After years of recording music and playing with roots band Red June, Natalya Zoe Weinstein and her husband, guitarist John Cloyd Miller, are “excited to present some of our favorite original and traditional duets that we have been playing together for years.”
The self-guided, art-themed block party takes visitors on a 15-location stroll and features the paintings, sketches, ceramics, wood crafts, tiles, sculptures, clothing, jewelry and other works of two dozen makers.
At his best, Scott embellishes simple, dissonant guitar parts with spacey effects that leave the ears squinting for answers. His more melodic songs are at once disturbing and attractive, chaotic and elegant.
MetroWines’ Drink Like a Girl program, led by beer blogger Anita Riley, will host a free beer tasting on Friday, May 22, from 5-7 p.m. A representative from Hillsborough’s Mystery Brewing Company will be on hand at MetroWines to talk about the brewery and its beers, which are the feature of the event. Visit metrowinesasheville.com […]
The Montford Park Players will hold auditions for the theatrical group’s production of As You Like It on Saturday and Sunday, May 30-31, from noon to 5 p.m. at the Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre, with musician and singer auditions scheduled for Tuesday, June 2, from 5-9 p.m. The production, directed by Adrian Suskauer, opens Friday, Sept. […]
Each week, Xpress highlights notable WNC crowdsourcing initiatives that may inspire readers to become new faces in the crowd. This week features local designer Rich O’Keefe’s artistic t-shirt company, activist Jennifer MacDonald’s gift baskets for Syrian refugees and a masterfully mixed album for Brevard hip hop artist Joe Trufant.
The restaurant has partnered with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch program — a group that recommends or warns against seafood suppliers based on the effects these fishing and farming operations have on the environment.
New York Times best selling author Sandor Katz is headed to Asheville for a week to teach an in-depth fermentation class alongside five other wild food experts, including Alan Muskat, Natalie Blogwalker, Luke Cannon, Asia Suler and Marc Williams.
Sixties soul singer Charles “Wigg” Walker and his band will perform at the Altamont Theatre on Saturday, May 30 at 8 p.m. The musician, whose band includes prolific session and touring guitarist Par Bergeson, has been active in the industry for decades. As the vocalist for the J.C. Davis Band, he’s opened for icons like […]
The American Advertising Federation of Asheville will host comedic author David Oakley at the group’s monthly Lunch & Learn at Strada Italiano on Monday, May 18, from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. The author will share his “best advertising stories and autograph his new book Why is Your Name Upside Down?,” according to an AAFA […]
Smiling Hara Tempeh is teaming up with Miso Master and local fermentor Meredith Leigh to offer a class on cultured foods. The goal, says Smiling Hara co-founder, is “to offer tips for preparing locally cultured foods with success and ease, so that incorporating them into your regular diet is a breeze.” “We will all present […]
How to Talk to Rockstars follows main character and music journalist Bryn Thompson as she attempts to navigate the rocker-writer symbiosis (or antibiosis at times).
2015 has already proven a busy year for “hard drivin’ Carolina string band” Town Mountain, who recorded the group’s fifth studio album in Louisiana this January with producer and engineer Dirk Powell (out later this year). Before setting off on an extensive national tour this summer and fall, the group will play a hometown show […]
Brevard Music Center is among the National Endowment for the Arts’ recipients of the second round of North Carolina grants for fiscal year 2015. Nine nonprofits across the state received $225,000 during this round, including the $10,000 awarded to Brevard Music Center. The funds will be used for a production of Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto, which […]
Locally-based nonprofit RiverLink will host a free information session for artists interested in contracting with the city of Asheville at the organization’s Warehouse Studio’s (170 Lyman Street) on Thursday, May 14, from 10 a.m. to noon. The event, led by economic development specialist Brenda Mills, is intended “to increase and encourage a greater response to […]
Opening track “Every Song Sung to a Dog” sets the frenetically creative tone for Fred Thomas’ latest solo album All Are Saved, reminding listeners of the artistic value in heartfelt free associations and honesty approaching overshare.
Participants from nature-based business accelerator Accelerating Appalachia’s 2015 cohort will speak about their business milestones and offer product demonstrations alongside keynote speaker Judy Wicks.
Prolific local musician Chris Rosser is compiling an anniversary CD to commemorate the occasion and boost event proceeds, which benefit the LEAF Schools and Streets program and Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville.
Wates’ catalog, for example, ranges from folk-inspired albums to down-tempo ballads and most recently, theatrically delivered (and slightly off-kilter) musical tale-telling.
Owned by married couple Stephanie and Jeff Barcelona, the eatery is scheduled to open Thursday, May 14, on West Asheville’s busy Patton Avenue stretch, and the culinary twosome promise to bring something unique (and slow-cooked) to the table.
Each week, Xpress highlights notable WNC crowdsourcing initiatives that may inspire readers to become new faces in the crowd. This week features a major expansion by Green River Picklers, a debut full length studio album for local band Clyde’s on Fire and desktop- and mobile-friendly children’s game by Canton resident Charlene Singleton.
