Press release from Flatiron Writers Room: Have you become disconnected from your writing? Do you long to get back into creative flow? Join us for this six-week group on Sundays 3pm to 4:30 pm as we immerse ourselves in the creative process, reconnect with the Muse and navigate through the landscape of the imagination to […]
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Asheville School students will perform at Asheville Art Museum, Dec. 1
Press release from Asheville School: Students involved in Asheville School’s art offerings learn from local artists and gain hands-on experience in galleries and museums across the area. As part of this initiative, on Friday, December 1, Asheville School students will perform original, multidisciplinary responses to artwork at the Asheville Art Museum on the Slope. Their […]
City asks residents for input on prioritizing shovel-ready greenways
Press release from the city of Asheville: The City of Asheville would like input on which shovel-ready greenway projects residents would like to see funded the fastest. So we have launched a survey on Open City Hall Asheville. The City has four greenway projects ready to construct, but do not have capital funding for them at this […]
WCU Bardo Arts Center presents Rhythmic Circus, Dec. 5
Press release from WCU Bardo Arts Center: WCU Bardo Arts Center, Cullowhee, NC December 5 at 7:30PM | Rhythmic Circus: Red and Green Next up in the 2017-2018 WCU PRESENTS Performance Series from the WCU Bardo Arts Center is Rhythmic Circus: Red and Green on Tuesday, December 5 at 7:30 p.m. This performance is a […]
Flatiron pop-up art show takes place Saturday, Nov. 18
Press release from Flatiron Building Condominium Association: The historic Flatiron Building is hosting a Series of Pop-Up Shows celebrating its 90th anniversary. This series of art, culture, and environmental events will be hosted in the lobby of the Flatiron Building at 20 Battery Park Avenue, Downtown Asheville. Additional spaces for these events include the Green […]
Asheville Bookfest will take place Saturday, Dec. 2
Press release from Grateful Steps: The Eighth Asheville Bookfest Event, hosted by Grateful Steps, is scheduled for Saturday, December 2, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium Banquet Hall. The banquet hall is adjacent to the Asheville Civic Center, which also be hosting an arts and crafts show the same day. […]
Comedy showcase Talk About Funny moves to the LaZoom Room
Press release from Marquee Comedy: Marquee Comedy moves monthly comedy showcase, Talk About Funny with Jason Scholder, to the LaZoom Room in Downtown Asheville. Talk About Funny Part Stand Up Comedy • Part Talk Show • All Hilarious! Thursday, December 7th 8-10 pm (Doors at 7:00) LaZoom Room (Downtown Asheville) 76 Biltmore Ave. • Asheville, […]
Catawba Brewing Co. to purchase Charleston-based Palmetto Brewing Co.
Press release from Catawba Brewing Co.: Catawba Brewing Co. of Morganton, NC (Catawba) and Palmetto Brewing Co. of Charleston, SC (Palmetto) are excited to announce the two companies are being joined into a single entity. Catawba intends to finalize the purchase of Palmetto by the end of 2017 with the Pyatt family retaining 100% ownership. […]
Warren Wilson College to launch economics major
Press release from Warren Wilson College: Asheville, NC – Nov. 13, 2017 – Within months of signing on as a professor at Warren Wilson College, Alfredo Rosete is building a new major. The College faculty recently approved the professor’s proposal to offer an economics degree. Now, he is preparing to launch the program next fall. […]
Julia Franks wins Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award
Press release from the Western North Carolina Historical Association: It was as crowded house at the Renaissance Hotel in Asheville as the Western North Carolina Historical Association and the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Advisory Board presented the 2017 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award trophy and accompanying $1,500 prize to Julia Franks. High praise was given to Franks by […]
PFLAG event will discuss laws affecting the transgender community
Press release from a representative of PFLAG: HENDERSONVILLE, N.C — On Monday, Dec. 4, from 6-7:30 p.m., Aaron Sarver from the Campaign for Southern Equality will be the featured speaker at a meeting sponsored by the Hendersonville chapter of PFLAG. The sponsored presentation will take place in the Kaplan room at the Hendersonville Library. Sarver […]
