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GHOST IN THE SKY: Friends and musical collaborators Angela Faye Martin and Mark Linkous pose for a quick picture in Nov. 2008. The Grey Eagle screens 'The Sad and Beautiful World of Sparklehorse,' a documentary on Linkous — who died in 2010 — on July 27.

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Posted on July 23, 2017July 21, 2017 by Edwin Arnaudin

The Grey Eagle hosts a rare screening of ‘The Sad and Beautiful World of Sparklehorse,’ BMCM+AC shows a documentary about former faculty member Robert Motherwell and his New York School colleagues and more.

WATER, WATER, EVERYWHERE: Karina Castillo wades through a king tide in Miami in this still from Asheville filmmaker Dayna Reggero's pollution and climate change documentary 'The Story We Want.'

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Posted on July 16, 2017July 12, 2017 by Edwin Arnaudin

The Collider hosts the premiere of Asheville filmmaker Dayna Reggero’s ‘The Story We Want,’ the 48 Hour Film Project winners are announced and more.

FOOD FOR ALL: Food Connection Executive Director Flori Pate, back row, is pictured with children from Club 330, an after-school program at a church near Atlanta. Program participants receive food for their families through a partnership with the Asheville-based food rescue organization and Kennesaw State University. Food Connection is currently scaling to serve more cities.

Food Connection receives trademark approval, eyes expansion

Posted on July 12, 2017July 10, 2017 by Edwin Arnaudin

The Asheville food rescue nonprofit looks to replicate its success in new cities while feeding even more people on the local level.

Asheville lawyer releases ‘Serving Asheville Safely’ video campaign

Posted on July 11, 2017July 11, 2017 by Edwin Arnaudin

Press release from Lakota R. Denton, P.A.: Asheville lawyer releases video campaign aimed at reducing the over service and over consumption of beer and alcohol in Asheville Asheville’s recent surge in tourism has been a welcome economic boost for the city, but brings with it challenges for residents and establishments wishing to keep Asheville a […]

TRAVELING BAND: Jane Kramer's July 15 Altamont Theatre show with Free Planet Radio will be their fourth performance together, all of which have been in Asheville. In 2018, they'll hit the road for the first time to play the Wayne Henderson Bluegrass Festival in Galax, Va., and have talked about embarking on an international tour.

Jane Kramer, Free Planet Radio and Billy Cardine collaborate at The Altamont Theatre

Posted on July 11, 2017July 11, 2017 by Edwin Arnaudin

Appalachian and world music collide when the Asheville singer-songwriter teams with the acclaimed trio and Acoustic Syndicate dobro player.

MAY THE SCHWARTZ BE WITH YOU: George Wyner, Rick Moranis and Mel Brooks freak out in this still from Spaceballs. Asheville Brewing Co. celebrates the film's 30th anniversary with a screening on July 13.

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Posted on July 9, 2017July 6, 2017 by Edwin Arnaudin

Asheville Brewing celebrates the 30th anniversary of Spaceballs, free indoor and outdoor screenings abound and more.

ALUMNI REUNION: Asheville and Boston may be 900 miles apart, but Berklee College of Music graduate Brie Capone still runs into fellow former students on a regular basis. “There’s a funny little pocket of us down here,” she says. “It’s kind of a joke that you’re either in LA or New York or Nashville, and so to find people, it’s just kind of this cool, like, ‘Oh, you’re here, too. Huh.’"

Brie Capone plays rare full band show at The Grey Eagle

Posted on July 5, 2017June 29, 2017 by Edwin Arnaudin

Recent wins at Music Video Asheville and the LEAF Singer-Songwriter Competition are opening doors for the local folk-soul artist.

FIELD TRIP: Sideways Farm & Brewery's Carrieann and Jon Schneider will start selling their produce at the Henderson County and West Asheville tailgate markets in July. The Etowah tasting room is slated for completion in the fall.

Beer Scout: Etowah’s Sideways Farm & Brewery plans fall opening

Posted on July 4, 2017July 3, 2017 by Edwin Arnaudin

Carrieann and Jon Schneider will create their beers using produce and herbs grown at the 11-acre sustainable farm brewery.

CINEMATIC GUIDANCE: Asheville School of Film instructor Brad Hoover helps student Tunde Paule set up a shot during the 2016 Youth Summer Filmmaking Experience's production of the short film 'Sweet Pea.'

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Posted on July 2, 2017June 29, 2017 by Edwin Arnaudin

Registration opens for Asheville School of Film’s latest Youth Summer Filmmaking Experience course, the Grail and AJCC’s Israel Film Series highlights Natalie Portman’s directorial debut and more.

THE DARK SIDE OF CLAYMATION: In this still from Tim Burton's stop-motion animated short 'Vincent,' a young boy expresses his macabre side while trying to emulate horror icon Vincent Price. Film historian Frank Thompson will screen and discuss the film on July 2.

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Posted on June 25, 2017June 23, 2017 by Edwin Arnaudin

Film historian Frank Thompson displays his versatility, Asheville School of Film teaches the unspoken rules of working on a movie set and more.

COMPLICATED SMOKE: The Colstrip Power Plant in Montana, as featured in the documentary 'From the Ashes,' is pictured. Creation Care Alliance of Western North Carolina hosts free screenings of the environmental advocacy film.

