With temperatures set to be in the high ‘70s and the river running high, it’s all systems go for the Hot Springs-based music and rafting festival.
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Natalie Cole to play Harrah’s
The Grammy-winning singer will be at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino May 25. Tickets are now on sale. Here’s all the info: Who: Nine-time GRAMMY-award winner singer, songwriter and performer Natalie Cole has proven to be one of the most beloved performers of all time. Cole rocketed to stardom in 1975 with her debut album “Inseparable,” earning […]
Feist show moves to Orange Peel
Indie-pop singer/songwriter Feist’s May 2 show has been moved from its original venue. The show will now take place at the Orange Peel. Here’s the release we got: “Due to technical constraints beyond our control, Feist at the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium on May 2nd is being moved to The Orange Peel. All previously purchased tickets […]
Aziz Ansari will be here on Saturday, April 21
People, what are you waiting for? Are you going to see Aziz Ansari? If you are not, you may be making a terrible mistake. Ansari plays the ridiculously funny Tom Haverford on NBC’s “Parks and Recreation.”
Support Panthertown at the Electric Petting Zoo
Start your Earth Day weekend right with Kid Koala, Panther God, Foul Mouth Jerk and Adam Strange, Agobi Project and others for a sweet show Friday night. It’s a benefit for the beautiful Panthertown Valley Nature Conservancy in the Nantahala National Forest.
Video: Johnson’s Crossroad at The Lab
The roots outfit opened for Moses Atwood last week at the Lexington Avenue Brewery’s back room. Jesse Hamm caught the show.
{RE}Happening! It’s about to happen
It’s come down to a matter of hours. Take a shuttle or drive out to the campus of the former Black Mountain College, and experience an evening of every sort of art.
Video: Moses Atwood at the LAB
Celebrating the release of One Bright Boat, the soulful Moses Atwood performed “At Last.”
Asheville GreenWorks, Blue Ridge Pride among those to benefit from 2012 Downtown After 5 series
The news, from the Downtown Association: The Asheville Downtown Association announces the recipients of its 2012 Downtown After 5 wristband grants. Chosen organizations sell wristbands at one of the five concerts and receive a grant of up to $2,000. Selected nonprofits are Asheville GreenWorks (May 18), Katy’s Kids/MANNA FoodBank (June 15), Asheville Buncombe Youth Soccer […]
What’s on the agenda for the second Creative Summit?
The Asheville Area Arts Council has organized a second yearly gathering of arts groups and leaders. Here’s a look at tomorrow’s schedule.
ECO orientation for new volunteers to be held Thursday
Details here: The Environmental and Conservation Organization (ECO) will offer a short film and discussion for people interested in working with ECO as volunteers to carry out their mission of protecting Henderson County’s natural heritage. The orientation session will be held at Black Bear Coffee Shop in downtown Hendersonville on March 29 starting at 5:30 […]
Asheville Symphony announces winners in its Young Artist Competition
Details here: “The Asheville Symphony is pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 Young Artist Competition. The competition took place on Saturday, March 24, with 19 applicants ages 10 to 17 competing. Applicants were invited from a 23-county area of Western North Carolina. First place: Grace Kim, flute, Concertina, “Opus 107” by Chaminade. Second […]
BMC Museum + Arts Center presents writer’s evening with Brenda Flanagan and Joseph Bathanti
The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center presents a writers’ evening on Friday, March 23 at 7:30 p.m. The BMC space is located at 56 Broadway St. Details: “Known internationally for her dramatic presentations of her stories and poems, Brenda Flanagan teaches Creative Writing, Caribbean and African American Literatures and Literary Analysis at Davidson […]
Tonight, witness the fiercest spelling competition of the year
Fifteen teams spell to the death (or at least, the disqualification) in the ferocious Who Wants to Be a Spellionaire? fundraiser for the Buncombe County Literacy Council.
Local artist to show portrait drawings of “The Faces of Haywood Street”
A special art show will open on Sunday. Details here, from Murmuring Grove Studio: An art exhibit, “The Faces of Haywood Street”, which opens Sunday, March 25 at First Congregational United Church of Christ, is the result of a transformational experience in community building for its artist, Mandy Kjellstrom of Asheville. Models for the portraits, […]
Hunger Games Fan Tours launch in Brevard
Full details in this press release: “The Hunger Games” movie opens on March 23 and Brevard is getting excited! A lot of the scenes in the “games” were shot here in DuPont State Recreational Forest. Tammy Hopkins, Film Liaison and TCArts Council Director for Brevard and Transylvania County said, “My phone has been ringing off […]
HATCH festival won’t be held in Asheville this year
The creative-sector networking festival will continue on in Bozeman, after three years in Asheville.
Hip-hop Renaissance man Chali 2na at Asheville Music Hall tonight
The former Jurassic 5 MC plays the venue tonight, along with Projekt Lotus and BPL.
North Mississippi Allstars Orange Peel show postponed
This just in, from the Orange Peel: “We just found that, due to a family emergency, the North Mississippi Allstars have had to postpone their show originally scheduled for this Friday, March 9. We are working to find a new date with the band, and all ticket holders who want to wait and see when […]
This season is the last for Asheville Bravo Concerts
The 80-year-old nonprofit arts organization announced today that it won’t have another season and will close at the end of April. The final performance will be the Moscow Ballet on March 9.
k.d. lang to play at Harrah’s June 2, tickets on sale March 9
This just in, from Harrah’s Cherokee Casino. From the press release: “WHO: k.d. lang is that rare performer who, over 25 years as a major-label artist, has matured before our very ears. The Western Canada native launched her career with a blend of country-rock stylings and playfully punk-like attitude, by turns whimsical and subversive; back […]