New exhibit at AMOS lets visitors explore geomorphology
Press release from Asheville Museum of Science: ASHEVILLE —The Asheville Museum of Science announces a brand-new exhibit for all ages. Geared toward open-ended exploration, this exhibit allows visitors to manipulate sand to form landforms, watch elevation change and create bodies of water. The Terra Box brings topographic maps to life. As visitors manipulate the sand, […]
American chestnut to be planted at Bruce Drysdale Elementary
Press release from Hendersonville Tree Board: HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. — Already, three American chestnut trees grow well and strong on the campus of Bruce Drysdale Elementary School in downtown Hendersonville. On Thursday, Nov.16, another will be carefully and enthusiastically planted by fifth-graders who have been chosen to help with the chore. Wes Burlingame, a nurseryman and […]
Ninety-nine year old hospice patient honored for his service in WWII
Press release: Ninety-nine year old hospice patient honored for his service in WWII Erwin “Gene” Carman (born 1918) served in the US Army Air Corps during WWII. He was shot down over France on August 8, 1944 and captured by German forces, only to have them surrender to him 11 days later. Roughly 16 million […]
Indivisible Asheville/WNC hosts idea incubators on community-driven sustainability
Press release: “TOMORROW” TODAY: Indivisible Asheville/WNC Hosts Idea Incubators on Community-Driven Sustainability Sunday, November 19, 2017, 3:00-5:00 p.m. First Congregational Church, Asheville NC ASHEVILLE, NC (November 9, 2017) – As a follow-up to its October screening of the French documentary Tomorrow, which highlights concrete steps communities around the world are taking toward a sustainable future, […]
Asheville Mardis Gras announces 2018 theme
Press release: Let Them Eat Cake Asheville Mardis Gras Announces Twelfth Night/Theme For 2018 Season In the darkest depths of winter, if you listen closely, you just might hear the sounds from what can only be described as a wild rumpus emanating from Grove Street in downtown Asheville. Follow those sounds through the frigid air, […]
Holiday pop-up at Center for Craft, Nov. 30-Dec. 3
Press release from The Center for Craft, Creativity and Design: Over 30 designers and makers will be featured in a three-day holiday pop-up shop and five-day online shop co-organized by Asheville-based design firm SHELTER and national non-profit the Center for Craft. The shop will feature unique, limited edition, and one-of-a kind handcrafted goods made by […]
Asheville Vaudeville performs two shows, Nov. 18
Press release from Asheville Vaudeville: Asheville Vaudeville invites you to two shows on November 18, 2017! Rigel 7, our Lunatic Lord of Laughs, hosts a show of the bizarre and bemusing. It’s an intergalactic tour of the variety arts with comedians, ladies floating in the air, pole dance shenanigans, absurdist theater, dancing girls, magic, and […]
Toe River Studio Tour, Dec. 1-3
Press release from Yancey County Tourism: The Toe River Studio Tour creates an enjoyable holiday shopping experience as visitors wander along mountain back roads throughout Yancey and Mitchell counties, meet the artists and purchase handmade gifts. The tour runs Friday, Dec. 1, through Sunday, Dec. 3. This year’s holiday tour, now in its 24th year, will […]
The Organic Growers School to host three Farm Dreams workshops
Press release from the Organic Growers School: The Organic Growers School will be hosting 3 Farm Dreams Workshops this winter. Are you dreaming of starting your own farm? Farm Dreams is an entry-level, exploratory one-day workshop designed to help people who are seeking practical, common sense information on whether sustainable farming is the next step […]
Designers needed for Color Me Goodwill fashion show
Press release from Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina: Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina is looking for designers to participate in this year’s “Color Me Goodwill” fashion show, which takes place on Friday, April 27, at the Orange Peel in Asheville. Each designer will be given $125 to shop for garments and materials at Goodwill […]