On a recent bright-but-windy Sunday afternoon, local-history enthusiast Robert Goodson led about 20 people through two of the oldest cemeteries in Black Mountain. Sponsored by the Swannanoa Valley Museum, the tour of Tabernacle and Ingram cemeteries brought to life the pioneers who settled in the area after the Revolutionary War, painting a vivid picture of […]
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The Hellblinki Cripps Puppet Spectacular
Folk, Gothic cabaret and dark-punk band Hellblinki teams up with puppeteer Madison J. Cripps to present The Devil Takes All, a puppet rock opera and adventure through the dubious wonders of Hellblinkland. 
The 48 Hour Dance Project in photos
What happens when a ballet dancer has to learn to belly dance — or when an aerial artist has to learn to swing dance — in only two days flat?
Asheville marks Amnesty International’s Death Penalty Awareness Week
Execute Art Not People is an evening of poetry readings, presentations, performances, music and interactive art that will commemorate Amnesty International's Death Penalty Awareness Week. The gathering, slated for Monday, March 1, at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Asheville, has been organized to creatively oppose capital punishment while focusing community dialogue on […]
Asheville Arts Center and MusicWorks! students claim prestigious awards
Congrats are in order for the young thespians and musicians who excelled at the 2010 Junior Theater Festival, a weekend celebration of musical theatre held in Atlanta recently.
Snow Day in West Asheville: Photos
In West Asheville the world is white with snow! See photos of the storm here.
Videos and Photos From the Asheville Fringe Festival
See video samples and photos from the 8th annual Asheville Fringe Festival!
Deviant and unpredictable
Fusing elements of vaudeville, theater, dance, music and spoken-word poetry, the Asheville Fringe Festival is an all-you-can-experience buffet of strange and stimulating performance art. Featuring living art installations, soundscapes and singing puppeteers, the festival's only uniting element is the testing and exploration of boundaries. Come get the Fringe party started Come celebrate the wildness of […]
Brother Joscephus and the Love Revival Revolution Orchestra at the Emerald Lounge
A story in photos of Brother Joscephus and the Love Revival Revolution Orchestra’s Thursday night performance at the Emerald Lounge.
Christmas Eve Services and Events
From candlelight ceremonies to traditional services, local Churches and community centers welcome the public to share, pray and relish the spirit of the season this Christmas Eve.
Shopping, eating, fireworks
Stroll through downtown Asheville this Saturday, Dec. 19, at the Seasonal Sizzle, and enjoy leisurely holiday shopping that supports our vibrant mountain economy. Three farmers markets/arts-and-crafts bazaars offer unique holiday delights, homemade gifts and the finest seasonal produce, while downtown-area restaurants serve up delicious fare at discounted prices. In the evening, local caroling troupes caravan […]
Paths of destiny
From the colonial period to the modern era, America's history tells an evolving narrative of human migration. Inspired by this history, Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre/White Dog ProjectX International explores the dynamic topic of immigration in the upcoming modern dance concert Travelogue: Stories of our Migration. Where did we come from? ACDT dancers create a portrait […]
Book Report: Women, Writing and Soul-Making
Women, Writing and Soul-Making: Creativity and the Sacred Feminine, Peggy Tabor Millin’s new book published by Story Water Press, encourages writers to claim their power and voice while exploring a feminine approach to inspire creativity.
Book Report: Kibou, The Travis Waters Story of Hope
In the winter of 1998, Travis Waters and his family were confronted with a shocking reality: The pain in Travis’ right tibia wasn’t caused by physical exertion, but by a rare form of bone cancer. It’s here that Ellie Waters, Travis’ mother and faithful ally, begins her book, which chronicles Travis’ inspirational and heartbreaking story of hope against odds, and offers particular lessons for anyone who has suffered from grief or loss.
The Rhythm of Madness: Review of 4.48 Psychosis
Delving into the psyche of a woman plagued by inner demons, pathological grief and clinical depression, 4.48 Psychosis, the latest production by Corpus Theatre Collective, circles around an unnamed protagonist as she battles with her illness.
Expect the unexpected: Asheville Playback Theatre Review
For the launch of their 15th season, Playback Theatre earned the confidence of their audience, creating a sincere-yet-playful environment to share, listen and watch.
The Dirt
A cucumber plant weaves its way across the garden bed, wrapping its curly tendrils around a pepper plant I grew from seed. Above the pushy cucurbit, a black-eyed Susan bobs in the wind. Its bright-yellow petals have finally emerged, and I can't help but coo over it. Green tomatoes, water-heavy and streaked with a ripening […]
Review of the Autumn Players’ Playboy of the Western World
The Autumn Players presents The Playboy of the Western World, a charming comedy set in a pub on the northwest coast of Ireland in the early 1900s.
Askville: Going all out
Phil “Kutty” Inthavong returned to Hendersonville in 2007 after completing his third deployment with the U.S. Marine Corps in the Middle East. Between 2004 and 2007, Inthavong was stationed in both Afghanistan and Iraq as a ranking Macs-2 in the 2nd Marine Division. While there, he found solace and escape via b-boying. In a sweltering […]
A morel to this foray
I will always remember the warm afternoon when I spotted my first morel. Last spring, two hours into scouring a trail off the Blue Ridge Parkway for the gourmet mushrooms, I was on the verge of giving up. Then, with the look of a kid who’d just found the last Easter egg, my hunting partner […]
SoundTrack
Drawing inspiration from the ancient wisdom of the 13 Moon Mayan Dreamspell Calendar (a modern application of the Mayan calendar of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica), self-described “cosmic reggae” band Crystal Kind has established a musical niche of its own. At a recent Hookah Joe’s show, the band wove Mayan mysticism with Rastafarian philosophy and principles of Cosmic […]