TC Retro Rentals, opening in May, is ready to rent vintage campers for festivals, weddings, weekend getaways and temporary mini-guest housing for out-of-town friends. The company, operated by Tom and Charlene Pagano, will deliver rental units to customers within 30 miles of Asheville. However, the rentals are not available for customers to tow themselves. “We […]
The local air agency has extended the public comment period for the proposed Duke Energy plant in Arden to May 7, 2015.
From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Calling all WNC Collectors & Pickers Folkmoot organizers say, “After 32 years of collecting trinkets, old desks, unique chairs, foam mattresses, bed frames and used kitchen equipment, Folkmoot USA invites WNC collectors to the old Hazelwood School to cash in on our spring-cleaning fundraiser, Saturday, May 2nd, from 8a.m. […]
After starting her business with one sewing machine in 2008, Mary Lynn Schroeder grew her enterprise, In Blue Handmade, to employ 10 “leather working magicians” today, she says. In Blue Handmade now ships a half-million dollars in goods annually. On April 21, FedEx awarded her the $25,000 grand prize in its Small Business Grant Contest. […]
A traveling Smithsonian exhibit of will be on display in Asheville from May 1 through July 3 at Asheville BookWorks. The Wood Engravers’ Network Triennial Exhibition is the second juried exhibition sponsored by the Wood Engravers’ Network. Juror Joan Boudreau, curator of the Graphic Arts Collection at the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of American History, […]
Wicked Weed will pre-sell its second bottled sour beer, Golden Angel, starting at noon on May 2. Sales will be online. The beer was aged 10 months in the barrel with apricots, and will sell for $18.95 per bottle. If experience is any guide, the the brewery’s first sour offering sold out online in one […]
The Hendersonville Police Department is currently investigating an armed robbery that occurred at CVS Pharmacy located at 2001 Spartanburg Highway on Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at 8 p.m. The suspect entered the business and stated he was there to drop off a prescription, according to the Police Department. While at the drop off counter, the […]
A new entertainment venue, the Crest Mountain Dinner Show, located 10 minutes from downtown Asheville, will bring mid-week entertainment and concerts to locals and visitors. The venue is previeing two April preview events. The program includes buffet dinner catered by M7 (full bar available) and live music by local and regional performers, surrounded by panoramic […]
Grammy winning finger-picking guitarist Pat Donohue from “A Prairie Home Companion” qill play at Isis Restaurant & Music Hall, in the Mountain Spirit Acoustic series, on April 15 from 7-9 p.m. Donohue’s devotion to acoustic guitar has made him an American standard. His renditions of blues, swing and R&B (and originals) echo the tones of Robert […]
Ramps are one of the most beloved foods of Western North Carolina and the wider Appalachian region, inspiring chefs, captivating adventurous home cooks, and marking a rite of spring for people who grew up foraging ramps in the mountainous landscape they and their ancestors called home, say the folks at Appalachian Food Storybank, who have […]
Youth OUTright will hold a forum and panel discussion on LGBTQ youth homelessness on Tuesday, April 28, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak Street, downtown Asheville. The program will include: Welcome by Joe Hoffman, First Congregational United Church of Christ, Lisa Bovee-Kemper, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of […]
Bring a brown bag lunch to the Third Floor Conference Room of the Self-Help Building, say organizers of Stand Against Racism. A Power Point presentation entitled “North Carolina’s Minority Credit Union Movement” will be followed by discussion. Self-Help will provide cookies and iced tea. This gathering is one of a series of YWCA Stand Against […]
“Explore the ancient forests and cascading creeks of Big Ivy that you have helped protect!” says Big Ivy Community’s Bob Bowles. Friends of Big Ivy is partnering with MountainTrue to host spring ecology hikes on five different trails in Big Ivy, each led by five ecologists. All five hikes will take place simultaneously—and all are free. […]
“Tree Hugger,” a film by 18-year-old Kira Bursky, has been selected for the 2015 Short Film Corner held at the Cannes Film Festival. Bursky is a former student of Asheville High School’s SILSA Program and Evergreen Community Charter School, and the daughter of Lauren and Jay Bursky of Weaverville. Written and directed by Kira Bursky, […]
In light of the impending Title V air-permit renewal for Duke Energy’s Asheville coal-burning power plant, Mountain True is gathering signatures on an electronic petition asking the WNC Regional Air Quality Agency Board to revise the plant’s SO2 emission limit to reflect national health-based standards: 61.7 lb/hr for each coal-burning unit. Here is text of […]
The Asheville School of Wine will hold a special tasting of six Wilson Artisan Wines with National Sale Manager Bill Green on Thursday, April 9 from 5 to 7 p.m. at MetroWines at 169 Charlotte St. The tasting event is free. Diane and Ken Wilson are the couple behind Wilson Artisan Wines. Winemaker Diane Wilson […]
Friday, April 3, 2015, is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for the valleys of Asheville. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. For the ridge tops, it is a code GREEN air quality forecast day. No health impacts are expected when air quality is in this range. The […]
The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced today the appointment to the North Carolina Board of Transportation of Walter Debnam Jr. (Jackson County). According to the release from the governor’s office, Debnam has owned Western Carolina Properties since 1990. The company is currently the largest real estate office in Northern Jackson, Swain and Graham counties. […]
Jackson County Chamber of Commerce published its first Dining Guide on March 27. The 28-page pocket-sized booklet highlights the chamber’s member restaurants, breweries, caterers and dessert hot spots of Jackson County. “We are excited about creating this new annual publication,” said Jackson County Chamber of Commerce executive director Julie Spiro. “It features a chamber membership […]
The Triad Business Journal reports: Next month’s Molecules in the Mountains is taking the appreciation and dissection of craft brewing down to the microscopic level with a focus on the science of fermentation. The April 9 conference, sponsored by the N.C. Biotechnology Center and Western Carolina University, is designed to appeal to the scientist studying […]
Asheville’s Launch Trampoline Park, one of nine franchised operations in the country, is scheduled to open this summer and will provide 13,000 feet of connected trampolines forming one giant jumping surface and angled trampoline walls to bounce off. The indoor sports and family entertainment facility will offer a wide variety of physical activities including open-jump […]
