Joshua Messick with new band Acoustic Storm to perform at White Horse

National Hammered Dulcimer Champion and Asheville resident Joshua Messick  will be performing on Saturday, July 25, at 8pm at White Horse (105 Montreat Road) in Black Mountain. Doors will open at 7:30pm. This will be the first concert that Messick will perform with his new acoustic instrumental band Acoustic Storm. Musicians include local icons River Guerguerian on world […]

Pack’s Tavern celebrates 5th anniversary with a specialty beer and expanded menu

Pack’s Tavern is turning 5 and is celebrating the occasion by launching a specialty beer and expanding its menu thanks to a new wood-fired oven. The beer, Pack’s Tavern ESB, has been crafted by Pisgah Brewing Company. An English version of pale ale, this ESB (Extra Special Bitter) is brewed with toasted malt for a deep copper color […]

Marc Hunt to hold campaign launch event

Asheville City Council candidate Marc Hunt will hold a Campaign Launch Celebration event on Thursday, June 18th, at 5:30 p.m. in the Boathouse at the Smoky Park Supper Club on 318 Riverside Drive. Click here to register for the event and find out more. For more about Hunt’s campaign, click here. Full release: Good Morning, Election season is arriving early […]

City releases 2015 Citizen Survey results on “livability” of Asheville

337 residents of the city of Asheville participated in the Citizen Survey this year and the results were just announced.  The survey (also undertaken in 2008) focuses on the “livability” of Asheville and the results are covered in the following reports: The Community Livability Report covers quality of life in the city; the characteristics that make the city livable, attractive and […]

Two additional dates announced for the MacNeill Uncorked Wine Excursion

If the idea of dining on a three-course meal and tasting wines from the area while seated in a 1940s-era first-class dining car that’s rolling past green hills and through rugged gorges tickles your fancy, then you’re in luck. The French Broad Vignerons have announce that the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad has added two additional trips of the […]

City Council candidate Jonathan Wainscott makes unusual political statement via YouTube video

A YouTube video posted by City Council candidate Jonathan Wainscott is sparking discussion and varied reactions on at least two social media sites: the Asheville Politics and West Asheville Exchange Facebook pages. In the YouTube video, Wainscott identifies himself as a City Council candidate, talks about New Belgium brewery from his yard in West Asheville (with the New […]

Website showcases planned Beaucatcher Greenway in detail

The City of Asheville’s Beaucatcher Greenway project now has an informative website with maps, drawings and images providing a general overview of the project as well as going into more detail on the  greenway’s various sections, trailheads and design. It also offers a projected timeline for the project as well as the history of Beaucatcher Mountain. The projected timeline for the project […]

Under Hill Rose among acts to perform at the Carl Sandburg Folk Music Fest

Under Hill Rose, master slide-guitarist John Emil and the 42nd Street Jazz Band are among the musicians converging at the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site on Memorial Day, May 25 for the 29th annual Carl Sandburg Folk Music Festival. The site is located three miles south of Hendersonville, NC on 1800 Little River Road off of the Greenville Highway/Rt. […]

Dates announced for this year’s Shindig on the Green and Mountain Dance and Folk Festival

For those of you who are already planning your summer activities, good news! Asheville’s Folk Heritage Committee has just announced the dates to two long-standing mountain summer events: the 49th season of Shindig on the Green and the 88th Annual Mountain Dance and Folk Festival. Kicking off on Saturday, June 27, Shindig on the Green — a free […]

Hemp History Week on the horizon

Last year City Council made it official when Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer proclaimed June 2-8, 2014, as Hemp History Week (see our story, “Hemp History Week seeks to alter your perceptions”). This year the 6th annual celebration will take place from June 1-7, with a second proclamation from the city planned. “We’re hoping this year will […]