Press release from Tryon Fine Arts Center: Kids can get a first-hand arts experience this summer with an immersive day camp in drama or music. Registration is open now for Theater Camp and Pacolet Junior Appalachian Musician (PacJAM) camp at Tryon Fine Arts Center. From Monday, July 16 through Friday, July 20, students ages 6-14 […]
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Southern Highland Craft Guild hosts Fiber Weekend, May 12 & 13
Press release from Southern Highland Craft Guild: A most celebrated weekend of fiber will return to the Folk Art Center for Mother’s Day on May 12 and 13th with the Southern Highland Craft Guild’s Fiber Weekend. For more than two decades, felters, quilters, weavers, knitters, tatters, spinners, and many more fiber makers convene at Milepost […]
Pisgah Legal Services director Jim Barrett receives Order of the Long Leaf Pine
Press release from Pisgah Legal Services: Pisgah Legal Executive Director Surprised with Honor at 40th Anniversary Celebration (Asheville, NC) – At Wednesday night’s 40th Anniversary Celebration of Pisgah Legal Services, Executive Director Jim Barrett was presented with North Carolina’s governor’s highest civilian honor, The Order of the Long Leaf Pine Award. This honor is given […]
Hendersonville Community Theatre stages ‘The Gin Game,’ opening April 27
Press release from Hendersonville Community Theatre: In this Pulitzer Prize-winning tragi-comedy by Donald L. Coburn, Fonsia Dorsey, a woman in her twilight years residing in a “home for the aged,” has her loneliness interrupted by the crusty charm of fellow resident Weller Martin, who teaches her how to play Gin Rummy. As the couple gets […]
Habitat for Humanity recognize volunteers who contributed 64,700 hours of service in 2017
Press release from Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity: With volunteers central to its business model, Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity is recognizing milestones and thanking volunteers with small gifts and treats daily during National Volunteer Appreciation Week (April 15-21). Whether swinging a hammer at the construction site, fixing a floor on a home repair project, accepting […]
Hope for hemlocks? Program explores that question on April 19 in Boone
Press release from Blue Ridge Conservancy: Thursday, April 19, 2018 Watauga County Agricultural Conference Center, 252 Poplar Grove Rd, Boone, 28607 6:00-7:30pm Join Blue Ridge Conservancy (BRC) and the Hemlock Restoration Initiative (HRI) for a free, public seminar discussing the future of hemlocks in our Western North Carolina ecosystem. The presentation by Sara deFosset, HRI’s […]
West drops out of House race, will support Republican Amy Evans
Press release from Amy Evans’ campaign: (Black Mountain, NC) Former Buncombe GOP Chairman Nathan West announced that he will no longer seek the Republican nomination in the upcoming primary election for NC House District 115 and will fully support Republican Businesswoman Amy Evans. “After several meetings with Amy and considerable reflection with my friends and family, […]
Sheriff’s Office responds to reports of recent ICE operations in WNC
Press release from Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office: Buncombe County–The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office is aware of reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has conducted operations in western North Carolina over the last 48 hours. The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office has not participated in these operations in any manner; this Sheriff’s Office does not participate […]
The Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe County hosts program about Eliada Home
Press release from The Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe County: The Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe County is pleased to host a program about Eliada House at 2:00pm on Saturday, April 21st, featuring its role in helping children of the community succeed for more than 100 years, and its campus, which is a National […]
Press conference on ICE activities in Asheville area scheduled for Saturday, April 14 at 4 p.m.
