet presents a master class with Valery Lantratov, Jan. 17
PRESS RELEASE: The Asheville Ballet and the Asheville Academy of Ballet present a Master Class in ballet technique with renowned international artist Valery Lantratov of the Russian National Ballet Foundation, Sunday, January 17th from 3:00-4:30pm at the Asheville Ballet studios at 4 Weaverville Hwy, Asheville, NC 28804. Thanks to generous patronage in support of the […]
Fuzzy Bunny Radio hosts launch party Jan. 16
PRESS RELEASE: Who: FuzzyBunnyRadio.com What: The Fuzzy Bunny Radio SWAG Bag Launch Party Where: The East West Venue 278 Haywood Road, West Asheville, NC 28806 When: Saturday, January 16th from 7-12 pm. Info: Fuzzy Bunny Radio is hosting its SWAG Bag Launch Party to kick of the beginning of internet broadcasting and to thank the […]
Jonathan Byrd and the Pickup Cowboys play White Horse, Jan. 15
PRESS RELEASE: Jonathan Byrd is a seventh-generation Carolinian, son of a preacher father and piano-playing mother, a Navy veteran, and a songwriter whose lean and closely observed songs are creating quite a buzz. He and the Pickup Cowboys, who Byrd calls his “chamber twang” band, are currently on tour, with a stop scheduled at the […]
Henderson County High Schools team with Flat Rock Playhouse Studio 52 for playwriting challenge
PRESS RELEASE: For the fourth consecutive year, theatre students from all four Henderson County High Schools will team up Flat Rock Playhouse and Studio 52 artists to write, direct, and perform four original 10-minute plays – all within 24 hours. Four writing teams made up of one Flat Rock Playhouse mentor and four student writers […]