City launches OpenCounter: New small business development tool

Press release from the City of Asheville: The City of Asheville is proud to announce the launch of OpenCounter: Asheville, a web-based tool designed to help small business owners understand the specific license, permits and requirements for starting their business in Asheville. Informed by the City’s zoning and land use permits as well as building […]

New student string ensemble program at Asheville Music School

Press release from Asheville Music School: AMS is excited to announce the start of its new string ensemble, led by Isabel Castellvi. Isabel is a versatile multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter and composer, who has performed, recorded and taught throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Central and South America and the Middle East. Our new string ensemble is […]

Women’s March on Asheville

Press release: The Women’s March on Asheville will take place on Saturday, January 21, 2017, organized in solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington. The lead organizer, Dr. Marie Germain, is a university professor and an Asheville resident. Volunteers from across Western North Carolina will join her. “My aim in organizing this march,” Germain says, […]

Asheville designer to show in Lexus Charleston Fashion Week

Press release from Touchpoint Communications: Lexus Charleston Fashion Week® (#LexusCFW), one of the nation’s leading fashion events, is proud to announce its top Emerging Designer Semifinalists for the March 14 – 18, 2017 competition and runway shows. The Fashion Panel jury of judges selected the top 16 designers from an overwhelmingly talented pool of applicants from […]

Hell’s Hot Breath: Galway Kinnell at Black Mountain College

Press release from Lenoir-Rhyne University Center for Graduate Studies of Asheville:  WHAT: Movie screening and discussion of Hell’s Hot Breath: Galway Kinnell at Black Mountain College WHEN: Wednesday December 28 at 7 p.m. WHERE: The Block off Biltmore, 39 South Market Street, Asheville, NC 28801 WHY: Kinnell, an American poet who won a Pulitzer Prize and […]

The new gig economy helps cash-strapped workers survive

On any given day, Sarajane Case may be juggling a number of jobs: photographer, business consultant, social media marketer and blogger. “Today’s a good example,” she says. “This morning I wrote a blog. I’m leaving right now to do a photo shoot with Persona,” the social media marketing company she co-founded in Asheville. “We’ll follow […]

Tuesday History: Police chief reflects on Will Harris murders, 66 years afterwards

On March 27, 1972, former Asheville Chief of Police (1905-1907), Silas G. Bernard, sent a 10-page letter to local attorney John C. Cheeseborough recounting the events of the night of the Will Harris murders, and the subsequent manhunt. Bernard was 96 years old when he composed the letter. Below are excerpts from Bernard’s written recollection. For those interested […]

Abstract macro photography and mixed media paintings by Sharon Eng

Press release from Sharon Eng: When Hendersonville, NC, artist Sharon Eng couldn’t choose between her passion for abstract photography and painting, she decided to marry the two. She now often paints directly onto her photographs with acrylic paint or uses the photos in her mixed media pieces. “I first became interested in photography about 40 […]

Julian Award winner Trudie Henninger: Connecting kids with nature as citizen scientists

For several weeks this past spring, Trudie Henninger led a class of kindergarteners outside to monitor and study the changes in nearby redbud trees. The process was slow. The kids grew restless. “They’re not doing anything, they’re not doing anything!” they insisted. But then one day, the whole class came running inside, chanting, “They’re blooming, […]

After the Wildfires: Mitigating Climate Change and Adapting to the New Normal

Press release from MountainTrue: Jim Fox, Director of UNC Asheville’s National Environmental Modeling and Analysis Center, and Josh Kelly, Public Lands Field Biologist at MountainTrue, will discuss how climate change is impacting Western North Carolina at the Climate Collider on Monday, December 19 at 4 p.m.. In the wake of a historic wildfire season that […]

Asheville Police and Mothers Against Drunk Driving host Evening of Remembrance

  Press release from City of Asheville:  The Asheville Police Department, in coordination with Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), will be conducting an Evening of Remembrance this Sunday, December 11th at 5:30pm. The Event will take place at the NC Justice Academy located at 3971 Chimney Rock Rd., Edneyville, NC 28727. During this program, we […]

AC Hotel Asheville Downtown will feature local artists

Press release from McKibbon Hospitality:  McKibbon Hospitality today announced that its AC Hotel Asheville Downtown will feature the work of ten local and regional artists in its public spaces, guestrooms and suites. The unique program is part of McKibbon’s commitment to creating top-notch guest experiences in its hotels and will bring a local flair to […]

Anam Cara seeks submissions for 2017-18 Season

Press release from Anam Cara Theatre Co:  Anam Cara Theatre Company is currently accepting play proposals for our 2017-2018 Season. Proposals will be accepted from directors interested in directing a specific play, directors open to directing any play, and playwrights interested in having Anam Cara Theatre Company produce a play they have written. Performances will occur […]

The 2017 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize is now open for submissions

Press release from NC Writers’ Network:  The 2017 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize is now open for submissions. Awarded to a short story of 3,000 words or less, the Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize honors internationally celebrated North Carolina novelist Thomas Wolfe. The winner receives $1,000 and possible publication in The Thomas Wolfe Review. The postmark deadline is January 30, 2017. […]