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Posted on June 18, 2017June 15, 2017 by Edwin Arnaudin

Creation Care Alliance of WNC hosts two screenings of a new coal documentary, Transmission presents a film on transgender elder and activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy and more.

PROFESSIONAL HELP: Co-director Michael Galinsky, left, listens to Dr. John Sarno in a still from All the Rage. Galinsky will introduce his documentary — about Sarno's successful mind-body approach to treating chronic pain — at Grail Moviehouse.

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Posted on June 11, 2017June 8, 2017 by Edwin Arnaudin

The Grail screens a documentary on rehabilitation specialist Dr. John Sarno, registration closes for the 48 Hour Film Project and more.

Descending halfway into the orchestra seats for “Push the Sky Away,” Cave got closer still with his fans and implored them with the repeated chorus to “just keep on pushing.”

Show review: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium

Posted on June 9, 2017June 11, 2017 by Edwin Arnaudin

Back in Asheville after a four year hiatus, the rock legends delivered a concert-of-the-year candidate.

ON THE RECORD: When she's not playing with her House and Land partner Sarah Henson, right, the Black Twig Pickers or other music projects, fiddler Sally Anne Morgan, left, may be found working at Asheville's Harvest Records. "Everyone is supersupportive about each other’s weird, eccentric tastes — there is none of that movie-caricature music snobbery happening," she says.

Asheville duo House and Land play album an release show at The Mothlight

Posted on June 6, 2017June 1, 2017 by Edwin Arnaudin

Sarah Louise Henson and Sally Anne Morgan pool their considerable knowledge of traditional music while embracing minimalism and experimentation.

DRESSED TO IMPRESS: Three gay Palestinian friends confront their national and sexual identities in modern-day Tel Aviv in this still from 'Oriented.' The 2015 documentary is the latest selection in the monthly Israeli Film Series.

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Posted on June 4, 2017May 31, 2017 by Edwin Arnaudin

A new online resource for the local independent filmmaking community debuts, June’s Israeli Film Series selection follows a trio of gay Palestinian friends and more.

SWEET FINALE: The final course of the AVL Beer Week Arrogant Vegetarian Collaboration beer dinner was a vegan bourbon-cardomom-orange tiramisu from the Laughing Seed Café paired with Stone Brewing Co.'s Bitter Chocolate Oakmeal Bourbon Barrel Stout.

AVL Beer Week 2017: Laughing Seed and Stone Brewing host Arrogant Vegetarian Collaboration

Posted on June 1, 2017May 31, 2017 by Edwin Arnaudin

Chef Parker Schultz used an impressive selection of Stone beers as inspiration for an original menu that equaled — and arguably surpassed — its liquid counterparts.

Beer today, gone tomorrow: Asheville beer happenings May 30-June 5

Posted on May 30, 2017June 2, 2017 by Edwin Arnaudin

**UPDATED JUNE 2** Burial, Catawba, Wedge and more tap new brews in addition to AVL Beer Week festivities.

TRAMPTASTIC: Charlie Chaplin deals with a disgruntled customer in this still from 'The Rink.' The 1916 short comedy is one of four that will be screened in the latest installment of Grail Moviehouse's Silent Sundays series.

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Posted on May 28, 2017May 25, 2017 by Edwin Arnaudin

The Grail’s Silent Sundays series highlights comedy shorts, FierceFlix holds a pair of fundraisers and more.

PRODUCING RESULTS: Barnardsville farmers Michael and Lauren Rayburn, pictured with their son, Elijah, in the warehouse at Zebulon Artisan Ales, have found success growing produce for local craft brewers and distillers. Breweries, including Wicked Weed and Twin Leaf, now account for 70-80 percent of their business. Photo courtesy of Rayburn Farm

Spilling over: WNC’s brewing boom brings rising fortunes to other sectors

Posted on May 24, 2017May 22, 2017 by Edwin Arnaudin

As quickly as new breweries keep popping up in and around Asheville, the auxiliary businesses that support those beer producers are multiplying even faster. By providing an array of services, this critical infrastructure enables the breweries to focus on making interesting, high-quality beverages even as it helps fuel the local industry’s robust overall growth. In […]

PADDLE PEOPLE: Charlotte, Isabel, Bill and Megan Torgerson pause for a snapshot on the French Broad River. Bill's documentary about their summer 2016 rafting adventures and the river's environmental concerns screens May 24, 27 and 28 at Grail Moviehouse.

Grail Moviehouse screens Torgerson family’s French Broad River documentary

Posted on May 22, 2017May 22, 2017 by Edwin Arnaudin

Bill Torgerson’s latest Asheville documentary is part family adventure, part environmental advocacy.

PLANTS' BEST FRIEND: Butterflies' vital role in nature will be celebrated throughout June as part of National Pollinator Month. The Collider kicks off the festivities with a screening of the documentary Wings of Life on May 30.

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Posted on May 21, 2017May 16, 2017 by Edwin Arnaudin

The Collider kicks off National Pollinator Month with a screening of Wings of Life, the Friends of the WNC Nature Center debut two promotional films and more.

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