Global health leader Njekwa Lumbwe to attend Hendersonville film premiere March 22

Press release From Four Seasons Compassion for Life: Global Health Leader Njekwa Lumbwe to Attend Hendersonville Premiere of “A Unified Presence” March 22 The short documentary features the inspiring cross-continental partnership of Four Seasons Compassion for Life, Flat Rock, and the Palliative Care Alliance of Zambia. Lumbwe will take questions after the screening. HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. […]

First United Methodist Church of Hendersonville hosts African orphan program

Press release From First United Methodist Church of Hendersonville: HENDERSONVILLE: Rev. Gaston Warner, executive director of ZOE, a mission of the United Methodist Church, will visit First United Methodist Church in Hendersonville on Sunday, March 23, preaching at all three services, speaking at a lunch program, and meeting the youth group at an evening program. […]

Mission Health lifts flu related visitor restrictions

Press release From Mission Health: Please be advised that Mission Health is lifting all flu related restriction of visitors: Mission Health’s policy calls for limiting visitors when the State Influenza Surveillance Report shows greater than 2 percent activity for “influenza-like illness” and restricting visitors when the State Influenza Surveillance Report shows greater than 6 percent […]

Mountain Area Child and Family Center adopts new name

Press release From Verner: Mountain Area Child and Family Center, a nonprofit, early care and education center will soon adopt a new organizational name that reflects their mission and embraces their organization’s growth. On Sunday, March 16 the nonprofit will celebrate this transition with their founders, donors, community partners and families. The organization has chosen […]

Diabetes presentation at Park Ridge Health March 27

Press release From Park Ridge Health: The community is invited to a free presentation on diabetes and the corresponding topics of medication management, simple lifestyle changes, and easy cooking tips presented by board-certified endocrinologist Dr. Aysha Inankur and certified diabetes educator Michelle DeGeeter, Pharm.D., C.D.E. The Brunch & Learn will be held in the Duke […]

Mars Hill Cycling Team screens Lance Armstrong documentar­y

The Armstrong Lie chronicles cyclist Lance Armstrong’s highly publicized fall from grace in one of the greatest deceptions in sports history. The Mars Hill Cycling team will screen the documentary at Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co., on Thursday, March 20 at 9:30 p.m. Proceeds from ticket sales help the Mars Hill University cycling team travel to the national championships this spring.

Smart bet web extra: OFF THE MAP Artist Talk

Both projects featured in The Media Arts Project’s upcoming OFF THE MAP Artist Talk — Severn Eaton’s “Cooperative Instrument” and Michael Luchtan and Kehren Barbour’s “Post Piano Project” — challenge and twist the way we experience and interpret sound. Both projects are also wonderfully strange enough to make us want to know what was going on inside the respective artists’ heads.

Row by row

Each week, horticultural therapist April Peterson volunteers in a classroom of students with intensive special needs at Fairview Elementary School. As a part of the therapy program, students plant seeds, write in their nature journals, water the outdoor gardens and more. “It’s a break for them,” says Peterson. “It’s something that takes the stress out […]

Mission Children’s Hospital awarded Mattel Children’s Foundation Grant

Press release From Mission Health: Children receiving care at Mission Children’s Hospital will experience the healing power of play thanks to a grant awarded to the hospital by the Mattel Children’s Foundation in conjunction with the Children’s Hospital Association. The $19,000 grant, just one of 11 awarded across the country through the Mattel Play Grants […]

AC-T:  Navigating Asheville’s red tape tough for businesses

Navigating Asheville’s red tape tough for businesses From The Asheville Citizen-Times: An examination by the Citizen-Times of about 1,500 pages of documents and emails in three individual, complicated building cases found times when city of Asheville bureaucracy slowed projects and times when developers, builders or business owners created their own problems. Read the full story […]