Ultimate Air Dogs might be the luckiest dogs at Bele Chere. In addition to touching down in a refreshing pool of water, they are the only animals allowed at the festival (other than service dogs). Ultimate Air Dogs was created by former Detroit Tigers pitcher Milt Wilcox (he won the 1984 World Series with the […]
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All aboard: Train History Day
Dozens of people came out in the rain for Train History Day at the Cradle of Forestry on Saturday. Visitors, ranging from ages eight to 90, blew the whistle and rang the bell of a 1915 Climax logging train.
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CalCast: July 21 – July 24
Between arts, food, music and hiking there’s so much to do in Western North Carolina this weekend. Let CalCast, the community calendar podcast from The Mountain Xpress and Asheville FM do the work for you. Listen up and find out about the best and the brightest events in the area.
Hop-along Saturday
These weekend, visitors came out for not one, but two whole festivals dedicated to the art of growing hops. Thousands of lime green cones stretched along steel cables at Echoview Farm in Weaverville and the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center in Mills River on Saturday. Each tiny cone is a hop, a key […]
Hops, hops everywhere
Thousands of lime green cones stretched along steel cables at Echoview Farm in Weaverville and the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center in Mills River on Saturday.
CalCast community calendar podcast: July 14 – July 17
The weekend is coming up fast and there are dozens, maybe hundreds of events in Western North Carolina. If your head is spinning and you need to narrow it down, check out CalCast, the community calendar podcast. Each week, the Mountain Xpress teams up with Asheville FM to highlight fun and unusual events in the Asheville area.
Paris of the South offers flea market treasures
An industrial lot was transformed into a sea of flea market finds at the grand opening of the Paris of the South Flea Market this weekend.
CalCast: July 7 – 10
Still debating what to do this weekend? Check out CalCast, the community calendar podcast from The Mountain Xpress and Asheville FM.
Wings for peace
Friends and neighbors came together to fold 1,000 paper cranes to celebrate Judith Hallock and her lifetime of peace work.
CalCast: June 23 – June 26
This weekend is jam packed with great events. How ever shall you pick? Check out CalCast, the community calendar podcast from The Mountain Xpress.
ASAP Family Farm Tour. Photo by Patrick Cavan Brown.
CalCast: June 16 through 19
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CalCast: Community Calendar Podcast
The Community Calendar Podcast from the Mountain Xpress and Asheville FM.
CalCast: Community Calendar Podcast
The Mountain Xpress and AFM News Hour Community Calendar sort through hundreds of events so you don’t have to. Tune in every week to hear what’s going on in Asheville and beyond.
Wordfest shouts out
The Mountain Xpress Poetry Bash will close out Saturday’s events, with beer, music and a reading from poet Brian Sneeden, winner of the 2011 Mountain Xpress poetry contest.
Word Slam Brings Teens to Center Stage
Word Slam’s upcoming contest for middle and high school students spotlights beats and rhymes at the Altamont Theater on April 30.