Press release from CIMA Compañeros Inmigrantes de las Montañas en Acción and WNC Sanctuary Movement: Asheville, NC – Local Sanctuary activists and organizations will be holding a press conference today at 4 pm outside of the Federal Building (151 Patton Avenue) to brief media and the community about the ICE attacks on Latinx community this morning. […]
Air quality forecast for Asheville, Saturday, April 14: Moderate (YELLOW and GREEN)
Saturday, April 14, 2018, is a code green air quality forecast day for the valleys of Asheville and Buncombe County. No health impacts are expected when air quality is in this range. For the ridge tops, it is a code yellow air quality forecast day. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor activities. The rating is based on ozone levels at higher […]
WCU marching band invited to make return trip for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2019
Press release from Western Carolina University: CULLOWHEE – Western Carolina University’s Pride of the Mountains Marching Band will be enjoying one of the best things about Thanksgiving Day – going back for a second helping. But in this case the 500-plus members of the WCU marching band won’t be fighting over who gets the last […]
Local robotics team heading to Houston to compete in world championship
Press release from GLITCH Team 5854: Houston, we have a . . . GLITCH? Yes, a GLITCH! UNC Asheville’s FIRST Robotics Competition Team 5854, called GLITCH, is headed to Houston, Texas, to compete in the FIRST Robotics World Championship April 18-21. GLITCH qualified to compete in this international event by winning the prestigious “Engineering Inspiration […]
County commissioners, administration respond to not guilty pleas
Press release from Buncombe County: Because this is a federal investigation, the Board of Commissioners and County Administration have no further comment at this time on the news of not guilty pleas entered by former County Manager Wanda Greene and former employee Michael Greene on Friday, April 13, 2018. Our commitment is to do all […]
Hands On! announces May programs
Announcement from Hands On! Children’s Museum: Tues. 5/1-Fri.5/4 Screen Free Week! Ditch those screens and get in touch with your family & friends! Hands On! has special activities all week to invite learning into play! Come join us for crafts, games, and more. Free with $5 admission/free for members. Tues. 5/1 11 a.m. Mad Science […]
Blue Ridge Orchestra’s season finale, May 5 and 6
Press release from Blue Ridge Orchestra: WHO: Blue Ridge Orchestra, conducted by Milton Crotts WHAT: “Music for the New World,” an orchestral concert featuring Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9: From the New World and Arturo Márquez’s Danzón No. 2. WHEN & WHERE: Saturday, May 5 and Sunday, May 6, 3pm, at Lipinsky Auditorium on the […]
Sheriff’s Office COPS Team to hold drug take-back event at the Big Ivy Community Center
Press release from Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office: Buncombe County – The Community Oriented Problem Solving (COPS) Team assigned to the Barnardsville community will be holding a drug take-back event on Tuesday, April 24. The event will take place at the Big Ivy Community Center located at 540 Dillingham Rd. in Barnardsville, from 9 a.m. to […]
Asheville Chamber joins other chambers in advocating bipartisan support for DACA
Press release from Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce: On Thursday, April 12, 2018, the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce united with 50 chambers from 23 states and signed an open letter that advocates bipartisan support for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and permanent protection for Dreamers. These protections are intended to allow young immigrants […]
World Affairs Council of Western North Carolina will present talk at UNCA, May 1
Press release from UNC Asheville: The World Affairs Council of Western North Carolina will present a talk, The Challenges of Long-Term Humanitarianism: Lessons from the Palestinian Experience, at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 1 at the Reuter Center at UNC Asheville. Admission is $10 for the public; free to members of the World Affairs Council and […]
Date My City presents Who’s Who & Who’s New: Black Asheville, April 26
Press release from Date My City: Who’s Who & Who’s New: Black Asheville 2018 will be a celebration of black existence and resilience in WNC, as well as a welcome party for new additions to our community structure. Date My City’s goal is to continuously centralize leadership in order to develop effectiveness and longevity. Join us […]
Ingles International Children’s Day Festival, April 29
Press release from Hola Community Arts: The 20th Annual Ingles International Children’s Day Festival is Sunday, April 29th, noon to 6pm at Jackson Park, Hendersonville. The event is FREE to the public. This multicultural event is an International holiday observed across the globe, designed to respect children’s personalities and to celebrate their happiness. New this […]