Press release From Integral Eyesight Improvement: Did you know that you can improve your own eyesight without glasses, contacts or surgery? A new local business called Integral Eyesight Improvement offers a holistic approach to eyecare that helps people of all ages prevent and even reverse many types of vision problems. “It all comes down to […]
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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. […]
Fundraiser at Frog Level Brewing to raise money for local boy with cancer
Event description: The public is invited to attend a fundraiser for Ben Leslie, a 6-year-old boy who was has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. The event takes place Saturday, March 29, 6-9 p.m. at Frog Level Brewing Co., at 56 Commerce St, in Waynesville. Croon and Cadence (Ginny McAfee and Michele Terry) […]
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.
Curves in Arden announces annual food drive
Press release From Curves of Arden: Curves International, Inc. (http://www.curves.com/), the largest chain of fitness centers for women in the world, today announced that the 2014 Curves Food Drive will take place from March 10 through March 23 at participating Curves Clubs across the U.S. and Canada. This year, Curves is inviting both non-members and […]
Park Ridge Health announces events for March 10 to 16
Event summary From Park Ridge Health: Event Summary for 3/10/14 – 3/16/14 Please call 855-PRH-LIFE to register for any Park Ridge Health events. Baby Place Events The Baby Place Experience Tour Sunday, March 16 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Park Ridge Health, 100 Hospital Drive, Hendersonville We invite you to explore our unit while learning about […]
Brevard College hosts juried student art show opening March 14
Press release From Brevard College: The Brevard College Art Department will host an opening reception for its juried student art exhibition on Friday, March 14. The opening reception will be held from 5:30 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Brevard College’s Spiers Gallery in the Sims Art Center. The presentation of awards will begin at 6 […]
RiverLink announces final review of Hominy Creek Greenway Waller Tract plan
Event description From RiverLink: When: Wednesday March 19, 2014 Time: Drop in: 4-7pm Where: RiverLink, 170 Lyman Street, Asheville NC 28801 The Friends of Hominy Creek Greenway, Inc. (FOHCG) is pleased to present a final draft of the Hominy Creek Greenway Master Plan at an open house from 4:00 -7:00 pm Wednesday, March 19 at […]
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.
RiverLink continues talks with Bill Jones of Carolina Native Nursery
Press release From RiverLink: RiverLink continues the Friday afternoon salon series with Bill Jones, founder and President of Carolina Native Nursery, L.L.C. The next session with Bill is Friday, March 14 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the RiverLink office at 170 Lyman Street in the River Arts District. The Friday Salon series is […]
Benefit viola recital for local music teacher with LEAF Schools & Streets
Benefit viola recital for Anastasia Yarbrough Press release: On Friday, April 25th, 2014 at 7 p.m. Anastasia Yarbrough is excited to host a benefit viola recital in order to help her realize her dream of obtaining her degree in music performance. The recital will be held at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak […]
Networking event to benefit WNC AIDS Project
Event description From WNCAP:
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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 […]
RiverLink announces voting, potluck to name local creek
Press release From RiverLink: Through our Name That Creek program, RiverLink is seeking to give a handle to an unnamed tributary of the French Broad River that flows through the Westwood Place neighborhood in East West Asheville into the New Belgium Brewing site on Craven Street in the River Arts District. RiverLink has been collecting […]
Smart bet web extra: Get Your Irish On!
Beth and Jim Magill lead a family-friendly, Irish-themed Sing Together event on March 7.
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 […]