Event announcement: Filmmaker Byron Hurt will deliver the keynote address for UNC Asheville’s celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. week.
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N.C. State Board of Elections releases voting demographics for 2014 general election
News release: The State Board of Elections today released demographic statistics for the 2014 General Election.
Bluegrass concert to benefit women’s health nonprofit, Casting for Hope
Event announcement: Casting for Hope Presents Mipso in Concert is slated for December 19, 2014 at 7:30 at the CoMMA Auditorium in Morganton, North Carolina.
NCCAT to offer teacher daylong workshops in Cullowhee
Press release: North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, a national leader in professional development for teachers, will once again offer “Daylong Programs” at the Cullowhee campus in January
UNC Asheville announces 5 percent increase in tuition, fees unchanged
Press release Tuition at UNC Asheville will increase by 5 percent for in-state and out-of-state of students, while room and board costs and mandatory fees will hold steady
Go Local 2015: Asheville Grown is growing up
It all began with a picture in a shop window, but as the Asheville Grown Business Alliance has developed from a poster to a loyalty card to a web of interdependent local businesses, the goal has always been, well, growth.
Friends of the Smokies receives $18,000 in donations on #GivingTuesday
Press release: Friends of the Smokies set an initial goal to raise $4,500 yesterday, more than twice the amount raised by the organization on #GivingTuesday last year.
Metro Wines to host ‘Midwinter’s Night’ benefit for animal sanctuary
Event announcement: Metro Wines will host a benefit for Full Circle Farm Sanctuary on Friday, January 16.
Local nonprofits may apply for free advertising services with AAFA
Announcement: The American Advertising Federation of Asheville will choose one nonprofit organization to provide free professional advertising and marketing assistance to in 2015 as part of its annual public service project.
Go Local in the schools: Claxton Elementary
This series of articles examines fundraising goals for the 2015 Go Local campaign in individual Asheville City public schools. At Claxton Elementary, funds will be used to remodel the school’s media center.
CPP: Proposed changes to abortion rules released
Carolina Public Press releases report on changes to North Carolina abortion rules
GreenWorks announces new director
Announcement: Dawn Chávez will take over as head of Asheville GreenWorks on December 1, 2014.
Video: WCU’s marching band in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade
If you turned on your TV for some holiday festivities yesterday, you may have seen a familiar sight — all the way from New York City! Western Carolina University’s Pride of the Mountains Marching Band led the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in front of an estimated 3.5 million spectators and another 50 million at-home viewers.
Video: Asheville streetscapes from photographer Brian Green
Photographer Brian Green launchs Kickstart campaign with footage of Asheville.
Student documentary invites the public into public housing
Working in collaboration with Housing Authority residents and the Women’s Wellbeing and Development Foundation, a group of Mars Hill University undergraduate social work students will spend a semester interviewing and filming public housing tenants before assembling their footage into a short film. The idea is to increase a sense of connection in a city where public housing communities are physically and socially isolated.
West End Bakery to host ‘Poetry and Prose Reading Series’
Event announcement: West End Bakery & Café’s Poetry and Prose Reading Series will host Allan Wolf, Alli Marshall, Matthew Olzmann, Melissa Crowe and Katey Schulz.
In photos: Montford Park Players Masquerade Ball
All the world may be a stage, but the players came out to support each other at Montford Park Player’s Masquerade Ball.
Multimedia: African-Americans in WNC conference discusses overlooked history
UNC Asheville and the YMI Cultural Center hosted the inaugural African-Americans in Western North Carolina conference on Thursday-Friday, Oct.23-24. The event, designed to discuss an overlooked historical narrative, included speeches by Asheville civil rights leaders and scholars from UNCA and other regional universities.
Carolina Jews for Justice to hold Day of Action for voting rights, Oct. 26
Press release: Volunteers from major Jewish institutions in Raleigh, Durham, Asheville, and Greensboro will invest hundreds of hours in a “Day of Action,” phone banking to get voters to the polls.
ASAP, RAFI-USA launch program to increase farmers market sales
Press release: The goal for the collaboration is to support and build equitable community-based local food economies through the development of direct markets for farmers in North Carolina.
New conference examines African-American history in WNC
UNC Asheville and the YMI Cultural Center will host the inaugural African-Americans in Western North Carolina conference Oct.23-24. Organizers say the free event invites the public to hear scholars from universities throughout the region discuss a historical narrative that has been largely overlooked.