American Craft Week actually spans 10 days — from Friday, Oct. 2, to Sunday, Oct. 11 — with participating organizations in every state. Many states, however, only have an event or two. North Carolina boasts 40 entries on the American Craft Week website, and so many of those (34) are based in Western N.C. that the region is just one of three with its own webpage.
Press release from business owner: Garage TRS is the newest division located within “Asheville’s Coolest Store”, The Regeneration Station. Asheville’s premiere destination for antiques, oddities, and well-priced furniture is evolving yet again. The same powers that brought you all of the above have gone even further. Bringing you their perfected purveyors’ approach to (now) motorcycles, […]
The N.C. Transportation Museum offers two autumn train excursion day trips from Spencer, S.C. One makes the round-trip journey to Asheville on Saturday, Oct. 31. Press release from event organizers: Now in its ninth year, one of the N.C. Transportation Museum’s most popular offerings combines the romance of rail travel, a great destination and the […]
Enter the 13th annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition now through Friday, Nov. 20. Press release from event organizers: The 13th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition (AMPC) is open for registrations! Amateur and professional photographers 13 years of age and older are encouraged to submit at www.appmtnphotocomp.org prior to the competition’s close at 5pm on Friday, […]
The first day of the National Storytelling Festival, held in Jonesborough, Tenn., will be livestreamed. Tune in for free Friday, Oct. 2, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Press release from the International Storytelling Center: Watch the National Storytelling Festival Livestream! Can’t make it to this year’s National Storytelling Festival? We’ve got you covered. On Friday, October 2nd, […]
Rural Academy Theater, touring in a horse-drawn wagon, returns to Western North Carolina Saturday, Oct. 10, for a show at White Horse Black Mountain. Press release from the venue: In the not so distant past horse drawn minstrel, tent and medicine shows were an entertainment highlight in the rural South. Building on that tradition and […]
Press release from NC Stage: 4000 Miles begins when 21-year-old Leo unexpectedly shows up on the stoop of his 91-year-old grandmother Vera’s flat. After a cross-country cycling trip in which Leo has lost his best friend, these too unlikely roommates find that they have more to offer one another than they ever thought. Amy Herzog’s […]
A new Blue Ridge Heritage Trail sign, in honor of Shindig on the Green and the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, will be installed at Pack Square Park Tuesday, Sept. 29, at noon. Press release from the Folk Heritage Committee: Join us at Pack Square Park around 12-noon Tuesday to help us celebrate! It’s been […]
The Thomas Wolfe Memorial celebrates Asheville author Thomas Wolfe’s 115th birthday on Saturday, Oct. 3. Events include a new walking tour, free admission to the Old Kentucky Home, and birthday cake in the visitors center. Press release from event organizers: The Thomas Wolfe Memorial State Historic Site welcomes you to join in the celebration of […]
The Walking Guys is a collaboration of four Nashville-based musicians on a 1,600-mile tour, on foot, from Portland, Me. back to Tennessee. They will perform at The Root Bar Saturday, Oct. 3, and at The Town Pump Monday, Oct. 5.
Wright’s new album and fifth offering, builds on the musician’s foundation in jazz and gospel. Although the album moves through various musical genres — the sultry lilt of “The Game,” the breathless slow dance of “Right Where You Are,” the aching, gospel-infused cover of The Bee Gee’s “To Love Somebody” — every song is ultimately about Wright’s voice.
Brooklyn-based poet Niina Pollari reads from her poetry collection, Dead Horse, at Downtown Books & News Tuesday, Oct. 6. Press release from event organizers: Celebrated Brooklyn-based poet Niina Pollari will read from her debut collection of poetry, Dead Horse (Feb. 2015, Birds, LLC) in an event on Tuesday, October 6, at Downtown Books & News […]
If you caught the band’s mostly sold-out debut tour, you already know it’s hard to listen to any Sylvan Esso song and remain sitting still. This version of “H.S.K.T.,” recorded at Moog Music as part of the Moog SoundLab series, is no exception.
The 32nd annual Mountain Glory Festival will take place in downtown Marion Saturday, Oct. 10, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Press release from event organizers: Celebrate Small-town Living in the Mountains Saturday, October 10, the 32nd Annual Mountain Glory Festival in Marion NC will celebrate the arrival of autumn in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Visitors can enjoy […]
Press release from Funny Business at the Millroom: On Tuesday, October 20th, music comedy duo The Reformed Whores perform and on Friday, October 23rd, Atlanta’s best comedians bring their Best of Atlanta show to downtown Asheville at The Millroom. Reformed Whores: If Tenacious D and Dolly Parton got drunk and had a baby it would […]
Press release from White Horse Black Mountain: Alan Reid: Founding Member of Scotland’s Legendary Battlefield Band Saturday, October 3 – 7:30 p.m.- Alan Reid. Modern and traditional folk. $10 advance/ $12 door The early 1970s witnessed an explosion of new bands in Scotland and Ireland that attracted legions of new fans to traditional music with […]
“I wanted this to feel sort of like an origin story from a comic book,” musician Ben Shneider told NPR about the track “World Enders.” Lord Huron performs at The Orange Peel Tuesday, Sept. 29.
Photographs from Asheville’s two Mexican sister cities – Valladolid and San Cristobal de las Casas — will be on display as part of the “Memories of Mexico” photo exhibit. An opening reception takes place Friday, Oct. 2, 5:30-8 p.m., at 33 Page Ave. Press release from Asheville Sister Cities: The sights, sounds and images of […]
Tim Arem presents Imaginer, a performance with mime, masks, puppetry, music, audience participation and circus theater skills, on Saturday, Oct. 3. It’s the first installment in the Family-friendly theater series Saturdays at ACT. Press release from Asheville Community Theatre: Asheville Community Theatre (ACT) kicks off their family-friendly theatre series Saturdays at ACT with Tim Arem’s […]
Swedish singer-songwriter Sofia Talvik and her husband, Jonas Westin — a videographer who quit his day job in TV for the trip — traveled through 37 states in an RV. Footage of the journey, filmed and edited by Westin, is featured in Talvik’s music videos. The musician performs at Jack of the Wood Friday, Sept. 25.
Landscape painter Lynn Boggess opens an exhibition of new work at The Haen Gallery, with a reception on Thursday, Oct. 15. Press release from the gallery: The Haen Gallery, located in downtown Asheville, North Carolina, is proud to present its latest exhibition, Lynn Boggess: New Work 2015. The exhibition will have an opening reception on […]
